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Midyear 2022 Findings from Blockchain Coinvestors' Global Blockchain Unicorns Report Point to Opportunities for Disciplined Early and Mid Stage Venture Investors
- 28 new blockchain enterprise unicorns with substantial value accretion
- Fewer public crypto projects with market caps over $1bn as public markets fall
SAN FRANCISCO, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Blockchain Coinvestors, a leading blockchain early and mid stage venture fund of funds and direct investment platform with a combined portfolio of 400+ blockchain and crypto projects including approximately 60% of all blockchain unicorns, today announced its bi-annual Meet the Blockchain Unicorns report which includes the most comprehensive list of blockchain unicorns globally – including private blockchain enterprises and crypto projects whose valuations exceed $1 billion.
Through midyear 2022, there are 93 enterprise and 50 crypto project unicorns with 26 public blockchain companies. North America is leading the charge with 23 newly minted enterprise unicorns with four new unicorns emerging in Australasia, and one in Europe.
"Early stage venture capital has been the highest returning asset class over the last 25 years and blockchain appears to be the highest performing sector within it as witnessed by the large number of new blockchain unicorns, bringing the current total to 93" said Matthew C. Le Merle, Blockchain Coinvestors co-founder and Managing Partner.
Blockchain Coinvestors uses proprietary data sources and its own database of its combined portfolio resulting from its first three blockchain venture fund of funds (including their first fund of funds, ranked in the top decile for performance according to PitchBook) to track emerging unicorns. For the crypto project valuations, Blockchain Coinvestors relies upon CoinStats for its data.
"Unlike most asset classes, venture capital outperforms in the years following a downturn or recession, driven by lower valuations for investors. We believe it is an opportune time to gather dry powder for selectively investing into the best early and mid stage blockchain opportunities alongside the best blockchain investors," said Alison Davis, Chairman and Managing Partner of Blockchain Coinvestors.
Blockchain Coinvestors will present the full results of its midyear findings during the upcoming "Meet the Blockchain Unicorns" webinars on July 12, 2022 at 7:00am and 12:00pm PT.
Launched in 2014, our goal is to provide broad coverage of the emerging unicorns and fastest growth blockchain companies and crypto projects. The strategy is now in its 9th year and has to date invested in more than 40 pure play blockchain venture funds in the Americas, Asia and Europe; and in a combined portfolio of 400+ blockchain and crypto projects including approximately 60% of all blockchain unicorns. Our funds rank in the top decile amongst all funds in their respective categories on both Pitchbook and Preqin. Headquartered in San Francisco with a presence in Grand Cayman, London, New York, Zug and Zurich, the alternative investment management firm was co-founded by Alison Davis and Matthew Le Merle.
Visit us at www.blockchaincoinvestors.com
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Matt Yemma
Peaks Strategies
myemma@peaksstrategies.com
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FORT WORTH, Texas, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Yesway, one of the country's fastest growing convenience store chains, announced today the opening of its newest Allsup's-branded stores in Breckenridge, Canyon, and Robert Lee, Texas. These most recent new-to-industry and relocated stores further expand the Yesway portfolio to 406 stores in total.
The latest new-to-market stores, at 5240 4th Avenue in Canyon, Texas and 820 Commerce Street in Robert Lee, Texas, along with the new Breckenridge, Texas Allsup's store now located at 2817 West Walker, each contain 5,630 square feet of merchandising space, have 24 fueling positions, with high-speed diesel fueling lanes also available at the Breckenridge and Canyon locations. These represent the latest of the new large-format stores Yesway has developed and is bringing to market. All are open 24 hours per day and customers visiting these new stores will find their favorite Allsup's world-famous burritos, a full array of Yesway and Allsup's private label snacks; a new trucker/automotive section; high quality fresh Allsup's bread, milk, and eggs; and a beer cave; along with amenities including Western Union service, ATM availability, and Coin Cloud digital currency machines offering 30+ digital currencies.
"Our loyal customers in Texas have shared with us how excited they are that our new, large- format stores have come to their communities," said Tom Trkla, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Yesway. "The velocity at which our team has been working to bring these new stores to market is truly inspiring."
These follow the previously announced openings of new Allsup's stores in Mineral Wells, Texas, and both Alamogordo and Artesia, New Mexico, as well as numerous Grand Opening celebrations of new Allsup's stores located in Azle, Bangs, Decatur, Friona, Hereford, Tuscola, and Wall, Texas this year.
To find the Yesway or Allsup's store closest to you, please visit www.Yesway.com/locations or www.Allsups.com/allsups-locations/.
Editor note: Contact Erin Vadala, Warner Communications; (978) 468-3076; erin@warnerpr.com to arrange interviews. High-resolution images and graphics are available upon request.
About Yesway – Yesway is one of the fastest-growing convenience store operators in the United States. Established in 2015, Yesway is a multi-branded platform that acquires, transforms, and enhances portfolios of convenience stores by leveraging expertise in real estate and technology, and by implementing data-driven decision making. Yesway was named the "2021 Convenience Store Chain of the Year" by CStore Decisions and is currently ranked #21 on the "2022 CSP Top 202 Chains" list by total portfolio size. Yesway ranked #2 in year-over-year relative store growth on the Convenience Store News "2020 Top 20 Growth Chains" list and its CEO has been named a "CSP 2020 Power 20 Deal Maker." Yesway's portfolio currently consists of 406 stores located in Texas, New Mexico, South Dakota, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Wyoming, Oklahoma, and Nebraska, including the Allsup's Convenience Store chain. www.yesway.com
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The PGA Tour and LPGA Tour have canceled their tournaments in Shanghai that were scheduled for October because of ongoing restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The HSBC Champions, part of the World Golf Championships series, was canceled for the third straight year. It was to be played at Sheshan International on Oct. 27-30.
The Buick LPGA Shanghai was to be held Oct. 13-16 at Qizhong Garden Golf Club. It also has not been played since 2019.
Both decisions were made with the China Golf Association, which approves golf tournaments.
The announcement Thursday comes as residents in parts of Shanghai and Beijing were ordered to undergo further rounds of COVID-19 testing following the discovery of new cases.
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NEW YORK, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Grafine Partners, an emerging alternative asset management firm that captures unique investment opportunities by partnering with next generation private markets investment talent, is pleased to announce that Founder & Managing Partner, Elizabeth Weymouth, has been selected as one of Private Equity International's "Women of Influence in Private Markets."
Private Equity International (PEI) is a leading publication covering private equity - tracking the institutions, the funds and the transactions shaping the world's private markets. PEI is part of the PEI Media Group, for which has compiled a list of 60 women of influence in private markets.
The "Women of Influence" list is global and comprises ten women from each of the major private alternative asset classes including private equity, private debt, real estate, infrastructure and venture capital as well as ten women who work across multiple alternative asset classes.
"I'm flattered to be included in this remarkable, ground-breaking set of alternative asset investors," said Ms. Weymouth. "Private markets present incredible opportunities for innovation and new ways to be creative in business – and our majority women-led team at Grafine Partners is second to none. I am very proud of everything we are accomplishing together."
PEI's recognition builds on other notable, recent industry accolades for the firm. In February Grafine Partners was named in Buyouts Insider's "Twelve Emerging Managers to Keep Your Eye on in 2022."
Grafine Partners, founded by Elizabeth Weymouth, is a majority women-led alternative investment management firm created to meet the needs of sophisticated institutional investors seeking innovative approaches to invest private capital with a focus on alignment of incentives. Grafine's differentiated focus allows it to source unique investment opportunities and execute on alpha-generating direct deals across a range of industry sectors, geographies, and capital structures that align with the evolving needs of its institutional investor network. Through a pioneering investment approach, Grafine acts as a principal investor to build profitable and scalable businesses alongside the next generation of talented industry investment managers and operating partners.
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Zach Kouwe/Doug Allen
Dukas Linden Public Relations
646 722-6530
grafine@dlpr.com
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FORT WORTH, Texas, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Yesway, one of the country's fastest growing convenience store chains, announced today the opening of its newest Allsup's-branded stores in Breckenridge, Canyon, and Robert Lee, Texas. These most recent new-to-industry and relocated stores further expand the Yesway portfolio to 406 stores in total.
The latest new-to-market stores, at 5240 4th Avenue in Canyon, Texas and 820 Commerce Street in Robert Lee, Texas, along with the new Breckenridge, Texas Allsup's store now located at 2817 West Walker, each contain 5,630 square feet of merchandising space, have 24 fueling positions, with high-speed diesel fueling lanes also available at the Breckenridge and Canyon locations. These represent the latest of the new large-format stores Yesway has developed and is bringing to market. All are open 24 hours per day and customers visiting these new stores will find their favorite Allsup's world-famous burritos, a full array of Yesway and Allsup's private label snacks; a new trucker/automotive section; high quality fresh Allsup's bread, milk, and eggs; and a beer cave; along with amenities including Western Union service, ATM availability, and Coin Cloud digital currency machines offering 30+ digital currencies.
"Our loyal customers in Texas have shared with us how excited they are that our new, large- format stores have come to their communities," said Tom Trkla, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Yesway. "The velocity at which our team has been working to bring these new stores to market is truly inspiring."
These follow the previously announced openings of new Allsup's stores in Mineral Wells, Texas, and both Alamogordo and Artesia, New Mexico, as well as numerous Grand Opening celebrations of new Allsup's stores located in Azle, Bangs, Decatur, Friona, Hereford, Tuscola, and Wall, Texas this year.
To find the Yesway or Allsup's store closest to you, please visit www.Yesway.com/locations or www.Allsups.com/allsups-locations/.
Editor note: Contact Erin Vadala, Warner Communications; (978) 468-3076; erin@warnerpr.com to arrange interviews. High-resolution images and graphics are available upon request.
About Yesway – Yesway is one of the fastest-growing convenience store operators in the United States. Established in 2015, Yesway is a multi-branded platform that acquires, transforms, and enhances portfolios of convenience stores by leveraging expertise in real estate and technology, and by implementing data-driven decision making. Yesway was named the "2021 Convenience Store Chain of the Year" by CStore Decisions and is currently ranked #21 on the "2022 CSP Top 202 Chains" list by total portfolio size. Yesway ranked #2 in year-over-year relative store growth on the Convenience Store News "2020 Top 20 Growth Chains" list and its CEO has been named a "CSP 2020 Power 20 Deal Maker." Yesway's portfolio currently consists of 406 stores located in Texas, New Mexico, South Dakota, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Wyoming, Oklahoma, and Nebraska, including the Allsup's Convenience Store chain. www.yesway.com
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(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.)
Paul L. Morgan, Penn State
(THE CONVERSATION) The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
The big idea
White children are especially likely to be overdiagnosed and overtreated for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder during elementary school. That is the key finding from our recent peer-reviewed study.
We analyzed data from 1,070 U.S. elementary school children who had displayed above-average behavioral, academic or executive functioning the year before their initial ADHD diagnoses. We considered these children as unlikely to have ADHD. Children diagnosed and treated for ADHD should display chronically inattentive, hyperactive or impulsive behaviors that impair their functioning and result in below-average academic or social development.
Among elementary school children who had shown above-average academic achievement, 27% of white children versus 19% of nonwhite children were later diagnosed with ADHD. About 20% of white children versus 14% of nonwhite children were using ADHD medication. Among children who had previously been well-behaved in classrooms, 13% of white children versus 8% of nonwhite children were later diagnosed with ADHD. Families’ socioeconomic status or children’s age did not explain these disparities.
We did find that ADHD diagnosis and treatment is very uncommon among elementary school children displaying above-average behavioral, academic or executive functioning. We observed ADHD diagnosis and treatment to occur in less than 5% of this group. Our findings are consistent with prior work examining racial and ethnic disparities among children unlikely to have ADHD.
Why it matters
Among U.S. children and adolescents, ADHD prevalence has increased significantly, from 6% to 10% over the past 20 years. Overdiagnosis may be contributing to this trend. Increases in ADHD prevalence in children are occurring among those displaying mild impairments.
Overdiagnosis stretches already limitedmental health resources and allocates them away from children who need them most. Overdiagnosis may also contribute to stigma and skepticism toward those experiencing significant or moderate impairments.
ADHD diagnosis and treatment has been shown to be beneficial for the larger group of children with significant ADHD symptoms and impairments. However, for the smaller group of children with no or only mild symptoms, ADHD diagnosis may result in lower academic achievement and behavior during elementary school.
Children with mild ADHD may be more likely to compare themselves with children without disabilities, and so adopt negative ability beliefs that interfere with their learning and behavior. Overtreatment also unnecessarily exposes children to medication’s negative side effects, such as sleep problems or depressed appetites.
What still isn’t known
We don’t know why white children in elementary school are especially likely to be overdiagnosed and overtreated for ADHD. One possibility is that white parents are more likely to seek diagnoses and treatments because they are more accepting of ADHD as a health condition. Limited research suggests that some parents may be attempting to obtain ADHD diagnoses and medications as a way to increase their children’s academic achievement.
We couldn’t investigate whether white children are more likely to be overdiagnosed and overtreated for ADHD during middle or high school because our study’s data collection ended at the end of elementary school.
What’s next
Researchers are repeatedly calling for investigations of ADHD overdiagnosis and overtreatment. We are extending our research by examining whether disparities in ADHD diagnosis and treatment vary for boys and girls by race and ethnicity.
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here: https://theconversation.com/white-children-are-especially-likely-to-be-overdiagnosed-and-overtreated-for-adhd-according-to-a-new-study-185102. | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/White-children-are-especially-likely-to-be-17287164.php | 2022-07-06T14:41:51Z | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/White-children-are-especially-likely-to-be-17287164.php | false |
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BASEL, Switzerland, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Syngenta AG ("Syngenta") announced today changes in the considerations for (i) the previously announced cash tender offer by Syngenta Finance N.V. (the "Issuer") for any and all of the Any and All Notes listed below and (ii) the previously announced cash tender offer by the Issuer for the Maximum Tender Offer Notes set out below (together, the "Tender Offers").
As a result of current market volatility, the Issuer has exercised its right, in accordance with the terms and conditions set out in the Offer to Purchase, dated 29-Jun-22 (the "Offer to Purchase"), to amend Total Consideration payable for each series of Securities to the fixed considerations as set out in the table below. Terms not defined in this announcement have the meanings given to them in the Offer to Purchase. The Offer to Purchase can be obtained at the following website: https://sites.dfkingltd.com/syngenta.
** Any and All Notes **
Title of Security / ISIN / Maturity Date / Par Call Date / Principal Amount Outstanding / Total Consideration(a)
5.676% senior notes due 2048 / US87164KAJ34 (144A) and USN84413CN61 (RegS) / 24-Apr-48 / 24-Oct-47 / USD405,670,000 / USD1,010
4.375% senior notes due 2042 / US87164KAB08 / 28-Mar-42 / n/a / USD29,234,000 / USD882.50
(a) Per USD1,000 principal amount of Any and All Notes validly tendered and accepted for purchase.
** Maximum Tender Offer Notes subject to the Maximum Purchase Amount **
Title of Security / ISIN / Maturity Date / Par Call Date / Principal Amount Outstanding / Acceptance Priority Level / Total Consideration(a) / Early Tender Payment(b)
5.182% senior notes due 2028 / US87164KAC80 (144A) and USN84413CG11 (RegS) / 24- Apr-28 / 24-Jan-28 / USD1bn / 1 / USD1,010 / USD50 per USD1,000
4.892% senior notes due 2025 / US87164KAG94 (144A) and USN84413CL06 (RegS) / 24- Apr-25 / 24-Feb-25 / USD750mn / 2 / USD1,005 / USD50 per USD1,000
(a) Per USD1,000 principal amount of Maximum Tender Offer Notes validly tendered and accepted for purchase.
(b) The Total Consideration listed in the table above is already inclusive of the Early Tender Payment. Maximum Tender Offer Notes validly tendered after the Early Tender Date but prior to or at the Maximum Tender Expiration Date will be eligible to receive the Late Tender Offer Consideration, which is equal to the Total Consideration minus the Early Tender Payment.
Holders whose Securities are accepted for purchase will also receive accrued and unpaid interest up to but not including the Any and All Settlement Date, in respect of the Any and All Notes, or the applicable settlement date, in respect of the Maximum Tender Offer Notes.
** Indicative Amended Remaining Timetables (all times are NYC) **
For the Any and All Tender Offers:
Any and All Expiration Date and Withdrawal Deadline: 5pm, 12-Jul-22
Any and all Results Announcement Date: 13-Jul-22
Guaranteed Delivery Expiration Date: 5pm, 14-Jul-22
Any and All Settlement Date: Expected to be 15-Jul-22
Guaranteed Delivery Settlement Date: Expected to be 15-Jul-22
For the Maximum Tender Offer: (no changes to tender deadlines)
Maximum Purchase Amount Announced: Concurrent with the announcement of the results of the Any and All Tender Offers; expected to be 13-Jul-22
Early Tender Date and Maximum Tender Withdrawal Deadline: 5pm, 13-Jul-22
Maximum Tender Results Announcement Date: 14-Jul-22
Maximum Tender Early Settlement Date: Expected to be 18-Jul-22
Maximum Tender Expiration Date: 11:59pm, 27-Jul-22
Maximum Tender Final Settlement Date: Expected to be 29-Jul-22
This announcement must be read in conjunction with the Offer to Purchase. This announcement and the Offer to Purchase contain important information which should be read carefully before any decision is made with respect to the Tender Offers.
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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said there were fewer flight cancellations over the July Fourth weekend compared to Memorial Day, but cancellations remained at “elevated levels.”
He also the stories he is hearing from passengers are “unacceptable.”
Buttigieg reminded passengers via Twitter that airlines must offer cash refunds for canceled flights. He also encouraged consumers to report airlines that violate feder federal policy.
If they fail to do so, let us know at:https://t.co/V7aIX9I86t
— Secretary Pete Buttigieg (@SecretaryPete) July 5, 2022
Transportation Security Administration data shows that air travel has returned to pre-pandemic levels. Last Friday, TSA screened nearly 2.5 million passengers, marking its busiest day since February 2020.
Although airlines have said air traffic control staffing has contributed to higher levels of cancelations, Buttigieg said staffing has not contributed to most delays.
“A number of the issues have seen related to airlines, letting airline pilots or pushing airline pilots into early retirement,” Buttigieg said on CNBC’s “Power Lunch.” “I think that is sort of a frustration from the public because a lot of lots of tax-payer money went to the airlines precisely in order to keep people on the job in order to keep those airlines running in a resilient way.”
Last week, Sen. Bernie Sanders proposed airlines be fined $55,000 per passenger when a flight is canceled due to staffing shortages. Buttigieg said he had not looked into Sanders’ proposal.
"Given all of the generous taxpayer support that has been provided to the airline industry, all of us have a responsibility to make sure that passengers and crew members are treated with respect, not contempt,” Sanders said. | https://www.kgun9.com/news/national/buttigieg-airports-still-experiencing-elevated-levels-of-cancellations | 2022-07-06T14:43:55Z | https://www.kgun9.com/news/national/buttigieg-airports-still-experiencing-elevated-levels-of-cancellations | false |
Apple Watch Series 8 will have a 5% bigger display and be able to track your body temperature to detect if you have a fever, leaks suggest
- Leakers reveal details about Apple Watch 8, expected to be released this autumn
- The Series 8's screen will be 1.99 inches diagonally - the biggest Apple Watch yet
- The firm is also allegedly adding body temperature detection to the new model
Apple's upcoming flagship smartwatch will have a 5 per cent bigger display and be able to track your body temperature to detect if you have a fever, leaks suggest.
According to prolific Apple tipster Mark Gurman in Los Angeles, the firm will add body-temperature detection to its Series 8 model, expected to be released this autumn.
Meanwhile, another leaker, Ross Young in Austin, Texas, claims the Series 8's screen size will measure 1.99 inches diagonally.
This would make the Series 8 the biggest Apple Watch screen yet, although the biggest on the market overall is the Domiwear DM100, which has a whopping 2.86-inch screen.
In comparison, the Apple Watch Series 7, released last year, was available with either a 1.691-inch or a 1.901-inch screen.
Apple is expected to release a total of three smartwatches this autumn, including the Series 8, which is also rumoured to have a flat screen.
Apple is expected to release a total of three smartwatches this autumn, including the Series 8, which is also rumoured to have a flat screen. Renders created by Arkansas-based leaker and YouTube host Jon Prosser show what the Series 8 screen could look like
Apple has released a new flagship Apple Watch every year since 2015. 2021's Apple Watch Series 7 (pictured) was released in autumn with up to 33 per cent faster charging and a bigger display, with prices starting from £369
Young was responding to a query on Twitter, while Gurman was writing in the latest instalment of his 'Power On' newsletter.
'The body temperature feature won't give you a specific reading like with a forehead or wrist thermometer, but it should be able to tell if it believes you have a fever,' Gurman says in the newsletter.
'It could then recommend talking to your doctor or using a dedicated thermometer.'
Other than the body-temperature reader, other hardware changes in the new smartwatch will 'probably be minor', he added.
Gurman is described as 'respected' and has a good track record when it comes to accurate leaks of the tech giant's products.
Apple Track, a blog that keeps tabs on Apple rumours and the sources that publish them, currently gives him an accuracy rating of 86.5 per cent.
Young has an even more impressive track record – currently 92.5 per cent on Apple Track.
Gurman has already suggested that the Series 8 will also feature a flat screen, rather than a screen with curved edges like the Series 7.
Renders created by Arkansas-based leaker and YouTube host Jon Prosser show what this could look like.
Gurman has already suggested that the Series 8 will also feature a flat screen, rather than a screen with curved edges like the Series 7. Pictured are Jon Prosser's renders
The biggest smartwatch screen on the market overall is the Domiwear DM100 (pictured), which has a whopping 2.86-inch screen
Gurman has also said that Apple will launch three smartwatches in 2022 – the flagship Apple Watch 8, a cheaper Apple Watch SE 2, and a 'rugged' Apple Watch aimed at 'extreme sports athletes'.
The 'ruggedized' watch would be more durable and resistant to scratches to compete with rival firms including Garmin and Coros.
The body temperature feature will feature in the Apple Watch 8 and 'rugged' Apple Watch, but not in the Apple Watch SE 2, Gurman claims in his most recent newsletter.
As for the updated version of the Apple Watch SE, Gurman has revealed fewer details in his newsletters.
SE is the name for Apple's lower-price products – not just for smartwatches but iPhones too. In 2020, Apple released iPhone SE 2, four years after the original iPhone SE.
The £249 Apple Watch SE, also released in September 2020, is a lower-price option for wearers, but it lacks features including an always-on display, a blood oxygen sensor and an electrocardiogram (ECG).
Gurman didn't mention what upgrades will be included in the 2022 version – thought to be called Apple Watch SE 2 – or whether it would be more expensive than the original.
Apple will launch three smartwatches in 2022, according to a respected Apple tipster. Pictured is the Apple Watch Series 7 in various colours, released this year
In March 2021, Gurman said Apple would release rumored 'Explorer Edition'. Pictured: An Apple Watch Series 6 (released in 2020)
It's likely the three Apple smartwatches that make up the 2022 range will be released in the autumn, which is when the iPhone 14 is expected to be released.
Apple has released a new flagship Apple Watch every year since 2015. Last year's Apple Watch Series 7 was released in autumn with up to 33 per cent faster charging and a bigger display, with prices starting from £369.
It's not the first time rumours of a rugged Apple Watch have surfaced from Gurman – in March 2021, he reported the 'Explorer Edition' would have a more durable rubber frame and extra impact-resistance to hold up in extreme environments.
He said it would launch later this year or early 2022, but it appears his estimations for a release date have now been pushed back.
Apple considered a more rugged version of its Apple Watch when it first launched the wearable to much fanfare in 2015, but never released this product to consumers. | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10987381/Apple-Watch-8-track-body-temperature-bigger-display.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-07-06T14:44:44Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10987381/Apple-Watch-8-track-body-temperature-bigger-display.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | false |
Elanco (NASDAQ: ELAN), an animal health products company, has seen a 17% fall in a month, underperforming the broader S&P500, which is down 9%. Elanco’s Seresto flea-and-tick collar is linked to around 100,000 incidents and 2,500 pet deaths, and the company was asked to recall the product voluntarily. [1] The concerns around the collar are likely to impact the sales growth for the company in the near term, weighing on its stock.
But now that ELAN stock has seen a fall of 17% in a month, will it continue its downward trajectory, or is a rise imminent? Going by historical performance, there is a very high chance of a rise for Elanco stock over the next month. Of 41 instances in the last four years that ELAN stock saw a twenty-one-day fall of 17% or more, 36 resulted in ELAN stock rising over the subsequent one-month period (twenty-one trading days). This historical pattern reflects 36 out of 41, or about an 88% chance of a rise in ELAN stock over the next month. See our analysis of Elanco Stock Chance of Rise for more details.
Calculation of ‘Event Probability‘ and ‘Chance of Rise‘ using the last four years’ data
- After moving 0.7% or more over five days, the stock rose on 52% of the occasions in the next five days.
- After moving 0.3% or more over ten days, the stock rose on 44% of the occasions in the next ten days.
- After moving -17.0% or more over a twenty-one-day period, the stock rose on 88% of the occasions in the next twenty-one days.
Elanco Stock Return (Recent) Comparison With Peers
- Five-Day Return: PAHC highest at 1.5%; MRK lowest at -2.1%
- Ten-Day Return: ZTS highest at 9.7%; ELAN lowest at 0.3%
- Twenty-One Day Return: MRK highest at 2.7%; ELAN lowest at -17.0%
While ELAN stock may see higher levels, the Covid-19 crisis has created many pricing discontinuities, which can offer attractive trading opportunities. For example, you’ll be surprised how counter-intuitive the stock valuation is for Boston Scientific vs. Corcept Therapeutics
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Democratic candidate for Oregon governor Tina Kotek announced Tuesday afternoon she tested positive for COVID-19.
In a Twitter post Tuesday, Kotek said she is “resting and taking it easy for a few days. Grateful to be vaccinated and boosted!”
Kotek posted several photos to Twitter over the holiday weekend showing her campaigning, along with hiking Silver Falls State Park and enjoying Portland Pickles baseball.
Oregon lifted many of its COVID restrictions in the spring and since then the majority of counties have reportedly moved to high risk for COVID. On June 30, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s COVID-19 community-level data tracker showed 36 Oregon counties at high risk, including Multnomah, Clackamas and Washington Counties. | https://www.koin.com/news/oregon/oregon-democratic-nominee-tina-kotek-tests-positive-for-covid-19/ | 2022-07-06T14:45:37Z | https://www.koin.com/news/oregon/oregon-democratic-nominee-tina-kotek-tests-positive-for-covid-19/ | false |
POTOMAC, Md., July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Curbio, Inc., the leading fix now, pay-at-closing home improvement solution for real estate agents and their clients, today announced that it has expanded its services into the Jersey Shore area of New Jersey. This expansion includes Tom's River, Atlantic City, Cape May, and the surrounding areas.
Curbio is a groundbreaking PropTech solution that has set out to transform the way that real estate agents, brokerages, and their clients get listings ready for market. Curbio's expertise in pre-listing home improvements, combined with its proprietary technology, enable the company to complete pre-listing updates of any size efficiently and reliably, so that realtors and their clients can sell their home for more without the hassle of traditional home improvement.
Curbio takes care of all sourcing, project management and communication, and acts as the licensed, insured general contractor on all projects. The company does not have any project minimums or maximums, making their pay-at-closing solution ideal for listings of any size. From basic listing preparations to whole home makeovers, Curbio helps any listing become market-ready quickly and reliably.
"We couldn't be more excited to be bringing Curbio to the Jersey Shore. Buyers in the Jersey Shore want move-in-ready homes, and Curbio is here to help with that. We are the only completely turnkey pre-listing home improvement solution that allows real estate agents and their clients to update their listings and sell for more, without taking on the stress of traditional home improvement. Plus, homeowners don't pay any cash until the home sells, with zero interest, fees, or premiums," said Olivia Mariani, VP of Marketing at Curbio.
This is the seventh new-market expansion for Curbio this year, following their launches in Nashville, Tenn., Richmond, Va., Wilmington, Del., Charlotte, N.C., Virginia Beach, Va., and Raleigh, N.C. The company now serves 31 markets across the United States.
Curbio was founded in 2017 to transform the multi-billion-dollar home improvement industry and has quickly become the nation's leading pay-at-closing home improvement solution. The company partners exclusively with real estate agents and their clients to get any home ready for the market, allowing it to sell faster and for top dollar. Using technology to power their service, Curbio completes pre-listing home improvement projects of any size quickly and without hassle, from start to finish, with zero payment due until the home sells. Curbio is trusted by thousands of realtors and brokerages nationwide, and has been continuously recognized for its exemplary solution, receiving nods in HousingWire, Qualified Remodeler and Comparably, to name a few.
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Adam Rodgers to lead operations and development for the national marketing measurement technology company
PORTLAND, Ore., July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Leavened, a leading marketing measurement technology company, is proud to announce Adam Rodgers as President.
In his new role, Rodgers will oversee Leavened's operations and development, and spearhead the company's growth in the marketing analytics space. With Rodgers' deep expertise in building marketing and data analytics companies, he is uniquely prepared to help grow Leavened's market share of its cutting-edge marketing mix and media mix modeling products. Leavened's innovation is fueled by a team of marketers that know analytics and data scientists that know marketing. The company's non-cookie technology tools enable real-time, effective, in-market optimizations, with full transparency to the client.
"We are ecstatic to welcome Adam as our new President. His ability to identify opportunistic spaces in the market will help lift Leavened and elevate how our clients utilize our suite of measurement solutions," said Managing Partner of Leavened, Sara Moorthy. "With his leadership, we will raise the bar providing clients with transparent analytics. No black boxes here at Leavened, we aim to democratize marketing measurement with faster, more accurate, transparent and cost-effective optimization tools, with the primary goal of driving higher ROAS and growth for our clients' products and services."
Throughout his career, Rodgers has led teams delivering customized and integrated marketing science solutions, platforms and software to drive effective marketing campaigns for his clients. He has provided expert guidance to many large and growing brands in a wide variety of categories including ecommerce, automotive, beauty, retail and financial services. Previously, he served as Partner and Managing Director of Ekimetrics Americas, overseeing all North American operations. Prior to that he spent many years at Neustar Marketshare, as VP of Strategy.
Rodgers believes that the best decision-making comes from the combination of integrated data, fast and powerful tools, and a strategic focus on adoption. As President, he will help the company launch a highly anticipated new AI capability within its Marketing Mix Modeling (MMM) platform which will allow agile measurement design that will substantially improve the speed of measurement and optimization to a matter of days, not months.
"I'm thrilled to guide Leavened in providing fast and accessible analytic solutions that will help brands and agencies measure marketing success in the cookieless future," said Rodgers. "Our new platforms and capabilities will help DTC companies confidently and efficiently expand beyond performance digital media into high reach media and provide cross-channel optimization at scale for larger brands. I'm particularly excited about our ability to marry holistic measurement with placement-level optimization for linear TV, OTT, social and digital media, and more."
Rodgers joins Leavened's growing remote employee population and is based in the New York Metropolitan area. The company has committed to recruiting across the U.S. to attract a larger, widely skilled, and diverse talent pool. Leavened's team brings together the brightest minds in marketing analytics with recognized leaders in true media.
About Leavened
Leavened is a marketing measurement technology company. We're data scientists who know marketing and marketing experts who know analytics. Leavened's platform helps increase marketing ROI by enabling the planning, measurement, and optimization of media based on consumer behavior. We address the three biggest frustrations in the measurement and optimization process: the time it takes, the amount it costs, and the lack of transparency. Built by marketers that know analytics and data scientists that know marketing, our non-cookie technology tools enable real-time, in-market optimizations.
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SINGAPORE, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Dear fellow shareholders of COSG;
We minted our first DOT on 6 Sep 2021 –about 9 months ago. While 9 months does not appear to be such a long time, a lot of things have changed since then. Right now, we are considering scenarios that seemed implausible just several months ago – inflation risks, raising interest rates, the crash of TerraUSD (UST), etc. just to name a few. As we wind down the first half of 2022 and prepare for the second half, it is timely for us to take stock of the Group's progress as well as to share some insights on how we are preparing for these future challenges.
Overview of our Technology Business – are we affected by the "Crypto Winter"?
By now, many of us have heard about the US$40billion collapse of Terra (UST, Luna). The crash happened on 13 May 2022, and the spill over effect saw many other digital currencies losing significant value. Forbes[1] reported in May 2022 that the cryptocurrency market collectively lost more than US$1trillion due to the Terra crash. Similarly, the NFT market was also affected and CryptoNews.com reported that NFT sales dropped by more than 55%[2] in a single week. While things appeared to have stabilised since then, the general sentiment among crypto stakeholders has not turned positive.
Despite the overall NFT slow down, we believe that Coinllectibles is still growing from strength to strength. In the last few weeks, we have been growing the team, signing up more partnerships, developing new capabilities and launching more services. We have been able to buck the "crypto winter" mainly because we have never been a NFT company. From day one, we have positioned ourselves as a company that uses technology to solve real world problems. When we launched, one of the real-world problems we identified was the issue of provenance and authenticity that traditional collectors face. We believe that by using technology, we can find ways to solve this problem and make money from it. As a result, we have seen little impact from the "crypto winter".
NFT VS Conventional Collectibles – different business models
Prior to the Terra crash, some investors felt that the Group's focus on real-world issues did not make us an interesting investment opportunity. Unlike cryptocurrencies and NFTs that had market values of more than US$2.9trillion[3] and US$40billion[4] at some point, they felt that there was limited potential in serving the traditional arts and collectibles market. From our perspective, we saw an established market that was ready for disruption.
In terms of what we offer, our NFTs are Digital Ownership Tokens (DOTs) that give holders legal rights to the physical arts and collectibles. Conceptually, our DOTs for collectibles are no different from title deeds for properties – one collectible, one DOT.
Technology wise, even though we rely on similar blockchain technology that other NFTs use, we have enhanced it to a point where legal documents, pictures and even media clips are part of the DOT's metadata that are uploaded on the blockchain. In addition, our DOTs can be stored in digital wallets, transacted over NFT marketplaces, and have those transaction details recorded on the blockchain – making our DOTs truly decentralised.
Why are we encouraged…achieving US$510 million worth of annualised sales turnover
For most companies that deal in collectibles, they are primarily focused on selling as many pieces as possible. This is because the bulk of their revenues comes from primary sales. Beyond that, these companies do not stand to gain if they are not part of the resale process. In terms of revenue model for our DOTs, we generate primary income by selling the DOTs and secondary income whenever the DOTs are traded in the resale market. For DOT trading to happen, the physical items do not need to leave the galleries. It is only when collectors want the physical pieces will they arrange for us to ship the items to them.
From the business model perspective, we do not have to keep finding new collectibles to sell and we continue to make money when the past DOTs are traded. In view of this, the more sales turnover our DOTs have, the more profitable it is for us. While we started the new DOT business in Q3 2021, by accessing transaction data openly available on the block chain, our DOTs had a total sales turnover (primary and secondary sales included) of US$3.6 million for the year ending 31 December, 2021 and US$2.5 million for the quarter ending 31 March, 2022. When you consider that we minted our first DOT just 9 months ago, it is simply amazing to see how much the team has achieved in such a short period of time.
Despite these encouraging results, we believe that we have only scratched the surface of the US$50 billion conventional arts and collectibles market. As a Group, we are constantly looking for new ways to solve real-world problems. A case in point is our recent announcement of the Web3 as a Service (3aaS) launch. As Web3, which includes blockchain, NFT, metaverse, AI, autostereoscopic 3D, etc. , becomes more widely accepted, we expect more companies to want to be Web3 ready. Hence, we believe that helping these companies prepare for Web 3.0 will be an additional source of future revenue.
Overview of our Finance Business – a ballast for uncertain times
As the Group CEO, I have often received queries on how our finance business fits into the overall business strategy. Observers remarked that not only are the growth trajectories of a finance and tech business different, but they also serve different market segments as well as require management teams with different skill sets. Why not focus on one type of business instead?
From my perspective, despite the differences, I see it as having the best of both worlds. In a booming market, when we are aggressively pursuing growth, l believe the tech business will lead us in value creation. Conversely, in a depressed market, I expect the finance business to help us in our value preservation. While this means some occasional trade-offs, I see our finance business as a ballast for uncertain times. I believe that the relatively mild effect of the "crypto winter" on our business as compared to its materially adverse effect on some of our industry peers confirms the soundness of our two pronged strategy.
Financially, the whole group achieved a total revenue of approximately US$10 million for the period ending December 31, 2021, with approximately US$6.4 million contributed by our financing business, and approximately US$3.6 million from the new DOT businesses. As we closed the first quarter of 2022, total revenue for the quarter was approximately US$4.1 million, with approximately US$1.6 million from the financing business and approximately US$2.5 million from the DOT businesses. While we retain a net loss position with the company seeing a net loss of approximately US$25 million for the year ended 31 December 2021 and approximately US$ 62 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2022, we believe that overall we are seeing stable results continue to come from the financing business while the DOT business is the first time achieving a higher revenue than the financing business. The Company reported a loss of US$25 million for the year 2021 and US$62 million for Q1 2022. During the first quarter of 2022, the Company recognised a one-time US$60 million non-cash item payment to three unaffiliated vendors for services provided which relates to technology services in IT infrastructure setup, collectibles items storage management, metaverse consultation, and business development services for the sourcing of collectibles inventory to be made available onto the platform. The services were procured and the fees agreed upon in mid 2021 for the fundamental set up of the arts and collectibles business for both the technology platform architectural design and development management to support the new arts and collectibles DOT business, including the coverage of setting up the authentication and verification standards and process for the business. These services build up the core IT and business development operations of the arts and collectibles business for the Company, allowing the Company to continue to move towards the its DOT business initiative.
In conclusion…
I have shared a lot on how I see the business. However, I have left the important part to the last – our values.
At the end of the day, whether a company is successful will depending on its people, and our values is the "heartware" that drives it all. So what are they:
- Experience comes first – All things we do must not only be functional or provide some form of utility, but it must also be intuitive, prove an unparallel user experience, and as much as possible leave the end user with something that's fun and worth sharing.
- Directness – With a decentralized team model, we have the ability to build a highly skilled and globally diverse workforce. However, this depends on efficient and direct communication. Be direct but be respectful.
- Measure and Monitor – The speed at which we are able to innovate, improve and make relevant our offering is directly related to measuring its effectiveness and the rate and quality in which we collect feedback.
- Build Long Term Value (Sustainable Projects) – While a project may not be relevant in its current iteration forever, we focus on projects which have a long-term meta driver, as well as developing a solution which is simple, sustainable and is likely to stand in the face of technological innovation.
- Fail, but do it Quickly – Learning and making mistakes go hand in hand, however, making the same mistakes or not learning from them is costly. Make mistakes, but learn and adapt from them.
We firmly believe that we are in the very early days of an exciting digital ownership revolution. With the continued support of shareholders and with our team's hard work, we enthusiastically look to the future working hard to successfully navigate the rapid and encouraging industry developments under way and contribute in a meaningful way to the new world economy by bringing about new forms of ownership, new valuable experiences, and in so doing, empowering people and companies across the globe. Towards that end, we on the Coinllectibles team would like to thank you, our shareholders, for your continuous support.
Dr Chan Man Chung
CEO
For more information on Coinllectibles ™️ and its DOT offerings, please visit www.Coinllectibles.Art.
[2] https://cryptonews.com/news/nft-sales-volume-down-by-nearly-55-amid-crypto-downturn.htm
[3] https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/crypto-assets-shed-800-bln-market-value-month-2022-05-10/
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements. All statements other than statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements, which are often indicated by terms such as "anticipate," "believe," "could," "estimate," "expect," "goal," "intend," "look forward to," "may," "plan," "potential," "predict," "project," "should," "will," "would" and similar expressions. These forward-looking statements may include, but are not limited to, statements regarding future business activities including the expansion into the decentralized financing space. These forward-looking statements are not promises or guarantees and involve substantial risks and uncertainties. Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described or projected herein include that COSG is a holding company with no actual operations of its own and therefore may not realize the expected benefits of the operations of its subsidiaries, including the DOT's offered by Coinllectibles™️, uncertainties associated with having its operating business and subsidiaries located in Singapore and Hong Kong, risk of interference by the PRC government, ability to compete, and that financial resources do not last for as long as anticipated. A further list and description of these risks, uncertainties and other risks can be found in COSG's regulatory filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including in its current report on Form 10-K filed on April 15, 2022. Existing and prospective investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. COSG undertakes no obligation to update or revise the information contained in this press release, whether as a result of new information, future events or circumstances or otherwise.
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About Cosmos Group Holdings Inc
Cosmos is a business group that operates in two business segments:
- Arts and Collectibles
- Financing
Through Coinllectibles™️, the group provides authentication, valuation and certification (AVC) service, sale and purchase, hire purchase, financing, custody, security and exhibition (CSE) services to art buyers through traditional channels, as well as through leveraging blockchain technology through the creation of digital ownership tokens (DOTs).
With subsidiaries licensed under Hong Kong's Money Lenders Ordinance, the group currently primarily provides unsecured personal loan to private individuals, with a small portfolio of mortgage loans. The group is integrating the two business segments by offering secured financing services to prospective art and collectibles purchasers to provide a one-stop arts and collectibles purchasing and financing experience.
About the Company – Coinllectibles™️
Coinllectibles™️ is a technology company supporting the collectibles industry with a focus on rare memorabilia and artworks that exist and have intrinsic value in the real world, whether tangible or intangible in nature.
Coinllectibles™️ applies blockchain, marketplace, metaverse and NFT technologies as tools to disrupt and enhance the real-world collectibles industry. These technologies have multiple functional uses, and we believe they have the power to transform our societies. Coinllectibles™️ applies these technologies solely to provide a legally binding digital ownership token (DOT) to a tangible or intangible collectible in multiple segments including art, sports, watches, numismatics, limited edition toys, limited edition fashion wear and sneakers.
Website: www.coinllectibles.art
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Coinllectibles
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coinllectibles/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/coinllectibles
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/coinllectibles
Telegram: https://t.me/Coinllectibles
About Coinllectibles™️ Fusion DOT
Coinllectibles™️ prides the Fusion DOT as the industry "Gold Standard". Being a Gold Standard, a Fusion DOT contains the following on Arweave – (1) a sale and purchase agreement reflecting the purchase, by the person minting the Fusion DOT, of the underlying asset at a fair value which agreement contains a detailed description of rights and restrictions , (2) bailment terms governing the rights to possession whilst the underlying asset remains with Coinllectibles™️, (3) a transfer deed reflecting the transfer of the ownership of the underlying asset (together with all rights and restrictions) by the transferor to the holder of the Fusion DOT, (4) ownership title deed written into the description of the Fusion DOT and (5) the identification file of the underlying asset, whose ownership is reflected in the title deed represented by the Fusion DOT.
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LAKELAND, Fla., July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SteriPack Group ("SteriPack"), a leading global contract manufacturer serving the medical device, pharmaceutical, and diagnostic markets, announces Inflexion Private Equity Partners, a leading UK-based private equity firm, has led the buyout of SteriPack. This strategic partnership positions SteriPack for accelerated growth, geographical expansion, and an enhanced service offering to better support current and future customers.
SteriPack provides holistic and integrated product life-cycle management services commencing with award winning product design & development, human factors research & engineering, regulatory, QA, DFM, manufacturing, sterilization, and supply chain management. The company employs over 650 people from its locations in Ireland, Poland, Malaysia, and the US, and has over 100 clients.
The funding from Inflexion will support the business to continue to scale globally as it benefits from strong market growth and further international expansion opportunities. SteriPack is also well placed to undertake further acquisitions with the support of Inflexion.
Andrew McLean, CEO of SteriPack, said, "We're very proud of our strong growth record and are keen to build on it to take SteriPack even further as we become even more valued partners to our customers through expansion of our capabilities and geographic footprint. Inflexion's presence in our core markets of Europe, Asia and the US as well as its extensive M&A experience make it the ideal partner to support our future international growth."
Flor Kassai, Partner and Head of Inflexion's Buyout Fund, commented, "SteriPack is clearly an extremely successful niche market player whose ongoing focus on high-quality innovation has earned it an impressive and loyal client roster. We are incredibly excited to bring our experience to bear to help management accelerate its growth further across the globe."
For more information, please contact:
Chloe Bagley
c.bagley@steripackgroup.com
About SteriPack Group
SteriPack is a flexible and responsive global contract manufacturer providing comprehensive partner solutions for medical device, diagnostic, and pharmaceutical combination products. SteriPack offers a full suite of integrated product lifecycle solutions, including contract manufacturing, contract packaging, and injection molding services. SteriPack supports its customers from initial concept, design & development to product realization, including product lifecycle management solutions such as regulatory, quality, laboratory testing, sterilization, and supply chain management.
Learn more at steripackgroup.com.
About Inflexion
Inflexion is a leading mid-market private equity firm which works in partnership with ambitious management teams of high growth, entrepreneurial businesses to accelerate sustainable growth. Inflexion's flexible approach allows it to back both majority and minority investments, typically investing £10m to £400m of equity in each deal.
With bespoke teams and dedicated capital, Inflexion's funds invest across a variety of sectors from offices in London, Manchester and Amsterdam. Inflexion helps businesses achieve the next stage of growth through M&A, international expansion, digital enhancement, talent development, commercial strategy, sustainability focus and access to Inflexion's global network. It also benefits from a local presence in Bangalore, Boston, São Paulo and Shanghai dedicated to portfolio development, enabling investee companies to benefit from privileged access to these fast-growth markets.
Funds advised by Inflexion Private Equity Partners LLP have funds under management of c.£7.1bn.
Read more at www.inflexion.com.
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Expanding the Contact Center Business in Central Europe
LEIPZIG, Germany and INNSBRUCK, Austria, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Enghouse AG, a wholly owned subsidiary of Enghouse Systems Limited (TSX: ENGH), announced today it has acquired NTW Software GmbH, based in Innsbruck, Austria and Munich, Germany.
Enghouse AG, based in Germany, acquired NTW which provides a suite of products, ranging from attendant console to contact centers for organizations of all sizes primarily within the Cisco market segment. With a focus on modern communications solutions, NTW's modular software supports Cisco's Unified Communication solutions of any size. NTW customers and partners use the company's products to address the requirements of modern communications solutions. These include call center functions in real time, in conjunction with customer service, CRM integrations, help desk and attendant consoles.
"NTW's team and products expand our existing console and contact center business in Central Europe, adding Unified Communication products to Enghouse's channel product portfolio," said Steve Sadler, Chairman & CEO of Enghouse. "We are very pleased to welcome NTW's customers, partners and employees to Enghouse."
"We are excited to join Enghouse, particularly because of the synergies between the two companies," said Markus Gruber, one of the co-founders of NTW. Florian Tiefenbrunner, the other co-founder, added: "Together, we look forward to expanding our geographical capabilities and product offerings to our partners and customers."
About Enghouse
Enghouse is a Canadian publicly traded company (TSX:ENGH) that provides enterprise software solutions focusing on contact centers, video communications, healthcare, telecommunications, public safety and the transit market. Enghouse has a two-pronged growth strategy that focuses on internal growth and acquisitions, which are funded through operating cash flows. The company has no external debt financing and is organized around two business segments: the Interactive Management Group and the Asset Management Group. Further information about Enghouse may be obtained from the company's website at www.enghouse.com.
About NTW Software
Founded in 2006, NTW Software GmbH, is a modern communication software provider covering all aspects of Attendant Consoles and Contact Center capabilities for enterprises of all sizes. Its products provide Phone Services, Intelligent Routing as well as Multi-Channel and Recording capabilities that can easily be deployed and provisioned within a Cisco UC environment. NTW's product portfolio also includes integrations to several CRM systems and offers Real-time Usage Statistics, Call Accounting and Billing features. More information can be obtained on the company's website at: www.ntw-software.com.
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- Coleman had served as acting sector president since the start of 2022
- Coleman was previously president of Peraton's former Defense & Homeland Security sector
HERNDON, Va., July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Peraton has appointed John Coleman president of the company's Citizen Security & Public Services (CS&PS) sector.
As sector president, Coleman has operational oversight for program performance, growth objectives, and for aligning Peraton's strategic technology investment portfolio with customers' future mission requirements.
Coleman, a respected industry leader and experienced Peraton executive, has served as acting president of the CS&PS sector for the past six months. Prior to Peraton's rapid expansion in 2021, Coleman served as the president of the company's former Defense & Homeland Security sector.
"I'm truly honored to lead the CS&PS sector," said Coleman. "This team consistently proves that it can deliver on our customers' missions of consequence, and I look forward to expanding our partnerships with both new and existing customers."
The CS&PS sector's 3,500-plus employees support customers across the nation and abroad, including key contracts with the Department of Homeland Security, Department of State, U.S. Senate, U.S. Coast Guard Academy, Department of Labor, and numerous state and local contracts, including the County of San Diego. With a multi-billion-dollar new business pipeline, the sector is positioned for significant expansion under Coleman's leadership.
Commenting on Coleman's appointment, Peraton's chairman, president, and CEO Stu Shea stated, "John has been a trusted member of my leadership team for over four years, and I am confident that his significant experience in program management, business management, and customer relations and thorough understanding of growth strategy and program execution will help to positively differentiate Peraton's support of our current and future customers."
Prior to first joining Peraton in 2018, Coleman served as president of OMNIPLEX World Services International Investigations unit, where he managed a team of more than 2,000 cleared personnel and was accountable for strong customer relationships and program performance.
Earlier, Coleman was vice president of the Information and Mission Solutions business area of PAE National Security Solutions, responsible for a portfolio primarily focused on Department of Homeland Security and Department of Justice customers. He previously served in a progression of senior P&L, program, and business management roles, including vice president, Service Center Operations division at the former FCi Federal, Inc., and program director, USCIS Application Support Center Contract with Northrop Grumman's former Technical Services sector.
Coleman earned his Master of Business Administration and Bachelor of Science degrees in management from Clemson University. He is recognized as an industry leader for his proven expertise in program initiation, execution, transition, and management.
Peraton drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world's leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted and highly differentiated national security solutions and technologies that keep people safe and secure. Peraton serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies across the intelligence, space, cyber, defense, citizen security, health, and state and local markets. Every day, our employees do the can't be done, solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit Peraton.com/News and follow Peraton on LinkedIn for news and updates.
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SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — A protest in the North Macedonian capital over a proposal to break the deadlock in the country’s efforts to join the European Union left 47 police officers injured, police said.
The injuries occurred after a group of mostly young people broke off from the main protest, throwing stones, metal bars, eggs and Molotov cocktails at the parliament building in Skopje late Tuesday.
Thousands of people have protested nightly since the weekend over a French proposal for a compromise aimed at lifting objections by neighboring Bulgaria to North Macedonia joining the European Union.
Police said 11 protesters were detained. Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski condemned the attacks on the police, saying violence cannot be justified.
Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski visited the injured police officers in a hospital Wednesday. He said an investigation into the instigators of the violence was underway, and warned they would face the “strictest possible punishments.”
“We all know very well who is behind the protests and who called for them,” Spasovski said.
The minister said police had “operational information” that attacks with Molotov cocktails on state buildings were also being planned for another protest scheduled for Wednesday night, and urged protesters to refrain from violence.
Bulgaria, which as an EU member has veto powers over new members, wants North Macedonia to formally recognize its language has Bulgarian roots, to recognize a Bulgarian minority in the country and to quash “hate speech” against Bulgaria. Many in North Macedonia say acquiescing would undermine their national identity.
North Macedonia’s president, Stevo Pendarovski, and the government back the proposed French deal, which calls for the country to acknowledge in its constitution the existence of an ethnic Bulgarian minority. It would also provide for regular reviews on how the bilateral dispute is being addressed, which could potentially hamper North Macedonia’s future course toward EU membership.
Bulgaria has already formally accepted the French proposal, which now requires the backing of North Macedonia’s parliament. Lawmakers are set to convene on Thursday to set up a committee that will look into the issue. No plenary session has yet been scheduled.
The center-right main opposition party VMRO-DPMNE, many international law experts and civic organizations claim that the French proposal favors Bulgarian demands which dispute Macedonian views of regional history, language, identity and heritage.
North Macedonia has been a candidate for EU membership for 17 years. The country received a green light in 2020 to begin accession talks, but no date for the start of the negotiations has been set.
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Rochelle Humes flashes her toned abs in a cropped camel dress as she and husband Marvin attend the TRIC Awards ahead of wedding vow renewal
Rochelle and Marvin Humes were among TV's finest who turned out to the 2022 Television and Radio Industries Club (TRIC) Awards at London's Grosvenor House on Wednesday.
The couple - who are set to renew their wedding vows to mark their 10-year anniversary this summer - dressed to impress as they enjoyed an afternoon out at the star-studded event.
Rochelle, 33, displayed her toned abs in an unusual camel dress made up of a cropped drawstring detail top and skirt.
Couple goals: Rochelle and Marvin Humes turned out to the 2022 Television and Radio Industries Club (TRIC) Awards at London's Grosvenor House on Wednesday
The This Morning presenter's look boasted a ruched front, a revealing cut-out and a gold fastening, flowing into a floor-length skirt.
The star teamed her look with tan leather boots and a matching clutch bag, while styling her raven locks in a half-updo.
Marvin, 37, looked dapper in a salmon suit teamed with a black T-shirt and brown pumps.
Inside the star-studded event, the TV presenter duo mingled with This Morning's main hosts, Holly Willoughby, 41, and Phillip Schofield, 60.
Work it: The couple - who are set to renew their wedding vows to mark their 10-year anniversary this summer - dressed to impress as they enjoyed an afternoon out at the event
Chic: Rochelle, 33, displayed her toned abs in an unusual camel dress made up of a cropped drawstring detail top and skirt
The outing comes after Marvin enjoyed a lads' getaway to Ibiza over the weekend as Rochelle jetted to Paris to toast their second stag and hen parties.
On Monday, the dad-of-three posted photos of his trip, as he teased that the couple would be renewing their vows.
He captioned the snaps: 'Great times on the great white isle this weekend with the lads ahead of the big day with Rochy #NotAStag #LowKeyWeekend #10Years.'
The television personality also lovingly shared a snap of his other half writing: 'My bride'.
Renewal ready! The This Morning presenter's look boasted a ruched front, a revealing cut-out and a gold fastening, flowing into a floor-length skirt
Dressed to impress: The star teamed her look with tan leather boots and a matching clutch bag, while styling her raven locks in a half-updo
TV gang: Inside the star-studded event, the TV presenter duo mingled with This Morning's main hosts, Holly Willoughby, 41, and Phillip Schofield, 60
Rochelle also shared photos of her trip to Paris on Instagram.
The former The Saturdays star looked sensational as she posed in front of the Eiffel Tower, joking 'oops... I'm doing it again'.
Rochelle captioned her snap: 'Bonnes vibrations seulement' which means 'good vibes only'.
The couple tied the knot at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire on July 27, 2012, and are proud parents to three children, daughters Alaia, nine, and Valentina, five, and son Blake, 21 months.
Rochelle in Paris: The outing comes after Rochelle jetted to Paris to toast her second hen party ahead of the couple renewing their vows this summer
Lads on tour! Marvin and his mates headed to Ibiza for the weekend, where he posted pictures of the group partying at Ushuaia | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-10987721/Rochelle-Humes-flashes-toned-abs-camel-dress-Marvin-attend-TRIC-Awards.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-07-06T14:53:45Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-10987721/Rochelle-Humes-flashes-toned-abs-camel-dress-Marvin-attend-TRIC-Awards.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
Supermodel Bella Hadid joins guest celebs Dua Lipa, Nicole Kidman and Kim Kardashian on the star-studded Balenciaga runway at the Haute Couture Week show in Paris
Catwalk veteran Bella Hadid was joined by a host of famous faces as she stormed the Balenciaga show during Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week on Wednesday in the French capital.
Bella, 25, was among the likes of Dua Lipa, Nicole Kidman and Kim Kardashian as they modelled the new collection for the luxury fashion house during the intimate presentation.
The star-studded list of models will no doubt have drawn eyes to the show, as celebrities from across the globe flock to the city to attend the coveted fashion week.
Fashion wrap: Catwalk veteran Bella Hadid was joined by a host of famous faces as she stormed the Balenciaga show during Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week on Wednesday in the French capital
Bella took to the runway in a strapless green gown which was corseted to the waist and then flowed out into a dramatic skirt, teamed with a pair of elegant evening gloves.
The Vogue cover girl wore her brunette locks sleeked back into a neat bun and opted for a subtle make-up look with a slick of black winged liner to complete the ensemble.
Dua, 26, wore a lemon yellow mini dress, which featured a dramatic train which followed her down the runway, matched a pair of opaque tights and pointed heels.
Gorgeous in green! Bella took to the runway in a strapless green gown which was corseted to the waist and then flowed out into a dramatic skirt, teamed with a pair of elegant evening gloves
Runway star: Hot on their heels was Hollywood icon Nicole Kidman, who looked incredible in a one-shoulder silver gown which featured ruched detailing across the midriff
Elegant: Her look was also teamed with a pair of the same black gloves as the other models and the exaggerated pointed stilettos seen in Dua's ensemble
Hot on their heels was Hollywood icon Nicole Kidman, who looked incredible in a one-shoulder silver gown which featured ruched detailing across the midriff.
Her look was also teamed with a pair of the same black gloves as the other models and the exaggerated pointed stilettos seen in Dua's ensemble.
Unlike the other stars, Nicole, 55, wore her strawberry blonde locks loose in a wavy style.
Stunning: No catwalk is quite the same without runway legend Naomi Campbell, who wowed in a regal black Tudor-style gown as she took her turn to walk the show
Understated glam: The Vogue cover girl wore her brunette locks sleeked back into a neat bun and opted for a subtle make-up look with a slick of black winged liner to complete the ensemble
Regal: Naomi, 52, even mirrored an old-age royal walk as she clasped her hands together over her dramatic statement skirt while making her way down the runway
Balenciaga muse Kim looked nothing short of sensational as she showcased her incredible figure in a form-fitting black gown, which completely covered her legs and arms.
No catwalk is quite the same without runway legend Naomi Campbell, who wowed in a regal black Tudor-style gown as she took her turn to walk the show.
Naomi, 52, even mirrored a traditional royal walk as she clasped her hands together over her dramatic statement PVC skirt while making her way down the runway.
Earlier in the day Kim, Bella and Emily Ratajowski all looked incredible as they were seen arriving at the venue.
Reality star Kim, 41, cut an elegant figure as she arrived to the star-studded event in a figure-hugging black dress with long sleeves.
The garment also featured a high collar while Kim - who was joined by her daughter North West, nine - styled her platinum locks into an updo.
All eyes on her! Naomi's dress featured an incredible dramatic collar
Eye-catching: Kim's dress boasted a sweetheart neckline which highlighted her ample bust
Also sporting a pair of sunglasses, the Keeping Up With The Kardashians star added to her outfit with a pair of silver oversized earrings.
Bella opted for a trendy look for the event as she arrived in a black mini dress that highlighted her toned pins.
The fashion forward star also wore a sleeveless black jacket and added a casual touch to her outfit with a pair of black trainers and white socks.
Styling her tresses into a sleek updo, Bella complimented her look with a black handbag and a pair of red-rimmed sunglasses.
Incredible: Earlier in the day Kim, Bella and Emily Ratajowski all looked incredible as they were seen arriving at the venue
Glamour: Kim cut an elegant figure as she arrived to the star-studded event in a figure-hugging black dress with long sleeves
Emily, 31, showcased her jaw-dropping figure in a black strapless top which she wore with a pair of flared trousers.
The model cinched her waist with a matching belt and boosted her already statuesque frame with a pair of black heels.
The star let her brunette locks fall loose down her shoulders and accentuated her natural beauty with a light pallet of makeup.
Nicole Kidman turned heads at the star-studded event as she once again sported a pair of Balenciaga oversized sunglasses.
Stars: Nicole (left, right) turned heads at the star-studded event as she once again sported a pair of Balenciaga oversized sunglasses while Kris Jenner (centre) opted for a black long-sleeved gown
Family: Kardashain matriarch Kris looked in good spirits as she posed for a snap with her granddaughter North West
Attendees: Emily let her brunette locks fall loose down her shoulders as she blew a kiss at the camera while Vogue editor Anna Wintour arrived in a white midi dress with a polka dot print
Radiant: Kim donned large silver-frammed sunglasses and accentuated her natural beauty with a dash of makeup
Adorable: North grinned from ear to ear as she was joined at the show by Ryan Romulus, the daughter of Kim's executive assistant Tracy Romulus
The Big Little Lies star, 55, was seeing wearing the bowtie-shaped covering while leaving a Balenciaga fitting on Tuesday.
For the fashion show, Nicole sported a black blouse with a large bow detail and paired it with an aligator print skirt.
The actress added height to her frame with a pair of black heels and styled her blonde locks into loose waves for the day.
Meanwhile, Kris Jenner arrived to the event in a long-sleeved black gown with a high collar.
The momager added to her outfit with a silver clutch bag along with a pair of sunglasses as she posed for the cameras ahead of the event.
Kris was joined by her granddaughter North West who wore a long-sleeved black printed Balenciaga shirt along with a pair of ripped black jeans.
Elegant: Kris added to her outfit with a silver clutch bag along with a pair of sunglasses as she posed for the cameras ahead of the event
Model: Amber Valletta looked incredible as she went braless in a black blazer with a plunging neckline, pairing it with matching thigh-high leather boots
Couple: Nicole was joined by her husband Keith Urban who sported a black shirt with jeans and a blazer
Amazing: Dua Lipa's sister Rina arrived to the show in a black corset along with a pair of flared trousers
North - who Kris' daughter Kim shares with her ex Kanye West - also wore a pair of black boots and large sunglasses while her locks were styled into braids.
Anna Wintour was also in attendance at the show, arriving in a white long-sleeved midi dress with a black polka dot print.
The garment featured a pleated detail while the Vogue editor also sported her trademark sunglasses and signature bob.
Actress Michelle Yeoh caught the eye as she arrived to the show in ablack long-sleeved gow with a ruffled detail along the chest.
Smart: Offset (left, right) and Steve McQueen (centre) both opted for all-black looks for the show
Guests: Michelle Yeoh caught the eye as she arrived to the show in a black long-sleeved gow with a ruffled detail along the chest while Cici Bussey - a cousin of the Kardashian family - donned a green and yellow floral dress
Sensational: Bella Hadid opted for a different look after the show as she departed in a white crop top and a pair of blue jeans with a black jacket
Beauty: Bella was all smiles as she greeted dozens of fans who lined the streets of Paris during the event
The Memoirs Of A Geisha star wore her locks in a poker straight style and drew further attention to her look with a pair of silver earrings.
Amber Valletta looked incredible as she went braless in a black blazer with a plunging neckline, pairing it with matching thigh-high leather boots.
The model carried a large black handbag and added glamour to her look with a light palette of makeup and a smokey eye.
Wow: Drag queen Alexis Stone donned a skintight animal print jumpsuit while model Nour Arida opted for a black dress with an a-symmetric hemline
Casual: Model Alton Mason carried a large bouquet of flowers as he arrived to the show in a navy jacket and blue jeans
Dua Lipa's sister Rina arrived to the show in a black corset along with a pair of flared trousers while also wore a pair of gold sunglasses and a matching necklace.
Offset also went for an all-black look for the fashion show as he donned an open shirt with flared trousers and a trench coat.
Bella Hadid opted for a different look after the show as she departed in a white crop top and a pair of blue jeans with a black jacket.
Smooch: Emily blew a kiss for the cameras as she mixed and mingled with other guests ahead of the ceremony | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-10987799/Bella-Hadid-Dua-Lipa-Nicole-Kidman-Kim-Kardashian-walk-Balenciaga.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-07-06T14:53:58Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-10987799/Bella-Hadid-Dua-Lipa-Nicole-Kidman-Kim-Kardashian-walk-Balenciaga.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | false |
Medicare is a federal health insurance program that pays for covered health care services for most people who are age 65 and older, and for certain younger people with disabilities. More than 63 million Americans are currently enrolled in Medicare, according to the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
VERIFY viewer Robert P. recently asked our team to confirm whether Medicare is calling people to ask if their eligibility date information is correct in order to send out new Medicare cards. He wants to know if this is a scam.
THE QUESTION
Are Medicare card replacement phone calls a scam?
THE SOURCES
THE ANSWER
Yes, Medicare card replacement phone calls are a scam. Medicare will never contact anyone for their Medicare number or other personal information unless the beneficiary has given them permission in advance.
WHAT WE FOUND
In 2018, Medicare decided to stop using social security numbers as account numbers to help keep its members' information more secure and to protect their identity. In April of that year, it began mailing new Medicare cards with unique 11-digit account numbers. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said that the transition to the new cards was scheduled to be completed by December 2019.
During that time, the FCC said it started receiving complaints about scammers calling people pretending to be Medicare representatives. The FCC said the scammers often used caller ID spoofing to mask their identity. (Spoofing is when a caller deliberately falsifies the information transmitted to your caller ID display to disguise their identity.)
The FCC said some of the scammers requested payment for the new Medicare card, while others posed as medical insurers and threatened to cancel people's insurance if they didn’t share information from the new card over the phone.
In an email, a U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) spokesperson told VERIFY Medicare will never contact anyone for their Medicare number or other personal information, including eligibility dates, unless the beneficiary has given them permission in advance.
Instead, CMS says on its website that Medicare, or someone representing Medicare, will only call and ask for personal information in these two situations:
- A Medicare health or drug plan may call you if you’re already a member of the plan. The agent who helped you join can also call you.
- A customer service representative from 1-800-MEDICARE can call you if you’ve called and left a message or a representative said that someone would call you back.
If you are not expecting a call or are unsure if Medicare is really trying to contact you, you should hang up and call 1-800-MEDICARE.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), AARP, and the Office of Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison all say if someone calls you claiming to be from Medicare, and they ask for your social security number or your bank information in order to get your new card or new benefits, that is a scam, and you should hang up immediately.
They all also warn against giving your personal information to a caller claiming to be from Medicare.
“You can’t trust caller ID. These calls can be spoofed so they look like they’re coming from Medicare even when they’re not. Before you give any personal information, initiate your own call to Medicare at 1-800-MEDICARE,” the FTC says.
If you receive a call requesting your Medicare number, you should contact the U.S. Health and Human Services fraud line at 1-800-HHS-Tips (1-800-447-8477). You can also contact Medicare at 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227), report the call to the FTC at ftc.gov/complaint, or file a complaint with the FCC online. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/verify/scams-verify/medicare-new-card-replacement-phone-calls-scam-fact-check/536-98bd7753-240a-4e29-966b-9765bed3e4b7 | 2022-07-06T14:54:11Z | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/verify/scams-verify/medicare-new-card-replacement-phone-calls-scam-fact-check/536-98bd7753-240a-4e29-966b-9765bed3e4b7 | false |
As a world leader in patient safety and clinical innovation, Dr. Pronovost will serve as a senior advisor aiding the firm's portfolio companies in scaling and succeeding
TEL AVIV, Israel & CHICAGO , July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- LionBird, a venture capital firm based in Israel and the U.S. investing in pre-scale digital health companies, today announced that Peter Pronovost, M.D., Ph.D., F.C.C.M, a world leader in patient safety and clinical innovation, will be joining as a senior advisor in the LionBird Rings, a community of proven executives and entrepreneurs who have partnered with LionBird in the past and are available to help the next generation of digital health leaders.
Dr. Pronovost is a world-renowned patient safety champion, innovator, critical care physician, researcher (publishing over 1000 peer review publications), entrepreneur (founding two health care startups that were acquired), and a global thought leader, informing US and global health policy. His scientific work leveraging checklists to reduce catheter-related bloodstream infections has saved thousands of lives and earned him high-profile accolades, including being named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time Magazine, receiving a coveted MacArthur Foundation "genius grant" in 2008.
Dr. Pronovost currently serves as University Health's Chief Quality & Clinical Transformation Officer, a role in which he is charged with fostering ideation and implementation for new protocols to eliminate defects in value and thereby enhance quality of care. Previously, Dr. Pronovost served as the Senior Vice President for Patient Safety and Quality at Johns Hopkins Medicine as well as the founder and director of the Johns Hopkins Medicine Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality. In this role, he worked to eliminate all harms in one health system following on his success in eliminating one harm in most health systems across the U.S. Dr. Pronovost also served as the Senior Vice President for Clinical Strategy and the Chief Medical officer for UnitedHealthcare.
"For nearly two decades, it has been impossible to talk about quality, safety and value in healthcare without referencing the work of Peter Pronovost," said LionBird Partner Robert Lord. "At LionBird, we set out to find and support entrepreneurs who are reimagining our healthcare system and working to drive it towards higher quality, value and safety through resetting patients' and providers' relationship with health technology. While we knew Dr. Pronovost by reputation, as we got to know him personally, we saw that he uniquely embodied this ideal, and had a vision for the future of healthcare in America that could inspire and inform our work. Dr. Pronovost's role is another example of ways that we work hard to create unique value and insight for our portfolio companies and investors."
Dr. Pronovost, in his role as senior advisor, will be leveraging his unique perspective with the LionBird partners to develop long-term strategy and portfolio positioning, as well as aiding portfolio companies directly with their strategic, commercial, and operational endeavors.
"LionBird's mission of resetting healthcare's relationship with technology resonates deeply with me, as a clinician, researcher and leader who has spent the entirety of his career challenging orthodoxy and demonstrating better ways to care for our patients and organize our healthcare systems," said Pronovost. "After getting to know the LionBird team, it became clear that there was a unique alignment in our worldview and goals for the healthcare system, and I am excited to support the firm and our portfolio companies moving forward."
To learn more about LionBird and the LionBird Rings community, visit www.lionbird.com.
LionBird is a venture capital firm investing in pre-scale digital health companies with operations in Tel Aviv and the U.S. Founded in 2012 by veteran entrepreneurs and Fortune 100 executives in the software and healthcare industries, LionBird provides capital and assistance to mission-driven teams realigning the human-technology relationship in healthcare. Since its inception, the firm has invested in more than 30 founding teams across the U.S. and Israel. The firm is currently investing out of its third fund, LionBird III, exclusively focused on early-stage digital health.
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ALAMOGORDO, N.M. (KRQE) – The Alamogordo Police Department is searching for information regarding the death of a teen on July 2. Police say around 6 a.m. officers responded to the 2000 block of Dewey Lane in reference to a person down.
Officials say when officers arrived they found a male who was dead at the scene. The victim has been identified as 16-year-old Augustine A. Moreno. Police are asking anyone with information to call Alamogordo Police at (575) 439-4300. | https://www.krqe.com/news/crime/alamogordo-police-looking-for-information-in-killing-of-16-year-old/ | 2022-07-06T14:59:19Z | https://www.krqe.com/news/crime/alamogordo-police-looking-for-information-in-killing-of-16-year-old/ | true |
Industry Leaders Advance Longstanding Collaboration with Interactive Rooms, Available This Summer and Beyond at Marriott Hotels Properties in San Francisco, Bangkok, and London
BETHESDA, Md., July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Marriott Hotels, the signature flag of Marriott Bonvoy's 30 extraordinary hotel brands, furthers its partnership with idea engine TED through its award-winning educational arm TED-Ed, to debut their first-ever immersive experience outside of a TED conference. Aimed at sparking curiosity and enriching the experience of global travelers, the rooms feature interactive, mind-bending activities integrated into the Marriott Hotels guest room design. Recommended for families and friends ages seven and up, reservations for The Curiosity Room by TED can be made now for stays starting July 15 at San Francisco Marriott Marquis. Following the inaugural launch in San Francisco, guests can also book the discovery-based room at Bangkok Marriott Marquis Queen's Park and London Marriott Hotel County Hall later this summer with stays starting on August 15 and September 15, respectively. Each room experience will be live for three months at each location.
Recent social listening research conducted on behalf of Marriott saw a significant year-over-year uptick in searches for #themedrooms (+106%) and "hotel rooms" + themed (+65%), suggesting consumers are craving more distinct and inspiring hotel experiences.
Sparking curiosity from the start, guests embark on the adventure immediately upon entry to the room. The entire room is a puzzle box waiting to be solved. Puzzle elements have been seamlessly hidden within the décor; solving them all will lead guests to a grand finale and series of surprises and rewards. The puzzles have also been customized to the three destinations, featuring and celebrating local landmarks, culture, and more. Guests will uncover hidden messages, hunt for puzzle pieces, and experience elements of the room in unexpected and delightful ways. The room's Curiosity Journal serves as the guide and connection to the one-of-a-kind in-room journey, with hints available in case guests need a helpful hand. When the final challenge has been completed, guests receive a certificate of completion and can celebrate with a complimentary dessert in the hotel's restaurant.
"Marriott Hotels has always been a place where guests can be inspired at every corner of their experience and we've taken that to the next level with TED's award-winning educational arm TED-Ed," said Jason Nuell, Senior Vice President, Premium Brands, Marriott International. "This one-of-a-kind adventure further fosters the notion for our guests to stay curious in their travels, opening their minds beyond a typical overnight stay and propel them to explore the destination with renewed desire to learn something new."
Awe-inspiring décor elements have been expertly layered onto Marriott Hotels' modern, residential guest room design to create a blended experience, with everyday hotel items serving as "keys" to unlock clues to help guests progress through the immersive space. Drawing inspiration from the hotel's respective destination, the rooms feature eye-catching drawings by illustrator and artist Caleb Morris, who founded "Welcome to the Neighborhoods" – an art series focused on creating unique connections between people and cities all over the world. In addition, throughout the room, guests will discover various moments of wonder as well as a guide of local travel recommendations curated by Marriott Hotels and TED, that encourage further exploration beyond the guest room – from the striking architecture of San Francisco to the culture of Bangkok and rich history of London. Guests will be able to take home some mementos, such as the travel guide, to leave a lasting impression of the trip.
Reservations for The Curiosity Room by TED are available now for the stay dates below:
- San Francisco Marriott Marquis: July 15 – October 16, 2022
- Bangkok Marriott Marquis Queen's Park: August 15 – November 15, 2022
- London Marriott Hotel County Hall: September 15, 2022 – January 2, 2023
"Watching millions of people view and share TED-Ed's educational animated videos online every day is a profoundly rewarding experience for our team of creators," said TED-Ed's founding and executive director, Logan Smalley. "What really excites me about our partnership with Marriott Hotels, though, is that it will enable families throughout the world, for the first time ever, to experience a totally unique version of TED-Ed in person. I think everyone who participates will gain, in the most tantalizingly fun way possible, a deeper understanding and appreciation of TED-Ed and their destination, and I'm grateful to Marriott Hotels for making that possible."
Marriott Hotels has a longstanding, global partnership with TED. The relationship began in 2016 by distributing TED Talks and TED Fellows Salons, blogs, and original quotes to hotel guests worldwide, and has continued to elevate every year with new elements of the partnership. Travelers staying at Marriott Hotels have access to custom content expertly curated by TED, with selected themes that are topical and relevant to guests, including innovation, travel, entrepreneurship, and much more. Specifically, new TED-Ed content will now be available at hotels with video-based lessons that vary by subject and age.
To explore more, please visit TEDRooms.Marriott.com. Starting rates vary by hotel and maximum four guests occupied in room. Be inspired by following along with Marriott Hotels on Facebook, @marriott on Twitter, and @marriotthotels on Instagram as well as via #MarriottxTED.
About Marriott Hotels®
With nearly 600 hotels and resorts in more than 65 countries and territories around the world, Marriott Hotels continues to elevate the art of hosting – placing people first is the brand's living legacy – ensuring guests always feel deeply cared for throughout their stay. Marriott Hotels raises the bar by consistently delivering heartfelt service, with modern, comfortable spaces, and by providing experiences elevated beyond the everyday. As global travelers needs and expectations evolve, so does Marriott Hotels, leading the industry with innovations including the Greatroom lobby and Mobile Guest Services that elevate style and design, and technology. To learn more, visit www.MarriottHotels.com. Stay connected to Marriott Hotels on Facebook, @marriott on Twitter and @marriotthotels on Instagram. Marriott Hotels is proud to participate in Marriott Bonvoy®, the global travel program from Marriott International. The program offers members an extraordinary portfolio of global brands, exclusive experiences on Marriott Bonvoy Moments, and unparalleled benefits including free nights and Elite status recognition. To enroll for free or for more information about the program, visit marriottbonvoy.com.
About Marriott Bonvoy®
Marriott Bonvoy's extraordinary portfolio offers renowned hospitality in the most memorable destinations in the world, with 30 brands that are tailored to every type of journey. Members can earn points for stays at hotels and resorts, including all-inclusive resorts and premium home rentals, and through everyday purchases with co-branded credit cards. Members can redeem their points for experiences including future stays, Marriott Bonvoy Moments, or through partners for luxurious products from Marriott Bonvoy Boutiques. To enroll for free or for more information about Marriott Bonvoy, visit marriottbonvoy.com.
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TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading, often in the form of short talks delivered by leading thinkers and doers. Many of these talks are given at TED conferences, intimate TED Salons and thousands of independently organized TEDx events around the world. Videos of these talks are made available, free, on TED.com and other platforms. Audio versions of TED Talks are published to TED Talks Daily, available on all podcast platforms.
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NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. dog lovers, say “benvenuto” to the bracco Italiano.
The ancient Italian bird-hunting dog is the 200th member of the American Kennel Club’s roster of recognized breeds, the organization announced Wednesday. That means the handsome, powerful but amiable pointers can now go for best in show at many U.S. dog shows, including the prestigious Westminster Kennel Club event next year.
The bracco (pronounced BRAH’-koh) goes back more than two millennia in Europe but wasn’t brought to the U.S. until the mid-1990s, according to the AKC. It’s sometimes called the Italian pointer or Italian pointing dog.
The ideal bracco should be “tough and adapted to all types of hunting, reliable, docile and intelligent,” while also friendly and neither shy nor aggressive, according to the AKC’s standard for the medium-to-large breed.
“They’re very easy to live with and be around, and yet it’s like a light switch — when it’s time to jump in the back of the truck and go hunting, and they’ve got a job, they just light up like a Christmas tree,” said owner and breeder Lisa Moller of Portage, Wisconsin.
She and husband Dale relied on Labrador retrievers as pheasant-hunting helpers before a friend introduced them to a bracco about five years ago. The couple was quickly struck by the dog’s methodical hunting style in the field and affectionate nature at home: “They’re very Velcro,” Lisa Moller said.
The dogs — the proper plural is “bracchi Italiani” — have a deep bark and readily deploy it on spotting backyard wildlife, so “they may not be the right dog for everybody,” she noted.
AKC Executive Secretary Gina DiNardo called the bracco a great companion for active families who can provide “the love and attention it needs.”
The AKC opened the nation’s oldest dog registry with a mere nine breeds in 1878. In the last decade alone, the club has added over 20 breeds, ranging from the teeny Russian toy to the powerful dogo Argentino. Criteria involve the total number and generations of registered dogs nationwide, their geographical distribution and other factors.
There remain many breeds that are registered elsewhere but not by the AKC, or aren’t formally recognized at all. Some aficionados eschew, or are torn about, the exposure that AKC recognition brings to a breed.
Animal rights activists denounce dog breeding, and they say that adding more breeds just exacerbates faddish demand for purebred pets and fuels puppy mills that feed it.
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LONDON (AP) — A defiant British Prime Minister Boris Johnson battled to stay in power Wednesday after the resignation of two top ministers and a slew of more junior officials, who said they could no longer serve under his scandal-tarred leadership.
Johnson is known for his uncanny ability to wiggle out of tight spots, but a series of accusations of misdeeds have pushed him to the brink, and some of his fellow Conservative lawmakers now worry that the leader renowned for his affability could be a liability in elections.
Many are also are concerned about the ability of a weakened Johnson, who only narrowly survived a no-confidence vote last month, to govern at a time of increasing economic and social strain.
At the weekly Prime Minister’s Questions session in Parliament on Wednesday, members of the opposition Labour Party shouted “Go! Go!’’
Then, more damningly, members of his own Conservative Party challenged the leader. Lawmaker Tim Loughton was the first to ask whether there was anything that might prompt him to resign.
“Frankly the job of the prime minister in difficult circumstances, when he’s been given a colossal mandate, is to keep going,’’ Johnson replied.
His fellow Conservatives listened quietly, offering little support.
The grilling was the first of two challenges Wednesday for the leader. He must still get through a long-scheduled interrogation by a committee of senior lawmakers later in the day.
How he handles the tough questions could indicate whether a simmering rebellion in his Conservative Party can gather enough strength to oust him. Also on the horizon is a vote in a powerful party committee that could signal whether lawmakers have the appetite to push for another no-confidence measure.
Months of discontent over Johnson’s judgment and ethics within the governing Conservative Party erupted with the resignations of Treasury chief Rishi Sunak and Health Secretary Sajid Javid within minutes of each other on Tuesday evening. The two heavyweights of the Cabinet were responsible for tackling two of the biggest issues facing Britain — the cost-of-living crisis and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
In a scathing letter, Sunak said “the public rightly expect government to be conducted properly, competently and seriously. … I believe these standards are worth fighting for and that is why I am resigning.”
Javid said the party needed “humility, grip and a new direction” but “it is clear this situation will not change under your leadership.”
Mindful of the need to shore up confidence, Johnson quickly replaced the two ministers, promoting Nadhim Zahawi from the education department to treasury chief and installing his chief of staff, Steve Barclay, as health secretary.
But a string of resignations late Tuesday and early Wednesday from more junior ministers — from both the liberal and right-wing branches of the Conservative Party — showed that danger to Johnson was far from over.
In the past few months, Johnson has been fined by police and slammed by an investigator’s report for government parties that flouted the COVID-19 restrictions they imposed on others; saw 41% of Conservative lawmakers vote to oust him in the no-confidence vote; and watched formerly loyal lieutenants urge him to resign.
Through it all, he has vowed to carry on governing — even suggesting he wanted to stay in office until the 2030s.
But former International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell was among several members of the Conservative Party who told Johnson his time was up.
“It’s a bit like the death of Rasputin. He’s been poisoned, stabbed, he’s been shot, his body’s been dumped in a freezing river and still he lives,’’ he told the BBC. “But this is an abnormal prime minister, a brilliantly charismatic, very funny, very amusing, big, big character. But I’m afraid he has neither the character nor the temperament to be our prime minister.”
The final straw for Sunak and Javid was the prime minister’s shifting explanations about his handling of sexual misconduct allegations against a senior Conservative lawmaker.
Last week, Chris Pincher resigned as Conservative deputy chief whip after complaints he groped two men at a private club. That triggered a series of reports about past allegations leveled against Pincher and questions about what Johnson knew when he tapped Pincher for a senior job enforcing party discipline.
Johnson’s office initially said he wasn’t aware of the previous accusations when he promoted Pincher in February. By Monday, a spokesman said Johnson did know of the allegations — but they were “either resolved or did not progress to a formal complaint.”
When a former top civil servant in the Foreign Office contradicted that, saying Johnson was briefed about a 2019 allegation that resulted in a formal complaint, Johnson’s office said the prime minister had forgotten about the briefing.
It was all too much for ministers who have been sent onto radio and TV to defend the government’s position, only to find it change.
Bim Afolami, who quit as Conservative Party vice chairman on Tuesday, said he had been willing to give Johnson the benefit of the doubt — until the Pincher affair.
“The difficulty is not overall the program of the government. … The government has done a lot of positive things that unite the Conservative Party,’’ he said. “The problem is character and integrity in Downing Street, and I think that people in the Conservative party and people in the country know that.”
But Paul Drexler, chair of the International Chambers of Commerce, warned that soaring food and energy prices are reaching crisis proportions and need to be addressed by a leader who isn’t distracted.
“I would say the most important thing to do is to feed people who are hungry,’’ he told the BBC. “I mean that is a burning platform at the moment. The poorest in our society are going to be starving to death the second half of this year. That needs to be addressed.”
Johnson’s opponents in the party hope more Cabinet ministers will follow Sunak and Javid, though for now other top officials — including Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, Defense Secretary Ben Wallace and Home Secretary Priti Patel — are staying put.
Opponents are also trying to force another no-confidence vote over the prime minister. The existing rules require 12 months between such votes, but the rules are made by a party committee and can be changed. Elections for that committee’s executive are due in the next few weeks.
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This joint solution will enable organizations to speed up the building and launching of new digital services by up to 10x.
NEW YORK, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- GigaSpaces is joining forces with IBM and Wix to design a joint Digital Acceleration Hub (DAH), that will accelerate the pace at which enterprises and start-ups can build and deploy new digital services.
DAH accelerates digital transformation by helping companies build new data services in just days instead of months, as much as 10x faster than current development cycles, while enabling high speed iterations on existing digital services. The joint solution combines GigaSpaces' high-performance in-memory data platform with the capabilities and cutting-edge technologies of IBM and Wix.
In addition to accelerating the creation of new business applications, DAH also enables enterprises to incorporate innovative solutions from the start-up ecosystem, using a secure, simple and standardized integration process.
The enterprise offering is based on the following key components:
- Multi-channel business applications (websites, mobile and social) using coding platforms
- Microservices management
- AI infusion that turns data into insights
- Low-latency, high throughput, scalable Data Store
- Seamless and open integration with various types of SoRs, both on-premise and on hybrid/multi-cloud environments
- Smart CDC for real-time data replication into the DAH data store to ensure business continuity even when SoRs are down
"Wix has long been the unrivaled leader in website creation for small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs)," says Yoav Abrahami, Head of Wix Code. "By joining forces with IBM and GigaSpaces, we will open up our superb UI/UX experience to enterprises, using the Velo code-first platform to empower casual developers and leverage enterprise development resources."
"We are honored to be partnering with these two tech giants, IBM and Wix," says Adi Paz, CEO of GigaSpaces. "As a company that has been partnering with enterprises throughout their digital transformation journey over the last decade, we are highly familiar with the hurdles and impediments of launching new digital services at scale. We are confident that DAH will help shorten development cycles and enable organizations to build digital services at unprecedented speed."
About Wix.com, Ltd: Wix is a leading platform to create, manage and grow a digital presence. What began as a website builder in 2006 is now a complete platform providing users with enterprise-grade performance, security and a reliable infrastructure. Offering a wide range of commerce and business solutions, advanced SEO and marketing tools, Wix enables users to have full ownership of their brand, their data and their relationships with their customers. With a focus on continuous innovation and delivery of new features and products, anyone can build a powerful digital presence to fulfill their dreams on Wix.
https://www.wix.com
About GigaSpaces: GigaSpaces is a global pioneer of in-memory computing, building one of the market's first Digital Integration Hubs - an out-of-the-box solution that simplifies organizations' digital transformation, enabling them to develop and launch digital services at a rapid pace. The GigaSpaces Smart DIH is part of the company's Smart suite of products, alongside the award-winning Smart Cache solution.
GigaSpaces offices are located in the US, Europe and Israel with partners such as IBM, Capgemini and Cognizant, and serving customers such as Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, CSX, Goldman Sachs, Société Générale, Credit Agricole, American Airlines, Avanza Bank, CLSA, Stellantis, and UBS.
www.gigaspaces.com.
About IBM: IBM is one of the biggest technology companies in the world, a leading cloud platform and cognitive solutions company. For more than 7 decades, IBM Research has defined the future of information technology, with more than 3,000 researchers in 12 labs located across 6 continents. Every year, IBM invests $6 billion in research. For 27 consecutive years, it has topped the list of new patent registrations.
IBM's growth areas include AI, cloud computing, security, blockchain, quantum computing, the Internet of Things (IoT), and more. A significant portion of IBM's revenue is generated by IBM's software and infrastructure products. IBM also provides consulting services in many business and industry domains.
https://www.ibm.com/
IBM Alpha Zone Accelerator offers a 6-month professional and deep immersion program for the purposes of developing solutions for the enterprise market. The program focuses on post Seed & Round A funded companies with the aim to create long term Technology and Business partnership with IBM worldwide.
IBM Alpha Zone is a partner at riHub.
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BE EQUIPPED WITH ADIDAS AND VICTORINOX
IBACH-SCHWYZ, Switzerland, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Iconic, multifunctional, and stylish – these keywords perfectly describe the remarkable collaboration between adidas and Victorinox. The co-created sneaker EQT 93 Victorinox brings together the best of both brands. As a special extra, the matching Victorinox pocket knife Classic SD Solemate Limited Edition completes and equips the shoe. Adidas and Victorinox – two brands, one mission to equip the world with functionality and style for any urban adventure.
For this collaboration of the two well-known lifestyle brands, the Victorinox brand values of iconic design, functionality, quality, and innovation have been creatively combined with the expertise and knowhow of the adidas design team. The result is the co-created sneaker EQT 93 Victorinox and the special Victorinox pocket knife Classic SD Solemate Limited Edition which completes the hip street style look. "Collaborations are a strategic pillar of our marketing efforts, and we are very proud to announce this great partnership with adidas. We are thrilled with the outcome of the products which bring unique design and exciting details." explains Veronika Elsener, Chief of Marketing at Victorinox.
The Victorinox Classic SD Solemate Limited Edition is the perfect partner for life. Not only does it offer a lifetime guarantee against any defects in material and workmanship, like all Victorinox pocket knives, but this practical Classic SD Solemate also handles just about any urban adventure with multifunctionality and style.
The functional pocket knife comes with a nappa leather pouch which can be attached to the sneaker and a key hanger which perfectly matches the shoelaces of the EQT 93 Victorinox. Furthermore, the coordinates of both headquarters – Herzogenaurach, Germany, and Ibach, Switzerland – are engraved on the blade. To round off this matching accessory, one scale represents Victorinox corporate design whilst the other side shows the imprint of the famous Damascus Steel which is integral to the brand's history.
Damascus Steel has enjoyed a very popular role in the history of Victorinox. For many years, limited editions of the Swiss Army Knife and several household knives have been produced using different kinds of this fine material. The product category Travel Gear has also used the pattern in its products, so it was an obvious choice to include it in the creation of the EQT 93 Victorinox. The silver shiny Damascus pattern perfectly matches the Victorinox red used for this detail-oriented sneaker.
As loved by sneakerheads all over the world, the design for the EQT 93 Victorinox differs for the left and for the right shoe. The left shoe features various details representative of Victorinox, including the image of the popular Spartan pocket knife on the heel, the Victorinox Cross and Shield on the side, the Victorinox corporate design on the inner sole, and the coordinates of the Victorinox headquarters visible through the transparent outer sole. The right shoe displays the adidas logo on the heel, the three stripes on the side, the adidas corporate design on the inner sole and the coordinates of the adidas headquarters visible via the outer sole.
As the shoe comes with an integrated pouch, consumers who buy the shoe at adidas are invited to visit a Victorinox store to complete the set by purchasing the matching pocket knife for their unique sneaker. The EQT 93 Victorinox and the Victorinox Classic SD Solemate Limited Edition are available in selected markets only. The world can now be explored with shoes as iconic and functional as the pocket knife itself, along with innovative accessories to complete the game.
Be equipped with adidas and Victorinox
Iconic. Multifunctional. Stylish.
- blade, small
- scissors
- nail file with
- – screwdriver 2.5 mm
- key ring
- tweezers
- toothpick
- paracord pendant
- height: 9 mm
- length: 58 mm
- weight: 21 g
- Leather pouch
- Paracord pendant with snap hook
- Suggested Retail price $75 USD / $90 CAN
- The EQT 93 Victorinox is available at adidas stores and adidas online stores of the following markets:
- United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Peru, India, Singapore, Thailand, Japan, Middle East, Pacific (Australia & New Zealand, Malaysia, Philippines), GCC/Iran, South Africa
- The Victorinox Classic SD Solemate including pouch and key hanger is available at Victorinox stores and Victorinox online stores of the following markets: United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Peru, India, Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong, China, Japan, Poland, Germany, France, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Austria
Leah Pepper
Director, Public Relations
Leah.Pepper@victorinox.com
+1 203 929-6391
Victorinox AG is a worldwide operating family business, which today is run in the fourth generation. The headquarter of the company is located in Ibach, canton Schwyz, in the heart of Switzerland. This is where the founder of the company Karl Elsener I set up his cutlery business back in 1884 and, a few years later, designed the legendary «Original Swiss Army Knife». Meanwhile, the company produces not only the world-famous pocket knives, but also high-quality household and professional knives, watches, travel gear and fragrances. In 2005, the company took over Wenger SA in Delémont. The Wenger pocket knives were integrated into the Victorinox range in 2013, so that the Wenger product portfolio today consists of watches and travel gear. Products are available online, in own stores as well as via a widespread network of subsidiaries and distributors in more than 120 countries. In 2021, the company with its more than 2100 employees generated sales of CHF 408 million.
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WEST MONROE, La. (KTVE/KARD) — The Ouachita Parish Public Library is offering events that will be fun for the whole family. Morning intern, Cayla Deeanne, has more information on these events in the video above.
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Cars that have good looks have great performance capabilities which should attract people even though people are only seeking for new and old rick and rolls. Those old Cadiz have many pros, which should, on its own explain all these. First, car has very few mechanis to worry about since they usually come into old models. A major issue concerning those, people does encounter when it about them. Therefore this problem could be used more. Cute cars do tend come at cheap rates Lynn Martin has been the 68th president of the New York Stock Exchange for six months, and so far, her tenure has coincided with a period of extreme volatility.
It started out on an auspicious note. On Jan. 3, her first day on the job, the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at new highs. But since then, the two indexes have fallen about 20% and 15%, respectively.
With inflation rising at the fastest pace in four decades and the prospect of a recession looming, Wall Street worries are running at a fever pitch.
"You know, I view markets as a mirror to the way people are feeling," Martin says. "A lot of times, there's uncertainty, and that winds up getting expressed in markets."
The anxiety and fear have led to sharp sell-offs in stocks big and small. And it's freezing out IPOs, or initial public offerings, from private companies that are scared of selling their shares to the public at a time when investors are pulling away.
There have been about 80% fewer IPOs, or new stocks listed, on Martin's exchange so far this year, compared to the same period last year.
It was a record year for IPOs in 2021
The comparison might be a little unfair because the markets were running hot in 2021, when the U.S. economy emerged from the darkest days of the COVID-19 pandemic.
As the government pumped stimulus money into the economy and people didn't have too many places to spend, bank balances ballooned last year. Millions opened stock trading accounts with online brokerages.
The stock market responded with a record number of IPOs.
"It was a blockbuster year, by all accounts," says Rachel Gerring, the head of the Americas IPO practice at Ernst & Young, of 2021. "There was a lot of pent-up demand and appetite for high-growth companies, primarily in tech and healthcare."
Today, investors are less confident of the prospect of future growth at many companies.
As the Federal Reserve hikes interest rates to rein in inflation, borrowing costs will continue to rise, and that could force companies to preserve more cash, take fewer risks and invest less in their futures.
The calculus has shifted with an uncertain future for the economy
A huge part of Martin's job is to convince private companies to list on the New York Stock Exchange. Right now, she says, many of them are just waiting for the future of the economy to come into finer focus, and for the sharp sell-offs of the first few months of the year to subside.
"The pipeline is very strong," says Martin. "But it's on pause."
At the Nasdaq, the New York Stock Exchange's main rival, it's the same story. In 2021, 753 companies went public on the Nasdaq. In the first half of this year, there were only 108 new listings.
Jeff Thomas, Nasdaq's chief commercial officer, says investors' expectations are different, and they have a smaller appetite for risk. It's harder to predict how companies will perform, and also, what they will be worth in the future.
When he talks to the heads of private companies, they often ask him about how investors are likely to value their companies. According to Thomas, that calculus has changed.
"Part of the conversations with executives is getting them to wrap their heads around the fact that they likely aren't going to get the same valuations this year that the bankers promised them last year," he says.
Valuations were incredibly high last year, but since then, share prices have sunk. On average, shares of companies that went public in 2021 are 42% lower than when they started trading, according to Ernst & Young.
SPACs and new Chinese stock listings have also vaporized
A handful of other factors are conspiring to make 2022 a tough year for the stock exchanges.
Because of a regulatory standoff between China and the U.S., Chinese companies are not going public in the U.S. In June, Didi, a ride-sharing giant that went public a year ago, left the New York Stock Exchange.
On top of that, another fad that flourished is fading. In 2020 and 2021, hundreds of private companies went public via SPACs. Shorthand for special-purpose acquisition companies, the SPACS provided a shortcut way for companies to go public. They attract less regulatory scrutiny compared to traditional IPOs. The companies use a mechanism where they pair up with shell companies already listed on the exchanges to sell their shares.
"Investors were looking for places to put that money, and SPACs seemed like a relatively attractive place," says Thomas.
But, there is less money sloshing around now, and some 600 SPACs are sitting on the sidelines, with no one to pair with.
It's another sign of how much Wall Street has changed in just a few months.
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NEW YORK, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Luggage Brand LEVEL8 is making it a prime opportunity by doubling down on Prime Day from July 1st to July 20th in celebration of its 14th anniversary as the global tourism industry is making a gradual comeback.
On top of already attractive Prime Day offers, the Red Dot Design Award-winning luggage designer and maker is adding a boost to its membership incentive program to thank long-time supporters with double membership points. Following the completion of the order, members will receive an email with instructions on how to redeem their points for cash back.
"Throughout the difficulties of the past two years, LEVEL8 has been blessed with the support of loyal fans in the travel community," said Steven Lin, the CEO of LEVEL8, "Despite the truly unprecedented slowdown in travel, they continued to appreciate well-thought-out, efficient design, sturdy materials, and expert craftsmanship. Their unwavering support has carried us to our 14th anniversary. Now those restrictions are lifted, business and leisure travel is on the rebound, we want to show them our appreciation, and that we support them. It's also our way of helping the industry recover."
Although international travel is still significantly below 2019 levels, Q1 2022 has seen incredible YoY growth – almost 3x in some places – worldwide, and confidence is on the upswing. Against this backdrop, LEVEL8 aims to support travelers who strive to travel savvier as more destinations open up by providing more products that are sleek and simple in design and expertly crafted with durable, quality materials. With efficient and elegantly crafted cases like LEVEL8's Pro Carry-On with Laptop Pocket and built-in USB port, Voyageur Check-In made with a durable yet lightweight Makrolon® polycarbonate hard shell, or its classic and durable Full Aluminum Carry-On made by aerospace-grade aluminum magnesium alloy, LEVEL8 makes it easier for global travelers to get back on the road.
About LEVEL8
Established in 2008, the New York-based LEVEL8 is a relatively young company. The Arabic number 8 in its name becomes the common symbol for infinity when placed horizontally, which represents the endless exploration of the future and the unlimited possibilities of life. To remove as much as possible nuisance and obstacles during traveling and offer a joy path to people's exploration for the world, LEVEL8 strives to provide "always functional and always reliable" durable luggage while still maintaining an eye for "sleek and simple" style and aesthetics. The brand offers a wide range of products including laptop bags, backpacks, and travel accessories in different sizes, styles, and colors. There is always something to suit everyone, to learn more, please visit: https://www.level8cases.com/ .
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NEW YORK, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Halper Sadeh LLP, an investor rights law firm, is investigating the following companies for potential violations of the federal securities laws and/or breaches of fiduciary duties to shareholders relating to:
Turning Point Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: TPTX)'s sale to Bristol Myers Squibb for $76.00 per share. If you are a Turning Point shareholder, click here to learn more about your rights and options.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Allyson Felix was named to her 10th world championship team, where she will have a chance to run in the mixed relay event and add to her record medal collection.
Felix, whose 18 medals are the most in world-championship history, has announced that this will be her final season in track. At last month’s U.S. championships, she finished sixth in the 400 meters and did not qualify for any individual events. But the 36-year-old was named to the mixed relay pool Tuesday when USA Track and Field released its 151-person roster for worlds.
The world championships run July 15-24 in Eugene, Oregon.
Missing from the roster was Sha’Carri Richardson, who failed to qualify for the finals of either the 100 or 200 meters at nationals. Richardson won the women’s 100 at Olympic trials last year but was banned from the games after testing positive for a substance found in marijuana.
Among those named to the women’s 4×100 relay pool was Gabby Thomas, the 200-meter champion in 2021 who has been dealing with a hamstring injury this season. Thomas finished eighth at nationals last month.
The U.S. will send nine reigning world champions and 29 medalists from Tokyo to the first world championships on American soil. Among those world champions is 100-meter titlist Christian Coleman, who was banned from the Olympics after a case involving missed doping tests.
One headline race of 10-day meet features reigning Olympic champion Sydney McLaughlin against reigning world champion Dalilah Muhammad in the 400-meter hurdles.
They have taken turns setting world records over the past three years; McLaughlin lowered it to 51.41 seconds last month at nationals. Muhammad sat out nationals with a hamstring injury. Her world title guaranteed her a spot on the U.S. team. | https://www.cbs42.com/sports/allyson-felix-gets-mixed-relay-nod-heading-to-10th-worlds/ | 2022-07-06T15:07:18Z | https://www.cbs42.com/sports/allyson-felix-gets-mixed-relay-nod-heading-to-10th-worlds/ | false |
Save money on fun things to do in Arizona: Grand Canyon trips, Sedona tours, spa days
Traveling feels more expensive.
Everything from airfares to rental cars is under pressure from staffing shortages and high demand.
But it’s possible to have a memorable vacation or staycation in the Phoenix area and save some money on the experience.
Phoenix tourism promoters offer a mobile passport that includes restaurant discounts and savings on hot air balloon rides and Grand Canyon trips.
And third party discount sites like Groupon and Travelzoo can help you save money on experiences like Jeep tours and spa days. Here's some inspiration.
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Curated deals from Visit Phoenix
Visit Phoenix, the city’s convention and visitor bureau, offers a mobile exclusive passport with a selection of discounts at attractions, restaurants and shops in Phoenix and elsewhere in Arizona.
Highlights include:
- Grand Canyon Railway and Hotel: 20% off round-trip tickets for the train that takes passengers to the Grand Canyon from the Route 66 city of Williams.
- Rainbow Ryders Hot Air Balloon Ride Co.: $20 off shared flights, plus a discount on summer sunrise flights.
- Stellar Adventures: 10% off guided desert tours, including all terrain vehicle or utility task vehicle tours, Hummer tours and stargazing tours with night vision.
- Across Arizona Tours: 15% off bus tours to the Grand Canyon, Sedona and Oak Creek.
- Pomo Pizzeria: 20% off orders for the downtown pizzeria considered one of the best in the nation.
Get the passport at visitphoenix.com/plan-a-trip/deals.
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Families can save money with Pogo Pass
Some destinations have all-in-one passes that offer free or discounted admissions to multiple attractions. The Pogo Pass is one such pass for Phoenix and Tucson.
A Pogo Pass, valid for 12 months from the date of purchase, entitles a person to at least one admission for a variety of experiences, including two visits to the Phoenix Zoo, one visit to Golfland Sunsplash, two visits to regular season Arizona Diamondbacks games and one hour of bowling per month at 810 Billiards.
Pogo Passes are priced at $99.98, but the Pogo Pass Facebook page frequently offers coupon codes. Right now, it's offering 50% off pass purchases with an affiliate code. Keep in mind that you will need one pass per family member.
Find out more at pogopass.com/phoenix.
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Groupon deals: Sedona Jeep tours, Desert Belle boat rides
Groupon's deals on activities around Arizona include several big-ticket activities, including Jeep tours of Sedona. The best deals on Jeep tours are for group outings. For instance, a two-hour private tour with Earth Wisdom Jeep Tours for five people costs $345, originally valued at $530.
Groupon's offers in metro Phoenix include $17 cruises of Saguaro Lake aboard the Desert Belle, $20 admission for two at the Hall of Flame Fire Museum in Phoenix and $13 for a tour of SanTan Brewery and Distillery in Chandler. Go to groupon.com/browse/phoenix and enter your email to sign up.
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Travelzoo spa deals: Arizona Grand, Sanctuary, Princess
Travelzoo deals for members include spa experiences at area resorts. To join, enter your email address at travelzoo.com.
A $99 package at the Arizona Grand Resort and Spa in Phoenix, valued at $169, includes one 50-minute treatment with the options of a body scrub, full-body custom massage, custom facial or mom-to-be massage. It also includes a glass of champagne and access to spa amenities. Not valid on weekends, holidays and from Aug. 14 to Sept. 2, when the spa will be closed for renovations.
A $155 package at the Sanctuary on Camelback Mountain Resort and Spa in Paradise Valley allows guests to choose between a custom massage or a Sanctuary Jewel facial, both priced at $195 on the resort’s website. Travelzoo's package also comes with a $10 credit at the boutique, valid only on the day of service; two $30 spa credits for a future visit; and access to pool and spa amenities. Not valid on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays or holiday weekends.
A package at the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess in Scottsdale has no weekend blackout dates, though the weekends are slightly more expensive. The deal involves a choice of a 60-minute massage or facial, with options including three types of massages or two types of facials, for $159 Mondays through Thursdays or $169 Fridays through Sundays. Deals are also available on 60-minute deep tissue massages, which are $169 Mondays through Thursdays or $179 Fridays through Sundays.
Hot air ballooning in Cave Creek
Arizona Balloon Safaris, which allows guests to see the Sonoran Desert from a hot air balloon, has a Super-Saver Sale price of $179 per person, down from the standard $329 per person. Reservations can be made through December; available dates are limited. Call 480-502-7640 or visit arizonaballoonsafaris.com.
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NEW YORK, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Fin Group, a full-service management consulting firm to the pharmaceutical industry, today announced a new market research study video assessing current and future payer management in oncology by Kerri Fortier, Principal Consultant, and Jonny Clark, PharmD, Consultant (biographies are available here). The quantitative and qualitative data include influences on payer decision-making to prefer drugs in oncology, top barriers and influencers to manage oncolytics, and oncology management expectations in the next three years, including increasing contracting for preference and value-based contracting. The study is based on an award-winning poster on "Payer Perceptions and Practices Regarding Oncology Therapy Management" presented at AMCP Nexus in October 2021. The authors are available to the media for interviews.
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Blue Fin Group develops strategies to optimize patient access, commercialization, and gross-to-net to support life sciences manufacturers throughout the product life cycle. Blue Fin Group is a full-service management consulting firm delivering research, strategy, and implementation to help manufacturers align all the elements of marketing, market access, field sales, pharmacy and distribution, and patient services as a seamless commercial strategy that helps optimize patient outcomes. Blue Fin Group has served more than 300 manufacturers–primarily those commercializing their first asset or large global firms with products that span cell and gene therapies, orphan/rare, specialty, primary care, vaccines, biosimilars, and generics. For additional information, visit https://consultbfg.com/ or follow on Twitter and LinkedIn.
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BOSTON (AP) — Former NFL Pro Bowl wide receiver Demaryius Thomas is the latest in a growing list of football players diagnosed with CTE.
His family said Tuesday that researchers found that Thomas, who died in December at age 33, suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy. The four-time Pro Bowl wide receiver was dealing with depression, anxiety and other CTE symptoms at the time of his death.
CTE, a degenerative brain disease which can only be diagnosed posthumously, has been found in more than 100 former NFL players as well as semi-pro and high school soccer players. Hall of Fame linebacker Junior Seau had CTE when he died in 2012 of a gunshot wound to the chest.
Hall of Famers Ken Stabler, Frank Gifford and Mike Webster also were diagnosed with CTE.
Boston University CTE Center researchers discovered that Thomas was at stage 2 following a brain study through the Concussion Legacy Foundation. Thomas’ family released the findings of the study.
“Once I became aware of CTE and began to familiarize myself with the symptoms, I noticed that Demaryius was isolating himself and I saw other changes in him,” Katina Smith, Demaryius’ mother, said in a statement. “He was just so young, and it was horrible to see him struggle. His father and I hope all families learn the risks of playing football. We don’t want other parents to have to lose their children like we did.”
Stage 2 CTE is associated with “progressive behavior, cognitive and mood abnormalities.” Family members say Thomas developed depression, anxiety, panic attacks, and trouble with his memory in the years before his death. Stage 4 is the most severe stage of CTE and is usually associated with dementia.
“Like so many that have gone before, we found stage 2 CTE in the brain of Demaryius Thomas. The question I keep asking myself is ‘When will enough be enough?’ When will athletes, parents and the public at large stop ignoring the risks of American football and insist that the game be changed to reduce subconcussive hits?” said Dr. Ann McKee, chief of neuropathology for the VA Boston Healthcare System and director of the BU CTE Center and VA-BU-CLF/UNITE Brain Bank.
CLF co-founder and CEO Dr. Chris Nowinski arranged the study through Thomas’ family.
“The football community would have no idea why so many former players struggle with neurological disorders after their career without the families who say yes to brain donation, so I want to thank Bobby Thomas and Katina Smith — and all families — for their trust in Dr. McKee and this team,” said Nowinski, a former football player at Harvard. “I hope this is a wake-up call to high profile current and former NFL players that CTE is rampant among them, and they need to get involved in creating real solutions. CTE should be their number one off-the-field issue.”
Thomas is one of more than 300 former NFL players who have been diagnosed with CTE by McKee and the BU CTE Center research team.
Thomas’ cause of death has not yet been identified. In 2021, Thomas began experiencing seizures. McKee told ABC News she believes the seizures were due to severe traumatic injuries off the football field, including a car wreck and a fall on stone stairs.
“CTE itself does not cause death. You don’t die from CTE. What CTE does is it changes your behavior and your personality,” McKee said.
Thomas played 10 seasons in the NFL for the Denver Broncos, New York Jets, and Houston Texans. He won a Super Bowl with the Broncos and Peyton Manning following the 2015 season.
Thomas had 724 catches for 9,763 yards and 63 touchdowns.
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CLEVELAND , July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Dearborn®, a part of the Oatey family of companies, today announced that its True Blue® Bath Waste Kits are now available in Brass material, further expanding its already extensive offering of bath-waste kits.
Designed with the plumber in mind, the True Blue line is made with integrated locking features that reduce the number of tools needed for installation, saving time and eliminating frustration.
Dearborn® True Blue® Brass is ideal for markets where brass installations are required for commercial and residential applications. It is suitable for standard tub depths up to 16" and whirlpool depths up to 24". Dearborn® True Blue® Brass is available in rough and full kits with solder and slip joint connections. The full kit includes a test kit, chrome trim kit, overflow assembly, waste shoe assembly and a solder, or slip joint tee.
Constructed of brass, the True Blue Drain Spud is built for durability and longevity. Featuring two heavy-duty crossbars, it provides a greater flow rate than standard, four-crossbar designs. The Drain Spud can accept the trim veneer for easy finish change and replacement, and is compatible with all existing True Blue components.
True Blue Bath Waste is available in full, half, rough and trim kits with options for ABS or PVC and touch toe, uni-lift and push n' pull stopper choices. The trim kits come in designer finishes, including Matte Black, Chrome, White, Brushed Nickel, Oil Rubbed Bronze and Brushed Gold. Brass options are available with a standard slip-joint tee, NY tee, solder tee, and female outlet tee.
To learn more, visit oatey.com or your local wholesaler-distributor.
ABOUT OATEY CO.
Since 1916, Oatey has provided reliable, high-quality products for the residential and commercial plumbing industries, with a commitment to delivering quality, building trust and improving lives. Today, Oatey operates a comprehensive manufacturing and distribution network to supply thousands of products for professional builders, contractors, engineers and do-it-yourself consumers around the world.
Oatey is based in Cleveland, Ohio, and has locations in the United States, Canada, Mexico and China. For more information, visit www.oatey.com, call (800) 321-9532 or follow Oatey on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn or Instagram.
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FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WNCN) — A North Carolina man grieving the death of his granddaughter is demanding the arrest of a Fayetteville police officer.
This comes after an officer shot and killed Rick Iwanski’s granddaughter, 22-year-old Jada Johnson.
Iwanski called the killing “egregious” and said he “would like to see justice for her.”
“I think that the officer who killed her should go to jail,” Iwanski said.
The shooting happened at Iwanski’s home in Fayetteville just before 10 p.m. Friday when officers were responding to a call about a break-in at the home.
Iwanski said his granddaughter suffered from mental illness and was convinced her boyfriend was trying to get inside and kill her. He said he explained the situation to officers, but things escalated.
“She thought they (the boyfriend) was here to kill her and they (the police) end(ed) up murdering her right in front of us,” Iwanski said.
At some point before the Fayetteville officer shot Johnson, she pulled a gun and threatened to commit suicide, according to police.
“The officers were not threatened verbally. Yeah, there was a gun, but it was down,” the grandfather said.
Iwanski said one officer tackled Johnson to the ground and another shot her multiple times in front of him, her grandmother and her 2-year-old daughter.
He said there was an opportunity for officers to stop the situation without deadly force.
“When she put the gun down, they should have tased her, bean-bagged her, took her down then. Why didn’t they do it then?” Iwanski asked.
Fayetteville police told WNCN that they tried to persuade Johnson to surrender the weapon.
“For over an hour the officers pled with this young lady, tried to get this young lady to put this weapon down. Tried to get the help that she wanted,” Assistant Chief James Nolette with the Fayetteville Police Department said.
Police have since turned the case over to the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation. The officer who was allegedly involved has not been identified and remains on administrative duty.
“The SBI investigation remains ongoing. We don’t have any additional details to provide,” said an NCSBI statement to WNCN.
Iwanski said he believes this could have been avoided if the officers had resources or were trained in dealing with mental illness. | https://www.kron4.com/news/national/grandfather-calls-for-police-officers-arrest-after-granddaughter-killed-in-front-of-him/ | 2022-07-06T15:11:12Z | https://www.kron4.com/news/national/grandfather-calls-for-police-officers-arrest-after-granddaughter-killed-in-front-of-him/ | true |
With its dimmable lighting, sound-dampening technology and sleek design, Cove represents a new way to work in 2022.
ANN ARBOR, Mich., July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Leon Speakers announced today the launch of Cove, a revolutionary new desktop accessory that addresses today's increased conferencing and screen-time demands.
For 25 years, Leon has built a reputation for developing innovative ways of integrating audio and technology—attracting renowned clients like Slack Technologies and design-conscious actor Adrian Grenier.
"Blending design with technology is what we do," said Leon founder and president Noah Kaplan. "So when we started seeing post-pandemic work environment changes, we felt like we could use our industry expertise and experiences as creators ourselves to take a new approach to the term 'audiovisual.'"
Cove's top-of-the-line features allow users to improve focus and privacy while reducing eye strain. Sound-dampening recycled antimicrobial TURF felt reduces ambient noise even in a crowded room, while diffuse remote-adjustable natural LED backlighting by American Lighting creates an ultra-flattering glow.
Leon is partnering with Logitech and Shure to offer a variety of professional conference-ready Cove bundles at a great value to early backers.
As an established company, Leon is making its first foray into crowdfunding by launching Cove on the Indiegogo platform. This new endeavor is a way to expand outside the audiovisual industry and build organic widespread interest. Live ordering is expected to begin July 18.
Leon is guaranteeing fulfillment of the following several steeply discounted bundles:
- Workspace Studio Package - limited early access discount of $395. Includes Cove, available in Almond, Black or Slate Gray finish. (Valued at $695)
- Content Creator Package - $695. Includes: Cove, Logitech Streamcam and Shure MV7 microphone with tripod. (Valued at $1,150)
- Home Base Package - $495. Includes Cove and Logitech Brio. (Valued at $895)
Each package comes with an added bonus: a branded Leon notebook and t-shirt, valued at $45.
For more Cove information and updates visit the Indiegogo pre-launch site.
About Leon Speakers
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The use of advanced technologies and a fully remote process that leverages the Singularity network makes it possible to provide immediate help to amputees in conflict zones
RHINEBECK, N.Y. and SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Unlimited Tomorrow, a company empowering individuals with upper limb loss and limb difference by making high-quality, low-cost bionic prosthetic arms widely accessible, and Singularity Group, a global impact organization that looks into the future to help leaders better understand how exponential technology will shape businesses and societies in the years ahead, today announced a partnership to bring functional prosthetic limbs to those in need. Together these organizations are launching a $1 million GoFundMe initiative to create and deliver functional prosthetic limbs to 100 amputee victims of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Since February 2022, the world has witnessed the horrific tragedies of war brought on the people of Ukraine. The estimated number of wounded civilians ranges from roughly 3,000 to tens of thousands by local authorities. Among those large numbers, there are hundreds who have lost their limbs due to this conflict, many of whom are candidates for a prosthetic arm.
"At Unlimited Tomorrow, we have always been dedicated to making high-quality, low-cost bionic prosthetic limbs widely accessible to those individuals who need them most, "said Easton LaChappelle, CEO and Founder of Unlimited Tomorrow. "Our partnership with Singularity Group grew out of our combined interests in helping the victims of Ukraine, and supporting as many individuals as we can with prosthetic limbs. While we have committed to raising $1 million for this cause, we are fully prepared to grow the campaign to support more victims throughout the region. We consider this to be a stepping stone toward our vision to improve affordability, quality and accessibility of prosthetic devices on a global scale."
With the use of Unlimited Tomorrow's technology, victims will access their prosthetic limbs through the process of 3D scanning, 3D modeling, 3D printing, smart algorithms and virtual communications. This process not only shortens the timing but also reduces the price of a high functioning prosthetic arm from $20,000-$100,000 or more to just under $10,000 per limb. At that cost, Unlimited Tomorrow and Singularity Group will be able to help at least 100 victims of war.
Following the successful completion of the GoFundMe campaign, Unlimited Tomorrow and Singularity Group will provide people with the most advanced technology and life-changing solutions in a drastically reduced timeline. By leveraging the Singularity network of over 250,000 impact innovators, the organization is able to connect Unlimited Tomorrow with Singularity chapters in Ukraine, Poland and others around the world like Italy who have taken in wounded refugees. Through this network, the organizations are able to offer solutions to more people in need, quickly.
"This is a perfect example of the value of the Singularity network, bringing together a startup like Unlimited Tomorrow with Singularity chapters from around the world to make real impact at global scale," said Darlene Damm, Vice President of Community and Impact at Singularity Group. "We are so grateful to our partners around the globe and Singularity chapters in Ukraine, Poland and other European countries who have come together to support this effort and help us bring prosthetics to those in need."
Donations are tax-deductible and managed through the Unlimited Tomorrow Global Initiative, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit based in the United States.
Unlimited Tomorrow is a medical device company providing next-generation artificial arms to individuals with upper limb loss and limb difference. Unlimited Tomorrow combines ground-breaking technology including 3D printing, 3D scanning, 3D modeling, smart algorithms, and a fully digital workflow to achieve a high-quality, next-generation bionic arm for a fraction of the cost of similar devices. The company's TrueLimb® prosthetic arm is the most personalized, lightweight, comfortable, durable, and affordable bionic arm in the world. It is the only arm of its kind to have all components manufactured, assembled, and supported in one facility in the United States. By offering access through both an industry-first remote model, and through clinicians, Unlimited Tomorrow empowers users with accessibility and choice.
Unlimited Tomorrow Global Initiative is a non-profit affiliate of Unlimited Tomorrow, and its mission is to create new opportunities by unlocking every being's full potential through technology and services.
For more information, visit https://www.unlimitedtomorrow.com/.
Singularity Group is a global impact organization that looks into the future to help leaders better understand how exponential technology will shape businesses and societies in the years ahead. Through a deeper understanding of the accelerated pace of change and the role that technology plays in it, these leaders create tremendous positive impact that improves the wellbeing of people and the health of the planet. Over the past decade, Singularity has worked with more than 75,000 leaders drawn from corporations, nonprofits, governments, investors and academia. With 250,000 impact-minded innovators across the Singularity network, 125 chapters and partners across six continents and a strong digital presence, Singularity Group reaches millions of people each month. The organization has launched over 5,000 social impact initiatives, and its alumni have started more than 200 companies. For more information, visit https://su.org.
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Zen Media for Unlimited Tomorrow
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BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon hopes to start repatriating Syrian refugees within months over objections by the United Nations and rights groups, a minister said in an interview Wednesday.
Lebanon has one of the world's highest numbers of refugees per capita and currently hosts over 1 million Syrians who fled the decade-old conflict. Officials say the influx has cost Lebanon billions of dollars and further damaged its crippled infrastructure.
“We are serious about implementing this plan and we hope to do so within months,” Issam Charafeddine, Lebanon's caretaker Minister of the Displaced, told The Associated Press. “This is a humane, honorable, patriotic and economic plan that is necessary for Lebanon.”
The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees and rights groups oppose involuntary repatriation to Syria and say the practice risks endangering the returning refugees.
The U.N. refugee agency in a press statement denied that it is engaged in negotiations with Beirut and Damascus on refugee returns.
“UNHCR continues to call on the government of Lebanon to respect the fundamental right of all refugees to a voluntary, safe and dignified return,” the statement read.
The United Nations estimates that 90% of Syrian refugee households live in extreme poverty. But since late 2019, poverty has worsened for both Lebanese and Syrians as the Mediterranean country continues to struggle with crippling economic crisis. Sky-rocketing fuel prices coupled with a currency collapse has meant many essential commodities are now out of reach.
In recent months, a surge of Lebanese, Syrians, and Palestinians have tried to flee cash-strapped Lebanon by sea to Europe.
The Lebanese minister on Monday presented the plan to President Michel Aoun. A committee consisting of caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, Charafeddine, six other ministers and the country’s General Security organization had been working on the proposal since March to gradually return some 1.5 million Syrian refugees from Lebanon.
Charafeddine plans to visit Syria next week to meet Local Administration and Environment Minister Hussein Makhlouf. He hopes they will agree on a concrete timeline for the plan to repatriate 15,000 Syrian refugees every month. The minister says Maklouf had told him that the Syrian government could provide temporary shelter for repatriated refugees in areas that are “entirely safe.”
“We have statistics from the Interior Ministry of the names of the displaced, where they live, and where they’re originally from, and so we would return them by neighborhood,” the minister said. He said Lebanon is willing to repatriate refugees in larger numbers if the Syrian government is able to receive them “at a later stage”.
Human rights organizations in recent reports have documented cases of arbitrary detention, enforced disappearances, and a host of human rights violations against returning refugees.
Charafeddine rejected these reports as a “fear campaign” and said the Syrian government has agreed to drop charges against former opposition fighters and political opposition.
“I was surprised that the Syrian state has eased matters a lot for returns even when it comes to security matters - even those who held weapons will get waivers,” Charafeddine told the AP.
The caretaker minister also criticized the UNHCR and donor countries for not being willing to redirect refugee aid to Syria, which he says deters refugees from returning.
“Whatever the UNHCR’s position is, we will go ahead with the plan,” he said. | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Lebanon-hopes-to-repatriate-Syrian-refugees-17287263.php | 2022-07-06T15:13:36Z | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Lebanon-hopes-to-repatriate-Syrian-refugees-17287263.php | true |
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Haig Partners LLC, the leading buy-sell advisory firm to auto, heavy truck and RV dealers in the U.S., served as the exclusive sell-side advisor to Lustine Automall in its sale to Graham Ourisman Automotive, a partnership between Graham Holdings Company (NYSE: GHC) and Chris Ourisman. Lustine Automall consists of Lustine Toyota and Lustine Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep-Ram of Woodbridge, VA.
Graham Holdings Company is a diversified holding company headquartered in Arlington, VA. It was formerly the owner of the Washington Post newspaper and Newsweek magazine. Graham Holdings now invests in a variety of industries, including automotive dealerships. Christopher J. Ourisman, a fourth generation member of the Ourisman Automotive Group family of dealerships, and his team of industry professionals will operate and manage the dealerships. GHC has also invested in four other dealerships: Ourisman Lexus of Rockville, Ourisman Honda of Tysons Corner, Ourisman Jeep of Bethesda, and Ourisman Ford of Manassas.
Alan Haig, President of Haig Partners which represented the seller, said, "We thank the Lustine Family for giving us the opportunity to represent them on the sale of their dealerships to the Graham Ourisman partnership. Mr. Burton Lustine built two highly profitable dealerships and has been a fixture in the DC Metro auto retail business for decades before passing away late last year. And we send our congratulations to Chris Ourisman and the Graham Holdings team on this acquisition that will grow their group in the DC metropolitan area, one of the best car markets in the country. We like this partnership between knowledgeable operators that have the support of the OEMs with investment firms that are looking for attractive returns on the capital they are putting to work. Toyota and Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep-Ram dealerships are performing particularly well over the past year given their ability to produce and deliver attractive products to dealers, and that they remain committed to the traditional franchise system."
Mike Charapp and Barrie Charapp Beaty of Mahdavi Bacon Halfhill & Young, PLLC provided legal counsel to the seller.
The team at Haig Partners has been involved in the purchase or sale of 15 dealerships in Virginia. Haig Partners has advised on the sale of 29 dealerships nationwide so far in 2022.
About Haig Partners
Haig Partners LLC helps dealers to maximize the value of their businesses when they are ready to sell. The team at Haig Partners has unmatched experience with executives from leading retail dealer groups and financial institutions. They have advised on the purchase or sale of more than 575 dealerships for over $9.0 billion, more than any other firm. Haig Partners leverages its expertise and relationships to lead clients through a confidential and customizable sales process that also maximizes the value of their businesses. They author the Haig Report, the leading industry quarterly report that tracks trends in auto retail and their impact on dealership values, and are co-author of NADA's Guide, "Buying and Selling a Dealership." For more information, visit www.haigpartners.com.
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GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado funeral home operator accused of illegally selling body parts and giving clients fake ashes has pleaded guilty to mail fraud in federal court.
Megan Hess faces a maximum sentence of 20 years after Tuesday's plea.
During the hearing, Hess said she took responsibility for her actions.
“I’m here to accept the plea," she said, according to The Daily Sentinel. "The families believe I went beyond the scope of the consent forms.”
U.S. authorities said that on dozens of occasions, Hess and her mother, Shirley Koch, transferred bodies or body parts to third parties for research without families’ knowledge.
The women operated the Sunset Mesa Funeral Home as well as Donor Services in Montrose.
Hess and Koch were charged in 2020 with six counts of mail fraud and three counts of illegal transportation of hazardous materials.
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Highlights Include: Which Hospitals Offer Excellence in Patient Safety and Quality Care, How Covid-19 Changed Hospitals, and What You Need to Know Before, During, and After a Hospital Stay
DORADO, Puerto Rico, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Digital platform Money today announced its inaugural list of the Best Hospitals in America, in partnership with The Leapfrog Group, a national watchdog organization of employers and other purchasers focused on health care safety and quality. With rising health care costs, a notoriously complex health care system to navigate, and medical errors as the third leading cause of death, how do families and individuals decide where they can get the best care based on their needs and wallet? Money and The Leapfrog Group teamed up to help readers narrow down a list of more than 6,000 hospitals in the United States and identified the facilities that consistently deliver the safest, highest-value care for patients and excellence in hospital experience.
This year, Money and The Leapfrog Group selected 148 U.S. hospitals to receive the Best Hospital Award. The diverse list includes general hospitals, children's hospitals, teaching hospitals, and rural hospitals. Among the criteria that weighed heavily in the selection process include a hospital's infection rates, maternity care, pediatrics, medication management, hand hygiene practices, nursing workforce, and critical care. Leapfrog also tracked the number of high-risk surgeries, including open heart surgery, bariatric surgery for weight loss, lung cancer surgery, and hip replacement surgery, among others. California, Florida, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Pennsylvania were among the states with the most Best Hospitals. Each of these five states had ten or more hospitals receiving the designation, with Florida leading the country with twenty-six top facilities.
The complete guide to hospitals and your money, along with the team's methodology, can be found on Money.com here.
"Covid changed how people think and prioritize health care – and Money's Best Hospitals will help readers navigate this new normal with these great recommendations," said Mike Ayers, Executive Editor at MONEY.
"Leapfrog is honored to partner with Money to recognize hospitals that truly put patients first," said Leah Binder, president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group. "Americans are heavily invested in our health care system, and we have a right to expect the best quality in return. Money recognizes that hospitals on this list meet the highest standards of quality and safety and tirelessly work to improve health care in their communities across the country."
Along with the inaugural list, Money senior writer, Sarah Hansen, reports on:
--How COVID-19 Changed Hospital Care: After two life-changing pandemic years, we've seen many challenges to the healthcare industry with workforce shortages and delayed care for serious illnesses, as well as, positive shifts including the expansion of telemedicine for those who would otherwise struggle to access care. How are hospitals addressing the constraints caused by Covid-related disruptions? How will hospital consolidation impact patients, doctors, and employers?
--What You Need to Know Before, During and After a Hospital Stay: Hospital errors worsened during the pandemic and burnout among health care professionals reached crisis-level. Money shares their essential guide to navigating your hospital stay with valuable tips such as: 1) inquiring about what your insurance covers, 2) getting a cost estimate on your treatment prior to your visit, 3) understanding what the new No Surprises Act covers, 4) bringing an advocate with you to help with logistics so you can focus on your health, 5) avoiding credit card payments to preserve some flexibility in negotiating later, and more.
Available for interviews are Leapfrog's president and CEO Leah Binder, who has been working to improve patient safety and quality in health care systems for over 20 years, and Money's lead reporter on the latest health care stories, Sarah Hansen.
Money has a 50-year legacy of guiding people to financial victories with up-to-date information, education, and tools. Money, a digital platform, helps create richer lives for everyone—in every sense of the word. Signature franchises include a bevy of Best-In categories such as Best Places to Live, Best Crypto Exchanges, Best Mortgage Lenders, Best Life Insurance, Best Auto Insurance, Best VA Loans, Best Homeowner Insurance, Best High-Yield Savings Accounts, Best Credit Cards, Best Colleges, Best Student Loans, and Best Student Loan Refinance Companies, with an aim to improve your finances and promote your well-being. For more information, visit Money.com.
Founded in 2000 by large employers and other purchasers, The Leapfrog Group is an independent national nonprofit with a mission of giant leaps for patient safety. The flagship Leapfrog Hospital Survey and new Leapfrog Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) Survey collect and transparently report hospital and ASC performance, empowering purchasers to find the highest-value care and giving consumers the lifesaving information they need to make informed decisions. The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, Leapfrog's other main initiative, assigns letter grades to hospitals based on their record of patient safety, helping consumers protect themselves and their families from errors, injuries, accidents, and infections. For more, follow us on Twitter and Facebook, and sign up for our newsletter.
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LAS VEGAS, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- OPTX, a reigning tech leader in the casino gaming industry, has contracted with the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino. The groundbreaking tech company, founded by former casino operators, is focused on streamlining casino player data into real-time insights for casino operators.
OPTX is bringing its full suite of Player Development, Slots and Marketing to Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino.
OPTX will provide a tool that will be utilized across multiple departments to create a single source of data for multiple disparate systems within the property. The slot department will have seamless functionality to navigate from high-level slot and property KPIs down to individual machine and player preferences. Player Development will have a real-time tool that allows them to engage with guests, identify opportunities, and grow their books of business all while streamlining day-to-day operational tasks across the gaming floor. Marketing teams will have the ability to introduce complex and automated marketing campaigns functionally which will increase the precision and effectiveness of their marketing spend.
Tyson Harding, Vice President of Casino Marketing at Westgate, expressed his enthusiasm for OPTX. "Westgate was looking for a solution to bring multiple layers of operations into one view in real-time and we found that with OPTX." Harding emphasized his desire to continue to introduce cutting edge technology at his property, "We were seeking a solution that not only helped solve our day-to-day challenges but one that also looks to introduce new features and functionality at a rapid pace to keep up with the ever-changing industry. We are excited to partner with OPTX."
Co-CEO of OPTX Brooke Fiumara shared, "Westgate selecting OPTX for its property business intelligence platform demonstrates the continued value operators place on our mission of creating the next generation of casino operations. Property leaders are seeking a single platform solution that doesn't just present data, it provides the functionality for operators to use it. We are confident OPTX will continue to meet the dynamic needs of Westgate."
OPTX ingests and simplifies all the information from multiple internal and external data sources so operators can take action and generate profitable results for their property, all within one integrated software solution. For more information about OPTX or to schedule a demo, go to www.OPTX.com.
OPTX was founded in mid-2019 by former casino executives that believe only through the union of operations, people and technology can impactful results be achieved. The OPTX solution is designed from the ground up to simplify complex processes and improve operational efficiency. As an enterprise technology solution for casino operators, OPTX gathers the meaningful player data from multiple source systems, cleanses it and then presents it in an understandably clear way. For more information about OPTX go to www.OPTX.com.
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Income Tax department searches premises of Dolo-650 makers
Micro Labs Ltd, the manufacturers of Dolo-650 tablet, the antipyretic pill that got popular during covid was raided by IT department on July 6
The Income Tax department Wednesday conducted searches at the premises of Bengaluru-based pharmaceutical company Micro Labs Ltd, the manufacturers of Dolo-650 tablet that was widely used by COVID-19 patients during the last over two years, on charges of alleged tax evasion.
Officials said the department is looking at financial documents, balance sheets and business distributor networks of the company as part of the searches.
The PTI has sent queries on the action to the company and a response is awaited.
Some other linked locations of the company in other cities and those of its promoters and distributors are also being covered, they said.
The company said on its website that it was engaged in the making and marketing pharmaceutical products and APIs (Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients) and has 17 manufacturing units across the country apart from conducting business overseas.
Its major pharma products are Dolo-650, Amlong, Lubrex, Diapride, Vildapride, Olmat, Avas, Tripride, Bactoclav, Tenepride-M and Arbitel.
Dolo-650, an analgesic (pain killer) and antipyretic (fever-reducing) was being prescribed by doctors and medical shop owners for coronavirus patients to reduce pain and fever, common symptoms caused by Covid.
In the words of the company, Dolo-650, is "virtually a household name across the country".
The company website showcased a news article, published in February, on its website that said: "The company has sold 350 crore tablets (of Dolo-650) since the Covid-19 outbreak in 2020, and earned revenues of Rs 400 crore in a year."
The CMD of the company, Dilip Surana, has been quoted in the story.
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Nation's Leading Fitness Boxing Company Grows from Within, Existing Franchise Partner Expands on West Coast
SACRAMENTO, Calif., July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TITLE Boxing Club, the franchise of boutique fitness clubs specializing in boxing and kickboxing classes, has signed a franchise agreement to bring a second location to Sacramento, CA at 2339 Fair Oaks Blvd Suite G. This is TITLE's first agreement since being acquired by BoxUnion last year, and comes after months of behind-the-scenes strategic planning and innovation to the brand's franchise opportunity.
Behind the secured agreement is current franchise partner and Sacramento-natives, Blake and Jenny Kidwell. The husband-and-wife duo were first introduced to TITLE during a trip in 2016. They had previously done one-on-one boxing classes but loved TITLE's concept and classes. After visiting a few clubs, the Kidwell's signed their first agreement in 2017 to bring the concept's first location to California's capital. Now they are looking to grow their portfolio with an additional TITLE Boxing Club.
"Sacramento is my home and after experiencing a TITLE class for the first time, I was determined to bring the concept to this community," said Kidwell. "Jenny and I have built a welcoming environment in our existing club for all members – regardless of their fitness level – with the help of employees who live and breathe that same mantra. We have established ourselves in the heart of city and I'm excited to continue to strengthen our presence in the area."
This announcement builds off of the recent re-launch of TITLE Boxing Club's franchise opportunity. The brand made enhancements and improvements across four main pillars: effective use of technology, innovation and creativity, marketing, and training and support. The company also rolled out an enhanced TITLE On Demand digital platform, giving the brand the ability to meet members wherever they are.
"Growing our brand through passionate franchise partners such as Blake and Jenny will propel us into our next era of success," said Todd Wadler, CEO of TITLE Boxing Club and Co-Founder of BoxUnion. "When an existing franchise partner doubles-down on their current investment, it speaks to the success of our system and support team."
"All the changes that Todd and his team implemented post-acquisition have transformed our abilities as franchise partners to be successful," added Kidwell. "I would not have signed on for an additional location if it weren't for the tremendous support from the leadership team."
TITLE Boxing Club is actively seeking franchise partners in key markets across the country as well as on an international level after the hiring of a SVP of International Strategy and Business Development.
TITLE Boxing Club offers a variety of memberships and class packs. The most popular memberships include all-club access to visit any TITLE location across the U.S and a subscription to TITLE Boxing Club On Demand to complement the member's in-club experience. As the brand's digital subscription platform, members have 24/7 access to a variety of workouts, including boxing, kickboxing, HIIT, strength, core and more, from anywhere.
For more information on TITLE Boxing Club and its franchise opportunity, please visit https://franchise.titleboxingclub.com/.
TITLE Boxing Club is a franchise of boutique fitness clubs specializing in boxing and kickboxing classes with more than 140 locations and 30,000+ members. TITLE Boxing Club increases fitness with decreasing stress, and also allows consumers to work out anytime, anywhere through their digital subscription Service TITLE Boxing Club On Demand. In January 2021, TITLE Boxing Club was acquired by BoxUnion to form the nation's premier omnichannel fitness brand. To find out more about TITLE Boxing Club and find a location near you visit titleboxingclub.com. To find out more about TITLE Boxing Club On Demand and try it for free visit titleboxingclubondemand.com.
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BOONE, Iowa, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Rail Explorers, featuring pedal-assisted railbikes, announced today the launch of the Rail Explorers: Boone IA Division at the Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad on July 21, 2022. This will be the first location in the Midwest and the fifth location in the Rail Explorers portfolio. Rail Explorers Boone IA joins sister locations including, Las Vegas, Nevada, Cooperstown, New York, The Catskills, New York, and Newport, Rhode Island.
Rail Explorers' custom-built explorers are the latest development in pedal powered rail technology, and are the global leader in safety, design, and ease of operation. Rail Explorers are the founders of the railbike industry in the USA and pioneered this unique and exciting way to experience the magic of the railroad.
The Boone IA Division will utilize a custom-built electric motor, the REX Propulsion System on each railbike. This makes the ride truly effortless, ensuring the experience is available for all ages and abilities. Rail Explorers offers a Quad railbike, for up to 4 riders and a Tandem, for 2 riders.
This ride is for thrill seekers and nature enthusiasts alike. These pedal-assisted bikes glide along the railroad tracks, letting you roll effortlessly through the Des Moines countryside. Visitors can enjoy beautiful views of the Des Moines River Valley. The ride's showstopper is the historic "Bass Point Creek High Trestle", 156' high, 750' long trestle with panoramic views of the Des Moines River Valley. The 12.4-mile round trip tour will feature a half-way stop on the banks of the Des Moines River. Guests are encouraged to bring refreshments.
The Rail Explorers depot is located at 123 10th Street, Boone Iowa, on the property of the Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad & Museum which is one of the few museums in the world that allows visitors to view steam, diesel, and electric railroad operations.
Free parking is available at the Rail Explorers depot. Group, private, team building, educational and special topic tours are available.
Prices average
per person. The 4 seat Quad is
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For tickets and information, visit www.railexplorers.net or call 877-833-8588. Reservations are recommended.
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- Enel X was awarded POWER Magazine's Distributed Energy Award for its microgrid project with Martha's Vineyard Transit Authority (VTA).
- First awarded in 2018, POWER's Distributed Energy Award looks for projects that creatively implement reliable and sustainable power solutions utilizing distributed energy technology.
- Enel X won this award in 2021 for its virtual power plant (VPP) project with the California Independent System Operator (CAISO).
BOSTON, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Enel X, the advanced energy services arm of the Enel Group, won POWER Magazine's Distributed Energy Award for the second year in a row for its installation of a solar-plus-storage microgrid to power an all-electric bus fleet for the Martha's Vineyard Transit Authority (VTA). This award is given to projects that creatively implement reliable and sustainable power solutions utilizing distributed energy technology. Enel X's microgrid creates a resilient independent energy source for the island of Martha's Vineyard and significantly reduces the VTA's carbon footprint by transitioning its bus fleet from diesel to solar power.
"We are proud to be recognized for our work helping the VTA achieve its sustainability goals and ensure continuity of service for its riders," said Philip Martin, Vice President of Energy Storage at Enel X North America. "Not only is the microgrid making the island more resilient and energy independent, but it is also projected to help the VTA avoid 36,000 tons of CO2 emissions over 10 years. We hope this serves as a model for what other island and coastal communities can do."
Enel X's microgrid combines a state-of-the-art solar carport that charges the VTA's fleet with a 1.5 MWh battery storage system, delivering backup power with always-on dependability, which is especially important for island communities like Martha's Vineyard that have a higher risk of extreme weather. The battery acts as a behind-the-meter resource, enabling the VTA to sell energy back to the grid. With the VTA's goal of fully electrifying its fleet by 2027, Enel X has provided 16 VTA e-buses or half of the transit agency's total bus fleet.
"Our selection committee was very impressed with the award submissions received this year. There was stiff competition in all categories, and much discussion and debate took place during the selection process," said Aaron Larson, Executive Editor of POWER Magazine. "Martha's Vineyard Transit Authority's microgrid and solar charging port project—completed with the help of Enel X North America and solar firm Borrego—stood out as a really impressive power system, well worthy of our 2022 Distributed Energy Award."
Over its lifetime, this project is estimated to generate $1 million from the battery's market revenue and serve as a blueprint for other island and coastal communities. This project has a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) locked in which includes 30% savings for power produced over the next two decades. The project is a public-private partnership with multiple funding sources including $2 million from a partnership between Enel X and VTA and another $2 million financed by the Federal Transit Administration, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, and the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center.
Massachusetts is Enel North America's headquarters, with offices in Boston's Seaport District and Andover. This project highlights Enel X's commitment to providing smart value-added services and solutions throughout North America that enable businesses and communities to create, store, use and manage energy more efficiently, sustainably and strategically.
About Enel X
Enel X is Enel Group's global business line offering services that accelerate innovation and drive the energy transition. In North America, Enel X has around 4,500 business customers, spanning more than 35,000 sites and representing approximately $10.5B in energy spend under management. Enel X North America has approximately 4.7 GW of demand response capacity, over 140 battery storage projects that are operational and under contract. Enel X advises large energy users on energy procurement, sustainability, and risk management, and has completed 65,000 energy procurement events including 3,500 MW of long-term renewable energy contracts. The company's intelligent DER Optimization Software is designed to analyze real-time energy and utility bill data, improve performance, and manage distributed energy assets across a number of different value streams and applications.
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Turning Point Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: TPTX)'s sale to Bristol Myers Squibb for $76.00 per share. If you are a Turning Point shareholder, click here to learn more about your rights and options.
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Yumanity Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: YMTX)'s sale of its product candidate, YTX-7739, and Yumanity's unpartnered discovery-stage neuroscience product candidates and targets to Janssen Pharmaceutica NV for $26 million in cash, and Yumanity's proposed merger with Kineta, Inc. If you are a Yumanity shareholder, click here to learn more about your rights and options.
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Company Invests in Connected Portfolio as Tire Inflation Becomes Critical for Electric, Autonomous Vehicles
SOUTHFIELD, Mich., July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Clarience Technologies™ has acquired Pressure Systems International® (P.S.I.), the world's leading provider of automatic tire inflation systems for commercial truck trailers – effectively expanding the company's technology portfolio to include the tire-related technologies gaining widespread adoption as commercial fleets shift toward electric vehicles.
"As electric vehicle fleets seek to maximize range and minimize downtime, tire rolling resistance plays an increasingly important role in determining EV range," said Brian Kupchella, Clarience Technologies CEO. "P.S.I. is an industry innovator that expands our technology capabilities, making the company a strong, strategic fit with Clarience Technologies."
The acquisition includes P.S.I. operations as well as the Truck System Technologies® operations, both located in San Antonio, Texas. The company will operate as a distinct business unit of Clarience Technologies. Tim Musgrave, President and CEO of P.S.I., will continue to lead the business in his current capacity.
"In 1993, we imagined a better way for fleets to keep their tires at the correct tire pressure. We realized quickly we were doing more than forming a new company — we were launching a new industry," said Tim Musgrave, President and CEO, Pressure Systems Technologies. "Now, as part of Clarience Technologies, we can continue delivering future innovations to transportation."
With nearly 2 million of its systems installed on commercial trailers, P.S.I. has led the way in driving adoption of automatic trailer tire inflation systems. The company has built upon that success, expanding into the RV trailer market in 2017 with their acquisition of Truck System Technologies (TST). Today, TST offers the only OEM-approved, factory-installed tire pressure monitoring system for travel trailers, a system made available through Thor, Forest River and Airstream, among others.
Michigan-based Clarience Technologies is parent company to several brands serving commercial transportation, including Truck-Lite® vehicle lighting solutions, Road Ready™ advanced telematics, DAVCO filtration systems, ECCO safety systems and LED Autolamps. The company also owns Rigid Industries, an LED lighting provider serving the off-road recreational vehicle market; Lumitec, a commercial lighting supplier serving the luxury marine market; and Code 3, a lighting and connected systems provider for emergency vehicles.
As commercial trucking transforms due to electric and autonomous technology, the importance of tire health management becomes even more critical. Tire rolling resistance is critical to ensure optimal EV range — as nearly every other factor contributing to range limitation will be eliminated in an electric vehicle. What's more, as autonomous driving technologies begin to take hold, automated maintenance like tire inflation affects range, safety and uptime. P.S.I.'s platform of tire pressure and peripheral sensors deliver industry leading data reliability. Not only can they assist with improving tire life and fuel consumption but can also be part of a complete connected vehicle system that is integral in the advancement of autonomous vehicles. With a set of optional sensors, TireView™ delivers a holistic approach to vehicle health including air system status, potential brake issues and monitoring for wheel end thermal events. Collectively, these "smarter," more connected technologies will help Clarience Technologies deliver more complete solutions for an electric and autonomous future.
Clarience Technologies was launched in 2020 from several leading transportation technology brands. Company leaders had the vision to see the impact new technologies were about to make to transportation, and they committed early on to forge a new company dedicated to finding better ways of applying these transformational technologies.
One of the Clarience Technologies businesses, Road Ready, has already been working closely with P.S.I. as part of its LogIQ™ smart partner network — a first-of-its-kind group of industry leaders who provide truck and trailer health data to fleet customers through Road Ready's interface.
Over the past two years Clarience Technologies acquired several other companies to accelerate growth, starting with ECCO Safety Group in December, 2020, whose ECCO and Code 3 brands have strong distribution throughout North America, Europe and Australia. In November, 2021, Clarience Technologies grew its global footprint by acquiring LED Autolamps, an Australian-based provider of commercial vehicle lighting solutions throughout Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Most recently, Clarience Technologies added Fleetilla — a telematics and asset tracking technology company with an offering that complements the Road Ready system—nearly doubling the number of solutions from Road Ready.
In 2020, Clarience Technologies opened its new global headquarters in Southfield, Michigan — also serving as headquarters for its Road Ready advanced telematics business — and established a new global research and development center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Both Detroit and Pittsburgh have emerged as leading epicenters of transportation technology as top talent and private-sector investment are coming together to drive industry innovation. Company officials have already forged strong relationships with several top-tier universities, including Michigan State University and Lawrence Technological University in Michigan and Carnegie-Mellon University and Penn State Behrend in Pennsylvania, which serve as key enablers to foster the innovations required in an electric, autonomous and globally-connected future.
Clarience Technologies focuses on developing vehicle and fleet management technology innovations for the commercial vehicle, passenger car, recreational off-road machine and pleasure craft markets. Through our data and insights, we improve fleet management, streamline supply chain management and enhance safety on and off the road. Since our Truck-Lite brand introduced the first sealed marker light in 1955, our companies have unveiled a steady stream of innovations that have turned customers into long-term partners. Today, Clarience Technologies is a global company known for its quality and dedication to sustainability – and to providing the technologies that keep our world moving forward. Learn more at www.clariencetechnologies.com.
Pressure Systems International is the world leader in automatic tire inflation systems, tire pressure monitoring systems and related products for commercial trucks and trailers, as well as its TPMS for the RV market, under the TST brand. P.S.I. is a privately held company based in San Antonio, TX, and exports to 45 countries including China, India, South America, Africa, Australia and Europe. P.S.I. is an ISO 9001 Quality Management certified. For more information about Pressure Systems International visit their website www.psitireinflation.com
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This joint solution will enable organizations to speed up the building and launching of new digital services by up to 10x.
NEW YORK, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- GigaSpaces is joining forces with IBM and Wix to design a joint Digital Acceleration Hub (DAH), that will accelerate the pace at which enterprises and start-ups can build and deploy new digital services.
DAH accelerates digital transformation by helping companies build new data services in just days instead of months, as much as 10x faster than current development cycles, while enabling high speed iterations on existing digital services. The joint solution combines GigaSpaces' high-performance in-memory data platform with the capabilities and cutting-edge technologies of IBM and Wix.
In addition to accelerating the creation of new business applications, DAH also enables enterprises to incorporate innovative solutions from the start-up ecosystem, using a secure, simple and standardized integration process.
The enterprise offering is based on the following key components:
- Multi-channel business applications (websites, mobile and social) using coding platforms
- Microservices management
- AI infusion that turns data into insights
- Low-latency, high throughput, scalable Data Store
- Seamless and open integration with various types of SoRs, both on-premise and on hybrid/multi-cloud environments
- Smart CDC for real-time data replication into the DAH data store to ensure business continuity even when SoRs are down
"Wix has long been the unrivaled leader in website creation for small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs)," says Yoav Abrahami, Head of Wix Code. "By joining forces with IBM and GigaSpaces, we will open up our superb UI/UX experience to enterprises, using the Velo code-first platform to empower casual developers and leverage enterprise development resources."
"We are honored to be partnering with these two tech giants, IBM and Wix," says Adi Paz, CEO of GigaSpaces. "As a company that has been partnering with enterprises throughout their digital transformation journey over the last decade, we are highly familiar with the hurdles and impediments of launching new digital services at scale. We are confident that DAH will help shorten development cycles and enable organizations to build digital services at unprecedented speed."
About Wix.com, Ltd: Wix is a leading platform to create, manage and grow a digital presence. What began as a website builder in 2006 is now a complete platform providing users with enterprise-grade performance, security and a reliable infrastructure. Offering a wide range of commerce and business solutions, advanced SEO and marketing tools, Wix enables users to have full ownership of their brand, their data and their relationships with their customers. With a focus on continuous innovation and delivery of new features and products, anyone can build a powerful digital presence to fulfill their dreams on Wix.
https://www.wix.com
About GigaSpaces: GigaSpaces is a global pioneer of in-memory computing, building one of the market's first Digital Integration Hubs - an out-of-the-box solution that simplifies organizations' digital transformation, enabling them to develop and launch digital services at a rapid pace. The GigaSpaces Smart DIH is part of the company's Smart suite of products, alongside the award-winning Smart Cache solution.
GigaSpaces offices are located in the US, Europe and Israel with partners such as IBM, Capgemini and Cognizant, and serving customers such as Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, CSX, Goldman Sachs, Société Générale, Credit Agricole, American Airlines, Avanza Bank, CLSA, Stellantis, and UBS.
www.gigaspaces.com.
About IBM: IBM is one of the biggest technology companies in the world, a leading cloud platform and cognitive solutions company. For more than 7 decades, IBM Research has defined the future of information technology, with more than 3,000 researchers in 12 labs located across 6 continents. Every year, IBM invests $6 billion in research. For 27 consecutive years, it has topped the list of new patent registrations.
IBM's growth areas include AI, cloud computing, security, blockchain, quantum computing, the Internet of Things (IoT), and more. A significant portion of IBM's revenue is generated by IBM's software and infrastructure products. IBM also provides consulting services in many business and industry domains.
https://www.ibm.com/
IBM Alpha Zone Accelerator offers a 6-month professional and deep immersion program for the purposes of developing solutions for the enterprise market. The program focuses on post Seed & Round A funded companies with the aim to create long term Technology and Business partnership with IBM worldwide.
IBM Alpha Zone is a partner at riHub.
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POTOMAC, Md., July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Curbio, Inc., the leading fix now, pay-at-closing home improvement solution for real estate agents and their clients, today announced that it has expanded its services into the Jersey Shore area of New Jersey. This expansion includes Tom's River, Atlantic City, Cape May, and the surrounding areas.
Curbio is a groundbreaking PropTech solution that has set out to transform the way that real estate agents, brokerages, and their clients get listings ready for market. Curbio's expertise in pre-listing home improvements, combined with its proprietary technology, enable the company to complete pre-listing updates of any size efficiently and reliably, so that realtors and their clients can sell their home for more without the hassle of traditional home improvement.
Curbio takes care of all sourcing, project management and communication, and acts as the licensed, insured general contractor on all projects. The company does not have any project minimums or maximums, making their pay-at-closing solution ideal for listings of any size. From basic listing preparations to whole home makeovers, Curbio helps any listing become market-ready quickly and reliably.
"We couldn't be more excited to be bringing Curbio to the Jersey Shore. Buyers in the Jersey Shore want move-in-ready homes, and Curbio is here to help with that. We are the only completely turnkey pre-listing home improvement solution that allows real estate agents and their clients to update their listings and sell for more, without taking on the stress of traditional home improvement. Plus, homeowners don't pay any cash until the home sells, with zero interest, fees, or premiums," said Olivia Mariani, VP of Marketing at Curbio.
This is the seventh new-market expansion for Curbio this year, following their launches in Nashville, Tenn., Richmond, Va., Wilmington, Del., Charlotte, N.C., Virginia Beach, Va., and Raleigh, N.C. The company now serves 31 markets across the United States.
Curbio was founded in 2017 to transform the multi-billion-dollar home improvement industry and has quickly become the nation's leading pay-at-closing home improvement solution. The company partners exclusively with real estate agents and their clients to get any home ready for the market, allowing it to sell faster and for top dollar. Using technology to power their service, Curbio completes pre-listing home improvement projects of any size quickly and without hassle, from start to finish, with zero payment due until the home sells. Curbio is trusted by thousands of realtors and brokerages nationwide, and has been continuously recognized for its exemplary solution, receiving nods in HousingWire, Qualified Remodeler and Comparably, to name a few.
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Leading omnichannel lease-to-own company uses SOCi to unlock localized and franchise digital marketing
SAN DIEGO, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Rent-A-Center, the leading dedicated lease-to-own retail channel for durable goods such as furniture, electronics, and appliances, named SOCi its localized marketing platform of record.
The partnership between SOCi and Rent-A-Center exemplifies where multi-location, online-to-offline marketing is headed and what retailers are looking for from digital marketing solutions as they seek to gain market share in the omnichannel shopping era.
"COVID accelerated the localized movement in digital marketing, making it more important than ever for multi-location businesses to optimize their local presence in search and social channels while doubling down on local customer care and reputation management," said SOCi founder and CEO Afif Khoury. "Rent-A-Center will leverage our award-winning platform to customize its local marketing in each of its more than 400 franchise locations, and optimize its reach and engagement in every community."
COVID caused a scramble among national retailers, forcing them to swiftly identify solutions that would help brick-and-mortar locations and franchisees get digital marketing up and running. Now, nearly two years after March 2020, retailers are carefully evaluating opportunities to power digital marketing for the long term, looking to localized solutions that will help individual locations not just cover the digital basics, but capitalize on connections to their communities to unlock the benefits of multi-location marketing.
For Rent-A-Center, the distinctive features of a top vendor in multi-location marketing were ongoing, robust customer support; the ability to meet almost all the retailer's needs; plug-and-play design; strong training; and on-demand reporting. With targeted digital tools, Rent-A-Center's hundreds of local operators are talking to the customers in their own communities and leveraging those relationships to craft a more positive customer experience.
"Our franchisees want the opportunity to have direct impact in the marketing in their respective markets," said Rent-A-Center director of franchise marketing Christopher Say. "Using SOCi gives them the opportunity to own their backyard from a social media and review management standpoint."
Rent-A-Center rolled out SOCi to its 401 franchise-owned stores, empowering local operators to optimize social and reputation management as well as social advertising across platforms like Facebook and Google Business Profile (formerly Google My Business). For SOCi, which earlier this year raised $80 million in funding and acquired localized marketing company Brandify, the partnership with Rent-A-Center is consistent with goals to become the marketing platform for multi-location brands. SOCi now represents over 600 enterprise brands and with more than 3 million business locations under management.
Multi-location marketing and other sectors of martech are increasingly crowded, and the urgency to connect every retail location with local customers online has never been greater. Rent-A-Center and SOCi's partnership is an example of how retailers are navigating those challenges and what they're looking for in a partner to help them do just that.
Rent-A-Center, Inc. (NASDAQ: RCII) is a leading provider of technology driven, flexible, no debt obligation leasing solutions that offer underserved consumers access to and potential ownership of high-quality durable goods that enhance the quality of life. The Company's omnichannel model utilizes proprietary data and technology to facilitate transactions across a wide range of retail channels including its own Acima virtual lease-to-own platform, Rentacenter.com, e-commerce partner platforms, partner retail stores, and Rent-A-Center branded stores. For additional information about the Company, please visit our website Rentacenter.com or Investor.rentacenter.com.
SOCi is the marketing platform for multi-location brands. We empower businesses like Ace Hardware, Sport Clips, and Anytime Fitness to scale marketing efforts across all digital channels in a way that's brand directed, locally perfected, and data connected. As one central place to scale marketing, SOCi makes the impossible possible by enabling top brands and their locations to strengthen and scale their digital presence across limitless local search and social pages while protecting what matters most, their reputation. For more information on how SOCi can help fuel your localized marketing success - visit us at www.meetsoci.com or message us at hello@meetsoci.com.
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Users Can Download To Evaluate AmpCon™ Network Controller, PicOS-V Virtual Switch Software
PALO ALTO, Calif., July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Pica8 Network Platform is available now for download and evaluation from pica8.com. The Pica8 Network platform is a turnkey software solution for deploying and managing switch software for white-box networking. The platform consists of two products: AmpCon™ Network Controller and PicOS-V Switching Software.
The AmpCon™ Network Controller is an application developed by Pica8 to automate the deployment, provisioning, and lifecycle management of switches. AmpCon™ can be installed on a physical server or a virtual machine.
The PicOS-V Switching Software is a free virtual machine from Pica8 that can help you get familiar with the features of the PicOS® Software Switch, without the need for a bare-metal switch or specialized hardware. PicOS-V runs on VMware, GNS3 and VirtualBox hypervisors.
"The AmpCon™ Network Controller is a feature rich automation platform that can be used for managing both PicOS and PicOS-V software switches," according to Pica8 Senior Technical Marketing Manager Mani Subramanian. "AmpCon™ can be used to simplify and automate business workflows, reducing operating expenses for networking."
Major use cases for Pica8 AmpCon™ include:
- Switch Deployment: Automate deployment of bare-metal switches to reduce cost and complexity.
- Security and Network Compliance: Enforce day-to-day security and network compliance policies on groups of switches with ease.
- Scheduled Backups and Upgrades: Leave long weeknight/weekend switch upgrades behind with automated upgrades and backups.
- Customized Automation: Use Ansible Playbooks to create custom workflows.
Networking professionals currently evaluating network switch software, from the data center to the enterprise, will appreciate this obligation-free product download. Product documentation and deployment guides are also available.
To register for the AmpCon™ and PicOS-V products download, please visit:
Pica8 is the industry's open networking software alternative to Cisco, Juniper and Arista for the enterprise. Pica8's AmpCon™ Network Controller for centralized management and automation and PicOS® Software Switches for networking and security have successfully replaced Cisco DNA Center and Catalyst Switches and competing Juniper and Arista solutions for campus, data center and distributed site networks within Fortune 500 enterprises. Pica8 software is deployed at over 1,000 customers in over 40 countries. For more information, visit www.pica8.com.
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Richmond voters on Rishi Sunak's resignation
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When Rishi Sunak quit as Chancellor of the Exchequer on Tuesday he conceded "this may be my last ministerial job".
However, just a day later some of his constituents believe he should now be positioning himself to take over Boris Johnson's job.
Others in true blue Richmond in North Yorkshire think he's been disloyal.
Mr Sunak said worries over standards pushed him to go - the public expects government to conduct itself "properly, competently and seriously", he said.
'Catch-22'
Roger Saunders, from Northallerton, which is part of Mr Sunak's constituency, isn't persuaded by his MP's reasons for stepping down.
"When I played cricket, my captain was the most important man, even if he made mistakes," he said.
"I think he was in a bit of a Catch-22 situation. He should have stayed. I can understand why he left but sometimes principles are not the be-all and end-all.
"You couldn't have Keir Starmer as prime minister. Jess Phillips and [deputy leader] Angela Rayner frighten the life out of me."
Margaret Tickner, from Catterick, said she was not happy Mr Sunak had moved out of Number 11. "It's an awful shame because he's an excellent MP.
But she thinks he should now move into Number 10 instead. "I think he could be a very good prime minister and I think he's got a lot of integrity and he's very good with people."
However, not all of his constituents want to see Mr Sunak lead the country.
Georgina Keys, from Leyburn, isn't happy with her MP's voting record and thinks he does not do enough for people who are struggling.
She said: "I don't like Rishi Sunak, never have done. I think he's looking to be prime minister and it's a pretty ambitious decision."
Adam and Paige Davies, from Northallerton, are not happy with Mr Johnson's handling of the Downing Street parties.
Paige isn't old enough to vote yet but the 15-year-old thinks the situation at the top of government is "ridiculous".
"No one really knows what they're doing," she said.
Adam added: "I think it's ultimately the right decision. I think [Boris Johnson] is on borrowed time.
"All the controversy over partygate - I think it just falls foul of standards expected for the government."
John Lofthouse, also from Northallerton, says his MP should not have quit government and he doesn't want Boris to stand down.
"It was his choice. But [Boris] should stay and the simple reason is who else are you going to put in?"
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County Tyrone man, 33, jailed for sexual assault on 14-year-old girl
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A man who sexually assaulted a teenage girl at her County Londonderry home has been jailed for 14 months.
Emmet James Potter, 33, of Camlough Road in Pomeroy, County Tyrone, admitted to one count of sexual assault that occurred on 27 December 2018.
The court heard that the 14-year-old was in her bedroom at her family home when she saw Potter enter her room.
The victim is said to have fought the defendant off, before waking her mother and raising the alarm.
Londonderry Crown Court, sitting in Coleraine, heard that the defendant was told to leave by the mother and he did so, but returned a short time later to offer the victim money.
The incident was reported to police and the victim was interviewed.
The next day neighbours told the victim's mother that a man, who she later identified as Potter, had tried to enter two other houses that previous night.
'Lack of empathy'
Passing sentence, the judge said Potter would get credit for his guilty plea, but said the offending was aggravated by the fact it had occurred in the victim's home where she should have been safe.
He told the defendant "what concerns me is the lack of empathy and remorse shown by you".
The judge said that the custody threshold had been passed and added that he did not believe a community-based sentence or a suspended sentence would be appropriate.
He sentenced Potter to 14 months in prison, with half in custody and half out on licence.
He was also ordered to sign the sex offender's register for a period of 10 years and observe a Sexual Offences Prevention Order (SOPO) for a period of five years. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-62062120 | 2022-07-06T15:33:25Z | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-62062120 | true |
Olly Murs was left shaken after being attacked with a peanut.
The 38-year-old singer revealed he was once hit in the head with a peanut while performing at an 18th birthday party and he had to stop his set because it "rocked" him.
Olly told Heart Bingo: "It hurt. I was at this 18th birthday party at this lovely house. I rarely lose my cool or get angry on stage. But this was someone’s house.
"It was pitch black and I could not see. I was about four or five songs in and I see this peanut come flying towards me.
"All I can see as I am singing is a peanut just flying towards my face and it hit me on my forehead. Honestly, it proper rocked me.
"I had to stop the song. I said, 'can we stop, stop, stop song. Who the hell threw the peanut?'."
Thankfully, the peanut incident was less frightening for Olly than when his record company offices got evacuated in 2018, due to what was initially thought to be a knife attack but turned out to be a fight between kitchen staff.
Olly previously recalled: "I was there - with my pants down.
"I was doing a styling fitting so I was getting changed and trying to put clothes on then we heard this big kerfuffle and a lot of noise.
"The whole place got evacuated. To walk past the canteen, to see what had happened -- there was a lot of blood and two guys involved in a fight.
"I put my trousers on, I put my suit on - I looked like MC Hammer, I had these massive trousers on - but listen, it was dealt with the right way. Sony dealt with it really well.
"The most important thing is no one died, the people have been arrested and they will get dealt with."
And, the previous year, Olly urged people to flee London department store Selfridges due to "gun shots" - which police later insisted had never gone off - and he admitted his first thought about the Sony evacuation was "not again".
He said: "I've been involved in two similar things now, I'm unlucky at the moment.
"It was one of those moments when you think 'Not again'. The police were running in with guns and stuff like that.
"It was a knife fight. Listen, anyone that sees a knife fight, there's nothing nice about that.
"That is brutal and, to be fair, there were a few people that got involved that were amazing, that got the guy down, that got the knife away. There was a lot of bravery involved.
"It could have been terrible, we could be sat here now talking about someone dying.
"I really did have a little moment - I got home and thought, 'God, not again'." | https://nordot.app/917418199417405440 | 2022-07-06T15:34:18Z | https://nordot.app/917418199417405440 | true |
More rail strikes could take place across the UK after unions failed to reach an agreement with rail bosses. Three days of strike action last month caused severe disruption across the country, with fewer than one in five trains running.
Around 40,000 workers walked out on June 21, 23 and 25 and the Rail, Maritime and Transport Union (RMT) has warned that travellers should be braced for more industrial action. Negotiations are currently ongoing with Network Rail in relation to pay and conditions in transport offices across the country, and if these aren't satisfactory the RMT has confirmed that they will consider further action.
The Transport Salaried Staffs' Association (TSSA) and the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen (ASLEF) union have made a similar pledge and will be holding a ballot. That doesn't close until July 11, so there are no official dates for this month's strikes if they go ahead.
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During the initial protests, Mike Lynch, the general secretary of the RMT, said the union will “run this campaign for as long as it takes to get a settlement”. He said: “We have to fight this because we haven’t had any pay rises.
"We are faced with thousands of job cuts and they want to rip up our terms and conditions in a form of hire and rehire that is internal to the railway. If there is not a settlement, we will continue our campaign. I think there are going to be many more unions balloting across the country because people can’t take it anymore.”
Industrial action isn't just proposed on the tracks, either. Drivers with bus service Stagecoach across Merseyside announced they would be walking out too, with seven dates pencilled in across July. While staff at Arriva held a ballot to determine whether 1,800 drivers would follow suit.
Up in the air, Ryanair crews have announced that they plan to strike for 11 days throughout the month, though planned dates have not been released yet. More than 700 British Airways check-in and ground handling staff may also follow their lead after they voted in favour of strike action.
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Tina Robson inquest: Childhood trauma led to drug use, mum says
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A woman who died from a drugs overdose at a homeless hostel had "unmet needs" from childhood trauma, her mother has told a coroner.
Tina Robson, 35, died at Bridge House Mission in Stockton on 26 July 2020 after taking a fatal mixture of drugs.
Her mother Dr Sue Robson told Teesside Coroner's Court her daughter had been addicted to heroin since the age of 15 and never got the help she needed.
Hostel management said Ms Robson was "difficult, chaotic and complex".
Dr Robson said her daughter suffered trauma including "severance" issues and abuse when she lived with other relatives at the age of nine.
She said Ms Robson was expelled from mainstream schooling and put in a specialist facility for children with behavioural difficulties where she was the only girl, leading her to fall in with men who would use her for sex and introduced her to drugs.
Dr Robson said her daughter had "unmet needs" in relation to the trauma and used drugs as a result, with her substance abuse causing further "complications" leading to more needs.
She said she "never gave up" on her daughter and "Tina did not want the life she had".
'Best available'
Assistant coroner Karin Welsh has heard Ms Robson moved into Bridge House on 20 July after her mother raised concerns her daughter's home in Thornaby was being repeatedly attacked by vandals.
Dr Robson said she was "relieved" when Ms Robson was admitted to Bridge House as although she considered it "unsuitable" for her daughter, it was "the best that was available".
Dr Robson was asked if any place suitable to meet Ms Robson's need actually existed, to which she replied there were such facilities but they were like "hen's teeth" for their rarity.
She said: "Tina needed specialist, single-sex provision with workers experienced in lifelong trauma and the challenge of helping someone who has reached her 30s with unmet needs that go back to childhood."
The inquest has heard social workers from Stockton Borough Council met Ms Robson and her mother at Bridge House on 22 July at which Ms Robson disclosed her previous trauma.
Dr Robson said she was "grateful" the social workers appeared to be listening and Ms Robson appeared to trust them as she had never spoken to people before about her childhood abuse.
The social workers told the inquest they went away to look for support services, such as counselling, to help with the trauma and a further meeting was to be held in early August.
Bridge House service manager Jennifer Glenton told the inquest she initially refused Ms Robson a room due to historic problems with her.
Ms Glenton said she only accepted Ms Robson back to Bridge House on the basis it would be for a short period while other housing was sourced for her in Sunderland.
She said Ms Robson had had five tenancies at Bridge House between 2015 and 2020 which had all ended with Ms Robson persistently refusing to engage with support services and breaking house rules.
Ms Glenton said Ms Robson was "one of the most difficult, chaotic and complex people" she "ever came across".
Ms Glenton said Bridge House was "not a care home" and its sole purpose was to help people go on to move to their own homes.
She said staff would not normally check on residents in their rooms unless they had a specific cause for concern at that time, adding they were being prepared for independent living where there would not be supervision.
"Unless we have real, real concerns we should not be going into residents' rooms," she said.
'Success stories'
During the pandemic, staff were told even more so to refrain from entering rooms, she said.
She said any resident on drugs was at risk of "going over" - meaning overdosing - at any time and it would not be possible to constantly check all 29 rooms with Bridge House home to some of the most "complex" people in Stockton.
Ciara Bartlam, representing Dr Robson, asked Ms Glenton if Bridge House was a "suitable place" for a woman with Ms Robson's needs.
"It can be," Ms Glenton replied, adding: "We get people very similar to Tina but they are wanting to make changes and work with us.
"We have had some really good success stories."
The inquest continues.
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NEW YORK (WPIX) — Buffalo, New York. Uvalde, Texas. Highland Park, Illinois.
On July 4, the nation once again confronted what experts say is a growing mental health crisis among young American men who turn to gun violence to take out their frustrations.
“Whatever social media outlet they’re using, that is their escape,” said professor Michael Alcazar, of John Jay College of Criminal Justice. “That is how they remedy whatever psychological needs they have.”
Alcazar made the observation Tuesday as a seventh victim died from gunshot injuries sustained Monday during a Fourth of July parade shooting in Highland Park, Illinois.
Police revealed at least 70 shots were fired from a high-powered rifle by a gunman positioned on a rooftop over the parade route.
Federal and local authorities took 21-year-old Robert Crimo III into custody Monday night. He was officially charged Tuesday with seven counts of murder.
Police said Crimo was able to legally purchase two high-powered rifles — and three other weapons — despite police being called to his home twice in 2019. Investigators said Crimo was talking about suicide and making violent threats during the incidents three years ago.
Officials also revealed Tuesday that Crimo initially evaded capture after the mass shooting because he was dressed as a woman and ran away with the terrified crowd. It took law enforcement hours to track him down in his silver Honda.
Crimo called himself “Awake the Rapper” on his YouTube channel, where he posted videos and drawings that showed a preoccupation with police shootouts.
His pseudonym was tattooed above his left eyebrow. He had additional tattoos on his face and neck.
The shooting in Highland Park is the third alleged against a young man in less than two months.
On May 14, police said Peyton Gendron, 18, livestreamed a mass shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo, where 10 people were killed in what officials described as a racially motivated attack.
Gendron used the social media platform Twitch to stream before the footage was quickly taken down, authorities said.
Ten days later, Uvalde, Texas, was devastated by a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School. The attack left 19 students and two teachers dead.
Suspected gunman Salvador Ramos, also 18, was described as a “bullied loner.” He barricaded himself in a classroom for more than an hour before Border Patrol agents burst in and shot him dead, according to investigators.
Ramos had hinted at his plans on social media, where he posted a photo of two rifles he bought on his 18th birthday, three days before the shooting, officials said.
On the day of the school massacre, police said Ramos shot his grandmother before crashing his truck in a ditch that was close to Robb Elementary.
“There’s something definitely there that’s common with all three,” Alcazar said. “They don’t get the attention in their real life, and they seek it in social media. That’s the world they’re living in.”
Alcazar also noted: “They all seem to be introverted in real life but extroverted in social media, where they can express themselves.”
Alcazar expressed concern that there’s a copycat nature to some of the recent attacks.
“Violence is some kind of outlet for these kids with mental illness, and a way for them to get the attention they’re not getting in real life,” Alcazar said.
Gendron had a mental health evaluation nearly a year before the Buffalo attack. Authorities said he’d talked about a murder-suicide after graduation. He was held for a two-day evaluation, even though he said he was joking.
Crimo’s uncle told reporters in Illinois he was “heartbroken” by the mass shooting. He said he didn’t see the violence coming.
“To me, he was a good kid,” the uncle said. “He showed … nothing.”
Yet Alcazar said the way Crimo presented himself and his online videos pointed to something very wrong.
“Sadly, there are no established protocols for reporting social ineptitudes,” Alcazar said. “We have to establish some kind of reporting protocol when friends and family see something that’s just out of whack.” | https://www.localsyr.com/news/national/suspects-in-3-mass-shootings-across-united-states-have-similarities-professor-suggests/ | 2022-07-06T15:38:09Z | https://www.localsyr.com/news/national/suspects-in-3-mass-shootings-across-united-states-have-similarities-professor-suggests/ | false |
Business Activity Index at 56.1%; New Orders Index at 55.6%; Employment Index at 47.4%; Supplier Deliveries Index at 61.9%
TEMPE, Ariz., July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Economic activity in the services sector grew in June for the 25th month in a row — with the Services PMI® registering 55.3 percent — say the nation's purchasing and supply executives in the latest Services ISM® Report On Business®.
The report was issued today by Anthony Nieves, CPSM, C.P.M., A.P.P., CFPM, Chair of the Institute for Supply Management® (ISM®) Services Business Survey Committee: "In June, the Services PMI® registered 55.3 percent, 0.6 percentage point lower than May's reading of 55.9 percent. This is the lowest reading since May 2020 (45.2 percent). The Business Activity Index registered 56.1 percent, an increase of 1.6 percentage points compared to the reading of 54.5 percent in May. The New Orders Index figure of 55.6 percent is 2 percentage points lower than the May reading of 57.6 percent.
"The Supplier Deliveries Index registered 61.9 percent, 0.6 percentage point higher than the 61.3 percent reported in May. (Supplier Deliveries is the only ISM® Report On Business® index that is inversed; a reading of above 50 percent indicates slower deliveries, which is typical as the economy improves and customer demand increases.)
"The Prices Index dropped for the second consecutive month in June, decreasing 2 percentage points to 80.1 percent. Services businesses continue to struggle to replenish inventories, as the Inventories Index contracted for the first time since January 2022; the reading of 47.5 percent is down 3.5 percentage points from May's figure of 51 percent. The Inventory Sentiment Index (46.2 percent, up 1.7 percentage points from May's reading of 44.5 percent) contracted in June for the fourth consecutive month, indicating that inventories are in 'too low' territory and insufficient for current business requirements."
Nieves continues, "According to the Services PMI®, all 18 industries reported growth. The composite index indicated growth for the 25th consecutive month after a two-month contraction in April and May 2020. Growth continues — albeit slower — for the services sector, which has expanded for all but two of the last 149 months. The slight slowdown in services sector growth was due to a decline in new orders and employment. The Employment Index (47.4 percent) contracted, and the Backlog of Orders Index grew 8.5 percentage points, to 60.5 percent. Logistical challenges, a restricted labor pool, material shortages, inflation, the coronavirus pandemic and the war in Ukraine continue to negatively impact the services sector."
INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE
The 18 services industries reporting growth in June — listed in order — are: Mining; Management of Companies & Support Services; Other Services; Construction; Arts, Entertainment & Recreation; Utilities; Public Administration; Wholesale Trade; Health Care & Social Assistance; Professional, Scientific & Technical Services; Transportation & Warehousing; Accommodation & Food Services; Retail Trade; Finance & Insurance; Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting; Information; Real Estate, Rental & Leasing; and Educational Services. No industry reported a decrease in the month of June.
WHAT RESPONDENTS ARE SAYING
- "Supply chain and supplier reliability continues to improve for most of our key food and packaging needs. Equipment still (experiencing) typical long delays. Staffing employment challenges have resurfaced, and costs have dramatically increased on core needs, led by soybean oil products. Rise in diesel fuel affecting almost everything." [Accommodation & Food Services]
- "(Interest) rate increases have slowed sales but have not helped with supply challenges yet." [Construction]
- "While activity dropped 2 percent from the previous month, activity volume was 47 percent higher compared to May 2021." [Educational Services]
- "It seems like everyone is jumping on the bandwagon (of) raising prices under the guise of inflation, cost of energy and shortages. Cost on even software renewals have gone up between 5 and 10 percent. This is getting out of control, and we need to be diligent in researching the cause of rising prices on every transaction." [Public Administration]
- "The shutdowns in China due to the zero-COVID policy have adversely impacted our supply chain." [Health Care & Social Assistance]
- "Demand has softened across consumer product lines, channels and brands over the last year, to levels below those forecast earlier this year. Adjusting all outlooks down for the rest of year. The (Shanghai) omicron slowdown had an impact, but activity is slowly coming back." [Information]
- "Energy services sector demand and activity remains strong." [Mining]
- "Consumers are shifting purchases away from our discretionary products to essentials. Inflation is definitely taking a bite from our sales, and mall traffic is far below the norm, potentially due to inflation, a need for more disposable income on essentials and less willingness to drive to malls. E-commerce sales will be going up again." [Retail Trade]
- "Despite higher inflation and energy costs, demand and business activity continue to be at record highs, with little sign of a slowdown." [Utilities]
- "Business continues to stay steady amid rising interest rates, a lack of labor, inflation, transportation problems and high gas/diesel prices. Outlook is measured due to economic headwinds." [Wholesale Trade]
Services ISM® Report On Business® data is seasonally adjusted for the Business Activity, New Orders, Employment and Prices indexes. Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business® data is seasonally adjusted for New Orders, Production, Employment and Inventories indexes.
*Number of months moving in current direction.
COMMODITIES REPORTED UP/DOWN IN PRICE, AND IN SHORT SUPPLY
Commodities Up in Price
Aluminum Products (7); Chemicals (3); Chicken (10); Construction Materials (2); Diesel Fuel (19); Electrical Components (17); Electronic Components (7); Food and Beverages (3); Food Products (4); Fuel (18); Fuel Related Products (4); Gasoline (19); Hotel Rates (2); Janitorial Supplies; Lab Supplies; Labor (19); Labor — Temporary (5); Logistics Services; Paint; Plastic Products (11); Resin (2); Steel Products (18); Transformers; Travel (2); and Wire Cable.
Commodities Down in Price
Cleaning Supplies; Lumber; Oriented Strand Board (OSB); and Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Products.
Commodities in Short Supply
Appliances (4); Baby Formula (2); Contrast Media (2); Diesel Fuel (2); Electrical Components (3); Electronic Components (7); Garage Doors; Lab Supplies; Labor (11); Microchips (2); Needles and Syringes (6); Paper Products (4); Sugar; and Transformers (2).
Note: The number of consecutive months the commodity is listed is indicated after each item. *Indicates both up and down in price.
JUNE 2022 SERVICES INDEX SUMMARIES
Services PMI®
In June, the Services PMI® registered 55.3 percent, a 0.6-percentage point decrease compared to the May reading of 55.9 percent. The 12-month average is 60.8 percent, reflecting consistently strong growth in the services sector, which has expanded for 25 consecutive months. The June reading, however, set a 12-month low for a second consecutive month and is the lowest since May 2020, when the index registered 45.2 percent. A reading above 50 percent indicates the services sector economy is generally expanding; below 50 percent indicates the services sector is generally contracting.
A Services PMI® above 50.1 percent, over time, generally indicates an expansion of the overall economy. Therefore, the June Services PMI® indicates the overall economy has followed the same path as the services sector: expansion for 25 straight months following two months of contraction and a preceding period of 122 months of growth. Nieves says, "The past relationship between the Services PMI® and the overall economy indicates that the Services PMI® for June (55.3 percent) corresponds to a 1.9-percent increase in real gross domestic product (GDP) on an annualized basis."
SERVICES PMI® HISTORY
Business Activity
ISM®'s Business Activity Index registered 56.1 percent in June, an increase of 1.6 percentage points from the reading of 54.5 percent in May, indicating growth for the 25th consecutive month. Comments from respondents include: "Higher customer demand and more capacity online" and "Business is higher but slower than expected due to summer holidays; customers and employees are on vacation."
The 15 industries reporting an increase in business activity for the month of June — listed in order — are: Management of Companies & Support Services; Construction; Other Services; Accommodation & Food Services; Arts, Entertainment & Recreation; Mining; Professional, Scientific & Technical Services; Utilities; Finance & Insurance; Wholesale Trade; Educational Services; Health Care & Social Assistance; Information; Transportation & Warehousing; and Public Administration. No industry reported a decrease in business activity for the month of June.
New Orders
ISM®'s New Orders Index registered 55.6 percent, down 2 percentage points from the May reading of 57.6 percent. New orders grew for the 25th consecutive month after two months of contraction and a preceding period of 128 months of expansion. Comments from respondents include: "More demand for financing to beat (interest) rate increases" and "New customers added, which has led to greater sales orders and business activity."
Thirteen industries reported growth of new orders in June, in the following order: Accommodation & Food Services; Mining; Management of Companies & Support Services; Other Services; Arts, Entertainment & Recreation; Transportation & Warehousing; Real Estate, Rental & Leasing; Utilities; Health Care & Social Assistance; Wholesale Trade; Finance & Insurance; Professional, Scientific & Technical Services; and Public Administration. The two industries reporting a decrease in new orders in June are: Construction; and Educational Services.
Employment
Employment activity in the services sector contracted in June for the third time in the last five months. ISM®'s Employment Index registered 47.4 percent, down 2.8 percentage points from the reading of 50.2 percent registered in May. Comments from respondents include: "Unable to fill positions with qualified applicants" and "Extremely hard to find truck drivers." Also: "Demand for talent is higher, but availability of candidates to fill open roles continues to keep employment levels from increasing."
The seven industries reporting an increase in employment in June — listed in order — are: Mining; Construction; Wholesale Trade; Other Services; Professional, Scientific & Technical Services; Public Administration; and Health Care & Social Assistance. The five industries reporting a decrease in employment in June are: Real Estate, Rental & Leasing; Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting; Accommodation & Food Services; Finance & Insurance; and Educational Services. Six industries reported no change in June.
Supplier Deliveries
The Supplier Deliveries Index registered 61.9 percent, up 0.6 percentage point from the 61.3 percent registered in May. A reading above 50 percent indicates slower deliveries, while a reading below 50 percent indicates faster deliveries. Comments from respondents include: "Fill rates are down significantly; receiving activity levels still up due to multiple shipments to fulfill requirements" and "Port backups and container shortages continue."
The 16 industries reporting slower deliveries in June — listed in order — are: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting; Real Estate, Rental & Leasing; Retail Trade; Public Administration; Utilities; Arts, Entertainment & Recreation; Health Care & Social Assistance; Construction; Transportation & Warehousing; Information; Management of Companies & Support Services; Other Services; Professional, Scientific & Technical Services; Finance & Insurance; Educational Services; and Wholesale Trade. No industry reported faster deliveries in June.
Inventories
The Inventories Index contracted in June after four consecutive months of growth and a preceding eight months of contraction. The reading of 47.5 percent was a 3.5-percentage point decrease from the 51 percent reported in May. Of the total respondents in June, 43 percent indicated they do not have inventories or do not measure them. Comments from respondents include: "Some items have too much stock, and others are in short supply" and "Longer supplier lead times and poor delivery performance causing us to use up existing inventory."
The eight industries reporting an increase in inventories in June — listed in order — are: Mining; Arts, Entertainment & Recreation; Accommodation & Food Services; Construction; Finance & Insurance; Other Services; Wholesale Trade; and Utilities. The seven industries reporting a decrease in inventories in June — listed in order — are: Real Estate, Rental & Leasing; Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting; Information; Educational Services; Public Administration; Health Care & Social Assistance; and Professional, Scientific & Technical Services.
Prices
Prices paid by services organizations for materials and services increased in June for the 61st consecutive month, with the index registering 80.1 percent, 2 percentage points lower than the 82.1 percent that was recorded in May.
All 18 services industries reported an increase in prices paid during the month of June, in the following order: Arts, Entertainment & Recreation; Mining; Transportation & Warehousing; Public Administration; Retail Trade; Accommodation & Food Services; Educational Services; Wholesale Trade; Information; Professional, Scientific & Technical Services; Real Estate, Rental & Leasing; Finance & Insurance; Construction; Utilities; Health Care & Social Assistance; Management of Companies & Support Services; Other Services; and Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting.
NOTE: Commodities reported as up in price and down in price are listed in the commodities section of this report.
Backlog of Orders
The ISM® Services Backlog of Orders Index grew in June for the 18th consecutive month. The index registered 60.5 percent, an 8.5-percentage point increase compared to the May reading of 52 percent. Of the total respondents in June, 44 percent indicated they do not measure backlog of orders. Respondent comments include: "Supply chain issues, transit issues and scarcity of supplies" and "Continuing challenges with shipment delays and (maintaining) in-stock rate; demand increased quite a bit as well."
The 10 industries reporting an increase in order backlogs in June — listed in order — are: Management of Companies & Support Services; Real Estate, Rental & Leasing; Utilities; Professional, Scientific & Technical Services; Information; Educational Services; Public Administration; Construction; Finance & Insurance; and Health Care & Social Assistance. The four industries reporting a decrease in order backlogs in June are: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting; Retail Trade; Mining; and Wholesale Trade.
New Export Orders
Orders and requests for services and other non-manufacturing activities to be provided outside of the U.S. by domestically based companies grew in June for the fifth consecutive month. The New Export Orders Index registered 57.5 percent, a 3.4-percentage point decrease from the 60.9 percent reported in May. Of the total respondents in June, 79 percent indicated they do not perform, or do not separately measure, orders for work outside of the U.S.
The six industries reporting an increase in new export orders in June — listed in order — are: Real Estate, Rental & Leasing; Arts, Entertainment & Recreation; Mining; Utilities; Professional, Scientific & Technical Services; and Wholesale Trade. The four industries reporting a decrease in new export orders in June are: Construction; Educational Services; Information; and Transportation & Warehousing. Eight industries indicated no change in new export orders in June.
Imports
The Imports Index contracted in June after two consecutive months of growth, registering 46.3 percent, down 6.5 percentage points from May's reading of 52.8 percent. Seventy-four percent of respondents reported that they do not use, or do not track the use of, imported materials.
The four industries reporting an increase in imports for the month of June are: Arts, Entertainment & Recreation; Management of Companies & Support Services; Utilities; and Professional, Scientific & Technical Services. The five industries that reported a decrease in imports in June are: Retail Trade; Other Services; Information; Transportation & Warehousing; and Health Care & Social Assistance. Nine industries reported no change in imports in June.
Inventory Sentiment
The ISM® Services Inventory Sentiment Index contracted in June for the fourth month in a row, registering 46.2 percent, a 1.7-percentage point increase from May's figure of 44.5 percent. This reading indicates that respondents feel their inventories are too low when correlated to business activity levels.
The three industries reporting sentiment that their inventories were too high in June are: Mining; Wholesale Trade; and Health Care & Social Assistance. The six industries reporting a feeling that their inventories were too low in June — listed in order — are: Real Estate, Rental & Leasing; Accommodation & Food Services; Management of Companies & Support Services; Professional, Scientific & Technical Services; Information; and Utilities. Nine industries reported no change in June.
About This Report
DO NOT CONFUSE THIS NATIONAL REPORT with the various regional purchasing reports released across the country. The national report's information reflects the entire U.S., while the regional reports contain primarily regional data from their local vicinities. Also, the information in the regional reports is not used in calculating the results of the national report. The information compiled in this report is for the month of June 2022.
The data presented herein is obtained from a survey of supply executives in the services sector based on information they have collected within their respective organizations. ISM® makes no representation, other than that stated within this release, regarding the individual company data collection procedures. The data should be compared to all other economic data sources when used in decision-making.
Data and Method of Presentation
The Services ISM® Report On Business® (formerly the Non-Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business®) is based on data compiled from purchasing and supply executives nationwide. Membership of the Services Business Survey Committee (formerly Non-Manufacturing Business Survey Committee) is diversified by NAICS, based on each industry's contribution to gross domestic product (GDP). The Services Business Survey Committee responses are divided into the following NAICS code categories: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting; Mining; Utilities; Construction; Wholesale Trade; Retail Trade; Transportation & Warehousing; Information; Finance & Insurance; Real Estate, Rental & Leasing; Professional, Scientific & Technical Services; Management of Companies & Support Services; Educational Services; Health Care & Social Assistance; Arts, Entertainment & Recreation; Accommodation & Food Services; Public Administration; and Other Services (services such as Equipment & Machinery Repairing; Promoting or Administering Religious Activities; Grantmaking; Advocacy; and Providing Dry-Cleaning & Laundry Services, Personal Care Services, Death Care Services, Pet Care Services, Photofinishing Services, Temporary Parking Services, and Dating Services). The data are weighted based on each industry's contribution to GDP. According to the BEA estimates for 2020 GDP (released December 22, 2021), the six largest services sectors are: Real Estate, Rental & Leasing; Government; Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services; Health Care & Social Assistance; Information; and Finance & Insurance. Beginning in February 2020 with January 2020 data, computation of the indexes is accomplished utilizing unrounded numbers.
Survey responses reflect the change, if any, in the current month compared to the previous month. For each of the indicators measured (Business Activity, New Orders, Backlog of Orders, New Export Orders, Inventory Change, Inventory Sentiment, Imports, Prices, Employment and Supplier Deliveries), this report shows the percentage reporting each response and the diffusion index. Responses represent raw data and are never changed. Data is seasonally adjusted for Business Activity, New Orders, Prices and Employment. All seasonal adjustment factors are subject annually to relatively minor changes when conditions warrant them. The remaining indexes have not indicated significant seasonality.
The Services PMI® is a composite index based on the diffusion indexes for four of the indicators with equal weights: Business Activity (seasonally adjusted), New Orders (seasonally adjusted), Employment (seasonally adjusted) and Supplier Deliveries. Diffusion indexes have the properties of leading indicators and are convenient summary measures showing the prevailing direction of change and the scope of change. An index reading above 50 percent indicates that the services economy is generally expanding; below 50 percent indicates that it is generally declining. Supplier Deliveries is an exception. A Supplier Deliveries Index above 50 percent indicates slower deliveries and below 50 percent indicates faster deliveries.
A Services PMI® above 50.1 percent, over time, indicates that the overall economy, or gross domestic product (GDP), is generally expanding; below 50.1 percent, it is generally declining. The distance from 50 percent or 50.1 percent is indicative of the strength of the expansion or decline.
The Services ISM® Report On Business® survey is sent out to Services Business Survey Committee respondents the first part of each month. Respondents are asked to ONLY report on U.S. operations for the current month. ISM® receives survey responses throughout most of any given month, with the majority of respondents generally waiting until late in the month to submit responses to give the most accurate picture of current business activity. ISM® then compiles the report for release on the third business day of the following month.
The industries reporting growth, as indicated in the Services ISM® Report On Business® monthly report, are listed in the order of most growth to least growth. For the industries reporting contraction or decreases, those are listed in the order of the highest level of contraction/decrease to the least level of contraction/decrease.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA said Tuesday it has lost contact with a $32.7 million spacecraft headed to the moon to test out a lopsided lunar orbit, but agency engineers are hopeful they can fix the problem.
After one successful communication and a second partial one on Monday, the space agency said it could no longer communicate with the spacecraft called Capstone. Engineers are trying to find the cause of the communications drop-off and are optimistic they can fix it, NASA spokesperson Sarah Frazier said Tuesday.
The spacecraft, which launched from New Zealand on June 28, had spent nearly a week in Earth orbit and had been successfully kick-started on its way to the moon, when contact was lost, Frazier said.
The 55-pound satellite is the size of a microwave oven and will be the first spacecraft to try out this oval orbit, which is where NASA wants to stage its Gateway outpost. Gateway would serve as a staging point for astronauts before they descend to the lunar surface.
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Bradford Clark Freeman, the last surviving member of Easy Company's Band of Brothers, dies at 97
Bradford Clark Freeman, believed to be the last surviving original member of the historic World War II parachute infantry regiment of the U.S. Army known as Easy Company, died Sunday in Columbus, Mississippi. He was 97.
Freeman died at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle, according to an obituary posted by Lowndes Funeral Home and Crematory.
Known to his friends as Mr. B., Freeman was a freshman at Mississippi State when World War II began, according to the obituary. He volunteered for the paratroopers and "on February 5, 1944, he went into Foreign Service with 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division," the obituary said.
As a mortarman for Easy Company, he jumped in the D-Day Normandy invasion, per the obituary.
He also fought in Operation Market-Garden and was part of the defense of Bastogne, Belgium, during the Battle of the Bulge, where he was wounded, the obituary read.
After rejoining his unit, he participated in the occupations of Berchtesgaden and Austria, according to the obituary.
The story of Easy Company was depicted in the HBO miniseries "Band of Brothers," based on the New York Times bestseller by Stephen Ambrose.
After the war, Freeman returned to his hometown Caledonia, Mississippi, where he married Willie Louise Gurley and worked as a mail carrier for 32 years, the obituary read.
In May 2021, Columbus Air Force Base presented a challenge coin to Freeman on behalf of Gen. Mark Milley as a "thank you for your service to your country and for being a hero," the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, according to a statement at the time.
Freeman is survived by a sister, two daughters, four grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren, according to the obituary.
"Our dad was always astounded that a country boy from Mississippi was able to see so many places and meet so many interesting people," the obituary states.
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Trump White House counsel Pat Cipollone to testify to Jan. 6 panel
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pat Cipollone, Donald Trump’s former White House counsel, is scheduled to testify Friday before the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, according to a person briefed on the matter.
Cipollone, whose reported resistance to Trump’s schemes to overturn his 2020 election defeat has made him a long-sought and potentially revelatory witness, was subpoenaed by the select committee last week after weeks of public pressure to provide testimony to the panel.
The person briefed on the matter, who spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity to discuss private negotiations, said Cipollone agreed to appear before the committee for a private, transcribed interview.
As Trump’s top White House lawyer, Cipollone was in the West Wing on Jan. 6, 2021, as well as for key meetings in the turbulent weeks after the election when Trump and associates — including Republican lawmakers and lawyer Rudy Giuliani — debated and plotted ways to challenge the election.
The agreement for Cipollone to speak to the panel follows last week’s dramatic testimony from former Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson. The young aide to former chief of staff Mark Meadows provided the committee with a striking account of what she saw and heard in those weeks and presented lawmakers with arguably their clearest case for how Trump or some of his allies could face criminal liability.
Cipollone is said to have stridently and repeatedly warned Trump and his allies against their efforts to challenge the election, threatening to resign as Trump eyed a dramatic reshuffling atop the Justice Department.
One witness said Cipollone referred to a proposed letter making false claims about voter fraud as a “murder-suicide pact.” Another witness said Cipollone had warned her that Trump was at risk of committing “every crime imaginable” if he went to the Capitol on Jan. 6
But while his interview with the committee could prove to be a breakthrough, it remained unclear whether Cipollone would try to limit what he is willing to talk about. As the administration’s chief lawyer, he could argue that some or all of his conversations with Trump are privileged.
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Associated Press writer Nomaan Merchant contributed to this report.
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Housing sales in Jan.-Jun. at 9-year high in top 8 cities; sales see 60% annual growth: Knight Frank
Housing sales rose 60% annually in January-June this year across eight major cities at 1,58,705 units, the highest half-yearly demand in nine years, mainly driven by lower base effect as well as mortgage rates, according to Knight Frank India.
Housing sales stood at 99,416 units in the first six months of 2021, the consultant said in its 17th edition of half-yearly report ‘India Real Estate: Residential and Office Market H1 2022’, which was released on Wednesday through a webinar.
Knight Frank India highlighted that the residential sector has recorded a 9-year high sales volume in January–June 2022. The previous high was recorded in the first half of 2013, when sales were at 1,85,577 units.
The consultant has listed several factors for the increase in housing sales such as homebuyers’ need to upgrade primary lifestyle, low interest rates on home loans and comparatively low home prices to the pre-pandemic levels.
The renewed need for home ownership sparked by the COVID pandemic is also driving sales.
Housing prices increased across all markets in the range of 3–9 per cent year-on-year (YoY). This also marks H1 2022 as a period in which prices have grown in YoY terms across all markets for the first time since the second half of 2015.
Shishir Baijal, Chairman and Managing Director, Knight Frank India said, “Home buying has witnessed a strong rebound since the advent of the pandemic and continues despite inflationary concerns in the economy.”
Giving the breakup of housing sales city-wise, Knight Frank said that housing sales in Mumbai rose 55% to 44,200 units in January-June 2022, from 28,607 units in the year-earlier period.
For the period under review (H1 2022 vs H1 2021), Delhi-NCR saw more than two-fold jump in sales to 29,101 units from 11,474 units, while sales of residential properties in Bengaluru grew by 80% to 26,677 units from 14,812 units.
As per the report, Pune witnessed a 25% rise in sales to 21,797 units, from 17,474 units, whereas housing sales in Chennai rose 21% to 6,951 units from 5,751 units.
Hyderabad saw 23% growth in sales to 14,693 units from 11,974 units, while Kolkata witnessed a 39% rise in sales to 7,090 units from 5,115 units.
During January-June this year, housing sales in Ahmedabad rose 95% to 8,197 units, from 4,208 units in the corresponding period of the previous year.
On the supply side, the new launches increased 56% to 1,60,806 units, from 80,566 units during the period under review.
Strong growth in sales velocity, has led to a modest decline in unsold inventory to 4,40,117 units in H1 2022.
Moreover, the strong uptick in sales also brought the quarters-to-sell (QTS) level down to 7.8 quarters from 10.9 quarters in the first six months of 2021. This means that builders need nearly 8 quarters to sell their unsold inventories at the current sales velocity.
Talking about office market, Knight Frank India mentioned that leasing jumped over two-fold to 25.3 million square feet in January-June this year, from 12.25 million square feet in the year-earlier period, indicating the potential of the market on the back of a waning pandemic and the promise of a sustained economic recovery.
“The robust performance delivered by the office market during H1 2022 has set the tone for 2022. Physical occupancy levels are rising as more companies want their employees to return to office,” Mr. Baijal said.
At the same time, he said, hiring across many sectors had picked up as India’s economic growth continued. “With the current pace of leasing, we expect the year 2022 to see leasing volumes close to the peak of 2019 and exceed in the next year,” Mr. Baijal added.
He noted that the focus among occupiers for this year will remain on flexibility, in leasing terms to allow real-time expansion and contractions indicating a strong year for managed office spaces.
New completions of office space also picked up significantly with 24.1 million square feet getting delivered in H1 2022, a 61% growth annually.
On rental value, Bengaluru and Pune office markets recorded maximum annual increase in rents at 13% and 8%, respectively, mostly due to higher demand and lack of Grade A space.
Hyderabad, Mumbai and NCR also witnessed moderate increase in their rental values, whereas the rental values in Chennai, Ahmedabad and Kolkata remained stable.
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FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WNCN) — A North Carolina man grieving the death of his granddaughter is demanding the arrest of a Fayetteville police officer.
This comes after an officer shot and killed Rick Iwanski’s granddaughter, 22-year-old Jada Johnson.
Iwanski called the killing “egregious” and said he “would like to see justice for her.”
“I think that the officer who killed her should go to jail,” Iwanski said.
The shooting happened at Iwanski’s home in Fayetteville just before 10 p.m. Friday when officers were responding to a call about a break-in at the home.
Iwanski said his granddaughter suffered from mental illness and was convinced her boyfriend was trying to get inside and kill her. He said he explained the situation to officers, but things escalated.
“She thought they (the boyfriend) was here to kill her and they (the police) end(ed) up murdering her right in front of us,” Iwanski said.
At some point before the Fayetteville officer shot Johnson, she pulled a gun and threatened to commit suicide, according to police.
“The officers were not threatened verbally. Yeah, there was a gun, but it was down,” the grandfather said.
Iwanski said one officer tackled Johnson to the ground and another shot her multiple times in front of him, her grandmother and her 2-year-old daughter.
He said there was an opportunity for officers to stop the situation without deadly force.
“When she put the gun down, they should have tased her, bean-bagged her, took her down then. Why didn’t they do it then?” Iwanski asked.
Fayetteville police told WNCN that they tried to persuade Johnson to surrender the weapon.
“For over an hour the officers pled with this young lady, tried to get this young lady to put this weapon down. Tried to get the help that she wanted,” Assistant Chief James Nolette with the Fayetteville Police Department said.
Police have since turned the case over to the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation. The officer who was allegedly involved has not been identified and remains on administrative duty.
“The SBI investigation remains ongoing. We don’t have any additional details to provide,” said an NCSBI statement to WNCN.
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Driver has ‘no explanation’ for allowing car transporter to smash into police car in Fife By Gary Fitzpatrick July 5 2022, 11.53am Updated: July 5 2022, 1.57pm Police near the scene of the 2020 accident. [[intro]] [[title]] [[text]] [[button_text]] [[outro]] More from The Courier Disgraced Fife-born ex-MP Natalie McGarry jailed for two years Police opened fire on armed Fife man during lengthy siege Drink-driver was lucky she only ‘killed’ a Fife road sign says sheriff Dundee student killed boyfriend with car in Fife after row over cash | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/courts/3461125/car-transporter-police-car-crash-fife/ | 2022-07-06T15:50:10Z | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/courts/3461125/car-transporter-police-car-crash-fife/ | false |
NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WKBW) — Buffalo and Niagara Falls are two of the most prominent hub cities for people to get into Canada. Visit Buffalo Niagara President Patrick Kaler said Canadian tourism makes up much of what Western New York sees in a season.
"We typically welcome anywhere 35-45% of our visitation from the Southern Ontario and the Toronto region," Kaler said.
In the past few years, though, the numbers that were once so high have come down pretty significantly.
"We are seeing a little bit of a hit from the Canadian travelers," Kaler said.
According to explore.gov, these were the 2019 splits of people traveling across the border to and from Canada:
- Vehicle travel
- 10,514,815
- Train passengers
- 17,116
- Pedestrians
- 384,676
And these are the 2022 splits:
- Vehicle travel
- 847,658
- Train passengers
- 1,096
- Pedestrians
- 12,932
"Part of it is still the restrictions from the Canadian government. We're very fortunate to have Rep. Higgins on our side trying to get those restrictions lessened," Kaler said.
In a recent press conference, Higgins said that this is not only limiting travel for some people but it's also hurting both local economies.
"These continued obstacles keep hurting Southern Ontario and Western New York," Higgins said.
At the moment, Canada's COVID restrictions run until September 30. Those could always be extended again, but Higgins has a plan. He wants to work with Canada to make sure border travel can run at its highest capacities and allow for both economies to flourish as they did before the pandemic.
"We're going to develop a coalition of both U.S. and Canadians to get the governments to work together toward the goal of lifting all the restrictions on both sides of the border so that we can get a sense of normalcy," Higgins said.
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Covid-19: Gloucestershire hospitals reintroduce masks
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Two Gloucestershire Hospitals are to reintroduce masks for visitors after a rise in the number of staff and patients with Covid-19.
One clinician said infection rates amongst staff had trebled in recent weeks at Gloucestershire Royal and Cheltenham General hospitals.
Kerry Holden, from Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Trust, said masks would help prevent "unnecessary sickness".
The latest UK figures show an estimated 2.3 million people have the virus.
Ms Holden, the trust's deputy director of infection prevention and control, said preventing staff sickness was "definitely one of the main drivers" for reintroducing the mask rules.
"When we see staff having to go off sick or transmission between staff within the hospital setting it does leave our wards significantly short of staff," she said.
"That means that we're not able to provide the care that we want to deliver to our patients," she added.
The figures show the number of Covid-19 infections has been gradually rising in the since the start of June but the number of people admitted to an intensive care or high dependency unit remains very low.
Ms Holden said that many patients were testing positive on admission to hospital, despite most having little to no symptoms.
The trust has also seen an increase in patients catching the virus during their stay.
Ms Holden said staff were continuing to take twice-weekly lateral flow tests and those with even mild symptoms were staying home.
"The masks hopefully will try and prevent some of that unnecessary sickness," she added.
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BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon plans to start sending back tens of thousands of Syrian refugees within months over objections by the United Nations and rights groups, a minister said in an interview Wednesday.
Lebanon has one of the world's highest numbers of refugees per capita and currently hosts over 1 million Syrians who fled the decade-old conflict. Officials say the influx has cost Lebanon billions of dollars and further damaged its crippled infrastructure while it struggles with a financial meltdown.
“We are serious about implementing this plan and we hope to do so within months,” Issam Charafeddine, Lebanon's caretaker Minister of the Displaced, told The Associated Press. “This is a humane, honorable, patriotic and economic plan that is necessary for Lebanon.” The Lebanese government's plan would entail sending back 15,000 Syrian refugees every month.
The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees and rights groups oppose involuntary repatriation to Syria and say the practice risks endangering the returning refugees.
The U.N. refugee agency in a press statement denied that it is engaged in negotiations with Beirut and Damascus on refugee returns.
“UNHCR continues to call on the government of Lebanon to respect the fundamental right of all refugees to a voluntary, safe and dignified return,” the statement read.
The United Nations estimates that 90% of Syrian refugee households live in extreme poverty. But since late 2019, poverty has worsened for both Lebanese and Syrians as the Mediterranean country continues to struggle with crippling economic crisis. Sky-rocketing fuel prices coupled with a currency collapse has meant many essential commodities are now out of reach.
In recent months, a surge of Lebanese, Syrians, and Palestinians have tried to flee cash-strapped Lebanon by sea to Europe.
The Lebanese minister on Monday presented the plan to President Michel Aoun. A committee consisting of caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, Charafeddine, six other ministers and the country’s General Security organization had been working on the proposal since March to gradually return some 1.5 million Syrian refugees from Lebanon.
Charafeddine plans to visit Syria next week to meet Local Administration and Environment Minister Hussein Makhlouf. He hopes they will agree on a concrete timeline for the plan to repatriate 15,000 Syrian refugees every month. The minister says Maklouf had told him that the Syrian government could provide temporary shelter for repatriated refugees in areas that are “entirely safe.”
“We have statistics from the Interior Ministry of the names of the displaced, where they live, and where they’re originally from, and so we would return them by neighborhood,” the minister said. He said Lebanon is willing to repatriate refugees in larger numbers if the Syrian government is able to receive them “at a later stage”.
Human rights organizations in recent reports have documented cases of arbitrary detention, enforced disappearances, and a host of human rights violations against returning refugees.
Charafeddine rejected these reports as a “fear campaign” and said the Syrian government has agreed to drop charges against former opposition fighters and political opposition.
“I was surprised that the Syrian state has eased matters a lot for returns even when it comes to security matters - even those who held weapons will get waivers,” Charafeddine told the AP.
The caretaker minister also criticized the UNHCR and donor countries for what he said was their unwillingness to redirect refugee aid to Syria, which he says deters refugees from returning.
“Whatever the UNHCR’s position is, we will go ahead with the plan,” he said.
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Medicare is a federal health insurance program that pays for covered health care services for most people who are age 65 and older, and for certain younger people with disabilities. More than 63 million Americans are currently enrolled in Medicare, according to the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
VERIFY viewer Robert P. recently asked our team to confirm whether Medicare is calling people to ask if their eligibility date information is correct in order to send out new Medicare cards. He wants to know if this is a scam.
THE QUESTION
Are Medicare card replacement phone calls a scam?
THE SOURCES
THE ANSWER
Yes, Medicare card replacement phone calls are a scam. Medicare will never contact anyone for their Medicare number or other personal information unless the beneficiary has given them permission in advance.
WHAT WE FOUND
In 2018, Medicare decided to stop using social security numbers as account numbers to help keep its members' information more secure and to protect their identity. In April of that year, it began mailing new Medicare cards with unique 11-digit account numbers. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said that the transition to the new cards was scheduled to be completed by December 2019.
During that time, the FCC said it started receiving complaints about scammers calling people pretending to be Medicare representatives. The FCC said the scammers often used caller ID spoofing to mask their identity. (Spoofing is when a caller deliberately falsifies the information transmitted to your caller ID display to disguise their identity.)
The FCC said some of the scammers requested payment for the new Medicare card, while others posed as medical insurers and threatened to cancel people's insurance if they didn’t share information from the new card over the phone.
In an email, a U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) spokesperson told VERIFY Medicare will never contact anyone for their Medicare number or other personal information, including eligibility dates, unless the beneficiary has given them permission in advance.
Instead, CMS says on its website that Medicare, or someone representing Medicare, will only call and ask for personal information in these two situations:
- A Medicare health or drug plan may call you if you’re already a member of the plan. The agent who helped you join can also call you.
- A customer service representative from 1-800-MEDICARE can call you if you’ve called and left a message or a representative said that someone would call you back.
If you are not expecting a call or are unsure if Medicare is really trying to contact you, you should hang up and call 1-800-MEDICARE.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), AARP, and the Office of Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison all say if someone calls you claiming to be from Medicare, and they ask for your social security number or your bank information in order to get your new card or new benefits, that is a scam, and you should hang up immediately.
They all also warn against giving your personal information to a caller claiming to be from Medicare.
“You can’t trust caller ID. These calls can be spoofed so they look like they’re coming from Medicare even when they’re not. Before you give any personal information, initiate your own call to Medicare at 1-800-MEDICARE,” the FTC says.
If you receive a call requesting your Medicare number, you should contact the U.S. Health and Human Services fraud line at 1-800-HHS-Tips (1-800-447-8477). You can also contact Medicare at 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227), report the call to the FTC at ftc.gov/complaint, or file a complaint with the FCC online. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/verify/scams-verify/medicare-new-card-replacement-phone-calls-scam-fact-check/536-98bd7753-240a-4e29-966b-9765bed3e4b7 | 2022-07-06T15:53:51Z | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/verify/scams-verify/medicare-new-card-replacement-phone-calls-scam-fact-check/536-98bd7753-240a-4e29-966b-9765bed3e4b7 | true |
Putin stages nuclear drills with intercontinental missiles capable of hitting Britain after former president warned crisis could lead to 'the end of mankind'
- The road-launched Yars missile was tested in a forest in western Siberia
- The 7,500-mile range means they can strike Britain or anywhere in Europe
- Comes as Dmitry Medvedev issued the Kremlin's latest nuclear threat
Vladimir Putin has staged nuclear drills with his road-launched intercontinental Yars missiles in a forest in western Siberia.
The 7,500-mile range of the missiles means they would be capable of striking Britain or anywhere in Europe.
The test come just hours after Russia's former president and current head of the Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, issued the Kremlin's nuclear threat, warning of of the end of the 'existence of mankind' if Moscow is punished for war crimes.
Vladimir Putin has staged nuclear drills with his road-launched intercontinental Yars missiles in a forest in western Siberia
The 7,500 mile range of the missiles means they would be capable of striking Britain or anywhere in Europe
Putin put his nuclear forces on alert earlier in the war with Ukraine and regular drills continue to be held
A statement from the Russian defence ministry said today: 'Over 100 pieces of hardware are taking part in the exercise.
'Launch vehicles of the Yars road-mobile missile systems of the Russian Strategic Missile Forces' Novosibirsk Missile Formation have trained redeployment during a scheduled drill.
'While performing their manoeuvres, missile units and detachments dispersed in a forest to increase concealment.'
They trained in killing mock saboteurs, reconnoitring the launch area, and in passing through 'contaminated' areas, said the defence ministry.
Putin put his nuclear forces on alert earlier in the war with Ukraine and regular drills continue to be held.
Russia has not abated in its nuclear sabre-rattling, with Putin's allies regularly threatening the West with annihilation
A statement from the Russian defence ministry said today: 'Over 100 pieces of hardware are taking part in the exercise'
Medvedev today warned the International Criminal Court (ICC) should refrain from attempting 'legally void' actions against Russia
Russia has not abated in its nuclear sabre-rattling, with Putin's allies regularly threatening the West with annihilation.
Medvedev today warned the International Criminal Court (ICC) should refrain from attempting 'legally void' actions against Russia.
The savage invasion of Ukraine continues to leave behind a litany of alleged war crimes, including the repeated shelling of civilians, accounts of rape and torture, summary executions and use of banned cluster munitions.
Medvedev, who was Putin's stand-in president between 2008 and 2012, said on Telegram today: 'The idea of punishing the country that has the largest nuclear potential is absurd in itself. And potentially threatens the existence of mankind.'
He then accuses the US of trying to 'sow chaos and destruction' through the ICC, branding the Western superpower a 'daredevil or an idiot'.
Russia's ex-president Dmitry Medvedev has warned of the end of the 'existence of mankind' if Moscow is punished for war crimes
In April, Russia test launched its new Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile in a show of nuclear strength
The Kremlin insider said: 'All American history, from the time of the conquest of the Indians, is a bloody war of annihilation. And we are talking about the most brutal extermination of the civilian population.
'It has become a signature style of American politics, whoever is in power there. During World War II, the United States destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki in this way - only to justify the huge expenses for the nuclear 'Manhattan Project'.
'Vietnam and Korea, Yugoslavia and Iraq, Cuba, Afghanistan and Syria are well aware of how disastrous the consequences of such invasions are - the list is long, and constantly updated.
'America has killed more than 20million people in 37 countries since the end of World War II, according to a study published in Global Research.'
A Ukrainian serviceman inspects the ruins of Lyceum building destroyed in a Russian missile strike near Kharkiv today
He accused the United States of wanting to put Moscow in front of international tribunals, while itself never facing punishment for its own wars.
Medvedev continued: 'The number of victims of the criminal policy of the United States today is comparable to the victims of the Nazi regime.
'So who's going to give us a show trial? Those who kill people and commit war crimes with impunity, but do not meet real condemnation in the international structures financed by them? Those who so firmly believed in their exclusivity and impunity? Those who believe they have the right to judge others, but be beyond the jurisdiction of any court?
'With Russia, this will not work. They understand this very well. Therefore, the filthy dogs of war stop by with their disgusting bark.
A view of a damaged building in Mykolaiv as Russia continues to shell residential buildings across the country
'But the United States and their useless mongrels should remember the words of Scripture: 'Judge not, lest you be judged; So that one day 'the great day of His wrath will not come to their house, and who can stand?''
Since Putin sent troops into Ukraine on February 24, Medvedev has regularly taken to social media to lash out at the West and those critical of Moscow.
Last month, he called those who 'hate' Russia, 'degenerates' and vowed to work to 'make them disappear.'
He also warned any encroachment on the Crimea peninsula by a NATO member-state could amount to a declaration of war which could lead to 'World War Three'.
Medvedev said that if Finland and Sweden joined NATO, Russia would be ready for 'retaliatory steps' - and that could include installing Iskander hypersonic missiles 'on their threshold'.
The International Criminal Court's Assembly of States Parties held in The Hague is pictured, where Britain is sending a police officer and seven lawyers to The Hague to help support investigations into war crimes in Ukraine
'For us, Crimea is a part of Russia. And that means forever. Any attempt to encroach on Crimea is a declaration of war against our country,' Medvedev told the news website Argumenty i Fakty.
'And if this is done by a NATO member-state, this means conflict with the entire North Atlantic alliance; a World War Three. A complete catastrophe.'
Britain is sending a police officer and seven lawyers to The Hague to help support investigations into war crimes at the International Criminal Court.
The UK and Norway will also deliver 'war crimes investigation training' to Ukrainian police.
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NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WKBW) — Buffalo and Niagara Falls are two of the most prominent hub cities for people to get into Canada. Visit Buffalo Niagara President Patrick Kaler said Canadian tourism makes up much of what Western New York sees in a season.
"We typically welcome anywhere 35-45% of our visitation from the Southern Ontario and the Toronto region," Kaler said.
In the past few years, though, the numbers that were once so high have come down pretty significantly.
"We are seeing a little bit of a hit from the Canadian travelers," Kaler said.
According to explore.gov, these were the 2019 splits of people traveling across the border to and from Canada:
- Vehicle travel
- 10,514,815
- Train passengers
- 17,116
- Pedestrians
- 384,676
And these are the 2022 splits:
- Vehicle travel
- 847,658
- Train passengers
- 1,096
- Pedestrians
- 12,932
"Part of it is still the restrictions from the Canadian government. We're very fortunate to have Rep. Higgins on our side trying to get those restrictions lessened," Kaler said.
In a recent press conference, Higgins said that this is not only limiting travel for some people but it's also hurting both local economies.
"These continued obstacles keep hurting Southern Ontario and Western New York," Higgins said.
At the moment, Canada's COVID restrictions run until September 30. Those could always be extended again, but Higgins has a plan. He wants to work with Canada to make sure border travel can run at its highest capacities and allow for both economies to flourish as they did before the pandemic.
"We're going to develop a coalition of both U.S. and Canadians to get the governments to work together toward the goal of lifting all the restrictions on both sides of the border so that we can get a sense of normalcy," Higgins said.
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Covid-19 deaths in England and Wales remain at a low level, despite the latest wave of infections, new figures show.
There were 285 deaths registered in the week to June 24 where coronavirus was mentioned on the death certificate, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
This is broadly unchanged on the previous two weeks, and is well below the 1,125 deaths registered in the peak week of the Omicron BA.2 wave of infections earlier in the year.
The impact of the current surge in infections is not likely to become clear in the figures for a few more weeks, due to the time it takes for someone with the virus to become seriously ill.
The latest wave is being driven by the newer variants Omicron BA.4 and BA.5, which are more transmissible than other strains and are able to evade the immune protection built up by vaccines or previous infections.
There is “currently no evidence” that BA.4 and BA.5 cause more serious illness than older variants of the virus, according to the UK Health Security Agency.
This suggests the numbers of people dying from Covid-19 or needing treatment in intensive care are unlikely to reach the sort of levels seen during the first year of the pandemic.
But the growing prevalence of the virus is expected to lead to extra pressure on hospitals, which are already facing a record backlog of patients needing treatment, besides causing widespread workforce absences and disruption across the UK.
Infections in all four nations of the UK are rising, with levels in England back to where they were in late April.
The number of people in hospital in England who have tested positive for Covid-19 has climbed above 10,000 for the first time since April, reaching 10,658 on July 4, up 36% week-on-week.
This is around two thirds of the peak of 16,600 patients seen during the Omicron BA.2 wave.
In Wales, 575 patients with Covid-19 were recorded on June 30, up 53% from the previous week.
Infections in Wales have climbed to levels last seen at the end of April. | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/uk-world/3461017/covid-19-deaths-at-low-level-despite-growing-wave-of-infections/ | 2022-07-06T15:57:21Z | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/uk-world/3461017/covid-19-deaths-at-low-level-despite-growing-wave-of-infections/ | false |
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CHICAGO, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- According to a research report "Cloud Storage Market by Component (Solutions and Services), Application (Primary Storage, Backup and Disaster Recovery, and Archiving), Deployment Type (Public and Private Cloud), Organization Size, Vertical and Region - Global Forecast to 2027", published by MarketsandMarkets™, the global Cloud Storage Market size is projected to grow from USD 78.6 billion in 2022 to USD 183.7 billion by 2027, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 18.5% during the forecast period.
The demand for cloud storage is driven by the rising need for providing the remote workforce with ubiquitous access to data and files, increasing data volumes across enterprises, and cost-saving and low Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) benefits of cloud storage solutions.
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The services component grows at a higher CAGR during the forecast period
Services play a crucial role in the Cloud Storage Market as these services help before and after the deployment of cloud storage solutions to the clients. Service providers assist their clients in various phases, such as planning, deploying, maintaining, and upgrading cloud storage solutions. The following chapter explains the importance of cloud storage services, such as consulting; integration and implementation; and training, support, and maintenance.
Backup and Disaster recovery segment to grow at the highest CAGR during the forecast period
Backup and disaster recovery applications protect enterprise application data during disasters. They enable customers and enterprises to store and run their systems on the cloud, reduce costs, accelerate the recovery process, and free up resources for other important tasks. These solutions are gaining popularity as they are more reliable and save enterprises the task of maintaining the costly hardware infrastructure needed for backup and disaster recovery. The use of mock drill platforms for disaster recovery enables the addition of resources that can be deployed online in the event of a disaster; this further reduces the recovery time after a major failure. The benefits offered by disaster recovery and backup solutions include data synchronization, online viewing, and easy accessibility.
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Middle East and Africa to grow at the highest CAGR during the forecast period
The demand for IT infrastructure is expected to rise as the African countries will develop, thus contributing to the higher growth rate of the Cloud Storage Market. An increase in the number of investments for developing new technologies, such as cloud, AL, big data, and Business Intelligence (BI), would also lead to the growth of the Cloud Storage Market in Middle East & Africa. Cloud storage providers in this region are increasingly using this technology to control costs and improve business operations. The Middle East has an excellent geographic location and infrastructure, and the gradual rise in income levels in Africa makes the Middle East & Africa region expect growth in the Cloud Storage Market in the coming years. The BFSI, IT, media and entertainment, and energy and utilities sectors rapidly contribute to cloud-based storage solutions and services in this region. AWS, a subsidiary of Amazon and provider of on-demand cloud computing platforms and APIs, is expanding its global footprints in the Middle East & Africa region to speed up the digital transformation.
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Market players profiled in this report include AWS (US), Google (US), Microsoft (US), IBM (US), Alibaba Cloud (China), Oracle (US), Rackspace Technology (US), HPE (US), Dell Technologies (US), Dropbox (US), Box (US), Tencent Cloud (China), Fujitsu (Japan), VMware (US), NetApp (US), Hitachi Vantara (US), Scality (US), Citrix (US), UpCloud (Finland), Huawei (China), DigitalOcean (US), Vultr (US), MinIO (US), Zadara (US), pCloud (Switzerland), Wasabi (US), Sync (Canada), and Degoo (Sweden). These players offer various cloud storage solutions to cater to the demands and needs of the market. Major growth strategies are adopted by the players including partnerships, collaborations and agreements, and new product launches/product enhancements.
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Luxury resort invites guests to a weekend of epicurean experiences with celebrity chefs and world-class vintners
WAILEA, Hawaii , July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hawaii's five-star, five-diamond Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea has announced the return of the Four Seasons Maui Wine & Food Classic this Labor Day Weekend, September 2-4, 2022. Developed in collaboration with "wine therapist to the stars," Christian Navarro, president and principal of Wally's Wine & Spirits, the weekend festivities offer guests the opportunity to connect with an all-star lineup of vintners and celebrity chefs.
The premier wine and food event will feature a roster of superstar chefs, including some of the West Coast's most luminary culinary figures: two-Michelin-star Chef Wolfgang Puck of Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group and Spago Maui, two-Michelin-star Chef Josiah Citrin of Melisse, and "Godfather of LA Dining" Chef Joachim Splichal, Founder of Patina Restaurant Group. Also joining the event are renowned Chef Rashida Holmes of Bridgetown Roti, Maui's very own James Beard nominated Chef Sheldon Simeon of Tinroof, Wally's Executive Chef Ryan Kluver, and Four Seasons Resort Maui culinary duo Executive Chef Michael Patria and Executive Pastry Chef Alexandre Chersouly.
Navarro's list of winemakers, champagne houses, and spirits include powerhouses such as Opus One, Shafer Vineyards, Patrimony, Champagne Laurent-Perrier, Champagne Billecart-Salmon, Marciano Estate, DAOU "Soul of a Lion," Aleksander Wine, El Cristiano, and more—perfectly curated to pair with the weekend of culinary events.
The Resort, lauded as a wine and food destination in the middle of the Pacific, looks forward to welcoming the nationally acclaimed lineup to its sunny shores. "We're excited to welcome such culinary giants and remarkable wine and spirits producers to work alongside our talented team of chefs and sommeliers," says Four Seasons Maui General Manager Ben Shank of this year's event, which was named Robb Report's "Best of the Best New Wine Festival" in 2019.
EVENT SCHEDULE (details are subject to change):
Wally's Starlight Lounge
Friday and Saturday, September 2 and 3, 2022, 5:00 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.
Specialty cocktails, fine wine, and Wally's signature bites under Maui's starry skies. Navarro's handpicked lineup includes El Cristiano tequila, Marciano Estate, DAOU "Soul of a Lion," and Aleksander Wine.
Opening Night Gala
Friday, September 2, 2022, 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
A grand tasting event on the Resort's spectacular Oceanfront Lawn featuring world-class wine, spirits, and the complete roster of visiting and Four Seasons Maui chefs. An intimate evening, guests and vintners will mix and mingle over extraordinary epicurean fare.
Lunch with Chef Rashida Holmes
Saturday, September 3, 2022, 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Caribbean charm meets Maui. Guests are invited to a seaside toes-in-the-sand pop-up lunch experience with Bridgetown Roti's acclaimed Chef-Owner, Rashida Holmes. Tapping into her family roots with eclectic and mouth-watering Caribbean flavors that she describes as "a love letter to West Indian street food" has drawn critical culinary acclaim from the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Bon Appetit, and the Los Angeles Times, to name a select few.
The Icons Wine Dinners
Saturday, September 3, 2022, 6:00 p.m.
LA's most iconic chefs pair up with select wineries to present break-out dinners across the Resort's stunning venues. Guests will choose from the following exclusive options:
- Chef Wolfgang Puck featuring Opus One
- Chef Josiah Citrin featuring Patrimony
- Chef Joachim Splichal featuring Shafer Vineyards
Brunch & Bubbles
Sunday, September 4, 2022, 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
An elegant al fresco Champagne brunch features Laurent-Perrier and Billecart-Salmon, paired with an indulgent menu of brunch classics with a local twist by Four Seasons Maui Executive Chef Michael Patria and Executive Pastry Chef Alexandre Chersouly.
Ticket and Accommodations Information
Tickets are available for the Opening Night Gala, The Icons Dinners, and Brunch & Bubbles. Wally's Starlight Lounge and Lunch with Chef Rashida Holmes are available on a first-come-first-served basis. Accommodations must be reserved separately. Visit fourseasons.com/mauiclassic for more information.
Sponsors for the Four Seasons Maui Wine & Food Classic include Lugano Diamonds, NetJets, and Big Green Egg.
About Four Seasons Resort Maui: Maui's iconic Forbes Five-Star resort is nestled on 15 acres of the breathtaking Wailea Coast. The 383-room oceanfront property is world-renowned for its comfortable opulence, impeccable service, luxurious amenities, and for living in harmony with its environment and community. The resort in Maui is also home to one of the nation's top-rated spas committed to wellness and three of Hawai'i's most acclaimed restaurants—Ferraro's Bar e Ristorante, Spago Maui and DUO Steak and Seafood. This sophisticated home away from home caters to the needs and interests of all generations—offering world-class activities and one-of-a-kind Unforgettable Experiences, a museum quality art collection, three pools overlooking the azure-blue Pacific Ocean including an adults-only Serenity Pool with exclusive Missoni-designed cabanas, and more. Four Seasons Resort Maui, a Hawaiian vacation destination geared to action adventurers, those guests wishing to practice the fine art of doing nothing at all, and everyone in between.
About Wally's Wine & Spirits
Since 1968, Wally's has been a landmark in the world of fine wine. Wally's has continued to trail blaze the wine, spirits, and culinary scene with Wally's Beverly Hills, Wally's Santa Monica and Wally's Las Vegas, a unique retail and restaurant experience combining an unrivalled selection of wine and spirits, delicious food, and first class service.
CONTACT: Crissa Hiranaga, crissa.hiranaga@fourseasons.com, 80826896
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Bette Nash, 86, recently joined the ranks of world record holders in the Guinness Book of World Records, according to ABC News. This fall, Nash will celebrate her 65th anniversary as a flight attendant as she continues her work with American Airlines as a regular on the New York-Washington, D.C.-Boston Shuttle.
Nash began her career as a flight attendant back in 1957 when commercial flying was still a relatively new luxury for travelers, some of who were still a bit apprehensive about taking to the skies. And, during those days, flight attendants had to follow strict guidelines in order to keep their jobs.
“You had to be a certain height, you had to be a certain weight,” Nash told WJLA back in 2017 during her 60th work anniversary. “It used to be horrible. You put on a few pounds and you had to keep weighing yourself, and then if you stayed that way, they would take ya off the payroll!”
Nash still attends regular flight attendant training required by the Federal Aviation Administration to keep on top of the ever-changing safety guidelines and travel rules.
American Airlines posted an image to Facebook about a year ago showing Nash then and now, calling her an “#AATeam legend.” The company said, “She’s been flying with us for 64 years and has the longest flight attendant career in our history.”
Arlington, Virginia-based Nash also told WJLA that when she started as a flight attendant, airfares between New York and Washington cost about $12 each way.
In a press release celebrating Nash’s 60th anniversary with American Airlines back in 2017, the company said its most senior flight attendant has her choice of which routes she can fly. But, she continues to choose the shuttle route between Boston and Washington, D.C. because of her loyalty to the customers and her family’s needs.
Her long-term customers also appreciate Nash’s attention to personal service over the years.
“I think what is most amazing and impressive about Bette is the way she warms up the entire aircraft,” regular American Airlines’ Boston Shuttle passenger Simon Johnson told the company. “You walk on, you meet her, she knows your name, she remembers the conversation that she was having with you yesterday or last week or a month ago.”
“Bette is the best of the best! I am always thrilled when I see she is working a flight I am taking,” Facebook commenter Kathleen Welling said. “She knows her ‘regulars’ by name and is the epitome of grace. American Airlines is indeed lucky to have her. She is a gem!”
Nash said it’s this connection that has made her long-term commitment to her career so enjoyable.
“My favorite part of flying over the years has been greeting my passengers as they board and deplane,” Nash shared with American Airlines. “People really are fascinating and it’s truly been a joy.”
Nash was first verified as having the longest career as a flight attendant in the Guinness Book of World Records in January, when she was 64 years and 61 days into the job. The previous record-holder was on the job for 63 years and 61 days; United’s Ron Akana of Boulder, Colorado, retired in 2012.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Haig Partners LLC, the leading buy-sell advisory firm to auto, heavy truck and RV dealers in the U.S., served as the exclusive sell-side advisor to Lustine Automall in its sale to Graham Ourisman Automotive, a partnership between Graham Holdings Company (NYSE: GHC) and Chris Ourisman. Lustine Automall consists of Lustine Toyota and Lustine Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep-Ram of Woodbridge, VA.
Graham Holdings Company is a diversified holding company headquartered in Arlington, VA. It was formerly the owner of the Washington Post newspaper and Newsweek magazine. Graham Holdings now invests in a variety of industries, including automotive dealerships. Christopher J. Ourisman, a fourth generation member of the Ourisman Automotive Group family of dealerships, and his team of industry professionals will operate and manage the dealerships. GHC has also invested in four other dealerships: Ourisman Lexus of Rockville, Ourisman Honda of Tysons Corner, Ourisman Jeep of Bethesda, and Ourisman Ford of Manassas.
Alan Haig, President of Haig Partners which represented the seller, said, "We thank the Lustine Family for giving us the opportunity to represent them on the sale of their dealerships to the Graham Ourisman partnership. Mr. Burton Lustine built two highly profitable dealerships and has been a fixture in the DC Metro auto retail business for decades before passing away late last year. And we send our congratulations to Chris Ourisman and the Graham Holdings team on this acquisition that will grow their group in the DC metropolitan area, one of the best car markets in the country. We like this partnership between knowledgeable operators that have the support of the OEMs with investment firms that are looking for attractive returns on the capital they are putting to work. Toyota and Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep-Ram dealerships are performing particularly well over the past year given their ability to produce and deliver attractive products to dealers, and that they remain committed to the traditional franchise system."
Mike Charapp and Barrie Charapp Beaty of Mahdavi Bacon Halfhill & Young, PLLC provided legal counsel to the seller.
The team at Haig Partners has been involved in the purchase or sale of 15 dealerships in Virginia. Haig Partners has advised on the sale of 29 dealerships nationwide so far in 2022.
About Haig Partners
Haig Partners LLC helps dealers to maximize the value of their businesses when they are ready to sell. The team at Haig Partners has unmatched experience with executives from leading retail dealer groups and financial institutions. They have advised on the purchase or sale of more than 575 dealerships for over $9.0 billion, more than any other firm. Haig Partners leverages its expertise and relationships to lead clients through a confidential and customizable sales process that also maximizes the value of their businesses. They author the Haig Report, the leading industry quarterly report that tracks trends in auto retail and their impact on dealership values, and are co-author of NADA's Guide, "Buying and Selling a Dealership." For more information, visit www.haigpartners.com.
Transaction Contact:
Alan Haig, Founder and President
Haig Partners
alan@haigpartners.com
(954) 646-8921
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Haig Partners
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St Helens winger Regan Grace has turned down a contract extension to sign for French rugby union side Racing 92, the Super League champions have announced.
The 25-year-old Wales international will link up with the Top 14 outfit at the end of the domestic season.
The announcement ends considerable speculation over Port Talbot-born Grace’s future with a number of English and Welsh clubs in the 15-man code having been linked with his services.
Grace told saintsrlfc.com: “I want to thank everyone at St Helens for bringing me up here and taking a risk on a young kid from Wales. It was a big move for me and I have loved every minute of being here.
“The town has been a big part of my life. I have spent my entire adult life here and it has become my home. It was such a hard decision to leave because of those emotions, but I want to go and test myself and experience a new challenge.
“To win three Super League titles and a Challenge Cup has been a dream come true and my full focus is now ensuring we win a fourth title at the end of the year.”
Grace played both league and union at youth level before opting to sign for Saints at the age of 17 in 2014.
After making a try-scoring Super League debut against rivals Wigan in 2017, he has gone on to cross 86 times in 138 appearances for Saints.
His decision to move at the end of the Super League season means he will not be available to represent Wales in this year’s Rugby League World Cup.
Saints chairman Eamonn McManus said: “Regan has been an exciting and important contributor to the major successes of the Saints in recent years.
“We clearly very much wanted him to stay at the Saints and in Super League in the years ahead.
“However, we fully accept and respect his decision to pursue a new career, life and lifestyle in France and wish him and his family every happiness and success.” | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/sport/3460741/st-helens-winger-regan-grace-switching-codes-to-join-racing-92-at-end-of-season/ | 2022-07-06T16:05:56Z | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/sport/3460741/st-helens-winger-regan-grace-switching-codes-to-join-racing-92-at-end-of-season/ | true |
CHARLOTTE, N.C., July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- King & Spalding announced today that trial lawyer Antonio Lewis has rejoined the firm as a partner in its Trial and Global Disputes practice group. Lewis is based in the firm's Charlotte, N.C., office.
As part of the firm's Consumer Products Litigation team, Lewis will play a key role on trial teams for clients facing product liability, intellectual property, professional liability, and a variety of commercial disputes.
Lewis most recently served as Chief Litigation Counsel at Honeywell, Inc. for its Safety and Productivity Solutions and Building Technologies businesses. He joined King & Spalding as an associate in 2009 and was promoted to partner in 2016 before he joined Honeywell in early 2021.
"During his previous time at King & Spalding, Antonio proved himself a capable and poised trial lawyer with the skills, judgement, and character to successfully represent our consumer products clients' interests in their complex trials," said Andy Bayman, head of the firm's Trial and Global Disputes practice group. "His versatility and his extensive trial experience are huge assets for us."
"Antonio was a vital part of our Charlotte office and a key player in our trial practice for many years, and we are thrilled to welcome him back," said Mark Thigpen, managing partner of the firm's Charlotte office.
Lewis earned his undergraduate degree from Duke University in 2001 and his J.D. from Wake Forest Law School in 2006. He is licensed to practice in both North Carolina and Florida.
"In the courtroom is where I am at my best, so I'm really excited to reunite with my King & Spalding colleagues and the firm's leading consumer products litigation practice to return to trial work," said Lewis. "I am fortunate to know first-hand the way this team collaborates to best serve clients and the opportunity that provides me to expand my practice. It's great to be back."
Celebrating more than 130 years of service, King & Spalding is an international law firm that represents a broad array of clients, including half of the Fortune Global 100, with 1,200 lawyers in 23 offices in the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. The firm has handled matters in over 160 countries on six continents and is consistently recognized for the results it obtains, uncompromising commitment to quality, and dedication to understanding the business and culture of its clients. More information is available at www.kslaw.com.
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After the success of ParkMobile parking reservations for football games last fall, The University of Louisville is transitioning all mobile parking payments to ParkMobile's easy-to-use system.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ParkMobile, the #1 parking app in the U.S., has expanded its partnership at The University of Louisville to offer mobile parking payments for on-demand parking on campus. Through the partnership, ParkMobile will be available at over 2,700 off-street spaces at the university. The expanded partnership is a result of the university's success in offering ParkMobile for parking reservations during last year's football season.
"We've seen firsthand the effect that ParkMobile has on our university by making parking a seamless experience. Now our students, faculty, and visitors will be able to use the app year-round to pay for parking on campus," said Gary Becker, Director of Parking & Transportation Services at the University of Louisville. "ParkMobile significantly decreased the traffic congestion on campus last fall, so we look forward to furthering our partnership with them."
ParkMobile recently launched in the City of Louisville through a partnership with the Parking Authority of River City. The app is also available at the Kentucky Exposition Center, as well as in other markets across Kentucky including Lexington, Bowling Green, and Richmond.
ParkMobile has over 36 million users across North America, is available for both iPhone and Android devices, or can also be accessed on a mobile web browser. To pay for zone parking using the mobile or web app, a user enters the zone number posted on signs around the parking spot, selects the amount of time needed, and touches the "Start Parking" button to begin the session. The user can also extend the time of the parking session on their mobile device.
"It's great to see an already active university expand on their ParkMobile offerings and now have our most popular features available on campus," added Jeff Perkins, CEO of ParkMobile. "The partnership launches just in time for students to start returning to campus following their summer vacation next month."
About ParkMobile: ParkMobile, LLC is the leading provider of smart parking and mobility solutions in North America, using a contactless approach to help millions of people easily find, reserve, and pay for parking on their mobile devices. The company's technology is used in thousands of locations across the country, including 8 of the top 10 cities as well as college campuses, airports, and stadiums. People can use ParkMobile solutions to quickly pay for on street and off-street parking without having to use a meter or kiosk. Additionally, ParkMobile offers parking reservations at stadium venues for concerts and sporting events. Reservations are also available in metro area garages, allowing people to drive into the city without having to worry about finding parking. ParkMobile has been named to the Inc. 5000, Deloitte Fast 500, Smart Cities Connect "Smart 50," and the Atlanta Journal Constitution's Top Workplaces. Additionally, the company won the 2022 Stevie Awards for Best Mobile On-Demand Application, the 2020 Stevie Awards for Achievement in Product Innovation, and the 2019 Stevie Awards for Most Innovative Tech Company and Best Travel App. For more information, visit ParkMobile.io or @ParkMobile on Twitter.
ParkMobile Contact: Mark Lister, SVP of Marketing, [email protected]
University of Louisville Contact: Gary Becker, Director of Parking & Transportation Services, [email protected]
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NEW YORK (AP) — Attorneys representing Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina said Wednesday he intends to challenge a subpoena compelling him to testify before a special grand jury in Georgia investigating former President Donald Trump and his allies’ actions after the 2020 election.
Graham was one of a handful of Trump confidants and lawyers named Tuesday in petitions filed by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis as part of her investigation into what she alleges was “a multi-state, coordinated plan by the Trump Campaign to influence the results of the November 2020 election in Georgia and elsewhere.”
Graham attorneys Bart Daniel and Matt Austin said in a statement Wednesday that the Republican senator “plans to go to court, challenge the subpoena, and expects to prevail,” and they slammed the probe as politically motivated.
“This is all politics. Fulton County is engaged in a fishing expedition and working in concert with the January 6 Committee in Washington,” they wrote, adding that, “As Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Graham was well within his rights to discuss with state officials the processes and procedures around administering elections.”
“Should it stand, the subpoena issued today would erode the constitutional balance of power and the ability of a Member of Congress to do their job,” they went on. They also said they had been informed by Fulton County investigators that Graham “is neither a subject nor target of the investigation.”
A spokesperson for Willis, a Democrat, did not immediately respond to a text message seeking comment.
In the petition submitted Tuesday, Willis wrote that Graham, a longtime Trump ally, made at least two telephone calls to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and members of his staff in the weeks after the November 2020 presidential election, which Trump lost to Democrat Joe Biden. During those calls, Graham asked about reexamining certain absentee ballots “to explore the possibility of a more favorable outcome for former President Donald Trump,” she wrote.
Willis also filed petitions to compel cooperation from former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who was one of Trump’s primary lawyers during the failed efforts to overturn the result of the election, as well as lawyers Kenneth Chesebro, Cleta Mitchell, Jenna Ellis, John Eastman and Jacki Pick Deason.
Giuliani was recovering Tuesday after undergoing surgery to have two heart stents put in, his son, Andrew Giuliani, said while filling in for him as co-host on radio’s “The Rudy Giuliani Show.” | https://www.wjhl.com/news/politics/sen-graham-to-fight-georgia-election-subpoena-lawyers-say/ | 2022-07-06T16:07:18Z | https://www.wjhl.com/news/politics/sen-graham-to-fight-georgia-election-subpoena-lawyers-say/ | true |
Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi have been linked for more than two decades, playing together at UConn and then helping the U.S. Olympic women’s basketball team win five gold medals.
Now the basketball greats will appear on the cover of the NBA 2K23 WNBA edition video game that will be released on Sept. 9.
“Is is really, really cool personally, and I also think it, you know being that we’re women and it’s now the second time they’ve had women on the cover it’s it’s meaningful has special in a different way as well,” Bird said.
It’s the second straight year that the video game will feature a WNBA athlete on one of its covers; Candace Parker was on it last year.
“The response to NBA 2K’s first WNBA Edition last year was overwhelmingly positive and a testament to the W’s growing audience and prominence,” said Alfie Brody, Vice President of Global Marketing Strategy at 2K. “Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi have achieved greatness both individually and together, cementing their status as two of the best players in the WNBA’s history.”
Bird and Taurasi said they played video games a bit when they were younger, but there were no female basketball players on the games.
“You know you have all these little girls playing basketball, and they can actually start gaming now with you know, hopefully, two of their favorite players on the cover,” Taurasi said. “It just shows you how far gaming and women’s basketball has come.”
Bird feels that being on the cover and having WNBA players in the video game will help normalize the presence of female athletes in the lives of both boys and girls.
“Whether it’s girls or boys, whether it’s women, men it doesn’t really matter and that’s that’s the beauty of it,” Bird said. “It’s just becoming like a normal part of this ecosystem that is professional sports and gaming is a big part of that ecosystem so to be involved in it now it’s just going to continue to push things forward and just open up more doors and open up more minds.”
NBA 2K is also partnering with the WNBA stars to donate $100,000 to Every Kid Sports, giving young people the opportunity to join youth basketball programs across the country. The donation will cover the registration fees of over 550 girls from income-restricted families.
“Girls are dropping out of sports at an alarming rate, and I think part of it is they’re not always able to dream of what could be a career that could be it’s really easy for little boys,” Bird said. “Whether you make it or not, it’s actually not the point. But it’s really easy for little boys that turned on the TV to see what life could be like, if I stayed with my sport.”
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SaveTaBSoda Committee works to grab Coca-Cola's attention with billboards within view of company headquarters in Atlanta
ATLANTA, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Despite removal of their beloved soda from store shelves more than two years ago, dedicated TaB drinkers refuse to give up their efforts to get the iconic diet cola back in the hands of its legion of fans.
In its latest initiative, the SaveTaBSoda Committee placed eye-catching billboards blocks away from company headquarters.
"We placed our two billboards in the middle of Atlanta—near World of Coca-Cola and Coca-Cola's World Headquarters -- to send a message to Coke executives," said Jenny Boyter, committee member. "Let's meet and discuss creative solutions for making TaB available for consumers, because we're not giving up."
In addition to the billboards, the committee runs email and phone campaigns while urging fans to sign its petition to help keep pressure on the company.
Committee member Adam Burbach sees hope in Coca-Cola's recent product releases. "I recently saw advertisements for space-flavored and pixel-flavored Coke, close on the heels of recent launches of other new products which quickly disappeared from shelves," said Burbach. "Instead of throwing random ideas against the wall to see what sticks, wouldn't it be cool to bring back one of its most iconic brands with nearly 60 years of success? Taco Bell listened to its customers and brought back the Mexican Pizza, why couldn't Coke bring back TaB?"
TaB was Coca-Cola's first zero sugar cola, created in 1963. It was discontinued in 2020, with consumers soon turning to platforms like Amazon as supplies dwindled.
"TaB became one of Amazon's best-selling soft drinks, and there was a 50/50 chance it'd sell out before I could check out," said Trish Priest, committee member. "We're confident with the right approach - maybe pre-ordered online or working through an exclusive distribution partner - Coke can both make TaB available to its devoted fans and turn a profit."
Those who wish to help, visit savetabsoda.com to sign the petition and please contact Coca-Cola.
An organization of TaB drinkers, the SaveTabSoda Committee focuses on activities and events to convince Coca-Cola to once again make TaB soda available to consumers. The committee works on behalf of and with the help of TaB fans everywhere! In August 2021, the committee formally organized as a nonprofit corporation.
Contact: Jenny Boyter | 206.552.8218 | committee@savetabsoda.com
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NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. futures slipped Wednesday and European benchmarks rose in early trading despite lingering anxieties about an economic slowdown that has pushed the euro to a 20-year low against the U.S. dollar.
Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.3% and futures for the S&P 500 retreated 0.4%. Asian markets finished mostly lower, while oil prices recouped some lost ground.
Analysts said markets were focusing on a variety of risks, including inflation, oil prices, moves by the U.S. Federal Reserve and other central banks on interest rates, political developments in Britain and worries over COVID-19.
In Paris, the CAC 40 added 1.4%, while Germany’s DAX rose 1.1%. Britain’s FTSE 100 added 1.5%.
The euro was trading for $1.0188, dipping below its previous 20-year low on worries over how disruptions to energy supplies might weigh on European economies. It was trading at $1.0429 late Tuesday.
The dollar has surged as the Federal Reserve has embraced a more aggressive approach to taming inflation, widening the gap between interest rates in the U.S. and lagging rates in Europe and Japan, where the European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan are adopting a more cautious stance.
“The euro has depreciated sharply due to a toxic cocktail of negative drivers,” Stephen Innes of SPI Asset Management said in a commentary. “An oddly hesitant ECB contrasts with a more aggressive Fed, worries about natural gas supply disruption and economic recession are deepening,” he said.
But the risks are evident. European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said the 27-nation European Union needs to make emergency plans to prepare for a complete cut-off of Russian gas in the wake of the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine.
The EU has already imposed sanctions on Russia, including on some energy supplies, and is gearing away from Kremlin-controlled deliveries, but von der Leyen said the bloc needed to be ready for shock disruptions coming from Moscow “and even a complete cut-off of Russian gas supply.”
U.S. benchmark crude oil gained 73 cents at $100.23 per barrel. It sank $8.93 on Tuesday, eventually settling below $100 a barrel for the first time since early May in New York trading. Brent crude, the international standard, gained $1.49 cents to $104.26 per barrel.
Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 lost 1.2% to finish at 26,107.65. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 slipped 0.5% to 6,594.50. South Korea’s Kospi shed 2.1% to 2,292.01. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng dropped 1.2% to 21,586.66 while the Shanghai Composite slid 1.4% to 3,355.35.
Markets have grown more volatile as investors fret that economies are slowing under the weight of surging inflation and sharply higher interest rates, pressures that could tip them into recession.
Inflation has been squeezing businesses and consumers, tightening its grip after Russia invaded Ukraine in February. The invasion sent oil prices higher globally and sent gasoline prices in the U.S. to record highs. Consumers struggling with higher prices on everything from food to clothing are cutting back on spending.
Lockdowns in China from rising COVID-19 cases have also made supply chain problems worse.
“Mostly, though, it is China and COVID zero that are weighing on the sentiment in Asia, which was going to be fragile anyway,” said Jeffrey Halley, senior market analyst, Asia Pacific at OANDA. “The prospect of more COVID zero restrictions in China is an unwelcome dose of reality for Asia and is certainly carrying more weight, although Asian currency weakness is also in play,” he said.
Residents of parts of Shanghai and Beijing have been ordered to undergo further rounds of COVID-19 testing following the discovery of new cases in the two cities, while tight restrictions remain in place in Hong Kong, Macao and other Chinese cities.
Wall Street will get a closer look at the employment market on Friday when the the government releases employment data for June. Investors are also looking ahead to the next round of corporate earnings.
In other trading, the U.S. dollar edged down to 135.29 Japanese yen from 135.84 yen.
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Bradford Clark Freeman, the last surviving member of Easy Company's Band of Brothers, dies at 97
Bradford Clark Freeman, believed to be the last surviving original member of the historic World War II parachute infantry regiment of the U.S. Army known as Easy Company, died Sunday in Columbus, Mississippi. He was 97.
Freeman died at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle, according to an obituary posted by Lowndes Funeral Home and Crematory.
Known to his friends as Mr. B., Freeman was a freshman at Mississippi State when World War II began, according to the obituary. He volunteered for the paratroopers and "on February 5, 1944, he went into Foreign Service with 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division," the obituary said.
As a mortarman for Easy Company, he jumped in the D-Day Normandy invasion, per the obituary.
He also fought in Operation Market-Garden and was part of the defense of Bastogne, Belgium, during the Battle of the Bulge, where he was wounded, the obituary read.
After rejoining his unit, he participated in the occupations of Berchtesgaden and Austria, according to the obituary.
The story of Easy Company was depicted in the HBO miniseries "Band of Brothers," based on the New York Times bestseller by Stephen Ambrose.
After the war, Freeman returned to his hometown Caledonia, Mississippi, where he married Willie Louise Gurley and worked as a mail carrier for 32 years, the obituary read.
In May 2021, Columbus Air Force Base presented a challenge coin to Freeman on behalf of Gen. Mark Milley as a "thank you for your service to your country and for being a hero," the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, according to a statement at the time.
Freeman is survived by a sister, two daughters, four grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren, according to the obituary.
"Our dad was always astounded that a country boy from Mississippi was able to see so many places and meet so many interesting people," the obituary states.
The unit's last surviving officer, Army Col. Edward Shames, died last year at 99. | https://www.wbaltv.com/article/bradford-clark-freeman-the-last-surviving-member-of-easy-companys-band-of-brothers-dies-at-97/40527534 | 2022-07-06T16:11:32Z | https://www.wbaltv.com/article/bradford-clark-freeman-the-last-surviving-member-of-easy-companys-band-of-brothers-dies-at-97/40527534 | false |
By YURI KAGEYAMA
AP Business Writer
TOKYO (AP) — Global shares were mixed Wednesday as European benchmarks rose in early trading despite looming worries about a global recession that have pushed the euro to a 20-year low against the U.S. dollar.
Asian markets finished mostly lower. Oil prices recouped some lost ground.
Analysts said markets were focusing on a variety of risks, including inflation, oil prices, moves by the U.S. Federal Reserve and other central banks on interest rates, political developments in Britain and worries over COVID-19.
In Paris, the CAC 40 added 1.4% to 5,876.10, while Germany’s DAX rose 1.3% to 12,566.66. Britain’s FTSE 100 added 1.4% to 7,122.56. The futures for the S&P 500 and the Dow industrials fell 0.4%.
The euro was at $1.0224, dipping below its previous 20-year low on worries over how disruptions to energy supplies might weigh on European economies. It was trading at $1.0429 late Tuesday.
The dollar has surged as the Federal Reserve has embraced a more aggressive approach to taming inflation, widening the gap between interest rates in the U.S. and lagging rates in Europe and Japan, where the European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan are adopting a more cautious stance.
“The euro has depreciated sharply due to a toxic cocktail of negative drivers.,” Stephen Innes of SPI Asset Management said in a commentary. “An oddly hesitant ECB contrasts with a more aggressive Fed, worries about natural gas supply disruption and economic recession are deepening,” he said.
Worries have been deepening, with European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen saying the 27-nation European Union needs to make emergency plans to prepare for a complete cut-off of Russian gas in the wake of the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine.
The EU has already imposed sanctions on Russia, including on some energy supplies, and is gearing away from Kremlin-controlled deliveries, but von der Leyen said the bloc needed to be ready for shock disruptions coming from Moscow “and even a complete cut-off of Russian gas supply.”
U.S. benchmark crude oil gained 94 cents at $100.44 per barrel. It sank $8.93 on Tuesday, eventually settling below $100 a barrel for the first time since early May in New York trading. Brent crude, the international standard, gained $1.50 cents to $104.27 per barrel.
Markets have grown more volatile as investors fret that economies are slowing under the weight of surging inflation and sharply higher interest rates, pressures that could tip them into recession.
Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 lost 1.2% to finish at 26,107.65. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 slipped 0.5% to 6,594.50. South Korea’s Kospi shed 2.1% to 2,292.01. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng dropped 1.2% to 21,586.66 while the Shanghai Composite slid 1.4% to 3,355.35.
Japan has parliamentary elections this coming weekend, but the expected outcome is for more stability. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida appears headed to victory amid a heavily divided and discredited opposition, polls show, despite the ruling party’s stumbling over curbing coronavirus infections, the economy and various scandals.
Inflation has been squeezing businesses and consumers, tightening its grip after Russia invaded Ukraine in February. The invasion sent oil prices higher globally and sent gasoline prices in the U.S. to record highs. Consumers struggling with higher prices on everything from food to clothing are cutting back on spending.
Lockdowns in China from rising COVID-19 cases have also made supply chain problems worse.
“Mostly, though, it is China and COVID zero that are weighing on the sentiment in Asia, which was going to be fragile anyway,” said Jeffrey Halley, senior market analyst, Asia Pacific at OANDA. “The prospect of more COVID zero restrictions in China is an unwelcome dose of reality for Asia and is certainly carrying more weight, although Asian currency weakness is also in play,” he said.
Residents of parts of Shanghai and Beijing have been ordered to undergo further rounds of COVID-19 testing following the discovery of new cases in the two cities, while tight restrictions remain in place in Hong Kong, Macao and other Chinese cities.
Wall Street will get a closer look at the employment market on Friday when the the government releases employment data for June. Investors are also looking ahead to the next round of corporate earnings.
In other trading, the U.S. dollar edged down to 135.21 Japanese yen from 135.84 yen.
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President Biden visits Cleveland to deliver remarks on employee pension plans
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - President Joe Biden is scheduled to speak in Cleveland on Wednesday afternoon to discuss his economic agenda and the American Rescue Plan.
The president will be joined by union workers and retirees for remarks at approximately 3:15 p.m. at Cleveland’s Max S. Hayes High School, according to the White House.
An assistance program that the president will highlight is meant to protect pension plans for workers who faced cuts to their benefits.
Wednesday’s appearance for President Biden is his first in Northeast Ohio since he spoke in Lorain in February about his infrastructure plans.
Prior to the president’s speech, a group is expected to rally in front of the Cleveland school in support of abortion rights.
This story will be updated.
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MOUNT VERNON, Ind. (AP) — An 11-year-old boy and a man died over the Fourth of July holiday weekend after being injured by fireworks in separate Indiana incidents, authorities said.
The boy, Camrynn Ray McMichael of Mount Vernon, died Sunday night from a head injury he suffered in an accidental explosion of “fireworks mortar” in the far southwestern Indiana city, Posey County Coroner Bill Denning said Tuesday.
Sgt. Todd Ringle with Indiana State Police said the boy died while en route to an Evansville hospital after dispatchers was called about a serious injury in Mount Vernon, about 15 miles (24 kilometers) west of Evansville.
The boy's mother, Kyrra McMichael, told the Evansville Courier & Press her son was an honor roll student who loved playing sports and making people laugh.
“No matter the situation he tried to be happy,” she wrote in a social media message.
In Fort Wayne, Noe Diaz, 43, died from injuries he suffered Sunday night when fireworks exploded near his face as he was setting off fireworks at home in the city about 120 miles (193 kilometers) northeast of Indianapolis.
Michael Burris, the Allen County Coroner’s office's chief investigator, said Tuesday that the cause and manner of Diaz's death were still pending, but Diaz suffered burns and was rushed to a hospital, where he died, The Journal Gazette reported. | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Indiana-boy-man-killed-in-separate-weekend-17287479.php | 2022-07-06T16:13:23Z | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Indiana-boy-man-killed-in-separate-weekend-17287479.php | true |
Denver, Colo. (AP) — For National Park Service fisheries biologist Jeff Arnold, it was a moment he'd been dreading. Bare-legged in sandals, he was pulling in a net in a shallow backwater of the lower Colorado River last week, when he spotted three young fish that didn't belong there. “Give me a call when you get this!” he messaged a colleague, snapping photos.
Minutes later, the park service confirmed their worst fear: smallmouth bass had in fact been found and were likely reproducing in the Colorado River below Glen Canyon Dam.
They may be a beloved sport fish, but smallmouth bass feast on humpback chub, an ancient, threatened fish that’s native to the river, and that biologists like Arnold have been working hard to recover. The predators wreaked havoc in the upper river, but were held at bay in Lake Powell where Glen Canyon Dam has served as a barrier for years — until now. The reservoir’s recent sharp decline is enabling these introduced fish to get past the dam and closer to where the biggest groups of chub remain, farther downstream in the Grand Canyon.
There, Brian Healy has worked with the humpback chub for more than a decade and founded the Native Fish Ecology and Conservation Program.
“It’s pretty devastating to see all the hard work and effort you’ve put into removing other invasive species and translocating populations around to protect the fish and to see all that effort overturned really quickly,” Healy said.
As reservoir levels drop, nonnative fish that live in warm surface waters in Lake Powell are edging closer to the dam and its penstocks — submerged steel tubes that carry water to turbines, where it generates hydroelectric power and is released on the other side.
If bass and other predator fish continue to get sucked into the penstocks, survive and reproduce below the dam, they will have an open lane to attack chub and other natives, potentially unraveling years of restoration work and upending the Grand Canyon aquatic ecosystem — the only stretch of the river still dominated by native species.
On the brink of extinction decades ago, the chub has come back in modest numbers thanks to fish biologists and other scientists and engineers. Agencies spend millions of dollars annually to keep intruders in check in the upper portion of the river.
Under the Endangered Species Act, government agencies are required to operate in ways that will not “jeopardize the continued existence” of listed animals. That includes infrastructure.
Even before the discovery of smallmouth bass spawning below the dam, agencies had been bracing for this moment. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation recently enlisted a team of researchers at Utah State University to map the nonnative fish in Lake Powell and try to determine which could pass through the dam first.
A task force quickly assembled earlier this year to address the urgency the low water poses for native fish. Federal, state and tribal leaders are expected to release a draft plan in August containing solutions for policymakers who intend to delay, slow and respond to the threat of smallmouth bass and other predators below the dam.
There are a variety of solutions, but many will require significant changes to infrastructure.
In the meantime, National Park Service, U.S. Geological Survey and Arizona Fish and Game are moving quickly to try to contain the issue. During an emergency meeting, they decided to increase their monitoring efforts in other shallow areas and block off the entire backwater where the smallmouth bass were found so they can't swim out into the river.
“Unfortunately, the only block nets we have are pretty large mesh, so it will not stop these smaller fish from going through, but it will keep the adults from going back out,” Arnold said, noting it's the best they can do with available resources.
Experts say leaving more water in Lake Powell would be the best solution to ensure cool water can be released through the dam, although it's tough to do in a river under so much stress.
Last month, the Department of the Interior notified states that depend on Colorado River water, which means the entire southwestern United States, that they must devise a way to conserve one fifth to one quarter of the river's supply in 2023, or face federal intervention. It is unclear where that conserved supply would be stored, but Healy says he hopes Lake Powell is being considered.
“If we want to protect some of the values for which Grand Canyon National Park was established, we need to really think about how water is stored,” Healy said. “That issue needs to be at the table.”
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Air traffic control cannot handle summer travel, United Airlines says
(CNN) - United Airlines is sounding the alarm and telling its staff there are more summer flights than air traffic controllers can handle, an issue that could contribute to more flight disruptions this summer.
United’s chief operating officer voiced his frustration in a memo to staff, saying until there are more air traffic controllers, they expect the U.S aviation system to remain challenged this summer.
He noted the situation is particularly bad in New York and Florida.
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg met with the heads of airlines last month and said Tuesday that he disagrees.
Buttigieg said air traffic control staffing is not to blame for most delays and cancellations this summer. He said there are other issues at play, like airlines pushing pilots into early retirement.
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11-year-old boy killed by firework over holiday weekend, police say
MOUNT VERNON, Ind. (WFIE/Gray News) – An 11-year-old Indiana boy was killed by a firework Sunday night, Indiana State Police said.
Camrynn Ray McMichael died from a head injury due to a firework mortar, a preliminary autopsy indicates. His death has been ruled accidental.
Troopers said Camrynn was found critically injured in a neighborhood around 9:45 p.m. Sunday and died while on the way to the hospital. They did not provide further details.
Camrynn was entering sixth grade as a student at Mount Vernon Junior High. His football coach, as well as two of his former elementary school teachers, raved about his personality and wit.
Mount Vernon Junior High Football Coach James F. Goodrich II said Camrynn was a great athlete and an even better kid.
“I mean it’s just, it’s just hard. I’m going to miss his smile, his energy, his just, you know, he was just part of us,” Goodrich said.
He said Camrynn was on the smaller side, but he was a natural-born leader who knew how to work.
“He knew that he was going to make his way by working hard and doing stuff, and that gets other kids’ respect,” Goodrich said.
One of Camrynn’s former teachers, Kamie Richardson, said his personality was one of a kind.
“Just his pure wanting everyone to just be happy,” Richardson said. “It was amazing.”
She said Camrynn was incredibly smart and always spent time helping other kids when he could.
“He was one of those kids where you start working with him and you were like, ‘Oh, I want to do better because this kid is pushing me to be better,’” she said.
Jacquelyn Cobb, Camrynn’s former fourth grade teacher, said his big heart made him such a pleasure to have in class. She said she was looking forward to watching Camrynn grow up, but that is a luxury that is no longer a reality.
“Just knowing that’s not going to happen is heartbreaking,” Cobb said.
A GoFundMe has been set up to help the family pay for Camrynn’s funeral expenses.
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Pilot Aims to Identify and Measure Root Causes of CO2 Emissions Along George Washington Bridge Corridor
NEW YORK, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- GridMatrix is deploying its real time traffic analytics software along the George Washington Bridge as a part of a pilot program with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the Transit Tech Lab. As of June 3rd, GridMatrix's software is analyzing feeds from existing cameras at intersections in Fort Lee, New Jersey and along the West Side Highway in Manhattan, the primary arterial roadways feeding the bridge.
Transportation planners and traffic engineers from the Port Authority are using GridMatrix's cloud-based software platform to study vehicular and pedestrian traffic congestion, quantify signal light performance, and proactively identify hazardous road conditions at deployment locations. Critically, GridMatrix aims to help the Port Authority identify and measure root causes of CO2 emissions and gasoline consumption across the world's busiest bridge and along the New York metro region's heavily trafficked roadways.
The Port Authority was the first transportation agency to embrace the 2018 Paris Climate agreement and first to commit to net zero emissions by 2050. The engagement's primary goal is to help the Port Authority accelerate its progress and meet its environmental goals.
Nick D'Andre, GridMatrix's CEO, said: "It's a privilege to partner with the Port Authority in pursuit of its broader sustainability goals. Implementing GridMatrix's software on the region's most critical transportation infrastructure is a step toward those goals - both in America's largest city and one of its coastal population centers most vulnerable to climate change. These are the actions we must take today if we're going to achieve tomorrow's emissions reduction targets and keep global average temperatures from warming beyond 1.5℃."
GridMatrix's deployment is being implemented as part of the Partnership for New York City's Transit Tech Lab 2022 Recovery & Environmental Sustainability Challenges. GridMatrix was invited as 1 of 10 companies from a global pool of nearly 150 candidates to showcase their solutions in partnership with a regional transportation agency. Participating agencies include the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and NJ TRANSIT.
GridMatrix's award winning software platform for real-time traffic analytics combines edge data from existing roadway sensors and cloud-based data sources to eliminate urban traffic congestion, accidents, and emissions. GridMatrix's software is universally compatible with both existing sensors such as cameras, radar, and loops, as well as emerging sensing technologies such as LiDAR.
The Intelligent Transportation Society of America has recognized GridMatrix's software as a leading new solution for sustainable and resilient infrastructure.
GridMatrix is headquartered in San Francisco and was co-founded in 2021 by a group of former Apple engineering and operations colleagues. The GridMatrix team brings over 100 years of experience and 22 patents in both hardware and software product development to the company's solutions.
GridMatrix's mission is to evolve existing transportation infrastructure in cities globally as they embrace advances in autonomous, connected, electric, and shared mobility technologies.
More information about GridMatrix is available at www.gridmatrix.com.
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Findings Reveal Collaboration with Doctors Correlates With Higher Patient Care Satisfaction
NOVATO, Calif., July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Eczema Association (NEA) today announced the publication of its new research revealing the importance of shared decision making between patients and healthcare providers in the treatment of eczema.
An estimated 31 million Americans live with eczema, a disease without a known cause or cure that affects everyone differently. Choosing the right treatment for eczema is challenging – for both patients and providers – due to the highly variable nature of the disease. There are also many new treatments for eczema available, with more in development, increasing the need for collaboration between healthcare providers and patients when discussing and deciding on treatment options.
Until now, there has not been a clear understanding of the extent to which patients with eczema provide input into their own treatment and factors that contribute to positive care conversations.
The NEA research team set out to answer these questions with a survey of its eczema patient and caregiver community. The findings, analyzed in collaboration with researchers Emile Latour, MS (Biostatistics Shared Resource, Knight Cancer Institute, Oregon Health & Science University) and Erin Foster, MD, PhD (Center for Health & Healing, Oregon Health & Science University) have been published (in part) in JAMA Dermatology.
Shared decision making is a practice in which a healthcare provider works with a patient or caregiver to incorporate their unique preferences and values into decisions about medically appropriate treatment options. The process of shared decision making can help patients understand and choose treatments that align with their personal needs. Prior research about shared decision making in other chronic diseases have found it to be a valuable approach to increase patient satisfaction during consultations and adherence to treatment regimens. Another study in the U.S. also found a correlation between poor shared decision making and poor patient-reported outcomes.
From the survey results of 1,313 patients and caregivers, investigators found that a "higher degree of involvement in shared decision making was significantly associated with higher consultation satisfaction." Upon further analysis, they also determined that "self-reported knowledge about the causes of eczema was associated with past and future shared decision making" and that "severity of the disease was inversely associated with past shared decision making behavior."
In regard to current shared decision making processes, 49.6% of respondents state they prefer to make their own decision after considering the doctor's opinion and 69.4% report being very likely to engage in shared decision making in the future. These findings confirm an important role for shared decision making for improving patient satisfaction with their care.
Furthermore, those who reported feeling "very well informed" about eczema causes were 3.4 times more likely to be confident to engage in future shared decision making.
Healthcare providers have a unique opportunity to facilitate shared decision making in care settings by empowering patients and caregivers to make decisions and incorporating education about eczema and its causes into patient interactions. These new survey results demonstrated that a higher degree of patient involvement in eczema shared decision making was associated with higher levels of consultation satisfaction and provided a strong foundation for engagement in shared decision making to additionally foster adherence to treatment plans and control of the condition itself.
One notable gap identified in the study, however, is between patient and healthcare provider perception of how much shared decision making occurred as previous, non-eczema-related studies report disparate results between the two groups. Future studies are underway and will explore aspects of the patient-provider relationship.
Additional findings and insights from this study are expected to be published soon.
For more information about this study and other research conducted by NEA, visit: NationalEczema.org/surveys.
Founded in 1988, the National Eczema Association (NEA) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and the largest patient advocacy organization serving the over 31 million Americans who live with eczema and those who care for them. NEA provides programs and resources to elevate the diverse lived experience of eczema, and help patients and caregivers understand their disease, actively engage in their care, find strength in one another – and improve their lives. Additionally, NEA advances critical eczema research and partners with key stakeholders to ensure the patient voice is represented and valued in education, care and treatment decision-making. The eczema community is at an exciting juncture, with increased recognition of the seriousness and burden of eczema and a surge in scientific interest and development of new treatments. Bolstered by NEA's strategic plan, Blueprint 2025, we are driving toward the ultimate vision: a world without eczema. Learn more at NationalEczema.org.
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US oil prices fall below $100 for 1st time since May
Commodity prices everywhere are getting pummeled over recession fears.
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We’re kicking off today’s Brew with a word you’ve waited so long to hear: “deflation.” It may not be as good as you think, though.
US oil prices collapsed below $100 a barrel yesterday for the first time since May, accelerating their decline over much of the past month. While that’s certainly a hopeful sign for gas prices, it also shows that investors are betting the economy is going to experience a bumpy landing on its way down from its inflationary heights.
Let’s dwell on the positive aspects of the oil price plunge a little bit longer, because it’s more fun. As oil prices have slid from their peak, so have prices at the pump.
- Retail gasoline prices have now fallen for 21 straight days, which is the longest streak of daily declines since the lockdowns of April 2020.
- The average US gas price right now is $4.80 a gallon. At those levels, you still want to cry every time you see the needle hovering near “E” on your dashboard, but prices have cooled from a peak above $5.
Why this is happening: It all comes back to the Fed. In its heavyweight fight to bring inflation back from 40-year highs, the central bank is hiking interest rates to cool off the economy. Investors are betting that demand for fuel from individuals and companies alike is going to drop relative to supply, which to date hasn’t dropped off like many predicted due to the war in Ukraine. Citigroup is perhaps the most bearish of all—yesterday the bank predicted that oil prices could fall to as low as $65/barrel in the event of a recession.
Commodity prices everywhere are dropping
Oil is just one of many commodities that has hit the downhill over the past several months after skyrocketing in price, suggesting that the Fed’s actions to combat inflation are working. Wheat, corn, and soybeans have now all fallen below their prices at the end of March, the WSJ reports.
Copper, the metal that’s seen as the best gauge of economic activity because it’s used in many different types of products, has dropped to a 17-month low over recession concerns. It’s on the brink of a bear market, and every recession of the last 30 years has followed a bear market in copper, per Insider.
Bottom line: The cooling commodities market could be telling us two things: 1) Inflation may be on the way down and 2) the economy may soon hit a rough patch.—NF
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