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ZURICH, (Reuters) – The U.N. nuclear watchdog has “serious concern” about North Korea’s atomic programme, it said in an annual report to members, urging the country to comply with Security Council resolutions.
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi had sounded the alarm in June, noting that building work expanding key facilities at North Korea’s main nuclear site at Yongbyon was advancing.
The reclusive state has staged a series of missile tests this year and some analysts believe it is preparing to resume testing nuclear weapons after a five-year hiatus.
In the annual report, the IAEA said excavation work commenced in March near Adit 3 at a nuclear test site close to the settlement of Punggye-ri to reopen the test tunnel after its partial demolition in May 2018. Excavation work at Adit 3 was possibly completed by May, it said.
Several timber support buildings were also built at the site, and the IAEA observed work to shore up portions of a washed-out road nearby.
“The reopening of the nuclear test site is deeply troubling, as is the expansion of the reported centrifuge enrichment facility (at Yongbyon) and the continued operation of the 5MW(e) reactor and other facilities,” the agency said in a summary of its findings.
“The continuation of the DPRK’s nuclear programme is a clear violation of relevant UN Security Council resolutions and is deeply regrettable,” it added, using the acronym for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
Grossi called upon the country to comply with its obligations under U.N. Security Council resolutions, cooperate with the IAEA, and resolve outstanding issues, especially those that have arisen since IAEA inspectors left in 2009.
Reporting by Michael Shields; editing by Jonathan Oatis
Photo – A photo released by the official North Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) shows Kim Jong Un (C), general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea, president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), and supreme commander of the armed forces of the DPRK, Jang Chang-ha (L rear), Chief of the North’s Academy of National Defense, and Kim Jong-sik (R), the Deputy Director of the Munitions Industry Department, during the test-launch of a new type of inter-continental ballistic missile Hwasongpho-17 of the DPRK strategic forces that was conducted on 24 March 2022. EPA-EFE/KCNA
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Interior CS Matiang’i declares Tuesday public holiday
Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i has declared Tuesday September 13, 2022 a public holiday, being the date when President-elect William Ruto and Deputy President-elect Rigathi Gachagua will be sworn in.
Preparations for Dr Ruto’s inauguration as the fifth President of the Republic of Kenya are already in top gear, with the Assumption of Office Committee, which is tasked with facilitating handover of the instruments of power to the incoming government, having met on Tuesday this week to put final touches to the transition plans.
The meeting at Harambee House, Nairobi, came a day after President Uhuru Kenyatta assured the country of a smooth transition.
Handover preparations began on August 12, when the Assumption of Office Committee held its inaugural meeting and assured the public of a seamless process.
Hand over peacefully
On Wednesday, President Kenyatta said he will be at Kasarani stadium on Tuesday to hand over power “peacefully, while smiling” to his successor.
He was speaking during the Azimio Parliamentary Group meeting at Maasai Lodge in Kajiado County.
"I will hand over power on Tuesday while smiling because that is my constitutional duty and I had promised a smooth transition. After that, I will become a normal citizen and my leader will be Raila Odinga," President Kenyatta said amid cheers from the MPs.
Serve all Kenyans
President-elect Ruto, in an interview with CNN on Wednesday evening, said he is focused on ensuring that his government serves all Kenyans regardless of their political affiliation.
"The administration that I am going to run is going to be an administration that is going to serve all Kenyans equally, whether they voted for us or they did not," said Dr Ruto.
"Everybody will do business, everybody will do whatever they want to do so long as they are doing it within the law. Anybody that operates outside the law, it does not matter where they come from, they will be sent back from where they came from," he added.
Already, Dr Ruto has invited more than 40 heads of state to attend his inauguration on Tuesday.
The invitations are being made to the countries identified by former Foreign Affairs Chief Administrative Secretary Ababu Namwamba, who led Dr Ruto’s international relations docket at his presidential campaign secretariat.
"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been extremely helpful in coordinating this effort. We have been in touch with them. We are doing it together. We expect that we are going to have a good number," said Mr Namwamba.
Official portrait
He added that they are also working on the official portrait which will be sent across Kenyan embassies and consulates across the country and will be completed before the week ends.
"I am aware that work has been going on on the details of official portrait. Official portrait is also something which is part of our diplomatic protocol because we need to share it to various capitals. [The making of the] Presidential Standard is also going on," he said.
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Airline signs purchase agreement for up to 400 eVTOL aircraft from Eve aiming to revolutionize commuter experience in cities around the world
CHICAGO, Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- United today announced a $15 million investment in Eve Air Mobility and a conditional purchase agreement for 200 four-seat electric aircraft plus 200 options, expecting the first deliveries as early as 2026. This marks another significant investment from United in flying taxis – or eVTOLs (electric vertical take-off and landing vehicle) – that have the potential to revolutionize the commuter experience in cities around the world. Under the terms of the agreement, the companies intend to work on future projects, including studies on the development, use and application of Eve's aircraft and the urban air mobility (UAM) ecosystem.
"United has made early investments in several cutting-edge technologies at all levels of the supply chain, staking out our position as a leader in aviation sustainability and innovation," said Michael Leskinen, President of United Airlines Ventures. "Today, United is making history again, by becoming the first major airline to publicly invest in two eVTOL companies. Our agreement with Eve highlights our confidence in the urban air mobility market and serves as another important benchmark toward our goal of net zero carbon emissions by 2050 – without using traditional offsets. Together, we believe our suite of clean energy technologies will revolutionize air travel as we know it and serve as the catalyst for the aviation industry to move toward a sustainable future."
"United's investment in Eve reinforces the trust in our products and services and strengthens our position in the North American market," said Andre Stein, co-CEO of Eve. "I am confident that our UAM agnostic solutions, coupled with the global know-how we have been developing at Eve and Embraer's heritage, are the best fit for this initiative, giving United's customers a quick, economical and sustainable way to get to its hub airports and commute in dense urban environments. It is an unparalleled opportunity to work with United to advance the US UAM ecosystem, and we look forward to it."
United was the first major U.S. airline to create a corporate venture fund, United Airlines Ventures (UAV), designed to support the company's 100% green commitment to reach net zero emissions by 2050 without the use of traditional offsets. Through UAV, United has led the industry in investments in eVTOL and electric aircraft, hydrogen fuel cell engines, and sustainable aviation fuel. Last month, United gave a $10 million deposit to a California-based eVTOL company for 100 aircraft.
United's investment in Eve was driven in part by confidence in the potential growth opportunities in the UAM market and Eve's unique relationship with Embraer, a trusted aircraft manufacturer with a proven track record of building and certifying aircraft over the company's 53-year history. Critically, their relationship includes access to Embraer's service centers, parts warehouses and field service technicians, paving the way for a reliable operation. Upon entry into service, United could have its entire eVTOL fleet serviced by Eve's agnostic service and support operations. Moreover, United joins the consortium led by Eve, which will simulate UAM operations in Chicago from Sept. 12.
Rather than relying on traditional combustion engines, eVTOL aircraft are designed to use electric motors, providing carbon-free flights and to be used as 'air taxis' in urban markets. Eve's design uses conventional fixed wings, rotors and pushers, giving it a practical and intuitive lift-plus-cruise design, which favors safety, efficiency, reliability and certifiability. With a range of 60 miles (100 km), its vehicle has the potential not only to offer a sustainable commute but also to reduce noise levels by 90 percent compared to current conventional aircraft. Eve is also creating a new air traffic management solution designed for the UAM industry to scale safely. This software is intended to perform at the same safety level as Embraer's existing air traffic management software and expected to be a strategic asset to helping the entire industry grow.
About United
United's shared purpose is "Connecting People. Uniting the World." From our U.S. hubs in Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, New York/Newark, San Francisco and Washington, D.C., United operates the most comprehensive global route network among North American carriers. United is bringing back our customers' favorite destinations and adding new ones on its way to becoming the world's best airline. For more about how to join the United team, please visit www.united.com/careers and more information about the company is at www.united.com. United Airlines Holdings, Inc., the parent company of United Airlines, Inc., is traded on the Nasdaq under the symbol "UAL".
About Eve
Eve is dedicated to accelerating the Urban Air Mobility ecosystem. Benefitting from a start-up mindset, backed by Embraer S.A.'s more than 50-year history of aerospace expertise, and with a singular focus, Eve is taking a holistic approach to progressing the UAM ecosystem, with an advanced eVTOL project, comprehensive global services and support network and a unique air traffic management solution. Since May 10, 2022, Eve is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, where its shares of common stock and public warrants trade under the tickers "EVEX" and "EVEXW". For more information, please visit www.eveairmobility.com.
United Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains certain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements that are not statements of historical facts are, or may be deemed to be, forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are based on historical performance and current expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections about our future financial results, goals, plans, commitments, strategies and objectives and involve inherent risks, assumptions and uncertainties, known or unknown, including internal or external factors that could delay, divert or change any of them, that are difficult to predict, may be beyond our control and could cause our future financial results, goals, plans and objectives to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, the statements. These risks, assumptions, uncertainties and other factors include, among others, any delay or inability of United Airlines to realize the expected benefits of the proposed transaction. No forward-looking statement can be guaranteed. Forward-looking statements in this press release should be evaluated together with the many risks and uncertainties that affect United's business and market, particularly those identified in the "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and "Risk Factors" sections in United's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, as updated by our subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The forward-looking statements included in this document are made only as of the date of this document and except as otherwise required by applicable law or regulation, United undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, changed circumstances or otherwise.
Eve Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of words such as "estimate," "plan," "project," "forecast," "intend," "will," "expect," "anticipate," "believe," "seek," "target", "may", "intend", "predict", "should", "would", "predict", "potential", "seem", "future", "outlook" or other similar expressions (or negative versions of such words or expressions) that predict or indicate future events or trends or that are not statements of historical matters. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the expectations of Eve Holding, Inc. ("Eve") with respect to its future performance. These statements are based on various assumptions, whether or not identified herein, and on the current expectations of Eve's management and are not predictions of actual performance. These forward-looking statements are provided for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to serve as and must not be relied on by any investor as, a guarantee, an assurance, a prediction or a definitive statement of fact or probability. Actual events and circumstances are difficult or impossible to predict and may differ from assumptions, and such differences may be material. Many actual events and circumstances are beyond the control of Eve. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including, among others: (i) any delay or inability of Eve or United Airlines to realize the expected benefits of the proposed transaction; (ii) changes in domestic and foreign business, market, financial, political and legal conditions; (iii) risks relating to the uncertainty of the projected financial information with respect to Eve; (iv) the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against Eve; (v) future global, regional or local economic and market conditions, including the growth and development of the urban air mobility market; (vi) the development, effects and enforcement of laws and regulations; (vii) Eve's ability to grow and manage future growth, maintain relationships with customers and suppliers and retain its key employees; (viii) Eve's ability to develop new products and solutions, bring them to market in a timely manner, and make enhancements to its platform; (ix) Eve's ability to successfully develop, obtain certification for and commercialize its aircraft, (x) the effects of competition on Eve's future business; (xi) the outcome of any potential litigation, government and regulatory proceedings, investigations and inquiries; (xi) the impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic and (xii) those factors discussed in Eve's Registration Statement on Form S-1/A filed on August 25, 2022 under the heading "Risk Factors," and other documents of Eve filed, or to be filed, with the SEC. If any of these risks materialize or our assumptions prove incorrect, actual results could differ materially from the results implied by these forward-looking statements. There may be additional risks that Eve does not presently know or that Eve currently believes are immaterial that could also cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements. In addition, forward-looking statements reflect Eve's expectations, plans or forecasts of future events and views as of the date of this press release. Eve anticipates that subsequent events and developments will cause Eve's assessments to change. However, while Eve may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, Eve specifically disclaims any obligation to do so. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing Eve's assessments as of any date subsequent to the date of this press release. Accordingly, undue reliance should not be placed upon the forward-looking statements.
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Shares of First Republic Bank
FRC,
+2.35%
rose 2.35% to $151.64 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index
SPX,
+1.83%
rising 1.83% to 3,979.87 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
+1.40%
rising 1.40% to 31,581.28. The stock's rise snapped a seven-day losing streak. First Republic Bank closed $71.22 short of its 52-week high ($222.86), which the company reached on November 17th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Wednesday, as Bank of America Corp.
BAC,
+1.54%
rose 1.54% to $33.57, SVB Financial Group
SIVB,
+3.88%
rose 3.88% to $398.53, and East West Bancorp Inc.
EWBC,
+3.12%
rose 3.12% to $71.79. Trading volume (499,080) remained 422,753 below its 50-day average volume of 921,833.
Editor's Note: This story was auto-generated by Automated Insights, an automation technology provider, using data from Dow Jones and FactSet. See our market data terms of use.
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Driven by investor research and innovative design, Wealth InFocus is transforming digital and print client communications and increasing investor engagement with a simpler, intuitive and actionable experience
NEW YORK, Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- To better engage investors, empower advisors and accelerate digital transformation in the wealth management industry, global Fintech leader Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR) launched Wealth InFocus, a next-gen wealth communications experience designed on a foundation of investor research, with Cetera Financial Group (Cetera) as the first client. This new approach toward wealth communications provides a better digital experience according to 78% of Cetera's surveyed pilot clients, and 88% of respondents would like to receive a Wealth InFocus digital communication on an ongoing basis.
"Wealth InFocus is a cutting-edge communications experience that is already improving client engagement, enhancing investor connections with advisors and driving digital transformation, which makes Cetera even more unique in a crowded, legacy landscape," said Tom Gooley COO of Cetera. "We are excited to be the first firm to go live with this innovative communications experience and are empowering our clients and their financial well-being with the information that is most important to them while delivering solutions to our advisors that reinforce the value they bring to their clients. This underscores Cetera's deep commitment to providing our financial professionals with simple and impactful solutions, so they have more time to grow their practices, enjoy their families and serve their clients."
Wealth InFocus is designed to take an investor-centric approach by consolidating, aggregating and presenting the most important information across various account and regulatory communications, including statements, confirms, proxies and prospectuses. Replacing traditional static communications, Wealth InFocus creates a new holistic experience, making it easier for investors to consume and better understand account details while providing advisors with new opportunities to reinforce their value and communicate directly with their clients. Investors can quickly and securely contact an advisor, view key account information, gain insights, and review action items and events across channels, including email, text, microsites and print, according to their preferences.
"Broadridge continues to pioneer a suite of digital capabilities, such as Wealth InFocus, to make investor communications more intuitive, convenient and understandable while strengthening relationships among investors, advisors and wealth management firms across digital and physical channels," said Doug DeSchutter, President of Broadridge Customer Communications. "Given Broadridge's investment and expertise in wealth management, customer and regulatory communications, and digital transformation, we are uniquely positioned to provide Cetera and the wealth management industry with the data and technology to transform communication experiences for investors while significantly reducing costs and increasing efficiencies for firms."
Built upon the Cloud and an API-driven infrastructure, Wealth InFocus is proving to deepen omni-channel engagement and connections for investors, advisors and wealth management firms.
About Broadridge
Broadridge Financial Solutions (NYSE: BR), a global Fintech leader with $5 billion in revenues, provides the critical infrastructure that powers investing, corporate governance, and communications to enable better financial lives. We deliver technology-driven solutions that drive business transformation for banks, broker-dealers, asset and wealth managers and public companies. Broadridge's infrastructure serves as a global communications hub enabling corporate governance by linking thousands of public companies and mutual funds to tens of millions of individual and institutional investors around the world. Our technology and operations platforms underpin the daily trading of more than U.S. $9 trillion in equities, fixed income, and other securities globally. A certified Great Place to Work®, Broadridge is part of the S&P 500® Index, employing over 14,000 associates in 21 countries.
For more information about Broadridge, please visit www.broadridge.com.
About Cetera Financial Group®
Cetera Financial Group (Cetera) is a leading financial services firm whose purpose is to enable the delivery of best-in-class financial advice to as many Americans as possible. Cetera empowers its financial professional communities to help clients achieve their version of financial wellbeing through the Advice-Centric Experience®. Cetera proudly serves independent financial professionals, tax professionals, banks and credit unions in providing wide-ranging financial planning and wealth management services.
Cetera oversees approximately $353 billion in assets under administration and $122 billion in assets under management, as of December 31, 2021.
Visit www.cetera.com, and follow Cetera on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.
"Cetera Financial Group" refers to the network of independent retail firms encompassing, among others, Cetera Advisors LLC, Cetera Advisor Networks LLC, Cetera Investment Services LLC (marketed as Cetera Financial Institutions or Cetera Investors), Cetera Financial Specialists LLC, and First Allied Securities, Inc. All firms are members FINRA/SIPC. Located at: 655 W. Broadway, 11th Floor, San Diego, CA 92101.
Individuals affiliated with Cetera firms are either Registered Representatives who offer only brokerage services and receive transaction-based compensation (commissions), Investment Adviser Representatives who offer only investment advisory services and receive fees based on assets, or both Registered Representatives and Investment Adviser Representatives, who can offer both types of services.
Investors:
Edings Thibault
Head of Investor Relations, Broadridge
+1 516-472-5129
Edings.Thibault@Broadridge.com
Media:
Gregg Rosenberg
Corporate Communications, Broadridge
(212) 918-6966
Gregg.Rosenberg@broadridge.com
Ryan Hoffman
Ryan.hoffman@Cetera.com
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Turkish President Erdogan says he will discuss this issue with his Russian counterpart Putin on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Uzbekistan later this month.
With Ukraine’s grain exports ongoing under a landmark deal amid the conflict, Türkiye seconded the shipment of grain from Russia soon as well.
"We want grain shipments from Russia to start as well, we expect this," President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday at a news conference with his Croatian counterpart Zoran Milanovic in the capital Zagreb, the last stop of his three-nation Balkan tour.
Erdogan said Russian President Vladimir Putin is "right" that Ukraine's grain "unfortunately" goes to the rich countries, not to poor ones.
"While sanctions against Russia continue, on the other hand, grain shipments to the countries that impose these sanctions are disturbing Putin," he said.
Erdogan added he will discuss this issue with Putin on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Uzbekistan in September.
READ MORE: Türkiye, Serbia sign deal on media, communication co-operation
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, delegation attend formal welcoming ceremony in Croatian capital Zagreb pic.twitter.com/7BpswgpodU
— TRT World Now (@TRTWorldNow) September 8, 2022
Erdogan and his Croatian counterpart Zoran Milanovic held one-on-one talks and inter-delegation meetings.
During the talks, aspects of bilateral relations were reviewed and steps to enhance cooperation on various areas are discussed.
Developments in the Balkans and international issues were also on the agenda.
Erdogan will later open the Islamic Culture Center in the central city of Sisak.
After the wreath laying ceremony at the Homeland Monument in Zagreb, Erdogan will meet Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic.
Later, he will attend the Türkiye-Croatia Business Forum and official dinner hosted by Milanovic.
Balkan tour
Erdogan on Tuesday started his three-nation Balkan tour with Bosnia and Herzegovina, followed by Serbia.
Türkiye and Bosnia and Herzegovina decided to allow their citizens to travel to each other’s countries without passports, Erdogan said at a news conference in Sarajevo on Tuesday.
Türkiye and Serbia signed a memorandum of understanding on media and communications on Wednesday, to strengthen and further develop cooperation between the two countries.
The Balkans is a priority for Türkiye not only for political, economic and geographical reasons, but also for its historical, cultural and human ties with the region.
READ MORE: Erdogan: Türkiye, Bosnia and Herzegovina agree on passport-free travel
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David Jenkins: British diving coach died in Turkey, coroner says
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A Team GB diving coach who worked with Tom Daley died in Turkey aged 31, a coroner's court has heard.
David Jenkins died on 9 October, coroner Andrew Walker told North London Coroner's Court on Thursday.
Mr Jenkins worked with Daley, a Great Britain Olympic gold medallist, and was part of Team GB's Tokyo 2020 Olympic training squad.
His family, from Barnet, watched the hearing via video-link and asked questions about the inquest process.
Mr Walker told them the court was waiting for the Foreign Office to receive police, post-mortem and toxicology reports from Turkey.
A member of the family asked whether the coroner needed to hear from people who were with Mr Jenkins at the time he died.
Mr Walker said it would be helpful if the family could provide a list of witnesses so the court could approach them for their accounts of the events leading up to Mr Jenkins' death.
Another family member asked to be taken through the process as it "would help us just to prepare ourselves emotionally".
Two days after Mr Jenkins' death, British Swimming released a statement on its website saying: "All our thoughts and condolences go out to David's wife, family and friends, and we please ask that their privacy, and that of the British diving community, be respected at this difficult time.
"We will be working closely with staff and athletes who have been affected by this awful news."
British Swimming said Mr Jenkins was the development lead coach for Dive London, overseeing the progress of the next generation of elite athletes at the London Aquatics Centre during his eight years involved with the diving programme there.
It added that Mr Jenkins had played an "instrumental role" in the Tom Daley Diving Academy, delivering lessons to thousands of children across the country.
He was also nominated for Diving Coach of the Year at the British Swimming Awards in 2018.
"He was extremely popular with all in the diving community due to his wonderful, friendly personality," the organisation said.
The coroner scheduled another hearing for 15 December.
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SPROUT Data Show Otezla Resulted in Significant Improvements in Measures of Moderate to Severe Plaque Psoriasis at Week 16 Compared With Placebo in Children Ages 6-171
DISCREET 16-week Data Demonstrated Statistically Significant Improvements in Genital Psoriasis, Including Skin, Itch and Quality of Life, in Patients With Moderate to Severe Disease2
Adverse Events Were Consistent With Known Safety Profile of Otezla in Both Studies
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) today announced results from two significant Phase 3 clinical studies of oral Otezla® (apremilast), demonstrating efficacy in pediatric patients with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis and in adults with moderate to severe genital psoriasis, at the 31st European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV) Congress, taking place in Milan, Italy, Sept. 7-10, 2022.
SPROUT study in pediatric moderate to severe plaque psoriasis
The SPROUT study1 investigated the efficacy and safety of Otezla in pediatric patients aged 6 to 17 years with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis inadequately controlled by or intolerant to topical therapy. The primary endpoint of the static Physician's Global Assessment (sPGA) response (defined as an sPGA score of clear [0] or almost clear [1] with at least a 2-point reduction from baseline) at week 16 was met with a 33.1% sPGA response for Otezla versus 11.5% for placebo (95% CI: 11.2%, 32.1%; P<0.0001). The major secondary endpoint was also met: a greater proportion of patients achieving a 75% or more reduction in the Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI 75) score, with 45.4% for Otezla versus 16.1% for placebo (95% CI: 17.8%, 40.9%; P<0.0001).
The adverse events were consistent with the known safety profile of Otezla. The most commonly reported (in at least 5% of patients) adverse events were diarrhea (20.2%), nausea (19.6%), abdominal pain (19.6%), vomiting (17.8%), headache (10.4%), pyrexia (6.7%), nasopharyngitis (6.1%) and upper abdominal pain (5.5%).
"The SPROUT data are extremely encouraging and could provide a valuable new alternative option for children, who currently only have access to a few therapeutic options that have been studied and approved to treat moderate-to-severe pediatric plaque psoriasis," said Anna Belloni Fortina, MD, co-author of the study and Head of the Pediatric Dermatology Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Padua Medical School. "We are grateful to the patients, families and clinicians who have contributed to this study as we look to deliver a new therapeutic option for children with unmet need in moderate to severe plaque psoriasis."
DISCREET study in moderate to severe genital psoriasis
16-week data from the DISCREET study2 in adult patients with moderate to severe genital psoriasis, demonstrated a clinically meaningful and statistically significant improvement in genital psoriasis, with twice as many patients achieving the primary endpoint of a clear (0) or almost clear (1) score on the Physician Global Assessment of Genitalia (sPGA-G) scale when receiving Otezla, when compared with placebo (38.7% for Otezla versus 19.1% for placebo; P = 0.0003).
The secondary endpoints of the study were also met. The data showed improvements in sPGA response, with 21.5% responding for Otezla versus 7.2% for placebo (95% CI: 6.0, 22.5; P = 0.0007), and Genital Psoriasis Itch Numeric Rating Scale response (GPI-NRS), at 46.0% for Otezla versus 19.6% for placebo (95% CI: 14.5, 38.0; P < 0.0001). Additionally, data showed greater reduction in affected body surface area (BSA), with a 4.12% mean reduction with Otezla versus 0.79% with placebo (95% CI: -5.18, -1.47; P = 0.0005); a Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) burden score reduction of 5.3 for Otezla versus 2.6 for placebo (95% CI: -4.2, -1.1; P = 0.0008); a Genital Psoriasis Symptoms Scale (GPSS) reduction in mean score of 20.5 for Otezla versus 5.3 for placebo (95% CI: -20.3, -10.0; P < 0.0001); and a reported improvement in sexual health impacted by psoriasis with Otezla. The adverse events were consistent with the known safety profile of Otezla, with the most commonly reported (in at least 5% of patients) in either treatment group being diarrhea, headache, nausea and nasopharyngitis.
"With more than 700,000 patients treated worldwide, the data from SPROUT and DISCREET add to the robust safety and efficacy data on Otezla, and furthers our understanding of how Otezla works in patient populations where there remains a high unmet need. These data are greatly encouraging for those adults and children who currently have limited options," said David M. Reese, M.D., executive vice president of Research and Development at Amgen. "Based on these results, Amgen looks forward to discussions with regulatory authorities about the potential inclusion of data from these important trials in the Otezla prescribing information."
Amgen is committed to investigating the potential of Otezla in adults and children with plaque psoriasis, including underserved patients with genital psoriasis, juvenile psoriatic arthritis and other areas of high burden.
About SPROUT (PPS0-003)
SPROUT (PPS0-003) is a Phase 3, multi-center, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to assess the efficacy and safety of OTEZLA® (apremilast) in pediatric patients from 6 through 17 years of age with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis (defined as BSA involvement of ≥ 10, PASI score of ≥ 12, sPGA score of ≥ 3). A total of 245 patients were randomized 2:1 to receive Otezla 20 mg (patients 20kg to 50 kg) twice daily or Otezla 30 mg (patients ≥ 50 kg) twice daily or placebo for the first 16 weeks. All patients then received Otezla during an open-label extension phase through week 52.1
The primary endpoint was the percentage of patients with sPGA response [defined as a sPGA score of clear (0) or almost clear (1) with ≥ 2-point reduction from baseline] at week 16.
About DISCREET (PSOR-025)
DISCREET (PSOR-025) is a Phase 3, multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind study evaluating the efficacy and safety of Otezla in patients with moderate to severe genital psoriasis (defined as modified sPGA-G score ≥ 3). Patients also had moderate to severe plaque psoriasis (sPGA score ≥ 3) with BSA involvement ≥ 1% in a non-genital area and had an inadequate response or intolerance to topical therapy for psoriasis affecting the genital area. The study randomized 289 patients 1:1 to receive Otezla 30 mg twice daily or placebo for the first 16 weeks. Following the 16-week placebo-controlled, double-blind phase of the trial, patients continued or switched to Otezla during the extension phase of the study and will be treated through week 32.
The primary endpoint was the proportion of patients who achieve modified sPGA-G response at week 16 (defined as modified sPGA-G score of clear (0) or almost clear (1) with at least a 2-point reduction from baseline at Week 16).
About Psoriasis
Psoriasis is a serious, chronic inflammatory disease that causes raised, red, scaly patches to appear on the skin, typically affecting the outside of the elbows, knees or scalp, though it can appear on any location.3 Approximately 125 million people worldwide have psoriasis, including around 14 million people in Europe and more than 8 million people in the United States.4,5 About 80% of those patients have plaque psoriasis.6
About Otezla® (apremilast)
Otezla® (apremilast) is an oral small-molecule inhibitor of phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4) specific for cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP). PDE4 inhibition results in increased intracellular cAMP levels, which is thought to indirectly modulate the production of inflammatory mediators. The specific mechanism(s) by which Otezla exerts its therapeutic action in patients is not well defined.
Since its initial FDA approval in 2014, Otezla has been prescribed to more than 700,000 patients worldwide.7
Otezla® (apremilast) U.S. INDICATIONS
INDICATIONS
Otezla® (apremilast) is indicated for the treatment of adult patients with plaque psoriasis who are candidates for phototherapy or systemic therapy.
Otezla is indicated for the treatment of adult patients with active psoriatic arthritis.
Otezla is indicated for the treatment of adult patients with oral ulcers associated with Behçet's Disease.
Otezla® (apremilast) U.S. IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION
Contraindications
- Otezla® is contraindicated in patients with a known hypersensitivity to apremilast or to any of the excipients in the formulation
Warnings and Precautions
- Diarrhea, Nausea, and Vomiting: Cases of severe diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting were associated with the use of Otezla. Most events occurred within the first few weeks of treatment. In some cases, patients were hospitalized. Patients 65 years of age or older and patients taking medications that can lead to volume depletion or hypotension may be at a higher risk of complications from severe diarrhea, nausea, or vomiting. Monitor patients who are more susceptible to complications of diarrhea or vomiting; advise patients to contact their healthcare provider. Consider Otezla dose reduction or suspension if patients develop severe diarrhea, nausea, or vomiting
- Depression: Carefully weigh the risks and benefits of treatment with Otezla for patients with a history of depression and/or suicidal thoughts/behavior, or in patients who develop such symptoms while on Otezla. Patients, caregivers, and families should be advised of the need to be alert for the emergence or worsening of depression, suicidal thoughts or other mood changes, and they should contact their healthcare provider if such changes occur
- Weight Decrease: Monitor body weight regularly; evaluate unexplained or clinically significant weight loss, and consider discontinuation of Otezla
- Drug Interactions: Apremilast exposure was decreased when Otezla was co-administered with rifampin, a strong CYP450 enzyme inducer; loss of Otezla efficacy may occur. Concomitant use of Otezla with CYP450 enzyme inducers (e.g., rifampin, phenobarbital, carbamazepine, phenytoin) is not recommended
Adverse Reactions
- Plaque Psoriasis: The most common adverse reactions (≥ 5%) are diarrhea, nausea, upper respiratory tract infection, and headache, including tension headache. Overall, the safety profile of Otezla in patients with mild to moderate plaque psoriasis was consistent with the safety profile previously established in adult patients with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis
- Psoriatic Arthritis: The most common adverse reactions (≥ 5%) are diarrhea, nausea, and headache
- Behçet's Disease: The most common adverse reactions (≥ 10%) are diarrhea, nausea, headache, and upper respiratory tract infection.
Use in Specific Populations
- Otezla has not been studied in pregnant women. Advise pregnant women of the potential risk of fetal loss.
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About Amgen
Amgen is committed to unlocking the potential of biology for patients suffering from serious illnesses by discovering, developing, manufacturing and delivering innovative human therapeutics. This approach begins by using tools like advanced human genetics to unravel the complexities of disease and understand the fundamentals of human biology.
Amgen focuses on areas of high unmet medical need and leverages its expertise to strive for solutions that improve health outcomes and dramatically improve people's lives. A biotechnology pioneer since 1980, Amgen has grown to be one of the world's leading independent biotechnology companies, has reached millions of patients around the world and is developing a pipeline of medicines with breakaway potential.
Amgen is one of the 30 companies that comprise the Dow Jones Industrial Average and is also part of the Nasdaq-100 index. In 2021, Amgen was named one of the 25 World's Best Workplaces™ by Fortune and Great Place to Work™ and one of the 100 most sustainable companies in the world by Barron's.
For more information, visit www.amgen.com and follow us on www.twitter.com/amgen.
Amgen Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains forward-looking statements that are based on the current expectations and beliefs of Amgen. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, are statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements, including any statements on the outcome, benefits and synergies of collaborations, or potential collaborations, with any other company (including BeiGene, Ltd., Kyowa-Kirin Co., Ltd., or any collaboration to manufacture therapeutic antibodies against COVID-19), the performance of Otezla® (apremilast) (including anticipated Otezla sales growth and the timing of non-GAAP EPS accretion), the Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc. acquisition, the Teneobio, Inc. acquisition, or the recently announced proposed acquisition of ChemoCentryx, Inc., as well as estimates of revenues, operating margins, capital expenditures, cash, other financial metrics, expected legal, arbitration, political, regulatory or clinical results or practices, customer and prescriber patterns or practices, reimbursement activities and outcomes, effects of pandemics or other widespread health problems such as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on our business, and other such estimates and results. Forward-looking statements involve significant risks and uncertainties, including those discussed below and more fully described in the Securities and Exchange Commission reports filed by Amgen, including our most recent annual report on Form 10-K and any subsequent periodic reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K. Unless otherwise noted, Amgen is providing this information as of the date of this news release and does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this document as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The American College of Education (ACE) board of trustees named longtime education executive Geordie Hyland as its new President and Chief Executive Officer today. Hyland will take office on October 4, 2022.
Hyland brings more than 20 years of experience with businesses in the K-12 and higher education markets. Most recently, Hyland served as an Executive Vice President at Ultimate Medical Academy (UMA), where he oversaw its Online Education division and clinical campus as well as its continuing medical education (CME) division and workforce development initiatives. UMA is a leading healthcare education and training institution that has more than 72,000 alumni. It currently has more than 10,000 online and 30,000 continuing education students nationwide. Hyland succeeds Dr. Shawntel Landry, who completes a remarkable and transformative 13-year tenure with ACE, in which she grew the current student population to over 8,000.
"We believe Geordie is an excellent fit for ACE because of his unique skillset, deep professional experience in education services and his sincere mission to serve traditional and non-traditional students in their higher education endeavors," said board of trustee's chair, Dr. Jeri Nowakowski.
"I'm honored to accept this role at ACE and to join a mission driven team that is really making a positive impact by offering high-quality, affordable and accessible online programs to educators, healthcare and business professionals. ACE's degree programs can help strengthen human capital in key areas where huge labor shortages exist right now," said Hyland.
Prior to his role at UMA, Hyland served as a Vice President of Private School Academic Services at K12 Inc. (now called Stride Inc.) in Herndon, VA. Before K12, he worked at Blackboard in Washington, D.C. where he started a Development Education business unit. Hyland's experience early in his career includes playing hockey professionally, working at Google and founding a charitable company which provided athletic and mentoring opportunities in underserved communities in the UK.
Hyland is a graduate of Harvard University, where he received a bachelor's degree in English and American literature as well as a master's in business administration from Harvard Business School. He also received a master's degree in industrial relations and personnel management from The London School of Economics and Political Science.
American College of Education (ACE) is an accredited, 100% online college specializing in high-quality, affordable programs in education, business, leadership, health care and nursing. Headquartered in Indianapolis, ACE offers more than 70 innovative and engaging programs for adult students to pursue a doctorate, specialist, master's or bachelor's degree, along with micro-credentials and graduate-level certificate programs. In addition to being a leader in online education, ACE is a Certified B Corporation. Certified B Corporations are leaders of a global movement to use the power of business to solve social and environmental problems.
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ISELIN, N.J., Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hexaware has emerged as the winner in multiple categories at the 'Organisation Development Summit & Awards 2022' and the 'Future of Learning & Development Summit and Awards 2022'. It has won awards for its impactful programs and strategy.
The Organisation Development Summit & Awards are conferred to organizations that are 'human-centered' and showcase a solid level of adaptability and responsiveness. The summit aids businesses in leveraging their L&D capabilities to attain sustainable success and align their Organization Development and Design policies with overall business objectives. At the 2nd edition of these awards this year, Hexaware won awards for:
- Best Talent Development Strategy of the Year
- Best Organizational Development Program
- Best Capability Development Program of the Year
The Future of Learning & Development Summit & Awards provide a platform for industry and thought leaders to share their perspectives on the evolving learning and development domain. The summit focuses on the importance of technology to enable upskilling in organizations. At the 10th edition of these awards this year, Hexaware won:
- Digital Learning Transformation Award
- Innovation in Learning Award
Senthil Nayagam K, Chief Learning Officer at Hexaware, said, "These awards demonstrate the benchmarks that we have set for ourselves and peers across industries. It is a significant endorsement of our value propositions, and we will continue to enrich them for dependable capability building."
To know more about Hexaware's Learning & Development programs, visit Learning and Development - HexaVarsity | Hexaware.
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About Hexaware
Hexaware is a global IT, BPS and consulting services company empowering businesses worldwide to realize digital transformation at scale and speed.
Learn more about Hexaware at http://www.hexaware.com. Take an immersive 360° virtual tour of our campuses worldwide at https://www.hexawareimmersive.com
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CHICAGO, Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hub International Limited (Hub), a leading global insurance brokerage and financial services firm, announced today that it has acquired the assets of Tilghman Insurance of Myrtle Beach, LLC (Tilghman Insurance of Myrtle Beach). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Headquartered in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Tilghman Insurance of Myrtle Beach has been providing commercial and personal insurance solutions to the heart of the Grand Strand for more than 10 years. Jeff Brice, Principal, and the Tilghman Insurance of Myrtle Beach team will join Hub Carolinas.
"We are thrilled that Tilghman Insurance of Myrtle Beach has joined Hub and our Carolinas region, especially because of their experienced and professional staff," said Tommy Suggs, President of Hub Carolinas. "Myrtle Beach is very important to Hub and becomes even more strategic and important now."
"Hub may be large and has tremendous resources, but they also are local and care about their employees, clients and communities. We made a good choice," said Brice.
Hub International Limited is committed to growing organically and through acquisitions to expand its geographic footprint and strengthen industry and product expertise. For more information on the Hub M&A experience, visit WeAreHub.com.
Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, Hub International Limited is a leading full-service global insurance broker and financial services firm providing risk management, insurance, employee benefits, retirement and wealth management products and services. With more than 14,000 employees in offices located throughout North America, Hub's vast network of specialists brings clarity to a changing world with tailored solutions and unrelenting advocacy, so clients are ready for tomorrow. For more information, please visit www.hubinternational.com.
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New role will drive revenue and market share growth through customer and partner expansion
BOSTON, Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lakeside Software, the leader in digital experience management, announced today that Tyler Winkler has joined the company as chief commercial officer. In this new role, Winkler will oversee a global team of executive leaders and drive the company's direct and channel sales strategies and operations.
Winkler brings to Lakeside three decades of executive leadership experience within the enterprise software space. As VP of Global Sales & Marketing at SecureWorks, he was instrumental in the company's growth and success, which led to a $650 million acquisition by Dell in 2011 and a subsequent IPO in 2016. He joins Lakeside from UserIQ, a predictive customer success platform, where he served as CEO and a member of the company's board of directors prior to its acquisition in August 2022. His deep-rooted software experience and success in growing high-performing sales teams add expertise and experience to Lakeside's executive team.
"Tyler's appointment is a momentous step forward for Lakeside as we continue to strengthen our leadership team and scale our global sales coverage," said David Keil, CEO of Lakeside Software. "Tyler has an incredible reputation in the software industry which will help us to hire the best in the industry and accelerate our growth. His leadership and experience will greatly enhance our ability to exceed our customers' expectations and emerge as the leader in the DEX market."
"I am pleased and proud to join Lakeside's executive leadership team," said Winkler of his appointment. "Lakeside is rapidly expanding to meet the demands of enterprise organizations worldwide, and I'm excited to help lead and develop our sales and go-to-market strategy. Our best-in-class product and deep data collection provide companies with the right tools and insights to drive their business forward. I look forward to increasing its product accessibility through direct and channel partners."
This is the latest in a series of significant developments for Lakeside in 2022. In June, Lakeside expanded the executive leadership team by appointing Elise Carmichael as chief technology officer, Guy Lever as senior vice president of customer success, and Ayelet Elstein as vice president of EMEA.
In August, Lakeside was named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: End-User Experience Management, Q3 2022 report. Among the evaluated EUEM vendors, Lakeside was cited for enabling deep historical analysis of telemetry data for root cause analysis. Lakeside's telemetry monitoring was also scored highest — a benefit of the Intelligent Edge architecture found in its Digital Experience Cloud platform, which collects more than 10,000 metrics out of the box.
Lakeside Software is a leader in cloud-based digital experience management. Lakeside's Digital Experience Cloud, powered by SysTrack, gathers and analyzes data on everything that may impact end-user experience and business productivity and provides the unmatched visibility IT teams need to design and support rapidly changing digital workplaces. Customers use Lakeside's technology to perform end-user experience management, digital workplace planning, IT asset optimization, remote work management, and proactive service desk operations. For more information, visit www.lakesidesoftware.com.
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Agents Can Record, Retrieve and Retain Calls While on Desktop or Mobile Device
OMAHA, Neb., Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Senior Market Sales® (SMS) has unveiled a full-featured business phone solution to help insurance agents comply with a new Medicare regulation requiring the recording of phone calls that are part of the chain of a beneficiary's enrollment into a Medicare Advantage or Part D Plan.
The solution from SMS, one of the industry's premier insurance marketing organizations (IMOs), goes beyond just satisfying the call-recording compliance requirement – it also provides additional capabilities that many independent agents don't have today, including video conferencing, text messaging and voicemail transcription. Most notably, the mobile application gives agents flexibility to sell compliantly from virtually anywhere. SMS will provide the phone solution at no cost to SMS-contracted agents this Medicare Annual Election Period (AEP).
"This is the most full-featured solution we've seen in the industry," said Bob Harding, SMS Chief Technology Officer and First Vice President. "Agents will be able to record calls whether working from a desktop or a mobile device, and they can set it up to ring on their desktop, landline and mobile phone all at once. With the SMS solution, agents should never miss a call or be tethered to a desk."
Dwane McFerrin, SMS' Senior Vice President, Med Solutions, said that SMS immediately jumped on finding a solution when the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published the regulations on May 9, 2022, so that agents could comply by the Oct. 1 deadline and for their busiest season, AEP, which is Oct. 15 through Dec. 7. SMS partnered with Phone.com, a unified communications service provider known for being HIPAA compliant and having easy-to-use APIs – features that allowed for quick integration with SMS' Lead Advantage Pro® lead-to-enrolment tool.
"It was important to us to provide a solution that would allow agents to continue doing business the way they prefer. The solution could not be cumbersome and slow them down," McFerrin said. "Through our partnership with Phone.com, we're able to deliver a solution that not only empowers the agent to continue their daily process, but also possibly allows them to work even more efficiently because of the additional functionalities it offers."
The phone solution will be integrated with SMS' proprietary Lead Advantage Pro tool in mid-September. Lead Advantage Pro's other integrations – such as with Medicare.gov's Blue Button – and other features help agents work more easily, efficiently and accurately, by eliminating manual tasks, allowing for online quoting and applications and corralling the entire sales process into one platform.
"Lead Advantage Pro's integration with Phone.com gives agents even more power, more flexibility and more efficiencies, wherever they're working," McFerrin said. "Agents using Lead Advantage Pro can call and record within the tool with a single click."
Calls on SMS' call-recording solution can be retained for 10 years, fulfilling CMS requirements.
SMS also is providing call recording through its Medicare Insurance Direct® solution, along with an exciting new feature that will allow agents to execute telephonic enrollments with voice signature. Voice signature will be a game changer for agents who sell over the phone, McFerrin said, because it will eliminate the need to email or log into websites. Call recording and voice signature will both be available in Medicare Insurance Direct this AEP.
"We've been able to provide solutions that will help agents do more than just comply with a regulation," McFerrin said. "These solutions will help agents work more efficiently and present a more professional presence to clients and prospects. We look forward to helping agents make this AEP their best yet."
Agents can learn more about the call-recording solution at www.SeniorMarketSales.com/CallRecording.
Senior Market Sales® (SMS) represents top Medicare Supplement, Medicare Advantage, annuity, life, long-term care, and travel insurance carriers in all 50 states. More than 70,000 independent insurance agents rely on SMS for proprietary technology, competitive insurance products, and expert training and service to help them leverage their time, make more money, and put their business in a position of distinction. Founded in 1982, SMS is headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska. In 2020, SMS joined the Alliant Insurance Services family of companies. Visit www.SeniorMarketSales.com or call 1.800.786.5566 for more information.
Agents should note that none of the information provided by SMS in regard to these technology solutions should be taken as legal advice, or as a guarantee that use of any particular technology will fulfill their regulatory or contractual requirements. Agents are responsible for understanding all call-recording obligations that are applicable to them, and for ensuring that they are using SMS technology solutions in a manner that will allow them to meet those obligations. The solution provided by SMS is not the only option available for management of call recording obligations.
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LOS ANGELES, Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The first 10,000 bottles of the champagne by YOSHIKI and the prestigious French establishment Maison POMMERY sold out instantly. The online stock sold out in just 10 minutes, setting an unprecedented record for POMMERY, founded in 1836.
On September 1st, "Y by YOSHIKI x CHAMPAGNE POMMERY Brut," the first Champagne by the "Y by YOSHIKI x CHAMPAGNE POMMERY" brand, jointly operated by YOSHIKI and the renowned French Champagne house "POMMERY," was released in Japan, before releasing the product worldwide.
The first 10,000 bottles allocated for release on the online store sold out in under 10 minutes. In addition, the entire import inventory, including pre-order sales from stores and restaurants, completely sold out in 24 hours. The speed at which this first lot of this high-end champagne sold out was unprecedented in POMMERY's long history, which dates back to its founding in 1836.
Ken Moroi, President of Vranken Pommery Japan Co., Ltd., was amazed that 10,000 bottles of Champagne, a product priced upwards of 15,000 yen, sold out on the day of release. With orders from stores and restaurants continuing to flood in, and with a large number of back orders, the Pommery headquarters in France is already working to increase its production in order to restart sales next year. Going forward, the company plans to expand the number of locations that handle this product to include famous hotels, restaurants, major department stores, and wine shops.
Social media overflowed with comments from fans who wanted to purchase a bottle on the release date and who were eagerly awaiting sales to start up again. Some examples include, "It was so popular that it sold out immediately. I'm waiting for the announcement of a second edition. I hope I can buy some next time," "It sold out immediately, so I couldn't buy any... I'm putting my hopes on the next sale," and "I sincerely hope that YOSHIKI Champagne will go on sale again."
Moreover, wine stores carrying the product saw a major reaction on the day of the sale, stating, "We were very busy after 6:00 p.m. with the new release of the YOSHIKI Champagne. It sold out in under 10 minutes. It's a new record for us. Thank you all so much. *We apologize to customers who were unable to make a purchase."
Until now, "Y by YOSHIKI" has been called the "phantom wine" because of how difficult it can be to get ahold of. The similar fan resonance seen with the new "Y by YOSHIKI x CHAMPAGNE POMMERY Brut" has now sparked the legend of the "phantom Champagne."
After many revisions by YOSHIKI and POMMERY since 2019, "Y by YOSHIKI x CHAMPAGNE POMMERY Brut" has finally achieved the high degree of style and quality that both parties are known for. Its taste, aroma, and trailing notes, as well as the design of its bottle, have all been carefully selected. At the product launch press conference held on August 30th, YOSHIKI stated, "I am confident. It is the best Champagne I have ever had up to the present point."
- Product Summary
Product name: Y by YOSHIKI x Champagne POMMERY Brut
Release: September 1st, 2022
Suggested retail price: 16,500 yen (excluding tax) / 20,000 yen (excluding tax) in a gift box
Capacity: 750ml
Classification: Champagne AOC
Type: White (Dry Brut)
Vintage: NV
Variety: Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Meunier
Manufacturing method: Minimum 42 months aging in bottle
YOSHIKI is a composer, classically-trained pianist, rock drummer, and the leader of the rock group X Japan. YOSHIKI was named "one of the most influential musicians and composers in Japanese history" by Consequence of Sound and is described by Billboard Magazine as "a musical innovator."
His worldwide projects include a song dedicated to the tenth anniversary of the Emperor of Japan's reign, the official theme song for the Aichi World Expo, Hollywood film soundtracks, and the official theme song for the prestigious Golden Globe Awards. Led by YOSHIKI, X Japan has sold over 30 million albums and singles, and has sold out the 55,000-seat Tokyo Dome a record-breaking 18 times. He was the first Asian musician to perform at the world's greatest music halls including Madison Square Garden, Wembley Arena, and a solo performance at Carnegie Hall.
In addition to his music Activities, he is also a fashion icon as the designer of his high-fashion kimono brand YOSHIKIMONO and the first Japanese male to appear on the cover of Vogue Japan. In 2021, Baccarat selected YOSHIKI to design a Harcourt glass in celebration of its 180th anniversary. He is also the founder of Yoshiki Foundation America, a 501(c)(3) non-profit public benefit organization, and has long been committed to philanthropy. In 2022, YOSHIKI formed a business partnership with Coca-Cola Japan to launch the energy drinks Real Gold X and Real Gold Y.
Y by YOSHIKI X Champagne POMMERY:
https://www.yoshiki-pommery.com/en/
https://www.instagram.com/yoshikipommery/
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Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways said his ministry was prepared to address the water woes of the country. The minister was in flood-hit Bengaluru to inaugurate ‘Manthan’, a two-day national conference cum public expo.
“The Union government has come up with the Amrit Sarovar scheme. The road transport and highway ministry can do great work in addressing our woes around water,” he said during the programme.
Creating lakes through highways
Gadkari said he hailed from the Vidarbha region where 10,000 farmers had committed suicide, mostly due to agrarian crises triggered by water scarcity.
“There is water crisis everywhere. There is no dearth of water, but no proper management of water. We can use our highways for building lakes. Highways require soil, which can be obtained in a manner that new water bodies can be formed,’‘ Gadkari said.
This would not only fulfill the road construction requirement but also create new lakes in rural areas, which would eventually increase the groundwater table, the minister added.
He said, for example, a university got 36 new lakes and the nearby villages got 22 new wells thanks to certain projects by the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI).
Integrated approach for transport
The Union minister said such an integrated approach and innovative measure would also decrease the cost of infrastructure projects in the country. He urged all ministers and bureaucrats of states and central governments to work on reducing project costs to the minimum so that society, in general, would be benefited.
He also underscored the importance of an integrated approach with multi-modal transportation being at the core if India has to become a five trillion dollar economy. “Some 90% of passenger traffic and 70% goods traffic use roads, and there is a need for an integrated approach where waterways, railways and airports are interlinked, and logistics parks will play a critical role too,’‘ he added.
An integrated approach was essential to reduce logistics costs from 16% to 10% (China is at 10% and Europe at 12%), according to the minister.
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Prices of most cryptocurrencies rose in the last 24 hours, including Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH). The global crypto market capitalisation soared by 4.24 per cent to $978.73 billion, and the total crypto market volume decreased by 10.43 per cent to $74.08 billion in the last 24 hours, as of 4:00 pm, according to Coinmarketcap.com.
Today’s top gainer was Terra Classic, and it was trading at $0.0005313. It increased by 50.84 per cent in the last 24 hours. The top loser was OKB, which was trading at $13.76, down 3.93 per cent in the last 24 hours.
Major Currencies
Bitcoin (BTC): BTC rose by 2.91 per cent, and it was trading at $19,299. Its market cap increased by 2.91 per cent to $369.4 billion, and its trading volume decreased by 13.35 per cent to $34.6 billion.
BTC’s dominance over the crypto market fell by 0.48 per cent to 37.76 per cent.
Ethereum (ETH): ETH rose by 7.98 per cent to $1,633 and its market cap increased by 7.99 per cent to $199.7 billion. Its trading volume decreased by 10.68 per cent to $18.6 billion.
Other Altcoins
Cardano (ADA): ADA’s price increased by 2.10 per cent to $0.4714. Its market cap increased by 2.10 per cent to $16.1 billion, and its trading volume decreased by 25.78 per cent to $643.5 million.
Ripple (XRP): XRP’s price soared by 3.30 per cent to trade at $0.3319, while its market cap increased by 3.30 per cent to $16.4 billion, and the trading volume decreased by 11.58 per cent to $1.07 billion.
Solana (SOL): SOL’s price increased by 6.27 per cent to $33.08. Its market cap increased by 6.27 per cent to $11.6 billion, and its trading volume decreased by 20.25 per cent to $844.8 million.
Meme Coins
Dogecoin (DOGE): DOGE’s price increased by 2.32 per cent to $0.0607, its market cap rose by 2.32 per cent to $8.05 billion, and its trading volume decreased by 37.33 per cent to $273.2 million.
Shiba Inu (SHIB): SHIB’s price increased by 1.39 per cent to trade at $0.00001223. Its market cap increased by 1.39 per cent to $6.7 billion, and its trading volume decreased by 25.50 per cent to $325.09 million.
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STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) _ The Lovesac Company (LOVE) on Thursday reported fiscal second-quarter profit of $7.1 million.
The Stamford, Connecticut-based company said it had net income of 45 cents per share.
The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 37 cents per share.
The company posted revenue of $148.5 million in the period, also exceeding Street forecasts. Three analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $131.1 million.
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NBA player Marcus Smart joins partnership to advocate for patients battling blood cancers and blood diseases
COLUMBUS, Ga. and MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Highlighting its 27-year commitment to children and families facing childhood cancer and sickle cell disease (SCD), Aflac, the number one provider of supplemental health insurance in the U.S.1 and Be The Match®, operated by the National Marrow Donor Program, which has helped facilitate more than 111,000 blood stem cell transplants worldwide, today announced a partnership to continue diversifying the national blood stem cell donor registry. The agreement is part of Aflac's overall campaign commemorating National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and National Sickle Cell Awareness Month, both of which occur in September. Since 1995, Aflac has contributed more than $160 million to the Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, the largest sickle cell care provider in the United States.
Beginning in September, Aflac and Be The Match will conduct an ongoing digital registration drive aimed at adding hundreds of Aflac employees and sales agents to the national registry of volunteer blood stem cell and marrow donors. Together, the two companies will work alongside NBA player Marcus Smart, who lost his brother and mother to blood cancer, to shine a light on health care inequities that exist, particularly as it relates to the diversity of blood stem cell and marrow registries. Their efforts will include an informative webinar that will be hosted by U.S. News and World Report on September 28 from 1:00 to 2:00 pm.
"One of the defining moments of my life was seeing my oldest brother courageously battle leukemia. His legacy continues to inspire me on and off the court, as do all of the young patients who are fighting for their lives to beat leukemia or sickle cell disease," Marcus Smart said. "To know that there is a potential cure for blood cancer and blood disorders but those cures aren't available to all patients because of their ethnicity is unacceptable. That's why I'm joining Aflac and Be The Match to use my voice and encourage everyone to consider swabbing their cheek and joining the national blood stem cell registry. This is just one way we can give hope to patients and help save more lives."
According to Be The Match, a significant disparity exists, based on ethnic background, when it pertains to finding a matching donor for lifesaving blood stem cell or marrow transplants.
Tissue types used in matching are inherited and unique, so patients are most likely to match someone of the same ethnic ancestry or ethnic background. Given the diversity in tissue types, the odds of a Black or African American patient finding a match is 29%, compared to a white individual, who has a 79% chance.
"This initiative with Be The Match focuses on two of Aflac's long held passions, helping children with cancer and blood disorders, and supporting programs that help close equity gaps, such as the one that currently exists related to access to bone marrow matches in the United States," said Aflac Executive Vice President, General Counsel Audrey Boone Tillman. "It also aligns perfectly with the incredible work of Be The Match, whose vision is to ensure everyone has an equal chance at getting their life-saving transplant, particularly for many children with sickle cell and blood cancers such as leukemia. There is a dire need, especially for children of color, to encourage friends and family to register with Be The Match."
"Every year, 12,000 patients are diagnosed with life-threatening blood cancers or other diseases like sickle cell for which a blood stem cell transplant from an unrelated donor is their best or only hope for a cure. With 70% of patients not having a fully matched donor in their family, they depend on Be The Match to find an unrelated donor," said Erica Jensen, Senior Vice President, Member Engagement, Enrollment and Experience, for Be The Match. "To address existing disparities head on, it's essential to register as many young, diverse members as we can to ensure more people will find a match. In partnership with Aflac and Marcus Smart, we are urging everyone to get involved, swab their cheek and help save a life."
In addition to conducting a Be The Match Registry drive and hosting educational programs throughout the month, Be The Match will also be including Aflac's award-winning My Special Aflac Duck® as part of their Packages of Hope, which they distribute to children with cancer and sickle cell who come to them in search of a blood stem cell or marrow match. It is estimated that as many as 1,000 children will receive this robotic comfort providing duck through this program, who otherwise would not be able to access My Special Aflac Duck, which is distributed to children free of charge.
Additional Aflac activations throughout September include:
- Aflac will donate $5 for every use of the hashtag #DuckPrints for pediatric cancer and #StandinSeptember for sickle cell disease up to $1.5 million.
- Aflac is sponsoring the Miles for Miracles campaign Sept. 1-27, promoting healthy habits while raising funds for the Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center. This program is open to Aflac employees and agents as well as the general public and consists of making an individual or team donation of $35 to the center followed by walking 27 miles in 27 days to raise awareness for this cause.
- Three My Special Aflac Duck delivery events at hospitals in Miami, New Orleans and Lafayette, Louisiana, wherein a fun event for children is held, culminating in each child with cancer or sickle cell, age 3 and older, receiving their very own duck.
- Aflac will issue 12 grants to selected child life specialist programs at hospitals across the nation to help health care providers in their mission to help deliver comfort to children with cancer and blood disorders and their siblings.
Aflac Incorporated (NYSE: AFL) is a Fortune 500 company helping provide protection to more than 50 million people through its subsidiaries in Japan and the U.S., paying cash fast when policyholders get sick or injured. For more than six decades, insurance policies of Aflac Incorporated's subsidiaries have given policyholders the opportunity to focus on recovery, not financial stress. In the U.S., Aflac is the number one provider of supplemental health insurance products.1 Aflac Life Insurance Japan is the leading provider of medical and cancer insurance in Japan, where it insures 1 in 4 households. In 2021, Aflac Incorporated was proud to be included as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere for the 16th consecutive year. Also in 2021, the company was included in the Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index and became a signatory of the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). In 2022, Aflac Incorporated was included on Fortune's list of World's Most Admired Companies for the 21st time and Bloomberg's Gender-Equality Index for the third consecutive year. To find out how to get help with expenses health insurance doesn't cover, get to know us at aflac.com or aflac.com/español. Investors may learn more about Aflac Incorporated and its commitment to ESG and social responsibility at investors.aflac.com under "Sustainability."
Be The Match® is a global leader working every day to save lives through cellular therapy. For people with life-threatening blood cancers—like leukemia and lymphoma—or other blood disorders like sickle cell, a cure exists. Be The Match connects patients with a matching donor for a life-saving blood stem cell transplant. The Be The Match Registry® is the most diverse registry in the world and includes both adult donors willing to donate to a stranger in need and stored cord blood units. In addition, Be The Match provides patients and their families one-on-one support, education, and guidance before, during and after transplant. Be The Match is also a global leader in research through the CIBMTR® (Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research®)—a collaboration with Medical College of Wisconsin, investing in and managing research studies that improve patient outcomes and advance the future of care.
Media contacts:
Aflac: Jon Sullivan, 706-573-7610 or jsullivan@aflac.com
Be The Match: Erica Sevilla, 740-919-9761 or esevilla@nmdp.org
Analyst and investor contact:
Aflac: David A. Young, 706-596-3264, 800-235-2667 or dyoung@aflac.com
1 LIMRA 2021 US Supplemental Health Insurance Total Market Report
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NBA player Marcus Smart joins partnership to advocate for patients battling blood cancers and blood diseases
COLUMBUS, Ga. and MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Highlighting its 27-year commitment to children and families facing childhood cancer and sickle cell disease (SCD), Aflac, the number one provider of supplemental health insurance in the U.S.1 and Be The Match®, operated by the National Marrow Donor Program, which has helped facilitate more than 111,000 blood stem cell transplants worldwide, today announced a partnership to continue diversifying the national blood stem cell donor registry. The agreement is part of Aflac's overall campaign commemorating National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and National Sickle Cell Awareness Month, both of which occur in September. Since 1995, Aflac has contributed more than $160 million to the Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, the largest sickle cell care provider in the United States.
Beginning in September, Aflac and Be The Match will conduct an ongoing digital registration drive aimed at adding hundreds of Aflac employees and sales agents to the national registry of volunteer blood stem cell and marrow donors. Together, the two companies will work alongside NBA player Marcus Smart, who lost his brother and mother to blood cancer, to shine a light on health care inequities that exist, particularly as it relates to the diversity of blood stem cell and marrow registries. Their efforts will include an informative webinar that will be hosted by U.S. News and World Report on September 28 from 1:00 to 2:00 pm.
"One of the defining moments of my life was seeing my oldest brother courageously battle leukemia. His legacy continues to inspire me on and off the court, as do all of the young patients who are fighting for their lives to beat leukemia or sickle cell disease," Marcus Smart said. "To know that there is a potential cure for blood cancer and blood disorders but those cures aren't available to all patients because of their ethnicity is unacceptable. That's why I'm joining Aflac and Be The Match to use my voice and encourage everyone to consider swabbing their cheek and joining the national blood stem cell registry. This is just one way we can give hope to patients and help save more lives."
According to Be The Match, a significant disparity exists, based on ethnic background, when it pertains to finding a matching donor for lifesaving blood stem cell or marrow transplants.
Tissue types used in matching are inherited and unique, so patients are most likely to match someone of the same ethnic ancestry or ethnic background. Given the diversity in tissue types, the odds of a Black or African American patient finding a match is 29%, compared to a white individual, who has a 79% chance.
"This initiative with Be The Match focuses on two of Aflac's long held passions, helping children with cancer and blood disorders, and supporting programs that help close equity gaps, such as the one that currently exists related to access to bone marrow matches in the United States," said Aflac Executive Vice President, General Counsel Audrey Boone Tillman. "It also aligns perfectly with the incredible work of Be The Match, whose vision is to ensure everyone has an equal chance at getting their life-saving transplant, particularly for many children with sickle cell and blood cancers such as leukemia. There is a dire need, especially for children of color, to encourage friends and family to register with Be The Match."
"Every year, 12,000 patients are diagnosed with life-threatening blood cancers or other diseases like sickle cell for which a blood stem cell transplant from an unrelated donor is their best or only hope for a cure. With 70% of patients not having a fully matched donor in their family, they depend on Be The Match to find an unrelated donor," said Erica Jensen, Senior Vice President, Member Engagement, Enrollment and Experience, for Be The Match. "To address existing disparities head on, it's essential to register as many young, diverse members as we can to ensure more people will find a match. In partnership with Aflac and Marcus Smart, we are urging everyone to get involved, swab their cheek and help save a life."
In addition to conducting a Be The Match Registry drive and hosting educational programs throughout the month, Be The Match will also be including Aflac's award-winning My Special Aflac Duck® as part of their Packages of Hope, which they distribute to children with cancer and sickle cell who come to them in search of a blood stem cell or marrow match. It is estimated that as many as 1,000 children will receive this robotic comfort providing duck through this program, who otherwise would not be able to access My Special Aflac Duck, which is distributed to children free of charge.
Additional Aflac activations throughout September include:
- Aflac will donate $5 for every use of the hashtag #DuckPrints for pediatric cancer and #StandinSeptember for sickle cell disease up to $1.5 million.
- Aflac is sponsoring the Miles for Miracles campaign Sept. 1-27, promoting healthy habits while raising funds for the Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center. This program is open to Aflac employees and agents as well as the general public and consists of making an individual or team donation of $35 to the center followed by walking 27 miles in 27 days to raise awareness for this cause.
- Three My Special Aflac Duck delivery events at hospitals in Miami, New Orleans and Lafayette, Louisiana, wherein a fun event for children is held, culminating in each child with cancer or sickle cell, age 3 and older, receiving their very own duck.
- Aflac will issue 12 grants to selected child life specialist programs at hospitals across the nation to help health care providers in their mission to help deliver comfort to children with cancer and blood disorders and their siblings.
Aflac Incorporated (NYSE: AFL) is a Fortune 500 company helping provide protection to more than 50 million people through its subsidiaries in Japan and the U.S., paying cash fast when policyholders get sick or injured. For more than six decades, insurance policies of Aflac Incorporated's subsidiaries have given policyholders the opportunity to focus on recovery, not financial stress. In the U.S., Aflac is the number one provider of supplemental health insurance products.1 Aflac Life Insurance Japan is the leading provider of medical and cancer insurance in Japan, where it insures 1 in 4 households. In 2021, Aflac Incorporated was proud to be included as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere for the 16th consecutive year. Also in 2021, the company was included in the Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index and became a signatory of the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). In 2022, Aflac Incorporated was included on Fortune's list of World's Most Admired Companies for the 21st time and Bloomberg's Gender-Equality Index for the third consecutive year. To find out how to get help with expenses health insurance doesn't cover, get to know us at aflac.com or aflac.com/español. Investors may learn more about Aflac Incorporated and its commitment to ESG and social responsibility at investors.aflac.com under "Sustainability."
Be The Match® is a global leader working every day to save lives through cellular therapy. For people with life-threatening blood cancers—like leukemia and lymphoma—or other blood disorders like sickle cell, a cure exists. Be The Match connects patients with a matching donor for a life-saving blood stem cell transplant. The Be The Match Registry® is the most diverse registry in the world and includes both adult donors willing to donate to a stranger in need and stored cord blood units. In addition, Be The Match provides patients and their families one-on-one support, education, and guidance before, during and after transplant. Be The Match is also a global leader in research through the CIBMTR® (Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research®)—a collaboration with Medical College of Wisconsin, investing in and managing research studies that improve patient outcomes and advance the future of care.
Media contacts:
Aflac: Jon Sullivan, 706-573-7610 or jsullivan@aflac.com
Be The Match: Erica Sevilla, 740-919-9761 or esevilla@nmdp.org
Analyst and investor contact:
Aflac: David A. Young, 706-596-3264, 800-235-2667 or dyoung@aflac.com
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NASA will discuss the anticipated launch of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Audio of the call will livestream here at 11 a.m. on NASA’s website.
Artemis I will be an uncrewed flight test. It is the first in a series of increasingly complex missions to provide a foundation for human exploration in deep space and demonstrate our commitment and capability to extend human existence to the Moon and beyond.
After standing down on the Sept. 3 launch attempt due to a hydrogen leak, teams have decided to replace the seal on an interface, called the quick disconnect, between the liquid hydrogen fuel feed line on the mobile launcher and the rocket while at the launch pad.
Through Artemis missions, NASA will land the first woman and the first person of color on the moon, paving the way for a long-term lunar presence and serving as a steppingstone to send astronauts to Mars.
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New role will drive revenue and market share growth through customer and partner expansion
BOSTON, Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lakeside Software, the leader in digital experience management, announced today that Tyler Winkler has joined the company as chief commercial officer. In this new role, Winkler will oversee a global team of executive leaders and drive the company's direct and channel sales strategies and operations.
Winkler brings to Lakeside three decades of executive leadership experience within the enterprise software space. As VP of Global Sales & Marketing at SecureWorks, he was instrumental in the company's growth and success, which led to a $650 million acquisition by Dell in 2011 and a subsequent IPO in 2016. He joins Lakeside from UserIQ, a predictive customer success platform, where he served as CEO and a member of the company's board of directors prior to its acquisition in August 2022. His deep-rooted software experience and success in growing high-performing sales teams add expertise and experience to Lakeside's executive team.
"Tyler's appointment is a momentous step forward for Lakeside as we continue to strengthen our leadership team and scale our global sales coverage," said David Keil, CEO of Lakeside Software. "Tyler has an incredible reputation in the software industry which will help us to hire the best in the industry and accelerate our growth. His leadership and experience will greatly enhance our ability to exceed our customers' expectations and emerge as the leader in the DEX market."
"I am pleased and proud to join Lakeside's executive leadership team," said Winkler of his appointment. "Lakeside is rapidly expanding to meet the demands of enterprise organizations worldwide, and I'm excited to help lead and develop our sales and go-to-market strategy. Our best-in-class product and deep data collection provide companies with the right tools and insights to drive their business forward. I look forward to increasing its product accessibility through direct and channel partners."
This is the latest in a series of significant developments for Lakeside in 2022. In June, Lakeside expanded the executive leadership team by appointing Elise Carmichael as chief technology officer, Guy Lever as senior vice president of customer success, and Ayelet Elstein as vice president of EMEA.
In August, Lakeside was named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: End-User Experience Management, Q3 2022 report. Among the evaluated EUEM vendors, Lakeside was cited for enabling deep historical analysis of telemetry data for root cause analysis. Lakeside's telemetry monitoring was also scored highest — a benefit of the Intelligent Edge architecture found in its Digital Experience Cloud platform, which collects more than 10,000 metrics out of the box.
Lakeside Software is a leader in cloud-based digital experience management. Lakeside's Digital Experience Cloud, powered by SysTrack, gathers and analyzes data on everything that may impact end-user experience and business productivity and provides the unmatched visibility IT teams need to design and support rapidly changing digital workplaces. Customers use Lakeside's technology to perform end-user experience management, digital workplace planning, IT asset optimization, remote work management, and proactive service desk operations. For more information, visit www.lakesidesoftware.com.
Lakeside Software and SysTrack are registered trademarks and/or trademarks of Lakeside Software, LLC in the United States and other jurisdictions. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are property of their respective owners.
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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc. ("Mitsui USA") and PurThread Technologies, Inc. ("PurThread") have announced an expanded partnership to bring PurThread's patented permanent antimicrobial yarns combined with recycled polymers to production and distribution of textiles and soft goods in Asia.
As the current global pandemic evolves to be more endemic, consumers and businesses alike seek forward-looking solutions to reduce exposure to pathogens that can cause odor and other problems, while simultaneously keeping sustainability at the forefront of their efforts. Developed with manufacturers and product designers in mind, PurThread's innovative fibers and yarns embed a patented combination of natural silver and copper salts to enhance its partners' products with unsurpassed antimicrobial capability, durability, and freshness without any special handling requirements. Adding this technology to a recycled polymer stream creates a unique combination that reflects Mitsui USA's strong commitment to the development and market introduction of state-of-the-art technologies in functional textiles.
"We are thrilled to expand the offering of PurThread's antimicrobial yarn by now making it in Asia with recycled polymers," said Lisa T. Grimes, President & CEO of PurThread. "Customers have wanted not only the antimicrobial strength of PurThread but they also want sustainability, so we're pleased to announce PurThread's availability in recycled polymers. While PurThread has been, and continues to be, produced in the US, we want to meet our partners' needs with sourcing available in Asia."
Ikuya Hagiri, General Manager of Mitsui USA's Fashion & Textile Department added, "We are extremely pleased to be expanding our collaboration of offering PurThread's advanced antimicrobial technology in a recycled yarn alongside Mitsui's extensive network in the functional textile industry. We believe that by meeting our customers' needs for a permanent antimicrobial textile solution, combined with a well-known leader in technical yarn production, we will continue to meet the needs of our global customers."
PurThread Technologies, Inc. protects fabrics by embedding EPA-registered silver and copper salts into fiber and yarns, making them permanently antimicrobial and allowing them to remain fresher longer. PurThread nonconductive yarns protect fabrics from the effects of microbial contamination and reduce odor-causing bacteria, viruses and fungi – for the life of the product. A wide range of consumer, industrial and healthcare textiles benefit from incorporating PurThread, including masks, linens, scrubs, uniforms, activewear and other apparel. For more information, visit www.purthread.com.
Mitsui & Co.(U.S.A.), Inc.("Mitsui USA") is a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsui & Co. Ltd., based in Tokyo, Japan, which is one of the most diversified and comprehensive trading, investment, and service enterprises in the world. Mitsui & Co., Ltd. pursues "360° business innovation" that ranges from product sales, worldwide logistics and financing, through to the development of major international infrastructure and other projects. For more information visit http://www.mitsui.com/us.
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Leading Online Provider of Signs, Labels, and Tags Added to Business Services Portfolio
NEW YORK, Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sentinel Capital Partners, a private equity firm that invests in promising lower midmarket companies, today announced the acquisition of SmartSign, a leading online provider of customizable signs, labels, and tags for regulatory, compliance, and safety applications. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, SmartSign operates a network of nearly 30 websites, each dedicated to offering highly specialized and customizable products to customers to fit thousands of specific-use cases. SmartSign services businesses of all sizes, including sales to 75% of the Fortune 1000 and across hundreds of verticals, including education, healthcare, and industrials.
Sentinel partnered with SmartSign's management team and incumbent investor Norwest in the transaction.
"SmartSign is strategically positioned to capitalize on favorable secular trends underpinning the online signs, labels, and tags industry," said Louis Brotherton, a principal at Sentinel. "With a talented and committed management team and a highly dedicated team of employees, we believe SmartSign is well-positioned to continue its rapid growth, both organically and through acquisitions. We are extremely excited about the opportunity to partner with the SmartSign team."
"We are very pleased to partner with Sentinel as SmartSign continues to expand within the large and growing signs, labels, and tags market," said Max Smith, SmartSign's CEO. "We look forward to leveraging the many actionable opportunities ahead to drive organic and acquisitive growth and better serve our customers."
Stew Campbell, a Partner at Norwest, said "We are excited to work with Sentinel and continue our successful partnership with SmartSign. We think Sentinel is a great steward for SmartSign's next phase of growth."
SmartSign represents Sentinel's latest investment in the business services sector. The firm's current business services investments include Apex Companies, an environmental services company specializing in water resources and industrial hygiene; Mobile Communications America, a regional provider of communications solutions and services; New Era Technology, a global provider of managed IT services focused on collaboration and data networks; Revenew, a provider of cost recovery and cost containment services that deliver monetary recoveries and cost reduction benefits; TranSystems, a national provider of infrastructure engineering and design services; TriMech, a provider of 3D engineering design solutions and services; TTG Imaging Solutions, a national provider of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging solutions; and UBEO, a provider of best-in-class document management services.
About Sentinel Capital Partners
Sentinel specializes in buying and building lower midmarket businesses in the United States and Canada in partnership with management. Sentinel targets aerospace and defense, business services, consumer, distribution, food and restaurants, franchising, healthcare, and industrial businesses. Sentinel invests in management buyouts, recapitalizations, corporate divestitures, going-private transactions, and structured equity investments of established businesses with EBITDA of up to $80 million. Sentinel also invests in special situations, including balance sheet restructurings, operational turnarounds, and minority junior capital solutions. For more information about Sentinel, visit www.sentinelpartners.com.
About SmartSign
Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, SmartSign is one of America's fastest growing e-commerce companies, and parent of brands like MySafetySign, MyParkingSign, and nearly 30 other sites. The company manufactures and distributes a wide range of signs, tags, mats, and labels and has offices in Brooklyn and Jaipur, India. The company also has manufacturing facilities across the United States. Customers can tailor their signs to meet their individual needs, and through content-rich and authoritative retail sites, the company provides specific solutions to specific problems, such as preventing accidents in the workplace. For more information, please visit www.smartsign.com.
About Norwest
Norwest is a leading venture and growth equity investment firm managing more than $12.5 billion in capital. Since its inception, Norwest has invested in more than 650 companies and currently partners with more than 200 companies in its venture and growth equity portfolio. The firm invests in early to late-stage businesses across a wide range of sectors with a focus on consumer, enterprise, and healthcare. The Norwest team offers a deep network of connections, operating experience, and a wide range of impactful services to help CEOs and founders scale their businesses. Norwest has offices in Palo Alto and San Francisco, with subsidiaries in India and Israel. For more information, please visit www.nvp.com. Follow Norwest on Twitter @NorwestVP.
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Fear over economic volatility tops the list of concerns for retirement savings, according to a new joint poll from Kiplinger and Athene
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Recent volatility in the markets has altered Americans' perceptions around what it means to have a secure retirement, as three-fourths of respondents say they would like more guaranteed income in retirement than they already have or expect to have, according to a new national poll of retirees and near-retirees by Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine and leading retirement solutions company Athene. Interestingly, more pre-retirees express this desire than current retirees do (82% vs 69%).
The survey, fielded by Qualtrics, found fears about a potential recession and uncertainty over the financial strength of Social Security are respondents' top two financial concerns right now, with almost three-fourths (74%) saying they are worried about the impact of each on their retirement. The rising cost of health care (72%) and inflation (71%) closely follow as other top threats cited in the survey.
A majority of respondents (57%) say that having more guaranteed income in retirement would specifically ease their concerns about running out of money. More than a third (34%) say having more would ease concerns over market volatility.
"Retirees with enough guaranteed income to pay their fixed expenses can stay fully invested in the stock market during a downturn," says Kiplinger magazine editor Mark Solheim. "And that can give their investments an opportunity to rebound once the market picks up again."
So how much guaranteed income is not enough, according to the poll respondents?
- Of those already collecting Social Security, more than three-fourths (76%) say it provides 20% or more of their income in retirement; 43% say it provides 50% or more.
- Of those who have a pension, almost two-thirds (63%) say it provides or could provide 20% or more of their income in retirement; 28% say 50% or more.
- Of those who have an annuity, more than a third (34%) say it provides or could provide 20% or more of their income in retirement; but only 7% say 50% or more.
The poll also shows how annuities can help people feel more secure, with the financial freedom to enjoy life more in retirement.
Respondents without any kind of annuity report a higher level of concern across several measures than respondents with an annuity do:
- While 62% of respondents without an annuity are confident they will have enough retirement income to live comfortably, 74% of respondents with an annuity feel that way.
- Respondents without an annuity express higher levels of concern about the impact of inflation on their retirement savings than those with an annuity do (72% vs 66%). They are also even more likely to have already cut back on spending because of inflation (74% vs 63%).
- And they are somewhat more worried about the following long-term threats to their retirement:
What's more, among respondents who are already retired, those with annuity income report being more satisfied with their lives than those without an annuity. Here's how the two groups responded when asked if they agree with the following statements:
- I spend my time doing things I enjoy (88% vs 78%)
- I'm as busy as I want to be (87% vs 75%)
- I have enough money to buy the things I need (86% vs 75%)
- I am enjoying life (85% vs 78%)
- I have enough money to splurge on things I want (59% vs 50%).
"It's no surprise that a majority of survey respondents are worried given the volatility we've seen in equity and bond markets this year and are looking for ways to protect their retirement savings," says Grant Kvalheim, President of Athene and Chief Executive Officer and President of Athene USA. "Americans want to feel secure so they can enjoy their retirement—and an annuity can help them do that."
The poll was conducted by Qualtrics from June 21-24, 2022, with 818 respondents ages 50 or older. Results have a +/- 3.4% margin of error and a 95% confidence level. Additional survey results have been published on Kiplinger.com.
Survey fielded June 21-24, 2022, by Qualtrics resulting in 818 respondents ages 50 or older, roughly split between fully or partially retired and not retired; also, roughly split between men and women. Respondents with less than $100,000 in household net worth (excluding a primary residence) were not included in the survey. Responses may exceed 100% due to rounding or allowance of multiple responses. Margin of error 3.4% with a 95% confidence level.
For more than 100 years, the Kiplinger organization has led the way in personal finance and business forecasting. Founded in 1920 by W.M. Kiplinger, the company developed one of the nation's first successful newsletters in modern times. The Kiplinger Letter, launched in 1923, remains the longest continuously published newsletter in the United States. In 1947, Kiplinger created the nation's first personal finance magazine. Today, Kiplinger is part of Future PLC, an international media group and leading digital publisher. Become a fan of Kiplinger on Facebook or Kiplinger.com and follow Kiplinger on Twitter and LinkedIn.
Athene, through its subsidiaries, is a leading retirement services company with total assets of $232.3 billion as of June 30, 2022, and operations in the United States, Bermuda, and Canada. Athene specializes in helping its customers achieve financial security and is a solutions provider to institutions. Founded in 2009, Athene is Driven to Do More for our policyholders, business partners, shareholders, and the communities in which we work and live. For more information, please visit www.athene.com.
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Cereal fans can now enjoy Kellogg's Frosted Flakes®, Froot Loops®, Apple Jacks® and Raisin Bran Crunch® with REAL MILK — without the carton
BATTLE CREEK, Mich., Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cereal and milk go together like peanut butter and jelly. But if you're like the 68% of adults who enjoy cereal and prefer breakfast foods that are easy to eat on the go1, that can be hard when shuffling kids in the carpool line, catching the train or sitting in rush hour. In a revolutionary cereal innovation from Kellogg's, cereal lovers can now add cold water to new Kellogg's® Instabowls to get real milk instantly. The new line-up offers a delicious and convenient way to enjoy Kellogg's Frosted Flakes®, Froot Loops®, Apple Jacks® and Raisin Bran Crunch® with the same great taste anywhere, anytime — no milk required!
"In recent years, there has been a huge trend toward portability for food, especially as busy schedules and life's everyday curve balls prevent traditional sit-down meals," said Chris Stolsky, Marketing Director at Kellogg Company. "We created Kellogg's Instabowls as an easy solution for the 'anytime cereal break' so you can now bring your favorite Kellogg's cereals with you wherever life takes you and not have to worry about milk, dishes, or clean-up."
Each portable bowl is pre-portioned, single serve and mess free — perfect for on the go. Just add cold water to the fill line and the instantized milk turns into real milk with a quick stir. According to an initial fan reaction, they love this offering because they found it "[easier] to grab a bottle of water or find water than make sure that I have milk. Easy to store. Easy to travel with – and kids love it."2
Kellogg's Instabowls come in four iconic cereal varieties — Kellogg's Frosted Flakes, Froot Loops, Apple Jacks and Raisin Bran Crunch. Kellogg's Instabowls are available in the cereal aisle at Walmart for a suggested retail price of $1.98 per bowl and will eventually roll out at additional retailers nationwide. To find Kellogg's Instabowls at a store near you, visit Kelloggs.com. For more information, follow Kellogg on TikTok, Instagram and Twitter.
About Kellogg Company
At Kellogg Company (NYSE: K), our vision is a good and just world where people are not just fed but fulfilled. We are creating better days and a place at the table for everyone through our trusted food brands. Our beloved brands include Pringles®, Cheez-It®, Special K®, Kellogg's Frosted Flakes®, Pop-Tarts®, Kellogg's Corn Flakes®, Rice Krispies®, Eggo®, Mini-Wheats®, Kashi®, RXBAR®, MorningStar Farms® and more. Net sales in 2021 were nearly $14.2 billion, comprised principally of snacks as well as convenience foods like cereal, frozen foods, and noodles. As part of our Kellogg's® Better Days ESG strategy, we're addressing the interconnected issues of wellbeing, climate and food security, creating Better Days for 3 billion people by the end of 2030. Visit www.KelloggCompany.com.
1 Kellogg proprietary study (Kellogg RTEC Consumer Segmentation, Cereal Demand Chain, The Cambridge Group, TCG Analysis, Feb 2020)
2 Kellogg proprietary study (MVRG 2021 Portable Breakfast Cup Concept Study | January 2021)
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In honor of National Suicide Prevention Month, Alexandria announces its deepened partnership with KITA, a non-profit pioneer that is providing a therapeutic and recreational experience to support healing after suicide loss and promote suicide prevention. The new 28-acre property, set to open in 2023, will enable the non-profit to grow its program to increase the number of children it serves and become a hub for mental health, the enjoyment of nature and community building.
PASADENA, Calif., Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. (NYSE: ARE), an urban office REIT and the first, longest-tenured and pioneering owner, operator and developer uniquely focused on collaborative life science, agtech and technology campuses in AAA innovation cluster locations, is deeply committed to driving forward collaborative and innovative solutions through its eight social responsibility pillars to address some of today's most urgent and widespread societal challenges, including (1) disease and other threats to human health, (2) hunger and food insecurity, (3) opioid addiction, (4) deficiencies in support services for the military and their families, (5) disparities in educational opportunities, (6) homelessness, (7) the loss of our nation's historical memory and (8) the rapidly growing mental health and suicide crisis. Suicide, the 12th leading cause of death in the United States according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has contributed to a staggering number of adolescent survivors of suicide loss. Additionally, children and teens who lose a parent to suicide are statistically three times more likely to commit suicide than those with living parents according to a 2010 Johns Hopkins study. In response to this crisis, Alexandria partnered with KITA (more familiarly known as Camp Kita), a non-profit known for its tuition-free summer camp for 8- to 17-year-olds impacted by the death of a loved one to suicide. Through Alexandria's significant support, KITA will have free, long-term access to 28 acres that will serve as a permanent home for the non-profit. With construction set to commence this fall, the revitalized property will have its grand opening in the summer of 2023 to enable the organization to continue its flagship summer camp program and build a restorative community for the healing and learning of those who have experienced suicide loss and are statistically at greater risk of suicide.
"Mental health disorders and suicide touch all of us in some way, and Alexandria is honored to continue playing a part in helping KITA establish a home from which it can grow its program and advance its mission to help children across the nation who have suffered the devastating loss of a family member to suicide," said Michelle Lower, vice president of real estate development and community relations in Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.'s Greater Boston region. "The large and growing number of survivors of suicide loss emphasizes the immense need for organizations working to provide professional bereavement support tailored to this age group. We are extremely proud to support KITA as it continues to pioneer efforts for a therapeutic and recreational experience specific to suicide loss."
Alexandria is supporting KITA with the design and restoration of the property, which will feature new facilities such as a wellness center, cabins for campers and staff, a nature education cabin, therapy cabins, a welcome center with a resource library, and a 2,800 square foot dining hall and commons area that will be named in Alexandria's honor. The waterfront property will also include outdoor pavilions, firepits and walking trails that enable campers to partake in mentally restorative activities such as swimming, fishing, hiking and archery. Prior to KITA's having access to dedicated land, the organization's capacity was limited to 75 campers, ages 8–17, due to rental limitation. As demand continued to increase for its service, campers had to be turned away. Now, within a projected five years after the camp is set to open at Loon Pond, the non-profit is expected to directly serve over 2,000 individuals through its increased programs and session capacity.
"It is an honor and privilege to work with partners like Alexandria, whose incredible support and generosity have been instrumental in helping KITA fulfill our mission," said Morgan Mosher, co-founder of KITA. "As survivors of parental suicide, my siblings and I recognized the significant need to provide children who have endured this particularly difficult loss with a safe, supportive environment to come together to build connections with peers and receive support from mental health professionals. KITA has grown significantly since our founding in 2013, and the need for a location of our own was a vital next step in our growth. We are incredibly grateful for our collaborative partnership with Alexandria, whose contributions will have a tremendous positive impact on the lives of those impacted by suicide and suicide risk, for years to come."
The non-profit launched a three-year fundraising campaign in 2021 with a goal of raising $3 million to help ensure it can continue to provide its campers with a tuition-free camp experience, cover expenses associated with construction and operations, and grow its program offerings to include more services for both suicide postvention (intervention activities that reduce risk and promote healing after a suicide death) and prevention and, overall, to increase the capacity of the population it serves. The non-profit envisions its new home as a gathering place where nature and community will work hand in hand to advance a shared mission for mental health.
Alexandria aligns every aspect of its mission-driven business and visionary social responsibility efforts to advance human health and enhance the quality of people's lives. The company supports and partners with leading regional and national non-profit organizations to create long-term, scalable solutions to the most persistent societal challenges.
For more details on how to join Alexandria in support of KITA's future home, visit campkita.com/futurehome.
About Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. (NYSE: ARE), an S&P 500® urban office REIT, is the first, longest-tenured and pioneering owner, operator and developer uniquely focused on collaborative life science, agtech and technology campuses in AAA innovation cluster locations, with a total market capitalization of $33.7 billion and an asset base in North America of 74.1 million SF as of June 30, 2022. The asset base in North America includes 41.1 million RSF of operating properties and 5.9 million RSF of Class A properties undergoing construction, 9.9 million RSF of near-term and intermediate-term development and redevelopment projects and 17.2 million SF of future development projects. Founded in 1994, Alexandria pioneered this niche and has since established a significant market presence in key locations, including Greater Boston, the San Francisco Bay Area, New York City, San Diego, Seattle, Maryland and Research Triangle. Alexandria has a longstanding and proven track record of developing Class A properties clustered in urban life science, agtech and technology campuses that provide our innovative tenants with highly dynamic and collaborative environments that enhance their ability to successfully recruit and retain world-class talent and inspire productivity, efficiency, creativity and success. Alexandria also provides strategic capital to transformative life science, agtech, and technology companies through our venture capital platform. We believe our unique business model and diligent underwriting ensure a high-quality and diverse tenant base that results in higher occupancy levels, longer lease terms, higher rental income, higher returns and greater long-term asset value. For additional information on Alexandria, please visit www.are.com.
About KITA
As seen on NBC Nightly News, KITA, is a restorative community for the healing and learning for those impacted by suicide and suicide risk. KITA, commonly known as "Camp Kita" for its flagship program, was first established in 2013 by the Mosher siblings as a summer camp for children who have lost a loved one to suicide. Recognizing the importance of intervention, community, and conscientious care to these at-risk youth, the Moshers, alongside expert mental health providers, created a tuition-free New England-based mental health organization that offered a therapeutic and recreational experience that was specific to suicide loss — all within a quintessential camp setting — a first of its kind nationally. Now, nearly ten years later, the KITA organization is evolving. With the Loon Pond property as the vehicle for growth, KITA will continue to run its flagship summer camp program and will expand services to become a Home for Healing for many more people affected by suicide and suicide risk. At KITA's future home, community, mental health, and nature will walk hand-in-hand with the goal of generational transformation. For more information, please visit campkita.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Such forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements regarding Alexandria's social responsibility initiatives, programs, policies, practices, investments, assessments, progress, and performance in connection with its goals; the expected timing of construction and/or opening of the flagship summer camp program for KITA and the longevity of the property as the flagship camp for KITA; the expected facilities, amenities, architecture and trails of the property; the impact of Alexandria's partnership with and contributions to KITA and affiliated communities impacted by suicide and suicide risk; and the expected number of individuals KITA will serve through this property who have lost a parent or other family member to suicide. These forward-looking statements are based on Alexandria's present intent, beliefs or expectations, but forward-looking statements are not guaranteed to occur and may not occur. Actual results may differ materially from those contained in or implied by Alexandria's forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of factors, including, without limitation, the risks and uncertainties detailed in its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this press release, and Alexandria assumes no obligation to update this information. For more discussion relating to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in Alexandria's forward-looking statements, and risks and uncertainties to Alexandria's business in general, please refer to Alexandria's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its most recent annual report on Form 10-K and any subsequently filed quarterly reports on Form 10-Q.
CONTACT: Courtney Mulligan, Assistant Vice President – Strategic Projects & Corporate Social Responsibility, (646) 939-7471, cmulligan@are.com
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Making a splash! Moment glamorous PA, 27, falls backwards into Las Vegas hotel fountain as she poses with bride-to-be after 12-HOUR drinking session at bachelorette party
- Haley Mohler, 27, was celebrating her friend Tori's bachelorette party in Vegas
- They took a photo together and Tori, 24, knocked her off balance as she slipped
- Haley fell into the water after trying to regain her balance and was submerged
- Friend helped her to get out after she was left completely soaked by the water
This is the moment a glamorous PA fell backwards into a Las Vegas hotel fountain as she posed with the bride-to-be after a 12-hour drinking session at a bachelorette party.
Haley Mohler, 27, and her bride-to-be-friend Tori, 24, were attempting to pose for a photograph in front of the fountain at the Las Vegas hotel after a 12-hour drinking session.
In the footage, both are stood to take the picture but just as it has been taken, Tori slips.
She knocks Haley off balance and in a bid to regain her balance, she tries to move so that she is sitting by the fountain.
But as soon as she tries to sit down, she realizes that there are spikes and she folds in half, falling into the fountain.
Haley Mohler, 27, a personal assistant, and her bride-to-be-friend Tori, 24, were attempting to pose for a photograph in front of the fountain at the Las Vegas hotel after a 12-hour drinking session
In the now-viral clip, which has had more than 1.5 million views, Haley becomes completely submerged.
Haley stood up to try and get out of the fountain and looked completely shocked, reacting to the cold water.
Eventually, Tori lent Haley a helping hand and got her completely-soaked friend out of the fountain, with a few laughs and smiles along the way.
Haley said: 'We were taking a late-night photo in front of the fountain and Tori slipped and accidentally threw me off balance - not hard to do after drinking for 12 hours straight!
In the now-viral clip, which has had more than 18 million views, Haley becomes completely submerged
'I then went to sit backwards but there were spikes, so I completely fell back and folded in half.
'I thought it was hilarious, even if it was a bit embarrassing, but I definitely would never have expected to fall the way I did.
'It was one of the most memorable trips of my life.
Eventually, Tori lent Haley a helping hand and got her out of the fountain, with a few laughs and smiles along the way
'We were celebrating one of my best friend's bachelorette and I'm sure this video will add to the life-long memories we've made together.
'A lot of friends who saw the video weren't surprised at all. I think we were just drunk and silly and it wasn't anyone's fault!
'I fell in and Tori immediately helped me out, but made sure to laugh with me in the process.'
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Archaeologists* have unearthed the skeleton of a young hunter-gatherer* whose lower leg was amputated by a skilled Stone Age surgeon 31,000 years ago.
The discovery in a remote limestone cave in Borneo is thought to be the earliest evidence of a complex medical procedure, predating other examples by tens of thousands of years.
A team of Australian and Indonesian archaeologists found the human skeleton during a dig at the Liang Tebo cave in 2020 and were surprised to find it was missing its left foot and lower leg.
Analysis* by University of Sydney palaeopathologist* Dr Melandri Vlok confirmed telltale* bony growths related to healing, suggesting the limb was surgically amputated several years earlier when the individual was a child.
“In fact, it was a huge surprise that this ancient forager* survived a very serious and life-threatening childhood operation, that the wound healed to form a stump, and that they then lived for years in mountainous terrain with altered mobility* – suggesting a high degree of community care,” Dr Vlok said.
Previous archaeological work across Eurasia* and the Americas had uncovered human bones with signs of prehistoric surgeries, including holes drilled in skulls.
But, up until now, the oldest evidence of amputation surgery was a 7000-year-old skeleton of an elderly male Stone Age farmer from France, whose left forearm had been carefully amputated just above the elbow.
The scientists were able to calculate the age of the Borneo cave skeleton by examining its teeth and the radiocarbon age of the dirt it was buried in.
“In light of the much younger age of these prior findings, the discovery of a 31,000-year-old amputee in Borneo clearly has major implications* for our understanding of the history of medicine,” said Griffith University researcher Dr Tim Maloney.
Researchers had thought that humans did not have the expertise or technology to perform such difficult medical procedures so long ago. They thought these procedures only emerged after humans moved from foraging to farming at the end of the ice age.
“What the new finding in Borneo demonstrates is that humans already had the ability to successfully amputate diseased or damaged limbs long before we began farming and living in permanent settlements,” said Professor Maxime Aubert, from Griffith University’s Centre for Social and Cultural Research.
The team, which also included researchers from Southern Cross University, University of Western Australia and Indonesia’s Centre for Archaeology, Language and History, said the surgeon or surgeons who performed the operation 31,000 years ago must have had detailed knowledge of limb anatomy*.
They also must have understood the body’s muscular and vascular* systems in order to prevent fatal blood loss and infection during and after the amputation.
Intensive care after the surgery would also have been vital, with the wound needing regular cleaning to prevent infection.
The researchers said it was unclear if such complex medical procedures were widespread at the time or if the community this human belonged to was unusually advanced.
“One possibility is that rapid rates of infection in the hot and humid tropics prompted early foragers in this region to tap into the rainforests’ ‘natural pharmacy’ of medicinal* plants, leading to an early flourishing* in the use of botanical resources for anaesthetics*, antiseptics*, and other wound-healing treatments,” said Dr India Ella Dilkes-Hall, from the University of Western Australia.
GLOSSARY
- archaeologists: scientists who studies human history by digging up human remains and artefacts
- hunter-gatherer: a member of a group of people who lived mostly by hunting, fishing and gathering wild food
- analysis: detailed examination of something
- palaeopathologist: scientist who studies ancient diseases and injuries by examining fossil or other remains
- telltale: an indication that something exists
- forager: a person or animal that searches widely for food
- mobility: the ability to move or be moved easily
- Eurasia: Europe and Asia considered together as one continent
- implications: the effects that an action or decision have on something else
- anatomy: the structure or internal workings of something
- vascular: to do with the blood vessels
- medicinal: having healing properties
- flourishing: developing rapidly and successfully, thriving
- botanical: to do with plants
- anaesthetics: substances that makes you unable to feel pain
- antiseptics: substances that prevent infection in an injury
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- Where was the skeleton found?
- How long ago was the amputation thought to have happened?
- How did the scientists calculate the age of the skeleton?
- Up until now, what was the oldest evidence of amputation surgery?
- Why do the researchers believe the amputation was done by a skilled surgeon?
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1. How do they do it?
How do you think archaeologists go about uncovering finds like the Stone Age skeleton? Remember that they don’t want to destroy anything that could be valuable evidence! Write a step by step instruction guide for a new archaeologist on the dig in Borneo.
Use your research skills to find out more about the tools and technology that archaeologists use, if you would like to know more.
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What evidence would archaeologists need to find to help them decide that people living so long ago had more advanced medical knowledge? List as many things as you can think of.
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Diary of a hunter-gatherer
Write a diary entry for this young hunter-gatherer about how they lost their leg when they were a child. What event might have occurred for the leg to have to be removed? How did the community support them and their altered mobility? And what obstacles might they have encountered due to the mountainous terrain of the area?
Remember this was over 30,000 years ago, so they would not have access to the same support as today.
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Jeep’s first three electric SUVs want to be able to tackle anything
By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business
Jeep will bring out three new all-electric SUVs over the next few years as it moves toward selling only electric vehicles in Europe by 2030 and having half its sales in the US be all-electric by then, too.
Executives for the off-road SUV brand also indicated that more fully electric SUVs will be revealed in the near future. Jeep currently offers two plug-in hybrid models in the US, the Wrangler 4xe and the Grand Cherokee 4xe. The Wrangler 4xe is, by far, the best-selling plug-in hybrid vehicle in America. In Europe, Jeep also has available plug-in hybrid versions of the Jeep Wrangler and Compass small SUVs.
With a history dating back to World War II, the SUV-only Jeep brand is now part of Stellantis, along with brands like Chrysler, Dodge, Fiat and Citroën. It has long been identified with off-road capability and outdoor recreation, and accordingly, that’s a big part of what it’s targeting with its first electric offerings.
In North America, Jeep will offer the Recon, a Jeep Wrangler-like off-road vehicle, and much like the traditional Jeep Wrangler, it’ll come complete with removable doors and a large cloth sunroof that allows nearly the entire roof to be opened. The Recon will only be available as an electric vehicle, according to Jeep. It will have a storage area under the hood where the engine would ordinarily be in a gas-powered SUV. Full details on the vehicle will be provided sometime next year and it’s planned to go into production in 2024.
While it’s similar to the Wrangler, the Recon will not immediately replace that vehicle, said Christian Meunier, global head of the Jeep brand.
“The Wrangler stays the Wrangler,” he said, calling it “the icon of the brand.”
The new Jeep electric vehicles all have some version of Jeep’s famous “seven slot grille” even though electric vehicles don’t really need grilles. The design element points up the delicate balance between Jeep’s long heritage as a rugged off-road brand and the future demands for environmental sensitivity.
Jeep will also offer a new larger electric SUV the brand has code-named the Wagoneer S. This vehicle will have a “unique, sleek aerodynamic design and 4×4 capability as standard,” Jeep announced. The 600 horsepower SUV will be able to travel 400 miles on a charge and will able to go from zero to 60 miles an hour in 3.5 seconds, according to Jeep. It’s design incorporates a large rear wing over a sloping back end.
In Europe, Jeep will offer the Avenger, a compact electric SUV smaller than the current Jeep Renegade, the smallest model Jeep offers in the US. Jeep expects the Avenger to be able to drive as far as 400 kilometers, or nearly 249 miles, before needing to recharge. Jeep also promises impressive off-road maneuverability for a vehicle of its size. The Avenger will be unveiled at the Paris Motor Show in October, according to Jeep.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A record heat wave put California in a fossil fuel conundrum: The state has had to rely more heavily on natural gas to produce electricity and avoid power outages while Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration moves toward ending the use of oil and gas.
The heat wave that started more than a week ago has been hotter and longer than any other in the state, and it put unprecedented strain on power supplies. That prompted Newsom to plead with people to use less power to avoid rolling blackouts — a practice that involves cutting some people’s power to save energy so the lights can stay on for everyone else.
The effort worked, but meeting the state’s heightened energy demand also required activating generators fueled by natural gas, which is still a major part of the state’s power picture. The Democratic governor’s calls for conservation also drew criticism about new state policies governing electric vehicles and other measures that will only increase energy demand.
Newsom, speaking to reporters Wednesday, said the “pretty extreme” circumstances required the state to turn to more natural gas as a backup supply.
“We all want to accelerate the elimination of the gas, but it’s a sober reminder of reality,” he said.
Tuesday’s demand for 52,000 megawatts set a record, as triple-digit temperatures blanketed much of the state. Sacramento hit a record high of 116 degrees (47 degrees Celsius), and normally cooler places like San Francisco and San Diego also reached sizzling temperatures.
Demand will only climb in the years ahead. By 2045, when the state is mandated to get all of its electricity from non-carbon or renewable sources, demand is expected to be as high as 78,000 megawatts due to more electric home appliances and cars on the road, according California Energy Commission estimates.
To meet that demand, both the government and major utilities like Pacific Gas & Electric are working to scale up renewable sources such as solar and wind power, as well as large-scale batteries that can store that power for use at night. The California Public Utilities Commission last year ordered utilities to procure enough additional power for 2.5 million homes by 2026.
Newsom just signed legislation aimed at keeping the state’s last nuclear plant open for five years beyond its planned 2025 closure, and he suggested Wednesday that the plant could run even longer if needed.
The sun is typically the state’s biggest power source during the day. But as the hot weather arrived, natural gas surpassed renewables for more time over the past week, according to the California Independent System Operator, which is responsible for managing and maintaining reliability on the state’s power grid.
Gas was the primary energy source all day on Tuesday — the expected peak of the brutal temperatures.
Meanwhile, on Monday the state for the first time turned on four gas-powered generators to add more supply, enough to power 120,000 homes. It planned to rely on some diesel-powered generators as well.
But some of the state’s fossil-fuel plants have their own reliability problems. Several power plants, including aging gas-fired ones along California’s coast, partially broke down or produced less energy than planned, according to the ISO.
Four of the plants, which suck up ocean water to cool down their equipment, were slated to close in 2020, but the state has continually extended their lives to help stabilize the power supply. They now plan to stay open until at least 2023, but they could last even longer under legislation Newsom signed in June.
If the state wants to keep the old coastal gas-powered plants online beyond 2023, it needs to give the companies that own them more certainty about the future so they can decide whether to spend money to maintain them, said Siva Gunda, vice chairman of the California Energy Commission, the state’s energy planning agency.
“Everything has to be moved forward at full throttle” with the “ambitious aim” that cleaner energy sources make up most of the state’s power reserves, he said.
The intensity of the heat wave only emphasizes the need for California to move away from fossil fuels as quickly as possible, he said.
The grid challenges also provided plenty of fodder for Newsom’s political critics, who have argued that Democrats’ policies to move away from oil and gas don’t add up.
The state recently adopted new regulations aimed at ending the sale of most new gas-powered cars in the state by 2035. But during the heat wave, officials also urged people not to charge cars or use other large appliances at night. The state has not banned car charging, but instead urged people to do so during the day.
“Gavin Newsom — You have to buy an electric car. Also Gavin Newsom — But you can’t charge it,” Republican state Sen. Melissa Melendez tweeted Tuesday evening after the state sent out an emergency wireless alert urging people to reduce power use.
Environmental groups say planning failures led California to rely on natural gas — and even ramp up its use — during the heat wave. The state needs to set clearer goals and benchmarks to meet its clean energy targets and ensure that fossil fuels aren’t used as a backup, said Ari Eisenstadt, campaign manager for Regenerate California, a campaign aimed at ending fossil fuel use in the state.
“Folks have been talking about natural gas as a bridge for decades,” he said. “And if it were truly a bridge, we would have crossed it by now.”
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Associated Press journalist Michael R. Blood contributed reporting from Beverly Hills, Calif.
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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Emmanuel Sanders would rather chase his young kids around now than hunt down any more passes over the middle.
The veteran wide receiver announced his retirement Wednesday after a 12-year NFL career that included six seasons in Denver, where he helped the Broncos win Super Bowl 50.
“The game of football is tough on the body, and you know I lost a close friend in Demaryius Thomas,” who died last December of a seizure, Sanders said. “And for me, it’s about longevity of life now. I had a heck of a career, 12 years, three Super Bowls. I feel like what else do I have to prove?
“I wake up in the morning, drop the kids off at school. I’m making sandwiches for my daughter. I see the beauty in that,” Sanders said. “And I’m happy. So for me, there’s never really a ‘right’ time to hang it up. But I’m happy to hang it up now.”
Sanders said he plans to do some television broadcasting in retirement.
Sanders started his career in Pittsburgh in 2010 as a third-round pick out of SMU and he joined the Broncos as a free agent in 2014 after coming close to signing with the rival Chiefs — he was at their headquarters about to sign with Kansas City when John Elway called him with a better offer.
Teaming up with Thomas and Peyton Manning, he called Denver “wide receiver heaven” upon his arrival in Colorado and over the next three years he’d catch 279 passes for 3,847 yards and 21 touchdowns.
He played in three Super Bowls, with the Steelers as a rookie, the Broncos and the 49ers, who acquired him from Denver midway through the 2019 season.
Sanders, who played for the Saints in 2020 and the Bills in 2021, finished his career with 704 receptions for 9,245 yards and 51 touchdowns in the regular season and another 52 catches for 622 yards and a touchdown in the playoffs.
At 5-foot-11 and 175 pounds, Sanders was viewed as a slot receiver coming out of college, but in Denver he successfully lined up outside opposite Thomas.
“Any time I go out in public the first thing somebody tells me is you do not look like an NFL receiver,” Sanders said. “And I’ll tell them, ‘Go look on YouTube. You’ll see me coming across the middle and I’m taking every hit, I’m making every catch.’”
At his retirement news conference Wednesday, the Broncos displayed a photo of Sanders and Thomas doing “snow angels” in the blue and orange confetti after beating Tom Brady and the New England Patriots in the AFC championship to reach Super Bowl 50.
Sanders called it one of the highlights of his career.
Another came two weeks later when he helped the Broncos win Super Bowl 50 over the heavily favored Carolina Panthers.
“I gave the game everything that I had,” Sanders said, “and the game gave it back to me.”
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Teen arrested after University of Kentucky shooting that left 11 injured
Published: Sep. 8, 2022 at 6:48 AM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT/Gray News) - A University of Kentucky student was shot at a party on the campus late Wednesday, WKYT reported.
Thursday morning, Jason Almanza-Arroyo was charged with first-degree wanton endangerment, second-degree disorderly conduct, third-degree assault and public intoxication.
The shooting happened at a house on University Avenue on the University of Kentucky campus.
Police said two uninvited people came to the house, and at least one shot was fired after an argument
A University of Kentucky spokesperson said a bullet hit one student directly. Ten other students were injured by shrapnel.
All the students are expected to recover.
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An unusually large number of earthquakes have hit South Carolina this year, but scientists don't know why. (Story first aired on All Things Considered on Aug. 26, 2022.)
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Ultra Capital led the funding round which will expand EnviroSpark's platform supporting property owners with turn-key EV charger solutions.
ATLANTA, Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Atlanta-based electric vehicle (EV) charging company EnviroSpark announced the completion of its Series A funding round led by Ultra Capital, an independent investment firm that invests in businesses focused on sustainable infrastructure and energy transition. The funding will fuel EnviroSpark's continued expansion in the EV infrastructure space as the company builds on its existing footprint of more than 5,000 chargers installed across the United States and Canada.
The announcement comes amid rising adoption rates of electric vehicles nationwide, with government and private forces driving industry growth through national and state policy and expansions in vehicle manufacturing capacity. Increases in EV adoption accelerates the need for fast, reliable and convenient charging infrastructure. EnviroSpark is a leading provider of turn-key EV charger solutions, partnering with property owners, utilities, and governments to bring EV infrastructure to where people live and work, making the shift to electric practical for more consumers.
"EnviroSpark is increasing charging accessibility and will continue its growth in the multi-family and commercial property space, further positioning itself as a strategic leader in the industry. With the addition of these funds, we are expanding our product offerings and increasing headcount nearly four times over, bringing the brightest minds to this booming industry," CEO and Founder Aaron Luque said. "We are ecstatic to have the financial support and expertise from Ultra Capital to move EnviroSpark forward."
This round of funding will accelerate EnviroSpark's roadmap of features and expand its geographic footprint, accelerating the availability of EV infrastructure for more customers in America and Canada. EnviroSpark's platform streamlines installation of EV chargers at scale, making it easier for governments, multi-family property owners and other businesses to join the EV revolution.
"EnviroSpark is a true leader in the EV charging sector, having designed, built and installed thousands of EV chargers since its founding 8 years ago. We are thrilled to support Aaron and his team to expand their footprint, product offerings, and capabilities in a sector that is critical to de-carbonizing transportation," said Kristian Hanelt, Managing Director of Ultra Capital. "EnviroSpark has what it takes to lead this growing industry in its pivotal moment."
Ultra Capital has joined EnviroSpark's Board of Directors along with Paul Bowers, former Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Georgia Power who also invested in the funding round.
Boreas Capital Partners served as financial advisor to EnviroSpark on the transaction.
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ROSTHERN, Saskatchewan (AP) — The last suspect in a horrific stabbing spree that killed 10 and wounded 18 in western Canada is dead following his capture, and police hope the stunning end to a gripping hunt that stretched into a fourth day will bring some peace to victims’ families.
One official said Myles Sanderson, 32, died from self-inflicted injuries Wednesday after police forced the stolen car he was driving off a highway in Saskatchewan. Other officials declined to discuss how he died, but expressed relief the final suspected killer was no longer on the loose.
“This evening our province is breathing a collective sigh of relief,” Assistant Commissioner Rhonda Blackmore, commander of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Saskatchewan, said at a news conference Wednesday night.
The other suspect, Sanderson’s 30-year-old brother, Damien Sanderson, was found dead Monday near the scene of the bloody knife attacks inside and around the James Smith Cree First Nation reserve early Sunday. Both men were residents of the Indigenous reserve.
Blackmore said Myles Sanderson was cornered as police units responded to a report of a stolen vehicle being driven by a man armed with a knife. She said officers forced Sanderson’s vehicle off the road and into a ditch. He was detained and a knife was found inside the vehicle, she said.
Sanderson went into medical distress while in custody, Blackmore said. She said CPR was attempted on him before an ambulance arrived, and emergency medical personnel then took him to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
“All life saving measures that we are capable of were taken at that time,” she said.
Blackmore gave no details on the cause of death. “I can’t speak to the specific manner of death,” she said.
But an official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, earlier said Sanderson died of self-inflicted injuries, without giving any further details.
Video and photos from the scene showed a white SUV off to the side of the road with police cars all around. Air bags had deployed in the SUV. Some photos and video taken from a distance appeared to show Sanderson being frisked.
An independent investigation by members of Saskatchewan’s Serious Incident Response Team went to the arrest site and will review Sanderson’s death and police conduct.
The federal public safety minister, Marco Mendicino, also stressed that the events will be investigated.
“You have questions. We have questions,” he told reporters during a Cabinet retreat in Vancouver, British Columbia, adding: “There will be two levels of police who will be investigating the circumstances of Myles Sanderson’s death.”
His death came two days after the body of Damien Sanderson was found in a field near the scene of the knife rampage. Police are investigating whether Myles Sanderson killed his brother.
Blackmore said that with both men dead, authorities will find it hard to figure out what set off the rampage.
“Now that Myles is deceased we may never have an understanding of that motivation,” she said.
But she said she hoped the families of the stabbing victims will find some comfort that neither of the Sandersons remains a threat.
“I hope that this brings them closure. I hope they can rest easy knowing that Myles Sanderson is no longer a threat to them.”
Some family members of the victims arrived at the scene Wednesday, including Brian Burns, whose wife and son were killed..
“Now we can start to heal. The healing begins today, now,” he said.
The stabbings raised questions of why Myles Sanderson — an ex-con with 59 convictions and a long history of shocking violence — was out on the streets in the first place.
He was released by a parole board in February while serving a sentence of over four years on charges that included assault and robbery. But he had been wanted by police since May, apparently for violating the terms of his release, though the details were not immediately clear.
His long and lurid rap sheet also showed that seven years ago, he attacked and stabbed one of the victims killed in Sunday’s stabbings, according to court records.
Mendicino, the public safety minister, has said there will be an investigation into the parole board’s assessment of Sanderson.
“I want to know the reasons behind the decision” to release him, Mendicino said. “I’m extremely concerned with what occurred here. A community has been left reeling.”
The Saskatchewan Coroner’s Service said nine of those killed were from the James Smith Cree Nation: Thomas Burns, 23; Carol Burns, 46; Gregory Burns, 28; Lydia Gloria Burns, 61; Bonnie Burns, 48; Earl Burns, 66; Lana Head, 49; Christian Head, 54; and Robert Sanderson, 49. The other victim was from Weldon, 78-year-old Wesley Patterson.
Authorities would not say if the victims might be related.
Mark Arcand said his half sister Bonnie and her son Gregory were killed.
“Her son was lying there already deceased. My sister went out and tried to help her son, and she was stabbed two times, and she died right beside him,” he said. “Right outside of her home she was killed by senseless acts. She was protecting her son. She was protecting three little boys. This is why she is a hero.”
Arcand rushed to the reserve the morning of the rampage. After that, he said, “I woke up in the middle of the night just screaming and yelling. What I saw that day I can’t get out of my head.”
As for what set off the violence, Arcand said: “We’re all looking for those same answers. We don’t know what happened. Maybe we’ll never know. That’s the hardest part of this.”
Court documents said Sanderson attacked his in-laws Earl Burns and Joyce Burns in 2015, knifing Earl Burns repeatedly and wounding Joyce Burns. He later pleaded guilty to assault and threatening Earl Burns’ life.
Many of Sanderson’s crimes were committed when he was intoxicated, according to court records. He told parole officials at one point that substance use made him out of his mind. Records showed he repeatedly violated court orders barring him from drinking or using drugs.
Many of Canada’s Indigenous communities are plagued by drugs and alcohol.
Myles Sanderson’s childhood was marked by violence, neglect and substance abuse, court records show. Sanderson, who is Indigenous and was raised on the Cree reserve, population 1,900, started drinking and smoking marijuana at around 12, and cocaine followed soon after.
In 2017, he barged into his ex-girlfriend’s home, punched a hole in the door of a bathroom while his two children were hiding in a bathtub and threw a cement block at a vehicle parked outside, according to parole documents.
He got into a fight a few days later at a store, threatening to kill an employee and burn down his parents’ home, documents said.
That November he threatened an accomplice into robbing a fast-food restaurant by clubbing him with a gun and stomping on his head. He then stood watch during the holdup.
In 2018, he stabbed two men with a fork while drinking and beat someone unconscious.
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NEW ALBANY, Ohio (WCMH) – Intel is one day away from a groundbreaking ceremony in Ohio for what President Joe Biden called the future of the U.S. economy.
The computer chip manufacturing plant to-be on the outskirts of Columbus is the culmination of billions of dollars in funding, a bill putting billions more into play, and the president and Intel both strong-arming Congress into passing it over a year after its inception. The groundbreaking ceremony itself was withheld until that legislation cleared Biden’s desk, allowing him to attend the Friday event as well.
Now that the paperwork is out of the way, Intel has to put its words into action as well. Read below to learn more about Intel’s plans for the state, as well as why even the U.S. president has his eyes on the site in New Albany.
Intel’s vision for the Ohio plant
“Silicon Heartland,” is the term Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger coined once the news broke that the company picked Ohio for its semiconductor fabrication plant. The new factory’s general manager-to-be, Jim Evers, later told NBC4 it would be the biggest manufacturing operation in Intel’s fold.
“The campus that we have [in Arizona] is pretty big, 700 acres, but if you look at what we’ve announced for Ohio, it’s 960, almost a thousand acres there,” Evers said “It took me 28 years to build four fabs here, we’re going to build two more [in Ohio]. I hope that I can build more than that at a much quicker pace.”
Evers’ wish came true in recent environmental filings for the Ohio plant. Intel received emissions permits for four different factories housed at the site, with the potential to double that.
“Adding four factories to the permit does give us the flexibility to move faster,” said Intel spokeswoman Linda Qian. “Now, the [New Albany] site does have the capability to hold eight factories, and so we would need to go through the permit process again if we were to expand to the full eight.”
Each of those individual semiconductor fabrication facilities, or fabs as Intel reps call them, is a major moneymaker for the company, according to Evers.
“When fabs are operational … the revenue generation is very, very high. It’s so high that as a factory manager, person running the fabs, we almost never shut them down because we want to keep them running 365 days a year, 24 by seven,” Evers said.
Why the company picked Ohio
The New Albany location was originally a long shot candidate for Intel’s next semiconductor fabrication plant, according to Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted. But he said out of 35 to 40 other competing places, Ohio did something special.
Intel initially approached the state in May 2021. Husted said the site in New Albany was the only one the state could come up with for Intel to look at, because the requirements were steep.
“It had to be … a lot of little things, like it couldn’t even be near a railroad track because of the vibration, it can’t have a vibration,” Husted said. “You have to have more than 1,000 acres. It had to have the infrastructure. It had to have reliable electricity. It had to have access to a workforce.”
When Ohio’s government presented Intel with their Goldilocks candidate, the company replied that it had competition. Nine months later, Husted said the chipmakers’ executives told him why his state made the cut.
“They just believed that we were going to be good partners, that Ohio wanted this,” Husted said. “They felt that there are some places that wanted to dictate terms to them, that didn’t really appreciate what they were up against, that maybe weren’t going to be as welcoming. I think they felt like Ohio was a place that was a patriotic state where people wanted to work hard, that they appreciated manufacturing and manufacturing jobs.”
Ohio had good reason for wanting the plant. While it could have negative impacts in the local housing market, it could also have major positive impacts with the first visible one in job creation. Intel Vice President of Global Talent Planning & Acquisition Cindi Harper told NBC4 that the company will look to hire 10,000 people to staff the inside and outside of the plant.
“Although 3,000 of them will actually be in our fabs long-term, 7,000 of them will be right beside us in construction and other trades,” Harper said. “And typically our trades hire very similarly to the type of talent that we have.”
Evers said that with the Intel jobs, other opportunities would follow as well, including for local businesses and education incentives for the next generation of Intel employees.
“If you look at the overall footprint for what Intel brings into this one, there’s the direct jobs that we create, but then there’s also the indirect jobs that we create,” Evers said. “There’s a multiplication effect for everybody else … Our suppliers will bring their employees as well. So, it’s a whole ecosystem that we’re bringing.”
Why Ohio-made computer chips matter
President Joe Biden has long been a major supporter of Intel’s plant in Ohio, painting a lofty picture of the coming factory in his State of the Union address in March.
“If you travel 20 miles east of Columbus, Ohio, you’ll find a thousand empty acres of land,” the president said. “It won’t look like much, but if you stop and look closely, you’ll see a field of dreams, the ground on which America’s future will be built.”
The president and other politicians aren’t just touting the Ohio plant for its benefits to the midwestern state. Intel’s fabs are some of the most noteworthy examples of a U.S. effort to return to power in computer chip manufacturing. The small, silicon wafers power almost everything electronic, including computers, cars and military weapons.
During the 20th century, the U.S. built itself up as a powerhouse that made more than a third of the entire world’s supply of computer chips. That didn’t last as the U.S. failed to keep up with other rising stars, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association. A pandemic-era shortage of these core parts worldwide has also hurt multiple industries and driven up prices for their products.
The White House also wants Intel’s work in Ohio to make the country more competitive with manufacturing heavyweights, directly naming China. But to make the Biden administration’s hopes happen, the Ohio plant’s general manager said Intel needed what other industry players already have.
“It’s too concentrated today in, you know, Asia and other places, and all of those other companies in these other countries, they get supplemental help to be able to make that effective,” Evers said. “So, we’re just trying to make the playing field even, in order to do the supply chain rebalancing back into the United States.”
The money behind the plant
The cash backing Intel’s plant has made it the largest private investment in Ohio history. Beyond the $20 billion Intel put down on the table to construct its newest location, the company also received state and federal help.
As Gov. Mike DeWine’s administration made the case for the perfect place for Intel in New Albany, it also sweetened the deal. Shortly after the announcement that Intel was coming to Ohio, the state also disclosed $1.2 billion in incentives it committed to Intel with taxpayer funds. It gives Intel $300 million per fab it builds, amounting to $600 million total for the company’s first two planned factories. Ohio also committed to investing $691 million into infrastructure to support the New Albany location, including in the form of a water reclamation facility to help Intel recycle water it uses. Intel could also be eligible for the state’s $650 million job creation tax credit if it walks the talk on its 10,000 jobs.
The Biden administration pushed to get a $52 billion package through Congress that also benefits Intel. The CHIPS and Science Act took multiple forms since being introduced in the 2019-2020 legislative session, but eventually found its way through the U.S. House and Senate in July with public prodding from Intel’s CEO and Biden. It’s not clear yet just how much of a slice Intel will get from the CHIPS Act.
The winding tale of Intel’s venture into Ohio will enter its next chapter Friday, as the president and numerous Intel and state officials join together at the New Albany site. The groundbreaking ceremony is set to start at 10:45 a.m.
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LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II has been placed under medical supervision because doctors are “concerned for Her Majesty’s health,” Buckingham Palace said Thursday, as members of the royal family traveled to Scotland to be with the 96-year-old monarch.
The announcement comes a day after the queen canceled a virtual meeting of her Privy Council when doctors advised her to rest following a full day of events on Tuesday, when she formally asked Liz Truss to become prime minister.
“Following further evaluation this morning, the Queen’s doctors are concerned for Her Majesty’s health and have recommended she remain under medical supervision,” a palace spokesperson said, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with customary policy. “The Queen remains comfortable and at Balmoral.”
Prince Charles, the heir to the throne, and his wife, Camilla, are with the queen after traveling to Balmoral Castle, the queen’s summer vacation home, to be with her. Prince William, Charles’ eldest son, is en route.
Elizabeth marked seven decades on the throne this year. She has increasingly handed over duties to Charles and other members of the royal family in recent months as she struggled to get around.
“The whole country will be deeply concerned by the news from Buckingham Palace this lunchtime,” Truss said on Twitter.
“My thoughts — and the thoughts of people across our United Kingdom — are with Her Majesty The Queen and her family at this time.”
The Privy Council, a group of the monarch’s senior advisers, was due to formally swear in Truss and her new Cabinet members at Wednesday’s meeting. The session will be held at a later date.
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Godrej Locks encourages people to 'live freely' in latest campaign
The campaign will include a series of films which will be amplified across TV channels, OTT platforms as well as digital and social media platforms. The primary focus will be on YouTube followed by Facebook and Instagram.
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In honor of National Suicide Prevention Month, Alexandria announces its deepened partnership with KITA, a non-profit pioneer that is providing a therapeutic and recreational experience to support healing after suicide loss and promote suicide prevention. The new 28-acre property, set to open in 2023, will enable the non-profit to grow its program to increase the number of children it serves and become a hub for mental health, the enjoyment of nature and community building.
PASADENA, Calif., Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. (NYSE: ARE), an urban office REIT and the first, longest-tenured and pioneering owner, operator and developer uniquely focused on collaborative life science, agtech and technology campuses in AAA innovation cluster locations, is deeply committed to driving forward collaborative and innovative solutions through its eight social responsibility pillars to address some of today's most urgent and widespread societal challenges, including (1) disease and other threats to human health, (2) hunger and food insecurity, (3) opioid addiction, (4) deficiencies in support services for the military and their families, (5) disparities in educational opportunities, (6) homelessness, (7) the loss of our nation's historical memory and (8) the rapidly growing mental health and suicide crisis. Suicide, the 12th leading cause of death in the United States according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has contributed to a staggering number of adolescent survivors of suicide loss. Additionally, children and teens who lose a parent to suicide are statistically three times more likely to commit suicide than those with living parents according to a 2010 Johns Hopkins study. In response to this crisis, Alexandria partnered with KITA (more familiarly known as Camp Kita), a non-profit known for its tuition-free summer camp for 8- to 17-year-olds impacted by the death of a loved one to suicide. Through Alexandria's significant support, KITA will have free, long-term access to 28 acres that will serve as a permanent home for the non-profit. With construction set to commence this fall, the revitalized property will have its grand opening in the summer of 2023 to enable the organization to continue its flagship summer camp program and build a restorative community for the healing and learning of those who have experienced suicide loss and are statistically at greater risk of suicide.
"Mental health disorders and suicide touch all of us in some way, and Alexandria is honored to continue playing a part in helping KITA establish a home from which it can grow its program and advance its mission to help children across the nation who have suffered the devastating loss of a family member to suicide," said Michelle Lower, vice president of real estate development and community relations in Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.'s Greater Boston region. "The large and growing number of survivors of suicide loss emphasizes the immense need for organizations working to provide professional bereavement support tailored to this age group. We are extremely proud to support KITA as it continues to pioneer efforts for a therapeutic and recreational experience specific to suicide loss."
Alexandria is supporting KITA with the design and restoration of the property, which will feature new facilities such as a wellness center, cabins for campers and staff, a nature education cabin, therapy cabins, a welcome center with a resource library, and a 2,800 square foot dining hall and commons area that will be named in Alexandria's honor. The waterfront property will also include outdoor pavilions, firepits and walking trails that enable campers to partake in mentally restorative activities such as swimming, fishing, hiking and archery. Prior to KITA's having access to dedicated land, the organization's capacity was limited to 75 campers, ages 8–17, due to rental limitation. As demand continued to increase for its service, campers had to be turned away. Now, within a projected five years after the camp is set to open at Loon Pond, the non-profit is expected to directly serve over 2,000 individuals through its increased programs and session capacity.
"It is an honor and privilege to work with partners like Alexandria, whose incredible support and generosity have been instrumental in helping KITA fulfill our mission," said Morgan Mosher, co-founder of KITA. "As survivors of parental suicide, my siblings and I recognized the significant need to provide children who have endured this particularly difficult loss with a safe, supportive environment to come together to build connections with peers and receive support from mental health professionals. KITA has grown significantly since our founding in 2013, and the need for a location of our own was a vital next step in our growth. We are incredibly grateful for our collaborative partnership with Alexandria, whose contributions will have a tremendous positive impact on the lives of those impacted by suicide and suicide risk, for years to come."
The non-profit launched a three-year fundraising campaign in 2021 with a goal of raising $3 million to help ensure it can continue to provide its campers with a tuition-free camp experience, cover expenses associated with construction and operations, and grow its program offerings to include more services for both suicide postvention (intervention activities that reduce risk and promote healing after a suicide death) and prevention and, overall, to increase the capacity of the population it serves. The non-profit envisions its new home as a gathering place where nature and community will work hand in hand to advance a shared mission for mental health.
Alexandria aligns every aspect of its mission-driven business and visionary social responsibility efforts to advance human health and enhance the quality of people's lives. The company supports and partners with leading regional and national non-profit organizations to create long-term, scalable solutions to the most persistent societal challenges.
For more details on how to join Alexandria in support of KITA's future home, visit campkita.com/futurehome.
About Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. (NYSE: ARE), an S&P 500® urban office REIT, is the first, longest-tenured and pioneering owner, operator and developer uniquely focused on collaborative life science, agtech and technology campuses in AAA innovation cluster locations, with a total market capitalization of $33.7 billion and an asset base in North America of 74.1 million SF as of June 30, 2022. The asset base in North America includes 41.1 million RSF of operating properties and 5.9 million RSF of Class A properties undergoing construction, 9.9 million RSF of near-term and intermediate-term development and redevelopment projects and 17.2 million SF of future development projects. Founded in 1994, Alexandria pioneered this niche and has since established a significant market presence in key locations, including Greater Boston, the San Francisco Bay Area, New York City, San Diego, Seattle, Maryland and Research Triangle. Alexandria has a longstanding and proven track record of developing Class A properties clustered in urban life science, agtech and technology campuses that provide our innovative tenants with highly dynamic and collaborative environments that enhance their ability to successfully recruit and retain world-class talent and inspire productivity, efficiency, creativity and success. Alexandria also provides strategic capital to transformative life science, agtech, and technology companies through our venture capital platform. We believe our unique business model and diligent underwriting ensure a high-quality and diverse tenant base that results in higher occupancy levels, longer lease terms, higher rental income, higher returns and greater long-term asset value. For additional information on Alexandria, please visit www.are.com.
About KITA
As seen on NBC Nightly News, KITA, is a restorative community for the healing and learning for those impacted by suicide and suicide risk. KITA, commonly known as "Camp Kita" for its flagship program, was first established in 2013 by the Mosher siblings as a summer camp for children who have lost a loved one to suicide. Recognizing the importance of intervention, community, and conscientious care to these at-risk youth, the Moshers, alongside expert mental health providers, created a tuition-free New England-based mental health organization that offered a therapeutic and recreational experience that was specific to suicide loss — all within a quintessential camp setting — a first of its kind nationally. Now, nearly ten years later, the KITA organization is evolving. With the Loon Pond property as the vehicle for growth, KITA will continue to run its flagship summer camp program and will expand services to become a Home for Healing for many more people affected by suicide and suicide risk. At KITA's future home, community, mental health, and nature will walk hand-in-hand with the goal of generational transformation. For more information, please visit campkita.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Such forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements regarding Alexandria's social responsibility initiatives, programs, policies, practices, investments, assessments, progress, and performance in connection with its goals; the expected timing of construction and/or opening of the flagship summer camp program for KITA and the longevity of the property as the flagship camp for KITA; the expected facilities, amenities, architecture and trails of the property; the impact of Alexandria's partnership with and contributions to KITA and affiliated communities impacted by suicide and suicide risk; and the expected number of individuals KITA will serve through this property who have lost a parent or other family member to suicide. These forward-looking statements are based on Alexandria's present intent, beliefs or expectations, but forward-looking statements are not guaranteed to occur and may not occur. Actual results may differ materially from those contained in or implied by Alexandria's forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of factors, including, without limitation, the risks and uncertainties detailed in its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this press release, and Alexandria assumes no obligation to update this information. For more discussion relating to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in Alexandria's forward-looking statements, and risks and uncertainties to Alexandria's business in general, please refer to Alexandria's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its most recent annual report on Form 10-K and any subsequently filed quarterly reports on Form 10-Q.
CONTACT: Courtney Mulligan, Assistant Vice President – Strategic Projects & Corporate Social Responsibility, (646) 939-7471, cmulligan@are.com
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RALEIGH, N.C., Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bandwidth Inc. (NASDAQ: BAND), a leading global enterprise cloud communications company, today announced "Send-To," a new messaging app for Bandwidth's Direct Routing and Operator Connect for Microsoft Teams. Send-To enables enterprise users to send SMS texts from within Teams instead of having to use their personal phones, enabling faster and more efficient work collaboration. The new app expands Bandwidth's DuetⓇ for Microsoft Teams beyond the core capabilities of voice and e911, creating a truly unified communications experience. It is now available for Teams customers who use Bandwidth for Direct Routing in the U.S.
"As messaging becomes an increasingly preferred way to communicate, employees shouldn't have to use their personal phone numbers to conduct mission-critical communications–whether with their co-workers inside an organization, or when reaching out to customers, partners, suppliers or other stakeholders," said John Bell, Bandwidth's Chief Product Officer. "Our new Send-To app is the latest example of Bandwidth's continuous innovation to expand our longtime partnerships with platform leaders like Microsoft and accelerate the enterprise communications move to the cloud."
For IT leaders, the new Send-To app can be installed quickly and deployed easily, in keeping with Bandwidth's reputation for simplicity and customer satisfaction. As a result, Teams users can send SMS and MMS messages from within their Teams channels, on desktop or mobile, using a Bandwidth-provided phone number, which minimizes the need for context switching and increases efficiency. It also mitigates the security and governance issues stemming from the use of personal devices for business messaging. To further protect privacy, customers control how messages and contacts are retained within their own Teams tenant.
Bandwidth engineered the Send-To app to solve for a wide variety of use cases. One of the app's first users is Camden Property Trust, a publicly traded real estate investment trust. With heavy personnel needs to manage its 58,000+ apartment homes in more than 170 communities across the U.S., Camden saw the opportunity to use Bandwidth's Send-To app to improve the speed and effectiveness of its employee recruiting process. The challenge: traditional emails received a slow response due to prospective employees being busy working during the day, and phone calls were seldom answered. This created friction in the recruiting process and stretched out the time to hire. Camden's talent acquisition team piloted Bandwidth's Send-To app to send text messages to candidates through Teams instead. The result: the time recruiters have spent coordinating interviews has been shortened from two days to as little as two minutes, all orchestrated from within the Teams interface.
"Send-To has revolutionized our recruitment efforts," said Allison Dunavant, Vice President of Organization Development at Camden. "The high open and response rates of text messaging enables our recruiters to reach prospective employees much quicker than through traditional recruiting methods. We've been able to bring on new employees much more efficiently and streamline our recruiting communications into a single, more effective channel."
"Send-To by Bandwidth has become a key part of our Microsoft Teams environment," said Jimmy Whorton, Vice President of Information Technology at Camden. "It is secure, easy to deploy, and gives us the simplicity of one provider for voice and messaging through Bandwidth as our Direct Routing partner for Microsoft Teams."
Send-To is yet another example of Bandwidth's decade-long track record of innovation alongside Microsoft. For example, Bandwidth's Duet for Microsoft Teams is a Bring Your Own Carrier (BYOC) solution to help enterprises move to the cloud. With BYOC, enterprises can unbundle their telephony and easily integrate their entire communications stack, while replacing legacy telecom carriers and most on-premises equipment with the Bandwidth platform–built on its own global, software-driven, all-IP network.
Find out more about Bandwidth's Send-To app here.
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Bandwidth (NASDAQ: BAND) is a global communications software company that helps enterprises connect people around the world with cloud-ready voice, messaging and emergency services. Backed by a network reaching 60+ countries covering 90 percent of global GDP, companies like Cisco, Google, Microsoft, RingCentral, Uber and Zoom use Bandwidth's APIs to easily embed communications into software and applications. Bandwidth has more than 20 years in the technology space and was the first Communications Platform-as-a-Service (CPaaS) provider offering a robust selection of APIs built around our own network. Our award-winning support teams help businesses around the world solve complex communications challenges every day. More information is available at www.bandwidth.com.
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MELBOURNE, Australia and SAN DIEGO, Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Global MedTech start-up Nutromics has raised an additional US $14 million for its wearable diagnostic platform. This transformative funding is key to Nutromics' continued expansion across Australia and the United States. Strategic investors included Dexcom Ventures, VU Venture Partners, and Artesian Investments.
This funding demonstrates a resounding level of investor confidence in the potential of Nutromics' technology, which will tackle some of healthcare's most challenging conditions through the power of continuous diagnostic monitoring. Nutromics plans to raise significantly more funding in 2023 following in-vivo clinical studies.
"We are aiming to cause a paradigm shift in diagnostic healthcare by essentially developing a lab-on-a-patch. A lack of timely and continuous diagnostic insights can strongly impact outcomes when dealing with critical disease states. With this strategic industry and VC investment in us, we see more confidence in our technology and hope to accelerate our growth, as the need for our platform in the lab diagnostic space is urgent", said Nutromics' co-founder and CEO Peter Vranes.
Nutromics is developing a wearable diagnostic platform that uses DNA technology to enable tracking for multiple targets in the human body using a single patch. This is the first technology of its kind that is both a platform and proven to work on-body. The DNA sensor technology will provide clinicians and patients with continuous and real-time diagnostic information ranging from hard-to-dose drugs, like vancomycin, to biological markers for conditions such as kidney disease.
Nutromics was founded in 2017 and including this recent acceleration round has raised over US$20 million to date for its ground-breaking wearable diagnostic platform. This latest round of funding will support an expansion of clinical studies, expansion of R&D team and investment across both Australian and United States hubs.
The company's exponential growth over the last year, along with this latest round of funding brings Nutromics one step closer to realizing their vision of a world with zero preventable deaths.
About Nutromics
Founded in 2017 by Peter Vranes (CEO) and Hitesh Mehta (COO), Nutromics is on a mission to revolutionize healthcare through continuous diagnostic monitoring, with a vision for a world with zero preventable deaths through personalized and timely diagnostic insights.
Nutromics is developing a wearable diagnostic platform combining microneedles that provide pain-free access to interstitial fluid, just under the skin, and DNA sensor technology.
Nutromics will complete world-first in-human clinical studies of its first DNA sensors in 2022, as well as its integrated alpha prototype device.
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By ROB GILLIES and ROBERT BUMSTED
ROSTHERN, Saskatchewan (AP) — The last suspect in a horrific stabbing rampage that killed 10 and wounded 18 in western Canada is dead following his capture, and police hope the stunning end to a hunt that stretched into a fourth day will bring some peace to victims’ families.
One official said Myles Sanderson, 32, died from self-inflicted injuries Wednesday after police forced the stolen car he was driving off a highway in Saskatchewan. Other officials declined to discuss how he died, but expressed relief the final suspected killer was no longer on the loose.
“This evening our province is breathing a collective sigh of relief,” Assistant Commissioner Rhonda Blackmore, commander of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Saskatchewan, said at a news conference Wednesday night.
The other suspect, Sanderson’s 30-year-old brother, Damien Sanderson, was found dead Monday near the scene of the bloody knife attacks inside and around the James Smith Cree First Nation reserve early Sunday. Both men were residents of the Indigenous reserve.
Blackmore said Myles Sanderson was cornered as police units responded to a report of a stolen vehicle driven by a man armed with a knife. She said officers forced Sanderson’s vehicle off the road and into a ditch. He was detained and a knife was found inside the vehicle, she said.
Sanderson went into medical distress while in custody, Blackmore said. She said CPR was attempted on him before an ambulance arrived, and emergency medical personnel then took him to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
“All life-saving measures that we are capable of were taken at that time,” she said.
Blackmore gave no details on the cause of death. “I can’t speak to the specific manner of death. That’s going to be part of the autopsy that will be conducted,” she said.
But an official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, earlier said Sanderson died of self-inflicted injuries, without giving further details.
Video and photos from the scene showed a white SUV off to the side of the road with police cars all around. Air bags had deployed in the SUV. Some photos and video taken from a distance appeared to show Sanderson being frisked.
Members of Saskatchewan’s Serious Incident Response Team went to the arrest site and will review Sanderson’s death and police conduct.
The federal public safety minister, Marco Mendicino, also stressed that the events will be investigated.
“You have questions. We have questions,” he told reporters during a Cabinet retreat in Vancouver, British Columbia, adding: “There will be two levels of police who will be investigating the circumstances of Myles Sanderson’s death.”
His death came two days after the body of Damien Sanderson was found in a field near the scene of the knife rampage. Police are investigating whether Myles Sanderson killed his brother.
Blackmore said that with both men dead, “we may never have an understanding of that motivation.”
But she said she hoped the families of the stabbing victims will find some comfort that neither of the Sandersons remains a threat.
“I hope that this brings them closure. I hope they can rest easy knowing that Myles Sanderson is no longer a threat to them.”
Some family members of the victims arrived at the scene Wednesday, including Brian Burns, whose wife and son were killed.
“Now we can start to heal. The healing begins today, now,” he said.
The stabbings raised questions of why Myles Sanderson — an ex-con with 59 convictions and a long history of shocking violence — was out on the streets in the first place.
He was released by a parole board in February while serving a sentence of over four years on charges that included assault and robbery. But he had been wanted by police since May, apparently for violating the terms of his release, though the details were not immediately clear.
His long and lurid rap sheet also showed that seven years ago, he attacked and stabbed one of the victims killed in Sunday’s stabbings, according to court records.
Mendicino, the public safety minister, has said there will be an investigation into the parole board’s assessment of Sanderson.
“I want to know the reasons behind the decision” to release him, Mendicino said. “I’m extremely concerned with what occurred here. A community has been left reeling.”
The Saskatchewan Coroner’s Service said nine of those killed were from the James Smith Cree Nation: Thomas Burns, 23; Carol Burns, 46; Gregory Burns, 28; Lydia Gloria Burns, 61; Bonnie Burns, 48; Earl Burns, 66; Lana Head, 49; Christian Head, 54; and Robert Sanderson, 49. The other victim was from Weldon, 78-year-old Wesley Patterson.
Authorities would not say if the victims might be related.
Mark Arcand said his half sister Bonnie and her son Gregory were killed.
“Her son was lying there already deceased. My sister went out and tried to help her son, and she was stabbed two times, and she died right beside him,” he said. “Right outside of her home she was killed by senseless acts. She was protecting her son. She was protecting three little boys. This is why she is a hero.”
Arcand rushed to the reserve the morning of the rampage. After that, he said, “I woke up in the middle of the night just screaming and yelling. What I saw that day I can’t get out of my head.”
As for what set off the violence, Arcand said: “We’re all looking for those same answers. We don’t know what happened. Maybe we’ll never know. That’s the hardest part of this.”
Court documents said Sanderson attacked his in-laws Earl Burns and Joyce Burns in 2015, knifing Earl Burns repeatedly and wounding Joyce Burns. He later pleaded guilty to assault and threatening Earl Burns’ life.
Many of Sanderson’s crimes were committed when he was intoxicated, according to court records. He told parole officials at one point that substance use made him out of his mind. Records showed he repeatedly violated court orders barring him from drinking or using drugs.
Many of Canada’s Indigenous communities are plagued by drugs and alcohol.
Myles Sanderson’s childhood was marked by violence, neglect and substance abuse, court records show. Sanderson, who is Indigenous and was raised on the Cree reserve, population 1,900, started drinking and smoking marijuana at around 12, and cocaine followed soon after.
In 2017, he barged into his ex-girlfriend’s home, punched a hole in the door of a bathroom while his two children were hiding in a bathtub and threw a cement block at a vehicle parked outside, according to parole documents.
He got into a fight a few days later at a store, threatening to kill an employee and burn down his parents’ home, documents said.
That November he threatened an accomplice into robbing a fast-food restaurant by clubbing him with a gun and stomping on his head. He then stood watch during the holdup.
In 2018, he stabbed two men with a fork while drinking and beat someone unconscious.
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Associated Press writer Heather Hollingsworth in Kansas City contributed to this report.
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LIVE BLOG: Queen Elizabeth II under medical supervision at Balmoral
The Queen is under medical supervision after doctors became concerned for her health as Prince Charles, Camilla and Prince William raced to Balmoral to be with her.
‘We must prepare for the worst’: BBC Royal correspondent
The BBC’s royal correspondent says there is “profound concern” for the Queen tonight and “we are now at the stage where we must prepare for the worst”.
Speaking on BBC World News, Nicholas Witchell said there had been a “gradual deterioration” in the Queen’s health in recent months and “rumours of cancer”, but no confirmation.
“In the absence of anything that has been confirmed, in the absence of anything that we, the BBC, have been able to say with certainty, it has been impossible to give any sort of impression as to where this is all going,” Witchell said.
“But certainly it has been my impression, as I said on the news just a couple of days ago, that there had be no sharp, significant change in her condition in recent weeks. I think it’s been a gradual deterioration.
“She is, after all, as we know a lady of 96 and what 96-year-old does not experience health concerns.
“But the fact that the doctors have this morning felt it necessary to say what they have and the fact more pointedly, more significantly, perhaps, that family members are travelling to Balmoral ... we can all draw our own conclusions from that.
Her Majesty’s health scrutinised in recent months
The monarch, 96, pulled out of a virtual Privy Council on Wednesday, a day after appointing Liz Truss as PM at her home in the Scottish Highlands on the advice of royal doctors.
She has also pulled out of key events due to ongoing mobility issues in recent months.
She thrilled crowds on the first day of her Platinum Jubilee celebrations on June 2 when she appeared on the Buckingham Palace balcony and later at Windsor Castle.
But the next day, she pulled out of the Platinum Jubilee Service of Thanksgiving at St Paul’s Cathedral after experiencing “discomfort” during the previous day’s celebrations.
Public gather outside Balmoral
Crowds of people have gathered outside the gates of Balmoral Castle, where the Queen remains “comfortable” under medical supervision.
Police officers are standing guard along the castle’s driveway.
Prince Harry and Meghan on their way to Balmoral
A spokesperson for the couple confirmed the Duke and Duchess of Sussex will be travelling to Scotland.
Well wishes pour in from around the world
People from all over the world have sent well wishes to the Queen and the Royal Family following news of her declining health.
Newly appointed UK Prime Minister Liz Truss said the whole nation is thinking about her.
“My thoughts - and the thoughts of people across our United Kingdom - are with Her Majesty The Queen and her family at this time,” she said.
Piers Morgan has also spoken out saying “he couldn’t imagine Britain without the Queen”.
Kate to stay in Windsor while children start at new school
The Duchess of Cambridge has remained in Windsor as Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis attend their first full day at their new school.
The children have started at Lambrook School after the family moved to the historic town from their home in nearby London.
Queen’s family members race to Balmoral
Prince Charles, Camilla and Prince William have rushed to be with the Queen after Her Majesty’s immediate family members were informed.
“Their Royal Highnesses The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall have travelled to Balmoral,” a Clarence House spokesperson said.
Prince William is also travelling to Balmoral, a Kensington Palace source confirmed.
Queen under medical supervision at Balmoral
The Queen is under medical supervision after doctors became concerned for her health.
“Following further evaluation this morning, The Queen’s doctors are concerned for Her Majesty’s health and have recommended she remain under medical supervision,” the statement read.
“The Queen remains comfortable and at Balmoral.”
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India ranked 132 out of 191 countries in the 2021 human development index, according to a report released by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
India's HDI value of 0.633 places the country in the medium human development category, lower than its value of 0.645 in the 2020 report. India ranked 131 among 189 countries in the 2020 human development index.
"Like global trends, in India's case, the drop in HDI from 0.645 in 2019 to 0.633 in 2021 can be attributed to falling life expectancy - 69.7 to 67.2 years. India's expected years of schooling stand at 11.9 years, and the mean years of schooling are at 6.7 years," the report said.
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Human Development — a measure of a nation's health, education, and average income — has declined for two years in a row, 2020 and 2021, reversing five years of progress, the report said.
This is in line with the global decline, indicating that human development across the world has stalled for the first time in 32 years, the report said.
The report said a large contributor to the Human Development Index's recent decline is a global drop in life expectancy, down from 72.8 years in 2019 to 71.4 years in 2021.
The latest Human Development Report — Uncertain Times, Unsettled Lives: Shaping our Future in a Transforming World — launched by UNDP argues that layers of uncertainty are stacking up and interacting to unsettle life in unprecedented ways.
"The world is scrambling to respond to back-to-back crises. We have seen with the cost of living and energy crises that, while it is tempting to focus on quick fixes like subsidizing fossil fuels, immediate relief tactics are delaying the long-term systemic changes we must make," said Achim Steiner, administrator, UNDP.
"We are collectively paralyzed in making these changes. In a world defined by uncertainty, we need a renewed sense of global solidarity to tackle our interconnected, common challenges," Mr. Steiner said.
These intersecting crises have impacted India's development trajectory just as they have in much of the world.
The HDI measures progress on 3 key dimensions of human development — a long and healthy life, access to education, and a decent standard of living. It is calculated using four indicators — life expectancy at birth, mean years of schooling, expected years of schooling, and the Gross National Income (GNI) per capita.
"The Human Development Report shows that progress globally is in reverse. India's decline in human development mirrors this trend impacted by intersecting crises. But there is good news. Compared to 2019, the impact of inequality on human development is lower," said Shoko Noda, UNDP Resident Representative in India.
"India is bridging the human development gap between men and women faster than the world. This development has come at a smaller cost to the environment. India's growth story reflects the country's investments in inclusive growth, social protection, gender-responsive policies, and push towards renewables to ensure no one is left behind," said Ms. Noda.
While some countries are beginning to get back on their feet, recovery is uneven and partial, further widening inequalities in human development. Despite a significant economic recovery in 2021, the health crisis intensified, with two-thirds of countries recording even further reductions in life expectancy at birth, the report said.
India's HDI value continues to exceed South Asia's average human development.
India's HDI value has been steadily catching up to the world average since 1990, indicating a faster than the global rate of progress in human development. This is a result of policy choices made by the country over time, including investments made in health and education.
South Asian economies like Bangladesh and Bhutan bucked the trend and registered an improvement, the report pointed out.
The report also suggested that stress, sadness, anger, and worry have been increasing over the last decade, now reaching record levels.
On average, countries spend less than 2% of their healthcare budgets on mental health, which limits access to mental health services for citizens globally.
Uncertainty, inequality, and insecurity go hand in hand with polarization and lack of trust. Polarization and mistrust shrink our capacity for social dialogue and stifle collective action, it said.
The report recommends implementing policies that focus on 3 Is; investment - from renewable energy to preparedness for pandemics and insurance, including social protection, to prepare our societies for the ups and downs of an uncertain world. While innovation in its many forms — technological, economic, cultural — can also build capacities to respond to whatever challenges come next.
"Policies that focus on the 3Is will enable people to thrive in the face of uncertainty. India is already a frontrunner in these areas with its push towards renewable energy, boosting social security for the most vulnerable and driving the world's largest vaccination drive through Co-WIN, supported by UNDP," added Noda.
Over the last decade, India has lifted a staggering 271 million out of multidimensional poverty.
The country is improving access to clean water, sanitation, and affordable clean energy. India has also boosted access to social protection for vulnerable sections of society, especially during and after the pandemic, with a 9.8% increase in the budgetary allocation to the Social Services sector in 2021-22 over 2020-21, the report said.
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Olympic silver medallist wrestler Ravi Dahiya has now set his sights on winning gold medals at the upcoming World Championships and the postponed Asian Games to be held in Hangzhou, China next year.
He is currently training in Russia to prepare for the World Championships, which will begin in Belgrade from September 10.
"My only aim in life as a sports person is to bring laurels to my country and my immediate goals are to win gold medals at the World Championship and the Asian Games," Dahiya, who won the gold medal in the 57kg category at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games, said in a release.
The 24-year-old Indian left for Russia last month with his coach Arun Kumar and has been training with the Russian wrestlers and coaches at the academy in Vladikavkaz, the same place where Olympic gold medalist Zaurbek Sidakov trains.
The Indian has put in some invaluable training time at the academy and is raring to face the upcoming challenges.
"For me, the high expectations of my fans is actually their love and support towards me and only motivates me to do better. There is no pressure on me to perform," said Dahiya, who had claimed a bronze medal in the last World Championships in 2019.
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Aetna CVS Health Individual and Family Plans combine the quality health insurance coverage of Aetna®, with affordable care options at CVS Pharmacy® and MinuteClinic® locations to help members achieve their best health.
WOONSOCKET, R.I., Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Aetna, a CVS Health® company (NYSE: CVS), will offer Aetna CVS Health hybrid-branded insurance through the individual insurance exchange marketplace in Missouri (in select counties), by expanding the geography for available benefits for affordable access to health care for more Missourians.
"With over half a million Missourians being uninsured or underinsured, our plans provide quality care, at an affordable price and the ability to conveniently access this care using virtual technology and in-person care in their communities," Peggy Petralia, MD, Sr. Medical Director, Missouri, Aetna. "By bridging the gap between people and the support and services they need, we can offer a human-centered approach where, when and how they need us."
With the launch of these plans, members will have access to Aetna's comprehensive network of primary care doctors, mental health providers, specialists and hospitals. Plus, convenient and affordable care options through telehealth, participating walk-in clinics, such as MinuteClinic®, and HealthHUB™ locations – removing more barriers to accessing care.
Aetna CVS Health ACA exchange products bring together the coverage of Aetna and the convenience of CVS Health. It's health insurance done differently and features:
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"We understand that everyone has their own unique circumstances and making health care simple, easy and affordable is how we are meeting them where they are on their journey," said Jim Boyman, West Mid-America Market President, Aetna. "We're ensuring more Missourians – and Americans – can get access to Aetna's quality care. We are uniquely positioned to work with consumers to achieve better outcomes across our local provider networks along with MinuteClinic, CVS HealthHUB and CVS Pharmacy locations, and our virtual care options."
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This new offering will be available in select Missouri counties, including: Barry, Cass, Christian, Clay, Dade, Dallas, Douglas, Greene, Franklin, Hickory, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Johnson, Laclede, Lafayette, Lawrence, Lincoln, McDonald, Newton, Ozark, Platte, Polk, St. Charles, St. Louis, St. Louis City, Ste. Genevieve, Stone, Taney, Warren, Washington, Webster and Wright.
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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Another U.S. congressional delegation is visiting Taiwan as tensions with China remain high over its claims to the self-governed island.
A steady stream of U.S. visitors has come to meet with Taiwanese officials since visited in early August. China in response has stepped up its military harassment of Taiwan, sending warships, warplanes and toward the island daily.
Led by Florida Democrat Stephanie Murphy, the delegation met Thursday with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, whose administration China has relentlessly sought to deprive of diplomatic recognition and participation in international organizations.
Referring to China’s military threats, Tsai said the delegation’s visit “conveys rock solid support for Taiwan from the U.S. Congress.”
“Taiwan will not bow to pressure or coercion,” Tsai said. “We will defend our democratic institutions and way of life. Taiwan will not back down.”
Murphy replied that Congress “should advocate for greater Taiwanese participation in international organizations.”
“Taiwan has shown itself to be a responsible member of the international community, especially in public health issues, and it deserves to participate in international fora when appropriate,” she said.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning on Thursday said China “strongly rejects and deplores” the congressional visit, saying it violates the U.S. commitment to the “one-China policy” that forbids formal diplomatic relations with Taiwan.
“We will continue to take strong measures to resolutely safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity,” Mao said at a daily briefing.
Under the U.S. system of separation of powers, the executive branch of government has no legal right to prevent members of Congress from visiting Taiwan. China has repeatedly refused to recognize that principle.
Mao also cautioned Japan not to allow a Taiwanese government official to attend an official funeral for ex-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. China strongly protested after Taiwanese Vice President Lai Ching-te paid his respects at Abe’s Tokyo residence following his assassination in July.
“Japan should … not provide the Taiwan independence force any platforms for political manipulation,” Mao said. Throughout his political career, Abe was a strong supporter of Taiwan, a Japanese colony for 50 years until the end of World War II which maintains close political, economic and social ties with Japan.
Murphy, who was born in Hanoi to Vietnamese parents, is among lawmakers who introduced a bill that would allow the U.S. to lend weapons to support Taiwan, similar to a bill that was passed to lend weapons to Ukraine. Last week, the Biden administration approved a .
Murphy also said deepening economic relations with Taiwan was “one of the most important things Congress can do right now,” particularly by pushing for a “high-quality free trade agreement” between the sides. Negotiations are underway between the Biden and Tsai administrations on a trade pact.
The other American lawmakers visiting are Hawaii Democrat Kaiali’i Kahele and Republicans Scott Franklin of Florida, Joe Wilson of South Carolina, Andy Barr of Kentucky, Darrell Issa of California, Claudia Tenney of New York and Kat Cammack of Florida.
Pelosi was the highest-level member of the U.S. government to visit Taiwan in 25 years. China responded by holding extended military exercises that included firing missiles over the island and sending ships across the midline of the Taiwan Strait, which was long a buffer between the two sides. Some of the missiles landed in Japan’s exclusive economic zone.
China sees high-level foreign visits to the island as interference in its affairs and de facto recognition of Taiwanese sovereignty. China’s recent military drills were seen by some as a against the island, which U.S. military leaders say could come within the next few years.
In Beijing on Wednesday, Mao said China’s opposition to defense cooperation between Washington and Taipei is “consistent and clear.”
“We will resolutely respond to acts that undermine China’s sovereignty and security and interfere in our internal affairs,” Mao told reporters at a daily briefing, without giving details.
Following Pelosi’s trip, and another congressional delegation visited Taiwan, as well as officials from Japan and Palau. Governors from Arizona and Indiana made visits with a focus on semiconductors, an industry which Taiwanese companies dominate.
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Henrico County police are investigating a fatal shooting of a man late Wednesday evening in the Hope Village Apartments off Mountain Road.
Police said they received a call at 10:45 p.m. for a reported shooting in the 1600 block of Hope Road, which is inside the apartment complex. Responding officers located a man with obvious signs of trauma.
Paramedics with the Henrico Division of Fire & EMS attempted life-saving measures, but the victim succumbed to his injuries at the scene, police said.
Police said they are actively investigating the man's death as a homicide. His name was being withheld pending notification of relatives.
Police said they received no reports of others being injured in the shooting.
Anyone with information about the incident is urged to call Henrico Police at (804) 501-5000 or Crime Stoppers at (804) 780-1000. Tips can also be submitted online at P3tips.com. Both methods are anonymous.
After a two-hour closed session meeting Tuesday evening with Police Chief Gerald Smith, some Richmond City Council said they still have questions about the alleged mass shooting plot that was expected to take place at Dogwood Dell on July 4.
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Leading VFX Studio Receives Funding to Further Virtual Production Technology
BATON ROUGE, La., Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Crafty Apes, a full-service visual effects powerhouse with seven production facilities across North America, is the recent recipient of the prestigious Epic MegaGrant. Awarded by Epic Games, this substantial grant will provide dedicated resources for Crafty Apes to continue recent efforts integrating UE into their filmmaking process.
Using funding from the Epic MegaGrant, Crafty Apes will partner with Louisiana Entertainment to continue to build a junior VFX workforce program to deliver on their new CG animated short, Before the Beard, Before the Belly, created as a proof of concept for a feature film titled The Legend of Santa Claus. Once the short is complete, it will be ready to be rendered in Unreal Engine 5, utilizing ray tracing techniques and RTX technology.
"We believe that real-time rendering and virtual production, powered by the Unreal Engine, is the foundation for the future of filmmaking. The Epic MegaGrant will allow us to prove that," says Crafty Apes co-founder, Chris LeDoux.
Since opening their Baton Rouge studio in 2020, Crafty Apes has leveraged Louisiana Entertainment's sponsorship to build a dedicated VFX apprenticeship program that has helped train six junior compositing artists. In the current phase of the apprenticeship program, the artists are learning an Unreal for VFX pipeline. This support has been integral in supporting Crafty Apes' efforts in recruiting for their Louisiana locale, and training industry-ready artists who can offer high-end visual effects and creative services to feature films, commercials and video game clients.
"Since expanding to Louisiana under our Entertainment Job Creation Program, Crafty Apes has trained and hired talented artists in an impressive portfolio of VFX projects that continues to grow in our state. We congratulate the company on this award, which will enable it to continue providing industry-leading services here," said Chris Stelly, Executive Group Director for Entertainment & Digital Media at Louisiana Economic Development.
Ultimately, the Epic MegaGrant will increase Crafty Apes' ability to visioncast and execute hybrid production pipelines where both traditional visual effects and virtual production solutions are used in tandem as a creative and budgetary solution for Crafty Apes' many film, streaming and television clients globally.
Crafty Apes is a full-service visual effects company started in Los Angeles, with additional studios in Atlanta, New York, Baton Rouge, Albuquerque, Montréal and Vancouver. Beginning as a VFX studio for film and TV, Crafty Apes has grown to include a talented roster of creative and production supervisors that offer set supervision. Film credits include The Batman, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, and TV credits include Star Trek: Picard, The Orville, Barry, Westworld, Moon Knight, Stranger Things, The Staircase and many more. For more information, visit www.craftyapes.com.
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Dating sucks—even for superheroes.
On Disney+'s She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, Tatiana Maslany plays the titular She-Hulk (a.k.a. Jennifer Walters), and while she's plenty busy fighting corruption in and out of the courtroom, she's got one major problem that not even she can solve: being a single person on a dating app in your 30s.
Despite Jennifer's struggles, you might ask yourself: What could beloved Emmy-winning actress Tatiana Maslany possibly know about dating people online?
As it turns out, quite a bit!
"I definitely did that for a while. It's surreal," Tatiana exclusively told E! News. "It's an odd way to date when so much of attraction is the sussing out of each other in physical form. You shortcut to, ‘We know we're attracted to each other, so let's just do this.' But there's something about the tension of, ‘Is this a thing?' that I love."
When conversations shifted off the app and Tatiana would meet these potential suitors in person, she faced a very familiar struggle.
"It's so different when your body is there because then you're sweating or you're nervous or your heart's pounding," she said. "I used to get so nervous on dates. I'd have to be like, ‘It's okay, this is what being alive is.' It's intense."
We love a relatable member of the Marvel Cinematic Universe!
Fortunately for her, Tatiana can put the dating apps away. In August, she revealed she married Locke & Key actor Brendan Hines in a secret ceremony.
On She-Hulk, Jennifer has a wingwoman in the form of Ginger Gonzaga, who plays Jennifer's best friend Nikki Ramos. On She-Hulk, Nikki helps Jennifer craft the perfect dating profile and starts swiping on her behalf which, coincidentally, later eerily played out in Ginger's own life.
"That scene is a very natural scene. It's funny," Ginger told E! News. "I had an experience with my best friend after we had shot She-Hulk. One of my best friends, Aisling Bey, we were at dinner and not knowing anything about She-Hulk or the scenes that we had done, she grabbed my phone, got onto my dating app and was like, ‘No, no, no.' Literally being Nikki!"
As for what Ginger remembers about the experience, well, she said it didn't feel great stepping into Jennifer's shoes.
"The roles are reversed and I don't want to be in this situation!" she recalled. "This is insanely uncomfortable. We're at this restaurant with a bunch of people around and she was like, ‘This person, they're wearing a hat. You can't do this. You need smiles!' She was going through messaging people. Literally what Nikki is doing on the show."
OK, but outside of that experience, how does Ginger actually feel about being back on the dating apps?
"Oh, it's garbage. It's the worst," she said. "I wasn't for a long time. I was in a relationship for a long time, so now I'm like, ‘What is online dating? What is this weird thing?'"
We're all in this together, Ginger.
Find out if Jennifer finds love—or at least gets a good story out of it—when new episodes of She Hulk: Attorney at Law drop Thursdays on Disney+.
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Backdrop launches a trio of new paint colors timed to the 60th anniversary of the Barbie Dreamhouse™
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On September 8, 2022, paint and wallcoverings brand Backdrop is launching three new colors – Barbie Dreamhouse Pink, Barbie Dreamhouse Purple and Barbie Dreamhouse Blue – to celebrate the 60th anniversary of one of the world's most iconic homes. Inspired by the brands' shared sense of optimism, creativity and play, this marks Barbie's first collaboration with an American paint brand and allows Barbie fans, new and old, to bring a piece of the Dreamhouse into their own interiors.
Barbie bought her first Dreamhouse in 1962, before women were allowed to open their own bank accounts. Undergoing remodels and refreshes over the years to reflect the architectural and interior design trends of the times, the Dreamhouse has become one of the most recognizable homes in the world and has remained a consistently top-selling toy. Like the Dreamhouse, Barbie is reflective of culture and has evolved over the past six decades. She has had over 200 different careers – including an interior designer.
"We could not be more excited to collaborate with Barbie, one of the most iconic and beloved brands in the world. It has been a joy to work on this collection of colors and create a palette that allows Barbie fans, new and old, to bring a piece of the Dreamhouse into their own home," says Natalie Ebel, Co-Founder of Backdrop. "Backdrop has always seen color as the most impactful way to transform your space and approached painting as a joyful form of self-expression. As a mother of two young daughters and a woman of Filipino descent, this partnership also has a lot of personal meaning. Barbie's continuous evolution and spirit of inclusivity provides incredibly powerful role models for young boys and girls."
"The Barbie Dreamhouse has given dreams a home for 60 years and had an impact on multiple generations, encouraging endless hours of play," said Aimee London, Vice President, Global Franchise Marketing at Mattel. "Inviting fans to immerse themselves in Barbie's world and bring her iconic style to life in their own environment with the Backdrop x Barbie paint collection is a perfect way to celebrate this milestone anniversary."
Backdrop is known for teaming up with an eclectic and unexpected mix of partners for the brand's sell-out collaborations. To date, they have launched collections with Dunkin' and New York design shop Coming Soon as well as an apparel line and exclusive color with Madewell.
Like Barbie, Backdrop is committed to leaving the world a better place for the next generation. Backdrop paint is Green Wise certified, low-VOC, and the first-ever Climate Neutral Certified paint brand. Providing a sense of home has always been important an important core value and Backdrop has supported the International Rescue Committee, giving a portion from proceeds from all sales to the refugee relief organization, since its inception.
Each of the new Barbie Dreamhouse colors will retail for $45 for a half gallon and $69 for a gallon and will be available exclusively at www.backdrophome.com.
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Created by husband and wife duo Natalie & Caleb Ebel, Backdrop is The New Way to Paint. The company has transformed the whole process of painting from start to finish – from curating the perfect color palette to sourcing the highest quality supplies. Backdrop offers premium, Green Wise certified, and low-VOC paints that come in beautifully redesigned, award-winning paint cans, 12x12'' removable adhesive samples, the highest quality supplies, and a perfectly curated palette of 50+ colors – all quickly delivered to your door. Since its launch in November 2018, each Backdrop sale has contributed to the International Rescue Committee, which helps displaced families in some of the most challenging places in the world, and in 2020 Backdrop became the first Climate Neutral certified paint company. Learn more at www.backdrophome.com and @backdrop.
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As Seattle teachers and administrators were headed for another strike the other day, state Sen. Reuven Carlyle, a Seattle Democrat, tried to appeal to the better angels of community reason.
Citing all the pandemic disruptions of the past few years, he called on both sides, in the “spirit of grace and humility,” to make concessions to avoid this strike.
“This is not the year for an adult fight,” he concluded.
Boy did he get blistered for saying that.
Adult-fighting is Seattle’s love language, senator, you should know that by now. Complete with sign-waving, sidewalk-rallying and protest chanting, it’s one of the main ways we communicate around here.
I don’t have as personal a stake in this strike, because both my Seattle Public Schools kids are now off in college. The last strike, in 2015, kept them out of middle school for a week. That one went well for the teachers, as the cause was widely supported by the broader community, and by most school parents, including me.
This one has been more of a reach, as Carlyle was suggesting.
In 2015, Seattle was booming, school enrollment was surging, and both teachers and schools around the state really were being seriously shortchanged.
Due to the McCleary lawsuit at that time challenging the way schools are financed, the Legislature poured billions more into the schools. In Seattle, this has meant substantial spending increases — we went from a $750 million annual operating budget for the schools in 2015 to a $1.14 billion budget this year, a 52% increase.
That’s not some scandal, it’s what was supposed to happen. The whole thrust of the McCleary lawsuit was to make schools the paramount duty of the state again, to pay teachers more, and to finally back our local schools at East Coast financial levels.
The problem now though is that enrollment has dropped. The district forecast in July that enrollment will keep sliding post-pandemic, to as low as 46,900 in 2025. That would be a total decline, since 2020, of 6,000 students — even as enrollments start to tick back up elsewhere around the state.
That’s a huge drop. It also means the district is expecting annual budget shortfalls of $100 million, escalating up to $128 million in 2025, as the enrollment drops.
When the adult-fighting abates, as it hopefully will in short order, the two sides have some more pressing questions to ask.
The biggest is: Why are all these families leaving Seattle schools?
Some of it was the pandemic (people delaying kindergarten), some of it demographic, and some is probably due to the high cost of living in the city.
But the truth is they have no idea. Nobody is asking parents — which is typical for Seattle schools. It’s not a customer-focused enterprise, to put it mildly.
I have told the story here many times how improved Seattle schools have been academically, compared to, say, 20 years ago. But I get a sense, from talking to parents, that there’s concern about that slipping. For example the district is slowly dismantling its controversial, but also highly sought after, advanced learning program. Could that be a cause for some of the enrollment drop?
Nobody knows. There could be multiple problems. The point is: The district can’t fix whatever’s ailing it through guesswork.
It also isn’t clear what all that post-2015 money surge is doing. A lot of it went to salaries, which was needed. But the education researcher Marguerite Roza notes that in the past decade, the total staffing of Seattle Public Schools has also ballooned 32%, from 5,300 employees to 7,000.
“Seeing a lot of this around the country: Districts adding staff while losing students,” she wrote.
This matters because much of this current dispute has been about staffing — about teachers saying they need more support for special education students. I believe them, and it sure hasn’t felt out in the schools in recent years that they’ve been plentifully staffed. But then you’ve got to wonder: Where are those 1,700 additional employees? Administrative bloat?
I know — I’m supposed to answer questions, not ask them. All I can say here is that it seems a top-to-bottom audit of this district is in order. The pressure to spend money more efficiently — and get results for it — is only going to ratchet up as the enrollment declines.
Finally, the era is more volatile than it was in 2015. Nobody minds strikes when they end quickly. But there’s been a concerted campaign of late to bring down the public schools. That’s no exaggeration: Our local anti-public-school crusader, Christopher Rufo, described his goal in a speech as no less than sowing “universal public school distrust.” It’s all part of an aligned conservative movement for lower taxes (and book bans and the sanitization of history, a related story).
Why give them ammunition? The public schools are the indicator species for the health of a city. And with enrollment declining, Seattle’s are clearly hurting and in need of some recovery.
Seattle likes to either take it to the streets, or form blue-ribbon committees. This is a plea that when the dust settles, we move on to the latter as quickly as possible. Instead of more adult-fighting within the family.
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The Newly Renovated Star Buds Dispensary to Host a Grand Opening September 10, 2022
DENVER, Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Schwazze (OTCQX: SHWZ) (NEO: SHWZ), a premier vertically integrated, multi-state operating cannabis company with assets in Colorado and New Mexico, announces the grand opening of its adult-use dispensary, Star Buds located in Glendale, Colorado. Star Buds Glendale is at located at 492 South Colorado Blvd at the corner Virginia Avenue and Colorado Boulevard.
Schwazze kicks off the grand opening celebration at Star Buds Glendale on Saturday, September 10, 2022, at 11 am. The celebration will feature swag bags for the first 50 shoppers, games, food trucks, social media scavenger hunts, and representatives from various prominent cannabis brands such as: O.Pen, Wyld, Kaviar, 1906 and more. In addition, Star Buds Glendale will offer all-weekend, in-store discounts including 50% off flower and Buy One Get One 50% off products. Shoppers also receive a house pre-roll for $1 with a minimum, pre-tax purchase of $60.
"Our team is excited to open Star Buds Glendale and to bring customers the largest selection of flower, vapes, edibles and more," said Collin Lodge, President of Colorado Division for Schwazze. "We're thrilled to become a part of the Glendale community and look forward to introducing everyone to the Star Buds difference related quality, service and product selection."
The dispensary, located at 492 South Colorado Blvd, Glendale, CO 80246, has undergone extensive remodeling this summer following the acquisition of Smoking Gun in December 2021. The acquisition and rebrand under the Star Buds name are part of an aggressive expansion plan in Colorado led by Schwazze, which has grown the total number of Colorado dispensaries to 23 statewide.
Star Buds Glendale
492 South Colorado Blvd
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September 10, 2022 @11 am
Since April 2020, Schwazze has acquired or announced the planned acquisition of 33 cannabis dispensaries as well as eight cultivation facilities and two manufacturing assets in Colorado and New Mexico. In May 2021, Schwazze announced its BioSciences division and in August 2021, it commenced home delivery services in Colorado.
Schwazze (OTCQX:SHWZ, NEO:SHWZ) is building a premier vertically integrated regional cannabis company with assets in Colorado and New Mexico and will continue to take its operating system to other states where it can develop a differentiated regional leadership position. Schwazze is the parent company of a portfolio of leading cannabis businesses and brands spanning seed to sale. The Company is committed to unlocking the full potential of the cannabis plant to improve the human condition. Schwazze is anchored by a high-performance culture that combines customer-centric thinking and data science to test, measure, and drive decisions and outcomes. The Company's leadership team has deep expertise in retailing, wholesaling, and building consumer brands at Fortune 500 companies as well as in the cannabis sector. Schwazze is passionate about making a difference in our communities, promoting diversity and inclusion, and doing our part to incorporate climate-conscious best practices.
Medicine Man Technologies, Inc. was Schwazze's former operating trade name. The corporate entity continues to be named Medicine Man Technologies, Inc. Schwazze derives its name from the pruning technique of a cannabis plant to enhance plant structure and promote healthy growth.
This press release contains "forward-looking statements." Such statements may be preceded by the words "plan," "will," "may,", "predicts," or similar words. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future events or performance, are based on certain assumptions, and are subject to various known and unknown risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the Company's control and cannot be predicted or quantified. Consequently, actual events and results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, risks and uncertainties associated with (i) our inability to manufacture our products and product candidates on a commercial scale on our own or in collaboration with third parties; (ii) difficulties in obtaining financing on commercially reasonable terms; (iii) changes in the size and nature of our competition; (iv) loss of one or more key executives or scientists; (v) difficulties in securing regulatory approval to market our products and product candidates; (vi) our ability to successfully execute our growth strategy in Colorado and outside the state, (vii) our ability to consummate the acquisition described in this press release or to identify and consummate future acquisitions that meet our criteria, (viii) our ability to successfully integrate acquired businesses and realize synergies therefrom, (ix) the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, * the timing and extent of governmental stimulus programs, (xi) the uncertainty in the application of federal, state and local laws to our business, and any changes in such laws, and * out ability to satisfy the closing conditions for the private finding described in this press release. More detailed information about the Company and the risk factors that may affect the realization of forward-looking statements is set forth in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K and its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. Investors and security holders are urged to read these documents free of charge on the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov. The Company assumes no obligation to publicly update or revise its forward-looking statements as a result of new information, future events or otherwise except as required by law.
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Salvadoran tennis star Marcelo Arévalo continues to make ATP history. This time, Arévalo is lighting up the hardcourt in the US Open, and his journey to this moment is as impressive as the year he is having.
MIAMI, Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Marcelo Arévalo is lighting up the hardcourt in the US Open as we speak, and his journey to this moment is as impressive as the year he is having.
The 31-year-old tennis star is coming off a 6-6, 3-4 win in the quarterfinals of the doubles tournament with partner Jean-Julien Rojer, where the pair defeated the #6 seeded doubles team of Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic. On Thursday, they'll face the #2 seeded doubles team in the semifinals.
Before the Salvadoran superstar takes the court again, let us take a look at how he got here and why his path is significant.
Arévalo comes from a family filled with athletes, including his brother Rafael who was also a professional tennis player. While Rafael went on to become mayor of their hometown of Sonsonate and president of the Salvadoran Tennis Association, Marcelo continues to thrive on the court.
This year in particular has been a big one for Arévalo. He has established himself as a doubles specialist and only strengthened his case as one of the best doubles players in the world. In June, Arévalo made history as the first player from Central America to not only appear in a Grand Slam Final, but also the first to win one. Arévalo and Rojer defeated Austin Krajicek and Ivan Dodig in the final of the doubles tournament at the French Open, played at Roland Garros. They did so as a 12th seed in the tournament. Their run through the tournament was a shock and an inspiration, particularly to Arévalo's fans back home. This led to Marcelo receiving his highest doubles rank to date at #6.
After the tremendous achievement, Arévalo was honored by being named Son of El Salvador by the country's Legislative Assembly and President Nayib Bukele.
Arévalo's path to stardom continues to climb as he showcases his talents again, this time on U.S. soil. He made history a year ago as the first Salvadoran to play in the US Open. He teamed with Giuliana Olmos in the mixed doubles tournament, going all the way to the finals.
This year, Arévalo looks to take the next step, taking home a title. The pair of Arévalo and Rojer are third seeded in the US Open doubles tournament and Arevalo is ranked eighth in the world as a doubles player. His singles ranking of 139 is the second highest of any player in Salvadoran history, male or female.
When Arévalo takes the court in Flushing Meadows, New York, you can see his pride for his home country. This not only shows in his play, but it shows in his choice of apparel too.
Throughout the US Open, Arévalo had been sporting new, custom merchandise from his own brand, designed and curated by MAWI, which you can find at MILLIONS.co. MAWI co-founders, Marcus Riley and Will Britt were able to encapsulate the essence of El Salvador within a line of sleek apparel that Marcelo could surprise the fans with each round of the US Open. Each of the 6 articles blend a characteristic of El Salvador's culture like volcanoes with black sand beaches, coconuts and the lush palm trees of his hometown, Sonsonate, and a nationwide favorite dish, pupusa.
Arévalo is one of many elite professional athletes to partner with MILLIONS and connect the sports world with fans and brands worldwide. Now you can partner with athletes like Arévalo too. MILLIONS gives you the opportunity to team up with sports stars for athlete-centered merchandising and market engagement, taking brand awareness to a whole new level. Next time Arévalo takes the court, be along for the ride by visiting his official page here.
Marcelo Arévalo is represented by The Cut, a full service sports & entertainment marketing agency that maximizes their clients' potential through game-changing partnerships in securing the partnership with MILLIONS. With a passion matched only by that of their clients, The Cut is committed to producing world-class campaigns and opportunities to build both existing and new brands.
MILLIONS.co has become the world's leading social commerce and video platform connecting the sports world. MILLIONS combines the power of social media and e-commerce on a single platform to empower NIL, Professional, and former athletes to connect on a deeper level with their fans while creating new, lucrative revenue channels through merchandise, memorabilia, WatchParties, & Personal Videos. For more information about MILLIONS, and to check out all the athletes on the platform, visit MILLIONS.co.
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An unusually large number of earthquakes have hit South Carolina this year, but scientists don't know why. (Story first aired on All Things Considered on Aug. 26, 2022.)
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Businesses can now deploy Hello Screens as a mobile app or website; Alert on-the-go staff of customers' approach and arrival
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bluedot, a customer arrival platform that empowers businesses to provide real-time interactions and pickup solutions, today expanded its Arrival Toolkit with the addition of a new mobile solution for Hello Screens. The advancement allows Hello Screens, which alerts store staff of customers' approach and arrival, to be deployed as an app in addition to a website.
With a fast and intuitive dashboard, Hello Screens provides total visibility into the customer pickup experience with real-time order tracking and helps businesses meet rising consumer demand for speed and convenience. In addition to restaurants, the mobile app is especially well suited for quick service restaurants (QSRs), retailers, and SMBs by allowing staff access to Hello Screens no matter where they are – inside or outside of the store.
The app works on mobile devices and tablets to provide businesses the flexibility to seamlessly adopt the solution into their existing workflows. Hello Screens can run in the background while other apps are in use, only delivering notifications when someone is upon approach or has arrived. Sound and pulse alerts are given when a customer is on the way or on-site so orders can be readied and brought out at just the right time. The solution is fast and easy to adopt without requiring any location-type hardware such as beacons.
The app and web version of Hello Screens is a key element of Bluedot's complete customer Arrival Toolkit which also includes Wave so customers can alert store staff when they arrive in store or curbside with a single tap and Tempo, a predictive time-based arrival technology. The Wave API can be inserted into any marketing channel, such as text, email, etc., to send updates to Hello Screens that a customer is either on the way or has arrived at a store. Webhooks then allow systems to receive updates when an order has changed status such as when a customer has been acknowledged by staff or an order has been fulfilled providing a valuable trove of event data for analytics.
"Order pickup is an incredibly important aspect of the customer experience, whether that's in-store or curbside and it really does reflect the brand," said Emil Davityan, Bluedot CEO and co-founder. "In a store with a distributed workforce, minimizing customer wait time is challenging. Being able to alert staff while they're somewhere else in the store that it's time to greet a customer and bring out their order is a huge advantage, especially for retailers and restaurants today competing for customer loyalty."
For more information on Hello Screens, Wave, and Tempo, visit here.
Bluedot is a customer arrival platform that empowers businesses to provide real-time interactions and pickup solutions. The company's hyper-accurate location technology identifies exactly when and where a user arrives whether that's entering a store, pulling into a curbside pickup space, or at a parking lot. Bluedot enables brands to provide timely messaging, proximity offers, automated loyalty identification, frictionless curbside pickups, gamification, and more. Easy to implement, Bluedot is inherently compliant with GDPR and CCPA.
Bluedot works across key industries including retail, restaurants, and transportation. The global brands that trust Bluedot for their location strategy include McDonald's, Dunkin', Transurban, OTR, and IAG. For more information on Bluedot and its solutions, visit bluedot.io.
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As the new school year begins, the mental health app adopts the hugely popular Little Renegades brand (featured on The Ellen Show!) into the family, further expanding its portfolio of mental health resources for everyday life
NEW YORK, Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- One out of five children in the U.S. had an emotional, behavioral, or developmental disorder even before the pandemic, and the pediatric mental health crisis has only gotten worse. Little Otter, the nation's first fully digital, personalized mental health app for families, with a focus on children 0-14, today announced the adoption of emotional wellness products brand Little Renegades into the Little Otter family to continue to combat this crisis. The acquisition has been finalized as the brands prepare to support families' emotional, behavioral, and developmental questions during the important back-to-school transition.
"Over the past two years since its founding, Little Otter has grown significantly month-over-month, bringing quality, evidence-based mental health care to kids and families across the country at scale. This growth led Little Otter to the discovery of another like-minded, female-founded startup brand: Little Renegades," said Little Otter CEO and co-founder Rebecca Egger. "Little Renegades, and its founder Blake Beers, found a solution to a problem most U.S. parents face today - introducing mental health into your family's daily life. We were inspired by their similar dedication to quality mental health care and our joint missions of empowering and equipping families with a variety of resources, and we knew we had to welcome them into the Little Otter family."
After achieving $2M in sales within their first two years of business, Little Renegades products proved that they can reach children and families across multiple learning environments.
"Ever since I founded Little Renegades, I wanted to find a meaningful and accessible way to introduce kids to emotional and mental wellness," said Little Renegades founder Blake Beers. "It's been an incredible journey to watch these products integrate into thousands of households and classrooms across the US. With Little Otter, we can now support families with even more care options from one of the most talented clinical teams in the country."
The acquisition supports Little Otter's mission to be a comprehensive platform for mental health and wellness for the whole family, especially since 72% of counties in the U.S do not have a single child psychiatrist and 80% of U.S. children do not receive any mental health care, much less evidence-based, quality care. The addition of the Little Renegades brand ultimately increases the quality of care and the reach of Little Otter's support from prevention to identification to treatment.
To fill this gap in accessibility, Little Otter is also introducing the Kelp Line, its new on-demand chat line staffed by mental health experts for all your family's emotional, behavioral, and development questions, and the new Back-to-School Toolbox.
This toolbox includes a handful of tools from Little Otter and Little Renegades that encourages a successful and supportive entrance into this new school year together:
- The Little Otter Kelp Line: A one-month free subscription (valued at $29.99!) to the on-demand chat line for all your family's mental health questions.
- Little Renegades Activity Cards: Daytime and nighttime activities designed to empower young kids with basic mindfulness techniques that can be added to their morning and bedtime routines.
- Little Renegades Journals: Three unique ways for kids to process their inner and outer worlds. And don't forget the custom, all-natural colored pencils!
The adoption of Little Renegades and the introduction of the Kelp Line and the Back-to-School Toolbox are just a few of the ways Little Otter is expanding its offerings and accessibility to quality care even further.
"At Little Otter, we always say, 'You do not bring a problem child to Little Otter. You join as a family.' The back-to-school time is a big moment for the entire family, so we wanted to expand our proprietary offerings even further," said child psychiatrist and Little Otter co-founder Dr. Helen Egger. "Acquiring Little Renegades accelerates Little Otter's development and growth. Together we are expanding access to the Little Otter Way of Care that gives families access to quality mental health care that is approachable, innovative, and holistic–something that no other pediatric digital mental health is doing."
The Back-to-School Toolbox will be available to order starting today, September 7, on the Little Renegades website. To access the Kelp Line subscription service directly, all you need to do is visit https://app.littleotterhealth.com/kelpline/intro to sign up, and you'll be able to message an expert at any time to get advice, support and resources.
To learn more about Little Otter, visit www.littleotterhealth.com.
Little Otter is personalized online mental health care for children 0-14, parents and families, providing solutions for all your emotional, behavioral, and development questions. Founded by world-renowned child psychiatrist Dr. Helen Egger and Rebecca Egger, Little Otter is the first fully digital platform focused on children's mental health. The care team at Little Otter includes licensed therapists, psychiatrists, and masters-level parenting specialists. The app offers child therapy, child psychiatry, couples counseling, and parenting support. Parents can message, schedule appointments, and track their child's progress in the Little Otter app. And now, parents can purchase emotional and mental wellness products online and in retail.
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Aetna CVS Health Individual and Family Plans combine the quality health insurance coverage of Aetna®, with affordable care options at CVS Pharmacy® and MinuteClinic® locations to help members achieve their best health.
WOONSOCKET, R.I., Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Aetna, a CVS Health® company (NYSE: CVS), will offer Aetna CVS Health hybrid-branded insurance through the individual insurance exchange marketplace in Florida (in select counties), by expanding the geography for available benefits for affordable access to health care for more Floridians.
"With millions of Americans being uninsured or underinsured, our plans provide quality care, at an affordable price and the ability to conveniently access this care using virtual technology and in-person care in their communities," said Angela Burrafato, MD, Sr. Medical Director, Florida, Aetna. "By bridging the gap between people and the support and services they need, we can offer a human-centered approach where, when and how they need us."
With the launch of these plans, members will have access to Aetna's comprehensive network of primary care doctors, mental health providers, specialists and hospitals. Plus, convenient and affordable care options through telehealth, participating walk-in clinics, such as MinuteClinic®, and HealthHUB™ locations – removing more barriers to accessing care.
Aetna CVS Health ACA exchange products bring together the coverage of Aetna and the convenience of CVS Health. It's health insurance done differently and features:
- Quality care with Aetna's comprehensive network of primary care doctors, specialists and hospitals
- Affordable care with plans that include in-network $0 virtual and walk-in clinic care*
- Care on your schedule with 24/7 access to virtual care, plus walk-in visits at 1,100 MinuteClinic®, locations nationwide
"We understand that everyone has their own unique circumstances and making health care simple, easy and affordable is how we are meeting them where they are on their journey," said Rich Weiss, Florida Market President, Aetna. "We're ensuring more Floridians – and Americans – can get access to Aetna's quality care. We are uniquely positioned to work with consumers to achieve better outcomes across our local provider networks along with MinuteClinic, CVS HealthHUB and CVS Pharmacy locations, and our virtual care options."
The Aetna CVS Health ACA plans are comprehensive health care plans that provide care and coverage for:
- Pediatric services, including oral and vision care
- Ambulatory patient services (outpatient services)
- Emergency services
- Hospitalization
- Maternity and newborn care
- Mental health and substance use disorder services, including behavioral health treatment
- Prescription drugs
- Rehabilitative and habilitative services (those that help patients acquire, maintain, or improve skills necessary for daily functioning) and devices
- Laboratory services
- Preventive and wellness services and chronic disease management
This offering will be available in select Florida counties, including: Broward, Charlotte, Clay, Collier, Duval, Hendry, Indian River, Lake, Lee, Manatee, Martin, Miami-Dade, Orange, Osceola, Palm Beach and Saint Johns, Sarasota, Seminole and St. Lucie.
Charlotte, Clay, Collier, Duval, Indian River, Lake, Lee, Martin, Orange, Osceola, Saint Johns, Seminole, and St. Lucie are new areas for the 2023 enrollment period.
*Members may be required to pay a cost-share based on what medical services were received and the type of provider a member visits. Please consult benefit documents for more details. Includes select services. Not all services are covered. Please consult benefit documents to confirm which services are included. Members enrolled in qualified high-deductible health plans must meet their deductible before receiving covered non-preventative services at no cost-share. However, such services are covered at negotiated contract rates. This benefit is not available in all states. Access to walk-in clinics may vary by geography. For a complete list of participating walk-in clinics, log in to Aetna.com and use our provider search tool.
Filings in Florida are complete. Final approval to entry is pending state and federal reviews/certifications.
About Aetna
Aetna, a CVS Health business, serves an estimated 34 million people with information and resources to help them make better informed decisions about their health care. Aetna offers a broad range of traditional, voluntary and consumer-directed health insurance products and related services, including medical, pharmacy, dental and behavioral health plans, and medical management capabilities, Medicaid health care management services, workers' compensation administrative services and health information technology products and services. Aetna's customers include employer groups, individuals, college students, part-time and hourly workers, health plans, health care providers, governmental units, government-sponsored plans, labor groups and expatriates. For more information, visit www.aetna.com and explore how Aetna is helping to build a healthier world.
About CVS Health
CVS Health® is the leading health solutions company, delivering care like no one else can. We reach more people and improve the health of communities across America through our local presence, digital channels and over 300,000 dedicated colleagues – including more than 40,000 physicians, pharmacists, nurses and nurse practitioners. Wherever and whenever people need us, we help them with their health – whether that's managing chronic diseases, staying compliant with their medications or accessing affordable health and wellness services in the most convenient ways. We help people navigate the health care system – and their personal health care – by improving access, lowering costs and being a trusted partner for every meaningful moment of health. And we do it all with heart, each and every day. Follow @CVSHealth on social media.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — In recent days, President Joe Biden has sharpened his attacks against Donald Trump and the so-called MAGA Republicans for posing a threat to democracy. He’s likened the philosophy undergirding the dominant strain of the modern-day GOP to “semi-fascism.”
And Democrats are taking notice.
The gloves-off, no-holds-barred approach from Biden as of late has emboldened Democrats across the country, rallying the party faithful ahead of the November elections even as his harshest rhetoric makes some vulnerable incumbents visibly uncomfortable.
Biden’s increasingly stark warnings about Trump-fueled elements of the Republican Party are making up the core part of his midterm message, combined with repeated reminders to voters about recent Democratic accomplishments and a promise that democracy can still produce results for the American people. But it’s the blistering statements from Biden about his predecessor and adherents of the “Make America Great Again” philosophy that have given many Democrats a bolt of fresh energy as they campaign to keep control of Congress.
“It’s a particularly strong issue for our base,” said Sen. Gary Peters of Michigan, who leads the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, the official campaign arm of Senate Democrats. “Folks want us, want people to show that there is a clear contrast in the election between where Democrats are and Republicans have been.”
Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., noted that “politics is somewhat like a team sport, and the president is the quarterback.”
“The team is not going to fight hard if they don’t see the team leader fighting hard,” said Khanna, who backed Bernie Sanders during the 2020 presidential primaries but has since been a vocal liberal defender of Biden.
Biden’s forceful campaign-year posture comes as Democrats are feeling more optimistic about the midterms, when the party controlling the White House has historically faced losses in Congress. A combination of legislative accomplishments, polarizing Republican candidates and voter fury stoked by the overturning of Roe vs. Wade have Democrats feeling they could see smaller losses in the House than initially anticipated, while retaining their barebones majority in the Senate.
The president began road-testing his midterm message at a rally in the Washington suburbs late last month, as he railed against a Republican ideology that he said largely resembled “semi-fascism.” The White House chose Philadelphia’s Independence Hall as the backdrop for last week’s address that outlined the danger that Trump’s “extreme ideology” posed to the functioning of U.S. democracy.
And in a pair of Labor Day events in critical midterm battlegrounds, Biden continued to hammer the contrast while becoming even more comfortable in invoking his predecessor, whom he had avoided referring to by name for much of his presidency.
“You can’t call yourself a democracy when you don’t, in fact, count the votes that people legitimately cast and count that as what you are,” Biden said Monday in front of a union crowd in Pittsburgh. “Trump and the MAGA Republicans made their choice. We can choose to build a better America or we can continue down this sliding path of oblivion to where we don’t want to go.”
Biden will headline another political event Thursday, hosted by the Democratic National Committee in suburban Maryland. There, the president will speak about “the choice before Americans” on issues of abortion, Social Security and Medicare, democracy, school safety and climate, and how “extreme MAGA Republicans are working to take away our rights,” according to a Biden adviser who requested anonymity to preview his remarks. That will be followed by a trip to Ohio on Friday, a state where the Senate contest between Democrat Tim Ryan and Republican J.D. Vance is becoming increasingly competitive.
Those close to Biden say the president has never shied away from a political fight.
“He’s always made the case very aggressively when he thinks the other side is wrong,” said Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., who has known Biden since the 1980s. “I think he’s always tried to lift up the country and tried to appeal to our better angels while at the same time, making the case for when he thinks the other side is on the wrong track.”
Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., said issues of democracy, as well as Trump himself, are increasingly becoming topics of concern for voters.
“More and more people are feeling that, you know, this former president broke the law over and over and over again, and people around him are still doing his bidding to undermine our democracy,” she said. Stabenow commended Biden’s recent approach, noting that “threats are only going up, not down.”
Still, the sharper-edged posture from Biden has been more complicated for Democrats competing in some of the most contested Senate races this cycle, as they seek to attract support from voters who may have backed Trump in 2020.
While she stressed that she has “concerns about attacks on our democracy,” Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., said in an interview with WMUR News 9 in New Hampshire that “I think President Biden’s comments just painted with way too broad a brush.” Hassan is considered one of the party’s most vulnerable incumbents, although she won’t know her Republican challenger until the state’s Sept. 13 primaries.
Asked about those same Biden remarks, Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., told The Associated Press that he hadn’t seen them.
“I think a president has a right to give his opinion,” added Kelly, who is facing Republican Blake Masters in one of the most closely watched Senate contests this fall. “You know, I don’t share all of his opinions. But he has a right to give his opinion.”
Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said he didn’t like the phrase “semi-fascism,” calling it “awkward.”
“But are they leaning toward fascism? Certainly,” Durbin said. “When you deny the results of an election, when you’re talking about mobs in the street taking over, I mean, that to me is not consistent with democratic values.”
Republicans have accused Biden of divisive rhetoric in his string of speeches, particularly with his Philadelphia address. They say the president has tagged tens of millions of Americans who supported Trump as threats to democracy, although both the president and his aides have been careful to distinguish elected officials from voters themselves.
GOP officials still believe Biden remains a liability in competitive districts and states, although his approval ratings have brightened somewhat in recent weeks as the White House notched a series of achievements and as Trump’s legal troubles — starting with the FBI search of his southern Florida estate — have dominated headlines.
“I hope Biden keeps going around the country,” Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., said in a Fox News interview Tuesday night. “I hope he goes to every swing state and gives his raving lunatic speech everywhere around the country.”
Yet in those swing states, more Democrats who had initially shied away from joining Biden are increasingly comfortable in doing so. Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers, a Democrat who is in one of the most closely contested gubernatorial races nationwide, joined Biden in Milwaukee on Monday, although Democratic Senate candidate Mandela Barnes stayed away.
After avoiding other presidential visits to the state, Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman, a Democrat, appeared with Biden in Pittsburgh.
Peters, the DSCC chairman, said it was up to each Democratic candidate to decide whether to appear alongside Biden, but said he believed the president was an asset. Peters noted that he was the sole Democratic candidate in 2014 to actively campaign with President Barack Obama during a midterm year heavily favorable to Republicans.
“Everyone ran away. I had him come in, and I won,” Peters said. “So that’s my data point.”
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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Firefighters brought a wildfire in southern Turkey under control Thursday, a day after more than 1,000 people were evacuated from homes and hotels, officials said.
The fire broke out Wednesday in the district of Gulnar in the Mediterranean coastal province of Mersin and spread to parts of the nearby district of Silifke, fanned by strong winds.
At least 29 water-dropping helicopters, 11 planes and about 850 personnel were involved in efforts to extinguish the blaze, according to Turkey’s disaster and emergency management agency, AFAD.
Hundreds of homes and at least two hotels were evacuated as a precaution, the agency said. At least eight people were hospitalized due to the fire, one in serious condition, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Twitter.
Deputy Agriculture and Forestry Ministry Veysel Tiryaki said around 1,500 hectares (3,700 acres) of forest was burned before the blaze was contained.
A highway linking Mersin to the nearby province of Antalya was closed temporarily but was reopened on Thursday, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported.
Last summer, blazes that were fed by strong winds and scorching temperatures tore through forests in Turkey’s Mediterranean and Aegean regions, killing at least eight people and countless animals.
The government came under criticism for its inadequate response and preparedness to fight large-scale wildfires, including a lack of modern firefighting planes.
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BEIJING, Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A news report from China.org.cn on the Hundred Schools Fellowship Trip for Outdoor Sketch and Arts Collection on the "Belt and Road" — Dialogue in Gansu:
Local and international artists found inspiration and enhanced communication through an activity held in Dunhuang, Gansu Province, northwest China, from Aug. 29 to Sept. 2. Dunhuang, an oasis city on the old Silk Road and a cradle of Buddhism in China, is a hub of East-West cultural exchanges.
The activity involved 18 artists from nine countries, including Russia, the United States, Canada, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Ukraine, Singapore, Panama, and China. During the five days, the artists visited the Mogao Grottoes, Mingsha Mountain, Crescent Spring, Dunhuang-Yangguan Pass, Western Thousand Buddha Caves, and Dunhuang Museum.
Through painting, they depicted and recorded Dunhuang's cultural and natural landscapes and conducted dialogue to enhance the understanding of the artistic value of Dunhuang and the universality and individuality of various countries in the arts.
This event was sponsored by the Publicity Department of the Gansu Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), the Gansu Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, and the Gansu Provincial People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries. It was organized by Northwest Normal University and the Gansu Artists Association, and co-organized by the Base for Passing down Chinese Excellent Traditional Culture "Dunhuang Art" in Northwest Normal University, the Theoretical Research and Creation Center of "Dunhuang Painting School" under the Publicity Department of the CPC Gansu Provincial Committee, the Academy of Fine Arts of Northwest Normal University, and art.china.cn.
International artists visit Silk Road city for inspiration
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Dr. Tsay Brings Two Decades of Expertise in Clinical Medicine, Research, and Health Technology to Cue
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cue Health Inc. ("Cue") (Nasdaq: HLTH), a healthcare technology company, today announced that it has appointed David Tsay, MD, PhD, as its Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Tsay comes to Cue with more than 20 years of experience in clinical medicine, research, and health technology. Most recently, Dr. Tsay served at Apple, where he led an Apple Health clinical team in developing new Health products, including FDA-cleared products in cardiovascular health.
As Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Tsay will help define future Cue diagnostic products and services. Dr. Tsay will also lead engagement across a wide range of healthcare stakeholders, driving communication, collaboration, and ecosystem alignment in support of Cue's healthcare initiatives.
Prior to Apple, Dr. Tsay served as Associate Chief Transformation Officer at New York-Presbyterian (NYP), one of the nation's most comprehensive academic healthcare delivery systems. He led digital transformation initiatives for NYP, including overseeing enterprise teams for data science, business intelligence, artificial intelligence, automation, and digital web/mobile technologies. During his tenure at NYP, Dr. Tsay also served as an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at Columbia University Medical Center. He was previously a founding team member for NYP OnDemand, a comprehensive suite of digital health services.
"We are delighted to have Dr. Tsay join us as our Chief Medical Officer. We believe Dr. Tsay will play a key role in shaping the advanced healthcare technologies we are creating at Cue, where diagnostics and software-supported health journeys can lead to better clinical outcomes across a variety of disease categories," said Ayub Khattak, Chairman and CEO of Cue Health. "Dr. Tsay has the clinical experience, proven leadership ability, and key relationships to make a meaningful and lasting impact at Cue as well as in the lives of the patients and providers we serve."
"I look forward to working alongside Cue's executive leadership team as the company's products evolve into a more comprehensive platform that empowers stakeholders across the healthcare ecosystem with faster and more accurate diagnostic information," added Dr. Tsay. "The democratization of diagnostic testing can not only transform care paradigms but also ultimately help improve health outcomes."
Dr. Tsay received his BA in Computer Science and Physics from Columbia University College, and subsequently his MD and PhD degrees from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He is board certified in internal medicine and cardiology and holds active medical licenses in both California and New York.
About Cue Health
Cue Health (Nasdaq: HLTH) is a healthcare technology company that makes it easy for individuals to access health information and places diagnostic information at the center of care. Cue Health enables people to manage their health through real-time, actionable, and connected health information, offering individuals and their healthcare providers easy access to lab-quality diagnostics anywhere, anytime, in a device that fits in the palm of the hand. Cue Health's first-of-its-kind COVID-19 test was the first FDA-authorized molecular diagnostic test for at-home and over-the-counter use without a prescription and physician supervision. Outside the United States, Cue Health has received the CE mark in the European Union, Interim Order authorization from Health Canada, regulatory approval from India's Central Drugs Standard Control Organization, and PSAR authorization from Singapore's Health Sciences Authority. Cue was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in San Diego. For more information, please visit www.cuehealth.com.
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ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian officials have seized thousands of donkey penises that were about to be exported to Hong Kong, an official said on Thursday.
Sacks of the donkey male genitals were seized at the international airport in Lagos, Nigeria's largest city, Sambo Dangaladima, the Nigeria Customs Service area commander, told reporters.
The consignment was “falsely declared … as cow male genitals (but) after due examination, my export officers discovered they were donkey male genitals,” said Dangaladima. A total of 16 sacks of the genitals were seized, he said.
An investigation has been launched to find out more information about the seized items, the customs service said.
Although the seizure of donkey genitals meant for export from Nigeria is rare, donkey skins are known to be frequently exported or smuggled out of the country. In July, the Nigerian customs seized $116,000 worth of donkey skins being smuggled into the country from neighboring Niger.
Nigeria is trying to curb the export of donkey skins which has drastically diminished the country's population of the work animals, particularly in the north. Nigerian senators in 2021 proposed to ban the killing of donkeys and the export of their skins.
The lawmakers said such a ban on killing donkeys would further curb the export of donkey skins and genitals — which Nigeria prohibits — to countries like China where the skins are used in popular traditional medicines. That proposed legislation has not yet been passed into law.
“The major beneficiary in this trade is the donkey (skin) merchants in China,” Muhammad Datti, one of the federal lawmakers supporting the proposed ban, has said. “This animal is facing extinction (in Nigeria) and it is an animal you cannot breed in large numbers because of the very low rate of fertility.”
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Former CMS Administrator Joins Carrum Health to Help National Employers Reign in Rising Healthcare Costs
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Carrum Health, the first digital health company connecting employers and employees to Centers of Excellence (COEs) through a technology-powered value-based care platform, today announced the appointment of Seema Verma to its Corporate Advisory Board. As a national health policy expert who served as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator from 2017 to 2021, Verma was instrumental in helping to lower costs, improve quality of care, and increase access to health insurance programs for more than 140 million Americans. Verma will offer her expertise to Carrum Health as the company expands its national network of COE providers and partners with self-insured employers to adopt value-based care programs to reduce healthcare spend.
"The fee-for-service payment model fails to incentivize quality and comprehensive care coordination and has led to inefficiencies in care delivery and unsustainable healthcare costs for employers and their employees," said Verma. "Carrum Health has developed a true value-based care model delivered through high-quality Centers of Excellence across the nation to offer self-insured organizations a surgical benefit that will not only drive down healthcare spend, but also deliver higher quality of care. I am looking forward to working with the team at Carrum as they crack the code on value-based care through an innovative model starting with surgical procedures that account for a majority of employer healthcare spend."
Carrum Health's value-based bundled payment model brings immediate cost-savings benefits to self-insured employers looking to reduce healthcare expenditures. A recent peer-reviewed study published in Health Affairs by the RAND Corporation examined the impact of bundled payments among commercially insured populations and highlighted a more than 45% per procedure savings when procedures were performed through Carrum Health. Patients also typically do not encounter out-of-pocket costs, deductibles, co-pays or unexpected bills related to their care. And each procedure, including any costs associated with the care, carries a 30 day warranty.
"During Seema's tenure with CMS she played a critical role in advocating for value based care and the role of technology in healthcare," said Sach Jain, Carrum Health CEO and founder. "Carrum's focused investment in technology, including the industry's only patient facing app for surgeries, delivers an improved patient experience that drives engagement and better health outcomes. Seema is another amazing asset on our advisory board and she will bring tremendous value to both our partners and customers. With her added expertise and experience, Carrum can expedite our growth potential and bring our solution to even more employees across the nation."
Carrum Health offers the first value-based complete surgical care platform that combines the benefits of a bundled payments Centers of Excellence (COE) with surgical guidance and coordination to deliver the highest quality, most appropriate care. By connecting self-insured employers with the top 10% of doctors and facilities across the nation, Carrum reduces unnecessary procedures by as much as 30% and aligns cost and care incentives to save employers up to 45% per episode of care, all validated by peer-reviewed publications. Carrum's award-winning technology gives members access to a mobile app and Care Specialist that guides them through the surgery process, and a seamless platform integration to make COE adoption plug-and-play for employers. Backed by Tiger Global, Carrum was named to the 2021 CB Insights Digital Health 150 and named one of the best places to work in 2022 by Built In. The company, founded in 2014, is headquartered in Silicon Valley. For more information, visit carrumhealth.com.
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New Jersey's lottery numbers for Wednesday, Sept. 7
New Jersey's lottery numbers for Cash4Life, Cash 5, and more
These New Jersey lotteries were drawn Wednesday:
Cash4Life: 02-14-39-47-59, Cash Ball: 3
Powerball: 03-16-30-33-36, Powerball: 20, Power Play: 3
Estimated jackpot: $186,000,000
WINNING THE LOTTERY: BLESSING FOR SOME, CURSE FOR OTHERS
Pick 3: 8-1-7, Fireball: 5
Pick 4: 7-8-8-6, Fireball: 5
Cash 5: 06-29-35-37-39, Xtra: 2
MEGA MILLIONS LOTTERY DRAWING: WINNERS CAN REMAIN ANONYMOUS IN THESE STATES
Estimated jackpot: $282,000
Midday Pick 3: 9-1-2, Fireball: 5
Midday Pick 4: 8-6-9-0, Fireball: 5
MEGA MILLIONS JACKPOT WINNER CAN CHOOSE TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS
Mega Millions estimated jackpot: 210,000,000
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Danish Qureshi Named President in Addition to Role as Chief Operating Officer
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- LifeStance Health (NASDAQ: LFST), one of the nation's largest providers of in-person and virtual outpatient mental healthcare, today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Ken Burdick as the company's new Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, effective September 7. Burdick succeeds Michael Lester, who has served as the company's founding Chief Executive Officer and Chairman since 2017 and will be retiring. Lester will continue to serve as a Strategic Advisor to the company.
LifeStance provides evidence-based, affordable and medically-driven treatment services for children, adolescents and adults experiencing a variety of mental health conditions in an outpatient care setting, both in-person and through its digital health telemedicine offering. LifeStance offers state-of-the-art clinical excellence in a compassionate and safe environment through its network of over 5,000 clinicians operating across 32 states and in approximately 600 centers.
"I have tremendous admiration for LifeStance as one of the nation's largest in-network, outpatient behavioral health companies," said Burdick. "Through its dedicated team of clinicians, tech-enabled hybrid services and patient-first approach, LifeStance is at the forefront of expanding access to care. It's a privilege to be joining the company at a time when our services are more needed than ever, and I look forward to working with the team in pursuit of our vision of a truly healthy society where mental and physical healthcare are unified to make lives better. I am also looking forward to working closely with Danish Qureshi in his new role as President, in addition to his role as Chief Operating Officer."
"Ken is an accomplished industry veteran with a deep understanding of today's healthcare landscape and a history of driving profitable growth at companies that are truly making a difference in people's lives," said the LifeStance Board of Directors. "The entire board thanks Mike for his leadership, passion and dedication over so many years. He has been instrumental in building LifeStance into the innovative, successful company that it is today. We wish him all the best as he transitions to retirement and look forward to continuing our relationship with Mike in his new role as a Strategic Advisor to the company."
Burdick brings extensive healthcare experience to LifeStance, having held several executive and leadership roles over a 40-year career. Most recently, Burdick served as Executive Vice President of National Markets and Products at Centene, where he led all health plans before retiring in January 2021. Prior to that, Burdick served as President and CEO of WellCare from 2015 until it was acquired by Centene in January 2020. He also held numerous roles of increasing responsibility at UnitedHealth Group and Cigna. At UnitedHealth, he served as CEO of UnitedHealthcare. Burdick currently serves on several healthcare company boards and just completed a four-year term as national Board Chair for Big Brothers Big Sisters of America.
"As a founding team member of LifeStance, I have had the pleasure of working alongside Mike as we built the company together, and I want to thank him for his incredible leadership of the company from inception to over 5,000 clinicians strong in just five years," said Qureshi. "As I step into this new role, I am looking forward to working with Ken and our full executive team, and we remain laser-focused on guiding our business through the next phase of growth."
"LifeStance is a special company that is changing the lives of patients daily through high-quality, personalized and compassionate care," said Lester. "It has been an honor to serve as founding CEO and build this company for the past five years, and I am deeply grateful to the entire team for their unwavering commitment to making high-quality mental healthcare accessible across the country. As we look ahead to the next phase of growth, I know Ken is the right leader to take LifeStance forward. His experience as a seasoned public company executive and his strong reputation with the investor community will serve LifeStance well as we grow into the future. In partnership with Danish as President and COO, I have never been more confident in what the future holds for LifeStance, and I look forward to serving as a Strategic Advisor to the company."
ABOUT LIFESTANCE HEALTH
Founded in 2017, LifeStance (NASDAQ: LFST) is reimagining mental health. We are one of the nation's largest providers of virtual and in-person outpatient mental healthcare for children, adolescents and adults experiencing a variety of mental health conditions. Our mission is to help people lead healthier, more fulfilling lives by improving access to trusted, affordable and personalized mental healthcare. LifeStance employs approximately 5,200 psychiatrists, advanced practice nurses, psychologists and therapists and operates across 32 states and approximately 600 centers. To learn more, please visit www.LifeStance.com.
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SaaS Alerts Secures $22M Investment from Insight Partners to Scale SaaS Security Monitoring and Response Platform
Published: Sep. 8, 2022 at 8:09 AM CDT|Updated: 43 minutes ago
Investment to fuel growth and market presence as demand grows for SaaS' next generation security tools for Managed Service Providers
WILMINGTON, N.C., Sept. 8, 2022/PRNewswire/ -- SaaS Alerts, the cybersecurity company purpose-built for Managed Service Providers (MSPs) to protect and monetize their customers' core business SaaS applications, announced today that it has secured a $22 million growth investment from global software investor Insight Partners to accelerate the growth of its SaaS Security monitoring and response platform.
The accelerated rate of SaaS Application adoption by businesses, driven by the need to provide collaboration and productivity tools to remote workforces and for more centralized and tightly controlled business data resources, has elevated awareness and critical concern for major threat vectors and security gaps that exist in SaaS Application security. These security concerns present opportunities for MSPs to better safeguard their clients while offering SaaS security services that drive profitable new revenue streams.
SaaS Alerts was designed to help MSPs monitor and protect their customers' usage of today's most popular SaaS applications such as Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Salesforce, Dropbox and more – and to safeguard against security threats to a business' SaaS environment such as data theft, data that's at risk due to unintentional employee mishaps and actions taken by bad actors.
"We couldn't be more excited to partner with Insight Partners and we see their investment in SaaS Alerts as a monumental endorsement for what we have built and what we intend to build as we collaborate going forward," said Jim Lippie, CEO of SaaS Alerts. "I'm very proud of our team for reaching this milestone and look forward to working with Insight to continue to build value for our MSP partners and stakeholders."
"SaaS applications have become essential for businesses of every size and MSPs need the ability to better protect those applications on behalf of their customers. SaaS Alerts has pioneered SaaS security for MSPs and has a clear vision for how detecting and correlating abnormal user behavior can greatly impact the MSP industry," said Philine Huizing, Principal at Insight Partners. "We're excited to partner with SaaS Alerts as the company scales to address this unique opportunity."
About SaaS Alerts
SaaS Alerts is the cybersecurity company purpose-built for MSPs to protect and monetize customers' core SaaS business applications. SaaS Alerts offers a unified, real-time monitoring platform for MSPs to protect against: data theft, data at risk and bad actors and integrates with the most popular SaaS Applications. Learn more atwww.saasalerts.com.
About Insight Partners
Insight Partners is a global software investor partnering with high-growth technology, software, and Internet startup and ScaleUp companies that are driving transformative change in their industries. As of June 30, 2022, the firm has over $80B in regulatory assets under management. Insight Partners has invested in more than 700 companies worldwide and has seen over 55 portfolio companies achieve an IPO. Headquartered in New York City, Insight has offices in London, Tel Aviv, and Palo Alto. Insight's mission is to find, fund, and work successfully with visionary executives, providing them with practical, hands-on software expertise to foster long-term success. Insight Partners meets great software leaders where they are in their growth journey, from their first investment to IPO. For more information on Insight and all its investments, visit insightpartners.com or follow us on Twitter @insightpartners.
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Cuba’s deputy foreign minister accused the Biden administration of acting immorally, illegitimately and unfairly by keeping Cuba on the list of state sponsors of terrorism, claiming it has been a victim of state-sponsored terrorism by the United States for more than 60 years.
Carlos Fernandez de Cossio said in an interview with The Associated Press that maintaining Cuba on the State Department blacklist with North Korea, Iran and Syria is “an easy way to punish Cuba with the overall aim of trying to make Cuba what it is not — to make Cuba a failed state.”
“The U.S. unfortunately pays no price for doing something that is illegitimate, unsustainable and immoral,” he said. “And even though, speaking with government officials, they find no reason why Cuba should be in the list, they claim that it is politically difficult for them.”
The United States imposed an economic embargo on Cuba in 1960 following the revolution led by Fidel Castro and the nationalization of properties belonging to U.S. citizens and corporations.
Removing Cuba from the blacklist had been one of then-President Barack Obama’s main foreign policy achievements as he sought better relations with the Caribbean island, an effort endorsed by Biden as his vice president.
Days before Biden was inaugurated as president, then-President Donald Trump’s administration redesignated Cuba as a “state sponsor of terrorism,” imposing new sanctions. During his campaign, Biden promised to renew relations with the communist-governed island, but he has made no move to do so.
Fernandez said the “pretext” then-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo gave was the presence in Cuba of representatives of Colombia’s last guerrilla group, the National Liberation Army, known as the ELN. He said Cuba didn’t invite them but responded to a request from the Colombian government to host peace talks with the group in Havana.
He didn’t mention that Pompeo also cited Cuba’s continued harboring of U.S. fugitives and its support for Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro as reasons.
Fernandez said U.S. officials describing delisting as a “politically difficult” decision is “an immoral excuse, because as a result of this designation, the Cuban economy is suffering an additional pain on the one already imposed by the blockade.”
He explained that anyone engaging economically or financially with a country on the list faces the possibility of being punished by the United States, and that because of Cuba’s designation over 30 financial and banking institutions interrupted their relationships with the country.
“There is huge economic pressure,” Fernandez said, explaining that for the past six years the country has had no sources of financing or development credit, and the U.S. has tried to deprive Cuba of fuel so it has to pay a 15-30% premium because of the risk that the few sellers take.
The country is also still suffering from the impact of COVID-19 and tourism, especially from Canada and the European Union, which is an important source of income, he said.
Nonetheless, the minister said Cuba hopes the economy will grow by 2.5% this year.
“So the country has not collapsed,” he said, though there are serious difficulties in terms of electricity, power and fuel.
“We think we could come out of it,” Fernandez said. “We’ve done it in the past, but it’s going to take a lot of effort. It would be much easier if the entire blockade did not exist, or at least a few flexibilities were introduced, which the Biden administration has promised but has not introduced.”
He expressed hope that the Biden administration will “do the right thing” and lift the terrorism designation because “it’s totally unfair, it’s totally unjustified, and it’s totally immoral.”
“There is no way to morally sustain or justify punishing several generations of Cubans, or the whole population of Cuba, for over six decades with the aim of making the country a failed state,” Fernandez said.
He cited a State Department document from April 1960 that describes the aim of U.S. policy to depress Cuba’s standard of living, provoke hunger and despair, and force the population to rebel against the government.
The Cuban minister said the government had no answer as to why Biden didn’t follow Obama’s opening to Cuba.
“The simple answer they give is Biden is not alone,” he said. “That, in my opinion, is an excuse for a way out.”
Fernandez led the Cuban delegation to talks in Washington in April on migration that he said focused on reviving the 1994 agreement on the U.S. issuing 20,000 visas for Cubans every year. He said there was progress, and perhaps the target can be reached later this year.
Fernandez said the mass exodus of Cubans this year is the result of “a perfect equation” — the U.S. not complying with the 20,000 visas per year since 2017 and people wanting to migrate, the incentive for people to migrate by irregular means including by using smugglers because close to 90% of Cubans who reach the U.S. are accepted, and the difficult economic situation in Cuba which the U.S. encourages.
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An unusually large number of earthquakes have hit South Carolina this year, but scientists don't know why. (Story first aired on All Things Considered on Aug. 26, 2022.)
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An unusually large number of earthquakes have hit South Carolina this year, but scientists don't know why. (Story first aired on All Things Considered on Aug. 26, 2022.)
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1 dead after cigarette lit near oxygen tank causes explosion at Bradenton apartment complex, police say
BRADENTON, Fla. - A Bradenton resident was killed Wednesday afternoon after lighting a cigarette near an oxygen tank inside a unit of a Bradenton apartment complex, according to the Bradenton Police Department.
Firefighters say they were called to the apartment complex located at 4480 block of Fairways Blvd. shortly before 1 p.m. and found an unresponsive burn victim. They say the fire had been put out by sprinklers inside a bedroom.
According to the Bradenton Police Department, the victim lit a cigarette causing an oxygen tank to explode.
The other resident of the unit, who officials say was not present at the time of the fire, is being assisted by the Red Cross.
Officials stand outside a Bradenton apartment complex where a person was killed in an explosion Wednesday afternoon.
No other residential structures were damaged or required evacuation.
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4 dead in Memphis shooting spree
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LENEXA, Kan., Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hostess Brands (NYSE: TWNK) today announced a new partnership with the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), focusing its efforts on becoming a StigmaFree workplace and supporting NAMI's grassroots efforts to improve mental health resources in local communities where Hostess Brands operates.
According to NAMI, 80 percent of U.S. workers with a mental health condition say shame and stigma have prevented them from seeking treatment. Hostess Brands is committed to changing this dynamic as it focuses on mental health support and resources for its own employees and corporate social responsibility sponsorship and volunteer support at the grassroots community level.
"At Hostess, our mission is to inspire moments of joy by putting our hearts into everything we do," said Andy Callahan, CEO of Hostess Brands. "As the company that is all about sparking joy, we recognize that mental and emotional well-being is essential to happiness. It is critical to us that we demonstrate the importance of employee mental health and prioritize a StigmaFree workplace. We are excited about our national partnership with NAMI and the opportunity we have to do our part to make joy possible in the communities we serve by creating awareness, reducing stigma and increasing belonging."
"NAMI is thrilled to welcome Hostess as our national partner in creating a StigmaFree workplace and as a premier sponsor of our NAMIWalks events in Chicago, Indianapolis and Kansas City this fall," said Jessica Edwards, chief development officer at NAMI. "Hostess employees across the country are embracing NAMI's StigmaFree workplace approach and they are now supporting NAMIWalks as volunteers and fundraisers."
As part of the StigmaFree workplace program, NAMI partnered with Hostess Brands to review and augment its employee mental health resources and look for ways to encourage employees to take advantage of these vital programs. Hostess Brands and NAMI also joined forces to roll out the StigmaFree workplace to all Hostess employees, emphasizing the importance of mental health, sharing tips on language for talking about mental health in the workplace and providing guidance on what employees can do to help struggling coworkers without shame or stigma.
Throughout the fall, Hostess Brands will sponsor three NAMIWalks in markets where it operates. All times are CDT.
- Chicago, Sept. 17 from 12-4 p.m. in Jackson Park
- Greater Indianapolis, Oct. 8 at 9 a.m. in OptiPark Indy
- Greater Kansas City, Oct. 15 from 8-11 a.m. in Macken Park
Hostess employees are encouraged to help raise money for their location's NAMIWalks teams and participate through volunteerism by "walking the walk" with colleagues, family members, friends and neighbors in their local communities. Virtual participation and support options are available to ensure that everyone can participate regardless of geographic location. All funds raised support NAMI's free, top-rated mental health programs in these communities.
To support Hostess Brands in its NAMIWalks involvement, visit NAMIWalks.org/HostessBrands.
About Hostess Brands, Inc.
Hostess Brands, Inc. (NASDAQ: TWNK) is a snacking powerhouse with a portfolio of iconic brands and a mission to inspire moments of joy by putting our heart into everything we do. Hostess Brands is proud to make America's No. 1 cupcake, mini donut and sugar-free cookie brands. With sales exceeding $1.1 billion and employing approximately 2,600 dedicated team members, Hostess Brands produces new and classic snacks, including Hostess® Donettes®, Twinkies®, CupCakes, Ding Dongs® and Zingers®, as well as a variety of Voortman® cookies and wafers. For more information about Hostess Brands, please visit hostessbrands.com.
About National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
The National Alliance on Mental Illness is the nation's largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to improving the lives of individuals and families affected by mental illness.
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Jeep unveils its 1st electric SUVs for North America, Europe
DETROIT (AP) — Jeep will start selling two fully electric SUVs in North America and another one in Europe over the next two years.
The new EVs, Jeep’s first, are part of the Stellantis brand’s plans to convert half of its U.S. sales and all of its European sales to battery-electric vehicles by 2030. They’re the first for the brand, and executives are promising that they’ll be fully capable of off-road travel.
The new vehicles include the Jeep Recon, a four-wheel-drive midsize SUV about the size of the Jeep Wrangler and rival Ford’s gas-powered Bronco Sport. It will be produced at an undisclosed North American factory starting in 2024. No range, performance figures or prices were released.
Jeep also will start making an all-electric Wagoneer S midsize luxury SUV in 2024 that also can go off road. The electric extension of the Wagoneer sub-brand is expected to go 400 miles (650 kilometers) on a single charge, have 600 horsepower, and be able to travel from zero to 60 miles per hour (100 kilometers per hour) in about 3.5 seconds.
The Wagoneer S also will be built in North America at a yet-to-be disclosed factory. No prices were released on this SUV either.
Heading for Europe next year will be the Jeep Avenger compact SUV, the brand’s first fully electric vehicle. Jeep says the small Avenger, with 250 miles (400 kilometers) of range per charge, won’t be coming to the U.S. It’s better suited for Europe, where there’s a strong market for smaller vehicles, executives said.
The Avenger will be officially unveiled Oct. 17 at the Paris Motor Show. It will arrive in showrooms early next year.
Jeep also plans to introduce four all-electric SUVs in North America and Europe by the end of 2025, the executives said.
The Recon, though, will not replace the Jeep Wrangler small SUV, said Christian Meunier, the brand CEO. “The Wrangler is the icon,” he said, without saying there would be an electric Wrangler.
Jeep, he said, is on a path to become the leading zero-emission SUV brand across the globe. The company has a goal of selling the SUVs in China, executives said.
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NOVI, Mich., Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BrassCraft Manufacturing Company, a leading manufacturer of plumbing products, announces the retirement of George Werner, Vice President of Sales, after 27 years of dedicated service.
"I am thankful for the tremendous impact he has had on our company and the industry over the last three decades. We wish him the best as he enters his well-deserved retirement," said Tom Assante, President of BrassCraft.
Assuming the responsibilities of Werner, Mike Roberts now leads a unified global sales, marketing, and product development team as Vice President of Sales and Marketing.
"I am thrilled to take on this new role focused on honoring and continuing the storied BrassCraft legacy. Few brands earn the fierce loyalty of the plumbing professional that BrassCraft experiences every day; we are redoubling our efforts to deserve that loyalty through industry-leading quality and exceptional product solutions," said Roberts.
As 12-year Masco veteran, Roberts joined BrassCraft as Vice President of Marketing and Product Development in 2018, previously having managed the fixtures business at Delta Faucet Company for nine years. Roberts brings over two decades of experience in the home improvement industry, both in the U.S. and Europe.
BrassCraft Manufacturing Company is a leader in the design, manufacturing, and distribution of rough plumbing products for new construction and repair and remodel markets. Founded by Robert Zell in 1964, the company is headquartered in Novi, Mich., with manufacturing facilities across the United States. Through its industry leading BrassCraft® brand, the company provides a variety of solutions designed with the professional plumber in mind. Its portfolio of products includes water stops, water connectors/supply lines, gas connectors, water heater connectors, drain cleaning products, and hand tools. The brand is available at wholesale supply houses and home improvement retailers across the United States and Canada, and select international channels. The company upholds its commitment to promoting careers in the trades through its Zell Scholarship Program, providing scholarships for plumbing & HVAC apprentices. For more information, visit brasscraft.com.
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LONDON, UK — Queen Elizabeth II has been placed under medical supervision because doctors are “concerned for Her Majesty’s health," Buckingham Palace said Thursday, as members of the royal family traveled to Scotland to be with the 96-year-old monarch.
The palace declined to provide further details about the seriousness of the queen’s condition, but there were other worrying signs as Prime Minister Liz Truss said “the whole country will be deeply concerned by the news" and other politicians expressed their disquiet.
The announcement by the palace came a day after the queen canceled a virtual meeting of her Privy Council when doctors advised her to rest following a full day of events on Tuesday, when she formally asked Truss to become prime minister.
“Following further evaluation this morning, the Queen’s doctors are concerned for Her Majesty’s health and have recommended she remain under medical supervision,'' a palace spokesperson said, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with customary policy. “The Queen remains comfortable and at Balmoral.”
Prince Charles, the heir to the throne, along with his wife, Camilla, and sister, Princess Anne, are already with the queen at Balmoral Castle, her summer residence in Scotland. Prince William, Charles’ eldest son, is also en route to Balmoral, as is his brother, Prince Harry, his wife, Meghan, Prince Andrew and the Earl and Countess of Wessex.
The gathering of the House of Windsor comes just three months after people across Britain paused over a long holiday weekend to celebrate the queen's 70 years on the throne. While crowds of cheering, flag-waving fans filled the streets around Buckingham Palace throughout four days of festivities, the queen herself made only two brief appearances on the palace balcony to wave to her subjects.
Elizabeth has increasingly handed over duties to Charles and other members of the royal family in recent months as she recovered from a bout of COVID-19, began using a cane and struggled to get around.
“The whole country will be deeply concerned by the news from Buckingham Palace this lunchtime,” Truss said on Twitter.
“My thoughts — and the thoughts of people across our United Kingdom — are with Her Majesty The Queen and her family at this time.”
Since assuming the throne after the death of her father on Feb. 6, 1952, Elizabeth has been a symbol of stability as Britain negotiated the end of empire, the dawn of the information age and the mass migration that transformed the country into a multicultural society.
Throughout it all, the queen has built a bond with the nation through a seemingly endless series of public appearance as she opened libraries, dedicated hospitals and bestowed honors on deserving citizens.
She worked steadily into the twilight of her reign. But the death of Prince Philip, her husband of more than 70 years, in April of last year reminded the U.K. that the reign of the queen, the only monarch most of her subjects have ever known, is finite.
That truth was the subtext of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations as newspapers, television news shows and even the walls of the palace were filled with images of Elizabeth as she changed from a glamorous young queen in crown and diamonds to a kind of global grandmother known for her omnipresent handbag and love of horses and corgis.
Charles was front and center throughout the festivities as he stood in for his mother and demonstrated that he was ready to take on her mantle.
Wearing a ceremonial scarlet tunic and bearskin hat, he reviewed the troops during the Queen’s Birthday Parade on the opening day of the jubilee. The next day, he was the last guest to enter St. Paul’s Cathedral and took his seat at the front of the church for a service of thanksgiving in honor of the queen. At a star-studded concert in front of Buckingham Palace, he delivered the main tribute to the woman he addressed as, “Your Majesty, mummy.”
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Partial demolition of 'unsafe' Devon lime kiln to take place
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The partial demolition and removal of a section of lime kiln will take place to protect people from its "potential sudden collapse", a council says.
Torridge District Council said it would appoint contractors to the kiln at Bucks Mills in North Devon.
It said it followed an inspection that found cracks and movement in the stonework.
Councillor Bob Hicks, lead member for the economy and property, advised people to "avoid the area".
The council said findings from a survey "have now recommended the removal of a section of the upper kiln, which remains the main area of concern".
Mr Hicks said the council would be "monitoring the site for any further movement until this work has been completed".
"We would suggest that it may be advisable to avoid the area for the time being and we hope to have the necessary work completed in as short a time as possible," he added.
The council said: "Since the kiln is listed and of historic significance the council's building control and conservation officers were also consulted but have in turn designated the structure as unsafe and confirmed that the proposed approach to partial demolition as the most appropriate course of action."
Work is expected to start in October.
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Royal Mail strikes: Cake firm expects walkouts to hit profit
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A cake company in Devon has said its business will be "hugely affected" by Royal Mail strikes taking place across the UK.
About 115,000 staff in the Communication Workers Union (CWU) have walked out in a dispute over pay and conditions, and will again on Friday.
It is part of four days of action, with walk-outs also on 26 and 31 August.
Exeter business owner Katie Cross said she had sympathy for the strikers but expected to lose about 30% of profits.
Ms Cross owns cake shop Cake or Death, which sends cake deliveries across the UK, and said she would not be able to get products to her customers.
'Customers go elsewhere'
"When we have strike action it hugely affects our business. It means we can't get our products to our customers and, in response, our customers tend to go elsewhere to another gift provider that perhaps uses a courier company."
She added: "I would say the fact the strikes are happening two days together next to a weekend is that you have a block of five days Wednesday to Sunday where we can't get brownies out to people."
Ms Cross said she had sympathy for the strikers.
'Respect their rights'
"I think the Royal Mail office is a really great service and I really like working with them and I really respect their workers' rights to strike, but as a business owner it's just really difficult to manage.
"I can have sympathy as a person but as a business owner I've simply got to look at the bottom line."
The CWU said its members did not support an "imposed" 2% pay rise, while Royal Mail said the union had rejected an offer worth up to 5.5%.
CWU general secretary Dave Ward said: "There can be no doubt that postal workers are completely united in their determination to secure the dignified, proper pay rise they deserve."
A spokesperson from Royal Mail apologised to customers for the inconvenience and said it was doing all it could to "minimise any delays".
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CCTV appeal after woman raped in Cheltenham
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CCTV images have been released by police to help identify a man they want to speak to in connection with a rape.
Gloucestershire Police believe a woman in her 40's was raped off the path of the Honeybourne Line in Cheltenham, shortly before 05:00 BST on 6 August.
Officers said they want to speak to a man who walked across the Waitrose bridge, through the underpass and onto the Honeybourne Line.
The man was last seen in Gloucester Road and Libertus Road, police said.
The distressed woman was found by a member of the public and police said she did not know the man.
Anyone who recognises the man in the CCTV image has been asked to contact police.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Shirley Hu is a board-certified Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon and active member of the American Academy of Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery. Dr. Hu offers an array of surgical and nonsurgical services, including rhinoplasty, face/neck lift, blepharoplasty, brow lift, lip lift, V-line chin and jaw contouring, fat grafting, otoplasty, injectables and tissue repair after Mohs surgery. Using state-of-the-art 3D design and printing, Dr. Hu specializes in customized facial implants, one of only a few surgeons in the U.S trained in this specialty.
AIREM (Korean for "beauty"), founded by dual-board certified Facial Plastic Surgeon, Dr. Eunice Park, is the first Korean beauty-inspired medical aesthetic spa in the U.S based on the concept of gwallee, a centuries-old Korean principle of maintaining self-care.
Dr. Hu's love for the fine arts developed at a young age and credits this as the inspiration to pursue a career in facial plastic surgery. She was awarded a full academic scholarship to Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH, where she graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art/Sculpture and Chemistry while completing her premedical courses.
Dr. Hu received her Doctor of Medicine degree from New York Medical College in Valhalla, NY, graduating second in her class. She completed a five-year Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery residency at the top-ranked Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York.
Dr. Hu completed a prestigious fellowship in Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery with the world-renowned Dr. Stephen W. Perkins and his co-director Dr. Mark M. Hamilton in Indianapolis, IN. She has authored 30 journal articles and book chapters, presenting her work nationally and internationally.
"AIREM is at the forefront of aesthetic innovation bringing global beauty practices to the US. Attracting talented surgeons like Dr. Hu, allow us to continually innovate and expand our clinical offerings. With Dr. Hu's new level of expertise, our clinical team will offer an even more comprehensive approach to facial aesthetic rejuvenation." - Dr. Park
To reach Dr. Hu as a media resource on topics such as facial aesthetics, contact juliet@airem.com.
AIREM, Long Island, NY, offers clinical skincare, aesthetic treatments, beauty retreats and plastic surgery in a luxury state-of-the-art facility designed to balance the Eastern and Western principles of beauty. All surgeries are performed on-site in AIREM's private surgical suite.
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Dow leaders receive global acknowledgment for supporting women in business and driving change for gender diversity and equity in the workplace
MIDLAND, Mich., Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Dow (NYSE: DOW) announced that four of its leaders have earned recognition on 2022 HERoes Women Role Model lists, which are supported by Yahoo Finance and showcase leaders who are championing women in business and driving change for gender diversity in the workplace.
The recipients have attained success in their personal careers and have directly and indirectly used their platforms to create a more diverse, inclusive and equitable business environment for women.
Dow leaders named to the 2022 HERoes Women Role Model lists include:
HERoes 100 Women Executives List
Jane Palmieri, President, Industrial Intermediates & Infrastructure; Asia Pacific Oversight; Executive Sponsor, Dow's Veterans Employee Resource Group
HERoes Advocates Executives List, # 11
Howard Ungerleider, President and Chief Financial Officer; Executive Sponsor, Dow's Women's Inclusion Employee Resource Group
HERoes 100 Women Future Leaders List
Eunice Heath, Corporate Director, Environment, Health & Safety and Sustainability Site Sponsor; Dow's Global African Affinity Employee Resource Group for the Delaware Valley.
HERoes 100 Women Future Leaders List, # 16
Margherita Fontana, EMEAI Purchasing Director; Global Leader, Global Chair of Dow's Women's Inclusion Employee Resource Group
On being named again to the Women Executives list, Palmieri said, "I am honored to receive this recognition again as a HERoes top woman leader. Being a senior executive, I consider myself accountable for driving inclusion, diversity and equity in our organization and across the industry. Although we have made excellent progress, we need to continue supporting representation of women at all levels of leadership while promoting the benefits of more equitable systems and cultures."
Dow's comprehensive global inclusion, diversity and equity strategy is integrated into the Company's overall business strategy. Across the Company, employees are helping to champion a culture of inclusion by acting as catalysts for advancing business success, enhancing employee engagement and activating communities for impact. A focus on this strategy is improving the representation of underrepresented populations, including women globally and ethnic minorities in the U.S. at Dow.
"Being an ally has been one of the most personally and professionally rewarding experiences over the last three decades," said Ungerleider. "We need more allies to advocate for women across the Dow organization and across the industry. I am deeply honored to receive this recognition again and to be included with such talented individuals."
Visit Dow's website for additional information on the Company's commitment to inclusion, diversity, and equity and to explore Dow's 2021 Environmental, Social and Governance report.
About Dow
Dow (NYSE: DOW) combines global breadth; asset integration and scale; focused innovation and materials science expertise; leading business positions; and environmental, social and governance (ESG) leadership to achieve profitable growth and deliver a sustainable future. The Company's ambition is to become the most innovative, customer centric, inclusive and sustainable materials science company in the world. Dow's portfolio of plastics, industrial intermediates, coatings and silicones businesses delivers a broad range of differentiated, science-based products and solutions for its customers in high-growth market segments, such as packaging, infrastructure, mobility and consumer applications. Dow operates 104 manufacturing sites in 31 countries and employs approximately 35,700 people. Dow delivered sales of approximately $55 billion in 2021. References to Dow or the Company mean Dow Inc. and its subsidiaries. For more information, please visit www.dow.com or follow @DowNewsroom on Twitter.
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WARREN, Mich. — Even though battery costs are rising, auto companies are rolling out more affordable electric vehicles that should widen their appeal to a larger group of buyers.
GM won’t release the exact price of the Equinox EV until closer to the date it goes on sale, about this time next year. But the SUV is at the low end of Edmunds.com’s list of prices for electric vehicles sold in the U.S., where the average cost of an EV is around $65,000.
Hitting a price around $30,000 and a range per charge close to 300 miles is key to getting mainstream buyers to switch away from gasoline vehicles, industry analysts say.
“You’re kind of at that sweet spot,” said Ivan Drury, director of insights for Edmunds.com. “You’re basically at the price point that everyone is clamoring for.”
Auto industry analysts say that if the Equinox makes efficient use of interior space with plenty of cargo and passenger room, and if it is styled similar to current gas-powered small SUVs, it should be a hit in the most popular segment of the U.S. auto market. About 20% of all new vehicles sold in the U.S. are compact SUVs.
“It’s a perfect vehicle for a lot of different users, whether it’s a small family, maybe an empty nester,” said Jeff Schuster, president of global forecasting for LMC Automotive, a Detroit-area consulting firm. “You’ve got space to haul things, but it’s easy to drive.”
A $30,000 EV that checks all of the boxes is just a little above the price of a comparable small gas-powered SUV. The Toyota RAV4, the top seller in the segment and the top-selling vehicle in the U.S. that isn’t a pickup, starts at just over $28,000.
Until the last few years, electric vehicles were either expensive and aimed at affluent luxury buyers, or cheaper but with limited travel ranges. For example, a base version of Tesla’s Model 3, the lowest-price model from the top-selling EV brand in the U.S., starts at more than $48,000. A larger Tesla Model X SUV starts at over $120,000.
The only EVs with starting prices under $30,000 (including shipping) now are versions of the Nissan Leaf and Chevrolet Bolt. Both are smaller than a typical gas-powered compact SUV. The Mini Cooper Electric, Mazda MX30 and Hyundai Kona Electric are in the $30,000s, according to Edmunds.
Kia’s Niro EV, Hyundai’s Ioniq 5, Ford’s F-150 Lightning pickup, the Volkswagen ID.4, Kia EV6, Toyota b24x, Ford’s Mustang Mach E, Audi’s Q4 e-tron, the Subaru Solterra, Polestar 2, and Tesla Model 3 all have starting prices in the $40,000s.
GM may find it difficult to keep the Equinox price around $30,000, largely because minerals such as lithium, copper, cobalt and nickel that are key components of batteries have been rising fast. There’s a finite number of mines and increasing demand as nearly all automakers introduce new EVs.
Drury says that even if GM is able to keep the Equinox starting price around $30,000, demand likely will be high enough so the company builds mainly higher-priced versions. And some dealers have been marking up EVs beyond the automaker’s sticker price due to high demand. In the first half of the year, U.S. EV sales rose 68% from the same period a year ago, to nearly 313,000.
Some EVs could get a whole lot cheaper in the U.S., too, with federal tax credits starting next year of up to $7,500 that are part of the Inflation Reduction Act. But meeting federal requirements may be difficult.
The vehicles and batteries have to be assembled in North America, and the new law phases in requirements that battery minerals and parts have to come from the continent. Most minerals such as lithium, a key battery ingredient, are now imported from China and other countries.
The Equinox checks the North American assembly box. It will be made in Mexico. The company won’t say where the battery will be made, but GM has announced three joint-venture battery factories in the U.S., including one that’s operating already in Warren, Ohio.
From there, GM is working on meeting the other criteria for getting the tax credit. “We’re really working through the rules and the regulations right now,” said Steve Majoros, vice president of marketing for Chevrolet. “We think it’s all lining up nicely, but more details to come on that.”
Majoros hinted that it may take a couple of years to meet all the government’s requirements to get the full credit as GM takes more control of its supply chain for EV parts.
The Equinox EV, Majoros said, is longer, wider and a bit shorter than the gas versions of the same vehicle. GM used new interior packaging methods to create comparable passenger and cargo space to the gas Equinox, he said. The relatively small price difference between the two should get many customers to consider EV over gas, he said.
“It does a lot of things right,” Majoros said. “So when it does that, the (sales) volume follows.”
GM CEO Mary Barra has said the company will overtake Tesla as the nation’s largest seller of EVs by the middle of this decade. The Equinox EV is a step toward that.
“We think it’s going to be one of the products that’s really going to help that mainstream adoption really take off in the marketplace,” Majoros said.
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. — In 2021, quarterback Cade McNamara led the Michigan Wolverines to the season their fans have been dreaming about for years.
At the end of training camp, Wolverines coach Jim Harbaugh wasn’t ready to make a decision, so he announced McNamara would start the opener against Colorado State and McCarthy would get his chance against Hawaii.
McNamara isn’t a flashy quarterback, but he was steady on a team that had plenty of weapons. He threw 14 touchdown passes and only two interceptions in Michigan’s 10-1 start, and while he wasn’t much of a threat on the ground, the Wolverines had a lot of players who could run the ball.
In the last three games of the season, though, he had four interceptions and only one touchdown. That was good enough to beat Ohio State 42-27 and Iowa 42-3, but he was picked off twice and only threw for 106 yards in a 34-11 loss to Georgia on New Year’s Eve.
McCarthy was the five-star recruit with all the flash. He threw a touchdown pass in Michigan’s 37-33 loss to Michigan State, and came in to throw for 131 yards and a touchdown against Georgia.
“I said this summer that either one could start and it could be a combination of both of them in a game,” Harbaugh said. “Those are the options, and we said each would get a start in order to make it as far as it could be.”
McNamara didn’t light things up against Colorado State, going 9 of 18 for 136 yards and a touchdown in a 51-7 rout. McCarthy also got some time, running for a 20-yard touchdown and completing all four of his passes for 30 yards.
On Saturday night, McCarthy will be facing a Hawaii defense that has allowed 112 points in lopsided losses to Vanderbilt and Western Kentucky. It’s the perfect situation to put up big numbers – at least until Harbaugh reins in the offense if the game gets out of hand.
“We, as coaches, have to find a way to maximize both of their talents for the best use of the team,” Harbaugh said.
Hawaii coach Timmy Chang, like Harbaugh, is a legend for his days as a quarterback at the school he now coaches. In his first season, Chang is trying to rebuild a program in turmoil, and it isn’t going well.
Hawaii lost 63-10 to Vanderbilt and 49-17 to Western Kentucky. The Commodores are an SEC team, so a lopsided loss can be excused, but a 32-point defeat to a Conference USA team is a bigger cause for concern.
“We’re really young at a lot of positions, especially on offense, and we’re trying to plug in as many guys as possible to get experience,” Chang said. “At the same time, though, you need to hone in on guys who can help. We don’t have the luxury to take our time with that right now.”
Brayden Schager started the season as the No. 1 quarterback, and he’s completed 58.8% of his passes, but thrown four interceptions without a touchdown. Joey Yellon has one interception in relief duty, with a 45.2% completion rate.
The Rainbow Warriors know they are facing a much tougher team this week, but they are looking forward to the opportunity.
“If you are a college-football fan, you know all about the Big House,” offensive lineman Micah Vanterpool said. “These are the games you live for – come on, we’re going to be playing in the Big House.
“And we’re not going to go in there with any fear. We respect everyone, but we don’t fear anyone.”
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DETROIT — Jeep will start selling two fully electric SUVs in North America and another one in Europe over the next two years.
The new EVs, Jeep's first, are part of the Stellantis brand's plans to convert half of its U.S. sales and all of its European sales to battery-electric vehicles by 2030. They're the first for the brand, and executives are promising that they'll be fully capable of off-road travel.
The new vehicles include the Jeep Recon, a four-wheel-drive midsize SUV about the size of the Jeep Wrangler and rival Ford's gas-powered Bronco Sport. It will be produced at an undisclosed North American factory starting in 2024. No range, performance figures or prices were released.
Jeep also will start making an all-electric Wagoneer S midsize luxury SUV in 2024 that also can go off road. The electric extension of the Wagoneer sub-brand is expected to go 400 miles on a single charge, have 600 horsepower, and be able to travel from zero to 60 miles per hour in about 3.5 seconds.
The Wagoneer S also will be built in North America at a yet-to-be disclosed factory. No prices were released on this SUV either.
Heading for Europe next year will be the Jeep Avenger compact SUV, the brand's first fully electric vehicle. Jeep says the small Avenger, with 250 miles (400 kilometers) of range per charge, won't be coming to the U.S. It's better suited for Europe, where there's a strong market for smaller vehicles, executives said.
The Avenger will be officially unveiled Oct. 17 at the Paris Motor Show. It will arrive in showrooms early next year.
Jeep also plans to introduce four all-electric SUVs in North America and Europe by the end of 2025, the executives said.
The Recon, though, will not replace the Jeep Wrangler small SUV, said Christian Meunier, the brand CEO. “The Wrangler is the icon,” he said, without saying there would be an electric Wrangler.
Jeep, he said, is on a path to become the leading zero-emission SUV brand across the globe. The company has a goal of selling the SUVs in China, executives said.
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91.5 HD2: WUNC Music is curated locally with songs that inspire,
energize and bring joy to listeners across North Carolina. It’s a place
for music discovery and a home to old favorites.
DJ Who4thecru recently chatted with Grammy Nominated vocalist, producer, and educator Satyr Black. The two discussed their influences, mental health, and their love for Anime.
DJ Who4thecru (pronounced “Who for the crew” or simply “Who” for short) is a proud native of North Carolina. For the past 10 years he has spent his time exploring some of the most creative spaces the Triangle has to offer. As a musician, a personality, and a leader in the city’s artistic vanguard, Who4thecru strives to take us on a journey here on WUNC Music.
On his latest tour, he's sharing the stage with the memory of his late father, Jim Croce, whose career was cut short by a plane crash when A.J. was just two years old.
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DALLAS, Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Tailwater Capital, LLC ("Tailwater"), a private equity firm that takes a full immersion approach to investing in energy and growth infrastructure solutions, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell NorTex Midstream, LLC ("NorTex" or the "Company") to Williams Field Services Group, LLC ("Williams"), a subsidiary of The Williams Companies, Inc. (NYSE: WMB) for a $423 million purchase price.
Tailwater acquired NorTex in February 2021, shortly after Winter Storm Uri hit Texas. As one of the only operational natural gas storage facilities supplying the North Texas region during the storm, the Company played a pivotal role supporting natural gas power generators and utilities. NorTex delivered more than 5 Bcf of natural gas to its customers and provided enough natural gas to heat and power approximately 380,000 homes, saving customers more than $800 million or the equivalent of over $2,100 per household.
Today, the Company operates the largest portfolio of non-utility gas storage facilities in North Texas and has considerably expanded its natural gas deliverability capabilities over the last 18 months. Since partnering with Tailwater, the Company has also improved the reliability of the North Texas power grid by executing agreements to directly connect and supply natural gas to some of the area's largest power plants. NorTex's asset base includes 36 Bcf of depleted reservoir working gas capacity, 83 total miles of natural gas transportation pipelines, as well as the Tolar Hub – the largest natural gas hub in North Texas.
"We are pleased to have partnered with NorTex and to have played a role in enhancing the Company's ongoing efforts to provide the highest quality energy storage needs for customers across North Texas," said Edward Herring, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Tailwater Capital. "The partnership exemplifies Tailwater's approach to working alongside best-in-class management teams and leveraging our operational expertise to accelerate growth, unlock value and support the transition to a low-carbon economy."
"When we partnered with NorTex in February 2021, we did so with the conviction that the energy transition would require thermal generation to deliver power at a moment's notice during periods of renewable intermittency," said Stephen Lipscomb, Partner at Tailwater Capital. "That conviction was tested immediately with Winter Storm Uri, and NorTex delivered on its reputation of reliability, flexibility and high-quality solutions for customers. We believe the Company is better positioned than ever to provide critical, dependable natural gas to power the North Texas market as the Company enters its next phase of strategic growth."
"Tailwater shared our vision and deeply understood the essential role our infrastructure plays in today's evolving market," said John Holcomb, President and CEO of NorTex. "That alignment allowed us to work together to have an immediate and substantive impact, and position our business for long-term, sustainable success as the partner of choice and premier provider of dependable natural gas storage services in the greater Dallas-Fort Worth region. I would like to thank the entire Tailwater team for their support, and I look forward to our next chapter with the Williams team."
Kirkland & Ellis LLP served as legal counsel to Tailwater and NorTex in connection with the transaction. Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP served as legal counsel for Williams. Wells Fargo Securities, LLC acted as exclusive financial advisor to Tailwater and NorTex. BofA Securities served as financial advisor to Williams.
About Tailwater Capital, LLC
Dallas-based Tailwater Capital is a growth-oriented energy private equity firm with a well-established track record of working constructively with proven management teams to deliver value-added solutions. Tailwater currently manages more than $3.8 billion in committed capital and the team has executed more than 100 energy transactions in the upstream and midstream sectors representing over $22 billion in transaction value. For more information, please visit www.tailwatercapital.com
About NorTex Midstream
Houston-based NorTex Midstream Partners is one of the largest independently owned developers and operators of high-deliverability, multi-cycle natural gas storage capacity in the United States. NorTex owns and operates over 36 Bcf of gas storage capacity. NorTex assets have multiple interconnections with several major pipeline systems serving the North Texas energy markets with gas supplies sourced from the Permian Basin, the Barnett Shale and the emerging SCOOP/STACK play in Oklahoma. Visit NorTex at www.nortexmidstream.com to see how we deliver midstream value.
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Email: jmcmillan@tailwatercapital.com
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Managing Director, Investor Relations & Fundraising
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An open-access Battery Intelligence platform to analyze batteries, build models and algorithms, collaborate and share insights
CUPERTINO, Calif., Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Voltaiq Inc., the leading software platform for Enterprise Battery Intelligence (EBI), announces the launch of Voltaiq Community Edition, an open-access environment to visualize, model, simulate, and predict battery performance, and seamlessly share and publish insights across the battery community.
Voltaiq was founded with the mission to accelerate the transition to a battery-powered world, and has spent the last ten years helping the world's leading battery, consumer electronics, and transportation companies use data and analytics to accelerate product launches, optimize battery performance and safety, and ensure a robust supply chain. Recent years have seen a rise in collaborative, open-source battery data science and algorithm development around the globe. However these efforts have been hindered by the same obstacles historically faced by the corporate sector — namely, getting enough relevant, clean, labeled data into an environment equipped with the tools to deliver next-level insights from that data. These challenges make it difficult to employ advanced machine learning and other analytical techniques to the battery ecosystem, and have slowed the pace of innovation overall.
With the launch of Voltaiq Community Edition, the company seeks to democratize advanced battery analysis, giving a boost to anyone working in, or interested in, the Battery Intelligence ecosystem, and a home for people to collaborate and bring transparency to battery modeling, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and predictive algorithm development.
Voltaiq Community Edition offers access to Voltaiq's best-in-class visualization tools, as well as a data science environment to develop machine learning and predictive models in Python or MATLAB. The platform also features a vast, ever-expanding library of cleaned, labeled, open-access data from leading academic and industry groups, addressing a key bottleneck in the battery analytics world — a lack of high-quality data.
"We cycle thousands of cells just to acquire data, and it's such a cumbersome process," stated Gunnar Thorsteinsson, PhD student at Columbia University. "As a battery scientist, if I have a hypothesis that I want to test, it takes months to get the right data. Using Community Edition, I can test my hypothesis very quickly. There is immense value in being able to access data without the need to generate it yourself."
Voltaiq Community Edition includes a native GitHub integration, so members can build on the best models developed by the open-source community, and share key analyses and findings back to the public. The platform includes a Community page where members can track their favorite battery analysis projects, collaborate with colleagues near and far, and publish their own work. Members also receive up to 1GB of free, private data storage.
"Battery scientists are on the front lines in the race towards electrification, yet the automated tools to quickly analyze, gather and share insights collaboratively are not easily accessible to all," according to Tal Sholklapper, Voltaiq's CEO and Co-founder. "In today's world, every company is becoming a battery company — and data is the lifeblood to ensure battery performance and quality across the entire product lifecycle. Voltaiq Community Edition is a home for anyone working with batteries to collaborate around battery modeling, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and predictive algorithm development. Our goal is to enable the collaborative flow of innovative analytics between academia and industry, to accelerate the industry's growth," adds Sholklapper.
About Voltaiq
Voltaiq is the industry leader in advanced battery analytics solutions for the grid storage, electric vehicle, and consumer electronics market segments. Fortune 100 companies, major universities and leading-edge battery companies trust Voltaiq to provide a comprehensive and transparent view of all their battery data across the product lifecycle. The company's real-time analytics platform provides actionable insights that measurably reduce product development time, create more robust products and mitigate product risk. For more information, please visit voltaiq.com.
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LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II has been placed under medical supervision because doctors are “concerned for Her Majesty’s health,” Buckingham Palace said Thursday, as members of the royal family traveled to Scotland to be with the 96-year-old monarch.
The palace declined to provide further details about the seriousness of the queen’s condition, but there were worrying signs as Prime Minister Liz Truss said “the whole country will be deeply concerned by the news.”
The announcement came a day after the queen canceled a virtual meeting of her Privy Council when doctors advised her to rest following a full day of events on Tuesday, when she formally asked Truss to become prime minister.
“Following further evaluation this morning, the Queen’s doctors are concerned for Her Majesty’s health and have recommended she remain under medical supervision,” a palace spokesperson said, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with customary policy. “The Queen remains comfortable and at Balmoral.”
Prince Charles, the heir to the throne, along with his wife, Camilla, and sister, Princess Anne, are already with the queen at Balmoral Castle, her summer residence in Scotland. Prince William, Charles’ eldest son, is also en route to Balmoral, as is his brother, Prince Harry, his wife, Meghan, Prince Andrew and the Earl and Countess of Wessex.
The gathering of the House of Windsor comes just three months after people across Britain paused over a long holiday weekend to celebrate the queen’s 70 years on the throne. While crowds of cheering, flag-waving fans filled the streets around Buckingham Palace throughout four days of festivities, the queen herself made only two brief appearances on the palace balcony to wave to her subjects.
Elizabeth has increasingly handed over duties to Charles and other members of the royal family in recent months as she recovered from a bout of COVID-19, began using a cane and struggled to get around.
“The whole country will be deeply concerned by the news from Buckingham Palace this lunchtime,” Truss said on Twitter.
“My thoughts — and the thoughts of people across our United Kingdom — are with Her Majesty The Queen and her family at this time.”
Since assuming the throne after the death of her father on Feb. 6, 1952, Elizabeth has been a symbol of stability as Britain negotiated the end of empire, the dawn of the information age and the mass migration that transformed the country into a multicultural society.
Throughout it all, the queen has built a bond with the nation through a seemingly endless series of public appearance as she opened libraries, dedicated hospitals and bestowed honors on deserving citizens.
She worked steadily into the twilight of her reign. But the death of Prince Philip, her husband of more than 70 years, in April of last year reminded the U.K. that the reign of the queen, the only monarch most of her subjects have ever known, is finite.
That truth was the subtext of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations as newspapers, television news shows and even the walls of the palace were filled with images of Elizabeth as she changed from a glamorous young queen in crown and diamonds to a kind of global grandmother known for her omnipresent handbag and love of horses and corgis.
Charles was front and center throughout the festivities as he stood in for his mother and demonstrated that he was ready to take on her mantle.
Wearing a ceremonial scarlet tunic and bearskin hat, he reviewed the troops during the Queen’s Birthday Parade on the opening day of the jubilee. The next day, he was the last guest to enter St. Paul’s Cathedral and took his seat at the front of the church for a service of thanksgiving in honor of the queen. At a star-studded concert in front of Buckingham Palace, he delivered the main tribute to the woman he addressed as, “Your Majesty, mummy.”
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Rochester, MN -- Gamers are showing off their Mario Kart skills on Saturday at the Mayo Civic Center.
But this event is more than just seeing who's the best. It's about raising money and awareness for childhood cancer.
It's the 4th annual "Crushing Koopas & Childhood Cancer Mario Kart Tournament" in Rochester. The event started in 2018 after Nathan Herber was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in 2018.
Andy, Nathan's dad, stopped by the studio on Wednesday to share why he and his family want to bring awareness to this disease.
"Childhood cancer is severely underfunded when it comes to government cancer funding," Andy, founder of Crushing Koopas & Childhood Cancer Mario Kart Tournament. "It only gets about 4% of the annual cancer budget. So, a lot of these kids depend on nonprofit organizations to help them get through.
But what happened is, as his treatment was going on, there were a lot of people who stepped up and helped us out. There were local nonprofits that made his journey much easier for us. As a way to give back after everything we've been through -- we started this nonprofit. His [Nathan] love of video games certainly generated the Mario kart portion of it."
If you would like to donate or take part in this weekend's tournament -- click on this link to sign up.
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This story is part of Focal Point iPhone 2022, CNET's collection of news, tips and advice around Apple's most popular product.
Starting Monday, Sept. 12 iPhone users everywhere will be able to download iOS 16 on most iPhones and take advantage of a slew of very cool new features. One of them is a simple, but fantastically useful setting that lives right at the top of the screen. I'm not sure why Apple removed it, but I can't wait to have it back.
I'm talking about the battery percentage meter. Stick with me now.
It's well known that phone buyers prioritize battery life (and a 2022 Deloitte mobile trends survey is the latest to prove it). But five years ago, Apple removed the convenient battery meter option, which made it easy to see the exact status of your power reserves no matter what you're doing. After a five-year hiatus, you'll once again be able to check out your iPhone's battery percentage in the status bar -- from anywhere on your device.
We'll tell you what you need to know about this comeback feature in iOS 16, how to check your battery status now and why we like the returning feature better. Here's what to know about new iPhone 14 features like the redesigned notch, or "Dynamic Island" and an always-on display.
What's the deal with the battery status meter on iPhone?
iPhones used to include the exact percentage of your battery right on the status bar. But after the iPhone X release, which introduced the notch -- the black bar at the top of your device that houses a speaker and camera -- there wasn't enough screen real estate left to keep the battery percentage in the status bar, so Apple nixed the feature.
Sure, you can swipe down from the top right of your iPhone to view the exact percentage in the Control Center, but that means you can't glance at the battery percentage from within any app or from the home screen. And it's nearly impossible to gauge the exact percentage from just the battery icon, which is not good if your iPhone is close to dying.
Thankfully, iOS 16 reintroduces the battery percentage number back in the status bar, inside of the existing battery icon. Here's what you need to know about the feature.
How to get the battery percentage back in the status bar on iOS 16
To view your battery percentage in the status bar on iOS 16, all you need to do is be on the latest iOS 16 public beta (3rd) or developer beta (5th).
Once you update, you should see the percentage in the battery icon in the top-right corner of your screen -- from anywhere on your iPhone. That way you can keep a close eye on when your iPhone is topped off or close to running out of battery, and when you should starting charging it.
Although the setting is turned on by default, you can go to Settings > Battery and toggle on the Battery Percentage option to make sure it works. When your device is charging, the battery icon will turn completely green, showing you the percentage, while being in Low Power Mode will turn the battery icon completely yellow, but again with the percentage inside.
Unfortunately, the battery percentage option is not available on all iPhone models -- for now, it's not on the iPhone XR, iPhone 11, iPhone 12 Mini and iPhone 13 Mini (since the new iPhone 14 models aren't on sale quite yet).
Stick with us -- we'll have more to share when iOS 16 officially launches Monday. Until then, here's everything new Apple unveiled this week.
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A teenager has been arrested in a shooting that wounded a University of Kentucky student at an off-campus party and left 10 others injured, Lexington Police said in a statement Thursday.
The shooting was reported late Wednesday at a house party near campus when two people who were not invited showed up and an altercation ensued, the university said in a statement. One female was shot in the leg and 10 students were injured by shrapnel and debris, the statement said. All were taken to UK Chandler Hospital for treatment.
One 19-year-old was arrested following the shooting and charged with wanton endangerment, disorderly conduct, assault and alcohol intoxication, Lexington Police said. Two arrests unrelated to the shooting were also made and additional charges are pending, police said.
The university said in its statement that those in police custody were not students.
The investigation was still ongoing.
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Kentucky student uses sweatshirt to save gunshot victim
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE/CNN NEWSOURCE)– A Kentucky high school student used her sweatshirt as a tourniquet to save a gunshot victim on the way home from school.
It would have been so easy to stay in the car and just keep going — a lot of people would have done that.
“Mhm,” said Nylaia Carter.
“Why didn’t you?”
“I had to do something. I’m trained in stopping the bleed so I had to do something. Anything,” Nylaia said.
Six days after she came to the aid of a wounded man, Nylaia takes the experience in stride.
A 16-year-old junior with her eye on a basketball scholarship, Nylaia relied on emergency first aid she learned in class as a sophomore.
Using her sweatshirt to make a tourniquet, she stopped the bleeding and kept the man conscious until paramedics arrived.
“You’re watching all of this going on. What’s going through your mind?”
“I was proud of my daughter because she told me that — pullover dad. And I didn’t want to pull over. It had been a long day. I wanted to get home,” said Adam Carter, Nylaia’s father.
The Carters didn’t know it at the time but police say the man was shot 2 and a half miles away, near this intersection in the 3700 block of West Broadway.
And he tried to drive himself to the hospital.
If you catch all the lights, you might be able to get there in about 15 minutes. But in this case, the man only made it about halfway — that’s apparently when the loss of blood cut his journey short.
“When you first saw him, what did you see?”
“Just blood. Blood everywhere. His clothes were just a mess,” Nylaia said.
“You were checking to see if there was an exit wound?”
“Yes, but you couldn’t really tell. So I was like OK, I just need to stop the blood. Make sure he stays conscious and wait for the ambulance to get there,” she said.
“What class was this you took again?”
“Emergency procedure,” she replied.
“Did they teach you about bullet wounds?”
“Yes, and stop the bleed.”
And it was a lesson well learned.
Days after leaving the scene, Nylaia and her father visited the man in the hospital.
He was understandably grateful and utterly surprised to find out she was only 16.
“And he remembered her being there. But she had a book bag so he thought she was the paramedic. So we had a chance to talk to him and pray with him and I think that she has a lifelong friend now,” Adam said.
“Yeah, I did what I was supposed to do. He’s alive and that’s all that matters,” Nylaia said.
Nylaia hopes to earn a basketball scholarship and eventually go into sports medicine, possibly in physical therapy.
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Watch: Shubman Gill Misses Ton In Debut Game In County Championship For Glamorgan
Shubman Gill caught everyone's attention with a half-century in his County Championship debut match for Glamorgan against Worcestershire
- Tushar Mamgaain
- Updated: September 08, 2022 06:55 PM IST
India batter Shubman Gill caught everyone's attention with a half-century in his County Championship debut match for Glamorgan against Worcestershire in Sophia Gardens, Cardiff on Wednesday. Gill brought up his fifty in 87 balls and gave his side a strong start. But unfortunately, the batter had a disappointing end as he was dismissed at 92. In the 67th over, which was bowled by Ed Barnard, Gill was LBW out and shown the way to the pavilion. His dismissal came as a big shock for all the viewers, as everyone was eagerly waiting for a ton.
Just two balls after the wicket of Gill play was halted once again, but here's how Barnard got that breakthrough
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Coming to the match, opting to bat first, Worcestershire scored 454/9 in the first innings, with Gareth Roderick top scoring with 172 runs. He was followed by Joe Leach with 87 runs and Barnard with 75 runs. Timm van der Gugten was the pick among the bowlers for Glamorgan as he scalped 4 wickets, followed by James Harris with 3 wickets.
In the second innings, Gill and Edward Byrom provided Glamorgan with a strong stand, with their respective knocks of 92 and 67. Chris Cooke also scored his half-century but Glamorgan were bundled out at 295, to the courtesy of Ben Gibbon Dillon Pennington's four-wicket hauls. Leach and Barnard also scalped one-wicket each.
After getting a follow-on, Glamorgan's score read at 5/0 in 1.3 overs, and they are trailing by 154 runs, before the play was interrupted by rain.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A gunman who livestreamed himself driving around Memphis shooting at people, killing four and wounding three others in seemingly random attacks, was finally arrested after crashing a stolen car, police said early Thursday.
The hours-long rampage had police warning people across the city to shelter in place, locking down a baseball stadium and university campuses and suspending public bus services as frightened residents wondered where the man might strike next.
Memphis Police Director Cerelyn “CJ” Davis said four people were killed and three others were wounded in seven shootings and at least two carjackings before Ezekiel Kelly was arrested without incident at around 9 p.m.
Kelly, 19, was released early from a prison sentence for aggravated assault, court records show, raising a sore point between the city’s mayor and the county’s top prosecutor that played out before the cameras at an early Thursday news conference.
“This is no way for us to live and it is not acceptable,” said Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland, who later pounded the podium as he demanded accountability. “If Mr. Kelly served his full three-year sentence, he would still be in prison today and four of our fellow citizens would still be alive,” he said.
The first killing was at 12:56 a.m. Wednesday, and officers responded to three more crime scenes before receiving a tip at 6:12 p.m. that the suspect was livestreaming himself threatening to cause harm to citizens, Davis said.
In one clip from the video, the suspect casually speaks to the camera before opening the door to an AutoZone store and shooting someone inside with what appeared to be a pistol. That man was taken to a hospital in critical condition. In another, a man narrates himself driving — “green light, green light” — and sings “no faking.” At one point, he fires two rapid bursts of gunfire out the driver’s window while driving. Referring to police, he says he’s going to “go down to the valley, shoot it out with them in the valley.”
Three more shootings and two carjackings followed after police sent out an alert warning people to be on the lookout for an armed and dangerous man responsible for multiple shootings and reportedly recording his actions on Facebook.
Police said he killed a woman in Memphis as he took her grey Toyota SUV, which he left behind when he stole a man’s Dodge Challenger across the state line in Southaven, Mississippi.
Kelly was arrested without incident two hours after the initial police alert when he crashed the Challenger during a high speed chase, and two guns were found in the vehicle, Davis said.
As the shooter terrorized the city, buses stopped running and the Memphis Redbirds cleared the field during their minor-league baseball game. Friends and relatives frantically called and texted each other and TV stations cut into regular coverage with updates.
Police received “numerous tips” from the public during the ordeal, Davis said.
The University of Memphis sent a message to students saying a shooting had been reported near the campus. Rhodes College, which is about 4 miles away from the university, advised students on and off campus to shelter in place. Kelly was ultimately arrested in the Memphis neighborhood of Whitehaven, about 11 miles from the two campuses.
“If you do not have to be out, stay indoors until this is resolved,” Memphis police said on Twitter, before the arrest.
Police did not discuss a motive or release the identities of those who were killed or wounded. It was too early in the investigation to discuss how the suspect got the gun or guns used in the shootings, said Ali Roberts, acting assistant special agent in charge for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in Memphis.
Memphis has been shaken by several high-profile killings in recent weeks, including the shooting of a pastor during a daylight carjacking in her driveway, the shooting of an activist during an argument over money, and the slaying of a jogger abducted during her pre-dawn run.
“I understand it feels like so much violence and evil to experience in such a short time,” Memphis City Council member Chase Carlisle said on Twitter. “We are SO much more than this.”
In February 2020, Kelly, then 17, was charged as an adult with attempted first-degree murder, aggravated assault, using a firearm to commit a dangerous felony and reckless endangerment with a deadly weapon, court records show.
Records show he pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and was sentenced in April 2021 to three years. Kelly was released from prison in March, 11 months after he was sentenced, the mayor said. Given the time he spent awaiting a resolution of his charges, he likely got credit for time served and spent more than two years behind bars.
Strickland thanked legislators for closing what he called a revolving door by passing Tennessee’s “truth in sentencing” law this year. The statute, which took effect after Kelly was freed, requires serving entire sentences for various felonies, including attempted first-degree murder, vehicular homicide resulting from the driver’s intoxication and carjacking.
“From now on, three years for aggravated assault means three years,” the mayor said. “We need the courts and additional state laws to stop this revolving door and I need the public to make their voices heard by those decision makers.”
Standing beside him was Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy, a fellow Democrat who was elected in August after arguing that the sentencing law does not reduce crime nor help incarcerated people rehabilitate, and drives up Tennessee’s prison budget. Republican Gov. Bill Lee, who favors criminal justice reform, allowed the measure to become law without his signature.
“I don’t want to get into a protracted policy debate tonight. I think tonight is a night for grieving and coming together and expressing concern about this horrific week that we’ve had. I can say in general what I’ve been saying all along — that repeat violent offenders require a tough response,” Mulroy said.
Mulroy then repeated his call for a holistic approach including rehabilitation as well as long sentences, so that people leave prison with the skills they need to avoid returning to lives of crime.
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LONDON — Queen Elizabeth II has been placed under medical supervision because doctors are “concerned for Her Majesty’s health,” Buckingham Palace said Thursday, as members of the royal family traveled to Scotland to be at the bedside of the 96-year-old monarch.
The announcement by the palace came a day after the queen canceled a virtual meeting of her Privy Council when doctors advised her to rest following a full day of events on Tuesday, when she formally asked Liz Truss to become Britain’s prime minister.
“Following further evaluation this morning, the Queen’s doctors are concerned for Her Majesty’s health and have recommended she remain under medical supervision,” a palace spokesperson said, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with customary policy. “The Queen remains comfortable and at Balmoral.”
The palace declined to provide further details about the queen’s condition, but there were other worrying signs, as Truss was interrupted on the floor of the House of Commons to note her condition and family members canceled long-planned engagements to travel to the Highlands.
Prince Charles, the heir to the throne, along with his wife, Camilla, and sister, Princess Anne, were with the queen at Balmoral Castle, her summer residence in Scotland. Prince William, Charles’ eldest son, was also en route to Balmoral, as was his brother, Prince Harry, his wife, Meghan, Prince Andrew and the Earl and Countess of Wessex.
The gathering of the House of Windsor comes just three months after people across Britain paused over a long holiday weekend to celebrate the queen’s 70 years on the throne. While crowds of cheering, flag-waving fans filled the streets around Buckingham Palace throughout four days of festivities, the queen herself made only two brief appearances on the palace balcony to wave to her subjects.
Elizabeth has increasingly handed over duties to Charles and other members of the royal family in recent months as she recovered from a bout of COVID-19, began using a cane and struggled to get around.
“The whole country will be deeply concerned by the news from Buckingham Palace this lunchtime,” Truss said on Twitter.
“My thoughts — and the thoughts of people across our United Kingdom — are with Her Majesty The Queen and her family at this time.”
Political leaders of every persuasion also expressed their concern, and the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, said the “prayers of the nation” are with Elizabeth.
Since assuming the throne after the death of her father on Feb. 6, 1952, Elizabeth has been a symbol of stability as Britain negotiated the end of empire, the dawn of the information age and the mass migration that transformed the country into a multicultural society.
Throughout it all, the queen has built a bond with the nation through a seemingly endless series of public appearance as she opened libraries, dedicated hospitals and bestowed honors on deserving citizens.
She worked steadily into the twilight of her reign. But the death of Prince Philip, her husband of more than 70 years, in April of last year reminded the country that the reign of the queen, the only monarch most of her subjects have ever known, is finite.
That truth was the subtext of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations as newspapers, TV news shows and the walls of the palace were filled with images of Elizabeth as she changed from a glamorous young queen in crown and diamonds to a kind of global grandmother known for her omnipresent handbag and love of horses and corgis.
Charles was front and center throughout the festivities as he stood in for his mother and demonstrated he was ready to take on her mantle.
Wearing a ceremonial scarlet tunic and bearskin hat, he reviewed the troops during the Queen’s Birthday Parade on the opening day of the jubilee. The next day, he was the last guest to enter St. Paul’s Cathedral and took his seat at the front of the church for a service of thanksgiving in honor of the queen. At a star-studded concert in front of Buckingham Palace, he delivered the main tribute to the woman he addressed as “Your Majesty, Mummy.”
The queen’s public appearances during the Jubilee were brief but symbolic, underscoring three pillars of her reign: a personal bond with the public, strong links to the armed forces and support for the Commonwealth, a group of 54 nations with former colonial ties to Britain.
On the final day of the event, she joined other senior members of the royal family on the balcony of Buckingham Palace to watch a flyby by 70 military aircraft and wave to supporters who filled the street below. Later, she took part in a beacon lighting ceremony at Windsor Palace, the culmination of events that spanned the Commonwealth.
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Follow AP coverage of Queen Elizabeth II at https://apnews.com/hub/queen-elizabeth-ii
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NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump’s longtime ally Steve Bannon surrendered Thursday to face fresh charges that he duped donors who gave money to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.
Bannon’s state-level charges in New York are expected to closely resemble an attempted federal prosecution that ended abruptly, before trial, when Trump pardoned Bannon on his last day in office. Presidential pardons apply only to federal crimes, not state offenses. In Bannon’s case, any double jeopardy argument would likely fall flat because his federal case didn’t involve an acquittal or conviction.
Bannon, 68, arrived at the Manhattan district attorney’s office shortly after 9 a.m. Thursday. He had acknowledged in a statement Tuesday that he would be charged soon.
Bannon said earlier that District Attorney Alvin Bragg “has now decided to pursue phony charges against me 60 days before the midterm election,” accusing the Democratic prosecutor of targeting him because Bannon and his radio show are popular among Trump’s Republican supporters.
Bannon said federal prosecutors “did the exact same thing in August 2020 to try to take me out of the election,” referring to his arrest months before Trump’s reelection loss. “This is nothing more than a partisan political weaponization of the criminal justice system.”
Bragg and New York Attorney General Letitia James planned a 1 p.m. news conference to announce charges against Bannon.
In 2020, federal agents pulled Bannon from a luxury yacht off the Connecticut coast and arrested him on charges he pocketed more than $1 million in wall donations. Prosecutors alleged thousands of investors were tricked into thinking all of their donations would go toward the border wall project, although Bannon instead paid a salary to one campaign official and personal expenses for himself.
While the wall Bannon’s group proposed was to be built on the U.S. southern border, more than 1,000 miles from the Big Apple, Manhattan prosecutors have jurisdiction to pursue charges against Bannon because some donors to the effort lived in New York.
Federal prosecutors, in the trial of a former Bannon co-defendant, noted that some residents of the New York City area had donated to the wall-building project. One witness that testified was an official with the charities bureau of the New York attorney general’s office who said that a charity backing the wall project had filed paperwork to accept donations in the state. The attorney general’s office is also involved in Bannon’s state criminal case.
Bannon, who had pleaded not guilty to the federal charges, was dropped from the federal case when Trump pardoned him.
Two other men involved in the “We Build the Wall” project pleaded guilty in April. They had been scheduled to be sentenced this week, but that was recently postponed to December.
A third defendant’s trial ended in a mistrial in June after jurors said they could not reach a unanimous verdict.
In another case not covered by Trump’s pardon, Bannon was convicted in July on contempt charges for defying a congressional subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. He is scheduled to be sentenced in October and faces up to two years in federal prison.
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Seattle Plastic Surgery Offers Evening Botox Appointments & The Top Botox Deals In Seattle
SEATTLE, Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Everyone wants a good deal, especially when it comes to an investment such as Botox injections. Many people will offer cheap Botox injections, but only Seattle Plastic Surgery offers low cost Botox with highly qualified injectors with years of experience. At Seattle Plastic Surgery, you can expect personalized treatment with some of the top Botox injectors in Seattle.
Seattle Plastic Surgery offers all major Botox treatments including treating frown lines, forehead lines, and crow's feet. However, they also perform facial slimming Botox and certain medical Botox treatments such as injections for migraines or hyperhidrosis. Whether you want to look younger, treat chronic migraines, or prevent the early signs of aging, BOTOX injections may help because they deactivate certain responses that cause unnecessary facial movement or activities that cause migraines or sweating.
The cost of BOTOX at Seattle Plastic Surgery is 20 units for $219 and 30 units for $299. These deals are better than others in the area, especially wanting the best providers. To better serve patients, Seattle Plastic Surgery offers three locations:
- Seattle Location: 600 Broadway Suite 320 Seattle, WA 98122
- Kirkland Location: 3100 Carillon Point Kirkland, WA 98033
- Lynnwood Location: 3500 188th St SW #670 Lynnwood, WA 98037
Seattle Plastic Surgery offers weekday appointments as early as 8 am to as late as 9 pm. We know that patients have varying schedules and may not typically be able to get in between 9 am and 5 pm. Thus, Seattle Plastic Surgery extended its hours. One Google review says, "I've been here several times for Botox, and my most recent experience was fantastic. Not only did my injector thoroughly explain the differences of Botox and Dysport before injection, he was personable, professional, and efficient. It has been one week and my face looks amazing."
About Seattle Plastic Surgery: Seattle Plastic Surgery is one of Seattle's top plastic surgery and medical spa clinics. Offering cosmetic treatments ranging from breast augmentation to Botox and dermal fillers to professional skincare, Seattle Plastic Surgery aims to help you achieve all of your aesthetic goals. They are open from 8 am to 9 pm every day to serve patients with a variety of schedules.
Contact: Seattle Plastic Surgery
Phone: 206-324-1120
Email: contactus@seattleplasticsurgery.com
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