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SINGAPORE, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MoonXBT, the innovative crypto social trading platform, has reached a statistical milestone with its Android application in Google Play Store surpassing 100k downloads early in August. Before this, MoonXBT also passed the code audit of its website by leading blockchain security company Certik.
In the meantime, other numbers of MoonXBT are reaching new highs as well. The daily active users of MoonXBT has exceeded 6 thousand among which more than 2 thousand are daily active traders. The total daily trading volume of all users on average of MoonXBT has reached over 200 million USDT. The users of MoonXBT covers a wide range of countries and regions across the world with main end users coming from Southeastern Asia - mainly Vietnam, Indonesia, and Malaysia, Turkey, Latin America, and Russia.
According to the platform, reaching these numbers is no easy job in a market like this considering many crypto exchanges have undergone trading volume shrinks and even lay-offs.
MoonXBT attributes its growth in application downloads, users and trading volume to multidimensional factors among which four major ones are: the long tail effect of the MoonXBT copy trading function, the continuous innovation of the platform's trading products, the timely user favourable policy for spot market and the strong support from community partners in core markets.
As a social trading platform, one of MoonXBT's flagship functions is copy trading which allows normal traders to follow the professional traders' trading strategy and have their orders placed and executed automatically in sync with the traders they follow. This saves time and increases the win rate for normal and moreover rookie traders especially in the volatile market. For professional traders, they enjoy a 10% share of the profits made from their followers' orders. As more and more traders with insufficient trading experience follow the steps of traders of their liking, they come to MoonXBT and download its application so that they can copy trade the traders on the platform.
On top of the above, MoonXBT has demonstrated large innovation capacity with trading products as a young exchange. In just a little over a year's time span, MoonXBT has grown from a solely contract trading platform to one with all sorts of trading products including liquid contract, warrant options, spot market and OTC. Most recently, it launched the perpetual swap, a kind of derivative product which never expires. The continuous product innovation is also attracting new users with different risk preferences and trading needs and therefore has contributed to the numbers.
In addition, to cater to the demands of users and lesson the burgers of the traders, MoonXBT is also one of the first few exchanges to implement zero fee policy for multiple trading pairs and later stable trading pairs. The timely policy also helped the platform to win over the users and boosted the MoonXBT application downloads.
Besides all the listed, one of the core reasons for MoonXBT's milestone achievement is the strong support from the communities especially the working partners from core markets. The major market of MoonXBT now is Southeast Asia in which MoonXBT already has local teams in three countries including Vietnam, Indonesia and Malaysia. MoonXBT is even one of the top three crypto exchanges in Vietnam. The platform has partnerships with various communities and influencers in the region and is actively exploring more co-operations. The platform is also expanding partnerships in other parts of the world actively.
The Google Play downloads breakthrough along with other growing numbers shows how effective the local communities are in facilitating the platform's growth which in turn bring benefits to the supporting communities. It is also a good testament of MoonXBT's multidimensional development.
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BEIJING, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Weibo Corporation (NASDAQ: WB and HKEX: 9898), a leading social media for people to create, share and discover content, will announce its unaudited financial results for the second quarter 2022 before the U.S. market opens on Thursday, September 1, 2022. Following the announcement, Weibo's management team will host a conference call from 7 AM – 8 AM Eastern Time on September 1, 2022 (or 7 PM – 8 PM Beijing Time on September 1, 2022) to present an overview of the Company's financial performance and business operations.
Participants who wish to dial in to the teleconference must register through the below public participant link. Dial in and instruction will be in the confirmation email upon registering.
Participants Registration Link: https://register.vevent.com/register/BIafafec22bbd342a7aa40d105c47d0e6b
This call will be webcast live and the replay will be available for 12 months. Both will be available through the Company's corporate website at http://ir.weibo.com.
About Weibo Corporation
Weibo is a leading social media for people to create, share and discover content online. Weibo combines the means of public self-expression in real time with a powerful platform for social interaction, content aggregation and content distribution. Any user can create and post a feed and attach multi-media and long-form content. User relationships on Weibo may be asymmetric; any user can follow any other user and add comments to a feed while reposting. This simple, asymmetric and distributed nature of Weibo allows an original feed to become a live viral conversation stream.
Weibo enables its advertising and marketing customers to promote their brands, products and services to users. Weibo offers a wide range of advertising and marketing solutions to companies of all sizes. The Company generates a substantial majority of its revenues from the sale of advertising and marketing services, including the sale of social display advertisement and promoted marketing offerings. Designed with a "mobile first" philosophy, Weibo displays content in a simple information feed format and offers native advertisement that conform to the information feed on our platform. To support the mobile format, we have developed and continuously refining our social interest graph recommendation engine, which enables our customers to perform people marketing and target audiences based on user demographics, social relationships, interests and behaviors, to achieve greater relevance, engagement and marketing effectiveness
Safe Harbor Statement
This press release contains forward-looking statements that relate to, among other things, Weibo's expected financial performance and strategic and operational plans (as described, without limitation, in the "Business Outlook" section and in quotations from management in this press release. Weibo may also make forward-looking statements in the Company's periodic reports to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), in announcements, circulars or other publications made on the website of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "Hong Kong Stock Exchange"), in press releases and other written materials and in oral statements made by its officers, directors or employees to third parties. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about the Company's beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology, such as "will," "expects," "anticipates," "future," "intends," "plans," "believes," "confidence," "estimates" and similar statements. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. A number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement. Potential risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, Weibo's limited operating history in certain new businesses; failure to grow active user base and the level of user engagement; the uncertain regulatory landscape in China; fluctuations in the Company's quarterly operating results; the Company's reliance on advertising and marketing sales for a majority of its revenues; failure to successfully develop, introduce, drive adoption of or monetize new features and products; failure to compete effectively for advertising and marketing spending; failure to successfully integrate acquired businesses; risks associated with the Company's investments, including equity pick-up and impairment; failure to compete successfully against new entrants and established industry competitors; changes in the macro-economic environment, including the depreciation of the Renminbi; and adverse changes in economic and political policies of the PRC government and its impact on the Chinese economy. Further information regarding these and other risks is included in Weibo's annual report on Form 20-Fs and other filings with the SEC and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. All information provided in this press release is current as of the date hereof, and Weibo assumes no obligation to update such information, except as required under applicable law.
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"Fiscally responsible" solution will provide comprehensive functionality and flexibility for member districts
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Edupoint® Educational Systems announced today that Education reEnvisioned BOCES has selected the company's industry-leading Synergy® Student Information System (SIS) for its own student data management needs as well as those of its member schools. The BOCES represents 12 schools serving 5,000 students.
Education reEnvisioned offers choice to Colorado families, authorizing and overseeing brick-and-mortar schools, online schools, and homeschool enrichment programs. The BOCES is driven by a belief in the importance of providing varied options to meet the diverse and unique needs of children and is the largest authorizer of online schools in the state. Member schools include multi-district online schools, brick-and-mortar schools, microschools, and homeschool enrichment programs that include areas such as music, art, and canyoneering.
Synergy SIS provides schools and districts with powerful tools for streamlining and automating processes, exceptional data access and reporting capabilities, extensive customization options, and best-in-class data security. The built-in TeacherVUE® Portal With Gradebook gives teachers a single place to access attendance and seating charts, a 360° profile of every student, assignments and grading, and built-in data analysis tools that facilitate tracking student progress, differentiating instruction, and responding quickly to students who require extra support. The gradebook integrates with in-demand classroom tools such as Google for Education™ apps – including Google Classroom™ – and over 400 LTI learning apps. The ParentVUE® and StudentVUE® portals give parents and students unprecedented web and mobile access to grades, assignments, and communication with teachers.
Education reEnvisioned leadership began looking for a SIS after rapidly increasing enrollment challenged the cooperative's manual state reporting process.
"We needed a system that would enable us to seamlessly meet Colorado state reporting requirements," said Dan Snowberger, Director of Education Operations at Education reEnvisioned, "but we also have 12 schools with very different needs that will be using Synergy for student data management. We're not an organization that feels like everyone has to do exactly the same thing, so the platform's flexibility was key for us. We needed a solution that was fiscally responsible as well, and Synergy was affordable. Plus, Edupoint has an amazing team, which was a major factor in helping us decide."
As part of the seamless Synergy Education Platform ecosystem, Synergy SIS enables schools and districts to easily extend functionality to include online registration, MTSS, assessment, analytics, learning management, and special education management in a single platform that also features a unique suite of native, role-based mobile apps.
"With Synergy SIS, Education reEnvisioned BOCES is getting an extremely powerful and flexible student data management solution designed to support everyday needs and navigate both anticipated and unanticipated changes in the education landscape," said Bob Weathers, Founder and CEO at Edupoint. "We're pleased to welcome the BOCES to the Synergy family and look forward to working together to support the diverse needs of Colorado students."
For over 35 years, the leadership of Edupoint Educational Systems has provided well-designed, technologically advanced student data management systems that empower K-12 stakeholders to improve student achievement. Synergy Education Platform by Edupoint is an industry-leading student data management ecosystem built to fit the way educators already work. Synergy is unique among student data management solutions in providing an array of role-based mobile apps designed to give all stakeholders access to the tools they need when and where they need them. More than 5.5 million students use Synergy in 22 states. https://www.edupoint.com/
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TX El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM Zone Forecast for Monday, August 15, 2022
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Zone Forecast Product for New Mexico
National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
345 AM MDT Tue Aug 16 2022
TXZ418-170000-
Western El Paso County-
Including the cities of Downtown El Paso, West El Paso,
and Upper Valley
345 AM MDT Tue Aug 16 2022
.TODAY...Sunny this morning, then partly cloudyy with scattered
showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Breezy, cooler with
highs in the mid 80s. East winds 15 to 25 mph. Gusts up to 40 mph
this afternoon. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Isolated showers and thunderstorms in
the evening, then numerous showers and scattered thunderstorms
after midnight. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall
after midnight. Breezy with lows in the upper 60s. East winds
15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Numerous showers and thunderstorms. Some
thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall. Highs in the lower 80s.
East winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with scattered showers and
thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall.
Lows in the upper 60s. East winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper
80s. East winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers. A chance of
thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall in
the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Showers and thunderstorms likely.
Lows in the upper 60s. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain
70 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Showers and thunderstorms
likely, mainly in the evening. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of
rain 60 percent.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly cloudy after midnight.
Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ419-170000-
Eastern/Central El Paso County-
Including the cities of East and Northeast El Paso, Socorro,
and Fort Bliss
345 AM MDT Tue Aug 16 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Scattered showers and thunderstorms this
afternoon. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall this
afternoon. Breezy, cooler with highs in the mid 80s. East winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph, increasing to 15 to 25 mph
with gusts up to 40 mph this afternoon. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy. Isolated showers and thunderstorms in the
evening, then numerous showers and scattered thunderstorms after
midnight. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall. Breezy
with lows in the upper 60s. East winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up
to 35 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Numerous showers and thunderstorms. Some
thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall. Highs in the lower 80s.
East winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with scattered showers and
thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall.
Lows in the upper 60s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid
80s. East winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Highs in the mid 80s.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Showers and thunderstorms likely.
Lows in the upper 60s. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain
70 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Showers and thunderstorms
likely, mainly in the evening. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of
rain 60 percent.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the
upper 60s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ420-170000-
Northern Hudspeth Highlands/Hueco Mountains-
Including the cities of Hueco Tanks and Loma Linda
345 AM MDT Tue Aug 16 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny this morning, then mostly cloudy with
scattered showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Some
thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall this afternoon. Breezy,
cooler with highs in the upper 70s. Temperature falling into the
mid 70s this afternoon. East winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to
40 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy with scattered thunderstorms. Scattered showers
in the evening, then numerous showers after midnight. Some
thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall. Breezy with lows in the
mid 60s. East winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. Chance
of rain 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Numerous showers and thunderstorms. Some
thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall. Highs in the upper 70s.
East winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain
70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with scattered showers and
thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall.
Lows in the lower 60s. East winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. East winds 10 to 15 mph.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers. A chance of
thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall in
the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Showers and thunderstorms likely. Lows in the mid
60s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then partly cloudy with showers and
thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s.
Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Showers and thunderstorms
likely, mainly in the evening. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance of
rain 60 percent.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the
mid 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ423-170000-
Rio Grande Valley of Eastern El Paso/Western Hudspeth Counties-
Including the cities of Fabens, Fort Hancock, and Tornillo
345 AM MDT Tue Aug 16 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy this morning, then mostly cloudy with
scattered showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Some
thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall this afternoon. Breezy,
cooler with highs in the lower 80s. East winds 15 to 25 mph with
gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy with scattered thunderstorms. Scattered showers
in the evening, then numerous showers after midnight. Some
thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall. Humid with lows in the
upper 60s. East winds 15 to 20 mph. Gusts up to 35 mph in the
evening. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Numerous showers and thunderstorms. Some
thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall. Humid with highs in the
lower 80s. East winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with scattered showers and
thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall.
Humid with lows in the upper 60s. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid
80s. East winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...Showers and thunderstorms
likely. Lows in the upper 60s. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of
rain 60 percent.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ421-170000-
Salt Basin-
Including the cities of Cornudas, Dell City, and Salt Flat
345 AM MDT Tue Aug 16 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Isolated showers and thunderstorms this
morning, then numerous showers and scattered thunderstorms this
afternoon. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall this
afternoon. Breezy and much cooler with highs in the upper 70s.
East winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of rain
70 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy with scattered thunderstorms. Scattered
showers. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall. Humid
with lows in the mid 60s. East winds 15 to 20 mph. Gusts up to
35 mph in the evening. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with scattered showers and
thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall.
Humid with highs in the lower 80s. East winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with scattered showers and
thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall.
Humid with lows in the mid 60s. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. East winds 10 to 15 mph.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the
mid 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Showers and
thunderstorms likely. Highs in the mid 80s. Lows in the mid 60s.
Chance of rain 60 percent.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the
upper 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ422-170000-
Southern Hudspeth Highlands-
Including the city of Sierra Blanca
345 AM MDT Tue Aug 16 2022
.TODAY...Scattered showers and thunderstorms this morning, then
showers and scattered thunderstorms this afternoon. Some
thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall this afternoon. Breezy
and much cooler with highs in the lower 70s. East winds 15 to
25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. Chance of rain near 100 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy with scattered thunderstorms. Numerous showers,
mainly in the evening. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy
rainfall. Near steady temperature in the mid 60s. East winds
15 to 20 mph. Gusts up to 40 mph, decreasing to 30 mph after
midnight. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Numerous showers and thunderstorms. Some
thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall. Highs in the upper 70s.
East winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with scattered showers and
thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall.
Lows in the mid 60s. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up
to 25 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. East winds 10 to 15 mph.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers. A chance of
thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall in
the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Showers and thunderstorms
likely, mainly in the evening. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance of
rain 60 percent.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
$$
TXZ424-170000-
Rio Grande Valley of Eastern Hudspeth County-
Including the city of Indian Hot Springs
345 AM MDT Tue Aug 16 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers and thunderstorms this
morning, then showers and scattered thunderstorms this afternoon.
Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall this afternoon.
Much cooler with highs around 80. Northeast winds 15 to 20 mph
with gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.TONIGHT...Scattered thunderstorms. Showers, mainly in the
evening. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall. Humid
with lows in the upper 60s. East winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up
to 30 mph. Chance of rain 80 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Numerous showers and thunderstorms. Some
thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall. Humid with highs in the
lower 80s. East winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with scattered showers and
thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall.
Humid with lows in the upper 60s. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers. A chance of
thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall in
the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Northeast winds 5 to
10 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers. A chance of
thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall in
the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Showers and
thunderstorms likely. Highs in the upper 80s. Lows in the upper
60s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Klein Law Firm announces that a class action complaint has been filed on behalf of shareholders of Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) alleging that the Company violated federal securities laws.
This lawsuit is on behalf of persons and entities that purchased or otherwise acquired Wells Fargo common stock between February 24, 2021 and June 9, 2022.
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: August 29, 2022
No obligation or cost to you.
Learn more about your recoverable losses in WFC:
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CLASS ACTION CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that Wells Fargo & Company made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) Wells Fargo had misrepresented its commitment to diversity in the Company's workplace; (ii) Wells Fargo conducted fake job interviews in order to meet its Diverse Search Requirement; (iii) the foregoing conduct subjected Wells Fargo to an increased risk of regulatory and/or governmental scrutiny and enforcement action, including criminal charges; (iv) all of the foregoing, once revealed, was likely to negatively impact Wells Fargo's reputation; and (v) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU AS A SHAREHOLDER: If you have suffered a loss in Wells Fargo you have until August 29, 2022 to petition the court for lead plaintiff status. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you purchased Wells Fargo securities during the relevant period, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket fees.
HOW TO PROTECT YOUR FINANCIAL INTERESTS: For additional information about the WFC lawsuit, please contact J. Klein, Esq. by telephone at 212-616-4899 or click this link: https://www.kleinstocklaw.com/pslra-1/wells-fargo-wfc-lawsuit-loss-submission-form?id=30840&from=4.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rapper A$AP Rocky was charged with two felonies Monday for pulling a gun on a former friend and firing in Hollywood last year, prosecutors said.
The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office charged the 33-year-old New York native, whose legal name is Rakim Athelaston Mayers, with two counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm.
Prosecutors allege that during an argument on Nov. 6, 2021, Mayers pointed the handgun at the victim, then in a subsequent confrontation drew the gun again and fired twice in the direction of the man, who sustained a minor injury. His name has not been released.
Mayers has not entered a plea to the charges. He is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday. An email seeking comment from representatives was not immediately returned.
“Discharging a gun in a public place is a serious offense that could have ended with tragic consequences not only for the person targeted but also for innocent bystanders visiting Hollywood,” said District Attorney George Gascón said in a statement.
Mayers and two other men fled the scene after he fired the gun, police said. He was first arrested for the incident at Los Angeles International Airport on April 20, and was released on bail the same day.
A member of the Harlem hip hop collective A$AP Mob, A$AP Rocky first made his mark in music with the single “Peso” in 2011. His 2013 debut album, “Long. Live. A$AP,” went to No. 1 on the Billboard 200, as did its 2015 follow-up, “At. Long. Last. A$AP.” He has been nominated for two Grammy Awards.
He is in a relationship with Rihanna, and the two had a son in May.
Mayers released his last studio album four years ago, and like Rihanna has become as known for fashion trendsetting as he is for music.
He was the focus of international attention in 2019 after being detained for nearly a month in Sweden following a street brawl. He was found guilty of assault and given a “conditional sentence” that meant no additional time in jail.
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EXCLUSIVE: TOWIE's Ella Rae Wise slams co-star Dan Edgar for 'inappropriate' behaviour and says his girlfriend Amber Turner 'shouldn't let him go out' given his 'track record'
- TOWIE's Ella Rae Wise has slammed co-star Dan Edgar for acting 'inappropriately' and says his girlfriend Amber Turner shouldn't trust him
- Ella, 22, told MailOnline that Dan, 32, 'needs to keep his hands to himself' for the sake of his long-term relationship with Amber, 29
- In an exclusive interview, Ella explained that Dan is yet to apologise for the incident, which allegedly took place during a night out earlier this year
- Speaking at the launch of TOWIE's 30th series, Ella said: 'Dan needs to keep his hands to himself. He shouldn't touch up other girls when he has a girlfriend'
- Chloe Meadows, 30, accused Ella of fabricating the incident and claims her only concern is raising her profile, adding: 'She's starving for storylines'
- A source close to the show told MailOnline: 'Dan put his hands around Ella's waist while they were in a club – nothing more'
TOWIE star Ella Rae Wise has slammed Dan Edgar for acting 'inappropriately' in a nightclub and says his girlfriend Amber Turner shouldn't trust him.
Ella, 22, told MailOnline that Dan, 32, 'needs to keep his hands to himself' and she was shocked he behaved in such a way given he's in a long-term relationship with Amber, 29.
In an exclusive interview, Ella explained that Dan is yet to apologise for the incident, which allegedly took place during a night out earlier this year, and she's been branded a 'liar' by her co-stars, including Amber's close friends Chloe Meadows, 30, and Courtney Green, 27.
'He was hands on': TOWIE star Ella Rae Wise has slammed Dan Edgar for acting 'inappropriately' in a nightclub and says his girlfriend Amber Turner shouldn't trust him
Speaking at the launch of TOWIE's 30th series, which returns to ITVBe on Sunday, Ella said: 'Dan needs to keep his hands to himself really. He shouldn't touch up other girls when he has a girlfriend.
'He was hands on and given he has a girlfriend, it was inappropriate.
'With his track record I don't know how she can allow her man to go out.
'I'm not the biggest fan of theirs and they're not the biggest fans of me but I'm the worst person he could have touched up in a club because I'm not going to keep it a secret.
'Track record': Ella told MailOnline that Dan was 'hands on' and she was shocked he behaved in such a way given he's in a long-term relationship with Amber
'I'm going to tell the truth': MailOnline revealed in June that Amber's relationship with Dan had been rocked following claims he 'always wanted a piece' of Ella
'I've been called a liar, which is fine because I've been called a liar before on the show and I can see why they would have animosity towards me but if her boyfriend were to touch up someone – I'm not the best person because I am going to tell the truth.
'Those girls automatically thought I was lying about it, but I wasn't. Dan was horrible to me afterwards, but you'll see on the new series.'
A source close to the show told MailOnline: 'Dan put his hands around Ella's waist while they were in a club – nothing more.'
MailOnline revealed in June that Amber's relationship with Dan had been rocked following claims he 'always wanted a piece of Ella.'
In a voice note that will be aired on the new series, Ella described her account of events to co-star Harry Derbidge, 28, and the allegation quickly circulated in Essex.
Speaking in defence of Amber and Dan's relationship, Chloe accused Ella of fabricating the incident and claims her only concern is raising her public profile.
At Monday's launch, Chloe said: 'I just think the person that started that rumour is starving, absolutely starving. She's starving for storylines, clout, attention, fame; you name it she is gagging for it. Yes, I'm talking about Ella.'
'She's starving for storylines': Speaking in defence of Amber and Dan's relationship, Chloe accused Ella of fabricating the incident and claims her only concern is raising her profile
Ella explained that tension between herself and Dan caused a rift in the cast and Amber and her close group of friends ostracised her.
She said: 'The other group don't let a lot of people in.
'If they don't like the look of you, they don't want you in their group. With us, where we don't comply and we won't agree with everything they say, they would rather not get on with us and that sits completely fine with me because they're not my people either.'
Ella, who's previously admitted to having a 'flirty relationship' with Pete Wicks, 33, says the pair dated this series – but their romance has never gone further than a kiss.
She's also not fazed by the couple's 11-year age difference and says even her mum encourages her to date an older man.
'I did have a few cheeky, little dates with Pete', Ella explained.
'We have never gone any further than a kiss. With us it can't go any further than that because I don't want to ruin our friendship because I appreciate him a lot as a person.
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Mary Harcourt of CosmoGlo LLC. - "Innovation is important to the core of all societies. We're excited to announce the Italian courts have enforced our patent against willful infringement of the CosmoGlo™️ Light. This is a celebratory step forward for American manufacturing and product innovation."
BASTROP, Texas, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CosmoGlo, LLC. pioneered a luxury, modern-looking curved light that provides even lighting. Trusted by experts in the field of aesthetics and used by service professionals, CosmoGlo was designed by Mary Harcourt, an established beauty professional. CosmoGlo has been awarded Design patents globally including in the USA, AUS, UK, and EU.
Judge Dott. Alberto La Manna of the Turin Italian Business Court on March 10th, 2022 announced intent to uphold Cosmolo's patent in court injunction case 19348/2021. The invention claimed in this patent lawsuit is fundamental to the aesthetics industry. The defendant was found liable for willful infringement upon CosmoGlo's design patent no. 008486203-0001. The ruling upholds CosmoGlo's right to protect its products, designs, and their fair use.
Mary Harcourt of CosmoGlo said in response to the ruling,
Innovation takes effort, capital, and vision, and is important to the core of all societies. On behalf of the CosmoGlo development department, operations teams, and legal teams, I am excited to announce that the EU Courts have enforced our patent. This ruling provided legal protection for the countless hours, dollars, and resources committed to bringing forth new innovation. I appreciate the EU for their support.
The judge Judge Dott. Alberto La manna stated,
The grievance of the applicant in relation to the infringement of its model must be considered well-founded since the confusion between the two products is evident in an overall evaluation. The proposed request must therefore be considered well-founded and deserves acceptance.
Consequently, the defendant must be prevented from producing and marketing the Moon Light Lamp with a consequent order to withdraw the products described from the market and to fix the penalty for the violation of this provision… The expenses follow the loss and are paid according to the disposition.
Manufactured in the USA CosmoGlo Light™️ provides full coverage rotational lighting that eliminates shadows with customizable brightness. Visit www.thecosmoglo.com or https://thecosmoglo.com/pages/media
CONTACT: Mary Harcourt, CosmoGlo Founder + CEO
EMAIL: Media@TheCosmoglo.com
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Biden to sign massive climate and health care legislation
KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — President Joe Biden will sign Democrats’ landmark climate change and health care bill on Tuesday, delivering what he has called the “final piece” of his pared-down domestic agenda, as he aims to boost his party’s standing with voters less than three months before the midterm elections.
The legislation includes the most substantial federal investment in history to fight climate change — some $375 billion over the decade — and would cap prescription drug costs at $2,000 out-of-pocket annually for Medicare recipients. It also would help an estimated 13 million Americans pay for health care insurance by extending subsidies provided during the coronavirus pandemic.
The measure is paid for by new taxes on large companies and stepped-up IRS enforcement of wealthy individuals and entities, with additional funds going to reduce the federal deficit.
The House on Friday approved the measure on a party-line 220-207 vote. It passed the Senate days earlier with Vice President Kamala Harris breaking a 50-50 tie in that chamber.
Biden is set to sign the bill during a small ceremony in the State Dining Room of the White House, sandwiched between his return from a six-day beachside vacation in South Carolina and his departure for his home in Wilmington, Delaware. He plans to hold a larger “celebration” for the legislation on Sept. 6 once lawmakers return to Washington.
The signing caps a spurt of legislative productivity for Biden and Congress, who in three months have approved legislation on veterans’ benefits, the semiconductor industry and gun checks for young buyers. The president and lawmakers have also responded to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and supported NATO membership for Sweden and Finland.
With Biden’s approval rating lagging, Democrats are hoping that the string of successes will jump-start their chances of maintaining control in Washington in the November midterms. The 79-year-old president aims to restore his own standing with voters as he contemplates a reelection bid.
The White House announced Monday that it was going to deploy Biden and members of his Cabinet on a “Building a Better America Tour” to promote the recent victories, though the administration has yet to announce specific travel by the president.
“In the coming weeks, the President will host a Cabinet meeting focused on implementing the Inflation Reduction Act, will travel across the country to highlight how the bill will help the American people, and will host an event to celebrate the enactment of the bill at the White House on September 6th,” the White House said in a statement.
Republicans say the legislation’s new business taxes will increase prices, worsening the nation’s bout with its highest inflation since 1981. Though Democrats have labeled the measure the Inflation Reduction Act, nonpartisan analysts say it will have a barely perceptible impact on prices.
The measure is a slimmed-down version of the more ambitious plan to supercharge environment and social programs that Biden and his party unveiled early last year.
Biden’s initial 10-year, $3.5 trillion proposal also envisioned free prekindergarten, paid family and medical leave, expanded Medicare benefits and eased immigration restrictions. That crashed after centrist Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., said it was too costly, using the leverage every Democrat has in the evenly divided Senate.
Still, Biden and Democrats are hailing the legislation as a once-in-a-generation investment in addressing the long-term effects of climate change, as well as drought in the nation’s West.
The bill will direct spending, tax credits and loans to bolster technology like solar panels, consumer efforts to improve home energy efficiency, emission-reducing equipment for coal- and gas-powered power plants, and air pollution controls for farms, ports and low-income communities.
Another $64 billion would help 13 million people pay premiums over the next three years for privately bought health insurance under the Affordable Care Act. Medicare would gain the power to negotiate its costs for pharmaceuticals, initially in 2026 for only 10 drugs. Medicare beneficiaries’ out-of-pocket prescription costs would be limited to $2,000 annually starting in 2025, and beginning next year would pay no more than $35 monthly for insulin, the costly diabetes drug.
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Associated Press writer Alan Fram in Washington contributed to this report.
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The partnership with Intellagents, a FatBrain AI company, creates opulent opportunities for P&C customers
RALEIGH, N.C., Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sapiens International Corporation, (NASDAQ: SPNS) (TASE: SPNS), a leading global provider of software solutions for the insurance industry, announced today an agreement with Intellagents, a no-code, hybrid cloud, independent insurance marketplace platform provider.
The partnership expands the Sapiens CoreSuite for P&C ecosystem and connects agents and insurers to a new digital marketplace with best-in-class insurtech solutions, data sources, AI providers and more. The new solution eliminates the costly friction of integrating legacy and modern systems and orchestrates agile and efficient performance over a single dynamic API marketplace.
"We are pleased to partner with Sapiens. Part of our success is due to our diligence in bringing together tried-and-true technologies and services so users can be confident they are working with secure applications from trustworthy, stable vendors. We look forward to working with Sapiens to equip its P&C solutions with unprecedented reach," says Mark Stender, CEO of Intellagents.
The partnership grants insurers access to hundreds of data and insurtech providers and thus reducing insurance cycle times, increasing efficiency, and collaborating transparently while enhancing user experience.
"Sapiens is incredibly excited to announce this partnership. The marketplace is massive and for our customers, it means the ability to leverage all the best-in-class insurtech technologies without having to embark on costly, time-consuming integration projects," says Jamie Yoder, Sapiens President & General Manager, North America.
Intellagents' platform will integrate with Sapiens CoreSuite for P&C solution to deliver a vast data marketplace on a single adapter, thereby eliminating the need to build additional integrations for new interfaces. Sapiens CoreSuite for P&C is a customer-centric, low-code enterprise suite that empowers insurers to rapidly meet evolving business and customer needs.
About Intellagents
Founded in 2019, Intellagents is the only no-code, hybrid cloud, independent insurance integration platform, connecting agents, insurers, and new digital marketplaces and ecosystems with best-in-class insurtech solutions, data, and AI providers, core and legacy systems to power "Real Change" in the insurance industry. Intellagents removes the costly friction of integrating old and new solutions, and orchestrates agile, efficient performance through one dynamic API marketplace. www.intellagents.com
About Sapiens
Sapiens International Corporation (NASDAQ: SPNS) (TASE: SPNS) empowers the financial sector, with a focus on insurance, to transform and become digital, innovative and agile. Backed by more than 35 years of industry expertise, Sapiens offers a complete insurance platform, with pre-integrated, low-code solutions and a cloud-first approach that accelerates customers' digital transformation. Serving over 600 customers in 30 countries, Sapiens offers insurers across property and casualty, workers compensation and life and pension markets, the most comprehensive set of solutions, from core to complementary, including Reinsurance, Financial & Compliance, Data & Analytics, Digital, and Decision Management. For more information visit www.sapiens.com or follow us on LinkedIn.
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IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Entering its third model year, the boldly styled K5 sport sedan largely carries over into 2023 with minor enhancements to badging, packaging and feature content. The K5 is available in four well-equipped trim levels: LXS, EX, GT-Line and the sporty GT. The LX trim has been discontinued for 2023. While AWD is no longer offered with the LXS, the GT-Line continues to be available with FWD and AWD configurations.
New for 2023, the GT-Line is now available with a Panoramic Roof Package. The large glass panel lets the light and sun shine in and the package also includes LED interior lighting along with gloss black exterior trim along the B-pillars, windshield and shark-fin antenna, creating a sporty, unified appearance. A heated steering wheel is now standard on the GT-Line AWD. Acoustic glass on the front door windows is standard on EX, both the GT-Line FWD and AWD, along with GT.
Pricing1 – MSRP (excludes $1,095 destination)
- LXS $25,090
- GT-Line $26,490
- GT-Line AWD $28,190
- EX $28,990
- GT $31,490
Engine:
- 1.6T GDI I-4 - 8 A/T: 180 hp/195 lb.-ft. of torque
- 2.5T GDI 1-4 - 8 DCT: 290 hp/311 lb.-ft. of torque
Fuel Economy2 – EPA-est. MPG (City/Highway/Combined):
- LXS: 27/37/31
- EX: 27/37/31
- GT-Line FWD: 27/37/31
- GT-Line AWD: 25/33/28
- GT: 24/32/27
Highlighted Kia Drive Wise Advanced Driver Assistance Features3:
- Driver Attention Warning
- Blind Spot Collision Avoidance Assist
- Rear Cross Traffic Collision Avoidance Assist
- Forward Collision Avoidance Assist – Vehicle/Pedestrian w/ Lane Following Assist
- Lane Keeping Assist
- Lane Following Assist
- Driver Attention Warning including Leading Vehicle Departure Alert
- Parking Distance Warning – Reverse
- Parking Distance Warning – Forward
- Parking Collision Assist – Rear
Dimensions:
- Overall Length: 193.1 in.
- Overall Width: 73.2 in.
- Overall Height: 56.9 in.
- Wheelbase: 112.2 in.
Kia America – about us
Headquartered in Irvine, California, Kia America continues to top automotive quality surveys and is recognized as one of the 100 Best Global Brands. Kia serves as the "Official Automotive Partner" of the NBA and offers a range of gasoline, hybrid, plug-in hybrid and electrified vehicles sold through a network of over 750 dealers in the U.S., including several cars and SUVs proudly assembled in America.
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Gift Gobin Gives Tough Overslip At Old Bailey – (7964.5M) : Old Hackneyian Crash Gap-Tooth Dent Gashes On The Sleeveless\nFew Hicks and Pint can find this report: HOCKEY SQUASH OAK LOL PINNER LORDDING PIASST GASSTER – PICASS DOWNS DUD COP 3:07 a.m – You awaker suddenly aware and alert after another unfortunate disturbance wakened you and kept awaking. The previous disturbances have you distrained mentally while physily feeling as good now. Your head throbs your eye burn; an odon, familiar and now disdain for sleep’ll have another 25+ minute, nap now that would bring your dream to recall only as memry now afterward? Or When he could not get his savings, a man in Beirut held hostages at a bank and threatened to set himself on fire. Many frustrated by Lebanon's deep economic crisis consider him a hero.
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When he could not get his savings, a man in Beirut held hostages at a bank and threatened to set himself on fire. Many frustrated by Lebanon's deep economic crisis consider him a hero.
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As we drifted along the river’s bank, it was impossible not to notice the exceptional weather conditions. With brilliant, blue skies; low humidity; and temperatures that had dropped into the mid-50s overnight, it seemed more like mid-September than the tail end of the dog days of summer. It’s rare to don a sweatshirt and pants in August, but here we were, fishing on the Delaware just after daybreak on a near-perfect summer morning.
Suddenly, the line on Eric Fistler’s line went tight and he was in a battle. The hope was that one of the river’s striped bass had taken the bait, but the telltale back-and-forth motion of the fish, followed by a quick glimpse of it in the water, suggested it wasn’t the quarry we were after. A minute later, the roughly 5-pound channel catfish was brought to the boat and released. Then, we were once again casting toward the shoreline, hoping to connect with a representative example of the river’s largest part-time fish species. | https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/sports/2022/08/catching-delaware-river-striped-bass-on-an-unseasonably-cool-august-morning.html | 2022-08-16T11:09:48Z | https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/sports/2022/08/catching-delaware-river-striped-bass-on-an-unseasonably-cool-august-morning.html | false |
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. — The sport of racing bicycles on gravel roads has become so big so quickly that race organizers were able to start with a clean sheet of paper ... and they've prioritized diversity and inclusion.
Marley Blonsky is the energetic co-founder of a body-positivity advocacy group called All Bodies on Bikes.
On Saturday morning Blonsky — who describes herself as "a short, fat woman" — paused as she was about to climb on her bike to lead a warm-up ride here for some of the more than 3,000 riders who would line up the next day for SBT GRVL — one of the biggest gravel races in the world.
"We're all about inclusion in the cycling world, so, making sure that people have clothing and gear and equipment and feel empowered to ride regardless of what their body looks like," she said.
'What we started with was a blank canvas'
Major gravel races often have several warmup rides like Blonsky's, called shakeouts.
Among those at SBT, one celebrated women, trans, femme, and non-binary riders, and another promoted racial justice.
"What we started with was a blank canvas," said Amy Charity, the race's co-founder and owner. "It allowed us to start from scratch with looking at things that we really valued and things that we potentially thought had gone wrong with road racing and made road racing feel very exclusive."
And so starting from scratch, they wanted to build something much more inclusive.
"We we really talked a lot about 'what does inclusivity mean,'" she said. "It means that when you come to Steamboat Springs, whoever you are, you feel welcome here, you feel like you belong here, and it doesn't matter if you are at the absolute front end of the peloton, you're a World Tour pro, or you're somebody doing your very first bike event or you're a seven-year-old kid or an 82-year-old, we want you to feel welcome and like you belong."
She said in conversations among the organizers of various major gravel races it's been clear they're basically on the same page about the importance of diversity and inclusion, though everyone handles their approach a little differently.
This is just the third year for SBT. This time it added classes for non-binary riders and paracyclists.
Emphasizing diversity and inclusion
From its beginning, Charity said, the organizers reached out to women, and about a thousand signed up this time.
And they emphasized parity with an unusually large purse split equally among men and women pros.
Other major gravel races also emphasize diversity and inclusion.
Molly Cameron is a top transgender racer, both a sponsored pro and a consultant to bike industry companies.
"So in terms of inclusion, specifically in transgender, non-binary inclusion, every gravel promoter I've spoken to and worked with, has just said yes to anything I've suggested, or been like, 'Hey, let's consider this. Let's do a non-binary category." And it's really easy for them to do it.
Easy in part because there hasn't been a governing body over gravel racing with a thick rule book. So the promoters say:
"We can do what we want to do and we're gonna do the right thing," Cameron said. "And the right thing here is to, like, bring more people into our events. So let's do it. And then let's engage with the communities that we're not engaging with."
The results are plain to see
"If you're a two- or three hundred pound fat cyclist and you go to, like, a skinny bike race or criterium you can feel like this isn't the place for you, because you don't see anyone who looks like you out there on the race course racing," Cameron said. "You come to a gravel event and you look around and you're like, there's 40 other fat cyclists and men and women and queers and non-binary folk and like, here at SBT there's a Ride for Racial Justice."
Black riders have long been rare in bike racing. But more cyclists are finding a place in the gravel community.
At an outdoor roundtable, racer Lissa Muhammad, a Black single mother of five, triggered tears and clapping with her story about what gravel racing meant to her after her husband's recent death.
She's an amateur state masters champion racing on pavement, but says gravel is about things that matter more than race results.
"I'm like a hippy when I start to speak about gravel. Because it's really transformative. For me," she said.
"With gravel, I can just kind of stop time. Just really soak it in, soak in the sound of the wind blowing, the birds chirping, the sun beating down on my face, and time just stopping for a moment."
And the people in the sport make her feel welcome.
"I think it's taken awhile for road (racing) to really accept athletes of color," Muhammad said. "Where gravel is, come as you are. And we're gonna have fun. We're not going to take ourselves so seriously and we're going to enjoy the ride."
Muhammad was among 25 riders from the advocacy group Ride for Racial Justice who SBT helped with costs and planning. It also has worked closely with a group of paracyclists and a team of riders from All Bodies on Bikes to make sure they could come, Charity said.
Discovering the magic of gravel bike racing
Men's pro Ian Boswell once rode top pro squad Team Sky at the Tour de France. Last year he won what many regard as the unofficial world championship of gravel racing, the 200-mile Unbound Gravel in Emporia, Kansas.
He says gravel can be about pros going all out, and also about anyone getting a chance to discover the magic of just getting out on a bike.
"I think traditionally, in sport, we've defined it by who's the best, who's the fastest" he said. "We have this opportunity now to define that in a different way."
So Sunday he tried something besides being the fastest.
With the blessing of his sponsors and the race officials, he started at the very back on an electric bike with cargo bags stuffed with food and drink and tire repair gear. Then just roamed the course making sure more people had fun on their bikes.
"I've won races before, you know, and I was second here last year, so is winning gonna bring anything to my life that makes me feel more proud or confident in myself?" He said. "No, but going out and helping someone who's doing their first 100 mile ride, that's gonna bring me a lot more joy than trying to try to win the race.
"Which is a different take, but I think that kind of embodies what this discipline of cycling is," he said. "There's so much more to it than just winning."
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Woman, 88, killed in alligator attack while gardening
BEAUFORT COUNTY, S.C. (WTOC) - An 88-year-old woman from South Carolina is dead after she was attacked by an alligator, according to sheriff’s officials.
The Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office and other emergency services responded to the scene of an alligator attack in Sun City on Monday. They say they received a call around 11:15 a.m. reporting a large alligator near the edge of a pond in the community guarding what was believed to be a person.
Emergency services arrived and located the alligator, as well as a deceased person, WTOC reports.
According to the sheriff’s office and the South Carolina Department of Resources, the victim has been identified as 88-year-old Nancy A. Becker, of Sun City. Officials believe she was gardening near the pond and slipped into the water.
The alligator has since been removed from the pond and euthanized, according to officials.
Word of the attack spread quickly throughout the community, as some saw the large police, EMS and fire truck presence at the scene. Others said they got alerts from the sheriff’s office that there had been a fatal attack.
A sheriff’s deputy said there are around 200 lagoons and ponds in the Sun City community and that the assumption should be there are alligators in most of those bodies of water.
Several residents said they’re very aware of that constant danger and always have an eye out for alligators.
“Oh, they’re very fast, anywhere from 15 to 30 miles an hour on land, and they can climb,” Marvin Margolies said.
“You’ve got to be real careful where you walk your dogs. You don’t leave your dogs out at night,” Alan Rosenthal said.
The Department of Resources and the Beaufort County Coroner’s Office is investigating the incident.
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He went viral for playing defense against LeBron James in a pro-am game. But Dion Wright says he was never scared
By Ben Morse, CNN
Standing room only, fans lined around the block and social media coverage like never before, all there to see one man: a four-time NBA champion and four-time NBA Most Valuable Player.
LeBron James is a living, breathing ticket salesman without even trying.
So when he turned up to play at the Drew League — an annual summer pro-am league in California — in July for the first time since 2011, people turned out in droves.
Appearing alongside five-time All-Star DeMar DeRozan for the MMV Cheaters, James put up 42 points, 16 rebounds and four steals as the Cheaters beat the Black Pearl Elite 104-102.
However, when clips of James’ surprise appearance took to social media, it was the player guarding him who caught the headlines.
Nearly every person on the planet would have struggled to defend one of the greatest to ever play the sport. So when Dion Wright checked Twitter afterwards to see his face plastered all over it, he felt mixed emotions.
On one hand, it was a culmination of a promise to his friends. “I told my friends, I like to speak things into existence, I told them I was going to go viral one day,” Wright told CNN Sport.
“I didn’t know how but I told him that, though, and they were just like: ‘Dion, you were absolutely right. You told us that you were going to go viral one day.'”
On the other hand though, the framing of the coverage he was getting annoyed him. Accompanying many of the videos of James displaying his elite offensive repertoire were supposedly humorous comments such as, “You can see the fear in his eyes,” directed towards Wright.
But Wright says that although he was guarding the biggest name in the NBA, he was never scared.
“I wasn’t afraid. I was just locked in,” Wright said.
“I was just trying to stop him. I was just caught up in the game. That’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and I felt like I made the best out of my situation.”
‘It was just so loud in there’
It was an opportunity that he couldn’t pass up.
At first, Wright didn’t believe that James wouldn’t be appearing at the Drew League. He hadn’t appeared at the tournament, which was founded in 1973, since 11 years ago during the NBA lockout, so why would he show up now?
Wright was actually on the other side of the country for a completely different basketball tournament when his friends began texting him that James was appearing. But he was skeptical until he saw DeRozan’s tweet.
A simple crown — for ‘King James’ — followed by the simple statement: “Drew league tomorrow.”
Even then, Wright wasn’t convinced that he should make the journey. His friends were insistent though. “They told me, like: ‘He’ll probably never in life come back to the Drew. You’ll get a lot of exposure for that. And that’s something that you just got to do.'”
And so the race against time began to get from Buffalo, New York, to Los Angeles in time to appear for Black Pearl Elite — a team he’s suited up for regularly for a few years — against James and DeRozan.
Thankfully, his journey went without hiccups. After buying a ticket, his flight landed in LA around 11 a.m., with the game starting at around 1 p.m., giving him just enough leeway to arrive on time.
Wright describes the atmosphere at King-Drew Magnet High School when he arrived as “surreal.”
“Like it just didn’t even feel real. I really felt like I was in the NBA, getting ready for a game,” Wright — who has played in Japan, Cyprus, Israel and Ukraine over the last few years overseas — said.
“I feel like LeBron James and it’s only a couple of players that could just shut the whole city down. People were outside (from) like six in the morning, trying to get into the game like it was capacity in the gym. It was standing room only. It was just so loud in there and the environment was great.”
The commissioner of the Drew League, Dino Smiley, told NBA.com that about 2,500 fans attended the game, much higher than the 1,300 capacity.
A challenge
When the MMV Cheaters finally tipped off against the Black Pearl Elite, Wright volunteered for the hardest assignment possible — guarding James.
“I told my friends, like: ‘I’m guarding him.’ I always want to play against the best players,” he explained. “I don’t run away from my competition, I feel like competition, it brings out the best in people.
“And I felt like pretty much everybody else had their match-up. And I just I told myself: ‘I’m guarding LeBron James, whatever happens. I, at least, have to try.'”
Immediately from the tip-off, Wright knew he was up against it.
“It’s just like that’s by far the best player I ever played against in my life. He was so strong, so athletic. And he’s really worth all the money he makes. He’s a once-in-a-lifetime player.”
Despite Wright’s best efforts on defense, James was able to rack up 42 points, understandably grabbing the headlines. “No one can really stop that man,” he said.
But Wright’s Black Pearl Elite only lost by two points, with Wright himself scoring over 20 points in the losing effort.
Despite being the subject of memes on the internet doubting his confidence and basketball ability, the experience was “by far … [a] positive” one for Wright, he says.
And he says he took a lot from the day as a whole. “I got a lot of confidence now just by playing against him.”
He added: “I just thank God that I was able to do something like that in my lifetime. Some people would never in life get to experience what I did, and I just thank the man above for giving me that opportunity.
“I’m probably never going to see any type of player like that ever again unless I go to the NBA.”
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A hospital was on lockdown early Tuesday while treating multiple victims of a shooting involving two crime scenes in in Memphis, Tennessee, local media reported.
A sedan was left riddled with bullet holes outside Methodist North hospital. Memphis Police also taped off the scene at a gas station several miles away where an assault rifle could be seen on the pavement near the pumps, according to WREG.
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Chinese research ship Yuan Wang 5 docks at Sri Lanka’s Hambantota port
By Rhea Mogul, CNN
A Chinese research ship docked at a southern Sri Lankan port Beijing leases from the government on Tuesday, officials said, despite security concerns raised by India about the vessel’s presence in nearby waters.
Port workers at Hambantota gave an enthusiastic welcome to the Yuan Wang 5, waving Sri Lanka and China flags, while the ship displayed a large banner reading: “Hello Sri Lanka.”
However, the ship’s arrival appears to have aggravated tensions between New Delhi and Beijing, who have both spent billions of dollars on development and deals with Sri Lanka, an island of 22 million people that sits on a key trading route.
The Yuan Wang 5 had originally requested permission to dock at the port last week, but the visit was delayed after concerns were raised about the ship’s presence, though India denied putting any pressure on Colombo.
China says the ship is used for scientific research, but the US Defense Department says the ship is under the command of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and is capable of tracking satellites and missile launches.
On Saturday, Sri Lanka’s Foreign Ministry said the government had engaged in “extensive” consultations with “all parties concerned” with a “view to resolving the matter in a spirit of friendship, mutual trust and constructive dialogue.”
It said the ship had been given permission to dock on the condition that no scientific research was conducted in Sri Lankan waters.
What is the ship?
The ship’s arrival at the Hambantota port was always going to be controversial — China leased the port from Sri Lanka in 2017 for 99 years after Colombo failed to pay debts related to the construction of the facility.
At the time, the deal raised concerns that it would give China access to a key shipping route, putting it within India’s traditional sphere of influence. And the presence of a ship packed with advanced technology has made Sri Lanka’s neighbors nervous.
According to a US Defense Department report published last year, the vessel is under the command of the PLA’s Strategic Support Force (SSF), “a theater command-level organization established to centralize the PLA’s strategic space, cyber, electronic, information, communications, and psychological warfare missions and capabilities.”
“The SSF also operates Yuan Wang space support ships that track satellite and intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launches,” the US report said.
Carl Schuster, a former US Navy captain and former director of operations at the US Pacific Command’s Joint Intelligence Center, said New Delhi’s concern about the ship’s presence in Sri Lanka was likely due to its monitoring capabilities.
“Spying is not her primary mission … her primary mission is satellite tracking and monitoring PRC rocket launches, telemetry, and satellite status … but that same capability can and often is employed to monitor other countries’ satellite operations, downlinks and missile telemetry,” he said.
China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Tuesday the ship is conducting scientific research “in accordance with international law.”
It “does not affect the security and economic interests of any country, and should not be interfered with by third parties,” spokesman Wang Wenbin said.
India-China tensions
The Yuan Wang 5 has become a symbol of rising tensions between India and China — both of which have financially supported Colombo as it experiences its worst financial crisis in decades.
India has provided crucial assistance to Sri Lanka as it suffers food, fuel and medicine shortages, lending $4 billion in credit lines.
China is also a major creditor of Sri Lanka, and is vital to Sri Lanka’s efforts to restructure its debt to secure a bailout from the International Monetary Fund.
Relations between India and China have long been tense, though in recent years a prolonged military standoff along their shared Himalayan border has claimed dozens of lives.
Meanwhile, India has grown closer to the United States in a bid to balance China’s increasingly assertive stance in the Indo-Pacific. In October, Washington and New Delhi will hold a joint military exercise less than 100 kilometers (62 miles) from the disputed India-China border — further straining ties between the two nuclear-armed powers.
In late July, India’s Ministry of Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi expressed concern over the Chinese vessel’s visit to Sri Lanka, telling reporters the “government carefully monitors any development having a bearing on India’s security and economic interests and takes all necessary measures to safeguard them.”
On August 5, Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent a letter to the Embassy of China in Colombo deferring Yuan Wang 5’s arrival “until further consultations” had been made on the matter.
Three days later, without naming India, China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Wang said “the brutal interference” in Sri Lanka’s foreign relations was “an act of taking advantage of someone when they are in danger, which is against the basic norms of international relations.”
India later rejected claims its concerns were the cause of delay in the ship docking, with Bagchi telling reporters last week, “Sri Lanka is a sovereign country and makes its own independent decisions.”
On Monday, India demonstrated the strength of its commitment to Sri Lanka, gifting the island nation a reconnaissance aircraft in a ceremony attended by the Sri Lankan President.
The gift of an aircraft “underscores the cooperation” between the maritime neighbors, India’s Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement.
China’s influence in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka presents the ideal trans-shipment hub for Chinese imports and exports — and remains “very strategic to India,” said Sushant Singh, a senior fellow at New Delhi’s Centre for Policy Research.
Sri Lanka had been “caught between a rock and a hard place,” he said, referring to India and China in no particular order.
“The Chinese had put pressure on them. The Indians had put pressure on them. And they cannot afford to lose any help. All countries which are small and economically weak will face these challenges if they are in a tough neighborhood.”
China has for decades invested in Sri Lanka when much of the international community held back.
As many Western countries withheld funding to Sri Lanka over alleged human rights abuses during a decades-long civil war, which ended in 2009, China supplied the former Rajapaksa government with economic aid, said Ganeshan Wignaraja, senior research associate at the British think tank, ODI Global.
“Sri Lanka then thought it could use China as a vehicle for infrastructure-led economic development,” he said.
Between 2005 and 2017, China spent nearly $15 billion in Sri Lanka, but as the island nation’s economic fortunes waned, it struggled to pay back its debt and the countries agreed on the long-term port deal.
Wignaraja said by sending the Yuan Wang 5 to Hambantota port, it was testing the boundaries of that deal.
“China was testing the terms of the lease agreement by sending a craft which has satellites on board and has a highly advanced capability,” Wignaraja said.
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Expansion will bring internet speeds up to 2 Gbps to a growing list of communities in Pennsylvania
EDINBURG, Va., Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Glo Fiber, powered by Shenandoah Telecommunications Company ("Shentel") (Nasdaq: SHEN), announced they have reached agreements with municipal officials to deploy next generation fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) broadband services to several areas in York County, Pennsylvania including:
- York Township
- Dallastown Borough
- Red Lion Borough
- Yoe Borough
- Windsor Borough
- Windsor Township
- Spring Garden Township
Construction began in York Township this month and will continue into 2023 in the remaining boroughs and townships, bringing a future-proof fiber network to over 24,000 homes and businesses throughout the County. To check the status of their neighborhood and receive updates, interested residents and businesses can pre-register at www.glofiber.com.
"The franchise agreement with Shentel will provide the residents of Windsor Township with an alternative broadband company. We look forward to our continued partnership with Shentel," said Jennifer Gunnet, Windsor Township Manager.
Glo Fiber provides unlimited multi-gigabit internet access with symmetrical upload and download speeds, streaming TV, and phone services in the Mid-Atlantic region. Using Shentel's 7,900-mile regional fiber network, Glo Fiber can ensure high speeds, low latency, and fair pricing. The company has earned a reputation for providing superior local customer service across its markets, including the growing list of communities in Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia, and Delaware.
"We have a long, successful history of offering fiber service to large businesses in York County," said Chris Kyle, Vice President of Industry and Regulatory Affairs at Shentel. "It is exciting to continue this work by bringing Glo Fiber to thousands of county residents and businesses. Our network is capable of multi-gig service that will provide the speeds citizens need on a daily basis as well as offering a much-needed competitive choice."
Glo Fiber will offer symmetrical, high-speed internet access, streaming TV, and unlimited local and long-distance phone service to the area. Glo TV service is delivered via an app and is compatible with Apple TV, Amazon's Fire Stick, and many smart TVs with embedded streaming software. Optional Wall-to-Wall WiFi is available, allowing customers to connect anywhere in their home or business. There are no contracts, and pricing is straightforward with affordable options for individuals and families relying on the internet for work, school, and play.
To learn more about Glo Fiber, please visit www.glofiber.com or 1-800-IWANTGLO. For more information about Shentel, please visit www.shentel.com or call 1-800-SHENTEL (1-800-743-6835).
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NEW YORK, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Klein Law Firm announces that a class action complaint has been filed on behalf of shareholders of Kiromic BioPharma, Inc. (NASDAQ: KRBP) alleging that the Company violated federal securities laws.
This lawsuit is on behalf of a class consisting of persons and entities that purchased or otherwise acquired: (a) Kiromic common stock issued in connection with the Company's public offering that closed on July 2, 2021 and/or (b) Kiromic common stock between June 25, 2021 and August 13, 2021, both dates inclusive.
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CLASS ACTION CASE DETAILS: The complaint alleges that the registration statement and prospectus issued in connection with the Company's public offering that closed on July 2, 2021 (the "Offering Documents") failed to disclose that the Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") had, prior to the filing of these documents, imposed a clinical hold on the Company's Investigational New Drug ("IND") applications for its two new drug candidates. Given that the offering closed on July 2, 2021, more than thirty (30) days after the Company submitted the IND applications for its two immunotherapy product candidates, investors were assured that no clinical hold had been issued and clinical trials would commence.
WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU AS A SHAREHOLDER: If you have suffered a loss in Kiromic you have until October 4, 2022 to petition the court for lead plaintiff status. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
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Covid-19 death registrations fall for first time in nearly two months
The number of deaths involving Covid-19 registered each week in England and Wales has fallen for the first time since mid-June, in fresh confirmation the recent wave of the virus is receding.
Some 723 deaths registered in the seven days to August 5 mentioned Covid-19 on the death certificate, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
This is down 11% on the previous week and comes after six consecutive weekly increases.
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The rise in deaths was due to the wave of infections caused by the spread of the BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron subvariants.
Infections peaked in early July, but this is only now being reflected in the death figures.
This is because the trend in deaths always lags behind the equivalent trend in infections, due to the length of time between someone catching the virus and becoming seriously ill, as well as the time it takes for deaths to be registered.
The latest figures mean that deaths in England and Wales during the BA.4/BA.5 wave look to have peaked at a lower level than in the two previous Omicron waves earlier in 2022, both of which saw weekly deaths peak at between 1,000 and 1,500.
All the Omicron waves have peaked well below the Alpha wave in January 2021, when weekly deaths reached nearly 8,500.
High levels of Covid antibodies among the population – either from vaccination or previous infection – mean the number of people seriously ill or dying from the virus this year has stayed low.
The total number of deaths registered in England and Wales in the week to August 5 was 14% above the average for this time of year, the ONS said.
This cannot be linked directly to the record-breaking temperatures seen in parts of the country in late July, however.
It is the ninth week in a row that deaths have been above average, with registrations in early June ranging from 10% to 18% higher than normal.
It can also take several days or even weeks for a death to be registered, meaning the figures do not reflect what is happening in real time.
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DENVER, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Turk and Company, announced today that its client, Lenders Title, a subsidiary of First Horizon Corporation (NYSE:FHN), has been acquired by Knox-Precision Holdings, LLC.
Turk and Company served as the exclusive investment banker to Lenders Title.
Lenders Title Group is one of the largest and pre-eminent title insurance agencies in the American Southeast, operating in Arkansas, Louisiana and Tennessee, and has diligently served the real estate community for over 100 years.
Howard Turk, Founder and Managing Director of Turk and Company, said, "We're pleased to have advised First Horizon on the sale of Lenders Title Group. Both Knox and LTG were a pleasure to work with and we are proud of the excellent result for all the parties."
Beau Fast, President and CEO of Lenders Title, added, "We are excited about this next chapter in our journey. Our historical success is due to the hard work and dedication of our title associates and the confidence our clients have in us, all backed by the support of our banking colleagues throughout the years. Our team now has a chance to continue to flourish as a part of Knox-Precision Holdings, an organization dedicated to title and closing services."
"Our vision is to build the largest and best independent title agency in the country. One element of our plan involves buying world class title businesses, led by exceptional operators who share our belief in the merit of building a business where our employees feel valued, safe and enjoy abundant career growth opportunities. Beau Fast and Lenders Title Group (LTG) fit every requirement we have and are a welcome addition to the other full-service title agencies we already own. LTG also adds to our geographic footprint so that we are now super regional and well on our way to becoming national. We are thrilled to have them join our growing team," said Alex Gregor, Knox-Precision Holdings Founder and Managing Partner.
Turk & Co is a real estate industry Mergers and Acquisition firm with global reach that specializes in evaluating, buying and selling title insurance agencies, title insurance underwriters and ancillary businesses.
To learn more, please contact us at learnmore@turkandco.com or 310 294 9199.
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Ahmedabad: Cops confiscate 376 bottles of Indian Made Foreign liquor at MP border; accused held
The Police confiscated over 376 bottles of illicit Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL). The police booked the man under the Prohibition Act. According to police, the accused was trying to smuggle the liquor consignment to Vadodara.
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Ahmedabad: The Police confiscated over 376 bottles of illicit Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL). The police booked the accused under the Prohibition Act. Notably, the team chased an SUV vehicle from Madhya Pradesh in Chhota Udepur and arrested the accused, The Indian Express reported.
Jitendra Parikh, a resident of Vadodara was arrested by a team of Naswadi police station in Chhota Udepur early August 14. According to police, the accused was trying to smuggle the liquor consignment to Vadodara.
“We tried to stop a vehicle at the MP border checkpost but the driver of Creta vehicle fled and a chase ensued. We managed to stop the vehicle near Kanyadan Teen Rasta near Naswadi village. A total of 376 bottles of whisky worth Rs 1.89 lakh were confiscated. We have booked him under the Prohibition Act,” said a senior officer at Naswadi police station in Chhota Udepur as quoted by The Indian Express.
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Recently, a man was arrested in Anklav of Anand district for allegedly running an illegal manufacturing unit of IMFL at a field in Bhetasi village. Police during the raid seized chemicals, illicit liquor and empty glass bottles resembling a popular IMFL brand with labels — For sale in Haryana.
According to Anklav police station officials, the team carried out a raid in the field owned by villager Suresh Bhailal Mali, alias Chako, and found chemicals worth Rs 2.1 lakh used to manufacture illicit liquor, ‘alcohol-odour’ worth Rs 17,500, 25 glass bottles resembling brands of IMFL, a machine to seal the bottles and thermometer.
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Cheney braces for loss as Trump tested in Wyoming and Alaska
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, a leader in the Republican resistance to former President Donald Trump, is fighting to save her seat in the U.S. House on Tuesday as voters weigh in on the direction of the GOP.
Cheney’s team is bracing for a loss against a Trump-backed challenger in the state in which he won by the largest of margins during the 2020 campaign.
Win or lose in deep-red Wyoming, the 56-year-old daughter of a vice president is vowing not to disappear from national politics as she contemplates a 2024 presidential bid. But in the short term, Cheney is facing a dire threat from Republican opponent Harriet Hageman, a Cheyenne ranching industry attorney who has harnessed the full fury of the Trump movement in her bid to expel Cheney from the House.
“I’m still hopeful that the polling numbers are wrong,” said Landon Brown, a Wyoming state representative and vocal Cheney ally. “It’ll be a crying shame really if she does lose. It shows just how much of a stranglehold that Donald Trump has on the Republican Party.”
Tuesday’s contests in Wyoming and Alaska offer one of the final tests for Trump and his brand of hard-line politics ahead of the November general election. So far, the former president has largely dominated the fight to shape the GOP in his image, having helped install loyalists in key general election matchups from Arizona to Georgia to Pennsylvania.
This week’s contests come just eight days after the FBI executed a search warrant at Trump’s Florida estate, recovering 11 sets of classified records. Some were marked “sensitive compartmented information,” a special category meant to protect the nation’s most important secrets. The Republican Party initially rallied behind the former president, although the reaction turned somewhat mixed as more details emerged.
In Alaska, a recent change to state election law gives a periodic Trump critic, U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, an opportunity to survive the former president’s wrath, even after she voted to convict him in his second impeachment trial.
The top four primary Senate candidates in Alaska, regardless of party, will advance to the November general election, where voters will rank them in order of preference.
In all, seven Republican senators and 10 Republican House members joined every Democrat in supporting Trump’s impeachment in the days after his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol as Congress tried to certify President Joe Biden’s victory.
Just two of those 10 House members have won their GOP primaries this year. The rest have lost or declined to seek reelection. Cheney would be just the third to return to Congress if she defies expectations on Tuesday.
And Murkowski is the only pro-impeachment senator running for reelection this year.
She is facing 18 opponents — the most prominent of which is Republican Kelly Tshibaka, who has been endorsed by Trump — in her push to preserve a seat she has held for nearly 20 years. Trump railed against Murkowski on social media and in her home state of Alaska, where he hosted a rally with Tshibaka last month in Anchorage.
In contrast to vulnerable Republican candidates who cozied up to Trump in other states this summer, Murkowski continues to promote her bipartisan credentials.
“When you get the ideas from both sides coming together, little bit of compromise in the middle, this is what lasts beyond administrations, beyond changes in leadership,” the Republican senator said in a video posted on social media over the weekend. “This is what allows for stability and certainty. And it comes through bipartisanship.”
On the other side of the GOP’s tent, Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor and vice-presidential nominee, hopes to spark a political comeback on Tuesday.
Endorsed by Trump, she finished first among 48 candidates to qualify for a special election seeking to replace Rep. Don Young, who died in March at age 88, after 49 years as Alaska’s lone House member. Palin is actually on Tuesday’s ballot twice: once in a special election to complete Young’s term and another for a full two-year House term starting in January. She’s running against Republican Nick Begich and Democrat Mary Peltola in the special election and a larger field in the primary.
Ever an outsider, Palin spent recent days attacking Murkowski, a fellow Republican, and those who instituted the open primary and ranked-choice voting system in 2020.
“I’ve said all along that ranked-choice voting was designed to benefit Democrats and RINOs, specifically Sen. Lisa Murkowski (who stood no chance of winning a Republican nomination) along with other political dynasty family members in Alaska,” Palin wrote in a recent statement calling for the law’s repeal.
Back in Wyoming, Cheney’s political survival may depend upon persuading enough Democrats to cast ballots in her Republican primary election. While some Democrats have rallied behind her, it’s unclear whether there are enough in the state to make a difference. Biden earned just 26% of Wyoming’s vote in 2020.
Many Republicans in the state — and in the country — have essentially excommunicated Cheney because of her outspoken criticism of Trump. The House GOP ousted her as the No. 3 House leader last year. And more recently, the Wyoming GOP and Republican National Committee censured her.
Anti-Trump groups such as U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger’s Country First PAC and the Republican Accountability Project have worked to encourage independents and Democrats to support Cheney in recent weeks. They are clearly disappointed by the expected outcome of Tuesday’s election, although some are hopeful about her political future.
“What’s remarkable is that in the face of almost certain defeat she’s never once wavered,” said Sarah Longwell, executive director of the Republican Accountability Project. “We’ve been watching a national American figure be forged. It’s funny how small the election feels — the Wyoming election — because she feels bigger than it now.”
Cheney has seemingly welcomed defeat by devoting almost every resource at her disposal to ending Trump’s political career since the insurrection.
She emerged as a leader in the congressional committee investigating Trump’s role in the Jan. 6 attack, giving the Democrat-led panel genuine bipartisan credibility. She has also devoted the vast majority of her time to the committee instead of the campaign trail back home, a decision that still fuels murmurs of disapproval among some Wyoming allies. And she has closed out the primary campaign with an unflinching anti-Trump message.
“In our nation’s 246-year history, there has never been an individual who was a greater threat to our republic than Donald Trump,” former Vice President Dick Cheney said in a recent ad produced by his daughter’s campaign.
He continued, “There is nothing more important she will ever do than lead the effort to make sure Donald Trump is never again near the Oval Office.”
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Monitoring is worth watching. Data monitoring and measurement are increasingly important for businesses handling huge data workloads. Any business looking to gain genuine insight from the information flooding through its ecosystem has likely given some thought to the latest monitoring tools on the market.
This is a sector of the global IT firmament that lends itself well to open source, perhaps because individual and community-based software application development professionals like to be able to evidence ‘control and understanding’ the open source space has been a verdant breeding ground for monitoring software.
But, whether innovations have come from the open community or from proprietary behemoths, the central challenge in the monitoring space is keeping pace with the rapidly growing amount of data within enterprises. Therefore, scalability is essential.
Infinitely scalable, really?
Because open source IT monitoring solutions will need to become as close to ‘infinitely scalable’ as possible, there has been a lot of debate as to just how far current tools can extend in the so-called webscale universe that we now work with in cloud computing. Some commentators and analysts in this space argue that the ‘limitations’ of existing software solutions (such as Prometheus for IT event monitoring and alerting, or others) have led to several competitors entering the market with a focus on sustainability.
San Francisco CA-headquartered VictoriaMetrics, has designed its whole offering around this scalability challenge. The company was founded by a pair of Ukrainian ex-Google, Cloudflare and Lyft engineers in 2018. This year 2022, VictoriaMetrics announced reaching 50 million user downloads. So what’s the appeal here and how does this technology work?
“We focus on performance, simplicity and reliability, which allows us to achieve both high scalability and availability. We always make sure that our solution has as few moving components as possible and no extra [software code] dependencies in order to make it inherently easy to operate. This was one of the key reasons why we developed it in the first place i.e. to remove the complexity that exists in other solutions to make monitoring accessible to everyone who needs it,” said Roman Khavronenko, CEO of VictoriaMetrics.
Most recently, the company unveiled its key role in assisting multi-satellite data platform Open Cosmos in launching and managing satellites in space.
How software scaling works
There are several critical ways a business can scale its monitoring solutions. We have explained an element of database sharding before here, but let’s clarify further within the context of this analysis.
Classic vertical scaling, often just called ‘scaling’, is increasing the resources on a single server to handle more data and/or load. This can be done with a more powerful CPU, increased RAM, or increased storage capacity. This is an effective short-term method and many monitoring solutions will be adept at scaling across single nodes. VictoriaMetrics allows for single-node scaling for ingestion rates up to a million data points per second.
However, to achieve as close to infinite scalability as possible, horizontal scaling, or ‘sharding’, is the most effective method. Sharding is a method for distributing a single dataset across multiple databases, which can then be stored on multiple machines. This allows for larger datasets to be split into smaller chunks and stored in multiple data nodes, increasing the total storage capacity of the system and ensuring scalability.
Horizontal scaling allows for near-limitless scalability to handle big data and intense workloads.
How these smaller clusters are structured - and the most effective way to scale out - is multilayer architecture. Sharding distributes data across smaller compute instances - shards - which hold a fraction of overall databases. With five shards, you have five compute instances each holding 1/5th of the total database.
Multilayer architecture allows sotfware engineers to increase the scale of data being handled by each shard. This allows an organization to assign additional, smaller databases to each individual shard. So instead of one big database separated across five shards, you now have the original database and five smaller databases, without compromising any extra space or adding any shards.
A database is like an apartment block
“Take an apartment block, for instance. The building represents a big database which contains everything. The floors within the building are shards. In a one-layer architecture, floors can only hold one room, with no additional apartments. When scaling, this causes issues, as for every floor, you have to add another shard. As a result, the network capacity, or building height, ends up becoming a bottleneck for systems with multiple shards. To overcome this limitation, multilayer architecture builds multiple apartments into each floor, essentially spreading the load amongst each shard. Now, we can scale much faster and efficiently,” Khavornenko explained.
Finally, simplicity is key. When designing a scalable distributed system, using as simple components as possible makes future scalability easier. Simple components should only contribute to one or two functions and do their jobs exceptionally well without dependence on other components.
“Such a decoupling allows us to scale separate components independently. Otherwise, scaling any components can cause a ripple effect. For example, scaling serving read queries, may require scaling components for the caching layer, and the caching layer would require scaling something else,” concluded Khavronenko.
This simplicity also plays into limiting the cost of scale. Infinite scaling is theoretically (almost) possible, yet cost efficiency plays a crucial part in making it a reality.
The key action in this area of technology development for cost-effective innovation appears to be simplicity and transparency. The more we can get to a state where less magic is happening under the hood (think how over-engineered your car is today) and the lower number of components that are being used, the more we can customize our ride and take it further down the road to towards the infinitely scalable dream. | https://www.forbes.com/sites/adrianbridgwater/2022/08/16/the-almost-infinitely-scalable-open-source-monitoring-dream/ | 2022-08-16T11:28:16Z | https://www.forbes.com/sites/adrianbridgwater/2022/08/16/the-almost-infinitely-scalable-open-source-monitoring-dream/ | false |
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#Girlboss. #Bossbabe. SHE-E-O.
Hashtags like these hold power.
But when they lack substance, can they bring real change?
The feminist dream behind these labels is seductive: a young(ish), ambitious and effortlessly cool woman who carves out space for herself in a male-dominated world—and extends a hand to other women on her way to the top.
The ideal? Women empowering women. Sounds simple enough, right?
If only #Girlboss had been #Womanboss, maybe it would have been.
#Girlboss: Feminist Dream Or Narcissistic Nightmare?
Time has exposed what many always suspected about the #Girlboss movement: It was mostly a marketing campaign and a facade.
Social media—and the world—watched as the entrepreneurial stars who branded themselves #Girlbosses fell from grace, one after another. In contrast to the feminism they sold publicly, too often these women seemingly ran their companies with the same brand of capitalism they were supposedly fighting against. Common themes included reports of toxic workplaces, poor leadership, staff mistreatment and racism.
So, were the #Girlbosses simply being human, with the imperfections and biases that brings? Or was there more to their undermining of the inclusivity and empowerment that they publicly championed?
Given these unrealized ideals, #Girlboss’s crash-and-burn ending is not surprising. Troubling? Sure. Disappointing? Of course.
Can we learn from it? Absolutely.
And lots of us already are. So let’s start by giving credit where credit is due—and raising the bar.
Here’s To The Real Leaders (Who Happen To Be Female)
The truth is that most female founders and CEOs are too busy for hashtags and facades.
And when people give attention to the #Girlbosses, it is withheld from these women. The ones who are focused not on words, but on actions.
These are business leaders leveraging their strengths to disrupt male-dominated industries. I count myself among them, and it’s my privilege and responsibility to keep pushing the envelope.
I’ve founded and exited multiple businesses not because I’m a woman but in spite of that fact. I can hold my own with the men in the room—and I don’t need a hashtag to help me run my business.
From Hashtag To Heroine
Sadly, running a business still feels like a war—or at the least, an uphill battle—for many women. And if women want to land on the winning side, they need to jump in the trenches and roll up their sleeves.
So go on. Look in the mirror—and ask yourself the hard questions.
Ones like: Are you advancing female empowerment, or simply paying lip service? Are you a hashtag or a heavyweight when it comes to moving women forward?
Let’s face it: #Girlboss is dead, and it’s time to rise from the ashes, take what we’ve learned, and move on.
Here are three key takeaways from the end of #Girlboss that can help us pave the way for true female empowerment and leadership that will change finance for the better.
Takeaway One: To Be Inclusive, You Have To Include People
I know—this seems so obvious, doesn’t it? But inclusivity was a big miss for the #Girlbosses. They presented their companies as femme utopias—but behind the scenes, you had to fit a certain aesthetic to enjoy the full benefits of the movement (read: white, college-educated, Instagram-ready).
Women deserve better. Many of our unique perspectives and world-changing ideas arise from our differences, and we should all have a seat at the table. I’ve been vocal about how leaders in finance can—and should—elevate women. At the same time, inclusion can be as simple as making sure everyone feels valued and heard.
So if you want to build a more inclusive company culture, start by listening to your employees—really listening. For instance, if someone emails you with a concern about how they’re being treated, don’t brush them off. Instead, meet with them about it, hear them out, and put an actionable plan into place. Included women are empowered women, and empowered women change the world.
Takeaway Two: We’re All In This Together—So Let’s Act Like It
Women do not always act in each other’s best interests.
Scarcity only magnifies that—and in business, and especially finance, women are typically scarce commodities. But we need to fight the conformity bind and treat each other as allies instead of competition.
Why? Because tearing each other down is toxic and counterproductive. When you hold other women back, you’re ultimately holding yourself back, too.
So get out of your own way. And the other women in your company? Get out of theirs, too. Don’t stop there, though, because there are meaningful ways you can proactively support other women leaders. You won’t regret it.
Takeaway Three: Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
Is “giving back” a priority in your company? If it isn’t, it should be.
Giving back is a wonderful way to help others share in your success. It also fosters a culture of support in and out of the workplace. In your company, giving back might look like team volunteering efforts or philanthropic giving to your favorite women’s organization. Find what makes you feel good and follow that feeling—because happy people are kind people.
In my life, giving back keeps me grounded. It also serves as a salient reminder of the value to be found in empowering others.
You see, we have to help each other. The moment we lose that drive, we start to lose our empathy—all to the detriment of the women we want to champion.
Wrap-Up: SHE-E-O Or CEO?
The #Girlboss movement didn’t shatter any glass ceilings—but it did show just how much work remains on the quest for women’s empowerment and equality.
You shouldn’t have to go to war for that equality. But if you do, be ready.
After all, your empathy, vulnerability and work ethic are already your superpowers. Now they can be your battle cries on your way to the top.
Oh, and in the meanwhile? Please don’t call me a SHE-E-O. I worked hard to earn the “C” in CEO—and I just happen to be a woman.
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Sam Mugel, Ph.D., is the CTO of Multiverse Computing, a global leader in developing value-driven quantum solutions for businesses.
Fears of an economic downturn are growing. Global economies are responding to a slate of evolving pressures related to the global pandemic, supply chain disruptions, geopolitical conflicts and the highest inflation rates in decades, to name a few.
The concerns are valid because of the catastrophic loss of value and great societal damage caused by previous economic crises. In the U.S. alone, the 2007–2008 global financial crisis triggered a recession that lasted 18 months and resulted in a 4.3% drop in U.S. GDP, while layoffs doubled the unemployment rate to over 10%. Consequently, central banks and policymakers are highly motivated to protect the stability and efficiency of the financial system.
Providing these organizations with insights into the behavior of economies has huge value, yet we are notably bad at predicting economic crises. Until recently, economists have relied on empirical tools and risk models to predict future crises based on historical comparisons. The inherent complexity of economies is to blame for the failure of these tools to predict crises like the Great Recession of 2008.
Economies have continuously evolving networks that include multiple players and assets. They also entail interactions between actors that are sometimes irrational and can have nonlinear impacts that make predicting outcomes extremely difficult. This complexity of possible configurations is what makes them so difficult to model effectively, even when using today’s most powerful supercomputers.
Quantum Computing For Finance
Some financial institutions are looking to the nascent field of quantum computing for new solutions. These systems use quantum mechanical properties to create combinatorial computing capabilities that exceed what is possible in classical systems.
Applications like modeling and optimization are already demonstrating incremental benefits in pricing derivatives, optimizing portfolios and reducing the risks of defaults. And now, attention is turning towards quantum’s use as a tool for codifying quantitative macroeconomic problems, revealing how wealth evolves over time in response to changes or perturbations within the financial network.
This task requires that we sample a limited space of solutions that grow in mathematical sets with the number of added links. It has already been shown that quantum annealers, devices originally developed to solve complex optimization problems, are ideally suited to this work. In fact, economic networks have already been solved on them, creating the most stable state of economic equilibrium and determining how changes in those variables will disrupt that stability.
Testing Macroeconomic Simulation Tools
Recently, the Bank of Canada partnered with Multiverse Computing in a proof of concept designed to test an existing quantum procedure in a simulation of a complex, evolving economic network. The simulation modeled the adoption of payment with cryptocurrencies by up to 10 companies simultaneously. Economists had developed a macroeconomic modeling algorithm yet lacked the computational power to run it for problems of significance. A quantum algorithm was developed for this intractable problem and the modeling produced some extremely valuable insights.
As more powerful machines become available, we’ll be able to improve the model even further. This will ultimately equip governments with increasingly sophisticated macroeconomic tools for monitoring vulnerabilities, predicting threats to market stability and mitigating the impacts of severe economic shocks.
The Future Of Quantum Modeling
Improvements to the complexity of optimization problems modeled on quantum annealers depend on continued technological progress. The number of qubits and the error rates within currently available hardware are primary constraints. Quantum annealing systems with 1000x error reduction will be required to simulate the full economy. At that point, quantum computers will be able to simulate financial networks at a level that would require as many resources as there are atoms in the universe for classical computers to achieve.
As tools for simulating complex networks develop further over the next decade, central banks and financial institutions will be much better equipped to improve economic resilience. Insights into vulnerabilities will help protect financial institutions and entities like pension funds from the shock of exceptional events likely to happen over the lifetime of portfolios. It will also help central banks mount a better defense against future efforts to weaponize the economy.
And while quantum computing has far to travel in realizing its full potential, the technology is already generating valuable new insights and pointing to solutions in market forecasting and stability where none existed before.
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ATLANTA, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Home Depot®, the world's largest home improvement retailer, today reported sales of $43.8 billion for the second quarter of fiscal 2022, an increase of $2.7 billion, or 6.5 percent from the second quarter of fiscal 2021. Comparable sales for the second quarter of fiscal 2022 increased 5.8 percent, and comparable sales in the U.S. increased 5.4 percent.
Net earnings for the second quarter of fiscal 2022 were $5.2 billion, or $5.05 per diluted share, compared with net earnings of $4.8 billion, or $4.53 per diluted share, in the same period of fiscal 2021, representing an 11.5 percent increase in diluted earnings per share.
"In the second quarter, we delivered the highest quarterly sales and earnings in our company's history," said Ted Decker, CEO and president. "Our performance reflects continued strength in demand for home improvement projects. Our team has done a fantastic job serving our customers, while continuing to navigate a challenging and dynamic environment. I would like to thank them and our many partners for their hard work and dedication to our customers."
Fiscal 2022 Guidance
The Company reaffirmed fiscal 2022 guidance of:
- Total sales growth and comparable sales growth of approximately 3.0 percent
- Operating margin of approximately 15.4 percent
- Net interest expense of approximately $1.6 billion
- Tax rate of approximately 24.6 percent
- Diluted earnings-per-share-percent-growth to be mid-single digits
The Home Depot will conduct a conference call today at 9 a.m. ET to discuss information included in this news release and related matters. The conference call will be available in its entirety through a webcast and replay at ir.homedepot.com/events-and-presentations.
At the end of the second quarter, the Company operated a total of 2,316 retail stores in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, 10 Canadian provinces and Mexico. The Company employs approximately 500,000 associates. The Home Depot's stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: HD) and is included in the Dow Jones industrial average and Standard & Poor's 500 index.
Certain statements contained herein constitute "forward-looking statements" as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements may relate to, among other things, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the related recovery on our business, results of operations, cash flows and financial condition (which, among other things, may affect many of the items listed below); the demand for our products and services; net sales growth; comparable sales; the effects of competition; our brand and reputation; implementation of store, interconnected retail, supply chain and technology initiatives; inventory and in-stock positions; the state of the economy; the state of the housing and home improvement markets; the state of the credit markets, including mortgages, home equity loans and consumer credit; impact of tariffs; issues related to the payment methods we accept; demand for credit offerings; management of relationships with our associates, potential associates, suppliers and service providers; cost and availability of labor; costs of fuel and other energy sources; international trade disputes, natural disasters, climate change, public health issues (including pandemics and quarantines, related shut-downs and other governmental orders, and similar restrictions, as well as subsequent re-openings), cybersecurity events, military conflicts or acts of war, and other business interruptions that could disrupt operation of our stores, distribution centers and other facilities, our ability to operate or access communications, financial or banking systems, or supply or delivery of, or demand for, the Company's products or services; our ability to meet environmental, social and governance (ESG) goals; continuation or suspension of share repurchases; net earnings performance; earnings per share; dividend targets; capital allocation and expenditures; liquidity; return on invested capital; expense leverage; commodity or other price inflation and deflation; our ability to issue debt on terms and at rates acceptable to us; the impact and expected outcome of investigations, inquiries, claims and litigation, including compliance with related settlements; the effect of accounting charges; the effect of adopting certain accounting standards; the impact of regulatory changes, including changes to tax laws and regulations; store openings and closures; guidance for fiscal 2022 and beyond; financial outlook; and the impact of acquired companies on our organization and the ability to recognize the anticipated benefits of those acquisitions.
Forward-looking statements are based on currently available information and our current assumptions, expectations and projections about future events. You should not rely on our forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to future events, risks and uncertainties – many of which are beyond our control, dependent on the actions of third parties, or are currently unknown to us – as well as potentially inaccurate assumptions that could cause actual results to differ materially from our historical experience and our expectations and projections. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those described in Part I, Item 1A, "Risk Factors," and elsewhere in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for our fiscal year ended January 30, 2022 and also may be described from time to time in future reports we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). There also may be other factors that we cannot anticipate or that are not described herein, generally because we do not currently perceive them to be material. Such factors could cause results to differ materially from our expectations.
Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and we do not undertake to update these statements other than as required by law. You are advised, however, to review any further disclosures we make on related subjects in our filings with the SEC and in our other public statements.
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Verdicts in the Dutch trial in absentia of three Russians and a Ukrainian charged with involvement in the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 are expected to be delivered on Nov. 17, the court announced Monday.
The court said the date is “provisional” and that reading the verdict will likely take half a day.
The marathon trial opened on March 9, 2020, at a top-security courtroom near Amsterdam’s Schiphol, the airport the doomed Kuala Lumpur-bound flight set off from on July 17, 2014. It was shot down over war-torn eastern Ukraine hours later, killing all 298 passengers and crew.
An international team of investigators and prosecutors named four suspects in the downing: Russians Igor Girkin, Sergey Dubinskiy and Oleg Pulatov as well as Ukrainian Leonid Kharchenko. They are charged with murdering all those who died.
None of the suspects has been arrested or sent to the Netherlands, so their trial went ahead in their absence. Only Pulatov is represented by a team of defense lawyers, who say he insists he is innocent.
Prosecutors in December urged the judges to sentence all four men to life imprisonment.
The trial is being held in the Netherlands because about two-thirds of those killed were Dutch.
Prosecutors say the Buk missile system that destroyed the Boeing 777 was transported into Ukraine from the Russian 53rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade’s base in Kursk, and after a missile was fired the launching system was then returned to Russia. Russia has denied involvement in the downing of the plane.
“The crew of the Telar pressed the button, but according to the indictment it was Girkin, Dubinskiy, Pulatov and Kharchenko who directed the employment of this weapon in order to serve their own interests,” prosecutor Ward Ferdinandusse told judges as the trial opened. | https://www.localsyr.com/news/international/dutch-court-expects-november-verdicts-in-mh17-downing-trial/ | 2022-08-16T11:32:47Z | https://www.localsyr.com/news/international/dutch-court-expects-november-verdicts-in-mh17-downing-trial/ | false |
NEW YORK, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Klein Law Firm announces that a class action complaint has been filed on behalf of shareholders of Kiromic BioPharma, Inc. (NASDAQ: KRBP) alleging that the Company violated federal securities laws.
This lawsuit is on behalf of a class consisting of persons and entities that purchased or otherwise acquired: (a) Kiromic common stock issued in connection with the Company's public offering that closed on July 2, 2021 and/or (b) Kiromic common stock between June 25, 2021 and August 13, 2021, both dates inclusive.
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: October 4, 2022
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CLASS ACTION CASE DETAILS: The complaint alleges that the registration statement and prospectus issued in connection with the Company's public offering that closed on July 2, 2021 (the "Offering Documents") failed to disclose that the Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") had, prior to the filing of these documents, imposed a clinical hold on the Company's Investigational New Drug ("IND") applications for its two new drug candidates. Given that the offering closed on July 2, 2021, more than thirty (30) days after the Company submitted the IND applications for its two immunotherapy product candidates, investors were assured that no clinical hold had been issued and clinical trials would commence.
WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU AS A SHAREHOLDER: If you have suffered a loss in Kiromic you have until October 4, 2022 to petition the court for lead plaintiff status. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
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HOW TO PROTECT YOUR FINANCIAL INTERESTS: For additional information about the KRBP lawsuit, please contact J. Klein, Esq. by telephone at 212-616-4899 or click this link: https://www.kleinstocklaw.com/pslra-1/kiromic-biopharma-inc-loss-submission-form?id=30851&from=4.
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BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — A Mali prosecutor says the 49 Ivory Coast soldiers held in Mali since July on accusations of being mercenaries have now been charged with undermining state security.
Mali’s prosecutor in the counterterrorism unit gave the update on the soldiers’ situation. Ivory Coast has been demanding the release of the soldiers since their detention on July 10.
The soldiers are charged with “criminal association, attack and conspiracy against the government, undermining the external security of the state, possession, carrying and transportation of weapons of war and complicity in these crimes,” the specialized prosecutor Samba Sissoko said in a statement released Sunday. “Investigations will be carried out in order to establish the truth, identify all possible perpetrators, co-perpetrators and accomplices.”
The Ivorian soldiers were detained upon their arrival in Mali at the airport in Bamako, the capital. They were sent to Mali to secure a building belonging to an airline company that was carrying out a contract with the German contingent of peacekeepers with the United Nations mission in Mali. However, Mali’s ruling junta considers the Ivorian soldiers to be “mercenaries” because they are not directly employed by the U.N. mission and therefore are not “national support elements.”
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HOUSTON, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Coterra Energy Inc. (NYSE: CTRA) ("Coterra" or the "Company") today announced current and pending retirements of three executive officers of the Company, along with the promotions of three individuals into executive leadership roles. Effective September 30, 2022, Steven W. Lindeman, Senior Vice President – Production and Operations, and Phillip L. Stalnaker, Senior Vice President – Marcellus Business Unit, will be retiring from their roles. Francis B. Barron, Senior Vice President and General Counsel has also indicated his intention to retire in the first quarter of 2023 and will transition out of his current role also effective September 30, 2022.
Mr. Lindeman spent his entire 40-year professional career with the Company. His career path took him from field operations in Pennsylvania, Texas and Oklahoma to leadership roles over Engineering, Business Units, EHS and Operations. Mr. Stalnaker spent the final 22 years of his career with the Company, beginning in 2000 in Denver and then, in 2009, moving to Pittsburgh to oversee development in the Marcellus. Mr. Stalnaker led the Marcellus Business Unit from its start-up with 30 Mmcf per day of production to its peak of over 3.0 Bcf per day of production.
Tom Jorden, Chief Executive Officer and President shared, "I want to thank both Steve and Phil for their tremendous contributions to the success of our overall organization and the integration of the two businesses in our recent merger." Dan Dinges, Executive Chairman of the Board added, "Their technical acumen and thoughtful nature have been instrumental on many fronts during their lengthy tenures in the organization. They have had a lasting impact on the success of Coterra and we wish them both the very best in retirement."
Mr. Barron has been leading the Coterra legal department as Senior Vice President and General Counsel since the closing of the merger with Cimarex Energy Co., where Mr. Barron served in the same role since 2013. "Mr. Barron brought a thoughtful, strategic approach to his legal advice as well as offering sound business advice to both organizations. I want to personally thank Francis for being my partner and confidant for nearly the last decade," commented Mr. Jorden. "I also want to acknowledge Francis's tremendous contribution and leadership to the merger and helping to build Coterra for the future." Mr. Barron will serve as Senior Counsel from October 1, 2022 until his retirement.
Blake Sirgo has been promoted to Senior Vice President – Operations effective October 1, 2022, replacing Mr. Lindeman. Mr. Sirgo has been with the Company since 2008, most recently serving as Vice President – Operations. In his new role he will be responsible for Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS), Marketing, Production, and aspects of Operations. Mr. Sirgo is a graduate of The University of Texas with a petroleum engineering degree.
Gary Hlavinka has been promoted to Vice President, Marcellus Business Unit, to replace Mr. Stalnaker. Mr. Hlavinka has a 33-year career with Company, the last 13 of which were served in the Marcellus Business Unit, most recently as Operations Manager. In that role Hlavinka was in charge of Engineering, Production and the day-to-day relationship with the Williams Companies, which gathers Coterra's natural gas in the Marcellus. Mr. Hlavinka is a graduate of Texas A&M University with a chemical engineering degree.
Additionally, Adam Vela has been promoted to Vice President – General Counsel effective October 1, 2022, replacing Mr. Barron. Mr. Vela has a 17-year career with the Company and has previously served as Assistant General Counsel primarily responsible for litigation and advising business units on legal matters related to operations, leasing, royalties, safety and other matters. Mr. Vela is a graduate of Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana and received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Denver.
"It is with great pride that these three promotions are announced," stated Mr. Jorden. "I am always pleased when we have the opportunity to promote key leaders from within Coterra into larger, more visible roles and I have the utmost confidence they will serve Coterra well in their new roles."
This press release contains forward-looking statements that are based on the estimates and opinions of management at the time the statements are made. Except to the extent required by applicable law, Coterra does not undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements that speak only as of the date hereof.
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A man is set to appear at Plymouth Crown Court next month accused of attempting to rob a city convenience store at knifepoint. Pavels Dobelis, of no fixed abode, was arrested by police following the incident on August 4 in the Sainsbury's store in Mutley Plain.
The 41-year-old is alleged to have entered the store shortly after 9pm and brandished a knife before demanding cash. Armed response officers were deployed to the store after other members of staff alerted the police.
Dobelis was arrested at the scene by an officer who 'red-dotted' him with a Taser device. Dobelis was then taken to Charles Cross police station custody suite
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He was interviewedthere before being charged with attempted robbery and possession of a knife in a public place. He appeared before Plymouth Magistrates’ Court on August 4 and was remanded into custody.
He will next appear at Plymouth Crown Court on September 5.
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Six longtime partners form SEC Registered Investment Adviser and financial planning firm to bring expanded financial services and fiduciary-driven wealth management to clients in Kansas City and beyond
OVERLAND PARK, Kan., Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Tax Favored Benefits, Inc. (TFB), a 40-year old, third-generation financial services firm headquartered in the Kansas City area, today announced the formation of a sister company and new business entity, TFB Advisors, LLC. TFB Advisors is a Registered Investment Adviser (RIA) and wealth management firm driven by fiduciary standards that will offer a new suite of solutions to current and prospective clients. The current leadership team remains in place at TFB, an established brand and respected firm that has been serving business owners, families and individuals since 1978. The newly-established TFB Advisors leadership team includes six partners who have worked together as colleagues and peers for many years: David B. Wentz, J.D., Bill Stapp, J.D., Josh Selzer, J.D., Tim Gaigals, CFP®, Dan Dolan, ChFC®, CLU®, LUTCF, and Adam Bettis, AIF®.
"We've been working together for many years now," said Wentz, "but it was time to formalize our partnership. This new entity, TFB Advisors, will allow us to best serve our clients. The decision to form TFB Advisors, LLC as a new sister company to Tax Favored Benefits, Inc. was driven by the desire to enhance the client experience."
"We will be announcing new services, investment offerings, financial planning solutions, and technology as we continue our ever-evolving journey and quest to enhance all aspects of the client experience," added Selzer. We have been growing together under the TFB brand since 2005. We're headed in a great direction and plan to continue our growth trajectory through new staff hires and advisor recruiting efforts."
"Once the transition of fee-based assets has been completed, TFB Advisors expects total assets under management (AUM) to be approximately $2 billion," said Gaigals. "The creation of this partnership between highly experienced and proven, long tenured advisors establishes the opportunity to grow in the future. The new RIA structure will allow us to offer new investment and financial planning solutions to clients."
Custodial services will be provided by Schwab Advisor Services and AssetMark, Inc. Schwab is one of the nation's largest providers of custody, trading, and support services for independent investment advisors. Independent investment advisors are not owned by, affiliated with, or supervised by Schwab. AssetMark is a leading provider of extensive wealth management and technology solutions that help financial advisors meet the ever-changing needs of their clients.
Over the past 40 years, TFB has provided financial advice, business planning, insurance and brokerage services to individuals, families and business owners. Business owner clients include professional law firms, CPAs, medical and dental associations, farm implement and supply dealers, technology companies, institutions, and endowments. Individuals and families also make up a large component of the firm's clientele.
"At Tax Favored Benefits (TFB), we serve as a partner in helping individuals, families and business owners achieve financial success," said Wentz. "Headquartered in Kansas City, we are driven by our Midwestern values and work ethic and powered by a wide range of resources. Our experienced professionals provide a full suite of wealth, investment, and retirement planning services to clients across the country. We can help them achieve their version of personal and professional success because we put their best interests first, at all times and in all situations. It's that simple."
TFB Advisors may also offer 3(38) ERISA services. This special type of fiduciary is specifically appointed to have full discretionary authority and control to make the actual investment decisions. This means that for its corporate plan sponsor services, the firm serves as an investment fiduciary, lifting the majority of investment responsibilities from the plan sponsor to TFB, which then becomes responsible for the investment selection, monitoring and replacement of plan options. The plan sponsor is informed before any changes are made. This allows plan sponsors to focus their time and energy on other business matters while outsourcing their fiduciary responsibility to TFB.
"We love working with our clients, helping them grow, finding affordable retirement solutions, and meeting their needs over time," said Jeff Pytlinski, President of both Tax Favored Benefits, Inc. and TFB Advisors, LLC. "We are proud of the long-term relationships we've built with our clients and our advisors. We've worked hard to build a great company culture."
Advisors who are seeking an independent business model are invited to contact Jeff Pytlinski for a confidential exploratory conversation. "When an advisor joins our firm, they know they are not in it by themselves. We work as their partner to help them grow and realize success," said Pytlinski. "We have created a great place for entrepreneurial advisors to thrive and grow. We welcome inquiries from advisors who are looking for a new, dynamic team and business structure."
Tax Favored Benefits, Inc. (TFB) is a 40 year old company and specializes in retirement plans, employee benefit programs, personal planning, and investments. Headquartered in Kansas City, and serving clients nationwide, they are driven by their strong work ethic, and powered by a wide range of professional resources and work force that includes J.D.s, MBAs, CFPs®, and a CFA®. TFB is a third-generation firm, founded by R. David Wentz, J.D., ChFC®. His son, David B. Wentz, J.D., now runs the business as CEO, and his son Vance Wentz is now in the business serving clients as an advisor.
TFB Advisors, LLC (TFB Advisors), the newly formed business entity, and their experienced professionals provide a full suite of wealth, investment and retirement planning services to clients across the country. The teams work together to serve as a partner in helping individuals, families and business owners achieve financial success.
To learn more about how they help clients succeed today, visit: TaxFavoredBenefits.com.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Immunic, Inc. (NASDAQ: IMUX), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a pipeline of selective oral immunology therapies focused on treating chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, today announced that the company has received a Notice of Allowance from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for patent application 16/646130, entitled, "Compound Having Cyclic Structure." The patent covers composition-of-matter of IMU-856 and related pharmaceutical compositions and is expected to provide protection into at least 2038, without accounting for potential Patent Term Extension (PTE).
The patent application was originally filed by Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (Daiichi Sankyo), which discovered IMU-856. In 2018, Immunic and Daiichi Sankyo entered into a global option and license agreement, granting Immunic the exclusive right to license IMU-856, which was subsequently exercised by Immunic in 2020. The license included exclusivity on the composition-of-matter patent.
"Allowance of this composition-of-matter patent significantly strengthens our intellectual property estate and is key to the clinical development of IMU-856, which we believe to be a highly potent small molecule oral epigenetic regulator. In particular, IMU-856 appears to influence the tightly regulated network of genes and proteins associated with intestinal epithelial cell interaction and adhesion which could present an entirely new and innovative approach to the treatment of a significant number of gastrointestinal diseases," stated Daniel Vitt, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer and President of Immunic. "In May 2022, we reached an important milestone with the initiation of part C of our phase 1 clinical trial of IMU-856 in patients with celiac disease, to confirm the drug's ability to restore intestinal barrier function without affecting the immune system. We also look forward to reporting unblinded safety data from the single and multiple ascending dose parts of the phase 1 clinical trial in healthy human subjects in the third quarter of this year."
IMU-856, which Immunic believes to be novel, is an orally available small molecule modulator that targets a protein which serves as a transcriptional regulator of intestinal barrier function and regeneration of bowel epithelium. Based on preclinical data, the compound may represent a new treatment approach, as the mechanism of action targets the restoration of the intestinal barrier function and bowel wall architecture in patients suffering from gastrointestinal diseases such as celiac disease, inflammatory bowel disease, irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea and other intestinal barrier function associated diseases. Immunic believes that, because IMU-856 has been shown in preclinical investigations to avoid suppression of immune cells, it may therefore maintain immune surveillance for patients during therapy, an important advantage versus chronic treatment with potentially immunosuppressive medications. IMU-856 is an investigational drug product that has not been approved in any jurisdiction.
IMU-856 was discovered by Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (Daiichi Sankyo). In November 2018, Immunic and Daiichi Sankyo entered into a global option and license agreement, granting Immunic the exclusive right to license IMU-856. The license also includes exclusivity on a patent application filed by Daiichi Sankyo, covering IMU-856's composition of matter. Immunic exercised the option in January 2020.
Immunic, Inc. (NASDAQ: IMUX) is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company with a pipeline of selective oral immunology therapies focused on treating chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. The company is developing three small molecule products: its lead development program, vidofludimus calcium (IMU-838), a selective immune modulator that inhibits the intracellular metabolism of activated immune cells by blocking the enzyme DHODH and exhibits a host-based antiviral effect, is currently being developed as a treatment option for multiple sclerosis, and primary sclerosing cholangitis. IMU-935, a selective inverse agonist of the transcription factor RORγ/RORγt, is targeted for development in psoriasis, and castration-resistant prostate cancer. IMU-856, which targets the restoration of the intestinal barrier function, is targeted for development in diseases involving bowel barrier dysfunction. For further information, please visit: www.imux.com.
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" that involve substantial risks and uncertainties for purposes of the safe harbor provided by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, included in this press release regarding strategy, future operations, future financial position, future revenue, projected expenses, sufficiency of cash, expected timing and results of clinical trials, prospects, plans and objectives of management are forward-looking statements. Examples of such statements include, but are not limited to, statements relating to Immunic's three development programs and the targeted diseases; the potential for IMU-856 to safely and effectively target diseases; preclinical and clinical data for IMU-856; the timing of current and future clinical trials and anticipated clinical milestones; the nature, strategy and focus of the company and further updates with respect thereto; and the development and commercial potential of any product candidates of the company. Immunic may not actually achieve the plans, carry out the intentions or meet the expectations or projections disclosed in the forward-looking statements and you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Such statements are based on management's current expectations and involve substantial risks and uncertainties. Actual results and performance could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of many factors, including, without limitation, the COVID-19 pandemic, impacts of the Ukraine – Russia conflict on planned and ongoing clinical trials, risks and uncertainties associated with the ability to project future cash utilization and reserves needed for contingent future liabilities and business operations, the availability of sufficient financial and other resources to meet business objectives and operational requirements, the fact that the results of earlier preclinical studies and clinical trials may not be predictive of future clinical trial results, the protection and market exclusivity provided by Immunic's intellectual property, risks related to the drug development and the regulatory approval process and the impact of competitive products and technological changes. A further list and descriptions of these risks, uncertainties and other factors can be found in the section captioned "Risk Factors," in the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, filed with the SEC on February 24, 2022, and in the company's subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Copies of these filings are available online at www.sec.gov or ir.imux.com/sec-filings. Any forward-looking statement made in this release speaks only as of the date of this release. Immunic disclaims any intent or obligation to update these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that exist after the date on which they were made. Immunic expressly disclaims all liability in respect to actions taken or not taken based on any or all the contents of this press release.
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With A-Level Results Day taking place across the nation this Thursday, Frankie & Benny’s is helping students celebrate (or console) with a free 10” San Francisco style sourdough margherita pizza (worth £8.90) including the restaurant’s vegan version.
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Female footballer tells of fight to overturn FA ban
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A football player who took on the FA's ban on girls playing competitively says she is proud of her stance.
Lindsay Hobbs from Birmingham was told she could only play in friendly games for her school team after she was 12.
She challenged the ban in 1990 and got it overturned. She then played through college and later for the Wolves Women team.
She said: "I was just a girl who wanted to play football" and could not understand why she was being prevented.
Mrs Hobbs' football career was eventually ended an ACL injury, but she now teaches primary school PE.
She said is proud of the role she played.
Her daughter, Mia, 13, said: "I think it's pretty cool that she's gone through that and she's an inspiration really."
When she was interviewed by the BBC in 1990, Mrs Hobbs said she did not like the sports girls were expected to play at school and described netball as "a bit of a boring game".
But she was told for insurance reasons she could only play competitive football up to the age of 12.
She was able to get the support of her headteacher at Doe Bank Primary School and a local councillor to get the ban overturned.
As well as playing for Wolves Women, she played for East Park Ladies, came third in the British College finals and got to the fifth round of the FA Cup with Great Wyrley.
Speaking at a football session this week she said: "It does make me proud that I can see the girls behind me and when I see other girls playing football for their school or in the park that I've had a tiny influence."
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(The Hill) – The Justice Department on Monday told a federal judge that releasing the law enforcement affidavit used to obtain a search warrant for former President Trump’s home would jeopardize an ongoing investigation.
Federal prosecutors submitted a court filing opposing any efforts to unseal the document laying out probable cause for the search. The filing came just days after they agreed to release a copy of the warrant itself as well as a receipt listing the materials that were seized during the search of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate.
“The affidavit supporting the search warrant presents a very different set of considerations,” the filing reads. “There remain compelling reasons, including to protect the integrity of an ongoing law enforcement investigation that implicates national security, that support keeping the affidavit sealed.”
Prosecutors typically submit affidavits from law enforcement officials when seeking a judge’s authorization for a search warrant. These documents are meant to provide an overview of evidence collected during an investigation that would support the probable cause needed to obtain a warrant under the Fourth Amendment.
The court filing submitted Monday — which was signed by Jay Bratt, the head of the DOJ’s counterintelligence office, and Juan Antonio Gonzalez, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida — argued that disclosing the affidavit used to secure the Mar-a-Lago warrant would cause “significant and irreparable damage to this ongoing criminal investigation.”
“As the Court is aware from its review of the affidavit, it contains, among other critically important and detailed investigative facts: highly sensitive information about witnesses, including witnesses interviewed by the government; specific investigative techniques; and information required by law to be kept under seal pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 6(e),” the DOJ officials wrote, citing a rule governing grand jury secrecy.
They argued that revealing sensitive information about the investigation could also affect law enforcement’s ability to secure cooperation from potential witnesses and risk revealing identifying details about any witnesses who are already working with investigators.
“This is not merely a hypothetical concern, given the widely reported threats made against law enforcement personnel in the wake of the August 8 search,” reads a footnote in the filing.
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Which brush cutter is best?
Brush cutters make short work of thick, stubborn hedgerows and dense weeds. These powerful tools chop through saplings and bushes with ease. With these, you don’t need to purchase or rent a bush hog to take care of any overgrown parts of your property.
The Badger Brush Cutter and String Trimmer is built to accommodate bush clearing and weed trimming alike. It includes the attachments you need for both tasks as well as a harness to make it easy to carry.
What to know before you buy a brush cutter
Brush cutters vs. weed whackers
Many people understandably confuse brush cutters with weed whackers. They look nearly identical at first glance, but there are some key differences. Brush cutters use a hard, spinning blade to tackle thick undergrowth, whereas weed whackers use a nylon string to zip through tall grass and light weeds.
While dedicated brush cutters are more powerful than weed whackers, some let you swap out their blade for a string cutter, further blurring the line between the two tools.
Motor type
Gas-powered brush cutters are available in two motor configurations.
- Two-stroke brush cutters require you to carefully measure and mix gasoline and oil in the right proportion. Preparing your fuel improperly will result in poor performance and excessive smoke. Two-stroke tools are lighter and more affordable than four-stroke options.
- Four-stroke brush cutters feature separate tanks for gas and oil. Because the tool mixes its fuel automatically, you won’t have to deal with as much mess or the risk of incorrect measuring. Brush cutters with four-stroke motors are more efficient, but they’re more expensive, heavier and less common.
Battery power
Thanks to advances in technology, manufacturers are now offering brush trimmers that forego fuel in favor of powerful batteries. These machines run quieter, don’t require gasoline and don’t produce any noxious fumes or smoke during operation. However, with their high cost and short battery life, electric brush cutters are not ideal for business owners or people that have to clear large areas.
Required safety gear
Brush cutters are messy. While in use, they throw chips, sawdust and debris in all directions. Because of this, protective eyewear is a must. You will likely also want to invest in rugged work gloves to prevent blisters while holding the machine’s grips as well as sturdy work boots to keep your feet, toes and ankles protected from any airborne sticks or stones.
What to look for in a quality brush cutter
Changeable heads
A brush cutter that lets you swap out its blade for a string trimmer, tiller or edger is a versatile landscaping tool. Choose one with this ability to ensure that you can take care of a wide range of property maintenance jobs.
Weight
Brush trimmers are held using grips and a shoulder strap. Because they require enough strength and endurance to move them back and forth while trimming, select one that is light enough to not exhaust you during long jobs.
Extra batteries
With only around 30 minutes of battery life, owners of electric brush trimmers may find themselves stuck waiting for a charge before they can get back to work. If you prefer to skip the gasoline, select an electric trimmer that includes extra batteries so you can keep one or two charging while the others are installed.
Accessories
From shoulder straps and harnesses to extra blade attachments, you can find a lot of value in a brush cutter set that includes useful accessories. Some even come with extension poles that let you reach safely into deep ditches or saw through small branches overhead.
How much you can expect to spend on a brush cutter
Brush cutters typically cost $200-$600. People shopping for four-stroke and electric cutters will find the ones they prefer at the higher end of this price range.
Brush cutter FAQ
Can I cut wood with a brush trimmer?
A. No. Even the most powerful trimmers are only designed to safely cut small saplings and bushes. Wood and tree trunk cutting requires a chain saw.
Can I trim branches with a brush trimmer?
A. In some cases, yes. Brush trimmers are made to be used at ground level, but some include extension poles that let you reach branches using an optional saw attachment. Extra caution must be taken while using the tool in this manner.
How do I clean my brush trimmer?
A. After use, you will find your brush cutter covered in grass, sawdust, wood chips and debris. If left to dry, this plant matter will cake on the moving parts of the tool. Clean it after use by rinsing its blade and head with a garden hose, manually removing any stubborn material. Avoid getting the tool’s motor wet.
What’s the best brush cutter to buy?
Top brush cutter
Badger Brush Cutter and String Trimmer
What you need to know: Powerful and flexible, this two-stroke brush cutter will prepare you for almost any trimming job.
What you’ll love: This brush cutter includes a harness and features bicycle-style grips to reduce strain while you use it. It also comes with both a brush cutting blade and a string cutting spool.
What you should consider: Even with its harness and handlebars, some users feel that this cutter is too heavy to use comfortably.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Home Depot
Top brush cutter for the money
DeWalt Two-Stroke Gas Brush Cutter
What you need to know: This affordable brush cutter features padded ergonomic grips and an extension pole.
What you’ll love: Light and maneuverable, this tool includes a shoulder strap and uses spring assist to make starting its motor easier. You can purchase a wide range of DeWalt attachments to multiply the ways this tool can be used around your property.
What you should consider: The included blade is covered in a protective coating which limits its cutting power until it is either sharpened or worn down a bit.
Where to buy: Sold by Home Depot
Worth checking out
Makita LXT Lithium-Ion Cordless Brush Cutter
What you need to know: Makita delivers with this electric brush trimmer that can keep up with the gas-powered competition.
What you’ll love: With its two included batteries, this brush trimmer doesn’t skimp on power. It features three speeds and comes with a charger. Its handlebar grips let you comfortably move the tool. A handy reverse option makes it easy to fix a jammed blade.
What you should consider: You will want to purchase additional batteries for this cutter if you plan on taking on extensive jobs.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Home Depot
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Furthering net zero goals with four RNG sites in Wisconsin and hydrogen consortium in New York
OAKVILLE, ON, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Liberty (RNG), LLC ("Liberty"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. ("AQN") (TSX: AQN) (NYSE: AQN) , announced today the recent completion of its acquisition of Sandhill Advanced Biofuels, LLC ("Sandhill"). Sandhill is a developer of renewable natural gas ("RNG") anaerobic digestion projects located on dairy farms, with a portfolio of four projects in the state of Wisconsin. The completion of this acquisition represents the Company's first investment in non-regulated renewable natural gas.
"The Sandhill portfolio of projects is an important one for Liberty: it gives us an opportunity to apply our expertise in renewable development to an energy-generation method known for its low net carbon intensity, and gives us a strategic foothold in a highly attractive sector of the RNG market," said Jeff Norman, Chief Development Officer, AQN. "More and more, our corporate customers are demanding renewable energy sources to fuel their operations. In conjunction with our investments in wind, solar and hydro, RNG will help us expand our renewables capabilities, and get us closer to meeting our net-zero goals."
Once all four projects are fully operational, they will sequester methane from dairy operations to produce an aggregate of ~500 MMBTU/day of RNG for the transportation sector. The farm-based biodigesters and upgrading systems use anaerobic digestions to produce negative carbon-intensity RNG which is injected into the natural gas pipeline system, displacing carbon-based natural gas. Additionally, the projects are expected to provide local farmers with ancillary revenue and support their efforts to optimize waste management and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
Two of the sites are now fully operational with the other two anticipated to come online in 2023. "We're keen to apply our development skills to projects in the RNG space," Mr. Norman added, "and, in the spirit of our company's business model and values, we remain committed to working with local stakeholders as we seek to build out this new business segment."
In addition, continuing its investment into innovative clean energy fuel solutions, Liberty has signed on as one of over forty hydrogen ecosystem partners participating in a multi-state agreement led by New York Governor Kathy Hochul and New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA). The consortium of partners will contribute to the development of a proposal to become one of at least four regional clean energy hydrogen hubs to support New York's Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act goal to reduce GHG emissions 85 percent by 2050.
Mr. Norman noted, "Liberty is committed to delivering innovative clean energy solutions to its customers and communities, and forging strategic partnerships with like-minded public and private stakeholders focused on advancing the adoption of cost-effective, clean energy solutions for a collective sustainable future."
Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp., parent company of Liberty, is a diversified international generation, transmission, and distribution utility with over $17 billion of total assets. Through its two business groups, the Regulated Services Group and the Renewable Energy Group, AQN is committed to providing safe, secure, reliable, cost-effective, and sustainable energy and water solutions through its portfolio of electric generation, transmission, and distribution utility investments to over one million customer connections, largely in the United States and Canada. AQN is a global leader in renewable energy through its portfolio of long-term contracted wind, solar, and hydroelectric generating facilities. AQN owns, operates, and/or has net interests in over 4 GW of installed renewable energy capacity.
AQN is committed to delivering growth and the pursuit of operational excellence in a sustainable manner through an expanding global pipeline of renewable energy and electric transmission development projects, organic growth within its rate-regulated generation, distribution, and transmission businesses, and the pursuit of accretive acquisitions and value enhancing recycling of assets.
AQN's common shares, preferred shares, Series A, and preferred shares, Series D are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbols AQN, AQN.PR.A, and AQN.PR.D, respectively. AQN's common shares, Series 2018-A subordinated notes, Series 2019-A subordinated notes and equity units are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbols AQN, AQNA, AQNB, and AQNU, respectively.
Visit AQN at www.algonquinpowerandutilities.com and follow us on Twitter @AQN_Utilities.
Certain statements included in this news release contain information that is "forward-looking" for purposes of applicable securities laws (collectively, "forward-looking statements"). The words "will", "expects" and similar expressions are often intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. Specific forward-looking statements in this news release include, but are not limited to, statements regarding expected future generation capacity, production, completion dates and benefits of the Sandhill projects, and expected future growth of AQN's RNG business. These statements are based on factors or assumptions that were applied in drawing a conclusion or making a forecast or projection, including assumptions based on historical trends, current conditions and expected future developments. Since forward-looking statements relate to future events and conditions, by their very nature they require making assumptions and involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Readers are cautioned that although it is believed that the assumptions are reasonable in the circumstances, these risks and uncertainties give rise to the possibility that actual results may differ materially from the expectations set out in the forward-looking statements. Material risk factors include those set out in AQN's Management Discussion & Analysis and Annual Information Form for the year ended December 31, 2021, and in AQN's Management Discussion & Analysis for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, each of which is available on SEDAR and EDGAR. Given these risks, undue reliance should not be placed on these forward-looking statements, which apply only as of their dates. Other than as specifically required by law, AQN undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements or information to reflect new information, subsequent or otherwise.
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SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Inc. revealed that Aviatrix, the pioneer of secure cloud networking, is No. 711 on its annual Inc. 5000 list, the most prestigious ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in America. The list represents a one-of-a-kind look at the most successful companies within the economy's most dynamic segment—its independent businesses. Facebook, Chobani, Under Armour, Microsoft, Patagonia, and many other well-known names gained their first national exposure as honorees on the Inc. 5000.
"The cloud market is already massive, yet it's only in its infancy," said Steve Mullaney, CEO at Aviatrix. "As cloud adoption continues its exponential growth, there is an incredible opportunity for those who enable the enterprise to take full advantage of it. Aviatrix is quickly becoming the architectural standard for cloud networking, an essential component of any cloud initiative. As our category grows, we will grow, moving up this list and others like it."
The companies on the 2022 Inc. 5000 have not only been successful, but have also demonstrated resilience amid supply chain woes, labor shortages, and the ongoing impact of Covid-19.
"The accomplishment of building one of the fastest-growing companies in the U.S., in light of recent economic roadblocks, cannot be overstated," says Scott Omelianuk, editor-in-chief of Inc. "Inc. is thrilled to honor the companies that have established themselves through innovation, hard work, and rising to the challenges of today."
Complete results of the Inc. 5000, including company profiles and an interactive database that can be sorted by industry, region, and other criteria, can be found at www.inc.com/inc5000.
Aviatrix, the pioneer of secure cloud networking, delivers advanced cloud networking, network security, and operational visibility required by enterprises with cloud-native simplicity and automation. More than 600 customers worldwide, including 63 of the Fortune 500, leverage Aviatrix and its proven multi-cloud network reference architecture to design, deploy, and operate a repeatable network and security architecture that is consistent across any public cloud. Combined with the industry's first and only multi-cloud networking certification program (ACE), Aviatrix is empowering IT to lead and accelerate the transformation to the cloud. Learn more at Aviatrix.com.
Companies on the 2022 Inc. 5000 are ranked according to percentage revenue growth from 2018 to 2021. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2018. They must be U.S.-based, privately held, for-profit, and independent—not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies—as of December 31, 2021. (Since then, some on the list may have gone public or been acquired.) The minimum revenue required for 2018 is $100,000; the minimum for 2021 is $2 million. As always, Inc. reserves the right to decline applicants for subjective reasons. Growth rates used to determine company rankings were calculated to four decimal places. The top 500 companies on the Inc. 5000 are featured in Inc. magazine's September issue. The entire Inc. 5000 can be found at http://www.inc.com/inc5000.
The world's most trusted business-media brand, Inc. offers entrepreneurs the knowledge, tools, connections, and community to build great companies. Its award-winning multiplatform content reaches more than 50 million people each month across a variety of channels including websites, newsletters, social media, podcasts, and print. Its prestigious Inc. 5000 list, produced every year since 1982, analyzes company data to recognize the fastest-growing privately held businesses in the United States. The global recognition that comes with inclusion in the 5000 gives the founders of the best businesses an opportunity to engage with an exclusive community of their peers, and the credibility that helps them drive sales and recruit talent. The associated Inc. 5000 Conference & Gala is part of a highly acclaimed portfolio of bespoke events produced by Inc. For more information, visit www.inc.com.
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RICHMOND, Va. -- We'll continue to have a chance for a few showers Tuesday, with the best chance prior to noon. Highs will be warmer than Monday, but will still remain below normal, topping out in the mid to upper 70s.
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"Fiscally responsible" solution will provide comprehensive functionality and flexibility for member districts
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Edupoint® Educational Systems announced today that Education reEnvisioned BOCES has selected the company's industry-leading Synergy® Student Information System (SIS) for its own student data management needs as well as those of its member schools. The BOCES represents 12 schools serving 5,000 students.
Education reEnvisioned offers choice to Colorado families, authorizing and overseeing brick-and-mortar schools, online schools, and homeschool enrichment programs. The BOCES is driven by a belief in the importance of providing varied options to meet the diverse and unique needs of children and is the largest authorizer of online schools in the state. Member schools include multi-district online schools, brick-and-mortar schools, microschools, and homeschool enrichment programs that include areas such as music, art, and canyoneering.
Synergy SIS provides schools and districts with powerful tools for streamlining and automating processes, exceptional data access and reporting capabilities, extensive customization options, and best-in-class data security. The built-in TeacherVUE® Portal With Gradebook gives teachers a single place to access attendance and seating charts, a 360° profile of every student, assignments and grading, and built-in data analysis tools that facilitate tracking student progress, differentiating instruction, and responding quickly to students who require extra support. The gradebook integrates with in-demand classroom tools such as Google for Education™ apps – including Google Classroom™ – and over 400 LTI learning apps. The ParentVUE® and StudentVUE® portals give parents and students unprecedented web and mobile access to grades, assignments, and communication with teachers.
Education reEnvisioned leadership began looking for a SIS after rapidly increasing enrollment challenged the cooperative's manual state reporting process.
"We needed a system that would enable us to seamlessly meet Colorado state reporting requirements," said Dan Snowberger, Director of Education Operations at Education reEnvisioned, "but we also have 12 schools with very different needs that will be using Synergy for student data management. We're not an organization that feels like everyone has to do exactly the same thing, so the platform's flexibility was key for us. We needed a solution that was fiscally responsible as well, and Synergy was affordable. Plus, Edupoint has an amazing team, which was a major factor in helping us decide."
As part of the seamless Synergy Education Platform ecosystem, Synergy SIS enables schools and districts to easily extend functionality to include online registration, MTSS, assessment, analytics, learning management, and special education management in a single platform that also features a unique suite of native, role-based mobile apps.
"With Synergy SIS, Education reEnvisioned BOCES is getting an extremely powerful and flexible student data management solution designed to support everyday needs and navigate both anticipated and unanticipated changes in the education landscape," said Bob Weathers, Founder and CEO at Edupoint. "We're pleased to welcome the BOCES to the Synergy family and look forward to working together to support the diverse needs of Colorado students."
For over 35 years, the leadership of Edupoint Educational Systems has provided well-designed, technologically advanced student data management systems that empower K-12 stakeholders to improve student achievement. Synergy Education Platform by Edupoint is an industry-leading student data management ecosystem built to fit the way educators already work. Synergy is unique among student data management solutions in providing an array of role-based mobile apps designed to give all stakeholders access to the tools they need when and where they need them. More than 5.5 million students use Synergy in 22 states. https://www.edupoint.com/
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RED OAK, Texas, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ASD.ai LLC, parent company of Rootines is pleased to announce the preview of their NICU follow-up solution at this year's National Association of Neonatal Nurses (NANN) conference.
According to the March of Dimes, 1 in 10 babies in the US is born prematurely before 37 weeks. Premature birth can put baby at risk for long term health problems such as intellectual disabilities, hearing loss, cerebral palsy and more. Tracking an infant and parents after discharge from the NICU enables early intervention and expands the practice of family centered care.
Rootines supports the NICU follow-up clinic via a robust platform with an easy to use app for the parent to input information on feeding, weight, oxygen therapy, and medication. Importantly, parental stress is also monitored so that support can be provided when the need is identified. Rootines is a leap forward in discharge planning and developmental tracking for the NICU population. By integrating with the hospital EMR and alerting clinicians of changes via the Rootines Clinical Dashboard, Rootines enhances both the care and patient experience for each individual child.
Please visit us this September at the National Association of Neonatal Nurses (NANN) conference booth 219 for a walk through of the platform and see how Rootines can add value to your efforts to support healthy babies and their parents.
Want an early preview? You can schedule a demonstration of the solution today by emailing sales@asd.ai
Rootines is HIPAA compliant with medical grade security. Rootines is focused on solutions for pediatric complex chronic conditions. NICU follow-up solution joins current offerings supporting Autism and Mental Health with GI monitoring in development. If you are a hospital, therapy center or other clinical professional and would like pricing or to schedule a demo, please contact us today at sales@asd.ai.
Download the app today on iOS or Android. More information on Rootines and its parent company ASD.ai LLC can be found at www.rootines.app.
Contact: Tamera Jackson
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TJ@asd.ai
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ANN ARBOR, Mich., Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fifth EyeTM, a provider of intuitive real-time clinical analytics, is excited to announce the appointment of Eric Pergler as Vice President Sales. Eric has over 20 years of experience in commercial roles including executive sales leadership in medical devices. Eric will be responsible for driving sales of Fifth Eye's flagship product, the AHI System™.
The AHI System is FDA-cleared medical device software designed to reduce preventable adverse events by facilitating early awareness of potentially serious emerging problems – ahead of vital signs – in adult patients throughout the hospital. Additionally, the AHI System facilitates reduced lengths of stay by augmenting clinicians' judgment with objective, validated information to support timely step-down or discharge decisions.
"We are delighted to welcome Eric to our executive team," said Jen Baird, CEO, Fifth Eye. "Eric brings a track record of demonstrated success in driving adoption of disruptive medical technologies. We are looking forward to his leadership to help us bring the benefits of the AHI System to new hospitals, clinicians, and patients."
Prior to joining Fifth Eye, Eric held sales leadership roles at Centerline Biomedical and Veran Medical Technologies. Eric has played a key role in shaping and executing successful commercial strategies in companies from initial commercialization through emerging growth phases. He has a passion for bringing disruptive technology to the marketplace, building winning teams, and ultimately making an impact to improve patient care. Eric has a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Western Michigan University.
Clinicians overburdened by low staffing and increased administrative demands need help to prioritize their time where it is most needed. The AHI System continuously detects, trends and predicts the risk of hemodynamic instability of adult patients throughout the hospital. The AHI System has been shown to predict future episodes of instability 48 minutes ahead of vital signs in an ICU and hours earlier in lower acuity settings. Clinicians enjoy "at-a-glance" awareness of the evolving hemodynamic trajectory of monitored patients on a multi-patient screen. And that screen can be accessed by any member of the care team on any device with a web-enabled browser (e.g., phone, computer, wall monitor, etc.).
Fifth Eye, Inc. is an Ann Arbor, Michigan-based company that develops intuitive, real-time clinical analytics based on physiologic waveforms to improve outcomes and reduce costs. The AHI System™ is the first and only FDA-cleared clinical decision support software that continuously predicts the risk of hemodynamic instability earlier than vital signs. AI-powered AHI extracts information embedded in a Lead II ECG signal alone – no manual or other inputs required. Fifth Eye's machine-learning technology is licensed from the University of Michigan. For more information, please visit www.fiftheye.com.
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CARLISLE, Pa., Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bullet Liner USA (www.BulletLiner.com), a leading manufacturer of spray-on protective coatings for the automotive and truck market, today announced the rollout of its new RPM™ all-purpose formulation. RPM is designed specifically for service pick-ups; delivery vans and trucks; construction equipment; police, fire, and emergency service vehicles; tractor trailers; utility service and crew trucks; trailers; ATVs; and UTVs. Bullet Liner RPM provides fleet operators with a cost-effective way to safeguard their vehicle investment, extend service life, and keep it looking in top shape.
"Bullet Liner RPM is a spray-on permanent protective coating system designed for rough service applications and industrial and commercial fleets," said Jill Deamer, Global Marketing Brand Manager for Bullet Liner. "Bullet Liner RPM is ready-made for the rigors of the fleet market because it specifically protects and extends the life and appearance of fleet vehicle exteriors and keeps equipment 'on equity' while on the job. It's the best investment a fleet operator can make to enhance the value of their entire fleet—from 'bumper to fender'."
Bullet Liner RPM is constructed to provide a flexible but extremely tough monolithic membrane with a uniform and ultra-fine surface texture. This elastomeric coating offers heavy duty protection against dents, dings, scratches, and other damage incurred on the highway or the work site. Additionally, Bullet Liner is impervious to weather extremes and won't crack, fade, peel, or bubble, even after long exposure to the blistering sun in the summertime or to freezing temperatures in the wintertime. Bullet Liner coatings can also be custom matched to existing color shades, and they offer UV protection to retain color brilliance and vibrancy.
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MONTREAL, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Empire Capital, a prominent virtual currency, and Sanem Digital, a innovative technology developer, have partnered with the launch of Round Up App (RUA), a proprietary platform as an access point for new users to enter the decentralized world of currency.
RUA applies open banking technology allowing rounded up transactions to be swept into crypto investments on users pre-configured cadence. Transactions will be rounded up to the nearest dollar, five dollars, or ten dollars, as configured by the user, and the difference between the transaction amount and the rounded up value will be converted into a crypto currency investment. The product is a solution that provides easy access to its ecosystem in order to bridge the gap between digital and traditional finance. RUA acts as a shortcut to invest in crypto and will be a welcome safe entry point for crypto novices. The aim is to normalize and proliferate investment in cryptocurrency. As an example, if a purchase of $2.80 were made for a cup of coffee, the APP would round-up the purchase to $3.00, and the remaining $.20 would be invested into crypto.
"The timing for launching an APP like this couldn't be more perfect," says Director of Sanem Digital, Michael Moran. "Consumers buying crypto for the first time will be investing in a current market value that will begin to rise again, those consumers stand to benefit significantly. Providing an easy, safe and secure entry point for consumers to passively invest in crypto is what we are all about."
The user-friendly APP offers other investment features such as one-off transactions within preconfigured limits. A "pay-day" recurring schedule allows a user to invest a one-off sum the APP's dashboard shows the benefits of making regular payments and tracking the investment process.
RUA will be available in the Apple iOS and Android stores.
Empire Capital is a leader in virtual currency conversion combining treasury funds with angel funds to invest in traditional finance startups, private sales, IPOs, etc. Empire Capital provides investors with accessibility, experience and knowledge within the cryptocurrency space.
Sanem Digital delivers world-class business solutions that are all about making our customers' lives easier. Sanem Digital's portfolio of products and brands support finance, Human Resources, Wellbeing programmes, travel and cutting edge workflow technology solutions. Sanem Digital currently has operations in New Zealand, Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and the USA.
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Kane Brown’s Hilarious Bedtime Routine for Daughter Kingsley Is Not Mom-Approved [Watch]
When it comes to family life with his wife, Katelyn, and daughters Kingsley and Kodi, Kane Brown just might be the "fun parent": He shared a sweet video on his social channels that proves it.
In a clip posted over the weekend, Brown and his oldest daughter — 2-year-old Kingsley — get ready for bed, with a bedtime routine that includes a selfie video, funny faces and a whole lot of giggles. While the pair are having a whole lot of fun, it might not be the most relaxing way to wind down the day, a fact that the singer acknowledges in the caption in the post.
"My bedtime routine is not approved by [Katelyn Brown]," he jokes.
But fortunately, the singer's wife didn't object too seriously to his unorthodox bedtime techniques. Katelyn hopped into the comments section of her country star husband's post, sharing two emojis of a laughing face with tears streaming down its cheeks.
The singer and his wife welcomed their second child, daughter, Kodi, at the very end of 2021, announcing her arrival with an Instagram post on Dec. 31. The news came as a surprise to fans, since the couple kept their impending second child a secret throughout Katelyn's pregnancy — despite the fact that they attended the 2021 CMA Awards in person together in November, just one month before she gave birth.
In recent months, Brown has posted quite a bit of family-focused social media content, including many adorable snapshots and videos of time spent together with his oldest daughter. Their gigglefests aren't limited to bedtime: In July, he shared video of a fun game the two of them invented together involving a bathroom faucet. | https://catcountry1073.com/kane-brown-bedtime-routine-daughter-kingsley/ | 2022-08-16T11:45:07Z | https://catcountry1073.com/kane-brown-bedtime-routine-daughter-kingsley/ | false |
By STEVE MEGARGEE
AP Sports Writer
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Freddie Freeman and Gavin Lux homered to back Julio Urías’ five solid innings, and the Los Angeles Dodgers blanked the Milwaukee Brewers 4-0. A day after their 12-game winning streak ended with a 4-0 loss at Kansas City, the major league-best Dodgers got back on track. Los Angeles is 20-4 since the All-Star break. Freeman hit a solo shot in the first inning off Freddy Peralta and Lux added a two-run blast against Hoby Milner in the sixth. Urías improved to 10-0 with a 1.99 ERA over his last 11 starts.
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Gary Wojtaszek Will Help Guide Involta's Growth as Company Leverages Carlyle's Recent Capital Investment
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Involta, an industry-leading hybrid IT, cloud computing, and data center services company, welcomes Gary Wojtaszek to its Board of Directors. He joins Involta President and CEO James (Jim) Buie as the most recent board member following the company's acquisition by global investment firm Carlyle (NASDAQ: CG). Both will serve under the leadership of Board Chairman Ed Vilandrie, an Operating Executive for The Carlyle Group, and Involta Founder and former CEO Bruce Lehrman, Board Vice Chairman.
Wojtaszek is well known in the data center and technology industry as a transformational business founder and leader with proven expertise. His experience includes founding, growing and monetizing private and public companies of scale. He's currently the founder and CEO of RecNation and is a board member at GDS Holdings, Quantum Loophole, Tech Partners and Talen Energy. Wojtaszek is an advisor to The Carlyle Group.
"A strong company begins with strong leadership. I am truly inspired by the guidance and support of some of the best, most-experienced IT business leaders in our industry," states Jim Buie, Involta President and CEO. "During Gary's tenure as President & CEO at CyrusOne, the company exemplified one of the most significant data center growth stories in the industry. I confidently look forward to Involta's future growth and expansion."
Involta's board of directors provides insight and expertise to help guide the management team regarding company direction. Under the guidance of the Board of Directors, the company plans to expand its data center and solution portfolio to support the growing digital infrastructure requirements of enterprise businesses across the country.
Involta builds, owns, and operates nationwide data center locations and fiber networks used to deliver secure and reliable colocation, cloud, and connectivity services. In addition, Involta delivers secure, reliable, scalable edge solutions to customers across a range of industries, including healthcare, manufacturing and financial services.
About Involta
Involta is an award-winning hybrid IT and cloud-forward consulting firm orchestrating digital transformation for the nation's leading enterprises. Involta's ongoing mission is rooted in partnership. Its personalized approach identifies customers' requirements while earning their trust to ultimately deliver Superior Infrastructure and Services, Operational Excellence and People Who Deliver, keeping with the Involta brand promise.
Involta pairs strategic consulting with the unique ability to leverage owned data centers and infrastructure assets, empowering businesses with necessary security and reliability requirements. Its well-defined, rigorous process to deliver hybrid cloud, edge, consulting, and data center services have earned the company several designations, including a KLAS rating and review for partial healthcare IT outsourcing excellence. The company has also been recognized on several CRN lists and has been named one of the fastest-growing companies in America by Inc.5000 for nine consecutive years.
Involta enables customers with the power to transform their technology and the freedom to focus on their core business. To learn more about Involta, visit involta.com or follow them on LinkedIn, Twitter or Facebook.
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As population and emissions all over the globe increase, exposure to harsh pollutants and particles in the air continue to be a growing concern across the United States. Air purifiers do a great job of getting rid of irritants and pollutants, but if you just want to stay informed about the quality of air in your house, consider grabbing an Amazon Smart Air Quality Monitor.
This monitor usually retails for $70, but you can have it for $56 (and save $14). It's simple to set up and use, and it pairs with any Alexa device. You can opt to get it with an Echo Dot (4th Gen) for $96 (save $24) or an Echo Show 5 (2nd Gen) for $96 (and save $59). Whichever option you choose, you're sure to save some money on these deals.
The Amazon Smart Air Quality Monitor keeps track of five key factors that affect air quality including particulate matter, volatile organic compounds, carbon monoxide, humidity and temperature. A color-coded LED indicator light will inform you about the air quality of your home, and you'll be able to see more details in the Alexa app.
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By STEVE PEOPLES and MEAD GRUVER
Associated Press
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, a leader in the Republican resistance to former President Donald Trump, is fighting to save her seat in the U.S. House on Tuesday as voters weigh in on the direction of the GOP.
Cheney’s team is bracing for a loss against a Trump-backed challenger in the state in which he won by the largest of margins during the 2020 campaign.
Win or lose in deep-red Wyoming, the 56-year-old daughter of a vice president is vowing not to disappear from national politics as she contemplates a 2024 presidential bid. But in the short term, Cheney is facing a dire threat from Republican opponent Harriet Hageman, a Cheyenne ranching industry attorney who has harnessed the full fury of the Trump movement in her bid to expel Cheney from the House.
“I’m still hopeful that the polling numbers are wrong,” said Landon Brown, a Wyoming state representative and vocal Cheney ally. “It’ll be a crying shame really if she does lose. It shows just how much of a stranglehold that Donald Trump has on the Republican Party.”
Tuesday’s contests in Wyoming and Alaska offer one of the final tests for Trump and his brand of hard-line politics ahead of the November general election. So far, the former president has largely dominated the fight to shape the GOP in his image, having helped install loyalists in key general election matchups from Arizona to Georgia to Pennsylvania.
This week’s contests come just eight days after the FBI executed a search warrant at Trump’s Florida estate, recovering 11 sets of classified records. Some were marked “sensitive compartmented information,” a special category meant to protect the nation’s most important secrets. The Republican Party initially rallied behind the former president, although the reaction turned somewhat mixed as more details emerged.
In Alaska, a recent change to state election law gives a periodic Trump critic, U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, an opportunity to survive the former president’s wrath, even after she voted to convict him in his second impeachment trial.
The top four primary Senate candidates in Alaska, regardless of party, will advance to the November general election, where voters will rank them in order of preference.
In all, seven Republican senators and 10 Republican House members joined every Democrat in supporting Trump’s impeachment in the days after his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol as Congress tried to certify President Joe Biden’s victory.
Just two of those 10 House members have won their GOP primaries this year. The rest have lost or declined to seek reelection. Cheney would be just the third to return to Congress if she defies expectations on Tuesday.
And Murkowski is the only pro-impeachment senator running for reelection this year.
She is facing 18 opponents — the most prominent of which is Republican Kelly Tshibaka, who has been endorsed by Trump — in her push to preserve a seat she has held for nearly 20 years. Trump railed against Murkowski on social media and in her home state of Alaska, where he hosted a rally with Tshibaka last month in Anchorage.
In contrast to vulnerable Republican candidates who cozied up to Trump in other states this summer, Murkowski continues to promote her bipartisan credentials.
“When you get the ideas from both sides coming together, little bit of compromise in the middle, this is what lasts beyond administrations, beyond changes in leadership,” the Republican senator said in a video posted on social media over the weekend. “This is what allows for stability and certainty. And it comes through bipartisanship.”
On the other side of the GOP’s tent, Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor and vice-presidential nominee, hopes to spark a political comeback on Tuesday.
Endorsed by Trump, she finished first among 48 candidates to qualify for a special election seeking to replace Rep. Don Young, who died in March at age 88, after 49 years as Alaska’s lone House member. Palin is actually on Tuesday’s ballot twice: once in a special election to complete Young’s term and another for a full two-year House term starting in January. She’s running against Republican Nick Begich and Democrat Mary Peltola in the special election and a larger field in the primary.
Ever an outsider, Palin spent recent days attacking Murkowski, a fellow Republican, and those who instituted the open primary and ranked-choice voting system in 2020.
“I’ve said all along that ranked-choice voting was designed to benefit Democrats and RINOs, specifically Sen. Lisa Murkowski (who stood no chance of winning a Republican nomination) along with other political dynasty family members in Alaska,” Palin wrote in a recent statement calling for the law’s repeal.
Back in Wyoming, Cheney’s political survival may depend upon persuading enough Democrats to cast ballots in her Republican primary election. While some Democrats have rallied behind her, it’s unclear whether there are enough in the state to make a difference. Biden earned just 26% of Wyoming’s vote in 2020.
Many Republicans in the state — and in the country — have essentially excommunicated Cheney because of her outspoken criticism of Trump. The House GOP ousted her as the No. 3 House leader last year. And more recently, the Wyoming GOP and Republican National Committee censured her.
Anti-Trump groups such as U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger’s Country First PAC and the Republican Accountability Project have worked to encourage independents and Democrats to support Cheney in recent weeks. They are clearly disappointed by the expected outcome of Tuesday’s election, although some are hopeful about her political future.
“What’s remarkable is that in the face of almost certain defeat she’s never once wavered,” said Sarah Longwell, executive director of the Republican Accountability Project. “We’ve been watching a national American figure be forged. It’s funny how small the election feels — the Wyoming election — because she feels bigger than it now.”
Cheney has seemingly welcomed defeat by devoting almost every resource at her disposal to ending Trump’s political career since the insurrection.
She emerged as a leader in the congressional committee investigating Trump’s role in the Jan. 6 attack, giving the Democrat-led panel genuine bipartisan credibility. She has also devoted the vast majority of her time to the committee instead of the campaign trail back home, a decision that still fuels murmurs of disapproval among some Wyoming allies. And she has closed out the primary campaign with an unflinching anti-Trump message.
“In our nation’s 246-year history, there has never been an individual who was a greater threat to our republic than Donald Trump,” former Vice President Dick Cheney said in a recent ad produced by his daughter’s campaign.
He continued, “There is nothing more important she will ever do than lead the effort to make sure Donald Trump is never again near the Oval Office.”
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WFO MIDLAND/ODESSA Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, August 16, 2022
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FLASH FLOOD WARNING
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
626 AM CDT Tue Aug 16 2022
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 AM CDT THIS
MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL PECOS AND NORTH CENTRAL TERRELL COUNTIES...
At 626 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy
rain across the warned area. Between 1.5 and 2.5 inches of rain have
fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in
the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
drainage and low-lying areas.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
mainly rural areas of South Central Pecos and North Central
Terrell Counties
This includes the following streams and drainages...
Harral Draw, Dry Creek, Sixshooter Draw, North Fork Independence
Creek, Pyle Draw, McKay Creek, Big Canyon, Independence Creek,
Nineteen Draw and Downie Draw.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
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By MICHAEL R. SISAK
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s longtime finance chief is expected to plead guilty as soon as Thursday in a tax evasion case that is the only criminal prosecution to arise from a long-running investigation into the former president’s company, three people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.
Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg was scheduled to be tried in October on allegations he took more than $1.7 million in off-the-books compensation from the company, including rent, car payments and school tuition.
Prosecutors in the Manhattan district attorney’s office and Weisselberg’s lawyers met Monday with the judge overseeing the case, Juan Manuel Merchan, according to court records. The judge then scheduled a hearing in the matter for 9 a.m. Thursday but did not specify the reason.
The people who spoke to the AP did so on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the case. They said the purpose of Thursday’s hearing was for Weisselberg to enter a guilty plea, but cautioned that plea deals sometimes fall apart before they are finalized in court.
Weisselberg’s lawyer, Nicholas Gravante Jr., told The New York Times on Monday that Weisselberg has been engaged in plea negotiations to resolve the case, but did not specify terms of a potential plea deal. Reached by the AP, Gravante declined to comment.
The Times, citing two people with knowledge of the matter, said Weisselberg was expected to receive a five-month jail sentence, which would make him eligible for release after about 100 days. The deal would not require Weisselberg to testify or cooperate in any way with an ongoing criminal investigation into Trump’s business practices.
Trump’s company, the Trump Organization, is also charged in the case but did not appear to be involved in the plea agreement talks. Weisselberg and the Trump Organization have pleaded not guilty.
The Manhattan district attorney’s office declined comment. A message seeking comment was left with a lawyer for the Trump Organization.
News of Weisselberg’s plea negotiations came days after the judge denied requests by his lawyers and the Trump Organization to throw out the case. The judge did drop one criminal tax fraud count against the company citing the statute of limitations, but more than a dozen other counts remain.
In seeking dismissal of the case, Weisselberg’s lawyers argued prosecutors in the Democrat-led district attorney’s office were punishing him because he wouldn’t offer up damaging information against the former president.
The judge rejected that argument, saying that evidence presented to the grand jury was legally sufficient to support the charges.
Weisselberg, who turned 75 on Monday, is the only Trump executive charged in the yearslong criminal investigation started by former Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr., who went to the Supreme Court to secure Trump’s tax records. Vance’s successor, Alvin Bragg, is now overseeing the investigation. Several other Trump executives have been granted immunity to testify before a grand jury in the case.
Prosecutors alleged that Weisselberg and the Trump Organization schemed to give off-the-books compensation to senior executives, including Weisselberg, for 15 years. Weisselberg alone was accused of defrauding the federal government, state and city out of more than $900,000 in unpaid taxes and undeserved tax refunds.
The most serious charge against Weisselberg, grand larceny, carried a potential penalty of five to 15 years in prison. The tax fraud charges against the company are punishable by a fine of double the amount of unpaid taxes, or $250,000, whichever is larger.
Trump has not been charged in the criminal probe, but prosecutors have noted that he signed some of the checks at the center of the case. Trump, who has decried the New York investigations as a “political witch hunt,” has said his company’s actions were standard practice in the real estate business and in no way a crime.
Last week, Trump sat for a deposition in New York Attorney General Letitia James’ parallel civil investigation into allegations Trump’s company misled lenders and tax authorities about asset values. Trump invoked his Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination more than 400 times.
In the months after Weisselberg’s arrest, the criminal probe appeared to be progressing toward a possible criminal indictment of Trump himself, but the investigation slowed, a grand jury was disbanded and a top prosecutor left after Bragg took office in January — although he insists it is continuing.
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PFLUGERVILLE, Texas — The Pflugerville Police Department said officers chased a stolen car down Interstate 35 early Tuesday morning.
The chase started at Dessau Road and Wells Branch Parkway in Pflugerville and ended at the Commodore Perry Estate on Red River Street in Austin.
Police said the two people in the stolen cart got out and ran toward the golf course nearby, trying to escape. Pflugerville PD used a helicopter to search for the suspects from the sky and eventually found both of them.
A KVUE Daybreak crew was on the scene when the driver was taken into custody.
No additional information is available at this time.
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MIAMI, Florida (AP) — A Miami-Dade police officer was critically wounded and an armed robbery suspect was killed in an exchange of gunfire during a car chase Monday night, authorities said.
The suspect smashed his vehicle into a police cruiser and another car while trying to flee following a reported armed robbery near the Liberty City neighborhood, the Miami-Dade Police Department said in a statement.
“An altercation ensued and shots were fired resulting in both the officer and subject shot,” the statement said.
The suspect died at the scene. The officer was hospitalized in critical condition, officials said.
“We ask for your prayers,” the department said on Twitter.
An unknown number of occupants from the car that was struck were hospitalized in stable condition, the police statement said.
No other information was immediately available.
TV news footage showed a line of police cars outside the Ryder Trauma Center, where the officer was being treated.
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Being the political leader of any country is a big job.
“This has been government by deception,” Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told reporters on Tuesday. He accused his predecessor of “trashing democracy” by taking on multiple government jobs and not informing the public.
Morrison, who is still a lawmaker but was replaced as prime minister during an election in May, was appointed as minister of health, finance, home affairs, treasury and industry between March 2020 and May 2021, Albanese said. These were all significant cabinet roles, which already had ministers in place — and Morrison gained extensive additional powers by being sworn in as a minister for those departments.
Some of Morrison’s colleagues have expressed outrage and surprise stating they had no idea they were sharing their jobs with their boss.
Albanese said Morrison’s secret appointments had been revealed following an investigation, and that it was not clear whether Morrison retained his positions until he was voted out earlier this year.
“It is completely extraordinary that these appointments were kept secret by the Morrison government from the Australian people,” Albanese said in Canberra. “It has undermined our democracy.”
Our democracy is precious. Our system relies on checks and balances, and the former government deliberately undermined those checks and balances. The Australian people deserve accountability and transparency, not secrecy. pic.twitter.com/fG8Y3Jcp3v
— Anthony Albanese (@AlboMP) August 16, 2022
In a lengthy post on Facebook on Tuesday, Morrison defended his actions, citing the coronavirus pandemic and economic recession in Australia in 2020 and stating that he acted in good faith in a crisis.
“These were extraordinary times and they required extraordinary measures to respond,” he said, adding that the risk of his ministers becoming “incapacitated, sick” or unable to carry out their work was “very real” during the pandemic.
“As Prime Minister I considered it necessary to put in place safeguards,” he said. “... I took the precaution of being given authority to administer various departments of state should the need arise due to incapacity of a Minister or in the national interest.” He added that he considered such actions to be “prudent” and “responsible.”
“In hindsight these arrangements were unnecessary,” Morrison said, adding that “there was a lot going on at the time.”
He underscored that he did not seek to ever act “in a co-Minister capacity” and used the additional powers linked to the jobs only on one occasion in April 2021 to overturn the approval of a controversial gas project off the coast of New South Wales. He said that particular decision was made “in the national interest” and was “the only matter I involved myself directly with in this or any other Department.”
Former minister Keith Pitt, who had responsibility for the gas project and led the Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources at the time, told Australian media he was unaware Morrison had joint oversight over his ministerial portfolio.
Another minister in Morrison’s government, Karen Andrews, who served as home affairs or interior minister, told Australian radio that she also did not know that she was sharing her job.
“The Australian people have been let down, they have been betrayed,” she said, calling for Morrison to resign as a lawmaker. “For a former prime minister to have behaved in that manner, to secretly be sworn into other portfolios … it’s absolutely unacceptable.”
Australian newspapers highlighted the outrage, while on social media the incident spawned memes and jokes about Morrison’s multiple jobs.
🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 pic.twitter.com/LJsqflZygQ
— Michael (@Michael17668283) August 16, 2022
Scott Morrison doing four different jobs during the pandemic. pic.twitter.com/8Y4MWoAJF6
— Rick Morton (@SquigglyRick) August 14, 2022
“Scott Morrison couldn’t do his own job properly, and it turns out he didn’t trust his other Ministers to do theirs either,” Melbourne lawmaker and Australian Green Party leader Adam Bandt wrote on Twitter. Former Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull also lambasted the “sinister secret state appointments” and said any officials who were aware “showed a grave lack of respect for and understanding of democratic governance.”
We should be very concerned that a PM, an AG, the GG and apparently their officials thought Morrison’s sinister secret state appointments were legitimate. Did anyone object? Resign jn protest? All showed a grave lack of respect for and understanding of democratic governance.
— Malcolm Turnbull (@TurnbullMalcolm) August 15, 2022
Anne Twomey, a professor of constitutional law at the University of Sydney, wrote that the lack of transparency could impact the institutions of government.
The exercise of additional government powers “should be notified to parliament and formally published so members of the public can know who is entitled to exercise particular powers,” she wrote in an opinion piece. “It is inappropriate for such matters to be kept secret — especially if it is kept secret from the Cabinet and from the minister who was formally allocated responsibility for a portfolio by the governor-general,” she added.
Albanese told the nation that he would be seeking legal advice from the country’s solicitor general about Morrison’s actions to determine next steps. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/08/16/australia-prime-minister-scott-morrison-jobs/ | 2022-08-16T11:57:52Z | https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/08/16/australia-prime-minister-scott-morrison-jobs/ | true |
Snoop Dogg Gets His Own Cereal Snoop Loopz
Snoop Dogg is dipping into the cereal business with his own brand called Snoop Loopz.
Snoop Dogg's breakfast food venture was announced by Master P on Aug. 13. The Louisiana music mogul shared a video of Snoop's cereal box on Instagram. The box features an image of a blue dog holding a spoon. The dog is standing behind a bowl of cereal similar to Foot Loops. "More Marshmallow" the box boasts, as well as "Gluten Free."
"Broadus Foods introduces the best tasting cereal in the game Snoop loopz," P captioned the video. "@snoopdogg we’re taking over the grocery stores. Snooploopz.com The more we make the more we give. #GODisgood #familybusiness Berry delicious Fo Shizzle!"
Snoop Dogg also reposted the announcement on IG. The California rap legend now joins a list of rappers who have had cereals, recently. In 2019, Travis Scott and Reese's Puffs came together to create a limited-edition LaFlame branded launch. The same year, Lil Durk announced the release of his DurkiO's cereal with Miami-based company SoFlo Snacks. In 2020, Lil Yachty did a collaboration with Reese's Puffs.
The difference with Snoop is he appears to own the company producing the cereal. According to the Snoop Loopz website, some of the profits from purchases of the cereal with benefit charities such as the Door of Hope, an organization that helps families deal with homelessness.
Master P has been delving into the food industry for a while with a line of energy drinks, chips, ramen noodles, cereal, pancakes and more. | https://wpst.com/snoop-dogg-gets-his-own-cereal-snoop-loopz/ | 2022-08-16T11:57:52Z | https://wpst.com/snoop-dogg-gets-his-own-cereal-snoop-loopz/ | true |
Two years after The Killers released their critically-acclaimed record “Imploding The Mirage,” they’re giving the album a big U.S. stadium tour.
The “Imploding The Mirage Tour” from Aug. 19 through Oct. 10 includes stops at New York City’s Madison Square Garden on Sept. 30 and Oct. 1 and Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Center on Sept. 27.
Former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr will join them on select dates.
Best of all, tickets are available on all sites including StubHub, Vivid Seats, TicketNetwork, Ticketmaster and TicketCity.
First-time Vivid Seats users can save $20 on ticket orders over $200 with promo code NJ20 at checkout.
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You can find a complete calendar featuring all of The Killers’ upcoming tour dates, venues, start times and links to buy tickets here.
Prior to the North American leg of the tour, The Killers played all over the world. Check their Instagram for a preview of what to expect when Brandon Flowers and co. come to a city near you.
Other rock acts on tour in 2022-2023
Many bombastic acts are playing huge venues all over North America in the next year.
Here are five that may pique your interest.
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- Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed that America wants to drag out the war in Ukraine.
- "The situation in Ukraine shows that the U.S. is trying to prolong this conflict," he said during an address at a conference on international security.
- Putin also claimed that the U.S. was trying to maintain its hegemonic status in the world and that it had implemented an "anti-Russian" project.
Russian President Vladimir Putin slammed the U.S. and wider West, claiming Tuesday that America wants to drag out the war in Ukraine.
"The situation in Ukraine shows that the U.S. is trying to prolong this conflict," he said during a welcome address at a conference in Moscow on international security, Russian state news agency Interfax reported.
Putin also claimed that the U.S. was trying to maintain its hegemonic status in the world and that the West wanted to extend its "bloc system" of defense, such as the NATO military alliance, into Asia.
"We also see that the collective West is seeking to extend its bloc system to the Asia-Pacific region similarly to NATO in Europe. For this purpose, bellicose military-political alliances are being formed, such as AUKUS and the others," Putin claimed, referencing the trilateral security pact between Australia, the U.K. and U.S. that was signed last year.
In addition, he said U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's recent visit to Taiwan, which angered Russia's ally China, had been a "thoroughly planned provocation," saying such a "reckless" trip was "part of a purposeful, conscious strategy of the United States to destabilize and chaotize the situation in the region and the world" and "an insolent demonstration of disrespect for the sovereignty of other countries and for its international obligations."
Putin once again defended Moscow's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, claiming it was being carried out "to ensure the security of Russia and our citizens."
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Russia claims its onslaught in Ukraine, which it calls a "special military operation," is aimed at "liberating" pro-Russian, breakaway regions in the Donbas in eastern Ukraine which it has supported since 2014.
Russia's latest, full-scale invasion of Ukraine has caused widespread destruction, death and displacement among the civilian population of the country. The United Nations said Monday that at least 5,500 civilians have been killed in the fighting although the true number is likely to be far higher, given the chaotic nature of recording such data during times of war.
Russia's invasion has also prompted international condemnation and swathes of wide-ranging economic sanctions on the country's key sectors, companies and individuals connected to the Kremlin.
The Russian leader's obsession with Ukraine is long-standing and he has repeatedly extolled the unity of Russians and Ukrainians, while at the same time deploring the country's pro-Western government under President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Political analysts have told CNBC that Putin's claims directed toward the Ukrainian government are nonsense, reflecting an irrational and ill-judged attitude toward the leadership in Kyiv and its direction. Western officials and close followers of Russia also see Putin's comments, and his version (and often revisionist view) of history as an attempt to create false and misleading narratives.
The U.S. and its European allies in NATO have sought to assist Ukraine's defense of its territorial sovereignty with assistance in the form of weapons, financial and humanitarian aid, saying that Russia must not be allowed to succeed in its territorial grab for Ukraine.
Russia has said the West's help for Ukraine is the culmination of years of anti-Russian sentiment, however, and has blamed NATO for starting the war.
Europe's security system
The lead-up to the war in Ukraine began in late 2021 with Russia amassing more than 100,000 troops at the border with its smaller neighbor, all the while insisting that it had no plans to invade.
Russia demanded guarantees from NATO in December 2021 that Ukraine would not be allowed to join the military alliance in future (despite there being no tangible plans for it to do so) and demanded that NATO rolled back its military presence in Eastern Europe. It also sought guarantees that the military alliance would not expand further toward Russia's border, again, despite there being no prospect of an expansion — at that time.
NATO officials said there was room for negotiation but rejected Russia's main demands and on Feb. 24, Russia launched a full-scale invasion, widely seen as believing it was capable of a quick victory in Ukraine and the overthrow of its pro-Western government.
Almost six months on and the war shows no signs of ending any time soon, with Ukraine's forces bolstered with heavy weaponry from the West — particularly U.S.-donated HIMARS or High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems that are making a tangible difference in the direction of the war.
The invasion has had other dramatic, unintended consequences for Moscow with NATO uniting more strongly than ever. European defense-spending laggards, like Germany, have also pledged to up such purchasing in direct response to Russia's aggression.
What's more, traditionally non-aligned countries Sweden and Finland have now applied to join NATO, roughly doubling the land border Russia shares with NATO countries. Unsurprisingly, Moscow has condemned the expansion and threatened to retaliate without openly stating what form that could take.
Despite its invasion of Ukraine, Russia has blamed the West for changing Europe's security architecture and on Tuesday, Putin said in his speech that "the so-called collective West is purposefully destroying the system of European security, putting together new military alliances."
"The NATO bloc is moving east, building up its military infrastructure, including deploying missile defense systems and increasing the strike capabilities of offensive forces," he said.
"In words, this is hypocritically declared to be a need to strengthen security in Europe, but in reality, just the opposite is happening," he said. "The proposals put forward by Russia in December last year on measures of mutual security were simply ignored once again," he added.
Timothy Ash, a senior emerging markets sovereign strategist at BlueBay Asset Management, rebuffed Putin's comments in emailed comments Tuesday, saying there were multiple instances of Russia seeking to destabilize the European security system, from sponsoring unrest in former Soviet republics such as Georgia and Moldova to its intervention in the Syrian civil war and use of biological weapons against critics of the Kremlin.
"Russia intervened in Syrian civil war with precise intention of creating a refugee wave into Europe to destabilise the continent. Putin backs far left and far right parties in Europe. Russia now restricts energy supply to Europe to create energy shortages and social and political unrest. But it the West purposely undermining European security," Ash said. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/business/money-report/putin-slams-u-s-claims-it-wants-to-drag-out-war-in-ukraine-and-provoke-china/3336523/ | 2022-08-16T12:02:13Z | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/business/money-report/putin-slams-u-s-claims-it-wants-to-drag-out-war-in-ukraine-and-provoke-china/3336523/ | false |
Home Depot is seeing sustained demand for goods related to home improvement projects despite soaring prices and mortgage rates for homes.
Despite record profit and revenue, the Atlanta home improvement chain maintained its guidance for the year.
Revenue for the three months ended July 31 rose 6.5% to $43.79 billion, which topped projections of $43.35 billion on Wall Street, according to a survey by Zacks Investment Research.
Sales at stores open at least a year, a key indicator of a retailer’s health, climbed 5.8%, and 5.4% in the U.S.
While the number of customer transactions fell 3%, the amount shoppers spent per transaction rose 9.1%.
Neil Saunders, managing director of GlobalData, said Tuesday that there was some inflation baked into the numbers.
“This is one of the reasons why Home Depot’s average ticket has risen by 9.1% over the prior year,” Saunders wrote. “While inflation does not account for all the gains, it has flattered Home Depot’s numbers.”
Saunders believes that it has been easier for Home Depot to pass along price increases to customers because the products on its stores shelves are considered essential to make home improvements. And contractors can pass along higher prices to clients, he added.
Home Depot earned $5.17 billion, or $5.05 per share, which also topped per-share projections for $4.95. It was also better than last year’s strong second quarter, when the company posted earnings of $4.81 billion.
Profit and sales levels were unprecedented for Home Depot, according to CEO Ted Decker.
The company stuck to its 2022 forecast for mid-single digits earnings per share growth and total sales growth and comparable sales growth of about 3%.
Home improvement stores have remained busy during the pandemic as people working from home took on new projects. The spring and summer is also a traditional busy season as home owners head out for flowers, vegetables and other gardening and landscaping goods.
Home Depot Inc. has continued to lure customers despite what may be a cooling of the housing market. Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes slowed for the fifth consecutive month in June as higher mortgage rates and rising prices kept many home hunters on the sidelines. Existing home sales fell 5.4% in June from May to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.12 million, the National Association of Realtors said last month.
Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates soared last week in a continued volatile market as the key 30-year loan rate jumped back over 5%. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported that the 30-year rate rose to 5.22% from 4.99% a week earlier. By contrast, the rate stood at 2.87% a year ago. | https://www.seattletimes.com/business/home-depot-2q-sales-up-on-home-improvement-project-demand/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_business | 2022-08-16T12:02:38Z | https://www.seattletimes.com/business/home-depot-2q-sales-up-on-home-improvement-project-demand/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_business | true |
Six longtime partners form SEC Registered Investment Adviser and financial planning firm to bring expanded financial services and fiduciary-driven wealth management to clients in Kansas City and beyond
OVERLAND PARK, Kan., Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Tax Favored Benefits, Inc. (TFB), a 40-year old, third-generation financial services firm headquartered in the Kansas City area, today announced the formation of a sister company and new business entity, TFB Advisors, LLC. TFB Advisors is a Registered Investment Adviser (RIA) and wealth management firm driven by fiduciary standards that will offer a new suite of solutions to current and prospective clients. The current leadership team remains in place at TFB, an established brand and respected firm that has been serving business owners, families and individuals since 1978. The newly-established TFB Advisors leadership team includes six partners who have worked together as colleagues and peers for many years: David B. Wentz, J.D., Bill Stapp, J.D., Josh Selzer, J.D., Tim Gaigals, CFP®, Dan Dolan, ChFC®, CLU®, LUTCF, and Adam Bettis, AIF®.
"We've been working together for many years now," said Wentz, "but it was time to formalize our partnership. This new entity, TFB Advisors, will allow us to best serve our clients. The decision to form TFB Advisors, LLC as a new sister company to Tax Favored Benefits, Inc. was driven by the desire to enhance the client experience."
"We will be announcing new services, investment offerings, financial planning solutions, and technology as we continue our ever-evolving journey and quest to enhance all aspects of the client experience," added Selzer. We have been growing together under the TFB brand since 2005. We're headed in a great direction and plan to continue our growth trajectory through new staff hires and advisor recruiting efforts."
"Once the transition of fee-based assets has been completed, TFB Advisors expects total assets under management (AUM) to be approximately $2 billion," said Gaigals. "The creation of this partnership between highly experienced and proven, long tenured advisors establishes the opportunity to grow in the future. The new RIA structure will allow us to offer new investment and financial planning solutions to clients."
Custodial services will be provided by Schwab Advisor Services and AssetMark, Inc. Schwab is one of the nation's largest providers of custody, trading, and support services for independent investment advisors. Independent investment advisors are not owned by, affiliated with, or supervised by Schwab. AssetMark is a leading provider of extensive wealth management and technology solutions that help financial advisors meet the ever-changing needs of their clients.
Over the past 40 years, TFB has provided financial advice, business planning, insurance and brokerage services to individuals, families and business owners. Business owner clients include professional law firms, CPAs, medical and dental associations, farm implement and supply dealers, technology companies, institutions, and endowments. Individuals and families also make up a large component of the firm's clientele.
"At Tax Favored Benefits (TFB), we serve as a partner in helping individuals, families and business owners achieve financial success," said Wentz. "Headquartered in Kansas City, we are driven by our Midwestern values and work ethic and powered by a wide range of resources. Our experienced professionals provide a full suite of wealth, investment, and retirement planning services to clients across the country. We can help them achieve their version of personal and professional success because we put their best interests first, at all times and in all situations. It's that simple."
TFB Advisors may also offer 3(38) ERISA services. This special type of fiduciary is specifically appointed to have full discretionary authority and control to make the actual investment decisions. This means that for its corporate plan sponsor services, the firm serves as an investment fiduciary, lifting the majority of investment responsibilities from the plan sponsor to TFB, which then becomes responsible for the investment selection, monitoring and replacement of plan options. The plan sponsor is informed before any changes are made. This allows plan sponsors to focus their time and energy on other business matters while outsourcing their fiduciary responsibility to TFB.
"We love working with our clients, helping them grow, finding affordable retirement solutions, and meeting their needs over time," said Jeff Pytlinski, President of both Tax Favored Benefits, Inc. and TFB Advisors, LLC. "We are proud of the long-term relationships we've built with our clients and our advisors. We've worked hard to build a great company culture."
Advisors who are seeking an independent business model are invited to contact Jeff Pytlinski for a confidential exploratory conversation. "When an advisor joins our firm, they know they are not in it by themselves. We work as their partner to help them grow and realize success," said Pytlinski. "We have created a great place for entrepreneurial advisors to thrive and grow. We welcome inquiries from advisors who are looking for a new, dynamic team and business structure."
Tax Favored Benefits, Inc. (TFB) is a 40 year old company and specializes in retirement plans, employee benefit programs, personal planning, and investments. Headquartered in Kansas City, and serving clients nationwide, they are driven by their strong work ethic, and powered by a wide range of professional resources and work force that includes J.D.s, MBAs, CFPs®, and a CFA®. TFB is a third-generation firm, founded by R. David Wentz, J.D., ChFC®. His son, David B. Wentz, J.D., now runs the business as CEO, and his son Vance Wentz is now in the business serving clients as an advisor.
TFB Advisors, LLC (TFB Advisors), the newly formed business entity, and their experienced professionals provide a full suite of wealth, investment and retirement planning services to clients across the country. The teams work together to serve as a partner in helping individuals, families and business owners achieve financial success.
To learn more about how they help clients succeed today, visit: TaxFavoredBenefits.com.
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WFO MIDLAND/ODESSA Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, August 16, 2022
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FLASH FLOOD WARNING
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
640 AM CDT Tue Aug 16 2022
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM CDT THIS
MORNING FOR EAST CENTRAL BREWSTER, SOUTH CENTRAL PECOS AND SOUTHERN
TERRELL COUNTIES...
At 640 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy
rain across the warned area. Between 4.5 and 5.5 inches of rain have
fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing
flash flooding.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Sanderson, Dryden and Terrell County Airport.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law
enforcement and request they pass this information to the National
Weather Service when you can do so safely.
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For Burnie Football Club life member and historian Lindsay Purton, eight tireless years of researching and writing has finally come to a culmination, with the Coaster recently releasing the book 'From Tigers to Dockers'.
Serving as a detailed record of Burnie football clubs' colourful history from 1985 to 2021, Purton wanted to create something "for future generations to look back on".
"In 2014, after the centenary book, I thought I should try and publish a book for the next 30 years from 1985," Purton said.
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"That's what I started out trying to do, but it just kept going.
"Year by year I would keep updating it with information. Another season would be there and I thought I might as well include that, so I added it all up to make a 36-year book."
Recounting the clubs' highs and lows from 1985 to the present, Purton couldn't go past the amalgamation of the Burnie Tigers and Hawks (previously Cooee Bulldogs) in 1994 to become the Burnie Dockers.
"Nothing stands out greater than the fact that we (Tigers and Hawks) amalgamated," he said.
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"There were other little bits and pieces that were bi-products of that, but I can't think of anything as important."
Purton remembered the "heartache" the amalgamation caused some of the clubs' supporters.
"The amalgamation was the biggest thing to happen here in Burnie," he said.
"Burnie and Cooee were sworn enemies, so there was a lot of heartache amongst supporters of both clubs when they combined.
"They just couldn't accept it."
Working in collaboration with Purton on the book, Allan Leeson OAM commended his "meticulous" nature.
"Lindsay is meticulous in his collection of details," Leeson said.
"Thank God he's done it or else we'd never have this record in the future."
Leeson said it wasn't the first time the pair had collaborated on a historical record.
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"Lindsay worked with me on my book, which concentrated on Cooee Football Club," he said.
Year by year I would keep updating it with information. Another season would be there and so I thought I might as well include that, so I added it all up to make a 36-year book.
- Book author Lindsay Purton
"So we've had two companion volumes in 12 months outlining the background of the Dockers, and Cooee and Burnie's football history.
"It's quite unique."
With his love for football still as strong as ever, Purton highlighted his lifelong devotion to the sport in Burnie.
"I first tried to play under 19 football in about 1959, but I never got a lot of ground play," he said.
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"I've been secretary and president (of the Tigers) in the past, and a member of the general and executive committees.
"Nowadays, I'm still around the Dockers as a supporter."
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The pressure was off Seth Campbell when he went out and kicked 10 goals for North Launceston on Saturday, and for good reason.
The Burnie product was given the news he was a late addition to the AFL national draft combine on Friday.
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Campbell said his selection had taken the pressure off for him to go on and dominate in the TSL game against North Hobart.
"When I missed out, I was obviously a bit flat but it gave me motivation to perform the next week," Campbell said.
"[To reach the AFL] definitely has been a dream for me since I was coming through the juniors."
He said he would be working on doing his best in the coming weeks and at the combine.
"Hopefully I can get good results out of it and gain more interest out of AFL clubs," he said.
Saturday was the first time Campbell had kicked 10 goals in a single game.
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He had reached eight majors by the final break, and said teammates had worked in the last term to get him the ball but it wasn't clicking.
"So I just went and got the ball myself and kicked two and a couple behinds," Campbell said.
Campbell made the move from Burnie to North Launceston this season along with fellow Coastal products Heath Ollington and Lachie Cowan.
Campbell said he had been working on developing his strengths this season, including his running, kicking goals and finding a lot of the ball.
He becomes the third player from the Tasmania Devils to be selected for October's draft, alongside Cowan and Clarence's Tom McCallum.
On Campbell's addition, AFL Tasmania's North-West Talent Manager Jamie Hayward was full of praise for him.
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"His form stacks up really, really well with other similar players in the competition," Hayward said.
"He is really difficult to match up with because of his speed and he's very clean with the ball and generally makes good decisions at speed with the football."
He said Campbell's speed and endurance made him an attractive proposition for AFL clubs.
On the success of the Devils program, Hayward said it had been building since its return in 2019.
"The success of the program across the years with the boys and girls, is not something that has happened over night, even if it looks like it from the outside," he said.
"The way the program has been built across the three regions for the last three, four years, with a couple of difficult COVID years, it's coming to fruition now the stability we've had.
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"The next generation of players are starting to believe in the program."
While creating an opportunity and pathway for players to reach the elite level, Hayward said the value of the program extended beyond that.
He said the program also provided a valuable opportunity to invest in Tasmanian players who return to their community clubs and could become 250-300 game senior players and coaches.
"Overall our focus is to deliver on a number of levels and to prepare players for whatever the future holds," Hayward said.
The Devils' second placed finish in the NAB Boys League is the highest finish achieved by the program.
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Hayward said the boys and girls results this season justified the need for the resurrection of the program and its continued existence.
"It's an absolute no brainer the current format is a valuable resource for Tasmanian football," he said.
"... and depending on whatever decision is made at a senior level it will become more important for development and pathways."
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The partnership with Intellagents, a FatBrain AI company, creates opulent opportunities for P&C customers
RALEIGH, N.C., Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sapiens International Corporation, (NASDAQ: SPNS) (TASE: SPNS), a leading global provider of software solutions for the insurance industry, announced today an agreement with Intellagents, a no-code, hybrid cloud, independent insurance marketplace platform provider.
The partnership expands the Sapiens CoreSuite for P&C ecosystem and connects agents and insurers to a new digital marketplace with best-in-class insurtech solutions, data sources, AI providers and more. The new solution eliminates the costly friction of integrating legacy and modern systems and orchestrates agile and efficient performance over a single dynamic API marketplace.
"We are pleased to partner with Sapiens. Part of our success is due to our diligence in bringing together tried-and-true technologies and services so users can be confident they are working with secure applications from trustworthy, stable vendors. We look forward to working with Sapiens to equip its P&C solutions with unprecedented reach," says Mark Stender, CEO of Intellagents.
The partnership grants insurers access to hundreds of data and insurtech providers and thus reducing insurance cycle times, increasing efficiency, and collaborating transparently while enhancing user experience.
"Sapiens is incredibly excited to announce this partnership. The marketplace is massive and for our customers, it means the ability to leverage all the best-in-class insurtech technologies without having to embark on costly, time-consuming integration projects," says Jamie Yoder, Sapiens President & General Manager, North America.
Intellagents' platform will integrate with Sapiens CoreSuite for P&C solution to deliver a vast data marketplace on a single adapter, thereby eliminating the need to build additional integrations for new interfaces. Sapiens CoreSuite for P&C is a customer-centric, low-code enterprise suite that empowers insurers to rapidly meet evolving business and customer needs.
About Intellagents
Founded in 2019, Intellagents is the only no-code, hybrid cloud, independent insurance integration platform, connecting agents, insurers, and new digital marketplaces and ecosystems with best-in-class insurtech solutions, data, and AI providers, core and legacy systems to power "Real Change" in the insurance industry. Intellagents removes the costly friction of integrating old and new solutions, and orchestrates agile, efficient performance through one dynamic API marketplace. www.intellagents.com
About Sapiens
Sapiens International Corporation (NASDAQ: SPNS) (TASE: SPNS) empowers the financial sector, with a focus on insurance, to transform and become digital, innovative and agile. Backed by more than 35 years of industry expertise, Sapiens offers a complete insurance platform, with pre-integrated, low-code solutions and a cloud-first approach that accelerates customers' digital transformation. Serving over 600 customers in 30 countries, Sapiens offers insurers across property and casualty, workers compensation and life and pension markets, the most comprehensive set of solutions, from core to complementary, including Reinsurance, Financial & Compliance, Data & Analytics, Digital, and Decision Management. For more information visit www.sapiens.com or follow us on LinkedIn.
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Rudy Giuliani helped lead efforts to try to reverse the 2020 election loss of former President Donald Trump. Giuliani's attorneys say he is the target of the Georgia investigation.
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Rudy Giuliani helped lead efforts to try to reverse the 2020 election loss of former President Donald Trump. Giuliani's attorneys say he is the target of the Georgia investigation.
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Salisbury house fire ruled accidental, victim remains hospitalized
Published: Aug. 16, 2022 at 6:58 AM EDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
SALISBURY, N.C. (WBTV) - A 72-year-old woman who was injured in a house fire in Salisbury on Saturday afternoon remains in the hospital, according to Salisbury Police.
The fire was reported just after 3:30 p.m. in the 400 block of S. Shaver Street. Firefighters arrived in just over two minutes. Officials said the fire was most active in the back of the house and near a back porch.
A fire official at the scene told WBTV that firefighters were able to rescue a woman from the house. The woman was taken to Novant Health Rowan Medical Center.
An investigation by the Salisbury Fire Marshal and Salisbury Police determined that the fire was accidental in nature.
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Dexterity Ranks at Number 14 for Tennessee's Fastest-Growing Companies and Number 925 Overall, Representing Clients Including Former NFL Player Tim Shaw, Under Armour Ambassador Johnny Agar, the K-Love Books imprint, Americana Singer/Songwriter Darden Smith, and the Leading Voice on Food Addiction Recovery, Dr. Rhona Epstein
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Dexterity, headquartered in Nashville, TN, announces their company reached number 925 on the 2022 Inc. 5000 list. Dexterity describes its team of 100+ publishing professionals as "Book people with startup hustle." Believing books have the power to make a difference, CEO and Founder Matt West started Dexterity in 2017.
This prestigious placement puts Dexterity as the number 8 top company in Nashville for revenue growth and number 11 among all media companies on the entire list. The rankings are based on 3-year annualized growth, and Dexterity showcases 700% growth over this time period.
Dexterity publishes its own titles and delivers premium publishing services to publishers, content creators, corporate clients, and indie authors, with a distinct focus on providing elite care for every client. "It is an honor to be named to Inc. 5000," says West. "To rank at 925 of 5,000 is evidence of an amazing team and a roster of clients who trust our process." The entire Inc. 5000 can be found at http://www.inc.com/inc5000.
Dexterity is also a proud member of the Nashville Entrepreneur Center, one of 18 Google for Startups Hubs in North America. West shares, "The Nashville startup community is like family—we help each other out in every way possible. We would have not hit this list without a network cheering us on in our growth."
Kris Kelso, executive coach, speaker, and Dexterity author, has high praise for the company: "My book was put together on what I realize, in hindsight, was a crazy timeline, but they pulled it off. Dexterity put together a great team, and everything was so well orchestrated; I would definitely choose Dexterity again, without hesitation."
The 2022 list continues a unique trend of new businesses making ranks during the boom and busts of the pandemic years, showing perseverance and agility in uncertain times. West continues, "The pandemic created an unforeseen opportunity for us to capitalize on digital creations–mainly those who wanted to get their stories and ideas to captive (and at-home) audiences around the world." Dexterity has garnered notoriety in the book publishing space over the years, and this latest achievement is what West believes to be "the precipice to limitless growth and new clients looking for new choices and methods of publishing."
For more information or media interview requests, please contact Ashley Harris, ashley.harris@dexteritycollective.co.
DEXTERITY is an award-winning indie publisher and publishing services company built on community, headquartered in Nashville, TN. Founded on New Year's Day 2017 by Matt West, Dexterity has grown to over 100 team members, self-described as "Book People with Startup Hustle." Dexterity offers comprehensive services to those with a story and idea to share with the world—publishing their own titles and delivering premium publishing services to publishers, content creators, corporate clients, and indie authors. Dexterity is a member of the Nashville Entrepreneur Center and the Independent Book Publishers Association. To find out more about how Dexterity can move content forward, visit dexteritybooks.com.
The world's most trusted business-media brand, Inc. offers entrepreneurs the knowledge, tools, connections, and community to build great companies. Its award-winning multiplatform content reaches more than 50 million people each month across a variety of channels including websites, newsletters, social media, podcasts, and print. Its prestigious Inc. 5000 list, produced every year since 1982, analyzes company data to recognize the fastest-growing privately held businesses in the United States. The global recognition that comes with inclusion in the 5000 gives the founders of the best businesses an opportunity to engage with an exclusive community of their peers, and the credibility that helps them drive sales and recruit talent. The associated Inc. 5000 Conference & Gala is part of a highly acclaimed portfolio of bespoke events produced by Inc. For more information, visit www.inc.com.
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Empowering a More Proactive Tech Enabled Approach
CHARLESTON, S.C., Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Eir Partners announced the completion of a growth recapitalization of ClaimLogiq, the leading Software-as-a-Service and technology enabled payment integrity platform focused on pre-payment solutions. ClaimLogiq has developed a best-in-class technology that enables health plans to optimize payment integrity programs through a more proactive SaaS, Service and Hybrid model. The investment into ClaimLogiq supports Eir Partners desire to build a next generation payment integrity technology organization on the heels of success at CloudMed, Millennia and others.
Eir Partners' strategy is to leverage ClaimLogiq as a platform investment and continue to aggressively invest in new product development and automation to broaden its portfolio of adjacent solutions. Additionally, the company plans to complement organic growth through synergistic acquisitions that deliver actionable data analytics, scalable partnerships, and content rich results to increase savings and work in collaboration with health plan partners. Since the Eir Partners investment, ClaimLogiq has completed the acquisitions of itemized bill review company, Medliminal, and SyTrue, a health care focused natural language processing technology company.
Founded in 2013 and based in Charleston, SC, ClaimLogiq enables payment integrity programs at some of the largest payers in the country via a proprietary technology platform called TrueCost. This highly configurable platform will support the healthcare industry's focus to a more transparent and proactive approach to payment integrity, enabling payers and service providers to deliver a more comprehensive and dynamic payment integrity program. This new platform is the only market offering that enables users to either perform their own payment integrity reviews, leverage ClaimLogiq subject matter experts, or operate a hybrid model that employs both methods, creating wide range scale and flexibility.
Brett Carlson, Managing Partner at Eir Partners added, "We have over 15 years of experience in the healthcare payment accuracy space having been on the board of Equian and the founding investors of CloudMed. With our investment in ClaimLogiq, we want to build on all the learnings and experiences we have had to be a market disruptor to the old way of conducting payment integrity reviews. We are confident this will be the next generation solution for U.S. health plans to better manage payment accuracy."
About Claimlogiq
ClaimLogiq is a healthcare software and technology company that delivers a proactive approach to payment integrity through a powerful, simplified solution. The unique payer-facing, claim-analyzing solution is HITRUST CSF® certified and makes claim reviews accessible to all size healthcare payers for in-depth insight and real-time access into the status of every claim at every stage of the audit lifecycle for controlled, consistent, accurate, and defensible outcomes. ClaimLogiq's innovative software stands out by allowing payers control, configurability, and transparency over the entire claim process and can be applied as a SaaS model, full service, or as a hybrid to suit the specific needs of every payer. For more information, visit www.claimlogiq.com or follow ClaimLogiq on LinkedIn.
About Eir Partners
Eir Partners is a US-based investment company focused exclusively on health tech and tech enabled companies. Eir's investment platform includes direct platform investments as the sole investor or alongside strategic or other private equity firms. Eir has completed or partnered on over $4.2 billion in healthcare technology transactions since inception in 2015 and has been involved in several large scale health tech companies including CloudMed, Equian, Millennia, Convey and others. Targeted stages of investment include growth equity through control buyouts.
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With revenue growth of 929% over three-years, Filevine continues momentum as demand for the leading legal work platform increases.
SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Filevine, the leading legal work platform, has ranked No.674 on Inc. magazine's annual Inc. 5000 list, the most prestigious ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in America. The list represents a one-of-a-kind look at the most successful companies within the economy's most dynamic segment - its independent businesses. This is Filevine's third consecutive year receiving the recognition. Filevine also ranked No. 18 in Utah, No. 4 in Salt Lake City, and No. 83 in Software for its three-year company growth.
Microsoft, Patagonia, Facebook, Chobani, UnderArmour, and many other well-known names gained their first national exposure as honorees on the Inc. 5000. The companies on the 2022 Inc. 5000 have not only been successful, but have also demonstrated resilience and grit amid supply chain woes, labor shortages, and the ongoing impact of Covid-19.
"The accomplishment of building one of the fastest-growing companies in the U.S., in light of recent economic roadblocks, cannot be overstated," says Scott Omelianuk, editor-in-chief of Inc. "Inc. is thrilled to honor the companies that have established themselves through innovation, hard work, and rising to the challenges of today."
Filevine has not only celebrated impressive company growth, but has also helped its client base grow their practices and meet the ever growing demand for legal services. "Filevine is changing the way legal work gets done from the ground up, " says Ryan Anderson, CEO and co-founder of Filevine. "The legal industry is in the midst of a once-in-a-generation change, and we're incredibly humbled seeing our company growth translate to our customers as their ability to provide crucial legal services scales to meet demand."
This award comes on the tail of Filevine being listed on Utah Business Magazine's 2022 Fast 50 list of the state's fastest-growing companies, as well as being named a 2022 Top Workplace and among the Best SaaS Products for Law and Legal Services on the 2022 SaaS Awards Shortlist.
Complete results of the 2022 Inc. 5000, including company profiles and an interactive database, can be found at www.inc.com/inc5000.
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Filevine is changing the way legal work gets done for law practitioners and their clients. As the leading legal work platform, Filevine is dedicated to empowering all organizations with tools to simplify and elevate complex, high-stakes legal work. Powering everything from document management and client communication to contract lifecycle management and business analytics, over 25,000 legal professionals use Filevine daily to deliver excellence in every contract, deadline, and result.
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The world's most trusted business-media brand, Inc. offers entrepreneurs the knowledge, tools, connections, and community to build great companies. Its award-winning multiplatform content reaches more than 50 million people each month across a variety of channels including websites, newsletters, social media, podcasts, and print. Its prestigious Inc. 5000 list, produced every year since 1982, analyzes company data to recognize the fastest-growing privately held businesses in the United States. For more information, visit www.inc.com.
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Backed by significant capital investment from Post Road Group, Archtop's fiber expansion will begin in New York's burgeoning Hudson Valley to reach over 500,000 households and local businesses
KINGSTON, N.Y., Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Archtop Fiber, a newly founded provider of symmetrical multi-gig, fiber Internet and phone service to residential and business customers in historically underserved communities across the Northeast, today announces its leadership team, initial market strategy and capital partnership. Archtop was formed by a team of well-known industry thought leaders, former colleagues and long-time friends. Their mission: to create a world-class, multi-gig internet service provider that brings fast, reliable, environmentally friendly and affordable Internet access to underserved or overlooked markets over a 100%-fiber XGS PON network.
Headquartered in Kingston, New York, and founded by industry veterans with multiple successes in developing broadband businesses, Archtop Fiber's leadership team includes Jeff DeMond as Chairman and CEO, Lenny Higgins as President and COO, Shawn Beqaj as Chief Development Officer and Diane Quennoz as Chief Customer Officer.
Led by DeMond, Archtop was formed in partnership with Post Road Group, a digital infrastructure and real estate investment platform, which plans to invest up to $350 million in the company to accelerate fiber expansion throughout the Hudson Valley and beyond to reach over 500,000 homes and businesses across the region.
"I'm a serial entrepreneur with a history and passion for undertaking things others won't and doing so with a deep compassion for communities often overlooked by the telecom establishment," said DeMond. "Archtop will be the long-awaited 'shot in the arm'– not just as the best broadband Internet service provider for homes and local businesses, but as a true community member and partner. We have always been an invested creator of jobs, a catalyst for economic growth and a corporate partner with a passion for 'leaning in' wherever needed."
To learn more about the company, our upcoming markets and services, visit us at www.archtopfiber.com.
Archtop Fiber was founded with a commitment to bring the fastest, most reliable, environmentally friendly and affordable Internet access to those who have traditionally been underserved — or even overlooked. The Archtop team has decades of success partnering with communities, large and small, to create technology-driven opportunities. With a fully-funded business strategy, Archtop is dedicated to local investment. This ensures we support customers with upgrades to existing infrastructure while deploying the latest multi-gig, symmetrical, all-fiber network technology to bring faster, more secure and scalable broadband services to those that need them. Archtop Fiber is proudly invested in empowering your day-to-day life, bringing the digital world to your community and its businesses, schools, libraries, hospitals, farms and community centers.
Archtop Fiber - Invested In You.
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Post Road Group is a private investment firm specializing in Telecommunications, Business Services, and Real Estate. Since its founding in 2015, the firm has invested over $2 billion in private equity, corporate credit, and real estate. Post Road Group has completed 18 transactions in the Digital Infrastructure sector by partnering with best-in-class management teams to identify, validate, and capitalize businesses that can create long-term value through accelerated growth. Visit www.postroadgroup.com to learn more.
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CARMEL, Ind., Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- KAR Auction Services, Inc., d/b/a KAR Global (NYSE: KAR) (the "Company"), today announced early results of its previously announced cash tender offer (the "Tender Offer") to purchase up to $600,000,000 principal amount of its 5.125% Senior Notes due 2025 (CUSIP Nos. 48238TAA7 / U24457AA8) (the "Notes"), exclusive of any applicable premiums paid in connection with the Tender Offer and accrued and unpaid interest. The terms and conditions of the Tender Offer are set forth in an Offer to Purchase, dated August 2, 2022 (the "Offer to Purchase"), which was sent to all registered holders (collectively, the "Holders") of Notes.
As of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on August 15, 2022 (the "Early Tender Date"), according to information provided by D.F. King & Co., Inc., the tender and information agent for the Tender Offer, $769,097,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes has been validly tendered and not validly withdrawn as shown in the table below. Withdrawal rights for the Notes expired at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on August 15, 2022.
Since the aggregate principal amount of the Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn at or prior to the Early Tender Date exceeds the Tender Cap, Notes tendered after the Early Tender Date will not be accepted for purchase and the principal amount of the Notes accepted for purchase were prorated, on the terms and subject to the conditions of the Tender Offer.
With respect to Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn at or prior to the Early Tender Date and accepted for purchase by the Company, the Company has elected to have an early settlement date to make payment on such Notes on August 17, 2022 (the "Early Settlement Date"). Holders of such Notes will also receive accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the Early Settlement Date on such Notes. All conditions were satisfied or waived by the Company on the Early Tender Date.
This press release is for informational purposes only, and is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell any Notes. The Tender Offer is made only by, and pursuant to the terms of, the Offer to Purchase, and the information in this press release is qualified by reference to the Offer to Purchase.
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC is the Dealer Manager for the Tender Offer. Persons with questions regarding the Tender Offer should contact J.P. Morgan Securities LLC at (866) 834-4666 (toll-free) or (212) 834-3822 (collect). Requests for copies of the Offer to Purchase should be directed to D.F. King & Co., Inc. at (212) 269-5550 (banks and brokers), (800) 488-8095 (toll-free) or email at kar@dfking.com.
About KAR Global
KAR Auction Services, Inc., d/b/a KAR Global (NYSE: KAR), provides sellers and buyers across the global wholesale used vehicle industry with innovative, technology-driven remarketing solutions. KAR Global's unique end-to-end platform supports whole car, financing, logistics and other ancillary and related services. Our integrated physical, online and mobile marketplaces reduce risk, improve transparency and streamline transactions for customers in about 75 countries. Headquartered in Carmel, Indiana, KAR Global has employees across the United States, Canada, Mexico, Uruguay, Europe and the Philippines.
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- Submission of New Drug Application to FDA for Motixafortide in stem cell mobilization (SCM) for autologous stem cell transplantation expected within next 4-6 weeks -
- Announced appointment of commercial strategy and operations veteran Holly May as U.S.-based Chief Commercial Officer -
- Entered into collaboration agreement with GenFleet Therapeutics to advance Motixafortide in pancreatic cancer (PDAC) -
- Management to hold conference call today, August 16, at 10:00 am EDT -
TEL AVIV, Israel, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BioLineRx Ltd. (NASDAQ: BLRX) (TASE: BLRX), a pre-commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on oncology, today reports its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2022 and provides a corporate update.
Significant events and achievements during the second quarter 2022 and subsequent period:
- Progressed the New Drug Application (NDA) for Motixafortide in stem cell mobilization (SCM), with submission to the FDA expected within the next 4-6 weeks;
- Appointed commercial strategy and operations veteran Holly May as Chief Commercial Officer, based in the U.S.;
- Continued to advance critical pre-launch activities with respect to Motixafortide commercialization in the U.S., if approved;
- Entered into a development collaboration agreement with GenFleet Therapeutics to execute a randomized Phase 2b clinical trial of Motixafortide, in combination with anti-PD1 and chemotherapy, for first-line treatment in approximately 200 pancreatic cancer (PDAC) patients in China;
- Ended the second quarter on solid financial footing, with cash and cash equivalents of $43.2 million, sufficient to fund operations, as currently planned, into the first half of 2024.
"Since our last quarterly update, we achieved significant progress across both our Motixafortide stem cell mobilization and pancreatic cancer (PDAC) programs," stated Philip Serlin, Chief Executive Officer of BioLineRx. "With respect to stem cell mobilization, we are in the final stages of preparing for submission of our NDA to the FDA. With Holly May on board as our new Chief Commercial Officer, we are rapidly advancing critical pre-launch activities while we continue to assess all of our options with respect to commercialization of Motixafortide in the U.S., if approved."
"The totality of data that we have compiled in stem cell mobilization, both clinical and pharmacoeconomic, make an extremely strong case for Motixafortide as the standard of care in this indication for all multiple myeloma patients undergoing autologous stem-cell transplantation, which is a highly concentrated end market estimated to be $360 million in the U.S. alone and growing consistently."
"In PDAC, the development collaboration agreement that we announced with GenFleet builds upon the positive results from our COMBAT/KEYNOTE-202 study, and we look forward to the initiation of a randomized Phase 2b PDAC trial next year. Importantly, this collaboration allows us to advance the development of Motixafortide in PDAC while retaining rights to the molecule across all indications and geographies."
"Finally, we are nearing a significant milestone for our second program, the anti-cancer vaccine AGI-134, with the upcoming release of proof-of-mechanism data from part 2 of a Phase 1/2a trial in solid tumors. If positive, we plan to initiate a randomized Phase 2 study next year."
"In summary, we believe we are well-positioned to deliver several meaningful potential regulatory, commercial and clinical catalysts over the next 12-18 months," concluded Mr. Serlin.
Upcoming Expected Milestones:
- Submission of NDA to FDA for Motixafortide as novel mobilization agent for multiple myeloma patients undergoing autologous stem cell transplantation in next 4-6 weeks;
- Initial results from Part 2 of Phase 1/2a trial of AGI-134 in solid tumors in H2 2022;
- Potential FDA approval of Motixafortide in 2023;
- Potential US launch of Motixafortide in SCM in 2023;
- Initiation of randomized Phase 2b study in PDAC under collaboration with GenFleet in 2023;
- Potential initiation of randomized Phase 2 study of AGI-134 in 2023.
Financial Results for the Quarter Ended June 30, 2022:
Research and development expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2022 were $5.4 million, an increase of $0.3 million, or 5.0%, compared to $5.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2021. The increase resulted primarily from an increase in expenses associated with the AGI-134 study, offset by lower expenses associated with the completed Motixafortide GENESIS trial, as well as lower expenses related to NDA supporting activities related to Motixafortide. Research and development expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2022 were $9.8 million, an increase of $0.4 million, or 4.4%, compared to $9.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021. The reason for the increase is similar to the aforementioned increase in the three-month period.
Sales and marketing expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2022 were $1.2 million, an increase of $0.8 million, or 250.9% compared to $0.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2021. The increase resulted primarily from initiation of pre-commercialization activities related to Motixafortide, as well as an increase in market research. Sales and marketing expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2022 were $1.8 million, an increase of $1.3 million, or 270.9% compared to $0.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021. The reason for the increase is similar to the aforementioned increase in the three-month period.
General and administrative expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2022 were $1.0 million, similar to the comparable period in 2021. General and administrative expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2022 were $2.1 million, similar to the comparable period in 2021.
The Company's operating loss for the three months ended June 30, 2022 amounted to $7.6 million, compared to an operating loss of $6.5 million for the comparable period in 2021. The Company's operating loss for the six months ended June 30, 2022 was $13.7 million, compared to $12.0 million for the comparable period in 2021.
Non-operating income (expenses) for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 and for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 primarily relate to fair-value adjustments of warrant liabilities on the Company's balance sheet, offset by warrant offering expenses.
Net financial expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2022 amounted to $0.3 million, compared to net financial expenses of $0.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2021. Net financial expenses for the 2022 period primarily relate to loan interest paid and losses recorded on foreign currency (primarily NIS) cash balances due to the strengthening of the US dollar during the period, offset by investment income earned on bank deposits. Net financial expenses for the 2021 period primarily relate to loan interest paid, offset by investment income earned on bank deposits. Net financial expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2022 amounted to $0.4 million, compared to net financial expenses of $0.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021. The composition of the expenses is similar to the aforementioned composition detailed in the three-month periods.
The Company's net loss for the three months ended June 30, 2022 amounted to $7.4 million, compared with a net loss of $6.8 million for the comparable period in 2021. The Company's net loss for the six months ended June 30, 2022 amounted to $12.4 million, compared with a net loss of $17.0 million for the comparable period in 2021.
The Company held $43.2 million in cash, cash equivalents and short-term bank deposits as of June 30, 2022.
Net cash used in operating activities was $11.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022, compared with net cash used in operating activities of $13.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021. The $1.2 million decrease in net cash used in operating activities between the two periods was primarily the result of changes in operating asset and liability items in the two periods, i.e., a smaller increase in prepaid expenses and other receivables in 2022 versus 2021, as well as an increase in accounts payable and accruals in 2022 versus decrease in the 2021 period.
Net cash provided by investing activities was $15.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022, compared to net cash used in investing activities of $42.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021. The changes in cash flows from investing activities relate primarily to investments in, and maturities of, short-term bank deposits.
Net cash used in financing activities was $1.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022, compared to net cash provided by financing activities of $56.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021. The cash flows in 2022 primarily reflect the repayments of the loan from Kreos Capital. The cash flows in 2021 primarily reflect the underwritten public offering of the Company's ADSs in January 2021, warrant exercises and net proceeds from the ATM facility, offset by repayments of the loan from Kreos Capital.
Conference Call and Webcast Information
BioLineRx will hold a conference call today, Tuesday, August 16 at 10:00 a.m. EDT. To access the conference call, please dial +1-888-281-1167 from the US or +972-3-918-0685 internationally. The call will also be available via webcast and can be accessed through the Investor Relations page of BioLineRx's website. Please allow extra time prior to the call to visit the site and download any necessary software to listen to the live broadcast.
A replay of the conference call will be available approximately two hours after completion of the live conference call on the Investor Relations page of BioLineRx's website. A dial-in replay of the call will be available until August 18, 2022; please dial +1-888-295-2634 from the US or +972-3-925-5904 internationally.
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About BioLineRx
BioLineRx Ltd. (NASDAQ/TASE: BLRX) is a pre-commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on oncology. The Company's lead program, Motixafortide (BL-8040), is a cancer therapy platform that was successfully evaluated in a Phase 3 study in stem cell mobilization for autologous bone-marrow transplantation, has reported positive results from a pre-planned pharmacoeconomic study, has successfully completed a pre-NDA meeting with the FDA, and is currently in preparations for an NDA submission. Motixafortide was also successfully evaluated in a Phase 2a study for the treatment of pancreatic cancer in combination with KEYTRUDA® and chemotherapy, and is currently being studied in combination with LIBTAYO® and chemotherapy as a first-line PDAC therapy.
BioLineRx is also developing a second oncology program, AGI-134, an immunotherapy treatment for multiple solid tumors that is currently being investigated in a Phase 1/2a study.
For additional information on BioLineRx, please visit the Company's website at www.biolinerx.com, where you can review the Company's SEC filings, press releases, announcements and events.
Various statements in this release concerning BioLineRx's future expectations constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements include words such as "anticipates," "believes," "could," "estimates," "expects," "intends," "may," "plans," "potential," "predicts," "projects," "should," "will," and "would," and describe opinions about future events. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of BioLineRx to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause BioLineRx's actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: the initiation, timing, progress and results of BioLineRx's preclinical studies, clinical trials and other therapeutic candidate development efforts; BioLineRx's ability to advance its therapeutic candidates into clinical trials or to successfully complete its preclinical studies or clinical trials; BioLineRx's receipt of regulatory approvals for its therapeutic candidates, and the timing of other regulatory filings and approvals; the clinical development, commercialization and market acceptance of BioLineRx's therapeutic candidates; BioLineRx's ability to establish and maintain corporate collaborations; BioLineRx's ability to integrate new therapeutic candidates and new personnel; the interpretation of the properties and characteristics of BioLineRx's therapeutic candidates and of the results obtained with its therapeutic candidates in preclinical studies or clinical trials; the implementation of BioLineRx's business model and strategic plans for its business and therapeutic candidates; the scope of protection BioLineRx is able to establish and maintain for intellectual property rights covering its therapeutic candidates and its ability to operate its business without infringing the intellectual property rights of others; estimates of BioLineRx's expenses, future revenues, capital requirements and its needs for and ability to access sufficient additional financing; risks related to changes in healthcare laws, rules and regulations in the United States or elsewhere; competitive companies, technologies and BioLineRx's industry; statements as to the impact of the political and security situation in Israel on BioLineRx's business; and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which may exacerbate the magnitude of the factors discussed above. These and other factors are more fully discussed in the "Risk Factors" section of BioLineRx's most recent annual report on Form 20-F filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 16, 2022. In addition, any forward-looking statements represent BioLineRx's views only as of the date of this release and should not be relied upon as representing its views as of any subsequent date. BioLineRx does not assume any obligation to update any forward-looking statements unless required by law.
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LifeSci Advisors, LLC
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NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kirkland's, Inc. (Nasdaq: KIRK) ("Kirkland's Home" or the "Company"), a specialty retailer of home décor and furnishings, will hold a conference call on Tuesday, August 30, 2022, at 9:00 a.m. Eastern time to discuss its financial results for the second quarter ended July 30, 2022. The results will be reported in a press release prior to the conference call.
Kirkland's Home management will host the conference call, followed by a question and answer period.
Date: Tuesday, August 30, 2022
Time: 9:00 a.m. Eastern time
Toll-free dial-in number: (855) 560-2577
International dial-in number: (412) 542-4163
Conference ID: 10170457
Please call the conference telephone number 10-15 minutes prior to the start time. An operator will register your name and organization. If you have any difficulty connecting with the conference call, please contact Gateway Group at (949) 574-3860.
The conference call will be broadcast live and available for replay here and via the investor relations section of the Company's website at www.kirklands.com. The online replay will follow shortly after the call and continue for one year.
A telephonic replay of the conference call will be available after the conference call through September 6, 2022.
Toll-free replay number: (877) 344-7529
International replay number: (412) 317-0088
Replay ID: 7044481
About Kirkland's, Inc.
Kirkland's, Inc. is a specialty retailer of home furnishings in the United States, currently operating 355 stores in 35 states as well as an e-commerce website, www.kirklands.com, under the Kirkland's Home brand. The Company provides its customers an engaging shopping experience characterized by a curated, affordable selection of home furnishings along with inspirational design ideas. This combination of quality and stylish merchandise, value pricing and a stimulating online and store experience allows the Company's customers to furnish their home at a great value. More information can be found at www.kirklands.com.
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- EMS Management & Consultants, Inc. (EMS|MC), the leading provider of revenue cycle management and technology solutions, is pleased to announce the acquisition of VAIRKKO, the industry leader in workforce and operations management software.
EMS|MC's history of long-term investments in technology, people, and process improvements have led to delivering the best reimbursement results in the industry. This foundation has afforded EMS|MC the ability to invest in solutions like VAIRKKO, which provides scheduling, training, certification and performance management tools for EMS agencies.
With this added investment from EMS|MC, VAIRKKO will be able to further accelerate its innovation track record in addressing key areas of the human resource challenges facing organizations today, which tie directly to the ability to effectively service their communities in addition to maximizing reimbursement.
Founder and CEO of VAIRKKO, Brian Polackoff, is excited for the future of VAIRKKO stating that, "EMS|MC and VAIRKKO have been long-time business partners with a proven history of providing industry-leading, cloud-based, workforce management software solutions. Now together, we have the resources needed to accelerate our journey and provide uniquely powerful products and services, beyond anything seen before. We are truly excited about what the future holds and can't wait to showcase what we have planned."
Greg Carnes, EMS|MC's CEO, added, "EMS|MC is thrilled to bring VAIRKKO into our family of capabilities available to our EMS clients. Brian, Michael, and the entire VAIRKKO team have demonstrated the same commitment to the EMS industry and technology innovation that have developed and characterized EMS|MC in our 26-year history. We look forward to helping VAIRKKO execute on its vision of full support for the human capital aspect of the EMS Industry."
EMS Management & Consultants is the nation's most technology-enabled and analytics-driven claims processing company dedicated solely to the EMS community. EMS|MC's services include EMS revenue cycle management, compliance, training, legislative advocacy and consulting services. Based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, EMS|MC serves EMS agencies across the United States.
For more information, please visit www.emsbilling.com.
VAIRKKO is a leading workforce and operations management platform with specialized products ranging from enterprise learning and training management to workforce scheduling, time/attendance, and much more. Since its founding in 2009, VAIRKKO's mission is to provide a powerful and easy-to-use success platform to organizations of all types and sizes. Based in Raleigh, North Carolina, VAIRKKO currently offers superior products and world-class support to clients worldwide.
For more information, please visit www.vairkko.com
CONTACT INFORMATION:
EMS Management & Consultants, Inc. (EMS|MC)
Chris Samia, Director of Marketing
336.397.3980
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Another major milestone passed as TenureX targets ambitious international expansion
TEL AVIV, Israel, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TenureX, the Israeli start-up that is fixing the broken correspondent banking industry, today announces a new partnership with TM Group, the technology management and integration experts providing trading, compliance, control rooms, and automation software to the financial services industry.
The new partnership enables TM Group to provide TenureX solutions and services - including its unique "correspondent-banking-as-a-Service" platform - as a managed service provider in the Nordics banking sector to improve compliance, productivity and scale correspondent banking services.
The new partnership marks an important milestone in TenureX's ambitious expansion strategy, adding a dedicated technology and market specialist focused on the Nordics, one of the most interesting markets for innovation within correspondent banking services.
TenureX and TM Group will continue their mutual vision of customer-first and hands-on approach, working together to fix the structural problems within the correspondent banking services.
TenureX was founded in 2020 by banking industry veterans who realised that correspondent banking was broken. The continued reliance on legacy technology has resulted in poorly executed cross-border payments, with parties in the payment chain – and even within the same organisation – unable to access the data they need to make intelligent, strategic and compliant decisions.
To fix these structural problems, TenureX developed a new platform to revolutionise the moribund correspondent banking industry by providing "correspondent banking in a box". This cloud-based digital platform provides a set of innovative solutions that enable customers to embed their risk-based approach and compliance rules into each single payment instruction, as well as digital workflows. TenureX helps customers slash the costs of cross-border transactions, eliminate cost and complexity for compliance teams, and open up a world of new revenue opportunities.
"Technology is crucial to reviving the correspondent banking industry by bringing full data visibility and a unified pre-agreed set of compliance rules to every party, but it also needs the dedicated specialist who know to speak the local language and understand the specific needs of unique banking sector and region," said Or Kapelinsky, TenureX Co-Founder & COO. "Partnering with expert technology and solutions integrators in the Nordics such as TM Group adds a vital layer of local expertise and customer service that TenureX could not offer, and we could not ask for a better fit than TM Group."
Emil Holmberg, Sales Director at TM Group said, "The Nordics are a very interesting market for innovation within correspondent banking services and we found TenureX's solution and positioning going hand-in-hand with our current knowhow and capabilities."
"This is a great opportunity for TenureX and TM Group to work together for the benefit of our mutual clients. We are looking forward to a successful collaboration".
About TenureX
TenureX was founded in 2020 by four banking experts with a wide variety of industry experience.
They know first-hand the frustrations and missed opportunities faced by non-bank financial institutions as they struggle to work together, and are passionate about making things simpler for everyone in correspondent banking.
The TenureX vision is to democratize correspondent banking by moving away from subjective, rigid, bilateral, relationship banking. Instead the company is building objective, streamlined, multilateral, transaction-based relationships.
For further information:
Izhar Arieli - CEO and Co-founder
Phone
+ 972 (0) - 73 – 326-0303 (ISR)
+1- 605 – 836-8739 (USA)
Email: izhar@tenurex.com
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Estonia begins removing Soviet-era war monuments
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Estonia has decided to remove Soviet-era war monuments from public places.
The move is aimed at preventing them "from mobilising more hostility in society and tearing open old wounds" following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the government said.
An iconic T-34 tank in the city of Narva, which borders Russia, was being taken to the Estonian War Museum.
Narva is Estonia's third biggest city, where 97% of its population of about 60,000 people speak Russian.
The replica tank was taken from a plinth on Tuesday morning and loaded on to a military trailer ahead of its journey 200km (125 miles) to the west, public broadcaster ERR reported. Authorities said they were restricting public access to the area around the tank as well as other local monuments.
Russia's war in Ukraine is stirring tension in Narva in particular, Estonia fears.
In her statement, Prime Minister Kaja Kallas said her government would not "afford Russia the opportunity to use the past to disturb the peace in Estonia".
"Considering the speed of the increasing tensions and confusion around memorials in Narva, we must act quickly to ensure public order and internal security."
Foreign Minister Urmas Reinsalu said such monuments had been erected to glorify Russian occupation and had no place in Estonia's public space.
Apart from the T-34 tank, the World War Two cemetery will also be relocated with "a neutral grave marker" - an issue that the government acknowledges may create tensions.
Last week, Russia voiced outrage at Estonia's plans.
"The war against history, moreover with a common history and the disposal of monuments for those who saved Europe from fascism, is of course outrageous," President Vladimir Putin's spokesman said.
Estonia is also rescinding an estimated 50,000 visas issued to Russian nationals.
"We have to admit that Russian society, by and large, also bears a passive moral responsibility for these atrocities, which take place in Ukrainian soil," Mr Reinsalu said.
Latvia, Lithuania and the Czech Republic have also largely stopped issuing visas to Russians. Finland is reducing to 10% the number of visas it issues to Russians.
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Company to accelerate availability of secure Integrated Workplace Management System (IWMS) solutions for government facilities
ATLANTA, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- iOffice + SpaceIQ, the global workplace technology company, today announced its intent to seek authorization from the U.S. Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) for its Integrated Workplace Management System Archibus.
FedRAMP facilitates adoption of secure technologies across U.S. government agencies by standardizing assessment, authorization, and continuous monitoring of cloud-based products and services.
The federal government owns and leases 130,000 properties — approximately 885 million square feet and $21B in annual operational expenditures — representing the largest real estate portfolio in the United States. With nearly 7% of government-owned properties underutilized or unused, iOffice + SpaceIQ's solutions address the critical need for space optimization, cost reduction, and enhanced decision-making capabilities for federal facilities.
"There's been a major push to modernize operations and ramp up digital transformation efforts within the federal government," commented iOffice + SpaceIQ Chief Product Officer Dan DeRosa. "FedRAMP authorization will accelerate our ability to supply much-needed solutions to highly regulated government agencies and continue serving our existing federal customers."
iOffice + SpaceIQ is already authorized to operate on secure high-side networks for several government agencies, meeting demand for centralized management of facility operations, maintenance, and occupancy while ensuring data security. The company has a robust federal distribution, reseller, and service provider network including partners such as commercial real estate firm JLL, government solutions aggregator DLT – a Tech Data company, managed services advisory Guidehouse, IMS Consulting, and digital transformation company Ricoh.
iOffice + SpaceIQ's infrastructure is purpose-built to increase customers' resiliency against existing and future cybersecurity challenges. The business meets the highest standards for service and accessibility, including portfolio-wide compliance with SOC 2 and a Voluntary Product Accessibility Template for Archibus.
The company has engaged cybersecurity advisor Coalfire and attestation and certification assessor Schellman to facilitate its completion of the FedRAMP process.
About iOffice + SpaceIQ:
iOffice + SpaceIQ empowers how tomorrow will work, helping employees and companies adapt and thrive to produce better outcomes for the world. Our smart workplace technology enables over 10,000 organizations in 85 countries to improve business performance through intuitive, people-first space planning and operations. More than 2M end users rely on iOffice + SpaceIQ platforms to optimize more than 2B square feet of space valued at more than $64B, maintain mission-critical assets, and enhance how people interact with the workplace. Explore the capabilities at www.iofficecorp.com and www.spaceiq.com.
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The Canadian food producer and co-packer fighting food-waste has acquired two new brands as part of their expansion and mission to support sustainable food manufacturing.
TORONTO, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ethey Group is a collective on a mission to change the Canadian food and beverage space, offering sustainable and eco-friendly production and co-packing options. Ethey Foods, the flagship brand of the ethey Group, launched last year and is Canada's #1 zero-waste food delivery service. Now, ethey Group has expanded its focus and has started bringing new brands into the group, helping make these businesses reach a national audience on a sustainable platform. The two newest brands are Puppy Gang Fresh Foods and Blank Slate Wellness.
Puppy Gang Fresh Foods provides nutritious human grade dog food delivery across Canada, and focuses on improving dog's lives through whole foods. Each meal contains only real, whole foods, high quality and locally sourced hormone and antibiotic free meat and vegetables with no preservatives, fillers, chemicals or additives. Puppy Gang's food production is ethical and eco-focused with reusable packaging, and 1% of all sales go to dog rescue agencies, making them the ideal fit for the ethey family.
Blank Slate is the only Canadian cold-pressed juice infused with adaptogens and live raw vegan probiotics. Each juice's ingredients, along with the infusions, work to serve a purpose to the consumer, helping them move, glow, heal, and be energized or calm. Their mission to provide healthy drinks to people across Canada directly aligns with ethey's goals, and they can now do this while creating zero food waste.
Partnering with these brands is just the start for ethey Group. The Gary Vaynerchuk backed business is focused on finding more brands across Canada to bring into their group and expand their sustainable platform to every corner of the food and agriculture space.
Founded by hospitality veteran and entrepreneur, Nick Spina, ethey Group is spearheading the fight against food-waste by creating a closed-loop food system and making their food processing facility in London, Ontario an incubator for high-growth, impact-focused sustainable food brands in Canada.
Ethey Foods, which currently delivers across Canada coast to coast, offers healthy, chef-prepared, cooked meals for people who want to eat well and positively impact the planet. Ethey's zero food waste cycle ensures that every single ingredient in each meal is fully utilized, from harvest, to meal prep, to compost, to seed, back to harvest again. Their food processing facility is partnered with a local onsite worm farm that they use to recycle food scraps and turn them into high-grade fertilizer.
About ethey:
Founded in 2015, ethey ethical, sustainable meal delivery company, and Canada's #1 meal delivery service. Ethey provides healthy, chef-prepared, cooked meals for people who want to eat well and positively impact our planet for the generations of tomorrow. As leaders of the zero food-waste movement, ethey inspires a healthy relationship between our planet and its people, one chef prepared cooked-meal at a time.
Puppy Gang:
Puppy Gang Fresh Foods was founded by certified animal nutritionists Sarah Tritsaris and Marisa Hoskins in 2019 with a mission to help dogs to live longer and healthier lives. Based in Toronto, Puppy Gang offers human grade, whole pet food home delivery across Canada.
Blankslate Wellness:
Blank Slate is the only sustainable Canadian cold-pressed juice infused with adaptogens and live vegan probiotics. Their mission is to provide healthy drinks to families across Canada.
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MELVILLE, N.Y., Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- North American Partners in Anesthesia (NAPA) is the new outpatient anesthesia services provider for Wilmington Health Ambulatory Surgery Center (Wilmington Health ASC). NAPA is the largest single-specialty anesthesia and pain management company in the U.S., with more than 6,000 clinicians providing anesthesia at hundreds of hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, and office-based sites across 20 states. Wilmington Health ASC's anesthesia team includes five NAPA physicians and certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs).
Wilmington Health ASC is located at 1305 Glen Meade Road, Wilmington, NC, 28401, and is part of Wilmington Health, a large multi-specialty physician-owned practice. Wilmington Health has been providing care in Wilmington and Southeast, NC, since 1971. It delivers a wide range of treatment options for diverse specialties, including obstetrics and gynecology; orthopedic; ear, nose, and throat; plastic; and reconstructive surgeries.
Robert Colon, ASC Administrator, Wilmington Health ASC, said, "We are pleased to have NAPA's highly skilled clinicians providing anesthesia services for our preventive, diagnostic, and therapeutic procedures. Wilmington Health ASC is committed to delivering safe, efficient, and innovative surgical services. NAPA provides dependable, patient-centered anesthesia and pain management care, while also actively partnering with surgeon colleagues to ensure communication, teamwork, and trust. We know how important that combination is for improved patient outcomes and recovery."
Fran Abdou, MD, NAPA Clinical RVP, Mid-South Region, said, "We are thrilled to further expand our relationships in the southeastern U.S., and the Wilmington area specifically. With the increased demand for complex procedures in an outpatient setting, NAPA provides a unique advantage to our facility partners. Our robust infrastructure offers consistent staffing and standardized protocols to maximize efficiency. We also apply end-to-end concierge programs and care pathways to help ASCs grow their services. Ever present are our robust quality initiatives and data benchmarking that focuses on facility excellence and enhanced surgical outcomes. Wilmington Health ASC can expect these same solutions and level of service."
As a clinician-led organization, North American Partners in Anesthesia (NAPA) is redefining healthcare, delivering unsurpassed excellence to its partners and patients every day. NAPA has grown to become the nation's leading single-specialty anesthesia and pain management company. Our 6,000+ clinicians serve nearly 3 million patients annually at nearly 500 healthcare facilities in 20 states. For more information, please visit NAPAanesthesia.com.
Since 1971, Wilmington Health has been committed to providing TRUE Care to our community in Wilmington and Southeastern North Carolina. A physician-owned primary care and multi-specialty medical practice, Wilmington Health provides a comprehensive, coordinated, and collaborative approach to healthcare, using evidence-based medicine to achieve the highest-quality care possible to the patients we serve.
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The Greater Dayton Lebanese Festival, presented by St. Ignatius of Antioch Maronite Catholic Church, returns Aug. 26-28 at its new location on the corner of State Route 48 and Nutt Road in Washington Township.
“We’re looking forward to seeing our patrons again,” said Will Thomas, vice chair of the Greater Dayton Lebanese Festival. “People have a great time at our festival. They love to linger around and stay a long time for the entertainment.”
This year’s festival returns full force after a hiatus of drive-thru events due to the coronavirus pandemic. Festivalgoers can expect homemade food, drinks, carnival rides and live entertainment.
“Our food is famous because it’s all 100 percent homemade,” Thomas said. “It’s made fresh. You can really taste the difference. If you like the way it smells, you won’t believe how delicious it tastes.”
Popular dishes include the Kafta Kabob, Kibbee balls and the Beef and Chicken Shawarma sandwiches. The festival also has several vegetarian and vegan-friendly dishes including Hummus, Spinach Pies, Stuffed Grape Leaves and Fattoush Salad.
“Of course, you can’t leave the Lebanese Festival without eating our world-famous Lebanese Baklava and pastries,” Thomas added.
Anyone interested in pre-ordering food can do so on the festival’s website starting Monday, Aug. 22. Thomas mentioned they will not have meals this year because they do not have a commercial kitchen. Guests will be able to purchase food as sandwiches and side orders.
Live entertainment at the festival includes Middle Eastern music and performances by the St. Ignatius Youth Dance Troupe. There will also be a variety of vendors including community non-profits.
Festivalgoers will also have the chance to tour the church and learn about the history of the Maronites.
The Lebanese Festival offers free admission and parking. Overflow parking with a free shuttle service will be available at Oak Grove Park, Lot I.
Thomas said when the church invites people to the festival, they feel like they’re inviting them into their home.
“We feel like everyone comes as a friend and family and we like to treat them that way,” Thomas said. " It’s a Middle Eastern-Lebanese characteristic.”
An opening ceremony featuring the USAF Honor Guard and the singing of the United States and Lebanese National Anthems will kick off the festival Friday at 5 p.m. Festival hours are 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. There will be a Maronite Catholic Mass open to the public at 10 a.m. Sunday.
For more information, visit www.thelebanesefestival.com or the festival’s Facebook page.
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New dispensary expands patient access to medical cannabis; grand opening specials available
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Trulieve Cannabis Corp. (CSE: TRUL) (OTCQX: TCNNF) ("Trulieve" or "the Company"), a leading and top-performing cannabis company in the United States, today announced the opening of a new medical dispensary in Auburndale, Florida. Located at 2003 US Hwy 92, the doors will open at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, August 16, 2022, with ongoing regular hours of 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. from Monday through Saturday and 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. on Sunday.
Grand opening festivities throughout the day at the new dispensary will include numerous partner giveaways, music, food trucks, deals and specials, and all registered patients will receive a 25% discount. Trulieve also offers statewide home delivery, convenient online ordering and in-store pickup. As always, all first-time guests are eligible for a 50% new customer discount at any Florida-based location.
"Trulieve is excited to expand access to medical cannabis in Auburndale and continue building strong relationships in the community," said Kim Rivers, CEO of Trulieve. "Our company is driven by our commitment to providing tailored, high-quality care and exceptional customer experiences to as many patients as possible."
As the state's leading medical cannabis provider, Trulieve's retail employees are trained to provide personalized patient care and support individuals at every stage of their cannabis journeys. Trulieve dispensaries throughout Florida offer on-site consultations to help patients obtain appropriate medical products and dosages to ensure optimal cannabis experiences.
Trulieve patients across Florida can choose from the largest selection of THC and CBD products available in a variety of consumption methods, including smokable flower, concentrates, edibles, capsules, syringes, tinctures, topical creams, vaporizers, and more.
Designed to meet every patient's needs, our portfolio of in-house brands includes Alchemy, Co2lors, Cultivar Collection, Modern Flower, Momenta, Muse, Roll One, Sweet Talk and Trekkers. Patients also have access to beloved brands such as Bellamy Brothers, Bhang, Binske, Blue River, Black Tuna, DeLisioso, Love's Oven, Miami Mango, O.pen and Sunshine Cannabis, all available exclusively at Trulieve in Florida.
For more information, or to learn how to become a registered patient, please visit Trulieve.com and connect on Instagram or Facebook.
About Trulieve
Trulieve is an industry leading, vertically integrated cannabis company and multi-state operator in the U.S. operating in 11 states, with leading market positions in Arizona, Florida, and Pennsylvania. Trulieve is poised for accelerated growth and expansion, building scale in retail and distribution in new and existing markets through its hub strategy. By providing innovative, high-quality products across its brand portfolio, Trulieve delivers optimal customer experiences and increases access to cannabis, helping patients and customers to live without limits. Trulieve is listed on the CSE under the symbol TRUL and trades on the OTCQX market under the symbol TCNNF. To learn more about Trulieve, visit Trulieve.com.
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The United States and South Korea will begin their biggest combined military training in years next week in the face of an increasingly aggressive North Korea, which has been ramping up weapons tests and threats of nuclear conflict against Seoul and Washington, the South Korean military said Tuesday.
The allies’ summertime drills, named Ulchi Freedom Shield, will take place from Aug. 22 to Sept. 1 in South Korea and include field exercises involving aircraft, warships, tanks and potentially tens of thousands of troops.
The drills underscore Washington and Seoul’s commitment to restore large-scale training after they canceled some of their regular drills and downsized others to computer simulations in recent years to create space for diplomacy with North Korea and because of COVID-19 concerns.
The U.S. Department of Defense also said the U.S., South Korean and Japanese navies took part in missile warning and ballistic missile search and tracking exercises off the coast of Hawaii from Aug. 8 to 14, which it said were aimed at furthering three-way cooperation in the face of North Korean challenges.
While the United States and South Korea describe their exercises as defensive, Ulchi Freedom Shield will almost surely draw an angry reaction from North Korea, which describes all allied training as invasion rehearsals and has used them to justify its nuclear weapons and missiles development.
China, North Korea’s main ally, expressed concern over the expansion of U.S. military exercises with its Asian allies, saying they could worsen tensions with the North. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin didn’t offer a specific answer when asked whether Beijing believes the trilateral drills in Hawaii were in some way directed at China.
“North Korea has repeatedly expressed its concern” over the joint drills, Wang said in a briefing in Beijing on Tuesday.
“The negative impact of the military exercises on the situation on the Korean Peninsula is worth paying attention to. All parties should act prudently and stop any actions that may increase tension and confrontation and damage the mutual trust,” he said.
Before being shelved or downsized, the U.S. and South Korea held major joint exercises every spring and summer in South Korea. The spring ones had been highlighted by live-fire drills involving a broad range of land, air and sea assets and usually involved around 10,000 American and 200,000 Korean troops.
Tens of thousands of allied troops participated in the summertime drills, which mainly consisted of computer simulations to hone joint decision making and planning, although South Korea’s military has emphasized the revival of large-scale field training this time.
Officials at Seoul’s Defense Ministry and its Joint Chiefs of Staff did not comment on the number of U.S. and South Korean troops that will participate in Ulchi Freedom Shield.
The drills, which will kick off along with a four-day South Korean civil defense training program led by government employees, will reportedly include exercises simulating joint attacks, front-line reinforcements of arms and fuel, and removals of weapons of mass destruction.
The allies will also train for drone attacks and other new developments in warfare shown during Russia’s war on Ukraine and practice joint military-civilian responses to attacks on seaports, airports and major industrial facilities such as semiconductor factories.
“The biggest meaning of (Ulchi Freedom Shield) is that it normalizes the South Korea-U.S. combined exercises and field training, (contributing) to the rebuilding of the South Korea-U.S. alliance and the combined defense posture,” Moon Hong-sik, a Defense Ministry spokesperson, said during a briefing.
Some experts say North Korea may use the drills as an excuse to increase tensions.
North Korea has already warned of “deadly” retaliation against South Korea over its own COVID-19 outbreak, which it dubiously claims was caused by anti-North Korean propaganda leaflets and other objects flown across the border by balloons launched by southern activists. There are concerns that the North Korean threat, issued last week by the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong Un, portends a provocation which might include a nuclear or missile test or even border skirmishes.
In an interview with Associated Press Television last month, Choe Jin, deputy director of a think tank run by North Korea’s Foreign Ministry, said the United States and South Korea would face “unprecedented” security challenges if they don’t drop their hostile military pressure campaign against North Korea, including joint military drills.
Kim Jun-rak, spokesperson of South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the South Korean and U.S. militaries are maintaining a close watch on North Korean military activities and facilities.
Animosity has increased on the Korean Peninsula since U.S.-North Korea nuclear negotiations derailed in early 2019 because of differences over a relaxation of crippling U.S.-led sanctions on North Korea in exchange for disarmament steps.
Kim Jong Un has since declared North Korea will bolster its nuclear deterrent in the face of “gangster-like” U.S. pressure and halted all cooperation with South Korea. Exploiting a division in the U.N. Security Council over Russia’s war on Ukraine, North Korea has dialed up its weapons testing to a record pace this year, conducting more than 30 ballistic launches. They included the country’s first intercontinental ballistic missiles since 2017 and tests of tactical systems designed to be armed with small battlefield nuclear weapons.
Kim has punctuated the testing binge with repeated warnings that North Korea will proactively use its nuclear weapons in conflicts with South Korea and the United States, which experts say indicate an escalation in its nuclear doctrine that could cause greater concern for its neighbors.
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Economists predict a ‘mild recession,’ but what would that look like in Canada?
By Mitchell Consky, CTVNews.ca writer
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Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — With inflation on the rise and central banks poised to increase rates to fight it, there’s one major question Canadians are asking about the state of our economy: Will there be a recession, and what would it look like?
A recession is defined as two financial quarters of decline in economic activity.
RBC predicts that the Canadian economy is on track for a “mild recession” in 2023, with variables such as real estate, jobless claims, and delayed economic ramifications of pandemic restrictions leading to GDP growth of less than 1 per cent.
WHAT IS A ‘MILD RECESSION?’
“There are various shades of recession — from gray to dark black,” Sal Guatieri, senior economist and director at BMO Capital Markets, told CTVNews.ca in a phone interview Monday.
“Our view is that we’re going to get off fairly lightly. We do expect the economy to contract for one quarter next year and maybe stall later this year. This would be called a growth recession.”
A “growth recession,” Guatieri explained, is a term for when the economy is so weak that the unemployment rate drifts higher by about one per cent over a couple of years.
“The economy, for the most part, would still be expanding, but just not strongly enough to provide jobs for all the new people entering the labour force,” he said.
When it comes to staffing shortages contributing to inflation, it requires companies to pay more — to not only attract new workers, but to retain current staff, Guateri told CTVNews.ca in an interview in July.
This, in turn, can add to the chain reaction of increasing costs, he explained. But if companies can no longer afford to pay workers, less jobs become available. Increasing costs and less work exacerbate the problem.
Guiatieri recognizes that other forecasters are predicting a more substantial recession.
“It comes down to depth. How deep is the decline in GDP? If it’s just one per cent or so I would say that’s fairly mild. And it also comes down to the duration. Is it just a couple of quarters or is it spread over several quarters? If it’s just a couple that would fall into the mild camp. If it’s more, then, of course, you could get into a more standard recession.”
On average, he said recessions tend to involve GDP contracting about three per cent, the unemployment rate rising about three per cent or more, “and that occurs over several quarters.”
Finally, he explained, there’s the “Great Recession.”
“This is what you had in 2008, where the economy contracts pretty significantly — four or five per cent over many quarters. And when the unemployment rate rises much more than three percentage points.”
According to RBC’s special housing report, as a rise of interest rates cause a ripple effect in the Canadian economy, factors such as real estate – with an estimated 12 per cent decrease in housing prices next year — can lead to decreased wealth and, therefore, decreased economic activity.
On their site, RBC says, this recession would be “short-lived by historical standards – and can be reversed once inflation settles enough for central banks to lower rates.”
If inflation falls quickly, it would be possible for the Canadian economy to head into what’s called a “soft landing.”
WHAT IS A ‘SOFT LANDING’? Investopedia, a financial literacy website, defines a “soft landing” as “a cyclical slowdown in economic growth that avoids recession.” The term is attributed to the goal of central banks seeking to raise interest rates just enough to stop an economy from overheating with high inflation.
“Soft landing may also refer to a gradual, relatively painless slowdown in a particular industry or economic sector,” Investopedia explains.
Economists believe a soft-landing isn’t out of the realm of possibility, as post-pandemic demands continue to fuel recovery in a few sectors, says RBC in a report.
“Canadians continue to fuel a recovery in the travel and hospitality sectors. And higher global commodity prices have boosted the mining sector. But businesses are struggling to find the workers they need to expand production.”
So, as Canadians continue to feel the economic impact at gas pumps and grocery stores, the recession might be “mild,” but the economic reality – with staffing shortages and higher costs and less wealth — won’t feel so small.
There’s a word for this. It’s called a “vibecession.”
WHAT IS A ‘VIBECESSION’? The term was coined by Kyla Scanlon, a writer and influencer, and is attributed to the public interpretation of economic realities.
Scanlon argues that “how you feel compounds into how everyone feels,” she said, maintaining that consumer sentiment is a major component of GDP growth.
“We take experience and evidence, shape out expectations, which warps perception and acts as a forcing function for interpretation,” she wrote on her site.
“So when people are feeling bad (which they are right now) they might pull back on some aspects of spending — which we have seen. Inflation is the bogeyman in the room.”
WealthSimple, which broke down the concept of a “vibecession” in a newsletter, considers the concept an inverse of a soft-landing.
In the context of the Canadian economy – with high mortgage payments and soaring grocery bills – a “vibecession” would ultimately entail inflation falling enough to stop central banks from rising interest rates, but maintaining soured consumer sentiment throughout the country, WealthSimple explained.
In the phone interview, Guiatieri pointed out that “there are other [economists] who are forecasting a real recession — a two quarter decline in GDP, or a broader decline in economic activity.”
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Life comes with lots of little annoyances, few of them littler or more annoying than mosquitoes. Just about everyone who spends any time outdoors will be bothered by the bloodsucking party poopers at one point or another.
Although it may seem difficult to avoid mosquitoes, there are several easy measures you can take to reduce or eliminate them from your yard and garden. The best control is prevention.
With the exception of those who live near a lake, marsh or swamp -- or in densely packed neighborhoods -- most of the blame for mosquito invasions usually falls on the property’s residents. Mosquitoes need only one-quarter inch of water to breed — and a female can lay hundreds of eggs at a time.
Inspect your property for standing water. Even the most diligent among us will likely find water collected in a children’s playset, tire, clogged gutter, pot saucer, overturned trash can lid or flying disc toy. Drain or dump water as you see it, even if the amount appears insignificant, and drill drainage holes in the bottoms of vessels like tire swings.
For water that’s intended to stand, such as in ponds and bird baths, the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis (Bti) is a safe and effective way to kill mosquito larvae. Several strains of Bt are available, each targeting different insects, so be sure to buy the israelensis strain to target mosquitoes. The product is also effective against black flies and fungus gnats.
Bti comes in various forms, including donut-shaped briquettes called “Mosquito Dunks.” The floating rings offer 30 days of protection and “will not harm people, pets and other animals, aquatic life, or other insects, including honeybees,” according to the CDC.
If you don’t have a pond or bird bath, you can make a DIY mosquito trap: Add a handful of straw, hay or grass clippings to a (preferably dark-colored) pail filled with water, and let it sit for 1-2 days. Then add one mosquito dunk. For large infestations, tuck several buckets around the yard. The decomposing organic matter will attract the insects, which will lay eggs on the treated water. Replace water and add a fresh dunk every 30 days to thwart future generations of mosquitoes.
Mosquitoes also like to hunker down among weeds and overgrown vegetation. Keep the yard tidy.
Running a standing or box fan at high speed will significantly reduce mosquito activity on your porch, deck or patio. It works by literally blowing the insects away and dispersing our exhaled carbon dioxide, which would otherwise attract them. You’ll keep cooler, too.
Avoid using insecticidal foggers or sprays, which threaten essential pollinators and other beneficial insects while controlling only a small portion of the adult mosquito population. In addition, such applications would need to be repeated multiple times per season.
So-called “mosquito plants” and other plants marketed as repellents do, indeed, contain oils or chemicals that the insects find unappealing. But they’re not effective unless those compounds are released, such as by crushing the leaves. Merely having such a plant in the garden or a pot will not provide any benefit.
Various research studies have shown citronella candles containing lemongrass oil provide mild-to-moderate protection. The jury is out on whether the benefit can be attributed to the repellant properties of the active ingredient, the candle’s ability to mask the human scent or if the flame itself is the deterrent.
In case you’re wondering, mosquitoes do serve a purpose — as pollinators and bird food. Still, because the roles they serve in these areas are minor, eliminating them from your yard will not adversely affect the ecosystem.
Itchy welts aside, many of us live or vacation in areas where mosquitoes can transmit viruses like West Nile, Zika, dengue and chikungunya, and parasitic illnesses like malaria. Pets are at risk, too, with heartworm disease posing the most significant threat.
Wearing long sleeves and pants, reducing time spent outdoors between dusk and dawn, when mosquitoes are most active, and keeping up to date with pets’ heartworm prevention treatments will go a long way toward reducing mosquito bites.
And remember, you don’t live in a barn. Keep the door closed.
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1H 2022 Net Income of $8.4 Million; Record Core EBITDA1 of $15.1 Million
Q2 2022 Average Serviced Deposits Increased 29% Year over Year
RADNOR, Pa., Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BM Technologies, Inc. (NYSE American: BMTX) ("BM Technologies," "BMTX," "we," or the "Company") one of the largest digital banking platforms and banking-as-a-service (BaaS) providers in the country, today reported results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022. Comparative results reflect the restatement of 2021 financial results and, therefore, differ from previously reported financials.
Luvleen Sidhu, BMTX's Chair and Chief Executive Officer commented, "We had a strong first half of 2022, with a record $15.1M of EBITDA, an increase of 8% from last year despite the absence of last year's stimulus tailwind and this year's macro environment. Sidhu continued "We are also excited to share we have now signed a contract with a significant new BaaS partner and look forward to building this relationship. As we continue through 2022, our top strategic priority remains completing our merger with First Sound Bank."
SECOND QUARTER FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
- Q2 2022 revenues increased 3% to $23.0 million from $22.4 million in Q2 2021.
- Q2 2022 net income totaled $4.5 million, or $0.35 per diluted share, which includes a $5.6 million noncash gain on the revaluation of the private warrant liability. 1H 2022 net income totaled $8.4 million or $0.67 per diluted share which includes a $8.3 million noncash gain on the revaluation of the private warrant liability.
- Q2 2022 core earnings1 increased 184% from the year-ago period to $1.9 million, or $0.15 per diluted share. 1H 2022 core earnings1 increased 30% from the year-ago period to $6.3 million, or $0.50 per diluted share.
- Q2 2022 core EBITDA1 increased 16% to $5.9 million from $5.0 million in Q2 2021. Core EBITDA1 margin increased to 25% in Q2 2022 from 22% in Q2 2021. 1H 2022 core EBITDA1 increased to $15.1 million from $14.0 million in 1H 2021.
- The Company had a cash balance of $32.5 million at June 30, 2022.
BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS
- Average serviced deposits totaled $2.0 billion in Q2 2022; a 29% increase compared to Q2 2021. Average new business serviced deposits increased $0.5 billion to $1.5 billion from $1.0 billion in Q2 2021.
- Debit card spend was $0.7 billion in Q2 2022 and $1.5 billion in the first half of 2022, a decrease of -12% compared to the first half of 2021 given the absence of stimulus in the current period, and economic factors in the current period.
- Revenue per 90-day active account increased 13% year over year to approximately $49 in Q2 2022.
- Approximately 100 thousand new accounts opened in the second quarter 2022 and approximately 215 thousand in the first half of 2022.
- Higher Education Organic Deposits (deposits that are not part of a school disbursement and are indicative of primary banking behavior) for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 totaled $418 million and $925 million, respectively.
- BMTX signed agreements with 10 new colleges and universities year to date in 2022, providing approximately 55 thousand additional students access to BankMobile Disbursements and the BankMobile Vibe checking account. In addition, BMTX has signed six colleges and universities up for its new Vendor Pay offering in 2022.
- The Company's merger application with First Sound Bank ("FSB") has been filed and integration plans are ongoing. The merger is still targeted to close before year-end.
- The Company commenced development work to provide technology and program management to a significant new BaaS partner which is expected to launch in 2023.
- The Company engaged KPMG as its new independent audit firm in July 2022 and expects to file its Q2 2022 10-Q within the permissible 12b-25 5-day extension, which will bring the company's filings current.
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
BUSINESS UPDATE
BMTX, a financial technology company, is in the business of providing state-of-the-art technologies to attract and serve millions of Americans and provide them access to superior banking experiences. It continues to invest in its low-cost acquisition model and proprietary API driven platform to offer a full suite of financial services products. The Company operates in three verticals: 1) higher education and student banking, 2) Banking-as-a-Service ("BaaS" or "white label banking"), and 3) niche Direct to Consumer (D2C).
Higher Education & Student Banking
During the second quarter of 2022 the Company retained 99% of higher education institutions and disbursed $2.0 billion in refunds to students. Refunds disbursed to students in the first half of 2022 totaled $6.9 billion, an increase of 7% from the first half of 2021. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, $0.2 billion and $0.8 billion, respectively, of these disbursements were deposited into BankMobile Vibe Accounts held at the Company's Partner Bank. Organic deposits (deposits that are not part of a school disbursement) for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 totaled $418 million and $925 million, respectively. The average balance per active account in the second quarter was stable year over year at approximately $1,709 and the spend per active account decreased 11% to approximately $1,745 given stimulus benefits in the year-ago period and perhaps impact of the current economic environment. The number of positive balance savings accounts increased approximately 13% year over year. The Company has found that savings account customers are more engaged and loyal customers.
Additionally, BMTX signed agreements with 10 new colleges and universities to date in 2022, providing approximately 55 thousand additional students access to BankMobile Disbursements and the BankMobile Vibe checking account, and has signed six colleges and universities up for its new Vendor Pay offering in 2022.
New Business (includes Banking-as-a-Service ("BaaS")/"white label banking" and niche D2C)
In the Company's BaaS vertical, its API-first2 platform design allows clients to consult and collaborate with BMTX as they create, implement, and execute their embedded finance vision. The Company's proprietary and flexible platform enables BMTX to go to market quickly, integrate with partners easily, and add features well ahead of our competition. A key part of the Company's Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) strategy, driven by its API technology, is to partner with large, well-known brands in delivering financial services through a partner bank, and the Company continues to actively work a pipeline of prospective new banking-as-a-service ("white label") clients to offer a suite of financial services products through its proprietary technology stack.
As previously disclosed during the 2022 second quarter, the Company achieved a key milestone with the execution of a term sheet to provide technology to a significant new BaaS partner. Since then, BMTX and the BaaS partner have moved from term sheet to a signed contract. This new BaaS partner has global operations and tens of millions of U.S. customers. BMTX was awarded this relationship through a competitive RFP process, underscoring the competitiveness of its BaaS offering in the marketplace. With the addition of this partner, the company has expanded its roster of large well-known brand name partners. This relationship may become even more valuable if the Company is able to vertically integrate this new partnership with the addition of a banking charter. To protect this partner's launch strategy, the Company will not identify the partner by name until commercial launch, which is expected to occur in early 2023, but the Company began development work with this partner in the second quarter and expects to perform additional work through the remainder of this year. 3
In Q2 2022, New Business average serviced deposits increased by $0.5 billion from Q2 2021. Over the same period, debit card spend decreased 5%, given stimulus benefits in the year-ago period. In Q2 2022, annualized debit card spend for highly active users (those with both direct deposit and a minimum of five customer driven transactions per month) was approximately $17,200 and average deposit balance per account was approximately $4,300. This very attractive cohort makes up approximately 17% of active accounts, compared to 16% in the second quarter of 2021. The recent increase in market rates has resulted in some reduction of more rate sensitive deposits, but balances have stabilized somewhat since we adjusted deposit pricing in July. Deposits may fluctuate in future periods depending on interest rates. The Company believes reducing rate sensitive deposits in our portfolio increases our franchise value and will benefit us as we become a bank.
With regards to the niche D2C strategy, the Company continues to have high conviction that there is market need and value in executing a targeted D2C strategy to underserved affinity groups. This will include continuing to focus on an employee demographic but also extend beyond that. We plan to execute on this vertical after we become a bank.
EARNINGS WEBCAST
The Company will host a live webcast to discuss its second quarter results at 9:00am ET on Tuesday, August 16, 2022. The webcast can be accessed via its investor relations site (ir.bmtxinc.com) by clicking on "Events & Presentations", then "Events Calendar," and following the link under "Upcoming Events;" or directly at Q2 2022 Earnings Webcast.
An updated version of BMTX's investor presentation will be posted on the Company's Investor Relations website at ir.bmtxinc.com.
RESTATEMENT OF 2021 QUARTERLY FINANCIALS
Financials for the periods ended March 31, 2021, June 30, 2021, and September 30, 2021 reported in this earnings release reflect the company's restatement of past periods as discussed in the company's annual report filed on Form 10K on May 10, 2022, and differ from previously reported financials. The restatement had no cumulative effect on the Company's previously reported revenues, Core EBITDA4, total cash balance, total assets, total liabilities, total equity, net working capital, net cash flows from operating activities, investing activities, or financing activities. Similarly, this correction had no impact on the Company's operations or its underlying business fundamentals.
Contact Information
Investors:
Bob Ramsey, CFA
Chief Financial Officer
571-236-8851
rramsey@bmtx.com
Media Inquiries:
Brigit Hennaman
Rubenstein Public Relations, Inc.
212-805-3005
bhennaman@rubensteinpr.com
ABOUT BM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
BM Technologies, Inc. (NYSE American: BMTX)—formerly known as BankMobile—is among the largest digital banking platforms and Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) providers in the country, providing access to checking and savings accounts, personal loans, credit cards, and financial wellness. It is focused on technology, innovation, easy-to-use products, and education with the mission to financially empower millions of Americans by providing a more affordable, transparent, and consumer-friendly banking experience. The BM Technologies (BMTX) digital banking platform employs a multi-partner distribution model, known as "Banking-as-a-Service" (BaaS), that enables the acquisition of customers at higher volumes and substantially lower expenses than traditional banks while providing significant benefits to its customers, partners, and business. BM Technologies (BMTX) currently has approximately two million accounts and provides disbursement services at approximately 750 college and university campuses (covering one out of every three college students in the U.S.). BM Technologies, Inc. (BMTX) is a technology company and is not a bank, which means it provides banking services through its partner bank. More information can be found at www.bmtx.com.
BMTX has signed a definitive agreement to merge with First Sound Bank, a Seattle, Washington-based business bank. The combined company will be a fintech-based bank focused on serving customers digitally nationwide. The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions and is expected to close in the second half of 2022.
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In general, forward-looking statements may be identified through the use of words such as "anticipate," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "plan," will," "should," "plan," "continue," "potential" and "project" or the negative of these terms or other similar words and expressions, and in this press release include our expectations regarding the First Sound merger, the development of our relationship with a significant new BaaS partner and the expected filing date of our 2022 second quarter Form 10-Q. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future results and conditions but rather are subject to various risks and uncertainties. Such statements are based on management's current expectations and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. Investors are cautioned that there can be no assurance actual results or business conditions will not differ materially from those projected or suggested in such forward-looking statements as a result of various factors. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to: (1) the ability of BMTX to obtain required governmental approvals of the First Sound acquisition, (2) the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to a delay in closing the First Sound acquisition or the termination of the acquisition agreement, (3) the failure of the closing conditions in the First Sound acquisition agreement to be satisfied, or any unexpected delay in closing the acquisition, (4) the risks relating to the integration of First Sound's operations into the operations of BMTX, including the risk that such integration will be materially delayed or will be more costly or difficult than expected, (5) the risk of expansion into new geographic or product markets, (6) the risk that we will be unable to expand our relationship with our new BaaS partner as we currently anticipate, and (7) general competitive, economic, political and market conditions. Further information regarding additional factors which could affect the forward-looking statements contained in this press release can be found in the cautionary language included under the headings "CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS" and "Risk Factors" and in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 and other documents subsequently filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). The Company's SEC filings are available publicly on the SEC website at www.sec.gov.
Many of these factors are beyond the Company's (and in the case of the prospective acquisition of First Sound, First Sound's) ability to control or predict. If one or more events related to these or other risks or uncertainties materialize, or if the underlying assumptions prove to be incorrect, actual results may differ materially from the forward-looking statements. Accordingly, shareholders and investors should not place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date of this communication, and BMTX undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, unless required by law.
BMTX qualifies all forward-looking statements by these cautionary statements.
Important Information About the Proposed Merger with First Sound Bank and Where to Find It
In connection with the proposed merger with First Sound Bank, the Company will file relevant materials with the SEC, including a definitive proxy statement for the Company's shareholders. Promptly after filing the definitive proxy statement with the SEC, the Company will mail the proxy statement and a proxy card to each shareholder entitled to vote at the special meeting relating to the transactions. INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ THESE MATERIALS (INCLUDING ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO) AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE TRANSACTIONS THAT BMTX WILL FILE WITH THE SEC WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMPANY, FSB AND THE TRANSACTIONS. The preliminary proxy statement, the definitive proxy statement and other relevant materials in connection with the transactions (when they become available), and any other documents filed by the Company with the SEC, may be obtained free of charge at the SEC's website (www.sec.gov) or by writing to BM Technologies, Inc. at 201 King of Prussia Road, Suite 350, Wayne, PA 19087.
Participants in Solicitation
The Company and First Sound Bank and their respective directors, executive officers and employees and other persons may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the holders of the Company common stock in respect of the proposed transactions. Information about the Company's directors and executive officers and their ownership of the Company's common stock is set forth in the Company's definitive proxy materials filed with the SEC in connection with its prospective 2022 annual meeting of shareholders scheduled to take place on June 15, 2022, filed with the SEC on May 2, 2022, as those materials were amended or supplemented on May 19, 2022. Other information regarding the interests of the participants in the proxy solicitation will be included in the proxy statement pertaining to the proposed transactions when it becomes available. These documents can be obtained free of charge from the sources indicated above.
NON-GAAP FINANCIAL RECONCILIATIONS - UNAUDITED
Certain financial measures used in this Press Release are not defined by U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") and as such are considered non-GAAP financial measures. Core expenses and EBITDA exclude the effects of items the Company does not consider indicative of its core operating performance, including merger expenses, fair value mark to market income or expense associated with certain warrants, and non-cash share based compensation. Management believes the use of core revenues, expenses, and EBITDA are appropriate to provide investors with an additional tool to evaluate the Company's ongoing business performance. Investors are cautioned that these non-GAAP financial measures may not be defined in the same manner by other companies and, as a result, may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures used by other companies. Also, these non-GAAP financial measures should not be construed as alternatives, or superior, to other measures determined in accordance with GAAP.
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WFO MIDLAND/ODESSA Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, August 16, 2022
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FLASH FLOOD WARNING
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
640 AM CDT Tue Aug 16 2022
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM CDT THIS
MORNING FOR EAST CENTRAL BREWSTER, SOUTH CENTRAL PECOS AND SOUTHERN
TERRELL COUNTIES...
At 640 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy
rain across the warned area. Between 4.5 and 5.5 inches of rain have
fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing
flash flooding.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Sanderson, Dryden and Terrell County Airport.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law
enforcement and request they pass this information to the National
Weather Service when you can do so safely.
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HealthLynked Reports Second Quarter 2022 Results
Revenue increase of 3% from Q1 22 to Q2 22 and 67% decrease in net losses from ($8.33) Million in the first half of 2021 to ($2.76) million in the first half of 2022
NAPLES, Fla., Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- HealthLynked Corp. (OTCQB: HLYK), ("HealthLynked" or the "Company"), a global healthcare network focused on care management of its members and a provider of healthcare technologies that connects doctors, patients, and medical data, reported its financial results for the second quarter and first half of 2022.
Second Quarter 2022 Financial Results
For the second quarter 2022, HealthLynked reported revenue of $1.65 million, compared to $1.71 million in the second quarter of 2021. The Naples Women's Center subsidiary experienced physician turnover that led to reduced revenues due to normal time required to establish a new physician and enroll in healthcare plans. Functional Medicine along with the acquisition of Aesthetics Enhancements Unlimited in May 2022 showed a 15% increase in year-over-year patient revenues.
Net losses increased from ($0.51) million in second quarter 2021 to ($1.59) million in second quarter 2022 due primarily to a $0.63 million one-time gain from the forgiveness of government loans in 2021 and a $0.18 million higher non-cash gains in 2021 from the change in fair value of contingent acquisition consideration associated with earn-out features prior earlier acquisitions. Compared to the first quarter of 2022, revenue increased from $1.60 million to $1.65 million and net loss increased from ($1.17) million to ($1.59) million. Shareholders' equity was $4.80 million as of June 30, 2022.
Year-to-Date 2022 Financial Results
For the first half of 2022, HealthLynked reported revenue of $3.26 million, compared to $3.50 million in the first half of 2021. Net losses were down 67% from ($8.33) Million in the first half of 2021 to ($2.76) million in the first half of 2022.
Dr. Michael Dent, HealthLynked's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, stated, "During the second quarter, we acquired Aesthetics Enhancements Unlimited to add to our portfolio of Health Services locations and our captive patient base. We continue to invest in the development of the HealthLynked Network with major advancements in our software platform. We plan to launch our pay service for Healthlynked members next quarter and integrate our services into the HealthLynked mobile application."
George O'Leary, HealthLynked's Chief Financial Officer, added, "To avoid future gaps in physician coverage we are very pleased to have signed Dr. Eduardo Maristany to an early 2-year extension through May 2025. We also have hired Dr. Sakr, a new physician, who will be joining The Naples Center of Functional Medicine. We plan to focus our attention on a concierge model for both The Naples Center of Functional Medicine and Naples Women's Center. HealthLynked's wide range of healthcare services provide an opportunity to offer a more comprehensive healthcare solution that will significantly increase future health service revenues."
About HealthLynked Corp.
HealthLynked Corp. provides a solution for both patient members and providers to improve healthcare through the efficient exchange of medical information. The HealthLynked Network is a cloud-based platform that allows members to connect with their healthcare providers and take more control of their healthcare. Members enter their medical information, including medications, allergies, past surgeries, and personal health records, in one convenient online and secure location, free of charge. Participating healthcare providers can connect with their current and future patients through the system. Benefits to in-network providers include the ability to utilize the HealthLynked patent-pending patient access hub "PAH" for patient analytics. Other benefits for preferred providers include HLYK marketing tools to connect with their active and inactive patients to improve patient retention, access more accurate and current patient information, provide more efficient online scheduling, and to fill last-minute cancelations using the Company's "real-time appointment scheduling" all within its mobile application. Preferred providers pay a monthly fee to access these HealthLynked services. For additional information about HealthLynked Corp., please visit www.healthlynked.com and connect with HealthLynked on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
Forward-Looking Statements
Forward-Looking Statements in this press release, which are not historical facts, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Our actual results, including as a result of any acquisitions, performance, or achievements may differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by the use of words such as "may," "could," "expect," "intend," "plan," "seek," "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "predict," "potential," "continue," "likely," "will," "would" and variations of these terms and similar expressions, or the negative of these terms or similar expressions. Such forward-looking statements are necessarily based upon estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable by our management, and us are inherently uncertain. We caution you not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements, which are made as of the date of this press release. We undertake no obligation to update publicly any of these forward-looking statements to reflect actual results, new information or future events, changes in assumptions or changes in other factors affecting forward-looking statements, except to the extent required by applicable laws. If we update one or more forward-looking statements, no inference should be drawn that we will make additional updates with respect to those or other forward-looking statements. Certain risks and uncertainties applicable to our operations and us are described in the "Risk Factors" section of our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and in other filings we have made with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. These reports are publicly available at www.sec.gov.
Investor Relations Contacts:
HLYK Contact:
George O'Leary
Chief Financial Officer
goleary@healthlynked.com
(800)-928-7144, ext. 103
William Hayde
Capital Markets Strategist
bhayde@healthlynked.com
(631)-403-4337
HealthLynked Corp.
Selected Consolidated Financial Data
Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2022 and 2021
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APP Group's brands Mackage and SOIA & KYO have adopted the NewStore mPOS and OMS to modernize their retail operations
BOSTON and MONTREAL, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NewStore, a modular, mobile-first omnichannel cloud platform for retail brands worldwide, today announced APP Group has rolled out its technology in its Mackage and SOIA & KYO stores. By replacing its legacy POS with a complete mobile POS, the company has transformed the in-store experience for associates and shoppers. Additionally, the APP Group brands now use the NewStore OMS, which will enable core omnichannel capabilities such as endless aisle, store fulfillment, and inventory management.
"Omnichannel is a game changer for our APP Group brands. We are already seeing the benefits of the NewStore platform through new features, like buy-online-ship-from-store, which are driving incremental sales and increasing revenue," said Patrick C. Elfassy, Executive Chairman, APP Group. "Our associates have also found NewStore to be extremely intuitive and they can get up and running in a few hours. In fact, spinning up a whole new store is so easy that we will be opening new locations in Europe earlier than expected."
APP Group is the Montreal-based parent company of the Mackage and SOIA & KYO brands. Both retailers offer a range of premium outerwear, handbags, and accessories that are sold throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. Equipped with just an iPhone, Mackage and SOIA & KYO associates can now serve and check out customers anywhere on the store floor while accessing real-time, enterprise-wide inventory. Across the two brands, the NewStore platform is now live in 16 stores and three countries, including Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom, with plans to scale in the months ahead.
"APP Group is the latest example of Canadian-born brands that are raising the bar for retail innovation," said Stephan Schambach, Founder and CEO, NewStore. "The only thing certain about the future of retail is its unpredictability. By rolling out NewStore, APP Group has set up Mackage and SOIA & KYO for whatever challenges the industry will face in the next 12 months and beyond."
Because NewStore is built on a microservices, API-first architecture, it seamlessly integrates with Shopify, APP Group's ecommerce platform, and Infor M3, its enterprise resource planning tool. This allows NewStore to be the source of truth for all customer, inventory, and order data. By giving employees access to this information in real-time, Mackage and SOIA & KYO can now:
- Access real-time customer information, such as transactions across all channels, average transaction amount, and customer purchase activity,
- Manage store inventory with guided workflows for fulfillment, receiving, transfers, and cycle counts,
- Sell inventory from any store location or distribution center so products are never out of stock,
- Increase customer convenience by combining store and endless aisle orders into a single transaction,
- Route orders efficiently to reduce fulfillment time and cost while increasing customer satisfaction, and
- Provide consistent and superior brand experiences across all touchpoints with ease.
To learn more about the NewStore Omnichannel Platform and to request a demo, visit: https://www.newstore.com/
APP Group is the Montreal based parent company of Mackage and SOIA & KYO brands. We are creators, wholesalers and retailers of luxurious and quality outerwear, handbags and accessories, sold to upscale retailers in over 20 countries throughout the world.
NewStore provides Omnichannel-as-a-Service for retail brands worldwide that want to accelerate their digital transformation. Built for speed and flexibility, NewStore allows brands to easily deliver amazing shopping experiences that store associates and consumers love. Its mobile-first, modular cloud platform includes POS, order management, clienteling, inventory, and native consumer apps. NewStore customers such as Burton, Faherty Brand, G-Star RAW, Marine Layer, Scotch & Soda, UNTUCKit, and Vince benefit from the most complete, global omnichannel retail solution available. The company is backed by General Catalyst, Activant Capital, and Salesforce Ventures. Learn more at www.newstore.com.
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- Climate change (46%), air quality (36%) and plastic pollution (33%) are global consumers' top three environmental concerns.
- 58% of global consumers say extreme weather events in the country where they live encourage them to do more to protect the environment.
- Nearly two in five (38%) say they want to show other people how they are doing good for the environment.
CHICAGO, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Consumer fears over climate change have escalated around the globe over the last year. According to new research from the 2022 Mintel Consulting Sustainability Barometer, the number of global consumers citing climate change as a top three environmental concern has risen from an average of 39% to 46% between 2021-22*.
In addition to climate change, concern over water shortages (up from 27% in 2021 to 31% in 2022) and food shortages (up from 17% to 23%) have made the most significant gains in terms of environmental priorities in the past 12 months as extreme weather events and the conflict in Ukraine make these troubling realities more commonplace.
Climate change remains the world's highest environmental priority with nearly half (46%) of consumers globally citing it among their top three concerns. Air quality (eg exhaust fumes, industrial emissions) (36%) and plastic pollution (eg ocean plastic) (33%) complete the world's top three environmental concerns; however, concerns about plastic pollution are down slightly from 36% in 2021.
Growing awareness is evident as just under three in five (58%) consumers globally agree that extreme weather events (eg flooding, heatwaves) in the country where they live encourage them to personally do more activities to protect the environment. And it seems helping the planet brings with it a feel-good factor as an overwhelming 68% of consumers globally say doing things that benefit the environment makes them feel happy. While 38% say they want to show other people how they are doing good for the environment (eg by sharing on social media). A further 24% say they have researched their annual carbon footprint (eg with an online calculator or app).
While environmental priorities have shifted in the last year, consumers' sustainable behaviors remain focused on simplicity and frugality: recycling packaging (59% in 2022 v 60% in 2021), meal planning to avoid food waste (53% in 2022 v 52% in 2021) and reducing clothes buying (50% in 2022 v 52% in 2021) remain the top global sustainable behaviors 2022-2021. Furthermore, global consumers' optimism has stalled with 55% believing that if we act now, we still have time to save the planet, compared to 54% who said the same last year.
The second annual Mintel Consulting Sustainability Barometer features research and insight on consumers' sustainability attitudes, behaviors and purchase preferences across 16 countries*. It offers recommendations for companies and brands based on best-in-class innovations, communications and campaigns.
Richard Cope, Senior Trends Consultant, Mintel Consulting, said:
"The fact that concerns around climate change and water and food shortages are being prioritized ahead of previous preoccupations with waste and plastic pollution points towards the emergence of a more informed and hardened global consumer. Soaring temperatures, extreme weather events and disruptions to food, water and energy supply chains have given consumers a harsh reality check, hurting their health and wallets, and activating them in the process. In the meantime, escalating activism, regulatory reaction and the sheer scale of the challenges ahead and solutions required have educated global consumers enough to sniff out greenwashing campaigns and there's no going back from that. This means companies will increasingly need to assert—and clearly communicate—the truly impactful actions they are taking to reduce emissions, rather than simply offset them or dip their toes into populist 'plastic free' campaigns. This growing awareness around resource inputs and emission and waste outputs will also spell the end for 'environmentally friendly' as a credible marketing term.
"Our research shows that the majority of consumers continue to see recycling and mitigating waste as important sustainable behaviors. This tells us that simple, frugal behaviors are the most popular among consumers which underlines the fact that brands' sustainability initiatives need to deliver on value and convenience. Looking ahead to 2023, expect to see resource (food, water, money) conservation ascend further up the agenda and the use of economizing technology refurbishes and urban peer access sharing economies to grow. For consumers, the connections between saving the environment, its resources and their money will strengthen."
*500 internet users aged 16/18+ across 16 countries were surveyed in March 2021: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Poland, South Korea, Spain, Thailand, UK, US; 500 internet users aged 16/18+ across 16 countries were surveyed in April 2022, with Poland and Ireland replaced by Indonesia and Mexico.
An Executive Summary of the Mintel Consulting Sustainability Barometer 2022 is available for free download here.
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Walmart sees smaller profit drop as discounts draw inflation-hit shoppers
By Uday Sampath Kumar and Siddharth Cavale
Aug 16 (Reuters) - Walmart Inc nudged up its annual profit forecast on Tuesday, partly reversing a hefty cut less than a month ago, as discounts to clear excess merchandise and lower fuel prices helped it beat expectations for quarterly sales.
The stock, which has fallen over 8% this year, rose 3.7% in premarket trading. Shares of rivals Target Corp, Costco and Best Buy also climbed on the news, while futures for the blue-chip Dow index cut losses.
Walmart said it now expected fiscal 2023 adjusted earnings per share to fall 9-11%.
Last month, the top U.S. retailer spooked markets across the globe when it forecast a drop of 11-13% - down from previous guidance for a 1% fall - and warned consumers were pulling back on discretionary purchases at a far greater pace than feared as soaring inflation hit their spending power.
That forced Walmart to make steep price cuts on items such as apparel to try to reduce more than $61 billion worth of inventory it was sitting on at the end of the first quarter.
A host of other retailers including Target Corp and Best Buy Co Inc have also issued profit warnings in recent weeks as they struggle with excess merchandise.
Walmart reported inventories of $59.92 billion at the end of the second quarter to July 31, still 25% above last year's levels.
"I think it's going to take another quarter, maybe get into the fourth quarter a little bit, to get back to where we want to be from an overall inventory perspective," Walmart's Chief Financial Officer John David Rainey said.
Rainey, who joined Walmart in May, added consumers were continuing their purchasing patterns of buying more low-margin food and consumables over general merchandise, despite an easing in gas food prices. They are trading down and allocating more spending to private-label products, he said.
"Instead of buying maybe deli meats or beef, they're trading down to things like canned tuna, chicken and, even, beans. We're seeing the same thing in the quantity, where they're trading down for smaller pack sizes that are more affordable. So instead of buying 12 items to buy six items in a pack," Rainey said.
Home, electronics and apparel are still "problematic" categories, Rainey said.
Back-to-school shopping gave Walmart's sale a boost at the end of July, but many parents opted for school supplies instead of clothing. Rainey said he expected back-to-school apparel shopping to pick up in the coming weeks.
BACK-HALF VIEW MAINTAINED
Since the last round of quarterly results, the prices consumers pay for goods and services have shown signs of easing. The consumer price index rose 8.5% in July, less than in the previous month, due largely to a 17% drop in gasoline prices.
This helped to drive a 6.5% rise in sales at Walmart's U.S. stores that have been open for at least a year, beating its prior forecast for a 6% gain.
Total revenue rose 8.4% to $152.86 billion in the second quarter, beating analysts' average expectation of $150.81 billion, according to IBES data from Refinitiv.
However, discounts on discretionary products, slowing demand for high-margin items such as appliances, electronics and clothes, and rising labor costs led to a 6.8% fall in the company's quarterly operating income to $6.85 billion.
The Bentonville, Arkansas-based retailer now expects consolidated net sales growth of about 5% and adjusted earnings to decline 9.0% to 11.0% in the third quarter. Same-store sales for Walmart U.S., excluding fuel, are expected to rise 3%, the company said. It also maintained its forecast for 3% same-store sales growth for the rest of the year.
"Walmart maintained its outlook for the second-half of the year - an indication that, even with lower gas prices, consumers are still looking at buying less and cheaper on their weekly shopping trips, Jefferies analyst Stephanie Wissink said. (Reporting by Uday Sampath in Bengaluru and Siddharth Cavale in New York; Additional reporting by Arriana Mclymore; Editing by Anil D'Silva and Mark Potter) | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-11116273/Walmart-sees-smaller-profit-drop-year-discounts-spur-demand.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-08-16T12:53:59Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-11116273/Walmart-sees-smaller-profit-drop-year-discounts-spur-demand.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
First-Time Honor Ranks Innovative Intelligence Platform in the Top 3% of Fastest-Growing Private Companies in America
STAMFORD, Conn., Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SponsorUnited, the leading global sports and entertainment intelligence platform, debuted today at No. 145 on the annual Inc. 5000 list–the most prestigious ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in America. The list represents a snapshot of the most successful companies within the economy's independent businesses–arguably its most dynamic segment. Microsoft, Patagonia, Chobani, Under Armour, Facebook, and many other household names first rose to prominence on the national stage as members of the Inc. 5000.
In addition to ranking No. 145 overall, SponsorUnited is the third fastest growing company in Connecticut, and the twelfth fastest growing Advertising & Marketing company on the list.
"Making the 2022 Inc. 5000 and ranking in the top 3% of companies on the list is a true testament to the sheer effort, attitude and ingenuity of the thousands of people who've contributed to SponsorUnited's success," said Bob Lynch, SponsorUnited's Founder & CEO.
While working for the Miami Dolphins and then the Brooklyn Nets from 2010-2015, Lynch sensed an opportunity for brands and properties to partner more effectively in the complex world of sponsorships. Companies across industries would benefit enormously from a resource that demystified the sponsorship marketplace and provided greater accessibility to partnership deals.
Inspired by this mission, Lynch launched the SponsorUnited platform in 2018. The company has since grown substantially to 130 employees and 1,000 partners in 18 countries.
Complete results of the 2022 Inc. 5000 can be found at www.inc.com/inc5000.
Media Contact:
Lisa Brown: lbrown@sponsorunited.com
About SponsorUnited
Launched in 2018, SponsorUnited is the leading global sports and entertainment intelligence platform, delivering real-time trends and on-demand research that provide invaluable insights. With over 10M assets, 700K deals, 200K brands, and 30K properties across sports, media, music, and events in one SaaS database, SponsorUnited enables brands, properties and agencies to partner more effectively. By connecting the entire sponsorship ecosystem through the most comprehensive data available anywhere, SponsorUnited is fueling smarter partnerships.
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CALGARY, AB, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (TSX: CP) (NYSE: CP) ("CP") today announced it has received the required regulatory clearance from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States ("CFIUS") for the proposed combination of CP and Kansas City Southern ("KCS").
CP completed its acquisition of KCS on Dec. 14, 2021. Immediately upon the closing of the acquisition, the shares of KCS were placed into a voting trust which ensures KCS will operate independently of CP while the U.S. Surface Transportation Board ("STB") completes its regulatory review of the companies' joint railroad control application to create Canadian Pacific Kansas City ("CPKC"), the only single-line railroad linking the United States, Mexico and Canada.
The STB review of CP's proposed control of KCS is expected to be completed in early 2023.
This news release contains certain forward looking statements and forward looking information (collectively, "FLI") to provide CP shareholders and potential investors with information about CP, KCS and their respective subsidiaries and affiliates, which FLI may not be appropriate for other purposes. FLI is typically identified by words such as "anticipate", "expect", "project", "estimate", "forecast", "plan", "intend", "will", "target", "believe", "likely" and similar words suggesting future outcomes or statements regarding an outlook. All statements other than statements of historical fact may be FLI.
Although we believe that the FLI is reasonable based on the information available today and processes used to prepare it, such statements are not guarantees of future performance and you are cautioned against placing undue reliance on FLI. By its nature, FLI involves a variety of assumptions, which are based upon factors that may be difficult to predict and that may involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties and other factors which may cause actual results, levels of activity and achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these FLI, including, but not limited to, the following: the realization of anticipated benefits and synergies of the CP-KCS transaction and the timing thereof; the success of integration plans; the focus of management time and attention on the CP-KCS transaction and other disruptions arising from the CP-KCS transaction; changes in business strategy and strategic opportunities; estimated future dividends; financial strength and flexibility; debt and equity market conditions, including the ability to access capital markets on favourable terms or at all; cost of debt and equity capital; the ability of management of CP, its subsidiaries and affiliates to execute key priorities, including those in connection with the CP-KCS transaction; general Canadian, U.S., Mexican and global social, economic, political, credit and business conditions; risks associated with agricultural production such as weather conditions and insect populations; the availability and price of energy commodities; the effects of competition and pricing pressures, including competition from other rail carriers, trucking companies and maritime shippers in Canada, the U.S. and Mexico; North American and global economic growth; industry capacity; shifts in market demand; changes in commodity prices and commodity demand; uncertainty surrounding timing and volumes of commodities being shipped; inflation; geopolitical instability; changes in laws, regulations and government policies, including regulation of rates; changes in taxes and tax rates; potential increases in maintenance and operating costs; changes in fuel prices; disruption in fuel supplies; uncertainties of investigations, proceedings or other types of claims and litigation; compliance with environmental regulations; labour disputes; changes in labour costs and labour difficulties; risks and liabilities arising from derailments; transportation of dangerous goods; timing of completion of capital and maintenance projects; sufficiency of budgeted capital expenditures in carrying out business plans; services and infrastructure; the satisfaction by third parties of their obligations; currency and interest rate fluctuations; exchange rates; effects of changes in market conditions and discount rates on the financial position of pension plans and investments; trade restrictions or other changes to international trade arrangements; the effects of current and future multinational trade agreements on the level of trade among Canada, the U.S. and Mexico; climate change and the market and regulatory responses to climate change; ability to achieve commitments and aspirations relating to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and other climate-related objectives; anticipated in-service dates; success of hedging activities; operational performance and reliability; customer, regulatory and other stakeholder approvals and support; regulatory and legislative decisions and actions; the adverse impact of any termination or revocation by the Mexican government of Kansas City Southern de Mexico, S.A. de C.V.'s Concession; public opinion; various events that could disrupt operations, including severe weather events, such as droughts, floods, avalanches and earthquakes, and cybersecurity attacks, as well as security threats and governmental response to them, and technological changes; acts of terrorism, war or other acts of violence or crime or risk of such activities; insurance coverage limitations; material adverse changes in economic and industry conditions, including the availability of short and long-term financing; and the pandemic created by the outbreak of COVID-19 and its variants, and resulting effects on economic conditions, the demand environment for logistics requirements and energy prices, restrictions imposed by public health authorities or governments, fiscal and monetary policy responses by governments and financial institutions, and disruptions to global supply chains.
We caution that the foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive and is made as of the date hereof. Additional information about these and other assumptions, risks and uncertainties can be found in reports and filings by CP with Canadian and U.S. securities regulators, including any prospectus, material change report, management information circular or registration statement that have been or will be filed in connection with the transaction. Reference should be made to "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Forward Looking Statements" in CP's annual and interim reports on Form 10-K and 10-Q. Due to the interdependencies and correlation of these factors, as well as other factors, the impact of any one assumption, risk or uncertainty on FLI cannot be determined with certainty.
Except to the extent required by law, we assume no obligation to publicly update or revise any FLI, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. All FLI in this news release is expressly qualified in its entirety by these cautionary statements.
Canadian Pacific is a transcontinental railway in Canada and the United States with direct links to major ports on the west and east coasts. CP provides North American customers a competitive rail service with access to key markets in every corner of the globe. CP is growing with its customers, offering a suite of freight transportation services, logistics solutions and supply chain expertise. Visit cpr.ca to see the rail advantages of CP. CP-IR
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Prestigious International Annual Awards Program Recognizes Standout Marketing, Advertising and Sales Technology Around the World
NEW YORK, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Global ad security and threat intelligence provider, Confiant, today announced that it has been selected as the winner of the "Best Ad Analytics Solution" award in the 5th annual MarTech Breakthrough Awards program conducted by MarTech Breakthrough, a leading market intelligence organization that recognizes the top companies, technologies and products in the global marketing, sales and advertising technology industry today.
Confiant is a cybersecurity, ad tech and malware prevention service provider that enables enterprises, publishers and platforms to regain control of the ad experience. The Company's cybersecurity ad verification, security, quality, and privacy solutions protect reputation, revenue, and resources by providing real-time verification of digital advertisements.
Confiant's technology actively monitors billions of ad impressions and trillions of ad auctions each month to detect and block malicious activity, and low-quality ads, providing a safeguard against cyber threats including malware, phishing, scams, as well as disruptive ads, and consent violations.
"Our goal has always been to be world class in our cyber protection solutions. Overseeing the ad tech industry's infrastructure, tracking, and acting to protect it from malicious actors hijacking it is what Confiant is committed to," said Louis-David Mangin, CEO and Cofounder of Confiant Inc. "Malvertising is increasing in criminal sophistication in parallel to the ad tech industry's increasing in technical sophistication. The mapping of the threat vector, which we published at matrix.confiant.com, is testament to our industry leading expertise at JavaScript threats and reverse cloaking technologies."
The mission of the MarTech Breakthrough Awards is to honor excellence and recognize the innovation, hard work and success in a range of marketing, sales and advertising technology related categories, including marketing automation, market research and customer experience, AdTech, Sales Tech, marketing analytics, content and social marketing, mobile marketing and many more. This year's program attracted more than 2,950 nominations from over 18 different countries throughout the world.
"Confiant empowers and protects financial institutions, digital publishers and premium ad platforms with actionable data to ensure the digital ad ecosystem is safe and secure for everyone," said James Johnson, Managing Director at MarTech Breakthrough. "Confiant's team of security and privacy engineers identify threat actors, malvertising, security, quality, and privacy issues in the ad ecosystem that affect enterprises, publishers, platforms and their customers. We extend our sincere congratulations to the Confiant team on being our choice for 'Best Ad Analytics Solution' in 2022."
Confiant's mission is to make the digital world safe for everyone.
Confiant is a cybersecurity provider specialized in detecting and stopping threats that leverage advertising technology infrastructure, also known as Malvertising. We help digital publishers and advertising technology platforms around the world take back control of the ad experience in real-time. In addition, Confiant helps enterprises protect themselves and their customers from threat actors performing these attacks. Confiant oversees trillions of monthly ad impressions with innovative integrations embedded deep into the ad tech ecosystem, giving us a unique vantage point. Our superior detection set for phishing, crypto scams and malware attacks using ads as a vector is one-of-a-kind in the industry. Confiant executes our mission everyday to protect users and organizations of all sizes, including Microsoft, Orange, Paramount and IBM. We offer unique and actionable insights into threats that systematically target brands, businesses, individuals and supply chains via ads. Our recently published Malvertising Matrix maps the tactics, techniques and procedures active in Malvertising today, inclusive of emerging Web3 Layer 4 threats. To learn more about Confiant and our technology visit: www.confiant.com
Part of Tech Breakthrough, a leading market intelligence and recognition platform for global technology innovation and leadership, the MarTech Breakthrough Awards program is devoted to honoring excellence in marketing, ad and sales technology companies, products and people. The MarTech Breakthrough Awards provide a platform for public recognition around the achievements of breakthrough marketing technology companies and products in categories including marketing automation, AdTech, SalesTech, marketing analytics, CRM, content and social marketing, website, SEM, mobile marketing and more. For more information, visit MarTechBreakthrough.com.
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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Celebrity Book Club with Chelsea Devantez, a podcast that recaps and celebrates the memoirs of female celebrities, just released a special episode featuring comedian Alison Leiby. Devantez has been recapping celebrity memoirs for years and had noticed a commonality between so many of these women: many had shared their stories of abortion and how they accessed health care when they needed it most. With the overturning of Roe v. Wade, Devantez and Alison discuss the topic and highlight many of the brave women who have shared their own abortion stories.
Devantez was compelled to record this special episode and says, "One of the greatest political weapons ever wielded is Shame. For years the political right has successfully weaponized Shame around abortion because keeping people silent, embarrassed, and hiding in the shadows is the only way to retain the power that doesn't belong to them," she says. She goes on to say, "Shame makes women take themselves out of the conversation; it makes abortion a difficult topic to cover on shows and in the news, because everyone feels they must tiptoe around it, which ensures inaction. In this moment of defeat, one of the best things we can do is talk openly about abortion, share stories, make jokes, cry if we need to, because simply talking about it is one of the most powerful things we can do."
The episode features a variety of clips that have aired on previous Celebrity Book Club episodes, which include stories from celebrities such as Sally Field, Viola Davis, Chelsea Handler, Reba McEntire, Sinéad O'Connor, and more.
"Every time someone can stand strong in their truth and share it, it allows others to do the same," says Devantez. "One of the ways to try and cure shame is to share your story so you can connect to others and realize you're not alone."
To listen to the episode featuring Alison Leiby, check out this special episode of Celebrity Book Club with Chelsea Devantez at https://www.chelsearosedevantez.com/celebrity-book-club/ or any outlet where podcasts are available.
About Chelsea Devantez: Chelsea Devantez is a Emmy-nominated writer, comedian, filmmaker, and podcast host who entered into an overall deal with 20th Television at the beginning of 2022. She is currently a Co-Executive Producer on the ABC, Gina Rodriguez-led comedy, Not Dead Yet. Prior to that, Chelsea was the Head Writer on Jon Stewart's Apple series, The Problem with Jon Stewart. She began her TV writing career writing for Jon Stewart for his never released HBO show. Since her first go-round with the host, Devantez has written on Girls5Eva, Bless this Mess, Abby's, and Comedy Central's The Opposition with Jordan Klepper. She has a feature in development with Rideback and Sony Screen Gems titled You've Met Your Match about her experience putting her mother-in-law on Tinder. Chelsea's short film, Basic, which she wrote, directed, and starred in, premiered at SXSW 2020 and was released on Amazon Prime. Basic is currently being developed as a feature with Marc Platt Productions, with Meredith Hagner attached to star, and is set to be Chelsea's directorial debut.
Chelsea will release her memoir with Hanover Square Press which is set to be published in Fall 2023. This essay collection is structured around each of the women who have shaped Chelsea's upbringing and career, from family members to celebrities to strangers.
About Celebrity Book Club with Chelsea Devantez:
In September 2020, Chelsea Devantez launched her podcast Celebrity Book Club which recaps and celebrates the memoirs of female celebrities. Since then, Celebrity Book Club has garnered over 3 million downloads and put out over 55 episodes, covering memoirs like Jessica Simpson's Open Book, Gabrielle Union's We're Going to Need More Wine, and Ronnie Spector's Be My Baby, and featuring guests like Stephanie Beatriz, Ashley Nicole Black, Melissa Fumero, Margaret Cho, Gabourey Sidibe, Cecily Strong, Jenni Konner, Leighton Meester, and Paul Scheer. Celebrity Book Club was the very first podcast chosen as an Apple Podcasts Spotlight feature, and is a mainstay of their Top 20 list for Books. The podcast is completely independent and has been supported by over 1k subscribers on Patreon since December 2021.
About Alison Leiby: Alison Leiby is a Brooklyn-based writer and comedian who recently debuted her one-woman comedy show, titled Oh God, a Show About Abortion, at the Cherry Lane Theatre. She was a co-producer on Amazon's "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel." She's written for Comedy Central's "The President Show" and "The Opposition with Jordan Klepper," and she also did punch-up on "Broad City." She also executive-produced Ilana Glazer's "Comedy Time Capsule" and Ilana's Amazon stand-up special, "The Planet is Burning." Other credits include Hulu's "Triumph Election Special" and Cartoon Network's "Teenage Euthanasia." Alison also co-hosts Irony Point's popular podcast "Ruined," with Crooked Media's Halle Kiefer.
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