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Former Commonwealth Games medallist Jo Pavey believes Birmingham 2022 has served as the perfect inspiration to get the nation active.
More than a million tickets were sold for the Games, with millions more watching at home and Pavey highlighted parkrun as the ideal way to get into sport following the inspirational performances of the home nations' athletes.
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Parkrun is the UK's biggest mass participation community event, having so far benefitted from over £3.6 million in National Lottery funding, it encourages people of all ages and abilities to walk, jog, run and volunteer at their local events every weekend.
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"We've had such a brilliant summer of sport with the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, but also the Lionesses win, it's just been so inspiring," the 2014 European 10,000m champion said.
"And it is a brilliant time to encourage people to get down to their local parkrun, because there have been so many brilliant sporting moments that have encouraged people to think, oh, I want to get out there for myself.
"And parkrun is a brilliant way to do that because it does not matter how quick you run, it is all about taking part, enjoying being active.
"So, we are trying to encourage people that have been inspired by these brilliant moments to get down to their local parkrun this weekend, whether they want to do it with the kids, or whether they want to just challenge themselves, it is just a brilliant thing to do.
"With The National Lottery, it is really the power behind sport in this country, because they've invested over £5.7billion into grassroots sport and this really is one of the ways we're finding these future champions, but more than anything giving people the opportunity to enjoy sports."
The National Lottery have revealed research that shows 80 per cent of parents believe sportspeople have a role to play in inspiring children to get active.
For Pavey, Commonwealth silver medallist Keely Hodgkinson is a fine role model, with the 20-year-old bursting onto the scene in the past year and delivering mature medal-winning performances.
Hodgkinson is 20 years younger than Pavey was when she won her European title just ten months after giving birth to her second child.
And Pavey believes that balancing family life with her athletics unlocked the key to success and can also provide the blueprint for families to get active too.
She added: "It has been amazing to watch her [Hodgkinson] come through, for me my best race was when I was over the age of forty when I won the European in Zurich in 2014.
"I thought I was doing everything right, going on training camps, eating, training, focusing on running, but when I had that family life and being a busy mum, it suited me.
"I found that I could run faster than I thought when I was happy, and juggling everything suited me in a lot of ways.
"We're talking about sporting role models, but I think the people getting down to their local parkrun, it is also about how you can be a role model yourself.
"Because people getting out, being active when they are a busy parent can actually mean that they can be a role model for their children in showing that they enjoy being active, that's a positive thing."
The National Lottery and parkrun have joined forces to encourage people across the UK to take part in their local parkrun this weekend. For more information and to find your local parkrun event, visit www.parkrun.org.uk
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Taylor Has Served as President Since 2014; National Search Begins for His Replacement
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ECMC Foundation President Peter J. Taylor announced today that he will retire in early 2023 from the national postsecondary education philanthropic organization. CohenTaylor, a national executive search firm, has been retained to help find Taylor's replacement.
Taylor became president of the Foundation in May 2014. At that time, he spearheaded a significant change in the Foundation's grantmaking strategy, guiding the organization to focus on long-term systemic change in postsecondary education. The change in direction resulted from the belief that such investments would have the potential to create change that is sustainable and meaningful for students on a larger scale. During his tenure at the Foundation, he has overseen more than $250 million in grants and program-related investments. This has funded more than 2,000 grants and investments to more than 1,000 organizations to improve postsecondary outcomes for students from underserved backgrounds.
"Peter is a visionary leader who helped transform ECMC Foundation into one of the most respected philanthropies in the nation. His legacy will forever shape the Foundation's trajectory as we continue to expand our impact on postsecondary education and career success. On behalf of the Board, I want to thank him for his service to our mission and wish him well in his retirement," said James V. McKeon, chair of the ECMC Foundation Board of Directors.
Before joining ECMC Foundation, Taylor served as executive vice president and chief financial officer for the University of California system for more than five years. Most of Taylor's professional career was in investment banking, with nearly 16 years in municipal finance banking for Lehman Brothers and Barclays Capital. Before obtaining his master's degree, he spent six years on the legislative staff of the California State Assembly Majority Leader. Taylor was an appointee of Governor Jerry Brown to the California State University Board of Trustees from 2015 to 2021. He currently chairs the board of Edison International and serves on the boards of College Futures Foundation, Pacific Life, 23andMe and The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation.
"Peter Taylor has been a tireless leader pushing for greater equity in higher education not only in California but throughout the nation," said College Futures Foundation President and CEO Eloy Ortiz Oakley. "As a colleague, friend and mentor, I want to thank Peter for his tremendous influence on me and for his contributions to improving success in higher education for Americans of all backgrounds."
"During his years of leadership, Peter Taylor brought to ECMC Foundation a rare combination of attributes. His deep understanding of higher education and finance, strategic capacity to identify levers for change, and unwavering commitment to the public good have enabled ECMC Foundation to become a national leader in education reform," said Aspen College Excellence Program Executive Director Joshua Wyner. "I have always found it a true pleasure to join Peter at work, knowing that the right questions will be thoughtfully asked, and an important cause will be strategically advanced."
"Peter has been an exceptional thought partner, colleague, teacher and friend whose impact across the higher education landscape is truly significant and whose visionary leadership has positioned ECMC Foundation as an important national thought leader," said University Innovation Alliance CEO Bridget Burns. "His kindness and deep care for students always leaves people feeling hopeful and inspired."
ECMC Foundation is a Los Angeles-based, nationally focused foundation whose mission is to improve higher education for career success among underserved populations through evidence-based innovation. It is one of several affiliates under the ECMC Group enterprise based in Minneapolis. ECMC Foundation makes investments to remove barriers to postsecondary education; build the capacity of institutions, systems and organizations; and transform the postsecondary ecosystem using a spectrum of funding structures, including strategic grantmaking and program-related investments, to invest in both nonprofit and for-profit ventures. Working with grantees, partners and peers, ECMC Foundation's vision is for all learners to unlock their fullest potential. Learn more about ECMC Foundation by visiting www.ecmcfoundation.org and ECMC Group by visiting www.ecmcgroup.org.
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PORTLAND, Maine, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Prometric announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Finetune, a Maine Venture Fund portfolio company and leading innovator in Artificial Intelligence-assisted education and workforce software tools.
Finetune, originally founded as Academic Merit, LLC by educator and serial entrepreneur Ogden Morse and his father in Falmouth, Maine, has been developing innovative solutions in learning, instruction, and assessment for more than a decade. The company expanded in recent years, with the hiring of CEO Steve Shapiro, into proprietary AI-assisted technology, targeting the growing demand among organizations and companies for the ability to create a high-quality assessment and other learning content with greater time- and cost-efficiency than traditional approaches.
Steve Shapiro of Finetune, said, "We are grateful for the early foundational support from the Maine startup ecosystem, including Maine Venture Fund and several Maine-based individual investors. This next phase of growth with Prometric allows us to further build on our success, taking these solutions to market at scale and continuing to invest in emerging technologies that address the needs of the wide cross section of markets we serve."
Dr. Brien Walton, Board Chair of Maine Venture Fund, said, "Finetune is a great example of the type of success we work towards with each one of our portfolio companies. Given our unique structure as a state-sponsored fund, MVF serves as a critical economic development tool within Maine for supporting entrepreneurial activity and job growth. MVF first invested in Finetune in 2015, and as a result of this positive return of capital, we'll be able to recycle these funds into many more investments in other Maine-based companies."
Maine Venture Fund invests in dynamic businesses that have the potential for significant growth and impact in Maine. For more information, visit Maine Venture Fund's website.
Finetune is a leading innovator in the education sector, specializing in the development of hybrid AI-human-solutions that address some of the most challenging problems including automated content generation and AI-powered learning-resource classification. For more information, please visit Finetune's website..
Prometric is a leading provider of technology-enabled testing and assessment solutions. For more information, visit Prometric's website.
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Tavern owners to play critical role in free-to-play, turn-based MMORPG from premier team that created titles such as Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Assassin's Creed Origins, For Honor, Lineage 2, Skull and Bones, Far Cry 6, and The Witcher 3.
AUSTIN,Texas, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Always Imagine, LLC and Radical Labs today announced the sale of deeds for magic taverns in the forthcoming massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) Dark Taverns. A twenty-four-hour pre-mint begins today at 1:00pm ET and will open to the public at the same time tomorrow. Tavern owners will secure a fifty percent discount on all future downloadable content and will be granted a Cast Key unlocking three free items such as wings, mounts and weapons. Sales are limited to ten per wallet. The game is free to play and win, and cannot be won by purchasing items.
Created by a thirty-nine-member team of leading game developers – many formerly of Ubisoft and NCSoft with legendary credits – the game will soon be available worldwide on PC and Mac, followed by additional platforms. Dark Taverns takes inspiration from all-time great titles such as The Legend of Zelda, Chrono Trigger, and World of Warcraft, combining their best attributes with modern innovations, including the opportunity to own items earned in-game, and trade or sell them as NFTs.
Playing a critical role, tavern owners – known as Keepers – are charged with ensuring the proper use of magic emanating from their tavern to expel evil from the world. Keepers will host players assigned to spawn in their tavern, offer them refreshment, rest and healing, room rentals, storage, and a home base for guilds. The 10,000 unique taverns come in three sizes and can be extensively customized with new blueprints, allowing Keepers to build their following, provide entertainment in public and private spaces, and earn rewards for their success.
The game offers a broad range of playing modes from cloaked individual, team or guild member, to the "hardcore" setting to automatically accept all challenges in MMO.
Dark Taverns plans to introduce a playable version later this year, and expect to launch the game for PC, Mac, and additional platforms in early 2023. To purchase a tavern and learn more please visit https://darktaverns.com/.
Dark Taverns is a free-to-play, turn-based MMORPG from a premier team that created titles such as Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Assassin's Creed Origins, For Honor, Lineage 2, Skull and Bones, Far Cry 6, and The Witcher 3. In the expansive world of Dark Taverns, the magical density and difficulty of each location ebbs and flows, providing an evolving challenge for players of all skill levels. Dark Taverns combines nostalgic elements of landmark games with seamless integration of ownership of items earned in-game, and transferable off world as NFTs. Join the Dark Taverns community on Discord at discord.gg/darktaverns and follow @DarkTaverns on Twitter.
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‘Freak accident’: Man dies after sand dune collapses on Florida beach, burying him
HUTCHINSON ISLAND, Fla. (Gray News) – A 35-year-old man was killed in a freak accident when he was buried underneath a collapsed sand dune in Florida, officials said.
Detectives with the Martin County Sheriff’s Office said the man’s body was found buried in the sand on Hutchinson Island this week. They believe the man was resting underneath a sand dune while taking video of a sunrise, but the dune collapsed and trapped him underneath.
An early morning beachgoer discovered a portion of the man’s body protruding from the sand and called for help.
Investigators said it appears the man died hours earlier from asphyxia after being trapped underneath the sand.
No foul play is suspected, and the sheriff’s office is calling the death a tragic accident.
Hutchinson Island is located on the east coast of Florida, about 55 miles north of West Palm Beach.
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Appointments of CEO and Global Head of Sales establish North American HQ to satisfy 2x sales growth in past 12 months
LONDON and HOUSTON, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Solidatus, a leading data management technology firm, has appointed Co-Founder Philip Dutton as CEO. The move positions the firm to better meet the escalating demand from major global businesses for smarter, more innovative ways to unlock the full potential of their enterprise data. As part of a broad-based re-organization, Solidatus has established its US headquarters in Houston, Texas, where Dutton is now based. They are pleased to have hired Sheldon Feinland to run global sales out of New York. Fellow Co-Founder Philip Miller is in a new role, that of Chief Innovation Officer.
Launched in London in 2017, the firm's initial focus was on helping make data easier to work with for businesses in the UK/EMEA, where they became entrenched in four of the top 10 Global Systemically Important Banks (G-SIBs). Solidatus' growing global footprint, spearheaded by significant demand from US-headquartered enterprises, drove the need to establish a stronger North American presence. Headquartered in Texas with leadership in New York and North Carolina, Solidatus is well positioned to continue expanding its service and on-the-ground support to mid-to-large data-rich and highly regulated businesses. Now employing more than 110 people and growing, Solidatus expects to triple its US presence in the next year.
"It is an honor to have been appointed to lead Solidatus at this exciting time. Solidatus serves visionary organizations that desire streamlined access and clarity of their data to build smarter and more profitable businesses. That's everyone from Fortune 500 companies that have an unmanageably complex data landscape to start-ups and scale-ups that want to optimize their data practices from the get-go. There is no greater concentration of these organizations than in the US," said Dutton.
"With hard work, we see 300% year-on-year growth in North America to be well within our grasp," said Sheldon Feinland, Vice President, Global Sales. "We're focused on creating unique solutions that untangle the messy world of data. This way data becomes easier to work with and we can maximize the potential of the organizations that house it."
With an eye to the future, and staying ahead of the curve, Philip Miller will be focused on enhancing the Solidatus offering to make clients' data even easier to understand and more valuable. "I look forward to rapidly innovating the product roadmap and helping to advance the ingenuity that has always been the power plant behind Solidatus' growth. We are at a point in the company's progress and diversification across industries when new ideas are at an all-time premium. Now is absolutely the best time to take on this important new role," said Miller.
In 2021, the company raised $19.2m in a Series A funding round led by Albion VC with participation from strategic investors Citi and HSBC. The funds are helping to fast-track the firm's global expansion in the US as well as continuing to deliver best-in-class data management capabilities to more industry verticals. With the successful launch of the US HQ and addition of new customers in financial services, healthcare, insurance, retail, manufacturing and government, the company is on target to enjoy another record-breaking year. It has also won six industry awards this year, including "Best Sell-Side Data Management Solution" from Waters Technology.
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Solidatus is an innovative data management solution that empowers organizations to connect and visualize their data relationships, simplifying how they identify, access and understand them. With a sustainable data foundation in place, data-rich enterprises can meet regulatory requirements, drive digital transformation, capture business insights and make better, less risky and more informed data-driven decisions. Solidatus' powerful metadata management technology is seen as a critical development in data management software – one that matches the complex needs of modern business. Launched in 2017, Solidatus is the chosen data management tool for both the regulators and the regulated. Its clients and investors include top-tier global financial services brands such as Citi and HSBC, healthcare and retail organizations as well as government institutions. Solidatus has offices in the United Kingdom, the United States and Singapore. For more information, visit www.solidatus.com.
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Appointments of CEO and Global Head of Sales establish North American HQ to satisfy 2x sales growth in past 12 months
LONDON and HOUSTON, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Solidatus, a leading data management technology firm, has appointed Co-Founder Philip Dutton as CEO. The move positions the firm to better meet the escalating demand from major global businesses for smarter, more innovative ways to unlock the full potential of their enterprise data. As part of a broad-based re-organization, Solidatus has established its US headquarters in Houston, Texas, where Dutton is now based. They are pleased to have hired Sheldon Feinland to run global sales out of New York. Fellow Co-Founder Philip Miller is in a new role, that of Chief Innovation Officer.
Launched in London in 2017, the firm's initial focus was on helping make data easier to work with for businesses in the UK/EMEA, where they became entrenched in four of the top 10 Global Systemically Important Banks (G-SIBs). Solidatus' growing global footprint, spearheaded by significant demand from US-headquartered enterprises, drove the need to establish a stronger North American presence. Headquartered in Texas with leadership in New York and North Carolina, Solidatus is well positioned to continue expanding its service and on-the-ground support to mid-to-large data-rich and highly regulated businesses. Now employing more than 110 people and growing, Solidatus expects to triple its US presence in the next year.
"It is an honor to have been appointed to lead Solidatus at this exciting time. Solidatus serves visionary organizations that desire streamlined access and clarity of their data to build smarter and more profitable businesses. That's everyone from Fortune 500 companies that have an unmanageably complex data landscape to start-ups and scale-ups that want to optimize their data practices from the get-go. There is no greater concentration of these organizations than in the US," said Dutton.
"With hard work, we see 300% year-on-year growth in North America to be well within our grasp," said Sheldon Feinland, Vice President, Global Sales. "We're focused on creating unique solutions that untangle the messy world of data. This way data becomes easier to work with and we can maximize the potential of the organizations that house it."
With an eye to the future, and staying ahead of the curve, Philip Miller will be focused on enhancing the Solidatus offering to make clients' data even easier to understand and more valuable. "I look forward to rapidly innovating the product roadmap and helping to advance the ingenuity that has always been the power plant behind Solidatus' growth. We are at a point in the company's progress and diversification across industries when new ideas are at an all-time premium. Now is absolutely the best time to take on this important new role," said Miller.
In 2021, the company raised $19.2m in a Series A funding round led by Albion VC with participation from strategic investors Citi and HSBC. The funds are helping to fast-track the firm's global expansion in the US as well as continuing to deliver best-in-class data management capabilities to more industry verticals. With the successful launch of the US HQ and addition of new customers in financial services, healthcare, insurance, retail, manufacturing and government, the company is on target to enjoy another record-breaking year. It has also won six industry awards this year, including "Best Sell-Side Data Management Solution" from Waters Technology.
For more information please contact:
Tom Murphy
Tom@paragonpr.com
+1 973 647 9421
Website
www.solidatus.com
LinkedIn
Twitter: @Solidatus_com
About Solidatus
Solidatus is an innovative data management solution that empowers organizations to connect and visualize their data relationships, simplifying how they identify, access and understand them. With a sustainable data foundation in place, data-rich enterprises can meet regulatory requirements, drive digital transformation, capture business insights and make better, less risky and more informed data-driven decisions. Solidatus' powerful metadata management technology is seen as a critical development in data management software – one that matches the complex needs of modern business. Launched in 2017, Solidatus is the chosen data management tool for both the regulators and the regulated. Its clients and investors include top-tier global financial services brands such as Citi and HSBC, healthcare and retail organizations as well as government institutions. Solidatus has offices in the United Kingdom, the United States and Singapore. For more information, visit www.solidatus.com.
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VERONA, Wis., Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Everlight Solar is proud to receive the Best Leadership Teams 2022 award. Everlight Solar is thrilled to receive this prestigious award. Every year Comparably celebrates the companies and leaders deemed as the most exceptional in 16 categories by those who know best – their own employees.
"Dynamic and effective leadership is more important than ever," said Jason Nazar, CEO of Comparably. "The executives at Everlight Solar impress at every level."
Comparably's 4th annual Best Leadership Teams award is derived from employees who anonymously rated their CEOs, executive leaders, and direct managers on Comparably.com over a 12-month period. The final data set was compiled from 10 million ratings across 60,000 companies, large and small.
"I would say the most positive things about the culture and environment are the amount of support from leaders and the motivation to grow with the company. It is like a family," says an anonymous team member.
Another anonymous team member said, "My leadership team is continually striving to be better each week, always giving us their very best selves as a person and a leader. Always keeping the energy very high and positive each and every day."
This is the third award that Everlight Solar has received from Comparably. Learn more about the previous Best Places to Work Awards and other Everlight Solar awards! Why Everlight Solar? See what makes Everlight an amazing company to work for.
Everlight Solar is the fastest-growing solar company in the Midwest, with operations in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Idaho, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Wyoming. To learn more about open jobs or about going solar for your own home, visit www.everlightsolar.com.
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Elon Musk has sold millions of Tesla shares in recent days, raising nearly $7 billion, to prepare for the possibility he might be forced to buy a company he no longer wants.
The sales come as Musk is preparing for a contentious court battle with Twitter, which is suing the world’s richest man to prevent him from backing out of the $44 billion acquisition announced in April. Much of Musk’s wealth is tied up in his companies and other investments, and he has been using his Tesla shares toward some of the purchase costs.
Though Musk did not disclose a reason for the sale in regulatory filings, he made his motivation clear on Twitter late Tuesday evening: “In the (hopefully unlikely) event that Twitter forces this deal to close *and* some equity partners don’t come through, it is important to avoid an emergency sale of Tesla stock,” Musk said in a tweet.
Musk launched his Twitter takeover in April, saying he sees the platform as a kind of town square that can foster conversation or even prevent international conflicts. But he later backed out of the deal, citing concern over the proportion of spam or fake accounts on the website. Twitter is suing him to compel him to complete the transaction, and a trial date has been set for October.
Musk had planned to finance the takeover with three loans worth $46.5 billion, one of which used his shares in Tesla as collateral. He last sold Tesla shares on April 28, at which point he tweeted “no further TSLA sales planned after today.”
Tesla shares jumped 3 percent in early trading Wednesday amid a broader stock-market rally. Twitter gained 3.2 percent.
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Initiative now accepting applications as CHS Foundation celebrates 75 years of developing ag talent nationwide
INVER GROVE HEIGHTS, Minn., Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- For 75 years, the CHS Foundation has helped develop the next generation of ag leaders for lifelong success. In honor of this milestone, the foundation is awarding $75,000 in grants for K-12 teachers to implement a project at their school that will engage students in experiential agricultural education.
"Throughout the years, it's the people who have transformed our contributions into life-changing impact for young leaders in agriculture, and teachers have played a major role," says Nanci Lilja, president of the CHS Foundation. "We are proud of the teachers who put many of these contributions to work, and we're thrilled that these grants will continue to support their efforts."
Funds will be awarded for projects that have a strong tie to agriculture and clearly demonstrate how they will engage students in agricultural topics. Teachers are encouraged to dream big, but ideas include implementing a new ag class or pathway or purchasing agriculture equipment for hands-on learning.
Written and video submissions will be accepted until Oct. 1, 2022. First place will be awarded $20,000, second place will receive $15,000 and third place will receive $10,000. An additional 12 finalists will be selected and each receive $2,500. The top three teacher finalists will travel all expenses paid to the CHS Annual Meeting, held in Minneapolis from Dec. 1-2, 2022, to present their idea to a live audience. First, second and third place winners will be decided during live voting by the annual meeting's attendees.
Additional details:
- The initiative is open to any K-12 educators in a CHS trade territory (Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Ohio, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming).
- Applications must be submitted by a teacher, and applicants must have school administration approval for the project.
"Over the span of 75 years, the CHS Foundation has contributed nearly $84 million to help build a strong agriculture talent pipeline for the future," says Lilja. "The last 75 years of giving would be nothing without strong educators and students involved in agriculture, and together the next 75 years will be just as bright."
For more information about the program, visit https://www.chsfoundation.org/teacher-grants. To apply for a grant, visit https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/TN6B7K6.
About the CHS Foundation
The CHS Foundation, funded by charitable gifts from CHS Inc., is focused on developing a new generation of agriculture leaders for life-long success. Together, with our partners, we are igniting innovation and driving excellence in agriculture education, cultivating high-impact programs for rural youth and accelerating potential for careers in agriculture. Learn more at chsfoundation.org.
CONTACT: Patrick Stumpf, marketing communications, CHS, 651-600-2069, patrick.stumpf@chsinc.com
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While Centrica share price has soared off the back of robust profits, it has attracted criticism for benefitting as consumers struggle to pay energy bills. Geopolitical uncertainty lies ahead, but investments in nuclear energy and liquid natural gas may help the British Gas owner ride out future storms.
Energy bills are soaring for consumers as the cost of living crisis deepens. At the same time, energy firms such as Centrica [CNA.L], which owns British Gas, are reaping the benefits, announcing record profits in 2022.
The company’s profits increased fourfold in its half-year earnings report, which was published in late July, helping the Berkshire-headquartered company to reinstate its dividend for the first time since 2020. It intends to pay 1p a share, handing out a total £59m to shareholders.
Centrica’s operating profits climbed to £1.3bn during the first six months of 2022 to the end of June, up 396% from £262m during last year’s equivalent period. This was thanks to higher revenues from the company’s assets in gas, oil and nuclear energy. The firm reported adjusted earnings per share up to 11p from 1.7p, a jump of 547%.
However, the company has requested the UK government support struggling households. Chris O’Shea, Centrica’s CEO, said the country faced “a difficult winter”, amid predictions annual bills could reach £4,000 in 2023. “I know it’s difficult to see the words ‘dividend’ or ‘profits’ when people are suffering,” he admitted. The company has been criticised for putting profit ahead of people, with Frances O’Grady, general secretary of the Trades Union Congress, saying it was “an insult to the millions of working people struggling to get by because of soaring energy bills”, reported The Guardian.
The new windfall tax on energy groups meant Centrica is likely to give more than £600m back to the government, O’Shea claimed. However, recent unprecedented profits for oil majors may trigger calls for further levies. In July, Shell [SHEL.L], Europe’s biggest oil firm, posted adjusted earnings of $11.5bn for Q2 2022, topping the record $9.1bn it reported in Q1.
Centrica share price: ‘A standout winner’
Year-to-date, Centrica’s share price is up 17.6% at the close on 9 August. Since a year high of 90.98p on 27 July — the day before H1 results were announced — it has slumped by 7.5%. However, over the past year the stock has climbed by more than 70.7%.
The ongoing Russia-Ukraine war has been a key factor pushing up gas and oil prices this year. O’Shea said recent profit hikes were not due to consumers paying higher prices, but instead caused by rising wholesale electricity prices, reported the Financial Times.
Not all parts of Centrica’s business saw record profits. For the first half of the year, operating profits in the British Gas Energy segment tumbled 43% to £98m, as the firm purchased gas and electricity for new customers, with no hedging in place.
The earnings report also included the company’s sale of its Spirit Energy Norway business and the Statfjord field in May, “resulting in a £0.8bn reduction in gross decommissioning liabilities”.
However, Victoria Scholar, head of investment at Interactive Investor, underlined “commodity players” such as Centrica have been “standout winners” during an “otherwise challenging year for equities”, adding that geopolitical events acted as a “tailwind” for the stock.
Rough gas storage could reopen for winter
Centrica has plans in place to weather the harsh winter ahead. In July, it announced it was reopening its Rough gas storage facility in Yorkshire, which would help secure reserves if Russia cuts off gas supplies to Europe. Centrica also has a 20% stake in the UK’s nuclear power plants, and its 2013 contract to buy liquefied natural gas (LNG) from US company Cheniere Energy may offer future rewards.
However, with ongoing geopolitical uncertainty, there could be potential challenges for energy firms like Centrica. Citi downgraded Centrica stock from ‘buy’ to ‘neutral’ on 3 August, citing concerns surrounding “political sensitivities ahead of record winter energy bills”. Citi added that Centrica’s core Services business could be impacted by broader economic difficulties ahead. Its 12-month price target of 97p would represent an upside of 15.3% from its closing price of 84.12p on 9 August.
Centrica may yet survive tough times, though. In the past 18 months, it has added 750,000 customers from bankrupt rival suppliers, the Financial Times reported. According to regulator Ofgem, at the end of 2021 it held around 20% of the UK market for electricity and 28% for gas.
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VERONA, Wis., Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Everlight Solar is proud to receive the Best Leadership Teams 2022 award. Everlight Solar is thrilled to receive this prestigious award. Every year Comparably celebrates the companies and leaders deemed as the most exceptional in 16 categories by those who know best – their own employees.
"Dynamic and effective leadership is more important than ever," said Jason Nazar, CEO of Comparably. "The executives at Everlight Solar impress at every level."
Comparably's 4th annual Best Leadership Teams award is derived from employees who anonymously rated their CEOs, executive leaders, and direct managers on Comparably.com over a 12-month period. The final data set was compiled from 10 million ratings across 60,000 companies, large and small.
"I would say the most positive things about the culture and environment are the amount of support from leaders and the motivation to grow with the company. It is like a family," says an anonymous team member.
Another anonymous team member said, "My leadership team is continually striving to be better each week, always giving us their very best selves as a person and a leader. Always keeping the energy very high and positive each and every day."
This is the third award that Everlight Solar has received from Comparably. Learn more about the previous Best Places to Work Awards and other Everlight Solar awards! Why Everlight Solar? See what makes Everlight an amazing company to work for.
Everlight Solar is the fastest-growing solar company in the Midwest, with operations in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Idaho, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Wyoming. To learn more about open jobs or about going solar for your own home, visit www.everlightsolar.com.
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As the summer holidays roll on it can be difficult to think of activities to entertain the children - especially ones that don't cost the earth. Often parents are having to fork out eye watering sums for a good day out making memories. However, what would you say if you could entertain your child for a few hours for just £3 per person?
It is possible and taking place very close to Swadlincote; so not far to travel either. If you take a trip down the road to Coalville, there will be a series of outdoor cinema events for your little ones - and even the adults. Top films you can watch include Secret Life of Pets and event Grease after the recent death of one of its stars Olivia Newton-John.
North West Leicestershire District Council's Cinema in the Park events will be held Coalville Park, in London Road, with three screenings a day from Friday, August 12, to Tuesday, August 23. Tickets cost £3 per person and children aged two years and under go free.
The line-up includes:
Friday, August 12:
11am - Secret life of pets
2.30pm – Moana
6.30pm - Bohemian Rhapsody
Saturday, August 13:
11am – Encanto
2.30pm - Greatest Showman
6.30pm - Grease
Sunday, August 14:
11am - The Bad Guys
2.30pm - The Lost City (2022)
6.30pm - Pretty Woman
Monday, August 15:
11am – Sing
2.30pm - The Lion King (live action)
6.30pm - Joker
Tuesday, August 16:
11am - Incredibles 2
2.30pm – Frozen
6.30pm - Fantastic Beasts The Secrets of Dumbledore
Wednesday, August 17:
11am - Trolls World Tour
2.30pm – Coco
6.30pm - The Batman (2021)
Thursday, August 18:
11am - Secret Life of Pets 2
2.30pm - Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021)
6.30pm - Operation Mincemeat
Friday, August 19:
11am - Sing 2
2.30pm - The Goonies
6.30pm - Dirty Dancing
Saturday, August 20:
11am - Sonic 2
2.30pm - Spider-Man No Way Home
6.30pm - Mamma Mia
Sunday, August 21:
11am - Frozen 2
2.30pm - West Side Story (2021)
6.30pm – Ghostbusters Afterlife
Monday, August 22:
11am – Zootropolis
2.30pm - Monsters University
6.30pm - Morbius
Tuesday, August 23:
11am - Beauty and the Beast (live action)
2.30pm - Aladdin (live action)
6.30pm - TBC (scheduled to be released on 19 August - keep an eye out for more details)
Food and refreshments will be available at the event but do not forget to bring your own seats/blankets to sit on (come prepared for the weather!)
The site will be open 30 minutes before each screening.
There is no parking on site, customers should use town centre car parking and then walk to Coalville Park (42-46 London Rd, Coalville LE67 3JB), nearest car park is located on London Road (next to the council offices)
Accessible parking (access for blue badge holders only) is available at St. Wilfred’s Church car park, next to 52 London Road LE67 3JA – parking in this location is done so at your own risk, St. Wilfred’s Church and the district council accept no responsibility for any damage or loss incurred while parking in this area
Screening cancellations – please look out for updates on social media and this webpage for any cancellation information (the screenings will only be cancelled in extreme weather conditions, whereby your ticket will be refunded, rain will not stop play but you might need your umbrella). Tickets are none transferrable.
Tickets can be booked by visiting https://thebigevents.co/coalville-cinema-in-the-park/
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Getting friends and family together for some drinks, whether it’s wine or whiskey, is one of the pleasures of life. Wouldn’t it be fun to serve your guests their drinks in a glass that defies expectations? We found a set of diamond-shaped stemless plastic wine glasses and think they are worth picking up for a toast at your next get-together.
This 32-pack of 12-ounce glasses is actually made from a durable, BPA-free and plastic that’s 100% food grade. They are lightweight and not as prone to shatter as actual glass.
But, what makes these plastic wine glasses stand out is their unique shape. You’ve seen stemless glasses before, but the diamond-shaped design not only looks modern and sleek but also allows the glass to sit on its side without spilling!
It looks like an optical illusion, right?
The only magic at work here is the power of geometry and design. The flat edges of the diamond design allow for the plastic wine glasses to sit at an angle, but keep the drink securely inside. A clever idea for sure — and it’s an eye-catching one, too.
Each package, sold by Amazon for $39.99 (but on sale for a limited time at $34.99), comes with 32 glasses that hold up to 12 ounces of your favorite cold beverage. According to the product description from Munfix, the manufacturer, these are “a must-have for the frequent party hostess! Use it for whiskey glasses, scotch, bourbon glasses, wine cups, champagne cups, cocktail cups, juice cups, dessert cups, and more.”
With an unbelievable 4.8 out of 5-star rating on Amazon (89% of the nearly 1,400 ratings are at 5 stars), these diamond-shaped plastic wine glasses got high marks for their value, quality, and appearance.
“These were perfect for my garden get-together when I didn’t want to use/clean (lol) too many drinking glasses,” raved Amazon reviewer Chantal in her 5-star review of the product. “Since it was being used outside for cocktails, I also didn’t want to risk my glassware breaking accidentally. These were the perfect solution! The diamond cut looks sophisticated and they were very sturdy. I received tons of compliments!”
Another Amazon user, Shawna, made margaritas and showcased them in these designer cups.
“I made margaritas in mine and it worked out as a perfect amount to hold,” she wrote in her 5-star review. “I’ve also washed them because they’re That durable. They come individually wrapped and stacked Just so, that they didn’t scratch sides. They’d be good for an outdoor event or poolside gatherings where glass is not the wanted option.”
If you’re looking for a versatile drinking glass for your next party that won’t require a lot of care or expense, then the Munfix Diamond-Shaped Stemless Plastic Wine Glass set might be exactly what your party needs!
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MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — The Miami Dolphins announced Tuesday that they've sold out of season tickets for the first time in franchise history.
Although single-game tickets are still available, fans wanting to attend every game at Hard Rock Stadium this season will have to go fishing for them.
That's encouraging news for a franchise entering the season with some offseason drama, courtesy of fired coach Brian Flores' lawsuit alleging racial discrimination.
The NFL recently suspended owner Stephen Ross through Oct. 17 and stripped the team of two draft picks because of "tampering violations" that were uncovered because of the lawsuit.
Still, fan enthusiasm seems to be at all-time high, and the team is encouraging hopeful season-ticket holders to join the waitlist for 2023.
The Dolphins and first-year head coach Mike McDaniel open their season Sept. 11 at Hard Rock Stadium against the New England Patriots. Their first preseason game is Saturday at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. | https://www.wptv.com/sports/football/dolphins/dolphins-sell-out-of-season-ticket-allotment-for-first-time-in-franchise-history | 2022-08-10T14:47:35Z | https://www.wptv.com/sports/football/dolphins/dolphins-sell-out-of-season-ticket-allotment-for-first-time-in-franchise-history | true |
Leading distributor of industrial supplies and equipment also will leverage Infor cloud solution to improve customer service
NEW YORK, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Infor®, the industry cloud company, today announced that R.S. Hughes Co. Inc., a leading North American distributor of industrial supplies and equipment, has selected Infor CloudSuite Distribution to help fuel business growth and maintain its competitive advantage.
R.S. Hughes – which provides a wide array of adhesives, abrasives, electrical, static control, tapes, labeling and safety products to manufacturers in the aerospace, electronics, medical, safety and transportation industries – also will leverage Infor's cloud solutions to continue to improve customer service.
"We are extending our strategic relationship with Infor, which will help us stay current and provide a platform for growth while improving our customers' experiences," said Mike Page, chief marketing officer and chief technology officer at R.S. Hughes, which has 50+ warehouse sites in the United States and Mexico serving 60,000 customers.
With Infor's CloudSuite Distribution ERP (enterprise resource planning) system, the company will have continuous access to the latest industry-specific capabilities, which will enable it to grow top-line revenues and differentiate its product and service offerings from competitors.
According to Page, R.S. Hughes also expects to realize numerous workflow process improvements, which will help reduce costs and the amount of time employees need to place and process customer orders. This and other operational efficiencies will help R.S. Hughes' workforce focus more time on mission-critical and strategic initiatives, he said.
Read more about how Infor CloudSuite Distribution helps make it easier for distributors to offer new value-added services, elevate the customer experience, and achieve operational excellence.
Founded in 1954, R.S. Hughes Co. Inc. is a dynamic, North American distributor of industrial supplies. With 50+ warehouse sites in the United States and Mexico, we maintain an extensive inventory of adhesives, abrasives, electrical, static control, tapes, labeling and safety products. We are proud to represent products from leading manufacturing companies, including 3M, Henkel Loctite, General Electric, Brady, Kimberly Clark, Ansell Edmont and many others. We specialize in sales and service solutions to manufacturing companies in both OEM and MRO applications. For more information about R.S. Hughes, please visit www.rshughes.com.
Infor is a global leader in business cloud software specialized by industry. We develop complete solutions for our focus industries, including industrial manufacturing, distribution, healthcare, food & beverage, automotive, aerospace & defense, and high tech. Infor's mission-critical enterprise applications and services are designed to deliver sustainable operational advantages with security and faster time-to-value. We are obsessed with delivering successful business outcomes for customers, and we are continually innovating to quickly solve emerging business and industry challenges. Over 60,000 organizations in more than 175 countries rely on Infor's 17,000 employees and their deep industry expertise to help overcome market disruptions and achieve their business goals. As a Koch company, our financial strength, ownership structure, and long-term view empower us to foster enduring, mutually beneficial relationships with our customers, employees and partners. Visit www.infor.com.
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The Sedona City Council unanimously approved a program to incentivize renting to locals instead of turning homes into Airbnbs.
The council considered the Rent Local program during Tuesday’s meeting.
The pilot will give homeowners of registered short-term rentals a cash incentive to instead provide a one-year lease to a local worker. They must also refrain from using the property as a short-term rental for three years.
City officials say up to 20% of housing in Sedona is currently dedicated to short-term rentals and the city has struggled with affordable housing for years as a result. | https://www.knau.org/knau-and-arizona-news/2022-08-10/sedona-to-incentivize-renting-to-locals-over-short-term-rentals | 2022-08-10T14:50:35Z | https://www.knau.org/knau-and-arizona-news/2022-08-10/sedona-to-incentivize-renting-to-locals-over-short-term-rentals | false |
1 dead in tractor-trailer crash on I-4 exit ramp in Kissimmee: FHP
KISSIMMEE, Fla. - The driver of a tractor-trailer is dead after the vehicle overturned on the Interstate 4 westbound exit ramp to Osceola Parkway Wednesday morning, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
Authorities said the crash happened shortly after 6 a.m. The exit ramp will remain closed as troopers investigate.
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CHANGSHA, China, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bit Brother Limited (the "Company," "we" or "Bit Brother") (NASDAQ: BTB), through its subsidiary in New York, Bit Brother New York Inc., entered into a lease agreement with Petawatt Properties LLC, a Wyoming limited liability company ("Petawatt"), which marks the initial step for the parties to jointly develop the cryptocurrency and blockchain business in North America.
On August 2, 2022, Bit Brother New York and Petawatt entered into a lease agreement for a 22-acre plant in Carthage New York. Bit Brother New York agreed to pay Petawatt an annual rent of $1 million for a term of ten years which could be deducted from the purchase price if Bit Brother acquires majority equity interest of Petawatt. Petawatt agreed to secure power supply agreements for 62.5MW of green power by September 1, 2022. Otherwise, Bit Brother New York may terminate the lease and Petawatt shall return the $100,000 deposit it received If fully operational with 62.5 MWs of power supply, the plant is expected to host 17,800 mining rigs with the hash rate of 110TH assuming average hash power of 3.5kw/h per miner.
Mr. Ralph Jones, the CEO of Bit Brother New York, commented, "This partnership with Petawatt is a significant step for Bit Brother's advancement in the blockchain industry. As a vertically integrated energy, facilities and service provider with access to significant green power resources in North America, Petawatt's choice to partner with Bit Brother also proves its confidence in Bit Brother. Securing the property in North America is a key milestone in our globalization strategy. We are committed to moving forward with our plan to launch blockchain operations in the US and create value for our investors in the cryptocurrency and blockchain field gradually." In addition, Mr. Jones emphasized that Bit Brother's future global blockchain presence is expected to be as green as possible, thus contributing to the development of a low-carbon economy.
About Petawatt Properties LLC
Petawatt, incorporated in the State of Wyoming and headquartered at Watertown, New York, is a vertically integrated energy, facilities and service provider to high demand energy consumers, such as blockchain crypto-miners, hydroponic operators and data centers.
About Bit Brother Limited
Bit Brother Limited (formerly known as Urban Tea, Inc.) was incorporated in the British Virgin Islands as a company with limited liability on November 28, 2011. Our business currently consists of the distribution and retail of specialty tea products. We have conducted research and planning of our blockchain technology and cryptocurrency mining business since 2021. For more information, please visit: http://www.bitbrother.com/
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- ability to have the plant fully operational as a crypto hosting center;
- ability to secure the 62.5 MW green power supply at terms acceptable to the Company;
- expected hash rate for the mining rigs to be hosted at the plant;
- ability to execute its business plan; and
- expansion plans and opportunities.
These forward-looking statements are based on information available as of the date of this press release and our management's current expectations, forecasts and assumptions, and involve a number of judgments, risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results or performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements.
These risks and uncertainties include, but not are limited to, the risk factors described by Bit Brother in its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), which are available on the SEC's website (http://www.sec.gov). These risk factors and those identified elsewhere in this press release, among others, could cause actual results to differ materially from historical performance and include, but are not limited to:
- Bit Brother's blockchain technology and cryptocurrency mining business are still under development, with many uncertainties in the execution of its business plan;
- failure to access a large quantity of power at reasonable costs could significantly increase the Company's operating expenses;
- federal and state government's policies and regulatory oversight of crypto currency mining operation;
- other risks and uncertainties indicated in Bit Brother's SEC reports or documents filed or to be filed with the SEC by Bit Brother.
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The CHIPS and Science Act Addresses Supply Chain Issues to Meet Electric Vehicle (EV) Demand
SOMERVILLE, Mass., Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Yesterday, SparkCharge, the world's first mobile EV charging network, announced its CEO and Founder, Josh Aviv, had participated in the signing ceremony for the CHIPS and Science Act at the White House. Aviv had the honor of speaking in support of the legislation, which provides $52 billion to incentivize semiconductor manufacturing in the United States, and introduced President Biden to officially start the ceremony's formal remarks.
"It was an absolute honor and pleasure to introduce President Biden and speak out in support of the CHIPS and Science Act," said Aviv. "The legislation is the right bill at the right time to solve one of America's crucial supply chain problems. SparkCharge could not have been happier to play a role in celebrating the President's leadership on this historic occasion."
With five percent of new cars purchased in the second quarter of 2022 being EVs in the U.S., it suggests that EV demand could grow exponentially over the next several years. However, meeting the demand will require a commitment to charging innovation, which is faced with several roadblocks when accessing next-generation semiconductor technology for the EV infrastructure. In February, the Department of Energy reported that global supply chains for semiconductor technology for the EV ecosystem are already insufficient and that as more Americans purchase new EVs over time, that supply crunch will increase by orders of magnitude through 2050.
"SparkCharge believes in innovation. What started in my dorm room at Syracuse University to what is now the nation's only electric vehicle charging network that allows EV drivers to have the charging station delivered to them goes to show it," Aviv continued. "However, we are still at the mercy of foreign supply chains. Semiconductor chips that cost $1.98 per unit before the pandemic now ranges between $215-400, depending on age and specifications. The CHIPS and Science Act will help reverse this trend and incentivize American resurgence in a technology sector we pioneered."
In 2022, SparkCharge's mobile app, Currently, had record-breaking growth delivering over 100,000 miles of range to EV owners, further showcasing the increasing need for expanding the EV charging infrastructure. In addition, SparkCharge's participation in the White House signing ceremony provides an exciting boost ahead of the company's annual showcase, SparkDay, which will be held this September at its headquarters in Somerville, MA.
"America has always been a place where innovation and ingenuity thrive. We are a country that celebrates creativity and has one of the most capable workforces on earth," Aviv continues. "This new law embodies that spirit, which we will carry forward later this month at SparkDay when we reveal products that will disrupt traditional EV charging and open the world's eyes to a seamless, connected way."
For more information, please visit www.SparkCharge.io.
ABOUT SPARKCHARGE
SparkCharge has created the world's largest mobile electric vehicle charging network. This network is now a reality due to three key factors: hardware, software, and brilliant customers. The Roadie Charging System is a portable, powerful, modular charging solution that makes DC fast charging possible anywhere regardless of infrastructure. The app and EV power delivery service Currently, allows EV drivers to have their EV charged wherever and whenever they want. To learn more about SparkCharge go to: www.SparkCharge.io.
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Trump says he refuses to answer questions in NY investigation
NEW YORK - Former President Donald Trump was questioned under oath Wednesday in the New York attorney general’s long-running civil investigation into his dealings as a real estate mogul, but he says he declined to answer any of them.
In a statement released on his social media platform, Trump stated: "I declined to answer the questions under the rights and privileges afforded to every citizen under the United States Constitution."
Trump was at the Manhattan office of Attorney General Letitia James on Wednesday morning. The questioning was taking place just days after FBI agents searched his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida as part of an unrelated federal probe into whether he took classified records when he left the White House.
The New York civil investigation, led by Attorney General Letitia James, involves allegations that Trump’s company, the Trump Organization, misstated the value of assets like golf courses and skyscrapers, misleading lenders and tax authorities.
President Trump gestures to the crowd as he leaves Trump Tower in Manhattan on Aug. 10, 2022. (FOX5NY)
Trump spent Tuesday night in Trump Tower in Midtown Manhattan ahead of the meeting. He was seen leaving the building on Wednesday morning and arrived at the Attorney General's office a short time later.
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In May, James' office said that it was nearing the end of its probe and that investigators had amassed substantial evidence that could support legal action, such as a lawsuit, against Trump, his company or both.
Trump’s deposition was one of the few remaining missing pieces, the attorney general’s office said.
Two of Trump’s children, Donald Jr. and Ivanka, testified in the investigation in recent days, two people familiar with the matter said. The people were not authorized to speak publicly and did so on condition of anonymity.
The Trumps’ testimony had initially been planned for last month but was delayed after the July 14 death of the former president’s ex-wife, Ivana Trump, the mother of Ivanka, Donald Jr. and another son, Eric Trump, who sat for a deposition in James’ investigation in 2020.
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All business units will incorporate CSL name and branding to signify one company
MELBOURNE, Australia, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Global biotech leader CSL today announced that all business units will be united as one family under the CSL global brand.
"As a purpose-driven organization, CSL has delivered biotechnology excellence for over a century," said Paul Perreault, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of CSL. "As we further advance our sustainable growth strategy, the timing is right to bring all the business units together under CSL. With one purpose, one strategy, one set of values and now one unified brand, our identity is clearly aligned where the whole is far greater than the sum of its parts."
CSL Behring, which delivers therapies for rare and serious diseases, will maintain its current identity, as will CSL Plasma, the company's plasma collection business. Seqirus, one of the world's leading influenza vaccine providers, will become CSL Seqirus. Recently acquired Vifor Pharma will be known as CSL Vifor. CSL is in the process of formally changing the name for Seqirus and plans to change the names of the Vifor Pharma entities in due time.
CSL's Values descriptions have been updated to reflect attributes from each business unit, but at their core they remain the same: Patient Focus, Innovation, Integrity, Collaboration and Superior Performance. A new creative campaign will help to launch the new global identity.
"Each business unit will continue to provide innovative products and services to patients and people in more than 100 countries around the globe as they do today," said Perreault. "Our 30,000 employees, now sharing one DNA, will remain driven by our promise to put innovation into all we do – our passion, our products and our performance – for our patients and human health."
For more information on the new CSL brand identity, visit: drivenbyourpromise.csl.com.
CSL (ASX: CSL; USOTC: CSLLY) is a leading global biotechnology company with a dynamic portfolio of lifesaving medicines, including those that treat haemophilia and immune deficiencies, as well as vaccines to prevent influenza. Since our start in 1916, we have been driven by our promise to save lives using the latest technologies. Today, CSL – including our three businesses, CSL Behring, CSL Seqirus and CSL Vifor – provides lifesaving products to patients in more than 100 countries and employs 30,000 people. Our unique combination of commercial strength, R&D focus and operational excellence enables us to identify, develop and deliver innovations so our patients can live life to the fullest. For inspiring stories about the promise of biotechnology, visit CSLBehring.com/Vita and follow us on Twitter.com/CSL.
For more information about CSL, visit www.CSL.com.
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Maven Clinic guides members from family planning and pregnancy through postpartum and early parenting
DETROIT, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Blue Care Network will offer a new, comprehensive family building and maternity support solution for 2023 open enrollment. It includes a personalized digital care app to help guide members on their journey through family planning, including different paths to parenthood, pregnancy, postpartum and pediatrics. In partnership with Maven Clinic, a comprehensive digital family health platform, members will get access to support throughout the entire journey from family building and pregnancy through postpartum and early parenting. The program will help Blue Cross address gaps in care around maternity care and family health and improve clinical outcomes for parents and babies.
Family planning, pregnancy and parenthood can be difficult to navigate, especially for first-time parents. This solution with Maven serves as an extension of the member's fertility and maternity benefits and coverage providing supplemental support and education in between a member's regularly scheduled, in-person prenatal and postpartum appointments, when it's often needed most. Delivering one-on-one support from a Care Advocate who can address questions and concerns 24/7 and help members find high-quality, in-network providers, the program also offers virtual clinical support from more than 30 specialty providers including obstetricians, pediatricians, lactation consultants, pediatric sleep coaches and psychologists available within 30 minutes.
"Supporting new parents is more important than ever when it comes to not only maintaining healthy families, but ensuring a strong and diverse workforce for employers," said Aji Abraham, senior vice president of Health Plan Business Innovation and Market Solutions at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. "We know there's an urgent need for easier access to support services and health care providers to improve maternal and infant outcomes, while also helping parents return to the workforce postpartum. We're confident this partnership will help us address these challenges while supporting Michigan families and those of our customers across the country through every step of this exciting stage of their lives."
Offering support for each stage of the journey, three customized programs are provided within the platform including Family Building, Maternity, and Parenting and Pediatrics. The Family Building program includes resources pertaining to fertility treatment, preconception care, egg freezing, and adoption and surrogacy. Maternity is a 12-month pregnancy program spanning prenatal and postpartum resources, NICU support and high-risk pregnancy management. Lastly, the Parenting and Pediatrics program is geared toward parents with children 1-10 years of age providing pediatric care, parent coaching, special needs support and childcare navigation. The Maternity program also includes a partner track program for the covered spouse at no additional cost.
"We are thrilled to partner with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan to increase access to care, drive equity in the patient experience, and improve clinical outcomes across fertility, maternity, and all family journeys," said Kate Ryder, founder and CEO of Maven Clinic. "Through our partnership, fully-insured employers gain Maven Maternity, and self-insured employers can purchase any combination of the three programs that best fit their company needs to reduce healthcare costs and improve talent retention."
In addition to the three core programs, a reimbursement tool, Maven Wallet, is available to pair with the Family Building program. Maven Wallet makes it easy for self-funded employers to reimburse employees for adoption and surrogacy expenses as decided by the employer.
Among users of the Maven app on average, there has been a 20 percent lower incidence of c-sections, 28 percent lower NICU admissions and 28 percent of users reported they were better able to manage their anxiety or depression. In addition, some employers have seen a 90 percent return-to-work rate far above the 57 percent national average. To learn more about the Family Building and Maternity Support Solution, visit https://www.bcbsm.com/employers/improved-care/family-building/ for additional details.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, a nonprofit mutual insurance company, is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. BCBSM provides health benefits to more than 4.7 million members residing in Michigan in addition to employees of Michigan-headquartered companies residing outside the state. The company has been committed to delivering affordable health care products through a broad variety of plans for businesses, individuals and seniors for more than 80 years. Beyond health care coverage, BCBSM supports impactful community initiatives and provides leadership in improving health care. For more information, visit bcbsm.com and MiBluesPerspectives.com.
Maven is the largest virtual clinic for women's and family health, offering continuous, holistic care for fertility, pregnancy and parenting. Maven's award-winning digital programs are trusted by leading employers and health plans to reduce costs and drive better health outcomes for both parents and children. Founded in 2014 by CEO Kate Ryder, Maven has been recognized as Fast Company's #1 Most Innovative Health Company and been named a CNBC Disruptor 50. Maven has raised more than $200 million in funding from leading investors including Sequoia, Oak HC/FT, Dragoneer Investment Group and Lux Capital. To learn more about how Maven is reimagining life's most critical healthcare moment, visit us at mavenclinic.com.
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2022 ESG report highlights progress delivering low-carbon economy
ATLANTA, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) today released its 15th annual Environmental, Social, and Governance report. The 2022 report highlights the company's progress reducing its environmental impact, creating a culture of inclusion, investing in its people, strengthening governance practices, and helping customers achieve their sustainability goals.
"Norfolk Southern is a customer-centric, operations-driven company, which means helping our customers achieve their supply-chain emissions goals and reducing our own carbon footprint," said Norfolk Southern President and CEO Alan Shaw. "Our report highlights initiatives and technologies that are delivering the low-carbon economy, serving customers, and adding value for all our stakeholders."
In its 2022 report, Norfolk Southern highlights the importance of partnerships in its sustainability strategy – with customers, industry partners, and other stakeholders. Accomplishments this past year included:
- Creating an industry-leading carbon calculator for shippers, empowering companies to make better transportation decisions and reduce carbon emissions from their own supply chains.
- Hosting an inaugural Sustainability Summit in partnership with Sustain SC, welcoming state leaders and more than 30 companies to Brosnan Forest, Norfolk Southern's 14,400-acre ecological preserve in South Carolina.
- Hosting a Chief Mechanical Officers meeting with leaders from every North American Class I railroad to share ideas, insights, and best practices to further improve rail industry efficiencies.
"Norfolk Southern is making strides to advance sustainability for both our customers and our planet, and we know it will take a collaborative effort to reach the environmental goals required to protect our planet for future generations," said Norfolk Southern Chief Sustainability Officer Josh Raglin. "The more companies work together across their supply chain, the quicker we can achieve measurable progress."
Other milestones highlighted in the report include:
- Delivering the low-carbon economy, making a 5% improvement toward its science-based target of 42% reduction in Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions intensity by 2034 (since a 2019 base year).
- Applying new technologies, improving locomotive fuel efficiency by 7% from 2019 and enabling Norfolk Southern to move one ton of freight over 460 miles on a single gallon of fuel.
- Strengthening governance practices, appointing an independent Chair to its Board of Directors.
- Investing in its people, creating a $1.2 million scholarship fund to support children of Norfolk Southern railroaders annually.
- Cultivating biodiversity, permanently protecting 1,105 acres of ecologically significant land in South Carolina – adding to nearly 14,000 acres already under protection – while restoring over six miles of streams and 500 acres of wetlands.
- Developing a corporate DEI strategic plan, establishing a team dedicated to operationalizing inclusion, and using nationwide benchmarking to further a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organization.
- Preserving its history, donating complete historical archives from its predecessor companies and $1.25 million to museums in Virginia and Georgia, while creating paid internship opportunities at both museums for underrepresented communities over the next five years.
- Minimizing waste in its supply chain, reclaiming over 1.6 million gallons of used oil and recycling 100% of both used crossties and rail.
- Advancing energy efficiency, increasing its total renewable energy usage in deregulated markets to approximately 26%, or 12% across its entire network.
To access the full 2022 Environmental, Social, and Governance report, visit norfolksouthern.com.
About Norfolk Southern
Since 1827, Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) and its predecessor companies have safely moved the goods and materials that drive the U.S. economy. Today, it operates a customer-centric and operations-driven freight transportation network. Committed to furthering sustainability, Norfolk Southern helps its customers avoid 15 million tons of yearly carbon emissions by shipping via rail. Its dedicated team members deliver more than 7 million carloads annually, from agriculture to consumer goods, and is the largest rail shipper of auto products and metals in North America. Norfolk Southern also has the most extensive intermodal network in the eastern U.S., serving a majority of the country's population and manufacturing base, with connections to every major container port on the Atlantic coast as well as the Gulf of Mexico and Great Lakes. Learn more by visiting www.NorfolkSouthern.com.
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Former Sri Lankan President Rajapaksa requests to travel to Thailand
By Irene Nasser and Rhea Mogul, CNN
Thailand has received a request from former Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to enter the country, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Tanee Sangrat said in a social media post on Wednesday.
Rajapaksa is currently in Singapore after fleeing Sri Lanka in July amid mass anti-government protests. Sangrat said that as a holder of a Sri Lankan diplomatic passport, Rajapaksa can enter Thailand without a visa for up to 90 days, emphasizing the stay is temporary and he is not seeking political asylum.
Sangrat did not mention when Rajapaksa intended on traveling to Thailand.
Rajapaksa arrived in Singapore on July 14, after initially fleeing Sri Lanka for Maldives, days after angry protesters stormed his official residence and office demanding he step down over his alleged mismanagement of the economy. Rajapaksa then tendered his resignation from Singapore.
Anger has been growing in Sri Lanka for months after the country’s foreign exchange reserves plummeted to record lows, with dollars running out to pay for essential imports including food, medicine and fuel.
The former leader’s hurried exit last month was a historic moment for the nation of 22 million, which the Rajapaksas had ruled with an iron fist for much of the past two decades, before losing the faith of their citizens.
Rajapaksa is not the first member of the family to have been president. His brother Mahinda Rajapaksa, was elected to the top job in 2005 and achieved near legendary status in 2009 when he declared victory in the 26-year civil war against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam rebels.
Gotabaya Rajapaksa served as defense secretary at the time, and the brothers were accused by rights groups of committing war crimes — allegations the family denies.
Most recently, many Sri Lankans have accused the Rajapaksas of mishandling the country’s economy.
After storming the presidential palace, thousands of jubilant Sri Lankans swam in Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s pool, sang in his dining room, and danced around the opulent grounds of what was one of the country’s most heavily guarded buildings.
In the days following Rajapaksa’s resignation, lawmakers elected the former prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as president, but anger remains as many protesters see him as inextricably tied to the former leader’s regime.
Wickremesinghe has appeared to distance himself from the Rajapaksas, telling CNN last month the previous government was “covering up facts” about its crippling financial crisis.
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MEDFORD, Ore., Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Be a kind human bean this fall by supporting The Human Bean's annual food drive on Friday, August 26th, while sipping on an all-time seasonal favorite - the Pumpkin Snowy or try two new limited time offerings, the Maple Twist or Sweet and Salty.
For the 13th Annual Food Drive, one dollar for every drink sold at all Human Bean locations will be donated to local food banks that support meal programs!
On average, it takes $1 to provide three meals for those in need. With the majority of food drives held during the winter months, many food banks run lowest on food supplies during the summer. "The Human Bean recognizes this need and believes that everyone deserves a nutritious meal, no matter the time of year," says Janie Page, Chief Marketing Officer, The Human Bean. "Each year we've been able to raise more than the last, and we're excited to keep that tradition going on August 26th!"
Get ready fall-lovers, we're releasing two new flavors (and one comeback favorite) this month. Warm up or cool down with a Maple Twist. It sounds like a Canadian dance craze from the 60s, but tastes like a drink you'll be crazy about wherever you're from. Deep espresso topped with steamed milk (or your favorite non-dairy alternative) and enhanced with maple brown sugar and a cinnamon garnish. Or take a taste trip to the coffee coastline with the new Sweet and Salty granita where you'll find mouthwatering Ghirardelli chocolate sauce swirling atop a frozen ocean of sea salt caramel espresso and topped with a java chips.
Finally, our delicious autumn favorite, the Pumpkin Snowy combines espresso, rich Ghirardelli white chocolate and pumpkin sauce, topped with pumpkin drizzle. It's a seasonal drink so good you may be tempted to -- wait for it -- fall into it.
Let's come together, to help stock local food banks just by enjoying your favorite drink — or trying a new one — on Friday, August 26th.
About The Human Bean
With a passion for creating happy 'Human Beans', the company's drive-thrus around the U.S. have established a reputation for friendly baristas, high-quality coffee, and innovative flavors. The Human Bean opened its first drive-thru espresso stand in Ashland, Oregon in 1998, and currently supports over 300 locations open or under development in 25 states.
Learn more at thehumanbean.com.
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TODAY'S OBITUARIES
Gloria J. Gleghorn, Amory
Herbert Hudson, Southaven
Fad Robinson, Aberdeen
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Fad Robinson
ABERDEEN - Fad Robinson, 76, passed away Friday, August 5, 2022, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Columbus. Services will be on Sat, Aug 13, 2022 at 2 p.m. at Belle Memorial Funeral Home. Visitation will be on Fri, Aug 12, 2022 from 4-6 p.m. at Belle Memorial Funeral home. Burial will follow at Oak Lawn Cemetery.
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Herbert Hudson
SOUTHAVEN - Herbert Collins Hudson, 89, passed away on Monday, August 8, 2022 at Baptist Memorial Hospital - Desoto. He was born June 27, 1933 in Pontotoc County to Thomas H. and Mary I. Franklin Hudson. He was a U.S. Navy veteran. He was a longtime employee of DuPont in the engineering department and retired from the flight department of FedEx. He loved his church and church family of Graceview Presbyterian Church. He enjoyed traveling, especially to Gatlinburg, TN and surrounding area. He loved his family and spending time with them. He was a loving husband, father and grandfather and will be missed by family and friends.
Graveside services will be at 10:00a.m. Saturday, August 13, 2022 at Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery in Etta, MS. United Funeral Service is honored to be entrusted with these arrangements.
He is survived by his wife, Sharon Lewis Hudson of Southaven; his son, Bryan Hudson (Debbie) of Olive Branch; a step-son, Thomas Holloway (Jennifer) of Dallas, TX; a brother, Leighton Hudson (Diane) of Walls; and three grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a son, Darryl Hudson; a sister, Lawanda Martin; two brothers, Loyd Hudson and Tommy Hudson; and a half-brother, Bill Carwile.
AMORY - Gloria J. Gleghorn, 64, passed away on August 5, 2022, at UAB - Birmingham, Alabama. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Darden and Sons Funeral Home.
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Initiative now accepting applications as CHS Foundation celebrates 75 years of developing ag talent nationwide
INVER GROVE HEIGHTS, Minn., Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- For 75 years, the CHS Foundation has helped develop the next generation of ag leaders for lifelong success. In honor of this milestone, the foundation is awarding $75,000 in grants for K-12 teachers to implement a project at their school that will engage students in experiential agricultural education.
"Throughout the years, it's the people who have transformed our contributions into life-changing impact for young leaders in agriculture, and teachers have played a major role," says Nanci Lilja, president of the CHS Foundation. "We are proud of the teachers who put many of these contributions to work, and we're thrilled that these grants will continue to support their efforts."
Funds will be awarded for projects that have a strong tie to agriculture and clearly demonstrate how they will engage students in agricultural topics. Teachers are encouraged to dream big, but ideas include implementing a new ag class or pathway or purchasing agriculture equipment for hands-on learning.
Written and video submissions will be accepted until Oct. 1, 2022. First place will be awarded $20,000, second place will receive $15,000 and third place will receive $10,000. An additional 12 finalists will be selected and each receive $2,500. The top three teacher finalists will travel all expenses paid to the CHS Annual Meeting, held in Minneapolis from Dec. 1-2, 2022, to present their idea to a live audience. First, second and third place winners will be decided during live voting by the annual meeting's attendees.
Additional details:
- The initiative is open to any K-12 educators in a CHS trade territory (Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Ohio, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming).
- Applications must be submitted by a teacher, and applicants must have school administration approval for the project.
"Over the span of 75 years, the CHS Foundation has contributed nearly $84 million to help build a strong agriculture talent pipeline for the future," says Lilja. "The last 75 years of giving would be nothing without strong educators and students involved in agriculture, and together the next 75 years will be just as bright."
For more information about the program, visit https://www.chsfoundation.org/teacher-grants. To apply for a grant, visit https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/TN6B7K6.
About the CHS Foundation
The CHS Foundation, funded by charitable gifts from CHS Inc., is focused on developing a new generation of agriculture leaders for life-long success. Together, with our partners, we are igniting innovation and driving excellence in agriculture education, cultivating high-impact programs for rural youth and accelerating potential for careers in agriculture. Learn more at chsfoundation.org.
CONTACT: Patrick Stumpf, marketing communications, CHS, 651-600-2069, patrick.stumpf@chsinc.com
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Jada Riley thought she had beaten homelessness.
The 26-year-old New Orleans resident was finally making a steady income cleaning houses during the pandemic to afford a $700-a-month, one-bedroom apartment. But she lost nearly all her clients after Hurricane Ida hit last year. Then she was fired from a grocery store job in February after taking time off to help a relative.
Two months behind on rent, she made the difficult decision last month to leave her apartment rather than risk an eviction judgment on her record. Now, she’s living in her car with her 6-year-old son, sometimes spending nights at the apartments of friends or her son’s father.
“I’ve slept outside for a whole year before. It’s very depressing, I’m not going to lie,” said Riley, who often doesn’t have enough money to buy gas or afford food every day.
“I don’t want to have my son experience any struggles that I went through.”
Eviction filings nationwide have steadily risen in recent months and are approaching or exceeding pre-pandemic levels in many cities and states. That’s in stark contrast to the pandemic, when state and federal moratoriums on evictions, combined with $46.5 billion in f ederal Emergency Rental Assistance, kept millions of families housed.
“I really think this is the tip of the iceberg,” Shannon MacKenzie, executive director of Colorado Poverty Law Project, said of June filings in Denver, which were about 24% higher than the same time three years ago. “Our numbers of evictions are increasing every month at an astonishing rate, and I just don’t see that abating any time soon.”
According to The Eviction Lab, several cities are running far above historic averages, with Minneapolis-St. Paul 91% higher in June, Las Vegas up 56%, Hartford, Connecticut, up 32%, and Jacksonville, Florida, up 17%. In Maricopa County, home to Phoenix, eviction filings in July were the highest in 13 years, officials said.
Some legal advocates said the sharp increase in housing prices due to inflation is partly to blame. Rental prices nationwide are up nearly 15% from a year ago and almost 25% from 2019, according to the real estate company Zillow. Rental vacancy rates, meanwhile, have declined to a 35-year low of 5.8%, according to the Census Bureau.
A report last month from the National Low Income Housing Coalition found that a tenant working full time needs to make nearly $26 per hour on average nationally to afford a modest two-bedroom rental and $21.25 for a one-bedroom. The federal minimum wage is $7.25 an hour.
“Landlords are raising the rent and making it very unaffordable for tenants to stay,” said Marie Claire Tran-Leung, the eviction initiative project director for the National Housing Law Project.
“Inflation has really shrunk the supply of housing that is available for people with the lowest incomes,” she added. “Without more protections in place, which not all states have, a lot of those families will be rendered homeless.”
Patrick McCloud, chief executive officer of the Virginia Apartment Management Association, said the trend is a return to normal. “No one likes evictions, but they are in some ways a reset to the economy,” McCloud said, adding that evictions have been “artificially depressed.”
“Housing is based on supply and demand. And when no one moves and you have no vacancies, you have a tight market and prices go up.”
Graham Bowman, a staff attorney with Legal Aid Society of Columbus, Ohio, said evictions there are rising — 15% above historic averages in June alone — at a time when there are fewer places for those forced out to go.
Sheryl Lynne Smith was evicted in May from her two-bedroom townhouse in Columbus after she used her rent money to repair a sewage leak in the basement. Smith, who is legally blind and has a federal housing voucher, fears she won’t be able to find anything by September when the voucher expires because of rising housing prices and the eviction on her record.
“It’s very scary,” said Smith, 53, whose temporary stay at a hotel funded through a state program ends this weekend.
In Boise, Idaho, Jeremy McKenney, 45, moved into his car last week after a judge sided with a property management company that nearly tripled the rent on his two-bedroom house. The Lyft and DoorDash driver will have to rent a hotel room whenever he has custody of his children, 9 and 12.
“It’s definitely mind blowing,” said McKenney, adding that everything on the market is beyond his reach even after a nonprofit offered to cover the security deposit. “I have never been homeless before. I have always had a roof over my head.”
The other challenge is the federal emergency rental assistance that helped keep millions housed during the pandemic has dried up in some jurisdictions or been increasingly rejected by some landlords.
“What really gets me is there is rental assistance and so many landlords just don’t want it. They would rather throw someone on the street than take money,” Eric Kwartler, managing attorney of Lone Star Legal Aid’s Eviction Right to Counsel Project, which covers Houston and Harris County in Texas. “If you take the money, you can’t evict them. They want them out.”
The U.S. Treasury said last week that more than $40 billion of the $46.5 billion in Emergency Rental Assistance had been spent or allocated.
According to the National Low Income Housing Coalition, California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, and Virginia have gone through at least 90% of their first disbursement. Twelve states and the District of Columbia had used 50% of the second allocation, known as ERA2, by the end of May. Three — Idaho, Ohio and Iowa — haven’t spent any ERA2 money and two — Nebraska and Arkansas — didn’t accept the funds.
“The public health emergency may still be here but the funds to deal with it are rapidly disappearing,” said Martin Wegbreit, director of litigation for the Central Virginia Legal Aid Society.
Treasury is encouraging states and cities to tap other federal stimulus funds to cover the gaps. So far, over 600 state and local governments had budgeted $12.9 billion in stimulus funds to meet housing needs, including affordable housing development.
Gene Sperling, who oversees President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus rescue package, highlighted the success of its rental assistance program, which has reached 7 million mostly low-income households.
But, more needs to be done to ensure the country doesn’t return to pre-pandemic times when 3.6 million tenants were evicted annually and “evictions were too often a first resort, not a last resort,” he told a forum on eviction reforms at the White House last week.
Some lawmakers said the answer is a permanent rental assistance program. A bill introduced in July would provide $3 billion annually for rental assistance and fund services to keep families housed. A study commissioned by the National Apartment Association and the National Multifamily Housing Council says the answer is building 4.3 million apartments by 2035.
Other advocates called for permanent legal protections like right to counsel for tenants or eviction diversion programs to resolve evictions before they reach the courts.
In Richmond, Virginia, eviction filings in June were 54% below historic averages, attributed to rental assistance and more legal representation for tenants in court, Wegbreit said. Similar programs were credited with New Mexico’s eviction filings being 29% below historic averages in June.
Philadelphia, which passed a law making eviction diversion mandatory through this year, saw filings down 33%. The City Council in Philadelphia also approved spending $30 million over two years for rental assistance.
“We are trying to change the way we look at this issue in Philadelphia, where the only thing you do is go to landlord tenant court or start an eviction,” said Catherine Anderson, supervising attorney with Philadelphia Legal Assistance, who oversees the paralegals on the Save Your Home Philly hotline.
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Associated Press writers Jesse Bedayn in Denver, Ben Finley in Norfolk, Virginia, and Claudia Lauer in Philadelphia contributed to this report
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Appointments of CEO and Global Head of Sales establish North American HQ to satisfy 2x sales growth in past 12 months
LONDON and HOUSTON, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Solidatus, a leading data management technology firm, has appointed Co-Founder Philip Dutton as CEO. The move positions the firm to better meet the escalating demand from major global businesses for smarter, more innovative ways to unlock the full potential of their enterprise data. As part of a broad-based re-organization, Solidatus has established its US headquarters in Houston, Texas, where Dutton is now based. They are pleased to have hired Sheldon Feinland to run global sales out of New York. Fellow Co-Founder Philip Miller is in a new role, that of Chief Innovation Officer.
Launched in London in 2017, the firm's initial focus was on helping make data easier to work with for businesses in the UK/EMEA, where they became entrenched in four of the top 10 Global Systemically Important Banks (G-SIBs). Solidatus' growing global footprint, spearheaded by significant demand from US-headquartered enterprises, drove the need to establish a stronger North American presence. Headquartered in Texas with leadership in New York and North Carolina, Solidatus is well positioned to continue expanding its service and on-the-ground support to mid-to-large data-rich and highly regulated businesses. Now employing more than 110 people and growing, Solidatus expects to triple its US presence in the next year.
"It is an honor to have been appointed to lead Solidatus at this exciting time. Solidatus serves visionary organizations that desire streamlined access and clarity of their data to build smarter and more profitable businesses. That's everyone from Fortune 500 companies that have an unmanageably complex data landscape to start-ups and scale-ups that want to optimize their data practices from the get-go. There is no greater concentration of these organizations than in the US," said Dutton.
"With hard work, we see 300% year-on-year growth in North America to be well within our grasp," said Sheldon Feinland, Vice President, Global Sales. "We're focused on creating unique solutions that untangle the messy world of data. This way data becomes easier to work with and we can maximize the potential of the organizations that house it."
With an eye to the future, and staying ahead of the curve, Philip Miller will be focused on enhancing the Solidatus offering to make clients' data even easier to understand and more valuable. "I look forward to rapidly innovating the product roadmap and helping to advance the ingenuity that has always been the power plant behind Solidatus' growth. We are at a point in the company's progress and diversification across industries when new ideas are at an all-time premium. Now is absolutely the best time to take on this important new role," said Miller.
In 2021, the company raised $19.2m in a Series A funding round led by Albion VC with participation from strategic investors Citi and HSBC. The funds are helping to fast-track the firm's global expansion in the US as well as continuing to deliver best-in-class data management capabilities to more industry verticals. With the successful launch of the US HQ and addition of new customers in financial services, healthcare, insurance, retail, manufacturing and government, the company is on target to enjoy another record-breaking year. It has also won six industry awards this year, including "Best Sell-Side Data Management Solution" from Waters Technology.
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Solidatus is an innovative data management solution that empowers organizations to connect and visualize their data relationships, simplifying how they identify, access and understand them. With a sustainable data foundation in place, data-rich enterprises can meet regulatory requirements, drive digital transformation, capture business insights and make better, less risky and more informed data-driven decisions. Solidatus' powerful metadata management technology is seen as a critical development in data management software – one that matches the complex needs of modern business. Launched in 2017, Solidatus is the chosen data management tool for both the regulators and the regulated. Its clients and investors include top-tier global financial services brands such as Citi and HSBC, healthcare and retail organizations as well as government institutions. Solidatus has offices in the United Kingdom, the United States and Singapore. For more information, visit www.solidatus.com.
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Photographer: Gloria Z. Nagler
Photo taken: July 8, 2022, in Lake Forest Park
Photographer’s description: “Baby raccoon gets hung up! Our resident raccoon brought along her baby the other day. Right after I made the shot, the baby clambered down to the floor of the deck, where Mama was waiting. Used the nearest camera/lens I could lay hands on: Olympus M1X, 150 mm, ISO 3200, f/4.5, 1/100.”
Critique: “Regular readers will recognize your name — and the sense of whimsy your photos often bring. This adorable moment is no exception. I like how you’ve cropped it, leaving us with a good sense of place while focusing on the cute critter. The raccoon’s eyes are the key, and they kind of direct the reader’s eye to the ‘danger’ of the situation. Superfun. Thanks for sharing, Gloria!”
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China extends military drills around Taiwan after Pelosi visit
By Yimou Lee and Ryan Woo
TAIPEI/BEIJING, Aug 10 (Reuters) - Chinese navy ships remained active off both Taiwan's east and west coasts on Wednesday morning, a source briefed on the matter told Reuters, as Beijing kept up military drills in protest against last week's visit to the island by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
A furious China has extended its largest-ever exercises around the self-ruled island it claims as its own beyond the originally scheduled four days. The drills last week have included ballistic missile launches, some of which flew over the island's capital Taipei, and simulated sea and air attacks in the skies and waters around Taiwan.
Video released by Chinese state broadcaster CCTV on Wednesday showed Chinese fighter jets scrambling and refuelling mid-air, as well as navy ships on what it said were drills around Taiwan.
The Eastern Theatre Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army said the drills were focused on blockades and resupply logistics, "under a complex electromagnetic environment to refine joint containment and control capabilities", according to CCTV.
About 20 Chinese navy and Taiwan navy ships remained close to the median line of the Taiwan Strait, an unofficial buffer separating the two sides, as of Wednesday morning, a source briefed on the matter told Reuters.
Several other Chinese ships continued to conduct missions off Taiwan's eastern coast, according to the source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
Andrew Hsia, deputy chairman of the Kuomintang, Taiwan's main opposition party, flew to China on Wednesday for what his party said was a pre-arranged trip to meet Taiwanese businesspeople.
Hsia told reporters he was not going to Beijing and did not have any official meetings arranged.
However, Taiwan's government expressed "regret" at the trip coming amid the Chinese drills.
"At this moment, the Kuomintang still insisted on going to China, disappointing our people," said Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen.
Taiwan's foreign minister said on Tuesday that China was using the military drills as a game-plan to prepare for an invasion of the self-ruled island.
"It is conducting large-scale military exercises and missile launches, as well as cyberattacks, disinformation, and economic coercion, in an attempt to weaken public morale in Taiwan," Joseph Wu said on Tuesday, without providing evidence or offering a timetable.
"After the drills conclude, China may try to routinise its action in an attempt to wreck the long-term status quo across the Taiwan Strait."
Pelosi, a long-time China critic and a political ally of President Joe Biden, visited Taiwan last week on the highest-level visit to the island by an American official in decades, despite Chinese warnings. She said her visit showed unwavering U.S. commitment to supporting Taiwan's democracy.
China says its relations with Taiwan are an internal matter and it reserves the right to bring the island under its control, by force if necessary. Taiwan rejects China's claims, saying only Taiwan's people can decide their future.
Washington was sticking to its assessment that China would not try to invade Taiwan for the next two years, a Pentagon official said on Monday.
Taiwan's Defence Ministry on Wednesday released a video showing its armed forces on exercises, saying its military is “at the ready keeping our country safe” and China had not stopped its “incursions” in areas near Taiwan.
Taiwan troops were guarding their posts “24-7” and have increased their alertness level, the ministry said, following the guidelines of “defending median line, defending territorial waters and defending sovereignty” to maintain the status quo.
(Reporting by Yimou Lee and Ryan Woo; Writing by Lincoln Feast; Editing by Raju Gopalakrishnan & Simon Cameron-Moore)
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As concerns about social media's harmful effects on teens continue to rise, platforms from Snapchat to TikTok to Instagram are bolting on new features they say will make their services safer and more age appropriate. But the changes rarely address the elephant in the the room — the algorithms pushing endless content that can drag anyone, not just teens, into harmful rabbit holes.
The tools do offer some help, such as blocking strangers from messaging kids. But they also share some deeper flaws, starting with the fact that teenagers can get around limits if they lie about their age. The platforms also place the burden of enforcement on parents. And they do little or nothing to screen for inappropriate and harmful material served up by algorithms that can affect teens' mental and physical well-being.
“These platforms know that their algorithms can sometimes be amplifying harmful content, and they’re not taking steps to stop that,” said Irene Ly, privacy counsel at the nonprofit Common Sense Media. The more teens keep scrolling, the more engaged they get — and the more engaged they are, the more profitable they are to the platforms, she said. "I don’t think they have too much incentive to be changing that.”
Take, for instance, Snapchat, which on Tuesday introduced new parental controls in what it calls the “Family Center" — a tool that lets parents see who their teens are messaging, though not the content of the messages themselves. One catch: both parents and their children have to opt into to the service.
Nona Farahnik Yadegar, Snap's director of platform policy and social impact, likens it to parents wanting to know who their kids are going out with.
If kids are headed out to a friend's house or are meeting up at the mall, she said, parents will typically ask, “Hey, who are you going to meet up with? How do you know them?” The new tool, she said, aims to give parents ”the insight they really want to have in order to have these conversations with their teen while preserving teen privacy and autonomy.”
These conversations, experts agree, are important. In an ideal world, parents would regularly sit down with their kids and have honest talks about social media and the dangers and pitfalls of the online world.
But many kids use a bewildering variety of platforms, all of which are constantly evolving — and that stacks the odds against parents expected to master and monitor the controls on multiple platforms, said Josh Golin, executive director of children’s digital advocacy group Fairplay.
“Far better to require platforms to make their platforms safer by design and default instead of increasing the workload on already overburdened parents,” he said.
The new controls, Golin said, also fail to address a myriad of existing problems with Snapchat. These range from kids misrepresenting their ages to “compulsive use” encouraged by the app's Snapstreak feature to cyberbullying made easier by the disappearing messages that still serve as Snapchat's claim to fame.
Farahnik Yadegar said Snapchat has “strong measures” to deter kids from falsely claiming to be over 13. Those caught lying about their age have their account immediately deleted, she said. Teens who are over 13 but pretend to be even older get one chance to correct their age.
Detecting such lies isn't foolproof, but the platforms have several ways to get at the truth. For instance, if a user's friends are mostly in their early teens, it's likely that the user is also a teenager, even if they said they were born in 1968 when they signed up. Companies use artificial intelligence to look for age mismatches. A person's interests might also reveal their real age. And, Farahnik Yadegar pointed out, parents might also find out their kids were fibbing about their birth date if they try to turn on parental controls but find their teens ineligible.
Child safety and teen mental health are front and center in both Democratic and Republicans critiques of tech companies. States, which have been much more aggressive about regulating technology companies than the federal government, are also turning their attention to the matter. In March, several state attorneys general launched a nationwide investigation into TikTok and its possible harmful effects on young users’ mental health.
TikTok is the most popular social app U.S. teenagers use, according to a new report out Wednesday from the Pew Research Center, which found that 67% say they use the Chinese-owned video sharing platform. The company has said that it focuses on age-appropriate experiences, noting that some features, such as direct messaging, are not available to younger users. It says features such as a screen-time management tool help young people and parents moderate how long children spend on the app and what they see. But critics note such controls are leaky at best.
“It’s really easy for kids to try to get past these these features and just go off on their own,” said Ly of Common Sense Media.
Instagram, which is owned by Facebook parent Meta, is the second most popular app with teens, Pew found, with 62% saying they use it, followed by Snapchat with 59%. Not surprisingly, only 32% of teens reported ever having used Facebook, down from 71% in 2014 and 2015, according to the report.
Last fall, former Facebook employee-turned whistleblower Frances Haugen exposed internal research from the company concluding that the social network’s attention-seeking algorithms contributed to mental health and emotional problems among Instagram-using teens, especially girls. That revelation led to some changes; Meta, for instance, scrapped plans for an Instagram version aimed at kids under 13. The company has also introduced new parental control and teen well-being features, such as nudging teens to take a break if they scroll for too long.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Crave Hot Dogs and BBQ recently named best BBQ and Hot Dog Franchise by FranchiseWire in the United States. With 65 units across the United States and food trucks on the road they are poised for massive growth. Crave features Hot Dogs, sausages, and brats' with 20+ toppings to choose from. Pulled chicken, pulled pork, and smoked brisket are also available for sandwiches, sliders, and plates. You'll also find your classic BBQ sides, desserts and appetizers, Crave has it all. The self-pour beer wall is something the brand is also known for, boasting 32-48 local craft beers, wines, and ciders on tap. Some stores even have mixed drinks, YUM! Crave features patios with fun and games, trivia nights, karaoke, live music, kids eat free Wednesdays and more. Ax lanes were also introduced this year. The axes are real and so is the fun. A fun family-oriented atmosphere where everyone leaves happy not hungry! Wat could be better?
Crave would love to welcome James and Melanie Page into the Crave Family. James and Melanie will open the brands first location in Arkansas. "We are extremely excited to have James and Melanie as part of our Crave family. We look forward to hitting a new market and bring the people of Arkansas some Cravealicious offerings!" -Crave Corporate
Crave has received numerous awards for its food and service and offers multiple avenues for its guest to enjoy the Crave experience. Drive Thru's, delivery, catering, dine in as well as curbside pickup are available. Craves app also allows ordering ahead and offers free food, rewards and much more! Crave has multiple locations throughout the United States, and is looking forward to continuing expansion.
For more information on owning your own Crave, please email samantha@iwantcrave.com or visit us at www.iwantcrave.com.
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2022 ESG report highlights progress delivering low-carbon economy
ATLANTA, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) today released its 15th annual Environmental, Social, and Governance report. The 2022 report highlights the company's progress reducing its environmental impact, creating a culture of inclusion, investing in its people, strengthening governance practices, and helping customers achieve their sustainability goals.
"Norfolk Southern is a customer-centric, operations-driven company, which means helping our customers achieve their supply-chain emissions goals and reducing our own carbon footprint," said Norfolk Southern President and CEO Alan Shaw. "Our report highlights initiatives and technologies that are delivering the low-carbon economy, serving customers, and adding value for all our stakeholders."
In its 2022 report, Norfolk Southern highlights the importance of partnerships in its sustainability strategy – with customers, industry partners, and other stakeholders. Accomplishments this past year included:
- Creating an industry-leading carbon calculator for shippers, empowering companies to make better transportation decisions and reduce carbon emissions from their own supply chains.
- Hosting an inaugural Sustainability Summit in partnership with Sustain SC, welcoming state leaders and more than 30 companies to Brosnan Forest, Norfolk Southern's 14,400-acre ecological preserve in South Carolina.
- Hosting a Chief Mechanical Officers meeting with leaders from every North American Class I railroad to share ideas, insights, and best practices to further improve rail industry efficiencies.
"Norfolk Southern is making strides to advance sustainability for both our customers and our planet, and we know it will take a collaborative effort to reach the environmental goals required to protect our planet for future generations," said Norfolk Southern Chief Sustainability Officer Josh Raglin. "The more companies work together across their supply chain, the quicker we can achieve measurable progress."
Other milestones highlighted in the report include:
- Delivering the low-carbon economy, making a 5% improvement toward its science-based target of 42% reduction in Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions intensity by 2034 (since a 2019 base year).
- Applying new technologies, improving locomotive fuel efficiency by 7% from 2019 and enabling Norfolk Southern to move one ton of freight over 460 miles on a single gallon of fuel.
- Strengthening governance practices, appointing an independent Chair to its Board of Directors.
- Investing in its people, creating a $1.2 million scholarship fund to support children of Norfolk Southern railroaders annually.
- Cultivating biodiversity, permanently protecting 1,105 acres of ecologically significant land in South Carolina – adding to nearly 14,000 acres already under protection – while restoring over six miles of streams and 500 acres of wetlands.
- Developing a corporate DEI strategic plan, establishing a team dedicated to operationalizing inclusion, and using nationwide benchmarking to further a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organization.
- Preserving its history, donating complete historical archives from its predecessor companies and $1.25 million to museums in Virginia and Georgia, while creating paid internship opportunities at both museums for underrepresented communities over the next five years.
- Minimizing waste in its supply chain, reclaiming over 1.6 million gallons of used oil and recycling 100% of both used crossties and rail.
- Advancing energy efficiency, increasing its total renewable energy usage in deregulated markets to approximately 26%, or 12% across its entire network.
To access the full 2022 Environmental, Social, and Governance report, visit norfolksouthern.com.
About Norfolk Southern
Since 1827, Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) and its predecessor companies have safely moved the goods and materials that drive the U.S. economy. Today, it operates a customer-centric and operations-driven freight transportation network. Committed to furthering sustainability, Norfolk Southern helps its customers avoid 15 million tons of yearly carbon emissions by shipping via rail. Its dedicated team members deliver more than 7 million carloads annually, from agriculture to consumer goods, and is the largest rail shipper of auto products and metals in North America. Norfolk Southern also has the most extensive intermodal network in the eastern U.S., serving a majority of the country's population and manufacturing base, with connections to every major container port on the Atlantic coast as well as the Gulf of Mexico and Great Lakes. Learn more by visiting www.NorfolkSouthern.com.
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Achievement of SOC 2 Type 1 compliance validates Stardog as a trusted semantic layer for enterprise data and analytics
ARLINGTON, Va., Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Stardog, the leading Enterprise Knowledge Graph platform provider, today announced it has achieved System and Organization Controls (SOC) 2 Type 1 compliance, demonstrating the company's commitment to providing the most robust data security and privacy for its growing customer base.
The SOC 2 Type I audit, conducted by Riskpro, is an independent review assessing Stardog's internal controls involving security, availability, and confidentiality of the data processed on behalf of its customers. A widely recognized auditing standard developed by the American Institute of Certified Public Accounts (AICPA), SOC 2 compliance confirms Stardog's controls and processes meet AICPA Trust Service Criteria.
"As enterprise organizations use knowledge graph in the cloud to help them democratize data access and scale analytics insight, they need confidence that their data is secure," said Mike Grove, SVP, Engineering & Information Security of Stardog. "Achieving SOC 2 Type 1 certification eliminates the burden on our customers of securing data, allowing them to focus on driving business outcomes."
Unlike traditional graph databases, every aspect of Stardog Enterprise Knowledge Graph is built for enterprise-grade data integration, management, and analytics, including data encryption, role-based access privileges, performance, and scalability. To learn more about Stardog's commitment to security, privacy, and compliance, please visit its Trust & Security Center.
- Stardog Trust & Security Center
- Forrester Consulting Knowledge Graph ROI Study
- McKnight Knowledge Graph Performance Benchmark Report
Stardog is the ultimate semantic data layer to get better insight faster. Organizations like Boehringer Ingelheim, Schneider Electric, and NASA rely on the Stardog Enterprise Knowledge Graph to accelerate insights from data lakes, data warehouses, or any enterprise data source with as much as 320% ROI, according to a commissioned Forrester Consulting Study. Learn more at stardog.com.
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Longview ISD officials: ‘Our hearts are broken’ after incoming high school student fatally shot
Posted/updated on: August 10, 2022 at 8:33 amLONGVIEW — Longview ISD officials said their “hearts are broken” after an incoming high school student died on Tuesday. “Longview Independent School District is shocked and saddened to learn about the tragic death of incoming Longview High School freshman Rahsaan ‘Bobo’ Jefferson,” said the school district. According to our news partner KETK, Longview police said Jefferson died folowing a shooting at the Preserve Apartments on West Avalon Avenue on Monday night. The school district extended their condolences to Rahsaan’s loved ones. “To lose any member of our Lobo family hurts, but especially one so young,” said James Brewer, the Longview High School Principal. “Crisis counselors and campus administrators will be on hand for any students and staff who need assistance.”
Rahsaan’s friends and teammates called him “Bobo.” He was a talented student-athlete at Foster Middle School. This summer, Rahsaan had joined the Lobos freshman football team. Coach John King told his players about the student’s passing on Tuesday and grief counselors were available. “Our thoughts and prayers are with Rahsaan’s loved ones during this difficult time,” said King. The district also asked people to respect the family and friends’ privacy at this time.
Detectives are still investigating the shooting. Anyone with any information is encouraged to contact the Longview Police Department at 903-237-1110, or send a tip anonymously to Gregg County Crime Stoppers at 903-236-STOP(7867) or online here. | https://ktbb.com/post/?p=1152283 | 2022-08-10T15:05:57Z | https://ktbb.com/post/?p=1152283 | true |
CHICAGO, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Luster Products, the leading manufacturer of premium personal care products providing daily maintenance and styling solutions for all hair types and textures for the last 65 years, has expanded its Luster's Pink product range with the launch of a Comfort Oil scalp serum and an updated look for its classic Oil Moisturizer Hair Lotion and Glosser.
The Luster's Pink Comfort Oil scalp serum is formulated with an outstanding combination of rich natural oils and botanical extracts that effectively soothes and calms dry, itchy scalps with a comforting tingle you can feel. It also delivers brilliant shine to dry, dull hair.
"With the introduction of our Comfort Oil, we wanted to address common concerns we hear from consumers about the various scalp conditions they experience while wearing different looks; especially, protective styles such as braids, wigs or sew-in weaves, which can put extra tension on the scalp and increase the chance for build-up, dryness and irritation," said Resa Luster-Mac senior brand manager and third generation Luster executive at Luster Products. "Our new Comfort Oil scalp serum will help to relieve and alleviate some of these scalp challenges from the very first use."
The Comfort Oil joins Luster's Pink Natural Oil Blends collection which also includes its Lush Growth Oil and Trueshine Oil Mist:
- NEW - Luster's Pink Comfort Oil (4fl oz - $8.99) – This soothing scalp serum provides a comforting tingling sensation that calms scalp irritation and itchiness, relieves tension, and lubricates dry scalp and helps to prevent flaking. It can be used daily for all hair types and styles and is safe for color-treated hair.
The Comfort Oil is formulated with Peppermint Oil, Lavender Oil, Camphor, Aloe Vera, Clary Sage Oil, Rosemary Oil and more.
In addition to the introduction of the Comfort Oil, Luster's Pink is also revealing a new look for its Oil Moisturizer Hair Lotion and Glosser.
"Our Oil Moisturizer Hair Lotion, affectionately called "Pink Lotion" for short by our most supportive fans, and our Glosser have served multiple generations of consumers for more than 50 years, Luster-Mac added."
"This packaging update maintains classic characteristics of the original product, including their iconic formulas, while also adding subtle design elements that we hope will delight both existing and new consumers earning us a permanent spot in their beauty stash," she added.
- Luster's Pink Original Oil Moisturizer Hair Lotion (8oz - $5.19) – Moisturizes extra dry hair and scalp. Fortified with vitamin E and provitamin B5, it nourishes, softens, smooths, boosts shine and improves the appearance of damaged hair. It eases combing, helping to minimize breakage and retain length.
The Oil Moisturizer Hair Lotion is formulated with Provitamin B5 and Vitamin E.
- Luster's Pink Glosser (8oz - $4.69) –This frizz-fighting finishing mist delivers pure shine and smoothness to any style. It contains a blend of natural emollients, botanical extracts and vitamin E that revitalizes dull hair, leaving it silky with no build-up.
The Glosser is formulated with Aloe Vera, Shea Butter and Jojoba Oil and Vitamin E.
Luster's Pink Comfort Oil is currently available exclusively at LusterProducts.com.
Luster's Pink Oil Moisturizer Hair Lotion and Glosser are available at LusterProducts.com, Walmart, Family Dollar, CVS Pharmacy, Walgreens, Rite Aid, Target, Sally Beauty and beauty supply stores nationwide.
Since 1967, ten years after the creation of Luster Products by Fred Luster, Sr., Luster's Pink® has provided daily hair care and styling products for all hair types and textures beginning with its now iconic Pink Oil Moisturizer Lotion from the Pink Classic collection as well as its Pink Kids, Moisture Maintenance and Shea Butter Coconut Oil collections. All Luster's Pink products are formulated with the best performing ingredients to moisturize, strengthen and shield hair against damage. For more information about Luster's Pink, visit www.LustersPink.com. You can also join the Luster's Pink conversation on Facebook.com/LustersPink, Instagram (@LustersPink), TikTok (@LustersPink) and Twitter (@LustersPink). To start your own conversation about the brand social media, use its official #LustersPink hashtag.
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ARKANSAS, USA — Arkansas ranks 43rd in the country for child-wellbeing according to a new study. Governor Asa Hutchinson says when it comes to this, the state has made progress but has to do more.
Today, he announced new initiatives to improve care for kids and moms.
Governor Hutchinson says the state started working on these new initiatives before the near ban on abortion took effect... That said, about 3,000 abortions were performed in Arkansas last year.
Hutchinson says added investment and support are needed with more babies being born into situations where a mom might have considered an abortion.
That’s why the Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS) wants to expand Medicaid services for pregnant women to have coverage for all healthcare needs including behavioral health services while they are pregnant and after they give birth.
“That will save children’s lives as well as the health of the mom. The health of the mom, the mental well-being of the mom is directly related to the well-being of the child and so when we address one, we address both,” said Hutchinson.
This expansion needs federal approval but is expected to start in January 2023. The state is also looking to extend home visitation services to high-risk pregnant women within traditional Medicaid.
Hannah Cheung is the education facilitator at Shared Beginnings, a birth-family support and adoption agency. She says these initiatives will be life-changing for the women they help as many don’t get prenatal care because of the cost or transportation.
“It’s either, 'I go and get into a lot of debt, I’m not going to be able to afford this,' or they chose 'I’m not going to get this care and hope that everything works out okay.' So, this extra funding will allow for them to receive the healthcare they really desperately need, and it will also make it so when the child is born, they are less likely to have complications,” she said.
DHS is also looking to increase monthly payments to foster parents. Cheung, who is a foster parent, says the monthly payment her family receives for help with expenses hasn’t increased since 2009 while the cost of everything has increased.
“It costs quite a bit to raise a child and raise them well especially when you want these children to feel like any other child. We don’t want to treat them any differently than we would a biological child, and so this support from this initiative will really help foster families be able to care for more children potentially or to care for the children they have in their home even better,” she said.
Another addition will be that grandparents or family members who foster a family member will get the same monthly payments as traditional foster parents. | https://www.thv11.com/article/life/family/arkansas-increase-maternal-healthcare/527-22fb6a90-197c-48a7-8397-20e57359e805 | 2022-08-10T15:10:25Z | https://www.thv11.com/article/life/family/arkansas-increase-maternal-healthcare/527-22fb6a90-197c-48a7-8397-20e57359e805 | false |
Snapchat introduces first parental controls, allowing parents see who their teens are messaging
Snapchat is rolling out its first parental controls as social media platforms face increasing scrutiny for exposing young users to potentially harmful content.
Despite the rise of TikTok, Snapchat and its disappearing messages have remained popular with teens with an estimated 46 million monthly activate users in the United States.
Snap, Snapchat’s parent company, said in a blog post that the company is introducing Family Center for parents to gain better visibility into how their teens used the social networking app.
In this photo illustration, a Snapchat logo is displayed on a smartphone screen. (Photo Illustration by Avishek Das/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
"Family Center is designed to reflect the way that parents engage with their teens in the real world, where parents usually know who their teens are friends with and when they are hanging out – but don’t eavesdrop on their private conversations" the blog post said.
To use the new feature, parents or guardians will need to install the Snapchat app on their own device in order to link their account to their teens through an invitation process.
In this photo illustration, the multimedia messaging SnapChat logo is displayed on a smartphone screen. (Photo Illustration by Budrul Chukrut/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Once set-up, parents will be able to see which accounts the teen is having conversations with on the app over the past seven days, without being able to view the content of those messages. They’ll also be able to view the teen’s friend list and report potential abuse to Snap’s Trust & Safety team for review.
"Parents, guardians, or trusted relatives aged 25+ can invite their family members to join Family Center," explained the company in a video introducing the feature. Only Snapchat users between the ages of 13-18 are able to join a parent’s Family Center.
The update follows the launches of similar parental control features across social media platforms like Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube.
Social media companies have prioritized introducing parental controls to comply with the UK's Digital Services Act (DSA). The act includes a ban on targeted advertising aimed at children and prohibits the algorithmic promotion of content that could be harmful for minors such as videos related to eating disorders or self-harm.
In the US, a Senate panel has approved the Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act and the Kids Online Safety Act which would limit the data that tech companies can collect on minors and allow that data to be more easily deleted.
Snapchat also announced that they will roll out additional features to the Family Center in the fall, including content controls for parents and the ability for teens to notify their parents when they report an account or piece of content.
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C-Store Women's Event will take place Nov. 2023 in Napa Valley, CA.
CHICAGO, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Winsight is thrilled to announce the addition of C-Store Women's Event (CSW) to its product portfolio. CSW will launch Nov. 2023 in Napa Valley, CA.
CSW is designed to empower and develop women in the convenience store industry. This two-day, highly interactive event will combine career development education, problem-solving, networking, and experiences designed to empower women as leaders in the industry.
CSW attendees will have special access to:
- Two days at an upscale location with unique networking opportunities
- Training and education led by top career growth professionals
- Working sessions throughout the year
"According to McKinsey & Company, it will take up to one hundred years to reach gender parity at the CEO level. Our aim is to accelerate that," says Amanda Buehner, SVP, Communities and Retail Conferences. "CSW is a true women's leadership program. We look forward to partnering with industry leaders to make positive change."
CSW is open to anyone in the retail foodservice space who is in an executive role or has leadership potential and wants to learn how to grow their careers.
Winsight is the convenience store industry's premier resource for convenience and foodservice media and events, and the team behind CSP magazine, Outlook Leadership conference, and Convenience Retailing University.
Contacts:
Amanda Buehner, SVP, Communities and Retail Conferences, Winsight, LLC, abuehner@winsightmedia.com
Britta Baarstad, Senior Director, Marketing, Winsight, LLC, bbaarstad@winsightmedia.com
Winsight LLC is a business-to-business information, event and market intelligence company serving the restaurant and noncommercial foodservice, convenience and petroleum retailing and grocery industries. Winsight provides research and analytics, branding solutions, face-to-face opportunities, lead generation initiatives and content marketing services through products including subscription data products, reports, research tools, research programs, fully custom studies, conferences, custom marketing services, meetings, print and digital trade media.
For more information on Winsight, go to www.winsightmedia.com.
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(The Hill) – Annual consumer inflation dipped to 8.5% in July after hitting a 40-year high of 9.1% in June, as falling gas prices finally gave consumers a break at the pump.
But it’s not clear whether the latest dip means the U.S. economy has finally broken the back of inflation or if the lull is only temporary. Inflation has been rising rapidly since the middle of 2020, but has seen a couple of quick dips during that period, notably from July to August in 2021 and from March to April of this year.
The latest numbers from the Department of Labor show that the index for energy in July was up 32.9% annually, falling from 41.6% in June. The food index was up 10.9% annually, rising from 10.4% in June.
July core inflation, which is all goods minus the particularly volatile categories of food and energy, stayed at 5.9%.
The Federal Reserve has been hiking interest rates since March in an effort to tame inflation that the central bank and Treasury Department had initially described as “transitory.” Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said earlier this year that she’d been wrong about this characterization of inflation, which has proven to be a much more significant problem in the wake of global private-sector shutdowns caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Markets had been preparing for news of Wednesday’s reprieve. U.S. equity futures had been trading slightly higher ahead of the report from the Department of Labor, with contracts for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq stock indices both up 0.3% in wary trading. | https://www.krqe.com/news/inflation-eases-in-july-but-remains-near-40-year-highs/ | 2022-08-10T15:12:38Z | https://www.krqe.com/news/inflation-eases-in-july-but-remains-near-40-year-highs/ | false |
As concerns about social media’s harmful effects on teens continue to rise, platforms from Snapchat to TikTok to Instagram are bolting on new features they say will make their services safer and more age appropriate. But the changes rarely address the elephant in the the room — the algorithms pushing endless content that can drag anyone, not just teens, into harmful rabbit holes.
The tools do offer some help, such as blocking strangers from messaging kids. But they also share some deeper flaws, starting with the fact that teenagers can get around limits if they lie about their age. The platforms also place the burden of enforcement on parents. And they do little or nothing to screen for inappropriate and harmful material served up by algorithms that can affect teens’ mental and physical well-being.
“These platforms know that their algorithms can sometimes be amplifying harmful content, and they’re not taking steps to stop that,” said Irene Ly, privacy counsel at the nonprofit Common Sense Media. The more teens keep scrolling, the more engaged they get — and the more engaged they are, the more profitable they are to the platforms, she said. “I don’t think they have too much incentive to be changing that.”
Take, for instance, Snapchat, which on Tuesday introduced new parental controls in what it calls the “Family Center” — a tool that lets parents see who their teens are messaging, though not the content of the messages themselves. One catch: both parents and their children have to opt into to the service.
Nona Farahnik Yadegar, Snap’s director of platform policy and social impact, likens it to parents wanting to know who their kids are going out with.
If kids are headed out to a friend’s house or are meeting up at the mall, she said, parents will typically ask, “Hey, who are you going to meet up with? How do you know them?” The new tool, she said, aims to give parents ”the insight they really want to have in order to have these conversations with their teen while preserving teen privacy and autonomy.”
These conversations, experts agree, are important. In an ideal world, parents would regularly sit down with their kids and have honest talks about social media and the dangers and pitfalls of the online world.
But many kids use a bewildering variety of platforms, all of which are constantly evolving — and that stacks the odds against parents expected to master and monitor the controls on multiple platforms, said Josh Golin, executive director of children’s digital advocacy group Fairplay.
“Far better to require platforms to make their platforms safer by design and default instead of increasing the workload on already overburdened parents,” he said.
The new controls, Golin said, also fail to address a myriad of existing problems with Snapchat. These range from kids misrepresenting their ages to “compulsive use” encouraged by the app’s Snapstreak feature to cyberbullying made easier by the disappearing messages that still serve as Snapchat’s claim to fame.
Farahnik Yadegar said Snapchat has “strong measures” to deter kids from falsely claiming to be over 13. Those caught lying about their age have their account immediately deleted, she said. Teens who are over 13 but pretend to be even older get one chance to correct their age.
Detecting such lies isn’t foolproof, but the platforms have several ways to get at the truth. For instance, if a user’s friends are mostly in their early teens, it’s likely that the user is also a teenager, even if they said they were born in 1968 when they signed up. Companies use artificial intelligence to look for age mismatches. A person’s interests might also reveal their real age. And, Farahnik Yadegar pointed out, parents might also find out their kids were fibbing about their birth date if they try to turn on parental controls but find their teens ineligible.
Child safety and teen mental health are front and center in both Democratic and Republicans critiques of tech companies. States, which have been much more aggressive about regulating technology companies than the federal government, are also turning their attention to the matter. In March, several state attorneys general launched a nationwide investigation into TikTok and its possible harmful effects on young users’ mental health.
TikTok is the most popular social app U.S. teenagers use, according to a new report out Wednesday from the Pew Research Center, which found that 67% say they use the Chinese-owned video sharing platform. The company has said that it focuses on age-appropriate experiences, noting that some features, such as direct messaging, are not available to younger users. It says features such as a screen-time management tool help young people and parents moderate how long children spend on the app and what they see. But critics note such controls are leaky at best.
“It’s really easy for kids to try to get past these these features and just go off on their own,” said Ly of Common Sense Media.
Instagram, which is owned by Facebook parent Meta, is the second most popular app with teens, Pew found, with 62% saying they use it, followed by Snapchat with 59%. Not surprisingly, only 32% of teens reported ever having used Facebook, down from 71% in 2014 and 2015, according to the report.
Last fall, former Facebook employee-turned whistleblower Frances Haugen exposed internal research from the company concluding that the social network’s attention-seeking algorithms contributed to mental health and emotional problems among Instagram-using teens, especially girls. That revelation led to some changes; Meta, for instance, scrapped plans for an Instagram version aimed at kids under 13. The company has also introduced new parental control and teen well-being features, such as nudging teens to take a break if they scroll for too long.
Such solutions, Ly said, are “sort of getting at the problem, but basically going around it and not getting to the root cause of it.” | https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/social-media-offers-parents-more-controls-but-do-they-help/2022/08/10/1d1df63e-18bb-11ed-b998-b2ab68f58468_story.html | 2022-08-10T15:12:57Z | https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/social-media-offers-parents-more-controls-but-do-they-help/2022/08/10/1d1df63e-18bb-11ed-b998-b2ab68f58468_story.html | true |
Mapp benefits from rising demand for support in multichannel marketing across all industries
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mapp, the international leading provider of insight-led customer experiences, has today announced strong financial growth in the first half of 2022, increasing business from newly acquired customers by 23% year-on-year. Cross-selling revenues have also more than doubled to 105% year-on-year in 2022.
Mapp continues to grow from increased interest in delivering personalized customer experiences through actionable customer insights. Mapp solutions, which enable marketing optimization and greater levels of efficiency, are also proving popular with both new and existing customers from various industries across the globe.
In the first half of the year, big brands were acquired and relationships with existing customers were significantly expanded with brands including LloydsPharmacy, West Ham, PBSL and Sensilab in the UK and Imperial Fashion in Italy. In Germany, new customers include Morawa, Optiopay, and Koffer-Kopf.
Mapp's dynamic business development underpins the company's positioning as one of the largest independent marketing cloud solutions for medium-sized and enterprise-level companies. Companies from all industries are looking for independent and, above all, cookie-free marketing alternatives, where Mapp has an impressive track-record as a strong partner.
In the past six months, Mapp was also able to establish several strategically important partnerships with other agencies including Paase, Pushon, Alpenite, Connexia, Storeis, ProWeb and Shaw Scott.
Steve Warren, CEO of Mapp, comments on the positive first half-year: "The commitment of each and every one of our employees has once again led to the fantastic results we've seen this year. Today's fast-moving market needs marketing intelligence based on first-party customer data while ensuring data-protection compliance. At the same time, cost and marketing efficiency are important now more than ever. For these reasons, both our new and existing customers are increasingly using the entire Mapp Cloud to benefit their businesses."
Mapp Cloud and its capabilities can be easily integrated into existing MarTech stacks and combined with a wide variety of third-party systems. Data is exchanged and consolidated flexibly via APIs. Mapp Cloud also has an integrated Customer Data Platform (CDP) at its core This allows data to be bundled and used across multiple channels for unified customer profiles, to enable a personalized and targeted reach. The Mapp Intelligence customer analytics module is designed to unlock the full potential of first-party data for successful marketing campaigns by providing actionable insights. The cross-channel marketing component Mapp Engage makes it possible to address customers as needed via email, direct mail, push message, SMS or web and to automate the entire customer journey.
About Mapp
Marketers and data specialists should be able to focus on what will make a difference for their business, instead of spending all their time taming the technology behind it. With the #1 insight-led customer experience platform, Mapp Cloud, they can focus on what really counts - and the exciting insights that come with it. Thanks to customer intelligence and marketing analytics, companies can easily and effectively gain data-driven customer insights across all channels in order to trigger highly personalized marketing activities. Customers benefit from AI-supported forecasting models that enable targeted and self-optimizing cross-channel campaigns. Automated messages are sent via the most suitable marketing channel, at the right time, with the optimal contact frequency. Thanks to advanced one-to-one personalization, the highest levels of engagement and long-term customer loyalty are achieved.
Mapp operates globally with offices in seven countries and helps more than 700 brands including Farrow & Ball, PepsiCo, Ella's Kitchen, Vivienne Westwood, The Entertainer, JYSK, Diageo, WestHam United F.C., and LloydsPharmacy.
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Kobe Bryant was one of the most photogenic sports figures in Los Angeles and images of him seen by millions around the world — smiling in victory, grimacing in agony — keep his memory alive.
But some photos of him should never be seen, his widow says, and she's seeking unspecified millions in compensation for snapshots taken of the NBA star’s corpse that were circulated after he was killed in a helicopter crash with their daughter and seven others in 2020.
Vanessa Bryant's invasion of privacy trial against the Los Angeles County sheriff's and fire departments begins Wednesday in a U.S. District Court just over a mile from where Kobe Bryant played most of his career with the Lakers.
Vanessa Bryant claims deputies did not take the photos for investigative purposes and shared them with firefighters who responded to the crash scene. The lawsuit said a deputy showed the photos to bar patrons and a firefighter showed them off-duty colleagues.
“Mrs. Bryant feels ill at the thought that sheriff’s deputies, firefighters, and members of the public have gawked at gratuitous images of her deceased husband and child," according to the lawsuit. "She lives in fear that she or her children will one day confront horrific images of their loved ones online.”
Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, and other parents and players were flying to a girls basketball tournament when their chartered helicopter crashed in the Calabasas hills west of Los Angeles in fog. Federal safety officials blamed pilot error for the wreck.
Vanessa Bryant has also sued the helicopter charter company and the deceased pilot’s estate.
The county has argued that Bryant has suffered emotional distress from the deaths, not the photos, which were ordered deleted by Sheriff Alex Villanueva. They said the photos have never been in the media, on the internet or otherwise publicly disseminated and that the lawsuit is speculative about harm she may suffer.
A law prompted by the crash makes it a crime for first responders to take unauthorized photos of deceased people at the scene of an accident or crime.
The county already agreed to pay $2.5 million to settle a similar case brought by two families whose relatives died in the Jan. 26, 2020, crash.
Vanessa Bryant did not settle her case, indicating she's seeking more.
The litigation has at times been ugly. | https://www.ksby.com/news/national/vanessa-bryants-lawsuit-over-kobe-bryant-crash-photos-to-be-heard-by-la-jury | 2022-08-10T15:17:46Z | https://www.ksby.com/news/national/vanessa-bryants-lawsuit-over-kobe-bryant-crash-photos-to-be-heard-by-la-jury | true |
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I'm a massage therapist and I found that some clients couldn't handle the strong scent of medicinal balms," said an inventor, from Poquoson, Va., "so I invented the MACH DEM MUSCULAR OINTMENT. My design would provide a natural, pleasant-smelling alternative to many of the muscle balms available and it can also be used to treat tension headaches and chest congestion."
The patent-pending invention provides a natural topical ointment for muscle aches and pains. In doing so, it offers an alternative to traditional ointments with strong medicinal scents. As a result, it helps to relieve sore muscles, congestion, tension headaches, etc. It also offers a pleasant scent and a cooling sensation. The invention features a versatile design that is easy to apply so it is ideal for massage therapists, active individuals, athletes and others who experience pain, sore muscles, tension headaches, etc. Additionally, it is producible in design variations and a prototype is available.
The original design was submitted to the Virginia sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-VIG-423, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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Supreme Corporation's VOLT smart yarns and fabrics embedded with sensors for detecting vital signs have practical application in wearable products for healthcare, medical, military and sports markets.
HICKORY, N.C., Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Supreme Corporation, a leader in smart textiles and developer of the world's most conductive smart yarn, has been named a 2022 Top 10 Wearable Technology Solutions Provider by Applied Technology Review. Additionally, Supreme Corporation and CEO Matt Kolmes are featured as the cover story of July's 2022 issue of Applied Technology Review to discuss innovative progress made with the capabilities of its sensor-embedded smart yarn to measure vital signs through smart fabric.
"We are honored to be named among this year's Top 10 Wearable Technology Solutions providers by Applied Technology Review," said Kolmes. "Innovation and improving quality of life by harnessing the superior performance capabilities of our smart yarns, are at the heart of what we do at Supreme. We are grateful to have a team of dedicated employees and business partners that are creating never-before-seen solutions in wearable technology products for first responders, military, healthcare and sports markets."
After years of research and development, Supreme has embedded SansEC (yarn) sensors in its high-tech VOLT smart fabrics to create the possibility of wearable products that can detect, among other things, if a person is becoming ill or exhibits distress using collected vital sign measurements such as blood pressure, temperature and moisture. Supreme is currently seeking partners to collaborate on an iOS and Android app with Bluetooth connectivity to the sensors and allow for greater market commercialization.
In partnerships with Propel, LLC, and VOSiq, VOLT smart yarns incorporates electronic devices that can be used to create bio sensing apparel with Personal Safety Device ("PSD") capabilities for military and first responders. These include apparel with superior thermoregulating properties, VitalProbe Inc. medical grade body sensors, and CatM1 (GPS) body-worn tracking.
Further innovation has led to experimentation with VOLT smart yarns to create a form of smart bandage that utilizes nanoscience and Photomedicine to speed up the healing process of a wound or infection.
For more information on Supreme Corporation or to partner with Supreme, visit www.supremecorporation.com.
A leader in smart textiles, fiber and safety apparel technology, Supreme Corporation manufactures innovative specialty yarns and safety apparel. The privately-held, Hickory, NC-based company has held 185 patents in 60 countries and currently has 64 active patents in high-tech yarns and fabrics, with another 14 patents pending.
VOLT Smart Yarns is a new division of Supreme Corporation. Using exclusive and patented processes, Supreme engineers are able to create revolutionary highly-conductive custom Volt Smart Yarns with specific levels of conductivity, resistance, and strength. These Volt Smart Yarns harness the power of highly conductive copper wires to deliver yarns and sewing threads that are poised to change the world and what is possible in Smart Textiles. The conductivity of the smart yarns allows for wearable products that are entirely washable and powered by the SansEC sensing system, eliminating the need for wires, battery packs and transmitters.
Contact:
Matt Kolmes
Chief Executive Officer
mkolmes@supremecorporation.com
(828) 322 6975
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Maven Clinic guides members from family planning and pregnancy through postpartum and early parenting
DETROIT, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Blue Care Network will offer a new, comprehensive family building and maternity support solution for 2023 open enrollment. It includes a personalized digital care app to help guide members on their journey through family planning, including different paths to parenthood, pregnancy, postpartum and pediatrics. In partnership with Maven Clinic, a comprehensive digital family health platform, members will get access to support throughout the entire journey from family building and pregnancy through postpartum and early parenting. The program will help Blue Cross address gaps in care around maternity care and family health and improve clinical outcomes for parents and babies.
Family planning, pregnancy and parenthood can be difficult to navigate, especially for first-time parents. This solution with Maven serves as an extension of the member's fertility and maternity benefits and coverage providing supplemental support and education in between a member's regularly scheduled, in-person prenatal and postpartum appointments, when it's often needed most. Delivering one-on-one support from a Care Advocate who can address questions and concerns 24/7 and help members find high-quality, in-network providers, the program also offers virtual clinical support from more than 30 specialty providers including obstetricians, pediatricians, lactation consultants, pediatric sleep coaches and psychologists available within 30 minutes.
"Supporting new parents is more important than ever when it comes to not only maintaining healthy families, but ensuring a strong and diverse workforce for employers," said Aji Abraham, senior vice president of Health Plan Business Innovation and Market Solutions at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. "We know there's an urgent need for easier access to support services and health care providers to improve maternal and infant outcomes, while also helping parents return to the workforce postpartum. We're confident this partnership will help us address these challenges while supporting Michigan families and those of our customers across the country through every step of this exciting stage of their lives."
Offering support for each stage of the journey, three customized programs are provided within the platform including Family Building, Maternity, and Parenting and Pediatrics. The Family Building program includes resources pertaining to fertility treatment, preconception care, egg freezing, and adoption and surrogacy. Maternity is a 12-month pregnancy program spanning prenatal and postpartum resources, NICU support and high-risk pregnancy management. Lastly, the Parenting and Pediatrics program is geared toward parents with children 1-10 years of age providing pediatric care, parent coaching, special needs support and childcare navigation. The Maternity program also includes a partner track program for the covered spouse at no additional cost.
"We are thrilled to partner with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan to increase access to care, drive equity in the patient experience, and improve clinical outcomes across fertility, maternity, and all family journeys," said Kate Ryder, founder and CEO of Maven Clinic. "Through our partnership, fully-insured employers gain Maven Maternity, and self-insured employers can purchase any combination of the three programs that best fit their company needs to reduce healthcare costs and improve talent retention."
In addition to the three core programs, a reimbursement tool, Maven Wallet, is available to pair with the Family Building program. Maven Wallet makes it easy for self-funded employers to reimburse employees for adoption and surrogacy expenses as decided by the employer.
Among users of the Maven app on average, there has been a 20 percent lower incidence of c-sections, 28 percent lower NICU admissions and 28 percent of users reported they were better able to manage their anxiety or depression. In addition, some employers have seen a 90 percent return-to-work rate far above the 57 percent national average. To learn more about the Family Building and Maternity Support Solution, visit https://www.bcbsm.com/employers/improved-care/family-building/ for additional details.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, a nonprofit mutual insurance company, is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. BCBSM provides health benefits to more than 4.7 million members residing in Michigan in addition to employees of Michigan-headquartered companies residing outside the state. The company has been committed to delivering affordable health care products through a broad variety of plans for businesses, individuals and seniors for more than 80 years. Beyond health care coverage, BCBSM supports impactful community initiatives and provides leadership in improving health care. For more information, visit bcbsm.com and MiBluesPerspectives.com.
Maven is the largest virtual clinic for women's and family health, offering continuous, holistic care for fertility, pregnancy and parenting. Maven's award-winning digital programs are trusted by leading employers and health plans to reduce costs and drive better health outcomes for both parents and children. Founded in 2014 by CEO Kate Ryder, Maven has been recognized as Fast Company's #1 Most Innovative Health Company and been named a CNBC Disruptor 50. Maven has raised more than $200 million in funding from leading investors including Sequoia, Oak HC/FT, Dragoneer Investment Group and Lux Capital. To learn more about how Maven is reimagining life's most critical healthcare moment, visit us at mavenclinic.com.
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As concerns about social media's harmful effects on teens continue to rise, platforms from Snapchat to TikTok to Instagram are bolting on new features they say will make their services safer and more age appropriate. But the changes rarely address the elephant in the the room — the algorithms pushing endless content that can drag anyone, not just teens, into harmful rabbit holes.
The tools do offer some help, such as blocking strangers from messaging kids. But they also share some deeper flaws, starting with the fact that teenagers can get around limits if they lie about their age. The platforms also place the burden of enforcement on parents. And they do little or nothing to screen for inappropriate and harmful material served up by algorithms that can affect teens' mental and physical well-being.
“These platforms know that their algorithms can sometimes be amplifying harmful content, and they’re not taking steps to stop that,” said Irene Ly, privacy counsel at the nonprofit Common Sense Media. The more teens keep scrolling, the more engaged they get — and the more engaged they are, the more profitable they are to the platforms, she said. "I don’t think they have too much incentive to be changing that.”
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Take, for instance, Snapchat, which on Tuesday introduced new parental controls in what it calls the “Family Center" — a tool that lets parents see who their teens are messaging, though not the content of the messages themselves. One catch: both parents and their children have to opt into to the service.
Nona Farahnik Yadegar, Snap's director of platform policy and social impact, likens it to parents wanting to know who their kids are going out with.
If kids are headed out to a friend's house or are meeting up at the mall, she said, parents will typically ask, “Hey, who are you going to meet up with? How do you know them?” The new tool, she said, aims to give parents ”the insight they really want to have in order to have these conversations with their teen while preserving teen privacy and autonomy.”
These conversations, experts agree, are important. In an ideal world, parents would regularly sit down with their kids and have honest talks about social media and the dangers and pitfalls of the online world.
But many kids use a bewildering variety of platforms, all of which are constantly evolving — and that stacks the odds against parents expected to master and monitor the controls on multiple platforms, said Josh Golin, executive director of children’s digital advocacy group Fairplay.
“Far better to require platforms to make their platforms safer by design and default instead of increasing the workload on already overburdened parents,” he said.
The new controls, Golin said, also fail to address a myriad of existing problems with Snapchat. These range from kids misrepresenting their ages to “compulsive use” encouraged by the app's Snapstreak feature to cyberbullying made easier by the disappearing messages that still serve as Snapchat's claim to fame.
Farahnik Yadegar said Snapchat has “strong measures” to deter kids from falsely claiming to be over 13. Those caught lying about their age have their account immediately deleted, she said. Teens who are over 13 but pretend to be even older get one chance to correct their age.
Detecting such lies isn't foolproof, but the platforms have several ways to get at the truth. For instance, if a user's friends are mostly in their early teens, it's likely that the user is also a teenager, even if they said they were born in 1968 when they signed up. Companies use artificial intelligence to look for age mismatches. A person's interests might also reveal their real age. And, Farahnik Yadegar pointed out, parents might also find out their kids were fibbing about their birth date if they try to turn on parental controls but find their teens ineligible.
Child safety and teen mental health are front and center in both Democratic and Republicans critiques of tech companies. States, which have been much more aggressive about regulating technology companies than the federal government, are also turning their attention to the matter. In March, several state attorneys general launched a nationwide investigation into TikTok and its possible harmful effects on young users’ mental health.
TikTok is the most popular social app U.S. teenagers use, according to a new report out Wednesday from the Pew Research Center, which found that 67% say they use the Chinese-owned video sharing platform. The company has said that it focuses on age-appropriate experiences, noting that some features, such as direct messaging, are not available to younger users. It says features such as a screen-time management tool help young people and parents moderate how long children spend on the app and what they see. But critics note such controls are leaky at best.
“It’s really easy for kids to try to get past these these features and just go off on their own,” said Ly of Common Sense Media.
Instagram, which is owned by Facebook parent Meta, is the second most popular app with teens, Pew found, with 62% saying they use it, followed by Snapchat with 59%. Not surprisingly, only 32% of teens reported ever having used Facebook, down from 71% in 2014 and 2015, according to the report.
Last fall, former Facebook employee-turned whistleblower Frances Haugen exposed internal research from the company concluding that the social network’s attention-seeking algorithms contributed to mental health and emotional problems among Instagram-using teens, especially girls. That revelation led to some changes; Meta, for instance, scrapped plans for an Instagram version aimed at kids under 13. The company has also introduced new parental control and teen well-being features, such as nudging teens to take a break if they scroll for too long.
Such solutions, Ly said, are “sort of getting at the problem, but basically going around it and not getting to the root cause of it.” | https://wcfcourier.com/news/national/social-media-offers-parents-more-controls-but-do-they-help/article_aeb6d147-cbe0-5238-9358-20b9459903cb.html | 2022-08-10T15:23:11Z | https://wcfcourier.com/news/national/social-media-offers-parents-more-controls-but-do-they-help/article_aeb6d147-cbe0-5238-9358-20b9459903cb.html | true |
ATLANTA (AP) — Democratic Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams has COVID-19, her campaign said Wednesday.
Abrams campaign spokesperson Alex Floyd said Abrams tested positive for the respiratory illness Wednesday morning after giving a public speech on the economy Tuesday night in Atlanta.
Abrams tests daily for COVID-19, Floyd said, and had tested negative on Monday and Tuesday.
The Abrams campaign requires visitors to its campaign headquarters to wear masks and take a rapid test for COVID-19.
Abrams is fully vaccinated and boosted, Floyd said, and has mild symptoms. He said she is isolating at home “and looks forward to traveling across the state to meet Georgians as soon as possible.”
Among events Abrams had scheduled in coming days was a taping of Pod Save America. That podcast hosted by former aides to President Barack Obama has a live show scheduled Saturday in suburban Atlanta.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has never publicly announced testing positive for COVID-19, but it's been an issue for other candidates. Republican David Perdue tested positive during both his 2021 Senate runoff loss and his 2022 loss to Kemp in the Republican primary for governor. | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Abrams-tests-positive-for-COVID-19-has-mild-17364225.php | 2022-08-10T15:25:08Z | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Abrams-tests-positive-for-COVID-19-has-mild-17364225.php | true |
Updated August 10, 2022 at 10:31 AM ET
When it comes to inflation, the good news is that gas prices are dropping. The bad news is that other costs continue to climb faster than wages, and that's putting a strain on many family budgets across the country.
The Labor Department reported Wednesday that annual inflation dipped to 8.5% in July, from 9.1% the month before, thanks in part to a steep drop in gasoline prices.
Meanwhile, falling prices at the pump left the consumer price index unchanged between June and July. The average price of gasoline reached $4.01 a gallon on Wednesday, according to AAA, down sharply from the record high of $5.01 a gallon on June 14.
While that's some relief, Americans are still feeling squeezed by higher prices for other goods and services.
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"Sure, that's better than $5," says Spencer Sutton of Newport, Pa. of today's lower gas price. "But compared to what we were paying before everything started with the war in Ukraine, it's still a high cost."
Sutton also worries about the high cost of groceries and especially housing. To save on expenses while his wife finishes nursing school, the couple moved in with his mother.
"As a 30-year-old millennial, I did not think I would still be living with my mom, with my brother and my wife," Sutton says. "It's certainly not the most ideal arrangement, but with what's going on in today's day and age, you have to do what you have to do."
Housing costs contineu to climb
Housing costs — up 5.7% from a year ago — are a growing factor behind inflation. Rising rents and home prices are reflected only gradually in the Labor Department data, and those costs tend to be more persistent than volatile food and energy prices.
"That's moving in the wrong direction for the Federal Reserve," says Diane Swonk, chief economist for KPMG.
Annual core inflation, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, held steady in July at 5.9%.
But core prices rose just 0.3% between June and July — the smallest increase in ten months. Investors welcomed the sign that inflation may be cooling. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose more than 450 points in the first hour of trading.
Still, prices are rising faster than wages, chipping away at workers' purchasing power.
Penelope Valdespino switched this year from a retail job to a higher-paying post with the school district in San Antonio, Texas. Her larger paycheck is rapidly gobbled up, though, by rising prices.
"I finally moved over to a different job where yes, I'm going to be getting paid $3 or $4 more an hour," she says. "That's awesome, but to catch up and keep everything in order is still a challenge in this climate right now."
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Valdespino welcomes the drop in gasoline prices, but says she's still careful to limit unnecessary car trips. And she's watching her pennies at the grocery store, where prices have jumped 13.1% from a year ago.
"We're being really careful in how much meat we buy," she says.
Paychecks are not keeping pace with inflation
Sutton, who works for a dental insurance company, also got a raise this year, but says the money doesn't stretch as far as it used to.
"It wasn't enough to combat inflation and the rising cost of food," he says. "It's tough to get to the end of the week before you get paid and you're out of food and you're digging out of the freezer to try to find something."
Average wages in July were up 5.2% from a year ago — well short of the inflation rate.
Higher wages also complicate the Federal Reserve's efforts to fight inflation.
"We know how painful inflation is, especially for those living paycheck to paycheck," Fed chairman Jerome Powell said last month.
The Fed is trying to bring soaring prices under control by aggressively raising interest rates in an effort to tamp down demand.
But the Fed's task grew more challenging after last week's better-than-expected report on the labor market, which showed employers added 528,000 jobs last month.
"If those numbers are to be believed, we generated over a half-million new paychecks in the month of July, which is a lot of extra income," Swonk at KPMG says. "Even if individuals feel like they're losing ground relative to inflation, that extra income is supporting demand," keeping upward pressure on prices.
Before Wednesday's inflation report, many observers expected the central bank to approve another, jumbo interest rate increase of 0.75 percentage points at its next meeting in September, matching the rate hikes in June and July. After the report, oddsmakers tilted towards a smaller rate increase of 0.5 percentage points.
There's another benefit of falling gas prices
The sharp drop in gasoline prices may help curb inflation in another way.
Falling prices at the pump not only lowered July's headline inflation rate, but also appeared to reduce people's concerns about future inflation.
That's important because if people believe prices will keep climbing out of control, that can become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
A new survey by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York finds people's expectations of inflation one and three years into the future fell sharply between June and July, just as gas prices were coming down.
Swonk says gas prices have an outsize impact on people's attitudes about the economy, even though other expenses like food and rent make up a bigger part of the typical household budget.
"Even if you don't drive, you walk or drive by a gas station," Swonk says. "It's something we all notice, front and center, every day."
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Lawn care is made easy this summer with synthetic grass, says home contractor
Skip Bedell joined 'Fox & Friends' on Wednesday to discuss synthetic turf and the many types available
If you’re struggling to keep the grass green this summer, one home contractor has a recommendation.
ForeverLawn is a synthetic grass company that makes different types of grass for homeowners' needs.
Two brothers from northern Ohio — Dale and Brian Karmie — founded the company in 2004.
It now has over 80 dealers across the United States and Canada and is the leader in the synthetic turf industry.
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Home contractor Skip Bedell joined ‘Fox & Friends’ on Wednesday morning to showcase different options for people's homes no matter where they live or what type of climate they have.
The landscape option from ForeverLawn is made to be used on the entire yard.
It drains well and requires no fertilization or seeding, said Bedell.
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"It’s really great for the environment and water conservation for places like California, where you get a $500 fine to water your lawn," he said.
The K9 Grass is used for a specific portion of the yard.
Bedell said it drains fluids well.
ForeverLawn recommends training a dog to do its business on that portion of the lawn, as opposed to on the real grass — which can be damaged over time.
The Playground Grass is anti-static and meant for child’s play.
This grass can be overlaid on real grass or turf, said Bedell.
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"It comes with a soft backing behind it, so [it] really has safety in mind with the kids playing on this," he said.
ForeverLawn also has options for built-in balance beams and slides.
Sports Grass from ForeverLawn, another synthetic grass type, can be customized for any sport.
This synthetic grass is made for high traffic — so kids can roam all over it, said Bedell.
ForeverLawn also offers Golf Greens for the golf lover.
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This putting grass can be custom-sized as a putting green with a foldable tee box to be taken on the go.
NASCAR driver Jeffrey Earnhardt, grandson of Dale Earnhardt, made a guest appearance to promote his ForeverLawn car.
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Viewers can enter to win a V.I.P. NASCAR experience with ForeverLawn. Details about the contest can be found at skipbedell.com.
To learn more about the synthetic grass options mentioned on "Fox & Friends," watch the video at the top of this article, or click here to access it. | https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/lawn-care-easy-summer-synthetic-grass-home-contractor | 2022-08-10T15:27:55Z | https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/lawn-care-easy-summer-synthetic-grass-home-contractor | false |
ANN ARBOR, MI -- Cauliflower wings is my favorite way to eat vegetables and Detroit Street Filling Station is my favorite way to eat cauliflower wings.
Crunchy on the outside and tender on the inside, the Buffalo Cauliflower Wings from Detroit Street Filling Station are the perfect crossover between junk fried food and the sanctimonious health-guru feeling of eating cauliflower as a main dish. | https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2022/08/the-ideal-way-to-eat-your-veggies-is-cauliflower-wings-at-detroit-street-filling-station.html | 2022-08-10T15:28:08Z | https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2022/08/the-ideal-way-to-eat-your-veggies-is-cauliflower-wings-at-detroit-street-filling-station.html | false |
DALLAS (KDAF) — Read this next sentence in sing-song for the best reading experience. It’s the final countdown! The State Fair of Texas is within reach and fair season is unlike any other in the Lone Star State.
Food is at the forefront of what makes the State Fair of Texas different and better than any other fair in the country. Now, in early August, the fair is presenting its finalists for the 18th Annual Big Tex Choice Awards.
The fair said, “On Sunday, August 28, three winners will be crowned in the categories of: “Best Taste – Savory,” “Best Taste – Sweet,” and “Most Creative.” The competition began in early July with an impressive 51 entries represented by 36 concessionaires. Of those entries, 36 were selected as semi-finalists. Each entry was evaluated on four Fair-food elements: uniqueness, creativity, presentation, and taste. After some tasty tests and delicious dishes, votes were cast and the results are finally in!”
From the Best Taste – Savory category:
- Chicharron Explosion Nachos
- Deep Fried BLT
- Deep Fried Lasagna Roll
- Fried Charcuterie Board
- Holy Biscuit
From the Best Taste – Sweet category:
- Cha-Cha Chata
- Deep Fried Rocky Road with Blue Bell Ice Cream®
- La Bluebonnet
- Peanut Butter Paradise
- The Ultimate Brookie Monster | https://cw33.com/lifestyle/food-and-drink/photos-ready-for-fried-food-heaven-top-10-foods-for-2022-state-fair-of-texas-season/ | 2022-08-10T15:29:08Z | https://cw33.com/lifestyle/food-and-drink/photos-ready-for-fried-food-heaven-top-10-foods-for-2022-state-fair-of-texas-season/ | false |
NEW YORK, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Unit, the banking-as-a-service platform that empowers companies to embed financial services into their products, today announced a strategic partnership with Thread Bank, a leading digital-first bank based in Rogersville, Tennessee. Companies will now be able to easily embed a complete set of banking services into their products—including accounts, cards, payments, and lending—using a single platform, in a matter of weeks.
"In collaboration with Thread, Unit will be able to empower more companies to offer unique banking solutions based on industry-leading technology and partners," said Unit CEO and co-founder Itai Damti.
Chris Black, Thread CEO and President, said, "We believe the future of banking is digital, connected, contextual, and customer-first. Through meticulously-selected partnerships and technology, our unique and differentiated banking strategy will vastly improve the way individuals and small business customers manage everyday banking tasks. Unit's technology platform is not only proven and secure—it's also a nimble, evolving solution that continues to provide customers better products and services over time. We're thrilled to have Unit as a partner in our journey for engaging more customers in very new and exciting ways."
Together Unit and Thread Bank are well-positioned to offer customers seamless banking experiences by combining best-in-class finance and technology capabilities. The partnership has already been successful with several companies poised to launch banking and credit products in the coming weeks.
Thread Bank is one of four bank partners powering Unit's Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) platform. While most BaaS providers rely on a single bank partner, Unit maintains multiple bank relationships to support the widest range of financial products and expand capacity for clients.
Unit has become a market leader in embedded finance by serving customers including AngelList, HoneyBook, Homebase, Veryable, Roofstock, Hearth, and Benepass.
Unit is a banking-as-a-service platform that empowers companies to embed financial services into their product. Unit's platform accelerates time to market and enables companies to build and launch next-gen bank accounts, cards, payments, and lending products. Unit is headquartered in Tel Aviv and New York City and is backed by Insight Partners, Accel, Better Tomorrow Ventures, Aleph, Flourish Ventures, TLV Partners, and more.
Thread combines best-in-class technology with a streamlined experience to reduce the time, effort, and mental energy of business and personal banking. Formerly Civis Bank and Volunteer Bancorp, Inc., Thread was recapitalized by investors with a shared vision in helping business visionaries and dreamers succeed with a financial ecosystem that is connected, contextual, and customer-first. In addition to helping to shape the future of banking through the deployment of new technologies and new methods to deliver banking products and services, Thread operates two full-service branches in East Tennessee, as well as an LPO/DPO and executive office in Brentwood, Tennessee where the holding company is headquartered.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Chipotle Mexican Grill will pay $20 million to current and former workers at its New York City restaurants for violating city labor laws, Mayor Eric Adams announced Tuesday.
According to investigators, Chipotle’s violations of the city’s Fair Workweek law included failing to post work schedules 14 days in advance, pay a premium for schedule changes and offer available shifts to current employees before hiring new employees.
The settlement between the city and the California-based fast-food chain covers about 13,000 employees who worked at the chain’s New York City outlets between 2017 and this year. It is the result of an investigation by the city’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection into complaints filed by 160 Chipotle workers and Local 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union, city officials said.
“Today’s settlement with Chipotle is not only a victory for workers by securing up to $20 million in relief for approximately 13,000 workers, but also sends a strong message, as the largest worker protection settlement in New York City history, that we won’t stand by when workers’ rights are violated,” Adams, a Democrat, said in a statement.
Under the agreement, any hourly New York City Chipotle worker is eligible to receive $50 for each week worked between Nov. 26, 2017, and April 30, 2022. Chipotle will also pay $1 million in civil penalties to the city.
“We’re pleased to be able to resolve these issues and believe this settlement demonstrates Chipotle’s commitment to providing opportunities for all of our team members while also complying with the Fair Workweek law” Scott Boatwright, Chipotle’s chief restaurant officer, said in a statement.
Boatwright said the company has taken steps to improve compliance through measures such as improved time-keeping technology and looks forward to “continuing to promote the goals of predictable scheduling and access to work hours for those who want them.” | https://www.wjhl.com/news/national/chipotle-to-pay-20m-for-violating-new-york-city-labor-laws/ | 2022-08-10T15:35:05Z | https://www.wjhl.com/news/national/chipotle-to-pay-20m-for-violating-new-york-city-labor-laws/ | false |
MILWAUKEE, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- JVM Realty Corp., a leading vertically integrated multifamily real estate investment and property management firm, announced today it has acquired The Bevy, a 175-unit luxury apartment community in the Milwaukee suburb of Brown Deer.
"We are honored to add another acclaimed luxury multifamily community to our growing portfolio," said Jay Madary, president and CEO of JVM Realty Corp. "The Brown Deer area is undergoing major transformations that will bring increased market interest, and we expect The Bevy's top-notch amenities and location in a charming, pedestrian-friendly village will position it as a perennial favorite for renters."
Located at 8600 N. Deerwood Drive in a historic section of Brown Deer, The Bevy offers layouts ranging from studios to 3-bedroom, 2.5-bathroom townhomes with a den. Apartments are in elevator-serviced buildings with underground parking and the townhomes offer direct access two-car garages. In-unit amenities are on par with single-family homes and include stainless steel appliances, granite or quartz countertops, luxurious bathrooms with cultured marble counters, spacious walk-in closets, full-size washer and dryers, a smart home thermostat and private patios or balconies.
Built in 2021, the 4.75-acre community provides residents with a host of community activities including a 24-hour fitness center, clubhouse, outdoor terrace with grilling stations, 24-hour package room, storage lockers, a dog park and a pet spa. A new community-oriented gathering space will soon be completed across the street that features a beer garden, the Village Square, Farmer's Market, and direct access to Oak Leaf Trail system, a 135-mile biking and hiking trail at least a quarter of which hugs the beautiful shores of Lake Michigan.
The property is 15 minutes north of downtown Milwaukee and provides residents with convenient access to the area's award-winning healthcare providers and major employers including 14 Fortune 1000 manufacturers, banks and service organizations. The area is currently undergoing a $19 million road improvement project that will enhance traffic circulation in the immediate area.
With this latest acquisition, JVM now owns and manages two apartment communities in Wisconsin, and 21 communities throughout the Midwest.
About JVM Realty Corp.
JVM Realty Corporation is a respected name in the Midwest as a leader in multifamily real estate investment and property management. Since 1975, JVM has been committed to excellence and integrity and strives to be the preferred choice for its investors, residents, and associates. Based in Oak Brook, Illinois, JVM operates a $1.4 billion multifamily portfolio in the Greater Midwest, including Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri and Wisconsin. For more information, please visit www.jvmrealty.com.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for F, EVFM, RBLX, AMC, and SSNT.
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C-Store Women's Event will take place Nov. 2023 in Napa Valley, CA.
CHICAGO, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Winsight is thrilled to announce the addition of C-Store Women's Event (CSW) to its product portfolio. CSW will launch Nov. 2023 in Napa Valley, CA.
CSW is designed to empower and develop women in the convenience store industry. This two-day, highly interactive event will combine career development education, problem-solving, networking, and experiences designed to empower women as leaders in the industry.
CSW attendees will have special access to:
- Two days at an upscale location with unique networking opportunities
- Training and education led by top career growth professionals
- Working sessions throughout the year
"According to McKinsey & Company, it will take up to one hundred years to reach gender parity at the CEO level. Our aim is to accelerate that," says Amanda Buehner, SVP, Communities and Retail Conferences. "CSW is a true women's leadership program. We look forward to partnering with industry leaders to make positive change."
CSW is open to anyone in the retail foodservice space who is in an executive role or has leadership potential and wants to learn how to grow their careers.
Winsight is the convenience store industry's premier resource for convenience and foodservice media and events, and the team behind CSP magazine, Outlook Leadership conference, and Convenience Retailing University.
Contacts:
Amanda Buehner, SVP, Communities and Retail Conferences, Winsight, LLC, abuehner@winsightmedia.com
Britta Baarstad, Senior Director, Marketing, Winsight, LLC, bbaarstad@winsightmedia.com
Winsight LLC is a business-to-business information, event and market intelligence company serving the restaurant and noncommercial foodservice, convenience and petroleum retailing and grocery industries. Winsight provides research and analytics, branding solutions, face-to-face opportunities, lead generation initiatives and content marketing services through products including subscription data products, reports, research tools, research programs, fully custom studies, conferences, custom marketing services, meetings, print and digital trade media.
For more information on Winsight, go to www.winsightmedia.com.
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VERONA, Wis., Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Everlight Solar is proud to receive the Best Leadership Teams 2022 award. Everlight Solar is thrilled to receive this prestigious award. Every year Comparably celebrates the companies and leaders deemed as the most exceptional in 16 categories by those who know best – their own employees.
"Dynamic and effective leadership is more important than ever," said Jason Nazar, CEO of Comparably. "The executives at Everlight Solar impress at every level."
Comparably's 4th annual Best Leadership Teams award is derived from employees who anonymously rated their CEOs, executive leaders, and direct managers on Comparably.com over a 12-month period. The final data set was compiled from 10 million ratings across 60,000 companies, large and small.
"I would say the most positive things about the culture and environment are the amount of support from leaders and the motivation to grow with the company. It is like a family," says an anonymous team member.
Another anonymous team member said, "My leadership team is continually striving to be better each week, always giving us their very best selves as a person and a leader. Always keeping the energy very high and positive each and every day."
This is the third award that Everlight Solar has received from Comparably. Learn more about the previous Best Places to Work Awards and other Everlight Solar awards! Why Everlight Solar? See what makes Everlight an amazing company to work for.
Everlight Solar is the fastest-growing solar company in the Midwest, with operations in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Idaho, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Wyoming. To learn more about open jobs or about going solar for your own home, visit www.everlightsolar.com.
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LAKELAND, Fla., Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Florida Southern College is among the schools featured in the Fiske Guide to Colleges 2023, the 39th edition of the most authoritative guide to more than 320 of the best colleges and universities in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, and Ireland.
The College has been recognized in the independent annual guide since 2009.
"Our revolutionary engaged learning process, led by our faculty, differentiates Florida Southern College from everyone else," said Dr. Anne B. Kerr, FSC's president. "We provide the educational experience to our students, then we help place them in the workforce in a consequential manner."
Written by Edward B. Fiske, the former education editor for The New York Times, and the Guide's managing editor, Michelle Lecuyer, the Fiske Guide to Colleges provides college-bound students and their parents with detailed stories and up-to-date enrollment information, including quotes and tips that capture the personality of each school. Questionnaire responses from college administrators and students offer unique insights on a wide range of topics, from academics to social activities, housing, dining, financial aid, and the overall campus environment.
The new edition of the Fiske Guide highlights Florida Southern's focus on a hands-on pedagogy. "Florida Southern's core curriculum is based on student learning outcomes in eight areas, ranging from critical and creative thinking to effective communication to personal and social responsibility."
Additionally, the Guide points out that, "Forty-two percent of students carry out undergraduate research projects during their time at FSC, usually as part of a senior capstone course."
In its updated profile, the 2023 guide focuses on Florida Southern College's ability to help graduating seniors earn jobs in their chosen fields. "The Career Center is the best resource on campus," said one student. "They offer résumé building, [mock] interviews, and many more things to help you with your future career."
The Fiske Guide to Colleges 2023 is available in print as a trade paperback and in digital form through the iTunes app or Fiske Interactive Online.
Founded in 1883, Florida Southern College is the oldest private college in the state. The College maintains its commitment to academic excellence through 70+ undergraduate programs and distinctive graduate programs in business administration, education, nursing, and physical therapy. Florida Southern has a 14:1 student-to-faculty ratio, is an award-winning national leader in engaged learning, and boasts 30 NCAA Division II National Championships. Florida Southern is ranked at #8 among the "Best Regional Universities in the South" by U.S. News & World Report in its 2022 "Best Colleges" guide and is included in The Princeton Review's 2022 Best 387 Colleges guide and the "Fiske Guide to Colleges 2022." The 2021-2022 Colleges of Distinction guidebook praises Florida Southern's AACSB accredited Barney Barnett School of Business and Free Enterprise alongside the College's School of Education and its Ann Blanton Edwards School of Nursing and Health Sciences. Poets&Quants, U.S. News & World Report, Fortune, and The Princeton Review further laud the Barney Barnett School of Business and Free Enterprise and the Ann Blanton Edwards School of Nursing and Health Sciences as foremost programs in the nation for business and nursing education. Home to the world's largest single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture, FSC has appeared on The Princeton Review's top 20 "Most Beautiful Campus" national listing for 12 consecutive years. Connect with Florida Southern College.
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Advisors can build new private wealth client relationships from their retirement plan business
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. and CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- OneAmerica®, today with ProNvest, announced a new service feature that will help retirement plan advisors grow business by expanding their view of plan participants' total assets.
Within a secure online portal available through ProNvest, advisors will be able to offer participants the option of privately and securely connecting their current retirement plan data with other unconnected investments. This allows advisors to gain a more comprehensive view of a participant's overall financial picture and paves the way for participants to receive active account management, professional investment research, counseling, and advice from ProNvest — while positioning the plan advisor to provide assistance on assets outside of the current retirement plan.
OneAmerica has had a relationship with ProNvest for 17 years and is the first recordkeeper to integrate with this new advisor portal.
"This collaboration showcases what's important to OneAmerica — helping participants feel secure about their financial futures and helping advisors build their businesses," said Steven Kofkoff, OneAmerica vice president, Retirement Services Strategy, Product Management and Innovation. "The advisor portal from ProNvest opens up a world of opportunity for advisors and opens a door for plan participants to achieve better overall financial outcomes."
"ProNvest's new advisor portal is designed to help advisors unlock outside assets. On average, one in three participants enter outside assets which opens up approximately $400,000 in additional wealth assets for advisors," said Jay Jumper, founder and CEO of ProNvest. "Defined contribution plans offer a unique opportunity to identify new revenue streams for private wealth advisors, as well as retain clients who might have looked for outside solutions to manage these accounts."
The portal is available to advisors who are active with ProNvest on specific plans. This feature is available to all participants whose plan sponsor has selected ProNvest to be a Managed Account provider for their plan.
ProNvest helps advisors secure more retirement plan business, increase plan retention and identify participant assets that are held outside of their 401(k) plan. For more information, contact your local OneAmerica Sales Professional or Relationship Manager, or visit pronvest.com/advisorportal to see a demo of ProNvest's Advisor Portal. Questions about access can also be directed to ProNvest.
OneAmerica is the marketing name for the companies of OneAmerica. ProNvest is not an affiliate of OneAmerica.
ProNvest is an industry-leading managed account solution helping defined-contribution plan participants with professional account management and custom retirement planning. ProNvest matches innovative technology with money management to make investing intuitive for long-term investors. Partnering with plan providers and advisors across the country, ProNvest works to provide comprehensive retirement planning solutions, advice, and managed account services to plan participants. For more information about ProNvest, please visit www.pronvest.com.
A national provider of insurance and financial services for more than 140 years, the companies of OneAmerica help customers build and protect their financial futures. OneAmerica offers a variety of products and services to serve the financial needs of their policyholders and customers. These products include retirement plan products and recordkeeping services, individual life insurance, annuities, asset-based long-term care solutions and employee benefit plan products. Products are issued and underwritten by the companies of OneAmerica and distributed through a nationwide network of employees, agents, brokers and other sources who are committed to providing value to our customers. To learn more about our products, services and the companies of OneAmerica, visit www.oneamerica.com.
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School-worthy essentials for every student
Students need a lot of items to head back to the classroom, so it can be daunting to fulfill your back-to-school shopping list. This list has many unbeatable deals to help you find what you need before the first day of school rolls around.
From backpacks and calculators to dorm-friendly refrigerators, these products will fit a wide range of student needs. Whether you’re shopping for a college student or a child, you can jump around the different sections of this article to find what you need.
Top products
This backpack has everything a student needs to tote their belongings to and from school — spacious pockets, a laptop sleeve, and comfortable straps. Dual side pockets come in handy for carrying water bottles. It’s also durable and available in several stylish patterns.
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Dorm dwellers have limited options for preparing meals, but the Duo Plus significantly increases the possibilities. It’s a multicooker that has nine functions in one appliance. It’s available in several sizes, but the 3-quart model is ideal for students with limited space.
Black and Decker Compact Refrigerator
A mini fridge is a must-have for dorm life. This compact model doesn’t take up much space but has enough interior room for a small stash of groceries. The door can fit tall bottles and the interior shelves are removable to maximize space. It also has a small top freezer compartment.
If your college student’s dorm is extremely small, that doesn’t mean they have to give up on having a fridge. The Cooluli mini model offers just enough space for a few beverages, leftovers, or skincare products. It can be powered with the included standard or USB cords.
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Elegant Comfort Four-Piece Bed Sheet Set
These sheets are available in twin and twin XL sizes that are suitable for most dorm beds. They resist fading and wrinkling, so they are easy to launder. You can choose from a large selection of attractive colors.
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A French press doesn’t take up a lot of space, but it makes great coffee. That’s why it’s the ideal gadget for college students who like to start each day of classes with a hot cup of joe. This model boasts double-wall construction that keeps coffee hot for at least an hour.
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Clothing and shoes
Hanes Boys’ Eco Smart Pullover Hoodie
This kid-safe hoodie is cord-free but still blocks the wind on cooler days. It’s made of a cotton/polyester blend, with 5% of the polyester coming from recycled bottles. The fabric also features a high-stitch density for improved durability and pilling resistance.
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Crocs Unisex Child Classic Clogs
These versatile, comfy shoes are perfect for school because kids can quickly get them on and off. They’re also flexible, so they let your child move freely. Best of all, they’re available in more than 20 colors to please any kid.
These soft, lightweight jeggings pair well with tees, sweaters, and more. They have a slim fit from the hip to the ankle and feature a comfortable elastic waistband. They also have five pockets to give your child plenty of room to keep their essentials.
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Jurassic Park Blue and Purple Fossil Logo Graphic T-shirt
This soft 100% cotton T-shirt will be a big hit with any kids who are fans of the “Jurassic Park” franchise. The lightweight fabric is ideal for multiple seasons, so it works well as a layering piece. It also has a double-needle sleeve and bottom hem to ensure it holds up well to repeated washing.
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Hey Dude Girls’ Wendy Youth Linen Shoes
These sharp-looking linen shoes are comfortable enough for a full day at school. They have a rounded toe and a flexible design that allows the feet to move freely. They also feature elastic laces, making it easy for kids to slip them on and off.
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Rare Editions Big Girls Embroidered Mesh Dress and Denim Vest
This fun two-piece set includes an embroidered dress and a classic denim vest. The dress has eye-catching bell sleeves and a ruffled hem. The vest can also be worn on its own with other outfits.
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Other top clothing and shoe deals
- This classic hoodie is perfect for layering and features a well-sized kangaroo pocket, so kids can carry small must-have items.
- These woven shorts work well for those early back-to-school days when the weather is still hot.
- This fun graphic T-shirt is perfect for shark enthusiasts because it depicts some of the most popular species.
- These twill pants are a dressed-up alternative to jeans. The fabric has some stretch to make them more comfortable for school.
- These glittery Vans slip-on shoes are ideal for kids who prefer a little more flash from their sneakers.
- A comfortable stretch denim jacket can help ward off the fall chill as kids head back to school.
- With a three-button collar and dyed-to-match buttons, this polo shirt gives kids a more polished look for school.
- These colorful Adidas sneakers feature extra cushioning to keep little feet comfortable through even the longest school days.
- This soft cotton pullover sweater is available in multiple colors and features a quarter zipper at the neck.
- “Star Wars” fans will appreciate this fleece pullover hoodie with Darth Vader artwork.
- These comfy skinny jeans have enough stretch to let kids move easily at school.
- This simple T-shirt with the classic Levi’s logo pairs well with jeans, leggings, and more.
- These slip-on running shoes are easy to get on, so kids can get dressed for school in a hurry.
- A pair of comfortable jogger-style sweatpants is perfect for gym days or other events when kids will be active at school.
- If your child’s school requires uniforms, this classic Tommy Hilfiger sleeveless jumper is comfortable and stylish.
- This Nike T-shirt features the classic swoosh logo and features moisture-wicking technology to keep kids from getting sweaty at school.
- These Sperry washable sneakers have a breathable upper to keep little feet cool and are easy to clean if your kids put them through the wringer.
- Kids can wear these leggings on their own with tunic-style tops or under skirts or shorts for extra coverage.
- Disney princess fans will get a kick out of this lightweight Sleeping Beauty T-shirt.
- This classic oxford collar button-down shirt is a perfect base piece for a school uniform.
- A comfortable cable-knit cardigan can layer well over T-shirts, button-downs, and more.
- A pair of soft, stretchy straight-leg jeans are a school wardrobe staple that kids can wear with T-shirts, hoodies, and sweaters.
- Kids who like to get dressed up for school will love this fun printed tiered skirt.
- These classic Timberland boots are ideal for wet, muddy school days.
- These super-soft Hanes long-sleeve T-shirts make excellent transition pieces as the weather cools at the start of the school year.
College and dorm life
Most college dorms have twin XL beds, so it can be trickier to find bedding in the correct size. This comforter set comes in twin XL and features a comforter and matching pillow sham. It’s available in 24 colors, including gray and aqua.
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Coffee-loving students will appreciate having a quick way to make coffee so they don’t have to pick some up before class. Since it’s a pod coffee maker, there’s no hot plate, so it’s allowed in most dorms.
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Dorm rooms can sometimes be stuffy or musty, but an air purifier improves air quality, making them more pleasant places to spend time. This model is also great for filtering out airborne allergens. It’s energy-efficient and quiet, so you can run it all night.
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Black and Decker Compact Refrigerator
When space and dorm rules allow, a mini fridge is great for storing drinks, snacks, and simple cooking ingredients. This one doesn’t take up too much space, but it still has a decent capacity, including a small freezer compartment.
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Bose QuietComfort 45 Wireless Noise-Canceling Headphones
These headphones might be a splurge, but the impressive noise-canceling properties will be greatly appreciated when trying to study in a noisy dorm. They don’t leak sound, so they’re also ideal for listening to music without annoying roommates.
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Other top college and dorm life deals
- A handheld vacuum that’s perfect for cleaning up small messes and keeping your dorm room clean and tidy
- Mesh shower caddies that are perfect for toting toiletries into shared bathrooms and storing them between uses
- Large laundry hampers with reinforced handles for holding dirty clothes and transporting them to the laundry room
- This digital alarm clock that helps you get to class on time, even if your phone dies during the night
- A reusable water bottle with an integrated straw to stay hydrated in your dorm room, in class, and when you’re out and about
- Over-door pocket organizers that help make the most of the limited space available in dorm rooms
- A compact fabric steamer to easily remove wrinkles from creased clothing without the need to find space for a bulky ironing board
- This twin XL memory foam mattress topper to make a tired old dorm mattress feel more comfortable so you sleep better
- Ramen bowl and chopstick sets with “The Mandalorian,” “Star Wars” and Marvel designs to make eating instant noodles more of an event
- This lava lamp to add a touch of retro style to a dorm room, along with ambient lighting
- Miniature waffle makers that not only cook waffles but also hash browns, quesadillas, cookies, and more
- A set of glass food storage containers for keeping food fresh in the fridge and packing lunches
- This microwave popcorn maker for quick healthy snacking and spicing up movie night with roommates and neighbors
- Quick-drying shower shoes to avoid getting foot fungus or stepping on something nasty in shared shower blocks
- A portable Bluetooth speaker for listening to music in your dorm or out on the lawn around campus
- This cooling memory foam pillow to help you get a decent sleep, even if your bed is small and your mattress is not that comfortable
- An insulated travel mug so you can pour yourself a coffee and head straight out of the door if you’re running late for class
- Towel sets that contain bath sheets, hand towels, and washcloths to cover all your bases
- This organic cotton twin XL sheet set that’s breathable, comfortable, and washes well
- A quality reed diffuser since scented candles aren’t allowed in most dorms
School supplies
The Happy Planner 18-Month Daily Planner
Keeping track of assignment due dates and after-school activities is easy with a daily planner. This one is designed for 18 months and has ample space to fill in and organize daily activities on each date. It comes in a choice of several appealing patterns.
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Samsill Earth’s D-Ring View Binder, 4-Pack
Kids always need binders for projects, assignments, and other important documents. Each of the binders in this pack of four has the capacity for 350 sheets of paper. They’re made in the U.S.A. of recycled and renewable materials, which makes them a good choice for eco-conscious students.
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BentoHeaven Premium Bento Lunch Box
With multiple compartments in one convenient unit, this bento lunch box makes it possible to pack a nutritious lunch with several courses. The lids feature silicone seals to prevent leaks. It includes a compartment for storing utensils.
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HP DeskJet 2755e Wireless All-in-One Printer
Students who like the convenience of being able to print their assignments at home will appreciate the features that this versatile printer has to offer. It’s compact, affordable, and has built-in Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and mobile printing. It’s able to print in black and white and color, and it comes with a six-month subscription of Instant Ink to support these capabilities while saving money.
Texas Instruments TI-84 Plus Graphics Calculator
When it comes to classes such as algebra, geometry, and statistics, a standard calculator just won’t do. The TI-84 graphics calculator is packed with features for solving complicated equations. Its impressive features include a lightweight build, large and vivid screen, rechargeable battery, and a choice of several colors.
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Other top school supply deals
- Pencil sharpeners for keeping pencil tips sharp and ready to work
- Classic number 2 pencils that come in handy for numerous types of schoolwork
- Disposable face masks in the event COVID-19 cases rise throughout the school year
- A flash drive for saving important assignments and working on them on school and home computers
- Hand sanitizer in fun keychain holders to keep germs at bay
- A cloud-driven reusable notebook with pages that wipe clean with ease
- Printer paper for printing important assignments from a home printer
- A well-stocked back-to-school kit that comes with a stapler, scissors, pens, a mini notebook, and more
- This bento box that has numerous compartments for keeping food items separated until lunchtime
- A Trapper Keeper with lots of space for assignments and a cool throwback design
- Multiple notebooks for students who need one for each class for taking notes, writing assignments, and more
- These washable paints for art class
- Small packets of tissues to stash in bags, backpacks, or pockets
- A budget-friendly pack of 40 mechanical pencils that are likely to last all school year
- Emoji erasers that kids can use, share, and collect
- This large collection of colored pencils for times when standard pencils just won’t do
- This zippered binder that provides extra protection for important assignments and paperwork
- Bulk crayons for kindergarteners and young art students
- A set of brightly colored classic calculators that will inspire kids to learn math
- Glue tape that’s effective and easy to use when adhesive is required for class projects
Computers and tech
An iPad is a versatile tablet computer that’s great for creative individuals. A student can use one for writing papers, taking notes, keeping track of assignments, doing research, and more. However, they’re also excellent tools that allow a student to flex their creative muscles when it comes to making art, movies, and musical compositions.
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HP Envy x360 Convertible Laptop
The Envy x360 is a powerful HP laptop that’s customizable to the student’s needs and budget. It’s a two-in-one convertible model that can function as a laptop with a keyboard or a tablet with a touchscreen. It comes with built-in privacy protection such as a mute button for the microphone and a physical shutter for the camera to offer peace of mind.
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The Galaxy Tab S8 is a popular Samsung tablet that features Microsoft 365 integration, which lets your student work on Excel, PowerPoint, and Word files. The all-day battery means the student won’t have to worry about running out of power halfway through the day, and the S pen is the company’s fastest, most responsive model to date.
Apple AirPods Pro Wireless Earbuds
Wireless earbuds that have active noise cancellation, like these Apple AirPods Pro, are great for a student. They can block out environmental noise and allow them to focus on their studies. Additionally, they can be used to listen to educational podcasts or instructional videos. If the student needs to hear what’s going on around them, they can switch to transparency mode.
A quality webcam is essential for remote learning and study groups that can’t meet up in the same physical space. This model lets you remove, blur, or replace your background without a green screen. It offers 1080p video calling and records at 30 fps. The camera also has HD lighting adjustment and autofocus, so you always look your best, even in low-light settings.
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Other top computer and tech deals
- This award-winning Samsung Galaxy Chromebook is ultra-thin yet impact-resistant, making it great for the on-the-go life of a student
- An Apple iPad Mini is the perfect size for carrying to class, so you’re always prepared for learning
- When you need to quickly and securely back up your work, this 64GB USB 2.0 SanDisk is an excellent option
- For the student who only wants the very best, this Apple MacBook Pro is the only way to go
- When it comes time to charge your MacBook Pro, only the MacBook Pro charger can accomplish the task
- The Asus VivoBook Flip is a capable machine that offers four convenient viewing modes: tablet, tent, stand, and laptop
- Logitech’s Brio 4K Webcam is suitable for nearly any setup you have, whether it’s a Mac, PC, laptop, or tablet
- This highly coveted Korean International version of the Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra has impressive specs that will be more than adequate for schoolwork
- An ergonomic, wireless PC mouse can help protect a student’s hands when they’re engaged in long hours of work
- An ergonomic keyboard can help keep a student focused on assignments without worrying about developing aches and pains in the hand and wrist
- Another worthy option for pro-level computing is the potent ThinkPad L15 Gen 2
- The Fire 7 Kids tablet is a great way to jump-start that thirst of curiosity and love of learning at an early age
- If a student must record audio for a presentation or take part in an online meeting, having a high-quality USB microphone is important
- This Chromebook was specifically designed for all-day use at school and features a tamper- and spill-resistant keyboard
- Believe it or not, an Echo Dot is an extraordinary educational tool that can function as a tutor who’s available whenever you call their name
- The HP Pavilion laptop is a customizable option that’s available at an affordable base price
- To keep from developing poor posture habits and numerous aches and pains, a quality laptop stand is always recommended
- For the ultimate in durability and portability, consider a waterproof, foldable silicone keyboard
- Lenovo’s Chromebook S330 laptop is a choice option for students on a tight budget
- Students who learn better by listening will love this remarkable handheld scanner that can scan and read pages of text to make learning more natural
Backpacks and storage
Students with a full schedule need a spacious backpack to carry binders, textbooks, and other must-haves. In addition to two large main compartments, this backpack also features a 15-inch padded laptop compartment, three front zip pockets, and a side mesh water bottle pocket.
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Since it’s designed with premium vegan leather on the bottom and trims, those searching for an eco-friendly option will appreciate this backpack. A 15-inch padded pocket secures and protects a laptop, while the flap pocket is helpful for organizing cords and other electronic accessories.
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Fjallraven Kanken Classic Backpack
With over 35 color combinations and a trendy silhouette, students can finally get a backpack that expresses their style. At 16 liters, it has enough room for every product on the back-to-school checklist. Plus, it features a two-way zipper for functionality and a rain flap for protection.
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The North Face Borealis School Laptop Backpack
From school to sports practice to commuting, this backpack features the brand’s flex vent technology to ensure breathability and support. Fill it to the brim with art supplies, tech, or clothing, thanks to its 28-liter capacity and durable padded pockets.
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Herschel Heritage Classic 21.5-Liter Backpack
This backpack is lined with Herschel Supply’s signature red and white striped polyester for a flashy surprise. With a classic silhouette and diamond details, it won’t ever go out of style. It also features an interior sleeve pocket and a media pocket with a headphone port.
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Other top backpack and storage deals
- A padded Puma backpack with adjustable straps to stay comfortable, even when carrying must-have supplies from morning to night
- For a lightweight and compact option, the HotStyle backpack has an 18-liter capacity
- Some students may prefer the style of this vintage canvas messenger bag for its versatility and spacious main compartment
- This Dakine 25-liter backpack has a large enough capacity to carry textbooks for a full day of classes or traveling between multiple campuses
- The HP renew backpack is designed from recycled plastic bottles and is built to protect must-have electronics
- Get the style of this 100% leather messenger bag with three pockets to organize electronics and other accessories
- The High Sierra Swoop Backpack offers an abundance of features, including 360-degree reflectivity, a tower of external pockets, and bottom drop protection
- A Nike backpack that puts a new twist on a classic favorite with additional features and pockets
- An eco-friendly classic three-stripe backpack that’s made with recycled content as part of the brand’s ambition to end plastic waste
- A mini version of the trendy and durable Fjallraven Kanken for young children or those seeking a compact alternative
- This leather, waterproof, and scratch-resistant canvas messenger bag with adjustable and detachable shoulder straps
- The Simple Modern Kids Backpack that comes in an abundance of fun designs including unicorns, dinosaurs, and princesses
- Styles always come back around, and this Vans Old Skool backpack is one that never stops being trendy
- A totepack modeled after the popular Fjallraven Kanken backpack that can be worn as a backpack or carried over the shoulder
- This classic messenger bag makes it easy to do just about anything, including commuting or rushing in between classes
- This Patagonia tote pack made of water-repellent fabric that shields textbooks, laptops, and tablets from the elements
- A waterproof and stylish travel school backpack that’s made of eco-friendly canvas
- This tech-friendly laptop backpack with an external USB port, padded pocket, and anti-theft back pocket for valuables
- A durable and water-repellent Carhartt backpack that’s tough enough to last through just about anything
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By Hannah Sampson
Two black Muslim men have sued Alaska Airlines for discrimination after they said the airline removed them from a flight following a fellow passenger’s complaint over text messages in Arabic and would not allow them to travel together on rebooked flights.
Attorneys with the Washington state chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, which first publicised the incident in December 2020, filed the suit in federal court on August 2.
The group said in a statement that the lawsuit claims a federal and state violation of the men's civil rights as paying passengers on the flight.
The situation unfolded on February 17, 2020, when Abobakkr Dirar and Mohamed Elamin, both US citizens born in Sudan, were in first class waiting to fly from Seattle to San Francisco.
The men, colleagues in a medical transport business, were planning to buy work vehicles and drive them back to Washington state, where they both lived.
As they waited to take off, the complaint says, they had conversations in Arabic, and Dirar, now 62, messaged a friend in a conversation that included emoji and Arabic text.
A passenger who sat next to Dirar was alarmed by the texts, grabbed his bag and told the flight attendant he was not going to stay on the plane.
Calling the passenger's complaint “unsubstantiated and disproven”, the lawsuit says airline employees chose to "self-servingly discriminate against (the men) based upon their perceived religion, race, colour, ethnicity, alienage and national origin by using Plaintiffs as scapegoats in an admittedly unjustified and unnecessary display of security theatre."
According to the suit, an Alaska Airlines manager told Dirar and Elamin to get off the plane.
Once they complied, he explained that one of them had been flagged for sending “improper” text messages.
Employees humiliated them in front of fellow passengers, the suit says, forced them to undergo more security measures even after telling police the men posed no threat and would not let them fly together on rebooked flights.
Port of Seattle police said in a report that the captain ordered the lavatory tanks to be emptied after Elamin, now 47, used the bathroom, and said the airline requested a police dog to screen luggage for explosives.
Several of those measures took place even after Dirar offered his phone to the airline manager, who examined and translated the text messages in question and deemed them to be "completely innocuous," according to the complaint.
According to the police report, part of the text chain that dated back to 2018, included the numbers “911”.
The men’s attorney said that was a joke from Dirar's friend, who said that was his wife’s phone number because her calls needed to be "answered urgently and taken seriously."
An exchange on the day of the flight included a rocket emoji in response to positive comments about photos. The police report said that emoji - which Dirar deleted - was intended to describe a picture positively as “the bomb”.
"Dirar said there was no ill will or intention," the police report said.
The police report said a manager reported that the situation was a misunderstanding with "no threat of any kind" and that police were no longer needed.
That same manager later said passengers were being taken off the plane and screened again "to show them that Alaska Airlines was concerned about their security and took the incident seriously."
The men said they saw some of the other passengers who had to be rescreened "staring at them and appearing visibly agitated and scared, with some passengers cursing and expressing anger," the suit says. Everyone except Dirar and Elamin were allowed back on.
In a statement, the airline said it "strictly prohibits discrimination" and takes such complaints seriously.
"Our greatest responsibility is to ensure that our flight operations are safe every day, and that includes complying with federal regulations on investigating any passenger safety reports," the statement said.
"Since this case remains pending litigation, we're unable to share any further comment or details at this time."
The suit asks for unspecified monetary damages and requests that the airline be forced to provide racial and religious sensitivity training to employees, and establish culturally sensitive protocols and procedures when it comes to handling passenger complaints; and that the company be prohibited from discrimination against passengers and customers based on religion, race, colour or other traits.
Luis Segura, a civil rights attorney with the council, said in an email that earlier attempts to contact the airline had not resulted in any response despite the promise of an internal investigation.
“Alaska Airlines' discrimination of these men not only interrupted their business trip, but also caused them serious long-lasting emotional distress and immense pressure to avoid the attention of others and conduct themselves in ways which conceal their ethnic and religious identities when flying,” the council said in its statement.
In the statement, Dirar said he would pursue the legal process because he doesn’t want other passengers to go through the same experience.
"When we travelled that day, we were not treated the same as other people, and it made me feel like I was not equal to other people," he said.
“I don't want this to happen again, to anyone, Muslim or not Muslim.”
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BEREA, Ohio (AP) — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said he feels the league needed to keep pushing for a year-long suspension for Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson because of his “egregious” and “predatory behavior” toward women.
Speaking at the owners’ meetings Tuesday in Bloomington, Minnesota, Goodell addressed the league’s decision to appeal a six-game suspension given to Watson by Sue L. Robinson, a former federal judge appointed by the NFL and NFL Players Association as an independent league disciplinary officer.
Robinson found Watson violated the league’s conduct policy after he was accused by two dozen women of sexual assault or harassment while he played for Houston. Watson has settled 23 of the 24 lawsuits filed by the women, though he has denied any wrongdoing.
The league has been seeking an indefinite suspension and fine for Watson, and felt Robinson’s six-game ban wasn’t enough. Goodell cited the collective bargaining agreement for empowering the league to seek further discipline.
“Either party could certainly challenge and appeal that and that was something that we felt was our right to do as well as NFLPA,” Goodell said. “So we decided it was the right thing to do.”
Watson’s fate now rests with Peter C. Harvey, a former New Jersey attorney general handpicked by Goodell to handle the appeal. Harvey has previously worked as an arbiter in league cases.
Goodell said the league is pushing for a full-year penalty for Watson because of the evidence against the 26-year-old, who was accused of being sexually inappropriate with the women during massage therapy sessions while with the Texans in 2020 and 2021.
In her 16-page ruling, Robinson concluded Watson violated the league’s personal conduct policy with his behavior, using both “egregious” and “predatory” to describe his actions
Goodell was asked why the league is seeking a harsher punishment.
“Because we’ve seen the evidence,” he said. “She (Robinson) was very clear about the evidence. She reinforced the evidence, that there was multiple violations here and they were egregious, and that it was predatory behavior.
“Those were always things we felt was really important for us to address and in a way that’s responsible.”
Goodell doesn’t have a sense of when Harvey will issue a decision. There’s no specific deadline for Harvey, but the appeal policy requires that it be “expedited.”
There also remains the possibility the sides could reach a settlement.
While attending the meetings in Minnesota, Cleveland owner Jimmy Haslam had little to say about the ongoing appeal.
“We’ll respect and honor the process,” he told reporters
Meanwhile, Watson’s playing status for the Browns’ exhibition opener is unknown.
Browns coach Kevin Stefanski didn’t reveal whether Watson will play in Friday’s game in Jacksonville. Stefanski said the team has a plan but he won’t make it public until he tells his players.
“We have a framework for how we are going to handle this preseason,” he said. “As you know, you always reserve the right to change your mind based on how practice goes and those type of things, but we are pretty confident in the plan we have.”
Stefanski said Watson will make the trip to Florida. The three-time Pro Bowler has not played since 2020. He sat out last season after demanding a trade and before the allegations came to light.
Cleveland’s plan has been to start Jacoby Brissett while Watson serves his suspension. But now that it’s possible that it will encompass most, if not all of the season, there’s a chance the team could look outside for another quarterback.
Josh Rosen and Josh Dobbs are also on Cleveland’s roster and are expected to get the bulk of the playing time during the exhibition season.
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AP Sports Writer Dave Campbell contributed to this report.
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LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – Anyone who has lived in Las Vegas for any amount of time has, at one point or another, seen something in the valley that left them thinking, “Only in Las Vegas.”
A new set of billboards for a local injury lawyer fits that description.
“Injured while searching for dead bodies at Lake Mead? Demand Compensation!” reads one of the billboards located across from Sam’s Town Casino in the Las Vegas Valley.
The billboard is an advertisement for Parke Injury Law Firm. Steven Parke, who established the firm, said the billboard is meant to be a joke — to catch people’s eyes and stand out among dozens of other lawyer billboards seen around the Las Vegas valley.
“The world as it is right now is depressing,” Parke told KLAS. “We get bad news every day, so why not throw something up that’s going to make people either chuckle, let them think about something, or what I thought would happen is no one would even bother to read it, but I guess I was wrong. People do read billboards. “
Parke, who has been a practicing attorney for about 12 years, admitted that not all feedback has been positive. But he claims the billboard “is dripping with irony,” and attempts to play on “the idea of the greedy attorney mixed with the person who doesn’t want to accept any responsibility for anything they’ve done … which is very timely today.”
Parke also said he’s been compared to the character of Saul Goodman from AMC’s “Better Call Saul” — who is shown to do just about anything to get clients and win cases — because of his new billboards. But Parke feels those critics are missing the point.
“Some people did see it and [it] confirms every suspicion they have about attorneys, which is, ‘Look at this guy, he’s going after the last shred of dignity here, he’s chasing every buck he can, he’s the Saul Goodman of Las Vegas,'” Parke said. “And the joke is kind of on them because that was kind of the point.”
When asked if there’s truth behind the new billboard — could someone demand compensation if “injured while searching for dead bodies at Lake Mead”? — Parke said it was possible. “But as any attorney would tell you, it depends,” Parke added. “I hope you don’t go out searching for a dead body, but if you do, I guess you’re taking your chances.”
Parke’s new Lake Mead-themed billboard is also not the first time he’s opted for humor over accolades when it comes to advertising. He’s already had billboards with quotes from Mike Tyson (“Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face”) and rapper Vanilla Ice (“If you have a problem, yo, I’ll solve it”).
Another simply said, “Fellas, I gotta have more cowbell!” — a reference to a “Saturday Night Live” sketch that has nothing to do with law.
But none of Parke’s billboards have caught the public’s attention like his most recent one mentioning Lake Mead.
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COLOGNE, Germany (AP) — Officials in Germany said Wednesday that water levels on the Rhine could reach a critically low point in coming days, making the transport of goods along the river — including coal and gasoline — increasingly difficult.
Weeks of dry weather have turned several of Europe's major waterways into trickles, posing a headache for German factories and power plants that rely on deliveries by ship.
“This is particularly the case for the Rhine, whose nautical bottleneck at Kaub has very low water levels but which remains navigable for ships with small drafts,” said Tim Alexandrin, a spokesman for Germany's Transport Ministry.
Authorities predict that water levels at Kaub will dip below the mark of 40 centimeters (16 inches) early Friday and keep falling over the weekend. While this is still higher than the record low of 27 cm seen in October 2018, many large ships could struggle to safely pass the river at that spot, located roughly mid-way along the Rhine between Koblenz and Mainz.
“The situation is quite dramatic, but not as dramatic yet as in 2018,” said Christian Lorenz, a spokesman for the German logistics company HGK.
Due to the lack of water ships bringing salt down the river from Heilbronn to Cologne that would normally carry 2,200 metric tons (2,425 U.S. tons) of cargo are currently only able to transport about 600 tons, he said.
“Of course we hope that shipping won't be halted, but we saw in 2018 that when water levels got very low the gas stations suddenly had no more fuel because ships couldn't get through,” said Lorenz.
Authorities are taking steps to shift more goods traffic onto the rail network and, if necessary, give it priority, said Alexandrin, the Transport Ministry spokesman.
Meanwhile HGK and other shipping companies are preparing for a ‘new normal’ in which low levels such as those seen this year become more common as global warming makes droughts more severe, sapping water along the length of the Rhine from the Swiss Alps to the North Sea.
“There's no denying climate change and the industry is adjusting to it,” said Lorenz.
All new ships being ordered by the company will be built with a view to making them suitable for low water levels on the Rhine, he said.
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As kids prepare to head back to school, doctors reveal heavy backpacks have to go
Heavy backpacks send scores of kids to the ER each year, experts say — here's how to avoid painful problems this school season
When it comes to your child’s backpack for school this year, experts are saying, "Lighten the load!"
Health experts told Fox News Digital that it is important parents be sure they're not sending their kids back to school with heavy, overweight book bags for this new school year, since heavy backpacks take more of a toll than many people may realize.
How much of a toll?
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission says an estimated annual average of 7,500 kids under 19 years old were treated in emergency rooms for injuries related to backpacks from 2017 to 2019.
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One parent of a 12-year-old girl told Fox News Digital that her daughter was complaining for months about upper back and neck pain.
At first, the Long Island, N.Y.-based mom thought her daughter’s aches and pains were due to her sports activities.
But once they saw their physician, the mom learned her daughter’s backpack was the culprit.
"She was picking up a backpack of books and going from classroom to classroom throughout the day and then carrying the bag to and from school. That’s a lot of lifting," the mom told Fox News Digital.
"She was picking up a backpack of books and going from classroom to classroom throughout the day and then carrying the bag to and from school."
Her daughter had to attend several weeks of sessions that included osteopathic manipulation to her spine for her neck and upper back strains.
She also had to start an exercise routine to strengthen her upper back to help support the load of the backpack.
SEN. MARSHA BLACKBURN'S BACK TO SCHOOL TIPS INCLUDE WARNINGS FOR PARENTS ABOUT ‘WOKE POLICIES’
Health experts said that parents and guardians should look for the following warning signs that a child’s backpack is too heavy.
Child appears to be struggling while putting on backpack or taking it off
Child’s posture changes (i.e. he or she leans forward or to the side) when wearing backpack
Child experiences tingling or numbness in the arms and legs
Child has red marks on the shoulders from the backpack straps
Child complains of pain when wearing the backpack
Dr. David Gentile is an osteopathic physician who deals with spinal health issues in his patients at his practice in Rocky Point, New York.
Heavy backpacks can change the natural curve of the spine, affecting the child’s ability to maintain an ideal posture.
The physician told Fox News Digital about the impact heavy backpacks have on a student’s posture — and said heavy backpacks can change the natural curve of the spine, affecting the child’s ability to maintain an ideal posture.
"We see it all the time in the older generation — the use of comfortable chairs at work, the sit-stand desks," he said.
So "it’s evident we have become more aware of proper work ergonomics. Now it might be time to really educate children about these comfortable and functional changes to improve their health outcomes," said Gentile.
The physician also said there should be a public health action to be proactive and prevent this pain in children.
Gentile said as well, "There are many ways to alleviate this unfortunate reality of back pain in young children, starting by identifying predisposing factors early on."
He added, "The implementation of physical therapists in physical education classes and educating teachers, administrators, children and their families on appropriate ergonomics could all be beneficial."
"It may not be so much which backpack to select as much as proper fit and proper load."
Edward Farrell, co-founder and Partner of Physical Solutions Physical Therapy in Bethpage, N.Y., told Fox News Digital that a backpack may seem an innocent back-to-school item — but it certainly can be a culprit when it comes to creating issues with a youngster’s spine.
"It may not be so much which backpack to select as much as proper fit and proper load," he said.
"Our kids are often strategizing the navigation of the hallways, locker to classrooms, with as few stops as possible to their locker, if they even stop at their locker at all."
Farrell, who is also a certified strength and conditioning specialist, said a backpack overloaded with books, especially if it weighs a good percentage of a student’s bodyweight, can lead to potential issues.
"Imagine a 100-pound child carrying a 30-pound backpack all day," Farrell said.
"The heavy load of many books can cause the students to lean forward and have rounded shoulders, increased thoracic kyphosis and a protracted cervical spine."
He also said the problem is further compounded when students sling the backpack over one shoulder, which can lead to imbalanced weight on the spine, muscle strain, shoulder injury and possibly even a functional scoliosis in extreme cases.
"Even with proper use — [meaning kids are] carrying the pack over both shoulders as the design intended — the heavy load of many books can cause the students to lean forward and have rounded shoulders, increased thoracic kyphosis and a protracted cervical spine," Farrell said.
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Students should carry a lighter pack, use both shoulder straps and select a backpack with wide shoulder straps to disperse the load across the shoulders and neck, Farrell said.
He added, "More importantly, maintain good posture — chest up and stand tall."
Bill Schwarz, a physical therapist at The Schwarz Institute in Massapequa, N.Y., works with Long Island University Division 1 athletes in Brookville, N.Y., as well as with high school students.
Schwarz told Fox News Digital it is important for students to keep the weight down by making several trips to their locker.
When picking up the backpack from the floor, it is important kids bend at the knees so that they avoid increased strain on the lower back.
He echoed Farrell's words, saying that using only one strap causes excessive strain on that side of the body.
Schwarz also said, "Keep straps snug. If too loose, the bag hangs lower, increasing the torque on the mid and low spine."
When picking up the backpack from the floor, it is important that kids bend at the knees so they avoid increased strain on the lower back, said Schwarz.
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Physical therapists offer these seven helpful tips when choosing a backpack.
1) Pick a lightweight pack with a padded back and wide padded shoulder straps.
2) Use both shoulder straps when carrying the backpack.
Use all compartments and place the heaviest books/items closer to the spine.
3) The backpack should rest in the middle of the back, no more than four inches below the waist line.
4) Choose a backpack with multiple compartments and a waist belt.
5) Limit the load to less than 10%-15% of a student’s body weight (if child is 100 lbs., the backpack should not weigh more than 10-15 pounds).
6) Use all compartments and place the heaviest books/items closer to the spine.
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The fate of the world's biggest ice sheet is in our hands: East Antarctic Ice Sheet will cause global sea levels to rise by up to 16 FEET by 2500 if temperatures continue to increase at current rate, study warns
- Melting of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet may result in huge sea level rises by 2050
- Researchers modelled the effects different global temperatures could have on it
- If there is no change in the rate of warming, sea levels could rise by 16 feet
- This could be limited if we reach emissions targets set in the Paris Agreement
An ice sheet that holds about 80 per cent of the world's glacier ice has the potential to cause global sea levels to rise by up to 16 feet (five metres) by 2500.
Scientists have predicted that melting of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet (EAIS) will result in this increase if temperatures continue to rise at the current rate.
This warming of about 0.32°F (0.18°C) per decade is the result of humanity's increase in greenhouse gas emissions since the Industrial Revolution.
Researchers from Durham University modelled the effects different temperatures and levels of emissions would have on the ice sheet in the next few centuries.
If no change is made to slow the warming, the EAIS could contribute up to ten feet (three metres) to global sea levels by 2300.
The melting could be limited significantly if emissions targets are met that see global temperature rise limited to 3.6°F (2°C) above pre-industrial levels.
The EAIS could then only contribute about 0.8 inches (two centimetres) of sea level rise by 2100, and 1.6 feet (0.5 metres) by 2500.
Thickness of ice in Antarctica, showing the location of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet (red outline), which holds the equivalent of 52 metres of sea level rise (alongside the UK and Ireland at the same scale). Wilkes Land (highlighted) has been referred to as East Antarctica’s ‘weak underbelly’, where some glaciers appear to be thinning, retreating and losing mass due to warm ocean currents
Scientists have predicted that melting of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet (EAIS) will result in this increase if temperatures continue to rise at the current rate. Pictured: Ice cliff at the terminus of Vanderford Glacier, Wilkes Land, East Antarctica
Lead author Professor Chris Stokes said: 'We used to think East Antarctica was much less vulnerable to climate change, compared to the ice sheets in West Antarctica or Greenland, but we now know there are some areas of East Antarctica that are already showing signs of ice loss.
'Satellite observations have revealed evidence of thinning and retreating, especially where glaciers draining the main ice sheet come into contact with warm ocean currents.
'This ice sheet is by far the largest on the planet, containing the equivalent of 52 metres of sea level and it's really important that we do not awaken this sleeping giant.'
Ice sheets in Greenland and West Antarctica were already predicted to lose ice in the centuries to come.
Greenland is far away from the North Pole so is exposed to warm air, and West Antarctica is affected by warm ocean currents as it sits below sea level.
However the EAIS is home to the staggeringly cold South Pole, and it is located on land that shields it from the sea's warmth, so it was widely assumed to be more solid.
But in 2020, evidence was found that a part of the EAIS retreated 435 miles (700 km) inland just 400,000 years ago - not that long ago on geological timescales.
This was in response to only 1.8-3.6°F (1-2°C) of warming.
In the study, published today in Nature, researchers from the UK, Australia, France and the USA examined how the EAIS responded to periods of warmth and high carbon dioxide concentrations in the past.
Around three million years ago, during the mid-Pliocene, temperatures were only between 3.6°F and 7.2°F (2°C and 4°C) higher than present.
This range of temperature change is one we could experience later this century.
However, global sea levels in the mid-Pliocene were between 33 and 82 feet (10 and 25 metres) higher than they are now.
Evidence from sea-floor sediments around East Antarctica indicates that part of the ice sheet collapsed and contributed several metres to this.
Carbon dioxide concentrations in that period also only slightly exceeded the current value of 417 parts per million.
This period of warming occurred over a very long timescale - about 300,000 years according to NASA - and is thought to have been caused by changes in the way the Earth orbits the sun.
However current global warming has only been felt for the last few decades, which can only be explained by greenhouse gas emissions from human activity.
Next, the team analysed computer simulations made by previous studies to examine what effects different levels of emissions and temperatures would have on the ice sheet.
If warming continues at its current rate, sustained by high greenhouse gas emissions, the EAIS could contribute nearly half a metre to sea levels by 2100.
Additionally, if it continues beyond 2100, it could contribute around three to ten feet (one to three metres) to global sea levels by 2300, and 7 to 16 feet (two to five metres) by 2500.
This would add to the substantial contributions from Greenland and West Antarctica and thermal expansion of the ocean, threatening millions of people worldwide who live in coastal areas.
In 2020, evidence was found that a part of the EAIS retreated 435 miles (700 km) inland just 400,000 years ago - not that long ago on geological timescales. This finding suggested it was at risk to retreating further as a result of current climate change. Pictured: Scientists drilling a shallow ice core at the surface of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet
Professor Nerilie Abram, from the Australian National University, said: 'We now have a very small window of opportunity to rapidly lower our greenhouse gas emissions, limit the rise in global temperatures and preserve the East Antarctic Ice Sheet
However, in 2015 new targets were agreed upon by world leaders that attended the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris.
They agreed to limit global warming to well below 3.6°F (2°C) and pursue efforts to limit the rise to 2.7°F (1.5°C) by reducing their countries' greenhouse gas emissions.
The international researchers found that, if these targets are met, the worst effects of global warming on the world's largest ice sheet could be avoided.
The EAIS might be thus expected to contribute only about 0.8 inches (two centimetres) of sea level rise by 2100 and 1.6 feet (0.5 metres) by 2500.
Some research shows that snowfall has increased over East Antarctica in the last few decades and, if this continues, it will offset some of the expected ice losses over the next century.
However the researchers say sea levels will still rise due to unstoppable ice losses from Greenland or West Antarctica.
If the Paris Agreement targets for global temperature increase are met, the worst effects on the world's largest ice sheet could be avoided. The EAIS might be thus expected to contribute only about 0.8 inches (two centimetres) of sea level rise by 2100 and 1.6 feet (0.5 metres) by 2500. Pictured: Iceberg towers from the East Antarctic Ice Sheet
Professor Nerilie Abram, a co-author of the study from the Australian National University in Canberra, said: 'A key lesson from the past is that the East Antarctic Ice Sheet is highly sensitive to even relatively modest warming scenarios. It isn't as stable and protected as we once thought.
'We now have a very small window of opportunity to rapidly lower our greenhouse gas emissions, limit the rise in global temperatures and preserve the East Antarctic Ice Sheet.
'Taking such action would not only protect the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, but also slow the melting of other major ice sheets such as Greenland and West Antarctica, which are more vulnerable and at higher risk.
'Therefore, it's vitally important that countries achieve and strengthen their commitments to the Paris Agreement.'
Professor Stokes added: 'A key conclusion from our analysis is that the fate of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet remains very much in our hands.' | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11098931/East-Antarctic-Ice-Sheet-cause-sea-levels-rise-16-FEET-2500-study-warns.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-08-10T15:54:54Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11098931/East-Antarctic-Ice-Sheet-cause-sea-levels-rise-16-FEET-2500-study-warns.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | false |
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Local leaders broke ground on a new hotel in downtown Fresno on Tuesday.
The Courtyard by Marriott will be built at Inyo and M Streets.
The plans call for 144 rooms, along with meeting space, a swimming pool, fitness center and a lounge and bistro.
Parking will be available in a nearby public garage.
The five-story building is a scaled-down version of a previous proposal for a 200-room hotel, but officials say it's a big step in the right direction.
"Great cities have great downtowns," says Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer. "Great cities have vibrant downtowns. Great cities have downtowns with a strong nightlife. Great cities are not just about 8-5, they're about after 5. That's what we're creating in downtown Fresno, and this is a big part of it."
Mayor Dyer says the hotel will create about 50 to 60 new jobs, in addition to construction jobs.
The contract calls for the hotel to be complete by December of 2024, but officials say the goal is to open sooner than that. | https://abc30.com/marriott-downtown-fresno-hotel/12114672/ | 2022-08-10T15:55:56Z | https://abc30.com/marriott-downtown-fresno-hotel/12114672/ | false |
CHICAGO, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Americans living with pulmonary fibrosis, a life-threatening lung disease, have gained access to specialized care through the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation's (PFF) Care Center Network (CCN). The Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation (PFF) has announced that six new sites have joined the CCN to help diagnose, treat, and provide support for the more than 250,000 Americans living with pulmonary fibrosis (PF).
"Our new PFF Care Center Network sites offer much-needed comprehensive care for patients living with PF and interstitial lung disease (ILD). The new centers are located in California, Florida, Illinois, Oklahoma, Virginia and Wisconsin," said Jessica Shore, PhD, RN, Vice President, Clinical Affairs and Quality for the PFF. "In addition to providing expert care, our centers participate in ILD research and offer educational events for the community to help patients and their loved ones."
The newest medical centers to receive the Care Center Network designation are:
- Center for Advanced Lung Disease at Keck Medicine of University of Southern California (Los Angeles, Calif.) Coordinator: Debbie Benitez RN, MSN, ACNP-BC
- Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin Froedtert Hospital (Milwaukee, Wis.) Coordinator: Kelsey Cramer
- Rush University Medical Center (Chicago, Ill.) Coordinator: Sarah Lynne, NP
- OU Health (Oklahoma City, Okla.) Coordinator: Suzy Yandell
- University of South Florida-Tampa General Hospital (Tampa, Fla.) Coordinator: Nicole Davis, RN
- VCU Health (Richmond, Va.) Coordinator: Shana Marannano
Medical centers in the CCN have met criteria developed with both pulmonary fibrosis medical experts and patient input. All sites offer teams with expertise in pulmonary medicine, rheumatology, radiology, pathology, and dedicated clinical staff.
Care centers collaborate with the PFF to actively engage their local PF communities with resources including support groups, educational activities and materials for patients, caregivers and their loved ones.
The 74 sites now operating in the PFF Care Center Network are:
Alabama
University of Alabama at Birmingham (Birmingham)
Arizona
St. Joseph's Hospital (Phoenix)
Banner University Medical Center (Phoenix)
University of Arizona (Tucson)
California
Center for Advanced Lung Disease at Keck Medicine of USC (Los Angeles) NEW
Stanford Health Center (Palo Alto)
University of California at Davis Interstitial Lung Disease Program (Sacramento)
University of California at Los Angeles (Los Angeles)
University of California at San Francisco (San Francisco)
Colorado
National Jewish Health (Denver)
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (Aurora)
Connecticut
Yale School of Medicine (New Haven)
Florida
Cleveland Clinic Florida (Weston)
University of Florida (Gainesville)
University of Miami (Miami)
University of South Florida – Tampa General Hospital (Tampa) NEW
Georgia
Emory University Hospital (Atlanta)
Piedmont Healthcare (Atlanta)
Illinois
Loyola University Medical Center (Maywood)
Northwestern Memorial Hospital (Chicago)
Rush University Medical Center (Chicago) NEW
University of Chicago (Chicago)
Indiana
Indiana University (Bloomington)
Iowa
University of Iowa (Iowa City)
Kansas
The University of Kansas Hospital (Kansas City)
Kentucky
University of Kentucky Research Foundation (Lexington)
University of Louisville School of Medicine (Louisville)
Louisiana
Tulane University School of Medicine (New Orleans)
Maryland
Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore)
University of Maryland Medical Center (Baltimore)
Massachusetts
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Boston)
Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston)
St. Elizabeth's Medical Center (Boston)
Michigan
Henry Ford Health System (Detroit)
Spectrum Heath System (Grand Rapids)
University of Michigan Health System (Ann Arbor)
Minnesota
University of Minnesota Medical Center (Minneapolis)
Mayo Clinic (Rochester)
Missouri
St. Luke's Hospital (Chesterfield)
Washington University School of Medicine (St. Louis)
Nebraska
Creighton University (Omaha)
New York
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About the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation
The mission of the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation is to accelerate the development of new treatments and ultimately a cure for pulmonary fibrosis. Until this goal is achieved, the PFF is committed to advancing improved care of patients with PF and providing unequaled support and education resources for patients, caregivers, family members, and health care providers. The PFF has a three-star rating from Charity Navigator and is an accredited charity by the Better Business Bureau (BBB) Wise Giving Alliance. The Foundation has met all of the requirements of the National Health Council Standards of Excellence Certification Program® and has earned the Guidestar Platinum Seal of Transparency. For more information, visit pulmonaryfibrosis.org or call 844.TalkPFF (844.825.5733).
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Attenborough Nature Reserve confirms anglers could return
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Anglers look set to return to Attenborough Nature Reserve after talks between fishing groups and Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust (NWT).
Earlier this year the Nottingham Anglers' Association (NAA) had its licence withdrawn after negotiations with the trust broke down.
Now discussions have led to an agreement the anglers could return by June 2023.
Exact details of where and how fishing can take place are still be be decided.
The NWT, which has a long standing no angling policy, bought the reserve in December 2020.
The two sides could not reach agreement and in June the NAA said it had been left with no choice but to leave the 380 acre site, where it had fished for 20 years, in the face of "onerous conditions" placed upon its members.
The Angling Trust (AT) picked up the issue and organised a meeting last month between the AT, NAA and NWT.
The AT said it challenged the policy against angling and received confirmation angling could take place on sites where "operational conditions allow".
Now a joint statement has been released by the AT and NWT.
It said: "[All parties] agreed to restart negotiations on a new licence with the aim of identifying angling opportunities across the nature reserve.
"Further discussion will focus on the number and distribution of areas for angling, based on accessibility, species and habitat sensitivities, the potential of areas for disabled and/or junior anglers, and consideration of options regarding parking on site."
AT chief executive Jamie Cook said: "We have some great partnerships with other wildlife trusts and we look forward to working with our colleagues in Nottinghamshire now they've clarified their stance on angling and made clear that it was always their desire to come to an agreement with the Association to continue angling at Attenborough Nature Reserve on a fair and reasonable basis."
Paul Wilkinson, NWT chief executive, said: "We are pleased that positive discussions have resumed about how angling will continue at Attenborough Nature Reserve.
"Attenborough is a special place for wildlife and for people, and a love of seeing and being in nature, and desire to see it protected and enhanced, is something that is shared by the thousands of people who visit and use the site each year, not least anglers."
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Diabetic driver caused woman's crash death near Eastriggs
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A diabetic driver has admitted causing a woman's death by dangerous driving on the A75 in southern Scotland.
David Day, 54, of Dumfries, swerved onto the wrong side of the road near Eastriggs and hit Esme Henderson's car.
An expert said that "on the balance of probabilities" Day had been suffering low blood sugar levels at the time.
The High Court in Glasgow heard Ms Henderson, 55, suffered a fatal neck injury in the accident on 5 August 2020.
A judge was told Day had been diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in 2016.
However, it emerged "concerns" were later raised by medics about how he managed his condition.
'Weaving all over the motorway'
Prosecutor Leanne McQuillan told the court how a number of motorists were alarmed by Day's driving on the day of the crash.
One witness saw him on the M6 near Cumbria and reported having seen a Volkswagen Golf "weaving all over the motorway".
Other drivers then noticed Day as he went onto the A75 - including one who had to dodge being struck.
Another had to blast her horn and slam on her brakes.
Ms McQuillan told the court Day had collided head on with the Nissan Qashqai being driven by Ms Henderson.
He was said to have shown "no reactions whatsoever" to avoid the collision and was airlifted to hospital afterwards.
When questioned by police in February last year he said: "I am aware I was involved in a fatal road traffic collision.
"I have no recollection of this or the journey preceding."
'Genuine sorrow'
Ms McQuillan also told judge Lord Beckett about Day's medical history.
This included a number of hypoglycaemic (low blood sugar) episodes being reported in the past.
She said his "compliance" with managing his diabetes was "variable" and concerns had been expressed by health professionals on "several occasions".
An expert told the court it was likely Day had been suffering low blood sugar levels when the crash happened but Ms McQuillan said it had not been checked at the time.
His QC said the driver had "genuine sorrow and remorse" for what happened.
He said his client knew how to react to low blood sugar but one professor suggested he may have been affected by "impaired awareness".
Day was remanded in custody and will be sentenced next month.
- 6 August 2020 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-62492761 | 2022-08-10T16:00:05Z | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-62492761 | false |
VERONA, Wis., Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Everlight Solar is proud to receive the Best Leadership Teams 2022 award. Everlight Solar is thrilled to receive this prestigious award. Every year Comparably celebrates the companies and leaders deemed as the most exceptional in 16 categories by those who know best – their own employees.
"Dynamic and effective leadership is more important than ever," said Jason Nazar, CEO of Comparably. "The executives at Everlight Solar impress at every level."
Comparably's 4th annual Best Leadership Teams award is derived from employees who anonymously rated their CEOs, executive leaders, and direct managers on Comparably.com over a 12-month period. The final data set was compiled from 10 million ratings across 60,000 companies, large and small.
"I would say the most positive things about the culture and environment are the amount of support from leaders and the motivation to grow with the company. It is like a family," says an anonymous team member.
Another anonymous team member said, "My leadership team is continually striving to be better each week, always giving us their very best selves as a person and a leader. Always keeping the energy very high and positive each and every day."
This is the third award that Everlight Solar has received from Comparably. Learn more about the previous Best Places to Work Awards and other Everlight Solar awards! Why Everlight Solar? See what makes Everlight an amazing company to work for.
Everlight Solar is the fastest-growing solar company in the Midwest, with operations in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Idaho, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Wyoming. To learn more about open jobs or about going solar for your own home, visit www.everlightsolar.com.
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Multi-vehicle accident causes serious injuries, closes part of Hwy 31 in Calera
Published: Aug. 10, 2022 at 10:28 AM CDT|Updated: 32 minutes ago
CALERA, Ala. (WBRC) - People were seriously injured in a multi-vehicle accident in Calera, according to the Calera Police Department.
It happened on Highway 31 just north of Highway 70. That area was closed while first responders treated the injured and took them to a hospital.
The accident happened around 10 a.m.
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Free inaugural Tech Fair connects Maryland's underserved entrepreneurs to resources and technology
Maryland boasts highest concentration of women-owned and minority-owned businesses in the nation
Senate Small Business Committee Chair Ben Cardin to deliver keynote speech
COLUMBIA, Md., Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TEDCO, Maryland's economic engine for technology companies, will host a free Tech Fair starting at 9:00 am on September 12, 2022, at the Hotel at the University of Maryland. TEDCO created the fair to connect entrepreneurs and small business owners in any industry from Maryland's underserved communities to technology companies, resources, trainings, and networking opportunities to grow their business. U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship Chair Ben Cardin (D-Md.) will deliver a keynote address.
"TEDCO is excited to host its first Tech Fair, and we appreciate Senator Cardin's participation and shared commitment to building an inclusive economy," said Troy LeMaile-Stovall, TEDCO CEO. "Events like the Tech Fair seek to level the playing field by connecting Maryland's many innovative yet underinvested entrepreneurs to established tech companies and thought leaders like Senator Cardin, whose experience chairing the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee gives him unique insights for our audience."
Small businesses looking to broaden their footprint and increase future sales can interact with larger, established tech companies, like Grow with Google, Meta, TikTok, Square, and Microsoft, to learn about trainings, online platforms for sales, advertising techniques, cloud services, and more. Women and diverse startup founders and business owners who traditionally have been underserved by the entrepreneurial ecosystem are encouraged to attend and share news of the free fair with their networks.
"Maryland boasts the highest concentrations of women-owned and minority-owned small businesses in the nation, and it is essential to connect our talented entrepreneurs to the resources they need to succeed in today's economy," said Senator Cardin. "Maryland has long been a national leader in innovation and research due to the presence of some of the most prestigious academic and government research institutions in the state. This Tech Fair will give our state's small businesses a chance to learn how to use technology to grow their businesses. I am looking forward to speaking with the small businesses and vendors in attendance at the fair about how we can work together to bridge the historical gaps in our entrepreneurial ecosystem to make it more inclusive."
While the tech fair is free, small businesses, including underserved entrepreneurs, should register here by September 9, 2022.
"TEDCO is committed to connecting female and diverse-led STEM startups to resources; I saw that firsthand with advising support and a Builder Fund investment," said Tina Williams-Koroma, CEO and founder of CyDeploy, a cybersecurity startup. "I encourage other female and diverse STEM entrepreneurs to join me at this inaugural Tech Fair, where you'll gain new insights on potential resources, connect with peers and hear from TEDCO and Senator Cardin."
"The inaugural Tech Fair is a powerful opportunity for Maryland entrepreneurs and small businesses to access critical resources and connect with fellow innovators from the leading technology companies across the country," said Rhett Buttle, founder, and principal of Public Private Strategies. "We are excited to partner with TEDCO and Senator Cardin, and to leverage our network of over 400,000 small business owners across the country to spread the word about this event and ensure women-and minority-owned businesses from every corner of Maryland have the chance to grow their business."
"Entrepreneurship and innovation thrive when businesses big and small work together," said Tiffany Moore, senior vice president, Political and Industry Affairs, Consumer Technology Association (CTA). "CTA® is proud to support TEDCO's inaugural Tech Fair and foster the relationships small businesses and startups need to grow, just as we do at CES® in Las Vegas each year."
Hear from Senator Cardin by visiting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hewgKD8imlA and Troy LeMaile-Stovall by visiting https://youtu.be/3pG8t77fyVc to learn more about the event. To find out more about the companies attending the Tech Fair, visit https://www.tedcomd.com/.
TEDCO, the Maryland Technology Development Corporation, enhances economic empowerment growth through the fostering of an inclusive entrepreneurial innovation ecosystem. TEDCO identifies, invests in, and helps grow technology and life science-based companies in Maryland. Learn more at www.tedcomd.com.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for CLWT, TTOO, BBBY, SOFI, and RDBX.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
With Q1 and Q2 in the books, the JBM® team has seen a hot start to 2022. The #1 ranked boutique brokerage firm in the U.S. closed $1.5 billion worth of Florida multifamily transactions in the first half of 2022.
Known for their market dominance in Southwest Florida, the JBM® team closed the majority of their first half transactions in this area, including in Sarasota, Fort Myers, Estero, and Naples. In addition, 6 of the sales were brand new, Class A+, merchant developments – further cementing JBM's reputation as Florida's leading merchant development disposition broker.
Founder and CEO, Jamie May, states, "It's amazing to be a boutique shop and have incredible numbers like this – it goes to show the hard work and relationships we've built across the state and specifically Southwest Florida. When we started 20 years ago, nobody was interested in places like Fort Myers or Naples, but now they're some of the most desirable destinations in the entire country and two of the biggest benefactors of the net migration to Florida."
Despite exclusively focusing on Florida, Green Street has ranked JBM® as the #12 broker by sales volume across the entire U.S. for the first half of 2022. Their first half sales are not just limited to Southwest Florida, as JBM® has closed transactions across the entire state, including the Orlando MSA, Gainesville MSA, Jacksonville, and Tampa/St. Petersburg.
While interest rates have steadily risen, leading to inflated cap rates, the JBM® team remains on pace for a record year in 2022. As of August, JBM® has $2.4 billion in active listings on the market or under contract – the majority of which are across Tampa/St. Petersburg and Southwest Florida.
JBM® Institutional Multifamily Advisors is a multifamily brokerage firm with offices in Naples, St. Petersburg, and Orlando, Florida. They focus exclusively on multifamily asset disposition services, equity placement, capitalization and recapitalization of new merchant developments, core-plus, and value-add transactions. JBM® is the #1 ranked boutique brokerage firm in the U.S. and the #1 ranked broker in Southwest Florida – with a 70%+ market share spanning the last 20+ years. In 2021, according to Green Street, JBM® achieved the #2 highest average sales price per transaction among qualifying brokers.
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NORFOLK, Va. — Renaming nine U.S. Army posts that honor Confederate officers would cost a total of $21 million if the installations rebrand everything from welcome marquees and street signs to water towers and hospital doors, according to an independent commission.
The Naming Commission released its final report on recommending the new Army base names to Congress on Monday. It included a 17-page list of assets that are tied to the Confederacy, from the decals on 300 recycling bins at Fort Bragg in North Carolina to the sign for a softball field at Fort Hood in Texas.
The report is the latest step in a broader effort by the military to confront racial injustice, most recently in the aftermath of the May 2020 police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
The renaming process was laid out in a law passed by Congress in late 2020. The secretary of defense is expected to implement the commission's plan no later than Jan. 1, 2024.
Monday's report provided detailed — and sometimes unflattering — descriptions of the Confederate officers whose names would be removed as well as the accomplishments of those whose names would replace them. Fort Bragg is the only base that would not be named after a person. It would be called Fort Liberty.
The commission wrote that Fort Benning in Georgia was named after a "lawyer, ardent secessionist, bitter opponent of abolition and senior officer in the Confederate Army."
The report stated that Henry L. Benning "is on record as saying that he would rather be stricken with illness and starvation than see slaves liberated and given equality as citizens."
The commission recommends renaming the base after a married couple: Lt. Gen. Hal Moore, who served in Vietnam and received the Distinguished Service Cross, and his wife Julia, who prompted the creation of teams that do in-person notifications of military casualties.
Renaming the base would cost just under $5 million, the report stated. The effort would target anything from the wording on airfield doors to the name of an airstrip. It would also include removing Confederate names from paver stones on a walk to a memorial that honors U.S. Army Rangers.
Fort Bragg, which is home to the 82nd Airborne Division, was named after a "slave-owning plantation owner and senior Confederate Army officer," the report said.
Braxton Bragg is "considered one of the worst generals of the Civil War; most of the battles he was involved in ended in defeat and resulted in tremendous losses for the Confederate Army; highly consequential to the ultimate defeat of the Confederacy," the commission wrote.
Renaming the base to Fort Liberty would cost about $6.3 million, the report said. It would include rebranding 45 police vehicles and 15 emergency services vehicles, such as fire engines and ambulances.
The other bases recommended for renaming are Fort A.P. Hill, Fort Lee and Fort Pickett in Virginia; Fort Gordon in Georgia, Fort Hood in Texas, Fort Polk in Louisiana and Fort Rucker in Alabama.
For years, U.S. military officials had defended the naming of bases after Confederate officers. But in the aftermath of the Floyd killing, and the months of racial unrest that followed, Congress ordered a comprehensive plan to rename the military posts and hundreds of other federal assets such as roads, buildings, memorials, signs and landmarks that honored rebel leaders.
The change in the military's thinking was reflected in congressional testimony by Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a month after Floyd's death. He said the current base names could be reminders to Black soldiers that rebel officers fought for an institution that may have enslaved their ancestors.
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Incipio Grip and kate spade new york Protective Hardshell Cases Offer Fashionable, Long-Lasting Protection for the Galaxy Z Flip4 and Z Fold4
TUSTIN, Calif., Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vinci Brands, a global leader in consumer tech protection, carry and power solutions, today announced availability of the Incipio Grip and kate spade new york Protective Hardshell cases for the all-new Samsung Galaxy Z Flip4 and Z Fold4. Equipped with essential everyday features such as drop protection, antimicrobial defense, wireless charging and 5G compatibility, the cases provide fashionable, premium protection for the latest Galaxy Z devices. To reduce impact on the environment, the new Incipio and kate spade new york cases are made from recycled materials, are BPA-free, and feature recycled packaging.
Incipio and kate spade new york cases for the all-new Samsung Galaxy Z devices have been certified to meet Samsung performance standards through the Samsung Mobile Accessory Partnership Program (SMAPP).
"Vinci is proud to offer environmentally-friendly and fashionable cases for the new Samsung Galaxy Z Flip and Z Fold devices to ensure our customers stay protected and productive on-the-go," says Brian Stech, CEO of Vinci Brands. "Every case we make balances innovation, sustainability, style, and reliability, offering consumers a product they can trust to protect their device and their investment. Plus, with Vinci's partnerships with 1% for the Planet and Close the Loop, Incipio and kate spade new york cases provide protection you can feel good about."
Incipio Grip for Samsung Galaxy Z Flip4 and Z Fold4
The Grip case's multidirectional grip enhancers stop drops before they happen. Integrated Impact Struts technology absorb shock, while industry-leading raised-edge bezels provide maximum protection against screen scratches and face drops on uneven surfaces. Available in Black and Midnight Navy colorways. Additional features include:
- Slim, form-fitting design in dual-layer, one-piece construction
- Antimicrobial protection eliminates 99.9% of surface bacteria
- Superior scratch resistance and discoloration defense
- 5G compatible
- Wireless charging compatible
kate spade new york Protective Hardshell for Samsung Galaxy Z Flip4 and Z Fold4
Show off your sophisticated side with the modern designs of kate spade new york. The co-molded Protective Hardshell's lightweight, slim design with shock-resistant bumper protects against drops and is perfect for everyday use. Available in iconic kate spade new york Hollyhock Floral and Scattered Flowers Iridescent prints. Additional features include:
- Slim shape and graceful contouring
- Antimicrobial protection eliminates 99.9% of surface bacteria
- Scratch resistant capabilities to keep the design fresh
- 5G compatible
- Wireless charging compatible
As part of its commitment to driving environmental responsibility, Vinci is a proud member of 1% for the Planet, donating 1% of global e-commerce revenue from Incipio.com to support environmental nonprofit partners.
Additionally, Vinci's collaboration with Close the Loop USA (CtL) continues to divert waste from landfills by offering users an end-of-life solution for their used phone case. At no charge, customers can receive a pre-paid shipping label to send a case from any brand to CtL for recycling by visiting Incipio.com.
The Incipio and kate spade new york cases for the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip4 and Galaxy Z Fold4 are available for purchase at Incipio.com for MSRP $69.99, with select cases coming soon to Verizon.com and Verizon stores nationwide.
Vinci Brands is a global leader in consumer tech protection, carry and power solutions operating an innovative and diverse portfolio of owned and licensed brands at the intersection of design, functionality, sustainability, and lifestyle. The company has an award-winning product portfolio that includes protective cases, shells, sleeves, bags, power management, enterprise and B2B solutions sold under the Incipio, Incase, Survivor, Griffin, kate spade new york, and Coach brands. Vinci Brands has operations in the United States, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Australia, and China. For more information visit www.vincibrands.com.
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Leading Coffee Franchise Sees 66% YOY Increase in Average Unit Volume, Initiates Strategic Innovations
DENVER, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bad Ass Coffee of Hawaii, a leading coffee franchise renowned for its premium sourcing, roasting, and quality 100% Hawaiian coffees and international blends, wraps up the first half of 2022 with significant franchise growth. Year-to-date development includes five store openings, 14 locations under construction, and an additional 79 units sold. The company also saw a 66% increase in average unit volume compared to last year, up 76% from 2019, which is credited to systemwide investments and enhancements.
With a majority of franchisees being multi-unit owners, a 'growth from within' strategy has proven to be successful for Bad Ass Coffee of Hawaii. In addition, new franchisees are flocking to the franchise opportunity – seeing immense value in adding an emerging coffee shop to their growing portfolios.
"There's truly never been a more opportune time to join the Bad Ass Coffee of Hawaii 'ohana,'" said Scott Snyder, CEO of Bad Ass Coffee of Hawaii. "Our multi-unit franchisees have helped build greater brand awareness and loyalty in new markets at a quicker pace than we've previously seen. With plenty of territories available for growth, our development and performance strategy remain centered on qualifying franchisees who align with our business strategy and culture, while continuing to prioritize innovation and maximize unit-level profitability."
Additional notable accomplishments in 2022 range across digital innovations, strategic development plans, new hires, and menu announcements. This includes implementing a single POS platform across the system, hiring a Senior Director of Real Estate and Construction, the rollout of a new comprehensive online learning platform for franchisees to streamline communications and training, seasonal LTO launches, and a significant menu innovation project with Denver-based Food & Drink Resources to provide a comprehensive future road map for both food & beverage menu innovations that are on-trend and inspired by Hawaii.
With these advancements, Bad Ass Coffee continues to see strong growth and performance. According to Bad Ass Coffee's 2022 FDD, the top 50% of stores saw average net sales of more than $1 million, with the average of the top 25% exceeding $1.2 million.
After announcing new store models earlier this year, all future openings will be supported with a refreshed operating model to open more quickly, efficiently, and successfully. Looking toward the next era of success, Bad Ass Coffee has set its sights on starting to discuss an international franchising strategy.
"As we head into the remainder of the year, our focus continues to be on building and implementing a best-in-class infrastructure that supports franchise success and profitability" added Snyder. "We will continue to prove ourselves as a standout, premium coffee franchise that's winning by differentiating our brand experience, expanding our menu day parts, and launching new LTOs that align with our consumer's preferences."
Bad Ass Coffee of Hawaii was born on the Big Island of Hawai'i in 1989 with the dream of sharing American-grown, premium Hawaiian coffee with customers everywhere. In addition to premium coffee from various coffee farmers in the famous Kona region of the Big Island, Bad Ass Coffee also sources from Kauai and Maui. Beyond premium Hawaiian coffees, Bad Ass Coffee of Hawaii also serves up a full menu of popular blended drinks, signature lattes, cold brews, teas, innovative foods with a Hawaiian twist, and branded merchandise.
With rapid expansion underway, the brand has set aggressive expansion plans to open 150 new locations over the next five years, with territories available nationwide. Bad Ass Coffee of Hawaii is looking to partner with qualified and engaged individuals seeking single and multi-unit opportunities. The brand offers an affordable, highly scalable opportunity with strong profit-potential. As International Franchise Association VetFran members, veteran franchisees who join will receive a $10,000 discount off the initial franchise fee.
For more information on Bad Ass Coffee of Hawaii franchise opportunities, visit badasscoffeefranchise.com or call 833-205-2224.
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LONDON (AP) — The number of coronavirus deaths fell by 9% in the last week while new cases remained relatively stable, according to the latest weekly pandemic report released by the World Health Organization Wednesday.
The U.N. health agency said there were more than 14,000 COVID-19 deaths in the last week and nearly 7 million new infections. The Western Pacific reported a 30% jump in cases while Africa reported a 46% drop. Cases also fell by more than 20% in the Americas and the Middle East.
The number of new deaths rose by 19% in the Middle East, while dropping by more than 70% in Africa, 15% in Europe and 10% in the Americas.
The WHO said that the omicron subvariant BA.5 remains dominant globally, accounting for nearly 70% of all virus sequences shared with the world's biggest publicly available virus database. The agency said other omicron subvariants, including BA.4 and BA.2, appear to be decreasing in prevalence as BA.5 takes over.
The WHO cautioned that its assessment of COVID-19 trends remains compromised by countries dropping many of their testing, surveillance and sequencing efforts as most countries have relaxed pandemic controls.
Still, Chinese authorities have announced new restrictions this week, after finding COVID-19 cases in the tourist island of Hainan and in Tibet. Earlier this week, the Chinese government shut down Lhasa's Potala Palace, the traditional home of the Dalai Lama, and also locked down Haikou, the capital of Hainan, in addition to several other cities including the beach resort Sanya.
About 80,000 tourists were stranded this week in Sanya after Chinese officials declared it a COVID-19 hot spot and required people to test negative five times within a week before being allowed to leave.
On Tuesday, the Chinese government sent a first planeload of 125 tourists out of Sanya and said other flights would be organized to fly out tourists in batches once they fulfilled the criteria to leave.
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Texas Tech men's basketball schedule nearing completion
Much of Texas Tech's non-conference men's basketball schedule for the upcoming season is in place with Tech having agreements for eight home games before Big 12 play begins.
Tech supplied contracts for seven of those games to A-J Media this week in response to an open-records request. The Red Raiders are scheduled to host Northwestern State, Texas Southern, Louisiana Tech and Georgetown in November, the latter as part of the annual Big East-Big 12 battle. Louisiana Tech head coach Talvin Hester was a Red Raiders assistant for Mark Adams last season.
The Red Raiders are scheduled to host Nicholls State, Eastern Washington, Houston Baptist and South Carolina State in December. Tech has agreed to at least seven of the non-conference teams coming to United Supermarkets Arena game guarantees ranging from $90,000 to $115,000.
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A-J Media reported some of the games previously based on earlier open-records requests.
A Tech athletics spokesman said Tuesday the Tech staff is still working to finalize the schedule.
NCAA rules allow Division I men’s teams to play up to 28 regular-season games and participate in one multi-team event that includes up to three games; 29 regular-season games and a multi-team event that includes up to two games; or 29 regular-season games when the team does not participate in a multi-team event.
The Red Raiders will play three games from Nov. 21-23 at the Maui Invitational, which has an eight-team bracket with championship and consolation sides. They also are scheduled to visit LSU in the annual Big 12/SEC Challenge.
With the games documented, the Red Raiders have the 18-game Big 12 schedule, agreements for nine non-conference games and the tournament with three games.
TEXAS TECH NON-CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
Note: The Texas Tech non-conference schedule is not complete. The following games are ones known to have been scheduled as of this week. A game guarantee is the amount the home team's university agrees to pay the visiting team's university. All games are at United Supermarkets Arena unless noted otherwise.
NOVEMBER
Nov. 7: Northwestern State (game guarantee: $90,000)
Nov. 10: Texas Southern (game guarantee: $90,000)
Nov. 14: Louisiana Tech (game guarantee: $95,000)
Nov. 21: vs. Creighton at Maui Invitational
Nov. 22: vs. Louisville or Arkansas at Maui Invitational
Nov. 23: vs. Ohio State, San Diego State, Cincinnati or Arizona at Maui Invitational
Nov. 30: Georgetown
DECEMBER
Dec. 8: Nicholls State (game guarantee: $93,000)
Dec. 13: Eastern Washington (game guarantee: $115,000)
Dec. 21: Houston Baptist (game guarantee: $95,000)
Dec. 27: South Carolina State (game guarantee: $95,000)
JANUARY
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-OtterBox Cases for Samsung Galaxy Z Flip4 and Galaxy Z Fold4 Available Now-
FORT COLLINS, Colo., Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- OtterBox has cases that are built to move and groove with the new Samsung Galaxy Z Flip4 and Galaxy Z Fold4 devices. OtterBox cases offer protection from everyday drops and bumps to keep new devices looking good.
"Protective OtterBox cases are designed to meet the demand of safeguarding new devices and accommodating groundbreaking features," said OtterBox CEO Jim Parke. "With the innovative design of new Samsung Galaxy Z Flip4 and Galaxy Z Fold4, we've created a design that highlight the products ability to open and close while maintaining the same level of protection you have come to expect and love from OtterBox."
Symmetry Series Flex for Samsung Galaxy Z Flip4 and Galaxy Z Fold4 is a slim protective case that allows you to express yourself, so you get all the style with none of the bulk. Available in a variety of fun colors, Symmetry Series Flex sports a thin profile to slip easily into tight pockets. Plus, the hinge protector adds an extra layer of armor when folded or open.
Thin Flex Series is an ultra-slim, resilient OtterBox case that protects your phone from drops and scrapes. With our slimmest profile, Thin Flex Series won't compromise the elegance of your foldable device. Thin Flex is engineered with anti-yellowing protection to give you confidence your case will stay clear over time.
OtterBox Symmetry Series Flex and Thin Flex Series are coming soon for Samsung Galaxy Z Flip4 and Galaxy Z Fold4 on otterbox.com. Also be sure to pick up a wall or car charger and USB-C cable for fast charging your new device.
OtterBox creates bold products that empower connection. From our humble beginnings in a Fort Collins, Colo., garage, we've leveraged more than 20 years of experience to become the No. 1-selling smartphone case brand in the U.S.2 We've also expanded our portfolio of products to include screen protection, power accessories and business-to-business solutions.
At the core of every OtterBox innovation is the goal of giving. Through the OtterCares Foundation, we invest in programs and projects that inspire kids to be entrepreneurs, philanthropists and makers.
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1 Symmetry Series Flex and Thin Flex are NOT protective against water. Will provide added protection against drops and shock.
2Source: The NPD Group/ U.S. Retail Tracking Service: Cell Phone Device Protection / Units Sold / Jan. 2017 – Jan. 2021
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NEW YORK, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for F, EVFM, RBLX, AMC, and SSNT.
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LOS ANGELES — Many people are looking for jobs on the side as prices for things like gas and food remain high. There’s an app growing in popularity in Los Angeles, which is helping to do that.
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PITTSBURGH, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I'm a massage therapist and I found that some clients couldn't handle the strong scent of medicinal balms," said an inventor, from Poquoson, Va., "so I invented the MACH DEM MUSCULAR OINTMENT. My design would provide a natural, pleasant-smelling alternative to many of the muscle balms available and it can also be used to treat tension headaches and chest congestion."
The patent-pending invention provides a natural topical ointment for muscle aches and pains. In doing so, it offers an alternative to traditional ointments with strong medicinal scents. As a result, it helps to relieve sore muscles, congestion, tension headaches, etc. It also offers a pleasant scent and a cooling sensation. The invention features a versatile design that is easy to apply so it is ideal for massage therapists, active individuals, athletes and others who experience pain, sore muscles, tension headaches, etc. Additionally, it is producible in design variations and a prototype is available.
The original design was submitted to the Virginia sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-VIG-423, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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WEST BEND, Wis., Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Milwaukee Tool continues an impressive track-record of growth in Wisconsin and nationwide. This morning the company was joined by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC), the Milwaukee 7 (M7), West Bend officials, and industry partners to celebrate the grand opening of the company's newest manufacturing plant in West Bend, WI.
Located only 20 minutes from Milwaukee's global R&D headquarters in Brookfield, the 95,000-square-foot facility will manufacture new, innovative Hand Tools for the Electrical, Power Utility, Plumbing, and Mechanical trades; among the first solutions to be made here will be cutting pliers and screwdrivers. The company has invested $55 million to build and equip this facility with advanced technology and equipment.
"This state-of-the-art facility, and the people who work here, will play a critical role in delivering the next wave of hand tool innovation to the industry," said Tim Albrecht, President of Hand Tools, Storage & PPE for Milwaukee Tool. "Wisconsin has been our company's home for nearly 100 years – we're thrilled to continue our growth here where we've been able to recruit some of the best talent in the country."
Milwaukee Tool's facility is the first development in the City of West Bend's newest 216-acre industrial park, West Bend Manufacturing Center.
"We are proud to welcome Milwaukee Tool to the City of West Bend," said West Bend City Administrator Jay Shambeau. "Milwaukee Tool's investment brings high-value employment opportunities, and we look forward to its further expansion in West Bend."
WEDC has been a long-term partner of Milwaukee Tool as it has experienced double-digit growth globally, and now employs over 3,700 throughout the state.
"Milwaukee Tool is an iconic global brand that, by its name alone, makes our state synonymous with quality manufacturing," said WEDC Secretary and CEO Missy Hughes. "As Milwaukee Tool has grown its investments in Wisconsin, WEDC has been pleased to invest in Milwaukee Tool."
Milwaukee 7 (M7), southeastern Wisconsin's regional economic development organization, also participated in the event.
"Milwaukee Tool's remarkable growth makes it one of the Milwaukee region's greatest success stories," said Gale Klappa, co-chair of Milwaukee 7 and Executive Chairman of WEC Energy Group. "With the opening of their first manufacturing facility in Southeastern Wisconsin, adding to the significant headquarters and research and development presence they already have here, Milwaukee Tool joins a long list of companies designing and producing highly engineered and technical products—products that are exported globally from this region every day."
Milwaukee Tool's West Bend facility is providing 150 new jobs. Roles range from engineers and operators to quality technicians, service technicians, and material handlers. Interested applicants can apply at www.milwaukeetool.jobs.
Milwaukee Tool, founded in 1924, is a global leader in delivering innovative solutions to the professional construction trades that increase productivity and safety. Milwaukee® is known for their world-leading M12™, M18™, and MX FUEL™ cordless systems, the ground-breaking performance of their cordless innovations, safety solutions, battery-powered outdoor power equipment, jobsite lighting and clean-up, time-saving accessories, and innovative hand tool and PACKOUT™ Modular Storage products. The company is dedicated to delivering a steady stream of advanced, trade-specific solutions.
Milwaukee Tool is a Brookfield, Wisconsin-based subsidiary of Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd. (TTI) (HKEx stock code: 669, ADR symbol: TTNDY). For more information on the full line of Milwaukee® products, please call 1-800-SAWDUST or visit www.milwaukeetool.com.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Serena Williams said it plainly: It isn’t really fair. A male athlete would never have to make the same choice.
But after a trailblazing career that both transformed and transcended her sport, Williams, who turns 41 next month, has told the world she’ll soon step away from tennis to focus on having a second child and making her daughter, Olympia, a big sister. Her explanation in a lengthy Vogue essay resonated with women in sports and well beyond, many of whom could relate only too well to her words, “Something’s got to give.” And to the idea that, no, you really can’t have it all — at least, not all at the same time.
Many noted that Williams’ achievements, which included winning a major when two months pregnant, had made her seem superhuman. But, said Sherie Randolph, even ordinary women are expected to seamlessly combine work and motherhood.
“Society makes women think they can have everything all at once — be the best hands-on-mom and at the top of the field,” said Randolph, a history professor at Georgia Tech and founder of a Black feminist think tank who’s working on a book about African American mothers.
“But that just is not borne out in reality for most women,” she said. ”What ends up happening is that working mothers are just worn out and overworked trying to labor at the highest level of two demanding jobs — motherhood and their profession.” As if to prove her point, Randolph’s 4-year-old son constantly interrupted her thoughts about Williams’ decision as she tried to discuss them in a phone call.
In explaining how her daughter yearned to be a big sister, Williams noted she didn’t want to be pregnant again as an athlete: “I need to be two feet into tennis or two feet out.”
“Believe me,” the 23-time Grand Slam champion also wrote, “I never wanted to have to choose between tennis and a family. I don’t think it’s fair. If I were a guy I wouldn’t be writing this because I’d be out there playing and winning while my wife was doing the physical labor of expanding our family.”
“Maybe I’d be more of a Tom Brady if I had that opportunity,” she added, a reference to the 45-year-old superstar quarterback who recently retired, then reversed his decision 40 days later.
Many women, discussing Williams’ announcement, reflected on their own agonizing choices in the name of “having it all.”
“Even as a woman who sits at a desk, whose body is not taxed by the work at hand, I have felt that searing pulling apart of myself — towards my career, and towards my family,” said Jo McKinney, 57, a New York advertising executive.
“Now, looking back, I wish that every time I chose my family over my job … it didn’t label me as unambitious,” she said. “I got goosebumps as I read Serena’s piece because she said what many of us feel and are afraid to voice: It’s not fair, and something’s got to give.”
Such dilemmas are exacerbated in sports, said Lisa Banks, a prominent Washington employment attorney specializing in both gender and sports cases.
“Having it all is a subjective thing,” she said. “You can have it all, but can you have it at the same time and the same level, if you’re going through pregnancies? No, you miss some time, you miss training. You’re necessarily at a disadvantage.”
The issue has been illustrated vividly in track and field. U.S. sprinters Allyson Felix and Alysia Montano became advocates for mothers when they split with Nike over contract clauses that reduced salaries when they became pregnant.
Four-time Olympic champion sprinter Sanya Richards-Ross retired after the 2016 Olympics before starting a family with her husband, former NFL defensive back Aaron Ross.
“I always knew I didn’t want to start a family while I was still competing,” she said. “I feel being an athlete is the most selfish role you could have because it’s always all about you. Resting, recovering, training. Everything is so hyper-focused on the athlete. And being a parent is the opposite of that.”
Of Williams’ decision, she said, “I don’t want to say it’s unfair, but it’s a harsh reality and harsh truth that as an elite female athlete, we definitely have to consider a lot of things our male counterparts don’t.”
Distance runner Kara Goucher, who also fought battles over pregnancy pay, said people are starting to acknowledge the issue, and careers are lasting longer. But she added: “You see the dad at the Super Bowl holding his kids. The reason he’s able to do that … is because someone else is there taking care of their children. That’s not how it is for mothers.”
Like Williams when she won the Australian Open in 2017, beach volleyball player Kerri Walsh Jennings was newly pregnant when she won a gold medal in London in 2012.
“I think at some point, you gotta make that choice,” she said. “Ultimately it’s very clear that that clock is ticking. Usually, being a mama wins out.”
But Walsh Jennings expects Williams to keep building her legacy. (Williams has become a venture capitalist with her Serena Ventures, and is a fashion designer, among other things.) “She has earned the right to stop and breathe, and to grow her family,” she said.
Tennis legend Chris Evert, who won 18 Grand Slam singles titles, retired at 34 and started a family two years later. “The motherhood/tennis career subject is not one I experienced,” she said in an email message. “I wanted and chose to spend every second with my children. That was my choice but doesn’t mean it’s the right choice for everyone.
“As far as Serena, I think this is the right time,” Evert said. “She’s squeezed everything she could out of her game. … She’s transcended tennis and become a leader on many important cultural, social and gender issues. She has lived an extraordinary life and will undoubtedly continue to crash the glass ceiling.”
One thing is clear: The U.S. Open, after which Williams strongly hinted she’ll retire, will be a huge draw. Ticket sales were sharply up on Tuesday, said Kirsten Corio, chief commercial officer for the U.S. Tennis Association.
A mother of two herself, Corio said of Williams’ announcement that “the realization is a little bit crushing, that as a woman you can’t do both as an athlete at the top of your game.”
“It’s a lot of emotions to process, both as a fan of sports and of working moms,” she said. “The one emotion that I can boil it down to, really, is just gratitude.”
Dearica Hamby was also feeling gratitude. Williams, said the WNBA player for the Las Vegas Aces, has been “an example for a lot of us, especially mothers being able to compete at such a high level.”
Still, Hamby, who like Williams has a daughter, 5-year-old Amaya, said the tennis star’s call was a hard one — and it’s a discussion she’s been having a lot lately with coaches and players.
“You’re almost forced to choose,” she said of motherhood and pro sports. “It’s the reality of the world we live in. I mean, are men gonna start having kids? It’s the hard reality of the world.”
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Midterm-Vulnerable Democrats' Silence Speaks Volumes - Trump FBI Raid May Come Back to Bite
Ask any incumbent House Democrats what they thought about the FBI raid on former President Donald Trump’s home in Florida, and your likelihood of getting a response probably depended on how safe they were in their seat.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was more than happy to endorse the search in Mar-a-Lago on Monday, which Fox News reported was in response to a complaint by the National Archives and Records Administration regarding materials Trump brought to his estate after his presidency had ended.
On Tuesday morning, she told NBC’s “Today” show that “no person is above the law. Not even the president of the United States. Not even a former president of the United States.”
However, the House leader conceded she didn’t “know very much about it.” Which is funny, because that’s precisely the same thing the most vulnerable members of her House caucus were willing to say — if they said anything at all.
On Tuesday, Fox News reported that the network had contacted every one of the 21 House Democrats who are running in seats that analysts have either deemed “toss-ups,” “lean Republican or “likely Republican” in the 2022 midterms this November. Fox asked them what they thought of the raid.
“None of them answered,” Fox News noted in the article, which was published Tuesday evening.
Actually, according to Fox, out of the 21, there was one weasel-worded response, from the office of Democratic Rep. Dina Titus of Nevada. But it still wasn’t much of an answer.
“We are continuing to monitor this developing situation,” her spokeswoman said, without betraying any position.
Rep. Elaine Luria of Virginia, while she didn’t necessarily respond to Fox News, also made it known that she thought the raid was “unprecedented” — but so was Donald Trump, apparently, so everything’s hunky-dory.
The FBI’s raid on Mar-a-Lago is an unprecedented action in reaction to an unprecedented presidency.
We have never had a president who sought to overturn an election and summon a mob to DC as Donald Trump did on January 6th. pic.twitter.com/eFfEy4KPvo
— Rep. Elaine Luria (@RepElaineLuria) August 9, 2022
“The FBI’s raid on Mar-a-Lago is an unprecedented action in reaction to an unprecedented presidency. We have never had a president who sought to overturn an election and summon a mob to DC as Donald Trump did on January 6th,” Luria, a member of the House Jan. 6 committee, wrote in a tweet. She included a clip of herself on MSNBC’s “The Rachel Maddow Show” show saying something materially similar.
In that appearance, Luria, whose race is considered a “toss-up,” according to Townhall, justified the suspicion of Trump by rattling off a series of claims regarding the former president’s treatment of documents, including “another reporting of one of his aides saying he had eaten documents.”
She doesn’t mention who made this dubious allegation — White House aide and “The Apprentice” contestant Omarosa Manigault Newman, who will not go down as one of the best hires in the history of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
After she was fired in 2018, she became one of numerous Republicans who became professional former-Trumpers, telling anyone who would listen (and would either pay them or elevate their profile), how they’d Seen The Light™.
Luria doesn’t see fit to mention, I notice, the dubious nature of the allegation that an accomplished, billionaire businessman and president of the United States didn’t have any better way of disposing of documents than munching on them. Nor does she mention that Manigault Newman committed a significant breach of security when she secretly recorded her firing by then-White House Chief of Staff John Kelly.
“Former national security officials said it was not clear whether Ms. Manigault Newman had broken any laws, but she certainly violated the rules around what is supposed to be one of the most secure rooms in the capital,” The New York Times’ Maggie Haberman reported in 2018. (She was never charged.)
But I digress. Another Luria tweet — in which she wrote there was “no way to defend Trump, only to deflect” in response to House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s statement that Attorney General Merrick Garland should “preserve [his] documents and clear [his] calendar — illustrated the danger that vulnerable Democrats face when championing a politically tinged raid.
Here was Luria’s opponent, Republican Jen Kiggans, in a Tuesday tweet: “The dangerous precedent the Democrats set yesterday by weaponizing the FBI should anger and frighten every American. All to settle old political scores and silence their political opponents – it’s corrupt and it’s flat out unacceptable.”
Unfortunately, it’s no surprise that Elaine Luria has found a way to justify this blatant and flagrant abuse of power. We cannot stand for this…Republicans must take back the House this November to ensure this never happens again.
— Jen Kiggans (@JenKiggans) August 9, 2022
“Unfortunately, it’s no surprise that Elaine Luria has found a way to justify this blatant and flagrant abuse of power,” she continued. “We cannot stand for this … Republicans must take back the House this November to ensure this never happens again.”
If there was any chance the Democrats would hold on to the House of Representatives in November, it involved harnessing outrage over Roe v. Wade being overturned and the failure of voting and abortion rights bills in the Senate due to Democrats not willing to jettison the filibuster — along with the hope Republicans would stay complacent and stay home.
We may not know much about what preceded Monday’s events, but we know enough that a raid on a former president’s estate is without precedent in this country — and it’s all supposedly over a public records dispute? Think Republicans are going to stay home now?
Nancy Pelosi isn’t going to get booted from her sinecure in the People’s Republic of San Francisco. That’s why she’s out there insisting there was “justification” for the raid — because “to have a visit like that, you need a warrant. To have a warrant, you need justification.” (That’s the preposterously circular logic she gave to the folks at “Morning Joe” on MSNBC, according to Fox News.)
For the rest of the most vulnerable 21 Democrats, it behooves them to say nothing at all. They’ve no doubt seen Elaine Luria’s Twitter feed and MSNBC appearances, which should almost count as an in-kind donation to her opponent. For the other 20 desperate Dems, they serve as an object lesson: Don’t do that.
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There would have not have happened Washington in a land ounce like in a state it is just, but a time it may been too different now\nThe United States Of Arabs By Michael Tyson\nWe have more wealth but what has we got is better off if people did, but, why so poor so fast the answer a problem is but no where, to blessed, but still I say our lives is more worse for our government and how our government had treated CNN — Ford on Thursday will once again begin taking orders for its popular F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck. But this time, the base model of the pickup will cost about $7,000 more than before.
When the Lightning first went on sale, the Pro version — the base model intended mostly as a simple work truck — cost about $40,000. Now it will cost about $47,000. More expensive versions of the truck have similar price increases, up to $8,500 for highly equipped extended range models. The Lightning is currently eligible for the $7,500 federal EV tax credit. (With electric vehicle tax credit rules set to change under the new legislation, it’s unclear if the truck will continue to be eligible in the future.)
The change is due to “significant material cost increases and other factors,” according to a Ford announcement. Ford had stopped taking retail orders at the end of last year as customer demand threatened to outstrip the automaker’s production capacity.
There are some small improvements to the truck, though. The EPA-estimated range for the base model truck has been increased from 230 miles to 240 miles, for instance. The Special Vehicle Service Package, which includes things like “police-grade” heavy-duty cloth seats, is now available for fleet buyers on the base Pro model.
Ford is also adding a new feature, called Pro Trailer Hitch Assist, which automatically steers the truck to make hooking it up to a trailer easier, according to Ford. It will be available on even base versions, Ford said, as part of a $1,400 to $2,000 (depending on the specific truck model) Tow Technology Package.
Ford isn’t alone in raising prices, particularly for electric vehicles. General Motors recently increased the price of the GMC Hummer EV by $6,250.
Customers who already have an order for a truck won’t have to pay the new, higher price, according to Ford. Reservation holders who had not yet been invited to place a firm order may have to pay the increased price, though.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for F, EVFM, RBLX, AMC, and SSNT.
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BOSTON (AP) — A former Boston high school dean already in prison for shooting a student he recruited to deal drugs has pleaded guilty to a federal gang-related charge.
Shaun Harrison, 63, who was known by students at The English High School as “Rev,” pleaded guilty in Boston federal court on Tuesday to a count of racketeering conspiracy more than two years after he was indicted alongside dozens of other Latin Kings members, leaders and associates.
Harrison was convicted in state court in 2018 of assault and other charges, and sentenced to up to 26 years in prison for shooting a 17-year-old student in the back of the head after a dispute over slumping drug sales. The bullet broke the teen’s jawbone and just missed his carotid artery, and he survived.
Harrison lived a double life, painting himself as an anti-violence activist and mentor for troubled teens while hiding his own gang ties and luring students into drugs and violence, according to authorities. Harrison denied the charges.
While locked up in state prison, federal prosecutors accused him of working with fellow gang members from behind bars to try to identify a police informant in his case. Harrison's plea deal in the federal case calls for a sentence of about 18 years in prison.
Massachusetts U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins said Harrison exploited “his position of trust to corrupt and coerce vulnerable and at-risk children into a world of criminal activity.”
“He used his position of trust to find his victims and groom them. It is truly disgusting,” she said in an emailed statement.
An attorney representing Harrison in the federal case declined on Wednesday to comment.
Federal prosecutors say Harrison is the 60th defendant to plead guilty in the massive Latin Kings case stemming from an investigation dubbed “Operation Throne Down.” Two defendants are still wanted on federal arrest warrants, authorities say.
A federal judge recently ordered Harrison to pay more than $10 million in damages to the former student he was convicted of trying to kill, but it's unclear whether the victim will ever get any money from Harrison.
The default judgement includes $7.5 million in damages for pain, suffering and emotional distress; $2.5 million in punitive damages; and more than $80,000 for the victim’s medical bills. | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/School-dean-who-shot-student-pleads-guilty-to-17364328.php | 2022-08-10T16:21:34Z | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/School-dean-who-shot-student-pleads-guilty-to-17364328.php | false |
LAKELAND, Fla., Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Florida Southern College is among the schools featured in the Fiske Guide to Colleges 2023, the 39th edition of the most authoritative guide to more than 320 of the best colleges and universities in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, and Ireland.
The College has been recognized in the independent annual guide since 2009.
"Our revolutionary engaged learning process, led by our faculty, differentiates Florida Southern College from everyone else," said Dr. Anne B. Kerr, FSC's president. "We provide the educational experience to our students, then we help place them in the workforce in a consequential manner."
Written by Edward B. Fiske, the former education editor for The New York Times, and the Guide's managing editor, Michelle Lecuyer, the Fiske Guide to Colleges provides college-bound students and their parents with detailed stories and up-to-date enrollment information, including quotes and tips that capture the personality of each school. Questionnaire responses from college administrators and students offer unique insights on a wide range of topics, from academics to social activities, housing, dining, financial aid, and the overall campus environment.
The new edition of the Fiske Guide highlights Florida Southern's focus on a hands-on pedagogy. "Florida Southern's core curriculum is based on student learning outcomes in eight areas, ranging from critical and creative thinking to effective communication to personal and social responsibility."
Additionally, the Guide points out that, "Forty-two percent of students carry out undergraduate research projects during their time at FSC, usually as part of a senior capstone course."
In its updated profile, the 2023 guide focuses on Florida Southern College's ability to help graduating seniors earn jobs in their chosen fields. "The Career Center is the best resource on campus," said one student. "They offer résumé building, [mock] interviews, and many more things to help you with your future career."
The Fiske Guide to Colleges 2023 is available in print as a trade paperback and in digital form through the iTunes app or Fiske Interactive Online.
Founded in 1883, Florida Southern College is the oldest private college in the state. The College maintains its commitment to academic excellence through 70+ undergraduate programs and distinctive graduate programs in business administration, education, nursing, and physical therapy. Florida Southern has a 14:1 student-to-faculty ratio, is an award-winning national leader in engaged learning, and boasts 30 NCAA Division II National Championships. Florida Southern is ranked at #8 among the "Best Regional Universities in the South" by U.S. News & World Report in its 2022 "Best Colleges" guide and is included in The Princeton Review's 2022 Best 387 Colleges guide and the "Fiske Guide to Colleges 2022." The 2021-2022 Colleges of Distinction guidebook praises Florida Southern's AACSB accredited Barney Barnett School of Business and Free Enterprise alongside the College's School of Education and its Ann Blanton Edwards School of Nursing and Health Sciences. Poets&Quants, U.S. News & World Report, Fortune, and The Princeton Review further laud the Barney Barnett School of Business and Free Enterprise and the Ann Blanton Edwards School of Nursing and Health Sciences as foremost programs in the nation for business and nursing education. Home to the world's largest single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture, FSC has appeared on The Princeton Review's top 20 "Most Beautiful Campus" national listing for 12 consecutive years. Connect with Florida Southern College.
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The acquisition further demonstrates Mitratech's commitment to HR compliance & efficiency
AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Mitratech, a leading global provider of legal, compliance, and HR software, is pleased to announce that it has acquired the high-volume, hourly employee-focused applicant tracking and onboarding platform, TalentReef.
TalentReef, the market-leading talent management platform purpose-built for location-based, high-volume hourly hiring, automates processes and optimizes workflows to remove friction for candidates and hiring managers, particularly in de-centralized hiring environments. The talent management ecosystem was built to eliminate discord, ensure compliance and make the recruiting, hiring and onboarding process as smooth and easy as possible for managers and their applicants.
TalentReef's solution provides robust features that hiring managers need to compete in the battle for hourly talent. From a rapid application process to a conversational AI chatbot and two-way text communication, the platform has been built to scale and is configurable based on positional requirements, seasonality, and local market needs — specifically for those who hire hourly workers. TalentReef is used in over 100,000 locations across the US.
"We welcome TalentReef into the Mitratech community and are excited about our collective vision," said Mike Williams, CEO, of Mitratech. "Combining TalentReef's best-in-class systems with Mitratech's expertise, technology, and global platform will ensure our customers' hiring needs are serviced better and faster than anyone else in the industry."
The acquisition comes on the heels of Mitratech acquiring AssureHire, an emerging leader in tech-enabled background screening and verifications. TalentReef will integrate with both Tracker I-9 and AssureHire to provide a seamless and highly compliant onboarding experience for hourly workers.
Mitratech is a proven global technology partner for corporate legal, risk, compliance, and HR professionals seeking to maximize productivity, control expense, and mitigate risk by deepening organizational alignment, increasing visibility, and spurring collaboration across an enterprise. Mitratech serves over 2,000 organizations worldwide spanning more than 160 countries.
For more info, visit: www.mitratech.com
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
With Q1 and Q2 in the books, the JBM® team has seen a hot start to 2022. The #1 ranked boutique brokerage firm in the U.S. closed $1.5 billion worth of Florida multifamily transactions in the first half of 2022.
Known for their market dominance in Southwest Florida, the JBM® team closed the majority of their first half transactions in this area, including in Sarasota, Fort Myers, Estero, and Naples. In addition, 6 of the sales were brand new, Class A+, merchant developments – further cementing JBM's reputation as Florida's leading merchant development disposition broker.
Founder and CEO, Jamie May, states, "It's amazing to be a boutique shop and have incredible numbers like this – it goes to show the hard work and relationships we've built across the state and specifically Southwest Florida. When we started 20 years ago, nobody was interested in places like Fort Myers or Naples, but now they're some of the most desirable destinations in the entire country and two of the biggest benefactors of the net migration to Florida."
Despite exclusively focusing on Florida, Green Street has ranked JBM® as the #12 broker by sales volume across the entire U.S. for the first half of 2022. Their first half sales are not just limited to Southwest Florida, as JBM® has closed transactions across the entire state, including the Orlando MSA, Gainesville MSA, Jacksonville, and Tampa/St. Petersburg.
While interest rates have steadily risen, leading to inflated cap rates, the JBM® team remains on pace for a record year in 2022. As of August, JBM® has $2.4 billion in active listings on the market or under contract – the majority of which are across Tampa/St. Petersburg and Southwest Florida.
JBM® Institutional Multifamily Advisors is a multifamily brokerage firm with offices in Naples, St. Petersburg, and Orlando, Florida. They focus exclusively on multifamily asset disposition services, equity placement, capitalization and recapitalization of new merchant developments, core-plus, and value-add transactions. JBM® is the #1 ranked boutique brokerage firm in the U.S. and the #1 ranked broker in Southwest Florida – with a 70%+ market share spanning the last 20+ years. In 2021, according to Green Street, JBM® achieved the #2 highest average sales price per transaction among qualifying brokers.
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BOSTON (AP) — A former Boston high school dean already in prison for shooting a student he recruited to deal drugs has pleaded guilty to a federal gang-related charge.
Shaun Harrison, 63, who was known by students at The English High School as “Rev,” pleaded guilty in Boston federal court on Tuesday to a count of racketeering conspiracy more than two years after he was indicted alongside dozens of other Latin Kings members, leaders and associates.
Harrison was convicted in state court in 2018 of assault and other charges, and sentenced to up to 26 years in prison for shooting a 17-year-old student in the back of the head after a dispute over slumping drug sales. The bullet broke the teen’s jawbone and just missed his carotid artery, and he survived.
Harrison lived a double life, painting himself as an anti-violence activist and mentor for troubled teens while hiding his own gang ties and luring students into drugs and violence, according to authorities. Harrison denied the charges.
While locked up in state prison, federal prosecutors accused him of working with fellow gang members from behind bars to try to identify a police informant in his case. Harrison’s plea deal in the federal case calls for a sentence of about 18 years in prison.
Massachusetts U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins said Harrison exploited “his position of trust to corrupt and coerce vulnerable and at-risk children into a world of criminal activity.”
“He used his position of trust to find his victims and groom them. It is truly disgusting,” she said in an emailed statement.
An attorney representing Harrison in the federal case declined on Wednesday to comment.
Federal prosecutors say Harrison is the 60th defendant to plead guilty in the massive Latin Kings case stemming from an investigation dubbed “Operation Throne Down.” Two defendants are still wanted on federal arrest warrants, authorities say.
A federal judge recently ordered Harrison to pay more than $10 million in damages to the former student he was convicted of trying to kill, but it’s unclear whether the victim will ever get any money from Harrison.
The default judgement includes $7.5 million in damages for pain, suffering and emotional distress; $2.5 million in punitive damages; and more than $80,000 for the victim’s medical bills. | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/school-dean-who-shot-student-pleads-guilty-to-federal-charge/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all | 2022-08-10T16:27:19Z | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/school-dean-who-shot-student-pleads-guilty-to-federal-charge/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all | false |
The acquisition further demonstrates Mitratech's commitment to HR compliance & efficiency
AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Mitratech, a leading global provider of legal, compliance, and HR software, is pleased to announce that it has acquired the high-volume, hourly employee-focused applicant tracking and onboarding platform, TalentReef.
TalentReef, the market-leading talent management platform purpose-built for location-based, high-volume hourly hiring, automates processes and optimizes workflows to remove friction for candidates and hiring managers, particularly in de-centralized hiring environments. The talent management ecosystem was built to eliminate discord, ensure compliance and make the recruiting, hiring and onboarding process as smooth and easy as possible for managers and their applicants.
TalentReef's solution provides robust features that hiring managers need to compete in the battle for hourly talent. From a rapid application process to a conversational AI chatbot and two-way text communication, the platform has been built to scale and is configurable based on positional requirements, seasonality, and local market needs — specifically for those who hire hourly workers. TalentReef is used in over 100,000 locations across the US.
"We welcome TalentReef into the Mitratech community and are excited about our collective vision," said Mike Williams, CEO, of Mitratech. "Combining TalentReef's best-in-class systems with Mitratech's expertise, technology, and global platform will ensure our customers' hiring needs are serviced better and faster than anyone else in the industry."
The acquisition comes on the heels of Mitratech acquiring AssureHire, an emerging leader in tech-enabled background screening and verifications. TalentReef will integrate with both Tracker I-9 and AssureHire to provide a seamless and highly compliant onboarding experience for hourly workers.
Mitratech is a proven global technology partner for corporate legal, risk, compliance, and HR professionals seeking to maximize productivity, control expense, and mitigate risk by deepening organizational alignment, increasing visibility, and spurring collaboration across an enterprise. Mitratech serves over 2,000 organizations worldwide spanning more than 160 countries.
For more info, visit: www.mitratech.com
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Legislation Guarantees Care and Benefits for Veterans Affected by Toxic Exposure
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- At a White House ceremony today, Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) applauded President Joe Biden's signing of the SFC Heath Robinson Honoring Our PACT Act. The legislation will guarantee care and benefits for veterans who suffer the ill effects of their exposure to burn pits and other toxins while serving America.
"By signing this historic legislation, President Biden ensured health care access to help save the lives of countless veterans affected by toxic exposure," Wounded Warrior Project CEO Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Mike Linnington said after the bill's signing. "This is without a doubt a great day for veterans across America. The enactment of the Honoring Our Pact Act caps years of work by many veterans, lawmakers, veteran service organizations, and the American public. Wounded Warrior Project will work to ensure veterans know how to access the care and benefits available to them as a result of this historic piece of legislation."
Wounded Warrior Project and other veterans service organizations have worked for years to build support for comprehensive toxic exposure legislation. According to WWP's Annual Warrior Survey, nearly all the warriors served by WWP report being exposed to hazardous or toxic substances during their service, with 75% reporting being exposed to burn pits.
The Honoring Our PACT Act will declare 23 new presumptive conditions tied to toxic exposure, establish 31 new VA health care facilities around the country, and grant VA health care enrollment eligibility to any veteran who suffered toxic exposures while in service.
As always, the WWP Benefits team is available to help post-9/11 wounded, ill, and injured veterans get the care and benefits they need and deserve. As more details become available about the implementation of new health care and benefits, the information will be posted on WWP's website at WoundedWarriorProject.org/ToxicExposure.
About Wounded Warrior Project
Since 2003, Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) has been meeting the growing needs of warriors, their families, and caregivers — helping them achieve their highest ambition. Learn more.
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Flynn has led marketing team expansion, increased ROI, and elevated Zywave's brand in the marketplace
MILWAUKEE, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading insurtech provider, Zywave, today announced the promotion of Amanda Flynn to Senior Vice President of Marketing. Flynn will continue to lead the marketing function, while developing strategies to strengthen the Zywave brand, enhance customer relationships, and drive revenue.
"Zywave is at an inflection point in its journey to transform the insurtech space, and Amanda is here to help tell the story of how we're revolutionizing the entire insurance market with our flexible, configurable, cloud-based platform," said Jason Liu, Zywave's CEO. "With Amanda's continued leadership, deep understanding and firsthand experience leading tech-forward, break-through brands, we will continue to make noise in the marketplace, while demonstrating the massive impact Zywave solutions can have on insurance organizations."
Flynn joined the Zywave senior leadership team in July 2021, after holding successful leadership positions in marketing and revenue functions in multiple software companies, including BenchPrep, Seismic and Nokia.
A highlight in Flynn's first year at Zywave, in March 2022, the company was recognized as a leader in "The Forrester Wave™: Digital Insurance Agency Platforms, Q1 2022" report, an initiative she spearheaded.
For more information on Zywave, visit www.zywave.com.
Zywave leads the insurtech industry, fueling business growth for its partners with cloud-based sales management, client delivery, content and analytics solutions. Zywave's all-in-one platform provides customizable, user-friendly options that enable insurance professionals to build a unique solution to fit their specific growth goals—their own Modern RevOps Machine. More than 15,000 carriers, agencies and brokerages worldwide—including all of the top 100 U.S. insurance brokerages—use Zywave solutions to enhance client services, achieve business growth and promote greater health, wellness, risk management and safety. Additional information can be found at www.zywave.com
Contact: Megan O'Shea
megan.oshea@zywave.com
414-454-6117
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