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NEW YORK, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of IonQ, Inc..
Shareholders who purchased shares of IONQ during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
CLASS PERIOD: March 30, 2021 to May 2, 2022
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) IonQ had not yet developed a 32-qubit quantum computer; (2) the Company's 11-qubit quantum computer suffered from significant error rates, rendering it useless; (3) IonQ's quantum the computer is not sufficiently reliable, so it is not accessible despite being available through major cloud providers; (4) a significant portion of IonQ's revenue was derived from improper roundtripping transactions with related parties; and (5) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were the materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
DEADLINE: August 1, 2022 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/ionq-inc-loss-submission-form/?id=29972&from=4
NEXT STEPS FOR SHAREHOLDERS: Once you register as a shareholder who purchased shares of IONQ during the timeframe listed above, you will be enrolled in a portfolio monitoring software to provide you with status updates throughout the lifecycle of the case. The deadline to seek to be a lead plaintiff is August 1, 2022. There is no cost or obligation to you to participate in this case.
WHY GROSS LAW FIRM? The Gross Law Firm is nationally recognized class action law firm, and our mission is to protect the rights of all investors who have suffered as a result of deceit, fraud, and illegal business practices. The Gross Law Firm is committed to ensuring that companies adhere to responsible business practices and engage in good corporate citizenship. The firm seeks recovery on behalf of investors who incurred losses when false and/or misleading statements or the omission of material information by a company lead to artificial inflation of the company's stock. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
CONTACT:
The Gross Law Firm
15 West 38th Street, 12th floor
New York, NY, 10018
Email: dg@securitiesclasslaw.com
Phone: (646) 453-8903
View original content:
SOURCE The Gross Law Firm | https://www.wbay.com/prnewswire/2022/07/20/shareholder-alert-gross-law-firm-notifies-shareholders-ionq-inc-class-action-lawsuit-lead-plaintiff-deadline-august-1-2022-nyse-ionq/ | 2022-07-20T11:10:32Z | https://www.wbay.com/prnewswire/2022/07/20/shareholder-alert-gross-law-firm-notifies-shareholders-ionq-inc-class-action-lawsuit-lead-plaintiff-deadline-august-1-2022-nyse-ionq/ | true |
13 structures washed away, 20 damaged in flashfloods in Jammu and Kashmir
Public has been asked to remain vigilant and keep themselves away from River Chenab in view of the rise in water level in the river
Thirteen structures, including a school building, were washed away and at least 20 others got partially damaged in flash floods triggered due to cloudburst in Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district on July 20, officials said.
Top districts officials, including Deputy Commissioner Vikas Sharma, Senior Superintendent of Police Abdul Qayoom and Thathri Sub-Divisional Magistrate Ather Amin Zargar reached the spot and took stock of the situation.
Allama Iqbal Memorial Educational Institution, a house, eight 'gharats' (small mills) and three shops got washed away in the flashfloods due to the cloudburst in Tanta area of Kahara tehsil, SDM Zargar said.
A portion of the Kahara tourism reception centre, Bhadarwah Development Authority, was badly damaged. More than 20 structures were partially damaged, but no loss of life or serious injury was reported, he added.
Mr. Sharma said, "We are assessing the loss and relief will be provided as per rules."
He also said some essential items will be provided as quick relief from Red Cross organisation.
Meanwhile, the district administration has issued an advisory in view of inclement weather conditions.
It asked the public to remain vigilant and keep themselves away from River Chenab in view of the rise in water level in the river and apprehension of flash floods in streams and river tributaries.
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NEW YORK, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of IonQ, Inc..
Shareholders who purchased shares of IONQ during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
CLASS PERIOD: March 30, 2021 to May 2, 2022
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) IonQ had not yet developed a 32-qubit quantum computer; (2) the Company's 11-qubit quantum computer suffered from significant error rates, rendering it useless; (3) IonQ's quantum the computer is not sufficiently reliable, so it is not accessible despite being available through major cloud providers; (4) a significant portion of IonQ's revenue was derived from improper roundtripping transactions with related parties; and (5) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were the materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
DEADLINE: August 1, 2022 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/ionq-inc-loss-submission-form/?id=29972&from=4
NEXT STEPS FOR SHAREHOLDERS: Once you register as a shareholder who purchased shares of IONQ during the timeframe listed above, you will be enrolled in a portfolio monitoring software to provide you with status updates throughout the lifecycle of the case. The deadline to seek to be a lead plaintiff is August 1, 2022. There is no cost or obligation to you to participate in this case.
WHY GROSS LAW FIRM? The Gross Law Firm is nationally recognized class action law firm, and our mission is to protect the rights of all investors who have suffered as a result of deceit, fraud, and illegal business practices. The Gross Law Firm is committed to ensuring that companies adhere to responsible business practices and engage in good corporate citizenship. The firm seeks recovery on behalf of investors who incurred losses when false and/or misleading statements or the omission of material information by a company lead to artificial inflation of the company's stock. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
CONTACT:
The Gross Law Firm
15 West 38th Street, 12th floor
New York, NY, 10018
Email: dg@securitiesclasslaw.com
Phone: (646) 453-8903
View original content:
SOURCE The Gross Law Firm | https://www.wagmtv.com/prnewswire/2022/07/20/shareholder-alert-gross-law-firm-notifies-shareholders-ionq-inc-class-action-lawsuit-lead-plaintiff-deadline-august-1-2022-nyse-ionq/ | 2022-07-20T11:12:55Z | https://www.wagmtv.com/prnewswire/2022/07/20/shareholder-alert-gross-law-firm-notifies-shareholders-ionq-inc-class-action-lawsuit-lead-plaintiff-deadline-august-1-2022-nyse-ionq/ | false |
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BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s head office on Wednesday proposed that member states cut their gas use by 15% over the coming months to ensure that any full Russian cutoff of natural gas supplies to the bloc will not fundamentally disrupt industries next winter.
While the initial cuts would be voluntary cuts, the Commission also asked for the power to impose mandatory reductions across the bloc in the event of an EU-wide alert “when there is a substantial risk of a severe gas shortage or an exceptionally high demand of gas occurs, which results in a significant deterioration of the gas supply situation.”
The need is high, said EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
“Russia is blackmailing us. Russia is using energy as a weapon. And therefore, in any event, whether it’s a partial major cutoff of Russian gas or total cutoff of Russian gas, Europe needs to be ready,” von der Leyen said.
EU member states will discuss the measures at an emergency meeting of energy ministers next Tuesday. For them to be approved, national capitals would have to consider yielding their powers over energy policy to Brussels.
Wednesday's proposal comes at a time when a blog post from the International Monetary Fund has warned about the power Russian President Vladimir Putin could wield by weaponizing energy exports and choking off the 27-nation bloc.
“The partial shutoff of gas deliveries is already affecting European growth, and a full shutdown could be substantially more severe,” the IMFBlog warned. It added that gross domestic product in member nations like Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic could shrink by up to 6%.
Italy, a country already facing serious economic problems, “would also face significant impacts.”
EU economic forecasts last week showed that Russia’s war in Ukraine is expected to wreak havoc with economic recovery for the foreseeable future, with lower annual growth and record-high inflation. The disruptions in Russian energy trade threaten to trigger a recession in the bloc just as it is recovering from a pandemic-induced slump
Since Russia invaded Ukraine, the EU has approved bans on Russian coal and most oil to take effect later this year, but it did not include natural gas because the 27-nation bloc depends on gas to power factories, generate electricity and heat homes. Now, it fears that Putin will cut off gas anyway to try to wreak economic and political havoc in Europe this winter.
Such threats have forced the bloc’s head office to make a plan centered on energy cuts and savings that might make for a much colder winter, but one without massive disruptions.
“We have to be proactive. We have to prepare for a potential full disruption of Russian gas. And this is a likely scenario. That's what we’ve seen in the past,” von der Leyen said.
The aim is to ensure essential industries and services like hospitals functioning, while others would have to cut back. That could include lowering heat in public buildings and enticing families to use less energy at home.
"Assuming there is a full disruption of Russian gas, we need to save gas, to fill our gas storage faster, and to do so we have to reduce our gas consumption. I know this is a big ask,” von der Leyen said.
EU nations and the Commission have gone on a buying spree to diversify its natural gas sources away from Russia, but they are still expected to fall far short of providing businesses and homes with enough energy in the cold months.
Even if the EU has enough gas to keep the lights on and factories running right now, it does so at painfully high prices that have fueled runaway inflation and caused public uproar.
Russia has cut off or reduced gas to some EU countries, and there are fears that the energy crisis will get worse if Moscow does not restart a key pipeline to Germany after scheduled maintenance ends Thursday.
Already a dozen nations from one day to the next have experienced supply disruptions from Gazprom.
The energy squeeze is also reviving decades-old political challenges for Europe. While the EU has gained centralized authority over monetary, trade, antitrust and farm policies, national capitals have jealously guarded their powers over energy matters.
The European Commission has spent decades chipping away at this bastion of national sovereignty, using previous supply disruptions to secure gradual gains in EU clout. The five-month-old Russian invasion of Ukraine is now the starkest test of whether member countries are willing to cede more of their energy powers.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, member states did join in common action to help develop and buy vaccines in massive quantities in an unprecedented show of common resolve in the health sector.
“This is a moment for Europe to build upon the decisive action and solidarity displayed during the pandemic to address the challenging moment it faces today,” the IMFBlog said.
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NEW YORK, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Unilever PLC.
Shareholders who purchased shares of UL during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
CLASS PERIOD: This lawsuit is on behalf of all persons who purchased or otherwise acquired Unilever American Depositary Receipts between September 2, 2020 and July 21, 2021, inclusive.
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: a) in July 2020, the board of Ben & Jerry's, one of Unilever's marquee brands, passed a resolution to end sales of its ice cream in "Occupied Palestinian Territory" ; and b) this boycott decision risked adverse governmental actions for violations of laws, executive orders, or resolutions aimed at discouraging boycotts, divestment, and sanctions of Israel adopted by 35 U.S. states.
DEADLINE: August 15, 2022 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/unilever-plc-loss-submission-form/?id=29980&from=4
NEXT STEPS FOR SHAREHOLDERS: Once you register as a shareholder who purchased shares of UL during the timeframe listed above, you will be enrolled in a portfolio monitoring software to provide you with status updates throughout the lifecycle of the case. The deadline to seek to be a lead plaintiff is August 15, 2022. There is no cost or obligation to you to participate in this case.
WHY GROSS LAW FIRM? The Gross Law Firm is nationally recognized class action law firm, and our mission is to protect the rights of all investors who have suffered as a result of deceit, fraud, and illegal business practices. The Gross Law Firm is committed to ensuring that companies adhere to responsible business practices and engage in good corporate citizenship. The firm seeks recovery on behalf of investors who incurred losses when false and/or misleading statements or the omission of material information by a company lead to artificial inflation of the company's stock. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
CONTACT:
The Gross Law Firm
15 West 38th Street, 12th floor
New York, NY, 10018
Email: dg@securitiesclasslaw.com
Phone: (646) 453-8903
View original content:
SOURCE The Gross Law Firm | https://www.weau.com/prnewswire/2022/07/20/shareholder-alert-gross-law-firm-notifies-shareholders-unilever-plc-class-action-lawsuit-lead-plaintiff-deadline-august-15-2022-nyse-ul/ | 2022-07-20T11:13:49Z | https://www.weau.com/prnewswire/2022/07/20/shareholder-alert-gross-law-firm-notifies-shareholders-unilever-plc-class-action-lawsuit-lead-plaintiff-deadline-august-15-2022-nyse-ul/ | true |
(KFOR NEWS July 20, 2022) The Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office confirms for KFOR NEWS an investigation is underway at Branched Oak Lake after shots were reported late Tuesday night.
LSO says the incident happened around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday night in an area of the marina on the northeast part of the lake. A reporter at the scene from our media partner, 10/11 NOW witnessed multiple deputies, and troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol, moving about the marina area, as well as the eastern side of the lake.
KFOR NEWS has been told Sheriff, Terry Wagner, will have details at this morning’s media briefing at 9:30am Wednesday.
Lincoln Fire and Rescue, Raymond Volunteer Fire & Rescue, and StarCare also responded to the scene.
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NY New York NY Zone Forecast for Wednesday, July 20, 2022
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.TODAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s. West winds around
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Heat index values up to 102.
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winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph in the evening.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny. Scattered showers and thunderstorms in
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Heat index values up to 103.
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.THURSDAY...Partly sunny. Scattered showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Humid with highs in the mid 90s. South winds 5 to
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.TODAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s. West winds around
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Heat index values up to 101.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Humid with lows in the lower 80s. South
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10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent. Heat index values up to
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.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. West winds 5 to 10 mph.
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618 AM EDT Wed Jul 20 2022
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afternoon. Heat index values up to 101.
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10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny. Scattered showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Humid with highs in the lower 90s. South winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
Heat index values up to 103.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with scattered showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly clear after midnight.
Humid with lows in the upper 70s. West winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance
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.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. West winds 5 to 10 mph,
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618 AM EDT Wed Jul 20 2022
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to 101.
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winds 10 to 15 mph.
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the afternoon. Humid with highs in the lower 90s. South winds
10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent. Heat index values up to
103.
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thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly clear after midnight.
Humid with lows in the upper 70s. West winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts
up to 20 mph in the evening. Chance of rain 50 percent.
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Gusts up to 20 mph in the afternoon. Heat index values in the
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thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
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618 AM EDT Wed Jul 20 2022
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values up to 103.
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5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph in the evening.
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the afternoon. Humid with highs in the mid 90s. South winds 5 to
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.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Humid with lows in the mid 70s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph in the evening.
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the afternoon. Humid with highs in the lower 90s. South winds
10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent. Heat index values up to
103.
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Humid with lows in the mid 70s. West winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up
to 20 mph in the evening. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. West winds 5 to 10 mph.
Heat index values in the upper 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Heat index values in the
upper 90s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Heat index values
up to 100.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the
mid 70s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers in the morning.
Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
NYZ179-202000-
Southern Nassau-
618 AM EDT Wed Jul 20 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THURSDAY...
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. West winds around 5 mph,
becoming southwest 10 to 15 mph this afternoon. Heat index values
up to 103 this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Humid with lows in the mid 70s. South
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny. Scattered showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Humid with highs in the lower 90s. South winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
Heat index values up to 103.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with scattered showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly clear after midnight.
Humid with lows in the mid 70s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 25 mph, becoming west 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.FRIDAY...Sunny with highs in the lower 90s. West winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming southwest 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Heat
index values in the upper 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Heat index values in
the upper 90s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Heat index values
in the upper 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the
mid 70s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers in the morning.
Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
NYZ078-202000-
Northwest Suffolk-
618 AM EDT Wed Jul 20 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THURSDAY...
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. West winds 5 to 10 mph.
Gusts up to 20 mph this afternoon. Heat index values up to 102.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Humid with lows in the lower 70s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny. Scattered showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Humid with highs in the lower 90s. South winds
10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent. Heat index values up to
103.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with scattered showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly clear after midnight.
Humid with lows in the mid 70s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph,
becoming west around 5 mph after midnight. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.FRIDAY...Sunny with highs in the lower 90s. West winds 5 to
10 mph. Heat index values in the mid 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Heat index values in
the upper 90s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Heat index values
in the upper 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the
lower 70s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows around 70. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers in the morning.
Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
NYZ080-202000-
Southwest Suffolk-
618 AM EDT Wed Jul 20 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THURSDAY...
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs around 90. West winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming
southwest 10 to 15 mph this afternoon. Heat index values up to
102 this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Humid with lows in the mid 70s.
Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny. Scattered showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Humid with highs in the upper 80s. South winds
15 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent. Heat index values up to
102.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with scattered showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly clear after midnight.
Humid with lows in the mid 70s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 25 mph, becoming west 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.FRIDAY...Sunny with highs in the upper 80s. West winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming southwest 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Heat
index values in the upper 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs around 90. Heat index values in the
upper 90s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Heat index values
in the upper 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 70s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers in the morning.
Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
NYZ079-202000-
Northeast Suffolk-
618 AM EDT Wed Jul 20 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THURSDAY...
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. West winds 5 to 10 mph.
Gusts up to 20 mph this afternoon. Heat index values in the upper
90s.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Humid with lows in the lower 70s.
Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny. Isolated showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Humid with highs in the upper 80s. South winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
Heat index values in the upper 90s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing.
Humid with lows in the lower 70s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 25 mph, becoming west 5 to 10 mph after
midnight.
.FRIDAY...Sunny with highs in the upper 80s. West winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming southwest with gusts up to 20 mph in the
afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Heat index values in
the mid 90s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Heat index values
in the mid 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the
lower 70s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers in the morning.
Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
NYZ081-202000-
Southeast Suffolk-
618 AM EDT Wed Jul 20 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THURSDAY...
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. West winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming southwest 10 to 15 mph this afternoon. Heat index values
in the upper 90s this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Humid with lows in the lower 70s.
Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny. Isolated showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Humid with highs in the mid 80s. South winds 15 to
20 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent. Heat index values in the upper
90s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing.
Humid with lows in the lower 70s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph,
becoming west 5 to 10 mph after midnight. Gusts up to 25 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny with highs in the mid 80s. West winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming southwest 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers in the morning.
Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
NYZ071-202000-
Southern Westchester-
618 AM EDT Wed Jul 20 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THURSDAY...
.TODAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s. West winds around
5 mph, becoming southwest this afternoon. Heat index values up to
103 this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Humid with lows in the mid 70s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny. Scattered showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Humid with highs in the lower 90s. South winds
5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain
50 percent. Heat index values up to 103.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with scattered showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly clear after midnight.
Humid with lows in the lower 70s. West winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance
of rain 50 percent.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. West winds 5 to 10 mph.
Heat index values in the mid 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s. Heat index
values in the upper 90s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. Heat index
values up to 100.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 70s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers in the morning.
Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
NYZ070-202000-
Northern Westchester-
618 AM EDT Wed Jul 20 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THURSDAY...
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. West winds around 5 mph.
Heat index values up to 100.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Humid with lows in the lower 70s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny. Scattered showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Humid with highs in the lower 90s. South winds
5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain
50 percent. Heat index values up to 102.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with scattered showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly clear after midnight.
Humid with lows in the upper 60s. West winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance
of rain 50 percent.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. West winds 5 to 10 mph.
Heat index values in the mid 90s in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 70.
.SATURDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s. Heat index
values in the upper 90s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
Heat index values in the upper 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the
lower 70s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers in the morning.
Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
NYZ069-202000-
Rockland-
618 AM EDT Wed Jul 20 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THURSDAY...
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph, becoming southwest this afternoon. Heat index
values up to 100.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Humid with lows in the mid 70s. South
winds around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny. Isolated showers and thunderstorms in
the morning, then scattered showers and thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Humid with highs in the lower 90s. South winds 5 to
10 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent. Heat index values up to 102.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with scattered showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly clear after midnight.
Humid with lows in the lower 70s. West winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance
of rain 50 percent.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. West winds 5 to 10 mph.
Heat index values in the mid 90s in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s. Heat index
values in the upper 90s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain
30 percent. Heat index values in the upper 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers in the morning.
Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
NYZ068-202000-
Putnam-
618 AM EDT Wed Jul 20 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THURSDAY...
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. West winds around 5 mph.
Heat index values in the upper 90s this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Humid with lows in the lower 70s. South
winds around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny. Isolated showers and thunderstorms in
the morning, then scattered showers and thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Humid with highs in the lower 90s. South winds 5 to
10 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain
50 percent. Heat index values up to 101.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with scattered showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly clear after midnight.
Humid with lows in the upper 60s. West winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance
of rain 50 percent.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. West winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Heat index values in
the upper 90s in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
Heat index values in the mid 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows around
70. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. A chance of showers in the morning. Highs in
the mid 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
NYZ067-202000-
Orange-
618 AM EDT Wed Jul 20 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THURSDAY...
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest winds around
5 mph. Heat index values up to 100 this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Humid with lows in the lower 70s. South
winds around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny. Isolated showers and thunderstorms in
the morning, then scattered showers and thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Humid with highs in the lower 90s. South winds 5 to
10 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain
50 percent. Heat index values up to 100.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with scattered showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly clear after midnight.
Humid with lows in the upper 60s. West winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance
of rain 50 percent.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. West winds 5 to 10 mph.
Heat index values in the mid 90s in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Heat index values in the
mid 90s in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 70.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
Heat index values in the mid 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. A chance of showers in the morning. Highs in
the mid 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
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Medicare fraud is big business, and like most businesses, it has adapted to the new environment of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“The public health emergency created an opportunity for fraudsters to modify and repurpose existing schemes,” a spokesperson for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, or CMS, said in an email. CMS has seen bad actors take advantage of wider demand for telehealth, COVID-19 testing and vaccines as avenues for identity theft and fraudulent billing.
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General, or HHS-OIG, investigates fraud, waste and abuse in federal health care programs, including Medicare. Nearly 9,000 calls came into its fraud hotline each month, on average, from April through September 2021, according to HHS-OIG’s Spring 2022 report to Congress.
Calling a fraud hotline is one of several actions Medicare beneficiaries can take to protect themselves. Here are five tips to help you avoid, detect and report Medicare fraud.
1. PROTECT YOUR MEDICARE NUMBER
In the wrong hands, your Medicare number could be used to steal your identity or submit fraudulent medical bills.
“Our top tip is to guard your Medicare number just like your Social Security (number) and credit cards,” the CMS spokesperson said. “You should only share your Medicare number with trusted health care providers or verified COVID-19 vaccine administrators.”
Unexpected callers or visitors who ask for your Medicare information are suspicious, especially if they claim to work for Medicare. According to CMS, Medicare will never visit you at home, and a Medicare representative would ask for your Medicare number by phone only if you’ve given permission in advance.
2. BEWARE OF FREE GIFTS
Fraudsters might try to get your information by offering you something for free in exchange. If you’re asked to provide your medical or financial information and promised a supposedly free gift or service, “that’s something to question, or at least run by a medical professional that you trust,” says Isaac Bledsoe, an HHS-OIG criminal investigator.
Common examples of free offers might include COVID-19 tests, genetic testing services, or durable medical equipment like walkers or braces.
3. DON’T GET TALKED INTO UNNECESSARY CARE
Some schemes involve billing for expensive services that you might not need. For example, unscrupulous COVID-19 testing sites might add on unnecessary respiratory pathogen panels that can cost upwards of $500 . That’s according to a January 2022 white paper by the Healthcare Fraud Prevention Partnership, a public-private anti-fraud group.
If you’re not certain, check with a trusted health care provider to confirm whether a service is necessary and what it might cost.
4. REVIEW YOUR HEALTH CARE DOCUMENTS
Medicare sends statements to explain what you were billed for, how much Medicare approved and paid for services, and the maximum amount you may owe to health care providers. Watch for any unexpected items or charges on these statements.
To help you keep track of everything, you can request a free “My Health Care Tracker ” from your state’s Senior Medicare Patrol, or SMP. SMPs are grant-funded projects that provide resources and counseling to help counter Medicare fraud, errors and abuse.
My Health Care Tracker documents include sheets to record information about your health care, instructions for how to compare your statements to what was billed, and contact information for agencies that can help with issues like errors or fraud.
5. REACH OUT FOR HELP
If you’re concerned about potential Medicare fraud, there are free resources you can call for help. Don’t hesitate to call even if you’re not certain. Bledsoe encourages beneficiaries to report “anything that you may think is potentially harmful or potentially fraudulent.”
There are two main government hotlines:
— Call CMS’ Medicare help line at 800-MEDICARE (800-633-4227) .
— Call HHS-OIG’s fraud, waste and abuse hotline at 800-HHS-TIPS (800-447-8477) or submit an online complaint at oig.hhs.gov/fraud/report-fraud .
You can also contact your Senior Medicare Patrol for help, and they can refer your issue to the appropriate authorities . Visit smpresource.org for contact information.
Whoever you call first can help, and you don’t need to contact separate hotlines. Bledsoe says that different agencies have made coordination a priority, so “there’s no need to call nine different places to report it nine different ways.”
“We can look into (issues) immediately and give sort of a quick answer of ‘yes, this is something that is not good,’” Bledsoe says. “We can put your Medicare number on a ‘potential vulnerable’ list to look out for any future billing that you may not have asked for, and we can help you going forward.”
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This article was provided to The Associated Press by the personal finance website NerdWallet. Alex Rosenberg is a writer at NerdWallet. Email: arosenberg@nerdwallet.com.
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WFO CORPUS CHRISTI Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, July 20, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
438 AM CDT Wed Jul 20 2022
...HEAT INDEX VALUES BETWEEN 105 AND 109 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED TODAY...
The combination of expected temperature and relative humidity
values will result in maximum Heat Index values between 105 and
109 degrees inclusive today over the barrier islands. Affected
residents with outdoor activities planned are urged to drink
plenty of water, wear light weight and light colored clothing and
take frequent breaks from the heat. Young children and pets should
never be left unattended in vehicles under any circumstances.
This is especially true during warm or hot weather when car
interiors can reach lethal temperatures in a matter of minutes.
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CA Reno NV Zone Forecast for Tuesday, July 19, 2022
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119 FPUS55 KREV 201032
ZFPREV
Western Nevada-Eastern Sierra-Northeast California Zone Forecast
National Weather Service Reno NV
331 AM PDT Wed Jul 20 2022
This is an automatically generated product that provides averaged
values for large geographic areas and may not be representative
of a specific area. To get a more specific forecast for your area,
please visit www.nws.noaa.gov/wtf/udaf/area/?site=rev
CAZ072-NVZ002-210300-
Greater Lake Tahoe Area-
Including the cities of South Lake Tahoe, Tahoe City, Truckee,
Markleeville, Stateline, Glenbrook, and Incline Village
331 AM PDT Wed Jul 20 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs 79 to 89. Light winds becoming west around
10 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 45 to 55. West winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 30 mph in the evening becoming light.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs 80 to 90. Light winds becoming west
around 10 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 45 to 55. West winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 30 mph in the evening becoming light.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs 77 to 87. Light winds becoming southwest
10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 44 to 54.
.SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...Clear. Highs 79 to 89. Lows 42 to 52.
$$
CAZ070-NVZ005-210300-
Surprise Valley California-Northern Washoe County-
Including the cities of Cedarville, Eagleville, Fort Bidwell,
Empire, and Gerlach
331 AM PDT Wed Jul 20 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs 95 to 100. Light winds becoming southwest
10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 53 to 63. West winds 10 to 20 mph. Gusts
up to 35 mph in the evening.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs 90 to 100. Light winds becoming
southwest 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 51 to 61. West winds 10 to 20 mph.
Gusts up to 35 mph in the evening.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs 88 to 98. Light winds becoming southwest
around 10 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 53 to 63.
.SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...Clear. Highs 91 to 101. Lows 54 to
64.
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Lassen-Eastern Plumas-Eastern Sierra Counties-
Including the cities of Portola, Susanville, Westwood,
Sierraville, and Loyalton
331 AM PDT Wed Jul 20 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs 88 to 98. Light winds becoming southwest
10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 48 to 58. West winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 35 mph in the evening becoming light.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs 87 to 97. Light winds becoming southwest
10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 46 to 56. West winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 35 mph in the evening becoming light.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs 85 to 95. Light winds becoming southwest
around 10 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 46 to 56.
.SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...Clear. Highs 89 to 99. Lows 48 to 58.
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Mono County-
Including the cities of Bridgeport, Coleville, Lee Vining,
and Mammoth Lakes
331 AM PDT Wed Jul 20 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs 83 to 93. Light winds becoming southwest
around 10 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming clear. Lows
48 to 58. West winds 10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs 84 to 94. Light winds becoming west
around 10 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 48 to 58. West winds 10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs 83 to 93. Light winds becoming west around
10 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 48 to 58.
.SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...Clear. Highs 83 to 93. Lows 47 to 57.
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The best garage door opener
Motorized garage door openers were introduced in 1926 to facilitate easy, convenient access to your garage and also to provide added security to your home. Since then, they have evolved to use several different mechanisms and functions. For example, some garage door openers are more powerful than others, and some are notably quieter. They often incorporate additional security measures such as door sensors, deadbolts and alarms. Many modern units work with companion phone apps or smart controllers that wirelessly operate features such as intercoms, lighting and remote locking.
Types of garage door opener
Garage door openers commonly use one of five mechanism types. Four of these are driven by a power unit that hangs from the ceiling of the garage. This typically moves a trolley along a track, which pulls the top of the garage door up and over on rails. Their main differences lie in the way that the trolley is maneuvered.
- Chain-drive systems are usually more affordable and use a chain, like those on a bicycle, to pull the trolley backward and forward. Belt-drive systems are similar but use a rubber belt instead of a chain, making their operation quieter.
- Screw-drive systems use a rotating, threaded shaft to wind the trolley back and forth.
- Direct-drive systems have a motorized trolley that drives itself along the track. Screw-drive and direct-drive systems are generally the quietest mechanisms out of the five.
- Jackshaft openers use a different mechanism and have recently started to become popular for residential use. These are highly secure, wall-mounted units that free up ceiling space but incorporate a more complicated design. They are strong, often employing computerized deadbolts for extra security, but they can be noisy when in use. You can find a selection of the best garage door openers in the BestReviews buyer’s guide.
Garage door opener features
Modern garage door openers have joined the Internet of Things by incorporating mobile apps. These expand upon their basic functionality by using Wi-Fi, cellular or Bluetooth technology to remotely program, operate and monitor your garage door. These functions can often be deployed using virtual assistants such as Siri, Google Nest or Alexa, making them compatible with your home’s existing AI.
Video cameras
These add an extra element of security to your garage space and can be activated using sensors or via the door opener’s companion app. They are usually incorporated into the body of the power unit and may combine with external cameras for inside and outside monitoring.
Two-way intercom
This can be useful for communicating with unfamiliar visitors or alerting intruders that you are aware of their presence. However, you’re far more likely to use a two-way intercom to tell a loved one to come in from the yard when lunch is served.
LED lighting
Some garage door openers incorporate high-power LED lights that illuminate your entire garage space. These carry the additional benefits of being low on energy consumption and very long-lasting.
Smart locks
These allow you to remotely lock or unlock your garage door. This is handy for granting access to delivery services, or for letting friends and family enter the house. They also instill peace of mind by assuring you that your door is secure from intruders long after lights out.
What’s the best garage door opener to buy?
This belt-driven unit comprises a 1080p motion-activated camera with a night vision lens and corner-to-corner lighting. It is notable for its smooth and quiet performance, which makes it well suited to houses with built-in garages.
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The Genie QuietLift runs on DC power, making it much quieter than AC-powered units. It has a tough, steel-reinforced belt that can lift doors of up to 500 pounds in weight and 7 feet in height. Accessories include a wireless keypad and wall console.
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This Chamberlain door opener boasts extremely strong encryption, with over 100 billion possible codes. Its myQ app makes setup and operation very easy, and it comes with two remote controls and a wireless keypad.
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This Liftmaster garage door opener works with a jackshaft system, which saves on ceiling space. It uses the brand’s powerful P3 motors, making it a good choice for heavier doors. However, it is not compatible with all types of mechanisms, such as roll-up doors or low-headroom tracks.
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This affordable model from Skylink is simple but effective, with a chain-drive mechanism and a bright 12-watt LED lamp. It has a soft start and stop operation to prevent excessive noise.
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This belt-driven Craftsman garage door opener is a good choice for those who don’t want too many bells and whistles. It has no companion app; however, it does include a wireless keypad, a three-button remote and a dual-function wall control.
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The moderately priced BeamUp Workhorse is a strong and durable solution with a chain-drive operation and built-in LED lighting. There are a number of instructional resources available to assist with installation and maintenance.
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Chamberlain RJ020 Wall Mounted
This direct-drive model by Chamberlain is wall-mounted and can be installed on either side of the garage door. Its smart operation works with IFTTT, Google Assistant and Wink, and it comes with a host of accessories, including auto-lock deadbolts, safety sensors and a three-button remote.
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This Genie model can handle tougher tasks, with the capacity to lift sectional doors of up to 850 pounds in weight, and 14 feet in height. Despite this, it is one of the most compact wall-mounted models currently available. Notable features include battery backup, an automatic door lock, a companion app and a wireless console.
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438 AM CDT Wed Jul 20 2022
...HEAT INDEX VALUES BETWEEN 105 AND 109 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED TODAY...
The combination of expected temperature and relative humidity
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109 degrees inclusive today over the barrier islands. Affected
residents with outdoor activities planned are urged to drink
plenty of water, wear light weight and light colored clothing and
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never be left unattended in vehicles under any circumstances.
This is especially true during warm or hot weather when car
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VANCOUVER, BC, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Mako Mining Corp. (TSXV: MKO) (OTCQX: MAKOF) ("Mako" or the "Company") is pleased to provide second quarter 2022 ("Q2 2022") production results from its San Albino gold mine ("San Albino") in northern Nicaragua, which is the fourth full quarter of production results since declaring commercial production on July 1st, 2021. Financial results for Q2 2022, including detailed reporting of our operating costs, are expected to be released in August.
- 47,220 tonnes mined containing 11,421 ounces of gold ("oz Au") at a blended grade of 7.52 grams per tonne gold ("g/t Au")
- 49,332 tonnes milled containing 11,576 oz Au at a blended grade of 7.30 g/t Au
- 139,401 tonnes in stockpile containing 13,385 oz Au at a blended grade of 2.99 g/t Au
- 8,630 oz Au recovered and 9,027 oz Au sold at an average realized price of US$1,866 per ounce
Akiba Leisman, Chief Executive Officer of Mako states that, "this quarter was the fourth full quarter of commercial production at San Albino. The mine is performing well, where the diluted vein material continues to positively reconcile to the resource model, and mill throughput has been running at above nameplate capacity of 500 tonnes per day, including all availability factors. The mill averaged 589 tonnes per day for the quarter at 92% availability, 8% above nameplate capacity. Replenishment of spare parts and minor adjustments to the plant since the beginning of the year improved mill availability throughout the first half of 2022, and we expect to be running at or above nameplate capacity for the foreseeable future. Recoveries have been below the 86% metallurgical recoveries predicted in our December 2019 metallurgical update (see press release dated December 13, 2019), due to organic carbon present in the hanging-wall and footwall of the vein. The plant is going through a series of optimizations to eliminate free cyanide concentrations in the recycled water, which will continue throughout Q3 2022. Additionally, we have implemented robust sampling mechanisms, and mining and stockpiling processes aimed at ensuring that particularly problematic material is kept away from the mill. Fortunately, the high grade vein material is not as problematic as the hanging-wall and footwall material, and to the extent possible we will be processing the diluted vein separately during the quarter with the plant optimized specifically for the high grade material. With all of these changes, we are optimistic that improvements in recoveries can be made later this year. A total of 9,027 ounces were sold in the quarter (9,580 ounces sold in Q1 2022), and operating cash flow from the mine remains robust, with exploration expenditures increasing, preparations for rainy season complete, an aggregate of US$10.3 million of principal being repaid under the Company's loan facility with Wexford and Sailfish Royalty Corp. since the beginning of Q3 2021, and 2 million common shares repurchased through our normal course issuer bid."
Table 1 – Production Results
Table 2 – Mining by phases Q2 2022
Table 3 – Quarter End Stockpile Statistics
The mine averaged 519 tpd of diluted vein material and historical dump + other in Q2 2022 with a strip ratio of 26.5 in total from the West Pit and Arras Zone that includes accelerated waste stripping in preparation for the rainy season (see Table 2). The current stockpile is 139,401 tonnes with 4,061 tonnes of higher grade diluted vein mineralization with a grade of 11.81 g/t Au and 135,340 tonnes at 2.72 g/t Au of historical dump + other for a total contained gold of 13,385 oz (mineral grade of 2.99 g/t Au).
The higher-grade material for the quarter came from the West Pit with an average grade of 8.02 g/t Au. As we are now deeper in the deposit we are mining mostly fresh material. The detailed grade control processes and procedures have been very effective in controlling mining dilution with a range as low as 30 cm on either side of the vein. Along with geological mapping and assays, additional lab testing has been implemented to identify increased organic content of the more difficult to process material, typically found in the footwall and hanging-wall rather than the high-grade vein itself. These improvements have increased the ability to selectively mine, separate, and stockpile according to grade and metallurgical characteristics while maintaining low dilution.
There were no additional night shifts to increase production during Q2. The rainy season started in mid-May and, as anticipated, production was delayed due to weather with a decline in June tonnage of approximately 22%. Although year-to-date production remains 1.6% over forecast, a limited extra shift of one excavator and seven trucks will start in July in an effort to ensure waste stripping stays on schedule.
All components of the 500 tpd gravity and carbon-in-leach processing plant have been fully operational since the beginning of May 2021. During Q2, 2022, the plant has been averaging 589 tpd at 92% availability (see Table 1). In Q2 2022 the plant processed 47% diluted vein material and 53% historical dump + other to achieve an average blended grade of 7.30 g/t Au and recovering an average of 74.5% (see Table 1).
The first two quarters of 2022 saw the mill operate at a throughput rate significantly higher than previous quarters. This was primarily due to improved equipment performance. The gold recovery was lower than previous quarters due to the much higher quantity of fresh material in the mill feed.
The fresh material contains naturally occurring carbon which can interfere with the gold recovery process. Eliminating free cyanide in the grinding circuit and only adding cyanide to the slurry in the CIL is essential in order to achieve optimal recoveries. Reducing cyanide concentrations from recycled water to optimal levels required a change in reagents. We were previously using the standard INCO/SO2 process (sodium metabisulfite and copper sulfate) but the results weren`t consistent and reliable. To adjust, we are now detoxing with sodium hypochlorite (common bleach), but the logistics needed to obtain necessary quantities took some time to develop. Further mill optimization efforts to lower cyanide concentrations in the mill grinding circuit are planned in the months ahead to more effectively treat the increased quantity of fresh material feeding the mill.
In the meantime, we have developed robust sampling mechanisms and mining and stockpiling processes aimed at ensuring particularly problematic material is kept away from the mill. The high grade vein material does not exhibit as strong pre-robbing tendencies as the material from the hanging-wall and footwall, and to the extent possible we will be processing that material separately during the quarter with the plant optimized specifically for the high grade material.
In addition, a second carbon stripping vessel is scheduled for installation in the third quarter of 2022 which will further debottleneck the carbon stripping circuit.
All of the above mentioned improvements to the processing plant have helped the plant achieve processing rates of an average of 589 tpd in Q2 2022, with over 9,000 ounces of gold sold for the third consecutive quarter (see Table 1).
John Rust, a metallurgical engineer and qualified person (as defined under NI 43-101) has read and approved the technical information contained in this press release. Mr. Rust is a senior metallurgist and a consultant to the Company.
On behalf of the Board,
Akiba Leisman
Chief Executive Officer
Mako Mining Corp. is a publicly listed gold mining, development and exploration company. The Company operates the high-grade San Albino gold mine in Nueva Segovia, Nicaragua, which ranks as one of the highest-grade open pit gold mines globally. Mako's primary objective is to operate San Albino profitably and fund exploration of prospective targets on its district-scale land package.
Forward-Looking Information: Statements contained herein, other than historical fact, may be considered "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable securities laws. The forward-looking information contained herein is based on the Company's plans and certain expectations and assumptions, including that Q2, 2022 detailed operating costs and financial results will be available in August 2022; that the replenishment of spare parts and minor adjustments to the plant are expected to further improve mill availability for the first quarter of 2022 and beyond; that we expect to be running at or above nameplate capacity for the foreseeable future, and that we are optimistic that improvements in recoveries can be made thereafter; now that the gravity circuit is operating continuously it is expected to improve recoveries and reduce processing costs of the high-grade mineralization; the additional carbon stripping vessel is expected to increase stripping capacity in the elution circuit and be operational in Q3 2022; ;and that the Company can operate San Albino profitably in order to fund exploration of prospective targets on its district-scale land package. Such forward-looking information is subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties which could cause actual events or results to differ materially from those reflected in the forward-looking information, including, without limitation, the risk that the expected improvements noted will not be completed in the timeframes expected and/or will lead to the improvements expected; that the Company is not successful in operating San Albino profitably and/or funding its exploration of prospectus targets on its district-scale land package; political risks and uncertainties involving the Company's exploration properties; the inherent uncertainty of cost estimates and the potential for unexpected costs and expense; commodity price fluctuations and other risks and uncertainties as disclosed in the Company's public disclosure filings on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. Such information contained herein represents management's best judgment as of the date hereof, based on information currently available and is included for the purposes of providing investors with the Company's expectations regarding the Company's Q2 2022 production results at San Albino gold project, and may not be appropriate for other purposes. Mako does not undertake to update any forward-looking information, except in accordance with applicable securities laws.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
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How is monkeypox treated?
By Neeraj G. Patel, CNN
As the monkeypox outbreak continues to grow around the world, many people who have gotten sick with the virus have had mild symptoms and were able to recover without any monkeypox-specific treatment.
“For the most part, these illnesses are relatively mild. They can be disfiguring and yucky, but they will heal on their own — though it may take some time,” said Dr. William Schaffner, a professor of medicine at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.
The US Food and Drug Administration hasn’t approved any therapies specifically for the treatment of monkeypox. But the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is making the antiviral medication tecovirimat available during the outbreak and says it may be considered for monkeypox patients who have or are at high risk of severe disease.
Data regarding the number of monkeypox patients who fall into this category remains limited. But Dr. Mary Foote, medical director of the Office of Preparedness and Response at the New York City Department of Health and Hygiene, said last week that the proportion of severe monkeypox cases in the city has been higher than expected.
Foote said providers there have started treatment with tecovirimat for “close to 70 patients,” and the number of confirmed cases in the city at the time had reached 336.
Vaccination may prevent or reduce disease
According to the CDC, monkeypox can spread from person to person in different ways, including direct physical contact with the rash caused by monkeypox infection, “respiratory secretions” that can be transmitted during face-to-face contact or intimate physical contact such as sex, and touching items like clothing that have touched an infectious rash or body fluids.
Dr Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, said Monday that the outbreak is “heavily weighted” to affect men who have sex with men.
“When you look at that, does that mean it is only a gay man’s disease? No, not the case,” he said. “But under the circumstances of certain types of behavior, that can be spread, which is the reason why — although you do not want to stigmatize under any circumstances people who are getting afflicted with a particular infectious disease — you’ve got to let the community know of the danger, and you’ve got to let the physicians who care for these people be aware of it so that they don’t miss the diagnosis.”
The Jynneos vaccine is the only one specifically approved in the US for monkeypox. A smallpox vaccine called ACAM2000 is also approved and may be used during this outbreak.
The CDC says a vaccination may be recommended for people who are close contacts of someone with monkeypox, those who may have been exposed to the virus and those who are at high risk of exposure, like some health professionals and laboratory workers. The US Department of Health and Human Services announced in June that it will provide vaccines to people with confirmed and presumed monkeypox exposure, including men with more than one recent sex partner.
The CDC recommends vaccination within four days of a monkeypox exposure and says that if a person gets the vaccine four to 14 days after exposure, it may still have benefits, like easing symptoms.
“The advantages of vaccination are that people who may have been exposed to monkeypox — before the onset of the rash — may benefit from vaccination either in preventing the full spectrum of disease or in reducing the severity of disease,” said Dr. Jay Varma, a professor of population health sciences at Weill Cornell Medical College.
The Jynneos vaccine is given as two doses, four weeks apart. The FDA approved it for monkeypox based on studies measuring antibody levels in vaccinated humans as well as efficacy studies in animals.
“The degree of effectiveness — what proportion of infections would be prevented — has yet to be determined,” Schaffner said, “but that they do have some benefit, I think, is pretty clear.”
What to do if you’re diagnosed with monkeypox
Signs of monkeypox infection typically begin within three weeks of exposure and include flu-like symptoms like fever, headache, muscle aches, sore throat, cough, chills and exhaustion according to the CDC.
Characteristic features of monkeypox include swollen lymph nodes and a rash. The CDC says the rash can look like pimples or blisters, and it may appear on various parts of the face and body, including the genital area.
“In most cases, we’re encouraging people right now who are at risk that, if they present with a rash, they do consult with a medical provider to make the diagnosis and to rule out other common things, such as herpes infection or bacterial infection of the skin,” said Dr. Roy Gulick, chief of the Division of Infectious Disease at Weill Cornell Medicine.
People who are diagnosed with monkeypox should isolate at home, the CDC says. If you have a rash or other symptoms, you should be “in a separate room or area from other family members and pets when possible.” The World Health Organization recommends that people with monkeypox try not to touch the rash, because this could contribute to the spread of the disease.
Most cases of monkeypox go away by themselves.
“The very substantial majority of these people will get better on their own, and that’s very fortunate,” Schaffner said. “People may want some symptomatic relief, like Tylenol or this or that, but they won’t need any direct antiviral treatment.”
WHO guidance for health care workers says acetaminophen can be used to manage fever and mild pain.
“If there’s minor pain at the sight of the lesions, a topical analgesic could be helpful,” added Dr. Timothy Wilkin, a professor of medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College.
“Sometimes, people have itching, so we can offer an antihistamine over-the-counter, like Benadryl or Claritin,” Gulick said.
Treatment of severe disease
The CDC has made certain antiviral drugs available during the outbreak through a pathway called Expanded Access.
The agency says an antiviral medication called tecovirimat may be considered for people with severe monkeypox disease, such as sepsis, brain inflammation or other conditions that need hospitalization. It may also be considered for people who are at high risk of severe disease, including those with weakened immune systems because of conditions like HIV/AIDS, skin conditions like eczema, children, pregnant women and people with other complications like a bacterial skin infection.
People who have symptoms in particularly hazardous areas like the eyes, mouth, genitals or anus may also be considered for treatment.
Tecovirimat, sold under the brand name TPOXX, was FDA-approved for the treatment of smallpox in 2018. It can be given as an oral pill or administered into a vein.
The drug’s benefits were established through trials on animals that were infected with viruses related to smallpox, including monkeypox. The drug was evaluated in 359 healthy human volunteers to confirm its safety.
“Importantly, we’ve found that the medication has been well-tolerated so far,” Foote said, “with an occasional report of headaches, maybe one nausea, but there’s been no reports of any serious adverse events.”
The CDC also says three other treatments — cidofovir, brincidofovir and Vaccinia Immune Globulin Intravenous — may be considered for treatment of monkeypox during the outbreak. But experts say these treatments have been less relevant due to uncertainties about whether they have benefits that would outweigh risks. Gulick said, for example, that treatment with cidofovir can have negative effects on the kidneys.
Challenges with tecovirimat
Given the limited data on how well tecovirimat works, Gulick said, “you have to raise the risks and balances, and that’s usually a conversation you have with patients.”
Dr. Lilian Abbo, associate chief medical officer for infectious diseases at Jackson Health System in Miami, said that most of the requests she’s seen for tecovirimat have been for people who had malignancies or immunocompromising conditions who have more severe disease.
Wilkin, who has cared for monkeypox patients in New York, said he mainly sees it used for “very painful anal lesions” as well as in people who have lesions on their face, which “can be potentially disfiguring with unnecessary complications.”
A medical provider can request access to tecovirimat by contacting their state health department or the CDC. They’ll also need to take steps such as lab tests and consent forms.
“Just to put into perspective, in my conversations with some of our treatment providers, between all the forms and administrative requirements, a patient visit to initiate treatment can take anywhere between 1½ and three hours,” Foote said.
Fauci said that the FDA and the CDC are among those working to cut down on the required paperwork.
Wilkin compared the experience of treating monkeypox patients with the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, when there was an absence of robust studies to guide treatment decisions.
“We have the pressure to use what we got, but my other hat as a researcher says we need to prove this stuff actually works and that it’s also safe,” Gulick said. “The best way to do that is a clinical trial that should be randomized vs. placebo.”
He added that discussions are underway regarding such clinical trials.
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5 ways to protect yourself from Medicare fraud
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A horrified mum says she’ll never drink a hot drink wheel her son in the room after a freak accident at a café.
Carrie Doyle was on her way to playgroup with her one-year-old son Mason when she decided to stop off for a cup of tea at St George's Restaurant in Gravesend, Kent, last month.
But suddenly little Mason, was covered in scalding tea that left him needing a gruelling four-hour operation to perform a skin graft to the most severely burned areas of his legs.
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Carrie said: "I was pushing the pram so a waitress said 'I'll bring it over' so I walked to an empty table with Mason and kind of parked him up at an angle.
"She's followed me over and all I heard her say was 'I'll leave this here'. Then by the time I looked at [Mason] and his face told me that something wasn't right.
"I bent down to him," Carrie recalled, "and I felt the heat coming off his clothes and that's when it dawned on me what had actually happened.
"I got him out of the pram and was screaming 'get him under water'. I literally threw him at the waitress behind the counter and she took him into the kitchen and put him in their sink.
"I ran back to the table to get my phone to ring an ambulance and then ran back in and took over taking his clothes and nappy off. It was absolute panic.
"He was screaming, he was hysterical. He's always been really laid back and calm for a baby and he doesn't cry so to hear those screams was heart-wrenching."
An off-duty nurse then stepped in to help Carrie care for her son while they waited for an ambulance.
The mum-of-four says the kind passer-by knew that Mason needed to be under the cold water for a minimum of 20 minutes and a maximum of 30 minutes and made sure this was done.
An ambulance arrived swiftly and took little Mason to Darent Valley Hospital in nearby Dartford, where his burns were assessed, cleaned and bandaged and the terrified tot was given pain relief.
Carrie, 38, says that things could have been a lot worse if the off-duty paediatric nurse hadn’t been in the café at the time.
She later managed to track down her son's rescuer via social media so she could thank her properly.
While no one knows exactly how the accident occurred, Carrie says the ordeal has left her so worried about hot drinks that she will never have one around her child again.
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Erik ten Hag’s arrival at Manchester United as opened the door to many possibilities. Under a new coach, new blueprint, and entirely new ethos, there is hope that the side could go on to become title challengers once more.
The goal is to eventually catch up to the likes of Liverpool and Manchester City, but supporters know this won’t happen overnight. United will show ambition on the market, but for the time-being at least, they are going to have to make use of what is at their disposal. Anthony Martial arrived from Monaco for £36 million, potentially rising to £58 million if certain add-ons were met.
But, despite having the tag as the 'next Thierry Henry', it’s been a rocky road for the player, with last season being a particular nadir as he was sent out on loan to Sevilla for six months. But his superb pre-season form has caught the interest of United fans, who believe there could still be some hope yet. Here we take a look at the reasons why Martial could well be rejuvenated under Ten Hag.
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Ronaldo’s possible exit
Cristiano Ronaldo has been leading the line for the Red Devils last season, even netting 24 goals in all competitions as the club’s top-scorer. But some felt that his lack of gusto when he comes to pressing means that there are better options out there than the ageing superstar - while he himself, seemingly via his agents, has expressed a desire to leave Old Trafford.
Martial has received his fair share of criticism in front of goal for United but he does like to press more than Ronaldo. And leading the front-line, this could serve well under Ten Hag, who’s attempting to install a fresh new blueprint.
It comes as Bruno Fernandes looked to have suggested that United are better off without his compatriot, who has missed the club's pre-season tour of Thailand and Australia due to 'personal reasons'. "The three guys up front [Sancho, Rashford and Martial] are really aggressive in the press," the 27-year-old said after the side’s win 3-1 win over Crystal Palace on Tuesday. "When they press they make the last line squeeze, and makes the midfield come a little bit higher."
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United are looking to spend big in the transfer window this summer and have already brought in the likes of Lisandro Martinez and Tyrell Malacia to take their total expenditure to £65m. But they are nowhere near done yet, with the onus now thought to be on the right-back position. There have been rumblings of bringing in a marquee striker signing but that will no doubt be costly. Meanwhile, the side has had a bid of an initial £55m accepted by Barcelona for Frenkie de Jong, although that saga is still ongoing.
Surely getting the most out of their current roster would serve better than making a huge signing to lead the line. Martial becoming a suitable number nine would solve a vast number of problems - and money.
Man Utd fans initially warmed to him, and could again
The United fanbase have Martial’s fantastic debut firmly etched in their memory: in 2015, the 26-year-old danced his way through the Liverpool backline and cooly slotted home to put his side 3-1 and win on the day.
But the high wasn't followed by much else. It's been a stuttering start to life at United, but the attacker’s youth and pockets of brilliance have kept the supporter on tenterhooks over what-might-be ever since.
Shown in flashes what he can do
Indeed, Martial might have had a season to forget last campaign, but no one can deny that, on his day, he can set the entire team alright. Furthermore his stunning season in 2019-20, Martial more than showed what he is capable of. Some 23 goals - 17 of which were in the Premier League - capped off his best-ever season for the Red Devils. It shows but he can do - but the following season, Martial managed just seven goals in the entirety of the campaign.
Last campaign, he netted just once for the Red Devils before going to Sevilla on loan for the remainder of the campaign, where he managed just a single goal.
Ten Hag’s record proves he can bring out his best
Ten Hag has proved what he can do, securing three league titles in the Dutch league with Ajax, as well as landing them semifinal finishes in the Champions League. Players like veteran Dusan Tadic found their best-ever form under his wing, while stars like Martinez and Anthony have been linked to a big-money move or signed already. He speaks of a coach who knows what he is doing and has a track record of finding form in most minute places.
Martial could be given a new lease of life under the Dutchman, but it remains to be seen if any offers will see Martial shipped off ahead of the new season.
Form could be used as a solid trajectory
Martial has blitzed the opening games in pre-season, with his latest goal coming against Crystal Palace in their 3-1 win over the Eagles in Australia. His spell-binding displays up front have certainly given the manager something to think about. Martial is working in the system upfront but of course, there is the issue of it being just a pre-season friendly, a dead-rubber which does not mean a great deal.
Further training and assessment are sure to come, but with not much interest in Martial owing to his high wages, it’s very possible he stays at Old Trafford for the forthcoming season, with another, possible final chance to find his feet at United.
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SHENZHEN, China, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fibocom (Stock Code: 300638), a global leading provider of IoT (Internet of Things) wireless solutions and wireless communication modules, announced the launch of AI smart module SCA825-W. Powered by Qualcomm Technologies' premium-tier SoC (System-on-Chip) QCS8250, the module is designed to meet the requirements of high-end AIoT scenarios such as HD video conferences, HD livestreaming, cloud gaming, edge computing, robotics, drones, AR/VR and so on.
The combination of AI and IoT has opened up new possibilities for industries requiring automated real-time decision-making and data analysis. The demand for 5G AIoT solutions is expected to skyrocket, according to Counterpoint Research, with shipments of 5G AIoT modules reaching a CAGR of 84% between 2022 and 2030. Fibocom's AI smart module is bound to play a crucial part in the industry, with the potential to empower a massive range of compute-intensive use cases.
Equipped with the Qualcomm QCS8250 IoT solution, Fibocom's cutting-edge AI smart module SCA825-W integrates an octa-core Kryo™ 585 CPU, Adreno™ 650 GPU, dedicated NPU 230 (Neural Processing Unit), as well as Hexagon™ DSP for machine learning. The module can deliver a computering power of up to 15 TOPS (Tera Operations per Second), enabling complex AI computing performance with exceptional features.
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European Union draws up energy plan in case of Russian gas cutoff
BRUSSELS July 20, 2022 16:47 IST“Russia is blackmailing us. Russia is using energy as a weapon. And therefore, in any event, whether it’s a partial major cutoff of Russian gas or total cutoff of Russian gas, Europe needs to be ready,” EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said.
The European Union’s head office on July 20 proposed that member states cut their gas use by 15% over the coming months to ensure that any full Russian cutoff of natural gas supplies to the bloc will not fundamentally disrupt industries next winter.
While the initial cuts would be voluntary cuts, the Commission also asked for the power to impose mandatory reductions across the bloc in the event of an EU-wide alert “when there is a substantial risk of a severe gas shortage or an exceptionally high demand of gas occurs, which results in a significant deterioration of the gas supply situation.” The need is high, said EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
“Russia is blackmailing us. Russia is using energy as a weapon. And therefore, in any event, whether it’s a partial major cutoff of Russian gas or total cutoff of Russian gas, Europe needs to be ready,” Ms. von der Leyen said.
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EU member states will discuss the measures at an emergency meeting of Energy Ministers next Tuesday. For them to be approved, national capitals would have to consider yielding their powers over energy policy to Brussels.
Wednesday's proposal comes at a time when a blog post from the International Monetary Fund has warned about the power Russian President Vladimir Putin could wield by weaponising energy exports and choking off the 27-nation bloc.
“The partial shutoff of gas deliveries is already affecting European growth, and a full shutdown could be substantially more severe,” the IMFBlog warned. It added that gross domestic product in member nations like Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic could shrink by up to 6%. Italy, a country already facing serious economic problems, “would also face significant impacts.”
EU economic forecasts last week showed that Russia’s war in Ukraine is expected to wreak havoc with economic recovery for the foreseeable future, with lower annual growth and record-high inflation. The disruptions in Russian energy trade threaten to trigger a recession in the bloc just as it is recovering from a pandemic-induced slump
Since Russia invaded Ukraine, the EU has approved bans on Russian coal and most oil to take effect later this year, but it did not include natural gas because the 27-nation bloc depends on gas to power factories, generate electricity and heat homes. Now, it fears that Mr. Putin will cut off gas anyway to try to wreak economic and political havoc in Europe this winter.
Such threats have forced the bloc’s head office to make a plan centered on energy cuts and savings that might make for a much colder winter, but one without massive disruptions.
“We have to be proactive. We have to prepare for a potential full disruption of Russian gas. And this is a likely scenario. That's what we’ve seen in the past,” Ms. von der Leyen said.
The aim is to ensure essential industries and services such as hospitals functioning, while others would have to cut back. That could include lowering heat in public buildings and enticing families to use less energy at home.
"Assuming there is a full disruption of Russian gas, we need to save gas, to fill our gas storage faster, and to do so we have to reduce our gas consumption. I know this is a big ask,” Ms. von der Leyen said.
EU nations and the Commission have gone on a buying spree to diversify its natural gas sources away from Russia, but they are still expected to fall far short of providing businesses and homes with enough energy in the cold months.
Even if the EU has enough gas to keep the lights on and factories running right now, it does so at painfully high prices that have fueled runaway inflation and caused public uproar.
Russia has cut off or reduced gas to some EU countries, and there are fears that the energy crisis will get worse if Moscow does not restart a key pipeline to Germany after scheduled maintenance ends on Thursday. Already a dozen nations from one day to the next have experienced supply disruptions from Gazprom.
The energy squeeze is also reviving decades-old political challenges for Europe. While the EU has gained centralised authority over monetary, trade, antitrust and farm policies, national capitals have jealously guarded their powers over energy matters.
The European Commission has spent decades chipping away at this bastion of national sovereignty, using previous supply disruptions to secure gradual gains in EU clout. The five-month-old Russian invasion of Ukraine is now the starkest test of whether member countries are willing to cede more of their energy powers.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, member states did join in common action to help develop and buy vaccines in massive quantities in an unprecedented show of common resolve in the health sector.
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Adam Neumann is back with a new crypto-climate scheme
Fancy seeing you here. Adam Neumann has resurfaced with a new crypto scheme that aims to tackle the climate crisis, and experts are sharing how to become a digital nomad.
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1. Adam Neumann is back. This time, the WeWork cofounder is behind Flowcarbon, a company that claims its crypto token will help fund projects aimed at decarbonizing the world and fighting the climate crisis.
Flowcarbon plans to sell a cryptocurrency backed by carbon credits called the Goddess Nature Token. And while carbon credits are a lucrative industry, they have a dubious track record of actually doing any good.
In short, even as companies were scooping up carbon credits to avoid having to reduce emissions at the source, the credits haven't delivered the promised emissions reductions. Now, investors like Neumann are trying to cash in on the growing market segment, even as its actual benefits remain murky.
However, Flowcarbon has already suffered setbacks, as the company decided to "wait for markets to stabilize" before launching its products, as per the Wall Street Journal.
Inside the new climate scheme investors like Neumann are cashing in on.
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Biden to host African leaders for Dec summit in Washington
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that he'll host African leaders for a summit in Washington in mid-December.
The U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit will be held Dec. 13-15 and demonstrate a commitment by the U.S. to Africa that Biden described as "enduring." He said the gathering will "underscore the importance of U.S.-Africa relations and increased cooperation on shared global priorities."
Biden added that the summit will help foster new economic engagement, reinforce a shared commitment to democracy and human rights, manage the effects of COVID-19 and future pandemics, advance peace and security, respond to climate change, strengthen regional and global health and promote food security.
President Barack Obama held a similar summit in Washington in 2014, when Biden was his vice president. The summit followed Obama's 2013 trip to Africa.
Biden has not visited Africa since taking office.
President Joe Biden departs Holy Trinity Catholic Church in the Georgetown section of Washington, after attending a Mass in Washington, Sunday, July 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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Travellers `anxious´ and `worried´ as rail services cancelled due to heatwave
Travellers have been left “worried” and “anxious” after dozens of train services were cancelled due to the extreme heat.
Those trying to travel by rail faced chaos at stations on Wednesday morning after temperatures hit 40C on Tuesday, a new UK record, causing damage to overhead wires, tracks, and signalling systems.
All lines between Lancaster and Carlisle and lines in the Birmingham New Street area are blocked due to severe damage to overhead cables.
Trains between London Euston and Scotland have been cancelled, while no trains are running north of Birmingham to Wolverhampton.
Lee Ball was trying to travel with his wife, Libby, and 10-year-old daughter, Amelie, from their home in Droitwich, Worcestershire, to London Euston as part of a journey to Brussels for an Ed Sheeran concert.
The 46-year-old said their train from Droitwich to Birmingham New Street was cancelled with less than 30 minutes’ notice so they drove to Birmingham International, where they have been left waiting for hours.
He said: “I’ve been up since 4.30am, anxious, trying to get an answer from anywhere we can. I was monitoring trains this morning from Birmingham New Street to London Euston and one was literally cancelled with five minutes’ notice.”
He added that communication from the train companies has been “appalling”.
“It’s massive, massive anxiety,” he said. “Not being able to sleep, 4am this morning, fretting, seeing if there had been any updates.”
Nicole Dixon, 26, has missed her uncle’s funeral in Carlisle after any available trains from Euston were cancelled.
“I’m incredibly annoyed, frustrated and a bit exhausted,” the private PA said.
“I was told that there was an unlikely chance of getting a train out (yesterday) but that (today) they would 100% be running. I explained to (staff) that I needed to be home for a funeral in the morning.
“I’ve felt really annoyed this morning as I was assured I’d be able to make it to the funeral.”
Ms Dixon added that she hopes to make the wake, but will have missed the service.
Laura Horn, a lecturer at Roskilde University in Denmark, was travelling from Copenhagen to a conference in Limerick in western Ireland but was left stuck at London Euston.
She said: “Station hall packed with people staring at the display, so many cancelled connections. Lots of worried and tired faces; I thought it was striking that so many seemed worried rather than annoyed.
“I think people are finally realising that, with the climate emergency we’re in, we’ll see much more of this in the next years. Staff at the station were really helpful and friendly.”
Alex Davies, a charity worker from Crewe, said he was “physically and mentally exhausted” from trying to organise his journey home from Portsmouth via London Euston.
The 28-year-old said: “I’m autistic and need a lot of help from my wife, but she couldn’t get the time off work to travel with me so the whole saga has been extremely difficult for me. I need to know plans in advance, struggle to adapt to changes, struggle with communication etc.”
Mr Davies was meant to travel on Tuesday evening but held off in the hope that the disruption would have subsided by Wednesday.
He added: “Through extra taxis, meals and hotels I’m at around £250 loss and still don’t have a guarantee that I’ll be home today. Still very anxious and tired as, until I can get to Euston, there is not really any support.”
National Rail has told customers to check before setting off on their journeys and to only travel if absolutely necessary.
It said on its website: “A huge amount of work has been completed overnight to fix problems with the track and overhead wires caused by the heat yesterday.
“Network Rail teams are continuing to work tirelessly to make the repairs so we can get services back up and running for passengers but there is still disruption to services throughout the day. So, for anyone travelling today, please take time to check before you travel.”
More than two dozen services departing from London King’s Cross and Euston were cancelled or delayed.
Services on the East Coast Main Line, the main rail artery connecting London and Edinburgh via Peterborough, Doncaster, York, Darlington, Durham and Newcastle, was damaged on Tuesday after a fire spread on to the track near Sandy in Bedfordshire.
The route between London King’s Cross and Peterborough is expected to remain closed until at least midday.
Avanti West Coast said services from London Euston have been cancelled due to ongoing repair work following damage caused by fires in the Hatch End area of north-west London on Tuesday.
A spokesman said: “Train services are severely disrupted across our network as a result of damage to the overhead wires at multiple locations due to yesterday’s extreme heat. Network Rail is still at the sites carrying out repairs.
“Customers should make sure they check their journey before leaving for the station, and train tickets for yesterday and today will be valid for travel tomorrow. We’re sorry for the inconvenience this will cause.”
Network Rail said passenger numbers on Tuesday were around 40% lower than the same day last week.
Overhead electric wires were down in Rugby, Birmingham and Carlisle, leading to a number of trains being trapped and emergency evacuations of passengers.
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The latest northeast Wisconsin weather forecast from Storm Team 5…
Partly sunny with gusty winds will be case on Wednesday. An area of low pressure passing just to the north will do two things, spark up a few showers and kick in the winds. The rain will be hit/miss in nature meaning many dry hours of the day – however, we keep the rain chances around from the morning until 8pm.
West winds will be from 15 to 25 miles per hour, and gusting up to 30 to 35 miles per hour. High temperatures are not as warm as yesterday in the lower 80s. It remains humid.
Tonight, any spotty showers end early with clearing skies after that. The low temperature is 66 degrees.
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- Alliance will provide opportunity for AbbVie to further expand its diverse eye care portfolio and provide additional treatment options for glaucoma patients
- Collaboration further supports the role of MINIject® in the treatment of glaucoma and accelerates goal to bring MINIject to more patients globally
- Deal terms include a $60M upfront payment to iSTAR Medical
- iSTAR Medical to continue development and commercialization of the MINIject device up to completion of the U.S. PMA study
NORTH CHICAGO, Ill. and WAVRE, Belgium, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) and iSTAR Medical SA, today announced a strategic transaction to further develop and commercialize iSTAR Medical's MINIject® device, a minimally invasive glaucoma surgical (MIGS) device for patients with glaucoma. This complementary alliance will support iSTAR Medical's development and commercial efforts for MINIject®, as well as provide an opportunity to expand AbbVie's eye care business, building on its glaucoma portfolio which includes drops, sustained release implants, and stent offerings.
MINIject® received Conformité Européenne (CE) marking approval to commercialize in European countries in the last quarter of 2021 and launched commercially in select European countries in early 2022. iSTAR Medical is currently enrolling a U.S. Premarket Approval study (STAR-V) to enable commercialization in the U.S.
"As a leading company in eye care with a commitment to a broad and diverse portfolio from the front to the back of the eye, along with our global footprint and infrastructure in glaucoma, we are well-positioned to support bringing this MIGS offering to patients and glaucoma specialists through this strategic alliance," said Michael Robinson, M.D, Vice President, Global Therapeutic Area Head of Eye Care, AbbVie. "This alliance with iSTAR Medical is an important step as we continue to be an innovator in glaucoma by maximizing the value of interventional approaches throughout the treatment paradigm."
"Today's announcement is validation of the transformational role of MINIject in the treatment of glaucoma," said Michel Vanbrabant, Chief Executive Officer, iSTAR Medical. "Our commitment has always been to enable more glaucoma patients globally to be treated effectively in a minimally-invasive manner with our MINIject® MIGS device, and this alliance accelerates that goal, especially in the United States. We will benefit from AbbVie's strong global experience and knowledge base already established in glaucoma, and we are excited to be working with such a world class team."
Under the terms of the agreement, iSTAR Medical will receive a $60M non-dilutive upfront payment and will continue to develop and commercialize MINIject® until completion of the STAR-V clinical study. AbbVie will hold the exclusive right to acquire iSTAR Medical and lead subsequent global development and commercialization of the MINIject device. If AbbVie exercises the right to acquire iSTAR, the stockholders of iSTAR Medical would also be eligible to receive additional contingent payments of up to $475M in a closing payment and upon achievement of certain predetermined milestones.
iSTAR Medical will remain an independent company through the completion of the STAR-V study. This financing will support the continued development and commercialization of MINIject®, including ongoing clinical studies and further enhancements to the technology. SVB Securities LLC acted as financial advisor to iSTAR Medical.
About AbbVie
AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas: immunology, oncology, neuroscience, eye care, virology and gastroenterology, in addition to products and services across its Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn
About iSTAR Medical
iSTAR Medical is committed to delivering breakthrough eye care solutions. Our most advanced product, MINIject®, is approved in Europe for the treatment of open-angle glaucoma – the leading cause of irreversible blindness – and we are aiming to seek market approval in the US. We believe MINIject®'s distinctive tissue-integrating capabilities unlock a safer, and more effective option for patients. We are building an exceptional team and pipeline of innovative products such as MINIject® to establish new treatment paradigms in eye care conditions with the highest patient needs. For more information, please visit: www.istar-medical.com
About MINIject®
MINIject® is iSTAR Medical's innovative MIGS device for patients with primary open-angle glaucoma. MINIject® combines the distinctive porous structure of its proprietary STAR® material with the power offered by the supraciliary space. As a result, it is designed to enhance natural fluid outflow, reducing intraocular pressure (IOP) and the need for medication, while bio-integrating with surrounding tissue, limiting inflammation, fibrosis and subsequent complications.
About Glaucoma
Glaucoma is a progressive disease affecting over 100 million people globally, of which primary open-angle glaucoma is the most common form.1,2 IOP reduction, through medication or surgery, helps delay disease progression.3 Medication is generally the first line treatment, but the progressive addition of multiple drops can burden patients with side effects, compliance challenges and costs.1,3 More invasive surgical options can present risks with irreversible complications and often requires long-term patient management.1,3 MIGS is one of the most promising and fastest-growing glaucoma therapies due to the potential for an enhanced safety profile.1
Forward-Looking Statements
Some statements in this news release are, or may be considered, forward-looking statements for purposes of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The words "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "project" and similar expressions, among others, generally identify forward-looking statements. AbbVie cautions that these forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, failure to realize the expected benefits from AbbVie's acquisition of Allergan plc ("Allergan"), failure to promptly and effectively integrate Allergan's businesses, competition from other products, challenges to intellectual property, difficulties inherent in the research and development process, adverse litigation or government action, changes to laws and regulations applicable to our industry and the impact of public health outbreaks, epidemics or pandemics, such as COVID-19. Additional information about the economic, competitive, governmental, technological and other factors that may affect AbbVie's operations is set forth in Item 1A, "Risk Factors," of AbbVie's 2021 Annual Report on Form 10-K, which has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as updated by its subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. AbbVie undertakes no obligation to release publicly any revisions to forward-looking statements as a result of subsequent events or developments, except as required by law.
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DALLAS, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Comerica Incorporated (NYSE: CMA) has reported its second quarter 2022 financial results. The results are available on the Investor Relations section of Comerica's website here. In addition, the financial results and earnings presentation will be furnished on a Form 8-K filing that will be available on the Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov.
As previously announced, Comerica will host a conference call to review the second quarter 2022 financial results. Interested parties may access the call and supplemental materials through the following details:
Comerica Incorporated (NYSE: CMA) is a financial services company headquartered in Dallas, Texas, and strategically aligned by three business segments: The Commercial Bank, The Retail Bank, and Wealth Management. Comerica focuses on relationships, and helping people and businesses be successful. In addition to Texas, Comerica Bank locations can be found in Arizona, California, Florida and Michigan, with select businesses operating in several other states, as well as in Canada and Mexico.
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At-Home Treatment Saves Lives and Dollars
4th Peer Reviewed Manuscript Supports Utility of RD-X19 Home Treatment
DURHAM, N.C., July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- EmitBio, Inc., today announced the publication of a peer reviewed manuscript in the Journal of Medical Economics entitled "Economic and clinical impact of a novel, light-based, at-home antiviral treatment on mild-to-moderate COVID-19." The article details a health economic cost savings model that illustrates the positive public health impact of treating mild disease, early in disease progression after testing positive for COVID-19. Outpatient treatments like the EmitBio RD-X19 device demonstrate benefit in the model in terms of both lives and dollars saved, estimating that if just 10% of cases received outpatient treatment over a 1-year period, the corresponding healthcare savings in the United States totals $4.4 billion.
"Everyone begins with mild disease. Start treatment early and you can save lives," said John Oakley, Co-author and Chief Financial Officer of EmitBio, "Our data suggests with only 10% of the population receiving our at-home treatment, there would be 684,000 fewer COVID cases and over 17,000 lives saved. This doesn't consider the enormity of loss of productivity and reduction of disease spread due to the fewer number of symptomatic disease days."
The model was designed to estimate COVID-19 cases, deaths, and healthcare costs over a 12-month period following introduction of treatments like the RD-X19 device, a novel, light-based, at-home treatment for COVID-19 infection. The input variables provide for various adoption rates of the treatment and also include projected clinical outcomes utilizing the results from a recently published clinical study of the RD-X19 device, ranging from 1.2 to 3.6 days of reduced symptomatic disease.
This news comes after the recent call for therapies to treat people who are unlikely to develop severe COVID-19 and currently have no widely approved medications to ease the illness (The hunt for drugs for mild COVID: scientists seek to treat those at lower risk, July 18, 2022). Expert commentary concluded that decreasing the time spent ill could reduce the disruption that even mild cases can inflict on people's jobs and family lives.
"We believe everyone deserves a treatment regardless of their vaccination status or risk factors," Oakley continued. "Non-systemic, variant agnostic treatments, such as the RD-X19, are needed to fight the next waves of COVID to ensure lives are not lost unnecessarily."
The EmitBio RD-X19 device is investigational and is not yet available for sale in the United States. The Company is working diligently with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to enable authorization.
EmitBio™ is a biotechnology company comprised of light and life scientists with focus on the highly specific use of light to stimulate physiological signals and initiate healing at the cellular level. The Company targets using this proprietary technology platform to enable prophylactic and therapeutic treatments for high volume deployment to redefine the standard of care for a number of diseases and conditions. The RD-X19 has been through 3 in-human trials comprising of over 270 patients. The Company is working diligently with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to enable authorization. EmitBio Inc. is headquartered in Durham, North Carolina, and is an operating subsidiary of KNOW Bio LLC.
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- Western Cape pupils will receive extra learning time for maths and reading.
- The extra lessons for pupils in Grades 1 to 3 are aimed at making up for time lost during the Covid-19 pandemic.
- As a result of the initiative, each pupil will receive an extra 60 hours of learning time by the end of the year.
Western Cape pupils will receive extra time to catch up on the hours of maths and reading they lost during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) announced that in the second half of the school year, which started on Tuesday, pupils in Grades 1 to 3 will be given extra time for the two subjects every week.
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"These are the grades that were most severely affected by the Covid-19 pandemic and we must do everything we possibly can to ensure that our youngest students are not disadvantaged in later grades," Education MEC David Maynier said.
An extra two hours of reading lessons every week and an extra hour of maths will be provided after adjusting the amount of time allocated to Life Skills. This will result in an additional 60 learning hours, Maynier said.
The length of the school day will not be increased.
The intervention "will support other recovery plans that are already under way", the MEC added.
He said:
Maynier said that the Grade 3 pass rate in maths dropped by 13.8 percentage points and the pass rate in language dropped by 8 percentage points between 2019 and 2021.
"We have always maintained that the loss of contact (face-to-face) teaching time would affect our youngest students the most, as they do not have the same self-discipline, maturity or structure that our older students would have to cope with rotating timetables and learning at home," Maynier said.
"These learning losses will have serious knock-on effects as these students progress through their school careers," he said. | https://www.news24.com/news24/SouthAfrica/News/more-maths-reading-lessons-for-young-western-cape-pupils-to-catch-up-time-lost-to-pandemic-20220720 | 2022-07-20T12:02:38Z | https://www.news24.com/news24/SouthAfrica/News/more-maths-reading-lessons-for-young-western-cape-pupils-to-catch-up-time-lost-to-pandemic-20220720 | false |
CHICAGO, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Marquette National Corporation (OTCQX: MNAT) today announced that its Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $0.28 per share. The dividend will be payable on October 3, 2022 to shareholders of record on September 16, 2022. As of June 30, 2022, Marquette had 4,363,674 shares issued and outstanding.
Marquette National Corporation is a diversified bank holding company with total assets of approximately $2.084 billion. The Company's banking subsidiary, Marquette Bank, is a full-service, community bank that serves the financial needs of communities in Chicagoland, offering an extensive line of financial solutions, including retail banking, real estate lending, trust, insurance, investments, wealth management and business banking to consumers and commercial customers. Marquette Bank has 21 branches located in: Chicago, Bolingbrook, Bridgeview, Evergreen Park, Hickory Hills, Lemont, New Lenox, Oak Forest, Oak Lawn, Orland Park, Romeoville, Summit and Tinley Park, Illinois. For more information visit: http://www.emarquettebank.com.
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Rane Engine Valve Q1 Results: Firm posts net loss of Rs 3.1 crore
On the performance of the company, Rane Engine Valve Ltd said sales to Indian original equipment (OE) customers grew 50 per cent, supported by strong demand across vehicle segments. Export sales grew by 55 per cent as the demand from overseas customers remained strong.
Manufacturer of engine valvesRane Engine Valve Ltd, part of the Rane Group of Companies, has reported a net loss at Rs 3.1 crore for the quarter ending June 30, 2022, the company said on Wednesday. The city-based manufacturer of engine valves, guides and tappets, reported net loss at Rs 5.8 crore during corresponding quarter previous year.
Total revenue for the quarter ending June 30, 2022 grew to Rs 115 crore from Rs 76 crore registered same quarter last financial year.
In a statement, the company said the figures during the quarter ending June 30,2022 were strictly not comparable with corresponding quarter of previous year.
On the performance of the company, Rane Engine Valve Ltd said sales to Indian original equipment (OE) customers grew 50 per cent, supported by strong demand across vehicle segments. Export sales grew by 55 per cent as the demand from overseas customers remained strong.
Though there were higher material prices and unfavourable product mix, the Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization (EBITDA) margin improved by 500 basis points due to operational leverage on higher volumes.
Commenting on the financial performance, Rane Group, Chairman, L Ganesh said, "demand environment remained favourable in Q1 FY23. Rane Engine Valve Ltd capitalised on the demand and ramped up the output across the plants. We continued to experience commodity price increase in the quarter."
"Demand environment in India looks encouraging for the upcoming quarter. We remain cautiously optimistic given the evolving economic situation globally
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-On average, respondents underestimated the costs of LTC by $20,000
-Approximately 70% of individuals aged 65+ will need long-term care
-Only 1 in 10 surveyed currently have long-term care coverage
NEW YORK, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On a mission to improve the aging-at-home experience, insurance product and solution innovator, HCG Secure, today announced the results of an elder care survey, conducted with the Arctos Foundation and administered by AtotheZ Marketing.
The study found a lack of preparedness among respondents overall and only about one in ten individuals have long-term care insurance. Financial plans, wills, trusts, and health care directives are in place for only about three in ten. Respondents were also asked to give their expectations for the costs of long-term care and estimated, on average, $20,000 less than the average costs. When shown the costs of care, half of all respondents indicated they were 'not at all' prepared to cover those expenses.
"There is a concerning disconnect between the wealth of research we have on the caregiver burden and the high costs of long-term services and supports," said Tom Beauregard, CEO of HCG Secure. "The cost for in-home and facility care have increased at a rate double that of inflation since 2004; in turn, individuals are increasingly looking to family members to either provide unpaid care or to help pay for needed services. With this research we are exploring how financial challenges arise in retirement, so we can develop products to address the financial needs of families and lessen the burden/stressors of caregiving."
Seventy percent of those 65 and older will need long-term care. This leaves a massive gap for most Americans as only 1 in 10 have coverage. Only 20% feel prepared to pay for coverage, which often results in their children or other loved ones navigating, paying for, and or administrating care.
"The high cost of traditional insurance is out of reach for most and there's a major demographic shift taking place in our country, so it's likely that most people will need some type of extended care (whether at home or in a facility). The marketplace needs innovative solutions that offset the financial and emotional stress associated with supporting family members. That is why we're excited to be partnering with HCG Secure," said Steve Cain, Director at LTCI Partners.
HCG Secure and Actos Foundation partnered to conduct a survey of 402 individuals between the ages of 40-64 around the expectations of long-term care needs, costs, and preferences. The survey gauged general interest in insurance products inclusive of advocacy and navigation resources to help individuals at their time of need, as well as in advance. To access the comprehensive survey results, please visit https://hcgsecure.com/independent-research/
HCG Secure was founded by healthcare and insurance veterans who all individually have experienced the challenges of supporting loved ones through their aging process. Collectively, they wanted to bring their decades of experience and build solutions directly serving the consumer and minimize the hardships that come with having an aging loved one. HCG Secure innovates with the end customer in mind – providing individuals and families with the resources, support, and navigation to age confidently. The current offerings include indemnity insurance coverage for short-term home health care, as well as long-term care insurance bundled with life insurance, tools, and assistance at your time of need - now, or in the future. For more information, visit www.hcgsecure.com.
HCG Secure operates as Home Care Genie™.
The Arctos Foundation was established in 2010 with the goal of supporting novel and innovative solutions to some of the biggest challenges facing society. Over the last decade, Arctos has focused extensively on education and health care, including the long term needs of seniors.
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Expansion will empower users to collaborate and train alongside colleagues in the Metaverse
RENO, Nev., July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Dynepic® announced today the purchase of SurrealVR, a pioneer in platform agnostic virtual reality (VR) that helped lay the groundwork for immersive collaboration in the Metaverse. Dynepic DX platform users will now be able to successfully teach, learn, and collaborate with colleagues in a 3D environment.
"I believe the ultimate success and adoption of the Metaverse will come from providing the right capabilities that enable people to level up their skills, learning, and knowledge," said Krissa Watry, Co-Founder, and CEO of Dynepic. "This acquisition represents a significant leap forward for corporate, team, and individual training across dimensions."
Dynepic plans to first release collaborative learning APIs for eXtended reality (XR) training creators activated on the DX platform, giving developers an easy way to build a Metaverse training product by leveraging its core feature set including avatars, identity management, real-time voice chat, physics, locomotion, and a common VR/AR menu system. The first DX users to benefit will be United States Air Force students and trainers, who currently use a white-label of the DX Platform called MOTAR® (Member, Operations, Training, Analytics, Reports).
"Creators on DX (and MOTAR) can now make their product social, multiplayer, and VR/AR ready, in a matter of days – saving time, money, and drastically reducing any friction - on an already proven and secure platform," SurrealVR Co-Founder, Orchun Koroglu, shared.
Arthur Goikhman, Co-Founder and CEO of SurrealVR, said the acquisition is a key step on Dynepic's roadmap as an influential force in modern learning and training.
"What VR did for social gaming years ago is now a reality for businesses of all sizes," Goikhman added. "This acquisition means any company using Dynepic's DX platform could leverage virtual reality, bringing together individuals, teams, instructors, and students from anywhere in the world and giving them the opportunity to deepen and enrich their learning and collaboration by working side-by-side."
For more information, please visit https://www.dynepic.com.
Launched in 2014, Dynepic, Inc. is a woman- and service-disabled veteran-founded tech company based out of Reno, Nevada. To learn more about Dynepic, check out our website and connect with us on LinkedIn.
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HRT will be sold over the counter for first time: Menopausal women will be able to obtain vaginal tablets without a prescription from September
- The HRT tablets will relieve some menopause symptoms like vaginal dryness
- UK's drug watchdog approved the over the counter sales after a safety review
- Called Gina 10, the drug will be available without a prescription from September
Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) will soon be available over the counter in the UK for the first time.
The move could open a form of HRT treatment to many more menopausal women.
Women currently need a prescription from their GP to access HRT at a time when many are struggling to get an appointment with their family doctor.
Britain's medications watchdog today approved the sale of vaginal estradiol tablets, that can help alleviate vaginal dryness, soreness, itching, and uncomfortable sex caused by a lack of the hormone oestrogen, to people without a prescription.
The HRT, sold under the name Gina 10, comes in a tablet that is inserted into the vagina and will be available for purchase from pharmacists from September for women over 50 who have not had a period for at least a year.
However, it won't cure other menopause symptoms like hot flushes or difficulty sleeping.
The approval of the low-dose vaginal HRT came after a public consultation and safety review earlier this year.
Gina 10 microgram vaginal tablets containing estradiol a form of HRT will be made available over the counter for menopausal women over 50 from September this year
It comes as tens of thousands of women in the UK struggle to get hold of HRT medication due to ongoing supply shortages.
Menopause occurs when a woman stops having periods, meaning she is no longer able to get pregnant naturally.
The process — which is triggered by the ovaries producing less oestrogen — is a natural part of ageing and usually occurs between the ages of 45 and 55.
Eight in 10 women will experience menopausal symptoms including hot flushes, night sweats, vaginal dryness, difficulty sleeping, low mood or anxiety and problems with memory.
HRT is one way of treating the symptoms. It restores the levels of female hormones, bringing relief to hundreds of thousands of women each year.
In announcing the news, Dr Laura Squire, The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency's (MHRA) chief healthcare quality and access officer, said the 'landmark' change would benefit both women and GPs.
'Women will be able to safely obtain a local vaginal HRT product without a prescription, which increases women’s access to treatment and gives them greater control over their choices while relieving pressure on frontline GP services,' she said.
She also thanked all those who participated in a public consultation in February to make Gina 10 available over the counter, adding the MHRA was committed to further improving women's access to HRT medications.
'We will continue to improve women’s access to medicines for menopausal care when it is safe to do so, and to place their views at the centre of our regulatory decisions,' she said.
Comments that the move 'relieving pressure on frontline GP services' comes as earlier this month MailOnline revealed that just a quarter of GP appointments in England are face-to-face and with an actual doctor.
NHS Digital told this website that of the 27.5million GP appointments carried out across England in May, just 27 per cent were both in-person and with a qualified doctor.
It comes amid a shortage of GPs in England with some areas having just one family doctor for every 2,500 people.
GPs have said 'the number of patients per GP is rising to unsafe and unmanageable levels' and blamed the differences on staff shortages and increased demand post-pandemic.
NHS Digital data shows 64 per cent of total GP appointments were face-to-face in May. The figure is the second-highest since the height of the first Covid wave forced the majority of appointments to be held virtually. But it is still well below pre-pandemic levels, when eight in 10 appointments took place in-person.
Minister for Health, Maria Caulfield, also welcomed the news of over the counter HRT, adding the Government was working to improve general HRT supply to address the recent shortage.
'Making Gina available over the counter is a huge step forward in enabling women to access HRT as easily as possible, ensuring they can continue living their life as they navigate the menopause,' she said,
'We’re continuing to work with suppliers and manufacturers to secure sustainable short-term and long-term access to HRT and our UK-wide menopause taskforce will tackle taboos and issues surrounding menopause.'
Vaginal oestrogen HRT differs from other forms of treatment like oral tablets, skin patches or gels that release female hormones into the blood stream.
Local HRT like the Gina vaginal tablets release estradiol, the type of oestrogen mainly produced by the ovaries, directly into the vaginal tissue meaning very little is absorbed into the bloodstream.
This form of HRT is considered to not increase risk of breast cancer by the NHS whereas other forms, that combine oestrogen and progesterone, are linked to a small rise in risk.
The MHRA said as the Gina tablets will be available over the counter this meant pharmacists can provide advice on if the mediation is safe for women to use.
Today's announcement follows publication of a Danish study on 8,500 breast cancer survivors which found giving them hormone replacement therapy is safe.
Doctors have for decades avoided recommending HRT to women who have beaten the disease over fears it would trigger a recurrence.
The discovery gives hope to thousands who have survived breast cancer only to be plagued by crippling symptoms of the menopause. Many have been left to struggle through using natural remedies or nothing at all, campaigners say. | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-11031377/HRT-sold-counter-menopausal-women-beat-hot-flushes-without-prescription.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-07-20T12:24:02Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-11031377/HRT-sold-counter-menopausal-women-beat-hot-flushes-without-prescription.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | false |
INDIANAPOLIS — A trip to the Indiana State Fair does not need to bust your bank account!
Organizers say there are daily deals and discounts throughout all 18 days of the fair, which runs from Friday, July 29 to Sunday, August 21.
Perhaps the easiest way to save is by buying your tickets early. Tickets bought in advance (through July 28) are just $10. That’s a savings of 29% off the gate price of $14. You can purchase tickets on the Indiana State Fair’s website.
You can also save 20% on parking and 38% on midway wristbands by buying early.
If you’re taking a family of four to the fair, there’s an advance discount pack containing four tickets and one parking pass.
There are also discounts given out on certain days of the fair:
- BMV Discount Day, Wednesday, August 3: $7 gate admission with printed or digital voucher from IN.GOV/BMV
- $3 Thursdays (August 4, 11, and 18): $3 admission, $3 Midway Rides, and $3 food options at each food stand
- Free IndyStar Ticket Union Carpenters’ Day, Wednesday, August 10. Grab a copy of the IndyStar on Thursday, August 4th for a FREE admission ticket to the Fair.
- AAA Day, Wednesday August 17: AAA Cardholders receive FREE State Fair admission with a valid AAA membership card presented at the gate. One valid card per person.
- Military & First Responders’ Day presented by Peterman Brothers, Friday August 19: First responders, current and former Military, and their families receive FREE admission with valid ID presented at the gate.
You can also see a diverse list of performers for free including Pat Benatar, Travis Tritt, and KC and the Sunshine Band. See the full list here. | https://fox59.com/indiana-news/discounts-and-daily-deals-at-indiana-state-fair/ | 2022-07-20T12:24:50Z | https://fox59.com/indiana-news/discounts-and-daily-deals-at-indiana-state-fair/ | false |
A modernized approach to UCC filing and management
HOUSTON, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Registered Agent Solutions, Inc. "RASi", a Lexitas company, has launched UCCSecure™. RASi has provided UCC search and filing services for over 20 years and now has enhanced their offering through UCCSecure™, a highly sophisticated automated UCC filing, tracking and notification platform.
UCCSecure™ makes filing easy and efficient by taking the manual work out of filings. The advanced platform saves users time and alleviates repetitive data entry with bulk editing, cloning, and a library of saved information. Our state-of-the-art visual editor provides drag and drop functionality for creation and editing of filings.
UCCSecure™ includes a tracker function that allows users to manage filings by expiration date and avoid lapsed filings. Amending filings is also an easy process with prepopulated information based on the UCC-1 filing and easy UCC-3 creation and filing.
RASi is proud to offer this modernized UCC offering to its current and new clients, in addition to a full suite of corporate services; registered agent, annual reports, independent directors, service of process, and CorpliancePLUS®.
RASi is a professional registered agent service company, which provides the best value for corporate and registered agent services through innovative technologies, competitive pricing, and quality service. With offices in all 50 States, DC, and international jurisdictions, RASi represents thousands of companies across the nation. RASi was acquired by Lexitas in 2020. For more information visit https://www.rasi.com.
Founded in 1987, Lexitas is a leading national provider of legal support services to law firms, corporations, and insurance companies and is a portfolio company of funds advised by Apax. Services include record retrieval, court reporting, process service, registered agent, legal staffing, document review and commercial contracts outsourcing. For more information visit https://lexitaslegal.com.
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Accelerating product-led growth, capital efficiency, and brand strength put the company on a path to profitability
SAN FRANCISCO, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Crunchbase, a prospecting platform powered by best-in-class proprietary data, today announced it has secured $50 million in connection with its Series D funding. Alignment Growth led the oversubscribed round, with participation by existing Crunchbase investors including OMERS Ventures, Mayfield Fund, and Emergence. Alex Iosilevich, Partner at Alignment Growth, will also join the Crunchbase board of directors.
Crunchbase's account-based prospecting software enables prospectors—in sales, recruiting, business development, and finance—to find and engage with qualified accounts, while simultaneously creating awareness for companies that want to be discovered. Crunchbase attracts more than 75 million unique visitors annually and recently surpassed 60,000 paying customers with over half of the Fortune 500 and thousands of SMBs represented.
"It's more important than ever for businesses to tap into account-based intelligence for their prospecting, whether they're selling, investing, or fundraising. With fast-changing market conditions, prospectors can't rely on spamming contact lists to hit quota. They need a targeted approach that starts with finding qualified accounts and ends with compelling outreach to the right decision-makers—that's exactly what our customers do on Crunchbase," said Jager McConnell, CEO of Crunchbase.
The company accelerated its highly capital efficient product-led growth last year with the launch of a suite of all-new SaaS products. These drove a 5x year-over-year increase in new recurring revenue in Q1 2022, and total software ARR is on track to double by end of year. With this upward growth trend, efficient cash management and Series D funding, the company is on a path to profitability.
Crunchbase's platform has evolved significantly since its last funding round. The company's software now offers features to guide prospectors throughout their workflow. Customers are reporting improvements in account identification, pipeline generation, email open rates and meeting booking volume. New product capabilities that power these results include:
- Account discovery: Find companies that meet your ideal customer profile with territory filters, AI-powered recommendations, similar company suggestions, CRM data in search, and 6 billion new data edits in the last year.
- Account qualification: Focus on growing companies that have buying power using new growth and contraction signals, layoffs and hiring filters, Chrome extension, and Salesforce integration.
- Account tracking: Stay up-to-date on changes at priority accounts with email alerts, saved searches and lists, as well as searchable user-generated notes and tags.
- Prospect engagement: Connect with the right leads at the right time directly on Crunchbase with newly added contact data, contact search, Outreach integration, Gmail integration, and auto-generated email templates.
"The Crunchbase SaaS platform combines rich and proprietary company data with direct access to decision-makers within a single intuitive interface—at compelling price points—making it a powerful tool for driving ROI across a variety of use cases, from sales to recruiting and more. We expect that Crunchbase will continue to gain accelerated industry adoption and are excited to support the company's growth momentum alongside strong participation from the existing investor group," said Alex Iosilevich, Partner at Alignment Growth.
Crunchbase plans to use funds from the Series D to accelerate product innovation and deepen relationships with dealmakers in sales, marketing, finance, recruiting, and executive leadership roles. Upcoming product improvements will include third-party integrations that embed Crunchbase more deeply in existing prospecting workflows, enhancements to actionable machine-learning powered recommendations, new data that delivers insights only available on Crunchbase, and reporting tools to quantify customers' ROI. Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC acted as exclusive financial adviser to Crunchbase in connection with the transaction.
Crunchbase is actively hiring. Candidates can view the latest job openings at https://about.crunchbase.com/about-us/careers/.
Crunchbase is a prospecting platform powered by best-in-class proprietary data. It helps over 75 million dealmakers discover, qualify, track, and engage with the right opportunities so they can search less and close more. To learn more, visit about.crunchbase.com and follow Crunchbase on Twitter @crunchbase.
Founded in 2021, Alignment Growth partners with category-leading companies in Consumer and Business Media, Entertainment, and Technology industry sectors. With its team's multi-decade track record of senior executive operating, strategy, and deal making experience at global Fortune 500 companies, Alignment Growth provides value-added capital solutions to help its portfolio companies achieve their growth ambitions. Additional details are available at alignmentgrowth.com.
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Avertium's premium MXDR service now available for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Microsoft Sentinel.
PHOENIX, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Avertium announced Fusion MXDR, a new service the security partner is providing for Microsoft Security customers. This threat-informed, managed extended detection and response (MXDR) service from Avertium includes threat intelligence, attack surface monitoring, NIST CSF framework, and vulnerability management as part of a cyber maturity program for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Microsoft Sentinel.
According to Jeff Schmidt, CEO at Avertium, fusing endpoint and event management technology with cyber maturity and professional services is the crux of Fusion MXDR. Companies that invest in Microsoft Security Solutions can maximize those investments by integrating new threat defense intelligence as part of the adaptable MXDR service.
"Companies that rely on Microsoft Security technology for primary threat defense can optimize those investments by fusing that technology with insights from new threat behavior," said Schmidt. "Comprehensive cyber maturity is achieved with an MXDR approach that gets stronger with new intelligence over time."
Schmidt explains Fusion MXDR is built for Microsoft Security customers that want to replace legacy tools, consolidate point solutions, and build a cyber maturity program that is integrated with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Microsoft Sentinel platforms.
"From implementation and optimization to ongoing management and tuning, Fusion MXDR allows Microsoft Security customers to adapt, attack, and evolve with emerging threats," said Schmidt.
For more information, visit www.avertium.com/fusion-mxdr-microsoft-security-solutions.
Avertium is the security partner that companies turn to for end-to-end cybersecurity solutions that attack the chaos of the cybersecurity landscape with context. By fusing together human expertise and a business-first mindset with the right combination of technology and threat intelligence, Avertium delivers a more comprehensive, more programmatic approach to cybersecurity - one with cyber fusion services that drive action on the ground and influence in the boardroom. That's why over 1,200 mid-market and enterprise-level organizations across 15 industries turn to Avertium when they want to be more efficient, more effective, and more resilient when waging today's cyber war. Show no weakness.®
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-On average, respondents underestimated the costs of LTC by $20,000
-Approximately 70% of individuals aged 65+ will need long-term care
-Only 1 in 10 surveyed currently have long-term care coverage
NEW YORK, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On a mission to improve the aging-at-home experience, insurance product and solution innovator, HCG Secure, today announced the results of an elder care survey, conducted with the Arctos Foundation and administered by AtotheZ Marketing.
The study found a lack of preparedness among respondents overall and only about one in ten individuals have long-term care insurance. Financial plans, wills, trusts, and health care directives are in place for only about three in ten. Respondents were also asked to give their expectations for the costs of long-term care and estimated, on average, $20,000 less than the average costs. When shown the costs of care, half of all respondents indicated they were 'not at all' prepared to cover those expenses.
"There is a concerning disconnect between the wealth of research we have on the caregiver burden and the high costs of long-term services and supports," said Tom Beauregard, CEO of HCG Secure. "The cost for in-home and facility care have increased at a rate double that of inflation since 2004; in turn, individuals are increasingly looking to family members to either provide unpaid care or to help pay for needed services. With this research we are exploring how financial challenges arise in retirement, so we can develop products to address the financial needs of families and lessen the burden/stressors of caregiving."
Seventy percent of those 65 and older will need long-term care. This leaves a massive gap for most Americans as only 1 in 10 have coverage. Only 20% feel prepared to pay for coverage, which often results in their children or other loved ones navigating, paying for, and or administrating care.
"The high cost of traditional insurance is out of reach for most and there's a major demographic shift taking place in our country, so it's likely that most people will need some type of extended care (whether at home or in a facility). The marketplace needs innovative solutions that offset the financial and emotional stress associated with supporting family members. That is why we're excited to be partnering with HCG Secure," said Steve Cain, Director at LTCI Partners.
HCG Secure and Actos Foundation partnered to conduct a survey of 402 individuals between the ages of 40-64 around the expectations of long-term care needs, costs, and preferences. The survey gauged general interest in insurance products inclusive of advocacy and navigation resources to help individuals at their time of need, as well as in advance. To access the comprehensive survey results, please visit https://hcgsecure.com/independent-research/
HCG Secure was founded by healthcare and insurance veterans who all individually have experienced the challenges of supporting loved ones through their aging process. Collectively, they wanted to bring their decades of experience and build solutions directly serving the consumer and minimize the hardships that come with having an aging loved one. HCG Secure innovates with the end customer in mind – providing individuals and families with the resources, support, and navigation to age confidently. The current offerings include indemnity insurance coverage for short-term home health care, as well as long-term care insurance bundled with life insurance, tools, and assistance at your time of need - now, or in the future. For more information, visit www.hcgsecure.com.
HCG Secure operates as Home Care Genie™.
The Arctos Foundation was established in 2010 with the goal of supporting novel and innovative solutions to some of the biggest challenges facing society. Over the last decade, Arctos has focused extensively on education and health care, including the long term needs of seniors.
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The combined zero-trust authorization approach to security improves customers' identity security posture for privileged identities and entitlements for cloud and SaaS applications
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. and TEL AVIV, Israel, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Delinea, a leading provider of privileged access management (PAM) solutions for seamless security, and Authomize, a leading provider of Cloud Identity and Access Security, today announced a strategic partnership to co-sell their products. When combined with available integrations, this robust solution provides consistent privileged access security across multiple cloud infrastructures and SaaS applications through a Zero Trust approach.
In their race to the cloud, organizations have lost critical visibility and control over their identity and access privileges to sensitive assets. This leaves them dependent upon a fragmented assortment of highly siloed controls that are poorly suited to provide the comprehensive security necessary to enforce least privilege across cloud environments. According to research from Authomize, less than 10% of privileged roles and 37% of admins are active based on a study of organizations between one and ten thousand employees. These unused privileges increase risks associated with privilege creep and excessive privileges that open the door to exploitation of credential abuse and exposure.
Authomize builds on its extensive capabilities and experience across cloud infrastructure environments to continuously secure the entire development stack. It achieves full-stack cloud access security by providing granular cross-stack visibility across Cloud Service Providers and developer-critical SaaS apps such as GitHub. Authomize tracks all identities, assets, and privileged access usage to provide comprehensive, actionable understanding of the cloud identity and the access layer that enables organizations to ensure security in every environment.
"Our partnership with Authomize furthers our commitment to ensure that our customers' cloud and SaaS environments remain secure by protecting sensitive cloud-native identities and entitlements," said Ram Venkatachalam, Head of Strategy and Business Development at Delinea. "Authomize extends Delinea's privileged access management capabilities with even more visibility over privileges in cloud infrastructure and adds a critical layer of continuous security."
Delinea and Authomize have partnered to create joint use cases which will enable organizations to gain better control over who can access cloud applications and services. By deploying both products together, organizations can securely store credentials while automating access governance, thus reducing credential theft and lateral movement in all cloud environments including Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), and more.
"We are excited to bring our full-stack CIEM, SaaS security, and Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR) capabilities to Delinea's industry-recognized privileged access management solution," said Dotan Bar Noy, CEO of Authomize. "This partnership with Delinea is the latest step in bringing a critical layer of security to our amazing, growing partner network, adding significant and needed value to Authomize and Delinea's joint customers."
Delinea's suite of modern PAM solutions provides the baseline of secure access to IaaS and SaaS environments, empowering organizations to securely manage their credentials and access throughout their cloud applications and services. Authomize delivers a protective layer of security for cloud identities that continuously monitors access, validating, alerting, and providing actionable insights to remediate risks and secure all applications and cloud services. Named by Gartner as a Cool Vendor for Identity-First Security, Authomize brings a range of capabilities for addressing identity and access security use cases, including its robust Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management (CIEM) solutions that are critical for securing access privileges in infrastructure services like Azure and AWS.
By using both products together, Delinea and Authomize customers gain the capability for just-enough and just-in-time access to cloud resources, resulting in an ideal cybersecurity posture with zero standing privileges that significantly reduces risk due to excess privileges.
Authomize solutions will be available to purchase through Delinea starting in August 2022. For more information about Delinea, visit delinea.com.
Delinea is a leading provider of privileged access management (PAM) solutions that make security seamless for the modern, hybrid enterprise. Our solutions empower organizations to secure critical data, devices, code, and cloud infrastructure to help reduce risk, ensure compliance, and simplify security. Delinea removes complexity and defines the boundaries of access for thousands of customers worldwide. Our customers range from small businesses to the world's largest financial institutions, intelligence agencies, and critical infrastructure companies. Learn more about Delinea on LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube.
The first Cloud Identity and Access Security Platform, Authomize continuously monitors identities, access privileges, assets, and activities to secure apps and cloud services. Our full-stack yet granular visibility across IaaS, SaaS, and Data environments enables organizations to understand how their access privileges are being used and ensure effective control over the security of their assets. Backed by Innovation Endeavors, Blumberg Capital, Entrée Capital and Microsoft's M12, Authomize is headquartered in Tel Aviv and Austin. Learn more at www.authomize.com and follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn for news and updates.
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The Cannabis Scientist Power List is an annual recognition of the most important innovators within the cannabis industry
VANCOUVER, BC, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Delic Holdings Corp ("Delic" or the "Company") (CSE: DELC) (OTCQB: DELCF) (FRA: 6X0), a leader in new medicines and treatments for a modern world, today celebrated Dr. Markus Roggen, President and Chief Science Officer for Delic Labs, being named to the Cannabis Scientist Power List for the third consecutive year. Dr. Markus Roggen is consistently recognized as one of the most influential figures in the processing professionals category because of his commitment to creating a body of work on cannabis research that will have a lasting effect on the industry for the better.
Under Dr. Roggen's leadership, Delic Labs will transfer their expertise and experience from the cannabis sector to establish itself as the leader in psychedelic research and safety testing. The lab has received Health Canada 56 exemptions for chemistry analytics on psilocybin mushrooms; to perform research and tests on a host of compounds outside of psychedelic mushrooms, including MDMA and LSD; and has received psilocybin mushrooms from Nectar Health Sciences Laboratory Division Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Psilobrain Therapeutics Inc. Delic Labs expects to receive within the next months a Dealer's License with the intent of commercializing psilocybin research and associated intellectual property (IP) for medical and research purposes.
With the Health Canada 56 exemptions and a Dealer's License, the Company plans to implement consistent quality control standards to enhance the use of psychedelic compounds for medical purposes.
To learn more about Dr. Markus Roggen's inclusion on the Cannabis Scientist Power List, please visit https://thecannabisscientist.com/power-list/2022.
Delic Labs is a federally licensed cannabis and psilocybin research laboratory focused on extraction optimization, analytical testing, and process development. Based at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada and founded by award-winning chemists Dr. Markus Roggen and UBC Professor Dr. Glenn Sammis, Delic Labs uses precision chemical analytics and metabolomics identification to develop IP, produce novel products for patients, and advance the cannabis and psychedelic wellness industries. Part of the Delic Corp family, the leading psychedelic wellness platform, Delic Labs powers innovation and treatment options with an ever-expanding line of unique and high-quality products for markets that allow legal cannabis and psychedelic-based care.
Delic is a leader in new medicines and treatments for a modern world, improving access to health benefits across the country and reframing the conversation on psychedelics. The Company owns and operates an umbrella of related businesses, including the largest chain of psychedelic wellness clinics in the country, including Ketamine Infusion Centers and Ketamine Wellness Centers; the only licensed entity by Health Canada to exclusively focus on research and development of psilocybin vaporization technology, Delic Labs; the premier psychedelic wellness event, Meet Delic; and trusted media and e-commerce platforms Reality Sandwich and Delic Radio. Delic is backed by a team of industry and cannabis veterans and a diverse network, whose mission is to provide education, research, high-quality products, and effective treatment options to the masses.
This press release contains certain "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation and may also contain statements that may constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking information and forward-looking statements are not representative of historical facts or information or current condition, but instead represent only the Company's beliefs regarding future events, plans or objectives, many of which, by their nature, are inherently uncertain and outside of Delic's control. Generally, such forward-looking information or forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "plans", "expects" or "does not expect", "is expected", "budget", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "anticipates" or "does not anticipate", or "believes", or variations of such words and phrases or may contain statements that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will be taken", "will continue", "will occur" or "will be achieved". The forward-looking information and forward-looking statements contained herein may include, but are not limited to: information regarding the timing or terms upon which the Transaction will be completed; potential benefits of the Transaction; anticipated continued growth in the health and wellness sector (and, in particular, related to psychedelics); the ability of Delic to successfully achieve business objectives, and expectations for other economic, business, and/or competitive factors.
By identifying such information and statements in this manner, Delic is alerting the reader that such information and statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements of Delic to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such information and statements. Such risks and other factors may include, but are not limited to: risks and uncertainties relating to the Transaction not closing as planned or at all or on terms and conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement; incorrect assessment of the value and potential benefits of the Transaction; direct and indirect material adverse effects from the COVID-19 pandemic; inability to obtain future financing on suitable terms; failure to obtain required regulatory and other approvals; risks inherent in the psychedelic treatment sector; changes in applicable laws and regulations; and failure to comply with applicable laws and regulations.
In addition, in connection with the forward-looking information and forward-looking statements contained in this press release, Delic has made certain assumptions. These assumptions include, but are not limited to: assumptions as to the time required to negotiate a definite agreement and complete matters related to the Transaction; the ability to consummate the Transaction; the ability of the parties to obtain, in a timely manner, the requisite regulatory, corporate and other third party approvals and the satisfaction of other conditions to the consummation of the Transaction on the proposed terms; the potential impact of the announcement or consummation of the Transaction on relationships, including with regulatory bodies, employees, suppliers, customers and competitors; changes in general economic, business and political conditions, including changes in the financial markets; changes in applicable laws; compliance with extensive government regulation; and the diversion of management time on the Transaction.
Should one or more of these risks, uncertainties or other factors materialize, or should assumptions underlying the forward-looking information or statements prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described herein as intended, planned, anticipated, believed, estimated or expected.
Although Delic believes that the assumptions and factors used in preparing, and the expectations contained in, the forward-looking information and statements are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on such information and statements, and no assurance or guarantee can be given that such forward-looking information and statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such information and statements. The forward-looking information and forward-looking statements contained in this press release are made as of the date of this press release, and Delic does not undertake to update any forward-looking information and/or forward-looking statements that are contained or referenced herein, except in accordance with applicable securities laws. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking information and statements attributable to Delic or persons acting on its behalf is expressly qualified in its entirety by this notice.
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MIDLAND, Mich., July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- For the sixth consecutive year, Dow (NYSE: DOW) has received a top score on the Disability Equality Index® (DEI) – the world's most comprehensive benchmarking tool for the Fortune 1000 and Am Law 2001 to measure disability workplace inclusion.
This places the Company again among the "Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion" for 2022. The rating is administered jointly by Disability:IN and the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD).
"We are so happy that Dow continues its leadership position on the 2022 Disability Equality Index. It is a testament of the Company's commitment to building and progressing an inclusive culture and advancing disability inclusion," said John Sampson, executive sponsor for Dow's Disability Employee Resource Group and senior vice president of operations, manufacturing and engineering. "At Dow we believe that people living with disabilities are an indispensable source of talent who continue to deliver significant value to our customers and the communities we operate in."
The DEI survey measures key performance indicators across culture, leadership, accessibility, employment practices, community engagement, support services and supplier diversity. Participating companies self-reported their disability policies and practices and were scored on a scale from zero to 100.
In 2022, more than 400 corporations, including 69 Fortune 100, 188 Fortune 500, and 227 Fortune 1000 utilized the DEI to benchmark their disability inclusion efforts.
"Disability inclusion is a rapidly expanding aspect of corporate culture, and it's gratifying to partner with 415 companies on the 2022 Disability Equality Index," said Jill Houghton, President and CEO of Disability:IN. "These top-scoring companies not only excel in disability inclusion, many are also adopting emerging trends and pioneering measures that can move the disability agenda from accommodation to inclusion and ultimately, genuine belonging."
Dow is celebrating its 125th anniversary this year and it remains committed to creating an inclusive workplace where all employees can bring their whole selves to work. In addition to Dow's policies and programs, the company offers an employee resource group, the Disability Employee Network (DEN), to empower employees with disabilities and to raise awareness and educate about disabilities to create better allies.
Visit Dow's website for additional information on the Company's commitment to inclusion and diversity and to explore the Company's consolidated 2021 Environmental, Social and Governance report 'Intersections'.
About the Disability Equality Index®
The Disability Equality Index (DEI) is a comprehensive benchmarking tool that helps companies build a roadmap of measurable, tangible actions that they can take to achieve disability inclusion and equality. Each company receives a score, on a scale of zero (0) to 100, with those earning 80 and above recognized as a "Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion." The DEI is a joint initiative of the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD), the nation's largest disability rights organization, and Disability:IN, the global business disability inclusion network, to collectively advance the inclusion of people with disabilities. The organizations are complementary and bring unique strengths that make the project relevant and credible to corporations and the disability community. The tool was developed by the DEI Advisory Committee, a diverse group of business leaders, policy experts, and disability advocates. Learn more at: www.DisabilityEqualityIndex.org.
About Dow
Dow (NYSE: DOW) combines global breadth; asset integration and scale; focused innovation and materials science expertise; leading business positions; and environmental, social and governance (ESG) leadership to achieve profitable growth and deliver a sustainable future. The Company's ambition is to become the most innovative, customer centric, inclusive and sustainable materials science company in the world. Dow's portfolio of plastics, industrial intermediates, coatings and silicones businesses delivers a broad range of differentiated, science-based products and solutions for its customers in high-growth market segments, such as packaging, infrastructure, mobility and consumer applications. Dow operates 104 manufacturing sites in 31 countries and employs approximately 35,700 people. Dow delivered sales of approximately $55 billion in 2021. References to Dow or the Company mean Dow Inc. and its subsidiaries. For more information, please visit www.dow.com or follow @DowNewsroom on Twitter.
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Farmer John Harold, right, inspects the first ears of the summer Olathe corn harvest with Vicente Sanchez as a harvest crew works in a corn field west of Olathe.
Farmer John Harold, right, inspects the first ears of the summer Olathe corn harvest with Vicente Sanchez as a harvest crew works in a corn field west of Olathe.
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Crews bring in the crop Sunday in a cornfield west of Olathe, during the first day of harvest of the Tuxedo Corn Company’s Olathe Sweet sweet corn.
PEA GREEN — Dawn is breaking everywhere as the stillness of Sunday morning is interrupted by the sound of ears of corn being ripped from waist-high plants in the ground. An old Ford 350 motor slowly chugs to life as about two dozen migrant workers quietly walk into a field to begin the first day of the annual Tuxedo Corn Company’s Olathe Sweet sweet corn harvest.
Historically, Tuxedo’s first day of harvest begins in a field a few miles west of Pea Green, a rural crossroads near the Montrose and Delta county line. It is here, in fields still damp from recent monsoon rains, that farmer John Harold and his sons begin the company’s 38th harvest season.
At about 5:30, before sunrise, the workers climb aboard a large mechanical harvester to begin the process of hand-picking and packaging corn. The three truck loads picked for the day will carefully traverse the Continental Divide on Interstate 70 and be distributed to waiting stores in Denver.
Tuxedo Corn sweet corn is too tender to harvest by machine. So to avoid damage to the ears, it must be picked by human hands. Some of the workers have been working this same soil for decades. This week they’ll also be training new workers, some of whom arrived about a week ago from Tijuana, Mexico, about the repetitive work of harvesting sweet corn.
This year’s yield is expected to be about average: 600,000 boxes, Harold says. With 48 ears per box, that’s 28.8 million ears of the company’s famous Olathe Sweet brand sweet corn leaving the Uncompahgre Valley for Kroger grocery stores from Alaska to Virginia.
A wet spring paired with early monsoon rains has had positive and negative impacts on the crop. Harold says the water situation in the valley has been “adequate,” and most farmers have seen real benefits this year. But rains arrived earlier than normal, and may have played a role in the corn’s overall quality.
“It’s been awfully wet, and I think that’s the problem with the corn’s maturity, it’s too wet,” says Harold, 82, as he checks as many boxes as he can before they get stacked on a truck. He’s pleased so far, though this is only day one.
But there is something about this year that is different: A new set of challenges spawned by a water crisis in the American West, compounded by inflation and labor shortages. In an effort to control these variables, the company pulled back on the number of acres it planted this season.
“You plan ahead, then you’re behind, then you plan behind and then you’re ahead,” Harold says jokingly.
Due to a worsening water crisis in the West, Tuxedo Corn is fielding phone calls from desperate grocery store buyers, particularly from California, where demand for summer sweet corn is extra high.
Tuxedo Corn Company, Harold says, has been asked to fill in major gaps in the nation’s corn supply chain this year. “There’s no corn in the country and now everybody needs corn. That’s just the life of a farmer.”
And then there are rising costs brought on by record inflation.
“Prices are going to be a real concern, everything has gone up, the carton cost, pallet cost, labor cost, you name it, it’s gone up,” Harold says.
By 6:30 a.m., the first truck has left the field en route to Tuxedo Corn’s shipping facility, where the boxes will be inspected and iced before being loaded onto trucks. Colorado consumers can be confident they will begin seeing the prized corn in grocery stores starting this week.
Inflation, demand and new labor laws passed this year by the Colorado legislature made farming on the Western Slope about as insecure as a farmer could tolerate, Harold says.
“It’s a whole different world than it was when we started,” Harold says “It’s not frustrating as much as the unknown. It’s hard to figure out what to do. Because of new labor laws we’re at a tipping point.”
In the meantime, as Harold sends this year’s crop to dinner tables across the U.S., he says water is already “of great concern next year.”
Factors like labor and inflation should work themselves out over time. Water though, is the real worry. As the water outlook in the West grows more grim, Harold says Tuxedo Corn Company will be ready to work through issues to fill in the supply gaps wherever they form.
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HOUSTON, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Flotek Industries, Inc. ("Flotek" or the "Company") (NYSE: FTK), a leader in technology-driven specialty green chemistry solutions, today announced that it expects second quarter 2022 revenue to be in excess of $28MM compared to first quarter 2022 revenue of $12.9MM and second quarter 2021 revenue of $9.2MM. In addition, the Company provided commentary on progress made ramping up volumes related to the ProFrac Holdings (ProFrac) contract.
"The revenue growth we expect to achieve in the second quarter is strong evidence that we are successfully ramping up the transformational ProFrac contract, and I am very proud of our team. During the second quarter, we serviced an average of 8 ProFrac hydraulic fracturing fleets with no service quality issues, and expect to service an average of 16 or greater fleets in the third quarter. Since the April 1, 2022 effective date of the contract, we have delivered over 31 million pounds of chemistry to ProFrac. Combined with the 9 million pounds of chemistry delivered to our transactional (non-ProFrac) customers, total delivered volume in the second quarter was approximately double what we delivered for the entire year in 2021. We are delighted with how far we have come over a short period of time, and are very excited about the future. While we still have additional work to do in order to achieve the full scope of the contract, we are up to the task," said CEO John W. Gibson, Jr.
"We are proud of the work that the collective teams at Profrac and Flotek have accomplished. We are well on pace to reach full fleet adoption per the Profrac/Flotek contract by the beginning of 2023. Flotek's chemistry is the highest quality and continues to enable the smooth transition of each of our fleets. With the continued expansion of volumes, our belief is that Flotek will see continued efficiencies in logistics and purchasing power that reduces over-all costs and improves margins," said Profrac Executive Chairman Matt Wilks.
While delivered volume and revenue are expected to show strong growth over the first quarter 2022, the ramp up required the Company to incur some one-time expenses, including costs related to the mobilization of additional field deployment tanks (ISO), which increased from 20 to 101. In addition, freight and logistics costs are expected to be significantly above expectations, consistent with inflation being experienced by peers. However, these issues are not expected to interrupt consistent improvement in Adjusted EBITDA margin through the second half of 2022, and the Company still expects to generate positive Adjusted EBITDA excluding convertible notes amortization before the end of the fourth quarter 2022.
Flotek Industries, Inc. creates solutions to reduce the environmental impact of energy on air, water, land and people. A technology-driven, specialty green chemistry and data company, Flotek helps customers across industrial, commercial, and consumer markets improve their Environmental, Social, and Governance performance. Flotek's Chemistry Technologies segment develops, manufactures, packages, distributes, delivers, and markets high-quality cleaning, disinfecting and sanitizing products for commercial, governmental and personal consumer use. Additionally, Flotek empowers the energy industry to maximize the value of their hydrocarbon streams and improve return on invested capital through its real-time data platforms and green chemistry technologies. Flotek serves downstream, midstream, and upstream customers, both domestic and international. Flotek is a publicly traded company headquartered in Houston, Texas, and its common shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "FTK." For additional information, please visit www.flotekind.com.
Certain statements set forth in this press release constitute forward-looking statements (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) regarding Flotek Industries, Inc.'s business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects. Words such as will, continue, expects, anticipates, intends, plans, believes, seeks, estimates and similar expressions or variations of such words are intended to identify forward-looking statements, but are not the exclusive means of identifying forward-looking statements in this press release. Although forward-looking statements in this press release reflect the good faith judgment of management, such statements can only be based on facts and factors currently known to management. Consequently, forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties, and actual results and outcomes may differ materially from the results and outcomes discussed in the forward-looking statements. Further information about the risks and uncertainties that may impact the company are set forth in the Company's most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 10-K (including, without limitation, in the "Risk Factors" section thereof), and in the Company's other SEC filings and publicly available documents. Readers are urged not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. The Company undertakes no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements in order to reflect, any event or circumstance that may arise after the date of this press release.
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– FDA Fast Track Designation and European Commission Orphan Medicinal Product Designation Underscore the Significant Need for New Treatment Options for MDS –
NEWTON, Mass., July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: KPTI), a commercial-stage pharmaceutical company pioneering novel cancer therapies, today announced new regulatory designations for eltanexor, a novel oral, Selective Inhibitor of Nuclear Export (SINE) investigational compound being studied for the treatment of myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS): (i) the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted fast track designation for the development program of eltanexor as monotherapy for the treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory intermediate, high-, or very high-risk MDS; (ii) the European Commission (EC) adopted the Committee for Orphan Medicinal Products (COMP) opinion to designate eltanexor as an orphan medicinal product for the treatment of MDS in the European Union (EU). Karyopharm also received orphan drug designation from the FDA in January 2022. MDS are a group of diseases characterized by ineffective production of the components of the blood due to poor bone marrow function with a risk of progression to acute myeloid leukemia.
Karyopharm is currently investigating eltanexor in an ongoing open-label Phase 1/2 study in patients with relapsed/refractory MDS. Previously, Karyopharm reported initial data from the Phase 1 portion of this study evaluating single-agent eltanexor in patients with hypomethylating agent (HMA)-refractory MDS.
Approximately 15,000 people in the U.S.1 and 14,000 people in the EU2 are expected to be diagnosed with intermediate-to-high risk MDS in 2022. HMAs are the current standard of care for newly diagnosed, higher-risk MDS patients. However, only 40-60% of patients respond, with these responses typically lasting less than two years.3 The prognosis in HMA-refractory disease is poor, with a median overall survival of four to six months.4,5 There are currently no approved therapies for HMA- refractory MDS.
"These recent designations from the FDA and EC reinforce eltanexor's potential to improve clinical outcomes for patients with relapsed/refractory MDS," said Richard Paulson, President and Chief Executive Officer of Karyopharm. "We are dedicated to advancing our ongoing clinical trials and remain committed to bringing eltanexor to these patients and their families as a new treatment option."
Fast track is a process designed by the FDA to facilitate the development and expedite the review of drugs to treat serious conditions and fill an unmet medical need. The purpose is to get important new drugs to the patient earlier. Fast Track addresses a broad range of serious conditions. Once a drug receives Fast Track designation, early and frequent communication between the FDA and the drug company is encouraged throughout the entire drug development and review process.
Orphan Medicinal Product Designation is granted by the EC to promote the development of drugs that target rare (less than 5 in 100,000 people across the EU), seriously debilitating and/or life-threatening diseases, and are expected to provide a significant benefit over existing authorized treatments. Orphan designation qualifies a company for certain incentives that apply across all stages of drug development, including the potential for ten years of market exclusivity following marketing approval, fee reductions, and eligibility for orphan drug grants.
About Eltanexor
Eltanexor (KPT-8602) is an investigational novel SINE compound that functions by binding with, and inhibiting, the nuclear export protein, XPO1, leading to the accumulation of tumor suppressor proteins in the cell nucleus. This reinitiates and amplifies their tumor suppressor function and is believed to lead to the selective induction of apoptosis in cancer cells, while largely sparing normal cells.
In preclinical models, eltanexor has a broad therapeutic window with minimal penetration of the blood brain barrier and, therefore, has the potential to serve as another SINE compound for cancer indications. Following oral administration, animals treated with eltanexor show lower percentage of body weight loss and improved food consumption than animals similarly treated with selinexor. This allows more frequent dosing of eltanexor, enabling a longer period of exposure than is possible with selinexor.
Eltanexor is an investigational medicine and has not been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration or any other regulatory agency.
About Karyopharm Therapeutics
Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: KPTI) is a commercial-stage pharmaceutical company pioneering novel cancer therapies. Since its founding, Karyopharm has been the industry leader in oral Selective Inhibitor of Nuclear Export (SINE) compound technology, which was developed to address a fundamental mechanism of oncogenesis: nuclear export dysregulation. Karyopharm's lead SINE compound and first-in-class, oral exportin 1 (XPO1) inhibitor, XPOVIO® (selinexor), is approved in the U.S. and marketed by the Company in three oncology indications and has received regulatory approvals in various indications in a growing number of ex-U.S. territories and countries, including Europe and the United Kingdom (as NEXPOVIO®) and China. Karyopharm has a focused pipeline targeting multiple high unmet need cancer indications, including in multiple myeloma, endometrial cancer, myelodysplastic syndromes and myelofibrosis. For more information about our people, science and pipeline, please visit www.karyopharm.com, and follow us on Twitter at @Karyopharm and LinkedIn.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements include those regarding the ability of selinexor or eltanexor to treat patients with multiple myeloma, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, solid tumors and other diseases and expectations related to future clinical development and potential regulatory submissions of selinexor or eltanexor. Such statements are subject to numerous important factors, risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond Karyopharm's control, that may cause actual events or results to differ materially from Karyopharm's current expectations. For example, there can be no guarantee that Karyopharm will successfully commercialize XPOVIO; that regulators will grant confirmatory approval in the European Union based on the BOSTON study in adult patients with multiple myeloma; or that any of Karyopharm's drug candidates, including selinexor and eltanexor, will successfully complete necessary clinical development phases or that development of any of Karyopharm's drug candidates will continue. Further, there can be no guarantee that any positive developments in the development or commercialization of Karyopharm's drug candidate portfolio will result in stock price appreciation. Management's expectations and, therefore, any forward-looking statements in this press release could also be affected by risks and uncertainties relating to a number of other factors, including the following: the risk that the COVID-19 pandemic could disrupt Karyopharm's business more severely than it currently anticipates, including by negatively impacting sales of XPOVIO, interrupting or delaying research and development efforts, impacting the ability to procure sufficient supply for the development and commercialization of selinexor or other product candidates, delaying ongoing or planned clinical trials, impeding the execution of business plans, planned regulatory milestones and timelines, or inconveniencing patients; the adoption of XPOVIO in the commercial marketplace, the timing and costs involved in commercializing XPOVIO or any of Karyopharm's drug candidates that receive regulatory approval; the ability to obtain and retain regulatory approval of XPOVIO or any of Karyopharm's drug candidates that receive regulatory approval; Karyopharm's results of clinical trials and preclinical studies, including subsequent analysis of existing data and new data received from ongoing and future studies; the content and timing of decisions made by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and other regulatory authorities, investigational review boards at clinical trial sites and publication review bodies, including with respect to the need for additional clinical studies; the ability of Karyopharm or its third party collaborators or successors in interest to fully perform their respective obligations under the applicable agreement and the potential future financial implications of such agreement; Karyopharm's ability to enroll patients in its clinical trials; unplanned cash requirements and expenditures; development or regulatory approval of drug candidates by Karyopharm's competitors for products or product candidates in which Karyopharm is currently commercializing or developing; and Karyopharm's ability to obtain, maintain and enforce patent and other intellectual property protection for any of its products or product candidates. These and other risks are described under the caption "Risk Factors" in Karyopharm's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2022, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on May 5, 2022, and in other filings that Karyopharm may make with the SEC in the future. Any forward-looking statements contained in this press release speak only as of the date hereof, and, except as required by law, Karyopharm expressly disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
XPOVIO® and NEXPOVIO® are registered trademarks of Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. Any other trademarks referred to in this release are the property of their respective owners.
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-Experienced leader will focus on operational efficiencies, risk management, and ongoing compliance to accelerate company growth
-Locke has a strong track record of driving efficiencies and managing complex processes at law firms and early-stage companies
-His experience as an outside general counsel and corporate attorney brings a new perspective to the SafeLease leadership team and positions the company to effectively manage risk
AUSTIN, Texas, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/-- SafeLease, the leader in self-storage tenant protection, is pleased to announce the appointment of Adam Locke as the company's Chief Operating Officer. Locke will focus on ensuring the company's strategic business objectives are met by increasing operational capabilities and driving efficiencies across all functional departments.
Locke worked with SafeLease as an outside advisor prior to joining the company as its COO. During that time, he gained expert knowledge of SafeLease's products, market positioning, and the value the company delivers to its customers.
"SafeLease is excited to bring Adam on board to spearhead new operational initiatives," says Steven Stein, Founder and CEO at SafeLease. "His deep regulatory acumen and cross-functional strengths complement our fast-growing product, sales, and marketing functions."
"SafeLease is well-positioned to redefine risk management solutions for the commercial real estate industry," says Locke. "The space SafeLease is innovating in is ripe for disruption. With such a talented team and tremendous market opportunity, I was thrilled to join. I look forward to working with my new colleagues to ensure the company reaches its full potential."
Prior to joining SafeLease, Locke owned and ran a boutique law firm where he was outside general counsel to tech startups, commercial real estate firms, and investment managers. Locke also owned and operated an advisory firm focused on legal assets. He has advised on transactions totaling over $200 million.
Locke began his career as a litigator and advisor at corporate law firms and clerked for a federal appellate judge. He earned a law degree from Yale.
SafeLease is a leading provider of self-storage tenant protection and revenue management software. The company leverages technology and a partner-centric business model to create new revenue channels that maximize the value of commercial property assets.
SafeLease is headquartered in Austin, TX and works with commercial real estate owners across the United States. Learn more at safelease.com.
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OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The renowned Southern rock quartet Gov't Mule, led by GRAMMY ® Award-winning vocalist, songwriter and guitar legend Warren Haynes is coming to The Jones Assembly in Oklahoma City on September 20, 2022, presented by Stability Cannabis.
To commemorate the special event, Stability Cannabis has cultivated and released a one-of-a-kind cannabis strain named Black Horizon, in honor of Gov't Mule's latest album release, Heavy Load Blues, featuring the popular track "Black Horizon". The exclusive Black Horizon strain can be purchased only at Stability Cannabis dispensaries in Oklahoma City while supplies last. Each purchase of the private strain qualifies for an entry in a free ticket giveaway for the show on September 20th. In total four winners will win two tickets each, along with an exciting prize packet courtesy of Stability Cannabis.
"We are proud to partner with The Jones Assembly and help promote world class live music in Oklahoma. While times are stressful, the Stability Cannabis brand is about helping people at our core. An evening with the iconic Gov't Mule is an ideal way to make memories with friends and fans, while discovering a moment to relax and restore" said David Lewis, chief operating officer of Stability Cannabis.
Gov't Mule features Warren Haynes (vocals, guitar), Matt Abts (drums), Danny Louis (keyboards, guitar), and Jorgen Carlsson (bass). The band is led by Warren Haynes who has assembled a prolific career as part of some of the greatest rock groups in history – Allman Brothers, Gov't Mule and the Dead.
Tickets are now on sale at www.TheJonesAssembly.com. The Jones Assembly is a popular American restaurant and one of Oklahoma's most immersive concert venues.
Oklahoma City based Stability Cannabis operates one of the largest cannabis cultivation, processing and retail operations in the American Midwest. Learn more at StabilityCannabis.com.
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INTER PARFUMS, INC. CLOSES AGREEMENT TO BECOME THE EXCLUSIVE WORLDWIDE FRAGRANCE
LICENSEE FOR DONNA KARAN AND DKNY BRANDS
New York, New York, July 20, 2022: Inter Parfums, Inc. (NASDAQ GS: IPAR) today announced that it has closed its agreement with G-III Apparel Group, Ltd, to become the exclusive worldwide licensee for the Donna Karan and DKNY fragrance brands as of July 1, 2022.
Jean Madar, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Inter Parfums, Inc., stated, "We are excited to complete this transaction with these established and valuable fragrance brands, Donna Karan and DKNY. These brands not only have a strong legacy following, but also include superior fragrances recently awarded as "Best Fragrance of All Time" and "Greatest Fragrance of All Time". Also, Donna Karan Cashmere Mist has a strong brand heritage that has consistently ranked as a Top 25 fragrance in the United States. Additionally, the Cashmere Mist deodorant is the #1 luxury fragrance selling body product in both the United States and Canada. DKNY Be Delicious has established itself as a global blockbuster since its launch in 2004. As a part of the signed licensed agreement previously announced in October 2021, we have already initiated developing strategic advancements and product lines, with an expectation to launch new fragrances under these brands in 2023."
Morris Goldfarb, Chairman and CEO of G-III Apparel Group, Ltd., parent of the Donna Karan and DKNY brands, stated, "We are proud of our brands' best-in-class fragrances that have extended their reach beyond fashion by connecting to a broader range of consumers globally. Inter Parfums' exceptional capability to develop fragrances and enhance portfolios with their significant worldwide distribution will work hand-in-hand with us to position Donna Karan and DKNY for further global expansion. We're looking forward to our partnership with Inter Parfums to grow these businesses together."
About G-III Apparel Group, Ltd.
G-III designs, sources and markets apparel and accessories under owned, licensed and private label brands. G-III's substantial portfolio of more than 30 licensed and proprietary brands is anchored by five global power brands: DKNY, Donna Karan, Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger and Karl Lagerfeld. G-III's owned brands include DKNY, Donna Karan, Karl Lagerfeld, Karl Lagerfeld Paris, Vilebrequin, G.H. Bass, Eliza J, Jessica Howard, Andrew Marc, Marc New York and Sonia Rykiel. G-III has fashion licenses under the Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, Kenneth Cole, Cole Haan, Guess?, Vince Camuto, Levi's and Dockers brands. Through its team sports business, G-III has licenses with the National Football League, National Basketball Association, Major League Baseball, National Hockey League and over 150 U.S. colleges and universities. G-III also distributes directly to consumers through its DKNY, Karl Lagerfeld, Karl Lagerfeld Paris and Vilebrequin stores and its digital channels for the DKNY, Donna Karan, Vilebrequin, Karl Lagerfeld, Karl Lagerfeld Paris, Andrew Marc, Wilsons Leather and G.H. Bass brands.
Statements concerning G-III's business outlook or future economic performance, anticipated revenues, expenses or other financial items; product introductions and plans and objectives related thereto; and statements concerning assumptions made or expectations as to any future events, conditions, performance or other matters are "forward-looking statements" as that term is defined under the Federal Securities laws. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and factors which include, but are not limited to, risks related to the COVID-19 pandemic, reliance on licensed product, reliance on foreign manufacturers, risks of doing business abroad, the current economic and credit environment, risks related to our indebtedness, the nature of the apparel industry, including changing customer demand and tastes, customer concentration, seasonality, risks of operating a retail business, risks related to G-III's ability to reduce the losses incurred in its retail operations, customer acceptance of new products, the impact of competitive products and pricing, dependence on existing management, possible disruption from acquisitions, the impact on G-III's business of the imposition of tariffs by the United States government and business and general economic conditions, as well as other risks detailed in G-III's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. G-III assumes no obligation to update the information in this release.
About Inter Parfums, Inc.
Founded in 1982, Inter Parfums, Inc. develops, manufactures and distributes prestige perfumes and cosmetics as the exclusive worldwide licensee for Abercrombie & Fitch, Anna Sui, Boucheron, Coach, Donna Karan, DKNY, Ferragamo, Graff, GUESS, Hollister, Jimmy Choo, Karl Lagerfeld, Kate Spade, MCM, Moncler, Montblanc, Oscar de la Renta, S.T. Dupont, Ungaro and Van Cleef & Arpels. Inter Parfums is also the owner of Lanvin fragrances and the Rochas brand. Through its global distribution network, the Company's products are sold in over 120 countries.
Statements in this release which are not historical in nature are forward-looking statements. Although we believe that our plans, intentions and expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, we can give no assurance that such plans, intentions or expectations will be achieved. In some cases you can identify forward-looking statements by forward-looking words such as "anticipate," "believe," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "should," "will," and "would," or similar words. You should not rely on forward-looking statements, because actual events or results may differ materially from those indicated by these forward-looking statements as a result of a number of important factors. These factors include, but are not limited to, the risks and uncertainties discussed under the headings "Forward Looking Statements" and "Risk Factors" in Inter Parfums' annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 and the reports Inter Parfums files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Inter Parfums does not intend to and undertakes no duty to update the information contained in this press release.
Contacts for G-III Apparel Group, Ltd.:
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- Alliance will provide opportunity for AbbVie to further expand its diverse eye care portfolio and provide additional treatment options for glaucoma patients
- Collaboration further supports the role of MINIject® in the treatment of glaucoma and accelerates goal to bring MINIject to more patients globally
- Deal terms include a $60M upfront payment to iSTAR Medical
- iSTAR Medical to continue development and commercialization of the MINIject device up to completion of the U.S. PMA study
NORTH CHICAGO, Ill. and WAVRE, Belgium, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) and iSTAR Medical SA, today announced a strategic transaction to further develop and commercialize iSTAR Medical's MINIject® device, a minimally invasive glaucoma surgical (MIGS) device for patients with glaucoma. This complementary alliance will support iSTAR Medical's development and commercial efforts for MINIject®, as well as provide an opportunity to expand AbbVie's eye care business, building on its glaucoma portfolio which includes drops, sustained release implants, and stent offerings.
MINIject® received Conformité Européenne (CE) marking approval to commercialize in European countries in the last quarter of 2021 and launched commercially in select European countries in early 2022. iSTAR Medical is currently enrolling a U.S. Premarket Approval study (STAR-V) to enable commercialization in the U.S.
"As a leading company in eye care with a commitment to a broad and diverse portfolio from the front to the back of the eye, along with our global footprint and infrastructure in glaucoma, we are well-positioned to support bringing this MIGS offering to patients and glaucoma specialists through this strategic alliance," said Michael Robinson, M.D, Vice President, Global Therapeutic Area Head of Eye Care, AbbVie. "This alliance with iSTAR Medical is an important step as we continue to be an innovator in glaucoma by maximizing the value of interventional approaches throughout the treatment paradigm."
"Today's announcement is validation of the transformational role of MINIject in the treatment of glaucoma," said Michel Vanbrabant, Chief Executive Officer, iSTAR Medical. "Our commitment has always been to enable more glaucoma patients globally to be treated effectively in a minimally-invasive manner with our MINIject® MIGS device, and this alliance accelerates that goal, especially in the United States. We will benefit from AbbVie's strong global experience and knowledge base already established in glaucoma, and we are excited to be working with such a world class team."
Under the terms of the agreement, iSTAR Medical will receive a $60M non-dilutive upfront payment and will continue to develop and commercialize MINIject® until completion of the STAR-V clinical study. AbbVie will hold the exclusive right to acquire iSTAR Medical and lead subsequent global development and commercialization of the MINIject device. If AbbVie exercises the right to acquire iSTAR, the stockholders of iSTAR Medical would also be eligible to receive additional contingent payments of up to $475M in a closing payment and upon achievement of certain predetermined milestones.
iSTAR Medical will remain an independent company through the completion of the STAR-V study. This financing will support the continued development and commercialization of MINIject®, including ongoing clinical studies and further enhancements to the technology. SVB Securities LLC acted as financial advisor to iSTAR Medical.
About AbbVie
AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas: immunology, oncology, neuroscience, eye care, virology and gastroenterology, in addition to products and services across its Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn
About iSTAR Medical
iSTAR Medical is committed to delivering breakthrough eye care solutions. Our most advanced product, MINIject®, is approved in Europe for the treatment of open-angle glaucoma – the leading cause of irreversible blindness – and we are aiming to seek market approval in the US. We believe MINIject®'s distinctive tissue-integrating capabilities unlock a safer, and more effective option for patients. We are building an exceptional team and pipeline of innovative products such as MINIject® to establish new treatment paradigms in eye care conditions with the highest patient needs. For more information, please visit: www.istar-medical.com
About MINIject®
MINIject® is iSTAR Medical's innovative MIGS device for patients with primary open-angle glaucoma. MINIject® combines the distinctive porous structure of its proprietary STAR® material with the power offered by the supraciliary space. As a result, it is designed to enhance natural fluid outflow, reducing intraocular pressure (IOP) and the need for medication, while bio-integrating with surrounding tissue, limiting inflammation, fibrosis and subsequent complications.
About Glaucoma
Glaucoma is a progressive disease affecting over 100 million people globally, of which primary open-angle glaucoma is the most common form.1,2 IOP reduction, through medication or surgery, helps delay disease progression.3 Medication is generally the first line treatment, but the progressive addition of multiple drops can burden patients with side effects, compliance challenges and costs.1,3 More invasive surgical options can present risks with irreversible complications and often requires long-term patient management.1,3 MIGS is one of the most promising and fastest-growing glaucoma therapies due to the potential for an enhanced safety profile.1
Forward-Looking Statements
Some statements in this news release are, or may be considered, forward-looking statements for purposes of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The words "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "project" and similar expressions, among others, generally identify forward-looking statements. AbbVie cautions that these forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, failure to realize the expected benefits from AbbVie's acquisition of Allergan plc ("Allergan"), failure to promptly and effectively integrate Allergan's businesses, competition from other products, challenges to intellectual property, difficulties inherent in the research and development process, adverse litigation or government action, changes to laws and regulations applicable to our industry and the impact of public health outbreaks, epidemics or pandemics, such as COVID-19. Additional information about the economic, competitive, governmental, technological and other factors that may affect AbbVie's operations is set forth in Item 1A, "Risk Factors," of AbbVie's 2021 Annual Report on Form 10-K, which has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as updated by its subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. AbbVie undertakes no obligation to release publicly any revisions to forward-looking statements as a result of subsequent events or developments, except as required by law.
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Company demonstrates execution of Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) in real-world mission simulation
ARLINGTON, Va., July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Royce Geospatial Consultants (Royce Geo) today announced the successful execution of its multi-domain capabilities in support of Valiant Shield 2022, a U.S.-only, large-scale war game exercise held in the INDOPACOM Area of Responsibility (AOR). The real-world training environment showcased how Royce Geo's solutions better enable the U.S. military and Intelligence Community (IC) to identify, monitor, anticipate and directly address threats to the U.S. and its partners.
Royce Geo is revolutionizing the way commercial and national Intelligence, Sensors and Reconnaissance (ISR) data is tasked, processed, exploited and disseminated through its CURVE Cloud Operational Environment. The company provides a capability for multi-intelligence (multi-INT) and cross-domain operations that automates the delivery of time-sensitive intelligence to the warfighter and IC.
Royce Geo executed several key objectives for U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC) in support of Valiant Shield 2022 by accelerating TC-PED workflows through automation. Royce Geo automates repeatable TC-PED processes through its Workbench solution, enabling low-code/no-code data modeling.
Adam Estrada, CTO, Royce Geo, said: "We integrated our CURVE Cloud solution with the existing Army Program of Record (PoR) during the exercise to address several modernization objectives to include gap in collection. Along with our partners Planet and ICEYE, Royce Geo addressed the Army's gap in collection by accelerating commercial satellite tasking orchestration through automation as well as exploited commercial data through machine-driven automation for operational use. Our team automated reporting for monitoring and alerting into a messaging workflow feeding into the Joint Fires Network, which reduced latency in the kill chain process."
Dave Sterling, CEO, Royce Geo, said: "Through participation in Valiant Shield's exercise, our team integrated, demonstrated and fine-tuned our capabilities on the fly in a real-world mission scenario. Being able to verify the adaptability of our technology in the field is essential in ensuring operators across all branches can get the data they need to make critical decisions at a moment's notice. We value the participation and rapid feedback from our Warfighter partners across multiple units and commands. This was the best example of a collaborative effort, building novel solutions that truly integrate and increase capability of our partners' current systems."
Valiant Shield builds an alliance between participating military branches to demonstrate the ability to detect, track and engage units at sea, in the air, and on land west of the International Date Line at a moment's notice, ensuring the U.S. military maintains its competitive advantage. Using Live-Virtual-Constructive training enablers, the exercise simulates live tactical forces with constructive, synthetic opposing forces. An impending exponential increase in the volume of consumable data sets creates a very challenging PED cycle for the limited number of military analysts available in a mission setting. Royce Geo's solution demonstrated how field operators can synthesize oceans of data at mission speed through proven automation tradecraft, created over several years supporting DoD and IC partners, supporting warfighter functions of Valiant Shield 2022.
Royce Geo is an advanced intelligence solutions and services company providing support across the Intelligence Community (IC) and Department of Defense (DoD), both CONUS and abroad. Royce Geo's core business delivers advanced tradecraft, specifically leveraging advanced Big Data and intelligence methodologies, data automation/visualization, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML) and Computer Vision (CV), Natural Language Processing (NLP), collection management and automated tasking orchestration, exploitation, and dissemination services.
Royce Geo employs experienced Intelligence Analysts, Data Science professionals, Intelligence Tradecraft Instructors, and Intelligence Applications & Data Engineers, who work closely with our Defense and Intelligence Community clients to provide top-quality Multi-INT tradecraft. We are global: Royce Geo delivers superior mission analytic solutions and services at facilities around the continental U.S. and embedded with deployed mission partners, around the globe. For more information on our CURVE Cloud Operational Environment please contact us at www.roycegeo.com.
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CHICAGO, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - CIBC today announced it has awarded $350,000 to several affordable housing and small business partners. The Bank hosted its annual Affordable Housing and Entrepreneur Training Program awards ceremonies in Chicago, Detroit, Milwaukee and St. Louis to honor and recognize the important role these organizations have played in their communities.
"CIBC is proud to partner with organizations that make our communities stronger through affordable housing initiatives, low-cost mortgage options, financial literacy training, job creation, and access to capital for small businesses in our underserved communities." said Michael G. Capatides, Senior Executive Vice President And Group Head, US Region.
CIBC began awarding its affordable housing partners in 2013. The Bank gives grants – used to provide services such as homebuyer education and certification – to Housing and Urban Development (HUD)-certified counseling agencies that work to make affordable housing accessible in their communities. The 2022 recipients of CIBC's Affordable Housing awards include:
Chicago
- Brighton Park Neighborhood Council
- Chicago Urban League
- Great Lakes Federal Credit Union
- Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago
- Northside Community Development
- Northwest Side Housing Center
- South Suburban Housing Center
- Spanish Coalition for Housing
- The Resurrection Project
- West Cook Homeownership Center
- YWCA
Detroit
- National Faith Homebuyers
- Wayne Metropolitan Community Agency
- Southwest Economic Solutions
- Jewish Vocational Services
Milwaukee
- Housing Resources
- United Community Center
St. Louis
- Beyond Housing
- The Housing Partnership
- Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis
In 2017, CIBC also began recognizing partner organizations that support its Entrepreneur Training Program (ETP), focused on giving entrepreneurs of small business start-ups the skills and training they need to become successful. CIBC's ETP cohorts contribute to the Bank's success in meeting their goals for lending to small, neighborhood businesses. Collectively this year, the following organizations were awarded $150,000:
Chicago
- Chicago State University
- Greater Southwest Development Corporation
- Joseph Business School
- Little Village Community Foundation
- Mujeres Latinas en Accion
- Northwest Side Center
- Rogers Park Business Alliance
- Sunshine Enterprises
- Urban MBA
- Waubansee Community College
- Women's Business Development Center
Detroit
- SWOT
- BUILD
Milwaukee
- Latino Entrepreneurial Network of SE Wisconsin, Inc.
St. Louis
- The Balsa Foundation
- Family and Workforce Centers of America
- Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis
Over the past nine years, CIBC has awarded $2.2 million to more than 65 organizations.
"When we work together, we revitalize and strengthen our neighborhoods," said Capatides.
CIBC is a leading North American financial institution with 13 million personal banking, business, public sector and institutional clients. CIBC offers a full range of advice, solutions and services in the United States, across Canada and around the world. In the US, CIBC Bank USA provides commercial banking, private and personal banking and small business banking solutions and CIBC Private Wealth offers investment management, wealth strategies and legacy planning. Visit us at cibc.com/US.
Private banking is offered by CIBC Bank USA, Member FDIC and Equal Housing Lender. CIBC Bank USA and CIBC Private Wealth Group, LLC are both indirect, wholly owned subsidiaries of CIBC. The CIBC logo is a registered trademark of CIBC, used under license. Investment Products Offered are Not FDIC-Insured, May Lose Value and are Not Bank Guaranteed. All loans subject to credit approval. The Certified Wealth Strategist® education and designation are administered by Cannon Financial Institute. The CWS® Board of Standards awards credentials to individuals who successfully complete initial and ongoing certification requirements. The Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc. owns the certification marks CFP® and CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ in the US.
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Announcement of the Early redemption of Weikeng's 5th domestic unsecured convertible bond and the termination of trading on OTC on September 2, 2022
1.Cause( please enter 「Early redemption」or「Maturity date falls within closure period of conversion」:Early redemption 2.Provisions of issuance and conversion terms:According to Article 18 of the Procedures for Issuance and Conversion of the Company's Domestic 5th Unsecured Convertible Corporate Bond. 3.Bond early redemption date/ maturity date:2022/09/01 4.Closure period of conversion:N/A 5.Bond (early) redemption price (% of par value):NT$100,000(100%) 6.Stockholder affairs agency:Yuanta Securities Co., Ltd.-Stock Agency Department(Address：B1F., No.210, Sec. 3, Chengde Rd., Datong Dist., Taipei City 103, Taiwan (R.O.C.)). 7.Deadline for applying the conversion of the debt voucher:2022/09/01 8.Any other matters that need to be specified: (1)Notification and acceptance period of redemption of the 5th domestic unsecured convertible bond: From August 1, 2022 to September 1, 2022 (2)The Company can exercise the redemption rights of the 5th domestic unsecured convertible bond from 3 months later after the issuance date (February 4, 2021) to 40 days before the expiration date (September 24, 2025) when the outstanding bonds is less than 10% of the initial outstanding, the company could send the 1-month "Bond Redemption Notice" by registered mail. If the bondholder doesn't reply in writing to the company's stock agency before the bond redemption date, the company will redemption in cash 5 business days after the collection date.
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(Reg S / 144A CUSIP & ISIN: L8915M AA3; USL8915MAA38 / 870880 AA9; US870880AA90)
LUXEMBOURG, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Swiss Insured Brazil Power Finance S.à r.l. a private limited liability company (société à responsabilité limitée), incorporated and existing under Luxembourg law, having its registered office at 16, rue Eugène Ruppert, L – 2453 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, registered with the Luxembourg Register of Commerce and Companies under number B 217648 (the "Company") announced today that it has commenced a solicitation (the "Consent Solicitation") of consents ("Consents") from each registered holder ("Holder") of its outstanding 9.850% Senior Secured Notes due 2032 (the "Notes"), issued under the indenture, dated as of April 12, 2018, among the Company, CELSE – Centrais Elétricas de Sergipe S.A., as guarantor ("CELSE"), and Citibank, N.A., as trustee (in such capacity, the "Trustee"), to permit the Company, as the sole holder of certain debentures issued by CELSE pursuant to an indenture (as amended, the "Debenture Indenture"), dated as of March 28, 2018, among CELSE, Pentágono S.A. Distribuidora de Títulos e Valores Mobiliários, as fiduciary agent (the "Fiduciary Agent") and Credit Suisse AG, in its capacities as policyholder and policyholder agent (the "Policyholder Agent"), to instruct the Fiduciary Agent to (i) enter into certain amendments, or consent to the entry into certain amendments and waivers and (ii) provide certain consents, in each case, with respect to the Eneva Sale, the Ebrasil Reorganization and the FSRU Transfer (each as defined below and further described in the Consent Solicitation Statement).
The Consent Solicitation is being made by means of the Company's consent solicitation statement, dated July 20, 2022 (the "Consent Solicitation Statement"). Holders are referred to the Consent Solicitation Statement for detailed terms and conditions of the Consent Solicitation. The Consent Solicitation will expire at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on July 26, 2022 (the "Expiration Time"), unless extended or earlier terminated by the Company in its sole discretion. Consents delivered may be validly revoked at any time prior to the earlier to occur of: (i) the time at which the requisite Consents are received and (ii) the Expiration Time.
Subject to certain conditions, including, among others, the receipt of the requisite Consents and the consummation of any of the Eneva Sale, the Ebrasil Reorganization or the FSRU Transfer, Holders who validly deliver and not validly revoke their Consents at or prior to the Expiration Time pursuant to the terms of the Consent Solicitation Statement will be eligible to receive a consent payment of R$5.00 per R$1,000 principal amount of the Notes.
CELSE Consent and Amendment Authorization
The ultimate purpose of the Consent Solicitation is to authorize CELSE to enter into agreements that (i) grant the requested consents and waivers in order to consummate each of the Eneva Sale, the Ebrasil Reorganization and the FSRU Transfer, (ii) amend the definitions of "Change of Control" in Annex 1 (Definitions) of the Debenture Indenture and in Annex 1 (Definitions) of the Common Terms Agreement, including such other amendments as may be necessary to effectuate the Eneva Sale, the Ebrasil Reorganization or the FSRU Transfer and (iii) make any other modifications or waivers to the Common Terms Agreement, the Debenture Indenture, the Sponsor Support and Share Retention Agreement or any other agreement or instrument, in each case, for the purposes of effectuating any of the Eneva Sale, the Ebrasil Reorganization or the FSRU Transfer to the extent that such modification or waiver, as the case may be, is approved by the other required parties under the Project Intercreditor Agreement and the Debenture Indenture.
Eneva Sale
On May 31, 2022, certain indirect shareholders of CELSE, including LNG Power Limited, Ebrasil Energia Ltda. ("Ebrasil Energia"), DC Energia e Participações S.A. ("DC Energia") and certain other direct and indirect shareholders of Ebrasil Energia (the "DC Energia Sellers") agreed to sell (the "Eneva Sale") 100% of their respective direct or indirect interests, as the case may be, in CELSEPAR – Centrais Elétricas de Sergipe Participações S.A., CELSE's direct 100% shareholder (the "Direct Shareholder") to Eneva S.A. In connection with the Eneva Sale, a Change of Control under the Common Terms Agreement and Debenture Indenture will occur because, amongst other reasons, Hygo Energy Transition Limited ("Hygo") and Eletricidade do Brasil S.A. – Ebrasil ("Ebrasil") will cease to collectively control CELSE.
Ebrasil Reorganization
In connection with and to facilitate its portion of the Eneva Sale, Ebrasil intends to effect an internal reorganization prior to the Eneva Sale. The internal reorganization would ultimately result in DC Energia, which currently owns 100% of Ebrasil, to merge with Ebrasil Energia, which currently owns 50% of the equity of the Direct Shareholder, such that (i) DC Energia would directly own 50% of the equity in the Direct Shareholder and (ii) the DC Energia Sellers would directly own 100% of the DC Energia shares (collectively, the "Ebrasil Reorganization"). Following the Ebrasil Reorganization, Ebrasil would no longer own any direct or indirect interest of the Direct Shareholder, but would remain as a "Sponsor" and be subject to the terms of the Sponsor Support and Share Retention Agreement until the consummation of the Eneva Sale. In connection with the Ebrasil Reorganization, a Change of Control under the Common Terms Agreement and Debenture Indenture will occur because Ebrasil will cease to own and maintain, directly or indirectly, at least 44.75% of the equity of CELSE.
FSRU Transfer
On July 5, 2022, New Fortress Energy Inc., which is the parent company and 100% indirect owner of Hygo, and Apollo Global Management, Inc. (together with its consolidated subsidiaries, "Apollo") announced that NFE and certain funds managed by affiliates of Apollo (the "Apollo Funds") have entered into a definitive agreement with respect to the newly created joint venture (the "Apollo/NFE JV") to create an innovative LNG carrier and FSRU owning/operating platform. The Apollo/NFE JV will be owned approximately 80% by the Apollo Funds and 20% by NFE. In connection with the formation of the Apollo/NFE JV, certain affiliates of NFE and the Apollo Funds have entered into a definitive Equity Purchase and Contribution Agreement (the "Equity Purchase and Contribution Agreement") pursuant to which the NFE sellers agreed to contribute three of its vessels to the Apollo/NFE JV and to sell to the Apollo Funds eight vessels, including the Golar Nanook FSRU (which is the floating storage and regasification unit currently sub-chartered to CELSE (the "FSRU Transfer")), following which the Apollo Funds will contribute such eight vessels to the Apollo/NFE JV. The current charter arrangements related to the Golar Nanook and CELSE will be maintained, as each of the relevant chartering and sub-chartering entities will be owned by the Apollo/NFE JV. Accordingly, NFE Nanook UK Limited (the "Disponent FSRU Owner") will continue to have a head charter of the Golar Nanook FSRU (which, going forward, will be between the Apollo/NFE JV and the Disponent FSRU Owner) and the Disponent FSRU Owner will in turn continue to sub-charter the Golar Nanook FSRU to CELSE pursuant to the existing Golar Nanook FSRU bareboat charter agreement between the Disponent FSRU Owner and CELSE. The Golar Nanook FSRU services agreement previously entered into between NFE Power Latam Serviços Marítmos Ltda. (which entity will also be owned by the Apollo/NFE JV) and CELSE that provides for certain operations and maintenance services will also remain in place. Accordingly, other than to reflect the new ownership of the Disponent FSRU Owner, NFE Power Latam Serviços Marítmos Ltda. and the "Golar Nanook" there will be no changes to the agreements or the parties operating the Golar Nanook FSRU and performing the relevant obligations under the Golar Nanook FSRU charter to CELSE. In connection with the FSRU Transfer, a Change of Control under the Common Terms Agreement and Debenture Indenture will occur because Hygo will cease to own and maintain, directly or indirectly, 100% of the Golar Nanook FSRU.
General
The Company has engaged Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC to act as solicitation agent (the "Solicitation Agent") for the Consent Solicitation. D. F. King & Co., Inc. has been engaged to act as the information and tabulation agent (the "Information and Tabulation Agent") for the Consent Solicitation. Any questions or requests for assistance concerning the terms of the Consent Solicitation may be made to Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC at GS-LM-NYC@gs.com, +1 (800) 828-3182 (toll free) or +1 (212) 357-1452 (collect). Questions or requests for assistance relating to the procedures for delivering Consents or additional copies of the Consent Solicitation Statement and any related documents may be directed to D.F. King & Co., Inc. at celse@dfking.com, +1 (866) 745-0267 (toll free) or +1 (212) 269-5550 (collect).
The Notes are currently listed on the Official List of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (the "LuxSE") and admitted to trading on the Euro MTF market of the LuxSE.
The Solicitation Agent takes no responsibility for the contents of this announcement. This announcement must be read in conjunction with the Consent Solicitation Statement. This announcement and the Consent Solicitation Statement contain important information which should be read carefully and in its entirety before any decision is made in connection with the Consent Solicitation. If you are in any doubt as to the action you should take, you are recommended to seek your own financial advice immediately from your stockbroker, bank manager, accountant or other independent financial adviser.
None of the Company, CELSE, the Trustee, the Fiduciary Agent, the Policyholder Agent, the Solicitation Agent, the Information and Tabulation Agent or their respective affiliates, makes any recommendation as to whether or not Holders should deliver Consents. This announcement is for informational purposes only and is not a solicitation of Consents. The Consent Solicitation is only being made pursuant to the Consent Solicitation Statement. The Company reserves the right to waive or modify any term of, or to terminate, the Consent Solicitation, for any reason, prior to the Expiration Time.
This announcement is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy any security. The Notes described herein have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or any state securities laws, and they may not be offered or sold in the United States or to U.S. persons absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.
Forward-Looking Statements
The Company cautions you that statements included in this announcement that are not a description of historical facts are forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors which may not materialize or prove correct. These include, among others, statements with respect to the terms and timing for completion of the Consent Solicitation, the consummation of the Eneva Sale, the Ebrasil Reorganization or the FSRU Transfer, the receipt of the requisite Consents, and the payment of the consent fee. There can be no assurance that the transactions contemplated in this announcement will be consummated. The Company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement included in this announcement to reflect events or circumstances arising after the date on which it was made.
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The combined zero-trust authorization approach to security improves customers' identity security posture for privileged identities and entitlements for cloud and SaaS applications
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. and TEL AVIV, Israel, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Delinea, a leading provider of privileged access management (PAM) solutions for seamless security, and Authomize, a leading provider of Cloud Identity and Access Security, today announced a strategic partnership to co-sell their products. When combined with available integrations, this robust solution provides consistent privileged access security across multiple cloud infrastructures and SaaS applications through a Zero Trust approach.
In their race to the cloud, organizations have lost critical visibility and control over their identity and access privileges to sensitive assets. This leaves them dependent upon a fragmented assortment of highly siloed controls that are poorly suited to provide the comprehensive security necessary to enforce least privilege across cloud environments. According to research from Authomize, less than 10% of privileged roles and 37% of admins are active based on a study of organizations between one and ten thousand employees. These unused privileges increase risks associated with privilege creep and excessive privileges that open the door to exploitation of credential abuse and exposure.
Authomize builds on its extensive capabilities and experience across cloud infrastructure environments to continuously secure the entire development stack. It achieves full-stack cloud access security by providing granular cross-stack visibility across Cloud Service Providers and developer-critical SaaS apps such as GitHub. Authomize tracks all identities, assets, and privileged access usage to provide comprehensive, actionable understanding of the cloud identity and the access layer that enables organizations to ensure security in every environment.
"Our partnership with Authomize furthers our commitment to ensure that our customers' cloud and SaaS environments remain secure by protecting sensitive cloud-native identities and entitlements," said Ram Venkatachalam, Head of Strategy and Business Development at Delinea. "Authomize extends Delinea's privileged access management capabilities with even more visibility over privileges in cloud infrastructure and adds a critical layer of continuous security."
Delinea and Authomize have partnered to create joint use cases which will enable organizations to gain better control over who can access cloud applications and services. By deploying both products together, organizations can securely store credentials while automating access governance, thus reducing credential theft and lateral movement in all cloud environments including Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), and more.
"We are excited to bring our full-stack CIEM, SaaS security, and Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR) capabilities to Delinea's industry-recognized privileged access management solution," said Dotan Bar Noy, CEO of Authomize. "This partnership with Delinea is the latest step in bringing a critical layer of security to our amazing, growing partner network, adding significant and needed value to Authomize and Delinea's joint customers."
Delinea's suite of modern PAM solutions provides the baseline of secure access to IaaS and SaaS environments, empowering organizations to securely manage their credentials and access throughout their cloud applications and services. Authomize delivers a protective layer of security for cloud identities that continuously monitors access, validating, alerting, and providing actionable insights to remediate risks and secure all applications and cloud services. Named by Gartner as a Cool Vendor for Identity-First Security, Authomize brings a range of capabilities for addressing identity and access security use cases, including its robust Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management (CIEM) solutions that are critical for securing access privileges in infrastructure services like Azure and AWS.
By using both products together, Delinea and Authomize customers gain the capability for just-enough and just-in-time access to cloud resources, resulting in an ideal cybersecurity posture with zero standing privileges that significantly reduces risk due to excess privileges.
Authomize solutions will be available to purchase through Delinea starting in August 2022. For more information about Delinea, visit delinea.com.
Delinea is a leading provider of privileged access management (PAM) solutions that make security seamless for the modern, hybrid enterprise. Our solutions empower organizations to secure critical data, devices, code, and cloud infrastructure to help reduce risk, ensure compliance, and simplify security. Delinea removes complexity and defines the boundaries of access for thousands of customers worldwide. Our customers range from small businesses to the world's largest financial institutions, intelligence agencies, and critical infrastructure companies. Learn more about Delinea on LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube.
The first Cloud Identity and Access Security Platform, Authomize continuously monitors identities, access privileges, assets, and activities to secure apps and cloud services. Our full-stack yet granular visibility across IaaS, SaaS, and Data environments enables organizations to understand how their access privileges are being used and ensure effective control over the security of their assets. Backed by Innovation Endeavors, Blumberg Capital, Entrée Capital and Microsoft's M12, Authomize is headquartered in Tel Aviv and Austin. Learn more at www.authomize.com and follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn for news and updates.
© Delinea Inc. (formerly Centrify Corporation) 2022. Delinea™ is a trademark of Delinea Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.
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Delinea
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Lumina Communications
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FCA on behalf of Authomize
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Wild Gardenia offers a curated collection of women-owned, artisanal brands.
WASHINGTON, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Former practicing DC attorney Natalie Zink has embarked on her next chapter: the launch of an online indie clothing store called Wild Gardenia Boutique. Based in the DC and Northern Virginia area, the boutique features a collection of indie women's clothing and indie accessories that fashion-minded consumers will love. The indie boutique aims to cater to all women and is size inclusive.
The online boutique offers a compelling take on the traditional ecommerce experience. Wild Gardenia's website highlights how women can incorporate unique pieces into their existing wardrobe, offering suggestions on how to curate inspired looks for brunch, dates, vacations, and more.
"I desired to create a boutique that catered to women like me, relatively young urban professionals who like exploring new places and people," says 30-year-old Zink. "I want to introduce women to statement pieces that they can combine with items already in their wardrobes. I like mixing classic timeless pieces and items with a bit of a twist."
A suite of woman-owned, artisanal brands (among others) make up the boutique's current collection. Shoppers will find beloved brands such as Pinch, Pink Harley, and Jessie Zhao on the site. The owner's favorite piece in the collection is the Daisy Buchanan Romper—shoppers simply must check it out.
Zink, who holds a master's degree in Arabic, left her attorney position in the wake of the pandemic. The uncertainty of COVID inspired the founder to pivot in her career and pursue her true passion: building an online indie boutique that could serve as a creative outlet for herself and women across the region. Based in Washington, DC, the founder will soon relocate to Fairfax, Virginia, where she will continue building her first venture.
"I wanted to create something with my own two hands," says Zink. "I have always loved clothing and used it as a way to express myself. During the pandemic, I realized how much I missed getting dressed up to go to the office or meet up with friends. Wild Gardenia aims to provide women with the ability to express themselves comfortably through fashion and dress in a way that celebrates everyday life."
Women can visit Wild Gardenia Boutique to find inspiration in the way they dress. Through her online store, Zink encourages women like her to be bold, take chances, and live the life they envision.
Wild Gardenia Boutique is an online indie boutique based in the Washington, DC and Northern Virginia area. The site offers a curated collection of women-owned, artisanal brands—balancing fun and practicality, while underscoring the idea that clothing and accessories should be seamless, comfortable, and inspiring.
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Wild Gardenia Boutique
contactus@wildgardeniaboutique.com
www.wildgardeniaboutique.com
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CBD Products, Plant-Based Products and Premium Pet Food Continue to Fare Well
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In early 2020, shopper intelligence leader Catalina released a study projecting that CBD products, plant-based products, and premium pet food would rank among the decade's hottest-selling CPG categories. Within weeks of its report being published, COVID-19 was officially declared a pandemic. Now, nearly 2.5 years later, Catalina has taken another deep dive into its Shopper Intelligence Platform to see how those three categories and others have fared during the first quarter of the decade.
CBD PRODUCTS
According to industry reports, the explosive growth of topical CBD products--which are less regulated—will continue, with the likeliest ingestible product growth being in the beverage category. While Catalina's data shows that CBD shoppers are buying and spending significantly more on CBD products at grocery stores than in 2020, this is starting to shift due to their increased availability online and at dispensaries across the country.
Today's CBD shoppers also buy non-CBD products that are more focused on their appearance than they did two years ago. These include lip care, specialty facial soaps, and grooming devices. They also are pampering themselves, being six times more likely to purchase bath additives than the average shopper.
Plant-based shoppers have developed a discerning beverage palate, favoring oat milk over alternatives such as almond, coconut or pea milk. In fact, plant-based milk is now the leading growth engine for the entire category, according to the Plant-Based Foods Association. These shoppers are also buying more plant-based proteins, including meat and egg substitutes, than the average consumer as product variety expands. However, many plant-based product fans are either flexitarian or members of households that enjoy animal-based products based on their shopping carts that often include cheese and organic frozen dinner entrees that contain meat.
With the number of pet parents (or households with pets) significantly growing during the pandemic, shoppers are shifting to larger package sizes either to accommodate more furry housemates or for greater value during inflationary times. As the offerings in the category have expanded, refrigerated/frozen dog food sales have grown. In looking at their shopping carts, buying more cleaning supplies continues to go hand-in-hand with pet ownership. Those who buy premium pet products are also more likely to buy easy-to-make snacks for themselves.
One of the biggest shifts since 2020 has been trading out traditional alcoholic beverages for pre-mixed cocktails and low- or non-alcoholic beer, wine and spirits. This trend comes at the expense of wine, beer, spirits, and hard seltzers as shoppers gravitate toward moderation. The data shows that adult beverage shoppers – whether they're sipping pre-mixed cocktails or mocktails – enjoy entertaining and are twice as likely to buy products that make it easy to serve a crowd, including organic cheeses, dried sausages and frozen prepared foods.
Spitless, smokeless tobacco is the only category showing growth over 2020. This shift occurs as the FDAon July 5, 2022, postponed for further review whether JUUL can market its electronic smoking device products and has proposed banning menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars. In addition to buying accessories, tobacco shoppers are more likely to purchase oral hygiene-related products and air fresheners. They're also twice as likely to dye their hair and wear make-up, in addition to being fans of chili dogs and outdoor barbecues.
- As mask mandates lifted, so did the spread of colds and the flu, as did sales of over-the-counter remedies to treat them.
- More shoppers are back to wearing cosmetics and shaving as they return to regular group social activities or to the office – at least a few days a week.
- Male birth control purchases declined.
- Disinfecting one's surroundings has become less of a priority than during the height of the pandemic.
- Less time at home means less interest in baking from scratch.
"We regularly take these deep dives into shopping data to help our retailer and CPG customers better understand what makes their shoppers tick, how their purchase behavior is evolving, and what products they are buying across other categories. In fact, our platform contains over 1,700 audiences allowing us to help formulate precise and targeted marketing messages that measurably drive sales," said Sean Murphy, Chief Data & Analytics Officer at Catalina.
Catalina is a leader in shopper intelligence and highly targeted in-store, TV, radio, podcast and digital media that personalizes the shopper journey. Powered by the world's richest real-time shopper database, Catalina helps retailers, CPG brands and agencies optimize every stage of media planning, execution and measurement to deliver $6.1 billion in consumer value annually. Catalina has no higher priority than ensuring the privacy and security of the data entrusted to the company and maintaining consumer trust. Catalina has operations in the United States, Costa Rica, Europe and Japan. To learn more, visit www.catalina.com or @Catalina on Twitter.
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Cristina Pato is a jazz pianist from Spain who also plays flute and sings. But on her new album, Migrations, there's a striking sound not often heard in jazz: a bagpipe. Pato has been playing the traditional gaita (pronounced "GY-tah"), a version of the bagpipe from her native region of Galicia, since she was 4 years old.
"I think right now in Galicia, there are more bagpipe players than soccer players, which is a very big statement to say," Pato says. "But, you know, bagpipes, they are all around the world, and they are all related to the people where they are from. ... It's probably one of the oldest instruments in history."
The gaita's stark, commanding sound is an odd fit for jazz, but Pato says she's been able to use that contrast to her advantage.
"I think that is the reason I get so passionate about the instrument," she says. "It has so many beautiful limitations that really make you work harder to get things done."
Here, Pato speaks with NPR's Scott Simon about moving from Spain to New York, fielding bagpipe questions from strangers and getting up the nerve to record a Miles Davis tune. Hear more of their conversation by clicking the audio link on this page.
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HRT will be sold over the counter for first time: Menopausal women will be able to obtain tablets without a prescription from September
- The HRT tablets will relieve some menopause symptoms like vaginal dryness
- UK's drug watchdog approved the over the counter sales after a safety review
- Called Gina 10, the drug will be available without a prescription from September
Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) will soon be available over the counter in the UK for the first time.
The move could open a form of HRT treatment to many more menopausal women.
Women currently need a prescription from their GP to access HRT at a time when many are struggling to get an appointment with their family doctor.
Britain's medications watchdog today approved the sale of vaginal estradiol tablets, that can help alleviate vaginal dryness, soreness, itching, and uncomfortable sex caused by a lack of the hormone oestrogen, to people without a prescription.
The HRT, sold under the name Gina 10, comes in a tablet that is inserted into the vagina and will be available for purchase from pharmacists from September for women over 50 who have not had a period for at least a year.
However, it won't cure other menopause symptoms like hot flushes or difficulty sleeping.
The approval of the low-dose vaginal HRT came after a public consultation and safety review earlier this year.
Gina 10 microgram vaginal tablets containing estradiol a form of HRT will be made available over the counter for menopausal women over 50 from September this year
It comes as tens of thousands of women in the UK struggle to get hold of HRT medication due to ongoing supply shortages.
Menopause occurs when a woman stops having periods, meaning she is no longer able to get pregnant naturally.
The process — which is triggered by the ovaries producing less oestrogen — is a natural part of ageing and usually occurs between the ages of 45 and 55.
Eight in 10 women will experience menopausal symptoms including hot flushes, night sweats, vaginal dryness, difficulty sleeping, low mood or anxiety and problems with memory.
HRT is one way of treating the symptoms. It restores the levels of female hormones, bringing relief to hundreds of thousands of women each year.
In announcing the news, Dr Laura Squire, The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency's (MHRA) chief healthcare quality and access officer, said the 'landmark' change would benefit both women and GPs.
'Women will be able to safely obtain a local vaginal HRT product without a prescription, which increases women’s access to treatment and gives them greater control over their choices while relieving pressure on frontline GP services,' she said.
She also thanked all those who participated in a public consultation in February to make Gina 10 available over the counter, adding the MHRA was committed to further improving women's access to HRT medications.
'We will continue to improve women’s access to medicines for menopausal care when it is safe to do so, and to place their views at the centre of our regulatory decisions,' she said.
Comments that the move 'relieving pressure on frontline GP services' comes as earlier this month MailOnline revealed that just a quarter of GP appointments in England are face-to-face and with an actual doctor.
NHS Digital told this website that of the 27.5million GP appointments carried out across England in May, just 27 per cent were both in-person and with a qualified doctor.
It comes amid a shortage of GPs in England with some areas having just one family doctor for every 2,500 people.
GPs have said 'the number of patients per GP is rising to unsafe and unmanageable levels' and blamed the differences on staff shortages and increased demand post-pandemic.
NHS Digital data shows 64 per cent of total GP appointments were face-to-face in May. The figure is the second-highest since the height of the first Covid wave forced the majority of appointments to be held virtually. But it is still well below pre-pandemic levels, when eight in 10 appointments took place in-person.
Minister for Health, Maria Caulfield, also welcomed the news of over the counter HRT, adding the Government was working to improve general HRT supply to address the recent shortage.
'Making Gina available over the counter is a huge step forward in enabling women to access HRT as easily as possible, ensuring they can continue living their life as they navigate the menopause,' she said,
'We’re continuing to work with suppliers and manufacturers to secure sustainable short-term and long-term access to HRT and our UK-wide menopause taskforce will tackle taboos and issues surrounding menopause.'
Vaginal oestrogen HRT differs from other forms of treatment like oral tablets, skin patches or gels that release female hormones into the blood stream.
Local HRT like the Gina vaginal tablets release estradiol, the type of oestrogen mainly produced by the ovaries, directly into the vaginal tissue meaning very little is absorbed into the bloodstream.
This form of HRT is considered to not increase risk of breast cancer by the NHS whereas other forms, that combine oestrogen and progesterone, are linked to a small rise in risk.
The MHRA said as the Gina tablets will be available over the counter this meant pharmacists can provide advice on if the mediation is safe for women to use.
Today's announcement follows publication of a Danish study on 8,500 breast cancer survivors which found giving them hormone replacement therapy is safe.
Doctors have for decades avoided recommending HRT to women who have beaten the disease over fears it would trigger a recurrence.
The discovery gives hope to thousands who have survived breast cancer only to be plagued by crippling symptoms of the menopause. Many have been left to struggle through using natural remedies or nothing at all, campaigners say. | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-11031377/HRT-sold-counter-menopausal-women-beat-hot-flushes-without-prescription.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ito=1490&ns_campaign=1490 | 2022-07-20T12:41:52Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-11031377/HRT-sold-counter-menopausal-women-beat-hot-flushes-without-prescription.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ito=1490&ns_campaign=1490 | true |
AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Uvalde CISD Police Chief Pete Arredondo could be fired this weekend as the school board meets to go over his fate, according to CNN.
The superintendent placed Arredondo on administrative leave in June, and CNN’s source for the report said the school board is “expected to vote to terminate Arredondo” in a meeting Saturday.
This comes as more people are asking for accountability for all of the officers who responded on May 24 when a gunman killed 19 students and 2 teachers at Robb Elementary School.
Below is a list of the agencies that responded, along with the number of officers who responded from each agency.
- United States Border Patrol, 149
- Texas Department of Public Safety, 91
- Uvalde Police Department, 25
- San Antonio Police Department SWAT, 16
- Uvalde County Sheriff’s Office, 16
- Department of Homeland Security, 14
- United States Marshals, 13
- Drug Enforcement Agency, 8
- Frio County Sheriff’s Office, 7
- Kinney County Sheriff’s Office, 5
- Uvalde CISD Police, 5
- Dilley Police Department, 4
- Zavala County Sheriff’s Office, 4
- Medina County Sheriff’s Office, 3
- Sabinal Police Department, 3
- City of Uvalde Fire Marshals, 2
- Pearsall Police Department, 2
- Texas Parks and Wildlife, 2
- Uvalde County Constables, 2
- Val Verde County Sheriff’s Office, 2
- Frio County Constables, 1
- Southwest Texas Junior College, 1
- Zavala County Constables, 1
“I have worked with [some of] them in the past, and some of them are friends,” said Texas Municipal Police Association Field Supervisor Mike Gomez, whose region includes Uvalde. “And you can just tell in the tone of their voice that there’s just a long way forward to healing…. Close friends, family, are all affected. It’s a tight-knit community. There’s so much more that will come to light. Lots of our members are still going through interviews and they cannot say too much until those interviews are done… Hopefully we can have more information so the public sees them a little differently.”
A total of 376 law enforcement officers from 23 different agencies responded to the mass shooting.
KXAN is reaching out to each individual agency, asking about the departments’ roles in the response, the employment status of responding officers and whether internal or third-party investigations are underway aside from the Department of Justice’s investigation into the response as a whole.
We’ve listed the responses we have received so far.
Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS)
Texas DPS is reviewing its own response to the shooting.
In a statement to KXAN Monday, Texas DPS said it’s creating an internal committee, which will be led by the department’s Deputy Director of Law Enforcement Services, to conduct the investigation.
Tuesday, State Sen. Roland Gutierrez, D-San Antonio, said he sent a letter to Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick demanding accountability from Texas DPS. He said he wanted to know why it took DPS over 50 days to start an internal audit and if we can trust the department to review its own mistakes made during the shooting response.
You can read the full DPS statement about its internal investigation below.
“Last week, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) formed an internal committee to review the department’s response to the May 24 shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. DPS’ Deputy Director of Law Enforcement Services is leading the committee which includes members from the department’s Training Operations Division, Office of Inspector General, Office of General Counsel and Special Operations Group. Members are currently reviewing and examining the actions of every DPS Trooper, Officer, Agent and Ranger that responded to Robb Elementary to determine if any violations of policy, law, or doctrine occurred and where the department can make necessary improvements for future mass casualty responses. No additional information will be available until the committee has completed its full review of the department’s response.“
Uvalde Police Department
Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin tapped former Austin Police Department detective Jesse Prado to conduct an internal investigation into the Uvalde Police Department’s actions on May 24.
United States Customs and Border Protection
Border Patrol provided the below statement to KXAN regarding its 149 officers who responded to Robb Elementary.
CBP’s Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) is still conducting its comprehensive review of the agency’s response to the tragic events that took place at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. OPR has not reached any final conclusions and is working with other investigative agencies and the Department of Justice to review the entirety of this incident. When OPR concludes its review, it will submit findings to CBP’s National Use of Force Review Board, along with CBP and DHS leadership. Like with other investigative reports, CBP will share its findings with the public when appropriate. We are committed to identifying any improvements to training or tactics that could applied to future incidents. CBP will continue to work with our federal, state, and local partners to answer the difficult questions on what went wrong and how we can improve our responses. We owe this to the Uvalde community, and the nation.
CBP Spokesperson
According to the office’s initial review, agents responded from as far as 70 miles away to provide support. They assisted in evacuating students and teachers from other classrooms as well as ultimately entering the classroom where the gunman was and engaged the shooter.
Border patrol agents also helped secure a perimeter, supported family reunification efforts and performed medical triage, according to a spokesperson. The spokesperson also told KXAN only one agent on scene was wearing a body camera because CBP has not fully rolled out its body camera program.
San Antonio Police Department SWAT
The San Antonio Police Department Public Information Office provided the below statement regarding its 16 officers who responded to the shooting.
According to the report just released, a team of officers made entry into the classrooms and killed the attacker at 12:50 pm.
The first team of SAPD SWAT officers arrived in Uvalde by helicopter, at approximately 1:15 pm. Additional SWAT officers arrived by vehicle at approximately 1:29 pm. Upon arrival, SAPD was notified that the attacker had been killed. There is no SAPD internal investigation into this incident.
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NEW YORK (AP) — When long-haul trucker Deb LaBree sets out on the road to deliver pharmaceuticals, she has strategies to hold down costs. She avoids the West Coast and the Northeast, where diesel prices are highest. She organizes her delivery route to minimize “deadheading” — driving an empty truck in between deliveries.
And if a customer’s load is too far away or they can’t pay more for fuel? She turns the job down.
“It breaks my heart because I either have to say, ‘No, I can’t afford to,’ or ’I can, but you’re going to have to pay some of my fuel to get me there,' ” LaBree said. “I hate doing both of those things because it’s not the customer’s fault. It’s not our fault.”
The price of diesel fuel has skyrocketed in recent months — much more even than regular gasoline — especially after Russia invaded Ukraine in February. Moscow's attack led numerous nations to spurn Russian fuel, removing from the market a major source of oil, the main component of diesel fuel, and driving prices drastically up.
For months, motorists have felt the pain of high gasoline prices. Many may not know that they're also absorbing the impact of much costlier diesel fuel. That's because the goods consumers buy — from cereal and orange juice to Amazon deliveries of diapers — are delivered by trucks, trains or ships that run on diesel. Those inflated prices are then passed on from company to company until they reach consumers in the form of costlier goods.
“People pay less attention to diesel prices because people aren’t going to the pump and using it,” said Matt Smith, lead oil analyst at Kpler, a research firm. “But diesel has a more far-reaching impact and is already having a real big impact across the economy.”
Diesel fuel was averaging $5.52 a gallon nationally Tuesday — up a scorching 68% from a year ago, when it was selling for just $3.28. By comparison, a gallon of regular gasoline is averaging $4.50, up 42% from a year ago.
High gasoline prices have eased somewhat in recent weeks. But diesel has remained chronically high, with American refineries operating near capacity. Unless prices ease, the ripple effects of high diesel fuel could worsen because the costs are deterring some truck companies from accepting jobs unless they can persuade their customers to pay more for fuel.
“There will be more logistical shortages,” said Phil Verleger, a longtime energy economist. “Americans will find more empty shelves and higher prices.”
If they're not rejecting jobs, many truckers are choosing lighter loads or working longer hours to make up for money lost on fuel, according to interviews with truckers and industry executives. Farmers harvesting hay and planting corn with diesel-fired tractors are absorbing a financial hit. Delivery companies are installing their own fueling pumps to cut costs. Ultimately, consumers are left bearing the burden.
“If you’re a farmer, then your energy costs are higher, and therefore it’s costing more to produce grain, and that’s pushing the price of grain up, and that’s pushing the price of food up,” said Smith, the analyst at Kpler.
Even more than gasoline, high diesel prices are magnifying the costs of goods because the delivery cost has risen so much. Consumer prices soared 9.1% in June compared with 12 months earlier, the government reported last week. The fuel oil portion of the consumer price index nearly doubled from the same time last year.
“Those energy costs are working their way into products, all manner of different consumer products,” Smith noted.
One reason why diesel prices haven't yet declined as gasoline has is that OPEC nations have slowed their supply of oil, and Middle East oil typically produces more diesel fuel than, say, parts of Texas do. Another factor is that China has reduced its diesel exports, presumably to help achieve its net-zero greenhouse gas emissions goals.
And within the United States, refineries that produce diesel from crude oil are essentially maxed out. The nation has 11 fewer refineries operating today than before the pandemic, according to the American Petroleum Institute. One refinery that had served the East Coast closed after an explosion in 2019 and never re-opened. And some refineries in California are closed for retrofitting to process renewable fuel.
“We use a lot of diesel, probably more than what these refineries can produce,” said Bob Costello, chief economist of the American Trucking Associations.
President Joe Biden's visit last week to Saudi Arabia was intended, in part, to encourage OPEC to produce more oil, which would mean more diesel fuel globally. Though no major deal was announced, Prince Mohammed bin Salman hinted that Saudi Arabia could potentially produce more oil.
But expecting OPEC to export more oil during high-demand summer months might be unrealistic, said Amy Myers Jaffe, an energy expert at Tufts University.
“The important thing," she said, "is to make sure that our allies, together with OPEC, don’t decrease any flows to the market at any junction, especially if we have some kind of disruption.”
Even if American oil and gas producers increase production, tough challenges would remain — namely, finding additional refinery space and then enough pipeline capacity to transport any additional diesel.
In the meantime, some truckers are struggling to adjust while keeping goods moving. Sherri Brumbaugh, who runs a fleet of 90 trucks as head of Garner Trucking, has installed more fuel pumps on-site in Findlay, Ohio, because she can obtain diesel more cheaply than her truckers can on the road.
She also monitors where her drivers are buying fuel to make sure they're making wise decisions. And she tries to absorb the higher fuel costs herself as much as possible.
But “at some point," she said, “you’ve got to go to the customer and say, ‘I’ve got to increase this rate.' ”
Brumbaugh declined to say how much she's raised rates on her customers, which range from bottled beverage companies to dishwasher manufacturers.
Lately, she said, there’s been less retail freight to haul. “It may be an indication of a recession,” she said. “I hope not.”
Cargo Transporters, which runs 470 trucks and 1,800 trailers, raised its rates, too, and has been turning down some jobs to Florida, where trucks often must return without a load, said Shawn Brown, a company executive. When there's no cargo on a truck, no one pays the trucking company. But the driver still has to be paid, and fuel is still burned.
“When that trailer’s not loaded and there’s no revenue being generated and a mile is run, we’re eating that,” Brown said.
UPS and FedEx have more than doubled their fuel surcharges on ground deliveries year-over-year, according to calculations by Cowen Research and AFS Logistics.
Farmers also face higher costs. But they can't easily raise prices, because they often don’t control the price of their goods. Milk and grain prices, for example, are set by the market.
“It’s costing us more for freight to get things delivered to the farm, and it’s costing more to haul things away,” said David Fisher, a dairy farmer in Madrid, New York, who is president of the New York Farm Bureau, which lobbies governments on behalf of farmers. “We’re planting crops and harvesting crops, and the cost of those are going to be higher, but we don’t know if we can recoup those costs.”
To burn less fuel, he's considered skipping a tillage pass, a maneuver whereby a tractor manipulates soil to enhance crop growth. But doing so would risk having fewer crops to harvest.
A year ago, Fisher was spending $8,000 a week on fuel. This year, he said, the figure reached around $20,000.
“Everybody I talk to has quite a bit of anxiety over these fuel prices,” Fisher said.
Biden has called on Congress and states to suspend their gasoline or diesel taxes for a few months to help alleviate pain for drivers, but Congress appears unwilling to enact a tax holiday. Some states temporarily suspended some taxes on diesel and other motor fuels.
With high diesel prices persisting, LaBree and her husband are working more hours to manage costs. They used to stay on the road for four days and come home to Missouri for three. Now, she said, “we have to stay out for five — sometimes six — days to make up for what we’ve lost from fuel."
“Most truckers like to think of ourselves as, we’re serving our country, moving goods around to keep America going,” LaBree said. “But at what point are we doing it for free? I can’t run a business that way.”
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Have you heard of ‘vishing’ attacks?
Vishing attacks are slightly more sophisticated than the well-known phishing attack. In phishing attacks, perpetrators fraudulently send emails purporting to be from reputable companies in order to induce individuals to reveal personal information. The additional layer in vishing is the voice component
Stealing money and valuables from people is as ancient as the human civilisation. And thieves have been perfecting their craft by developing new tools for their times. In the digital era, as people move online, cybercriminals have deployed new tools to steal personal information and money from gullible victims. The latest device in their tool kit is ‘vishing’.
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Vishing attacks are slightly more sophisticated than the well-known phishing attack. In phishing attacks, perpetrators fraudulently send emails purporting to be from reputable companies in order to induce individuals to reveal personal information. The additional layer in vishing is the voice component.
These attacks usually begin with an email from the perpetrator asking the victim to follow a link to access a site or cancel an order. But unlike phishing, these emails will ask the person to immediately call a customer support number given in the email. And in that call, cybercriminals will try to extract the caller’s personal details and bank account number using various methods.
Cybercriminals may even use a video on TikTok to steal bank account details. On the short-video platform, in a popular prank video, people call their friends using an automated answering machine voice to tell them that a large amount of money is about to be debited from their account. This has gone viral.
The scale of vishing attacks
Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky’s experts warn that this trend is a vishing attack, and is actively used by cybercriminals to steal information. The team detected almost 350,000 vishing emails that between March to June, asking victims to call in and cancel a transaction. In June, the number of such emails increased to nearly 100,000. Kaspersky team notes that this trend is only gaining momentum and is likely to continue growing.
The only difference between the TikTok prank video and a real vishing scam is the email. The prank video publishers do not send fraudulent email, and they are not in this for money. “Their goal is a show, not money,” Kaspersky said.
The use of voice in a phishing scam is said to give the perpetrator an early advantage. That’s because when victims talk on the phone, they are usually distracted and find it more difficult to focus. During such situations, cybercriminals throw them off balance by rushing or intimidating to urgently provide credit card details or other personal information.
“When people encounter scam calls in real life, they are often affected by multiple circumstances at the same time,” said Roman Dedenok, security expert at Kaspersky. “Such a call can catch them off guard, while their head is full of other things and they can’t clearly assess who is on the other end of the call – a prankster, a fraudster or a real bank security specialist,”
To ensure that you do not become a victim of a vishing attack, check sender’s address, look for typos and grammatical errors, and consider the type of information requested. And always be wary of any email that creates a sense of urgency. These tips will keep you in good stead even as cybercriminals continue to perfect their craft.
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IT services company Wipro Limited on Wednesday reported 20.6 per cent year-on-year decline in consolidated net profit at Rs 2,563.6 crore for the quarter ended 30 June, 2022 as higher employee-related costs pushed up firm's overall expenses. The company had reported a net profit of Rs 3,232 crore in the year-ago period.
Sequentially, the net profit decreased 16.9 per cent from Rs 3,087 crore in the previous quarter (Q4FY22).
Wipro's revenues rose 19 per cent to Rs 21,529 crore in the quarter under review as compared to Rs 18,252.4 crore in the same quarter last fiscal. Meanwhile, IT services segment revenue was at $1.9 billion, an increase of 13.3 per cent YoY.
The company also added that it delivered constant currency (CC) growth in revenues at 17.2 per cent in YoY CC.
Wipro highlighted that its IT services operating margin for the quarter was at 15 per cent, a decrease of 200 bps Quarter-on-Quarter (QoQ).
Moreover, it expects revenue from our IT services business to be in the range of $2,817 million to $2,872 million for the quarter ending September 30, 2022. This translates to a sequential growth of 3.0 per cent to 5.0 per cent, it added.
In terms of headcount, Wipro's closing strength of employees was at 258,574, an increase of 15,446 (QoQ). Wipro stated that its attrition level for the quarter fell slightly to 23.3 per cent QoQ.
Commenting on the results, Thierry Delaporte, CEO and Managing Director said, “We have made significant investments in Wipro’s growth engine and are very pleased with the outcomes. Our order bookings grew 32% YoY in Total Contract Value terms, powered by large transformational deals, and our pipeline today is at an all-time high. We continue to reinforce the investments that allow us to grow our business, remain agile in the market and efficient as an organization, while staying focused on serving our clients even better.”
Jatin Dalal, Chief Financial Officer said, “We are consistently investing in solutions and capabilities for our growth to further strengthen our position of being a strategic partner for our clients. At 15% of operating margins, we believe that we have bottomed out.”
Shares of Wipro on Wednesday closed 1.63 per cent higher at Rs 412.20 apiece on BSE.
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TRAVERSE CITY — Volleyball courts on Traverse City’s lakefront could grow by two, but city leaders called time out on plans to repair a beachside parking lot west of there.
After a back-and-forth across a few meetings, commissioners agreed Monday they want to see better barricades blocking off the crumbling parts of West End Beach’s parking. They also wanted the city manager to direct some other stopgap fixes, like something to keep runoff from draining through holes in the asphalt and straight to West Grand Traverse Bay.
But commissioners weren’t interested in plans costing more than $90,000 to shore up the undercut ground that caused the crumbling. Record-high lake levels that since receded washed out the parking lot foundation, and Elmer’s Crane and Dozer offered to reinforce the ground with more rock, sand and dunegrass on top.
Commissioners Tim Werner and Ashlea Walter raised various concerns, including whether the proposal was environmentally sound. Werner held up a piece of frayed woven plastic, telling commissioners it was a piece of geotextile he found at the beach from a previous reinforcement project.
“Geotextile is just a fancy word for plastic fabric, which ends up in the bay as microplastics, which I know we’re not supportive of,” he said.
Commissioners previously voiced concerns that lake levels experts shared elsewhere — Lake Michigan’s waters may be receding now but that’s not likely to last.
Werner said he doubted the dunegrass and sand atop the geotextile would hold up in the long run. Instead, he pointed to the Traverse City Garfield Township Joint Recreation Authority’s efforts to stop erosion at its property between the volleyball courts and the Open Space using more natural methods.
Other aspects of the plan fell short for Walter, she said. City commissioners seemed to agree the lot needs more accessible parking, but that wasn’t in the plan. Nor did the plans include any wheelchair-friendly ways to reach the water.
She also wanted to see a pull-through unloading spot for people to unload small watercraft, and an actual redesign of the Traverse Area Recreation and Transportation Trail.
Plus, Walter said she doubted commissioners would want to come back later and redo a parking lot the board recently paid to reinforce.
“I’m not in favor of pursuing this contract tonight, other than some for stabilization, but not the one that’s proposed here,” she said.
Mayor Richard Lewis said that trail redesign is in the works as TART Trails looks to expand and extend the bayside pathway. He hoped that segment of the trail could be designed first so the city could take action on the parking lot sooner than later.
Wooden barricades around the sinkholes aren’t working, Lewis said, and Commissioner Mi Stanley said she’s seen people park in front of them facing the water.
Concrete barricades would cost less than $3,000, said city Director of Public Services Frank Dituri. Those could be reused elsewhere.
Mayor Pro Tem Amy Shamroe said she wanted to know how soon the city could enlist a firm like the one Werner mentioned as working with the joint recreational authority.
“I think that there’s always something better and ... right now I’m glad that we’re looking at these non-plastic alternatives and things but I would really like to also get who’s available to do something now, as in the next year to 24 months and not who might be available one day, because I think we really have to zero in on that,” Shamroe said.
Volleyball
After years of asking city leaders to return their serve, fans of the volleyball courts west of the Open Space got a volley started.
Commissioners voted 6-1 on Monday, with Lewis voting against, to ask for proposals for a project to add two courts to the existing six. That proposal wouldn’t exceed the $60,000 city leaders agreed to budget for the current fiscal year.
Mark Wagner, a city employee who coordinates the volleyball leagues that play there, and city Parks and Recreation Supervisor Michelle Hunt previously provided numbers estimating several hundred players a week use the courts. Along with 204 people in the league, roughly 300 people more play on them more informally. And there’s a waitlist of people looking to join the league.
After Lewis noted commissioners would have to approve the project with at least five “yes” votes once it comes back to them, Werner added that just asking for proposals still gives commissioners the chance to “nitpick it or talk it in circles.”
But Werner said he was supportive generally of more people using the waterfront, as he saw the ultimate aim of expanding the volleyball courts. He noted some city residents told him they would rather see other parks improved.
“I’d rather it be a ‘yes, and,’ let’s maintain and reinvest in our other parks and possibly invest in this as well,” he said.
City resident Rick Buckhalter said the expansion would take up open, grassy parkland for the benefit of one user group. It’s space that he said residents worked hard to reclaim from its industrial past.
Lewis said after the meeting that he didn’t believe the expansion was needed, nor did Wagner’s and Hunt’s presentations convince him.
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OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The renowned Southern rock quartet Gov't Mule, led by GRAMMY ® Award-winning vocalist, songwriter and guitar legend Warren Haynes is coming to The Jones Assembly in Oklahoma City on September 20, 2022, presented by Stability Cannabis.
To commemorate the special event, Stability Cannabis has cultivated and released a one-of-a-kind cannabis strain named Black Horizon, in honor of Gov't Mule's latest album release, Heavy Load Blues, featuring the popular track "Black Horizon". The exclusive Black Horizon strain can be purchased only at Stability Cannabis dispensaries in Oklahoma City while supplies last. Each purchase of the private strain qualifies for an entry in a free ticket giveaway for the show on September 20th. In total four winners will win two tickets each, along with an exciting prize packet courtesy of Stability Cannabis.
"We are proud to partner with The Jones Assembly and help promote world class live music in Oklahoma. While times are stressful, the Stability Cannabis brand is about helping people at our core. An evening with the iconic Gov't Mule is an ideal way to make memories with friends and fans, while discovering a moment to relax and restore" said David Lewis, chief operating officer of Stability Cannabis.
Gov't Mule features Warren Haynes (vocals, guitar), Matt Abts (drums), Danny Louis (keyboards, guitar), and Jorgen Carlsson (bass). The band is led by Warren Haynes who has assembled a prolific career as part of some of the greatest rock groups in history – Allman Brothers, Gov't Mule and the Dead.
Tickets are now on sale at www.TheJonesAssembly.com. The Jones Assembly is a popular American restaurant and one of Oklahoma's most immersive concert venues.
Oklahoma City based Stability Cannabis operates one of the largest cannabis cultivation, processing and retail operations in the American Midwest. Learn more at StabilityCannabis.com.
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First vehicle partnership for Supernal underscores strategic importance of accelerating battery technology
WASHINGTON and FARNBOROUGH, U.K., July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Supernal and Electric Power Systems, Inc. (EP Systems) today announced a partnership to accelerate development and production of safe, lighter-weight and certifiable eVTOL vehicle batteries. The emerging industry leaders formalized their agreement during a ceremony held at the Farnborough International Airshow, resulting in the first vehicle partnership for Supernal.
The partnership aim is to enable the introduction of commercial eVTOL vehicle flights and support increasing enhancements to vehicle performance as the AAM market matures. Supernal, which is part of Hyundai Motor Group, plans to work within an "open ecosystem" model that will address the niche technology needs of AAM.
"Advanced Air Mobility requires an expansive value chain and many aspects – from battery power to digital infrastructure and passenger experience – require improvements and cross-chain integration to enable progress," said Jaiwon Shin, President of Hyundai Motor Group and CEO of Supernal. "We are excited to work with Electric Power Systems and develop game-changing technologies that will revolutionize air travel and increase human possibility."
Supernal will continue growing its network of battery talent and partners to drive power, energy, charging time and cycle life improvements that will lead to longer, more affordable eVTOL vehicle flights. Learn more about batteries from Supernal here.
"We are pleased to partner with Supernal as it seeks to democratize flight and create a new, sustainable transport category," said Nate Millecam, president and CEO of Electric Power Systems. "Supernal's long-term perspective and comprehensive approach to codeveloping the Advanced Air Mobility space has enabled it to be viewed as an industry thought leader and savvy partner of choice."
EP Systems' experience has given the company a broad perspective on the electric evolution taking place throughout aviation. All-electric aircraft need high-density energy storage. By harnessing advancements in battery power and material technology, EP Systems' unique battery management system provides an elevated solution.
Current EP Systems customers include NASA, the Federal Aviation Administration, Boeing, Safran, Bell Textron, Diamond Aircraft, VoltAero, Aura Aero and Embraer.
Supernal's eVTOL vehicle cabin concept is on display at the Farnborough International Airshow (Exhibit Hall 1, Pioneers of Change, Booth 1307). Click here to follow the Company's on-site activities.
About Supernal
Supernal (Su·per·nal) is a U.S.-based advanced air mobility company, developing a commercially viable eVTOL vehicle to the highest commercial aviation standards and working to responsibly co-create the supporting ecosystem and integrate it with existing transit options. As part of Hyundai Motor Group, we are both a new business and an established company, with plans to harness our automotive heritage to revolutionize air travel and make advanced air mobility accessible to the masses. Visit www.supernal.aero for more information and follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn.
About Electric Power Systems
EP Systems provides high-power, scalable and certifiable powertrains for electrified aviation. It develops energy storage systems, DC (direct current) fast-charging stations, and electric propulsion products for the aerospace, defense, automotive, marine and industrial traction industries. EP Systems has numerous battery systems currently powering manned and unmanned aircraft (e.g., Diamond eDA-40, NASA X-57, Aurora Flight Sciences Pegasus, Embraer Ipanema and Boeing CAV). Advanced features, such as its patented, lightweight containment box, produce safer battery systems have resulted in a perfect safety record in field. Visit www.epsenergy.com for more information and follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, and our Aviation Renaissance Podcast.
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LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Conservative Party was choosing two finalists on Wednesday in the contest to replace Boris Johnson, as the divisive, unrepentant leader ended his final appearance in Parliament as prime minister with the words “Hasta la vista, baby.”
Johnson, who quit July 7 after months of ethics scandals but remains caretaker leader until the party elects his successor, faced derisive opposition politicians and weary Conservatives at his last Prime Minister’s Questions session in the House of Commons.
It was a downbeat departure, with supportive Conservative backbenchers lobbing praise and opposition politicians offering variations on “good riddance.”
Johnson extolled what he called his accomplishments — leading Britain out of the European Union and through COVID-19, and supporting Ukraine against Russia’s invasion — and declared: “Mission largely accomplished, for now,” before departing with Arnold Schwarzenegger’s “hasta la vista” catchphrase from “Terminator 2.”
Labour Party leader Keir Starmer said: “I will miss the delusion.”
Parliament adjourns for the summer on Thursday, and Conservatives will spend the next six weeks electing a new leader, who will also become prime minister.
Conservative lawmakers will hold a final elimination vote Wednesday afternoon to cut the field of three remaining candidates down to two.
Former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and Trade Minister Penny Mordaunt are battling for the run-off spots. The two finalists will go to a vote by all 180,000 members of the Conservative Party, with a winner scheduled to be announced Sept. 5.
Sunak has led every round of voting so far and is highly likely to make the final two. Truss, who is favored by the party’s right wing, and Mordaunt, who has scored highly in polls of party members, are wooing lawmakers in an attempt to clinch the other spot.
Even though Truss has come third in every vote so far, bookmakers say she is favorite to win the contest because she is gaining momentum.
The bitter campaign has exposed deep divisions in the Conservative Party at the end of Johnson’s scandal-tarnished three-year reign. Opponents have branded Sunak a “socialist” for raising taxes in response to the economic damage wrought by the coronavirus pandemic and the war in Ukraine. Sunak has hit back that his rivals are peddling economic “fairy tales.”
The contenders are all trying to distance themselves from Johnson, whose term in office began boldly in 2019 with a vow to “get Brexit done” and a resounding election victory, but is now ending in disgrace.
He clung to office through months of scandals over his finances and his judgment, refusing to resign when he was fined by police over government parties that broke COVID-19 lockdown rules. He finally quit after one scandal too many — appointing a politician accused of sexual misconduct — drove his ministers to resign en masse.
Despite remaining prime minister, he has largely disappeared from the scene, even as Britain faces a summer cost-of-living crisis and labor discontent as inflation hits 9.4%.
Johnson did not attend any government emergency meetings about the heat wave that brought temperatures of 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) to Britain this week. Last week he took a ride in a Royal Air Force Typhoon fighter jet, with “Top Gun”-style footage released by his office, then threw a weekend party at Chequers, the country house that comes with the prime minister’s job.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan, who represents the opposition Labour Party, accused Johnson of wanting to “become Tom Cruise” and urged him to resign immediately.
“We need a full-time prime minister looking after our country rather than somebody who’s checked out,” Khan said.
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SERRASTRETTA, Italy (AP) — From a rustic, tiny synagogue she fashioned from her family’s ancestral home in this mountain village, an American rabbi is keeping a promise made to her Italian-born father: reconnect people in this southern region of Calabria to their Jewish roots, links nearly severed five centuries ago when the Inquisition forced Jews to convert to Christianity.
In the process, Rabbi Barbara Aiello is also helping to revive Serrastretta, one of many small southern towns struggling with dwindling population, as young people leave in droves to find work and where each year deaths far outnumber births.
Besides the chatter of visitors who come to her synagogue, curious to learn about Judaism in predominantly Catholic Italy, the laughter of newly arrived children resounds in the town. This spring, the rabbi helped bring Ukrainian refugees, including some with Jewish roots, to live here for now, and — Serrastretta’s mayor hopes — maybe permanently.
On a small wooden table near the synagogue’s entrance sits a yellowed family portrait. In the photograph, is the rabbi’s father, Antonio Abramo Aiello, as a child. Born in Serrastretta, he was studying for his bar mitzvah, the rabbi said, but before that religious coming-of-age ritual could take place, the young Aiello left with his family for the United States in 1923.
His daughter, Barbara, would be born in Pittsburgh and ordained a rabbi when she was 51, in a small branch of American Judaism known as Reconstructionist movement.
Before studying to become a rabbi, Aiello taught special needs children for many years, creating a puppet show to help teach kids about tolerance. Ordained at the Rabbinical Seminary International in New York, she served at a synagogue in Florida for a few years before moving to Italy, where she first worked as a rabbi in Milan from 2004-2005. Then she realized her passion in serving as a rabbi in her late father’s native town.
When visitors arrive from abroad for ceremonies at her synagogue, Rabbi Aiello, who is 74, shows them the house in what had been the Jewish quarter in the nearby city of Lamezia Terme, where her father had been learning about his Jewish faith.
She points out a plaque which reads: “In this quarter was active an industrious community” of Jews from the 13th till the 16th centuries.
One recent summer evening, as Aiello, who wears a yarmulke and necklace with a small Star of David, walked by en route to the ancient neighborhood, a local resident, Emilio Fulvo, 73, leaped up from a bench to greet her. When he was 15, Fulvo recounted, genealogical research discovered that his family has Jewish roots.
Learning about his background “made me feel free,” Fulvo said. “I knew something was missing” while raised as a Catholic in southern Italy.
Families like his are known as B’nai Anusim, descendants, of “those who were forced to accept Christian baptism and to publicly renounce their Judaism,’’ the rabbi said.
In her family, “legends were passed along that we were Jews, and we were expelled from Spain in 1492,” as the Inquisition gathered steam, Aiello said. Eventually, the Aiellos made their way to the southern end of the Apennine mountains, where Serrastretta sits, perched atop a road winding through slopes thickly forested with beech, pine and chestnut trees.
The remoteness of many villages in Calabria, coupled with Italians’ tendencies to live in the same places for generations and the strength of oral traditions, helped keep alive what Roque Pugliese, a Jew in Calabria, calls the “spark of Judaism” even among those who don’t realize they have Jewish heritage.
A physician who emigrated from Argentina, Pugliese recalled once hearing residents of a care home in Calabria sing an ancient song about Passover, softly, as if afraid to be overheard.
On a stone wall along a walkway that leads to Aiello’s home and synagogue is a Star of David.
On a recent Friday afternoon, she set out a bowl of cherries and a tray of miniature pastries for those coming for a bat mitzvah sought by the Blum family of Parkland, Florida. They chose Aiello despite the great distance because, before becoming a rabbi, she had worked as a special needs educator, and their daughter, Mia, has autism.
Pushing a child’s stroller up the steep street that leads to the synagogue was Vira, one of five Ukrainian mothers, who, with nine children among them, were brought to Serrastretta thanks to efforts by Aiello and logistical help from a Serrastretta native. Transportation and housing costs have been paid by donors, most of them Jewish, in Britain, the United States, Australia and Canada, the rabbi said.
Two of the women have since returned to Ukraine, including the wife of an Orthodox Christian priest. But Vira, who asked that her surname not be published because her husband, still in Ukraine, works for a government ministry, said she is considering settling in Serrastretta.
“The first thing is my son, my only son, his life, his future, his safety,’’ Vira said of 2½-year-old Platon. “Barbara invited us to a safe place. It was like really a miracle.”
Vira is also grateful for the opportunity to learn about Judaism. Her grandmother, born in Crimea, is Jewish. But her father, a Russian, would take her to church, so she had never gone to a Jewish house of worship, she said. Aiello “invited me to a bar mitzvah. It was a very beautiful experience that she opened her house to me.”
The rabbi said she tells those curious about their past to “embrace those (traditions) that make sense to you — embrace all, embrace some, but understand that you were once Jewish (in your family) and we can connect you, reconnect you, if you so choose.”
Mayor Antonio Muracca hopes at least some Ukrainians stay. “These guests have created in a certain sense more vitality in our town,’’ he said. Serrastretta has seen “a shocking depopulation,″ the mayor said. “There are so many old people, few children.”
The town’s population shrank from 4,000 in 2001 to 2,900 in 2020.
Serrastretta was long called “the city of chairs,’’ because generations of artisans handcrafted furniture from beech wood with seats fashioned from woven reeds. But demand for cheaper, mass-produced furniture decimated the trade.
Serrastretta’s parish pastor, the Rev. Luigi Iuliano, invited Aiello to read a Psalm at Easter vigil services in April. With the rabbi there is no “competition, jealousy.”
“We brought the First Communion kids to show them the Torah, the synagogue, to become aware that our faith in a certain way comes from the Hebrew faith,’’ said Iuliano, a Serrastretta native.
Aiello, who describes herself as the only female rabbi in Italy and who runs Calabria’s only synagogue, relies on destination weddings and bat and bar mitzvahs to boost her synagogue’s finances.
She is cut off from funding that derives from taxpayer donations in Italy. The Italian government only recognizes the Orthodox Jewish communities in Italy, whose official members number about 23,000, nearly half of those living in Rome and barely 200 living in southern Italy.
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Applause- July 20, 2022
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Democratic discontent with President Joe Biden is boiling over into the press. His polling is abysmal, his age is showing and the Democrats are facing a potential wipeout in the midterm elections in November. Democrats are taking their complaints, mostly off the record, to reporters.
“To many increasingly frustrated Democrats, Biden’s slow-footed response on abortion was just the latest example of a failure to meet the moment on a wave of conservative rollbacks,” the Washington Post recently reported. Democratic commentator Ed Kilgore forecasts that “if things go as badly as expected for Democrats on Nov. 8, many in the party will be quietly and not so quietly urging the 46th president to retire at the end of his term.”
The bad news for Democrats is that Biden is too old and that voters may have concluded he isn’t up to the job. The worse news is that they have deeper troubles.
His victory in the Democratic nomination contest in 2020 was itself a sign of the party’s weakness. Everyone knew the risks of picking a gaffe-prone septuagenarian. But Barack Obama’s presidency had left the Democratic bench thin. The other candidates who seemed capable of winning the primaries, such as Sen. Bernie Sanders, looked like riskier bets for the November election. Even today, it’s not obvious how the Democrats could nominate someone stronger than Biden in 2024. Vice President Kamala Harris registers even lower approval in polls.
Inflation is eating away at Democrats just as it is at purchasing power. Would it be any lower if one of Biden’s 2020 Democratic rivals had won? It’s more plausible that the giant government spending initiatives favored by Sanders would have pushed it higher. Biden started his presidency with the view that he needed to go big on spending to avoid Obama’s alleged error of providing too little fiscal stimulus to the economy. In retrospect, that judgment was mistaken. At the time, though, most Democrats held it.
Biden has always been close to the center of his party. Unsurprisingly, then, the basic political mistakes of his presidency have been party-wide ones. Expectations of liberal policy gains rose too high after January 2021, when Democrats gained control of the Senate by the narrowest possible margin. Biden and his team did too little to manage those expectations, but they didn’t produce them in the first place — and there were more Democrats urging boldness than realism.
Democrats generally, not just Biden, wrongly assumed that accusing Republicans of backing a new version of Jim Crow would put pressure on them to acquiesce to Democrats’ ideas about election law. Few voices in the party warned the White House and congressional Democrats that it made no sense to spend months trying to enact a grab-bag of spending proposals with no sellable rationale.
Liberal frustration at Biden over abortion is especially misplaced. Maybe the administration should have had its executive order ready for the day the Supreme Court discarded its 1973 abortion-rights precedent instead of waiting two weeks. But any order would have been underwhelming: There is almost nothing a president can do on his own to replicate the broad right established by Roe v. Wade. There’s little he can do about it with a narrow congressional majority, either. That’s why progressives have been so adamant about keeping Roe.
Democrats would almost certainly be in better political shape on the issue, and better able to defend the core abortion right, if they moderated their position. They could have pushed for legislation with the backing of every senator who favors Roe, for example, instead of trying for more. Again, though, this isn’t a Biden-specific problem. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is no more willing than the president to break with the abortion maximalists.
A recent gaffe by First Lady Jill Biden offers an illustration in miniature of the party’s current plight. She stepped into the guacamole by saying that Hispanics are as diverse as breakfast tacos. That’s on the White House. But it probably hurts Democrats more that it has embraced the bizarre linguistic fetishes of a narrow activist class by associating with a “LatinX IncluXion Luncheon” in the first place.
Dana Milbank, a liberal columnist for the Washington Post, is defending Biden from progressives’ sniping. The president is saying and doing nearly everything they want him to say and do, Milbank points out, without seeing that maybe that’s part of what’s gone wrong. Democrats, he says, should train their fire on the real culprits: Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and a “broken political system” that won’t yield the results contemporary progressives want.
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Sky-high diesel prices squeeze truckers, farmers, consumers
NEW YORK (AP) — When long-haul trucker Deb LaBree sets out on the road to deliver pharmaceuticals, she has strategies to hold down costs. She avoids the West Coast and the Northeast, where diesel prices are highest. She organizes her delivery route to minimize “deadheading” — driving an empty truck in between deliveries.
And if a customer’s load is too far away or they can’t pay more for fuel? She turns the job down.
“It breaks my heart because I either have to say, ‘No, I can’t afford to,’ or ‘I can, but you’re going to have to pay some of my fuel to get me there,’ " LaBree said. “I hate doing both of those things because it’s not the customer’s fault. It’s not our fault.”
The price of diesel fuel has skyrocketed in recent months — much more even than regular gasoline — especially after Russia invaded Ukraine in February. Moscow’s attack led numerous nations to spurn Russian fuel, removing from the market a major source of oil, the main component of diesel fuel, and driving prices drastically up.
For months, motorists have felt the pain of high gasoline prices. Many may not know that they’re also absorbing the impact of much costlier diesel fuel. That’s because the goods consumers buy — from cereal and orange juice to Amazon deliveries of diapers — are delivered by trucks, trains or ships that run on diesel. Those inflated prices are then passed on from company to company until they reach consumers in the form of costlier goods.
“People pay less attention to diesel prices because people aren’t going to the pump and using it,” said Matt Smith, lead oil analyst at Kpler, a research firm. “But diesel has a more far-reaching impact and is already having a real big impact across the economy.”
Diesel fuel was averaging $5.52 a gallon nationally Tuesday — up a scorching 68% from a year ago, when it was selling for just $3.28. By comparison, a gallon of regular gasoline is averaging $4.50, up 42% from a year ago.
High gasoline prices have eased somewhat in recent weeks. But diesel has remained chronically high, with American refineries operating near capacity. Unless prices ease, the ripple effects of high diesel fuel could worsen because the costs are deterring some truck companies from accepting jobs unless they can persuade their customers to pay more for fuel.
“There will be more logistical shortages,” said Phil Verleger, a longtime energy economist. “Americans will find more empty shelves and higher prices.”
If they’re not rejecting jobs, many truckers are choosing lighter loads or working longer hours to make up for money lost on fuel, according to interviews with truckers and industry executives. Farmers harvesting hay and planting corn with diesel-fired tractors are absorbing a financial hit. Delivery companies are installing their own fueling pumps to cut costs. Ultimately, consumers are left bearing the burden.
“If you’re a farmer, then your energy costs are higher, and therefore it’s costing more to produce grain, and that’s pushing the price of grain up, and that’s pushing the price of food up,” said Smith, the analyst at Kpler.
Even more than gasoline, high diesel prices are magnifying the costs of goods because the delivery cost has risen so much. Consumer prices soared 9.1% in June compared with 12 months earlier, the government reported last week. The fuel oil portion of the consumer price index nearly doubled from the same time last year.
“Those energy costs are working their way into products, all manner of different consumer products,” Smith noted.
One reason why diesel prices haven’t yet declined as gasoline has is that OPEC nations have slowed their supply of oil, and Middle East oil typically produces more diesel fuel than, say, parts of Texas do. Another factor is that China has reduced its diesel exports, presumably to help achieve its net-zero greenhouse gas emissions goals.
And within the United States, refineries that produce diesel from crude oil are essentially maxed out. The nation has 11 fewer refineries operating today than before the pandemic, according to the American Petroleum Institute. One refinery that had served the East Coast closed after an explosion in 2019 and never re-opened. And some refineries in California are closed for retrofitting to process renewable fuel.
“We use a lot of diesel, probably more than what these refineries can produce,” said Bob Costello, chief economist of the American Trucking Associations.
President Joe Biden’s visit last week to Saudi Arabia was intended, in part, to encourage OPEC to produce more oil, which would mean more diesel fuel globally. Though no major deal was announced, Prince Mohammed bin Salman hinted that Saudi Arabia could potentially produce more oil.
But expecting OPEC to export more oil during high-demand summer months might be unrealistic, said Amy Myers Jaffe, an energy expert at Tufts University.
“The important thing,” she said, “is to make sure that our allies, together with OPEC, don’t decrease any flows to the market at any junction, especially if we have some kind of disruption.”
Even if American oil and gas producers increase production, tough challenges would remain — namely, finding additional refinery space and then enough pipeline capacity to transport any additional diesel.
In the meantime, some truckers are struggling to adjust while keeping goods moving. Sherri Brumbaugh, who runs a fleet of 90 trucks as head of Garner Trucking, has installed more fuel pumps on-site in Findlay, Ohio, because she can obtain diesel more cheaply than her truckers can on the road.
She also monitors where her drivers are buying fuel to make sure they’re making wise decisions. And she tries to absorb the higher fuel costs herself as much as possible.
But “at some point,” she said, “you’ve got to go to the customer and say, ‘I’ve got to increase this rate.’”
Brumbaugh declined to say how much she’s raised rates on her customers, which range from bottled beverage companies to dishwasher manufacturers.
Lately, she said, there’s been less retail freight to haul. “It may be an indication of a recession,” she said. “I hope not.”
Cargo Transporters, which runs 470 trucks and 1,800 trailers, raised its rates, too, and has been turning down some jobs to Florida, where trucks often must return without a load, said Shawn Brown, a company executive. When there’s no cargo on a truck, no one pays the trucking company. But the driver still has to be paid, and fuel is still burned.
“When that trailer’s not loaded and there’s no revenue being generated and a mile is run, we’re eating that,” Brown said.
UPS and FedEx have more than doubled their fuel surcharges on ground deliveries year-over-year, according to calculations by Cowen Research and AFS Logistics.
Farmers also face higher costs. But they can’t easily raise prices, because they often don’t control the price of their goods. Milk and grain prices, for example, are set by the market.
“It’s costing us more for freight to get things delivered to the farm, and it’s costing more to haul things away,” said David Fisher, a dairy farmer in Madrid, New York, who is president of the New York Farm Bureau, which lobbies governments on behalf of farmers. “We’re planting crops and harvesting crops, and the cost of those are going to be higher, but we don’t know if we can recoup those costs.”
To burn less fuel, he’s considered skipping a tillage pass, a maneuver whereby a tractor manipulates soil to enhance crop growth. But doing so would risk having fewer crops to harvest.
A year ago, Fisher was spending $8,000 a week on fuel. This year, he said, the figure reached around $20,000.
“Everybody I talk to has quite a bit of anxiety over these fuel prices,” Fisher said.
Biden has called on Congress and states to suspend their gasoline or diesel taxes for a few months to help alleviate pain for drivers, but Congress appears unwilling to enact a tax holiday. Some states temporarily suspended some taxes on diesel and other motor fuels.
With high diesel prices persisting, LaBree and her husband are working more hours to manage costs. They used to stay on the road for four days and come home to Missouri for three. Now, she said, “we have to stay out for five — sometimes six — days to make up for what we’ve lost from fuel.”
“Most truckers like to think of ourselves as, we’re serving our country, moving goods around to keep America going,” LaBree said. “But at what point are we doing it for free? I can’t run a business that way.”
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Wednesday Jul 20, 2022
LAHORE: The death toll from a boat that capsised while carrying a wedding party in Pakistan earlier this week is presumed to have surpassed 50 after officials said Wednesday there was no hope of finding more survivors.
The overcrowded vessel was carrying around 100 passengers when it capsised Monday on the storm-swollen Indus River in Sadiqabad, central Punjab province.
Twenty-six bodies — mostly women and children — have been recovered so far, but a similar number of people are missing and presumed dead, officials said.
"It's been more than 48 hours since the incident so there's no chance of finding survivors," Kashif Nisar Gill, a spokesman for the district administration told AFP.
Most of the survivors were men who managed to swim ashore, said Gill.
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Boyfriend in court on murder charge after woman's body found in suitcase
Police have appealed for more information after the 21-year-old's decomposing body was found dumped in a ditch in Folkes Lane, Upminster.
Wednesday 20 July 2022 13:56, UK
The boyfriend of a woman whose body was found in a suitcase earlier this month has appeared in court accused of her murder.
Hina Bashir was reported missing from Ilford, east London, on 14 July, having last been seen alive on 11 July.
On 17 July, the 21-year-old's decomposing body was found in a foetal position inside a large suitcase dumped in a small ditch in Folkes Lane, Upminster, east London.
Police officers using a sniffer dog made the discovery after following tracks on a grassy verge consistent with suitcase wheels.
The student's worried father in Pakistan had contacted her employer at Queen Mary University in London where she worked part-time for a security company.
Ms Bashir had not turned up for work and her employer raised the alarm after visiting her home.
A post-mortem has yet to make a preliminary finding on the cause of Ms Bashir's death.
Ms Bashir was a Pakistani national who had come to live in the UK in November last year.
She had travelled on a student visa to study business management at Coventry University London.
She had been in a relationship with Muhammad Arslan, 26, who came from the same village in Pakistan and had moved to Britain around six months ago.
On 18 July, Arslan, who lived in a multi-occupancy property in Natal Road, Ilford, was charged with the murder of Ms Bashir between 10 and 13 July.
He appeared for a preliminary hearing at the Old Bailey by video link from Thameside prison on Wednesday.
Wearing a grey sweatshirt, the defendant spoke only to confirm his identity and was represented in court by a solicitor.
Judge Mark Dennis QC remanded the defendant into custody.
Meanwhile, Scotland Yard has issued an appeal for more information.
Detective Chief Inspector Dave Whellams said: "My thoughts are with Hina's family who have suffered a terrible loss. We will provide them with whatever support we can.
"We are continuing our work to develop a full understanding of what happened to Hina, not just in recent days but in the weeks prior to this terrible incident.
"I know that Hina hadn't been in the UK for too long.
"I would urge anyone who may have known her to come forward. Any information that you hold could be important to the investigation."
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Fun and unique games for tailgating
Are you looking to add some friendly competition to your tailgate this year? A new tailgate game is the way to go. Cornhole is always a popular option, but if you want something a little more unique, there are plenty of lesser-known games from which to choose. Games including bocce, lawn darts and Spikeball are enjoyable and allow for individuals or teams to compete.
When choosing which games to play, consider the age and number of participants. For tailgates with younger children, select simple games. Easy-to-handle equipment ensures the game is fun for everyone. Determine how many players each game needs; selecting a game in which different numbers of players can take part works best. If you’d like more tips on choosing a game for your group, check out the BestReviews guide on the yard games.
Best unique tailgate games
Bocce ball
Bocce is one of the oldest known games. It dates back to the days of ancient Egypt and the Roman Empire. Today, the game is popular across the globe. It goes by several names, including the English name of lawn bowling. To play, you need between two and eight players split into two teams. The game begins with a player throwing the jack, or pallino, a small white ball, onto the court. Teams compete to see who can land their balls closest to the pallino.
This bocce set is regulation-size and has all the equipment you need to play. It includes a carrying case, eight balls, a pallino and a measuring string. The balls come in the traditional colors of red and green. Crafted from high-quality materials, the balls will last a long time.
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Spikeball
Spikeball is an active game that combines elements of volleyball and foursquare. To play the game, you need two teams, a single ball and a net. The teams take turns serving by bouncing the ball off the net. The opposite team has three touches to get the ball to bounce off the net again. Teams score points when the opposite team fails to return the ball to the net within the allowed number of touches.
Designed to be portable, this Spikeball game set has foldable legs so all parts fit nicely in a drawstring bag. The net is easy to set up and you can play on almost any flat surface. The game set includes a ball, net, instructions and carrying bag.
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Kubb
The game of kubb, thought to go back almost 1,000 years, became popular in the 1980s. You can play with between two and 10 players, although two teams of three is recommended. You play by throwing sticks at wooden blocks to knock them over. This game requires both throwing skills and strategy. You win the game by knocking over all the opposing team’s kubbs (the wooden blocks) and the final king kubb in the center of the playing field.
With pieces crafted of rubber and wood, you can use this kubb set indoors and outdoors. It comes in a convenient carrying bag that makes it easy to travel or store. The set includes one king kubb, 10 kubb blocks, six throwing dowels, four corner pegs, a carry bag and instructions.
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Ladder toss
Ladder toss is a game thought to have originated on campgrounds, although there are more colorful rumors of it starting with cowboys using live snakes and fence posts. You play by tossing bolas (two balls attached by a string) at a three-rung ladder. Each rung of the ladder is worth a different value, but there are several additional scoring options to make the game more interesting.
Amazon Basics Ladder Toss Outdoor Lawn Game Set
This ladder toss game set comes with two ladders, three red bolas, three blue bolas and a carrying case. Made from PVC piping, the ladders are lightweight and come apart to easily fit inside the storage bag. The ladders stand 48 inches tall.
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Dice
If you’re looking to get the best bang for your buck out of your gaming equipment, a set of dice is simple, fun and versatile. There are many games kids can participate in like sevens, farkle or pig. You can also play games such as craps or Klondike if you want to bet on the last drink in the cooler at your tailgate.
ApudArmis Giant Wooden Yard Dice Game
The game set includes six oversized dice, one dry-erase scoreboard, a marker and carrying bag. Crafted from solid New Zealand pine, these dice are chip-resistant and durable. With rounded corners to make them easily rollable, the dice are safe for children. The waterproof bag is convenient for storage and travel.
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Lawn darts
Reimagined from the game banned by the Consumer Product Safety Commission in the 1980s, the lawn darts of today are fun and safe. Most darts are made of hard or inflatable plastic and have rounded ends for safety purposes. You play the game much like traditional darts: players take turns throwing their darts at a target spread out on the ground. If you want something with simpler scoring, you can purchase a version of the game that comes with rings for targets.
This lawn dart set glows in the dark. To charge them for your next tailgate, use a headlight or flashlight. The set comes with two blue darts, two red darts, two target rings, a carrying bag and instructions. It’s best played on a soft surface like sand or grass, as the darts tend to bounce on a hard surface.
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Giant Jenga
Giant Jenga is exactly like regular Jenga, except bigger. Participants take turns pulling single blocks out of a stack and moving them to the top. The player who causes the stack to collapse loses. The trick is to strategically select blocks that won’t undermine the tower’s balance. Playing Jenga with larger blocks creates even more excitement when the tower falls.
This Jenga set starts at 22 inches and stacks to over 4 feet tall. The blocks are made from premium hardwood and come in a large carrying bag. This set can accommodate anywhere from one to many players, and it’s recommended for ages 8 and older.
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SAN DIEGO, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pinfinity, a patented augmented reality collectible pin company, and Fandom, the digital destination for movie and comic book fans, announced the official launch of a new product in a one-of-a-kind promotion at San Diego Comic-Con, 2022.
Say so long to standard wristbands - fans who attend the Fandom party will receive a custom collectible event lanyard and Pinfinity pin, each pin provides an exclusive augmented reality experience for attendees that they can continue to relive throughout the year.
"We are huge advocates of what Fandom accomplishes and represents for the entire community and couldn't be prouder to be part of their Comic-Con event! We love seeing Pinfinity pins being used to engage fans in new and unique ways, helping to elevate a fan experience to its full potential," says Pinfinity CEO Hannah Arevalo.
Pinfinty's patented offering launched in 2020 takes the licensed pin category and brings it into the future. Their focus is on collector-quality pins combined with an augmented reality digital layer of pre-recorded video, animation, stereo sound, and interactivity through the engagement to a free Pinfinity mobile app available on Google Play and the Apple Store.
Pinfinity+ was recently launched as a first-of-its-kind AR collectible pin subscription service focusing on gaming (Pinfinity+ Gaming), community favorite Magic: the Gathering, with additional verticals in development. Inside Pinfinity+ Members enjoy exclusive benefits (discounts, giveaways, bonuses, content) and can share or trade their collections, stories, and love of pop culture in exclusive online and in-person experiences.
Pinfinity was founded by a team of experienced fans with over $1billion in licensed direct-to-consumer product sales. The company has offices in San Diego and London, with pins featuring top franchises in fandom including, Hasbro, Comcast NBCUniversal, The Henson Company, Bethesda, Netflix, Electronic Arts, Disney, and more have embraced the products, offering exclusive content and collectibles for their fans.
Pinfinity aims to create a unique fan engagement with a lineup of collectible pin community through exciting products and exceptional service, uniting the world in the shared celebration of fandom. You can keep up to date on Pinfinity via their Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter pages (@PinfinityAR)
If you are interested in learning more about Pinfinity and how they could partner with your brand, please contact the Pinfinity team at https://pinfinityar.com/contact and they will be happy to coordinate a time to speak with you!
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HOD HASHARON, Israel,, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Valens Semiconductor (NYSE: VLN), a premier provider of high-speed connectivity solutions for the audio-video and automotive markets, today announced that it will release its second quarter 2022 financial results before the market opens on Wednesday, August 10, 2022.
In conjunction with this announcement, Valens will host a conference call on Wednesday, August 10, 2022, at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time (ET) to discuss its second quarter 2022 financial results and business outlook. To access this call, dial +1 (888) 642-5032 (U.S.), 0 (800) 917-5108 (UK), 03 918 0609 (Israel) or +972 3 918 0609 (all other locations).
A live webcast of the conference call will be available via the investor relations section of Valens' website at Valens - Financials - Quarterly Results. The live webcast can also be accessed by clicking herehttps://event.on24.com/wcc/r/3738517/9AF0A0B38E949620B4B996A6ACF5DE38. A replay of the conference call will be available on Valens' website shortly after the call concludes.
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Valens Semiconductor pushes the boundaries of connectivity by enabling long-reach, high-speed video and data transmission for the Audio-Video and Automotive industries. Valens' HDBaseT® technology is the leading standard in the Audio-Video market with tens of millions of Valens' chipsets integrated into thousands of products in a wide range of applications. Valens' Automotive chipsets are deployed in systems manufactured by leading customers and are on the road in vehicles around the world. Valens is a key enabler of the evolution of ADAS and autonomous driving and its advanced technology is the basis for the new industry standard for high-speed in-vehicle connectivity. For more information, visit https://www.valens.com/.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The All-Star Game showcased what baseball has become — home runs, strikeouts and offense-killing shifts.
The National League didn’t have a hit between the first and eighth innings of Tuesday night’s 3-2 loss, its ninth in a row.
In a sport where R&D has become as important as BP, four of the five runs scored on long balls.
There were 22 strikeouts, including the final three batters on 10 pitches by Cleveland’s Emmanuel Clase in a game that lasted 3 hours, 11 minutes despite just 13 hits, five walks, two hit batters and one runner reaching on a error.
Twenty All-Stars threw 299 pitches, 105 of them fastballs. The slowest fastball was 90.2 mph on the second pitch of the game from 34-year-old left-hander Clayton Kershaw.
Forty-eight were 98 mph or higher, and Ryan Helsley of the St. Louis Cardinals was velocity king. The 28-year-old topped 100 mph on eight of 15 tosses, the fastest a 103 mph blazer that Minnesota’s Luis Arraez fouled off in the eighth.
“I went out there, showed what I had,” Helsley said. “It was a cool environment being in this game.”
Seattle’s Ty France, greeted by Dodger Stadium organist Dieter Ruehle with “La Vie en Rose” when he pinch hit for his All-Star debut, fouled off a Helsley fastball, then struck out when he chased a low outside slider.
“The way game is now, everybody’s throwing that hard. It’s not fun to face, but it’s just how the game is,” France said. “To be able to step in the box on this stage, it was pretty cool.”
Clase, a 24-year-old Cleveland right-hander, threw 10 pitches ranging from 97.7 mph to 100.3 mph.
“Every time that bullpen door swings open, it’s velocity,” NL manager Brian Snitker said. “The guys, they weren’t like that. The closers weren’t throwing like they are now. But it’s kind of the way they are growing up and now they are trained — and amazing to me, the number of them, too. It’s like they just keep coming.”
Defensive positioning designed by Joe Espada, Dusty Baker’s bench coach in Houston, led to outs on balls that used to be hits.
Juan Soto’s third-inning grounder was gloved by second baseman Andrés Giménez 20 feet into right field. Kyle Schwarber’s bouncer in the seventh was picked up in the center of the diamond by shortstop Corey Seager, who started to the right of second, and Jake Cronenworth’s hopper went directly to second baseman Santiago Espinal 10 feet into right field.
“The shift giveth and the shift taketh away,” Baker said. “But still, I think it giveth more than it takes away.”
The batter’s eye in center field offered a vivid display of what has overtaken baseball — an array of high-speed cameras and radar equipment that track every ball’s spin, every player’s sprint and stumble.
Behinds the scenes, many teams consider their quants All-Stars, too. Houston’s front office includes a quantitative developer, plus two senior architects.
The NL did all its scoring during Shane McClanahan’s first 13 pitches of the first inning, getting Ronald Acuña Jr’s leadoff double, Mookie Betts’ RBI single and Paul Goldschmidt’s homer.
AL offense was even more condensed. Giancarlo Stanton hit a two-run homer in the fourth off Tony Gonsolin, and Byron Buxton went deep four pitches later.
Not a surprise in a season that has been the big league batting average dip to .242, its lowest since 1967.
Baseball’s competition committee is considering changes for next season that some purists consider revolutionary and some conclude necessary. A pitch clock is almost certain after testing throughout the minors this year. Shift limits also have been proposed.
Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred is gung-ho for change, but players appear less enthusiastic for change. Still, the union agreed to let a committee with a management majority make changes starting with next season.
“Our players have been, unsurprisingly, very much engaged in the process,” union head Tony Clark said, “more than willing to offer their thoughts on what makes sense, what may not make sense, what may need to be adjusted and tweaked.”
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Our panel of public-radio music obsessives has five more favorites to share. KCRW music director Jason Bentley can't get enough of the new Frightened Rabbit album. Alisa Ali, a DJ for New York's The Alternate Side indie-rock channel, picked a great new track by the promising Glasgow act CHVRCHES. Baltimore's Friday-night hip-hop show Strictly Hip Hop highlighted the new jam by Joey Bada$$. Jessi Whitten, the music director at OpenAir in Colorado, loves the new Lady Lamb the Beekeeper. And Dave P., host of the futuristic dance-music show Making Time Radio, found a sick remix of Tame Impala by Australian producer Light Year.
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The combined zero-trust authorization approach to security improves customers' identity security posture for privileged identities and entitlements for cloud and SaaS applications
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. and TEL AVIV, Israel, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Delinea, a leading provider of privileged access management (PAM) solutions for seamless security, and Authomize, a leading provider of Cloud Identity and Access Security, today announced a strategic partnership to co-sell their products. When combined with available integrations, this robust solution provides consistent privileged access security across multiple cloud infrastructures and SaaS applications through a Zero Trust approach.
In their race to the cloud, organizations have lost critical visibility and control over their identity and access privileges to sensitive assets. This leaves them dependent upon a fragmented assortment of highly siloed controls that are poorly suited to provide the comprehensive security necessary to enforce least privilege across cloud environments. According to research from Authomize, less than 10% of privileged roles and 37% of admins are active based on a study of organizations between one and ten thousand employees. These unused privileges increase risks associated with privilege creep and excessive privileges that open the door to exploitation of credential abuse and exposure.
Authomize builds on its extensive capabilities and experience across cloud infrastructure environments to continuously secure the entire development stack. It achieves full-stack cloud access security by providing granular cross-stack visibility across Cloud Service Providers and developer-critical SaaS apps such as GitHub. Authomize tracks all identities, assets, and privileged access usage to provide comprehensive, actionable understanding of the cloud identity and the access layer that enables organizations to ensure security in every environment.
"Our partnership with Authomize furthers our commitment to ensure that our customers' cloud and SaaS environments remain secure by protecting sensitive cloud-native identities and entitlements," said Ram Venkatachalam, Head of Strategy and Business Development at Delinea. "Authomize extends Delinea's privileged access management capabilities with even more visibility over privileges in cloud infrastructure and adds a critical layer of continuous security."
Delinea and Authomize have partnered to create joint use cases which will enable organizations to gain better control over who can access cloud applications and services. By deploying both products together, organizations can securely store credentials while automating access governance, thus reducing credential theft and lateral movement in all cloud environments including Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), and more.
"We are excited to bring our full-stack CIEM, SaaS security, and Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR) capabilities to Delinea's industry-recognized privileged access management solution," said Dotan Bar Noy, CEO of Authomize. "This partnership with Delinea is the latest step in bringing a critical layer of security to our amazing, growing partner network, adding significant and needed value to Authomize and Delinea's joint customers."
Delinea's suite of modern PAM solutions provides the baseline of secure access to IaaS and SaaS environments, empowering organizations to securely manage their credentials and access throughout their cloud applications and services. Authomize delivers a protective layer of security for cloud identities that continuously monitors access, validating, alerting, and providing actionable insights to remediate risks and secure all applications and cloud services. Named by Gartner as a Cool Vendor for Identity-First Security, Authomize brings a range of capabilities for addressing identity and access security use cases, including its robust Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management (CIEM) solutions that are critical for securing access privileges in infrastructure services like Azure and AWS.
By using both products together, Delinea and Authomize customers gain the capability for just-enough and just-in-time access to cloud resources, resulting in an ideal cybersecurity posture with zero standing privileges that significantly reduces risk due to excess privileges.
Authomize solutions will be available to purchase through Delinea starting in August 2022. For more information about Delinea, visit delinea.com.
Delinea is a leading provider of privileged access management (PAM) solutions that make security seamless for the modern, hybrid enterprise. Our solutions empower organizations to secure critical data, devices, code, and cloud infrastructure to help reduce risk, ensure compliance, and simplify security. Delinea removes complexity and defines the boundaries of access for thousands of customers worldwide. Our customers range from small businesses to the world's largest financial institutions, intelligence agencies, and critical infrastructure companies. Learn more about Delinea on LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube.
The first Cloud Identity and Access Security Platform, Authomize continuously monitors identities, access privileges, assets, and activities to secure apps and cloud services. Our full-stack yet granular visibility across IaaS, SaaS, and Data environments enables organizations to understand how their access privileges are being used and ensure effective control over the security of their assets. Backed by Innovation Endeavors, Blumberg Capital, Entrée Capital and Microsoft's M12, Authomize is headquartered in Tel Aviv and Austin. Learn more at www.authomize.com and follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn for news and updates.
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Integration enables secure use of iMessage, WhatsApp, WeChat, and other messaging apps in regulated industries
WATERLOO, ON, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BlackBerry Limited (NYSE: BB; TSX: BB) and LeapXpert, the enterprise-grade responsible business communication platform, today announced a strategic collaboration that will enable the use of the BlackBerry® Dynamics™ platform in tandem with popular messaging applications to drive greater business communication yet retain strong security and governance posture.
Integrating LeapXpert into the BlackBerry Dynamics platform will provide customers with secure communication through leading messaging applications such as iMessage, WhatsApp, SMS, WeChat, Telegram, Signal, LINE, and more to ensure employee-customer interactions are encrypted and captured. Additionally, the integration will provide customers with secure storage for sensitive information and data leakage protection.
As businesses continue to operate in remote environments, messaging applications are becoming ever-more essential to maintain business continuity. LeapXpert uses API technology with a modern, intuitive mobile and desktop user interface to allow secure communication with customers and external parties. The integration will deliver increased security and control that highly regulated industries such as the financial sector need when communicating with their clients to maintain compliance.
"In the age where 'pinging people' is part of the day-to-day role, messaging applications have become the new battlegrounds for attackers looking to prey on sensitive information," said Alex Willis, Vice President, Sales Engineering and ISV's at BlackBerry. "BlackBerry has always prioritized secure end-to-end encryption of communication channels since our start, so it's a pleasure to partner with LeapXpert to provide BlackBerry Dynamics' customers with privacy and protection of their data through the world's most popular messaging apps, helping them maintain compliance."
"We are thrilled to collaborate with BlackBerry around this strategic integration," said Avi Pardo, Co-Founder & COO of LeapXpert. "Our platform will be available directly through BlackBerry channels and by dedicating our efforts to secure business communication and providing enhanced protection against data leakage and cyber threats, we are inherently enhancing trust among customers."
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LeapXpert is a responsible business communication platform that provides enterprises a comprehensive overview of all internal and external business communications, creating an accessible digital record that keeps companies in compliance and enables monitoring of conversations involving the exchange of sensitive information. Founded in 2017, LeapXpert has offices in the US, UK, Israel, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Vietnam. For more information, visit http://leap.expert.
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BlackBerry (NYSE: BB; TSX: BB) provides intelligent security software and services to enterprises and governments around the world. The company secures more than 500M endpoints including over 215M vehicles. Based in Waterloo, Ontario, the company leverages AI and machine learning to deliver innovative solutions in the areas of cybersecurity, safety and data privacy solutions, and is a leader in the areas of endpoint management, endpoint security, encryption, and embedded systems. BlackBerry's vision is clear - to secure a connected future you can trust.
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K-pop group GOT7 member Youngjae delivers a sweet music video for ‘Sugar’, the lead single from his sophomore EP Sugar. The young vocalist dropped his extended play, Sugar, on June 21, 2022, where Youngjae takes a detour from singing ballads and shows off his full vocal range. He is the first member of GOT7 to release an EP, right after the group made a comeback with a self-titled album, including the lead single, NANANA. Youngjae started off as a soloist by showing different colours to him with his EP, Colors from Ars — Youngjae’s composer name which means: "Art is long, Life is short—.” He has now moved on to tapping a more fun side to him, dabbling with R&B, and rock with Sugar.
YOUNGJAE TO INDIATODAY.IN ABOUT HIS MINI ALBUM SUGAR
India Today got to chat with Youngjae exclusively about his musical journey and how he keeps reinventing himself. Unlike Colors from Ars, Sugar shows a more confident side to Youngjae. Ask him if this is a result of his first EP being received well, the powerhouse of talent tells India Today, “I'm just trying to do better at what I want to do instead of feeling pressured!”
The music video for Vibin' was more about living in the moment, while Sugar is more colourful. The mini-album has 5 songs [Crema, Nothing, With You, Sugar, and Focus]. What made Sugar qualify to be the title track? Youngjae answers, “The reason the title song is Sugar is because it is the most popular in my opinion.”
Explaining his process of working on the album, Youngjae recounts that he first worked on the theme for the album. “I think I remembered the topic! First we worked on the theme and then the lyrics. The work on melody came last. This is how the work was done!!” He also adds, “I ate a lot of sweets while working.”
GOT7 MEMBER ON TRAINING HIS VOCALS
Youngjae is known to be the king of vocals in GOT7. However, the singer believes in ‘practice makes you perfect.’ He says, “I took vocal lessons yesterday too! I still want to do well, and I keep practicing doing well.”
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He also emphasises that as an artist he is never satisfied with his work as he always wants to do better. “I'm not very satisfied with it [what I produce], but I think the most important thing is to be satisfied with yourself. I think the most important thing is whether the listeners like the song or not.”
YOUNGJAE ON GOT7 AND BOND WITH MEMBERS
GOT7 is one of the rare groups in K-pop that have managed to retain their spot despite their departure from long-time label JYP Entertainment in 2021. They continue to remain close-knit as a group. Youngjae reveals sharing the deets of his mini-album with the members earlier, but has stopped now. He jokes, “To be honest, I told them [GOT7 members] before, but they keep giving spoilers, so I don't tell them.”
GOT7 members, who have individual accounts on social media, are always seen cheering for each other. Ask Youngjae if he misses working with them, the K-pop star says, “The members I always miss and I always want to be with them.”
He refuses to differentiate between Youngjae of GOT7 and Youngjae of Ars. The K-pop star exclaims, “I feel both are gifted. I don't want to divide it into two, it feels like there are two inclinations.”
YOUNGJAE- THE ACTOR
Youngjae also made his acting debut with a Netflix sitcom, So Not Worth it. He says being a singer has helped him express himself better as an actor. “It's probably because I'm a singer, I can express better. A singer must be able to sing and express themselves directly and that helps with acting a lot,” the idol-turned-actor reiterates.
In one of the interviews, Youngjae speaks about not being keen on doing a romantic show, unlike his colleague and friend Jinyoung, who is currently being seen in Yumi’s Cells 2. However, if an opportunity came by, would he be up for it? Youngjae asserts, “It seems that I'm not ready, but I am confident that I will do very well if I bump into it.”
ON VISITING INDIA AND MESSAGE FOR AGHASES
Lastly, GOT7 members, Jackson Wang and Park Jinyoung have spoken about their love for Bollywood films and India. Does he have any plans to visit India? The young star says he is keen on visiting India and meeting the Aghases here. He concludes, “If I watch a lot of YouTube, there are so many pretty places and delicious food [from India], so I want to go to meet Indian Aghases as soon as possible and perform in a place and enjoy it together.”
You can watch Sugar’s music video on Youngjae’s official channel. As of now, the music video for Sugar has already clocked in more than 1.8 M views on YouTube. Youngjae is now handled by Sublime Artist Agency.
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The appointment of Dan Washington as Peerage Realty Partners' first exclusively U.S.-based senior executive reflects a deep level of commitment to building a best-in-class presence in residential real estate core services across North America
TORONTO, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Dan Washington has joined Peerage Realty Partners ("Peerage Realty") in the newly created role of Executive Vice-President, U.S. Core Services. His mandate is to lead the overall growth and performance of mortgage, title, and insurance business across the U.S. with a specific focus on delivering premium service, optimizing capture rates, and driving revenue for partner companies.
Dan joins Peerage Realty from Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Carolinas Realty (BHHS), where he has been since 2006. In his most recent role with BHHS, Senior Vice-President, Sales, Dan oversaw all branch operations, including driving capture success in mortgage, title, home warranty, and insurance. He also played a key part in leveraging the technology and talent required to best support advisors and deliver exceptional business results for them and for their clients.
"As Peerage Realty has progressively expanded its footprint in the premium U.S. residential real estate business, we have placed an even greater emphasis on supporting the growth and profitability of our partner companies with core services offerings," said Gavin Swartzman, President and CEO of Peerage Realty Partners. "Adding someone of Dan Washington's proven calibre and experience is a compelling opportunity for our U.S. partners, their trusted advisors, and clients."
Dan will be working closely with Peerage Realty's partners and their leadership teams to identify opportunities and to manage new joint venture relationships with Kensington Vanguard (Title), Summit Funding (Mortgage), Cherry Creek Mortgage, LandTrust (Title) and others. He will also develop core service resources for those Peerage Realty partners who are in the earlier stages of building that capacity.
"We have identified exceptional possibility - and exceptional talent - to expand the services we can provide to our U.S. advisors and their clients," noted Scott Bunker, Chief Growth Officer and President, Core Services, Peerage Realty Partners. "We already have some key elements in place and Dan will add the focus and knowledge to help us accelerate our joint ventures and achieve overall organic growth."
Dan Washington said, "I look forward to working with the Peerage Realty team and the partner network to bring momentum to this emerging core services business division. The degree of respect and collaboration between the partner companies quickly convinced me that this is a special group with tremendous potential."
In the U.S., Peerage Realty Partners include: Briggs Freeman Sotheby's International Realty with 6 offices and 381 agents in North Texas, including Dallas and Fort Worth; Century 21 New Millennium, a force with 891 advisors at 20 offices across Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, DC; Four Seasons Sotheby's International Realty with 23 offices and 320 agents in Vermont, New Hampshire and New York (including Select Sotheby's International Realty); Jameson Sotheby's International Realty, a dominant player in the luxury residential and commercial real estate markets with 6 offices and 460 agents in the Greater Chicago Area; Madison & Co., an independent boutique firm with 7 offices and 193 advisors across Denver, Colorado; Pacific Sotheby's International Realty, based in San Diego with 620 agents and 18 offices in aspirational Southern California; Premier Sotheby's International Realty of Naples, the preeminent luxury realtor in Florida and North Carolina with 1,300 agents and 38 offices; Cascade Hasson Sotheby's International Realty with 391 agents and 17 offices across Oregon and Southwest Washington.
Peerage Realty Partners is a leading residential real estate services firm, serving luxury markets across North America.
Peerage Realty brokerage partners include leading Sotheby's International Realty franchisees, and renowned independent firms in both re-sale residential real estate brokerage, and new construction marketing.
Peerage Realty core service activities include real estate financing, transaction services, asset management, and home improvement for purpose-built rental properties. Peerage Realty has the unique benefit of being a privately-owned enterprise that is positioned to commit to long-term partnerships and investments.
Peerage Realty is projected to transact over US$53 billion (C$70 billion) of residential real estate through its partner firms. Peerage Realty is currently one of the top 10 largest residential real estate service firms in North America with over 7,000 best-in-class sales representatives and employees with 276 offices across Canada and the United States.
To support growth and expansion among partners, Peerage Realty consistently provides strategic input, long-term capital, technology, operational expertise, marketing, communications, and value-added products and services that differentiate and strengthen its partner firms in competitive markets. Its goal is to expand the suite of services that its partner firms can offer to enhance the client experience through all phases of a real estate transaction and beyond. www.peeragerealty.com
Peerage Capital is a leading North American business services and private investment firm. Peerage Capital is focused on partnering with exceptional, entrepreneurial management teams to form long-term investments across several strategic business services platforms including real estate services, real estate development and management, land assembly, self-storage, asset management and wealth advisory services.
The growing network of partner companies has over 7,000 sales representatives and employees across Canada and the United States with approximately US$9 billion (C$11 billion) in total assets under management (AUM) and administration. Peerage Capital focuses on service sectors where there are opportunities to achieve scale through organic growth as well as through acquisition, operating synergies, and brand differentiation. It supports the partner firms in which it invests by providing capital as well as a team of experienced professionals who add value in areas such as strategy, finance, technology, marketing, mergers and acquisitions, and communications.
Peerage Capital believes that superior talent is the ultimate driver of long-term growth and success. It operates with a strong culture of partnership, collaboration, and alignment of interests, both economic and cultural. Peerage Capital's unique "Professional Partnership" model has been refined over 40 years to accelerate growth through value-added services that enhance the sustainable and profitable growth rate of the organization, maximizing value for all stakeholders. www.peeragecapital.com
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The combined zero-trust authorization approach to security improves customers' identity security posture for privileged identities and entitlements for cloud and SaaS applications
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. and TEL AVIV, Israel, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Delinea, a leading provider of privileged access management (PAM) solutions for seamless security, and Authomize, a leading provider of Cloud Identity and Access Security, today announced a strategic partnership to co-sell their products. When combined with available integrations, this robust solution provides consistent privileged access security across multiple cloud infrastructures and SaaS applications through a Zero Trust approach.
In their race to the cloud, organizations have lost critical visibility and control over their identity and access privileges to sensitive assets. This leaves them dependent upon a fragmented assortment of highly siloed controls that are poorly suited to provide the comprehensive security necessary to enforce least privilege across cloud environments. According to research from Authomize, less than 10% of privileged roles and 37% of admins are active based on a study of organizations between one and ten thousand employees. These unused privileges increase risks associated with privilege creep and excessive privileges that open the door to exploitation of credential abuse and exposure.
Authomize builds on its extensive capabilities and experience across cloud infrastructure environments to continuously secure the entire development stack. It achieves full-stack cloud access security by providing granular cross-stack visibility across Cloud Service Providers and developer-critical SaaS apps such as GitHub. Authomize tracks all identities, assets, and privileged access usage to provide comprehensive, actionable understanding of the cloud identity and the access layer that enables organizations to ensure security in every environment.
"Our partnership with Authomize furthers our commitment to ensure that our customers' cloud and SaaS environments remain secure by protecting sensitive cloud-native identities and entitlements," said Ram Venkatachalam, Head of Strategy and Business Development at Delinea. "Authomize extends Delinea's privileged access management capabilities with even more visibility over privileges in cloud infrastructure and adds a critical layer of continuous security."
Delinea and Authomize have partnered to create joint use cases which will enable organizations to gain better control over who can access cloud applications and services. By deploying both products together, organizations can securely store credentials while automating access governance, thus reducing credential theft and lateral movement in all cloud environments including Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), and more.
"We are excited to bring our full-stack CIEM, SaaS security, and Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR) capabilities to Delinea's industry-recognized privileged access management solution," said Dotan Bar Noy, CEO of Authomize. "This partnership with Delinea is the latest step in bringing a critical layer of security to our amazing, growing partner network, adding significant and needed value to Authomize and Delinea's joint customers."
Delinea's suite of modern PAM solutions provides the baseline of secure access to IaaS and SaaS environments, empowering organizations to securely manage their credentials and access throughout their cloud applications and services. Authomize delivers a protective layer of security for cloud identities that continuously monitors access, validating, alerting, and providing actionable insights to remediate risks and secure all applications and cloud services. Named by Gartner as a Cool Vendor for Identity-First Security, Authomize brings a range of capabilities for addressing identity and access security use cases, including its robust Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management (CIEM) solutions that are critical for securing access privileges in infrastructure services like Azure and AWS.
By using both products together, Delinea and Authomize customers gain the capability for just-enough and just-in-time access to cloud resources, resulting in an ideal cybersecurity posture with zero standing privileges that significantly reduces risk due to excess privileges.
Authomize solutions will be available to purchase through Delinea starting in August 2022. For more information about Delinea, visit delinea.com.
Delinea is a leading provider of privileged access management (PAM) solutions that make security seamless for the modern, hybrid enterprise. Our solutions empower organizations to secure critical data, devices, code, and cloud infrastructure to help reduce risk, ensure compliance, and simplify security. Delinea removes complexity and defines the boundaries of access for thousands of customers worldwide. Our customers range from small businesses to the world's largest financial institutions, intelligence agencies, and critical infrastructure companies. Learn more about Delinea on LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube.
The first Cloud Identity and Access Security Platform, Authomize continuously monitors identities, access privileges, assets, and activities to secure apps and cloud services. Our full-stack yet granular visibility across IaaS, SaaS, and Data environments enables organizations to understand how their access privileges are being used and ensure effective control over the security of their assets. Backed by Innovation Endeavors, Blumberg Capital, Entrée Capital and Microsoft's M12, Authomize is headquartered in Tel Aviv and Austin. Learn more at www.authomize.com and follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn for news and updates.
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Pakistan's veteran wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal has backed Virat Kohli to regain form, saying that the Indian star's passion for the game makes him stand apart.
Kohli has been enduring a lean patch in international cricket and struggled during the recent tour of England. While many have criticized the former India captain, he has found support from the likes of Rohit Sharma, Shoaib Akthar and Saba Karim, among others. The latest to defend Kohli is Akmal.
Speaking to paktv.tv, the veteran wicketkeeper said that Kohli is a different player altogether and everyone endures such rough phases in their career.
“He’s a different player altogether. Everyone goes through these phases. Some players endure it for a brief period, some go through it for long,” said Akmal.
He further went on to slam Kohli's critics saying that the star batter needs just one big innings to return to form. Akmal also said that the former India captain's passion and belief makes him stand apart from the others.
“He only needs one big innings. His belief, his passion for the game, makes him stand apart. Do you think that a player who has 70 centuries will listen to those asking for his ouster from the side? People who have played 1-2 matches are now giving opinions on him. I can only laugh," said Akmal.
The veteran wicketkeeper went on to say that Kohli will have to sort out the issues by himself and to keep his focus intact rather than listening to opinions of others.
“Footwork, bat swing, head position, shoulder.. everything comes into place. A player figures all these things out on his own. You have to keep your mind positive. Think about what you did right in your past. There will be a lot of opinions but you got to keep focus intact. A player is his own coach,” said Akmal. | https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cricket/story/kamran-akmal-backs-misfiring-virat-kohli-his-passion-for-the-game-makes-him-stand-apart-1977868-2022-07-20 | 2022-07-20T13:10:38Z | https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cricket/story/kamran-akmal-backs-misfiring-virat-kohli-his-passion-for-the-game-makes-him-stand-apart-1977868-2022-07-20 | true |
3 injured in motorcycle vs pedestrian collision
Published: Jul. 20, 2022 at 7:52 AM CDT|Updated: 19 minutes ago
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. (KAIT) - Three people were hospitalized Tuesday night after police said a motorcycle struck a pedestrian.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol said the collision happened at 10:20 p.m. July 19 on Highway M, two miles west of Poplar Bluff in Butler County.
According to MSHP’s crash report, 46-year-old Randy M. Smith was eastbound when his 1997 Honda motorcycle struck 28-year-old Jesse R. Roller, who was in the roadway.
Roller suffered serious injuries and was flown to St. Louis University Hospital.
An ambulance took Smith and his passenger, 51-year-old Vickie L. Lansford, to Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center.
According to the report, neither Smith nor Lansford was wearing a helmet.
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NEW YORK, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Red Stone Equity Partners LLC ("Red Stone Equity" or the "Company"), a privately-owned real estate finance and investment company specializing in affordable multifamily residential funds and financings, announced the closing of Red Stone Equity – Fund 95 Limited Partnership ("Fund 95"), a $233-million multi-investor Low Income Housing Tax Credit ("LIHTC") investment fund. Fund 95 is the 18th and largest Red Stone Equity multi-investor fund offering to close since the Company's inception and includes investments from nine different institutional investors, six of which are repeat Red Stone Equity investors and three of which are first-time Red Stone Equity investors. Fund 95's proceeds will be used, along with other project-level financing sources, to finance the construction and/or rehabilitation of more than 1,700 units of affordable rental housing contained within 24 properties located in 12 different states. The Company had an exceptionally strong first half of 2022 in raising nearly $650 million for its various affordable housing investment funds.
"We are pleased to announce the closing of our largest multi-investor LIHTC fund to date, which includes investments from six repeat Red Stone Equity investors and welcomes three new investors into our family of LIHTC funds," said Stephanie Kinsman, Red Stone Equity's Managing Director of Investor Relations. "The closing of Fund 95 comes at a time when affordable housing is desperately needed. According to 2020 data from the American Community Survey, approximately 46% of renter households are at least moderately cost-burdened (spending 31-40% of income on housing), and 24% of renter households are severely cost-burdened (spending 51% of income or more on housing). Today, we are seeing unprecedented increases in rents, and the current state in inflation is making the situation even worse for many hard-working people in the United States. Red Stone Equity remains as committed as ever to doing its part to help alleviate the growing affordable housing crisis."
In addition to the closing of Fund 95, this year commemorates the Company's 15th anniversary as a leader in the affordable housing industry. Since 2007, Red Stone Equity has raised over $8 billion of tax credit equity and financed the construction and/or rehabilitation of more than 600 affordable housing properties containing more than 52,000 affordable rental homes for those in need across 45 states, territories and districts, as well as 932 megawatts of solar energy installations. The Company continues to prioritize best-in-class service for its investor and developer partners while creating homes for those in need and increasing community engagement through its initiatives in philanthropy, ESG, and diversity, equity and inclusion.
Red Stone Equity Partners LLC ("Red Stone Equity") is a leading real estate investment firm specializing in the syndication of Low-Income Housing Tax Credits and Renewable Energy Tax Credits to facilitate the development of affordable multifamily rental housing and renewable energy projects, respectively. Red Stone Equity prioritizes environmental, social and governance "(ESG") factors in all aspects of its business, and builds upon long-lasting relationships with investors and developers as it acquires, structures, and provides long-term asset management services to its institutional clients. Since inception, Red Stone Equity has raised over $8 billion of tax credit equity. These funds have been used to finance the construction and/or rehabilitation of more than 52,000 units of affordable housing in 45 states, Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico. Red Stone Equity has offices in Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Cleveland, New York, and San Diego. For more information, please visit us at rsequity.com or on LinkedIn or Twitter.
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New data reveals nearly half spend more time on apps than the internet
NEW YORK, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- It's no secret that we're living in an increasingly digital world. 'Screen time' has all but consumed our workplaces, educational settings and simply put, our free time. According to new research by Builder.ai®, over 27% of Americans claim to have over 30 apps on their phone, but more than half of those admit to using only 10 or less. And of those apps being used, over 30% rank social media, entertainment and finance as the top three types of apps they could not live without.
"This research shows how integrated apps are with every aspect of our lives. We use them to socialise, bank, shop, eat and do business," explains Sachin Dev Duggal, Co-Founder and Chief Wizard of Builder.ai. "And this is just the beginning – the future of apps is limitless. But there's this idea that apps are difficult to design and build – it's only for a select few with coding skills. And this perception restricts creativity and prevents good app ideas from ever getting started. That's why we started Builder.ai, an AI powered app development platform, where anyone with an idea can build an app in record time. We're about making software development accessible to everyone."
Builder.ai, a leading AI-powered low-code/no-code app development platform, commissioned the research in both the US and UK to find out how people interact with their apps in 2022. The research explores everything from app usage and favorite apps to their views on app development and the skills needed to create an app.
When asked about the building behind their favorite app, 28% of respondents admit to not knowing how long it takes to develop an app, with the average length of time estimated by respondents was between 1 and 5 years. And over half (52%) believe coding experience and technical knowledge is needed to build an app. Builder.ai wants to change this perception and start by building apps in far less time than consumers think. With the rise of no-code/low-code platforms, entrepreneurs can now build, run and scale their app idea without the need for coding expertise. Employing a human-powered AI assembly line, Builder.ai delivers six times faster and 70% cheaper than using traditional development services – providing customers with a free prototype in less than 10 minutes.
The survey of 2,000 US adults commissioned by Builder.ai and conducted by OpinionMatters also revealed:
- Today US consumers (47%) spend more time on apps than on the internet, indicating a need for developers to create more apps that meet users' genuine day-to-day needs
- Social media platforms (Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and TikTok) are the most popular type of app in the US, with 45% of users claiming they couldn't live without them – this number rises further among Gen Z respondents
- Many consumers (39%) say they wouldn't pay for an app, shutting the door on intended revenue streams and value adds
- Over half of those surveyed say they use apps for business post-pandemic, demonstrating the continued shift in today's ways of working and need for digitization
To learn more, visit https://www.builder.ai.
About Builder.ai:
Builder.ai® is the next generation app development platform for every idea and company on the planet. The AI-powered assembly line fuses together Lego- like reusable features, using Building Blocks™ automation to reduce human effort, leveraging a verified network of experts to vastly extend development capabilities, and producing apps at almost zero failure rate that are multitudes cheaper and faster than traditional software development.
Led by serial entrepreneur Sachin Dev Duggal, Builder.ai is reshaping how software is built and operated with a suite of products and services, including BUILDER STUDIO, BUILDER CLOUD, BUILDER CARE, BUILDER NOW, BUILDER HIVE, STUDIO STORE and STUDIO RAPID. In 2020, Builder.ai was awarded 'Hottest AI Startup' at the Europas for Europe's successful tech start-ups and Best COVID-19 Innovation-Recovery at CogX and awarded 'Visionary' in the 2021 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Multi-experience Development Platforms. Builder.ai is headquartered in London, supported by employees and hubs in Delhi NCR, Singapore, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City and Dubai.
The Builder.ai vision is to enable everyone to think it, order it and deploy it, within a day. For more information, visit www.builder.ai.
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Workshop on educating differently abled children
THOOTHUKUDI
A workshop on training special educators and therapists on teaching the home-based differently abled children in schools was held here on Wednesday.
Since the parents of severely differently abled children are facing several hardships in bringing their children to schools for undergoing formal education, the workshop was conducted to train special educators, therapists and parents on handling these children.
A team of experts from non-governmental organisations including Amar Seva Sangam, Aayikudi in Tenkasi district, trained the participants on setting up classrooms with specially designed seats for the physically challenged children, strengthening their intelligence, effective classroom communication strategies, speech therapy, physiotherapy etc.
District Differently-abled Welfare Officer Sivashankaran explained steps to get the national identity cards meant for the physically challenged and the welfare schemes available for them.
Chief Educational Officer Balathandayuthapani was present.
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AUBURN HILLS, Mich., July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
- Stellantis repeats as a top scorer on 2022 Disability Equality Index
- Annual assessment administered by Disability:IN and the American Association of People with Disabilities and considered "the most robust disability inclusion assessment tool in business"
- Top-scoring businesses recognized as Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion
- Acknowledgement adds to list of prestigious diversity and inclusion honors Stellantis has earned in 2022
Stellantis has again earned a top score on the annual Disability Equality Index (DEI) for 2022.
The DEI is a comprehensive benchmarking tool that helps companies build focused and measurable strategies that support disability inclusion and equality in the workplace.
Now in its eighth year, the DEI is administered by Disability:IN and the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) and is considered the most robust disability inclusion assessment tool in business.
Top-scoring companies represent those businesses that have invested in accessibility and inclusion across their enterprises and are recognized as the best places to work for disability inclusion.
Stellantis also earned a top score on the DEI in 2021.
"Stellantis deeply values the recognition and feedback we receive from influential organizations like Disability:IN and the American Association of People with Disabilities," said Tobin J. Williams, senior vice president for human resources, Stellantis – North America. "Our company's long-standing, enterprise-wide commitment to diversity and inclusion fuels a work culture that enables each of our employees to realize their full potential, our pursuit of consistently strong business results and our ability to achieve our long-term strategy as outlined in our Dare Forward 2030 plan."
The 2022 DEI measured a range of workplace practices, including culture and leadership; enterprise-wide access, benefits, recruitment, retention, advancement, accommodations and more.
By earning a top score on the DEI, Stellantis adds to the impressive list of diversity and inclusion leadership acknowledgements it has earned in 2022.
These acknowledgements include:
- Noteworthy and Top Supplier Diversity Program ratings from Diversity Inc.
- Top Corporations for Women's Business Enterprises Resiliency award from the Women's Business Enterprise National Council
- Winds of Change magazine's list of Top 50 companies recruiting and supporting the careers of Indigenous STEM professionals
- Excellence in Health and Well-Being and Excellence in Mental Health awards from the Business Group on Health
An important source of energy driving the company's commitment to diversity and inclusion are its 11 business resource groups representing a range of affinity communities, including African ancestry, Hispanic heritage, Asian culture, LGBTQ+, veterans, Middle Eastern heritage, employees and families with disabilities, Native Americans, women and working parents.
Globally, people with disabilities represent more than one billion people. Disability is a natural part of the human experience, and it crosses lines of age, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, race, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status and religion.
"Disability inclusion is a rapidly expanding aspect of corporate culture, and it's gratifying to partner with 415 companies on the 2022 Disability Equality Index," said Jill Houghton, president and CEO of Disability:IN. "These top-scoring companies not only excel in disability inclusion, many are also adopting emerging trends and pioneering measures that can move the disability agenda from accommodation to inclusion and ultimately, genuine belonging."
American Association of People with Disabilities
AAPD is a convener, connector, and catalyst for change, increasing the political and economic power for people with disabilities. As a national cross-disability rights organization AAPD advocates for full civil rights for the 60+ million Americans with disabilities. Learn more at www.aapd.com.
Disability:IN®
Disability:IN is a global organization driving disability inclusion and equality in business. More than 400 corporations partner with Disability:IN to create long-term business and social impact through the world's most comprehensive disability inclusion benchmarking and reporting tool, the Disability Equality Index (DEI); best-in-class conferences and programs; expert counsel and engagement; and public policy leadership. Join us at disabilityin.org/AreYouIN #AreYouIN.
Stellantis North America
Stellantis (NYSE: STLA) is one of the world's leading automakers and a mobility provider. In North America, it's best known for producing and selling vehicles in a portfolio of iconic and award-winning brands such as Jeep®, Chrysler, Dodge, Ram, Alfa Romeo and Fiat. Powered by its diversity, Stellantis leads the way the region and the world move – aspiring to become the greatest sustainable mobility tech company, not the biggest, while creating added value for all stakeholders as well as the communities in which it operates. For more information, visit www.stellantis.com.
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Threat hunting, API call sequencing, and contextual API security testing speed incident response and eliminate more API threats
PALO ALTO, Calif., July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Salt Security, the leading API security company, today announced new enhancements to its next-generation Salt Security API Protection Platform, extending abilities in threat detection and pre-production API testing. The latest features include deeper and earlier insights into attacker behaviors and attack patterns, visual depictions of API call sequences, and support for attack simulation ahead of releasing APIs into production. With the new capabilities, Salt enhances its market-leading capabilities in runtime protection, providing organizations a more comprehensive view of API usage and the API attack surface so they can improve their business understanding and accelerate incident response time.
Building upon its existing threat detection and monitoring algorithms, the Salt platform provides organizations with quick, automatic, and continuous visibility into any risks or vulnerabilities within their API ecosystem. Customers can more easily spot and block API attacks before bad actors can reach their objective, and they can also more quickly identify unusual API usage patterns and remediate API vulnerabilities.
New features in the Salt Security API Protection Platform include:
- Threat hunting capabilities within more detailed attacker timelines – Salt continues to be the only API security company that creates a consolidated attacker timeline. New platform capabilities support threat hunting and better illumination of the sequence of attacker steps, enabling organizations to conduct faster incident analysis and expedite remediation efforts.
- Visualization of API Call Sequences – Salt becomes the first API security vendor to offer a visual depiction of the various paths that API calls are following. This visualization makes clear how users are interacting with APIs, revealing actions that should and should not be allowed, how users or services are entering digital systems, usage that shouldn't be allowed, API design flaws, and other usage details.
- Contextual API security testing – Salt is making robust attack simulation capabilities available across runtime, pre-production, and development cycles. These simulations can help organizations identify business logic flaws early in the lifecycle, and integration with CI/CD systems means developers can address security gaps before releasing APIs.
In the Salt Security State of API Security Report, Q1 2022, 86% of respondents admitted to lacking the confidence in knowing which APIs expose sensitive data. Identifying and monitoring for API vulnerabilities in real-time is crucial for protecting companies' vital assets so they can focus on business operations instead of risk.
"Bad actors work tirelessly to refine their tactics and techniques to make threats more difficult to detect. Successfully defending against modern, sophisticated API attacks requires solutions that can swiftly detect illegitimate activity and behavioral abnormalities in real-time," said Elad Koren,
Chief Product Officer, Salt Security. "Our latest platform capabilities deliver critical insights sooner and across the full API lifecycle. With increased context over time, combined with automated threat alerts, organizations can better defend themselves against attacks and fix API vulnerabilities before they can be exploited."
Salt Security will be at Black Hat USA from August 10-11 at booth # 932. To learn more about Salt Security, its platform, or to request a demo, please visit https://content.salt.security/demo.html.
Salt Security protects the APIs that form the core of every modern application. Its API Protection Platform is the industry's first patented solution to prevent the next generation of API attacks, using machine learning and AI to automatically and continuously identify and protect APIs. Only Salt Security has the ability to correlate activities across millions of APIs and users over time and provide real-time analysis of all that data. Deployed in minutes, the Salt Security platform learns the granular behavior of a company's APIs and requires no configuration or customization to pinpoint and block API attackers. For more information, please visit: https://salt.security.
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Council bosses insist they are still confident that a new leisure centre in Newcastle will be built before a “very tight” Government deadline expires.
City bosses are pushing to deliver a state-of-the-art new facility to replace the closed West Denton swimming pool, after being awarded almost £20m from the Government’s Levelling Up Fund last year. The move to build a new leisure centre, which will have two pools and a library, came after a public outcry over operator GLL shutting down the existing outer west pool in 2020.
But there have been fears that the new centre will not be built in time to meet a tight funding deadline – with the Government having said that it expects the funding awarded from the first round of the Levelling Up Fund to be spent by March 2024, or into the following financial year for larger projects deemed exceptional. That timeframe gives Newcastle City Council potentially less than two years to obtain planning permission for the development, demolish the existing facilities in West Denton Way, and build the new centre in their place.
Read More: Worries that new West Denton leisure centre won't be ready in time for Government's 2024 deadline
At a council cabinet meeting on Monday night, the city’s Lib Dem opposition leader Nick Cott raised concerns again about the “very tight timeframe” and asked for reassurance that the Government’s deadline can be met. Labour’s Lesley Storey said the Lib Dems were “right to point out how challenging this project is” and attacked the Government for imposing a “false timescale”.
But Coun Storey, the cabinet member responsible for leisure centres, said the scheme was being “aggressively project managed” and that she had a “huge amount of confidence in the team”. She added: “You are right to be concerned, I am concerned and the team are doing everything they possibly can to keep this project on track.”
On Monday evening the cabinet approved a change in the procurement process to appoint a contractor to build the new leisure centre in order to attract more competitive bids for the work, as only a single company working under the council's normal framework was available.
Council leader Nick Kemp said: “We are very, very aware of the tightness of the timescale. It is something that was imposed upon us but we are committed to delivering an excellent project in the outer west.”
The proposed site would have a 25m main swimming pool, a smaller training pool, a library, cafe, sports hall, gym, and studios. It is understood that the council’s planning committee is due to consider the application in August.
Sport England, while supportive of the plans, has raised concerns that "vital contextual information" is missing from the council's designs and that no justification had been provided for the scale of the facilities.
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New data reveals nearly half spend more time on apps than the internet
NEW YORK, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- It's no secret that we're living in an increasingly digital world. 'Screen time' has all but consumed our workplaces, educational settings and simply put, our free time. According to new research by Builder.ai®, over 27% of Americans claim to have over 30 apps on their phone, but more than half of those admit to using only 10 or less. And of those apps being used, over 30% rank social media, entertainment and finance as the top three types of apps they could not live without.
"This research shows how integrated apps are with every aspect of our lives. We use them to socialise, bank, shop, eat and do business," explains Sachin Dev Duggal, Co-Founder and Chief Wizard of Builder.ai. "And this is just the beginning – the future of apps is limitless. But there's this idea that apps are difficult to design and build – it's only for a select few with coding skills. And this perception restricts creativity and prevents good app ideas from ever getting started. That's why we started Builder.ai, an AI powered app development platform, where anyone with an idea can build an app in record time. We're about making software development accessible to everyone."
Builder.ai, a leading AI-powered low-code/no-code app development platform, commissioned the research in both the US and UK to find out how people interact with their apps in 2022. The research explores everything from app usage and favorite apps to their views on app development and the skills needed to create an app.
When asked about the building behind their favorite app, 28% of respondents admit to not knowing how long it takes to develop an app, with the average length of time estimated by respondents was between 1 and 5 years. And over half (52%) believe coding experience and technical knowledge is needed to build an app. Builder.ai wants to change this perception and start by building apps in far less time than consumers think. With the rise of no-code/low-code platforms, entrepreneurs can now build, run and scale their app idea without the need for coding expertise. Employing a human-powered AI assembly line, Builder.ai delivers six times faster and 70% cheaper than using traditional development services – providing customers with a free prototype in less than 10 minutes.
The survey of 2,000 US adults commissioned by Builder.ai and conducted by OpinionMatters also revealed:
- Today US consumers (47%) spend more time on apps than on the internet, indicating a need for developers to create more apps that meet users' genuine day-to-day needs
- Social media platforms (Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and TikTok) are the most popular type of app in the US, with 45% of users claiming they couldn't live without them – this number rises further among Gen Z respondents
- Many consumers (39%) say they wouldn't pay for an app, shutting the door on intended revenue streams and value adds
- Over half of those surveyed say they use apps for business post-pandemic, demonstrating the continued shift in today's ways of working and need for digitization
To learn more, visit https://www.builder.ai.
About Builder.ai:
Builder.ai® is the next generation app development platform for every idea and company on the planet. The AI-powered assembly line fuses together Lego- like reusable features, using Building Blocks™ automation to reduce human effort, leveraging a verified network of experts to vastly extend development capabilities, and producing apps at almost zero failure rate that are multitudes cheaper and faster than traditional software development.
Led by serial entrepreneur Sachin Dev Duggal, Builder.ai is reshaping how software is built and operated with a suite of products and services, including BUILDER STUDIO, BUILDER CLOUD, BUILDER CARE, BUILDER NOW, BUILDER HIVE, STUDIO STORE and STUDIO RAPID. In 2020, Builder.ai was awarded 'Hottest AI Startup' at the Europas for Europe's successful tech start-ups and Best COVID-19 Innovation-Recovery at CogX and awarded 'Visionary' in the 2021 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Multi-experience Development Platforms. Builder.ai is headquartered in London, supported by employees and hubs in Delhi NCR, Singapore, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City and Dubai.
The Builder.ai vision is to enable everyone to think it, order it and deploy it, within a day. For more information, visit www.builder.ai.
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ForSight's flagship ORYOM robotic platform will expand global access to ophthalmic surgery
YOKNEAM, Israel, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ForSight Robotics, the pioneer in ophthalmic robotic surgery, today announced it completed a $55 million Series A round to advance the world's first surgical platform for fully robotic cataract surgery: ORYOM. ForSight's flagship robotic platform will increase accessibility to ophthalmic surgery procedures worldwide and ultimately, transform the future of eye surgery.
The Adani Group led the funding round alongside existing investors Eclipse Ventures and Mithril Capital. A number of new investors, including Provenio Capital, Precision Capital, Reiya Ventures, the Ljungstrom family office, and other prominent private investors also joined the round. Following an initial $10 million mega-seed round last year, ForSight has advanced its technological capabilities and doubled in size. The ORYOM platform has already been used successfully in multiple cataract procedures on an animal eye model by a number of ophthalmic surgeons.
ForSight plans to bridge the worldwide gap in the accessibility to eye surgery, and help over one billion people who suffer from preventable vision impairment and eye diseases. ForSight's first procedure is cataract surgery, the most common surgical procedure with approximately 28M procedures worldwide per year. According to the U.S. National Institutes of Health, there are over 25M Americans who suffer from cataract and hundreds of millions of cataract patients around the world.
ORYOM – which means "daylight" in Hebrew – leverages cutting-edge technologies in microsurgical robotics, computer visualization, and machine learning. The platform will automate the complex subtleties of ophthalmic surgery to treat the diseases underlying preventable blindness with an intuitive platform. It will raise the bar for high quality procedures with superhuman submillimeter accuracy – 10 times more accurate than the human hand – delivering ultimate consistency, for extremely safe surgeries with optimal refractive outcomes.
"We are pleased to be able to advance our technology with this investment to bring robotics into the world of ophthalmic surgery to help millions of patients who have to wait unnecessarily for procedures while their eyesight deteriorates," says ForSight Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder Dr. Daniel Glozman. "Our goal is to democratize this highly sophisticated procedure, enabling patients around the world to easily access the treatment that can restore their vision."
Timely ophthalmic microsurgery can prevent many of the leading causes of blindness. However ophthalmic surgery is intricate and complex, requires years to master and there is a shortage of skilled ophthalmic surgeons. According to the British Journal of Ophthalmology, affluent nations have 72 eye surgeons per million people, while low-income countries average only 3.7 per million.
An estimated 2.2 billion people worldwide have a vision impairment. This burden is estimated to cost $3 trillion annually in lost productivity, healthcare, and social care, according to a study by the Global Public Health Journal.
ForSight ORYOM is being developed by leading robotic experts and prominent ophthalmic surgeons. These include Dr. Fred Moll and Mr. Rony Abovitz as part of the company's strategic board ,and Prof. Moshe Shoham, ForSight co-founder and chief scientific officer. Together they have formed some of the most successful medical robotic companies worldwide, such as Intuitive Surgical, Mako Surgical, and Mazor Robotics. The company has a prestigious clinical advisory board which includes Dr. David Chang, Prof. Boris Malyugin, Dr. Elizabeth Yeu, Dr. Sam Garg, Dr. Vance Thompson and Dr. Modi Naftali.
The funding will be used to accelerate the development of the ForSight's ORYOM platform in clinical trials. The company is working on other preventable ophthalmic diseases that can benefit from the accuracy of a robotics platform and advanced visualization such as retinal diseases and glaucoma among others.
"We are delighted for the opportunity to invest in ForSight, a company that is transforming the medical landscape with its offering," said Jeet Adani, Vice President, Group Finance, Adani Group. "We see this as a strategic investment with synergies as part of our healthcare business ambitions. ForSight's success will help millions of people around the world see and live better."
Dr. Joseph Nathan, ForSight Robotics Co-Founder and Chief Business Officer adds that the platform ForSight is building is benefiting from great technological advancement that has happened in the last several years. "With the advancement of computing power, AI, and miniature mechanics, better access to healthcare will be made possible," he said. "Our goal is to work with industry and surgeons across different geographies in order to benefit as many vision-impaired patients as possible."
In addition to earlier financing, ForSight has been awarded several grants from the Israel Innovation Authority's Companies Incentive Program and has built a top-notch executive team to lead mechanical engineering, computer vision, product design and software development. The company is expanding its technical team, and is actively hiring highly skilled, impact-driven engineers across the mechanical, software and hardware fields.
About ForSight Robotics Ltd.:
ForSight Robotics Ltd. is a private company based in Israel that is transforming ophthalmic surgery with state-of-the-art robotics, advanced visualization, and data analytics. ForSight is developing Oryom, the first hybrid intraocular robotic ophthalmic platform, to advance ophthalmic surgery to treat a wide range of conditions including cataract, glaucoma, and other retinal diseases. Learn more at https://www.forsightrobotics.com.
About Adani Group:
Headquartered in Ahmedabad, India, Adani is the largest and fastest-growing portfolio of diversified businesses in India with interests in Logistics (seaports, airports, logistics, shipping, and rail), Resources, Power Generation and Distribution, Renewable Energy, Gas and Infrastructure, Agro (commodities, edible oil, food products, cold storage and grain silos), Real Estate, Public Transport Infrastructure, Defense & Aerospace, and other sectors.
Adani owes its success and leadership position to its core philosophy of "Nation Building" and "Growth with Goodness" – a guiding principle for sustainable growth. The Group is committed to protecting the environment and improving communities through its CSR programs based on the principles of sustainability, diversity and shared values. For more information, please visit www.adani.com.
About Eclipse Ventures:
With over $2 billion in assets under management, 70 portfolio companies, and a team of investors with deep expertise in technology, manufacturing, supply chain, logistics, healthcare and consumer products, Eclipse is one of the US's leading venture capital organizations. Its leadership team has the experience and deep expertise necessary to create and scale complex operations – with partners coming from industry giants, such as Flextronics, Tesla, Apple, Samsara, Intel and GE. Eclipse partners with entrepreneurs who are boldly transforming the essential industries that define and propel economies. For more information, visit www.eclipse.vc.
About Provenio Capital:
Provenio Capital is based in Newport Beach, California and is a registered investment advisor specializing in institutional quality alternative investments. As a boutique investment firm, we serve a limited number of high-net-worth individuals, family offices and private foundations. By partnering with Provenio, our clients benefit from direct access to alternative strategies not generally available to traditional allocators. We offer bespoke alternative investment solutions by concentrating on managers with an edge in niche markets, thus providing differentiated sources of returns to complement a client's broader portfolio.
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The head of
Qatar Airways recently said that an ‘
epidemic’ of home working has contributed to staff shortages that are being widely blamed for travel disruption in Europe this summer.
The
aviation sector is struggling to secure staff needed to cope with a post-pandemic surge in air travel, prompting London’s Heathrow Airport to impose curbs on capacity to avoid delays, in a move that led to a public spat with Dubai’s Emirates.
Speaking to reporters at the Farnborough Airshow, Qatar Airways Chief Executive Akbar Al Baker declined to comment directly on Heathrow, where he is on the board of directors. The Qatar Investment Authority owns 20 per cent of Britain’s busiest hub.
“We face the same problem in France, Belgium, Holland and Germany,” he said. “So it is actually an epidemic in our industry. This all happened because people learned to get easy money from working out of their homes, and fewer people now want to come and do the jobs that they were doing,” Al Baker said.
“This has all brought a huge impact on airports, right across Europe, and of course Heathrow is is one of the larger hubs in Europe.”
Unions in Britain have accused airlines and airports of using the opportunity of the pandemic to cut jobs and pay. Airlines and airports meanwhile accuse each other of failing to prepare adequately for a post-pandemic surge in travel demand. According to recent data, there are 400,000 fewer workers in Britain than at the start of the pandemic. | https://cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com/amp/news/corporate-news/qatar-air-chief-says-home-working-epidemic-fuels-travel-chaos/93001580 | 2022-07-20T13:18:53Z | https://cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com/amp/news/corporate-news/qatar-air-chief-says-home-working-epidemic-fuels-travel-chaos/93001580 | false |
LEESBURG, Fla., July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Newly recognized non-profit Choose Charities has launched Summer 2022 on a mission to end homelessness, hunger, and more in the United States.
Co-founder Bill Galli has combined his passions for creative branding and assisting the marginalized into a new creative agency engineered for making change. The US Census Bureau reported in 2021 that "In the United States alone, 37.2 million people are living in poverty." The more he discovered, the more he knew he needed to act. With the Global Wealth Report by Credit Suisse reporting over 21.9 million millionaires living in the U.S., Galli knew there had to be some way of connecting those with resources to those desperately in need.
With the launch of Choose Charities, Bill is turning his passions into a national giveback plan. Choose Charities is a creative branding agency that is on a mission "To create a worldwide philanthropy that addresses the economic, medical, psychological, and social issues of our society's vulnerable in order to provide a sustainable living blueprint of self-help and support."
The non-profit accomplishes this by partnering together brands with charitable causes and generating creative marketing strategies to amplify the voices of those in need. Choose Charities creates catchy marketing programming that aims to raise awareness and funds for the charitable organization.
Choose Charities as a newly launched organization is looking for companies who are ready to step up their philanthropic outreach. Together, Choose Charities believes that we can create a place where our V.E.T.S. and vulnerable citizens can finally call "home" and assimilate back into society, providing them the opportunity to live the rest of their lives with dignity and respect.
You can learn more about our mission by going to our website at www.choosecharities.org or watching the promotional video www.facebook.com/choosecharities/videos/590368829091394. Any brands interested in partnering with Choose Charities and a non-profit of their choosing can contact us online at https://www.choosecharities.org/contact or email the founder directly at hello@choosecharities.org. Individuals can also get involved through participating in our program marketplace, volunteering, sharing the mission, or donating directly at https://www.choosecharities.org/donate.
Contact: Bill Galli, hello@choosecharities.org, 844 740 5004
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Scars of COVID persist for sickest survivors, their families
(AP) - Freddy Fernandez almost wasn’t here, on his couch in his Missouri home, his baby on his lap, gnawing on the pulse oximeter that he uses to check his oxygen levels after a months-long bout with COVID-19.
Months after being warned that her partner might never hold his daughter, Vanessa smiles as the girl works to cut two teeth on the device that Freddy wears like a necklace, a blue ribbon tied around it.
Freddy spent five months hospitalized a four-hour drive away from the couple’s home in the southwest Missouri town of Carthage on the most intense life support available. The 41-year-old father of six nearly died repeatedly and now he — like so many who survived COVID-19 hospitalizations — has returned home changed.
While more than 1 million died from COVID in the U.S., many more survived ICU stays that have left them with anxiety, PTSD and a host of health issues. Research has shown that intensive therapy starting in the ICU can help, but it was often hard to provide as hospitals teemed with patients.
“There is a human cost for ICU survivorship,” says Dr. Vinaya Sermadevi, who helped care for Freddy throughout his stay at Mercy Hospital St. Louis. “It is almost like going to war and having the aftermath.”
Freddy’s memories from those long months come in snatches — moments where he regained consciousness, hooked up to machines to breathe for him, clinging to life. Sometimes he asked for his mother, who died of COVID-19 in September 2020.
He missed the birth of his daughter, Mariana, and the first four months of her life. He may never be able to return to his construction job. His other young daughter is terrified he’ll go away again.
As the world moves on and mask mandates fall away, COVID-19 is not gone for them.
“We’re left with dealing with the leftovers of what it caused,” Vanessa says.
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Vanessa, 28, was still pregnant with Mariana last summer when the delta variant struck poorly vaccinated southwest Missouri. She was skeptical about the vaccine, but her obstetrician reassured her it was safe and she decided to go ahead and get it.
Freddy was warming up to the idea, too. The native of Mexico City, had come to the U.S. around 20 years ago to work construction — cement jobs mostly — and was now a permanent resident. Sometimes he would work from 5 a.m. to 8 p.m., and often at least one day on the weekend.
On the very day in late August that they planned to schedule an appointment to be vaccinated, his throat began to ache. It was COVID.
Days later, with Freddy coughing and struggling to breathe, Vanessa rushed him to the emergency room at the local community hospital. Freddy, although worried about his family, recalls thinking that “it’s only a little bit.”
But pneumonia was running through both of his lungs. The next day, he was taken to a larger Springfield hospital that was overflowing with patients and placed on a ventilator. That too wasn’t enough.
He wound up in St. Louis, nearly 270 miles away from his two young daughters; Vanessa’s 10-year-old son, Miguel, who considers Freddy his father; and three other children with his ex-wife — 10-, 8- and 7-year-old boys.
It was a dark period when many people hoped the pandemic was ending, but the delta variant once again flooded the healthcare system. Filling shifts was a daily battle, and death was everywhere, recalls Dr. Sermadevi. She said that at the beginning of the pandemic, everyone was “stunned and astounded that this was even happening.” But grief, she says, has a “cumulative effect” and by the time the delta surge came “there wasn’t even room for those emotions.”
Freddy was lucky, though. For all the talk of ventilator capacity, what was in shortest supply during the delta surge was something called ECMO, or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. It is used when a ventilator isn’t enough, pumping blood out of the body, oxygenating it, and then returning it.
Mercy Hospital St. Louis only had the equipment and staff to care for three ECMO patients at a time. And on Sept. 3, Freddy became one of them.
There were risks, though, to the long hospital stay he was embarking upon, says Dr. Ann Parker, a pulmonologist who co-directs the Post-Acute COVID-19 Team clinic at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Survival rates for ECMO patients slipped during the pandemic to around 50%, according to a 2021 report by the medical journal The Lancet.
That meant even being on the machine, his chances at surviving were far from guaranteed.
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Vanessa delivered Mariana on Oct 13. Freddy had been in the hospital for 48 days, and he didn’t even know he was the father of a healthy, 6-pound, 11-ounce daughter.
Far away from her fiancé, Vanessa logged into video calls with Freddy’s doctors the same day she brought the newborn home. The news wasn’t good — Freddy was suffering from infections and wasn’t recovering well.
A lung transplant, Sermadevi said, appeared to be his best option, but was a long shot, she warned them.
“I don’t want to give you false hope,” Sermadevi recalls telling the family. “And there is a chance that Mariana might grow up without a father.”
Vanessa, helping the hospital interpreter translate for Freddy’s family, glanced at the baby snuggled on a bouncy chair by her side. She was wearing the same hand-knitted yellow and white sweater and booties that the couple’s oldest daughter, now 4-year-old Melanii, had also worn home from the hospital.
She wanted to keep fighting.
So when the baby was just a week old, Vanessa began making the weekly drive from Carthage to St. Louis, where she stayed in a hotel from Mondays through Fridays. Freddy’s sister joined her, and her parents watched the children. It meant giving up the early months with the newborn.
“I have to split myself into two,” Vanessa remembers deciding. “I knew she needed me, but he also needed me. And so I knew that if I was there with him, there is a chance for him to come home and then we would all be able to be home with her. So I had to take that risk.”
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Some of the most important keys to recovery in critical care aren’t medical. Visits from relatives, along with physical, occupational and speech therapists, have long been shown to be a difference maker for the sickest of patients.
COVID-19 upended those practices at many hospitals, as families were kept away to keep the virus from spreading.
“When our health care system starts to get overwhelmed and our hospitals start to get overwhelmed, some of those things are not prioritized as much as we would like them to be,” says Sermadevi, who is the medical director of the Mercy ECMO program. “And this impacts patient care and patient outcomes.”
Fears of infection, plus short staffing, also often meant less physical therapy, proven to speed recovery.
When Freddy’s family came, it made all the difference.
His room was transformed, photos of his family thumbtacked to the ceiling. Freddy’s family held his hand when he had respiratory distress, talking him through it. He needed less sedation and pain medication because, she says, “they were that for him.”
“We would just hear such love at the bedside,” she says. “And I feel like there’s only so much you can do in medicine, and then there is the rest.”
Money grew tight, though, with both Freddy and Vanessa no longer working. People showed up on the family’s doorstep. “Here,” they told her, “we know you need it.” A devout Catholic, she prayed sometimes 10 times a day, begging God, “Please, give them a miracle; heal him. He has all these kids he has to watch grow up.”
As the weeks wore on, staying on the ECMO was becoming unsustainable. There was bleeding and infections.
What followed was a careful dance that involved weaning down the ECMO settings and increasing the ventilator settings to get his lungs to do more of the work.
Dec. 2 was the day he came off the machine, and Vanessa was warned there were no guarantees that it would be a success.
“But in my mind and in my heart, I guess spiritually, I didn’t have that mentality,” Vanessa says. “I had the mentality that he was going to make it.”
That first night was fitful. After he made it through, his sister embraced the doctors. He had a chance.
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With his lungs slowly improving, soon Freddy was up and trying to walk. Three people helped as he took his first steps on legs that were so numb just a few weeks earlier that he asked a cousin whether he still had them. The staff was overjoyed — a manager pulled out pom-poms, and there were streamers.
Ultimately, lung transplant talk was tabled.
By Feb. 9, he was heading home, 167 days after he first arrived at the hospital in his hometown.
Outside, the glass door of Freddy’s room, the nurses had drawn two lungs, coloring them blue and red. Next to the lungs, they wrote “We’ll be the air for you.”
All Vanessa could think was “finally.” Freddy had never met his baby. Nor had he seen any of his other children. Their interactions had been limited to Facetime and pictures.
Freddy arrives home. Melanii is shy, hugging him briefly along with older brother Miguel, before clinging to her mother.
“I told you daddy was going to come home, right?” Vanessa tells a smiling Melanii before pulling the baby from the car seat.
“Can your daddy hold your sister?”
Vanessa kisses the baby and then lays him in Freddy’s arms. Now just days away from turning 4 months old, Mariana smiles at him.
Melanii had been his shadow before the pandemic, “Daddy’s Princess,” following him around the house and outside as he cleaned his truck. In the months that he was gone, she consoled herself by watching a video of her parents dancing to Latin country music. Her father spins her mother around; both are smiling.
Now, she is still afraid, Vanessa says, “because every time he has an appointment, she’ll say, ‘Don’t go.’ She doesn’t cry. She just says, ‘Don’t go.”
Freddy relied on a walker and a wheelchair at first. He couldn’t sit or eat on his own.
But now the wheelchair is abandoned on the home’s back steps. He walks around the entire block, pulling a portable oxygen canister behind him on a dolly. He’s on the cusp of being able to carry his oxygen around in a backpack, which would give him more freedom.
The family spends hours outside in the late afternoon and evening, Freddy watching the children jump on the trampoline. His German Shepard sticks by his side.
“At the beginning, he would be anxious,” Vanessa says. “Now I think with him seeing his own change progressing, I notice he’s been doing a lot better. I think he’s more upbeat than anybody right now. He’ll have his moments where he’s like, ‘Oh, I feel good.’”
Vanessa is returning to work, life returning “back to normal a little bit.”
They want to wait until Freddy gets better to get married.
Yet they don’t know how much better he will get — or how quickly.
Such is the story of so many, who are alive yet forever changed, says Sermadevi, who has followed his progress from afar. Some of the nurses even became Facebook friends with Vanessa.
“It’s sad and happy at the same time,” she acknowledges. “And that’s very hard to reconcile.”
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Archer on the mark for Villa in Townsville
It took a while before Premier League outfit Aston Villa broke down the resistance of A-League Men's side Brisbane Roar to secure a 1-0 win in their friendly on Wednesday.
Frustrated by a combination of stout Roar defending and a lack of creativity at North Queensland Stadium, England youth international Cameron Archer secured a frustrating but deserved win for Steven Gerrard's side with a 76th-minute strike.
With the two-game Queensland jaunt now complete, the Villans head west for a game against Manchester United at Perth Stadium on Saturday.
The Roar will now turn their attention on an Australia Cup meeting against NPL Victoria side Heidelberg United on July 27.
Belying the friendly nature of the game, Tom Aldred was briefly forced from the field in the 15th minute after a late challenge from Lucas Digne left the Roar captain bleeding and the Frenchman lucky not to receive his marching orders.
Jez Lofthouse subsequently produced Roar's best chance of the game in the 18th minute when he cut inside and shot just wide after his side transitioned quickly.
Despite handily controlling possession, Villa ran into a wall of orange shirts with two chaotic first-half chances falling to Danny Ings and Diego Carlos.
With his side opening their Premier League season against Bournemouth on August 7, Gerrard rotated his squad heavily at the half but the new bodies found themselves as frustrated as their predecessors against an embedded defence.
Roar brought former Southampton striker Charlie Austin on for his debut in the 69th minute in an attempt to find a spark.
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