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VANCOUVER, BC, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Trilogy Metals Inc. (TSX: TMQ) (NYSE American: TMQ) ("Trilogy", "Trilogy Metals" or "the Company") announces that on August 12, 2022, Ambler Metals LLC ("Ambler Metals"), the joint venture operating company equally owned by Trilogy and South32 Limited (ASX: S32) (LSE: S32) (JSE: S32) (ADR: SOUHY) ("South32"), hosted a site visit for Chiefs from the Doyon region and NANA region tribal leadership.
Ambler Metals' full news release is below.
Ambler Metals Hosts Doyon Region Tribal Chiefs and NANA Region Tribal Presidents
August 12, 2022 – Anchorage, Alaska – As part of exploration efforts to develop its sizable holdings in the Ambler Mining District in Alaska, Ambler Metals is investing in one of its most important partnerships; the surrounding communities of the Arctic and Bornite project sites. Recently Ambler hosted a site visit for Chiefs from the Doyon region and NANA region tribal leadership.
The site visit provided an excellent opportunity for open dialogue and fostered important discussions related to the project's positive impact throughout local economies. Tribal leaders were able to experience first-hand a wide variety of work that is being conducted by shareholders and expand their understanding of the long-term benefits of workforce development spanning exploration, construction, operations, reclamation, and closure.
"One of our core values is respect – for people, the land, the culture and the environment," says Ramzi Fawaz, President and CEO, Ambler Metals.
"There is no better way to learn from one another than to spend time in conversation, listening, gaining knowledge from the long-time stewards of the land, and working together toward common goals."
The tribal leaders held a private roundtable discussion in conjunction with the site visit. Their future engagement and input will help significantly shape the project so that the land and people of the region can continue to thrive in traditional ways, while bringing new economic opportunities to the area. The project has the potential to provide hundreds of jobs throughout its lifetime, lower transportation costs of fuel and other supplies, and fund essential government services in a remote region of the Arctic.
"One of the main economic pillars of our region's economy is based around responsible resource development," says Ely Cyrus, President of the Kiana tribe.
"As President of the tribe in Kiana, I feel it is important to work together as tribal leaders. Conversations such as this have the potential to inform and empower our tribes on ways to provide a path for employment for our people and is a forum for our voices to be heard on the importance of subsistence resources and lands," adds Cyrus.
"There are tremendously positive takeaways from this site visit, and I would like to extend my sincere appreciation to the tribal Chiefs and Presidents from both regions for sharing their expertise and expanding our relationships," says Fawaz.
From the Doyon region: Chief Harding Sam – Alatna; Chief Lawrence Williams – Allakaket; and Chief Wilmer Beetus – Hughes.
From the NANA region: President Miles Cleveland – Ambler; Gena Linus (council member) – Kobuk; President Fred Sun – Shungnak; President Ely Cyrus – Kiana; and Linda Lee – Shungnak.
Trilogy Metals Inc. is a metals exploration and development company which holds a 50 percent interest in Ambler Metals LLC, which has a 100 percent interest in the UKMP in northwestern Alaska. On December 19, 2019, South32, a globally diversified mining and metals company, exercised its option to form a 50/50 joint venture with Trilogy. The UKMP is located within the Ambler Mining District which is one of the richest and most-prospective known copper-dominant districts in the world. It hosts world-class polymetallic volcanogenic massive sulphide ("VMS") deposits that contain copper, zinc, lead, gold and silver, and carbonate replacement deposits which have been found to host high-grade copper and cobalt mineralization. Exploration efforts have been focused on two deposits in the Ambler mining district - the Arctic VMS deposit and the Bornite carbonate replacement deposit. Both deposits are located within a land package that spans approximately 181,387 hectares. Ambler Metals has an agreement with NANA Regional Corporation, Inc., an Alaska Native Corporation that provides a framework for the exploration and potential development of the Ambler Mining District in cooperation with local communities. Trilogy's vision is to develop the Ambler Mining District into a premier North American copper producer.
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- Submission of New Drug Application to FDA for Motixafortide in stem cell mobilization (SCM) for autologous stem cell transplantation expected within next 4-6 weeks -
- Announced appointment of commercial strategy and operations veteran Holly May as U.S.-based Chief Commercial Officer -
- Entered into collaboration agreement with GenFleet Therapeutics to advance Motixafortide in pancreatic cancer (PDAC) -
- Management to hold conference call today, August 16, at 10:00 am EDT -
TEL AVIV, Israel, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BioLineRx Ltd. (NASDAQ: BLRX) (TASE: BLRX), a pre-commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on oncology, today reports its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2022 and provides a corporate update.
Significant events and achievements during the second quarter 2022 and subsequent period:
- Progressed the New Drug Application (NDA) for Motixafortide in stem cell mobilization (SCM), with submission to the FDA expected within the next 4-6 weeks;
- Appointed commercial strategy and operations veteran Holly May as Chief Commercial Officer, based in the U.S.;
- Continued to advance critical pre-launch activities with respect to Motixafortide commercialization in the U.S., if approved;
- Entered into a development collaboration agreement with GenFleet Therapeutics to execute a randomized Phase 2b clinical trial of Motixafortide, in combination with anti-PD1 and chemotherapy, for first-line treatment in approximately 200 pancreatic cancer (PDAC) patients in China;
- Ended the second quarter on solid financial footing, with cash and cash equivalents of $43.2 million, sufficient to fund operations, as currently planned, into the first half of 2024.
"Since our last quarterly update, we achieved significant progress across both our Motixafortide stem cell mobilization and pancreatic cancer (PDAC) programs," stated Philip Serlin, Chief Executive Officer of BioLineRx. "With respect to stem cell mobilization, we are in the final stages of preparing for submission of our NDA to the FDA. With Holly May on board as our new Chief Commercial Officer, we are rapidly advancing critical pre-launch activities while we continue to assess all of our options with respect to commercialization of Motixafortide in the U.S., if approved."
"The totality of data that we have compiled in stem cell mobilization, both clinical and pharmacoeconomic, make an extremely strong case for Motixafortide as the standard of care in this indication for all multiple myeloma patients undergoing autologous stem-cell transplantation, which is a highly concentrated end market estimated to be $360 million in the U.S. alone and growing consistently."
"In PDAC, the development collaboration agreement that we announced with GenFleet builds upon the positive results from our COMBAT/KEYNOTE-202 study, and we look forward to the initiation of a randomized Phase 2b PDAC trial next year. Importantly, this collaboration allows us to advance the development of Motixafortide in PDAC while retaining rights to the molecule across all indications and geographies."
"Finally, we are nearing a significant milestone for our second program, the anti-cancer vaccine AGI-134, with the upcoming release of proof-of-mechanism data from part 2 of a Phase 1/2a trial in solid tumors. If positive, we plan to initiate a randomized Phase 2 study next year."
"In summary, we believe we are well-positioned to deliver several meaningful potential regulatory, commercial and clinical catalysts over the next 12-18 months," concluded Mr. Serlin.
Upcoming Expected Milestones:
- Submission of NDA to FDA for Motixafortide as novel mobilization agent for multiple myeloma patients undergoing autologous stem cell transplantation in next 4-6 weeks;
- Initial results from Part 2 of Phase 1/2a trial of AGI-134 in solid tumors in H2 2022;
- Potential FDA approval of Motixafortide in 2023;
- Potential US launch of Motixafortide in SCM in 2023;
- Initiation of randomized Phase 2b study in PDAC under collaboration with GenFleet in 2023;
- Potential initiation of randomized Phase 2 study of AGI-134 in 2023.
Financial Results for the Quarter Ended June 30, 2022:
Research and development expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2022 were $5.4 million, an increase of $0.3 million, or 5.0%, compared to $5.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2021. The increase resulted primarily from an increase in expenses associated with the AGI-134 study, offset by lower expenses associated with the completed Motixafortide GENESIS trial, as well as lower expenses related to NDA supporting activities related to Motixafortide. Research and development expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2022 were $9.8 million, an increase of $0.4 million, or 4.4%, compared to $9.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021. The reason for the increase is similar to the aforementioned increase in the three-month period.
Sales and marketing expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2022 were $1.2 million, an increase of $0.8 million, or 250.9% compared to $0.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2021. The increase resulted primarily from initiation of pre-commercialization activities related to Motixafortide, as well as an increase in market research. Sales and marketing expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2022 were $1.8 million, an increase of $1.3 million, or 270.9% compared to $0.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021. The reason for the increase is similar to the aforementioned increase in the three-month period.
General and administrative expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2022 were $1.0 million, similar to the comparable period in 2021. General and administrative expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2022 were $2.1 million, similar to the comparable period in 2021.
The Company's operating loss for the three months ended June 30, 2022 amounted to $7.6 million, compared to an operating loss of $6.5 million for the comparable period in 2021. The Company's operating loss for the six months ended June 30, 2022 was $13.7 million, compared to $12.0 million for the comparable period in 2021.
Non-operating income (expenses) for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 and for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 primarily relate to fair-value adjustments of warrant liabilities on the Company's balance sheet, offset by warrant offering expenses.
Net financial expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2022 amounted to $0.3 million, compared to net financial expenses of $0.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2021. Net financial expenses for the 2022 period primarily relate to loan interest paid and losses recorded on foreign currency (primarily NIS) cash balances due to the strengthening of the US dollar during the period, offset by investment income earned on bank deposits. Net financial expenses for the 2021 period primarily relate to loan interest paid, offset by investment income earned on bank deposits. Net financial expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2022 amounted to $0.4 million, compared to net financial expenses of $0.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021. The composition of the expenses is similar to the aforementioned composition detailed in the three-month periods.
The Company's net loss for the three months ended June 30, 2022 amounted to $7.4 million, compared with a net loss of $6.8 million for the comparable period in 2021. The Company's net loss for the six months ended June 30, 2022 amounted to $12.4 million, compared with a net loss of $17.0 million for the comparable period in 2021.
The Company held $43.2 million in cash, cash equivalents and short-term bank deposits as of June 30, 2022.
Net cash used in operating activities was $11.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022, compared with net cash used in operating activities of $13.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021. The $1.2 million decrease in net cash used in operating activities between the two periods was primarily the result of changes in operating asset and liability items in the two periods, i.e., a smaller increase in prepaid expenses and other receivables in 2022 versus 2021, as well as an increase in accounts payable and accruals in 2022 versus decrease in the 2021 period.
Net cash provided by investing activities was $15.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022, compared to net cash used in investing activities of $42.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021. The changes in cash flows from investing activities relate primarily to investments in, and maturities of, short-term bank deposits.
Net cash used in financing activities was $1.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022, compared to net cash provided by financing activities of $56.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021. The cash flows in 2022 primarily reflect the repayments of the loan from Kreos Capital. The cash flows in 2021 primarily reflect the underwritten public offering of the Company's ADSs in January 2021, warrant exercises and net proceeds from the ATM facility, offset by repayments of the loan from Kreos Capital.
Conference Call and Webcast Information
BioLineRx will hold a conference call today, Tuesday, August 16 at 10:00 a.m. EDT. To access the conference call, please dial +1-888-281-1167 from the US or +972-3-918-0685 internationally. The call will also be available via webcast and can be accessed through the Investor Relations page of BioLineRx's website. Please allow extra time prior to the call to visit the site and download any necessary software to listen to the live broadcast.
A replay of the conference call will be available approximately two hours after completion of the live conference call on the Investor Relations page of BioLineRx's website. A dial-in replay of the call will be available until August 18, 2022; please dial +1-888-295-2634 from the US or +972-3-925-5904 internationally.
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About BioLineRx
BioLineRx Ltd. (NASDAQ/TASE: BLRX) is a pre-commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on oncology. The Company's lead program, Motixafortide (BL-8040), is a cancer therapy platform that was successfully evaluated in a Phase 3 study in stem cell mobilization for autologous bone-marrow transplantation, has reported positive results from a pre-planned pharmacoeconomic study, has successfully completed a pre-NDA meeting with the FDA, and is currently in preparations for an NDA submission. Motixafortide was also successfully evaluated in a Phase 2a study for the treatment of pancreatic cancer in combination with KEYTRUDA® and chemotherapy, and is currently being studied in combination with LIBTAYO® and chemotherapy as a first-line PDAC therapy.
BioLineRx is also developing a second oncology program, AGI-134, an immunotherapy treatment for multiple solid tumors that is currently being investigated in a Phase 1/2a study.
For additional information on BioLineRx, please visit the Company's website at www.biolinerx.com, where you can review the Company's SEC filings, press releases, announcements and events.
Various statements in this release concerning BioLineRx's future expectations constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements include words such as "anticipates," "believes," "could," "estimates," "expects," "intends," "may," "plans," "potential," "predicts," "projects," "should," "will," and "would," and describe opinions about future events. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of BioLineRx to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause BioLineRx's actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: the initiation, timing, progress and results of BioLineRx's preclinical studies, clinical trials and other therapeutic candidate development efforts; BioLineRx's ability to advance its therapeutic candidates into clinical trials or to successfully complete its preclinical studies or clinical trials; BioLineRx's receipt of regulatory approvals for its therapeutic candidates, and the timing of other regulatory filings and approvals; the clinical development, commercialization and market acceptance of BioLineRx's therapeutic candidates; BioLineRx's ability to establish and maintain corporate collaborations; BioLineRx's ability to integrate new therapeutic candidates and new personnel; the interpretation of the properties and characteristics of BioLineRx's therapeutic candidates and of the results obtained with its therapeutic candidates in preclinical studies or clinical trials; the implementation of BioLineRx's business model and strategic plans for its business and therapeutic candidates; the scope of protection BioLineRx is able to establish and maintain for intellectual property rights covering its therapeutic candidates and its ability to operate its business without infringing the intellectual property rights of others; estimates of BioLineRx's expenses, future revenues, capital requirements and its needs for and ability to access sufficient additional financing; risks related to changes in healthcare laws, rules and regulations in the United States or elsewhere; competitive companies, technologies and BioLineRx's industry; statements as to the impact of the political and security situation in Israel on BioLineRx's business; and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which may exacerbate the magnitude of the factors discussed above. These and other factors are more fully discussed in the "Risk Factors" section of BioLineRx's most recent annual report on Form 20-F filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 16, 2022. In addition, any forward-looking statements represent BioLineRx's views only as of the date of this release and should not be relied upon as representing its views as of any subsequent date. BioLineRx does not assume any obligation to update any forward-looking statements unless required by law.
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Matt Stang, Co-founder and CEO of Delic, and Kevin Nicholson, COO of Delic, have been elevated to Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, respectively.
VANCOUVER, BC, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Delic Holdings Corp ("Delic" or the "Company") (CSE: DELC) (OTCQB: DELCF) (FRA: 6X0), a leader in new medicines and treatments for a modern world, today shared details regarding two executive appointments. Matt Stang, co-founder and CEO of Delic, has been appointed to the role of Executive Chairman. Kevin Nicholson, COO of Delic, will transition into the role of Chief Executive Officer in addition to joining the company's Board of Directors. He also serves as the CEO of Ketamine Wellness Centers (KWC) and will continue in this role.
Stang owned and operated High Times, a leading source of cannabis news, for 17 years prior to co-founding Delic. Under Stang's leadership, Delic acquired KWC in November 2021 to become the nation's largest ketamine therapy provider. He also led the Company to more than USD$1.5MM in total revenue last year and increased net assets 500% from USD$2.1MM in 2020 to USD$10MM in its first full year of operation. Delic remains committed to providing value-based, effective and accessible treatments that meet the diverse needs of patients across the country.
"As the conversation around psychedelics evolves and gains momentum, Delic will continue to remain at the forefront. It is a privilege to continue as the company's Executive Chairman and to work closely with the prestigious Board of Directors under Kevin's leadership," said Stang. "I am highly confident that together we will continue to guide the company in its next phase of growth and further modernize healthcare."
As CEO of KWC, Nicholson is leading the largest, most respected ketamine provider in the U.S. His ability to grow the company has generated an annual revenue of more than USD$4MM and has seen KWC approach 100,000 treatments to date for clinically eligible patients. Nicholson's guidance and personal commitment has ensured that KWC remains aligned with its mission-driven culture by offering best-in-class patient care to individuals suffering from significant mood disorders or chronic pain.
"Matt has been a tremendous, highly effective leader since co-founding Delic and has grown this company into the success it is today. I am grateful for his leadership and humbled to continue as CEO during such a pivotal moment in our industry," said Nicholson. "We are leveraging and growing our umbrella of businesses, including the nation's largest network of ketamine clinics, KWC, and look forward to expanding in 2022. Alongside Delic's Board of Directors, I am committed to continuing Delic's mission of providing effective, affordable treatment options to anyone who needs them and educating on the safety and long-term benefits of these new therapies."
In accordance with the Company's Share Compensation Plan, Delic has granted 4,600,000 stock options to certain officers, directors, employees, and consultants to purchase 4,600,000 subordinate voting shares. Each option grant vests in three equal installments, six, twelve and eighteen months from the date of issue. Each option is exercisable, once vested, for a period of three years from the date of grant at an exercise price of C$0.10 per subordinate voting share.
Delic is a leader in new medicines and treatments for a modern world, improving access to health benefits across the country and reframing the conversation on psychedelics. The company owns and operates an umbrella of related businesses, including the largest chain of psychedelic wellness clinics in the country, Ketamine Wellness Centers; the only licensed entity by Health Canada to focus exclusively on research and development of psilocybin vaporization technology, Delic Labs; the premier psychedelic wellness event, Meet Delic; and trusted media and e-commerce platforms Reality Sandwich and Delic Radio. Delic is backed by a team of industry and cannabis veterans and a diverse network, whose mission is to provide education, research, high-quality products, and better access to effective and affordable treatment options.
This press release contains certain "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation and may also contain statements that may constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking information and forward-looking statements are not representative of historical facts or information or current condition, but instead represent only the Company's beliefs regarding future events, plans or objectives, many of which, by their nature, are inherently uncertain and outside of Delic's control. Generally, such forward-looking information or forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "plans", "expects" or "does not expect", "is expected", "budget", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "anticipates" or "does not anticipate", or "believes", or variations of such words and phrases or may contain statements that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will be taken", "will continue", "will occur" or "will be achieved". The forward-looking information and forward-looking statements contained herein may include, but are not limited to: the Company's plans and strategies; future management contributions by the newly appointed officers; and the potential vesting and exercise of stock options.
By identifying such information and statements in this manner, Delic is alerting the reader that such information and statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements of Delic to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such information and statements. Such risks, assumptions and other factors may include, but are not limited to: changes in general economic, business and political conditions, including changes in the financial markets; the potential impact of the announcement of the officers' appointments on relationships, including with regulatory bodies, employees, suppliers, customers and competitors; inability to obtain future financing on suitable terms; failure to obtain required regulatory and other approvals; risks inherent in the psychedelic treatment sector; changes in applicable laws and regulations; and failure to comply with applicable laws and regulations; risks related to global pandemics, including the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) global health pandemic, and the spread of other viruses or pathogens; influence of macroeconomic developments; business opportunities that become available to, or are pursued by Delic; reduced access to debt and equity capital; litigation; the volatility of the stock market; competition; future sales or issuances of debt or equity securities; liquidity; market for securities; enforcement of civil judgments; and the other risks and uncertainties disclosed under the heading "Risk Factors" in the Company's most recent Annual Information Form, and other documents filed with or submitted to the Canadian securities regulatory authorities on the SEDAR website at www.sedar.com.
Should one or more of these risks, uncertainties or other factors materialize, or should assumptions underlying the forward-looking information or statements prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described herein as intended, planned, anticipated, believed, estimated or expected.
Although Delic believes that the assumptions and factors used in preparing, and the expectations contained in, the forward-looking information and statements are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on such information and statements, and no assurance or guarantee can be given that such forward-looking information and statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such information and statements. The forward-looking information and forward-looking statements contained in this press release are made as of the date of this press release, and Delic does not undertake to update any forward-looking information and/or forward-looking statements that are contained or referenced herein, except in accordance with applicable securities laws. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking information and statements attributable to Delic or persons acting on its behalf is expressly qualified in its entirety by this notice.
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A Fresh Start
Celina Ramirez describes why it’s important to offer each other grace at the beginning of a new academic year.
When I was in my 20s and feeling stressed out in my first job after law school, I discovered insight meditation. “Have you ever heard of the concept of starting over?” my meditation teacher asked me. “At any moment,” she said, “you can tell yourself that you are starting over. Let go of what has already happened and any judgments you might have about it, and start again, as if for the first time. A fresh start.”
I found this concept quite useful at the small nonprofit organization where I once worked. We were running a campaign to close abusive youth prisons in California. Because of my passion for the cause and tendency to be a perfectionist, I was incredibly hard on myself any time I made a mistake or had a conflict with a colleague. The idea of a fresh start allowed me to brush myself off, let it go and start again.
I applied this teaching in my personal life as well—for instance, as the parent of young children. When they would fight over toys, making dramatic accusations at each other and sobbing, I would ask them, “What do you think about having a fresh start?” They would pause for a second to consider it, and then they’d magically say, “OK!” and run off to play with something else.
As we prepare for a new academic year, I have found myself wishing that we all could have a collective fresh start. The pandemic was an incredibly stressful time. We had to figure out completely new ways of working, budgets were cut, our children’s schools were closed and many of us lost loved ones or lived in fear of losing them.
When the pandemic began, my children were 3 and 5 years old, and I had just filed for divorce. I had recently started a position as vice president for university initiatives with a brand-new team of staff members. I became chair of my university’s COVID response team and was sometimes on back-to-back Zoom meetings from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., juggling three different babysitters and trying to stop my youngest child from banging on my door for snacks when one of those sitters canceled.
On a daily basis, my colleagues and I grappled with difficult questions: Should we offer in-person classes? Will we require testing, and if so, how will we enforce it? What size events should we allow? How will we care for students who become infected? Can we require vaccinations?
I know that all of you are all too familiar with these questions and more. The weight of such decisions felt heavy, and the conversations could become heated at times. We were exhausted and fed up with Zoom. I remember a particularly fraught meeting before vaccinations were available when student testing rates were low and we were at our wits’ end trying to figure out what to do about it.
In some ways, the pandemic brought many of us closer together. I saw colleagues put aside past tensions to work together to distribute vaccines to our campus community and send each other care packages when they tested positive for COVID.
In other ways, long-held frustrations came to the surface. Faculty and staff members expressed a desire to have more input into decision making. Some felt that returning to in-person instruction and campus operations was too risky.
I saw how many colleges and universities, including my own, took people’s concerns seriously and responded by investing significant dollars in mitigation strategies, like free testing and masks; increased communication and transparency, such as through weekly briefings and detailed dashboards; and strengthened partnerships with shared governance groups.
As we begin a new year when campus operations at most colleges and universities will fully resume, I feel tremendous awe and gratitude for my colleagues who have shown such strength and commitment during the pandemic. As I have run into certain colleagues for the first time since it began, I have sometimes had to offer a humble mea culpa along the lines of, “Sorry for that one time that I got all riled up over that particular issue …” In every instance, my colleagues have been incredibly gracious, acknowledging that it was a difficult time and we all had moments when we were not at our best.
I have noticed that many of my colleagues seem to be experiencing a mix of emotions as we transition back to campus for the start of a new academic year: excitement to see one another and return to pre-pandemic projects, some feelings of burnout and grief at the many losses we have experienced, and a tender vulnerability as we try to adjust, yet again, to new ways of working together.
My staff members and I have been talking lately about how we feel as though we have become patterned for crisis. At the slightest problem that arises, we might feel a rush of adrenaline and jump into action, still staying up late to solve the issue, even when it is no longer necessary.
Here and there, I have seen a campus colleague respond harshly over a seemingly insignificant issue. I can’t help but wonder if this is resulting from the lingering trauma of the prior pandemic years, much of which is probably still unprocessed.
A fresh start means giving each other grace and compassion as we navigate through this late-pandemic period. Workplace conflicts can sometimes turn into deep-seated resentments that drain our energy and create feelings of tension and isolation. Such conflicts can last years or even decades. Letting go and starting fresh can feel liberating, freeing up energy for connection, creativity and innovation.
It is important to note that a fresh start does not mean suppressing our feelings. Making time to experience all our feelings related to a conflict supports our ability to let things go and make fresh starts.
I am also not suggesting that we ignore any inequities or power differentials that might be involved in a conflict or stop advocating for issues we are passionate about. Giving voice to how we or others have been impacted is often important for our own healing and creating transformational institutional change. In some circumstances, a true fresh start may require genuine acknowledgment and apology.
At the end of the day, I think we all want to find connection with one another and a sense of belonging. We may struggle to find the words to repair after conflict, but underneath, there is usually a good deal of care. As college and university employees, I know we share so many common values and goals related to the success and well-being of our students, faculty, staff and broad communities.
We have great challenges and opportunities ahead of us in higher education. The pandemic is not over, and many universities are wrestling with how to best respond to new variant surges and meet the needs of incoming students, many of whom struggled while attending high school online. Beyond COVID, we live in turbulent times, and we will continue to be called upon to tackle complex and important issues.
Although there will be challenges, I am excited to partner with my campus colleagues in the coming year to take them on and to embrace new opportunities. Building pipeline programs to increase faculty diversity and inclusion, responding to the needs of LGBTQ+ students, and expanding family friendly policies and resources are just a few.
I know that all of you have amazing ideas and plans in store for the coming year as well.
So what do you think? Fresh start?
Celina D. Ramirez is vice president for university initiatives at the University of Arizona.
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Just Explain It to Me!
Breaking down notoriously confusing, perplexing and annoying systems and practices in higher education
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Soulless Academic Year Opening Speeches
Might this be the year leaders change things up and, instead of the usual list of recent accomplishments and goals for the year, talk to us about uncertainty and how the world has changed?
Has our world changed so dramatically that it’s time to revise the tone and tenor of academic year opening speeches? Probably. For years now, decades even, college and university presidents have made predictable, and perhaps rote, speeches welcoming the academic year.
The pattern is the same, as if each institution has received a template and instructions for delivery via a CASE conference. The president clicks through a PowerPoint featuring logo-laden layouts not dissimilar to those embraced by Josten’s yearbook staff trainees. The content has been argued and vetted by cabinet members for over a month ensuring divisional parity (and included nothing to give offense or stir campus controversy). The marketing and communication team has assembled the slides, sometimes adhering to the prescribed consensus-driven content and sometimes not. Ultimately, four sections form the PowerPoint presented to higher education employees across the country each August: Previous Year Highlights, Current State of the College, the External Environment and Goals.
1. Previous Year Highlights
a. A montage of readily appreciated/recognized accomplishments by well-liked faculty members who aptly illustrate the institution’s mission. (Wow! We have a scientist who worked on the James Webb telescope!)
b. A video of students hiking perilously close to Icelandic volcano rims while writing poetry, identifying rocks and listening for the distant “music” of ice floes. (Yes, all at once! Don’t you love the drone shots!)
c. Images of student athletes and coaches jubilantly raising an index finger, pridefully owning their prowess in rugby, Ultimate Frisbee, high jump, hurdles or the like. (Their GPAs are also above a 3.2!) Their joy is set to Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’.”
d. And spectacular photo of a famous alum (fill in the blank) initiating color wars on the green. (We were so honored she took time out of her busy filming schedule!)
2. The Institution’s Current State
a. Statistics on acceptance rates, incoming student GPAs, enrollment and retention. (Please note these are not final until we’ve reached the census date!)
b. An infographic detailing national rankings (pay attention: some are noteworthy, some dubious).
c. Bullet points on fundraising (note: if there are no trend graphs, assume the results are worse than last year).
d. Information about the endowment and previous year budget outcomes. (Reminder: These numbers are subject to the audit, which could mean the institution had a big deficit or a big surplus. We are never quite sure.)
3. External Factors
a. The same chart seen each year for the last seven years showing the decline of traditional-age students.
b. Why the CARES Act helped with COVID-19 budget shortfalls, but the institution is not out of the woods yet.
c. The political climate (attacks on freedom of speech and academic freedom made by misinformed/uninformed government officials).
d. The list of unfunded mandates.
4. Goals for the Year
a. Construction projects and renovations (read: We are warning you of the deafening noise about to commence; you won’t be able to hear yourself teach. We are removing the UV COVID lights that damaged some faculty’s eyes in classrooms. No, the asbestos has not been removed from the library yet. The library won’t be open again until 2026). Also, let’s give a round of applause to the buildings and grounds department for all the work they do in the summer to prepare the campus!
b. Retention goals. It is our duty to students and their families. (Read: It is more cost-effective to keep students than recruit them.)
c. Strategic planning task force. (Read: The president has appointed the most officious group of nitpickers on campus to create rubrics, Gantt charts and quality measures. Do what they say!)
These annual PowerPoints effectively convey information to campus constituents in less than an hour. They provide a measure of transparency as they cheer on the campus like a pep rally—keep achieving the mission! On the whole, it is a perfectly fine, yet depressingly the same, speech that comes across as a soulless data swirl. It tells you some things, yet says very little.
When I listened this year, I admit it was mostly the same speech I’ve heard every year for the past 15 years. But then, in the end, I heard something else from the president to whom I listened this year. It was a president thinking out loud, speculating about uncertainty, talking about what he personally contemplated as a scholar and a poet in this moment in time.
He conveyed what he thought, not what a cabinet member thought he should think or say to be safe. When he did, I realized I wanted more from a president’s annual speeches. I didn’t want a banal summary of easily manipulated data anyone could find online. I wanted to be hopeful, inspired or at least to feel like leaders knew that life had changed for everyone. I want leaders who can think deeply about today’s problems and inspire others to do the same.
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Tenure Awarded at… Buffalo State, McDaniel
August 16, 2022
Buffalo State College, of the State University of New York
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- Kathleen McNerney, speech-language pathology
- Theresa Smith, art conservation
- Suparna Soni, political science and public administration
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Differing Views on Student Loan Proposals
The deadline to submit public comment on the Education Department’s proposed changes to “targeted” student debt relief programs has arrived. Democrats celebrated the proposal, while Republicans claimed executive overreach.
Thousands of comments were sent to the Education Department on a new set of proposed regulations aimed to improve “targeted” debt relief programs for some student borrowers. Among the comments sent in before the deadline last Friday were letters from Senate Democrats and congressional Republicans.
The department proposed a set of rules in July that would make it easier for students who were defrauded by their college or who attended a college that closed to get debt forgiveness. It also proposed simplifying the process for public service workers and borrowers with disabilities to get debt relief, among other changes.
A letter from Senator Patty Murray of Washington, who serves as chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, which was joined by 22 Democratic senators, said the proposal was “an enormous step forward for students and borrowers.” On the other hand, a letter from Representative Virginia Foxx and Senator Richard Burr, both Republicans from North Carolina, called for the department to withdraw the proposal, arguing that it does not have the executive authority to enact such changes.
The Education Department will now review the submitted comments before releasing a final rule.
Senate Democrats Praise the Proposal
The Education Department proposed to create a “single standard and streamlined” application process for borrower defense, a rule that allows borrowers who say they were defrauded by their colleges to apply for student debt relief. It also proposed to count aggressive and deceptive recruitment as a new standard for what counts as misconduct.
Democrats called this “the strongest borrower defense rule we have ever seen” but expressed some concern about the proposal. Specifically, Democrats said that the department should allow legal assistance organizations, and state attorneys general, to bring forward group claims. Under the current proposal, a group claim can be formed by the department if it notices many similar claims filed by the same institution or from an application from a state-level official.
Additionally, Democrats asked the department to not allow interest to accrue for individual borrower-defense claims. Under the proposed rule, borrowers in group claims would have their interest paused immediately, while individual borrowers’ interest would stop accruing only after their claim has been pending for 180 days or more.
The department also proposed changes to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program that would simplify the application process by expanding the types of payments that count toward PSLF, including certain periods of deferment and forbearance. Although Democrats praised these changes, they would like the department to count all periods of deferment and forbearance toward PSLF to “reduce unnecessary complexity.”
Democrats also welcomed proposals that would eliminate interest capitalization and make it easier for borrowers who become disabled or who attended colleges that permanently closed to get their debt forgiven.
“The department’s proposed rules will help to provide additional relief to struggling borrowers, protect students and taxpayers from fraud and abuse committed by institutions, and ensure our federal student loan program fulfills its promise to put higher education within reach for more students without subjecting them to complex, burdensome, or punitive requirements that make it harder to get the relief they are owed,” said the letter.
Republicans Claim the Proposal Exhibits Executive Overreach
In their letter, Burr and Foxx wrote that “rather than work with Congress, the department, through this [notice of proposed rule making], brazenly seeks to enact Democrats’ wish list of policies through executive fiat.” The letter said that the proposed changes could cost taxpayers up to $85.1 billion over the next decade.
Specifically, Republicans believe that the proposed changes to borrower defense in PSLF are most out of line with the department’s executive authority because they are the most “costly provisions” of the NPRM. House Republicans proposed to eliminate the PSLF program in a bill introduced earlier this month.
Recently, the Supreme Court ruled in West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency that federal agencies only have powers given to them by Congress and that they are not an “open book to which the agency [may] add pages and change the plot line.” Burr and Foxx argue that this ruling applies to the department’s authority to create new rules on the federal student loan program, which they say should be up to Congress.
“Congress did not give the department a blank check to spend federal taxpayer dollars ad infinitum,” said the letter.
The two top Republican leaders on education asked the department to withdraw its proposal and instead work with Congress to enact such changes.
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A Machine Can Now Do College-Level Math
An MIT team’s artificial intelligence, which can solve and explain problems in seconds, could help professors create content and assist with tutoring students. But some see subpar explanations and new ways for students to cheat.
For a long time, computer scientists struggled to develop artificial intelligence that could solve difficult symbolic math. At best, it could solve high school math problems—and not even well enough to pass those classes. That disappointed Iddo Drori, a computer science lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, whose 500 students in one of his classes a couple of years ago had more questions than he had time to answer. Enticed by the possibility that artificial intelligence might address this tutoring gap, he and his team set to work attempting to develop a machine learning model that could solve calculus, differential equations and linear algebra problems sourced from undergraduate math courses at MIT and Columbia University.
Now, the team has introduced a neural network—an AI algorithm inspired by the brain’s structure and function—that solves college-level math problems at a human level in seconds, according to their Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences paper published last month. The model can also explain the solutions and generate new problems that students found indistinguishable from human-generated problems. The development could assist faculty in creating new course content and automate grading in large in-person or massive open online courses. And it could tutor students by explaining the steps in difficult problems.
But some scholars are concerned that the explanations provided by the algorithm are not yet on par with those offered by humans. And others worry that the algorithm introduces new ways for students to cheat or the prospect of other unintended consequences.
“We’re now working on an AI that will graduate from MIT in computer science,” Drori said. “It won’t earn a degree formally, but it would complete [and pass] the courses.”
Neural networks excel at solving problems by way of pattern recognition. They train themselves by looking at large data sets—the larger the better—after which they generate new examples. They can produce realistic images of faces, for example, after looking at many images of real faces. But math with symbols such as the integrals found in calculus demands precision rather than approximation. This stands in contrast to number crunching, at which computers and calculators excel. That technology often produces approximate solutions that work well enough for engineers or physicists.
Faculty members can already use the new algorithm, which is available open source on GitHub, to build curricular content. In addition to recovering time for them to focus on human tasks such as coaching and mentoring, professors could use the data it produces to understand whether their course prerequisites are, in fact, the right prerequisites. That could help ensure that the students they encounter in class are set up for success.
“I’m surprised this wasn’t done sooner, since undergrad mathematics courses are such closed systems,” said Doug Ensley, a math professor at Shippensburg University who has held a Mathematical Association of America leadership position. “These developments that more and more confound the traditional lecture-homework-test framework actually provide more and more reasons for instructors to shift toward more active classroom strategies.”
But some experts see limitations in the neural network. The algorithm’s explanations, according to some, are a high-level summary of steps rather than a deep account of the process and underlying concepts.
“This may be useful in generating practice problems and evaluating student answers to problems,” said Jay McClelland, professor and director at Stanford University’s Center for Mind, Brain, Computation and Technology. “But there is still a long way to go to better support helping students understand the concepts being taught in these math courses.”
Drori is aware that his team still has work ahead. Though the students rated the machine-generated questions on par with human-written questions, his team has not yet evaluated students’ perceptions of the algorithms’ explanations. The AI also cannot handle questions that rely on images such as graphs or questions that involve mathematical proofs. But he is pleased with the results so far and optimistic about making more progress.
“We improved a high school math benchmark from 8 percent to 80 percent accuracy, and we solved university-level course problems for the first time and at a human level,” Drori said. “It’s not every day that you move the needle by an order of magnitude.”
One member of the research team, however, expressed reservations about the work.
“It might be even a scary step forward,” said Avi Shporer, an MIT astronomer and co-author of the study. “If a machine can answer these questions, then how do we know that the student really did answer those questions?” Shporer noted that the work was done in a controlled laboratory setting and could have unintended consequences when released to the real world.
Not everyone is concerned about students using the tool to cheat.
“COVID taught us that this is already pretty easy,” Ensley said. “It certainly reminds us that there must be more to our courses than problem sets and exams.”
Since not all learning in math is about obtaining numerical answers, Drori sometimes encourages students to use the tool to solve problems in his classes. This way, they take minutes rather than hours to solve problems, which provides opportunities to ponder large, conceptual questions and learn tech skills that may transfer to future careers.
“They still solve plain vanilla exercises without the tools,” Drori said, before adding that “it’s a part of progress.” He likened the advancement to the development of calculators and self-driving cars, which also free humans from tedious tasks and encourage the development of new skills.
Drori’s machine learning breakthrough was likely influenced by his willingness to think differently. Instead of asking the AI to solve the symbolic math problems, he asked the program to complete programming tasks. For example, “find the difference between two points” could be asked as “write a program that finds the difference between two points.” (Not every problem was this simple; in some cases, the neural network needed context to understand the problem.) Then, instead of pretraining the neural network by showing it millions of examples of text-based problems as is typically done, he pretrained it on millions of examples of text and code.
The work is not intended to replace human professors, according to Drori. Rather, he sees the advancement as an opportunity for faculty members to be more thoughtful and creative in their teaching and research.
“Every time you solve something, someone will come up with a harder question,” he said in an MIT press release. “But this work opens the field for people to start solving harder and harder questions with machine learning.”
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‘Fed Up’ Employees Protest PTO Changes
The University of Missouri system says plan to modernize its paid time off system would boost recruitment and retention. Some staff members and their union disagree.
University of Missouri system employees are pushing back against proposed changes to the paid time off policy, saying it will mean a cut in benefits and less time off over all.
The changes would affect about 13,000 staff members across the system’s four campuses and the university hospital. System officials said the plan, which is still subject to change, is aimed at modernizing the leave policy, boosting recruitment and retention, and saving money.
“It certainly is a tough job market out there in any way, shape or form, and we always want to make sure that we are an attractive option for people who are looking for employment in higher education,” said university spokesman Christian Basi.
Laborers Local 955, the labor union representing service and maintenance workers at two of the system’s campuses and the University of Missouri hospital, has said the proposal unveiled earlier this summer would mean a cut in benefits for employees that would actually hamper recruitment and retention efforts.
The union is circulating a petition calling on the system’s Board of Curators to change course, and it held a rally Saturday at the system’s flagship campus in Columbia to make its case. Dozens attended the rally, the Columbia Missourian reported.
“Just from the signatures alone that we’ve received, people are very clear that the time off is one of the few reasons they work here,” said Andrew Hutchinson, a field representative for the union.
The divergent views of the two sides are just the latest sign of strained university-employee relations nationally. Petitions, rallies and other actions, including more labor organizing by groups seeking union representation, are increasingly being employed by professional but nonfaculty staff, such as graduate teaching assistants, and nonprofessional staff, such as dining hall workers and janitors. At Columbia University, graduate and undergraduate student workers went on strike last fall, which ended when the employees reached a contract agreement with the university. Staff at the University of Southern Mississippi rallied this past spring in support of a higher minimum wage, which was later increased from $10.10 to $11.25 an hour, Mississippi Today reported. Service workers at the University of Illinois protested last fall for higher wages.
UM system officials want to shift all staff members to a bank of paid time off rather than having separate buckets of vacation, personal and sick days. An hourly employee would go from starting with 41 days to 31, though the university is proposing to add short-term disability and four weeks of parental or caregiver leave to the policy.
The fight against the PTO changes is the latest battle in a years-long contract negotiation between Laborers Local 955 and the university system. The union represents 1,100 employees systemwide and, in recent years, has advocated for a $15 minimum wage and against the outsourcing of 300 custodial and landscaping jobs.
Last year, the union paraded a giant inflatable rat around the Columbia campus to protest the university’s stance on employee grievance procedures and union representation, Hutchinson said.
Hutchinson said employees at other universities represented by the union have been more willing to publicly advocate for themselves.
“We are seeing folks whose wages have stagnated for decades finally being fed up with rising inflation,” he said. “The folks I’m talking to are fed up of having to work two jobs. The university … used to be an employer of choice, and they’re not anymore. And massive vacancies are pushing people to the brink.”
The PTO proposal comes after years of discussion among university system administrators amid the Great Resignation. Colleges and universities nationally have seen an increase in turnover and burnout among staff and faculty. Efforts among staff and graduate students to unionize and bargain collectively are also increasing, said William A. Herbert, executive director of the National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions at Hunter College.
Herbert said the increase in union campaigns in higher education and other industries stems from current economic conditions, including record inflation.
Basi said the PTO proposal has not been finalized and is subject to approval by the system’s Board of Curators. He said employees should not make assumptions before fully reviewing the plans. The university is hosting several virtual information sessions on the changes before the board’s next meeting in September and continuing to review feedback from employees, he said.
New Plan Details
The UM system has moderately revised its leave policies over the years, but Basi said the current proposal is one of the most comprehensive changes.
Starting hourly employees currently get 12 paid vacation days, four personal days and 12 sick days. The proposal would combine all types of leave into one PTO bank. Hourly employees would start with 18 days in PTO with increases at three and 10 years of service. Nine paid holidays and four days of winter break brings the total of potential paid days off to 31—10 fewer than the current system.
The university also is proposing to add short-term disability and four weeks of paid parental or caregiver leave.
According to a presentation provided to the Board of Curators, the proposed plan would be in line with what other Southeastern Conference and public AAU institutions offer.
Salaried staff members currently start with 17 vacation days, four personal days and 12 sick days and would get 23 days in their PTO bank, under the proposal, in addition to the nine holidays and four days for winter break.
System administrators worked with AON Consulting, a financial services firm that specializes in “human capital solutions,” to draft the new plan, which has been in the works since 2020.
“One of the big issues that we’ve had with our current leave program is the fact that it forces employees to choose how they take their day,” Basi said, adding that the proposed plan could allow more flexibility.
The Board of Curators reviewed the proposal at its June 23 meeting and is expected to vote on it next month. The new PTO system would not go into effect until 2024.
To Tyrone Turner, a member of the union and longtime carpenter at the University of Missouri at Columbia, the changes are “a bunch of malarkey.” He’s worked at the university for 30 years and is planning to retire in seven months, but he’s worried how the proposed changes will affect his family and friends who still work for the university.
“This is the best job I’ve ever had in my life,” he said. “But it’s not going to be as comfortable as it has been in the past.”
Under the current leave system, Turner said, he was able to attend his daughter’s track meets throughout her high school career and take a two-week family vacation to Buffalo, N.Y.
“I couldn’t do that if they restructured it,” he said, adding that he would be concerned about running out of time.
Turner and other employees can currently accrue an unlimited number of sick days along with twice the number of vacation days.
The June 23 presentation didn’t include information about whether days could be accrued in the new plan. Officials have said they will honor current employees’ saved vacation and sick leave.
“We certainly want to honor those accruals, so we’re working to make sure that we do that appropriately,” Basi said.
Turner said he wants to see the details of the plan before agreeing to any changes.
“I’m afraid to accept what they are going to do at this point,” he said.
Turner said he’s heard from several co-workers that they would leave if the changes went into effect.
“It’s caused total chaos,” he said. “You come to work here for the benefits, and now they are taking them. You have to reconsider if it’s worth it or not for you.”
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Allegations of Board Overreach
Why did the University of Florida suddenly fire its honors program director?
The director of the University of Florida’s honors program, who has been in the role eight years, says he was fired for no apparent reason with two years left on his current, five-year contract. Mark Law, the director, also says he was told that the university’s Board of Trustees insisted on his ouster, against the will of the university’s president and provost.
“Honors Director is a title I can no longer claim,” Law said in an email to colleagues over the weekend, alerting them that his last day would be Monday. “The Board of Trustees of UF fired me effective August 15. I learned about this only about a month ago. I have never had a negative performance evaluation and have been led to believe I was doing a good job by the administrators I work for. I haven’t been provided a reason for their action. I’m bitterly disappointed by the board’s decision.”
Administrative appointments, unlike tenured faculty positions, can generally be revoked at any time without cause. But abrupt terminations can prove disruptive for remaining faculty and staff members and students, so (for this reason and others) they’re rare. Rarer still are accounts of governing boards reaching down into administrative ranks to terminate program-level appointees, especially against the will of the president and provost.
The news about Law, coupled with ongoing concerns about academic freedom and political interference at UF, has therefore troubled some on campus.
Law said in an interview Monday that he learned of his termination in mid-July, during a coffee meeting with an administrator who told him that the board had insisted on it, over the objections of the President Kent Fuchs and Provost Joseph Glover. (That administrator did not immediately respond to a request for comment Monday.)
Late Monday, a spokesperson emailed the following statement from UF: "The Honors Program at the University of Florida is a highly competitive and prestigious program that attracts some of the best and brightest student scholars from around the world. We can confirm that Dr. Mark Law is no longer the UF Honors Program director. Effective today, the program will be led by Interim Director Dr. Melissa L. Johnson, who has served the program for more than 15 years and is responsible for its day-to-day operations, which include Honors Advising, honors courses, and the honors student activities and organizations. The UF Honors Program will continue to thrive and provide an excellent experience for its students across disciplines. The university will not comment further on personnel matters."
Asked if he had any idea why the board would want to fire him, Law said he could only “speculate, and I’m not going to do that with a reporter.” Asked about his interactions with the board, Law said the most recent was during a June board retreat, when he gave what he thought was a relatively unremarkable presentation about the honors program. Law said he was told that the board made the decision to fire him at the retreat (which is not a formal meeting and for which there are no formal minutes or notes).
Asked if board members had any questions about his presentation, Law said some asked about the design of an honors program dormitory that is currently being built. Those questions centered on the bathroom design, he said, but were architectural in nature and did not concern topics that have proved controversial elsewhere, namely gender designation. (UF has asked faculty members not to run afoul of new Florida laws limiting discussions of race and gender and, separately, controversies surrounding gender-neutral bathrooms flare up from time to time across academe. For the record, Law said the honors program dorm bathrooms are to be gender-neutral, with individual stalls with sinks, toilets and showers.)
Law also recalled some comments about requirements for the honors program and said that he reiterated to the board his support of current holistic admissions practices, including having applicants write two personal essays.
While Law says he remains baffled by the board’s action, he noted that following the retreat, the university changed the honors program application requirements to include only one essay, not two, without the program’s approval.
“We did not sign off in honors,” Law said. “This was dictated to us by the vice president of enrollment management.”
The university did not respond to a question about this change in policy Monday, or provide any details about how Law was fired, or why, when asked.
Law remains a distinguished professor of engineering at UF. He said that while having a tenured faculty appointment offers some security after being fired from his longtime role, he’ll miss the job at which he was always told he was doing well, and he will miss students most of all.
“We get some really amazing students at UF, and the cream of the crop into the honors program, and it’s just been so much fun to help create opportunities and to see them grow and, you know, become adults. Working with young people is amazing.”
Colleges and universities in Florida are under pressure to comply with a host of new laws affecting the curriculum and faculty work, including the new anti–critical race theory law enforced by a separate financial penalty law, a law allowing students to film professors without permission in order to report them for alleged free speech violation, and a posttenure-review law. And UF, in particular, has been accused of limiting faculty speech on its campus, including by previously barring certain professors from serving as expert witnesses in legal cases that challenge state positions on key issues.
Paul Ortiz, professor of history at UF and president of its faculty union, said Monday that the news about Law was shocking but not surprising, given the political environment on campus and throughout the state.
“We’re under siege in Florida,” Ortiz said. “There’s constant threats to intellectual freedom and tenure and a whole raft of issues.” Of Law, in particular, he said, “I’m appalled. You know, the students love honors. I have a lot of students who have been enrolled in the program over the years and they love the honors program at UF. You know, it’s traditionally underfunded compared to our peers, but wow, they do an incredible job.”
Unfortunately, he continued, “what’s happened at UF and other universities is that what happens in the classroom just doesn’t seem to matter anymore to people who are running the show at the top. Because every evaluation that I’m aware of, every kind of objective evaluation I’ve heard of with the honors program, it’s gotten really high marks across the board. So this is really stunning.”
Dale Campbell, professor emeritus of higher education administration at UF, said it’s “unprecedented for the board to get involved [in this way]. It is deeply concerning and has a chilling effect on academic freedom.”
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The American Depository Shares (ADS) of BHP Group Limited (NYSE: BHP) (GB: BHP) increased 1.6% in the extended trading session on Monday after the company announced impressive results for the Fiscal Year 2022 (ended June 30, 2022). High commodity prices, mainly coal, helped the company triple its attributable profits in the year.
It is worth noting that BHP Group’s ADS was up 2.6% early Tuesday, at the time of writing. The $138.3-billion Australian company engages in the exploration and production of oil and natural gas, and the extraction of metals like iron ore, copper, gold, and zinc.
Highlights of BHP Group’s Fiscal 2022 Results
- High coal prices boost attributable profit by 173% year-over-year to $30.9 billion
- The underlying attributable profit of $23.8 billion surpassed the consensus estimate of $20.9 billion
- Free cash flow grew 24% to $24.3 billion
- Announced final dividend of $1.75 per share
- Revenues were $65.1 billion, up 14.4% year-over-year
The company noted that growth in attributable profit in Fiscal 2022 was driven by high commodity prices, especially of coal. Average realized prices surged 225% for metallurgical coal and 271% for thermal coal.
Also, realized prices for copper grew 9% and for nickel expanded 43%, partially offset by a 13% decline in iron ore prices. In addition to commodity prices, a gain from the divestment of the petroleum business boosted profits in the year.
Cash generated from operating activities was $29.3 billion, and capital and exploration expenditure totaled $6.1 billion in the year. The company used its available resources to repay debts, with net debt down from $4.1 billion in Fiscal 2021 to $0.3 billion in Fiscal 2022.
Talking about rewards to shareholders, BHP Group’s dividends for its stakeholders amounted to $3.25 per share. This amount includes the impact of the company’s final dividend payment of $1.75 per share.
Earnings were $6.11 per share in Fiscal 2022, up 173% year-over-year. Also, underlying earnings advanced 39% to $4.71 per share in Fiscal 2022. The consensus estimate for earnings was $6.14 per share.
Revenues totaled $65.1 billion in the year versus the consensus estimate of $65.5 billion. On a year-over-year basis, the top line grew 14.4%, driven by sales growth of 7.1% for Copper, 201.7% for Coal, and 23.4% for Group and unallocated items segments. The sales of the Iron Ore segment decreased 10.8% year-over-year.
Production of copper in the year was down 4% year-over-year, while that of metallurgical coal and energy coal was down 9% and 4%, respectively. Also, the production of nickel declined 14% but remained flat for iron ore.
CEO’s Comment
The CEO of BHP Group, Mike Henry, said, “These strong results were due to safe and reliable operations, project delivery and capital discipline, which allowed us to capture the value of strong commodity prices.”
Henry said, “BHP enters the 2023 financial year in great shape strategically, operationally and financially, and well prepared to manage an uncertain near-term environment.”
The CEO opined that BHP Group “expect China to emerge as a source of stability for commodity demand” while seeing “a slowdown in advanced economies as monetary policy tightens, as well as ongoing geopolitical uncertainty and inflationary pressures.”
“The direct and indirect impacts of Europe’s energy crisis are a particular point of concern. Tight labour markets will remain a challenge for global and local supply chains. Waves of COVID-19 infection continue to occur in the communities where we operate, and we are planning accordingly,” Henry added.
According to the TipRanks Risk Analysis tool, BHP Group’s prime risk category is Macro & Political. This category accounts for four risks of the total eight risks identified for the company.
Is BHP Stock a Buy or Sell?
As of now, BHP stock is neither a Buy nor a Sell. On TipRanks, BHP Group has a Hold consensus rating based on one Buy and three Holds. BHP’s average price forecast of $59 mirrors 7.78% upside potential from the current level.
Considering BHP’s risk profile, the macroeconomic challenges (especially rising interest rates and geopolitical uncertainties), and analysts’ neutral view on the stock, a wait-and-watch approach could be a good idea for prospective investors in the near term.
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With revenue growth of 929% over three-years, Filevine continues momentum as demand for the leading legal work platform increases.
SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Filevine, the leading legal work platform, has ranked No.674 on Inc. magazine's annual Inc. 5000 list, the most prestigious ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in America. The list represents a one-of-a-kind look at the most successful companies within the economy's most dynamic segment - its independent businesses. This is Filevine's third consecutive year receiving the recognition. Filevine also ranked No. 18 in Utah, No. 4 in Salt Lake City, and No. 83 in Software for its three-year company growth.
Microsoft, Patagonia, Facebook, Chobani, UnderArmour, and many other well-known names gained their first national exposure as honorees on the Inc. 5000. The companies on the 2022 Inc. 5000 have not only been successful, but have also demonstrated resilience and grit amid supply chain woes, labor shortages, and the ongoing impact of Covid-19.
"The accomplishment of building one of the fastest-growing companies in the U.S., in light of recent economic roadblocks, cannot be overstated," says Scott Omelianuk, editor-in-chief of Inc. "Inc. is thrilled to honor the companies that have established themselves through innovation, hard work, and rising to the challenges of today."
Filevine has not only celebrated impressive company growth, but has also helped its client base grow their practices and meet the ever growing demand for legal services. "Filevine is changing the way legal work gets done from the ground up, " says Ryan Anderson, CEO and co-founder of Filevine. "The legal industry is in the midst of a once-in-a-generation change, and we're incredibly humbled seeing our company growth translate to our customers as their ability to provide crucial legal services scales to meet demand."
This award comes on the tail of Filevine being listed on Utah Business Magazine's 2022 Fast 50 list of the state's fastest-growing companies, as well as being named a 2022 Top Workplace and among the Best SaaS Products for Law and Legal Services on the 2022 SaaS Awards Shortlist.
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Court Upholds Degree Requirement for D.C. Childcare Workers
The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, in a decision announced last week, upheld a requirement that many childcare workers in the District of Columbia hold a college degree.
The rule, issued in 2016 by the D.C. Office of the State Superintendent, requires childcare workers at daycare centers and home-based childcare businesses of a certain size to have an associate degree in early-childhood education or a related field. Alternatively, workers with college degrees in other fields can take at least 24 credit hours of courses relevant to early-childhood education.
Two childcare workers and a parent filed a lawsuit challenging the requirement in 2018. The workers argued they could do their jobs without taking expensive college classes and the Office of the State Superintendent was unlawfully interfering with their work. They also objected to the differentiation between types of childcare workers.
The complaint was previously dismissed by a U.S. District Court, which concluded that the Office of the State Superintendent acted reasonably and “the college requirements are rational, including in the distinctions they draw between different classes of daycare workers,” the appeals decision read. “We agree with the district court and affirm its judgment.”
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FAFSA Completion on the Rise
Completion rates for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid have increased slightly after a four-year decline, reaching 70 percent in academic year 2021–22, a 2 percent increase from the year prior. However, a report found that misconceptions and confusion about the FAFSA prevented many families from applying.
The report by Sallie Mae, a loan servicer, and Ipsos, a global market research company, found that only 53 percent of families know that all students are eligible to send in the FAFSA, and 75 percent of families did not know that the FAFSA was available in October.
Wealthier families were more likely to cite misconceptions about the FAFSA for their reason for not applying. The study found that 36 percent of families did not apply because they believed their income was too high. Of this group, 75 percent had annual incomes over $150,000.
Lower-income families, those making under $50,000 annually, were more likely to cite confusion as their reason for not applying. This included 28 percent of families who did not know about the FAFSA, 25 percent who said they had issues with the application and 23 percent who missed the deadline.
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Shares of Cardinal Health Inc. (NYSE: CAH) hit a new all-year high of $71.45 yesterday after activist hedge fund Elliott Management disclosed a large stake in the health care services company. Shares ended the day almost flat at $69.97 on August 15.
Paul Singer-led Elliott nominated five candidates for the Cardinal’s Board about two weeks back. The last date for nominating directors ended on August 7. Although Elliott’s intention to invest in Cardinal is unknown, the activist hedge fund has also increased stakes in Aerojet Rocketdyne (AJRD), Pinterest (PINS), PayPal Holdings (PYPL), and Endeavor Group Holdings (EDR).
Cardinal Health is one of the largest American medical products distributors. CAH Stock has gained nearly 37% so far this year.
Cardinal’s CEO Steps Down After Posting Mixed Q4 Results
Last week, Cardinal announced the abrupt departure of its CEO, Mike Kaufmann. Effective September 1, Kaufmann will be replaced by Cardinal’s current CFO, Jason Hollar, who will also join the Board of Directors. Cardinal has been dodging the effects of inflation and supply chain constraints on its medical supplies business.
On August 11, Cardinal reported mixed fourth-quarter Fiscal 2022 results, beating revenue but missing earnings estimates. Revenue of $47.10 billion rose 10.6% year-over-year and came in $2.28 billion higher than the consensus. However, adjusted earnings of $1.05 per share rose 36% year-over-year but missed analyst estimates by $0.13 per share.
Cardinal’s fourth quarter revenue was boosted by a 13% year-over-year jump in its Pharmaceutical segment revenue of $43.3 billion. Branded pharmaceutical sales from existing and new customers added the much-needed pace to the segment’s revenue.
On the other hand, its Medical segment reported an 11% year-over-year decline in revenue to $3.8 billion. This slump was due to the divestiture of the Cordis business as well as lower products and distribution volumes.
Notably, the company announced a regular quarterly common stock dividend of $0.49 per share, representing a current dividend yield of 2.84%.
Is Cardinal Health Stock a Buy?
On TipRanks, CAH stock has a Hold consensus rating based on two Buys, six Holds, and one Sell. The average Cardinal Health stock forecast of $65.44 implies 6.5% downside potential to current levels.
On the other hand, TipRanks’ Stock Investors tool shows that investor sentiment is currently Positive on Cardinal Health, with 1.0% of portfolios tracked by TipRanks increasing their exposure to CAH stock over the past 30 days.
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GoodUnited Receives Ranking No. 460 Among America's Fastest-Growing Private Companies, No. 49 in Software
NEW YORK, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Inc. revealed that GoodUnited is No. 460 on its annual Inc. 5000 list, the most prestigious ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in America. The list represents a one-of-a-kind look at the most successful companies within the economy's most dynamic segment—its independent businesses. Facebook, Chobani, Under Armour, Microsoft, Patagonia, and many other well-known names gained their first national exposure as honorees on the Inc. 5000.
"We are honored to be recognized in these respected industry rankings," says Nick Black, co-founder and CEO of GoodUnited. "Our growth is a direct reflection of our company virtues: build products and services customers want; do less, better; BEST is the standard; and fiercely take care of each other. By focusing intently on the needs of our nonprofit partners, we have been able to build and inspire the future of social fundraising."
The companies on the 2022 Inc. 5000 have not only been successful, but have also demonstrated resilience amid supply chain woes, labor shortages, and the ongoing impact of Covid-19. Among the top 500, the average median three-year revenue growth rate soared to 2,144 percent. Together, those companies added more than 68,394 jobs over the past three years.
Complete results of the Inc. 5000, including company profiles and an interactive database that can be sorted by industry, region, and other criteria, can be found at www.inc.com/inc5000. The top 500 companies are featured in the September issue of Inc. magazine, which will be available on August 23.
"The accomplishment of building one of the fastest-growing companies in the U.S., in light of recent economic roadblocks, cannot be overstated," says Scott Omelianuk, editor-in-chief of Inc. "Inc. is thrilled to honor the companies that have established themselves through innovation, hard work, and rising to the challenges of today."
"Our continued growth is a testament to the trust our nonprofit partners have put in us and the kind of work our team continues to deliver," says Jeremy Berman, co-founder and President of GoodUnited. "We have established a very deliberate strategy that is focused on providing real value in the realm of social media fundraising; since our entire business is centered on relationships, there is nothing more important to us than putting our partners' missions at the heart of everything we do."
GoodUnited is headquartered in Charleston, SC and is an industry leading social media fundraising software that helps 501(c)(3) nonprofits acquire and activate supporters, build personal relationships at scale, and grow revenue in social channels.
150+ Nonprofits trust GoodUnited to help grow their organization in social channels - including Susan G. Komen, Wounded Warrior Project, and American Cancer Society. For more information, visit www.GoodUnited.io or follow us on LinkedIn.
Companies on the 2022 Inc. 5000 are ranked according to percentage revenue growth from 2018 to 2021. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2018. They must be U.S.-based, privately held, for-profit, and independent—not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies—as of December 31, 2021. (Since then, some on the list may have gone public or been acquired.) The minimum revenue required for 2018 is $100,000; the minimum for 2021 is $2 million. As always, Inc. reserves the right to decline applicants for subjective reasons. Growth rates used to determine company rankings were calculated to four decimal places. The top 500 companies on the Inc. 5000 are featured in Inc. magazine's September issue. The entire Inc. 5000 can be found at http://www.inc.com/inc5000.
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Today on the Academic Minute, part of University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Week: Luanda Grazette, professor of medicine, explores why more patients survive heart failure than ever before. Learn more about the Academic Minute here.
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Judge Rejects Attempt to Dismiss Suit Against Colleges
Judge Matthew F. Kennelly on Monday rejected an attempt by 16 private colleges, all of them well-known, to dismiss an antitrust case against the colleges.
Kennelly rejected three separate proposals to dismiss the case. The college involved either are or were members of the 568 Group, which describes itself as “an affiliation of colleges and universities … [that] works together in an effort to maintain a need-based financial aid system that is understandable and fair and will bring greater clarity, simplicity, and equity to the process of assessing each family’s ability to pay for college.”
The grounds for the suit are that the colleges are not completely need-blind, which the colleges deny.
The judge wrote that “the plaintiffs allege that all the defendants consider the financial need of students and their families in deciding whether to admit waitlisted or transfer students. With respect to the former, the defendants criticize the evidence cited by the plaintiffs as too general or too old to support the contention that the defendants admitted waitlisted students on a need-aware basis during the relevant time period. These arguments do not fly on a motion to dismiss. The defendants’ criticisms go to the weight of the plaintiffs’ evidence; they arguably provide reasons to discredit the evidence but not a basis to find the plaintiffs’ allegations implausible. At summary judgment and trial, the plaintiffs may need to present additional evidence to prevail. At this stage, however, the allegations in the amended complaint are sufficient; the plaintiffs’ allegations on this point are plausible.”
In addition, the judge said, “The defendants also contend, in a footnote, that the need-blind requirement does not apply to waitlisted students. The court rejects this argument because it is inconsistent with the language of the exemption, which expressly states that ‘all’ students must be admitted on a need-blind basis.”
The colleges in the case are Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Duke, Emory, Georgetown, Northwestern, Rice, Vanderbilt and Yale Universities; the California Institute of Technology; Dartmouth College; the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and the Universities of Chicago, Notre Dame and Pennsylvania.
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NACUBO CEO Johnston Dies From Cancer
August 16, 2022
Susan Whealler Johnston, president and CEO of the National Association of College and University Business Officers, has died due to cancer, NACUBO announced Monday.
Johnston, who had led the organization since 2018, recently announced her retirement, effective later this month. At the time, NACUBO said she was stepping down to focus on her health.
NACUBO is now organizing a tribute on the organization’s website. Those interested in contributing thoughts to the online memorial can contact [email protected].
A search for Johnston’s replacement as president and CEO is underway.
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UCLA Lifts Indoor Mask Mandate
August 16, 2022
The University of California, Los Angeles, has lifted its indoor mask mandate, but the university still “strongly encouraged” people to wear a mask when indoors at UCLA.
A statement from UCLA said, “The severity of illness seems to be waning,” so “we are adjusting our campus protocols to better align with current public health conditions in line with the transitions that have already occurred at other academic institutions, and within the county and state.”
Masks are still required in health-care settings and on public transportation.
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University's Facebook Page Hacked
The Facebook page of Thomas More University, a Roman Catholic institution in Kentucky, has been hacked. Instead of news from the university, the site has since Friday featured photographs of women with messages such as, "Can't sleep without someone to cuddle with" or "I just rented a room that can accommodate 2 people but I'm alone so if you're looking for a place to stay hit me up."
The university responded by creating a new Facebook page and posting this message: "The Thomas More University Facebook account Thomas More University was hacked. The university is doing everything we can to contact Facebook to help us resolve this issue and regain control of our page. In the meantime, we have developed this Facebook page Thomas More University so that our community can continue to interact with us on this social network platform and so that we can dispute the other page's activity under our name. Of course we are frustrated by the incident, but we ask for your patience and grace as we work through this challenge."
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Higher Ed Must Change or Die
Consider this my “burning platform” memo for higher ed, Temple University president Jason Wingard writes.
In 2011, then Nokia CEO Stephen Elop delivered a poignant and passionate memo to all of the company’s employees. There was no sugarcoating the overarching theme of the sincere but somber and grimly characterized 1,227-word message.
Nokia was “standing on a burning platform.” The reference—to an oil rig explosion and one worker’s choice to either remain on the fiery precipice or jump almost 100 feet into the icy North Sea—illustrated Nokia’s dire future. If the company did not urgently adapt and reclaim its role as a leader in telecommunications and information technology innovation, it risked losing everything.
Sound familiar? Let’s examine the higher education industry in 2022.
I am the president of Pennsylvania’s second-largest institution of higher education. Temple University is a public, R-1 research university in a major East Coast city with a medical school and health system. Our research portfolio has more than tripled in the last decade. You would think all of these key distinctions would help me rest easy at night. That has not been the case as of late.
I do not take the role as president of Philadelphia’s public university lightly, and I recognize the weight of my words. So, let me be crystal clear with what I am about to state next. In the goodness of transparency, please know that I hope that every university and college president and administrator, across the country, sees this op-ed as my version of a burning platform memo.
Enrollment for both undergraduate and graduate students at U.S. colleges and universities decreased by 4.1 percent—or about 685,000 students—in spring 2022 compared to spring 2021. The number is compounded even further when you go back to 2020. The overall two-year decline is 7.4 percent, meaning that nearly 1.3 million fewer students are pursuing postsecondary education today compared to just two years ago.
COVID-19 was a factor, and the demographic shift is very real. But make no mistake: instigating factors are more than that. The value of the college degree, in my analysis, has reached its peak and is on the wane. There are a host of factors to blame, stretching from cost and affordability to curriculum relevance to rapidly evolving skill needs to advances in automation and technology. But playing the blame game only gets us so far.
Imagine if a company lost nearly 10 percent of its profits in two years. The situation would be catastrophic. Drastic changes would be expected. We have lost nearly 10 percent of our students, but where is our sense of urgency? What will it take for us to recognize that the status quo is not working?
The evolution of education can be broken down into four phases: agrarian (1600–1849), when a privileged few had formal education; industrial (1850–1974), which introduced universal secondary education; knowledge (1975–2009), when the internet transformed life, education and work; and post-recession (2010–2020), where the value of a degree has never been more in question. And now, we must collectively determine what comes next.
I have an inkling as to where we’re headed. In 2017, while serving as dean of Columbia University’s School of Professional Studies, I noticed a startling trend. Top employers in the New York City metropolitan area were no longer recruiting our undergraduate and graduate students with the same vigor and frequency. Rather, they were after students in Columbia University’s high school program.
I interviewed several employers for my new book, The College Devaluation Crisis: Market Disruption, Diminishing ROI, and an Alternative Future of Learning (Stanford University Press) When I probed them as to why they were hiring students straight from high school, I was told that “the college degree had ceased to be a guarantee that employers were going to get what they wanted.” So instead, why not go younger? Why not hire cheaper?
On the surface, it makes sense. Who needs a four-year marketing degree graduate to run social media when you can instead hire someone fresh out of high school and sign them up for HootSuite’s Academy’s social media certification course? Why pay for a six-figure education when HootSuite can get you some of the same skills in just six hours and for less than $200?
We all know that a $200 certificate program does not remotely equate to a four-year education from a best-in-class institution like Temple University, but perception is everything. And the reality is that the perceived value proposition that was once a constant for institutions of higher education becomes cloudier day by day, with just six in 10 Americans recently surveyed saying college is worth the time and money.
I am a fourth-generation descendent of slaves, and no one has to sell me on the value of a college degree. This has been instilled in me by the entire Wingard family, which includes five family members who received their bachelor’s degrees, five who received their master’s degrees and three who received their doctorates. But, despite this, I truly do worry that we are standing on a burning platform.
At one point, a college education was seen as the ticket to career success and advancement, but we live in a capitalist society, and we know what happens when money is at stake.
The key to retaining the value of a degree from your own institution is ensuring your graduates have the skills to change with any market. This means that we must tweak and adapt our curriculum at least every single year.
We also must get back to basics. We are at our best when we promote discourse and the scholarly exchange of ideas. Companies deeply need high-level critical thinking skills that will never coalesce from a $200 online certificate program. This gets back to the importance of adapting curriculum on a yearly basis and, when doing so, specifically looking at our core curriculum with a fine-tooth comb.
Finally, and arguably most importantly, we need to address affordability. Not politicians, but us—leaders at institutions of higher education. Rutgers University’s Scarlet Guarantee program, which offers free in-state tuition for families that make less than $65,000, is a step in the right direction. But keep in mind that just 23 percent of four-year public colleges are affordable for a student with an average-sized Pell Grant, according to the National College Attainment Network’s analysis; do you think that number will go up or down in the years to come?
We need to broaden access, leverage our industry and corporate partnerships to create scholarships and funding sources, and pursue entrepreneurial investments that seek to incubate alternative ventures. This is nonnegotiable; this is our only path forward.
Solving the challenges ahead will not be easy. But it’s past time for higher education to ignore the flames and take the leap. It sure beats the alternative. Only then will the heat of this burning platform start to subside.
Jason Wingard is president of Temple University and the author of the new book The College Devaluation Crisis: Market Disruption, Diminishing ROI, and an Alternative Future of Learning (Stanford University Press).
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DENVER, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- See Kiosk Association in Denver, September 19-21 at the CREATE Show, the Future of Foodservice. We are sponsoring Ask the Expert with Chipotle and if you are a restaurant exec wanting to attend, we can save you $500 with a free pass. Just email info@kioskindustry.org with your details.
Coming up in November is Digital Signage Expo 2022 in Vegas. We'll be there in booth 617. Next month we are participating in a webinar on service and logistics with Pitney Bowes.
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- Feature article this month is Kiosk Privacy Is About To Get Far More Complicated. Evan Schuman looks at the healthcare segment and HIPAA considerations.
- On AVIXA is our article on Volta and it's over a billion views milestone for its EV charging stations
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- The U.S. Access Board is releasing its scope of work (aka ANPRM) this month for all types of self-service including Point-Of-Sale. They will be accepting comments and all entities are encouraged to provide comments. Link. Earlier they released guidelines for EV Charging to the ball rolling.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kirkland's, Inc. (Nasdaq: KIRK) ("Kirkland's Home" or the "Company"), a specialty retailer of home décor and furnishings, will hold a conference call on Tuesday, August 30, 2022, at 9:00 a.m. Eastern time to discuss its financial results for the second quarter ended July 30, 2022. The results will be reported in a press release prior to the conference call.
Kirkland's Home management will host the conference call, followed by a question and answer period.
Date: Tuesday, August 30, 2022
Time: 9:00 a.m. Eastern time
Toll-free dial-in number: (855) 560-2577
International dial-in number: (412) 542-4163
Conference ID: 10170457
Please call the conference telephone number 10-15 minutes prior to the start time. An operator will register your name and organization. If you have any difficulty connecting with the conference call, please contact Gateway Group at (949) 574-3860.
The conference call will be broadcast live and available for replay here and via the investor relations section of the Company's website at www.kirklands.com. The online replay will follow shortly after the call and continue for one year.
A telephonic replay of the conference call will be available after the conference call through September 6, 2022.
Toll-free replay number: (877) 344-7529
International replay number: (412) 317-0088
Replay ID: 7044481
About Kirkland's, Inc.
Kirkland's, Inc. is a specialty retailer of home furnishings in the United States, currently operating 355 stores in 35 states as well as an e-commerce website, www.kirklands.com, under the Kirkland's Home brand. The Company provides its customers an engaging shopping experience characterized by a curated, affordable selection of home furnishings along with inspirational design ideas. This combination of quality and stylish merchandise, value pricing and a stimulating online and store experience allows the Company's customers to furnish their home at a great value. More information can be found at www.kirklands.com.
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SEAFORD, Del. - A series of car break-ins in Seaford have put neighbors on high alert.
Those neighbors who spoke with'WBOC said their quiet neighborhoods are being disrupted during all hours of the night.
Seaford police said the break-ins have been happening in the area of Hickory Lane, Shipley Street, and Bradford Street. Police are encouraging everyone to keep their car doors locked.
Doris Melson and her neighbor both had their cars ransacked at 3 a.m. Melson says her neighbor spent the next day replacing all of her bank cards and found their car insurance information, floating down the road.
"There has been other break-ins and car alarms going off at Hickory and Nylon Boulevard," says Melson. "This time it's different. They are hitting multiple places throughout the night. And now we have heard that Laurel is getting hit, too. I think that's kind of sad."
Kim Beard and her family, fortunately, have not been victims of a break-in. Beard says her husband checks the car and the windows every night. They also remind their daughters to do the same.
"We have two college-aged daughters and that is all they hear from us. Like, 'Make sure you do not leave your purse or your wallet in your car. Do not leave your windows down and do not leave your keys visible,'" says Beard.
Those we spoke with say it's disappointing that this is happening in their neighborhood. They hope the person or people responsible are found soon. | https://www.wboc.com/news/car-break-ins-in-seaford-have-neighbors-on-edge/article_01f524dc-1ced-11ed-9ed5-abf5c2578d99.html | 2022-08-16T11:56:21Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/news/car-break-ins-in-seaford-have-neighbors-on-edge/article_01f524dc-1ced-11ed-9ed5-abf5c2578d99.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
DOVER, Del. - Many kids, especially those in low-income communities, look forward to the school year because a meal is provided five out of seven days a week. But when it comes to the weekend, many kids are left hungry.
Now, a new program in Dover is looking to change that. The "Feeding Our Friends Project" is working to provide meals for the students on Saturdays, something the organizer, Deborah Salomon, says there is a lack of in the community.
"We're helping them get meals partner by McDonald's because a lot of youth are living in low-income situations and I feel as if there's no one out here that's really doing that to help them," Salomon says.
Feeding America's website says that missing a meal as a developing child can lead to several struggles in school. Salomon says this is yet another reason to start this project.
"If you're hungry you're definitely not happy," Salomon said. "And if you're in a situation where is difficult at home, that's going to affect your education, that's going to affect every single part of that child's life. So I feel as if just the basic necessity their lacking is going to impact everything else."
And that one meal on Saturdays could go a long way. Once the program is up and running, it would be available to high school students in the Dover School District. And this is one way to give back to the community and provide an additional meal to those in need. We were not able to reach the district for comment. But Salomon hopes to expand the project to other school districts and is looking for more donors and partners.
If interested in becoming a donor, email Deborah Salomon at deborahsalomon36@gmail.com or contact by phone at 302-423 -3922. | https://www.wboc.com/news/feeding-our-friends-project-helping-to-provide-meals-this-school-year/article_986b37f6-1cfe-11ed-9bd8-5b6e273827e9.html | 2022-08-16T11:56:27Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/news/feeding-our-friends-project-helping-to-provide-meals-this-school-year/article_986b37f6-1cfe-11ed-9bd8-5b6e273827e9.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
SALISBURY, Md. - One man is dead after a house fire in Wicomico County late Monday afternoon.
According to the Maryland State Fire Marshal's Office, firefighters from the Parsonsburg Volunteer Fire Company and other departments were called to 32733 Johnson Road east of Salisbury at around 4:30 p.m. for a fire in a one-story single-family home.
Upon arrival, firefighters encountered severe fire conditions throughout the entire home. They were able to bring the two-alarm fire under control in one hour.
Officials say a woman who lived in the home was able to escape. She suffered significant burns and was flown to Bayview Burn Center in Salisbury by a Maryland State Police helicopter.
However, firefighters say they found one man dead in the home. His body was transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore for positive identification and the exact cause of death.
The origin and cause of the fire remain under investigation. Damgages are estimated to be $225,000. | https://www.wboc.com/news/one-dead-one-injured-following-salisbury-house-fire/article_85fb37b6-1d52-11ed-b1c1-0b70768af6b7.html | 2022-08-16T11:56:33Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/news/one-dead-one-injured-following-salisbury-house-fire/article_85fb37b6-1d52-11ed-b1c1-0b70768af6b7.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
SALISBURY, Md.- Salisbury Councilwoman April Jackson says she's seen a lot of kids under 18 riding the Bird scooters around Salisbury, though riders must be over 18 years of age to operate them.
"The major concern now is the underage riding scooters. Not only are they riding the scooters during the day, but during the evening," Jackson said. "And scooters were supposedly - the max age is 18 and over - and I'm seeing now and 12 and under on them."
Now, Jackson is calling on her fellow council members and parents to try and prevent young kids from using the scooters. Breta Still says she agrees.
“They just seem a bit dangerous. I think we need to be at least driving age so we know the rules of the road… and maybe a helmet,” said Still.
However, some like Walter Jones disagree.
"I'm a retired school teacher and when you take something fun away that's legitimate, they'll find something that is not," said Jones.
Haeleah Davis says maybe the city should try a slower speed limit.
"I actually rode my first scooter over the weekend in DC and they cap the speed there to 10 miles an hour, so it was a safe way to get around quickly," Davis said. "I was able to keep up with traffic and get to where I needed to go on time, but it also didn't feel like I was moving around to quickly and putting myself or anyone else in danger."
Jackson also puts the onus on parents.
“Just make sure that one of your children are not one of these children who are riding on the highway, busy streets, impeding traffic, popping wheelies, riding two or three people on scooters, a matter of fact riding two or three scooters at a time, just make sure your kids aren't doing that," said Jackson. | https://www.wboc.com/news/salisbury-councilwoman-calls-for-effort-to-stop-underage-kids-from-riding-scooters/article_22273114-1ce3-11ed-80d3-9b1c51f77513.html | 2022-08-16T11:56:40Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/news/salisbury-councilwoman-calls-for-effort-to-stop-underage-kids-from-riding-scooters/article_22273114-1ce3-11ed-80d3-9b1c51f77513.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
SMITH ISLAND -- Two new groups of volunteers headed to Smith Island on Monday to help with the cleanup efforts nearly two weeks after a tornado came ashore on the island.
The volunteers, from Oakridge Baptist Church and Christ United Methodist Church in Salisbury, arrived on the island at around 10 a.m. They wasted little time getting to work, possibly because, at least for one volunteer, the island reminded them of home.
"It just reminds me a lot of where I grew up and I just like to be able to help someone clean up after something like this," said Krista Warfield.
For others, like Gary McCabe, a pastor at Oakridge Baptist, just being able to lend a helping hand was exciting enough.
"We were super-excited to get invited to come out," said McCabe. "It feels really good to be able to do stuff right here on the Eastern Shore, and the people here are just so grateful and so hospitable, so it just feels really, really good to be a part."
McCabe brought along about 12 volunteers, and in total there were around two dozen volunteers on the island on Monday. Most of their work during the morning hours of Aug. 15 was spent clearing yards in Ewell of fallen trees.
"Just a lot of tree debris, tree trash, putting it from the yards into the trailer and into the back of the trucks and taking it to the burn lot," said Warfield.
The volunteers also filled up trucks, which were provided by Somerset County, with the piles of debris that the crew from last week organized. Those piles consisted of anything and everything, from sheets of metal, to lights, and even some bikes and scooters. After breaking for lunch, the crews packed up and moved over to Rhodes Point, where the majority of remaining work needs to be done. | https://www.wboc.com/news/tornado-cleanup-efforts-continue-on-smith-island/article_9a6be6da-1ce1-11ed-90d2-9fde7acfbf5a.html | 2022-08-16T11:56:46Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/news/tornado-cleanup-efforts-continue-on-smith-island/article_9a6be6da-1ce1-11ed-90d2-9fde7acfbf5a.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Funding will advance company's isCAR program toward clinical trials as well as support development of other internal and partnered preclinical programs
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Orna Therapeutics, a biotechnology company pioneering a new class of fully engineered circular RNA therapies (oRNA), today announced the initial closing of its $221 million Series B financing. At signing, the company received approximately $121 million and expects to receive the remaining $100 million subject to customary closing conditions (including regulatory approval under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act). Merck participated as a new investor in the financing alongside commitments from founding investors MPM Capital and BioImpact Capital, an affiliate of MPM, among others. Orna was created in 2019 by MPM Capital and BioImpact Capital, with funding from the UBS Oncology Impact Fund.
The financing will enable Orna to continue development of its circular RNA + LNP (lipid nanoparticle) delivery platform, as augmented by its joint venture with ReNAgade Therapeutics, an RNA delivery company created by MPM Capital and BioImpact Capital, to advance its lead in situ CAR (isCAR) program toward the clinic and build manufacturing capabilities to support development of an expanding preclinical and clinical pipeline.
"In under three years, Orna has taken proprietary circular RNA from academic literature to the first proof of concept data in preclinical models," said Tom Barnes, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer of Orna and Entrepreneur at BioImpact Capital. "Investors continue to recognize our premier technology and the hard work of our team, and we are pleased to see such unwavering belief in the potential of circular RNA to revolutionize how we treat disease."
Orna is expanding the reach of current RNA therapeutics with recently presented preclinical data demonstrating the potential of oRNA to treat cancer, genetic disorders, and infectious diseases. Orna's lead isCAR program demonstrated tumor suppression and eradication in animal models, indicating significant potential that oRNA-based cancer therapies could be superior to traditional cell therapies. With the proceeds of the Series B financing, Orna anticipates advancing this program into clinical trials in 2024.
"In just a few years since we created and built the company, Orna has made remarkable progress in demonstrating the extensive power of its circular RNA + LNP delivery technologies," said Ansbert Gadicke, M.D., Chairman of Orna, Managing Partner of BioImpact Capital and MPM Managing Director. "oRNA, with its numerous advantages over linear mRNA, is the next generation of RNA therapies, and we are excited to see the continued development and applications of this technology."
"It has been validating to see the promise of RNA realized through linear mRNA-based vaccines," said Daniel G. Anderson, Ph.D., Professor of Chemical Engineering and core member of the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research and the Institute for Medical Engineering and Science at MIT, and Co-founder of Orna. "Orna's next generation of oRNA therapies not only demonstrate promise as vaccines, but also as treatments for a range of diseases where other modalities have fallen short."
SVB Securities acted as financial advisor to Orna on this transaction.
About Orna Therapeutics
Orna Therapeutics was founded on groundbreaking research by Alex Wesselhoeft, Ph.D., and Daniel G. Anderson, Ph.D., from MIT and built by MPM Capital and BioImpact Capital, an affiliate of MPM. Orna's proprietary circular RNA (oRNA) is engineered as linear RNA that self-circularizes. By taking a line and turning it into a circle, oRNA exhibits numerous advantages over traditional linear mRNA therapies such as simplified production, increased protein expression, and a superior immunogenicity profile. With proprietary lipid nanoparticles (LNPs), including those from Orna's joint venture with ReNAgade Therapeutics, an RNA delivery company, our technologies expand the possibilities of what RNA therapeutics can achieve. To learn more visit: www.ornatx.com and follow Orna Therapeutics on Twitter and LinkedIn.
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MADISON, Conn., Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Precision X-Ray, Inc. ("Precision"), a global leader in cabinet X-ray irradiators, is pleased to announce the launch of SteriRad, an innovative antimicrobial X-Ray system designed to terminate pathogenic microbes on harvested cannabis buds and ground plants. This X-Ray-based decontamination process is an effective approach to preventing unwanted microbial growth on harvested cannabis without degrading the inherent levels of cannabinoids and terpenes.
SteriRad achieves this result by leveraging Precision's twenty years of experience and leadership in biological X-Ray cabinet systems. Using a cold process, which does not produce heat that can adversely affect the quality of the final product, SteriRad enables cultivators to meet stringent regulatory requirements in states and countries around the world.
"Precision prides itself on knowing and anticipating its customer's needs. That is why we embarked on this journey in a new market of biological decontamination. We are very excited to deploy this proven technology to growers worldwide, ensuring the safety and quality of their products." said Viktoriya Baytser, CEO.
"SteriRad provides the cultivators with the peace of mind knowing that their premium products will pass the stringent microbial testing, ensuring a safer and more enjoyable experience for both medicinal and recreational cannabis consumers," added Bill McLaughlin, Director of Strategic Innovation.
Headquartered in Madison, Connecticut, Precision is the largest global manufacturer of cabinet x-ray irradiation systems providing safe, reliable, and reproducible results. Since the turn of the century, we continue to provide thousands of partners around the world with products that lead technological innovation in commercial, agricultural, and academic irradiation treatment fields.
For more information about the new SteriRad system and other Precision X-Ray products and services, please contact Debra Peris, Marketing Manager at dperis@pxinc.com
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Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State has clarified that there was no clash between the people of Ajase-Ipo and the Fulani or Bororo community, adding that the last Friday’s incident in Kara (Ajase-Ipo) involved some cattle traders in Kara and members of a group who were travelling through the area from a neighbouring state.
The governor, who visited the town on Saturday to inspect the Kara market, met with different community leaders and commiserated with those affected at the palace of the Olupo of Ajase-Ipo.
In a statement by the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the governor, Rafiu Ajakaye, the governor urged citizens to avoid resorting to violence for whatever reasons.
Governor Abdulrazaq commended the Olupo of Ajase-Ipo, Oba Ismail Yahya Alebiosu, and the security agencies for acting swiftly to curb the escalation of the crisis.
“There is really no reason to continue to point fingers. What happened was regrettable and we sincerely commiserate with families who lost their loved ones and properties. The violence was needless. We also in the name of God do not need a cycle of violence; I appeal to everyone to let go and avoid further violence,” the governor said in a statement.
“Going forward, a government committee will look into how to prevent such crisis in the future, including creating a setback for markets like the Kara in Ajase-Ipo which are so close to the highway. Again, I appeal to all persons involved to shun blame games and anything that may trigger violence.”
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Gombe to spend N8.8bn on 17 township roads construction, N1.2bn for emergency repairs
• Lifts suspension on 7 out of 17 private health institutions of learning
The sum of N8. 8b has been approved by the Gombe State Executive Council (SEC) for the constitution of 17 Township Roads within the Gombe metropolis in continuation of the regional development plans of the government.
The SEC meeting held on Monday at the Government House Council Chambers was chaired by the State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya.
The Commissioner of Works and Transportation, Engr. Abubakar Bappah who briefed Journalists shortly after the Council meeting explained that the 17 township road projects will traverse some vital areas within the metropolis.
The areas include Kagarawal, Pantami/Gabukka, old GRA and Civil Service Commission’s office to Science Secondary School Gombe to link up with Shongo among other locations in the State capital.
He disclosed that the State Executive Council also approved N1.2 billion for emergency repairs of washed-out roads across the State.
In another development, the State Executive Council has lifted the ban on 7 out of the 17 private health institutions of learning earlier closed down for reasons bordering on accreditation, physical and instructional considerations.
The Chairman of the Committee on the review of the sustainability of private health institutions of learning in the State, Barrister Zubair Muhammad Umar said that those given the nod to resume academic activities include Fountain College of Health Science and Technology Tunfure, Conformance College of Health Science and Technology Billiri.
Others are Garkuwa College of Health Science and Technology Gombe, Lamido College of Hygiene Liji, Ummah College of Health Science and Technology, Dukku, International College of Health Science and Technology, Haruna Rasheed College of Health Science and Technology Dukku after complying with stipulated medical standards by the regulatory bodies.
According to him, those still under suspension include Ilimi College of Health Science and Technology Gombe, Barunde College of Health Science Kumo, Legacy College of Health Science and Technology Gombe, College of Health Science Filiya, College of Health Science Deba and Bormi College of Health Science and Technology Bajoga.
Others are Bajoga College of Health Science and Technology, College of Health Science and Technology Bambam, Standard College of Health Science and Technology Kwami and College of Health Science Lailaipido
Barrister Zubairu Umar, who is also the State Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice said the Government’s decision on the matter is to checkmate professional quackery and not aimed at a witch hunt.
While placing emphasis on the position of the chairman to ascertain the sustainability of private health institutions in the State, the Commissioner of Health, Dr Habu Dahiru said the decision forms part of the Government’s decision to ensure health safety and efficiency in the State.
Earlier speaking, the overseeing Commissioner for Information and Culture, Mr Meshack Audu Lauco who coordinated the post-SEC press conference said, all decisions taken by the State Executive Council were done in the best interest of the people of the State as contained in a statement by Ismaila Uba Misilli, Director-General (Press Affairs), Government House, Gombe.
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- Gombe roads construction repairs
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Authorities of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) have resumed operation of its Air ambulance after successful routine maintenance and completion of all civil aviation requirements.
An official inaugural return flight was held as the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq and NEMA Director General, Mustapha Habib Ahmed were conveyed from Abuja to Dutse, Jigawa State on an official engagement.
In 2014, NEMA introduced its first Air Ambulance for emergency health care.
The aeroplane, which was launched at the Trauma Center of the National Hospital, Abuja, was for quick transportation of patients with emergency cases.
In his remarks, the former Chief Pilot and Head of NEMA Special Wing Wing, Captain Ibrahim Mamman, affirmed that the project was part of the transformation agenda of the Federal Government.
“The Air Ambulance can be used to transport patients with critical and traumatic health situations from anywhere the individual is,” Mamman had said.
“As a matter of fact, the jet can go anywhere in the world; it has a mile range of 3000 miles.”
However, in 2018 operations of the Air Ambulance service were grounded after it was due to routine maintenance and regulatory requirement.
Following changes in leadership, repair of the aircraft was completed last year in 2021 and returned from France.
This year, the present management finalised all regulatory requirements in returning the aircraft to its Ambulance operations.
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The United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Gutteres has appointed Gbenga Sesan from Nigeria and others into 10 high-level professionals and eminent persons to serve on his inaugural Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Leadership Panel.
In line with the mandate of the IGF and as recommended in the Secretary General’s Roadmap for Digital Cooperation, the Secretary-General has established the Panel as a strategic, empowered, and multistakeholder body to support and strengthen the IGF.
The Panel will thus address strategic and urgent issues and highlight Forum discussions and possible follow-up actions, in order to promote greater impact and dissemination of IGF discussions according to its Terms of Reference.
The 10 distinguished members of the Panel have been appointed by the Secretary-General following an open call for nominations and in line with an equitably distributed, multistakeholder configuration of ministerial-level Government representatives, executive-level representatives of the private sector, civil society and the technical community, as well as “at-large” prominent persons in the field of digital policy.
In addition, the Panel consists of five ex-officio members: senior representatives of the current, immediately previous, and immediately upcoming IGF host countries; the Chair of the Forum’s Multistakeholder Advisory Group; and the Secretary-General’s Envoy on Technology.
Hailing from all regions of the world and serving a two-year term during the 2022–23 IGF cycles, the complete, inaugural Panel is as follows: Mr Vint Cerf, United States of America, Mr Hatem Dowidar, Egypt, Ms Lise Fuhr, Denmark, Ms Maria Fernanda Garza, Mexico, Mr Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Estonia, Ms Maria Ressa, Philippines and United States of America, H.E. Mr Alkesh Kumar Sharma, India, H.E. Ms Karoline Edtstadler, Austria, Mr. ‘Gbenga Sesan, Nigeria and Mr Lan Xue, China
The IGF is an outcome of the Tunis phase of the World Summit on the Information Society that took place in 2005. In the Tunis Agenda, Governments asked the Secretary-General to convene a “new forum for policy dialogue” to discuss issues related to key elements of Internet governance.
The mandate of the Forum was extended for another 10 years in December 2015, during the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the overall review of the implementation of the World Summit on the Information Society outcomes. The 17th edition of the Forum will take place from 28 November to 2 December 2022, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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CHANDLER, Ariz., Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Viavi Solutions Inc. (VIAVI) (NASDAQ: VIAV) today announced that it is supporting 6G academic and industry research worldwide through its new 6G Forward program. The program is designed to provide vital expertise, technology, and funding to promising avenues of research, which may lead to breakthroughs for the next generation of wireless technology. VIAVI has already supported three universities, Northeastern University and the University of Texas at Austin in the US and the University of Surrey in the UK.
At Northeastern University, VIAVI is supporting the Institute for Wireless Internet of Things and the Open6G cooperative research center led by Professor Tommaso Melodia. The group is exploring large-scale RF propagation channel modeling based on AI and ML technologies to develop a city-scale digital twin of a 6G network. The team is also developing a RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC)-enabled Massive MIMO beamforming optimization testbed using the Colosseum 256-port RF channel emulator and the VIAVI E500 UE Emulator.
At the University of Texas at Austin, VIAVI supports 6G@UT, led by Professor Jeff Andrews, within the Wireless Networking and Communications Group (WNCG). The key topic of the joint research is applying end-to-end machine learning, specifically deep reinforcement learning (DRL), using adversarial conditions to re-train more robust cellular traffic forecasters.
At the University of Surrey in the UK, VIAVI is a founding member of the 5G/6G Innovation Centre led by Regius Professor Rahim Tafazolli FREng. The Innovation Centre addresses advanced communication systems and the key challenges in the development of a 5G, 5G+ and 6G infrastructure for providing connectivity for future technologies. Key research areas include: Antennas and signal processing; Artificial intelligence for wireless communications; Intelligent and high-performance networking and service delivery; Intelligent RAN technology and management; Mobile network security; New physical layer; Satellite communications; THz components and communications all under future Integrated communication and sensing.
"At the Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things, we envision a future in which people and their environment are connected by a continuum of AI-powered devices and networks," said Professor Melodia. "6G research initiatives require collaboration between academia and industry, and the technology, expertise and funding provided by VIAVI are critical to our contributions to making wireless communications exponentially faster, smarter, more energy efficient, and more secure."
"6G@UT is imagining the future of wireless connectivity at the intersection of immersive sensing and machine learning," said Professor Andrews. "VIAVI's unique perspective on enabling the entire network lifecycle from R&D to deployment provides academic researchers like us insights into problems affecting real-world network deployments, and we welcome the collaboration with the VIAVI experts as we embark on this journey towards 6G."
"VIAVI is a founder member of the Innovation Centre at Surrey and we deeply appreciate the support and expertise they are bringing to the table," said Regius Professor Tafazolli. "It enables us to fully explore concepts, to deliver technologies and methodologies that will help define and improve connected communities in the future. This is a good example of academia and business working together to improve technology and people's lives."
"Academic institutions play a vital role in exploring the potential of 6G," said Dr. Ian Wong, CTO Office, VIAVI. "We believe it is important to get involved now and to allow disruptive and productive areas of research to see their ideas come to fruition ahead of formal standards definitions. We have had fascinating and beneficial exchanges with our academic partners and we hope to expand the scale of the program in the future."
VIAVI is also involved with several other 6G-focused initiatives globally, including:
- The Next G Alliance, an ATIS-led industry initiative focused on advancing North American mobile technology leadership in 6G and beyond over the next decade. VIAVI is a founding member of the Next G Alliance, whose projects encompass the full lifecycle of research and development, manufacturing, standardization and market readiness.
- 6G BRAINS, which is developing AI-driven multi-agent Deep Reinforcement learning (DRL) to perform resource allocation in 6G networks for Industry 4.0, intelligent transportation, e-health and other applications. Supported by the European Commission Horizon 2020 Programme, 6G Brains initiatives include providing network operators with new options for using and combining sub-6 GHz, mmWave and THz spectrum, as well as optical wireless communications.
- The Beyond 5G Promotion Consortium, a forum for industry, academia and government in Japan to share information about research and development in areas such as integrating cyberspace with the real world, known as Society 5.0.
Further information about VIAVI and 6G is available at https://www.viavisolutions.com/en-us/solutions/6g.
About VIAVI
VIAVI (NASDAQ: VIAV) is a global provider of network test, monitoring and assurance solutions for communications service providers, enterprises, network equipment manufacturers, original equipment manufacturers, government and avionics. We help these customers harness the power of instruments, automation, intelligence and virtualization to Command the network. VIAVI is also a leader in light management solutions for the anti-counterfeiting, consumer electronics, industrial, government and automotive markets. Learn more about VIAVI at www.viavisolutions.com. Follow us on VIAVI Perspectives, LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube and Facebook.
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GREEN BAY, Wisc. (WGBA) — Jason Mercier is a Green Bay Packers super fan.
"I can remember [being] 2 or 3 years old, cheering for the Packers," he said.
Mercier is selling a rolling Packers history lesson, a party bus named "The Big Cheese."
"It's a 1990 bus, purchased it from a brother, brother-in-law duo down in Green Bay last year," Mercier said. "They had used it for tailgates for about 25 years."
The bus has seating for 14 people, as well as a bar, built-in cooler, and a restroom.
"All the bells and whistles" of a man cave," Mercier said. "Mine just happens to be mobile."
Mercier said he's selling the bus because his son will be going to college soon.
"I'm trying to eliminate some of my expenses and overhead," Mercier said.
Mercier is selling the bus for $14,000. He hopes to use some of the money from the sale to go to England for the Packers' game this year.
"If I have some [money] left over, I definitely want to take my son and I to that game," Mercier said.
This story was originally reported by Jon Erickson on NBC26.com. | https://www.wtxl.com/news/local-news/packers-fan-selling-party-bus-called-the-big-cheese | 2022-08-16T12:06:34Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/news/local-news/packers-fan-selling-party-bus-called-the-big-cheese | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Warren Buffett’s company bet more on high-tech darling Apple and e-commerce giant Amazon during the second quarter, while also investing billions in old-school oil producers Occidental Petroleum and Chevron.
Berkshire Hathaway detailed all its second-quarter investments Monday in a new filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Wall Street follows Berkshire’s investments closely because of Buffett’s remarkably successful track record over the decades.
Berkshire had already disclosed its biggest move in the quarter — investing $1.4 billion in oil producer Occidental Petroleum — because that investment’s size required more immediate updates. Berkshire now owns more than $11 billion worth of Occidental stock, and it controls more than 20% of the company after making several more purchases since the quarter ended on June 30.
But Monday’s filing revealed a number of smaller moves Berkshire made during the second quarter, including adding to its stakes in Apple, Amazon, Chevron, Ally Financial, Activision Blizzard, Paramount Global and several other stocks. Berkshire also trimmed its holdings in General Motors, US Bancorp and Kroger stocks while eliminating a stake in Verizon Communications.
Although Berkshire was active during the second quarter, it didn’t do nearly as much as it did in the first three months of the year when it invested $51 billion in an assortment of stocks.
Berkshire’s biggest single investment got a bit bigger during the quarter because it bought nearly 4 million more Apple shares, giving it 894.8 million shares of the iPhone maker.
The famously tech-averse investor’s conglomerate also picked up more than 10 million Amazon shares, giving it nearly 10.7 million shares.
Monday’s filing doesn’t make clear which investments Buffett handled and which ones were made by the two other investment managers at Berkshire, but Buffett typically handles all the larger investments worth more than $1 billion, such as the company’s major stakes in Apple, Bank of America, American Express and Coca-Cola stocks. Berkshire officials don’t typically comment on these quarterly filings.
Berkshire now owns 68.4 million Activision Blizzard shares after picking up more than 4 million more during the quarter. Buffett has said that investment is a bet that Microsoft’s acquisition of the video game maker will go through.
Besides investments, the Omaha, Nebraska-based Berkshire also owns more than 90 companies outright, including Geico insurance, BNSF railroad, several major utilities and an eclectic collection of manufacturing and retail companies, such as Dairy Queen and Precision Castparts. | https://www.wwlp.com/business/ap-business/buffetts-firm-buys-more-apple-amazon-while-betting-on-oil/ | 2022-08-16T12:10:49Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/business/ap-business/buffetts-firm-buys-more-apple-amazon-while-betting-on-oil/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
MOSCOW (AP) — Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny says prison officials ordered him to serve at least three days in solitary confinement, citing a minor infraction, in retaliation for his activism behind bars.
A post about the punishment appeared in Navalny’s social media accounts on Monday. It wasn’t immediately clear how the politician got the information out — the post says that those in solitary confinement are not allowed to have visitors, letters or parcels, the only possessions at Navalny’s disposal are “a mug and a book,” and he gets to have a pen and some paper for just over an hour a day.
Navalny, President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest foe, was arrested in January 2021 upon returning from Germany, where he had been recuperating from nerve-agent poisoning he blamed on the Kremlin. He received a 2½-year sentence for violating the conditions of his parole while outside Russia.
In March, Navalny was sentenced to nine years in prison on charges of fraud and contempt of court, allegations he rejected as a politically motivated attempt by Russian authorities to keep him behind bars for as long as possible.
During his time behind bars, his social media accounts have been regularly updated with posts about life in prison. Just last week, Navalny announced setting up a labor union for convicts, of which he said he was the only member at the time. Navalny said the union has successfully argued for replacing backless stools with chairs in the prison’s sewing shop where he works.
According to the post published on Monday, the union activity was the real reason prison officials sent him to solitary confinement: “The Kremlin wants to see its GULAG consisting of voiceless slaves. And here I am, instead of begging for pardon, uniting some people and demanding that some laws be observed.”
The post said Navalny was summoned by prison officials and told that video surveillance showed he regularly unbuttoned his prison garb while in the work area. “This certainly characterizes me as a hopeless villain. So, a decision has been made to send me to punitive solitary confinement” for three days, the post read.
If Navalny “doesn’t change (his) attitude,” his stay there would be extended, prison officials told him, according to the post.
The post described solitary as “the most severe punishment in the legal prison hierarchy” — a small concrete cell, in which “it is very hot and there is almost no air.” There is a metal bed attached to a wall, and a mattress and a pillow are only brought at 9 p.m. and taken away at 5 a.m.
“Visitation is now allowed, letters are not allowed, parcels are not allowed. It is the only place in prison where even smoking is not allowed,” the post read. | https://www.wwlp.com/news/ap-international-news/kremlin-critic-navalny-says-hes-in-solitary-confinement/ | 2022-08-16T12:12:43Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/news/ap-international-news/kremlin-critic-navalny-says-hes-in-solitary-confinement/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — A federal bankruptcy judge on Monday cleared the way for a defamation lawsuit in Connecticut to proceed against Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.
The case was filed by relatives of some victims of the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Jones has falsely claimed that the nation’s deadliest school shooting — which killed 20 students and six educators — was a hoax.
Jones’ lawyer had sought to transfer the case to a federal bankruptcy court, rather than continue the case in Connecticut state court. That move brought the first day of jury selection to a sudden halt earlier this month.
However, Monday’s ruling by Judge Julie Manning essentially allows the plaintiffs to continue the defamation lawsuit against just Jones as an individual, without Free Speech Systems, a company owned by Jones and a defendant in the Connecticut case.
“The plaintiffs’ rights to have that process continue in the Connecticut Superior Court should not be disturbed,” Manning wrote in the decision, adding that the plaintiffs’ claims for damages were ready for trial.
A message was left seeking comment with Jones’ attorney, Norm Pattis.
Chris Mattei, an attorney for the plaintiffs, praised the bankruptcy judge’s decision. “We’re grateful the bankruptcy court saw through Alex Jones’s brazen effort to block a jury from being empaneled and holding him accountable. We look forward to trial,” he said in a written statement.
Free Speech Systems filed for bankruptcy in Texas about a week before Jones’ lawyer sought to have the Connecticut case transferred.
A Texas jury this month ordered Jones to pay $45.2 million in punitive damages to the parents of one of the children killed at Sandy Hook, in addition to another $4.1 million he must pay for the suffering he put them through by claiming for years that the shooting was a hoax.
Jones’ attorneys plan to appeal and try to lower the amount. Meanwhile, besides the case in Connecticut, a trial for damages is pending in Texas that was filed by the parents of another child killed at Sandy Hook.
Before the trial in Texas, Jones had already been found liable in a separate defamation lawsuit in Texas and another in Connecticut by relatives of some of the Sandy Hook victims.
The Connecticut jury will decide what, if any, damages Jones owes in that case, although state law could also limit what he would have to pay.
The two remaining trials are expected to begin next month, after juries are selected. Jury selection in the Connecticut case could resume this week, lawyers said.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Some Florida schools have moved library books and debated changing textbooks in response to a law critics call “Don’t Say Gay” — and some teachers have worried that family pictures on their desks could get them in trouble.
As students return from summer break, educators are cautiously adjusting and waiting to see how the new law governing lessons on gender and sexual orientation will be interpreted and enforced.
The new law, championed by Florida’s GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis, bans lessons on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade as well as material that is not deemed age-appropriate. Most educators do not expect a major change in lesson plans — one of the key reasons critics cited in saying the law was unnecessary was that teachers do not cover such subjects in early grades anyway.
But some worry it sets a tone that will leave LGBTQ teachers and kids feeling ostracized.
“The messaging of this law is horrible. It’s toxic, it’s discriminatory,” said Gretchen Robinson, a lesbian high school teacher in Orange County. “It targets, very obviously, LGBTQ students, it ‘others’ them, and that is not OK.”
Workshops about the law that her school district’s legal team held over the summer caused confusion. Some staff said they were told teachers in kindergarten through third grade could not display pride flags or photos of their same-sex spouses. The district later said the law only applied to classroom instruction and that the photos were allowed. It apologized for offering bad guidance with a hypothetical discussion.
Robinson said schools in her area had given out rainbow-colored lanyards and inclusion stickers, but she was not sure whether teachers would continue to wear or display them. She also worried that some teachers will “err on the side of caution and leave stuff out” during lessons.
The law attracted widespread attention and condemnation earlier this year when it worked its way through the Republican-controlled Statehouse. Critics dubbed it “Don’t Say Gay,” though it contains no bans on specific phrases and doesn’t bar material on sexual orientation considered age-appropriate for grades 4 and above.
Opponents say the law would stifle classroom discussion, arguing that it doesn’t clarify what could be deemed inappropriate. It also establishes an enforcement mechanism that invites parents to file lawsuits against districts, potentially heightening tensions between conservatives and school officials.
The Florida debate reflects one that is playing out nationwide, with fights in school boards and state legislatures over what and how children learn about race, gender, sexual orientation and American history. DeSantis and other Republicans have argued parents should be the ones in control of teaching their children about sexual orientation and gender identity.
DeSantis recently addressed some of the concerns at an unrelated news conference, saying: “You know I hear some people say, ‘Wow, school’s coming up. But, you know, Florida, they have parent’s rights in education, they banned CRT (critical race theory), all this stuff. People, how are they gonna know what to teach or whatever?’
“And I’m just thinking to myself, you know, you teach reading, math, science, the basic stuff. And you don’t teach gender ideology, CRT, the sexuality in the elementary schools. That’s not very difficult to know and that’s not very difficult to understand,” he said.
Educators say the state Department of Education has not yet explained clearly how the law will be enforced. In June the agency issued a memo on the law to school district superintendents, but it mostly contained a copy and paste of the legislative text. The agency did not immediately return an email seeking comment from AP.
“The guidance we’re giving people is that it is confusing and we don’t know how it’s going to be interpreted. But what we can do is care for kids and provide the good learning environment that they deserve,” said Andrew Spar, president of the Florida Education Association union.
The law has been at the heart of a discussion over sex education materials in Miami-Dade County, which has the state’s largest school system. Some school board members said new textbooks showed pictures of condoms, diaphragms and intrauterine devices that were too graphic for middle school students.
When school officials sought the board’s approval for the new textbooks in April, after the law had passed, administrators said they would remove chapters that cover gender identity and sexuality. The board members approved the online textbooks, but then reversed their decision last month after coming under public pressure. The board reversed itself again last week to adopt the textbooks without the chapters on gender identity and sexuality.
In Palm Beach County, school officials say they reviewed books and have moved only a handful to a separate section not accessible to children in third grade and younger.
In various school districts, teachers have said they are worried about parents filing complaints over perceived violations while there’s still not much clarity around the new law.
Norma Schwartz, mother of a fifth grader and an eighth grader in Miami-Dade schools, said the law may cause some students, families and teachers to feel targeted.
“It goes against our mission and vision, to empower all children, not make them feel like they don’t belong,” said Schwartz, who is part of the Miami-Dade County Council PTA, which has opposed the law. “As far as parental rights, we are the PTA. We have been around for 100 years. We want parental engagement, we want to empower parents.”
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Migrants were stopped fewer times at the U.S. border with Mexico in July than in June, authorities said Monday, a second straight monthly decline.
Flows were still unusually high, particularly among nationalities less affected by Title 42, a pandemic-era rule that denies migrants legal rights to seek asylum on grounds of preventing spread of COVID-19. In theory, Title 42 applies to all nationalities but costs, diplomatic relations and others considerations usually dictate who is expelled under the public health authority.
U.S. authorities stopped migrants 199,976 times in July, down 3.8% from 207,933 in June and down 6.8% from 213,593% in July 2021, Customs and Border Protection said.
“While the encounter numbers remain high, this is a positive trend and the first two-month drop since October 2021,” said Commissioner Chris Magnus.
Authorities stopped Mexicans, Guatemalans, Hondurans and El Salvadorans less in July than in June. Mexico has agreed to take people from all those countries who are expelled under Title 42, a relatively easy task for Border Patrol agents due to Mexico’s proximity.
People from countries more likely to be released in the U.S. on humanitarian parole or with notices to appear in immigration court were stopped more often. Border Patrol agents stopped Venezuelans 17,603 times in July, up 34% from June and nearly triple from July 2021.
Cubans were stopped 20,080 times by Border Patrol agents, up 25% from June and nearly six times from June 2021. Colombians were also stopped more often.
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Which gaming recliners are the best?
Even though gaming chairs are a relatively modern invention, they have quickly become a must-have accessory. After all, if you are taking on the forces of darkness or battling it out on the football pitch, you should be as comfortable as possible.
Generally, there are two types of gaming chairs. The upright office chair with lots of padding is great for computer gaming. But if you prefer console games in the lounge, then only a super comfortable gaming recliner will do. The Homall Racing Style Gaming Recliner Chair is an excellent choice, but there are plenty of others to choose from that are just as comfy.
Padding for comfort
If your gaming seat doesn’t have lots of foam padding, then you might as well use an average lawn chair. But that is obviously not the ideal thing for gaming sessions that can stretch over several hours.
Look for a recliner that has a lumbar cushion to support your lower back, thick padding on the armrests, and a kick-out footrest so that you can properly recline. However, keep in mind that recliners need a bit more space behind them to fully recline, so you should place the chair in a spot that can accommodate this.
Additional features
You would assume that a recliner has merely one job: for you to sit in and recline for comfort. But there are additional features that can make your gaming experience so much better. For example, you don’t want to leave your cushy seat to charge your mobile phone. So, a great feature to look for in a recliner is a built-in USB port.
Somewhere to place your snacks and beverages will also be highly beneficial. While only a few recliners have a slide-out side table, there are more chairs that have a cup holder in the armrest.
And while it isn’t a necessity, some premium recliners even have built-in speakers. Usually, there are two on the headrest and two on the inside of the armrests. It’s a good feature to have if you still want to hear the game’s sounds but the quality isn’t that important, like in sports or driving games.
Best gaming recliner chairs
Homall Racing Style Gaming Recliner Chair
You’d never want to leave your seat with this comfortable gaming chair. Covered in high-quality fake leather, it’s easy to keep clean and won’t stick to your skin. The seatback can recline between 90 degrees and 180 degrees and has an eight-function massager built-in.
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Respawn RSP-900 Racing Style Reclining Gaming Chair
If you are constantly worried about pinching wires in your gaming chair, this recliner prevents that. The seating area and footrest are one continuous piece, so there are no openings to catch cables. It comes with a removable headrest and side pouch that hangs off the left arm.
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GTRacing Gaming Recliner Chair with Bluetooth Speakers
With built-in Bluetooth speakers and a lumbar massager, this gaming recliner ensures that you are always comfortable. It has thick foam padding on the back, seating area and footrest, and there is a pouch to keep your controllers nearby.
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Amazon Basics Kids/Youth Gaming Recliner with Headrest and Back Pillow
In striking black and red, this recliner is perfect for kids who weigh up to 90 pounds. It has thick padding on the headrest and lumbar support, and the wooden frame is covered with faux leather that cleans easily.
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X Rocker Wireless Audio Pedestal Office Gaming Chair
For serious console gamers, this recliner sits on a sturdy and elegant pedestal. It incorporates a media modulator on the side to enhance your in-game audio. In addition to the two speakers by the headrest, there is a powerful subwoofer that thumps your back. It is covered in faux leather and has thick padding all around.
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Power Motion Recliner with Ambient Lighting
This gaming recliner is the perfect seat in the house, as it has a soft blue ambient light strip underneath the chair. The seating area and the footrest are joined and turn into one solid piece when fully reclined. There is a small table and can holder on the armrests and the headrest is overstuffed with foam.
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Best Choice Products Oversized 360-Degree High-Back Swivel Gaming Chair
If you prefer to sit closer to the ground, then this oversized recliner is a great option. It has a solid base that lets you swivel 360 degrees and has six presets that lock the backrest into place. It has padded armrests and can fold flat for easy storage.
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Amazon Basics Swivel Compact Adjustable Foam Floor Chair
An affordable option, this recliner is low to the floor on a pedestal base. The seating area and backrest are one solid, upholstered piece with thick foam. The metal frame lets you sit upright or reclined and it can rotate from side to side. Linen is used on all surfaces and is breathable and soft to the touch.
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Giantex Gaming Racing Style Single Recliner Sofa
Besides the thick padding of this recliner on the headrest and seating area, it has a built-in lumbar massager with eight settings. The backrest can recline between 90 degrees and 160 degrees, letting you get some shut-eye during your gaming.
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For an elegant-looking gaming chair, this recliner is an excellent choice. It has the brand’s name embroidered on the headrest and extendable footrest and has a pocket on one side to keep your controllers nearby. It comes with a removable lumbar cushion and the seatback can recline between 90 degrees and 180 degrees.
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Which pizza oven brand is better?
There’s nothing like a piping-hot pizza with a perfectly crispy crust, fluffy dough center, sizzling toppings and stretchy cheese. The difficulty in making the perfect pie at home lies in the difference between a home oven and classic pizza oven.
Traditionally, pizzas are made in a large stone oven with a lower surface of roughly 800-900 degrees. No home oven can get that hot. Even with a pizza stone and convection cooking, the one in your kitchen won’t deliver a pizza that would make Italy proud. Instead, consider one of the wide variety of home pizza ovens now available. Ooni is a well-known maker of them, while Bertello is a newcomer with a good-looking but less popular product line.
Ooni pizza ovens
About a decade ago, Ooni released its first home pizza oven via Kickstarter crowdfunding. With a portable design that used wood pellets for heat, it quickly received high praise. The company later continued to crowdfund its pizza ovens on a number of platforms.
Since 2017, Ooni has developed a variety of dependable, high-quality pizza ovens perfect for home use. A variety of options, reliable construction, reassuring warranty and good customer service have led Ooni to the top of the field when it comes to making crispy, cheesy pies at home with minimal hassle.
Ooni pizza oven pros
- Premium construction quality: From the first time you set it up, it’s clear that an Ooni oven has been designed with durability and consistency in mind. The body is clean and well-put-together, the seams are small and well-secured, and the paint resists flaking and bubbling, despite the high heat involved.
- Variety of models to choose from: Ooni makes a couple of sizes, multiple fuel options and even a highly effective, relatively portable option. No matter what your needs, Ooni almost certainly has something to offer.
- Easy-to-manage heating: Both the gas and wood firing mechanisms on Ooni pizza ovens work efficiently, quickly and consistently.
- Most are relatively economical: While they’re not exactly cheap, the smaller Ooni ovens are well-priced considering the quality of materials and end results.
- Impressive warranty coverage: When purchased directly from the manufacturer, Ooni pizza ovens come with a respectable three-year warranty.
Ooni pizza oven cons
- The large models are pretty expensive: If you demand the biggest homemade pizzas possible, you’ll have to make a decent investment.
Best Ooni pizza ovens
Ooni’s most affordable option, the Fyra 12 works exclusively with wood pellets to deliver a smoky, flavor-packed pie. At only 22 pounds, it’s as portable as they get, and uses a tall chimney and adjustable air inlet to ensure consistent airflow and high temperatures.
While it will set you back quite a bit of cash, this 16-inch oven outperforms every other Ooni and most of the competition. It can use wood, charcoal or gas (although a separate burner is required) and gets up to 950 degrees in as little as 15 minutes. Its refined construction, digital thermometer and heat-resistant glass door leave it a step above the rest.
In addition to the lean-burning and easily managed heat of a built-in gas burner, the Koda 12 sports a premium construction that’s on another level from the sheet metal and rivets that many other brands use. It weighs only 20 pounds, heats up quickly and can finish a whole pie in just 60 seconds.
Gas- and wood-fired ovens each have their own pros and cons, and the Karu 12 lets you use both without spending a fortune. It sports a stainless steel body that’s lined with ceramic-fiber insulation and retains heat well, even in light rain.
One of Ooni’s newest releases, the Koda 16 offers a streamlined configuration and integrated gas burner that make it the most convenient choice for most people. It’s also not very expensive and, like the rest, comes with a three-year warranty when purchased directly from Ooni.
Bertello pizza ovens
Brothers Andy and Eric Bert have been working on their portable, outdoor Bertello pizza oven since 2017. The brand’s first huge share of media attention came from the “Shark Tank” TV show, which brings inventors to prospective investors in a bid to secure funding for upstart new products. While Bertello hasn’t seen the success or popularity of Ooni, it has sold a decent number of pizza ovens.
Bertello pizza oven pros
- Fast preheating: If you opt for the dual-fuel configuration, you can use both gas and wood pellets simultaneously, which lets you heat the oven considerably faster than the competition.
- The 16-inch version is well-priced for the size: If you plan on making lots of extra-large pizzas, the large model is a good deal.
Bertello pizza oven cons
- Inconsistent stone temperature: When it comes to a perfectly cooked, slightly crispy crust, the stone floor is where the magic happens. Most users find a large difference in temperature across the surface of the Bertello cooking surface.
- Heat levels are difficult to control: Possibly due to the lightning-fast preheat time, some owners report heavily cooked crusts and toppings but doughy centers.
- Below-average build quality: The body panels, rivets and even paint look and feel lower quality than those of Ooni pizza ovens.
- The smaller version is overpriced: Despite performing more poorly than Ooni’s comparable models, the 12-inch Bertello is actually priced slightly higher.
- Subpar warranty coverage: Owners who have experienced problems indicate that it’s tough to get Bertello to honor the warranty.
Best Bertello pizza ovens
Bertello Outdoor Pizza Oven Everything Bundle
Not just for pizza, you can cook fish, meat, vegetables and more in this model. It comes with everything you need to get started, such as a gas burner, pizza peel, thermometer, wood tray and cover. The cooking surface is 12.5 inches wide and 13.5 inches deep.
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Bertello Grande Outdoor Pizza Oven
If you want to make even bigger pizzas, this model features a 16-by-16-inch pizza stone. It comes with a propane gas burner, wood tray, pizza peel and weatherproof cover.
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Should you get an Ooni or Bertello pizza oven?
While Bertello pizza ovens might be an enticing prospect due to attractive (but rare) sales and marketing they got from the “Shark Tank” TV program, they don’t offer the manufacturing or design prowess of an Ooni.
On the other hand, Ooni’s wide selection of models and history of satisfied customers are clear indicators of a superior pizza oven. Whether you want something for your backyard or one you can take on a trip to the state park, an Ooni pizza oven is the way to go.
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Atlanta and South Florida have been selected to host College Football Playoff national championship games for the second time.
The CFP announced Monday that Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, would be the site of the title game scheduled to be played in January 2026, the final game of the current 12-year media rights deal with ESPN.
Miami Gardens hosted the 2021 game, following the 2020 pandemic-altered season.
“South Florida was a great host for the 2021 national championship game despite the event having to be scaled back because of COVID-19, and we look forward to returning in 2026 with a full complement of events and activities during national championship weekend,” CFP Executive Director Bill Hancock said in a statement.
The game between Alabama and Ohio State at Hard Rock Stadium, home to the Miami Dolphins, was limited to about 15,000 fans because of COVID-19 restrictions. The stadium holds more than 65,000.
In its announcement, the CFP said the host of the 2025 game also was selected and would be announced at a later date.
A person familiar with the decision, speaking to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the official announcement had not been made, said Mercedes-Benz Stadium would be the site of that game.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution first reported that decision.
Mercedes-Benz Stadium, the 75,000-seat, retractable-roof stadium, is home to the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons, Major League Soccer’s Atlanta United and the Peach Bowl.
A news conference has been scheduled at the stadium on Tuesday to make the announcement. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens are scheduled to attend.
The first Alabama-Georgia championship game in 2018 was played in Atlanta and won by the Crimson Tide in overtime.
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AP National Writer Paul Newberry in Atlanta contributed to this report.
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — LSU quarterback Myles Brennan has decided to end his college football career after five seasons with the Tigers.
The 23-year-old Brennan, who announced his decision on Monday, spent his first three years at LSU as a backup. He was named the starter in 2020, only to have that season cut short by an abdominal injury after three starts in which he passed for 1,112 yards and 11 touchdowns.
Brennan then missed all of last season because of a non-football arm injury that occurred during a fishing outing at the end of August camp.
“Over the last five years, I have given all of my body, heart and soul to LSU football,” Brennan said in a statement posted on social media. “I am forever grateful for every opportunity I have been given, every obstacle I’ve overcome and every second I’ve been a Tiger.
“However,” Brennan added, “it is time for me to start a new chapter in my life.”
The former prized recruit out of St. Stanislaus High School in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, briefly entered the transfer portal last offseason before deciding to return to LSU in hopes of competing for a starting job once more. However, he fell out of the early running for that spot in recent days, behind redshirt freshman Garrett Nussmeier and Arizona State transfer Jaden Daniels.
“Myles is a great leader who has made a tremendous impact on this program, and he has earned the respect of everyone here,” first-year LSU coach Brian Kelly said. “Myles has always embodied the traits required to fulfill our mission to graduate champions, and we have full confidence those traits will help him succeed at every step in his journey as he moves forward.”
Brennan appeared in 20 career games for LSU, passing for 1,712 yards and 13 touchdowns. He appeared in eight games as Joe Burrow’s backup during the Tigers’ 2019 national championship season, when they went 15-0 — the winningest campaign in the 128-year history of the program.
He graduated from LSU with a degree in sports administration in May 2021.
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(The Hill) — Tuesday’s primaries in Alaska and Wyoming will help set the tone for November’s general elections, with a number of critical contests at stake.
In Wyoming, Rep. Liz Cheney is in a fight for her political life as she faces Harriet Hageman, who has the endorsement of former President Donald Trump, in the state’s Republican House primary. At the same time, incumbent Sen. Lisa Murkowski will also face off for the first time against Trump-backed Kelly Tshibaka and other candidates in Alaska’s Republican Senate primary. Tuesday will also test former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) as she seeks to make a comeback to elected office in the state’s special congressional election.
Here are five things to watch ahead of Tuesday’s primaries.
Can Cheney outperform expectations?
Cheney will face a steep climb in Tuesday’s primary against Hageman as polls show the incumbent congresswoman trailing the Trump-backed challenger and as other House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump lose their own primaries.
A Wyoming Survey & Analysis Center poll released last week showed Hageman leading Cheney 57 percent to 28 percent, while a separate Casper Star Tribune poll conducted by Mason-Dixon Polling showed Hageman leading 52 to 30 percent.
On top of that, various House Republicans who voted to impeach the former president, including Reps. Jaime Herrera Beutler (Wash.), Peter Meijer (Mich.) and Tom Rice (S.C.), have lost their primaries to Trump-backed primary challengers in recent months.
But while many pundits and strategists are predicting the end of Cheney’s career in Congress for the moment, others say the incumbent congresswoman could do better than the polls suggest, even if she’ll still likely lose. Cheney has led the fundraising race, with outside money pouring in, opening the door to various campaign resources.
Other experts point to the potential impact crossover Democratic voting could have on the race, predicting that it could give her a helpful boost. The New York Times reported in June that registered Democrats in Wyoming were receiving mail from Cheney’s campaign that contained instructions on how to change their party registration so they could cast ballots for her in the primary. Additionally, Cheney has received support from Democratic lawmakers, including Reps. Tom Malinowski (N.J.) and Dean Phillips (Minn.), who cut ads for her in Wyoming.
Will Palin be coming to Congress?
In Alaska, voters will decide whether to send Palin, a 2008 vice presidential candidate and former governor of the state, to Capitol Hill.
Palin is running in the special election for Alaska’s at-large congressional seat, which was previously held by the late Rep. Don Young (R). The former governor is running against fellow Republican Nick Begich III and Democrat Mary Peltola. While Palin has received Trump’s endorsement, it’s unclear how she will perform in Tuesday’s primary as a result of the new ranked-choice voting system. The new system could benefit candidates such as Begich, given that a traditional primary would have brought out a more conservative base that would likely rally around Palin. Additionally, recent polls show Palin trailing Begich and Peltola.
Because of the new system, the winner of the special election won’t be known for days. Significantly, Palin is on Tuesday’s ballot twice: Once for the special election and again for the at-large House primary featuring dozens of candidates. If she advances to the November general election, she could still have a chance to join Congress, even if she loses the special election this week.
Does Alaska’s voting process go off without a hitch?
Alaska’s special election will mark the first race in the state’s history that will use the ranked-choice voting system.
The state adopted the process in 2020 as a result of a ballot measure approved by voters. Supporters of the process argue that it will lead to less partisanship.
In ranked-choice voting, a candidate needs more than 50 percent of the vote to be declared the winner outright. If the front-runner doesn’t have that percentage of the vote, the candidate with the fewest votes that round drops off the ballot, and those who ranked that candidate first will have their votes go to their second choice. The process continues until a candidate has more than 50 percent of the vote.
The state’s special House race election will be the only race with ranked-choice voting on Tuesday, but it will provide a preview of how other candidates running in races such as the state’s Senate election will do in November.
How does Murkowski do in the primary?
Voters will get their first look at how Murkowski performs in a primary against a Trump-backed challenger on Tuesday, but the results may not be indicative of November’s general election results.
Unlike in the special House election, Tuesday’s Senate primary will not involve ranked-choice voting. Tuesday will showcase an all-party primary in which the top four voter-getters will advance to the general election; then, in November, the winner will be declared according to ranked-choice voting. Murkowski is not expected to lead in Tuesday’s primary, because the environment will likely favor more partisan candidates such as Tshibaka. However, experts say that once it’s time for the general election, Murkowski will gain more support from Democratic and independent voters, giving her an advantage over Tshibaka.
Still, Tuesday’s Senate primary will be viewed by some as a test of Trump’s political clout in the state. The former president has made it his mission to work to oust Murkowski from office as a result of her vote to convict him during his second impeachment trial. And while Trump won the state by roughly 10 points, Murkowski enjoys a high approval rating in Alaska. According to data released by Morning Consult, 46 percent of Alaska voters say they approve of Murkowski’s job performance, while 39 percent say they disapprove.
What does voter turnout look like?
Tuesday’s primaries come as recent events have turned up the volume in an already extremely partisan political environment in the country. Last week, the country was rocked by news that the FBI searched Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, seizing a number of documents that were deemed classified. An unsealed warrant, which was approved by a federal judge, shows the FBI executed the warrant while investigating whether the Espionage Act had been violated.
Republicans, particularly those loyal to Trump, have pounced on the news, criticizing the FBI and Justice Department over the move to search Trump’s property. Conservatives have also used the news to rally their political base, a move that could stand to boost turnout in highly partisan primaries.
On the Democratic side, it’s unclear how President Biden’s recent wins, including the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, will impact the party’s turnout in the primaries or if the prospect of Hageman in Congress will drive Wyoming Democrats to vote for Cheney. Regardless, turnout in Tuesday’s primaries could help read the tea leaves going into November. | https://www.wpri.com/hill-politics/five-things-to-watch-in-alaska-wyoming-primaries/ | 2022-08-16T12:28:19Z | wpri.com | control | https://www.wpri.com/hill-politics/five-things-to-watch-in-alaska-wyoming-primaries/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Somerset Operating Co. LLC owes Niagara County more than $800,000 in property tax. The county is now looking to foreclose on the 1,200-acre portion of SOC’s Lake Road, Barker, property that holds the shuttered Kintigh power plant.
Niagara County Treasurer Kyle Andrews confirmed that the tax bill and late penalties, after two years of non-payment, add up to $812,332.26.
SOC’s owner isn’t up to date on tax payments for other parcels involved in the power plant campus, but the amounts aren’t enough to warrant foreclosure, that is, seizure, according to Andrews.
The plant’s assessed value is $13 million, according to Somerset town assessor Brian Pavlock.
Since SOC was first listed on the county’s published annual tax foreclosure list, agents of the county have been in talks with SOC regarding its assessment and the Cessation Mitigation Program administered by Empire State Development. The program provides funding to local taxing jurisdictions that lose property tax revenue or in-lieu revenue when an electric generating facility closes. SOC was shut down in the spring of 2020 and its previous Payment In Lieu Of Taxes agreement with the county, the Town of Somerset and the Barker school district was terminated.
Christopher Feldman, the attorney representing SOC, issued a statement about the company’s situation.
“The Somerset Operating Company is presently working with Niagara County on its tax obligations while also developing a new business at the location, which is scheduled to be operational by September, 2022,” Feldman stated.
The new business is Lake Mariner Data, a cryptocurrency mining facility owned by Beowulf Electricity & Data. Beowulf Energy is SOC’s parent company.
Feldman’s statement indicated that SOC has paid $1 million toward its obligation to the Barker school district.
A hearing in state Supreme Court, on the question of whether the county can foreclose on the power plant, is scheduled for Sept. 22.
Though it’s within the county’s power to seize the property, Andrews said he doubts things will go that far, due to the county’s reluctance to own contaminated land.
“We’ve generally had a longstanding policy where we shy away from taking contaminated parcels without doing our due diligence,” Andrews said.
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ALBANY — A coalition of progressive groups, seizing on a vacancy at the state’s highest court, is spurring Gov. Kathy Hochul to pick a top judge who has never worked as a prosecutor and is committed to protecting abortion rights and “vulnerable” New Yorkers.
In a letter sent to Hochul, more than 110 groups, including the union-backed Working Families Party, and the Center for Community Alternatives, sharply criticized the recent direction of the Court of Appeals. The groups accused Chief Judge Janice DiFIore, an appointee of former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, of presiding over “institutional dysfunction” and issuing decisions allegedly harmful to immigrants, workers and tenants.
The Center for Community Alternatives said the court now has a majority of judges whose backgrounds include stints as prosecutors, lamenting that none of the current jurists have been civil rights lawyers or public defenders.
The liberal advocates also skewered the top court for its decision earlier this year that rejected Hochul’s approval of gerrymandered congressional and state Senate district lines. That decision set the stage for a Republican judge to turn redistricting over to a special master who came up with new maps that have led to some incumbents facing primary election battles.
“We urge you to nominate a thoughtful, principled lawyer who will safeguard New Yorkers’ rights, bring independence and a demonstrated appreciation for the law’s power to protect the most vulnerable, and defend our democracy in the challenging years ahead,” the groups told Hochul.
The progressive organizations include ones that have supported the Defund the Police movement.
Peter Kehoe, a veteran attorney who is the executive director of the New York State Sheriffs Association, said he was dismayed that any group would try to pressure Hochul into excluding potential judicial candidates because they have worked as state or federal prosecutors. Hochul’s husband, William Hochul, is a former U.S. Attorney for Western New York.
“Those positions provide some of the best training a lawyer can get,” Kehoe said.
Under the selection system for the Court of Appeals positions, a governor appoints new judges from a list of qualified nominees furnished by a judicial nominating commission. The nominee must be confirmed by the state Senate.
Having appointed judges instead of ones elected by voters was an attempt to depoliticize the selection process, but the new controversy shows there is now “politics on steroids” in the current process, Kehoe said.
“They’re not interested in hearing anything about the person’s qualifications, education, experience, abilities ,” Kehoe said. As the progressive advocates see it, he argued, the judicial candidates are only qualified if they agree with progressive policies
One seasoned prosecutor, Otsego County District Attorney John Muehl, said it would be unwise if Hochul agrees to exclude members of his ranks from consideration for the top bench.
Far more important than whether a candidate has a liberal or conservative bent is the individual’s capability and judgement, Muehl said. “Just pick somebody who can do the job,” he said.
“But these groups don’t want judges who will follow the law,”: he said. “They want judges who legislate from the bench and create laws that even the Legislature may be unwilling to pass.”
The president of the state District Attorneys’ Association, J. Anthony Jordan, said he encourages the governor to appoint a chief judge who can “think independently and act fairly, separate and irrespective of any specific prior employment.”
“To single out any specific prior roles or job titles and exclude candidates based on arbitrary previous employment of any type would be an insult to the integrity of our judicial system,” Jordan said.
The governor’s office’s only response to the selection controversy was to point to remarks Hochul made last month.
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I was a busy college student when Salman Rushdie’s novel “The Satanic Verses” was published in 1988. The controversy surrounding the book and the fatwa issued against Mr. Rushdie by the Supreme Leader of Iran at the time, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, were the subject of many campus discussions.
Rushdie’s fiction is rooted in magical realism, a literary style that applies magical or unusual occurrences to more common and real-world settings. This type of fiction was familiar to me. I spent the summer of ‘89 reading “One Hundred Years of Solitude” by Gabriel García Márquez and “Beloved” by Toni Morrison. I finally had the time to read Rushdie’s novel a few years later. Each of these novels has faced a book challenge or been placed on a global list of banned books at some point or another in the United States.
The attempted murder on Mr. Rushdie at Chautauqua Institution is truly disturbing. The campus is a haven for creative arts and intellectual thought. Book bans are ridiculous. Death threats and violent attacks against authors are wholly unacceptable.
Why do people have such visceral reactions to literature that reimagines religious themes? Joseph Heller’s “God Knows” and Anita Diamant’s “The Red Tent” are retellings of the tales of King David and the rape of Dinah respectively.
There are more than 70 countries with blasphemy laws. The United States is not one of them, yet our currency is imprinted with “In God We Trust”, lest you need a reminder of religiosity’s influence on the “land of the free”.
There are individuals who put their trust in God and those who do not. It is OK to be offended. We are human beings; it is natural for us to be offended. The Bible, Quran and Torah include violent accounts. However, no one deserves a physical threat or actual bodily harm because a work of fiction with a religious theme offends a set of beliefs or values.
In this country, we have choices. You don’t have to buy the book. You don’t have to borrow it from the public library. I suppose you don’t have to use cash if the currency motto upsets you; there are several online payment options in our financial system.
Fiction is a choice. There is no need to add injuries to insults, imagination, thoughts and prayers.
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- Prior 1.559M (weaker than the estimate of 1.580M) for housing starts and 1.685M for building permits (vs exp of 1.650M).
- Housing starts for July 1.446M vs 1.540M est. Prior month revised to 1.599M vs 1.559M previously reported.
- Building permits for July 1.674M vs 1.650M est. Prior month revised to 1.696M vs 1.685M previously reported
- housing starts fell -9.6% vs. +2.4% in June
- building permits fell -1.3% vs. +0.1% June
- single-family permits fell -4.3% to 928,000 while multi family permits rose 2.8% to 746,000
The housing starts data is the lowest since February 2021 when it came in at 1.42 million. Building permits are the lowest since October 2021
Yesterday the NAHB builders survey dipped below the 50 level to 49 for the first time since the pandemic shut down. A level below 50 is indicative of contraction vs expansion in the survey results. Housing is continuing to suffer from high prices and higher rates
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Inflation is defined as a quantitative measure of the rate in which the average price level of goods and services in an economy or country increases over a period of time. It is the rise in the general level of prices where a given currency effectively buys less than it did in prior periods.In terms of assessing the strength or currencies, and by extension foreign exchange, inflation or measures of it are extremely influential. Inflation stems from the overall creation of money. This money is measured by the level of the total money supply of a specific currency, for example the US dollar, which is constantly increasing. However, an increase in the money supply does not necessarily mean that there is inflation. What leads to inflation is a faster increase in the money supply in relation to the wealth produced (measured with GDP). As such, this generates pressure of demand on a supply that does not increase at the same rate. The consumer price index then increases, generating inflation.How Does Inflation Affect Forex?The level of inflation has a direct impact on the exchange rate between two currencies on several levels.This includes purchasing power parity, which attempts to compare different purchasing powers of each country according to the general price level. In doing so, this makes it possible to determine the country with the most expensive cost of living.The currency with the higher inflation rate consequently loses value and depreciates, while the currency with the lower inflation rate appreciates on the forex market.Interest rates are also impacted. Inflation rates that are too high push interest rates up, which has the effect of depreciating the currency on foreign exchange. Conversely, inflation that is too low (or deflation) pushes interest rates down, which has the effect of appreciating the currency on the forex market.
Inflation is defined as a quantitative measure of the rate in which the average price level of goods and services in an economy or country increases over a period of time. It is the rise in the general level of prices where a given currency effectively buys less than it did in prior periods.In terms of assessing the strength or currencies, and by extension foreign exchange, inflation or measures of it are extremely influential. Inflation stems from the overall creation of money. This money is measured by the level of the total money supply of a specific currency, for example the US dollar, which is constantly increasing. However, an increase in the money supply does not necessarily mean that there is inflation. What leads to inflation is a faster increase in the money supply in relation to the wealth produced (measured with GDP). As such, this generates pressure of demand on a supply that does not increase at the same rate. The consumer price index then increases, generating inflation.How Does Inflation Affect Forex?The level of inflation has a direct impact on the exchange rate between two currencies on several levels.This includes purchasing power parity, which attempts to compare different purchasing powers of each country according to the general price level. In doing so, this makes it possible to determine the country with the most expensive cost of living.The currency with the higher inflation rate consequently loses value and depreciates, while the currency with the lower inflation rate appreciates on the forex market.Interest rates are also impacted. Inflation rates that are too high push interest rates up, which has the effect of depreciating the currency on foreign exchange. Conversely, inflation that is too low (or deflation) pushes interest rates down, which has the effect of appreciating the currency on the forex market.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump's longtime finance chief is expected to plead guilty as soon as Thursday in a tax evasion case that is the only criminal prosecution to arise from a long-running investigation into the former president's company, three people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.
Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg was scheduled to be tried in October on allegations he took more than $1.7 million in off-the-books compensation from the company, including rent, car payments and school tuition.
Prosecutors in the Manhattan district attorney's office and Weisselberg's lawyers met Monday with the judge overseeing the case, Juan Manuel Merchan, according to court records. The judge then scheduled a hearing in the matter for 9 a.m. Thursday but did not specify the reason.
The people who spoke to the AP did so on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the case. They said the purpose of Thursday's hearing was for Weisselberg to enter a guilty plea, but cautioned that plea deals sometimes fall apart before they are finalized in court.
Weisselberg's lawyer, Nicholas Gravante Jr., told The New York Times on Monday that Weisselberg has been engaged in plea negotiations to resolve the case, but did not specify terms of a potential plea deal. Reached by the AP, Gravante declined to comment.
The Times, citing two people with knowledge of the matter, said Weisselberg was expected to receive a five-month jail sentence, which would make him eligible for release after about 100 days. The deal would not require Weisselberg to testify or cooperate in any way with an ongoing criminal investigation into Trump's business practices.
Trump's company, the Trump Organization, is also charged in the case but did not appear to be involved in the plea agreement talks. Weisselberg and the Trump Organization have pleaded not guilty.
The Manhattan district attorney's office declined to comment. A message seeking comment was left with a lawyer for the Trump Organization.
News of Weisselberg's plea negotiations came days after the judge denied requests by his lawyers and the Trump Organization to throw out the case. The judge did drop one criminal tax fraud count against the company citing the statute of limitations, but more than a dozen other counts remain.
In seeking dismissal of the case, Weisselberg's lawyers argued prosecutors in the Democrat-led district attorney's office were punishing him because he wouldn't offer up damaging information against the former president.
The judge rejected that argument, saying that the evidence presented to the grand jury was legally sufficient to support the charges.
Weisselberg, who turned 75 on Monday, is the only Trump executive charged in the yearslong criminal investigation started by former Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr., who went to the Supreme Court to secure Trump's tax records. Vance's successor, Alvin Bragg, is now overseeing the investigation. Several other Trump executives have been granted immunity to testify before a grand jury in the case.
Prosecutors alleged that Weisselberg and the Trump Organization schemed to give off-the-books compensation to senior executives, including Weisselberg, for 15 years. Weisselberg alone was accused of defrauding the federal government, state and city out of more than $900,000 in unpaid taxes and undeserved tax refunds.
The most serious charge against Weisselberg, grand larceny, carried a potential penalty of five to 15 years in prison. The tax fraud charges against the company are punishable by a fine of double the amount of unpaid taxes, or $250,000, whichever is larger.
Trump has not been charged in the criminal probe, but prosecutors have noted that he signed some of the checks at the center of the case. Trump, who has decried the New York investigations as a "political witch hunt," has said his company's actions were standard practice in the real estate business and in no way a crime.
Last week, Trump sat for a deposition in New York Attorney General Letitia James' parallel civil investigation into allegations Trump's company misled lenders and tax authorities about asset values. Trump invoked his Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination more than 400 times.
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Iconic Chicago spots for memorable wedding photos
We recently reminded you of the Magnificent Mile's free wedding contest for couples who want to get married under the Wrigley Building arches. Then we asked for other iconic spots to take wedding shots around town.
- Here are some fabulous Chicago area shots from the best readers in town:
Karen R. recommended Rockefeller Chapel at U of C.
Barb W. said, "We took ours at the People's Gas Honeycomb Pavilion in Lincoln Park. This is from just after the wedding."
Adam G. (left) sent in his wedding and engagement photos saying, "The best shot in the city is standing right at the intersection of the north branch and main branch of the Chicago river, with the Lake St. Bridge in the background."
- Liane G. (right) said she and her husband "liked the industrial look of Chicago for our (2007) wedding."
Matt R. recommended the Calder statue and Mies-designed post office in Federal Plaza for a cool location.
Pamela S. chimed in, "We just got married at Olive Park last week."
- Pam didn't send a picture, but Monica caught this at Olive as she biked through on Friday.
Marguerite H.: "The Rookery Building was beautiful for our wedding photos in 2018."
Mike C: "The Kinzie Street bridge near Merchandise Mart is extremely popular for wedding and engagement photos. I used to step around so many photo shoots while walking to work."
Rachel R: "Montrose Harbor has fabulous views of the skyline. My husband and I took our engagement photos there way back in 2009, and our photographer even found a great wildflower area we used for the foreground. No idea if the flowers are still there."
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New school year brings Texas sex education changes
Texas middle school students could learn about contraceptives, prevention of sexually transmitted diseases and how to have healthy relationships this school year after the state's first update to the sex education curriculum in more than two decades.
- Abstinence remains the primary focus of pregnancy prevention.
Why it matters: Texas has the ninth highest teen birthrate in the country, not far behind Mississippi, Arkansas and Oklahoma.
What's happening: Seventh and eighth grade students can be taught about various birth control methods, including condoms and contraceptives under the change, which was approved by the state's education board in 2020 and went into effect this month.
- At the high school level, the topics are taught in health classes, which are not required to graduate.
Yes, but: Parents and guardians must now opt in to the sex education curriculum.
- And, the materials do not cover sexual health issues in the LGBTQ+ community.
State of play: Dallas-based North Texas Alliance to Reduce Unintended Pregnancy in Teens (NTARUPT) has merged with the Austin-based Texas Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy and San Antonio-based Healthy Futures of Texas to work as one statewide teen pregnancy prevention program.
- The nonpartisan organization, which now operates under the name Healthy Futures of Texas, is focused on ensuring equal access to sex education and preventing teenage pregnancies primarily in the Dallas area, San Antonio and the valley.
What they're saying: Students should be taught what healthy relationships look like in case those aren't modeled for them at home so they can make informed romantic decisions.
- "They just need so much information and access in order to really make these good life choices. We need to make it easy for them to make good life choices," Healthy Futures of Texas CEO Evelyn Delgado told Axios.
Context: Gov. Greg Abbott, who is in a bid for re-election, has promised a sort of parental bill of rights to give parents more say in their children's education.
- State legislators passed Senate Bill 9 in September to allow parents to choose whether their children received teaching on the prevention of child abuse, family violence and sex trafficking.
By the numbers: The overall teen birth rate has been declining for decades but is still 22.4 births per 1,000 females between ages 15-19 in Texas.
- The teen birth rate is higher in Dallas County at 28.7 births per 1,000 females.
Resources: Go to texasisready.org for more information.
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Colorado spends $70 million to electrify school buses, but GOP objects
In the next decade, Colorado hopes to replace its existing school buses with a new, greener fleet.
Driving the news: The effort is starting with $70 million — $5 million from the federal infrastructure bill and the rest from a new state program, our education partners at Chalkbeat report.
- The money will buy electric buses, as well as those fueled by compressed natural gas and propane, which can travel longer ranges in rural communities.
- The federal effort prioritizes rural and tribal schools, while the state is giving first dibs to higher-poverty schools. New buses cost twice as much as traditional ones, but officials say they're cheaper to operate.
Yes, but: Gov. Jared Polis and the Biden administration touted the program at a recent event. But Republicans are making it a 2022 campaign issue.
- GOP governor candidate Heidi Ganahl issued a statement claiming Polis is prioritizing a "radical agenda" rather than increasing teacher pay or per-pupil spending.
Zoom in: Aurora Public Schools is getting a head start after using a $2.2 million air quality grant to buy seven new electric buses to replace diesel buses in its 151-vehicle fleet.
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New Iowa State Fair rules burden aging, disabled Iowans, critics say
The Iowa State Fair is enforcing a new rule this year that limits the size of scooters fairgoers are allowed to bring in, citing safety concerns.
Why it matters: Some older fairgoers and people with disabilities say the new rule has become an unexpected burden that prevents them from using the mobility devices they already own.
State of play: Gary Carr, 78, has COPD and has regularly attended the fair over the last 50 years.
- Carr uses a three-wheeled scooter and an oxygen tank to help him get around the fairgrounds.
Yes, but: On opening day last week, Carr and his family learned his scooter is now eight inches too long.
- He was told to leave it behind or rent one for the day for $65, his wife Sharon tells Axios. He chose to walk and carry his oxygen tank which resulted in slow movements and lots of breaks.
- "It's embarrassing for him, period," she said.
Mike Bowlin of Indianola said his wife has used the same scooter at the fair to ease her bone on bone ankle pain for the last decade, but this year, they were also told it's too long.
- Their family has been at the fair every day this year, but Mike's wife only got to go once when she borrowed a friend's scooter.
- "This is our vacation," Bowlin said.
The other side: The new rule was created because of concerns regarding the larger scooters and the ability of fairgoers to navigate around them, said Mindy Williamson, spokesperson for the fair.
- Officials were also concerned about scooters bumping into other people and vendors.
Details: The new dimension, 36 inches by 52 inches, was based on rules at other similar-sized events, Williamson said.
- Staff also consulted with the Iowa Attorney General's Office to see if the rule was legal and compliant with ADA policies, Williamson said.
The bottom line: Fair officials want people of all abilities to enjoy their time, but expect the rule to stay, Williamson said.
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Man fights off armed robber in Lake View
CHICAGO - A man thwarted an armed robbery attempt early Tuesday in the Lake View neighborhood.
The 34-year-old was approached by a gunman who demanded his property around 3 a.m. in the 900 block of West Belmont Avenue, according to Chicago police.
A fight ensued between the two and the gunman fled the scene, police said.
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No injuries were reported and no one is in custody.
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Crisis stabilization unit reopens in Fayetteville
The Washington County Crisis Stabilization Unit, a behavioral health facility for people experiencing mental health crises, will reopen this month after a yearlong hiatus.
Why it matters: The unit is part of a state project intended in part to keep people with mental illnesses out of the criminal justice system. Police can take people to the facility instead of jail.
- The unit is needed because Northwest Arkansas' growing population means there's need for more mental health services, and the facility helps free up beds at local hospitals, Washington County Judge Joseph Wood told Axios.
What's happening: The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is paying for staff for the facility and keeping its former director, Kristen McAllister.
Details: The 16-bed facility at the former juvenile detention center in downtown Fayetteville can take adults with a broad range of mental health problems, including disorders and addictions, McAllister told Axios.
- The unit is voluntary. People can be referred by police, emergency rooms, behavioral health services, family, friends or themselves, and they stay 72-96 hours, McAllister said.
- UAMS is providing between 20-25 staff members, such as nurses and psychiatrists, who work with patients individually to determine how to help them. They may be prescribed medication, referred to longer-term inpatient care or set up for outpatient counseling services. The staff can also connect people to social services, such as affordable housing or food assistance, McAllister said.
- Other than staffing, the unit is state-funded, and the county is in charge of stewarding the money and running the facility, Wood said. The county previously spent $250,000 to renovate the building.
Background: The unit shut down in summer 2021 because Springdale-based Ozark Guidance could no longer pay for the staffing after the state cut funding.
- It originally launched in 2019 as part of a state pilot program created by Act 423 of 2017. Crisis stabilization units also opened in Sebastian, Craighead and Pulaski counties.
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Man shot while walking out of South Side home
CHICAGO - A man was shot while walking out of a house Monday night in the West Pullman neighborhood.
The 22-year-old was leaving a house around 11:22 p.m. when someone in a dark-colored sedan started shooting at him in the 11600 block of South Justine Street, police said.
He was struck once in the hand and was taken to Roseland Community Hospital where he was listed in good condition, police said.
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OnlyFans model charged with murder: Courtney Clenney's former neighbor describes living below her
AUSTIN, Texas - Shattered glass, shouting, and violent disputes is how one man described living below Courtney Clenney and her boyfriend Christian Obumseli in South Austin.
Clenney, an OnlyFans and Instagram star known online as Courtney Tailor, now faces a second-degree murder charge related to the April 3 fatal stabbing of Obumseli in Florida.
The couple lived in a penthouse apartment at the Berkshire Riverview until earlier this year. Aidan Nesvisky lived below them and says fights got so bad they quite literally spilled over into his apartment, such as when a tiger painting was thrown onto his tenth-floor balcony during a violent dispute.
"Behind closed doors, we just started hearing some shouting, yelling. We don't know who was starting, why we didn't get a lot of context," Nesvisky said. "Occasionally we would hear some glasses break and some banging on the walls. Floors, not sure you know who was doing it."
"I just want people to know that it had been going on for a long time, and it definitely could have been stopped," Nesvisky added.
Photo of Courtney Clenney courtesy Hawaii Police Department.
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Nesvisky says police were called on the couple multiple times when they lived in South Austin, but when they moved to Florida earlier this year, Miami state attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle says the violence continued, getting so bad their building was prepared to evict them.
"The violent and toxic two-year relationship of Christian and Courtney clearly did not have to end in tragedy with Christian's murder as a victim of domestic violence," she said in a press conference.
That's why Nesvisky, whose former roommate now keeps the tiger painting in a storage locker, says he's talking about the tumultuous two years he spent living alongside, even attending a music festival with a couple he says otherwise, seemed friendly and normal.
"It is domestic violence. I mean, if you hear something, see something, say something. You never know what's going on behind closed doors. It's a really sad situation and I think ultimately it could have been avoided," he said.
In a statement, Clenney's attorney called this a case of self-defense, writing "We are confident she will be exonerated and Courtney will be seen for what she is: a victim of domestic abuse that survived her abuser."
FOX 7 Austin has also reached out to Obumseli's attorney, but has not heard back.
Courtney Clenney charged with second-degree murder
Prosecutors in South Florida announced the second-degree murder charge against Clenney on August 11 in connection with the fatal stabbing of her live-in boyfriend Obumseli. Miami-Dade State Attorney Fernandez Rundle announced the charge against the 26-year-old Instagram and OnlyFans model during a news conference.
Clenney was arrested in Hawaii. She appeared in court and waived her right to an extradition hearing and agreed to return to Florida.
Fernandez Rundle characterized Christian Obumseli's April 3 death at the couple's Miami apartment as the culmination of a "tempestuous and combative relationship" that began in November 2020. The county medical examiner said in an autopsy report that Obumseli, who worked in cryptocurrency, died from a forceful downward thrust from a blade that went three inches (7.6 centimeters) into his chest, piercing a major artery.
According to an arrest report, Clenney acknowledged killing Obumseli but said she acted in self-defense. She said Obumseli had pushed her and thrown her to the floor, which prompted her to grab a knife and throw it at Obumseli from about 10 feet (3 meters) away. The medical examiner said Obumseli's wound could not have been caused by a knife thrown from that distance.
Clenney's Miami defense lawyer, Frank Prieto, told the Associated Press that the medical examiner's opinions won't stand up to scientific scrutiny when they argue self-defense at trial. He acknowledged that Clenney and Obumseli had a tumultuous relationship but said Obumseli was the primary aggressor.
"Obumseli was the abuser, the worst kind of abuser," Prieto said in a statement. "He would manipulate and abuse Courtney in private when he thought nobody was around."
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Salt Lake incomes rise but aren't keeping up with housing prices
Salt Lake homebuyers make more money than they did before the pandemic.
Yes, but: It's still not enough to cover the rise in home prices.
By the numbers: Salt Lake City posted the 10th-largest rise in homebuyer incomes in the nation from 2019-2021, according to a Redfin analysis of mortgage data in the 100 largest metro areas.
- The median homebuyer income in Salt Lake was $91,000, up nearly 14% from 2019.
- That's more than double the growth in homebuyer incomes nationally.
- But the median home price in Salt Lake grew 41% during that time, Redfin reported, versus 29% nationally.
State of play: Salt Lake's homebuyer income growth, like other cities in the top 10, was likely driven by remote workers, according to Redfin.
- There was a big influx in out-of-town homebuyers early in the pandemic.
- A similar dynamic played out in Boise, Idaho and Austin, Texas — the top two cities for homebuyer income growth at 24% and 19%.
Zoom in: St. George, which was too small to be ranked, saw homebuyer incomes rise almost as much as Boise, at 23%.
- Homebuyers in Logan and Ogden posted slightly larger income growth than in Salt Lake, at 16% and 15%. Provo's increased 13%.
The latest: The housing market in Salt Lake, like other pandemic boomtowns, is starting to cool off.
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Exclusive: Affirm goes big on BigCommerce
Affirm has struck a partnership with BigCommerce, making it the preferred BNPL option on the e-commerce platform’s merchant checkout pages.
Why it matters: The competition between BNPL providers will likely be won by the company that is on as many checkout pages as possible. Affirm is taking the lead through partnerships with retailers, payment processors and e-commerce platforms.
What’s happening: Through the partnership, BigCommerce will recommend Affirm’s adaptive checkout option through its merchant dashboard.
How it works: Adaptive checkout lets consumers choose between making zero-interest, bi-weekly payments or spreading their payouts out over longer-term, monthly plans.
- In either case, merchants get paid upfront for the cost of the transaction (minus fees), while Affirm takes on the risk of non-payment or default.
Context: This is just the latest in a string of strategic partnerships Affirm has struck over the past year.
- According to its most recent earnings report in May, the number of active merchants offering Affirm as a checkout option rose to 207,000 from 12,000 a year earlier — primarily through its partnership with Shopify.
Yes, but: Those results don’t include the impact of more recent deals with payment giants Stripe, Fiserv, and Verifone.
What they’re saying: “What this really represents is our ability to access millions of consumers and hundreds of thousands of merchants to drive our expansion,” Geoff Kott, chief revenue officer at Affirm, tells Axios.
- For BigCommerce, VP of business development Mark Rosales says offering Affirm as an option leads to "higher average order values and more GMV going through our merchants' checkout." | https://www.axios.com/pro/fintech-deals/2022/08/16/exclusive-affirm-bigcommerce-partnership | 2022-08-16T12:39:47Z | axios.com | control | https://www.axios.com/pro/fintech-deals/2022/08/16/exclusive-affirm-bigcommerce-partnership | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The Post’s Joseph Staszewski brings you around the world of professional wrestling every Tuesday in his weekly column, the Post Match Angle.
We are finally going to see the best version of Ronda Rousey in WWE, and it’s long overdue.
Fans have long complained about Rousey’s babyface promos. They can feel uncomfortable, unemotional, over-scripted and like she is just going through the motions. There were calls for her to get a manager or mouthpiece because the segments were so uninspiring and failed to keep the audience invested in her as a babyface after she got through a bigger heel in Charlotte Flair.
Funny how no one has been saying that the past few weeks as Rousey’s heel turn is progressing.
What we saw last Friday on SmackDown was Rousey as she should be, as she wants to be and as she is most comfortable. Isn’t that always the key to getting the best out of any performer? The “Baddest Woman on the Planet” wants to act like just that and be more heelish. She said so on Daniel Cormier’s “The DC Check-In” podcast last month when she talked about Vince McMahon nixing plans for her to return as a heel after she was cheered when she won the Royal Rumble.
“I love being a bitch!” Rousey said. “It’s my outlet for bitchery!”
She certainly got to let it out on Friday.
Rousey, who is “suspended” after her attack on a referee following a controversial loss to SmackDown women’s champion Liv Morgan at SummerSlam, entered through the crowd because she technically isn’t supposed to be there. She dumped double the amount of money she was “fined” in storyline on the table set for Morgan and friend Shayna Baszler’s contract signing. It was a boss move, a show of power to say, “I’m better than and richer than all of you here.” She should feel that way after all she has accomplished in her judo and MMA career. There was a confidence and belief in her promo that has been missing in the past as she will likely get even more freedom with Triple H now running creative.
“Let’s be honest, it’s not gonna be the last time,” Rousey said. “What can I say, being the baddest gets expensive, but I can afford it.”
Rousey, who was cheered during the early portion of the segment, should carry that attitude with her from here on out. It felt similar to what we saw — but less visually dramatic — late in her MMA career as she became more of a polarizing figure as her winning streak and fame grew. It was compelling and sold lots of pay-per-views. WWE can only hope it will have a similar effect here.
She even doubled-down on Instagram by writing, “Use that cash wisely @WWE — Maybe it can help with those ‘budget cuts.’ Bring back more asses for me to kick.”
The most intriguing portion of the whole thing on SmackDown happened after Rousey left the ring and refused, after teasing it, to put a WWE security member into an armbar. She was confronted by Baszler, who chided her for her actions and told her you don’t do that here, and if you follow the rules you eventually get what you want. Rousey then proceeded to tell Baszler, “you used to be a killer,” before her friend went on to continue her attacks on Morgan’s arm.
Rousey’s simple line sets up the whole story around the three heading into Baszler’s match with Morgan at Clash at the Castle in Cardiff on Sept. 3. Is this version of Baszler enough to win the title, or will she need to join Rousey and become the “killer” she used to be in NXT to make it happen? Or will she continue to resent Rousey’s attempt to change her and ultimately feud with her best friend before finally becoming the “killer” to either beat her or join alongside her? I’d lean more toward the former, especially with Rousey and Baszler teaming against Aliyah and Raquel Rodriguez over the weekend at two WWE live events.
WWE is still ultimately trying to get to Rousey vs. Becky Lynch at WrestleMania 39 in Los Angeles. If all continues to go to plan, we will see Lynch’s best self as “The Man” and Rousey as the cocky badass she’s always wanted to and needed to be in WWE.
Proof is in the promos
If you wanted any more proof we are in a different era of WWE all you had to do was listen to the promo from Kevin Owens and Drew McIntyre on “Monday Night Raw”. It felt unscripted, was reality based and passion while each accomplished what they needed to before hyping their unannounced match.
Owens referenced it being five years since he held a title in WWE, that he missed the old prize fighter Kevin Owens before quoting Owen Hart’s “Enough is enough, and it’s time for a change.” He then made his intensions clear that he’s gunning for whoever leaves Clash at the Castle the undisputed champion — either McIntyre or Roman Reigns.
Then McIntyre, who earlier admitted he’s working through a real back injury, said he felt disrespect by Owen and unleashed what felt like real frustration. He was rolling off his career accomplishments since returning to WWE, before making it very clear we aren’t in Vince McMahon’s WWE anymore.
“I don’t care if you’re a prize fighter, a sports entertainer or superstar,” McIntyre said. “We’re wrestlers in a wrestling ring. Let’s just freaking wrestle.”
It was the “I-can’t-believe-he-just-said-that” from one of the best promos on Raw in a long time. I can see the “Let’s just freaking wrestle” T-shirts now.
Punk Rocked
AEW president Tony Khan rolled the dice a bit by not having CM Punk relinquish his AEW world championship just days after winning it because of his foot injury. It certainly paid off last week. Punk’s return on Wednesday during “AEW Dynamite” felt big and it has a chance to be a huge shot in the arm to the company and will give All Out in Chicago on Sept. 4 an enormous main event with a likely title unification match. Interim champion Jon Moxley has been on Punk’s list of people to face in AEW since he arrived, as this version of the man formerly known as Dean Ambrose seems to intrigue him.
They have only wrestled three singles matches together in their careers – one going all the way back to FCW in 2011. All that’s left now is to see the story these two tell to get us to the match and if they both dip into their WWE past. It’s a chance for Punk to maybe get a little more raw and gritty than we’ve see since he’s joined AEW. Him coming back in a little more than two months after being injured made Khan’s decision the right one.
The 10 Count
Couldn’t be happier for Sonny Kiss, who turned heel and joined Ariya Daivari’s Truth Buster faction at the close of “AEW Rampage” via a swift kick to Orange Cassidy’s nether regions. The New Jersey native has certainly paid enough dues on AEW’s “Dark” programs to finally earn some much-deserved television time. Having this storyline originate from those shows and now spill into the trios championship tournament is also a good way to help promote viewership of Dark, also.
While I applaud NXT for tying something with the “rounds” match tweet Trick Williams and Wes Lee, let’s not try to mix wrestling and boxing again. The whole thing got a little confusing.
Triple H is quietly rebuilding WWE’s tag team division with the return of Hit Row — which doesn’t quote feel the same with out Swerve Strickland is its front man. There is also the teaming of Miz and Ciampa and Cedric Alexander and Mustafa Ali.
Miro’s promos on God has always been entertaining, but him telling Julia Hart “there is only one woman who can touch the Redeemer and you are not her” really cracked me up. There have been so many vailed references to his wife. C.J. Perry, that she has to show up at some point, doesn’t she?
Josh Alexander is quietly having a heck of a run as Impact world champion – including a banger of a match against Alex Shelley at Emergence last week. He’s defeated Jacob Fatu, Eric Young, Tomohiro Ishii and Moose to name a few. A six-way match on Thursday will decide his opponent at Bound For Glory with Sami Callihan and Eddie Edwards being the most intriguing.
The slow loss of trust within Diamond Mine is one of the best stories of the NXT 2.0 era.
Nick Gage crashing a wrestling wedding … what could go wrong? Well Matt Cardona and Chelsea Green found at at their vows renewal at Night 2 of Game Changer Wrestling’s Homecoming in at Atlantic City on Sunday. It involved light tubes, cake to the face and a signature pizza cutter to the forehead of Cardona, who was dressed like “Macho Man” Randy Savage. Quite the spectacle indeed. (Link contains mature content)
Mickie James tweeted last week that she feels “done in wrestling.” While I know fans would love to give her a proper sendoff after the fantastic career she’s had and how much she’s advocated for women’s wrestling, if this is it we salute her for everything she’s given to the business.
Last week a car accident, this week a trash fire in the back and Dexter Lumis’ intentions in WWE are still not known. Triple H is starting to turn WWE shows into a game of Clue now.
Bonus: A get well soon to Kris Statlander who again has had what looked like promising momentum ended by a knee injury.
Wrestler of the Week
John Moxley, AEW, GCW
It’s been a heck of a 2022 for Moxley and he added to it in a big way last week. He successfully defended both of his word titles, defeating Chris Jericho on Dynamite to retain the interim AEW championship, and then three days later taking down Effy in a spectacle of a match at Night 1 of GCW Homecoming to retain that company’s belt. Add to that he is now on his way to high-profile matches with CM Punk and Nick Gage — whose career will be on the line — and it’s hard to find someone who’s had a better week.
Match to Watch
The Young Bucks and Mystery Partner vs. Andrade El Idolo, RUSH and Dragon Lee, AEW Trio championship quarterfinal (Dynamite, Wednesday, 8 p.m., TBS)
If Matt and Nick Jackson’s mystery partner is Kenny Omega as expected, it will not only be fantastic match but mark his return in injury after losing the AEW title to “Hangman” Adam Page last November at Full Gear. Omega’s return also kicks The Elite-Dark Order-Hangman story into hyperdrive for All Out on Sept. 4.
Honorable mention: Bron Breakker vs. JD McDonagh, NXT championship (Tuesday, NXT Heatwave), Edge vs. Damian Priest (Monday, WWE Raw).
Around the Ring
- MLW’s Fightland 22 will be at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia on Oct. 30.
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Delivering strong performance, extraordinary customer service, and measurable results for biggest businesses in the world continues to spur company's growth
SAN MATEO, Calif., Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Arkose Labs, the global leader in fraud deterrence and account security, announced today that it made the Inc. 5000 2022 list for a second consecutive year with a revenue growth rate of 1,479.57 percent. The Inc. 5000 list is the most prestigious ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in America and represents a one-of-a-kind look at the most successful companies within the economy's most dynamic segment—its independent businesses. Facebook, Chobani, UnderArmour, Microsoft, Patagonia, and many other well-known names gained their first national exposure as honorees on the Inc. 5000.
"I'm extremely proud of the growth that we've achieved over the past few years, because it's a reflection of the efficacy of our technology and our dedication to ongoing advancements and innovation of our product suite," said Arkose Labs founder and CEO Kevin Gosschalk. "CISOs at the biggest companies in the world continue to tell us that the reason they reach out, select, and deploy our solutions is because malicious bot attacks and human click farm threats are only getting more sophisticated, complicated, and pervasive."
Inc. ranked companies according to percentage growth when comparing 2018 to 2021. For the second year in a row, Arkose Labs has landed in the top 500 of the prestigious list, at number 412 in the U.S. Of California companies on the list, Arkose Labs came in at 62, and of San Francisco companies, it ranked as the twelfth fastest-growing company in the area.
The companies on the 2022 Inc. 5000 have not only been successful, but also have demonstrated resilience amid supply chain woes, labor shortages, and the ongoing impact of Covid-19. Among the top 500, of which Arkose Labs is one, the average median three-year revenue growth rate soared to 2,144 percent. Together, those companies added more than 68,394 jobs over the past three years. Complete results of the Inc. 5000, including company profiles and an interactive database that can be sorted by industry, region, and other criteria, can be found at www.inc.com/inc5000.
"The accomplishment of building one of the fastest-growing companies in the U.S., in light of recent economic roadblocks, cannot be overstated," says Scott Omelianuk, editor-in-chief of Inc."Inc. is thrilled to honor the companies that have established themselves through innovation,hard work, and rising to the challenges of today."
"Every day I'm meeting with and listening to our customers and prospective customers," said Arkose Labs Chief Revenue Officer Richard Dufty. "And the conversations never fail to impress upon me and my team how fortunate we are to collaborate with the brightest minds diligently striving to protect their companies and users from bots and fraudsters. It's a true partnership out in the wild west of the ethersphere to overcome bad actors so that consumers can operate online easily, confidently and without fear."
Companies on the 2022 Inc. 5000 are ranked according to percentage revenue growth from2018 to 2021. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2018. They must be U.S.-based, privately held, for-profit, and independent—not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies—as of December 31, 2021. (Since then, some on the list may have gone public or been acquired.) The minimum revenue required for 2018 is $100,000; the minimum for 2021 is $2 million. As always, Inc. reserves the right to decline applicants for subjective reasons. Growth rates used to determine company rankings were calculated to four decimal places. The top 500 companies on the Inc. 5000 are featured in Inc.magazine's September issue.
Arkose Labs' mission is to create an online environment where all consumers are protected from malicious activity. Its AI-powered platform combines powerful risk assessments with dynamic attack response that undermines the ROI behind attacks while improving good user throughput. The company offers the world's first and only $1 million credential stuffing warranty. Headquartered in San Mateo, CA with offices in Brisbane and Sydney, Australia, San Jose, Costa Rica, and London, UK, the company debuted as the 83rd fastest-growing company in North America on the 2021 Deloitte Fast500 ranking.
Contact
Jean Creech Avent
Global Head of Brand and Communications
Arkose Labs
j.creechavent@arkoselabs.com
+1 843-986-8229
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Lightning has been in the local news in recent days because of a deadly strike hitting multiple individuals in Washington, D.C.
All should take serious warning from that unfortunate incident. Unfortunately, that’s not always the case during outdoor sports seasons during the spring, summer and fall.
Those who regularly attend outside competitions of all types during the periods experience thunderstorm issues when thunder is sounding, even lightning is seen, but games and events still continue despite the danger. That occurs far too frequently.
Sometimes those in charge of events once they are under way – like the umpires or officials once contests start – are concentrating so hard on watching the action, they don’t always see the lightning, which calls for the immediate suspension of play. Maybe that’s the case when they don’t hear the thunder sometimes, as well.
Those situations happen too often, like during one travel baseball game earlier this summer. Thunder was heard and lightning was clearly seen by some, but the contest continued and was never stopped. The two umpires didn’t witness either danger sign, and none of the spectators, or players, spoke up. One spectator who heard the thunder said to others to keep quiet. The storm eventually moved on without any interruption of play.
But that type of attitude regarding a potentially deadly weather condition is far too cavalier.
Weather experts say this. Don’t wait to see lightning to take cover during a thunderstorm. They also say don’t even wait to hear thunder to take cover. If dark clouds are seen and a storm is approaching, take cover at that moment. Again, don’t wait, they say.
Waiting to hear thunder or see lightning can be too late.
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Yakima residents with an interest in sustainability, as well as climate scientists, engineers, or water, forest and energy experts, can apply to join the city’s new sustainability committee.
The Sustainable Yakima Committee was created this year to improve sustainability efforts and address the adverse effects of climate change.
Members will be tasked with drafting a climate action plan and implementation strategy; advising the City Council on issues related to sustainability, renewable energy and recycling; making recommendations to reduce energy consumption; and supporting a feasibility study on using anaerobic digestion to process food waste.
The deadline to apply is Sept. 30, according to a Monday news release from the city advertising the positions. The committee reports to the City Council.
Committee makeup
Sustainable Yakima is made up of six community members and one youth member.
Community members are preferred — but not required — to have experience or expertise in a related field, such as planning, energy management, water conservation, solid waste management, climate science or forestry if applying.
At least five members should be city of Yakima residents. The remaining two members may be residents of Yakima County living outside city limits, according to the news release.
Youth members must be between the ages of 16-22 at the time of appointment.
The application and additional information can be found at the city website.
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- Ted Cavan Joins Runway As Managing Director, Technology; Adds a Decade of Experience Funding High Growth Technology Companies -
WOODSIDE, Calif., Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Runway Growth Capital LLC ("Runway" or the "Company"), a leading provider of growth loans to both venture and non-venture backed companies seeking an alternative to raising equity, announced today that it has hired Ted Cavan as Managing Director, Technology.
Cavan will operate out of Boston and report directly to Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Investment Officer, David Spreng. As a member of Runway's origination team, Cavan will engage with a broad array of late and growth-stage technology companies, focusing on enterprise software. He brings to Runway a decade of experience helping businesses advance their goals using venture and growth debt.
"Ted is well connected in the technology and venture communities, particularly in the Northeast. His background working with banks and specialty finance lenders will be invaluable, as he aims to leverage his network to originate new deals among late and growth-stage companies," said Spreng. "Ted has proven to be exceptional in Runway's sweet spot, working with management teams from later-stage companies to strategically deploy capital."
"I am very impressed with the Runway team and platform; the team is very thoughtful, collaborative, disciplined, and highly professional. I look forward to joining such a terrific group and helping build out their already top-notch platform," explained Cavan. "With such a robust ecosystem of universities, research institutions, and venture capital, the Northeast is an incredible market for the type of strategic capital Runway provides. Non-bank lenders can be an attractive alternative to traditional capital sources - offering borrowers flexible terms and larger loan amounts, without the governance strings associated with equity financing or the strict credit guidelines of a bank. Runway has the team, experience, and approach to help late and growth-stage businesses achieve their most critical goals."
Cavan most recently held the position of Senior Vice President at Stifel, where he led the Boston area technology practice of its Venture Banking and Lending Group. In his role, Cavan was responsible for sourcing promising investment opportunities, building relationships with management teams, crafting deal terms, and actively managing a portfolio of senior debt investments ranging from $1M – $50M. He previously worked for TriplePoint Capital as a Vice President, where he became Principal and was part of a two-person team responsible for launching TriplePoint's East Coast efforts in 2015. Prior to that, he was a Vice President at Square 1 Bank, responsible for origination, due diligence, deal execution, and portfolio management of more than $150M of loans ranging from $250K – $20M.
Cavan completed his undergraduate degree at Skidmore College, before receiving his Master of Business Administration from the University of Virginia Darden Graduate School of Business Administration.
Runway Growth Capital LLC is the investment advisor to investment funds, including Runway Growth Finance Corp. (Nasdaq: RWAY), a business development company, and other private funds, which are lenders of growth capital to companies seeking an alternative to raising equity. Led by industry veteran David Spreng, these funds provide senior term loans of $10 million to $75 million to fast-growing companies based in the United States and Canada. For more information on Runway Growth Capital LLC and its platform, please visit our website at www.runwaygrowth.com.
Statements included herein may constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements other than statements of historical facts included in this press release may constitute forward-looking statements and are not guarantees of future performance, condition, or results and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements as a result of a number of factors, including those described from time to time in Runway Growth's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Runway Growth undertakes no duty to update any forward-looking statement made herein. All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release.
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- Achieves $4.5 Million in Q2 revenue Compared to $400,000 in Q2 2021
PHOENIX, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SinglePoint Inc. (OTC:SING) (the "Company," or "SING"), a solar energy and sustainable solutions provider, announced today the Company's second quarter 2022 results.
Quarter Highlights
- Record revenue of $4.5 million, up over 890% for the comparable period in 2021
- Gross profit of $3.2 Million in the second quarter compared to $0.3 million for the comparable period in 2021
- Boston Solar is Recognized as Top Contractor for 2022
- BOX Pure Air is recognized as the preeminent provider of California EANS funding to improve IAQ in schools
- Expecting multiple school orders to improve Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) for Q3 2022
Management Commentary
Wil Ralston, CEO of SinglePoint, Inc., said, "We are ecstatic with the execution of our entire team and the ensuing financial results. In our opinion, these stellar results validate everything our management, staff, and all our partners at each subsidiary have been working towards over the past year. The revenue growth is exceptional, and we expect to continue to see strong growth and further record revenues."
Ralston continued, "Significantly, we want to point out these quarterly results are not representative of the full second quarter for Boston Solar as we closed this acquisition on April 21, 2022. On a full quarter basis, we would have recognized more than $5 Million in revenue for the quarter. We expect throughput at Boston Solar to increase throughout Q3, which means more installations completed and more revenue recorded. Boston Solar has already set records for new sales throughout the quarter. Combining with the expected orders for BOX Pure Air in Q3, we expect Q3 to be yet another major growth milestone for the Company. Our Companies are well positioned in their rapidly growing markets to accelerate the adoption of our services and meet the increased demand."
Corporate Outlook
The Company's focused growth strategy through acquisitions and internal organic measures has driven significant results. Management has continued confidence to meet its guidance for the year on a total annual revenue basis and expects Q3 to demonstrate continued growth. Diversifying products, services, and revenue streams have provided relief and protection against times when either political or macro-economic concerns have arisen. Staying focused on the Company's core business units and creating a fully vertical integrated strategy increases investment returns for the Company and its shareholders. The quarter's results are proof of our continued commitment to being focused and driving growth. The Company has not been immune to political or macro-economic factors, which have resulted in supply chain constraints and the complexities of dealing with government contracts. However, with the newly passed Inflation Reduction Act Bill and its generous tax credits for solar energy, we expect tailwinds to be in SinglePoint's favor for years to come.
Upcoming Events
Sidoti – August 17th and 18th - SinglePoint Inc. to Present at Sidoti Micro-Cap Virtual Conference at 1 PM EDT, August 18 - The SinglePoint presentation can be accessed live at:
https://sidoti.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_xWnkkIRRQJ6qR4H5u-qUmg
The presentation will be available for viewing 90 days following the event.
Free registration for investors is available at:
https://www.meetmax.com/sched/event_85147/conference_register.html?attendee_role_id=SIDOTI_INVESTOR
About SinglePoint Inc (OTCQB:SING)
SinglePoint is a solar energy and sustainable lifestyle Company currently in the solar energy and air purification markets. The Company's goal is to build the largest network of renewable energy solutions and modernize the traditional solar energy and energy storage business model. The Company continues executing its acquisition strategy and is exploring future growth opportunities in air purification, electric vehicle charging, solar as a subscription service, and additional energy efficiencies and appliances that enhance sustainability and healthier life.
For more information, visit the Company's websites
www.singlepoint.com, www.bostonsolar.us, and www.boxpureair.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this news release may contain forward-looking information within rule 175 under the Securities Act of 1933 and Rule 3b-6 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and are subject to the safe harbor created by those rules. All statements, besides statements of fact included in this release, including, without limitation, statements regarding revenue projections, financing opportunities, potential plans and objectives of the Company, anticipated growth, and future expansion, are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate and actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements.
Technical and other complications, which may arise, could prevent the prompt implementation of any strategically significant plan(s) outlined above. The Company undertakes no duty to revise or update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this release.
InvestorContact:
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PLANTATION, Fla., Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Smokey Bones, the Masters of Meat, is launching All You Can Eat Wings on Tuesday, August 16, 2022. Every weekday from 8 p.m. until close, wing fans can get their hands on all the wings they can eat for just $14.99, including both bone-in and boneless wings. This is for a limited time, so be sure to enjoy them before they take flight. Available at all participating Smokey Bones locations. Other restrictions may apply.
"Our wings are so craveable and we understand that it's hard to stop at just a few, so we're thrilled to introduce our All You Can Eat Wings," said Cole Robillard, Chief Marketing Officer for Smokey Bones. "Our wings make a delicious pairing with our extensive selection of cold beers and other refreshing beverages from our full bar, as well as our other featured menu items. When it comes to great flavors, we have you covered."
Smokey Bones serves up their wings three ways. Jumbo bone-in wings are served either house smoked or traditional fried style, and boneless wings have a crispy breading; all are then tossed in your choice of sauce or dry rub and delivered piping hot to your table. Each style of wings may be enjoyed the Smokey Bones Way, where the wings are dusted with house seasoning and drizzled with a sweet BBQ glaze.
The All You Can Eat Wings deal is available for dine-in only and only on weekdays from 8 p.m. to close at participating Smokey Bones locations. The offer is good for boneless and bone-in wings and while supplies last. Offer starts August 16, 2022, for a limited time only.
Smokey Bones is available for dine-in and online ordering for curbside pick-up or direct delivery from its restaurants. For more information, visit Smokeybones.com.
About Smokey Bones
The Masters of Meat Smokey Bones is a full-service restaurant delivering great barbecue, award winning ribs, perfectly seared steaks and memorable moments in 63 locations across 16 states. Smokey Bones serves lunch, dinner, and late night, and has a full bar featuring a variety of bourbons and whiskeys, a selection of domestic, import and local craft beers, and several signature, handcrafted cocktails. Smokey Bones offers a 10 % discount to active duty and veterans with ID. Smokey Bones is an affiliate of Boca Raton, FL based Sun Capital Partners.
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BOSTON, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Stepping Stones Group, a leading national provider of therapeutic, behavioral, and autism services to children in educational, home, and community settings, has made the Inc. 5000, the most prestigious ranking of the nation's fastest-growing private companies, for the seventh time. The Stepping Stones Group has earned the rank of No. 2366 on the 2022 Inc. 5000 list with a three-year revenue growth of 248%.
"Our continued growth can be attributed to our remarkable team. I am proud of each of them for showing resilience, determination, and commitment to living out our mission of transforming lives together," stated Tim Murphy, Chief Executive Officer of The Stepping Stones Group. "We are honored to be named on this prestigious list once again."
The list represents a one of a kind look at the most successful companies within the economy's most dynamic segment, its independent businesses. Facebook, Chobani, Under Armour, Microsoft, Patagonia, and many other well-known names gained their first national exposure as honorees on the Inc. 5000.
The companies on the 2022 Inc. 5000 have not only been successful, but have also demonstrated resilience amid supply chain woes, labor shortages, and the ongoing impact of Covid -19. Among the top 500, the average median three - year revenue growth rate soared to 2,144 percent. Together, those companies added more than 68,394 jobs over the past three years.
The Stepping Stones Group is a leading provider of therapeutic and behavioral services to children including those with special needs and autism. The company serves over 1,000 clients and 300,000 children annually across 45 states. With over 30 years of experience, our team consists of over 8,000 employees including licensed clinicians and special educators, dedicated to delivering high-quality therapeutic and behavioral services. For more information: https://thesteppingstonesgroup.com/.
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Another major milestone passed as TenureX targets ambitious international expansion
TEL AVIV, Israel, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TenureX, the Israeli start-up that is fixing the broken correspondent banking industry, today announces a new partnership with TM Group, the technology management and integration experts providing trading, compliance, control rooms, and automation software to the financial services industry.
The new partnership enables TM Group to provide TenureX solutions and services - including its unique "correspondent-banking-as-a-Service" platform - as a managed service provider in the Nordics banking sector to improve compliance, productivity and scale correspondent banking services.
The new partnership marks an important milestone in TenureX's ambitious expansion strategy, adding a dedicated technology and market specialist focused on the Nordics, one of the most interesting markets for innovation within correspondent banking services.
TenureX and TM Group will continue their mutual vision of customer-first and hands-on approach, working together to fix the structural problems within the correspondent banking services.
TenureX was founded in 2020 by banking industry veterans who realised that correspondent banking was broken. The continued reliance on legacy technology has resulted in poorly executed cross-border payments, with parties in the payment chain – and even within the same organisation – unable to access the data they need to make intelligent, strategic and compliant decisions.
To fix these structural problems, TenureX developed a new platform to revolutionise the moribund correspondent banking industry by providing "correspondent banking in a box". This cloud-based digital platform provides a set of innovative solutions that enable customers to embed their risk-based approach and compliance rules into each single payment instruction, as well as digital workflows. TenureX helps customers slash the costs of cross-border transactions, eliminate cost and complexity for compliance teams, and open up a world of new revenue opportunities.
"Technology is crucial to reviving the correspondent banking industry by bringing full data visibility and a unified pre-agreed set of compliance rules to every party, but it also needs the dedicated specialist who know to speak the local language and understand the specific needs of unique banking sector and region," said Or Kapelinsky, TenureX Co-Founder & COO. "Partnering with expert technology and solutions integrators in the Nordics such as TM Group adds a vital layer of local expertise and customer service that TenureX could not offer, and we could not ask for a better fit than TM Group."
Emil Holmberg, Sales Director at TM Group said, "The Nordics are a very interesting market for innovation within correspondent banking services and we found TenureX's solution and positioning going hand-in-hand with our current knowhow and capabilities."
"This is a great opportunity for TenureX and TM Group to work together for the benefit of our mutual clients. We are looking forward to a successful collaboration".
About TenureX
TenureX was founded in 2020 by four banking experts with a wide variety of industry experience.
They know first-hand the frustrations and missed opportunities faced by non-bank financial institutions as they struggle to work together, and are passionate about making things simpler for everyone in correspondent banking.
The TenureX vision is to democratize correspondent banking by moving away from subjective, rigid, bilateral, relationship banking. Instead the company is building objective, streamlined, multilateral, transaction-based relationships.
For further information:
Izhar Arieli - CEO and Co-founder
Phone
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+1- 605 – 836-8739 (USA)
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Two states hold primaries Tuesday: Alaska and Wyoming.
Voting concludes Tuesday in the Alaska primary elections, including notable races for governor, U.S. Senate, and the state's single U.S. House district.
There are actually two simultaneous elections for the House. Three candidates are competing in a ranked-choice special election to fill the late Rep. Don Young's seat until the end of the year. If no candidate has at least 50% of the vote on the first round, the candidate with the least number of votes will be eliminated and those votes will be redistributed to the second-choice candidate on the ballots.
Those same candidates are among nearly two dozen competing in a primary for the full U.S. House term beginning in 2023. The top four candidates in that race will advance to a ranked-choice general election in November.
Polls close at 12 a.m. ET Wednesday.
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The Inflation Reduction Act is set to become a law when President Joe Biden signs it Tuesday afternoon.
The landmark health care and climate bill passed in the House Friday on a party-line 220-207 vote will provide $750 billion to tackle climate change, health care, and energy.
The bill was a big win for Biden and the Democrats. It will provide Congress with its most significant investment in curbing carbon emissions, about $375 billion over 10 years.
It'll also give medicare the power to help lower prescription costs for seniors possibly.
The bill will cap Medicare beneficiaries' out-of-pocket prescription costs to $2,000 starting in 2025. Over the next three years, it'll also help around 13 million Americans pay premiums for privately bought health insurance.
The measure is being paid for in part by new taxes on large companies, the Associated Press reported.
The bill also includes tax credits for electric vehicles, solar panels, and energy-efficient windows.
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WILLIAMSPORT, Penn. — A member of the Utah team competing in the Little League World Series in Pennsylvania was seriously injured in a non-playing accident that occurred overnight.
The 12-year-old player suffered a serious head injury after falling off his bunk bed in the middle of the night at the barracks in Williamsport, according to Kyle Hafen, the team's coach.
An onsite nurse evaluated the boy before he was transported to a local hospital and then airlifted to a children's hospital in Danville, where he underwent surgery.
The boy's family said on social media that the surgery was a success, although no other details were released.
Hafen said the boy was originally alert, but his condition deteriorated as time passed. Doctors are waiting until the swelling in the boy's brain decreases so they can run more tests.
Players on the Utah team from the Snow Canyon Little League in Santa Clara were told of their teammates' injury and are aware of his condition.
The boy's father, who is an assistant coach on the team, told Hafen not to let his son's injury distract the other players and wanted the team to keep playing.
"We've worked too hard to get to this point," Hafen said his assistant coach told him.
The team represented the Mountain region and was the first ever from Utah to play in the Little League World Series.
They are scheduled to play their first game on Friday against the winner of the first-round game between the Southeast and New England region teams.
Players and coaches with the Utah team are taking part Monday in the annual parade ahead of the official start of the competition.
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If you’re anything like me, you pour a cup of coffee in the morning, have two sips and then set it down to get started on your day. Then, you completely forget about it until an hour later when you realize it’s gotten cold. Can you relate to this minor annoyance?
That’s why we love the idea of a warming mug. What a clever solution!
Smart warming mugs keep your coffee, or tea, perfectly warm — as though you’ve just poured a fresh cup. There’s a peaceful reassurance that when you’re using one, you know you’re going to enjoy every last drop of your drink at the exact temperature you desire. Unlike mugs that are simply insulated so they keep your drink hot longer, warming mugs are actually self-heating. They use technology for precise, wireless control. They may light up, have Bluetooth connectivity and even charge your other devices.
The Ember brand was specifically created years ago to keep hot drinks at the right temperature. The company claims its warming mug is the world’s first temperature-controlled mug. And right now, the metallic-finish 10-ounce size of the Ember Temperature Control Smart Mug 2 is available on Amazon for $149.95 in several colors.
While it’s more costly than a typical mug, this warming mug is essentially a mini-computer. You set and control your ideal drinking temperature through an app on your smartphone. Its listing says the warming mug intelligently “wakes up” when hot liquid is poured in and then “goes to sleep” when it’s not in use. When used without its coaster, your beverage stays heated for up to 1.5 hours. But it can stay hot all day when paired with its charging coaster.
The built-in LED light informs you when your beverage is heading up or cooling down, or when your battery needs to be charged. You can even personalize your LED colors. These mugs are designed to maintain a temperature range of 120-145 degrees Fahrenheit.
Ember mugs come highly rated with more than 1,400 5-star reviews. This product’s overall rating stands at 4.6 stars out of 5.
User Andria L. thinks it’s “Just. Brilliant.” She said, “Now you can sit and E N J O Y your hot beverage instead of trying to chug it down before it gets tepid and you no longer want to drink it. And it’s beautiful.”
Another customer was just as enthusiastic. “Purchased this as a gift for my mother for Mother’s Day, and ended up buying one for myself as well — and WOW! You never know you need this until you have it,” Z. Dean said. “It’s so easy to set up and use, but I love how it keeps my coffee at just the right temperature — now I don’t have to chug it before it gets cold and rather can sip away knowing it’ll stay warm and perfect for much longer. Easy to clean as well, which is great — it looks so sleek and beautiful that I always want it sparkling!”
You can also purchase the non-metallic versions of this smart mug for around $129.95.
Do you drink coffee or tea? Could you see yourself using this warming mug?
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WARWICK, R.I. (WPRI) — More than a dozen Warwick police officers will be patrolling the streets wearing body cameras starting Tuesday.
Sixteen body cameras will be worn by officers on all three shifts. It’s part of a pilot program that is expected to transition to the statewide program by the end of the fall.
Anytime an officer responds to a call or initiates a law enforcement activity, like a traffic stop, they have to turn on the camera.
Warwick Police Chief Col. Bradford Connor says he knows this is a new habit and will take some time to get used to, but he believes it will be worth it.
“We’ve always been transparent, but I think this is the next step. I think if we can build additional trust with our community, I think that’s a great thing,” he explained.
The officers wearing the cameras volunteered to strap them on after the department volunteered to participate in the statewide program.
The program was enacted by elected officials last July and funded in part with $1.5 million in federal grant money this past December.
Its goal is to outfit 700 officers in 12 Rhode Island communities with body cameras. The officers in Warwick who will currently be wearing them have already been trained on them and more training will come when the program expands in the next few months. | https://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/west-bay/some-warwick-officers-to-begin-wearing-body-cams/ | 2022-08-16T13:19:50Z | wpri.com | control | https://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/west-bay/some-warwick-officers-to-begin-wearing-body-cams/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Georgia toddler finds missing elderly woman while playing with bubbles
SENOIA, Ga. (WGCL/Gray News) - A toddler in Georgia is being credited for helping find an elderly woman who had been missing for four days, WGCL reported.
Last Friday, Brittany Moore and her son, Ethan, were playing with bubbles in their backyard when the bubbles drifted toward the family’s fence line.
Ethan and the dogs chased the bubbles, but something in the woods caught Ethan’s eye.
“I went over there and was like, ‘What do you see, buddy?’ and he pointed and said, ‘Feet,’” Moore said. “‘OK, buddy can you say that again? What did you say?’ And he said, ‘Feet.’”
Moore said she did not see anything until she crouched down to her son’s level and looked where he was pointing. It was at this point that she noticed a pair of feet.
“If you get on his level and look through, you can see some of the broken sticks and that’s where she was laying,” she said. “I didn’t know if I needed to go into fight or flight because I had my little boy out here and the other inside.”
Moore said she panicked but called for help. When first responders arrived, they realized it was 82-year-old Nina Lipscomb, who had been missing since last Monday night, according to her family.
Authorities and community members had been actively searching for Lipscomb since she disappeared. Investigators even used thermal technology to search for Lipscomb, who has early-stage Alzheimer’s. She was alive but disoriented when Ethan spotted her less than a quarter of a mile from where she was last seen.
“We pulled out every resource we thought we needed, but it was a little boy who found her, and she’s very fond of children,” Nina Lipscomb’s daughter, Karen Lipscomb, said.
Karen Lipscomb said her mother told her she left the house to go look for her deceased sister.
“Her sister lived here in this house, but she passed away in March, but growing up they lived on Glacier Road, which is just around the corner,” she said.
Monday afternoon, Nina met Ethan shortly after being released from the hospital. Her family said the toddler likely saved her life.
The families said they are forever connected all because a little boy wanted to play outside with his bubbles.
“I truly think this was something outside of what any human could do,” Moore said. “It took a child who was being worked by God. We will always teach him what he did, how he played an impact in it.”
The Lipscomb family offered to give the Moore family reward money, but they refused.
Nina Lipscomb turns 83 on Friday.
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Report: Dog contracted monkeypox from its owners
Published: Aug. 16, 2022 at 7:56 AM CDT|Updated: 23 minutes ago
(CNN) - A monkeypox case in France appears to have spread from humans to a dog.
According to a case published in the Lancet Medical Journal, two men who live in the same household contracted the virus.
About two weeks later, their dog, a four-year-old Italian greyhound, started to have symptoms of monkeypox and tested positive.
The couple said they co-slept with their dog.
This is believed to be the first human-to-dog transmission of the monkeypox virus.
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Marines with “The Commandant’s Own,” U.S. Marine Drum & Bugle Corps perform during a Friday Evening Parade at Marine Barracks Washington, Aug 12, 2022. The hosting official for the evening was Sgt Maj. Troy E. Black, 19th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps. The guests of honor were Sgt Maj. Alford L. McMichael, 14th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps (USMC Ret) and Sgt Maj. Lewis G. Lee, 13th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps (USMC Ret). (U.S. Marine Corps photo by LCpl. Pranav Ramakrishna)
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CHICAGO, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago (FHLBank Chicago) today announced two programs focused on supporting small business in Illinois and Wisconsin. The new Community First Accelerate Grants for Small Business and Community Small Business Advance recognize that local businesses drive growth and economic investment in rural, urban, and small town communities. In 2022, FHLBank Chicago expects to award $750,000 in Accelerate Grants and doubled its overall program limit to $2 million for the Community Small Business Advance.
"Local businesses are the lifeblood of our communities. Restaurants, shops, and small businesses provide jobs, culture, supplies, and deep roots in our neighborhoods and main streets throughout our district," said Katie Naftzger, Vice President, Community Investment Officer, FHLBank Chicago. "Many local businesses have survived enormous hurdles through the last several years. Now, they are facing unprecedented headwinds like rising labor costs, supply chain constraints, increasing interest rates and inflation. FHLBank Chicago is answering the call of these important economic engines within our communities."
The new Community First Accelerate Grants for Small Business are designed to assist the growth and development of small businesses, up to $25,000 per business, through FHLBank Chicago members. Grant funds can be used for a variety of purposes, including purchase or improvement of property, equipment, workforce development, and technology – and require impact reporting post-award. Interested small businesses must partner with an FHLBank Chicago member to submit an application for grant funding.
In addition to the grants, Community Small Business Advances are 0% initial fixed rate with a fixed term up to 10 years, available to FHLBank Chicago members to support their local economies. Advances are loans made to our members of varying maturities, with the purpose of providing a secure, low cost source of funds in all economic cycles. This year, FHLBank Chicago is doubling the overall program limit to a $2 million interest-rate subsidy with a $250,000 individual member limit. Eligible businesses include agricultural operations, commercial, service, retail operations, hospitality, recreation-based businesses, internet-related businesses, social service providers, small-scale industrial and manufacturing operations, trades, and professional services.
"Our members know their community's local businesses best and understand the unique needs of these diverse areas," said Carolyn Jaw, Executive Vice President, Group Head, Sales, Strategy, and Solutions, FHLBank Chicago. "The Community Small Business Advance offers vital capital support, not just to sustain their businesses but to grow, especially after the last two years."
Holle-Oaks Dairy LLC, a dairy and crop farm in Baldwin, Wis. was able to utilize the Community Small Business Advance from First Bank of Baldwin to purchase a new corn planter. The planter helped the Holle family upgrade to precision planting technology to more efficiently apply seed and fertilizer. This technology investment saves them crop input costs of up to 15% during average years and even more when input costs are higher like they have been in 2022.
"The availability of the Community Small Business Advance has been extremely well received in the Baldwin community," said, Michael Speltz, Chief Financial Officer, First Bank of Baldwin. "These funds have been extended to agricultural providers and farmers, who have been challenged by commodity pricing as well as the rapidly increasing rate of inflation. Customers have been extremely pleased with this product because it affords them some financial relief in these challenging economic times."
SRM Construction Material and Supply in Centreville, Ill., is both a minority business enterprise (MBE) and disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) that employs rebar fabricators, warehouse workers, concrete ready-mix drivers and other union tradespeople. The Community Small Business Advance from Town and Country Bank was used to purchase two new concrete trucks which meant that SRM could expand their work load and hire additional employees in southern Illinois.
"Investment in small business means our communities continue to grow," said Rob Pickerell, Vice President, Commercial Banking Officer, Town and Country Bank in Edwardsville, Ill. "FHLBank Chicago's Community Small Business Advance means a business like SRM will be able to stay competitive and participate in regional, state, and federally funded infrastructure projects."
From 2018 through June 2022, FHLBank Chicago has issued more than $54 million in Community Small Business Advances to create and retain more than 1,800 small business jobs throughout Illinois and Wisconsin.
The mission of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago is to partner with our members in Illinois and Wisconsin to provide them competitively priced funding, a reasonable return on their investment in the Bank, and support for community investment activities. FHLBank Chicago is one of 11 Federal Home Loan Banks chartered by the U.S. Congress in 1932 to promote homeownership. Our members include banks, thrifts, credit unions, insurance companies, and community development financial institutions throughout our District. To learn more about FHLBank Chicago, please visit fhlbc.com.
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DEERFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Crews were called to the East Deerfield rail yard for a fire on the train bridge on Monday.
According to the Deerfield Fire, a fire at the East Deerfield rail yard the fire that was was put out by the rail employees before the fire department arrived by a fire extinguisher. The fire crews worked to soak the affected areas and open up the ties that were on fire.
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Over recent years MasterChef judge and co-host Gregg Wallace MBE has been stunning fans with his impressive weight loss. The star has managed to lose four and a half stone.
When he was at his heaviest Gregg weighed at 16st 7lb and it has been reported by The Sun that the Eat Well For Less presenter "wasn't happy." Back in 2017 Gregg was told he was at risk of a heart attack by a doctor due to his weight and that sparked a change.
57-year-old Gregg who lives in Kent has since completely changed his lifestyle and is now looking trimmed down and he often shares snaps on his Instagram account. Wales Online reports that Gregg often shares pictures and videos of himself working out in the gym.
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At first Gregg tried a range of diets including fasting, fads and no carbs however none of them were sustainable for a long time. They would also leave Gregg feeling "horrible hungry and miserable all the time" but he eventually found his feet.
He found his feet by trading fast food and diets for home cooked meals; he also reduced his alcohol intake and exercises regularly. The host has told The Sun that his first motivation was to "look better on telly" but now it is to "have the body of a 20-year-old".
He does this by eating and enjoying "large, filling, healthy, balanced meals" per day. He has also said that he has learnt the importance of nutrition saying: "I don't like diets, I don't think you should restrict yourself. It's all about healthy eating."
"I learnt that it’s far better to wean yourself off [a bad] diet slowly and cook proper, healthy meals, as you are far more likely to succeed and enjoy the change. I’m not talking about lettuce leaves here, I’m talking about foods you want to eat."
He has also been on Loose Women recently discussing his weight loss and he said that he feels healthier now than he has done in the last 30 years. He said: "I'm probably fitter and healthier now at 57 than I was at 27."
With his success Gregg has also been helping others reach their weight loss goals and targets. Alongside his wife and Anna and their daughter they have set up a platform called ShowMe.Fit.
On the ShowMe.Fit website Gregg said: "You know what? Getting into shape is hard enough. That’s why I started ShowMe.Fit – to arm you with what you need to lose weight, get fitter and change your life forever!"
ShowMeFit is there to provide a range of support mechanisms including healthy recipes, nutrition advice and work out routines. It also offers support and advice from experts and the ShowMe.Fit community.
Back in 2021 Gregg spoke to Hello! magazine and opened up about his weight loss. He said his weight loss: "from A to B was not a straight line, it went around a couple of McDonald's drive-ins, it stopped at a few kebab shops and it hit more pubs than it was supposed to have done, but it got there".
He also said: "What I've learned from the psychologist on my website, Dr. Kevin Dutton, is that being good most of the time is good enough."
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Popular reality TV series The Only Way Is Essex (TOWIE) is filming its finale this week in none other than our very own Hythe, and locals are encouraged to get involved. Having graced our TV screens since 2010 and spanning over 25 seasons so far, the popular ITVBe series is now giving Kent residents a chance to get themselves on the small screen.
Taking place this Thursday (August 18), a secret garden party will be filmed in the area, and applications to attend are currently open. Those who successfully land themselves an invite will appear as background extras in the finale.
In true TOWIE fashion however, this is no ordinary garden party. In fact, the event will adopt a mystical theme, with adverts for the event referencing Narnia as a source of inspiration.
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While the location of the event has not been revealed, the BAFTA Award winning show has filmed finales in Hythe twice previously. In both instances, Lympne Castle served as the location for such an event, once in 2014 and then again in 2018.
Anyone who is above the age of 18 can apply to be part of the event, which is said to be a day full of fun activities, costumes and great company. If you’re interested in filming alongside some of Essex’s most famous faces, all you need to do is get in contact with the TOWIE team through WhatsApp on 07342164796.
In your message you will need to include your name, age and date of birth, contact number and your best selfie. Applicants from all backgrounds are encouraged to get involved.
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Millions of people are about to get a £400 rebate as a direct payment into their bank account. More than 29 million households are eligible for the energy discount.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) discount is paid in six instalments with monthly payments seeing a £66 drop in October before the same figure arrives in accounts a month later. In December, January and February you can expect £67 with the final payment in March 2023, Birmingham Live reports.
British Gas said: "For direct debit customers, we'll send the discount straight to your bank each month - like a refund - once your Direct Debit has gone through. For example, if your direct debit is £100 a month, you'd pay as normal. Then a few days later, £67 will be paid into your bank account.
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"If your direct debit is less than £67 a month, say £50 for example, £50 will be refunded to your bank account and the remaining £17 will be applied to your energy account." EDF customers who pay by direct debit will be refunded the discount after a successful bill payment is made, too.
It comes as Brits face having to fork out over £4,000 on energy bills by next year, according to fresh analysis and warnings.
Who's eligible?
- Direct Debit customers will receive the Energy Bill discount automatically as a deduction to the monthly Direct Debit amount collected, or as a refund to the customer’s bank account following Direct Debit collection during each month of delivery
- standard credit customers and payment card customers will see the Energy Bill discount automatically applied as a credit to standard credit customers’ accounts in the first week of each month of EBSS delivery, with the credit appearing as it would if the customer had made a payment
- smart prepayment meter customers will see the Energy Bill discount credited directly to their smart prepayment meters in the first week of each month of delivery
- traditional prepayment meter customers will be provided with redeemable EBSS Energy Bill discount vouchers or Special Action Messages (SAMs) from the first week of each month, issued via SMS text, email or post. Customers will need to redeem these at their usual top-up point
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Workers at Nationwide can expect a £1,200 cost of living bonus from October. The company employs around 11,000 members of staff who are all due to receive the payment.
The payment comes as inflation hits 9.4% and household bills are predicted to rise above £5,000 by January 2023. The bonus will not be handed out to anyone who earns more than £35,000 in the company.
Around 61% of its staff base are estimated to be entitled to the payment. Those eligible will receive the payment in two equal halves with one £600 arriving in October and the other in December, The Mirror reports.
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Debbie Crosbie, chief executive officer at Nationwide, said: "The months ahead will be worrying for many people and we’re always considering new ways to help our members. But rising prices affect our colleagues too and that’s why we’re providing this additional support."
Nationwide are not the first to support their staff during the cost of living crisis. The move follows HSBC, Barclays, Lloyds, NatWest, Santander and Virgin Money who have already announced cost of living payments for their workforce.
Some 35,000 Barclays staff members have received a £1,200 pay rise this month, while HSBC junior employees are set to receive a £1,500 bonus. Lloyds is offering £1,000 bonus to over 64,000 members of staff, which is 99.5% of the bank’s employees.
Meanwhile, at NatWest, those who earn less than £32,000 across the bank will receive an additional 4% salary increase. Reuters also reported that 11,000 Santander employees would receive a 4% pay rise.
Employees earning under £35,000 would be eligible for the pay rise covering 60% of their workforce. On top of this, the company revealed it will offer a £1,000 one-off bonus to 78% of its employees who earn £50,000 a year or less.
A study by advisory firm BDO showed that half of UK businesses are giving one-off bonuses to support workers through the cost of living crisis. The survey involved 500 leaders of medium-sized businesses.
It revealed that the combination of rising energy costs, inflation and the cost of living poses the greatest challenge to most in the next six months. More than half of the businesses interviewed said they are raising pay by between 4% and 8% with more than a quarter increasing pay by 9% or more to compensate for rising costs. Other support includes allowing more flexible working-from-home policies to reduce travel costs, childcare support benefits, free meals at work, or shopping vouchers.
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AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Living Security, the leader in Human Risk Management, is proud to announce its joining the list for the first time as No. 1263 on the annual Inc. 5000 list, the most prestigious ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in America. The list represents a one-of-a-kind look at the most successful companies within the economy's most dynamic segment—its independent businesses.
"While this selection to the Inc. 5000 list solidifies our status among the fastest-growing companies, our growth at Living Security is far from over," said Ashley Rose, Co-founder and CEO. "With the recent launch of our new human risk management platform, Unify Insights, we're pioneering an entire new category in cybersecurity that puts the focus on quantifying employees' risk and changing their behaviors to reduce organizational risk levels. We'll continue to expand, hiring the best and brightest talent and investing in new emerging technologies to ensure that rapid growth continues into the future."
The companies on the 2022 Inc. 5000 have not only been successful, but have also demonstrated resilience amid supply chain woes, labor shortages, and the ongoing impact of Covid-19. Among the top 500, the average median three-year revenue growth rate soared to 2,144 percent. Together, those companies added more than 68,394 jobs over the past three years.
"The accomplishment of building one of the fastest-growing companies in the U.S., in light of recent economic roadblocks, cannot be overstated," said Scott Omelianuk, editor-in-chief of Inc. "Inc. is thrilled to honor the companies that have established themselves through innovation, hard work, and rising to the challenges of today."
More than 200 enterprises including Amerisourcebergen, MasterCard, Verizon, and Target, rely on Living Security to drive improvement in their infosec programs and organizational security cultures. Living Security's Human Risk Management platform engages each employee with innovative and relevant context and content, while simultaneously providing the ability for leadership to identify, report on, and directly mitigate the risk brought on by human behavior.
The company has raised more than $25M in capital for growth and innovation in just five years. Living Security was also recently named a leader in The Forrester Wave™: Security Awareness and Training Solutions, Q1 2022.
Complete results of the Inc. 5000, including company profiles and an interactive database that can be sorted by industry, region, and other criteria, can be found at www.inc.com/inc5000. The top 500 companies are featured in the September issue of Inc. magazine, which will be available on August 23.
For more information on Living Security and its award-winning human risk management solutions, visit www.livingsecurity.com.
Living Security's mission is to transform human risk to drive dramatic improvement in human behaviors, organizational security culture, and infosec program effectiveness. With our Human Risk Management platform, Living Security engages each employee with innovative and relevant context and content, while simultaneously providing the ability for leadership to identify, report on and directly mitigate the risk brought on by human behavior. Living Security is trusted by security-minded organizations like MasterCard, Verizon, MassMutual, Biogen, AmerisourceBergen, Hewlett Packard, and Target. Learn more at www.livingsecurity.com.
Methodology
Companies on the 2022 Inc. 5000 are ranked according to percentage revenue growth from 2018 to 2021. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2018. They must be U.S.-based, privately held, for-profit, and independent—not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies—as of December 31, 2021. (Since then, some on the list may have gone public or been acquired.) The minimum revenue required for 2018 is $100,000; the minimum for 2021 is $2 million. As always, Inc. reserves the right to decline applicants for subjective reasons. Growth rates used to determine company rankings were calculated to four decimal places. The top 500 companies on the Inc. 5000 are featured in Inc. magazine's September issue. The entire Inc. 5000 can be found at http://www.inc.com/inc5000.
About Inc.
The world's most trusted business-media brand, Inc. offers entrepreneurs the knowledge, tools, connections, and community to build great companies. Its award-winning multiplatform content reaches more than 50 million people each month across a variety of channels including websites, newsletters, social media, podcasts, and print. Its prestigious Inc. 5000 list, produced every year since 1982, analyzes company data to recognize the fastest-growing privately held businesses in the United States. The global recognition that comes with inclusion in the 5000 gives the founders of the best businesses an opportunity to engage with an exclusive community of their peers, and the credibility that helps them drive sales and recruit talent. The associated Inc. 5000 Conference & Gala is part of a highly acclaimed portfolio of bespoke events produced by Inc. For more information, visit www.inc.com.
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Volunteers at Pilgrims Hospice in Canterbury say they are "at a loss" as to why they were targeted by thieves. A man and a woman were captured on CCTV stealing two benches from the charity, which had recently been up-cycled by volunteers.
Shortly after 9pm last Tuesday (August 9) the newly refurbished wooden benches were captured on camera being carried by a man and a woman to a van parked on the main road. The theft has been reported to police and the charity say they have been "inundated" with support since.
But volunteers said they were devastated to discover they had been stolen. One volunteer, Kayley Canning, who had volunteerd with her employer Saga to help repair the furniture hit out at the "heartless" crime.
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She said: "I was shocked, saddened and left devastated after discovering thieves went to extraordinary lengths to steal the two blue recently refurbished garden benches, that I personally had painted and repaired from Thanet Hospice Garden.
"This is a heartless crime and the culprits remain unknown, I am urging the public for witnesses and any information regarding stolen property."
Pilgrims Hospice helps those facing terminal illness and their families to 'live well in every moment.' Volunteers had been drafted in to help repair the benches as there were not enough garden chairs for patients to sit outside.
'At a loss'
Jon May, Pilgrims Hospices Thanet Services Manager, said: "We are all at a loss as to why people would want to steal from our charity. Just last week, a volunteer working party from Saga repaired and gave the benches a fresh new look in blue paint; they looked wonderful. Saga employees are regular supporters of the hospices and offer their time and expertise, for which we are very grateful."
"We are disappointed, to say the least, that some people saw fit to steel our garden furniture and feel even more disappointment for the volunteers who have taken so much time and effort to refurbish the benches and make them look so beautiful."
"We rely on volunteer support from organisations such as Saga, and hope this unpleasant incident will not detract from the amazing work they do for us now and in the future. We really couldn't do some of the vital work in and around our hospice and grounds without the generous support of our volunteers."
The charity has been overwhelmed with generous and gracious support. In particular, a lot of offers from members of the local community to help replace the benches.
.Jon Sillett, Deputy CEO, added: "We can't thank the people of Thanet enough for their generosity and very kind words of support. We have accepted a generous offer to replace the benches. Sadly, it's unpleasant experiences such as this that remind us how we are part of and valued by the local community.
"We are now reviewing how we can improve the security on our site in Margate and would love to enhance the security within the hospice settings to deter any future potential incidents. If you would like to make a contribution to items such as security gates, updating fences, lighting and other items, this would be very much appreciated. This would enable our gardens to be safe places for our patients and their loved ones to enjoy and somewhere to create special moments and memories.
If our readers are interested in helping, you can donate to help maintain the hospice for those who need Pilgrim's care and support. You can donate here: https://www.pilgrimshospices.org/get-involved/donate/donation-for or call the Pilgrims Supporter Relations Team on 01227 782 062.
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Drivers could be hit with a major fine for not following a simple rule in the hot weather. Motorists heading out in the heat must remember to keep their car well-ventilated.
Under the highway code, failing to put the air-con on could land motorists with an on the spot fine of £100 and three points on their licence. This could extend to a maximum of £5,000 if the offence is severe enough, Lancs Live reports.
If a driver does not properly prepare for the heat, they could experience drowsiness which could lead to accidents. Rule 237 or the "Hot Weather rule" states: "Keep your vehicle well ventilated to avoid drowsiness."
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It also warns that drivers need to be aware of the road surface. In extreme weather the road can become hot and soft which can affect a driver's ability to steer and brake. The same can be said if the road becomes slippery when it rains after a dry spell. Both conditions could cause the driver to get into an accident.
Several drivers have written to the Express to share their annoyance at the rule, with many pointing out that air conditioning can be very costly.
One person wrote: "Yet more legislation heaped upon motorists who are now classed as public enemy number one." While one user said: “I open the windows all the time, cheapest air con there is!!”
Another commented: "How about opening the window instead of turning the air conditioning on. Saves the planet at the same time.”
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A man has been left staggered by the standby cost of two household appliances after measuring every item in his home. It comes as the cost of energy bills continues to rise, with many people forced to make brutal money-saving decisions.
This week money guru Martin Lewis warned people should consider fixing their gas and electricity bills at double their current rates amid predictions of average household bills hitting £5,000 a year by January - up from just £1,200 per year as recently as 2021. And one crafty homeowner has taken a huge step towards slashing his bills after buying an electricity usage meter that plugs into any wall and measures how much power any device is using, even on standby.
And his results shocked him as he discovered two appliances in particular were adding a huge amount to his bills just on standby alone. Posting on the UKPersonalFinance subreddit, the poster said: "Present cost is based on the Octopus caped rate of 29.58p per kwh. Projected cost assumes a 70% increase in October although it looks like it will be higher than this," Yorkshire Live writes.
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And his results were surprising as he discovered phone chargers actually cost very little, even plugged in, while 'older appliances' cost a lot to run. Leaving an Apple phone charger plugged into the wall cost nothing at all, the plug successfully turning off its power draw when not in use.
A microwave, though, cost an estimated £27 a year just to display the clock, while a Sky Q TV box on standby costs £48.46 on standby on October's cost projections, or £60.79 to run while recording, averaged out for a year. Another high cost was the Virgin Media wifi router, at £31.09 per year now or £52.86 on October price projections.
He said: "Contrary to belief, leaving a phone charger plugged in will not end up killing penguins in the Antarctic. It's worth checking your older appliances, for me the microwave was an eye opener.
"I'm paying £16 (soon to be £27) a year just to have the thing display "00:00" at me all the time. It's now switched off at the wall when not in use.
"Sky TV... I didn't expect over 9 watts when it's sitting there doing absolutely nothing. Both boxes are in 'eco mode'.
"I'm considering having my broadband router and ethernet switch on a timer. A timer costs around £7 and would pay for itself in just over a month if it switched them off for 8 hours a day. I may also do this with the Sky boxes."
Recently Ofgem has advised that it will change the way it calculates things and increase the price cap every 3 months instead of every 6, meaning regular price rises are going to become more commonplace still as the effects of Brexit, Covid and the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine continue to keep wholesale energy costs high (despite record profits from energy firms like BP and Shell).
The latest predictions suggest the energy price cap will rise by a staggering 81 per cent in October which will take a typical bill to £3,582 a year. A further rise of 19 per cent is expected in January with average household bills set to increase to £5,038 in January. It would mean a monthly energy bill would now set you back £571 every month for an average household's energy use.
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Popular Jamaican takeaway Jerk n’ Tingz has announced that they will soon be opening a second restaurant in Dover. Their current location on London Road has already proven hugely popular since its opening back in 2019, and now the home of authentic Jamaican food in Dover is expanding.
A second branch will open in the St James Retail Park, which will be a dine-in only restaurant. The original premises on London Road will remain open and will act as a hub for all deliveries and collections.
Alongside the exciting announcement of this new opening, Jerk n’ Tingz also confirmed that with the new site will come job opportunities. The restaurant has encouraged any who are interested in joining their ‘dream team’ to keep an eye on their Facebook page in the near future.
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Taking to the social media platform to announce this exciting news, Jerk n’ Tingz said: “We are all so excited to finally announce we are moving!! We have a new premises in St. James Retail Park in Dover.
“This explains why we have been a little quiet and very inconsistent with opening. Thank you to all our loyal customers who have stuck by us, without you this move wouldn’t be possible.”
Their varied menu has provenly hugely successful among locals, with their food described as “a mix of traditional and new recipes including homemade flavourful sauces and 48 hr-marinated meats, cooked on our Barrel drum BBQ.” Jerk n’ Tingz also caters to vegan and vegetarian customers, with tasty dishes such as a bean and vegetable chilli.
While an official opening date for the new branch has not been given just yet, the restaurant confirmed that the London Road premises will reopen on September 1 for takeaway only. More details about Jerk n’ Tingz and their menu can be found on their website here.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nektar Therapeutics (Nasdaq: NKTR) today announced the publication of preclinical data in Blood Advances, the open-access journal of the American Society of Hematology, highlighting the effects of NKTR-255, a novel polymer-conjugated human IL-15, on natural killer (NK) cell function and proliferation in multiple myeloma (MM).
"These findings published today in Blood Advances demonstrate the promising anti-tumor activity of IL-15 in engaging natural killer cell biology in indications with immunosuppressive tumor microenvironments as in multiple myeloma," said Nikhil C. Munshi, MD, Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Director of Basic and Correlative Science at the Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. "Among other immune cells, the NK cell expansion and improved function induced by NKTR-255 is contributing to more effective control of multiple myeloma tumor growth, raising a potential scope for synergism with other anti-MM therapies such as anti-CD38 antibodies."
The Dana-Farber team analyzed in vitro pharmacological properties of NKTR-255 in engaging the IL-15 pathway and stimulating NK cells against MM cells. The research also looked at the anti-tumor activity of combining NKTR-255 with the anti-CD38 antibody, daratumumab, in vitro and in vivo.
"The published data demonstrate that NKTR-255 not only enhances antitumor responses of human NK cells against MM target cells, but also increases ex vivo expression of NK activating receptors and adhesion molecules. Furthermore, studies in a humanized MM mouse model show that NKTR-255 enhances in vitro antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) of NK cells and synergizes with daratumumab to reduce MM cell growth," said Mariateresa Fulciniti, Ph.D., the senior author on this manuscript at Dana-Farber. These preclinical findings support Nektar's robust clinical development program for NKTR-255 and further evaluation of the novel immunotherapeutic approach in MM, alone or in combination with monoclonal antibodies or potentially with other immunomodulatory drugs.
Key findings are summarized below:
- NKTR-255 enhances antitumor responses of myeloma derived human NK cells against MM target cells.
- NKTR-255 enhances in vitro ADCC of NK cells and synergizes with daratumumab to reduce MM growth in humanized mouse model.
- NKTR-255 increases ex vivo expression of NK activating receptors and adhesion molecules.
- Augmenting NK cell number and functions shows effectiveness against MM cells in the context of their bone marrow milieu.
The full citation of this article can be accessed here.
About NKTR-255
NKTR-255 is a biologic that targets the IL-15 pathway in order to activate the body's innate and adaptive immunity. Through optimal engagement of the IL-15 receptor complex, NKTR-255 is designed to enhance functional NK cell populations and formation of long-term immunological memory, which may lead to sustained and durable anti-tumor immune response.
Preclinical findings suggest NKTR-255 has the potential to synergistically combine with antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity molecules as well as to enhance CAR-T therapies. Nektar has initiated a Phase 1 dose escalation and expansion clinical study of NKTR-255 in adults with relapsed or refractory non-Hodgkin lymphoma or multiple myeloma, as well as a Phase 1/2 clinical study of NKTR-255 in patients with relapsed or refractory head and neck squamous cell carcinoma or colorectal cancer. Nektar is also continuing its oncology clinical collaboration with Merck KGaA and Pfizer Inc. to evaluate the maintenance regimen of NKTR-255 in combination with avelumab, a PD-L1 inhibitor, in patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma in the Phase II JAVELIN Bladder Medley study. Nektar is also currently designing a Nektar- sponsored Phase II study combining NKTR-255 with approved CAR-T cell therapies in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, which it aims to initiate in the first quarter of 2023.
About Nektar Therapeutics
Nektar Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company with a robust, wholly owned R&D pipeline of investigational medicines in oncology, immunology, and inflammatory diseases as well as a portfolio of approved partnered medicines. Nektar is headquartered in San Francisco, California, with additional operations in Huntsville, Alabama. Further information about the company and its drug development programs and capabilities may be found online at http://www.nektar.com.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements which can be identified by words such as: "will," "may," "demonstrate," "potential," "designed," "initiate," "aim" and similar references to future periods. Examples of forward-looking statements include, among others, statements we make regarding the therapeutic potential of, and future development plans for NKTR-255 and our other drug candidates in research programs, the prospects and plans for our collaborations with other companies, and the timing of the initiation of clinical studies and the data readouts for our drug candidates. Forward-looking statements are neither historical facts nor assurances of future performance. Instead, they are based only on our current beliefs, expectations and assumptions regarding the future of our business, future plans and strategies, anticipated events and trends, the economy and other future conditions. Because forward-looking statements relate to the future, they are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict and many of which are outside of our control. Our actual results may differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements. Therefore, you should not rely on any of these forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements include, among others: (i) our statements regarding the therapeutic potential of NKTR-255 and our other drug candidates are based on preclinical and clinical findings and observations and are subject to change as research and development continue; (ii) NKTR-255 and our other drug candidates are investigational agents and continued research and development for these drug candidates is subject to substantial risks, including negative safety and efficacy findings in ongoing clinical studies (notwithstanding positive findings in earlier preclinical and clinical studies); (iii) NKTR-255 and our other drug candidates are in various stages of clinical development and the risk of failure is high and can unexpectedly occur at any stage prior to regulatory approval; (iv) the timing of the commencement or end of clinical trials and the availability of clinical data may be delayed or unsuccessful due to challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, regulatory delays, slower than anticipated patient enrollment, manufacturing challenges, changing standards of care, evolving regulatory requirements, clinical trial design, clinical outcomes, competitive factors, or delay or failure in ultimately obtaining regulatory approval in one or more important markets; (v) we may not achieve the expected costs savings we expect from our corporate restructuring and reorganization, (vi) patents may not issue from our patent applications for our drug candidates, patents that have issued may not be enforceable, or additional intellectual property licenses from third parties may be required; and (vii) certain other important risks and uncertainties set forth in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 5, 2022. Any forward-looking statement made by us in this press release is based only on information currently available to us and speaks only as of the date on which it is made. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether written or oral, that may be made from time to time, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.
Contact:
Vivian Wu of Nektar Therapeutics
628-895-0661
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ASDA has been named as the cheapest supermarket in the UK for an online shop. Data collected by money saving app Alertr has revealed a trolley full of groceries online at the supermarket would cost £117.34, while Morrisons took the number two spot with a current average basket cost of £123.40.
In July, Alertr analysed the price of items online at six different UK supermarkets, including ASDA, Morrisons, Tesco, Sainsbury's, Ocado and Waitrose. ASDA was found to be the cheapest for a weekly shop. Waitrose was the most expensive (currently being tracked), Wales Online reports.
Aldi and Lidl were not included in the study as full ranges of their products cannot be bought online. They also don't have as many like-for-like branded products that other supermarkets offer.
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Runner up, Morrisons, was deemed to provide the second most affordable weekly shop online for the three out of the four weeks of analysis. However, third place winner, Tesco, fell closely behind with just a 87p average basket cost difference between the two supermarkets.
Towards the end of the month, Morrisons’ costs increased and its online basket value went up by £5.79 from £123.66 in week three to £129.45 in week four. Tesco offered the second cheapest basket shop for the last week of the month at £124.65.
Ocado and Waitrose were found to be the least affordable of the largest supermarkets being tracked – with a marginal price difference of just £1.14 this time around.
Waitrose’s basket costs were the most expensive throughout all of July, leading it to retain its title as the most expensive supermarket for the second month running.
According to Alertr, the products that fluctuated in price the most were all the treats we love - namely, chocolate and gin - as the prices of these rose as July came to a close.
The full breakdown of July's supermarket basket costs:
- ASDA – £117.34 (+28p compared to last month’s findings )
- Morrisons – £123.40 (+£1.20)
- Tesco – £124.26 (+£1.85)
- Sainsbury’s – £124.90 (+£4.03)
- Ocado – £135.99 (+£5.79)
- Waitrose – £137.13 (+£4.28)
How Alertr got the data:
The online price-tracking website has been tracking the prices of 42 everyday items from the shopping basket on the Office for National Statistics’ Consumer Price Index (CPI) since 2019.
Included within the list are items such as eggs, milk and bread, as well as non-perishables such as pasta, rice and cereal. The prices across six of the largest supermarkets are analysed, with discount retailers Lidl and Aldi not included due to the inability for customers to shop full ranges online and not having the same like-for-like branded products that other supermarkets stock.
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- Brannon Morisoli Joins Runway as Managing Director, Life Sciences; Brings a Strong Foundation of Industry Knowledge and Existing Relationships to the Firm -
WOODSIDE, Calif., Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Runway Growth Capital LLC ("Runway" or the "Company"), a leading provider of growth loans to both venture and non-venture backed companies seeking an alternative to raising equity, announced today that it has hired Brannon Morisoli as Managing Director, Life Sciences.
Operating out of Dallas and reporting directly to Life Sciences Managing Director, Igor DaCruz, Morisoli will focus on investments in the life sciences industry, structuring flexible debt capital solutions for borrowers that will enable them to stay focused on achieving their business goals. Morisoli aims to continue building relationships with leading venture capital firms that support top management teams in life sciences, while expanding the firm's banking and broker relationships.
"We are excited for Brannon to join Runway, where he will be responsible for identifying life sciences companies that can benefit from debt to bolster their balance sheet and fuel growth," said DaCruz. "Life sciences continues to be a strong area of focus for Runway. Brannon's sector expertise, origination experience, and vast life sciences network, makes him an ideal fit to continue growing the practice."
"I was attracted to Runway because of its rapid growth, strong brand, and reputation for being a great partner. The firm is taking all the right steps to grow the business and achieve its goals," said Morisoli. "I am excited to be a part of the life sciences team, where there is already a solid foundation in place and a tremendous opportunity for growth. I look forward to helping Igor execute Runway's vision for the Life Sciences franchise while utilizing my skills, experience and passion for the benefits that venture debt offers late and growth-stage companies.
Before Runway, Morisoli was a Director at SWK Holdings, where he focused on providing innovative capital solutions to a broad range of healthcare and life science companies. Prior to joining SWK, Morisoli was an Investment Analyst for Presidium Group, where he played an integral role in closing over $100 million in transactions for the real estate private equity firm. Morisoli has an excellent working knowledge of the life sciences and medical devices space, having started his career as a research associate where he was published in leading neurology journals. After that, he gained broad operational experience while serving as the Marketing Services Manager at Neurografix, a venture backed medtech startup.
Morisoli graduated from UCLA with a B.S., was awarded a fellowship and graduated from the University of Notre Dame with an M.B.A, and was awarded a Samson Fellowship from the University of Wisconsin Law School, where he graduated with a J.D.
Runway Growth Capital LLC is the investment advisor to investment funds, including Runway Growth Finance Corp. (Nasdaq: RWAY), a business development company, and other private funds, which are lenders of growth capital to companies seeking an alternative to raising equity. Led by industry veteran David Spreng, these funds provide senior term loans of $10 million to $75 million to fast-growing companies based in the United States and Canada. For more information on Runway Growth Capital LLC and its platform, please visit our website at www.runwaygrowth.com.
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Markets fell into bear territory through the first half of the year – but we saw a summer rebound in July that has stabilized this month. Both the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ indexes have climbed back out of their bear markets, and investor sentiment, at least for now, is positive.
However, at least some of the market experts are taking a much more guarded view of current conditions. Looking into the history of market downturns, Bank of America strategists see indicators that we haven’t hit bottom yet. The team writes, “Households bought $5.9 trillion in equities over the past two years through the end of the first quarter 2022, with inflows recorded in every quarter since Covid. Historically, the past three major market lows have occurred 1-2 quarters after substantial household investor selling.”
But, according to the BofA team, household investors have started selling their stock holdings. When they do, however, the impact will be substantial: household investors hold some 52% of the total US equity market, or some $38 trillion in aggregate. Once they begin divesting, the magnitude of the selling, in the BofA view, could push the S&P down to 3,600, about 16% lower from current levels.
If they’re right, than now is the time for investors to move into defensive plays. Dividend stocks are a traditional move to take in adverse markets environments, as they tend to outperform the market lows – and the dividend payments ensure an income stream and return on investment.
With this in mind, we’ve used the TipRanks database to pinpoint two high-yield dividend stocks, equities that pay out 10% or better through their dividend. With a return like that, it’s no wonder that Wall Street’s analysts are also upbeat, giving these stocks ‘Strong Buy’ status. Let’s take a closer look.
PennyMac Mortgage (PMT)
We’ll start with PennyMac, a real estate investment trust (REIT) with a focus on making direct loans to property buys and investing in mortgage-backed securities. PennyMac has targeted its activities on mortgage assets rather than directly buying properties, a strategy that worked well in a hot real estate market. The first half of 2022, however, has seen this company face a difficult market environment as the combination of inflation and higher interest rates worked to slow down the real estate market.
Simply put, while higher rates may portend higher income for a lender like PennyMac, that was more than offset by reduced purchasing activity. Earnings turned negative in 3Q21, but the most recent quarter, 2Q22, showed a much steeper loss of 88 cents per diluted share, based on a total net loss of $81.2 million.
At the same time, despite the losses, PennyMac is maintaining its common share dividend at 47 cents. The most declaration, of the July 28 payment, marked the 7th straight quarter with the dividend at this level. The annualized rate of $1.88 per common share gives a high yield of 12%, approximately 6x higher than the average dividend yield on the broader markets.
Covering this stock for B. Riley Securities, analyst Matt Howlett believes that this company will likely see a return to profitability as the real estate and mortgage markets get used to the higher interest rate regime.
“We peg 2Q22 core EPS at $0.49, which was well ahead of our $0.40 estimate and its current $0.47 quarterly dividend rate… we would be buyers of additional PMT shares on any weakness and especially if the stock trades below NAV as the company has a history of being an aggressive repurchaser of its own stock… More importantly, the company is in a position to thrive in a higher interest rate environment as it takes share… PMT is uniquely designed to create high-quality credit and interest rate products from its internally sourced platform,” Howlett opined.
Keeping up his optimistic view, Howlett rates PMT a Buy, and his $18 price target implies a one-year upside potential of ~15%. Based on the current dividend yield and the expected price appreciation, the stock has ~27% potential total return profile. (To watch Howlett’s track record, click here)
Howlett is hardly the only bull on PennyMac; the stock has 5 recent positive analyst reviews, for a Strong Buy consensus rating. PMT shares are priced at $15.71 and their $17.40 average price target suggests ~11% gain over the next 12 months. (See PennyMac stock forecast on TipRanks)
Redwood Trust (RWT)
Now we’ll turn to Redwood Trust, another REIT – and another high-yield dividend champ. Redwood operates in the residential real estate sector, where it invests in a variety of mortgage and loan packages, with a portfolio that includes mortgage-backed securities, prime rate jumbo residential loans, and multifamily securities. On that last category, Redwood works with the Federally backed Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae programs.
Redwood’s top line revenue has remained positive over the past year, although earnings dropped sharply into negative territory in 2Q22, the most recent quarter reported. 2Q interest income came in at $167 million, up 20% year-over-year, but the company’s earnings showed a net loss of 85 cents per diluted share. The EPS result represented a severe turnaround from the past two years of positive results. Management attributed most of the net loss (74 cents per share) to an unrealized change to net fair value on long-term investments.
Despite the net loss, Redwood has maintained its dividend payment. The current common share payment is 23 cents, the third quarter in a row at that level after 5 dividend increases since June of 2020. The dividend annualizes to 92 cents per common share and yields 11%. This is a dividend yield far higher than average, and more than enough to beat the current rate of inflation.
Kevin Barker, 5-star analyst with Piper Sandler, notes that Redwood has seen increased volatility recently in rates and spreads, volatility which has impacted the business model. However, he remains upbeat on the stock, writing: “[We] expect the volatility to moderate in the third quarter as the market has settled a touch with RWT noting a 2% increase in book value since quarter-end. The company is re-allocating capital into the investment portfolio and maintaining a defensive approach in the near-term. We believe the market has discounted a large portion of these headwinds with the stock now trading at 82% of pro-forma TBV.”
To this end, Barker puts an Overweight (i.e. Buy) rating on RWT shares, and his $10.50 price target indicates his confidence in a 23% gain for the stock in the months ahead. (To watch Barker’s track record, click here)
Overall, Redwood has attracted positive attention from Wall Street, in the form of 7 optimistic analyst reviews that support a Strong Buy consensus rating. Shares in RWT are trading for $8.30 and their $11.36 average price target implies a 33% one-year upside potential. (See RWT stock forecast on TipRanks)
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Michael Burry of “The Big Short” fame, and the hedge fund manager of Scion Asset Management published a 13F filing yesterday. The regulatory filing discloses all of Scion’s long-term equity stock bets but does not require disclosure of any short-term bets.
As per the filing, as of June 30, Scion has exited all its long stock holdings from the first quarter and retained only one stock in the second quarter. Notably, the only company still held in its portfolio is private prison operator Geo Group Corp. (NYSE: GEO.) Following the news, GEO stock gained 10.6% yesterday and is up over 7% in pre-market trading today. Scion holds 501,360 shares of Geo Corp. worth about $3.81 million as of date.
As of March 31, Scion had approximately $200 million worth of stocks in its portfolio. Remarkably, Scion liquidated all its other equity positions, including technology giants Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL) and Meta Platforms (META).
Burry also actively posts his views about the economy on the microblogging site Twitter (TWTR) and has tons of followers. Since May 2022, Burry has been predicting that the U.S. economy will enter an ugly recession. His remarks about “COVID-era Silliness” continuing in the market and growing consumer credit have jolted the masses.
Burry rose to fame after the movie “The Big Short” showcased how he made billions of dollars by shorting the housing bubble of 2008. He also forecasted the crash of cryptocurrencies and meme stocks as early as last year.
Is Geo Stock a Good Buy?
On TipRanks, GEO stock has a Moderate Buy consensus rating based on one Buy. The average Geo Group price target of $15 implies a whopping 97.4% upside potential to current levels. Meanwhile, the stock has lost 3.2% so far this year.
On the other hand, TipRanks’ Hedge Fund Trading Activity tool shows that confidence in Geo Group is currently Neutral, as four hedge funds decreased their cumulative holdings of GEO stock by 298,900 shares in the last quarter.
Ending Thoughts
Michael Burry’s premonitions are widely followed by the masses. Liquidating all his long-term holdings of big tech stocks implies that Burry is highly pessimistic about the economy. There is a reason that TipRanks doesn’t have a dedicated page for Michael Burry. It’s because he sells all his stocks every quarter, acting more like a day trader than a traditional hedge fund owner. Therefore, we find his trades less valuable to our users, so we don’t follow his trades on a TipRanks page. | https://www.tipranks.com/news/michael-burrys-fund-exits-all-long-stocks-except-one | 2022-08-16T13:29:06Z | tipranks.com | control | https://www.tipranks.com/news/michael-burrys-fund-exits-all-long-stocks-except-one | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
NEW YORK, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Inc. announced today that Social Native, a leading social content and influencer marketing solution provider, has been named an Inc. 5000 company. The list ranks the fastest-growing companies in America within the economy's most dynamic segment—its independent businesses. Facebook, Microsoft, Patagonia, and many notable names gained their first national exposure as honorees.
"We are honored to be listed alongside some of the greatest innovators and needle-movers of our generation," says David Shadpour, Social Native Founder and CEO. "Being recognized as an Inc. 5000 company is a direct reflection of our dedicated and rapidly expanding team, and the millions of talented Social Native creators who inspire us every day."
The 2022 Inc. 5000 companies have demonstrated revenue growth with resilience amid the ongoing impact of Covid-19. Among the top 500, the average median three-year revenue growth rate soared to 2,144%, adding more than 68,394 jobs.
"The accomplishment of building one of the fastest-growing companies in the U.S., in light of recent economic roadblocks, cannot be overstated," says Scott Omelianuk, editor-in-chief of Inc. "Inc. is thrilled to honor the companies that have established themselves through innovation, hard work, and rising to the challenges of today."
Social Native offers an all-in-one social content solution for brands to power e-commerce, build consumer trust, and drive revenue. The company's products include UGC shoppable video galleries, influencer activations, AI image curation, and automated rights management.
Over 1,000 global brands like Adidas, National Geographic, and Sephora use the company's proprietary technology to create and scale content that influences purchase decisions throughout each stage of the consumer journey.
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The world's most trusted business-media brand, Inc., hosts award-winning content that reaches more than 50 million people each month. Its prestigious Inc. 5000 list, produced every year since 1982, analyzes company data to recognize the fastest-growing privately held businesses in the United States.
Social Native is the leading global marketplace connecting brands to the creator economy - generating an unparalleled selection of branded content. Global brands like H&M and Airbnb use Social Native to optimize ever-growing content demands across e-commerce and digital media.
Social Native is on a mission to grow and empower creator economies by building scalable content solutions.
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Billionaire Investor Warren Buffett is back in the stock market with a bullish take. According to an SEC filing, which was submitted on August 15, Warren Buffet’s conglomerate holding company Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK.A) made noticeable stakes in Ally Financial Inc. (ALLY) and Activision Blizzard Inc. (ATVI).
Following the news, shares of Ally Financial rose more than 5% in Tuesday’s pre-market trading session. Surprisingly, shares of Activision Blizzard remained almost flat.
According to the filing, Berkshire now holds 30 million ALLY shares, compared to just nine million shares held in the previous quarter.
Based in the U.S., Ally Financial is a bank holding company that provides financial services, including car finance, online banking via a direct bank, corporate lending, vehicle insurance, and mortgage loans.
Buffet’s stake in Activision Blizzard has grown to 68.4 million shares worth $5.3 billion. This represents over 8% of the current market capitalization of the company. Perhaps, Buffett is placing his bets on the possibility of Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of ATVI, which awaits regulators’ green light.
Based in California, Activision Blizzard is a video game holding company. It develops and publishes consoles and online and mobile games.
Is Ally Stock a Good Investment?
As of now, analysts believe that Ally stock is a good investment option. On TipRanks, ALLY commands a Strong Buy consensus rating, which is based on 13 Buys, two Holds, and one Sell. Ally Financial’s average price forecast of $46.38 implies upside potential of 30.07%.
Interestingly, retail investors are also bullish on ALLY. TipRanks’ Stock Investors tool shows that 5.6% of investors on TipRanks increased their exposure to ALLY stock over the past 30 days.
Is Activision Blizzard a Buy, Sell or Hold?
As per TipRanks, analysts have mixed feelings about Activision Blizzard. ATVI stock has a Moderate Buy consensus rating, which is based on four Buys and four Holds. Activision Blizzard’s average price target of $93.43 implies 15.73% upside potential.
Further, financial bloggers are 92% bullish on the stock, compared to the sector average of 65%.
Final Thoughts
After a slow second quarter, Buffet is back in action. Apart from buying a few stocks, Buffet exited his holdings in a few names like Verizon Communications (VZ) and Royalty Pharma Plc. (RPRX).
Buffet’s bullish move on ATVI and ALLY may attract the attention of investors in the days to come.
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A Grand Rapids nonprofit is preparing for another frigid winter by collecting coats for those experiencing homelessness in the area.
Mel Trotter Ministries says the coat drive begins Thursday, Sept. 1.
“Winters are a difficult season for those experiencing homelessness in West Michigan,” says President & CEO Dennis VanKampen. “And something as simple as a coat can help protect someone from hypothermia, frost bite, and even death.”
The coat drive, held in partnership with Curtis Cleaners and Mercantile Bank, will last until the end of September, the nonprofit tells us.
We’re told donors can leave coats at the following locations:
- Mercantile Bank (310 Leonard St NW, Grand Rapids)
- Mercantile Bank (3156 Knapp St NE, Grand Rapids)
- Mercantile Bank (4737 Cascade Rd SE, Grand Rapids)
- Mercantile Bank (4613 Alpine Ave NW, Grand Rapids)
- Mercantile Bank (5610 Byron Center Ave SW, Grand Rapids)
- Curtis Cleaners (450 Michigan Street, Grand Rapids)
- Curtis Cleaners (1410 West Main, Lowell)
Mel Trotter adds their location will only serve as a drop-off site during ArtPrize as a result of construction in the area. Coats can be donated between Sept. 15 and Oct. 2 at Mel Trotter Park as part of the “A Walk in Their Shoes” exhibit.
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