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COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The more we interact with digital humans and humanoid robots, the more we see them as living beings with consciousness and personality. This raises dangers we need to address before fully integrating human-like technology in society. A Danish philosopher warns us about the biggest risks in a new book.
As humanoid robots move into society on a large scale, many of us will tend to believe they deserve to be treated morally and to some degree be granted rights similar to human rights.
This issue is the focus of a new philosophy book from University Press of Southern Denmark about our robotic present and future. The book's title is Killing Sophia - Consciousness, Empathy and Reason in the Age of Intelligent Robots, and it was written by the Danish philosopher and tech debater Thomas Telving.
"Perceiving humanoids and digital humans as sentient beings is a natural reaction for us, because of our innate ability to empathize. It's almost like kittens instinctually chasing their own tails; we can´t really help it. The problem is that our empathy doesn't know what is sentient and what merely appears sentient. Because of this we will start treating human-like technology morally and eventually grant rights to robots. I warn about it because in the end it is likely to entail sacrificing real human beings on behalf what is basically stone-dead electronic devices," said Thomas Telving.
Engaging Philosophy and Fascinating Popular Science
Killing Sophia - Consciousness, Empathy and Reason in the Age of Intelligent Robots is engaging philosophy and fascinating popular science. The author is neutral on the subject, but the reader is urged to take a stand. She or he is involved in vivid thought experiments and is presented with the latest experimental research in human-robot interaction. Research that does not always provide clear answers, but which we nevertheless must relate to.
"Human-like technology will affect the future for all of us in ways few can imagine. Knowing the hard dilemmas it poses and discussing them should not be limited to a narrow circle of academics. I tried to write a book that is both fun and dramatic so that people can engage and take a personal stand. Even if some of the dilemmas I present seem both strange and difficult," said Thomas Telving.
Killing Sophia is 137 pages and costs $20 or £16. It is published by University Press of Southern Denmark and available on Amazon by the end August 2022.
Order and read advance praise, US: https://www.amazon.com/Killing-Sophia-Consciousness-Intelligent-University/dp/8740834220
Order and read advance praise, UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Killing-Sophia-Consciousness-Intelligent-University/dp/8740834220/
About the Author
Thomas Telving holds an MA in Philosophy and Political Science from the University of Southern Denmark. He is the author of several articles on the ethics of artificial intelligence and robotics and frequently appears as keynote speaker on the same topics. His first book "Killing Sophia – Consciousness, Empathy, and Reason in the Age of Intelligent Robots" was published by University Press of Southern Denmark.
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SOURCE Telving & Co | https://www.wibw.com/prnewswire/2022/09/06/new-book-humans-are-predisposed-grant-rights-human-like-robots/ | 2022-09-06T11:33:17Z |
Democrats, Republicans fight to a redistricting Republicans
After nearly a year of partisan battles, number-crunching and lawsuits, the once-a-decade congressional redistricting cycle is ending in a draw.
That leaves Republicans positioned to win control of the House of Representatives even if they come up just short of winning a majority of the national vote. That frustrates Democrats, who hoped to shift the dynamic so their success with the popular vote would better be reflected by political power in Washington. Some Republicans, meanwhile, hoped to cement an even larger advantage this time.
But both parties ultimately fought each other to a standstill. The new congressional maps have a total of 226 House districts won by Biden in the last presidential election and 209 won by Trump — only one more Biden district than in 2020. Likewise, the typical congressional district voted for Biden by about 2 percentage points, also almost identical to 2020.
“It’s almost perfect stasis,” said Nicholas Stephanopoulos, a Harvard law professor who follows congressional redistricting. “If you compare the maps we had in 2020 to the maps we’re going to have in 2022, they’re almost identical” in terms of partisan advantage, he added.
The specific lines of congressional districts have, of course, changed, as some states added new ones — or lost old ones — to match population shifts recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau in 2020.
Redistricting is the once-a-decade adjustment of legislative lines to match the Census’ findings. It is typically an extraordinarily partisan process, with each major party trying to scoop up enough of its voters to guarantee wins in the largest number of districts. This cycle was no different, but the end result is virtually no change to the overall partisan orientation of the congressional map.
That leaves the map tilted slightly to the right of the national electorate, since Biden won the presidency by more than 4 percentage points. In a typical year, Democrats would have to win the national popular vote by about 2 percentage points to win a House majority, while the GOP could capture it, theoretically, with just under 50%.
Republicans pointed to that as a victory.
“If we’re fighting to a draw on a map that everyone agrees is good for Republicans, that’s good for Republicans,” said Adam Kincaid, executive director of the National Republican Redistricting Trust, which coordinates redistricting for the party.
Democrats noted that’s still a far better place than where they were after the last round of redistricting in 2011, fresh off a GOP sweep of statehouses that allowed them to draw a far more slanted series of congressional maps.
“We are in a stronger position than in 2020 and in a way stronger position than in 2012,” said Kelly Ward Burton, executive director of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee.
The assessment became possible this week, after New Hampshire became the final state to adopt a congressional map on Tuesday. On Thursday, Florida’s Supreme Court ruled it wouldn’t consider a Democratic challenge to a map pushed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis before the November election, ending the last significant legal uncertainty over the maps this year.
The odds are the national map will improve for the GOP after November, however.
If Republicans do well in the election — as is widely expected — they could capture seats on state supreme courts in North Carolina or Ohio that’d allow them to redraw more slanted maps previous courts rejected. Similarly, if the GOP seizes power in some other state legislatures or governor’s mansions, the party could redraw new maps in those states in 2023 that would be implemented for the coming decade.
And the U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority has indicated it will reconsider some of the guidelines that govern legislative line-drawing nationally next year, which could open the door to even further Republican gains.
It’s a reversal from earlier this year, when Democrats were poised to lessen the partisan bias of the congressional map, at least in 2022.
But the centerpiece of that effort — an intensely pro-Democratic map in New York state — was ruled an illegal partisan gerrymander by the state’s Democrat-appointed top court, and the court’s redrawn map favored the party less. A similarly pro-Democratic map in Maryland was replaced by a more equitable map. But Florida’s strongly pro-GOP map, which DeSantis pushed the Republican-controlled legislature into adopting, was not overturned by its majority-GOP-appointed high court, bringing the national partisan pendulum back to the center.
Democrats were already fighting on an uneven playing field during this round of redistricting. They only controlled the drawing of maps in states representing 75 House districts, while Republicans held the pen in ones with 187 districts. That’s partly because of GOP statehouse gains in 2010 lingering, partly because many Democratic-controlled states like California, Colorado and New Jersey ceded their power to draw lines to independent commissions to take partisan politics out of redistricting.
The Democratic Party has embraced that approach nationally, pushing for it in all 50 states as part of its voting overhaul that floundered in the Senate earlier this year amid unanimous GOP opposition. But some members of the party have questioned whether it amounts to unilateral disarmament in the partisan cage match of redistricting.
After this cycle, Stephanopoulos said, there’s no longer much debate. “If all the blue states reform and all the red states run wild, that’s not a good outcome,” he said.
Though the map’s partisan lean didn’t change, the number of competitive House seats diminished. That’s partly because Republicans, who maximized their gains in the post-2010 redistricting cycle, focused on packing as many GOP voters as possible into the districts of some of their incumbents who had tough re-election campaigns.
The number of House seats decided by a 10-point margin or less dropped from 89 to 76, largely by the GOP changing 14 of its competitive seats into safe ones, Kincaid said.
Advocates of sweeping changes in redistricting warn the loss of competition is dangerous for democracy.
“Partisan balance is one thing, but it’s much more important to think about how gridlock and extremism is driven by the fact that the only competition is in primaries,” said Joshua Graham Lynn, founder of the group RepresentUS, which pushes for changes in redistricting.
Currently, 10 states have independent commissions that draw lines for congressional districts. Some reformers fear there are few places left to push new ones, because it can almost only be done through ballot measures rather than asking legislators to write laws to give up their own power. Only Ohio and Florida, two states that already have voter-backed prohibitions against partisan redistricting, remain as possible targets for ballot measures to create new commissions.
But Stephanopoulos noted that redistricting changes are now a durable part of the Democratic Party’s agenda after their sweeping voting overhaul bill died during a Republican filibuster in the Senate. He compared it to former President Bill Clinton’s botched effort to implement national health care reform in 1992, which lit the fire for Democratic activists to pass the Affordable Care Act once they again had control of congress and the presidency under President Barack Obama.
“At some point, Democrats will have partisan control again,” Stephanopoulos said. “It may be 2025, or 2035. Until then, we’re going to have more incremental change.”
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | https://www.kxii.com/2022/06/03/democrats-republicans-fight-redistricting-republicans/ | 2022-06-03T06:30:21Z |
TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese chemical tanker ship crashed into a cargo ship off the coast of southwestern Japan, the coast guard said Saturday.
No one was injured among the six Japanese crew members aboard the tanker Ryoshinmaru and 14 Chinese crew members aboard the Belize-registered cargo ship Xin Hai 99.
Early Saturday’s crash was under investigation and both ships were anchored in the area, about 3.5 kilometers (2.2 miles) off the coast of Wakayama prefecture, according to a Kushimoto Coast Guard official.
Some oil leaked from the engine area of the cargo ship, which initially started to sink, but it was brought under control, the official said.
The tanker had left Kobe port to pick up chemicals from another Japanese port and did not have any chemicals on board at the time of the accident.
Divers were sent to the scene and GPS records pursued to determine the cause of the accident. The Chinese crew told the coast guard the tanker had suddenly veered toward them, the official said. | https://cw33.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/chemical-tanker-cargo-ship-crash-near-southwestern-japan/ | 2022-08-20T16:42:05Z |
LUND, Sweden, Aug. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The California Department of Public Health has granted Immunovia, Inc., the American subsidiary of Immunovia AB (Nasdaq :IMMNOV) (Stockholm: IMMNOV), a Clinical and Public Health Laboratory license, allowing physicians in California to order the IMMray PanCan-d test for their patients.
"People at risk for pancreatic cancer need better tools for early detection. We are thrilled that this approval enables us to make IMMray PanCan-d available to clinicians in California who care for those at risk." says Jeff Borcherding, Chief Executive Officer of Immunovia, Inc.
For more information, please contact:
CEO and President
Email: philipp.mathieu@immunovia.com
Karin Almqvist Liwendahl
Chief Financial Officer
Email: karin.almqvist.liwendahl@immunovia.com
The information was submitted for publication on August 10, 2022, at 09:55 am CET.
About Immunovia
Immunovia AB is a diagnostic company with the vision to revolutionize blood-based diagnostics and increase survival rates for patients with cancer.
Our first product, IMMray™ PanCan-d is the only blood test currently available specifically for the early detection of pancreatic cancer. The test has unmatched clinical performance. Commercialization of IMMray™ PanCan-d started in August 2021 in the USA and IMMray™ PanCan-d is offered as a laboratory developed test (LDT) exclusively through Immunovia, Inc. For more information see: www.immunoviainc.com.
Immunovia collaborates and engages with healthcare providers, leading experts and patient advocacy groups globally to make this test available to all high-risk pancreatic cancer groups.
The USA, the first market in which IMMray™ PanCan-d is commercially available, is the world's largest market for the detection of pancreatic cancer with an estimated value of more than USD 4 billion annually.
Immunovia's shares (IMMNOV) are listed on Nasdaq Stockholm. For more information, please visit www.immunovia.com.
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WASHINGTON (Nexstar) — The western United States faces a historic drought and devasting wildfires, which is why lawmakers in the U.S. House are poised to pass a massave package to try to tackle these problems in the future.
Wildfires have burned more than 5.6 million acres in the U.S. this year, which is more than in any other year in the past decade.
“The impacts of climate change continue to worsen and in this new normal, historic drought and record-setting wildfires have become all too common,” Rep. Joe Enguse (D-Colo.) said. “What once were fire seasons are now fire years.”
Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) added these infernos are costing our nation “billions of dollars each year.”
Democrats in Congress want to help make the western U.S. more resilient and are pushing a package of almost 50 bills aimed at preventing devastating wildfires and droughts.
“It includes investments for truly drought-proof infrastructure, improved water technology, ecosystem protection and restoration so we can reduce water conflicts and stretch our water supplies in a responsible way,” Rep. Jarred Huffman (D-Calif.) said.
The larger package also includes measures to help thin dead or dying forests that contribute to out-of-control wildfires. It would also increase pay for federal firefighters and provide training for firefighters and water sector workers.
While many of the bills have support from western Republicans, it’s unclear if there’s enough momentum for this package to pass in the U.S. Senate. | https://cw33.com/news/washington-dc-bureau/lawmakers-look-to-pass-wildfire-prevention-package/ | 2022-07-28T22:40:40Z |
WINSTON SALEM, N.C., Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Parsonex Capital Partners ("Parsonex") today announced the launch of a Credit Enhancement Facility to a Class 8 truck lease origination company, Traction Capital and Leasing ("Traction"), one of the most committed partners of truck drivers across the country.
Traction was founded to help hard-working small business owners navigate the sometimes frustrating and confusing finance process necessary for securing a truck. "We are here to help dealerships and drivers find financing alternatives that help put trucks and trailers on the road and business owners in the driver's seat," says Dakota Forgione, the company's Chief Executive Officer. "Traction is committed to giving small business owners the tools they need to be successful. Commercial drivers are the backbone of America and we are proud to be capitalizing their future. We are pleased to be working with Parsonex to grow the Traction Capital and Leasing business."
Last year, trucking companies in the United States suffered a record deficit of 80,000 drivers, according to the American Trucking Associations, a trade association. "There's no silver bullet for fixing this," says Robert Costello, the trade association's chief economist. "We need to get more people into the industry." Backed by Parsonex, Traction is hard at work helping to do just that, get more drivers on the road.
"Given the logistical roadblocks the country is experiencing, getting more drivers into trucks through the credit enhancement facility with Traction creates a win-win solution for drivers and the country's supply chain" says Fred Adams, Chief Investment Officer of Parsonex.
Parsonex President and CEO, Jonathan Miller agrees that drivers with trucks are in high demand and the timing of this opportunity for Traction, could be once-in-a-lifetime. "Parsonex has an amazing and experienced team and partnered with Traction's leadership and industry expertise, I anticipate we will see significant growth in their business and I am thrilled to be involved in helping drivers get started during this unique time in our country.
Parsonex Capital Partners (Parsonex), headquartered in Englewood, CO, is a private fund sponsor, with a focus on real estate development, qualified opportunity zones and special situations. With special situations, Parsonex primarily focuses on commercial & industrial (C&I) assets or loans and on non/sub-performing commercial loans and real estate assets which are distressed, undervalued, or value-add opportunities.
SARAH PUTNIK
PARSONEX CAPITAL PARTNERS
303-662-8700 Ext. 100
SARAH@PARSONEX.COM
WWW.PXCAPGROUP.COM
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DALLAS, June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Dallas-based intellectual property and commercial litigation firm Caldwell Cassady & Curry is ranked as one of the top law firms in the state for intellectual property disputes in the 2022 edition of Chambers USA, the exclusive annual guide to the country's top attorneys and firms.
The Chambers USA research team describes the firm led by accomplished trial lawyers and name principals Brad Caldwell, Jason Cassady, and Austin Curry as an "impressive Dallas litigation boutique with a record of success in high-stakes patent infringement disputes." The Chambers guide also notes that Caldwell Cassady & Curry's attorneys are "particularly adept at representing technology sector plaintiffs in complex infringement trials."
The Chambers rankings rely on input from 200 individual research analysts across 200 separate legal jurisdictions. Chambers' assessments focus on multiple areas, including effectiveness, technical legal ability, client service, depth of experience, and client value.
Caldwell Cassady & Curry is one of the top law firms in the nation for significant patent infringement lawsuits, disputes between business owners, and other complex commercial litigation. The firm has helped clients win more than $2.5 billion in jury verdicts and settlements since its formation in 2013.
Caldwell Cassady & Curry is ranked on the 2022 Best Law Firms list as one of the country's leading intellectual property litigation firms. In addition, the 2022 edition of the prestigious legal guide The Best Lawyers in America also recognizes Mr. Caldwell, Mr. Cassady, Mr. Curry, and fellow firm principal Kevin Burgess for their work in intellectual property cases.
Caldwell Cassady & Curry is also home to some of the top up-and-coming intellectual property lawyers in Texas. Earlier this year, eight firm attorneys earned selections on the annual Texas Rising Stars list of the state's top young lawyers.
Caldwell Cassady & Curry represents companies and individuals in high-stakes civil litigation, including patent infringement cases, trade secrets claims, fiduciary duty cases, class actions, and disputes involving company founders. The firm has tried and won some of the nation's top verdicts against the largest companies in the world. Learn more about the firm at www.caldwellcc.com.
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SOURCE Caldwell Cassady & Curry | https://www.kxii.com/prnewswire/2022/06/22/dallas-based-law-firm-caldwell-cassady-amp-curry-earns-2022-chambers-usa-ranking-intellectual-property-law/ | 2022-06-22T20:21:23Z |
New Employment BOOST survey data sheds light on which workers the Great Firing will affect the most and the realities for workers after the Great Resignation.
TROY, Mich. , Aug. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- New survey data from Employment BOOST, a leading professional resume writing, career coaching, and outplacement services firm co-headquartered in Chicago, Illinois and Detroit, Michigan, indicates that while less experienced workers were most likely to have leveraged the Great Resignation to obtain higher wages, these same workers are the ones who are most concerned about impending layoffs, too.
Additionally, the new survey data also indicates a correlation between the age group of workers (25-34) that benefitted the most across wages over the last 12 months is also the age group that was most likely to have changed jobs over the last 12 months. This indicates a potentially concerning last-in-first-out (LIFO) dynamic for less experienced workers as companies begin layoffs in the face of an uncertain economy – a trend that has clearly started, as evidenced by demand for outplacement services at Employment BOOST.
"There is clearly a lag between what is being reported in the news and what is happening within the workforce at the moment," says Ryan Miller, Director of Client Success at Employment BOOST. "We're seeing companies across nearly all industries reach out needing support for their employees facing upcoming layoffs and workforce reductions. Our sales velocity at Employment BOOST Outplacement is up significantly - over 100% in the last 45 days."
"It's clear in our work with companies conducting layoffs that there is a tendency to let workers who are less tenured and newer at the company go first, rather than laying off the worker who has been around longer," says Miller. "We're starting to see the effects of so much movement at the worker level play out with which workers are being laid off first, unfortunately."
"The natural management decision, especially when we consider how much hiring has gone on over the last few years, is to reward loyalty and cut workers who are newer into the company when cuts have to be made," says Dennis Theodorou, Managing Director at JMJ Phillip Executive Search, a boutique executive search firm specializing in manufacturing, supply chain, and technology. "It's all about timing and value at the end of the day. Unfortunately, if you took a job in the last 12 months you may be one of the first to get furloughed. If you hopped around for pay raises over the last two years, you may also end up on the list if the company feels you're overpaid, especially during a downturn. Unfortunately, this is the reality of what happens when you're on the edge of a recession."
To download the recently published report, please click here.
About Employment BOOST:
Employment BOOST is a Troy, Michigan and Chicago, Illinois based career services boutique that provides outplacement services, professional resume writing services and critiquing, executive resume services, cover letter development, resume distribution, personal branding, and interview coaching to job seekers across the nation. For more than a decade, Employment BOOST has consistently been helping people achieve career satisfaction. Employment BOOST's in-house team of Certified Professional Resume Writers (CPRW), Certified Professional Career Coaches (CPCC), and SHRM-Certified Professionals is unique positioned to guide today's professionals with every aspect of a job hunt and career progression. For more information on Employment BOOST, please call 888-468-6495 or visit http://employmentboost.com.
Contact:
Kane Carpenter
Employment BOOST
(216) 672-0660
Kane.carpenter@employmentboost.com
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PNM Resources (NYSE: PNM) will announce 2022 first quarter financial results prior to the market opening on Thursday, April 28, 2022. Management will also host a live conference call at 11 a.m. Eastern Time to discuss financial results and other company updates. The press release and accompanying presentation materials for the conference call will be posted on the company website at www.PNMResources.com.
Investors and analysts can participate in the live conference call by pre-registering using the following link to receive a special dial-in number and PIN: http://dpregister.com/10165440. Telephone participants who are unable to pre-register may participate in the live conference call by dialing (877) 276-8648 or (412) 317-5474 fifteen minutes prior to the event and referencing "the PNM Resources first quarter earnings call."
Listeners are encouraged to visit the website at least 30 minutes before the event to register, download and install any necessary audio software. A live webcast of the call will be available at http://www.pnmresources.com/investors/events.cfm.
Background:
PNM Resources (NYSE: PNM) is an energy holding company based in Albuquerque, N.M., with 2021 consolidated operating revenues of $1.8 billion. Through its regulated utilities, PNM and TNMP, PNM Resources provides electricity to approximately 800,000 homes and businesses in New Mexico and Texas. PNM serves its customers with a diverse mix of generation and purchased power resources totaling 3.1 gigawatts of capacity, with a goal to achieve 100% emissions-free energy by 2040. For more information, visit the company's website at www.PNMResources.com.
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NEW YORK, July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for ALNA, QNRX, SAVE, XELA, and LI.
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- SAVE: https://www.investorsobserver.com/lp/pr-stocks-lp-2/?symbol=SAVE&prnumber=070120226
- XELA: https://www.investorsobserver.com/lp/pr-stocks-lp-2/?symbol=XELA&prnumber=070120226
- LI: https://www.investorsobserver.com/lp/pr-stocks-lp-2/?symbol=LI&prnumber=070120226
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InvestorsObserver's PriceWatch Alerts are based on our proprietary scoring methodology. Each stock is evaluated based on short-term technical, long-term technical and fundamental factors. Each of those scores is then combined into an overall score that determines a stock's overall suitability for investment.
InvestorsObserver provides patented technology to some of the biggest names on Wall Street and creates world-class investing tools for the self-directed investor on Main Street. We have a wide range of tools to help investors make smarter decisions when investing in stocks or options.
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Washburn Board of Regents appoints presidential search committee
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The Washburn University Board of Regents appointed a presidential search committee on Thursday.
The committee is made up of Washburn University alumni, students, faculty, staff, and Topeka community members. The new committee will work together with representatives from WittKieffer, the presidential search firm brought in this month, to help review and screen potential applicants.
In April, Dr. Jerry Farley announced he will be retiring after 25 years as president of Washburn University. His retirement date is September 30, 2022.
“The board wanted to ensure the search committee was inclusive and representative of the campus and the broader community,” Shelly Buhler, chair of the Washburn University Board of Regents, said. “The president of Washburn University is important to the strategic growth of the university, and Washburn University is integral to the future of Topeka.”
The search committee plans to start their work by the second week of August. The next Washburn University Board of Regents meeting has been called for August 18 at 4:00 p.m.
Copyright 2022 WIBW. All rights reserved. | https://www.wibw.com/2022/07/28/washburn-board-regents-appoints-presidential-search-committee/ | 2022-07-28T23:16:24Z |
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Following is a statement from Jen Judson, president of the National Press Club, and Gil Klein, president of the National Press Club Journalism Institute, on the record-setting number of journalists and media workers killed so far this year in Mexico.
"Even as 2022 is far from over, Mexico has already reached the dubious distinction of having its deadliest recorded year yet for journalists, with 18 reporters and other media workers killed so far, according to figures tabulated by the human rights organization Article 19.
"Importantly, the pace of killings of journalists under President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has gone up nearly 52 percent compared to the same time period in 2018 under his predecessor, former President Enrique Peña Nieto, according to Article 19.
"López Obrador must immediately cease his verbal attacks on the press. His derogatory discourse directly contributes to shaping a culture of impunity in Mexico where corrupt officials and cartels conclude that the murders of journalists will not be investigated or prosecuted and where reporters conclude that their best self-defense is one of self-censorship.
"We further join far too many others throughout Mexico and the Western Hemisphere in mourning the August murders of the following Mexican journalists and media workers:
- On Aug. 22, Fredid Roman, who ran a local political news website "The Reality of Guerrero" and wrote a column, was shot to death inside his car in the city of Chilpancingo, according to local prosecutors in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero.
- On August 16, Juan Arjón López, founder of the Facebook-based news outlet A Qué Le Temes, was found dead in San Luis Río Colorado, in the northern Mexican state of Sonora on the U.S. border. His disappearance was reported on August 9th. One person has been arrested for his involvement in the abduction and brutal killing.
- On August 11, in the Mexican border city Cuidad Juarez in Chihuahua, four employees of Radio Switch 105.9 FM, part of the Mega Radio Group, were shot dead while broadcasting from outside a pizzeria. The victims were Allan González, the station´s announcer; Armando Guerrero, head of marketing; Lino Flores, technical operator; and Alejandro Arriaga, a security team member.
- On August 3, journalist Ernesto Méndez Pérez, director of the news outlet Periodico Tu Voz, in the state of Guanajuato, was shot dead in a bar owned by his family. He previously had reported threats and asked the Special Prosecutor's Office for Attention to Crimes against Freedom of Expression for protection.
"The López Obrader government must immediately investigate these latest killings and bring their perpetrators to justice. It's the very least that can be done for their surviving family members and other loved ones. Furthermore, the Mexican government must take seriously the threats that journalists are reporting, particularly those working in places far from Mexico City, and take significant actions to bolster the safety services it purports to offer at-risk journalists through the 'Mechanism for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders and Journalists.'"
Founded in 1908, the National Press Club is the world's leading professional organization for journalists. The Club has 3,000 members representing nearly every major news organization and is a leading voice for press freedom in the United States and around the world.
The National Press Club Journalism Institute, the Club's non-profit affiliate, promotes an engaged global citizenry through an independent and free press and equips journalists with skills and standards to inform the public in ways that inspire civic engagement.
CONTACT: Bill McCarren, 202-662-7534 for the National Press Club
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Two inspired model homes set to debut at Seasons at The Fairways!
BEAUMONT, Calif., Aug. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Richmond American Homes of California, a subsidiary of M.D.C. Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: MDC), is excited to announce the grand opening of Seasons at The Fairways (RichmondAmerican.com/SeasonsAtTheFairways) in Beaumont. This exceptional master-planned community showcases an impressive array of two-story floor plans from the builder's sought-after Seasons™ Collection—designed to put homeownership within reach for a variety of buyers. Seasons at The Fairways will debut two beautiful new model homes on Saturday, August 27.
Model home tours
Seasons at The Fairways offers the resort-style amenities today's homebuyers are seeking, including a community clubhouse, pools, parks, playgrounds, walking trails, sports facilities and a golf course. Model homes will open for tours at this must-see masterplan on Saturday, August 27, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
More about this community:
- New Seasons™ Collection homes from the mid $500s
- Three two-story floor plans with open layouts and designer details
- 3 to 6 bedrooms, approx. 2,370 to 3,040 sq. ft.
- Close proximity to Perris Reservoir, San Bernardino National Forest, San Jacinto Wildlife Area, Morongo Casino Resort & Spa and the Cabazon Outlets
Those who choose to build a new home from the ground up at Seasons at The Fairways will have the opportunity to work with professional design consultants at the builder's Home Gallery™ to select colors, textures, finishes and fixtures for their new living spaces—a complimentary service!
Seasons at The Fairways is located at 35514 Roxy Road in Beaumont. For more information, or to RSVP for a model home tour, call 951.845.4017 or visit RichmondAmerican.com.
About M.D.C. Holdings, Inc.
Operating under the name Richmond American Homes, MDC's homebuilding subsidiaries have built more than 230,000 homes since 1977. Among the nation's largest homebuilders, MDC's subsidiary companies have operations in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Maryland, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia and Washington. Mortgage lending, plus insurance and title services are offered by the following MDC subsidiaries, respectively: HomeAmerican Mortgage Corporation, American Home Insurance Agency, Inc. and American Home Title and Escrow Company. M.D.C. Holdings, Inc. is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "MDC." For more information, visit MDCHoldings.com.
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The Partnership Will Result in the First-Ever Livestream for Cars, Featuring Live And On-Demand Concerts, Music Documentaries, Vodcasts, Pay-Per-View (PPV) Events, Artists Interviews, Virtual Meet and Greets and More
LiveOne Content to Roll Out on ZYNC-Enabled Vehicles in Late 2022
LOS ANGELES, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- LiveOne (Nasdaq: LVO), a creator-first, music, entertainment and technology platform focused on delivering premium experiences and content worldwide through memberships and live and virtual events, announced today it partnered with the leading in-car entertainment platform ZYNC to exclusively deliver personalized in-car audio and video music entertainment. The deal will see LiveOne's streaming content roll out on ZYNC-enabled Mercedes-Benz vehicles in late 2022 - with additional electric and autonomous driving vehicles to be announced later this year.
This partnership will provide ZYNC customers with a seamless immersive in-car digital entertainment experience featuring LiveOne's premium and original content including live and on-demand concerts, music documentaries, vodcasts from PodcastOne talent, pay-per-view events, festivals, virtual meet and greets and more.
"We are excited to partner with ZYNC to deliver our streaming video and audio music content through their cutting-edge in-car digital entertainment platform," said Dermot McCormack, President, LiveOne. "ZYNC customers will have the opportunity to unlock a universe of digital experiences from LiveOne including live concerts, vodcasts, pay-per-view events, festivals and virtual meet and greets. This partnership truly elevates the time spent in our cars and gives consumers the ultimate personalized immersive in-car experience."
"Music has been inextricably linked to the automotive experience since the first car radio was introduced in 1922," said Rana June (RJ), CEO of ZYNC. "Now, 100 years later, ZYNC's platform amplifies the unique emotional connection between music, man and machine by facilitating new sensory dimensions in the car. ZYNC comes to life by providing the best content available, and we cannot imagine a better partner in the music and live events space than LiveOne to captivate and inspire our audiences."
ZYNC provides video streaming, on-demand content, interactive experiences, local video programming, sports, news, gaming and much more through a unified user interface. 4D immersive experiences are enabled through ZYNC by orchestrating video, audio, mood lighting, and more. ZYNC's in-car digital entertainment platform is compatible with electric and autonomous vehicles. ZYNC-enabled vehicles can playback content on the center console, passenger screen and rear-seat-entertainment screens.
LiveOne solutions have and continue to power premiere music applications from innovative partners such as Samsung, AoL, Tesla, and others.
Uniquely bridging the worlds of automotive, software and entertainment, ZYNC is a California-based company with headquarters in San Francisco and offices in Munich and Berlin, Germany. The company's mission is to take in-car entertainment to a new dimension by incorporating real-time vehicle data. ZYNC was founded in 2019 and maintains strategic partnerships with leading companies from the entertainment and automotive industries. ZYNC: Arrive Better. ZYNC® is a registered trademark of Zync Inc. For more information, please visit www.zync.com.
Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, LiveOne, Inc. (NASDAQ: LVO) (the "Company") is an award-winning, creator-first, music, entertainment and technology platform focused on delivering premium experiences and content worldwide through memberships and live and virtual events. The Company was awarded Best Live Moment by Digiday for its "Social Gloves" PPV Event, and has been a finalist for 8 more awards, including Best Live Event, Best Virtual Event, Best Overall Social Media Excellence, and Best Original Programming from Cynopsis and Digiday. As of June 26, 2022, the Company has accrued a paid and free membership base of over 2.35 million**, streamed over 2,900 artists, has a library of 30 million songs, 600 curated radio stations, nearly 270 podcasts/vodcasts, hundreds of pay-per-views, personalized merchandise, released music-related NFTs, and created a valuable connection between fans, brands, and bands. The Company's wholly-owned subsidiaries include Slacker Radio, React Presents, Gramophone Media, Palm Beach Records, Custom Personalization Solutions, LiveXLive, PPVOne and PodcastOne, which generates more than 2.48 billion downloads per year and 300+ episodes distributed per week across its stable of top-rated podcasts. LiveOne is available on iOS, Android, Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire, and through OTT, STIRR, and XUMO. For more information, visit www.liveone.com and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter at @liveone.
All statements other than statements of historical facts contained in this press release are "forward-looking statements," which may often, but not always, be identified by the use of such words as "may," "might," "will," "will likely result," "would," "should," "estimate," "plan," "project," "forecast," "intend," "expect," "anticipate," "believe," "seek," "continue," "target" or the negative of such terms or other similar expressions. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements, including: the Company's reliance on one key customer for a substantial percentage of its revenue; the Company's ability to consummate any proposed financing, acquisition, spin-out, distribution or transaction, the timing of the closing of such proposed event, including the risks that a condition to closing would not be satisfied within the expected timeframe or at all, or that the closing of any proposed financing, acquisition, spin-out, distribution or transaction will not occur or whether any such event will enhance shareholder value; the Company's ability to continue as a going concern; the Company's ability to attract, maintain and increase the number of its users and paid subscribers; the Company identifying, acquiring, securing and developing content; the Company's intent to repurchase shares of its common stock from time to time under its announced stock repurchase program and the timing, price, and quantity of repurchases, if any, under the program; the Company's ability to maintain compliance with certain financial and other covenants; the Company successfully implementing its growth strategy, including relating to its technology platforms and applications; management's relationships with industry stakeholders; the effects of the global Covid-19 pandemic; changes in economic conditions; competition; risks and uncertainties applicable to the businesses of the Company's subsidiaries; and other risks, uncertainties and factors including, but not limited to, those described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2021, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on July 14, 2021, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2021, filed with the SEC on August 16, 2021, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2021, filed with the SEC on October 29, 2021, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2021, filed with the SEC on February 14, 2022, and in the Company's other filings and submissions with the SEC. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof, and the Company disclaims any obligations to update these statements, except as may be required by law. The Company intends that all forward-looking statements be subject to the safe-harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
**Included in the total number of paid members for the reported periods are certain members which are the subject of a contractual dispute. LiveOne is currently not recognizing revenue related to these members.
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The 19th annual leading B2B Beauty Trade Show Gears Up for an Outstanding Show
with Increased Exhibitors and First-Time Pre-registered Attendees!
LAS VEGAS, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cosmoprof North America (CPNA), the largest B2B beauty exhibition in the Americas, is getting ready to host its 19th edition July 12th - 14th at the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC) in Las Vegas, NV!
"With a renewed sense of optimism, people are excited to travel once again and registrations are looking to reach pre-pandemic levels," said Enrico Zannini, General Manager of BolognaFiere Cosmoprof. "The Americas are a strategic market for business development of beauty brands, being the cradle of new trends and new consumers habits, and international operators are more and more interested in discovering the novelties of Cosmoprof North America." Nina Daily, Executive Director of the Professional Beauty Association, added, "The future of the beauty industry is brighter than ever, and Cosmoprof 19th Edition is a telling indicator. The number of pre-registered quality visitors and new attendees is noteworthy, with 40+% first-time attendees, proving the beauty industry's strong desire to come together in-person to engage and collaborate. Between finished products in the West Hall and beauty supply chain suppliers in the North Hall, Cosmoprof North America is proud to boast over 1,100 exhibiting companies."
Cosmoprof North America at the West Hall will segment exhibitors into four macro categories: Hair Care, Skin Care & Makeup, Nails, and Natural Products with a strong presentation of fragrance brands as well. This year, special areas promise to showcase a fantastic launch of brands including Discover Beauty, Discover Beauty Spotlights, Discover Green, The Beauty Vanities, and the newly launched Discover Black-Owned Beauty. Discover Black-Owned Beauty will be a resource to Black-owned beauty brands seeking access to market opportunities, educational resources, retail distribution, and brand exposure. This area will also support retailers looking to execute their commitment to the "fifteen percent pledge" call to action.
One of the unique features of the West Hall is the Country Pavilions, which showcase authentic elements and innovations from countries recognized for their strong heritage in beauty. In 2022, National and Group Participants include China, Korea, Morocco, Dominican Republic, Spain, Chile, Italy, Colombia, and Argentina.
Cosmopack North America at the North Hall features solutions for the entire beauty supply chain, including packaging, formulation, and machinery. This year, the North Hall includes the new special area Beauty Tech, featuring exhibitors with the latest technological and digital solutions available to help attendees boost their beauty business.
New this year, the Innovation Studio at Cosmopack will showcase innovation in the beauty supply chain across two activations: LIFESCAPSES and PACKAGING POWER! LIFESCAPES, conceived by BEAUTYSTREAMS, will explore up-trending formulation and packaging design territories that will define the future of the intra-category beauty industry. Packaging Power! will display strategic and compelling concept brands to compete against the backdrop of the ever-changing and complex marketplace created by undergraduate students from FIT's Packaging Design BFA Program.
Cosmoprof North America is the place where the entire focus is on trends, innovation, and excellence, exemplified through the many educational offerings available to exhibitors and attendees.
Returning this year is the Entrepreneur Academy, a one-day intensive hands-on practical workshop for beauty entrepreneurs, and CosmoTalks, one of the widest-ranging series of conferences and in-depth talks in the beauty industry. Highlights of this year's CosmoTalks include "Racing Ahead: The Next Frontier in Beauty" presented by FIT's CFMM program and featuring speakers from Ulta Beauty, Topicals, BeautyStat Cosmetics, and thirteen lune and "A conversation with Grammy Award-Winning singer and Beauty Founder Toni Braxton." Moderated by Cosmopolitan's Beauty Editor at Large, seven-time Grammy Award-winning singer, entrepreneur, television executive, and Hollywood actress Toni Braxton will share how she created her new luxury body skincare line, Nude Sugar, which she's showcasing at Discover Black-Owned Beauty.
Cosmopack North America's new conference format, Cosmopack Education, features free seminars and panels on raw materials and ingredients, private label and contract manufacturing, primary and secondary packaging, machinery, beauty tech, and other supply chain solutions in the beauty industry.
The Cosmoprof and Cosmopack North America Awards with strategic partner BEAUTYSTREAMS, formally recognize the best in beauty products, celebrate innovation, and honor excellence in packaging design and formulation amongst exhibitors. Winners will be announced across seven categories during Cosmoprof Happy Hour and open to all exhibitors and attendees on July 12th from 6-7:30 pm.
Also, in strategic partnership with BEAUTYSTREAMS, CosmoTrends, display trends among exhibitors, will be presented through a CosmoTalks session and onsite installation.
Exhibitors have the valuable opportunity to interact with select media and influencers one-on-one to help generate post-show coverage through the Press Zone. This year's Press Zone includes consumer magazine editors from Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping, Refinery29, NewBeauty Seventeen, and Women's Wear Daily. Influencers in attendance include model @sommerray, who will also be exhibiting her new brand IMARAÏS Beauty at Cosmoprof North America.
Revo Video will be our exclusive live-streaming video partner showcasing a curated assortment of indie brands via Live and VOD commerce-enabled shoppable shows.
Returning in 2022 is Boutique, a one-of-a-kind beauty sampling bar where visitors can curate their own customized beauty bag of products from participating companies to take home! All proceeds will benefit Strength In Beauty, A CUT IT OUT® grant for industry professionals.
Register now at www.cosmoprofnorthamerica.com.
Plan your visit: https://cosmoprofnorthamerica.com/plan-your-visit/
Cosmoprof North America (CPNA) is the largest and most awarded B2B beauty trade show in North America and the single most important networking opportunity in the US for all sectors of the global beauty industry. CPNA hosts an annual trade show that encompasses all sectors of the beauty industry under one roof. This year, CPNA will launch Cosmopack North America, the only event in North America encompassing the entire beauty supply chain: contract & private label manufacturing, primary packaging, secondary packaging, applicators, raw materials & ingredients, equipment and machinery and services for the cosmetic industry. CPNA is recognized as the premier launching pad for new beauty brands and introduces revolutionary technologies, product innovations and new channels for distribution, packaging and manufacturing. CPNA is one of the destinations of the Cosmoprof network, today a 360° worldwide platform for the international beauty community, with shows in Bologna, Hong Kong and Mumbai, which all together involve over 370,000 professionals and 7,000 exhibitors from all over the world. For more information, please visit cosmoprofnorthamerica.com.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo., July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Andrews McMeel Publishing (AMP) announces the publication of Healing Through Words by Rupi Kaur on September 27, 2022. The fourth book by the international bestselling author presents more than sixty guided writing activities based on the themes of her first book, milk and honey.
"I am incredibly excited to share this book with my readers," said Kaur. "Writing has been a cathartic experience that helped me heal. The writing exercises in Healing Through Words are meant to send readers on a journey of self-exploration."
Within the book, Kaur shares her writing tips, tricks and secrets, and helps readers explore themes of loss, love, heartbreak, and healing. The guided writing exercises are for anyone who wishes to feel more connected to themselves. Designed by Rupi with periodic excerpts of poetry and illustrations from her previous #1 New York Times bestsellers, milk and honey, the sun and her flowers, and home body, the beautifully rendered hardcover will be an instrument of healing and treasured volume for her passionate following around the world. At its conclusion, Rupi reminds readers, the journey isn't over–it's just beginning.
"The power of Rupi's words, and Rupi herself, have inspired, empowered, and served as a beacon of encouragement and hope to millions of readers," said Kirsty Melville, President and Publisher of AMP. "This distinctive work guides readers on their own explorations through the written word, giving them an opportunity to recognize and celebrate their creativity in a restorative way."
A breakout literary phenomenon, Rupi wrote, illustrated, and self-published her first poetry collection, milk and honey. Next came its artistic sibling, the sun and her flowers . These collections have sold more than 10 million copies and have been translated into more than 40 languages. Her latest collection, home body, debuted #1 on bestseller lists across the world. As she has done from the very beginning, Rupi self-produced Rupi Kaur Live, the first poetry special of its kind, which debuted on Amazon Prime Video in 2021. Currently Rupi is on a global word tour, performing her poetry across the US, Canada, Mexico, the UK, Europe, and more. Intertwined with visuals, music, comedy, and anecdotes, Rupi performs her classic poems and unpublished pieces, tailoring each show to the city she visits. Rupi's work touches on love, loss, trauma, healing, femininity, and migration. She feels most at home when creating art, performing her poetry onstage, and spending time with family and friends.
Andrews McMeel Publishing is a division of Andrews McMeel Universal, a global independent and integrated media partner to creators of inspirational content, comics, and illustrated humor. It distributes creator content through global syndication; book, calendar and greeting card publishing; digital consumer experiences; and entertainment licensing (for more information, please visit www.andrewsmcmeel.com).
Contact: Kathy Hilliard, khilliard@amuniversal.com
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Tumbleweeds drift along the Rio Grande as sand bars within its banks widen. Smoke from distant wildfires and dust kicked up by intense spring winds fill the valley, exacerbating the feeling of distress that is beginning to weigh on residents.
One of North America’s longest rivers, the Rio Grande is another example of a waterway in the western U.S. that’s tapped out.
From the Pacific Northwest to the Colorado River Basin, irrigation districts already are warning farmers to expect less this year despite growing demands fueled by ever-drying conditions. Climate experts say March marked the third straight month of below-average precipitation across the U.S. and areas of record dryness are expanding in the West.
On Thursday, federal water managers shared their annual operating plan for the Rio Grande, a major water source for millions of people and thousands of square miles of farmland in Colorado, New Mexico, Texas and Mexico. They believe they can keep the river flowing, but it will depend on the weather.
Ed Kandl, a hydrologist with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, said warmer temperatures will affect supplies, but relief could come if summer monsoons develop. “We’ll just have to see what happens,” he said.
Mark Garcia, who farms about 400 acres (160 hectares) with his family in Valencia County, just south of Albuquerque, ran the numbers. He has a degree in mathematics and taught calculus for years before retiring and turning to the farm full time.
He found his family would be compensated for not irrigating about half of its acreage this year, and more water would be left in the river to help New Mexico work off a debt that has been growing as the state falls short of its obligations to deliver water to neighboring Texas.
“Logically, it was almost like a no-brainer,” Garcia said of opting into the fallowing program. “The risk analysis was, I had to take it, I had to do it. I didn’t want to, though.”
Sitting in his backhoe in one of his fields, Garcia began to get emotional. He said he grew up watching his dad farm the land.
“I was born into this,” he said. “The hard thing for me is I feel like I don’t want the government to pay for me not to work. I have an issue with that.”
The state of New Mexico and the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District are hoping more farmers can make that tough choice — at least long enough to help managers address the pending water debt. The district oversees irrigation for more than 140 square miles (260 square kilometers) of farmland along a 175-mile (280-kilometer) stretch of the Rio Grande Valley to the north and south of Albuquerque.
Even it acknowledges the program is a temporary solution.
Casey Ish, a water resources specialist with the district, said over 200 irrigators have enrolled, and officials are targeting fields that are less productive or need to be rested.
“For us, this is just one tool and one way the district is trying to help the state manage the state’s compact debt, but we certainly don’t anticipate pulling a third or half the district into a fallowing program year over year,” Ish said. “That’s not sustainable from a price point or an ag point.”
Thursday’s virtual meeting included estimates of how much the Bureau of Reclamation will have to work with this season based on spring runoff predictions and current reservoir levels. Officials said it’s possible the Rio Grande, as it passes through the heart of Albuquerque, could start drying in late August or early September.
With below-average snow cover and reservoirs in some places reaching critically low levels, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration noted in its most recent monthly climate report that concerns are mounting that the western drought will intensify.
On the Colorado River, the U.S. Interior Department recently proposed holding back water in Lake Powell to maintain Glen Canyon Dam’s ability to generate electricity amid what it said were the driest conditions in the region in more than 1,200 years.
The potential impacts to lower basin states that could see their water supplies reduced — California, Nevada and Arizona — aren’t yet known. But the conundrum speaks to the wide-ranging functions of Lake Powell and Glen Canyon Dam, and the need to quickly pivot to confront climate change.
In the Pacific Northwest, experts are predicting one of the driest summers on record, noting that nearly 71% of the region made up of Oregon, Washington and Idaho is in drought and nearly one-quarter is already experiencing extreme drought.
An irrigation district that supplies more than 1,000 farmers and ranchers on the California-Oregon border announced earlier this week that they would get a fraction of their normal water allocation this year due to drought. It’s the third consecutive year that severe drought has impacted farmers, fish and tribes in a region where there’s not enough water to satisfy competing demands.
Irrigation districts that supply water to farmers along the Rio Grande in southern New Mexico and along the Pecos in the east also are promising short seasons.
Just north of the New Mexico-Colorado border, farmers in the San Luis Valley turned on their spigots April 1, drawing on their share of the Rio Grande. Water managers in New Mexico immediately saw the gauges drop, meaning less water ultimately will make its way to central New Mexico. | https://cw33.com/news/u-s-news/ap-u-s-headlines/expanding-drought-leaves-western-us-scrambling-for-water/ | 2022-04-15T07:39:06Z |
SHENZHEN, China, July 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On 12 July 2022, Menet held the award ceremony of the "Annual Top 100 China's Pharmaceutical Entreprises in 2021", in which 5 sub-lists of the pharmaceutical industries had been announced. This event showcased the professionalism and influence of the top companies in China's pharmaceutical industry. With the solid R&D and production strength and the strong marketing and promotion access of Kexing Biopharm, it has been selected for the list of "Top 20 Chinese Biopharmaceutical Companies in 2021 (Blood Products, Vaccines, Insulin Approaches)".
The nominated list of the Annual Top 100 China's Pharmaceutical Entreprises in 2021 was defined through intense selection. Menet has organized an expert committee for this event, through the exclusive database with the 3 Terminals (public hospitals, retail pharmacies, primary care) and 6 Markets (including markets of hospitals, pharmacies and healthcare centres in different levels and sizes) in the Chinese (bio)pharmaceutical industry, the final list was made according to an enterprise's innovative driving force in the biopharmaceutical industry and professional promotion force in the public market.
About Kexing Biopharm
Kexing Biopharm Co.,Ltd. (short in Kexing Biopharm, stock symbol 688136. SH) is an international innovative biopharmaceutical enterprise mainly engaged in the R&D, production and sales of recombinant protein therapeutics and microecological agents. The entreprise focuses on the therapeutic fields of antiviral, oncology, immunology, haematology, digestion and degenerative diseases, as well as other technical directions such as new proteins, new antibodies, and nucleic acid drugs. Committed to serving global patients with biotechnology, Kexing Biopharm became a leader of high-quality biopharmaceutical producers through adopting the "innovation + overseas commercialization" platform development model.
Kexing Biopharm's main products include the recombinant protein therapeutics " Human Erythropoietin (EPOSINO)", " Human Interferon α1b (SINOGEN)" and " Human Granulocyte Colony-stimulating Factor (WHITE-C)", as well as the microecological agent "Combined Clostridium Butyricum and Bifidobacterium (CLOBICO)".The company's core products are firmly at the forefront of similar varieties in China, covering over 19,000 terminals in various provinces and cities across the country, nearly 7,000 ranked hospitals. In addition, Kexing Biopharm has gained market access permission and achieved sales in nearly 40 countries around the world, including Brazil, the Philippines, and Indonesia.
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NEW YORK , June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- June 28, 2022 – FOX Television Stations Digital properties finished May 2022 as the top-performing O&O station group in Total Minutes according to Comscore Media-Metrix – pulling in 3x the Total Minutes as the other O&O groups combined. This marks FOX Television Station's 19th consecutive month ranking as number one in the category. The group also finished as the top O&O group for Unique Visitors and Total Views.
FOX Television Stations closed out the month reaching 1.67B Total Minutes, 403M Total Views, and 54M Unique Visitors. This performance marked increases in all three key metrics versus prior month and year: Minutes (+143 MoM / +313% YoY), Views (+61% MoM / +103% YoY), and Unique Visitors (+28% MoM / +41% YoY).
FOX Television Stations was also the most engaged brand on social media against the other O&O groups in May, with 17.1M total social actions according to Shareablee. On YouTube, FOX Television Stations secured the overall #1 spot among all local station groups, with more than 531M video views.
FOX Television's "LiveNOW from FOX" dominated YouTube coverage of the Johnny Depp v. Amber Heard trial, creating a custom stream to bring viewers every moment, unfiltered in its entirety. More than 547K people were watching live on YouTube as the verdict was read. Every key moment throughout the trial was also clipped, giving users an easy way to catch up on the latest developments when they couldn't watch live.
Multi-Platform Total Minutes
FOX Television Stations – 1.67B
ABC Local – 271M
NBC Television Stations Group – 209M
CBS Local – 18M
Multi-Platform Total Views
FOX Television Stations – 403M
ABC Local – 170M
NBC Television Stations Group – 129M
CBS Local – 22M
Multi-Platform Unique Visitors
FOX Television Stations – 54M
ABC Local – 36.6M
NBC Television Stations Group – 37M
CBS Local – 6.2M
Source: Comscore Media Metrix® Multi-Platform, Total Digital Audience, Custom-Defined List including [M] Fox Television Stations, [C] NBC Owned Television Stations, [S] ABC Local, and [C] CBS Local, May 2022, U.S.
Source: May 2022 Shareablee, PowerRankings: Local Media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube)
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- Hyundai Now Offers Nine TOP SAFETY PICK/TOP SAFETY PICK+ Models in the U.S. When Equipped with Optional Front Crash Prevention and Specific Headlights
FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hyundai's all-new 2022 IONIQ 5 (built after December 2021) has received an Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) 2022 TOP SAFETY PICK PLUS (TSP+) designation. The significant achievement now gives Hyundai a total of nine 2022 TOP SAFETY PICK PLUS (TSP+) and TOP SAFETY PICK (TSP)-rated vehicles in its lineup, among the most in the industry. Hyundai and Genesis have a combined 14 TSP/TSP+ vehicles.
"As the industry navigates to an all-electric future, we are extremely proud to have been awarded an IIHS TSP+ for our all-new IONIQ 5, the first of three Hyundai EV's to be built on our Electric-Global Modular Platform (E-GMP)," said Brian Latouf chief safety officer, Hyundai Motor North America. "Safety is foundational at Hyundai and earning the IIHS TSP+ award demonstrates our "Safety First" commitment to our customers."
The IONIQ 5 is equipped with the next level of Hyundai SmartSense, advanced driver assistance systems that ensure the highest levels of safety and convenience on the road. IONIQ 5 is the first Hyundai model to offer Highway Driving Assist 2. Other driving assistance systems available include Smart Cruise Control with Machine Learning, Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist, Blind-Spot Collision-Avoidance Assist, Intelligent Speed Limit Assist, Driver Attention Warning, High Beam Assist, and more.
Hyundai's 2022 TOP SAFETY PICK+/TOP SAFETY PICK award winning models are:
1. Hyundai IONIQ 5 built after December 2021 – TSP+
2. Hyundai Palisade – TSP+
3. Hyundai Nexo – TSP+
4. Hyundai Santa Fe built after July 2021 – TSP+
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Closes Inaugural Technology Fund with Backing of World-Class Institutional Partners & Launches Real Estate Private Equity Platform with Investment in Infinium Logistics
NEW YORK, May 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- GreenPoint Partners ("GreenPoint" or the "firm"), an alternatives firm investing at the intersection of real assets, technology and sustainability, today announced the close of its inaugural technology fund at $134 million (approximately $200 million inclusive of associated co-investment capital), as well as the first investment by its innovative real estate private equity platform.
GreenPoint's Technology Fund invests in high-growth companies underpinning the digital transformation of multitrillion-dollar real asset industries: real estate, infrastructure, energy and agriculture. GreenPoint has partnered with leading real asset investors, operators and developers who own/manage over $500 billion of real assets globally, with an additional $125 billion development pipeline. The firm has welcomed investors including the Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments), Goodman Group, Ivanhoé Cambridge, Lendlease, Greystar, Berkshire Residential Investments, Charter Hall, Kloof Capital, Gandel Group, and the George Krupp Family Office.
GreenPoint also announced the first investment out of its private equity strategy in Infinium Logistics, a European final mile logistics platform at the forefront of decarbonization, advanced fulfillment, delivery and parking solutions. The GreenPoint investment combines growth capital for Infinium's operating platform along with funding to acquire strategic final mile logistics assets across Europe. Infinium currently manages around 30 sites across Europe and is targeting a £500 million portfolio of owned assets across Europe with full electrification infrastructure.
Chris Green, Founder and CEO of GreenPoint commented, "The increasing pervasiveness of technology and ESG trends is pressuring real asset digitization and technology adoption to catch up to other industries. Whilst the opportunities from this transition are vast, the knowledge gap and lack of integration makes this a challenging process. We believe that the winners from this transition will be digitally and sustainability-aware real asset owners/developers as well as the technology companies that can effectively deliver requisite solutions. We are excited to announce these firm milestones as we continue building the ecosystem that can facilitate success for both the real asset and technology participants."
The final close of the $134 million Technology Fund I allows GreenPoint to invest in high-growth companies underpinning the digital transformation of the multitrillion-dollar real assets industry. Several Limited Partners have also allocated additional equity to pursue co-investment opportunities alongside the Fund, bringing investable capital to approximately $200 million.
GreenPoint's partners' extensive global real asset portfolios enable the firm to identify the macro trends impacting real assets, allowing it to identify target technology companies and accelerate its growth via capital and its global network. Further, the firm also facilitates enhanced insights for its partners into major technology trends, opportunities and solutions to emerging challenges.
"As a global and multi-sector, long-term real estate investor, we are focused on the consequences of technology change for our portfolio and investment strategy," said Stéphane Jalbert, Managing Director, Head of Asia-Pacific and Europe, Real Estate Investments at PSP Investments, a Canadian pension investment manager with C$204.5 billion of assets. "PSP Investments is pleased to support GreenPoint as the lead investor in their Tech Fund. GreenPoint brings together a very unique perspective across the disparate worlds of technology and real estate, enabling us to leverage these insights and access innovative technology solutions."
"By investing in GreenPoint's Technology Fund, alongside other leaders in the real estate industry, Ivanhoé Cambridge strengthens its partnership strategy, maximizes value creation and fosters market intelligence transfer," said Sylvain Fortier, Chief Investment and Innovation Officer at Ivanhoé Cambridge. "This investment will allow us to stay first-class investors and owners, participate into the acceleration of digitalization of the real estate industry, access and implement innovative PropTech solution in our portfolio to ultimately generate sustainable growth."
To date, GreenPoint has invested in 16 market-leading companies including Built Technologies, OpenSpace, Envizi, ility, Fetch Package, Snapdocs and Relay Payments. The firm will continue to navigate complementary investment opportunities across technology and real assets.
"We are excited about our progress to date and honored to work with exceptional founders building transformative businesses," said Ryan Shmeizer, General Partner at GreenPoint. "Earlier this year we also achieved our first exit with the acquisition of Envizi by IBM, highlighting the deep market interest in the sector. We have successfully acted as a conduit between our portfolio companies and senior real asset stakeholders, supporting continued growth for the former and the adoption of these technology solutions for the latter."
Mr. Shmeizer brings over a decade of experience investing at top performing venture capital firms including Thrive Capital, Insight Venture Partners and Spark Capital.
GreenPoint's global insights and network are powerful assets for founders:
"GreenPoint has effectively opened channels to the decision makers at some of the largest real estate and infrastructure firms in the world via their long-standing sector relationships and insights," said Chase Gilbert, CEO, Built Technologies, which has raised $289 million in total as of December 2021. "Having partners who have built and scaled multibillion-dollar global real estate businesses is highly strategic to us. The team's deep understanding of real estate and technology has made GreenPoint an invaluable resource for our company and we are excited to continue working closely with them."
Mr. Shmeizer and Mr. Green are joined by Operating Partners Eric Boothe, Rick Michaux and John Forrest, who were most recently at JLL where they were responsible for 4.5B square feet of real estate on behalf of their clients and accelerating adoption of technology solutions such as facilities management platform Corrigo (founded by Michaux). Their experience scaling technology companies and tech-enabled operating companies brings additional support to the GreenPoint portfolio.
The firm's innovative real estate private equity platform combines Mr. Green's career experience, having invested in and grown 12 real estate operating companies that today manage over $100 billion, with the broader insights from GreenPoint's Technology investing activities. This positions the firm to invest in both technology enabled real estate operating companies, along with underlying real estate that will be a beneficiary of broader industry trends. Mr. Green is joined by Alexander Çakir, who previously worked at Blackstone and Monarch Investments in both London and New York, as a General Partner.
The firm recently made its first investment into UK-headquartered Infinium Logistics ("Infinium").
Infinium delivers sustainable solutions for final mile logistics across Europe and currently manages around 30 sites for leading e-commerce firms. The team is led by James Lee, Phil Bayliss and Paul McCormack who bring logistics, parking and real estate expertise to develop solutions including, but not limited to, 1) Parking systems for staff, delivery vehicles and HGVs (heavy goods vehicles); 2) Hyperlocal hubs to support cargo bikes and dark stores for e-grocery and e-commerce fulfillment; 3) Fleet Hubs incorporating electric vehicle infrastructure; and 4) Multi-parcel locker hubs.
In conjunction with GreenPoint's capital investment, Infinium is targeting the management of more than 50 sites across Europe and owning a £500 million portfolio of assets with full electrification infrastructure.
James Lee, Founder and Executive Chairman of Infinium Logistics, noted, "Nowhere is the intersection of technology, real estate and sustainability more pronounced than final mile logistics and the transition of delivery vans and trucks to new, low carbon energy sources. GreenPoint Partners is a business that understands and shares this unique cross section of expertise and is the perfect partner to support the rapid growth of our platform."
GreenPoint has partnered with GCM Grosvenor on behalf of two large U.S. public pension plans, along with Kloof Capital and affiliates on this opportunity.
Mo Saraiya, Executive Director at GCM Grosvenor, added, "We anticipate that technology will drive significant shifts in real estate and view this transition as an exciting investment opportunity. Success will require both the tech enabled operating platforms along with high-quality underlying real estate and we are excited to partner with GreenPoint and Infinium to pursue this strategy."
GreenPoint is evaluating emerging opportunities for the real estate private equity strategy. "Combining real estate private equity and technology investing allows us to surface unique insights into the rapidly changing industry," said Chris Green. "We are uniquely positioned to back both the entrepreneurial tech-enabled operating companies and invest in the underlying real estate to drive value for our investors and portfolio companies."
GreenPoint is an alternatives investment firm that invests at the intersection of real assets, technology and sustainability. Founded in 2019 by Chris Green and headquartered in New York, the firm is deploying complementary strategies across technology investing and private equity to integrate the disparate worlds of real assets and technology. Green has 20 years of real assets experience, including 16 years at Macquarie Capital where he was the global head of real estate. The firm's activities are supported by a team of investors and operating partners who bring decades of experience in technology, real estate investing and operations at top firms. GreenPoint's investors include strategic real asset operators, pension funds, family offices and industry senior executives who collectively own/manage over $500 billion in global real assets with an additional $125 billion development pipeline. By combining tech venture capital investing real estate private equity, and sustainability solutions, GreenPoint can deliver unique and transformative insights into a rapidly changing industry. Visit us at www.greenpointpartners.com
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LONDON, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fastmarkets, the industry-leading cross-commodity price reporting agency (PRA), has successfully completed another external assurance review of its key agricultural and metals price assessments.
Professional services company BDO carried out the independent assurance review and found that, as of June 30, 2022, Fastmarkets' responses were in line with the Principles for Oil PRAs set out by the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) in 2012. The IOSCO principles create an overarching framework for Benchmarks, articulating guidance and principles ensuring transparency and openness. The assurance review process examines a firm's governance and controls framework, policies and methodologies in scope to verify their adherence to the PRA Principles
As stated by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), this external assurance review is sufficient to demonstrate compliance with the audit requirements of the EU Benchmark Regulation (BMR) for commodity benchmarks (paragraph 18 of Annex II).
The price assessments reviewed include some administered by Fastmarkets Benchmark Administration Oy (FBA Oy), which was incorporated in Finland in December 2020 to administer all benchmarks that are in scope of the BMR.
"Providing our customers with dependable prices backed by reliable methodologies is at the heart of what we do." The completion of an external assurance review of our process demonstrates our commitment to providing reliable, impartial, representative and transparent benchmarks,'' said Fastmarkets CEO Raju Daswani.
This is the first year that Fastmarkets audited the following agricultural price assessments: soybean, distiller's corn oil, used cooking oil and bleachable fancy tallow.
To obtain a copy of the independent assurance reports and to view Fastmarkets' price methodology/specifications, click here.
ABOUT FASTMARKETS: Fastmarkets is the industry-leading price reporting agency (PRA) for global commodities, providing price data, news, analytics and events for the metals and mining, forest products, the energy transition and agriculture markets. Fastmarkets' data is critical for customers seeking to understand and predict dynamic, sometimes opaque markets, enabling trading and risk management. Fastmarkets is a global business with a 130-year history built on trust and deep market knowledge. Its team of more than 450 people are located in global locations including London, Helsinki, Boston, New York, Shanghai, Beijing, Singapore, Brussels and São Paulo. Fastmarkets is part of Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC (LSE: ERM), a listed company on the London Stock Exchange. Euromoney is a leading international business-to-business information group focused primarily on the global commodities, banking and asset management markets.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats vowed to continue investigating consulting giant McKinsey’s work with opioid drugmakers after a Wednesday hearing detailed how the firm had advised companies pushing painkillers as well as U.S. health regulators.
The hearing before a House committee is part of an ongoing probe into McKinsey’s role in theU.S. opioid crisis that has been linked to over 500,000 overdose deaths from both prescription pain medications and illicit drugs like fentanyl.
McKinsey’s top executive challenged some of the committee’s findings but said the company has overhauled how it does business and no longer works with opioid manufacturers, including OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma.
“I’ve apologized for our work for Purdue and other opioid manufacturers and we fully recognize it fell short of our standards,” said Bob Sternfels in testimony before the House Oversight and Reform Committee. He said the company would continue cooperating with investigators.
Last year the consulting powerhouse agreed to pay $600 million to settle lawsuits over its work advising opioid makers, though it admitted no wrongdoing.
Lawmakers questioned Sternfels for three hours about revelations that his company allowed consultants working for Purdue Pharma to simultaneously advise the Food and Drug Administration, the agency tasked with overseeing drug safety.
“McKinsey was advising both the fox and the hen-house — and getting paid by both,” said Chairwoman Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y. ”Clearly, McKinsey should not be setting strategy for both drug companies and the FDA.”
A preliminary reportfrom the committee found 22 McKinsey consultants who worked for both the FDA and an opioid manufacturer over the span of a decade. The overlapping work included McKinsey staffers advising the FDA on overhauling its drug safety division, according to the committee’s review of thousands of company documents.
Meanwhile, McKinsey consultants recommended “cash prizes” and “unrivaled recognition” for top OxyContin sales reps to increase Purdue’s revenue, according to a 2013 strategy presentation released Wednesday.
Lawmakers heard conflicting accounts of whether McKinsey’s work helped Purdue avoid tighter FDA regulation.
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey, testifying remotely, said that her state’s own investigation into McKinsey uncovered emails recommending Purdue “band together” with other drugmakers in 2009 to “defend against strict treatment by the FDA.”
Sternfeld said McKinsey did not share FDA documents or intelligence with Purdue and said claims of information sharing were inaccurate.
He also testified that McKinsey was open with FDA about its pharmaceutical consulting work.
“We made very clear that we were working both with the industry and with opioids in particular,” Sternfeld said. FDA officials have previously stated they were aware of McKinsey’s pharmaceutical consulting.
Maloney and other Democrats repeatedly suggested McKinsey’s work may have violated federal contracting rules on disclosing potential conflicts of interest.
On Wednesday, Maloney introduced legislation that would tighten requirements for contractors to disclose potential conflicts. A bipartisan group of Senators previously introduced similar legislation in their chamber.
The committee’s Republicans spent most of their allotted time undercutting the relevance of the hearing, noting the vast majority of opioid overdoses are now caused by fentanyl and heroin, not prescription drugs. They urged tighter border security, noting nearly all illicit opioids enter the U.S. through the southern border.
“We have a new opioid crisis, folks, and it’s not from big pharma in the United States— it’s from the drug cartels who operate sites in Mexico,” said Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Florida.
House Democrats spotlighted several examples of McKinsey touting its FDA connections when soliciting consulting business from drugmakers. The company also submitted advice on dealing with the opioid epidemic to members of the Trump administration, according to the report. It’s unclear if the information had any effect on federal policy.
For decades, McKinsey has been the preeminent corporate consulting firm, advising many of the world’s biggest companies on strategy and operations. The company has also made inroads into government consulting, receiving nearly $1 billion in federal contracts.
The Oversight Committee scrutinized McKinsey’s work on three dozen FDA contracts worth more than $65 million, stretching from 2008 to 2021.
At a separate Senate hearing Tuesday, the head of FDA’s drug center director told lawmakers McKinsey’s work was about “organizational design and did not entail involvement in product regulation.” The agency currently has no contracts with McKinsey, she noted, and no new awards are expected while Congress investigates the firm.
The House report did not conclude that McKinsey’s FDA consulting resulted in lighter regulation of OxyContin or any other opioids.
For years the FDA has attempted to discourage doctors from overprescribing the drugs, mainly by adding starker warnings to their labeling. Prescriptions have fallen from their peak in 2012, but mainly due to new prescribing limits imposed by state and local governments, insurers and hospital systems.
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AP Writer Geoff Mulvihill contributed to this story from Cherry Hill, N.J. | https://cw33.com/health/ap-health/mckinsey-exec-faces-questions-on-opioid-fda-consulting-work/ | 2022-04-27T18:58:08Z |
EU energy ministers meet to discuss Russian gas, sanctions
By LORNE COOK
Associated Press
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union energy ministers will meet to discuss Russia’s decision to cut gas supplies to Bulgaria and Poland, and debate planned new sanctions over Moscow’s war on Ukraine. The 27 nation-bloc has imposed five rounds of sanctions on Russian officials, oligarchs, banks, companies and other organizations since Russian troops invaded Ukraine in February. The European Commission is working on a sixth round of measures which could include oil restriction. But Russia-dependent countries like Hungary and Slovakia are wary of taking tough action. The EU’s executive branch could announce its new sanction proposals later this week. The energy ministers are meeting Monday. | https://localnews8.com/news/2022/05/02/eu-energy-ministers-meet-to-discuss-russian-gas-sanctions/ | 2022-05-02T11:06:31Z |
WASHINGTON, July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, DC and Minnesota-based public affairs firm Arc Initiatives and digital-first communications firm True Blue Strategies announced the beginning of a new strategic partnership just weeks after the firms were awarded five AAPC Pollie Awards and two Campaigns & Elections Reed Awards for their collaboration on the ongoing effort to Stop Pebble Mine.
Arc Initiatives' experience managing high-profile political campaigns combined with True Blue's award-winning digital creative and strategy team will bring together unmatched talent, providing clients with comprehensive campaign services for some of the most pressing political issues of our time.
From working with Indigenous Tribes in Minnesota to protect their sovereign rights and clean water to fighting for permanent protections against mining near the Boundary Waters and influencing national energy policy, the firms have already proven to be critical partners in the fight for bold environmental action. With the combined force of over 40 world-class communications, creative, and policy professionals, this new phase of collaboration will broaden the teams' ability to take on the toughest fights and policy change from Washington, DC to Washington state.
Led by Minnesota natives Dan Kanninen and Aaron Wells, key leaders in Democratic communications and campaigns with roots in Minnesota and Midwestern politics, Arc Initiatives consists of a team of nearly 30 leading communications, political, and policy professionals. While working nationally and with statewide electeds, ballot measures, and issue advocacy campaigns throughout Minnesota, Arc has led campaigns that reached and moved target audiences to change the conversation and bent the arc of the issue to achieve its clients' most ambitious campaign goals.
As a full-service creative and strategic communications firm, TrueBlue Strategies employs a dynamic approach and deep expertise in a wide array of services to help clients connect impactful messages with the audiences who need to hear them.
"Arc Initiatives couldn't be more excited to enter this new phase of our partnership with True Blue Strategies. Solidifying our alliance will elevate our digital and creative strategies and open a whole new window of opportunity for growth," said Jonae Wartel, Managing Director of Arc Initiatives.
"Bringing together some of DC and Minnesota's communications and political strategists with an award-winning digital creative team, the Arc-True Blue strategic partnership is a winning combination. With a talented partner like TrueBlue on our side, our team is eager to continue bending the arc of our clients' boldest campaigns and delivering winning results. take on the important fights from the White House to the statehouse," said Aaron Wells, Partner & President of Arc Initiatives.
"Past collaborations between True Blue and Arc prove that we can deliver for our clients on their boldest, most ambitious goals. By bringing our firms closer together, we'll be able to offer our clients even more while continuing to provide best-in-class work," said Brooke Blue, President, and Founder of True Blue Strategies.
"Since the beginning of our work with Arc Initiatives and True Blue, we've been completely impressed with how they have partnered to go above and beyond for our campaign to protect Bristol Bay. We're eager to see them continue to deliver extraordinary results as their collaboration evolves," said Erin Dovichin, Alaska Venture Fund.
About Arc Initiatives
You can learn more about how Arc Initiatives is bringing together political stakeholders, paid and earned media, lobbying strategies, and grassroots organizing to create change from Capitol Hill down to the state and local level here.
About True Blue Strategies
You can learn more about how True Blue Strategies' dynamic approach and innovative campaigns are helping clients connect impactful messages with the audiences who need to hear them here.
Contact: Alana Murphy, alana@team-arc.com, 973-953-9697
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I didn’t watch all of them from the very beginning, but several significant TV shows debuted in the fall of 1972.
“The Bob Newhart Show” starred Bob Newhart (who turned 93 on Sept. 5) as psychologist Bob Hartley. Bob’s trademark stammer didn’t seem all that noticeable to me. I was just starting junior high school, and being at a loss for words was par for the course around the ninth-grade girls. I imagined lying face-down on Bob’s couch to hide the zits. If Bob had added a P.E. climbing rope in his office, I’ll bet all his patients would have plunged out the window.
“MASH,” of course, followed the doctors and support staff of the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital during the Korean War. The comedy-drama could genuinely surprise us (as with Cpl. Radar O’Reilly announcing the death of Col. Henry Blake). If “MASH” had been created in the 2020s, we would instead steel ourselves for the predictable, with a dazed Radar muttering, “My teddy bear just announced that he’s a lesbian.”
The “MASH” producers scrupulously turned off the laugh track during surgery scenes. Our hypothetical “MASH” of 2022? They would doubtless instead have guest-star Joe Biden pop in to remind the audience, “Not a joke.”
“MASH” ranked No. 46 in the Nielsen ratings for its inaugural season and was nearly canceled. When it bowed out 11 years later, the finale became the most watched U.S. television broadcast in history at that time, with 106 million viewers. TV programmers still haven’t learned patience. Most shows come on and off faster than one of Klinger’s gowns.
“Maude” gave us both Bea Arthur (as “that uncompromisin’, enterprisin’, anything but tranquilizin’ right on Maude”) and Rue McClanahan (as her confidante Vivian Harmon) more than a decade before their “Golden Girls” misadventures. During the fourth season, I ran home from my after-school job every Monday night to catch “Maude” (and its lead-in, “All in the Family,” featuring Maude’s cousin, Edith Bunker).
“Maude” was a ratings powerhouse for most of its network run, but I read in Norman Lear’s autobiography that local station program directors balked at the syndicated reruns, using a crude term for a domineering woman. I can just imagine Maude sternly announcing, “God will get you for that, local station program directors.”
“The Waltons” became a nostalgic Thursday-night destination for entire families, but that was then. Nowadays, the familiar “Good night, John-Boy” would be replaced with “Be sure to turn off your back-lit electronic devices half an hour before bedtime, John-Boy.”
ABC’s wildly popular “Kung Fu” starred David Carradine as Shaolin priest and martial arts expert Kwai Chang Caine. The show could truly have used a “Grasshopper, don’t try this at home” disclaimer. No telling how many pulled muscles, bruised jaws and broken vases came out of kids imitating the action.
“The Streets of San Francisco” (pairing Hollywood veteran Karl Malden with a young Michael Douglas) was a worthy addition to the Quinn Martin Productions stable. Mercifully, it came and went before the current trend of police procedural “franchises,” or we would have “The Streets of San Francisco: Dirt Roads of Podunk.”
The TV networks are breathlessly hyping their new shows, but will anyone remember them this fondly in 2072?
Maybe, just maybe. And maybe by then I will finally be rid of this wedgie.
Sigh. Good old school days.
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One of the best-known brands in comedy, Team Coco, acquired by the leader in comedy audio entertainment
Conan O'Brien signs multi-year agreement to remain host of namesake podcast, as well as create and executive produce a new exclusive original Team Coco comedy channel on SiriusXM
NEW YORK, May 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SiriusXM today announced the acquisition of Team Coco, including the critically-acclaimed hit podcast Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend, and the Conan O'Brien-led podcast network and digital media business. The transaction also brings to SiriusXM Team Coco's staff, who will continue to produce the network's slate of popular podcasts, as well as collaborate on content for SiriusXM.
As part of the deal, Conan has entered into a five-year talent agreement with SiriusXM, under which he will remain host of his namesake podcast, which will continue to be available widely, and will also collaborate with SiriusXM to create and executive produce a new fulltime, original Team Coco comedy channel for SiriusXM subscribers. The agreement also includes distribution of select video from Conan's podcast as well as from the archives of his long-running late night show on TBS, live events, and merchandise from the Team Coco brands.
Since its inception over a decade ago, Team Coco has garnered more than 1 billion annual video views across YouTube and Facebook, averages 180 million annual podcast downloads, and now reaches 17 million fans across social media. Team Coco's flagship podcast, Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend, which was developed with Stitcher's Earwolf, ranks as one of the top five most searched-for podcasts, and recently won two Webby Awards. By becoming a part of SiriusXM, the leading home of comedy in audio entertainment, Team Coco gains the promotional power of the SiriusXM, Pandora and Stitcher listening platforms – amplifying the network's voices and extending the Team Coco brand to new audiences.
"When I started in television my ultimate goal was to work my way up to radio," said Conan O'Brien. "This new deal with SiriusXM builds on the great relationship that began several years ago with a team that is the standout in their field."
"We are thrilled that Conan remains committed to producing his incredibly successful podcast and will now expand his role into executive producing an exclusive Team Coco radio channel for SiriusXM," said Scott Greenstein, President and Chief Content Officer of SiriusXM. "Conan has built an amazing brand and organization at Team Coco with a proven track record of finding and launching compelling and addictive podcasts. We look forward to continuing to grow the Team Coco brand."
As part of the acquisition, SXM Media, the combined advertising sales organization of SiriusXM, expands its exclusive global ad representation beyond Team Coco's acclaimed podcasts – such as Nicole Byer's Why Won't You Date Me? and JB Smoove's May I Elaborate?, along with its Stitcher co-productions Scam Goddess with Laci Mosley, Literally! with Rob Lowe, The Three Questions with Andy Richter, and Parks and Recollection – to also include digital video, social media, and live events associated with Team Coco's properties.
Team Coco podcasts will continue to be available on Stitcher, the SXM App, Pandora, and major podcast listening platforms.
Team Coco joins an already robust and industry-leading comedy lineup at SiriusXM, the exclusive audio home for top comics and brands, which includes channels such as Kevin Hart's Laugh Out Loud Radio, Netflix is a Joke Radio, and Comedy Central Radio, as well as Stitcher's Earwolf network and their collection of award-winning and critically-acclaimed shows How Did This Get Made?, Office Ladies, Storytime with Seth Rogen, and more.
SiriusXM's acquisition of Team Coco follows that of 99% Invisible; the announcement of a global advertising agreement with podcast company Audiochuck and its top-rated podcast, Crime Junkie; an agreement with Tom Segura and Christine P's YMH Studios to distribute and develop content; an agreement for the exclusive rights to manage all audio and video ad sales for the comedy horror show The Last Podcast on the Left; and a multi-platform agreement with Crooked Media that brings the independent progressive media company's top-ranked podcasts to SiriusXM through the 2024 election cycle and beyond.
About Team Coco
Built on the spirit of Conan O'Brien's brand of smart and silly comedy, award winning Team Coco is a fan-centric multi-platform media company driven by O'Brien and a carefully curated network of other top talent that spans across digital and branded content, live events, merchandise and expertly produced comedy specials. Team Coco Podcasts currently produces ten unscripted podcasts: Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend, The Three Questions with Andy Richter, Literally! with Rob Lowe, Inside Conan: An Important Hollywood Podcast, Scam Goddess, Good Game Nice Try, Why Won't You Date Me with Nicole Byer, May I Elaborate? Sound Wisdom from J.B. Smoove, Parks and Recollection and The Juice, all of which have been downloaded more than 418 million times to-date. Team Coco Podcasts has also produced two scripted podcasts in co-production with Luminary: Frontier Tween and SMARTR as well as A Total Switch Show and Self Center in co-production with Audible.
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About SiriusXM
Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is the leading audio entertainment company in North America, and the premier programmer and platform for subscription and digital advertising-supported audio products. SiriusXM's platforms collectively reach approximately 150 million listeners, the largest digital audio audience across paid and free tiers in North America, and deliver music, sports, talk, news, comedy, entertainment and podcasts. Pandora, a subsidiary of SiriusXM, is the largest ad-supported audio entertainment streaming service in the U.S. SiriusXM's subsidiaries Stitcher, Simplecast and AdsWizz make it a leader in podcast hosting, production, distribution, analytics and monetization. The Company's advertising sales arm, SXM Media, leverages its scale, cross-platform sales organization, and ad tech capabilities to deliver results for audio creators and advertisers. SiriusXM, through Sirius XM Canada Holdings, Inc., also offers satellite radio and audio entertainment in Canada. In addition to its audio entertainment businesses, SiriusXM offers connected vehicle services to automakers. For more about SiriusXM, please go to: www.siriusxm.com.
About SXM Media
SXM Media is the gateway for marketers to the largest digital audio advertising ecosystem in North America. As the combined advertising organization of Sirius XM Holdings Inc., SXM Media spans across leading owned and operated audio platforms Pandora, SiriusXM, and Stitcher; innovative ad tech solutions powered by AdsWizz; sonic creative consultancy Studio Resonate; and an extended content network featuring exclusive monetization agreements with Audiochuck, NBCUniversal, SoundCloud, and many more. Reaching more than 150 million listeners each month, SXM Media delivers audiences tailored brand experiences while putting creators first, making it easy for every marketer to produce, plan, buy, and measure across its entire audio universe. For more about SXM Media, please go to: www.sxmmedia.com.
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SAN DIEGO, May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: NBIX) will present at the Bank of America Securities 2022 Healthcare Conference at 11:20 a.m. Pacific Time (2:20 p.m. Eastern Time) on Tuesday, May 10, 2022 in Las Vegas. Kevin Gorman, Chief Executive Officer, and Matt Abernethy, Chief Financial Officer, will present at the conference.
The live presentation will be webcast and may be accessed on the Company's website under Investors at www.neurocrine.com. A replay of the presentation will be available on the website approximately one hour after the conclusion of the events and will be archived for approximately one month.
About Neurocrine Biosciences
Neurocrine Biosciences is a neuroscience-focused, biopharmaceutical company with a simple purpose: to relieve suffering for people with great needs, but few options. We are dedicated to discovering and developing life-changing treatments for patients with under-addressed neurological, neuroendocrine and neuropsychiatric disorders. The company's diverse portfolio includes FDA-approved treatments for tardive dyskinesia, Parkinson's disease, endometriosis* and uterine fibroids*, as well as over a dozen mid-to-late-stage clinical programs in multiple therapeutic areas. For three decades, we have applied our unique insight into neuroscience and the interconnections between brain and body systems to treat complex conditions. We relentlessly pursue medicines to ease the burden of debilitating diseases and disorders, because you deserve brave science. For more information, visit neurocrine.com, and follow the company on LinkedIn. (*in collaboration with AbbVie)
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LIVINGSTON, N.J., July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Institute for Reproductive Medicine & Science is proud to introduce the IRMS Advocacy Group. Led by IRMS Clinical Director Dr. Debbra A. Keegan & Resolve's Hope Award for Advocacy Recipient Dr. Serena H. Chen, the IRMS Advocacy Group will support IRMS' physicians, clinical team members & ally partners to continue their advocacy work empowering access to care for all.
"In addition to providing the best medical care and cutting edge technology to our patients, we fight for their reproductive rights and access to care behind the scenes. Our Advocacy team will track our progress in this area. We are thrilled that we have been able to help patients through our actions, outside of our own practice." Dr. Debbra A. Keegan
IRMS has a long history of advocacy for access to care and reproductive autonomy for all. Alongside their many allies, they've campaigned & championed for coverage for those who have faced an infertility diagnosis, for those cancer patients needing to preserve their fertility prior to treatment, for better maternal healthcare for women of color & family-building rights for the LGBTQ+ community.
"We are very proud to have played a role in helping to pass legislation improving access to reproductive care in NJ. We helped improve access to the LGBTQIA community with the updated family building mandate in 2018 & the Gestational Surrogacy law passed in 2019, and we improved access significantly for egg freezing for cancer patients, transgender males, and others in 2020. There is more to be done to improve access in our practice, our state, and the country, and we will continue to try to break down barriers to care as part of our practice mission." Dr. Serena H. Chen
IRMS is unequivocally emboldened to continue their advocacy to eliminate any obstacles to reproductive family-building wherever one resides in this country.
A world-class fertility center with offices throughout New Jersey & New York, IRMS features an experienced team of Reproductive Endocrinologists & Embryologists - pioneers in the field of infertility, who have trained at some of the nation's leading institutions including Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Cornell, & NYU.
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CHICAGO, May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AArete, a global management and technology consulting firm, is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contract by the General Services Administration (GSA), the centralized procurement arm of the federal government (Contract Number 47QTCA22D006U).
This contract is a government-wide, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract that can be used by any federal agency. It was effective as of April 13, 2022, and runs through April 12, 2027.
"We are excited to bring AArete's cross-industry best practices, industry-leading technology solutions, and value-added management consulting services to government agencies," says Amit Srivastava, Vice President.
"This allows us to reconnect with government agencies who have been eager to do business with AArete but didn't have a contracting mechanism. We're delighted that we now have this procurement tool," comments Lynn Jenkins, Senior Director.
The GSA MAS contract award allows government agencies to leverage AArete's management and technology consulting services under three Special Item Numbers (SINs): 54151S (Information Technology Professional Services), 541611 (Management and Financial Consulting, Acquisition and Grants Management Support, and Business Program and Project Management Services), and 541614SVC (Supply and Value Chain Management).
For more information about AArete's GSA MAS schedule, visit the GSA eLibrary.
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About AArete
AArete is a global management and technology consulting firm specializing in digital transformation, strategic profitability improvement, and advisory services. Our cross-industry solutions are powered through modern technology, market intelligence, and big data to drive purposeful change and actionable outcomes. We work across all industries and business functions to optimize operational efficiencies in a compressed timeframe. AArete humanizes data by translating numbers into actionable insights, helping clients make better decisions and standing by their side to foster change with confidence, empathy, and purpose. For more information, visit our webpage or follow us @AArete on LinkedIn and Twitter.
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ALBANY – For the previous five years of its 89-year history Theatre Albany has been without a general manager. But that is set to change next month with the addition of Justin Neal in that role.
Neal, an Atlanta native who graduated with a degree in performing arts from Georgia Southwestern State University, has been involved with the theater in Albany since 2017 as an actor and director.
“Since moving to Albany with my wife, Theatre Albany has been a second home to me,” said Neal, whose first day on the job will be Aug. 2. “Just getting to be a part of administration and building it up is really exciting. I know there will be a learning curve, but I’ve got people to back me up.”
The theater’s board of directors has kept the ship on course since the retirement of Mark Costello, who was director for 32 years. With board members having jobs outside the theater, Neal will bring full-time management as well as youth and a fresh perspective to the group, said Board President Randy Henry.
“It’s probably one of the biggest decisions since Mark left,” Henry said. “We’ve been blessed to be able to pull together and hire a young general manager with lots of enthusiasm. The board is really lucky for him to step in and fill that void we’ve had for the last five years.”
Board members have kept operations and productions going, but having a full-time person in charge will allow growth and new features for the theater, located at 514 Pine Ave. The theater was closed for the 2020-2021 season due to COVID-19, but fundraising drives and generous contributions from community members allowed it to pay the bills and even add a projection system and sound equipment.
“We want to continue to have bigger and better shows,” Henry said. “He’s going to lead us in that direction. One of our goals is what we call the upstairs (theater), the black box. We want to get that going so we can turn it into a mystery theater, mystery dinners. We want to get back to the glory days.”
Other plans for the future include theater camps and a free Christmas production that will be a family night at the theater with popcorn and hot chocolate for the season.
The 2022-2023 season bill is completed and will start in September with “Matilda.” Season subscriptions, which include eight tickets for shows, are on sale for $100, a cost of $15 per ticket and reduction from the previous cost of $25.
The change in ticket prices doubled attendance from about 100 to 200 per performance, Henry said.
“Our deal is not to make lots and lots of money,” he said. “The community rallied around us during COVID. We just want to bring people to the arts in Albany.”
Neal said he is on board with the board’s goals and is looking forward to a future lineup that will include something for everyone, from adults to children, who feature prominently in “Matilda,” a production in which he plays the title character’s father.
“The black box is a smaller theater,” he said. “That’s one of the things I’d like to see, the mystery theater. It’s a more intimate experience. We’re trying to turn that into not just a place where you come to see plays but a venue to do different things.
“I’ve got lots of plans coming along. I’m very honored to have this position now and very excited for the future of Theatre Albany.”
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TORONTO and NEW YORK, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CF Acquisition Corp. VI (Nasdaq: CFVI) ("CFVI"), a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by Cantor Fitzgerald, announced today that at a special meeting of the CFVI stockholders (the "Special Meeting") held today, CFVI's stockholders voted in favor of the proposed business combination (the "Business Combination") with Rumble Inc. ("Rumble") and the related proposals. Only 0.1% of the 30 million CFVI public shares are being redeemed in connection with the meeting. As a result, the completion of the Business Combination is expected to occur as soon as practicable, subject the satisfaction or waiver of remaining customary closing conditions. Following the completion of the Business Combination, the newly combined company will operate as Rumble Inc. and trade on the NASDAQ Stock Exchange under the symbol "RUM." Assuming that closing is completed on Friday, September 16, trading will continue on NASDAQ, switching from the symbol "CFVI" to the new symbol, "RUM", at the open of trading on Monday, September 19.
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DURACELL SPONSORED CONTENT — Duracell is partnering with Bear Grylls and Make-A-Wish® this summer to help launch the new Duracell batteries with Power Boost ingredients, which are Engineered for More*, making them THE battery to power all of your outdoor adventures and the moments that matter most.
The campaign kicked off with Make-A-Wish through a surprise adventure for 14-year-old wish kid Cameron, who received a kidney transplant, and whose wish was to go on an adventure with Bear Grylls.
Duracell has also teamed up with Make-A-Wish to power outdoor wishes all summer long in their mission to help everyone get more out of the moments that truly matter while granting life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses.
Kicking off the launch of the new Duracell batteries with Power Boost ingredients, which are Engineered for More*, and our commitment to powering outdoor wishes throughout the summer with Make-A-Wish, Duracell, and Bear Grylls teamed up to take a courageous Cameron, from Make-A-Wish, on an unforgettable adventure. From a helicopter ride to cave exploration, Cameron got to go on the Bear Trek of a lifetime. | https://cw33.com/news/inside-dfw/duracell-partners-with-bear-grylls-make-a-wish-to-launch-new-battery-line/ | 2022-07-26T17:58:14Z |
Over 3,400 fleet safety professionals participated in study to better understand key goals and challenges around building a culture of safety
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Aug. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- GPS Insight, a leading provider of SaaS-based fleet and field service management software and complementary solutions, today announced the release of the 2022 Fleet Safety Report, a research study created and distributed in partnership with Bobit Business Media aiming to better understand the key goals and challenges fleets face in building effective safety programs. The report is comprised of 3,411 survey responses, collected in spring 2022, from fleet safety professionals across various job functions, industries, and fleet sizes.
Drivers are any fleet's greatest assets. While imperative that drivers' health and safety be prioritized, an organization's reputation and profitability depend on the behavior and performance of those behind the wheel. To establish a culture of safety while bolstering performance and efficiency, on-board safety systems provide high-level visibility across the entire fleet while on the road. The GPS Insight Fleet Safety study examined the safety hurdles fleets face, the safety solutions they use to achieve safety goals, the benefits fleets realize from vehicle and video telematics, and the tactics they use to integrate safety technologies across their fleet.
"The future of our fleets depends on all of us working together to cultivate a culture of safety, from safe driving behavior to well-maintained vehicles and equipment," said Shay Demmons, Chief Product Officer of GPS Insight. "Two-thirds of fleet safety professionals who utilize a video telematics system report it has improved driver safety, lowered insurance costs, reduced accident costs, proven when drivers weren't at fault, and minimized at-fault incident rate."
"And as technology advances, so does the acceptance of dash cams in fleet culture," Demmons said. "Drivers are realizing cameras aren't about Big Brother; the right technology is empowering drivers to make better decisions behind the wheel without management having to review hours of footage. Cameras can coach in real time and also defend drivers who are targeted on the road."
Bobit Business Media, publisher of Automotive Fleet, Government Fleet, Heavy Duty Trucking, and WorkTruck, assisted with the deployment and distribution of the survey. As the world's largest fleet publisher and authority on fleet vehicle management, Bobit is entrenched in fleet safety.
"It is evident that fleet professionals are working to put safety first, and safety technologies are critical parts of that plan," said Chris Brown, fleet group editor at Bobit Business Media. "The 2022 Fleet Safety Report demonstrates that fleet safety solutions can assist managers and supervisors in enhancing safety, retaining drivers, satisfying customer requests, and reducing costs."
Key findings in the 2022 Fleet Safety Report include:
- Fleets reported an average of 4.5 accidents per driver per year, with over a third of those attributing fault to the driver.
- Surprisingly, the top reason given for what motivates fleets to address safety concerns was to reduce fleet maintenance costs.
- For 41% of fleet safety professionals surveyed, turning plans into reality was the primary pain point in achieving their organization's safety goals.
- 57% of those who currently use telematics/GPS tracking consider it very effective in helping to improve safety within their fleet. An additional 17% consider it extremely effective.
A webinar will be held Wednesday, August 24 to present an overview of the findings; register for that live presentation at this link.
Find the full 2022 Fleet Safety Report at https://www.gpsinsight.com/premium/2022-fleet-safety-report.
We are the world's largest fleet publisher and authority on fleet vehicle management and have been for over 50 years. We reach 250,000 commercial and government fleets, small business fleets, work trucks of all sizes, and heavy duty truck fleets operating 18,000,000 vehicles. We offer a complete mix of media products that deliver news, industry trends and insight to the fleet management market.
GPS Insight helps fleet and field service businesses by delivering innovative solutions and actionable insights. Organizations across the globe turn to GPS Insight when they have high operating costs, are worried about safety on the roads, and struggle with fleet and field inefficiencies that waste valuable time and money. GPS Insight offers best-of-breed technology for organizations with drivers and technicians in the field, fleets of vehicles, trailers, and other mobile assets. GPS Insight provides many solutions that include vehicle and asset tracking, fleet management, AI-enabled smart cameras, field service management, and regulatory compliance solutions.
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VCF® brand of OTC female contraceptives underscores the importance of contraceptive solutions that champion women in the wake of Roe v. Wade.
NEW YORK, July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- With the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, VCF continues to stand by its mission to provide holistic contraceptive products that prioritize women's health.
The landmark ruling has marked a profound change in society, bringing to light the importance of reproductive choice and the need for more women-controlled options to prevent unwanted pregnancy. For decades, VCF® has advocated for holistic health with VCF® Vaginal Contraceptive Film® and VCF® Contraceptive Gel as the only non-hormonal over-the-counter line of contraceptive products in a market which has, historically, left many of these options in the hands of men, essentially depriving women of rightful control and autonomy of their own bodies.
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Elon Musk denies sexual misconduct allegation by flight attendant
NEW YORK (AP) — Tesla CEO Elon Musk has denied a claim of sexual misconduct by a flight attendant contracted by Space X who worked on his private jet in 2016.
A report by Business Insider said SpaceX paid the woman $250,000 in severance in 2018 in exchange for her agreeing not to file a lawsuit over her claim.
The Business Insider report was based on an account by the flight attendant’s friend, who said the flight attendant told her about the incident shortly after it happened. The report also said the flight attendant was required to sign a non-disclosure agreement that prohibits her from discussing the payment or anything else about Musk and SpaceX.
Emails seeking comment were sent to SpaceX, which Musk founded.
Musk, who is in the process of buying Twitter, used the platform to respond to the allegation.
“And, for the record, those wild accusations are utterly untrue,” he wrote in response to one user who tweeted in support of him.
He replied to another: “In my 30 year career, including the entire MeToo era, there’s nothing to report, but, as soon as I say I intend to restore free speech to Twitter & vote Republican, suddenly there is …”
He also made light of the accusation, quoting a tweet of his own from 2021 in which he said if there was ever a scandal about him, it should be called “Elongate.”
“Finally, we get to use Elongate as scandal name. It’s kinda perfect,” he tweeted Friday.
According to the report, the flight attendant, who had trained as a masseuse so she could give Musk massages, said Musk exposed himself to her during a massage, rubbed her leg, and offered to buy her a horse in exchange for an erotic massage.
Several hours before the Business Insider report was published, Musk tweeted that he had previously voted for Democrats but would now vote for Republicans and suggested that the left would launch a “dirty tricks campaign” against him.
Musk, who was in Brazil on Friday to meet with President Jair Bolsonaro, has offered to buy Twitter for $44 billion, but said the deal can’t go forward until the company provides information about how many accounts on the platform are spam or bots.
SpaceX has previously faced allegations of male workers sexually harassing women. One former SpaceX engineer who started as an intern wrote an online essay last year describing repeated sexual advances and other harassment she experienced. She said the company was “so rife with sexism, the only remedy is for women to leave.”
After the allegations emerged publicly in December, SpaceX’s president and chief operating officer, Gwynne Shotwell, sent an email to employees stressing the importance of “timely reporting” of harassment and discrimination and said the company will rigorously investigate them, according to reports at the time from the New York Times and other news outlets.
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Powerful typhoon pounds southern Japan; thousands evacuated
TOKYO (AP) — A powerful typhoon slammed ashore in southern Japan on Sunday as it pounded the region with strong winds and heavy rain, causing blackouts, paralyzing ground and air transportation and prompting the evacuation of thousands of people.
The Japan Meteorological Agency said Typhoon Nanmadol was heading north after making landfall in Kagoshima city on Japan’s southern main island of Kyushu. It was packing maximum winds of 162 kilometers (101 miles) per hour, and is forecast to reach Tokyo on Tuesday.
The weather agency predicted as much as 50 centimeters (20 inches) of rainfall by Monday evening and warned of flooding and landslides. It also alerted residents in the affected areas of “unprecedented” levels of powerful winds and waves, urging them to evacuate early.
Storm and high wave warnings were in effect in Kagoshima, where residents were told to stay inside stable buildings on second floor or higher, if it’s deemed a safer option than going to evacuation centers.
More than 12,000 people took shelter at evacuation centers. In neighboring Miyazaki prefecture, about 8,000 people left their homes.
Local officials said several people had been injured. In Kushima city in Miyazaki, a woman was slightly hurt by shards of glass when winds broke windows at a gymnasium. NHK national television said 15 people had been injured, citing its own tally.
Power outages were expanded across the Kyushu region as the typhoon damaged more power lines and facilities while moving north. By Sunday night, 216,450 homes were without electricity, according to Kyushu Electric Power Co.
Footage on NHK television showed a pachinko pinball parlor with part of its glass wall shattered by the gust in Kanoya city in Kagoshima. Elsewhere in the prefecture, an elderly woman in suffered a minor injury after falling, NHK said.
Hundreds of domestic flights have been canceled and more are planned to be grounded in western Japan through Tuesday as the typhoon headed northeast, according to Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways.
Public transportation including trains and buses in many areas on the Kyushu island were suspended throughout Sunday. Railway operators said bullet trains on Kyushu island also have been suspended, and more stoppages are expected in greater areas in the southwest Monday.
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PHOENIX (AP) — The attorney for Arizona’s most populous county sent a letter on Tuesday warning a local candidate to stop encouraging voters to steal the pens given to them at polling places on Election Day to mark their ballots.
Tuesday was the final day of voting in Arizona’s primary, and the conspiracy theories surrounding the ballot-marking pens echoed the now infamous #SharpieGate controversy that erupted after the 2020 election.
Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell sent the letter to Gail Golec, a candidate for county supervisor who made various social media posts on Tuesday urging supporters not to use the pens provided by election workers at polling places and to take them when they leave.
“As you well know, theft of any sort is unlawful; moreover encouraging theft of the fast-drying ink pens specifically recommended for election day voting is a deliberate attempt to interfere with election administration and will have the harmful effect of delaying the vote tabulation of election day ballots, as the wet ink harms the vote center tabulation machines,” Mitchell wrote in the letter.
Golec, in a response posted on Twitter, said her intention was to “Protect Our Vote, not encourage you to steal pens” and reiterated false claims that the pens provided by poll workers allow election workers to change people’s votes.
Maricopa County election officials have been urging voters to ignore these conspiracy theories, explaining that the felt-tip pens provided to voters are designed to limit problems such as smudging, which can happen when voters use ballpoint pens. On its website, the elections office says the ink from ballpoint pens doesn’t dry as quickly. The wet ink on the ballots could smear the inside of the machine and prevent it from working properly.
On Tuesday, Maricopa County election officials said they were having to replace some machines because voters failed to use the pens provided to them. | https://cw33.com/news/politics/ap-politics/false-claims-about-pens-in-arizona-primary-prompts-warning/ | 2022-08-03T14:40:30Z |
PARIS, Sept. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- EKINOPS (Euronext Paris: EKI) (ISIN: FR0011466069), a leading supplier of telecommunications solutions for telecom operators and businesses, announces that it has joined the United Nations Global Compact, the world's largest corporate sustainability initiative.
The UNGC is a voluntary initiative for companies and organizations to participate in the creation of a global framework for achieving sustainable growth by exhibiting responsible, creative leadership and acting as good members of society. Companies and organizations that sign the UNGC are required to uphold and contribute to the realization of 10 principles in four areas: Human Rights, Labor, Environment, and Anti-Corruption.
As part of its Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) policy, Ekinops engages in daily business activities with an endeavor to be a responsible company with respect to third parties and to limit the environmental impact of its activities to advance towards sustainable development goals.
Signing the UNGC means Ekinops is willing to integrate the UNGC principles into the Group's strategy, culture and daily operations, and to advance them in its area of influence. By signing the UNGC, Ekinops commits to publishing a yearly Community of Practice (COP), describing the Group's efforts to integrate the ten principles.
Didier Brédy, Chairman and CEO of Ekinops said:
"Several months after creating its ESG committee, Ekinops continues its efforts towards sustainable value creation. We are proud to be a signatory of this UN Global Compact statement and to take this commitment. Ekinops will play its role by ensuring we better ourselves alongside the other parts of our ecosystem."
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AIRLINGTON, Va., April 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Navy Mutual Aid Association ("Navy Mutual") is proud to announce the election by our Membership of one new board member: Vice Admiral Michael Vitale, USN (Ret.); and the reelection of three current board members: Vice Admiral John Terence Blake, USN (Ret.), Rear Admiral Christine Hunter, MC, USN (Ret.), and Captain Nita Sood, USPHS.
"We are grateful to our Membership for participating in this year's Board election and voting to introduce one new member and retain three others," said Navy Mutual President and CEO, retired Rear Admiral Brian Luther, USN. "In addition to having served themselves, our board members offer Navy Mutual a wide range of expertise in financial, business, marketing, investment, leadership, management, technological, and legal knowledge. The leadership and guidance of our Board of Directors is what helps us excel and continually provide the best service possible to our Membership."
Vice Admiral Vitale is a managing director in KPMG's Federal Advisory practice, providing services to the U.S. Department of Defense in emerging technologies. Prior to his position at KPMG, Vitale acted as the executive director of the University of Hawaii's Applied Research Laboratory, successfully growing the university's research and development portfolio across six core competencies with the Department of Defense. Previously, he served in the U.S. Navy for 35 years, serving his final assignment as Commander, Navy Installations Command, where he was responsible for the readiness of the Navy's 70 bases worldwide, $12B in annual funding, and 60,000 personnel.
Vice Admiral Blake has been a member of the Navy Mutual board since 2019; both Rear Admiral Hunter and Captain Sood have served with Navy Mutual since 2016.
Navy Mutual is a nonprofit, member-owned mutual association established in 1879 to provide affordable life insurance and peace of mind to members of the military and their families. As the nation's oldest federally recognized Veterans Service Organization, its mission and commitment to protect those who defend us remains unwavering. Financially strong, Navy Mutual is proud to be a first-choice provider of life insurance to servicemembers and their loved ones. Through quality life insurance products, no-cost educational and veterans services programs, and unparalleled service, Navy Mutual has earned the loyalty and support of its membership. For more information, visit navymutual.org.
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Conference Call and Live Audio Webcast Scheduled for Wednesday, May 11, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. ET
Corporate Highlights
- During first quarter of 2022, completed two structured debt transactions deploying $18.5 million with an additional $4.2 million funded to existing borrowers
- Received a $10.7 million cash payment from B&D Dental to successfully resolve long-running non-accrual position. Loan carried at $8.3 million with gain recognized during the quarter
- First quarter 2022 GAAP net income grew 2.9% to $3.5 million compared to the first quarter 2021
- SWK well positioned for current capital markets environment with cash and unfunded credit facility availability totaling $63.4 million as of March 31, 2022
Finance Receivables Segment Update
- As of March 31, 2022, non-GAAP tangible financing book value per share was $18.39, a 12.7% increase from March 31, 2021
- First quarter 2022 finance portfolio effective yield was 13.9%, a 0.1% increase compared with 13.8% for the first quarter 2021
- First quarter 2022 finance portfolio realized yield was 22.5%, a 580 bps year-over-year increase
- First quarter 2022 core finance receivables business adjusted non-GAAP net income was $8.4 million, a 25% increase from the first quarter of 2021
- As of March 31, 2022, total investment assets were $195.8 million, a 10.6% decrease from March 31, 2021
- For the trailing twelve months ended March 31, 2022, SWK's core finance receivables segment generated a 14.6% adjusted return on tangible book value
DALLAS, May 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SWK Holdings Corporation (Nasdaq: SWKH) ("SWK" or the "Company"), a life science focused specialty finance company catering to small- and mid-sized commercial-stage companies, today provided a business update and announced its financial and operating results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022.
"SWK's core specialty finance business performed well during the quarter highlighted by a 22.5% realized yield as solid loan performance was buttressed by the successful B&D Dental loan resolution, Acerus loan repayment, and upside in the royalty portfolio," stated Winston Black, Chairman and CEO of SWK. "SWK originated two loans during the quarter and our pipeline exceeds historical levels. We are carefully pursuing opportunities with an eye towards selectively funding high quality assets positioned to weather a capital market drought. We are also in regular contact with our existing borrowers discussing business trends and capital markets conditions."
Mr. Black concluded, "The team at our Enteris BioPharma subsidiary is pursuing multiple business development opportunities for its Peptelligence® and ProPerma® oral drug formulation technologies. Enteris is currently advancing four feasibility programs targeting therapeutic indications with others anticipated near-term. Additionally, Enteris' internal development pipeline continues to advance, and we are pleased to report that research involving oral formulations of leuprolide developed utilizing Peptelligence are scheduled to be featured in two poster presentations at the 104th annual meeting of The Endocrine Society (ENDO 2022) in June."
First Quarter 2022 Financial Results
For the first quarter 2022, SWK reported total revenue of $11.1 million, a 18% increase compared to $9.4 million for the first quarter 2021. Finance Receivables segment revenue increased $1.7 million year-over-year to $10.4 million, with the increase consisting of a $2.6 million increase in fees and interest due to the early payoff of two term loans during the quarter, as well as a $1.9 million increase in revenue from new and existing loans. The increase in revenue was partially offset by a $2.0 million decrease in interest and fees earned on finance receivables that were paid off in 2021 and a $1.0 million net decrease in royalty revenue when compared to the same period of the previous year.
Income before taxes for the quarter was $4.6 million compared to $4.3 million for the same period the previous year, an increase of 7%. The year-over-year increase is due to a $1.7 million increase in income from our Finance Receivables segment and a $0.4 million decrease in expenses. The decrease in expenses included a $1.0 million decrease in depreciation and amortization expense related to the Enteris fixed and intangible assets. The decrease was offset by a $0.3 million increase in general and administrative expense, a $0.4 million increase in our research and development expenses related to internal pipeline programs, and a $1.9 million decrease in the change in fair value of our warrant assets and marketable investments.
For the first quarter 2022, non-GAAP adjusted net income was $6.0 million, an increase from $4.7 million for the first quarter 2021. Non-GAAP adjusted net income for the Finance Receivables segment was $8.4 million, an increase from $6.8 million for the first quarter 2021. First quarter 2022 non-GAAP adjusted net income includes $0.2 million in non-recurring expenses from the Company's strategic review process.
GAAP net income for the quarter ended March 31, 2022, increased 2.6% to $3.5 million, or $0.27 per diluted share, from $3.4 million, or $0.26 per diluted share for the first quarter 2021.
Income-producing assets (defined as finance receivables and corporate debt securities) totaled $188.4 million as of March 31, 2022. This is a 10.4% decrease compared with income-producing assets of $210.2 million as of March 31, 2021. Total investment assets, which include income-producing assets plus equity-linked securities, totaled $195.8 million as of March 31, 2022, compared to the March 31, 2021, total investment assets of $219.1 million.
Tangible financing book value per share totaled $18.39 as of March 31, 2022, a 12.7% increase from $16.31 as of March 31, 2021. Management views tangible financing book value per share as a relevant metric to value the Company's core finance receivable business. Book value per share was $21.10 as of March 31, 2022, compared to $17.00 as of March 31, 2021.
Tables detailing SWK's financial performance for the first quarter 2022 are below.
Portfolio Status
At the end of the first quarter 2022, the weighted average projected effective yield of 13.9% for the finance receivables portfolio, including non-accrual positions, increased slightly from 13.8% for the same period of the previous year. The projected effective yield is the rate at which income is expected to be recognized pursuant to the Company's revenue recognition policies, if all payments are received pursuant to the terms of the finance receivables and excludes non-interest earning assets such as warrants and equity investments.
For the first quarter 2022, the realized yield of the finance receivables portfolio was 22.5%, versus 16.7% for the same period the previous year. The realized yield is inclusive of all fees, including all realized unamortized fees, amendment fees, and prepayment fees, and is calculated based on the simple average of finance receivables at the beginning and end of the period. The realized yield is greater than the effective yield due to actual cash collections being greater than modeled.
Non-accrual loans totaled $9.8 million, while non-accrual royalty purchases, net of credit loss allowances, totaled $3.2 million. The $9.8 million loan to Flowonix Medical Inc. remains on non-accrual, and SWK continues to work with Flowonix to achieve a resolution.
During the quarter SWK deployed $18.5 million in two structured debt transactions to AOTI and Acer Therapeutics, while SWK borrowers B&D Dental and Acerus Pharmaceuticals fully repaid their credit obligations. SWK funded $4.2 million to existing borrowers with an additional $1.3 million funded after quarter close. As of May 9, 2022, SWK had $1.4 million of unfunded commitments.
Total portfolio investment activity for the three months ended March 31, 2022, and 2021 was as follows (in thousands):
Adjusted Non-GAAP Net Income
The following table provides a reconciliation of SWK's reported (GAAP) consolidated net income to SWK's adjusted consolidated net income (Non-GAAP) for the three-month period ended March 31, 2022 and 2021. The table eliminates provisions for income taxes, non-cash mark-to-market changes on warrant assets and equity securities, amortization of Enteris intangible assets, legal and board expenses incurred in connection with the Company's strategic review, and any non-cash impact on the remeasurement of contingent consideration.
In the table above, management has deducted the following non-cash items: (i) change in the fair-market value of equities and warrants, as mark-to-market changes are non-cash, (ii) income taxes, as the Company has substantial net operating losses to offset against future income, (iii) amortization expense associated with Enteris intangible assets, and (iv) (gain) loss on remeasurement of contingent consideration. Management has also deducted legal and board expenses associated with the Company's strategic review process because management believes these expenses are not reflective of operational execution.
Finance Receivables Adjusted Non-GAAP Net Income
The following table provides a reconciliation of SWK's consolidated adjusted income before income tax expense, listed in the table above, to the non-GAAP adjusted net income for the Finance Receivable segment for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2022 and 2021. The table eliminates Enteris operating (income) and loss. The adjusted income before income taxes is derived in the table above and eliminates income tax expense, non-cash mark-to-market changes on warrant assets and equity securities.
Rights Agreement Expiration
SWK has determined to allow the Rights Agreement, dated as of April 8, 2016 by and between SWK Holdings Corporation and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as amended, to expire on its termination date of May 31, 2022.
Conference Call Information
SWK Holdings will host a conference call and live audio webcast on Wednesday, May 11, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. ET, to discuss its corporate and financial results for the first quarter 2022. Interested participants and investors may access the conference call by dialing either:
(844) 378-6488 (U.S.)
(412) 317-1079 (International)
Passcode: 10166330
An audio webcast will be accessible via the Investors Events & Presentations section of the SWK Holdings' website: https://swkhold.investorroom.com/events. An archive of the webcast will remain available for 90 days beginning at approximately 11:30 a.m. ET, on May 11, 2022.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
This release includes non-GAAP adjusted net income and non-GAAP finance receivable segment net income, which are metrics that are not compliant with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (GAAP).
Non-GAAP adjusted net income is adjusted for certain items (including (i) changes in the fair-market value of public equity-related assets and SWK's warrant assets as mark-to-market changes are non-cash, (ii) income taxes as the Company has substantial net operating losses to offset against future income, (iii) changes in the fair-market value of contingent consideration associated with the Enteris acquisition as these changes are non-cash, and (iv) depreciation and amortization expenses, primarily associated with the Enteris acquisition). Management has also deducted legal and board expenses associated with the Company's strategic review process because management believes these expenses are not reflective of operational execution.
In addition to the adjustments noted above, non-GAAP finance receivable segment net income also excludes Enteris operating losses.
Tangible financing book value per share excludes the deferred tax asset, intangible assets, goodwill, Enteris PP&E, and contingent consideration associated with the Enteris transaction. Adjusted return on tangible financing book value is calculated by dividing finance receivables segment adjusted non-GAAP net income by Tangible financing book value.
These non-GAAP measures may not be directly comparable to similar measures used by other companies in our industry, as other companies may define such measures differently. Management believes that these measures are useful to investors and management in understanding our ongoing operations and in analysis of ongoing operating trends and provides useful additional information relating to our operations and financial condition. These metrics should be considered in addition to, and not as a replacement for, the most comparable GAAP measure.
About SWK Holdings Corporation
SWK Holdings Corporation is a specialized finance company with a focus on the global healthcare sector. SWK partners with ethical product marketers and royalty holders to provide flexible financing solutions at an attractive cost of capital to create long-term value for both SWK's business partners and its investors. SWK believes its financing structures achieve an optimal partnership for companies, institutions and inventors seeking capital for expansion or capital and estate planning by allowing its partners to monetize future cash flow with minimal dilution to their equity stakes. SWK also owns Enteris BioPharma, whose Peptelligence® and ProPerma™ drug delivery technologies create oral formulations of peptide-based and BCS class II, III, and IV small molecules. With Enteris, SWK has the opportunity to grow its finance business by actively building a wholly-owned portfolio of milestones and royalties through licensing activities. Additional information on the life science finance market is available on the Company's website at www.swkhold.com.
Safe Harbor Statement
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements including words such as "believes," "expects," "anticipates," "intends," "estimates," "plan," "will," "may," "look forward," "intend," "guidance," "future" or similar expressions are forward-looking statements. Because these statements reflect SWK's current views, expectations and beliefs concerning future events, these forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. Investors should note that many factors, as more fully described under the caption "Risk Factors" and elsewhere in SWK's Form 10-K, Form 10-Q and Form 8-K filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and as otherwise enumerated herein, could affect the Company's future financial results and could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in such forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements in this press release are qualified by these risk factors. These are factors that, individually or in the aggregate, could cause the Company's actual results to differ materially from expected and historical results. You should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date they are made. We assume no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.
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Voters in Bell County only have one day left to vote early in this year’s municipal and school elections before Election Day on Saturday.
Today is the final day for early voting, with seven polling locations across the county open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Voters have the chance to make their voices heard on issues such as municipal elections, state constitutional amendments and two bond proposals in the Temple and Belton school districts.
Shay Luedeke, interim elections administrator for the county, said more than 7,300 ballots had been cast as of Friday, which is more than some recent elections in the same time period.
“It has been a high turnout election for early voting,” Luedeke said. “For example the primary (turnout) this last March was higher than the previous primary, and we have seen 1,600 more (voters).”
Those who did not get a chance to vote early can still cast their ballot from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Election Day Saturday.
The county will have 42 voting locations on Election Day, with voters able to cast their ballots at any location regardless of where they live.
Luedeke said the three early voting sites in Temple, Belton and Salado have seen the most increase in ballots cast, partially due to school district bonds on the ballots.
Temple Independent School District has a $164.8 million bond package for voters while Belton ISD has a $173.8 million package that consists of two propositions.
Belton ISD has two contested school board trustee seats, for Area 1 and Area 5.
The Area 1 election will see incumbent Jeff Norwood, the current school board president, face off against challengers Dwayne Gossett, a former mayor of Morgan’s Point Resort, and Dave Choquette, a Moffat area resident.
The Area 5 race will have incumbent Manuel Alcozer, the board’s secretary, face challenger Brandon Hall, who ran an unsuccessful Republican primary challenge against state Rep. Hugh Shine, R-Temple, in 2018.
Texas has two constitutional amendments on the ballot this year. Proposition 1 would limit the total ad valorem taxes imposed by school districts on the elderly or disabled. Proposition 2 would increase the homestead exemption for school district property taxes from $25,000 to $40,000.
The Bell County Annex in Belton, 550 E. Second Ave., has seen the highest turnout with 2,317 ballots cast. The Temple Independent School District Administration Building, 401 Santa Fe Way, has seen the second most with 2,112 ballots.
The Salado Church of Christ, 217 N. Stagecoach Road, has had 889 ballots cast, with the Harker Heights Parks and Recreation Center seeing 492.
In Killeen the Jackson Professional Learning Center, 902 Rev. R.A. Abercrombie Drive, has seen 320 ballots cast, the Bell County Annex, at 304 Priest Drive, has had 481 and the Senior Center at Lions Club Park, 1700 E. Stan Schlueter Loop, has had 738 ballots. | https://www.tdtnews.com/news/central_texas_news/article_2b457236-ca65-11ec-ac59-3b957a5f7857.html | 2022-05-03T01:47:58Z |
Cats, possibly the most disinterested animals on the planet, are getting into gaming.
"Stray," a new game from BlueTwelve Studio and Annapurna Interactive publishing for PlayStations 4 and 5, allows you to play as a cat living in a dystopian world. Turns out, it's so realistic looking, housecats have been caught staring at it and mimicking it for hours on end.
Players are rewarded by existing as a cat in the game. You can do all the things that make cats, well, cats. Gamers can meow, wander around outside, clean themselves, sleep a lot, scratch furniture, knock things off tables, eat.
"Stray" players have been posting their own cats watching the game on social media, copying the cats in the game, staring at screens.
There's even a Cats Watching Stray Twiiter account now, with gamers posting their cats reacting to the game.
One woman posted a video of her cat blocking the screen, writing, "My cat wont let me play this game."
Another wrote "Cats gonna cat."
One fan has a houseful of cats gathered around the television watching together, writing, "Let's start meow button."
In the game, human players can also meow on command with the push of a button. One gamer's cat started meowing back.
Online reviews for the game have been mostly positive ... or should we say pawsitive. Had to. Meow.
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NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., June 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Crown Sterling Limited LLC, leader in Personal Data Sovereignty and provider of quantum-resistant encryption and compression technologies, announces that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued US Patent 11,310,042 B2 (Inventor: Robert Edward Grant), covering a development in the data and information security field, Methods of Storing and Distributing Large Keys.
The primary claim of US Patent 11,310,042 B2 is a method for securely encrypting and decrypting data wherein a function is processed to obtain a raw key that is an irrational number. A sending computing device applies a starting point and length to obtain a shortened key used for encryption. A receiving computing device identifies the function from a received identifier and applies the starting point and length to a mirroring raw key to derive the decryption key.
Robert E. Grant, Founder and CEO of Crown Sterling commented, "We were very pleased with how rapidly this seminal patent was issued by the US Patent Trademark Office. This is the first of many new patents that are linked to our innovations in both cryptography and compression. The Crown Sterling Chain is the world's first layer 1 blockchain to implement One-Time Pad's quantum-resistant cryptography."
Quantum computers, as demonstrated by the work of Peter Shor and others, have computational resources beyond the capabilities we have today rendering the security of traditional asymmetric encryption and their cryptographic algorithms obsolete. One-Time Pad is an information theory-based encryption method that does not depend on assumptions about the computational resources of an attacker (and therefore is quantum-resistant), in contrast to conventional encryption protocols relying on prime numbers and number theory. This novel method of compressing large keys allows for practical and scalable implementation of One-Time Pad encryption in combination with blockchain technology.
Crown Sterling's mission is to empower individuals to claim, protect, and control their data in an era of largely unregulated Big Tech vulnerability and monopolization. Crown Sovereign (CSOV) utility token enables users to access the novel product suite, including quantum-resistant cryptography and NFTs, end-to-end encrypted messaging, and other future data compression technologies. The Crown Sterling Chain is an independent high-speed Layer 1 solution built using Polkadot's Substrate framework. With CSOV token and ecosystem, users can encrypt personal data, including geo-location and browsing history, and convert that data into NFTs with the option to monetize it on exchanges. With data emerging as the world's most valuable asset, Crown Sterling looks forward to ushering in a new paradigm of Personal Data Sovereignty. For more on Crown Sterling and CSOV, join the community on Telegram and Twitter.
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A Wisconsin man was arrested and charged in the 1992 killings of two people after his DNA was obtained during a traffic stop last month and matched evidence from the crime scene, according to a criminal complaint.
Tony G. Haase, 51, faces two counts of first-degree intentional homicide in connection to the killings of Timothy W. Mumbrue and Tanna M. Togstad on March 21, 1992, in Waupaca County, Wisconsin, according to the Wisconsin Department of Justice.
Investigators found "numerous print impressions" at the crime scene, some of which were left behind in the blood of the homicide victims. A sample was taken to the Wisconsin State Crime Laboratory in Madison for eventual forensic DNA analysis, according to the complaint.
Haase was approached by investigators at his workplace on August 11, more than a month after he gave authorities his DNA sample during a traffic stop on July 6, the complaint said.
The Wisconsin State Crime Laboratory found his DNA was "consistent with the profile previously detected from the bodily fluids recovered from the body of Togstad," according to the criminal complaint.
CNN has reached out to the Wisconsin State Public Defender's Office for comment.
During questioning, Haase identified a picture of Togstad and said their fathers had been friends, the complaint noted. He initially denied connection to the homicides.
However, he then told investigators that when he first saw a news report of the deaths in 1992, "he was afraid he was involved" and said he had "snippets/blurbs" of memories that he attributed to the murders through the years, the complaint stated. Haase was 21 years old at the time of the killings.
Investigators learned Haase's father was killed in a snowmobile crash when Haase was 7 and Togstad's father was also involved in the crash, according to the complaint.
Haase told investigators he was in a "drunken stupor" the night of the March 20, 1992, and started to think about the accident that killed his father, which led him to going to Togstad's home.
According to the complaint, Haase described getting into a "scuffle" with Mumbrue, during which he moved his arm in a stabbing motion toward Mumbrue's chest and Mumbrue fell to the floor.
Haase said he remembered Togstad yelling "what the f**k," after which he punched her in the face, knocking her out and then stabbed her in the chest when she "started to 'stir,'" the complaint says.
When asked why he didn't tell investigators right away, Haase replied, "I didn't want it to sound like I had it planned," and said he did not know why he did it, the complaint said.
Haase is being held in the Waupaca County Jail in lieu of $2 million bond.
During a preliminary hearing Tuesday, Haase asked for proceedings to be delayed because he is still in the process of hiring an attorney, CNN affiliate WLUK reported.
The court clerk's office confirmed to CNN that the preliminary hearing was continued without a plea.
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GÖTEBORG, Sweden, June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2022 scholarship from Håkan Frisinger's Foundation for Transport Research is awarded to Simon Matti, Professor at Luleå University of Technology. The Foundation has also decided to grant SEK 500 000 SEK for the VREF Visiting Researcher Programme 2022 to Chalmers University of Technology.
Simon Matti is awarded the scholarship of SEK 300,000 for his extensive research work, while the grant of SEK 500,000 for the VREF (Volvo Research and Educational Foundations) Visiting Researcher Program is given to Chalmers University of Technology which hosts the award-winning guest researcher.
"Simon Matti's research concerns strategy and policy for climate and the environment, which is very relevant for the field of transport research. Prof. Matti focuses on general political attitudes, political legitimacy and political behavior, and also has well-documented experience of interdisciplinary research. His strong scientific track record is combined with a strong teaching and supervision record at various levels (bachelor's degree, master's degree and doctoral degree), and he has shown the ability to research communication and implement research results that lead to societal impact," says the Board of Håkan Frisinger's Foundation in their motivation.
The proposed program at Chalmers University of Technology will provide good opportunities for fruitful interdisciplinary collaboration. Matti's experience of general political attitudes and behavioral economics will contribute to research on transport and mobility, especially in terms of consumption patterns and adjustment.
The Håkan Frisinger Foundation was initiated by AB Volvo and has independently issued annual scholarships in means of transport research in Sweden since 2000, and from 2021 in the Nordic countries. The aim of the award is to promote and support research and development in the field of transport, for the benefit of academia, industry and society in general.
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ATLANTA -- The Alabama company looking to open a titanium mine near the Okefenokee Swamp is being confronted with an additional hurdle.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has reversed an earlier approval of the project and now will require Twin Pines Minerals to reapply for a federal permit. The company already is seeking permits from the Georgia Environmental Protection Division.
In a memorandum issued late last week, Michael Connor, assistant secretary of the Army for civil works, wrote that Twin Pines has not properly consulted the Muscogee Creek Nation despite their request for such a consultation.
The mine’s opponents, who argue the project would threaten the hydrology of the largest blackwater swamp in North America, applauded the Corps’ decision.
"Thanks to everyone who has supported the Okefenokee Swamp and the Suwannee and St. Marys Rivers during this long permitting process," said John Quarterman, executive director of the Hahira-based environmental advocacy group Suwannee Riverkeeper. "Special thanks to the Valdosta mayor and council for their resolution of Sept. 11, 2021, supporting the swamp and opposing the mine. This recent decision was one of the requests of that resolution."
U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., who visited the swamp last year, has lobbied the Corps and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to stop the mine.
“The Okefenokee is a sacred natural resource,” Ossoff said. “It is a wildlife resource that must be protected.”
Twin Pines officials have indicated they plan to continue pursuing the project despite the Corps’ decision.
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SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SVB Financial Group (SVB), the financial partner of the innovation economy and parent of Silicon Valley Bank, today announced the appointment of Thomas King, former Chief Executive Officer of Investment Banking at Barclays, to its board of directors, effective September 13, 2022. King will also serve on the board's Compensation and Human Capital Committee.
"Tom's proven leadership within complex global financial services firms makes him well suited to join SVB's board as the company continues to grow," said Kay Matthews, Chair of SVB's board of directors. "Tom's expansive knowledge of the financial services industry will contribute to SVB's ability to execute its strategy and deliver long-term value for stakeholders."
SVB provides innovators, enterprises and investors with the services they need to succeed via four complementary businesses: Silicon Valley Bank, SVB Capital, SVB Private and SVB Securities. With $214 billion in assets and more than 7,700 employees globally (as of Q2 2022), SVB strives to improve the probability of its clients' success.
"Over three decades, Tom has leveraged his global banking and corporate finance expertise, regulatory knowledge and keen relationship-building talents to build and transform businesses," said Greg Becker, president and CEO of SVB. "His strategic thinking and values-led leadership will be an asset to our company and our clients."
King has nearly 35 years of experience in corporate and investment banking, and currently serves as an Operating Partner of investment firm Atlas Merchant Capital. From 2014-2016, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Investment Banking at Barclays, overseeing both the banking and markets businesses. In that time, he also served as the Chairman of the Investment Banking Executive Committee and as a member of the Barclays Group Executive Committee.
King began his career at Salomon Brothers, which was later acquired by Citigroup. During his tenure at Citi, he held several senior roles, including Global Head of Mergers and Acquisitions, Head of Investment Banking for the EMEA Region and Head of Corporate and Investment Banking for the EMEA region. King previously served on the board of directors for Leerink Holdings, now SVB Securities, from 2017 to 2018. SVB Financial Group acquired Leerink Holdings in 2018.
King received a Master of Business Administration degree from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Bowdoin College. He currently serves on various public, private and nonprofit boards, including the King School in Stamford, Connecticut.
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New quantitatively-assessed forwards build on the existing editorially-assessed 3-month forwards
SINGAPORE and LONDON and NEW YORK, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- S&P Global Commodity Insights™, the leading independent provider of information, analysis and benchmark prices for the commodities and energy markets, is expanding global Platts Forward Curves for conventional ("gray) ammonia to 24 months, effective September 16, 2022, further enhancing Platts Ammonia benchmark offerings across the global market.
"This launch follows market engagement and responds to increased interest for longer-term ammonia price trends, amid market volatility and this year's historically high ammonia spot prices," said Mario Perez, Managing Editor, Hydrogen Pricing, S&P Global Commodity Insights. "The interest in and importance of ammonia is increasing by the day. Ammonia is expected to move quickly into the energy transition space as fuel for power generation and as bunker fuel."
The new, expanded forward curves for ammonia are built on the existing near-term Platts Ammonia Forward Curves for conventional ("gray) ammonia free-on-board (FOB) Middle East and on a cost, insurance and freight (CFR) basis for Northwest Europe and US Gulf Coast, which were launched April 26, 2022. Prompt months in the forward curve are assessed by the Platts editorial team, based on market data, prevailing price information, historical price spreads and trend analysis.
Platts is adding months four through 24 of new quantitatively-driven forward assessments to FOB Middle East, CFR Northwest Europe and CFR US Gulf. It is also launching a new set of months one to 24 of quantitative forward assessments for CFR Far East Asia, all effective September 16th.
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Earlier this year, on April 26, 2022, S&P Global Commodity Insights began publishing a daily Platts forward curve for three months forward for conventional ("gray) ammonia. The new forward curves add to the Platts ammonia price assessments, which already include gray anhydrous ammonia cargoes begun in October 2021 and low-carbon ("blue") ammonia price valuations, which Platts launched April 22, 2022.
Understanding the forward price of ammonia could bring additional confidence over time in price risk strategies such as hedging, as well as investing in ammonia production facilities. Increased confidence could boost liquidity and promote international trade, including exchange settlement transactions.
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Powell, an author of 15 books, is one of the most celebrated political, cultural, literary and hip-hop voices in America.
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas, Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Prairie View A&M University announced today the appointment of the highly-regarded poet, journalist, TV personality and author Kevin Powell to serve as its second writer-in-residence of the Toni Morrison Writing Program.
Powell has penned articles, essays and blogs for a wide range of newspapers, magazines and major websites. His writings have appeared in The New York Times, CNN.com, The Nation, NPR, ESPN, Essence, Esquire, Ebony, The Huffington Post, The Washington Post, Rolling Stone, Complex, British GQ, The Guardian, and ESPN.com. Powell worked at Vibe Magazine as a senior writer for many years, interviewing such diverse public figures as Tupac Shakur and General Colin Powell.
Powell's forthcoming books include The Kevin Powell Reader, a collection of his writings, interviews and speeches covering 30 years of his work and a long-awaited biography of Tupac Shakur.
A native of Jersey City, Powell was raised by a single mother in a community stricken with extreme poverty and violence. His life transformed after studying at Rutgers University in New Brunswick thanks to the New Jersey Educational Opportunity Fund, a program created during the Civil Rights Movement to benefit poor youth. Today, he has lectured, worked and traveled in all 50 American states and five of the world's seven continents.
Now in its second year, PVAMU's Toni Morrison Writing Program continues to flourish under the direction of Provost Emerita Emma Joahanne Thomas-Smith. One of the most celebrated African American poets, Nikki Giovanni, wrapped up her appointment as the program's inaugural writer-in-residence this spring.
"The Toni Morrison Writing Program's selection of Kevin Powell as writer-in-residence meets the objective: Powell studies; Powell thinks deeply. He takes a stance on a cornucopia of issues, including, but not limited to, social justice, interpersonal relationships, hip hop culture, and environmentalism, you name it. He challenges a multi-generational audience and issues to them a call to action. Given today's socio-political climate, nothing could be more timely, especially for HBCU college students for whom the college years are an apprenticeship for thoughtful, meaningful, intentional participation in the change they wish to see," Thomas-Smith said.
Powell began his appointment on September 1, with his first public lecture scheduled later this month.
About Prairie View A&M University: Designated an institution of "the first class" in the Texas Constitution, Prairie View A&M University is the second-oldest public institution of higher education in the state. With an established reputation for producing engineers, nurses, and educators, PVAMU offers baccalaureate degrees, master's degrees, and doctoral degree programs through eight colleges and schools. A member of The Texas A&M University System, the university is dedicated to fulfilling its land-grant mission of achieving excellence in teaching, research, and service. For more information regarding PVAMU, visit www.pvamu.edu.
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ENGLEWOOD, Colo., June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Zynex, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZYXI), an innovative medical technology company specializing in the manufacture and sale of non-invasive medical devices for pain management, rehabilitation, and patient monitoring, today announced that its board of directors approved a program to buy back $10.0 million of the Company's common stock. The program will commence on June 10, 2022 and is scheduled to terminate on June 9, 2023 or when the $10.0 million buyback limit is reached.
In making the announcement, Zynex CEO Thomas Sandgaard stated, "We fully utilized the $10 million buyback we announced in April, completing all purchases in less than fifty days. The additional $10 million share buyback reiterates our continued commitment to delivering shareholder value and reflects the board's confidence in our short-term prospects and our long-term growth strategy. In addition, we believe the current market value of our shares does not accurately reflect the Company's underlying value, and the buyback program represents an attractive opportunity to deploy capital in a way that will benefit stockholders."
Under the share buyback program, buybacks may be made from time-to-time in open market and negotiated purchases, effective immediately through the next twelve months. These buybacks will be made in compliance with the SEC's Rule 10b-18, subject to market conditions, available liquidity, cash flow, applicable legal requirements, and other factors. The specific prices, numbers of shares, and timing of purchase transactions will be determined by the Company from time to time in its sole discretion. This program does not obligate the Company to acquire any particular amount of common stock, and the program may be suspended or discontinued at any time, including in the event the Company would be deemed to be making an acquisition of its own shares under Rule 13e-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
The Company expects to finance the purchases with existing cash balances, which is not expected to have a material impact on capital levels.
Zynex, Inc. had approximately 41.6 million shares issued and 38.5 million shares outstanding as of June 8, 2022.
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Zynex, founded in 1996, develops, manufactures, markets, and sells medical devices used for pain management and rehabilitation as well as non-invasive fluid, sepsis, and laser-based pulse oximetry monitoring systems for use in hospitals. For additional information, please visit: www.zynex.com.
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NEW YORK, April 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Affirm Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: AFRM).
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The lawsuit seeks to recover losses for shareholders who purchased Affirm between February 12, 2021 and February 10, 2022.
Shareholders interested in acting as a lead plaintiff representing the class of wronged shareholders have until April 29, 2022 to petition the court. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
According to a filed complaint, Affirm Holdings, Inc. issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) Affirm's "buy now, pay-later" service facilitated excessive consumer debt, regulatory arbitrage, and data harvesting; (ii) the foregoing subjected Affirm to a heightened risk of regulatory scrutiny and enforcement action; (iii) Affirm maintained inadequate disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting; (iv) accordingly, Affirm's tweet for its second quarter 2022 financial results contained selected metrics that made it appear that the Company had performed better than it actually did; and (v) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
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Woman killed by falling tree as storms hit Midwest, South
RISON, Ark. (AP) — A 20-year-old Arkansas woman was killed when a tree fell on her home as severe storms swept through the state and a possible tornado ripped roofs off homes in Alabama, officials said.
The woman’s death occurred Wednesday as part of a multiday severe weather outbreak that caused tornadoes, powerful winds and huge hail in parts of the central and southern United States.
A possible tornado tore roofs off homes in a public housing community and peppered cars with debris Wednesday night in rural Greene County, Alabama, located about 90 miles (145 kilometers) southwest of Birmingham. Billy Hicks, who lives in the area, told WBMA-TV he was lying down when he heard a rush of wind that lasted only a few seconds.
“I jumped up and put my clothes on, put my shoes on when everything was over with. I come to the side door and looked across the street. I knew that something had hit all these houses,” said Hicks, who got in his car to go check on neighbors.
Authorities swarmed the area but didn’t find anyone who was hurt, said Zac Bolding of Greene County Emergency Medical Services.
“Most of the people we talked to as we were doing a house-to-house search explained that they were in their bathroom or an interior hallway, so they were listening to those warnings and without that I think we would have been looking at a much different situation,” he said.
In Arkansas, the woman was died when a tree toppled on her home in Rison shortly after 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, pinning her to the couch, said Stephen McClellan, Cleveland County’s emergency management coordinator. Rison is about 55 miles (90 kilometers) south of Little Rock.
A day earlier, 23 people were injured in the central Texas town of Salado. The National Weather Service in Fort Worth said Wednesday that the twister was rated an EF3 with peak wind speeds of 165 mph (265 kph).
Tornadoes were also reported Tuesday in parts of Iowa and Minnesota. Residents in the small southeastern Minnesota farming community of Taopi were cleaning up after a devastating tornado destroyed half of the town’s homes, toppled tall trees and left piles of debris.
A tornado that was rated EF2 with peak wind speeds of 130 mph (209 kph) struck Taopi near the Iowa border late Tuesday night, tearing the roofs off houses, overturning vehicles and bringing down power lines. There were no reports of serious injuries.
Volunteers arrived Wednesday to help residents clean up the debris in the community of about 80 people. Family members sifted through rubble looking for keepsakes.
“Half the town is gone,” City Clerk Jim Kiefer said. Of Taopi’s 22 homes, at least 10 are beyond repair, with roofs and walls missing, he said. Kiefer said his house is OK, but his mother’s home is a total loss.
“She won’t be going home,” he said.
Also, a blizzard struck North Dakota this week, closing the state Capitol, schools, government offices and some businesses for a third day Thursday.
The National Weather Service’s blizzard warning for much of the state and smaller sections of South Dakota and Montana remained in effect Thursday. More than a foot of snow (30 centimeters) has fallen in Bismarck with about 2 feet (61 centimeters) in Dickinson and Glenburn.
“For the month of April it’s not uncommon to get the snow. Now, snow of this magnitude — this is something that’s a little bit more unique,” said Rick Krolak, at the weather service’s Bismarck office.
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Over two dozen sessions and some 75 speakers in six days. We have a lot to talk about in Wisconsin.
MADISON, Wis., Aug. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A few months back, the Cap Times announced that the sixth annual Cap Times Idea Fest will once again be a hybrid of virtual and in-person events from Sept. 12-17 across Madison. This morning, Cap Times publisher Paul Fanlund announced speakers including Carl Bernstein and U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin, and session topics ranging from the election to climate change.
Bernstein, who along with Washington Post colleague Bob Woodward broke the Watergate scandal 50 years ago, will be the featured guest in a special fundraiser, while Raskin, a Democrat from Maryland who is a member of the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection, will be the keynote speaker on Friday, Sept. 16.
Tickets are now on sale and registration is open for all free virtual events. The full schedule of events and locations will be available in a few weeks at captimesideafest.com.
This year, Cap Times is proud to announce it has teamed up with Madison's Young Blood Beer Company for an official Cap Times Idea Fest beer. Young Blood will brew a limited-release hazy IPA with hops sourced from Wisconsin, available for purchase at Young Blood's taproom in downtown Madison and at some in-person fest sessions. The beer name and more details will be announced soon at captimes.com.
Virtual sessions during the first part of the week will focus on topics including the upcoming election, climate change, immigration, medical records, rural broadband, marijuana policy and the influence of Title IX. Speakers will include Sen. Melissa Agard, Prof. Dominique Brossard, journalist Ruth Conniff, Sen. Mary Felzkowski, Prof. Charles Franklin, author Andrew Maraniss, activist Christine Neumann-Ortiz, Prof. Ajay Sethi and many more.
Cap Times food editor Lindsay Christians hosts chef Joe Papach of Harvey House in Kessenich's Innovation Kitchen. Register to watch this event free online. Cap Times members get exclusive access to join live for a limited number of seats and enjoy the featured dish and a glass of wine.
Madison Area Music Association-award winning trio Gin, Chocolate and Bottle Rockets will perform a lively show at Doc's Smokehouse. Tickets are $15, or free for Cap Times members at the King Street level and higher. Price includes an outstanding barbecue dinner.
Held at the Memorial Union's Great Hall, cocktails begin at 6:30 p.m. As a special fundraiser for the Cap Times, come hear Madison native and Washington Post editor David Maraniss interview Post colleague Carl Bernstein of Watergate fame about the 50th anniversary of that scandal, how our current political climate compares and his early journalism career. Tickets are $125, or $100 for Cap Times members at the King Street level and higher. Price includes light appetizers, drinks and a copy of Bernstein's new book, "Chasing History: A Kid in the Newsroom."
Three days of events all at one price! On Wednesday, Sept. 15, at 7 p.m., join us at Madison College's south campus for an outstanding discussion about the "Rising Tide on the south side" featuring community leaders: Ruben Anthony, the Rev. Dr. Alex Gee, Vanessa McDowell and Karen Menendez-Coller. On Friday, Sept. 16, and Saturday, Sept. 17, join us in the Union's Shannon Hall for an outstanding lineup of speakers including Jocelyn Benson, Barb McQuade, Toluse Olorunnipa, Jamie Raskin, Robert Samuels and more. Tickets are $25, or $10 for Cap Times members at the King Street level and higher.
This annual event is the largest hosted by the Cap Times since 2017. All who register, purchase tickets and sponsor this event are supporting local journalism and the Cap Times newsroom. Readers can support the Cap Times by becoming a Cap Times member. Members of all levels will get Idea Fest ticket discounts, and members at the Evjue level will get a free pair of tickets. Thank you to the Madison community and to all of our readers for your continued support. Subscribe to the Cap Times Idea Fest newsletter to get fest updates and answers to FAQs, or visit captimes.com.
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Holmgren to Serve as Vice President of Solutions and Toro to Serve as New Vice President of Partnerships to Lead Robocorp in Rapidly Expanding RPA Market
SAN FRANCISCO, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Robocorp, the top provider of Gen2 robotic process automation (RPA), is pleased to announce the addition of Tommi Holmgren and Sebastian Toro to the company. Holmgren will join as the vice president of solutions and Toro will join as the vice president of partnerships.
With 20+ years of experience in the technology and digital venture spaces, Holmgren's new role as the vice president of solutions includes leading a team of developers and shaping the product roadmap. Holmgren joins Robocorp from Aito.ai where he served as CEO and was responsible for a product that enables software robot developers and no-coders to build machine learning solutions for automation workflows. Prior to his time at Aito.ai, Holmgren co-founded Cabforce, the first modern airport transportation aggregator, and has worked as a consultant helping enterprise customers in their digital transformation. Holmgren's experience in intelligent automation solutions will speed up the growth of Robocorp's open-source RPA ecosystem tremendously.
"In a rapidly growing industry, Robocorp is at the forefront of the movement towards more advanced yet more accessible robotic process automation solutions," says Holmgren. "It's an exciting time to be joining Robocorp and its top-caliber team to help create technology solutions and products that not only bolster and advance our customers' digital workers but also inspire automation across the board."
Sebastian Toro joins Robocorp as the new vice president of partnerships, where he will spearhead the strategy to help grow Robocorp's suite of partners and ultimately customers. As one of the first customers implementing RPA back in 2012/13 to founding and scaling his own automation pure-play company, AKOA, Toro has been at the center of the RPA industry since its birth. Given his vast domain experience, he is considered a thought leader in the intelligent automation and AI space. Prior to this new role, Toro led the Intelligent Automation teams at Cognizant and boasts extensive knowledge and network in the RPA community.
"I'm thrilled to join the Robocorp team, particularly at this exciting time in the automation and technology spaces," says Toro. "Robocorp is a unique company that has embraced the learnings of the first RPA wave to develop a state-of-the-art technology that will be leading the industry as we set new standards of what is to be expected by RPA, and it's an honor to help them grow their brand and customer base while also providing the best RPA has to offer."
In their new roles, Holmgren and Toro aim to amplify Robocorp's Gen2 RPA offering and ensure that customers are provided with the most efficient, streamlined, and affordable RPA solutions to take their digital workers to the next level.
"As we see a massive rise in RPA's popularity across the globe, I'm pleased to welcome Tommi and Sebastian to the Robocorp family as we continue to drive Gen2 RPA adoption," says Antti Karjalainen, co-founder and CEO of Robocorp. "There is a significant need for better and more accessible RPA solutions and Tommi and Sebastian are key to leading the Gen2 RPA movement and will take Robocorp's brand to the next level."
To learn more about Robocorp and our Gen2 RPA technology, visit https://robocorp.com/.
Robocorp empowers businesses and teams to work smarter by shattering previous boundaries of RPA and intelligent automation. The company makes it easy, affordable, and fast to build software robots and automate manual tasks with first-class, open-source process automation tools. It also provides a robust, secure orchestration and execution platform to allow customers to run both cloud-based and self-managed robotic automations with consumption-based pricing. Robocorp is backed by Benchmark, Canvas Ventures, Slow Ventures, FirstMinute Capital, Harpoon Ventures, Uncorrelated Ventures, Artisanal Ventures, Haystack, and angels. Robocorp is headquartered in San Francisco, with our primary offices being online. Learn more at https://robocorp.com/.
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Iga Swiatek becomes 1st Polish tennis player ranked No. 1
By HOWARD FENDRICH
AP Tennis Writer
Iga Swiatek has moved up one spot to the top of the WTA rankings and is the first tennis player from Poland to be No. 1 in the sport. The 20-year-old Swiatek took over from Ash Barty at the top. Barty announced last month she would be retiring at the age of 25 after more than two years at No. 1. Swiatek won the 2020 French Open and is currently on a 17-match winning streak that includes titles in Miami and Indian Wells. She defeated former No. 1 Naomi Osaka 6-4, 6-0 in the Miami Open final on Saturday. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/04/04/iga-swiatek-becomes-1st-polish-tennis-player-ranked-no-1/ | 2022-04-04T14:29:54Z |
NEW YORK, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Inc. revealed that OUTWARD HOUND is No. 3656 on its annual Inc. 5000 list, the most prestigious ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in America. The list represents a one-of-a-kind look at the most successful companies within the economy's most dynamic segment—its independent businesses. Facebook, Chobani, Under Armour, Microsoft, Patagonia, and many other well-known names gained their first national exposure as honorees on the Inc. 5000.
"We are excited to be recognized among some of the best companies in the country for a second time," said Outward Hound CEO Michael Black. "To be acknowledged as one of the fastest-growing private companies in America during these challenging times underscores our team's hard work and commitment to serving families and their pets worldwide."
The companies on the 2022 Inc. 5000 have not only been successful, but have also demonstrated resilience amid supply chain woes, labor shortages, and the ongoing impact of Covid-19. Among the top 500, the average median three-year revenue growth rate soared to 2,144 percent. Together, those companies added more than 68,394 jobs over the past three years.
Complete results of the Inc. 5000, including company profiles and an interactive database that can be sorted by industry, region, and other criteria, can be found at www.inc.com/inc5000. The top 500 companies are featured in the September issue of Inc. magazine, which will be available on August 23.
"The accomplishment of building one of the fastest-growing companies in the U.S., in light of recent economic roadblocks, cannot be overstated," says Scott Omelianuk, editor-in-chief of Inc. "Inc. is thrilled to honor the companies that have established themselves through innovation, hard work, and rising to the challenges of today."
Outward Hound® is a Prospect Hill Growth Partners Portfolio Company that is an award-winning innovator, creator, manufacturer, and distributor of the highest quality toys, games, gear, and feeders for dogs and cats. The company's portfolio of brands includes Outward Hound, Planet Dog, Petstages, Wholesome Pride Pet Treats, Best Friends by Sheri, and Nina Ottosson puzzle toys. Outward Hound is headquartered outside of Denver in Centennial, CO. For more, visit OutwardHound.com and follow @OutwardHound on Instagram.
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Companies on the 2022 Inc. 5000 are ranked according to percentage revenue growth from 2018 to 2021. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2018. They must be U.S.-based, privately held, for-profit, and independent—not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies—as of December 31, 2021. (Since then, some on the list may have gone public or been acquired.) The minimum revenue required for 2018 is $100,000; the minimum for 2021 is $2 million. As always, Inc. reserves the right to decline applicants for subjective reasons. Growth rates used to determine company rankings were calculated to four decimal places. The top 500 companies on the Inc. 5000 are featured in Inc. magazine's September issue. The entire Inc. 5000 can be found at http://www.inc.com/inc5000.
The world's most trusted business-media brand, Inc. offers entrepreneurs the knowledge, tools, connections, and community to build great companies. Its award-winning multiplatform content reaches more than 50 million people each month across a variety of channels including websites, newsletters, social media, podcasts, and print. Its prestigious Inc. 5000 list, produced every year since 1982, analyzes company data to recognize the fastest-growing privately held businesses in the United States. The global recognition that comes with inclusion in the 5000 gives the founders of the best businesses an opportunity to engage with an exclusive community of their peers, and the credibility that helps them drive sales and recruit talent. The associated Inc. 5000 Conference & Gala is part of a highly acclaimed portfolio of bespoke events produced by Inc. For more information, visit www.inc.com.
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HOUSTON, July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bristow Group Inc. (NYSE: VTOL), the global leader in innovative and sustainable vertical flight solutions, will present at the 2022 Jefferies Industrials Conference on Tuesday, August 9, 2022.
Bristow's Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Jennifer Whalen is scheduled to present on Tuesday, August 9, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. ET and participate in investor meetings throughout the day.
The accompanying investor presentation will be available on Tuesday, August 9, 2022, on the investor section of Bristow's website at www.bristowgroup.com.
About Bristow Group
Bristow Group Inc. is the leading global provider of innovative and sustainable vertical flight solutions. Bristow primarily provides aviation services to a broad base of major integrated, national and independent energy companies. Bristow provides commercial search and rescue (SAR) services in several countries and public sector SAR services in the United Kingdom (U.K.) on behalf of the Maritime & Coastguard Agency. Additionally, the Company also offers fixed wing transportation and other aviation related solutions.
Bristow currently has customers in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, the Dutch Caribbean, Guyana, India, Mexico, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Spain, Suriname, Trinidad, the U.K. and the U.S. To learn more, visit our website at www.bristowgroup.com.
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Vehicle crashes along Interstate 77 into wooded area near Fohl Street SW
Cassandra Nist
The Repository
CANTON TWP. – The Ohio Highway Patrol was on the scene Wednesday morning of a single vehicle crash with injuries along Interstate 77 north near Fohl Street SW.
Motorists should expect lane closures on I-77 northbound near state Route 212 to Fohl.
The patrol said a vehicle drove off the interstate and crashed into a wooded area.
Ohio Highway Patrol:Two seriously injured in head-on crash in US 30 construction zone
The driver was transported to Cleveland Clinic Mercy Hospital. The driver's condition wasn't available.
This story will be updated.
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Dominic Thiem loses on return from injury at Serbia Open
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — John Millman has tainted Dominic Thiem’s return from injury by beating the Austrian 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 in the first round of the Serbia Open. Thiem was playing his first tour-level match since injuring his right wrist last June. The former world No. 3 showed some signs of encouragement before Millman prevailed in just over two and a half hours. It was the 32-year-old Millman’s first win in four matches against Thiem. Czech player Jiri Lehecka defeated Henri Laaksonen 6-2, 7-5 to seal a second-round meeting with the second-seeded Andrey Rublev. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/04/19/dominic-thiem-beaten-on-return-from-injury-at-serbia-open/ | 2022-04-19T16:16:08Z |
CLEVELAND, June 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- While insulation accounts for the vast majority of global mineral wool use, ceiling tiles, water filtration, and hydroponics offer opportunities for mineral wool suppliers, finds a new Freedonia Group analysis:
- Ceiling tiles are often used for soundproofing and fireproofing in nonresidential buildings such as offices and hospitals. Already popular in North America, they are increasingly being used as an alternative to drywall ceilings in China.
- Water filtration is an important application for mineral wool, as demand for potable water is increasing in areas with limited access to sanitation systems and water infrastructure.
- Mineral wool can be used as a medium for hydroponic plants, which allow for crop production in areas with less arable land and limited water sources.
Among the leading applications for mineral wool, acoustic insulation will be the fastest growing through 2025. Going forward, demand for mineral wool in acoustic insulation and soundproofing applications will be supported by:
- rapid development of industrial markets – which are often loud and high-temperature environments – particularly in the Asia/Pacific region, as mineral wool enjoys widespread use in these settings
- strict noise pollution and worker safety regulations in Western Europe, the US, and Canada
- rising interest in enhanced acoustics in office and institutional settings, supporting demand for interior wall insulation
Global Mineral Wool: Insulation & Other Applications provides historical data (2010, 2015, and 2020) and forecasts for 2025 and 2030 for mineral wool demand by application (in dollars) and market (in dollars and metric tons), net exports (in dollars), and production (in dollars) on a country-by-country basis. Demand in value terms is shown at the manufacturers' level and excludes distributor and retailer markups.
Applications:
- thermal insulation and fireproofing
- acoustic insulation and soundproofing
- ceiling tiles and panels
- small volume applications, such as hydroponics, filtration, EIFS (exterior insulation finishing systems), and green roofing
Markets:
- residential buildings (e.g., single-family and multifamily)
- nonresidential buildings (including, office, retail and lodging, institutional, and industrial buildings)
- industrial and plant equipment (e.g., power generation, oil and gas, petroleum refining, chemicals, food and beverages, pharmaceuticals)
- HVAC/air distribution equipment (including residential, commercial, and heating and air ducts)
- other markets (e.g., nonbuilding construction, appliances, transportation equipment)
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Did you lose money on investments in Riskified Ltd.? If so, please visit Riskified Ltd. Shareholder Class Action Lawsuit or contact Peter Allocco at (212) 951-2030 or pallocco@bernlieb.com to discuss your rights.
NEW YORK, June 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bernstein Liebhard LLP, a nationally acclaimed investor rights law firm, reminds investors of the deadline to file a lead plaintiff motion in a securities class action lawsuit that has been filed on behalf of investors who purchased or acquired the Class A ordinary shares of Riskified Ltd. ("Riskified" or the "Company") (NYSE: RSKD) in or traceable to the Company's July 2021 initial public offering (the "IPO") of 20.125 million Riskified shares at $21 per share. The lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and alleges violations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1933.
Riskified operates a risk management platform that utilizes machine learning to protect its merchant-clients from fraud. The Company's proprietary machine learning platform purportedly identifies the individual behind each online interaction, helping Riskified's online merchant customers eliminate risk from their business. Riskified charges merchants a percentage of every dollar of Gross Merchandise Value ("GMV") that it approves (i.e., is deemed non-fraudulent by Riskified's proprietary fraud-detection software). If an approved transaction results in a chargeback (a charge reversal that occurs when a cardholder disputes a transaction), Riskified reimburses the merchant for the amount of the lost sale as part of its "chargeback guarantee."
Leading up to the IPO, Riskified claimed that it was experiencing tremendous revenue growth, stating that its revenue grew 55% in the first quarter of 2021 compared to the first quarter of 2020. Riskified also stated that its GMV grew 77%, gross profit grew 65%, and adjusted EBITDA went from a $3.1 million loss to a $296,000 loss, respectively, from the first quarter of 2020 to the first quarter of 2021.
On July 1, 2021, the Company filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form F1 for the IPO, which, after several amendments, was declared effective on July 28, 2021 (the "Registration Statement").
Plaintiff alleges that the Registration Statement was materially false and misleading because it failed to disclose that: (a) as Riskified expanded its user base, the quality of the Company's machine learning platform had deteriorated (rather than improved as represented in the Registration Statement); (b) Riskified had expanded its customer base into industries with relatively high rates of fraud – including partnerships with cryptocurrency and remittance business – in which the Company had limited experience, and that this expansion had negatively impacted the effectiveness of the Company's machine learning platform; and (c) Riskified suffered from materially higher chargebacks and cost of revenue and depressed gross profits and gross profit margins during its third fiscal quarter of 2021.
On September 9, 2021, Riskified issued a press release announcing the Company's financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2021 – i.e., the quarter prior to the IPO. On a conference calls, defendant Dotcheva, the Company's Chief Financial Officer, stated that Riskified tended "to experience higher chargebacks when we enter a new industry."
On November 16, 2021, Riskified issued a press release announcing the Company's financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2021 – i.e., the quarter during which the IPO was conducted. The release reported, among other things, that Riskified's revenue growth had declined to 26% year-over-year, compared to 55% and 47% revenue growth year-over-year for the first and second quarters of 2021 respectively. Riskified's GMV growth had also declined to 28% year-over-year compared to 77% and 55%, respectively, for the first two quarters of 2021.
On February 23, 2022, Riskified issued a press release announcing the Company's financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2021. The release reported that Riskified's revenue growth and GMV growth had continued to decelerate during the quarter to just 22% and 23%, respectively, year-over-year. Further, Riskified's gross profit growth remained muted, at just 10.7% year-over-year.
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If you purchased or otherwise acquired RSKD Class A ordinary shares in or traceable to the Company's IPO, and/or would like to discuss your legal rights and options please visit Riskified Ltd. Shareholder Class Action Lawsuit or contact Peter Allocco at (212) 951-2030 or pallocco@bernlieb.com.
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TUCSON, Ariz., July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons Educational Foundation (AAPS) filed a lawsuit today in the federal Southern District of Texas, against three medical special boards for their threatened retaliation against physicians who speak out on matters of public concern. AAPS stands up for First Amendment rights of physicians who, like all American citizens, should be able to speak publicly without risk of retaliation.
"Our freedoms depend on the ability of physicians and all Americans to speak out on important issues of our day," said Andrew Schlafly, who filed this lawsuit. "Entities holding monopolies over board certification should not be retaliating against good physicians."
This new lawsuit asserts that "Defendants wrongly misuse their authority in a politically partisan manner to chill speech critical of positions taken by Dr. Anthony Fauci, lockdowns, mask mandates, Covid vaccines and even abortion." This Complaint seeks injunctive and declaratory relief against several specialty Board Defendants that hold monopolies over board certification, and against the federal government for its newly created Disinformation Governance Board.
"Although only official state medical boards have the proper authority to regulate the practice of medicine, certifications by the Board Defendants constitute a de facto essential credential for practicing in most hospitals or participating in most networks," this lawsuit asserts. "By threatening to revoke board certification of physicians, the Board Defendants improperly chill speech by physicians without the political accountability of official state medical boards," this Complaint adds.
The Board Defendants are the American Board of Internal Medicine, the American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology, and the American Board of Family Medicine. Each of these entities, which hold monopolies over board certification in their specialties, have declared their plans to discipline physicians who speak out.
"Criticizing Dr. Anthony Fauci should not be a basis for retaliating against a physician for speaking his mind," Andrew Schlafly states. The lawsuit points out that many Republican senators properly rebuked Dr. Fauci for his statements that "I represent science" and that those who criticize him "are really criticizing science."
The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons Educational Foundation is a national organization that co-sponsors conferences and funds scholarships for attendance by medical students and residents.
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Derivita is pleased to announce the partnership and consortium agreement with the Texas Community College Teachers Association (TCCTA)
SALT LAKE CITY, June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Together, Derivita and TCCTA members will be able to easily create, curate, and deliver accessible math assignments and assessments for their students via their preferred Learning Management System (LMS). With Derivita, educators can ensure students master the mathematics that suit their credential or degree requirements. Derivita accomplishes this by providing students with immediate, personalized feedback and the opportunity to meaningfully showcase their understanding- all at a reduced cost for their families and themselves. Derivita provides the right math at the right time for each student.
Institutions and educators who are members of TCCTA can purchase Derivita at a discounted rate as part of the consortium agreement. Educators across the state of Texas can easily integrate Derivita with their preferred LMS in minutes and gain immediate access to Derivita's full suite of tools including: a question library of 60,000+ questions from Algebra to Quantitative Reasoning to Statistics to Calculus, SpotCheck for increasing student engagement, powerful authoring tools, and analytics to track student progress and identify areas for improvement.
"Derivita is excited to work with TCCTA and to help strengthen the math teaching and learning experience for all Texas community college educators and students. TCCTA has been a tremendous partner in helping us communicate our potential impact across the state," stated Devlin Daley, Derivita CEO.
"TCCTA partners with many of the most innovative, creative solutions in higher education. We're proud to include Derivita on the team," said Richard Moore, TCCTA's Executive Director. He noted that "our organization relies on feedback from members when selecting new partners, they're in the best position to recognize products that add genuine quality and value for their programs and their students. The response we've heard from faculty about the Derivita platform has been positive and enthusiastic. We're glad to be able to introduce members to this powerful new resource".
About TCCTA
TCCTA is built with educators from every teaching discipline, as well as counselors, librarians, and administrators. This association has members from all public and independent two-year colleges in Texas and is the largest organization of postsecondary educators in Texas.
Learn more about TCCTA here.
About Derivita
Created by the co-founder of Instructure and the Canvas LMS, Derivita is an affordable, all-in-one math powerhouse that allows math educators to easily create, curate, and deliver math assignments and assessments. Derivita provides educators with a digital toolbox complete with a question library of 60,000+ randomized, auto-graded questions covering topics from Elementary Algebra to Quantitative Reasoning to Calculus. Educators can customize their assignments, author their own questions, and engage their students in real-time with SpotCheck. Derivita is available on any learning management system, works with any textbook (including open education resources), and is accessible from any device.
Learn more about Derivita here.
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Which kitchen floor mat is best?
If you routinely spend hours on your feet in the kitchen, whether for work or culinary play, you know the toll it takes on your body. Standing may be better for your health than sitting, but your knees, hips and back begin to feel sore and achy. At home, you can remedy this by adding a floor mat. More than a rug, the best kitchen floor mat provides cushioned relief and fights the pain that comes from standing too long.
The NewLife GelPro Anti-Fatigue Designer Comfort Kitchen Floor Mat is an ergonomically designed mat that prevents joint pain and can be customized with various colors and sizes.
What to know before you buy a kitchen floor mat
Size
The kitchen floor mat you select needs to fit comfortably in your space. If it’s too small, it won’t be much benefit for where you need it, but a mat that’s too large for the space can be a tripping hazard.
Rectangular mats that provide enough space so that you are not constantly stepping off and on the mat are best. Mat sizes range from smaller mats (32 inches long and 20 inches wide) to extra-long (around 100 inches long by 30 inches wide).
Material
Consider the material at the core of the mat as well as on the outside. Anti-fatigue kitchen floor mats come with an inner layer of either a thick foam core or gel. The outer layer is usually synthetic. Look for antimicrobial covers that resist stains.
Thickness and firmness
Although the thickness and firmness vary depending on your desired level of support, there are a few guidelines to consider.
- Mats should be no thicker than 1 inch. More than that becomes a tripping hazard or makes it difficult to step on and off.
- Your desired firmness is personal. Try out a few to see what feels best.
- A responsive mat should sink slightly when you step onto it but bounce back into shape quickly when you step off.
What to look for in a quality kitchen floor mat
Water-resistant
Spills happen in the kitchen, and the last thing you want is for your kitchen mat to soak it up like a sponge. Synthetic outer covers help repel water, as does a rubber underlayer.
Nonskid
One of the main causes of injury in the kitchen is tripping and falling. Any kitchen floor mat you select must be stable and sturdy. Look for a mat with nonskid rubber backing to keep it in place.
Beveled edges
Another feature in terms of stability is beveled edges. Beveled edges prevent the mat from curling up under hot, humid kitchen conditions.
How much you can expect to spend on a kitchen floor mat
They may not be glamorous, but floor mats in the kitchen are a critical piece of equipment that can improve your safety and comfort as you cook. Expect to spend $10-$100.
Kitchen floor mat FAQ
How do you choose the best color mat for your kitchen?
A. With many color options to choose from, you can select the mat that matches your kitchen decor. On the other hand, keep in mind that darker mats more easily show crumbs and debris. If keeping a tidy look is important to you, select a lighter mat.
Where is the best place for a kitchen mat?
A. The short answer is to place the mat where you do the most work. For many people, this is in front of a work surface where food prep occurs. Others might like to have a mat in front of their stove for long sessions with risotto or other labor-intensive dishes.
Keep in mind that any drawers or doors need to clear the mat easily no matter where it is placed. Some mats may not be appropriate for placement in front of the oven, either. Check with the manufacturer to ensure that the inner material or outer cover are not subject to heat-related damage from your stove.
What’s the best kitchen floor mat to buy?
Top kitchen floor mat
NewLife GelPro Anti-Fatigue Designer Comfort Kitchen Floor Mat
What you need to know: This is a popular mat that is comfortable and well-designed.
What you’ll love: It comes in various colors and sizes. The edges are beveled to prevent them from dangerously curling up. The cushioning is ergonomic to protect joints.
What you should consider: Even with the beveling, some users report curling edges as the mat ages.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Home Depot
Top kitchen floor mat for the money
iDesign Bamboo Nonskid Water-Resistant Floor Mat
What you need to know: If you prefer a more organic feel in your kitchen, this is the mat for you.
What you’ll love: Bamboo feels better on bare feet than rubber or other plastic mats. It is water-resistant and has a nonstick coating on the bottom to prevent sliding. It’s available in six sizes and also comes in sets of two.
What you should consider: The nonstick coating underneath left marks on some kitchen floors.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Amazon Basics Anti-Fatigue Standing Comfort Mat
What you need to know: It’s not going to win any design contests, but it fights fatigue and body soreness from hours in the kitchen.
What you’ll love: Its surface resists stains and scratches. The foam takes the shape of your feet for ideal support. It’s available in two colors and also comes in packs of five.
What you should consider: It’s very basic and not at all stylish. There is also an odor when it’s first opened.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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The 18-year-old gunman who killed 21 people at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, was not confronted by police before he entered the school, a Texas law enforcement official said Thursday, contradicting earlier comments from authorities and raising further questions about the police response to the massacre.
"He walked in unobstructed initially," Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Regional Director Victor Escalon said. "So from the grandmother's house, to the (ditch), to the school, into the school, he was not confronted by anybody."
A DPS representative on Wednesday said a school resource officer had "engaged" with the suspect prior to his entry into the school.
Escalon's comments came in a press conference that added further confusion to the timeline of Tuesday's horrific shooting that left 19 children and two teachers dead. The massacre marked the deadliest US school shooting in nearly a decade and was at least the 30th school shooting at a K-12 school in 2022. And it has thrown the nation -- where active shooter attacks jumped more than 50% last year -- yet again into a fury of anger and grief amid renewed calls for gun reform.
In his comments, Escalon said that the suspect, Salvador Ramos, shot his grandmother and then wrecked his truck in a ditch outside the school at 11:28 a.m. He exited the truck with a long rifle and shot at two people across the street, Escalon said. He then approached the school and shot at the building multiple times and walked into an apparently unlocked door at 11:40 a.m., he said.
There was no school resource officer on site or available at the time, he said. Inside, the suspect walked into a classroom and fired more than 25 rounds, Escalon said. The majority of the gunfire was in the beginning of the attack, he said.
Officers arrived to the school at 11:44 a.m., but when they went to confront the gunman, they received fire and took cover, Escalon said. They called for more resources and personnel, evacuated students and teachers in other parts of the school, and at some point entered "negotiations" with the suspect, he said. The US Border Patrol tactical team arrived, forced entry and fatally shot the suspect after about an hour, he said.
The press conference underscored the confusion and disorganization of the police response to the shooting and failed to answer questions as to how the gunman was able to remain inside the classroom for such a long time.
Uvalde Police Chief Daniel Rodriguez issued a statement Thursday defending his officers' response to the shooting. Two responding officers were shot by the suspect but are expected to survive.
"It is important for our community to know that our officers responded within minutes" alongside school resource officers, he said.
DPS spokesman Chris Olivarez said Thursday morning that the suspect had barricaded himself in the classroom, which was attached to an adjoining room. All of the 21 killed and 17 injured were inside those classrooms, officials have said.
"We're still trying to establish if that classroom was locked, and if it was locked, was there some type of barricade, was there some type of locking mechanism that did not allow those officers to make entry," he said.
Since the Columbine school shooting of 1999, emergency protocol in such situations is to end the threat as quickly as possible because fatalities occur in seconds to minutes.
"It's almost incomprehensible for me to come up with a rational explanation as to why you would wait 30 minutes to an hour to get in there," said Andrew McCabe, CNN senior law enforcement analyst. "The door breaching, if it's just a locked door, that doesn't take 30 minutes to get into."
What happened outside the school
US Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz said about 80 to 100 agents responded to the shooting and acted immediately.
"They didn't hesitate. They came up with a plan. They entered that classroom and they took care of the situation as quickly as they possibly could," Ortiz said.
The lengthy response time, as well as a lack of communication to the public, created a chaotic situation outside the school as parents arrived, desperate to know if their kids were still alive. One father said he heard gunshots and demanded to go inside.
"There were five or six of (us) fathers, hearing the gunshots, and (police officers) were telling us to move back," Javier Cazares, the father of a student at Robb Elementary, told The Washington Post. "We didn't care about us. We wanted to storm the building. We were saying, 'Let's go,' because that is how worried we were, and we wanted to get our babies out."
Later, Cazares learned that his 9-year-old daughter, Jacklyn, was one of the victims.
Videos posted to social media show adults confronting law enforcement officers and urging them to go inside and find the gunman or let them go in themselves. The timeline of the video, and whether the gunman was still alive at that point, is not clear.
Olivarez, the DPS spokesman, said the officers on scene kept people back and set up a perimeter to prevent further loss of life. Still, he said he understood the parents' frustrations.
"I can tell you right now as a father myself, I wanted to go in too," he said. "But it's a volatile situation."
What happened inside the classrooms
Victims' family members and first responders offered first descriptions of some of the horrors inside the classrooms.
Angel Garza, a first responder and father of 10-year-old Amerie Jo Garza, arrived at the school Tuesday and gave medical aid to a girl covered head-to-toe in blood. The girl said she'd seen her best friend killed -- and the best friend's name was Amerie.
"How you are going to look at this girl and shoot her?" Garza told CNN on Wednesday. "My baby, how do you shoot my baby?"
Amerie had just gotten a cell phone two weeks ago for her 10th birthday, he said. He learned from two other students that Amerie had tried to call 911 during the shooting.
"She just died trying to save her classmates," Garza said. "She just wanted to save everyone."
Chief Jason Owens, who heads the Del Rio sector for Border Patrol, told CNN that the uniforms of the agents who responded to the scene were "covered in blood."
"I took my agents back to the Uvalde station. I had to bring new uniforms for them to change into," he said.
School district spent over $450,000 on security
The Uvalde school district had a safety plan that included its own police force, social media monitoring and a threat reporting system to "provide a safe and secure environment" for students.
The two-page document on the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District website lists 21 different measures it says it has undertaken for the safety of the school community, ranging from an app for reporting bullying to physical security measures like fencing and a buzz-in door system. It's not clear to what degree the plan was developed with active shooters in mind.
Records show the district spent about $200,000 on security and monitoring services in 2017-18 and that figure rose to more than $450,000 in the 2019-20 school year.
The district employed four police officers, including a chief, detective, and two officers. The district also had additional security staff "who patrol door entrances, parking lots and perimeters of the campuses."
The plan included a "threat reporting system" for "students, parents, staff, and community members" to share information that is deemed "troubling," which could include information "about weapons, threats, fights, drugs, self- harm, suicide or disclosures made that are concerning." The policy states reports could be made through the district site or to a district staff member.
The security plan also refers to lockdown drills. "Students receive training on the Standard Response Protocol for lockout, lockdown, evacuate, shelter, and hold. In addition, drills are held for each of these emergency actions on a regular basis."
Two other schools, Uvalde High School and Anthon Elementary, have security vestibules, though it is not clear if Robb had one.
Families identify loved ones they lost
The two teachers who were killed, Eva Mireles and Irma Garcia, had co-taught together for five years.
Garcia, a wife and mother to four children, was "sweet, kind, loving," according to a GoFundMe campaign set up to raise funds for funeral expenses and family needs. "She sacrificed herself protecting the kids in her classroom. She was a hero. She was loved by many and will truly be missed," the campaign said.
Mireles had been teaching for 17 years and "was a vivacious soul" who "spread laughter and joy everywhere she went," relative Amber Ybarra told CNN.
"She made you feel like she was only teaching your child," said Erica Torres, whose son Stanley was in her third and fourth grade classes. "Like, there's no other students but him. She made you feel so good."
José Flores Jr., 10, was also killed in the shooting, his father José Flores Sr. told CNN. He was his mother's "little shadow," she said. José Jr. was bursting with energy and loved to play baseball and video games, his father said.
Lexi Rubio, 10, had made the All-A honor roll and gotten a good citizen award just hours before she was shot and killed, her parents Felix and Kimberly Rubio told CNN.
"We told her we loved her and would pick her up after school. We had no idea this was goodbye," Kimberly Rubio wrote in a post on Facebook.
Nine-year-old Eliana "Ellie" Garcia, was among those killed, family members confirmed to CNN affiliate KHOU. She loved the movie "Encanto," cheerleading and basketball and dreamed of becoming a teacher, her grandparents, Rogelio Lugo and Nelda Lugo, told the LA Times.
Third-grader Annabell Guadalupe Rodriguez, 10, and her cousin died Tuesday, her family members confirmed to CNN affiliate KHOU. The cousin's name has not been released.
Shooter was a loner who bought two rifles a week earlier
The gunman, Ramos, was a local high school dropout with no criminal history and no known mental health history, officials said. He had just turned 18 and legally bought two AR-15-style rifles and ammunition for his birthday. Those who knew him described him as a loner with few, if any, friends, who was often in fights.
Before he began his rampage, Ramos allegedly messaged a girl who lives in Germany about his intentions.
He complained his grandmother was "on the phone with AT&T abojt (sic) my phone," according to screenshots reviewed by CNN and an interview with the 15-year-old girl, whose mother gave permission for her to be interviewed.
"It's annoying," he texted her.
Minutes later, he texted: "I just shot my grandma in her head," immediately followed by the message, "Ima go shoot up a(n) elementary school rn (right now)."
The shooter shot his 66-year-old grandmother in the face before driving to Robb Elementary, where he crashed his car in a nearby ditch, authorities say. The grandmother was in serious condition as of Wednesday, officials said.
His grandfather didn't know Ramos had guns, he said Wednesday.
"If I had known, I would have reported him," Rolando Reyes said.
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Two arrested as deputies search for third suspect in North Topeka police chase
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Two people have been arrested as deputies continue to search for a third suspect involved in a police chase through North Topeka early Tuesday morning.
The Shawnee Co. Sheriff’s Office says Chadd Kidd, 27, and Chrystal Johnson, 31, both of Topeka, were arrested early Tuesday morning after a police chase began near NW Topeka Blvd. and NW Morse St.
Just before 2:30 a.m., on Tuesday, June 14, deputies said they tried to stop a blue 2000 Subaru Legacy in the area with a tag that belonged to a different vehicle. They said the driver, later identified as Kidd, failed to stop and started a chase.
Deputies noted that the chase continued through North Topeka.
When the vehicle reached the 1300 block of NW Gordon St., deputies said Kidd and the passenger, who is still unidentified, ran from the car.
Deputies said Kidd was quickly apprehended and arrested. He was booked into the Shawnee Co. Dept. of Corrections for felony flee and elude, felony interference with law enforcement, reckless driving, operating a vehicle without a valid driver’s license, operating a vehicle without a valid registration and various traffic infractions.
The Sheriff’s Office also said Johnson was found in the back seat of the Subaru and was also arrested. She was booked into jail for a misdemeanor warrant out of the City of Topeka.
Deputies noted that the other passenger who ran from the car is still on the run.
Kidd remains behind bars while Johnson is no longer confined after her bond was posted.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida (WFOR) -- Two teens are dead after a car plunged into a lake in Sunrise Tuesday night.
The 18-year-old driver lost his life as well as a 17-year-old boy who police say was on a walk with his mother and who jumped in the lake to try to save the driver.
A close family friend tells CBS4’s Peter D’Oench that that 17-year-old good Samaritan was a junior at Western High School, a straight A student and a “great kid.”
Students at Western High School learned about the tragedy when an announcement was made on Wednesday morning.
Twelfth grader Coral Funes said, “It was a selfless act. Throwing yourself in there like that. It’s so sad what happened to him, but it is beautiful what he did. It hit me because a lot of my friends are 17 and you think about losing them.”
An unidentified 9th grade student told CBS4 News, “It’s very sad and a tragic thing.”
Fellow student Juan Chavarrio said, “I think this was very brave of him.”
The car plunged into the lake in the Residences of Sawgrass Mills neighborhood along NW 12th Avenue near Silver Palm Boulevard, just north of I-595 around 10:20 p.m.
According to a man who showed up at the scene, his girlfriend’s 17-year-old son jumped into the water to try and help those in the car.
Police and emergency crews arrived at the scene and a dive team was sent into the water.
The teen was pulled from the water and taken to Broward Health Medical Center where he died.
Daniel Welborn described the scene, saying divers had a difficult time finding the car.
“It did take them a while to find the first person they pulled out. It was like 15 or 20 minutes. It didn’t seem very promising,” he said. “They did some chest compressions for 15 seconds. Then stopped. Put him on a stretcher, put him in an ambulance, not with undue haste”.
According to police, the body of the 18-year-old driver was pulled from the car. It appears he was the only occupant of the vehicle.
Accident investigators spent Wednesday morning putting the pieces of a puzzle together, reconstructing what happened.
They found the car left the road, ran across the median, hit a tree, snapping it at its trunk, then continued up the sidewalk and into the water.
“In this neighborhood, the kids always like to go fast. We’ve had two to three accidents in the 33 years that I have lived here,” said Marta Grove.
She said her neighbors have complained about reckless driving to the police and to the city, but it appears to have fallen on deaf ears.
“We talked with the association. The association says the city won’t put in lights,” said Grove.
She hopes something will be done so something like this doesn’t happen again.
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President James Buie Appointed CEO; Founder Bruce Lehrman Moves to Board of Directors
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, July 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Involta, an award-winning data center, hybrid IT, and cloud-forward consulting firm, announces today that James (Jim) Buie, current Involta President, now holds the title of President and CEO to lead the company into its next phase of growth. Buie will succeed current CEO and Involta founder Bruce Lehrman, who will transition to the vice-chair of Involta's Board of Directors, effective immediately.
"I am incredibly proud of the substantial growth Involta has achieved since forming the company in 2007," says Bruce Lehrman, Involta Founder. "What began as a local colocation data center company in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has now become a nationally recognized organization offering best-in-class, security-focused data center facilities and infrastructure, hybrid cloud and managed IT services. Everyone at Involta, from our newest hires to our leadership team, has been critical in making this growth possible. I know Involta will continue to succeed under Jim's exemplary leadership. His insight, experience and future outlooks will be integral to Involta's continued success."
With this leadership transition, Involta is strategically poised to accelerate the company's transformation trajectory while continuing to deliver and expand its world-class data center infrastructure services to the nation's leading enterprises. In addition, the transition will enable the company to further boost its robust suite of managed cybersecurity and hybrid IT solutions across mission-critical verticals, including healthcare, financial services and manufacturing.
During his 15-year tenure as CEO, Lehrman stewarded Involta's growth trajectory. Earlier this year, Lehrman played an important role in the company's acquisition by global investment firm Carlyle. Under his leadership, Involta has been recognized by several industry organizations and publications for its strategic solutions and services. The company recently earned the 2022 Best in Klas distinction for healthcare partial IT sourcing and ranked on the prestigious 2022 MSP 501 list. From a growth perspective, Lehrman helped the company achieve significant milestone recognitions, including the second-fastest-growing IT Company in the country by Inc. Magazine and the 40th fastest-growing company overall, and remaining on the Inc. 500/5000 list for nearly a decade.
As Involta's President and CEO, Buie will draw on his 25+ years of industry experience to ensure sustainable growth for Involta by leveraging Carlyle's resources to promote and bolster Involta's capacity to deliver innovation and enable digital enterprise transformation. Buie will also lead Involta's pioneering edge practice and work to integrate a higher level of sustainability initiatives across the company's data center portfolio. Additionally, Buie will continue strengthening Involta's channel focus and expand on its monumental, award-winning partner growth with key partners such as Veeam. Buie played a direct role in Involta achieving Veeam's Impact Cloud & Service Provider Growth Partner of the Year 2022.
"It is truly an honor to continue Bruce's legacy as CEO and lead Involta into a bright and prosperous future," says Buie. "Involta has never been stronger, and now, as part of Carlyle, Involta is positioned to expand into targeted new markets across the U.S. The Involta team, our strategic partners, our owned data center and network infrastructure, and wide breadth of services are exactly what our current and future clients need to embark on and successfully complete the most complex digital transformation journeys."
"The Involta Board of Directors is pleased with this strategic leadership transition," said Ed Vilandrie, Chairman of Involta Board of Directors and Operating Executive, Digital Infrastructure with the Carlyle Group. "Involta will still have the opportunity to leverage Bruce's visionary insights through his role on the board while enabling Jim to drive the tangible growth and change necessary to propel Involta into new, sought-after markets across the country."
Buie joined Involta in 2016 as Chief Financial Officer and steadily took on more responsibility to help the company further drive profitability and expand its national footprint. He was instrumental in growing the company's hybrid cloud and strategic consulting offerings through the acquisitions of BluPrairie (2018) and IT|Lynk (2018). Buie also established a cohesive sales and marketing culture at Involta. In 2020, Buie assumed the role of President, where he restructured the company's operations to help scale and deliver services to accelerate growth. His focus on the customer experience helped the company achieve an industry-leading Net Promoter Score of 79. From his start at Involta, Buie has been very active in Involta Cares, the company's philanthropic platform that extends resources across the communities Involta serves.
To learn more about how Involta supplements colocation with strategic consulting and managed services to transform IT strategies, visit www. involta.com.
Involta is an award-winning hybrid IT and cloud-forward consulting firm orchestrating digital transformation for the nation's leading enterprises. Involta's ongoing mission is rooted in partnership. Its personalized approach identifies customers' requirements while earning their trust to ultimately deliver Superior Infrastructure and Services, Operational Excellence and People Who Deliver, keeping with the Involta brand promise.
Involta pairs strategic consulting with the unique ability to leverage owned data centers and infrastructure assets, empowering businesses with necessary security and reliability requirements. Its well-defined, rigorous process to deliver hybrid cloud, edge, consulting, and data center services have earned the company several designations, including a KLAS rating and review for partial healthcare IT outsourcing excellence. The company has also been recognized on several CRN lists and has been named one of the fastest-growing companies in America by Inc.5000 for nine consecutive years.
Involta enables customers with the power to transform their technology and the freedom to focus on their core business. To learn more about Involta, visit involta.com or follow them on LinkedIn, Twitter or Facebook.
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BEIJING, May 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jianpu Technology Inc. ("Jianpu," or the "Company") (NYSE: JT), a leading independent open platform for the discovery and recommendation of financial products in China, today provides an update on its status under the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act (the "HFCAA").
The Company is aware that it has been provisionally identified by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") as a Commission-Identified Issuer under the HFCAA on May 4, 2022 U.S. Eastern Time. The Company understands that such identification may have resulted from its filing of the annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 with the SEC on April 29, 2022.
The Company understands the SEC made such identification pursuant to the HFCAA and its implementation rules issued thereunder, and this indicates that the SEC determines that the Company used a registered public accounting firm whose working paper cannot be inspected or investigated completely by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board of the United States (the "PCAOB") to issue the audit opinion for its financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021.
In accordance with the HFCAA, the SEC shall prohibit a company's shares or American depositary shares from being traded on a national securities exchange or in the over-the-counter trading market in the United States if such company has been identified by the SEC for three consecutive years beginning in 2021 for filing audit reports issued by a registered public accounting firm that has not been subject to inspection by the PCAOB.
The Company has been actively exploring possible solutions. It will continue to comply with applicable laws and regulations in both China and the United States and strive to maintain its listing status on the New York Stock Exchange.
About Jianpu Technology Inc.
Jianpu Technology Inc. is a leading independent open platform for the discovery and recommendation of financial products in China. The company connects users with financial service providers in a convenient, efficient, and secure way. By leveraging its proprietary technology, Jianpu provides users with customized search results and recommendations tailored to each user's particular financial needs and profile. The Company also enables financial service providers with sales and marketing solutions to reach and serve their target customers more effectively through integrated channels and enhance their competitiveness by providing them with tailored data, risk management services and solutions. The Company is committed to maintaining an independent open platform, which allows it to serve the needs of users and financial service providers impartially. For more information, please visit http://ir.jianpu.ai.
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Jurors entered a third day of deliberations Wednesday in a trial that centers on a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
U.S. District Judge Robert Jonker disclosed that the jury had asked for sticky notes. He also told lawyers that two jurors saw him outside the courthouse. Their reaction: “Wow, you look so different without your robe,” the judge said.
Adam Fox, Barry Croft Jr., Daniel Harris and Brandon Casertaare charged with a kidnapping conspiracy. Three of them also face additional charges, including conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction, namely an explosive.
The trial has covered 18 days since March 8, including 13 days of testimony.
Prosecutors said the conspiracy against Whitmer was fueled by anti-government extremism and anger over her COVID-19 restrictions. The men trained with a crudely built “shoot house” to replicate her vacation home in September 2020, according to testimony.
Fox and Croft, traveled to Elk Rapids, Michigan, that same weekend to see the location of the governor’s lakeside property and a nearby bridge, evidence showed. Harris and Caserta have been described as “soldiers” in the scheme.
Another man, Ty Garbin, who pleaded guilty, said the goal was to get Whitmer before the fall election and create enough chaos to create a civil war and stop Joe Biden from winning the presidency.
Defense lawyers attacked the government’s investigation and the use of a crucial informant, Dan Chappel. They claimed Chappel was the real leader,taking direction from the FBIand keeping the group on edge while recording them for months.
Croft is from Bear, Delaware, while the others are from Michigan.
Whitmer, a Democrat, rarely talks publicly about the plot, though she referred to “surprises” during her term that seemed like “something out of fiction” when she filed for reelection on March 17.
She has blamed former President Donald Trump for fomenting anger over coronavirus restrictions and refusing to condemn right-wing extremists like those charged in the case.
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Senior citizens on the Suncoast concerned with affordability issues
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Affordability on the minds of many senior citizens on the Suncoast. This as Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Nikki Fried paying a visit to the Newtown section of Sarasota to lay out her plan to help seniors. Newtown resident and activist Valerie Buchand says it’s a very scary time right now, especially for the older population.
“I just really think it’s a demonic spirit that’s out right now,” said Buchand.
Activists and senior citizens frustrated with not being able to afford living here. They say greed and dramatic increases to rents and housing prices are a big part of the problem.
“With their check, they have to pay bills, then you’re talking about going up on rent,” said Buchand. “I mean people are just not caring about people.”
Senior citizens say it’s not only the housing, but also the rising costs of prescription drugs. For seniors, food and gas prices making it that much more difficult.
“Oh my goodness, it’s one of the highest prices, cost of living anywhere,” said Louise Machinist, a senior citizen from Sarasota. “How can people afford to live here and of course everything is skyrocketing.”
Seniors saying they are happy some politicians on the state level are focusing on this issue. They say they would like to see more local government get involved.
“We need the government on every level to solve this crisis, to come up with solutions that are doable and affordable for the whole mass of citizens,” said Machinist.
Many senior citizens live on a fixed income or have jobs that don’t pay enough to keep up with rising costs. There’s hope that help is on the way.
“I say to God be the glory, but we must find a solution,” said Buchand.
Homesharing is one of the solutions some local groups are looking into. They will be talking all about this in the coming days.
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Bobby Rydell, a teen idol from the '60s known for songs like "Wild One" and his role as Hugo Peabody in the 1963 film "Bye Bye Birdie," has died, according to a statement released by his representatives. He was 79.
Rydell died on April 5 in Abington, Pennsylvania, from pneumonia complications, which were unrelated to Covid-19, the statement said.
Born Robert Ridarelli, Rydell got his first song on the Billboard 100 in 1959 and went on to have a career that included 34 top 100 hits and more than 25 million album sales, according to the statement.
Rydell, who opened up about receiving a double organ transplant in 2012 in his 2016 biography "Teen Idol on the Rocks: A Tale of Second Chances," was an advocate for organ donation and supporter of The Gift of Life, a nonprofit that helps families impacted by organ transplants.
Rydell is survived by his wife, Linda J. Hoffman, son Robert Ridarelli, daughter Jennifer Dulin, and his five grandchildren, according to the statement.
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A new national survey from U.S. News & World Report's 360 Reviews finds four in five Americans (81%) have adjusted their spending due to inflation, and 84% indicate they worry about the impact of inflation on this year's holiday shopping season.
To better understand the impact of inflation on consumer money-saving and purchasing habits, U.S. News used a third-party survey platform to poll 2,000 U.S. adults. It asked U.S. respondents about their coupon habits, 2022 holiday shopping plans, and more. Survey responses were weighted in order to be representative of the U.S. population.
"Our latest survey makes it clear Americans are flocking to digital coupons and similar digital money-saving tools because of inflation's impact to their wallets," said Alexandra Kelly, senior editor, 360 Deals. Kelly adds, "And they seem to be helping. In fact, an overwhelming 91% of U.S. consumers who use coupon sites, apps, and/or browser extensions report having saved money because of these digital resources — and half of Americans (51%) say they definitely plan to use digital coupons and similar online money-saving tools to help with their holiday shopping this year."
Additional survey highlights include:
- More than half of Americans (58%) look for coupons at least once a week.
- Three in four Americans (76%) have searched for digital coupons while grocery shopping.
- American consumers most prefer online shopping on Black Friday, followed by Amazon Prime Day, which trumped Cyber Monday.
- Half of Americans (51%) follow couponing blogs and social media accounts.
To access the full survey findings, visit:
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U.S. News & World Report is the global leader in quality rankings that empower consumers, business leaders and policy officials to make better, more informed decisions about important issues affecting their lives and communities. A multifaceted digital media company with Education, Health, Money, Travel, Cars, News and 360 Reviews platforms, U.S. News provides rankings, independent reporting, data journalism, consumer advice and U.S. News Live events. More than 40 million people visit USNews.com each month for research and guidance. Founded in 1933, U.S. News is headquartered in Washington, D.C.
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The strategic relationship announced today makes OncoK9 immediately available to all Antech customers in the United States and Canada
SAN DIEGO, June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PetDx® – The Liquid Biopsy Company for Pets™ and Antech® Diagnostics jointly announce that they have entered into an agreement to make OncoK9®, the pioneering multi-cancer early detection (MCED) test for dogs, available to all Antech customers across North America.
"Cancer is by far the leading cause of death in dogs and the vast majority of cases are diagnosed after the onset of clinical signs, by which time the cancer is often advanced and the chances of achieving a cure or long-term control are low," said PetDx Founder and CEO Daniel S. Grosu, MD, MBA. "Our relationship with Antech broadens access to this breakthrough innovation and is expected to have a profound impact on dogs, the people who love them, and the veterinarians looking to provide the very best care for their patients."
OncoK9 is a first-in-class multi-cancer early detection test that enables veterinarians to detect cancer in dogs with a simple blood draw. It employs cutting-edge genomic analysis that leverages next-generation sequencing (NGS) of blood-derived DNA.
"Cancer takes too many dogs far too soon, and early diagnosis and treatment are the best defense against that," said Cathy Meeks, DVM, DACVIM, Vice President, Medical Operations, Antech Diagnostics. "OncoK9 will be a valuable tool for our customers to use as they both screen for and work to diagnose suspected cancers, likely helping extend the lives of many dogs."
PetDx recently published the full results of a landmark study designed to validate the test's performance in PLOS ONE, a peer-reviewed open-access scientific journal from the Public Library of Science.
The CANcer Detection in Dogs (CANDiD) study—the largest clinical validation study in veterinary cancer diagnostics—was performed on blood samples collected prospectively from more than 1,000 client-owned dogs at more than 40 clinical sites on four continents. The study demonstrated that the performance of OncoK9 mirrors that of leading MCED tests for humans. It can detect 30 different types of canine cancer, with sensitivity of 85.4% for three of the most aggressive cancers (lymphoma, hemangiosarcoma, and osteosarcoma) and overall sensitivity of 54.7%, at a specificity of 98.5% (corresponding to a false positive rate of just 1.5%).
Since its launch in 2021, OncoK9 has been successfully integrated into routine testing at thousands of leading veterinary practices nationwide as a new preventive care and aid-in-diagnosis tool. Today, blood samples from all over the country are shipped daily to the PetDx central laboratory in San Diego, and results are delivered to ordering veterinarians within 10 business days. The test is available at veterinary clinics across the United States and Canada.
PetDx® – The Liquid Biopsy Company for Pets™ is a San Diego-based molecular diagnostics company dedicated to unleashing the power of genomics to improve pet health. The company's flagship product, OncoK9® – The Liquid Biopsy Test for Dogs™, enables veterinarians to detect cancer in dogs with a simple blood draw. As a first-in-class multi-cancer early detection (MCED) test, OncoK9 employs cutting-edge genomic analysis that leverages next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology and proprietary bioinformatics algorithms, empowering veterinarians to provide superior care to canine patients. The test is currently recommended as an annual screening test for dogs at higher risk of cancer due to age and/or breed, and as an aid-in-diagnosis for dogs in which cancer is suspected based on clinical signs or other clinical findings. To learn more, visit www.petdx.com and connect with us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Twitter.
At the heart of Antech is our love for pets. We combine innovative technologies backed by scientific rigor with data-driven insights and consultative moments to help veterinarians and their teams improve the health and well-being of the pets we love. Our commitment to customers spans more than 30 years and celebrates their dedication to setting new standards in pet care quality, which we support through innovative diagnostic, imaging, education, and support services. Today, Antech is driving the future of pet health as part of Mars Veterinary Health, a family-owned enterprise focused on veterinary care. Visit us at antechdiagnostics.com. Follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook.
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VADUZ, Liechtenstein, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lirium, a leading licensed provider of B2B2C digital asset access solutions, will begin powering digital currency access and settlement services for Mexican digital wallet Albit, reaching more than 2 million customers. Lirium already partners with financial services companies in Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay.
Lirium's white label solution will give Albit's account holders quick and easy access to a variety of cryptocurrencies. Albit is Lirium's first client in Mexico, a country with significant potential for adoption of alternative payment methods and alternative digital asset investment.
Lirium first launched its turnkey digital assets access solution directed at traditional financial institutions and fintechs in Argentina one year ago. Its clients in Argentina include Grupo Financiero Galicia, Brubank and Prex.
Federico Murrone, Lirium Founder and CEO, commented, "We are extremely pleased to partner with Albit, to provide its clients with easy and convenient access to our crypto-as-a-service regulated and compliant platform. Latin America is ready for mainstream cryptocurrency adoption, and Lirium provides simple, fast and safe channels to support the next wave of adoption by a broader demographic."
With local settlement as a priority, Lirium has entered into agreements with partners in the region to provide a B2B solution for various cryptocurrency use cases. Additional countries can be added rapidly for local currency settlement as Lirium has already developed the tech and regulatory rails needed for swift new market rollout, while US Dollar, EUR and GBP settlement is available immediately after API integration with its client. The company provides bank-level oversight of digital asset transactions, including license controls, stringent risk management and security; with fund safeguarding, data protection and fraud prevention as priorities. Lirium's back-end plug-and-play, fully adaptable API, allows its clients to retain full control of end-customer experience without adding any additional regulatory or operational complexities. Lirium extends its full license functionalities to clients, providing fully operational regulatory, compliance, treasury, liquidity, custodial and insurance coverage.
Lirium AG owns three international licenses: exchange services, qualified custodian and pricing services, enabling it to provide crypto-as-a-service regulated and compliant services globally. Lirium's current focus and expertise is in cryptocurrencies in Latin America. However, it intends to further expand regionally and build the legal and tech rails for local provision, transaction and settlement of current and future locally relevant digital asset ecosystem (DAE) products and services.
Founded in 2020 by former Xapo, Lemon Wallet and Patagon teams, Lirium's founders and senior management have a proven track record in fast-scaling crypto, large volume operations and secure administration, having built one of the most relevant and well-respected bitcoin wallets in the world.
Latin America has significant smartphone and digital wallet penetration, as well as crypto awareness with considerable latent demand. The region's users understand the advantages of a dollar-linked digital asset refuge from macroeconomic inflationary and devaluation headwinds. At least one in three (36%1 vs 8% in September 2021) Latin Americans have purchased crypto and almost one fifth (19%)1 does so regularly.
About Lirium
Lirium is a licensed digital asset technology and infrastructure company which leverages its founders' proven fast-scaling crypto track record to provide a full-coverage turnkey solution for local provision, transaction and settlement of digital financial, tokenized and other DAE assets. The company has three Liechtenstein licenses including crypto buy/sell, custody and pricing, allowing it to be a market maker that can supply best pricing and liquidity to an existing financial institution customer base globally. Lirium's initial focus is Latin America, where it is building the regional infrastructure and local settlement rails for local provision, transaction and settlement of current and future locally relevant DAE products and services beyond its current geographical scope. Its low-cost, rapidly scalable business model optimizes gains through a pricing structure that mitigates risk related to crypto asset price fluctuation exposure. This enables traditional banks, digital wallets and native digital crypto players to quickly and safely offer their clients local, compliant and low risk access to cryptocurrencies and locally relevant financial products while retaining full control of the end-customer experience.
1. Source: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and Peru, survey N=520 and 90% confidence at country level, August 2022, AMI, Americas Market Intelligence
To learn more, please visit www.lirium.com.
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- GoImpact fills the market gap by offering the much-needed education crafted by world-class experts in Sustainable Finance and ESG.
- GoImpact experiences exponential growth; its learning courses have extended reach across APAC and Middle East.
- Founded by visionary industry veterans, GoImpact is on a mission to set to bridge the great divide between talk and action on ESG practice, and drive the sustainability agenda forward.
HONG KONG, April 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- GoImpact, an ESG and Sustainable Finance start-up, today announced the closing of its Series-A round fund-raising, at a valuation of US$ 22 Million, tripling that of the last round. The investors comprised a Hong Kong listed company, Oriental Watch Holdings Limited ("Oriental Watch Group"; Stock Code: 0398.HK), and a leading Hong Kong based private investor. The support from these prominent investors is a recognition of GoImpact's unique strategy in driving ESG adoption in Asia, and closing the knowledge gap in ESG and Sustainable Finance.
Awareness in ESG and Green/Sustainable Finance has heightened in recent years, further exacerbated by the much-followed outcome from the COP26 meeting last year. GoImpact is on a mission to drive the sustainability agenda forward, bridging the knowledge gap between talk and action. GoImpact offers the best ESG learning experience in the market, providing case-based, experiential learning courses which are crafted and delivered by a group of world-class experts in sustainable finance and ESG. GoImpact's learning framework includes synchronized and asynchronized learning programmes and workshops. The Learning courses are structured to align with the17 United Nations SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals), in 5 key areas, namely Climate, Education, Health, Inclusion and Biodiversity. Courses offered by GoImpact are recognized on accredited platforms in Hong Kong and the region, and include Certificate Programs with Executive-training academy of prominent universities in Asia. In a short period of time, GoImpact's geographic reach has extended to 5 countries in the Asia Pacific, including Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, India and the United Arab Emirates.
"GoImpact has made impressive strides over the past year," Mr. Dennis Yeung, Chairman and Managing Director of Oriental Watch Group, commenting on the investment. "The company's clever position to tackle the underserved ESG education market promises tremendous growth potential. We applaud GoImpact's determination to challenge the status quo and create cultures that have the power to transform companies by truly embracing ESG commitments. At Oriental Watch Group, our business depends heavily on the global supply chain. ESG risks such as corporate governance, occupational health, waste reduction, employee safety are of utmost importance to ensure we have a sustainable business. We are delighted to support a promising young company which has the foresight in driving ESG adoption, and providing the necessary knowledge to enable C-suites and executives to implement sustainable strategies for their companies."
GoImpact is founded by finance industry veterans Ms. Helene Li and Mr. Clarence T'ao, and a serial entrepreneur, Mr. Andy Ann, in 2020. With a forward-looking vision, the founders of GoImpact set their sights on the huge potential of ESG and began building an ESG ecosystem before ESG was brought to the spotlight. In 2 years' time, GoImpact established a highly regarded education network consisting top ESG and industry experts, prominent higher-education institutions, industry bodies, financial institutions, large corporations and governmental agencies across Asia-Pacific and the Middle East. The Company, acting as an influential ESG industry "thought-leader", part-takes in and co-host visible industry seminars to drive ESG adoption.
"GoImpact is solving a massive pain point for the fast-growing and highly underserved market of education in ESG," said Ms. Helene Li, CEO and Co-Founder of GoImpact. "We are thrilled to have Oriental Watch Group, a prominent Hong Kong private investor to be our Series A investors. The financial support from veteran investors of this caliber and sophistication is an acknowledgement of our business strategy growth potential of GoImpact."
"One of the unique advantages of GoImpact is that we are able to bring widely-acclaimed ESG industry players to share their real-life experiences and deliver a differentiated case-based learning experience to market professionals and industry leaders who will shape the future of Asia," added Mr. Clarence T'ao, Co-Founder of GoImpact. "Our core team and Advisory Board consist of business leaders with vast connections in the corporate world and deep expertise in ESG and Sustainability Finance. We are able to benefit from the experience and resources from these extremely talented individuals, which enabled us to accelerate the business growth in an astonishing pace."
"We are looking for expanding our global footprint," said Mr. Andy Ann, Co-Founder of GoImpact. "The funds we raised will allow an expansion of the team in Hong Kong and around the world. In the future, GoImpact will continue to seek partnership with leading institutions and organizations to further our influence on a global scale."
Apart from ESG education, GoImpact also engages in other areas to mainstream and drive the sustainability agenda forward. The company is currently building an ESG ecosystem based on 3 key pillars, namely GoLearn (education), GoNetwork (structured advocacy) and GoInvest (deal flow platform for sustainable investments), to enable actions on sustainable development.
About GoImpact
Bridging the great divide between the talk and action, accelerating the Sustainable Development agenda from intention to implementation – GoImpact means impact made easy and actionable.
GoImpact is an ecosystem developed to connect the dots and provide action enablers built around 3 key pillars – GoLearn (education); GoNetwork (structured advocacy); GoInvest (deal flow platform for sustainable investments). Through its partners network with online-to-offline initiatives, GoImpact connects investors with deals relevant to their interests and provide learning opportunities to drive real change by example for everyone who is keen to understand more about the Sustainable Finance agenda.
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THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN) will host a webcast call for the investment community in conjunction with the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) 2022 World Conference on Lung Cancer (WCLC) at 12:00 p.m. ET on Monday, Aug. 8, 2022. David M. Reese, M.D., executive vice president of Research and Development at Amgen, along with members of Amgen's clinical development team, will discuss the data being presented on LUMAKRAS® (sotorasib) in combination with immunotherapy and in combination with a SHP2 inhibitor in non-small cell lung cancer, as well as tarlatamab data in small cell lung cancer.
The webcast, as with other selected presentations regarding developments in Amgen's business given by management at certain investor and medical conferences, can be found on Amgen's website, www.amgen.com, under Investors. Information regarding presentation times, webcast availability and webcast links are noted on Amgen's Investor Relations Events Calendar. The webcast will be archived and available for replay for at least 90 days after the event.
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.
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SHANGHAI, May 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The early phase clinical trial results of BBM-H901, the first intravenously injectable hemophilia B gene therapy product developed and tested in Asia, are published in The Lancet Haematology, a top international journal in hematology.
The Institute of Hematology and Blood Diseases Hospital at the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences conducted the clinical trial in collaboration with Belief BioMed, a leading innovative gene therapy company, and East China University of Science and Technology. The safety and long-term efficacy of this treatment strategy have been demonstrated with significant relief of disease symptoms.
BBM-H901 is molecularly engineered adeno-associated virus (AAV) based gene therapy drug for hemophilia B developed and manufactured by Belief BioMed. The company has the proprietary rights of the AAV capsid and the expression cassette. The novel human liver-tropic AAV capsid can efficiently infect liver cells, greatly shorten the circulation time of drugs in the blood and reduce the immune response generated by the capsid. At the meantime, the novel expression cassette utilizes a mini-liver-specific promoter to drive efficient expression of FIX-padua. Furthermore, the company has achieved several proprietary improvements in process and quality control, forming an advanced, reliable, efficient CMC process, with a single production cell culture volume of up to 500L currently.
"The study was the first clinical trial conducted by Belief BioMed in China. We are very grateful to our partners for their great support throughout the journey," said Dr. Jane Zheng, CEO of Belief BioMed. "We are very proud to introduce BBM-H901, which is the first intravenously delivered gene therapy drug for hemophilia B in China and the first example of systemic gene therapy for rare diseases in China. We will continue to advance discovery and research of all other pipelines, and to accelerate clinical trials and commercialization of the drugs. We hope gene therapy could be accessible to patients with rare or common diseases as soon as possible."
The study included 10 patients with moderate to severe hemophilia B (FIX:C<2%) who were intravenously infused with 5×1012vg/kg BBM-H901. A median follow-up of 58 weeks (IQR: 51.5-99.5) was completed, and the FIX:C coagulation factor reached the mean 36.9±20.5IU/dl. Compared with similar international studies, BBM-H901 works rapidly with vector-derived FIX:C expression within 24h following gene therapy. It reached 57.1±20.2IU/dl (mean ± SD) within the first week and peaking at 64.1±22.5IU/dl (mean ± SD) at the median of 5 (1,6) weeks.
Zhang Lei, Professor / Vice Director of Institute of Hematology and Blood Diseases Hospital at the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences said: "The BBM-H901 study is the first clinical study in China and even Asia to utilize liver-targeted AAV vectors for the treatment of hemophilia B. The safety and long-term effectiveness of this treatment strategy have been well demonstrated with significant relief of associated complications. We believe that this study will certainly provide a reliable foundation and theoretical support for the future clinical application of systemically administered gene therapy drugs, and is also an important guide in promoting the R&D and clinical transformation of gene therapy drugs in China."
After vector infusion, BBM-H901 has brought significant clinical benefits to patients. The median annualized bleeding rate decreased from 12 times to 0, the median number of target joints decreased from 1.5 to 0, and the median number of FIX infusions decreased from 53.5 times to 0. In addition, BBM-H901 also demonstrated a good safety profile, with no Grade 3-4 adverse events (AE) reported over the follow-up period.
BBM-H901 has proved its safety and efficacy within the Chinese population, delivered a solution for the long-term treatment of hemophilia B and alleviated the occurrence of related complications for the betterment of patients. The clinical research of BBM-H901 is expected to provide a reliable basis and theoretical support for the clinical application of systematically administered gene therapy drugs in the future and is of important guiding significance for promoting the research and development and clinical transformation of gene therapy drugs in China.
About Hemophilia
Hemophilia, an inherited bleeding disorder, is mainly caused by mutations in the coagulation factor VIII or IX genes. Spontaneous bleeding may occur due to a significant reduction in coagulation factor VIII activity (FVIII:C, hemophilia A) or factor IX activity (FIX:C, hemophilia B) in patients. Repeated bleeding in joints and muscles may cause lifelong disability. Nowadays, prophylaxis and on-demand therapy with coagulation factor remain the standard clinical treatment for hemophilia. Patients need repeated injections of plasma-derived or recombinant coagulation factors throughout their life to maintain their coagulation function. As a result, the development of drugs that can cure hemophilia is a goal that scientists relentlessly pursue worldwide, and gene therapy has become a cutting-edge technology to cure hemophilia.
About Belief BioMed
Founded in 2016, Belief BioMed has become a globally leading company by being committed to providing innovative therapies with improved efficacy for monogenic disorder diseases, age-related degenerative diseases and certain malignant diseases through its AAV vector technology from early discovery to commercialization. The R&D and production strengths of Belief BioMed have been recognized by top investment institutions and enterprises. Belief BioMed has offices, research centers and manufacturing facilities in Shanghai, Hong Kong, Beijing and Suzhou China and North Carolina US.
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PITTSBURGH, Sept. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a durable, affordable and earth-friendly alternative to conventional wooden ties used by railways," said an inventor, from Elgin, S.C., "so I invented the C G CROSSTIE. My design could help to preserve wooded areas and it could reduce the amount of waste delivered to landfills."
The invention provides a more reliable and long-lasting design for a railroad tie. In doing so, it offers an alternative to using wooden ties that eventually split and rot. As a result, it helps to reduce the cost while extending the life of ties. It also eliminates the need to cut down large swaths of old-growth trees. The invention features an environmentally-friendly design that is easy to install and maintain so it is ideal for the railroad industry.
The original design was submitted to the National sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-CSK-171, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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Services for Todd Christopher Flentge, 60, of Gatesville will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Gatesville Country Club.
Mr. Flentge died Monday, June 20, at his residence.
He was born Feb. 28, 1962, in Waco to Donald and Miriam Flentge. He graduated from Gatesville High School. He attended Henderson County Junior College. He was a teacher at Whitney Elementary School.
Survivors include a daughter, Presley Flentge Burkhardt; and two sisters, Stahr Flentge Freedle and Laura Dawn Quinn.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to The Big Sting, 3417 Imperial Dr., Gatesville, 76528 or to the Todd Flentge Memorial Scholarhip, 311 S. Lovers Lane, Gatesville.
Scanio-Harper Funeral Home in Temple is in charge of arrangements. | https://www.tdtnews.com/obituaries/article_6face88c-f409-11ec-958d-af782bd3f5f2.html | 2022-06-25T09:25:25Z |
Regeneron's press release reporting its second quarter 2022 results is also available on its media and investor relations website (http://newsroom.regeneron.com)
- Second quarter 2022 revenues decreased 44% to $2.86 billion versus second quarter 2021; excluding REGEN-COV®(a)(b), revenues increased 20%
- Second quarter 2022 EYLEA® U.S. net sales increased 14% versus second quarter 2021 to a record $1.62 billion
- Second quarter 2022 Dupixent® global net sales(c)(recorded by Sanofi) increased 40% to $2.09 billion versus second quarter 2021
- Second quarter 2022 GAAP diluted EPS of $7.47; non-GAAP diluted EPS(a) of $9.77 including unfavorable $1.71 impact from acquired IPR&D charges
- FDA approved Dupixent for atopic dermatitis in children aged 6 months to 5 years and eosinophilic esophagitis in adults and adolescents; FDA priority review granted for prurigo nodularis
- Encouraging preliminary anti-tumor activity observed for novel investigational PSMAxCD28 costimulatory bispecific antibody in combination with Libtayo® in advanced metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer
- Strengthened commitment to oncology through purchase of Sanofi's stake in Libtayo and acquisition of Checkmate Pharmaceuticals
TARRYTOWN, N.Y., Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: REGN) today announced financial results for the second quarter of 2022 and provided a business update.
"The second quarter of 2022 was distinguished by record net product sales of EYLEA, Dupixent, and Libtayo, as well as multiple regulatory achievements for Dupixent, including U.S. approvals for atopic dermatitis among very young patients and for eosinophilic esophagitis in adults and adolescents, as well as European approval for pediatric asthma," said Leonard S. Schleifer, M.D., Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of Regeneron. "In addition, we have continued to strengthen our oncology franchise, including through the purchase of worldwide rights to Libtayo as well as encouraging but preliminary anti-tumor activity observed at higher doses of our novel PSMAxCD28 costimulatory bispecific in combination with Libtayo for advanced metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer."
Financial Highlights
"We are pleased with our second quarter 2022 financial performance, including 20% revenue growth when excluding contributions from REGEN-COV. This demonstrates the continued strength of our core business," said Robert E. Landry, Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Regeneron. "Additionally, we updated our full-year 2022 financial guidance primarily to reflect the recently completed acquisition of Libtayo global rights from Sanofi, a transaction that we believe will deliver significant shareholder value over time. In the second half of 2022, we look forward to advancing our pipeline with important clinical data readouts in oncology and ophthalmology as well as continued commercial execution and prudent capital allocation to drive value creation for shareholders."
Business Highlights
Key Pipeline Progress
Regeneron has approximately 35 product candidates in clinical development, including a number of marketed products for which it is investigating additional indications. Updates from the clinical pipeline include:
Dupixent® (dupilumab)
- In June 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Dupixent as the first biologic medicine for children aged 6 months to 5 years with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis.
- In May 2022, the FDA approved Dupixent for adults and adolescents aged 12 years and older with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE).
- In April 2022, the European Commission (EC) approved Dupixent for the treatment of severe asthma in children aged 6 to 11 years.
- The Company and Sanofi announced positive results from a Phase 3 trial in children aged 1 to 11 years with EoE. The trial met its primary endpoint of histological disease remission at 16 weeks with both higher and lower dose weight-tiered regimens.
- The FDA accepted for priority review the supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) for Dupixent for adults with prurigo nodularis, with a target action date of September 30, 2022. Regulatory applications have also been submitted in the European Union (EU) and Japan.
EYLEA® (aflibercept) Injection
- The FDA accepted for review the sBLA for EYLEA for an every-16-weeks dosing regimen in patients with diabetic retinopathy (DR), with a target action date of February 28, 2023.
REGN5678, a PSMAxCD28 costimulatory bispecific antibody
- Reported preliminary, first-in-human data in combination with Libtayo® in patients with advanced metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.
Antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 virus
- The Company is continuing to progress investigational "next generation" antibodies that are active against multiple variants including those of Omicron-lineage.
REGN5381, an agonist antibody to NPR1
- A Phase 2 study in heart failure was initiated.
Corporate and Business Development Updates
- In May 2022, the Company completed its acquisition of Checkmate Pharmaceuticals, Inc. for a total equity value of approximately $250 million. In connection with the acquisition, the Company obtained the rights to vidutolimod (immune activator targeting TLR9), which is in clinical development for oncology.
- Effective July 1, 2022, the Company obtained the exclusive right to develop, commercialize, and manufacture Libtayo worldwide under an Amended and Restated Immuno-oncology License and Collaboration Agreement with Sanofi. Under the terms of the agreement, the Company made a $900 million up-front payment, and Sanofi is eligible to receive a $100 million regulatory milestone and up to an aggregate of $100 million in sales-based milestones upon achieving certain amounts of worldwide net product sales of Libtayo through 2023. The Company will also pay Sanofi a royalty on net product sales of Libtayo.
- Also effective July 1, 2022, the Company will increase from 10% to 20% the share of its profits that are paid to Sanofi in connection with the development balance reimbursement under the antibody collaboration.
Second Quarter 2022 Financial Results
Revenues
Total revenues decreased by 44% to $2.857 billion in the second quarter of 2022, compared to $5.139 billion in the second quarter of 2021. Total revenues excluding REGEN-COV and Ronapreve(b) revenues for both periods increased by 20% to $2.849 billion in the second quarter of 2022, compared to the second quarter of 2021(a). There have been no sales of REGEN-COV in the United States during 2022 as the Company had completed its final deliveries of drug product under its agreements with the U.S. government as of December 31, 2021.
Sanofi collaboration revenue increased by 55% to $678 million in the second quarter of 2022, compared to the second quarter of 2021. This increase was primarily due to the Company's share of profits from commercialization of antibodies, which were $497 million in the second quarter of 2022, compared to $328 million in the second quarter of 2021. The change in the Company's share of profits from commercialization of antibodies was driven by higher Dupixent profits. Roche collaboration revenue decreased in the second quarter of 2022, compared to the second quarter of 2021, due to lower sales of Ronapreve.
Refer to Table 4 for a summary of collaboration revenue.
Operating Expenses
- GAAP and non-GAAP R&D expenses increased in the second quarter of 2022, compared to the second quarter of 2021, primarily due to higher headcount and headcount-related costs and an increase in clinical manufacturing activities, partly offset by lower costs incurred in connection with REGEN-COV development activities.
- Acquired IPR&D in the second quarter of 2022 included a $195 million charge related to the Company's acquisition of Checkmate Pharmaceuticals.
- The increase in GAAP and non-GAAP SG&A expenses in the second quarter of 2022, compared to the second quarter of 2021, was primarily due to higher headcount and headcount-related costs and an increase in commercialization-related expenses for EYLEA, partly offset by costs in 2021 for educational campaigns related to COVID-19 that did not recur in 2022.
- GAAP and non-GAAP COGS decreased in the second quarter of 2022, compared to the second quarter of 2021, primarily due to the Company not recognizing any REGEN-COV net product sales in the United States during 2022.
Other Financial Information
GAAP other income (expense) included the recognition of net unrealized losses on equity securities of $164 million in the second quarter of 2022, compared to $409 million of net unrealized gains in the second quarter of 2021.
In the second quarter of 2022, the Company's GAAP effective tax rate (ETR) was 11.5%, compared to 17.4% in the second quarter of 2021. The decrease in the GAAP ETR was primarily driven by the proportion of income earned in foreign jurisdictions with tax rates lower than the U.S. federal statutory rate, the impact of income earned in the United States during 2021 related to REGEN-COV, and, to a lesser extent, stock-based compensation. In the second quarter of 2022, the non-GAAP ETR was 13.6%, compared to 17.0% in the second quarter of 2021.
GAAP net income per diluted share was $7.47 in the second quarter of 2022, compared to $27.97 in the second quarter of 2021. Non-GAAP net income per diluted share was $9.77 in the second quarter of 2022, compared to $25.80 in the second quarter of 2021. A reconciliation of the Company's GAAP to non-GAAP results is included in Table 3 of this press release.
During the second quarter of 2022, the Company repurchased shares of common stock under its share repurchase program, and recorded the cost of the shares received, or $394 million, as Treasury Stock. As of June 30, 2022, $2.099 billion remained available for share repurchases under the program.
2022 Financial Guidance(d)
The Company's full year 2022 financial guidance consists of the following components (inclusive of updates made in connection with the Company's purchase of Sanofi's stake in Libtayo and acquisition of Checkmate Pharmaceuticals):
A reconciliation of full year 2022 GAAP to non-GAAP financial guidance is included below:
Conference Call Information
Regeneron will host a conference call and simultaneous webcast to discuss its second quarter 2022 financial and operating results on Wednesday, August 3, 2022, at 8:30 AM Eastern Time. Participants may access the conference call live via webcast, or register in advance and participate via telephone, on the "Investors and Media" page of Regeneron's website at http://www.regeneron.com. Upon registration, all telephone participants will receive a confirmation email detailing how to join the conference call, including the dial-in number along with a unique passcode and registrant ID that can be used to access the call. A replay of the conference call and webcast will be archived on the Company's website for at least 30 days.
About Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Regeneron is a leading biotechnology company that invents, develops, and commercializes life-transforming medicines for people with serious diseases. Founded and led for nearly 35 years by physician-scientists, Regeneron's unique ability to repeatedly and consistently translate science into medicine has led to numerous FDA-approved treatments and product candidates in development, almost all of which were homegrown in Regeneron's laboratories. Regeneron's medicines and pipeline are designed to help patients with eye diseases, allergic and inflammatory diseases, cancer, cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, pain, hematologic conditions, infectious diseases, and rare diseases.
Regeneron is accelerating and improving the traditional drug development process through its proprietary VelociSuite® technologies, such as VelocImmune®, which uses unique genetically-humanized mice to produce optimized fully-human antibodies and bispecific antibodies, and through ambitious research initiatives such as the Regeneron Genetics Center®, which is conducting one of the largest genetics sequencing efforts in the world.
For additional information about Regeneron, please visit http://www.regeneron.com or follow @Regeneron on Twitter.
Forward-Looking Statements and Use of Digital Media
This press release includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties relating to future events and the future performance of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("Regeneron" or the "Company"), and actual events or results may differ materially from these forward-looking statements. Words such as "anticipate," "expect," "intend," "plan," "believe," "seek," "estimate," variations of such words, and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. These statements concern, and these risks and uncertainties include, among others, the impact of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that has caused the COVID-19 pandemic) on Regeneron's business and its employees, collaborators, and suppliers and other third parties on which Regeneron relies, Regeneron's and its collaborators' ability to continue to conduct research and clinical programs, Regeneron's ability to manage its supply chain, net product sales of products marketed or otherwise commercialized by Regeneron and/or its collaborators or licensees (collectively, "Regeneron's Products"), and the global economy; the nature, timing, and possible success and therapeutic applications of Regeneron's Products and product candidates being developed by Regeneron and/or its collaborators or licensees (collectively, "Regeneron's Product Candidates") and research and clinical programs now underway or planned, including without limitation EYLEA® (aflibercept) Injection, Dupixent® (dupilumab), Libtayo® (cemiplimab), Praluent® (alirocumab), Kevzara® (sarilumab), Evkeeza® (evinacumab), fasinumab, REGEN-COV® (casirivimab and imdevimab), aflibercept 8 mg, pozelimab, odronextamab, itepekimab, fianlimab, REGN5458, REGN5713-5714-5715, REGN1908-1909, Regeneron's other oncology programs (including its costimulatory bispecific portfolio), Regeneron's and its collaborators' earlier-stage programs, and the use of human genetics in Regeneron's research programs; the likelihood and timing of achieving any of the anticipated milestones described in this press release; safety issues resulting from the administration of Regeneron's Products and Regeneron's Product Candidates in patients, including serious complications or side effects in connection with the use of Regeneron's Products and Regeneron's Product Candidates in clinical trials; the likelihood, timing, and scope of possible regulatory approval and commercial launch of Regeneron's Product Candidates and new indications for Regeneron's Products, including those listed above and/or otherwise discussed in this press release; the extent to which the results from the research and development programs conducted by Regeneron and/or its collaborators may be replicated in other studies and/or lead to advancement of product candidates to clinical trials, therapeutic applications, or regulatory approval; ongoing regulatory obligations and oversight impacting Regeneron's Products, research and clinical programs, and business, including those relating to patient privacy; determinations by regulatory and administrative governmental authorities which may delay or restrict Regeneron's ability to continue to develop or commercialize Regeneron's Products and Regeneron's Product Candidates; competing drugs and product candidates that may be superior to, or more cost effective than, Regeneron's Products and Regeneron's Product Candidates; uncertainty of the utilization, market acceptance, and commercial success of Regeneron's Products and Regeneron's Product Candidates and the impact of studies (whether conducted by Regeneron or others and whether mandated or voluntary) or recommendations and guidelines from governmental authorities and other third parties on the commercial success of Regeneron's Products and Regeneron's Product Candidates; the ability of Regeneron to manufacture and manage supply chains for multiple products and product candidates; the ability of Regeneron's collaborators, suppliers, or other third parties (as applicable) to perform manufacturing, filling, finishing, packaging, labeling, distribution, and other steps related to Regeneron's Products and Regeneron's Product Candidates; the availability and extent of reimbursement of Regeneron's Products from third-party payers, including private payer healthcare and insurance programs, health maintenance organizations, pharmacy benefit management companies, and government programs such as Medicare and Medicaid; coverage and reimbursement determinations by such payers and new policies and procedures adopted by such payers; unanticipated expenses; the costs of developing, producing, and selling products; the ability of Regeneron to meet any of its financial projections or guidance and changes to the assumptions underlying those projections or guidance, including GAAP and non-GAAP R&D, GAAP and non-GAAP SG&A, GAAP and non-GAAP gross margin on net product sales, COCM, other operating (income) expense, net, capital expenditures, and GAAP and non-GAAP ETR; the potential for any license or collaboration agreement, including Regeneron's agreements with Sanofi, Bayer, and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (or their respective affiliated companies, as applicable), to be cancelled or terminated; and risks associated with intellectual property of other parties and pending or future litigation relating thereto (including without limitation the patent litigation and other related proceedings relating to EYLEA, Dupixent, Praluent, and REGEN-COV), other litigation and other proceedings and government investigations relating to the Company and/or its operations (including the pending civil litigation initiated by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts), the ultimate outcome of any such proceedings and investigations, and the impact any of the foregoing may have on Regeneron's business, prospects, operating results, and financial condition. A more complete description of these and other material risks can be found in Regeneron's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 and its Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2022. Any forward-looking statements are made based on management's current beliefs and judgment, and the reader is cautioned not to rely on any forward-looking statements made by Regeneron. Regeneron does not undertake any obligation to update (publicly or otherwise) any forward-looking statement, including without limitation any financial projection or guidance, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
Regeneron uses its media and investor relations website and social media outlets to publish important information about the Company, including information that may be deemed material to investors. Financial and other information about Regeneron is routinely posted and is accessible on Regeneron's media and investor relations website (http://newsroom.regeneron.com) and its Twitter feed (http://twitter.com/regeneron).
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
This press release and/or the financial results attached to this press release include amounts that are considered "non-GAAP financial measures" under SEC rules. As required, Regeneron has provided reconciliations of such non-GAAP financial measures.
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- Earnings to be released before market opens on Monday, August 1, 2022
XIAN, China, July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bon Natural Life Limited (Nasdaq: BON) ("BON" or the "Company"), one of the leading bio-ingredient solutions providers in the natural, health and personal care industries, will issue its half-year earnings release for the reporting period ended March 31, 2022 before the market open on Monday, August 1, 2022.
BON will also host an investor conference call and webcast on the same date, beginning at 9:00 a.m. EST. Management on the call will include CEO Mr. Richard (Yongwei) Hu, CFO Mr. Zhenchao Li, COO Ms. Yingchun Xue and CMO Wenjuan Chen. A replay of the call will also be archived on the Company's website and will be available until the next earnings call.
The call and webcast will be available via:
Pre-registration: https://dpregister.com/sreg/10169993/f3e46b2118
Callers who pre-register will be given a conference passcode and unique PIN to gain immediate access to the call and bypass the operator. Participants may pre-register at any time, up to and including after the time that the call has started.
Those without internet access or unable to pre-register may dial in by calling:
U.S. Toll Free: 1-866-777-2509
International Toll: 1-412-317-5413
To listen to the live webcast or to view the accompanying slides, go to the company's investor website at https://ir.bnlus.com/events-presentations. The webcast also can be accessed by using the direct link: https://event.choruscall.com/mediaframe/webcast.html?webcastid=1sM1QUxQ
If you are unable to participate during the live webcast, the call will be recorded and later made available on the Company's website.
About Bon Natural Life Limited
The Company focuses on the manufacturing of personal care ingredients, such as plant extracted fragrance compounds for perfume and fragrance manufacturers, natural health supplements such as powder drinks and bioactive food ingredient products mostly used as food additives and nutritional supplements by their customers. For additional information, please visit the Company's website at www.bnlus.com.
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This press release contains forward-looking statements as defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include statements concerning plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events or performance, and underlying assumptions and other statements that are other than statements of historical facts. When the Company uses words such as "may, "will, "intend," "should," "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "project," "estimate" or similar expressions that do not relate solely to historical matters, it is making forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties that may cause the actual results to differ materially from the Company's expectations discussed in the forward-looking statements. These statements are subject to uncertainties and risks including, but not limited to, the following: the Company's goals and strategies; the Company's future business development; product and service demand and acceptance; changes in technology; economic conditions; the growth of the natural, health and personal care market in China and the other international markets the Company plans to serve; reputation and brand; the impact of competition and pricing; government regulations; fluctuations in general economic and business conditions in China and the international markets the Company plans to serve and assumptions underlying or related to any of the foregoing and other risks contained in reports filed by the Company with the SEC. For these reasons, among others, investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance upon any forward-looking statements in this press release. Additional factors are discussed in the Company's filings with the SEC, which are available for review at www.sec.gov. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly revise these forward–looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that arise after the date hereof.
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Denver, Kansas City and Sound Transit among the many to unlock the power of Passport's mobility platform
CHARLOTTE, N.C., June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Passport, a transportation software and payments company, continues to expand its product offering to new and existing clients during the first half of 2022. Denver, Colo., Sound Transit, Wash. and Thunder Bay, Ontario are newly added to the Company's client roster.
The Charlotte-based Company provides all customers with a powerful platform that not only assimilates and aggregates all of a city's parking, enforcement and digital permitting data into one central location, but also integrates additional data insights with embedded payments capabilities. Customers are able to manage a broad array of mobility management complexities in one place to make smart, data driven decisions that improve their overall operations at the curb.
CEO David Evans explains that everything Passport does is in support of creating more livable and equitable communities. "We are dedicated to providing our clients with the data and insights they need to make their streets safer and their curbs easier to manage," says Evans.
First half wins include the Nebraska Innovation Campus (NIC), located in Lincoln, Neb. The NIC selected Passport to manage their complete parking operations and has launched mobile pay parking, enforcement, digital permitting and payments. The parking manager for NIC can now access insights and data via Passport's platform and provide a better user experience for its parkers as well as drive higher parking compliance rates.
Another client, Kansas City, Mo., is partnering with Passport on a brand refresh to their mobile pay application, PARK KC, as a means to continue to drive adoption and provide a frictionless parking experience throughout the City.
"Because of our partnership with Passport, we continue to bring innovative technology to our streets," says Kansas City Parking Division Manager, Matthew Muckenthaler. "The data and insights we are able to get from Passport's platform allows us to make more informed decisions at the curb so we can operate more efficiently and optimize the user experience."
Passport's platform is helping more than 800 municipalities, universities and private operators streamline their parking operations and use mobility data to increase revenue, decrease costs and provide better user experiences. The company has processed more than $2B in mobility payments and counting. To learn more about how Passport is transforming parking and mobility management, visit the company website.
Passport is a transportation software and payments company that builds technology to more efficiently manage streets and sidewalks. Based in Charlotte, N.C., Passport is trusted by more than 800 cities, universities and agencies, including Chicago, Toronto, Los Angeles and Miami. Passport's digital platform helps cities manage parking and mobility infrastructure, creating more livable, equitable communities. One of the fastest-growing companies on the Inc. 5000 and Deloitte Technology Fast 500 lists, Passport was also named to Fast Company's World's Most Innovative Companies for 2020.
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One of the world's top creative leaders joins Miami-based agency at a time of exponential growth.
MIAMI, April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Republica Havas, one of America's leading creative advertising, media, and communications agencies, announces today that Tony Waissmann is joining its executive team as chief creative officer (CCO). Co-founder Luis Casamayor, who formerly held the role, has been named creative chairman.
Waissmann will be relocating from Buenos Aires to Miami, and the move marks the first time he has brought his talents and expertise to a U.S.-based firm. In his new role, he will lead the agency's creative organization with an emphasis on clarity and focus to develop work that makes an impact on the cultural zeitgeist. Most recently, Waissmann was CCO LatAm at HOY by Havas, a leading creative agency in Latin America with offices in Argentina, Colombia, and Mexico.
Waissmann initially studied industrial design to pursue a passion for working in the auto industry. His interest in theater led to a deep understanding of the entertainment industry and advertising, the latter inspiring him to shift careers. One year later, Waissmann was working at an ad agency and laying the foundation for Underground, the school for creatives he founded in 2001 and directed for 18 years. Underground was one of the most recognized creative schools in Latin America, with branches in Argentina, Uruguay, Colombia, Peru and Mexico.
"Our agency has experienced explosive growth over the past year, allowing us to lure some of the best talents in the industry, and now with Tony's addition, the stage is set to take us to even greater heights," said Luis Casamayor, co-founder and creative chairman of Republica Havas. "Tony is a generational talent who will elevate our creative output and continue cultivating a divergent, multifaceted team of world-class professionals. Tony's addition signals a landmark moment for the future of our business," he added.
Republica Havas has experienced over 25% growth over the past year amid distinguished wins, including Nike and Telemundo's FIFA World Cup 2022, With over two decades of award-winning industry experience, Waissmann has held creative leadership roles at top agencies, including Geometry Global, GTB, FCB Global, and Lowe Argentina, and his clients have included Coca-Cola, Starbucks, Ford, Johnson & Johnson, Jaguar, Land Rover, DirecTV, and Cinemark.
"I'm grateful to the Havas network for the freedom and support I've been given from day one. My role is one that I've always been passionate about. I've been working in the LatAm region and my native Argentina for years, in different agencies, but taking on a new challenge always thrills me and fills me with pride," said Waissmann. "Together with this new team, my goal is to make RH an even more outstanding creative agency, bringing it right up there with the most creative ones in the region. The work has to speak for itself; it has to be relevant to clients and hopefully, impactful enough to inspire industry peers," he added.
Waissmann's work has been recognized with numerous awards, including Cannes Lions, Clio, New York Festivals, London International Awards, El Sol, and El Ojo de Iberoamérica. He has been named one of the 100 Most Influential Creatives in the World by Creativepool, and selected as one of the 10 Best Creative Directors in Latin America and one of the Best Creatives in Argentina by the Jerry Goldenberg Awards, the most prestigious industry awards in Argentina. Over the past year, he was again nominated as one of the best creatives in Argentina at the Jerry Goldenberg Awards and ranked as one of Argentina's top two creatives according to El Ojo de Iberoamérica.
Republica Havas is one of America's leading and fastest-growing creative, media, and communications agencies. Founded in 2006 and based in Miami, Florida, Republica Havas provides integrated marketing services including strategy, creative, research, media planning and buying, analytics and consumer science, digital, public relations, social, and experiential to numerous blue-chip clients in the United States and markets around the world. Republica Havas also boasts Havas House, a global custom media, content and publishing company. Republica Havas is the lead U.S. multicultural agency partner of Paris-based Havas Group. Havas is a subsidiary of Vivendi, a global content, media, and communications group with assets including Universal Music Group, Canal+, Gameloft, StudioCanal, Editis, and Dailymotion. For more information, visit republicahavas.com and follow @RepublicaHavas on social media.
Havas is one of the world's largest global communications groups. Founded in 1835 in Paris, the Group employs 20,000 people in more than 100 countries and operates through its three business units covering all communication activities. Havas Group's mission is to make a meaningful difference to brands, businesses and people. To better anticipate client needs, Havas has adopted a fully integrated model through its 60+ Havas Villages around the world. In these Villages, creative, media, and healthcare & wellness teams work together, ensuring agility and a seamless experience for clients. We are committed to building a diverse culture where everybody feels they belong, can be themselves, thrive and grow. Havas Group integrated Vivendi in December 2017. Further information about Havas Group is available on the company's website: havasgroup.com
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LIBERTY HILL, Texas, Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Santa Rita Ranch, a 3,800-acre historical ranch redesigned as a master-planned community with world-class amenities and spectacular views near Austin, Texas has once more ranked #1 in sales in the Austin-Round Rock area, according to the 2022 RCLCO mid-year report. Santa Rita Ranch also placed 29th in the nation in total sales, up from last year's rank of 33rd.
"We have a top-notch team working hard every day to make sure that Santa Rita Ranch provides the very best possible place to live for all of our many residents," said Santa Rita Ranch Developer Ed Horne, "so recognition like this from an expert group like RCLCO is a wonderful thing. But what we love most is welcoming friendly new faces to our master-planned community, which is why we're so happy to have added 273 new families to our Ranch community so far this year!"
As a leader in real estate consulting, RCLCO has been conducting an annual national survey to identify the top-selling, best master-planned communities since 1994. It is always an honor for any community to make the list, as it shows that the community is healthy, prosperous, and growing, and Santa Rita Ranch is proud to have made the RCLCO list many times since the Austin-area community first broke ground.
The success of Santa Rita Ranch is part of a larger trend, as the Austin-Round Rock area becomes one of the fastest-growing housing markets in the nation. Ranked one of the best places to live in the U.S. due to a rapidly-growing job market, a business-friendly political environment, pleasant weather, and a low overall cost of living, Austin has seen an explosion of new arrivals as families from all over the country relocate to the region to start a new life.
This has helped to fuel the growth of master-planned communities such as Santa Rita Ranch, which offer resort-style amenities alongside houses from some of the nation's leading home builders to create welcoming, friendly neighborhoods.
The Santa Rita Ranch master-planned community in the Texas Hill Country north of Austin, offers beautiful, affordable homes and exceptional lifestyle options. It's been honored as a three-time Developer of the Year, three-time Community of the Year, and the Best-Selling Master-Planned Community in the Austin-Round Rock area.
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PHOENIX (AP) — Leave the math to everyone else. The Los Angeles Dodgers know how to win baseball games.
Mookie Betts hit a three-run homer, Cody Bellinger added a two-run double and the Dodgers beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-0 on Monday night behind Tyler Anderson, becoming the first major league team to clinch a playoff spot this season.
For real, this time.
The Dodgers thought they had secured a playoff berth Sunday after beating the Padres, celebrating with a postgame toast and distributing caps with the postseason logo on them. After further review, the math didn’t quite add up, and the Dodgers were just short.
So for the second straight day, the Dodgers celebrated a trip to the postseason.
“I don’t know if that’s ever been done,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said with a grin. “But it feels good.”
The Dodgers could make it three celebrations in three days on Tuesday, when a win would allow them to clinch the NL West. The Dodgers won their 97th game of the season Monday and are 54 games over .500.
Anderson (15-3) and Diamondbacks rookie Ryne Nelson engaged in an impressive pitching duel for the first six innings.
The Dodgers broke through against the D-backs’ bullpen in the seventh, loading the bases with no outs. Trayce Thompson snapped the scoreless tie with a sacrifice fly off Kevin Ginkel and then Bellinger pushed the Dodgers ahead 3-0 with a double into the right-center gap.
It was a good moment for Bellinger, who was the 2019 NL MVP but hasn’t come close to reaching that level of production since. He came into the game with a .200 batting average, 17 homers and 55 RBIs.
“Belly will be Belly, he’ll be fine,” Betts said. “He always finds ways. He competes. He plays a Gold Glove center field, which is huge. For some odd reason, he comes through in those clutch situations. We always know he’ll be there, be a fierce competitor and be ready when the lights turn on.”
Betts crushed a three-run shot to left in the ninth, giving the Dodgers a six-run cushion. It was his 34th homer of the season, a career high.
Anderson went seven innings, giving up five hits, walking two and striking out two.
“I didn’t think he had his best stuff, to be honest,” Roberts said. “But it just kind of shows his compete and his will. He made pitches when he needed to, got groundballs, fielded his position and got outs.”
Nelson threw six shutout innings in his second major league start, extending his scoreless streak to 13 innings since he was called up to the big leagues last week.
The 24-year-old threw seven shutout innings against the Padres in his debut on Sept. 5.
“He’s been fantastic,” Arizona manager Torey Lovullo said. “He fills up the strike zone, he’s got three pitches he can mix in and he does a great job of following the game plan.”
Nelson didn’t have much trouble with the Dodgers’ potent lineup, giving up just two hits and two walks while striking out six. He allowed a two-out triple to Trea Turner in the sixth and then intentionally walked Freddie Freeman, but retired Will Smith on a liner to center that ended the inning.
WEB GEMS
Betts made a nice play for the Dodgers while getting a rare start at second base.
Speedy D-backs outfielder Alex Thomas hit a grounder that deflected off Anderson’s glove, which made Betts readjust his path as he charged in to field the ball. Betts then flipped the ball with his glove hand to Freeman, beating Thomas by a split second.
Betts is usually the team’s right fielder but made his fifth start of the season at second, subbing for injured Gavin Lux. Betts came to the big leagues as an infielder before switching to the outfield.
Betts’ infield cameo isn’t expected to be a long-term arrangement, but he does give the Dodgers options.
“It makes me miss being in there,” Betts said of playing second. “But they pay me pretty good to be in right field, so I’ll go back out there.”
MAKING MOVES
Diamondbacks: Called up OF Jordan Luplow from Triple-A Reno. Designated INF Wilmer Difo for assignment.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Dodgers: Roberts told reporters that INF Gavin Lux (neck) continues to improve, was doing “all baseball activities” and could be put on the active roster this weekend. … Tony Gonsolin (right forearm strain) threw a bullpen Sunday and Roberts said the All-Star right-hander came out feeling “OK.” Roberts is still confident Gonsolin can return to the rotation by the end of the season but acknowledged that time is running short.
UP NEXT
The teams play again on Tuesday. Arizona sends RHP Merrill Kelly (12-5, 2.94 ERA) to the mound against LHP Clayton Kershaw (7-3, 2.62).
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‘Extreme’ plant thrives and grows faster under stress, study says
Published: May. 2, 2022 at 8:02 PM EDT|Updated: 40 minutes ago
(CNN) – They say what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.
Scientists say that wisdom definitely applies to plants, called “extremophyte.”
The plants not only survive in places that would kill most other plants, but they thrive in them. That includes areas that are extremely dry and cold, or have a high salt content.
Researchers in San Diego say the plants have a unique hormone that kicks into overdrive when conditions get harsh which helps the plant adapt.
According to the journal Nature Plants, experts are hoping to replicate that process in some crops that are at risk because of climate change.
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AUSTIN (Nexstar) — Hundreds of gun control advocates took to the steps of the Texas Capitol Saturday to advocate for age restrictions, two days after a federal judge in Texas lifted a ban on young adults from carrying firearms.
On Thursday, a Fort Worth federal court tossed the state’s law that prohibited people ages 18 through 20 from being able to carry a handgun. Texas law bans most young adults from getting a license to carry or merely carrying a handgun for self-defense outside of their home.
U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman wrote the Second Amendment does not clearly specify any age restrictions.
“The Second Amendment doesn’t have any sort of age restriction. The absence is notable,” Pittman wrote in the ruling. “Based on the Second Amendment’s text, as informed by Founding-Era history and tradition, the Court concludes that the Second Amendment protects against this prohibition.”
Pittman’s order will not go into effect immediately, as the state of Texas has 30 days to appeal the decision.
The ruling comes three months after an 18-year-old gunman used a legally purchased AR-15-style weapon to murder 19 kids and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde. While that specific law would not have applied to the Uvalde gunman, community members have been amplifying their demands for raising the age limit on purchasing semi-automatic weapons from 18 to 21.
In Austin on Saturday, families of victims and survivors marched outside of the governor’s mansion and the Capitol grounds, demanding Gov. Greg Abbott call a special legislative session to raise the age to buy some weapons.
Javier Cazares — whose fourth-grade daughter was amongst the slain children in Uvalde — said he was not there in political protest but to keep a promise to not let down his daughter Jackie.
“Our children’s lives depend on common sense laws that the vast majority of Texans desperately want. No matter what their party is,” Cazares said.
His other daughter, Jazmin Cazares, also spoke at Saturday’s rally. She pointed out not only did she lose her little sister, but her cousin Annabelle was also among the 19 children killed at Robb Elementary on May 24.
“Because of an 18-year-old boy with an AR-15, my sister never got to celebrate becoming double digits. She will forever be 9 years old,” she said. “It’s been three months since 19 children and two teachers were killed in Uvalde, and still not much has changed in Uvalde, let alone the state of Texas.”
The majority of the speakers at Saturday’s March for Our Lives rally included a call to raise the age limit on such firearms in their speeches. Speakers included self-proclaimed Republicans and Texans of all ages, like Robb Elementary shooting survivor Kaitlyn Gonzalez.
“You have to be 21 to buy a case of beer, but an 18 year old bought a gun to kill kids. That does not make sense,” she said.
A 2019 study from the University of Alabama evaluated 36 years worth of shootings and found 80% of shooters obtained their weapons legally. More than a quarter of attackers were under the age of 25 and nearly 7% were under the age of 18.
Out of those attackers 18 and older, less than 15% decided to attack a school, but shooters under the age of 18 chose schools as the primary targets.
A special legislative session on this topic is likely. The governor has often deferred to other action in the legislature, pointing to interim committee work and recommendations related to school safety and mental health, as well the $100 million lawmakers transferred to the Texas Education Agency for related resources. Abbott and other Texas Republicans have maintained their stance that gun laws would not stop violence. | https://cw33.com/news/texas-politics/uvalde-community-pushes-for-gun-control-as-judge-lifts-regulations-for-young-adults/ | 2022-08-30T16:27:23Z |
TORONTO, June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Thomson Reuters Corporation (TSX/NYSE: TRI) today announced it has received approval from the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) for the annual renewal of its normal course issuer bid (NCIB). The company also announced that it plans to repurchase up to US$2.0 billion of its shares under the new NCIB.
Under the new NCIB, up to 24 million common shares (which represents approximately 5% of the company's issued and outstanding common shares) may be repurchased between June 13, 2022 and June 12, 2023.
From time to time when Thomson Reuters does not possess material nonpublic information about itself or its securities, it may enter into a pre-defined plan with its broker to allow for the repurchase of shares at times when Thomson Reuters ordinarily would not be active in the market due to its own internal trading blackout periods, insider trading rules or otherwise. Any such plans entered into with Thomson Reuters' broker will be adopted in accordance with applicable Canadian securities laws and the requirements of Rule 10b5-1 under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Thomson Reuters plans to enter into such a plan later this month with its broker pursuant to which shares may be repurchased under the new NCIB.
Thomson Reuters has historically maintained a disciplined capital strategy that balances growth, long-term financial leverage, credit ratings and returns to shareholders through dividends and share repurchases. The NCIB provides the company with a flexible way to provide returns to shareholders who choose to participate by selling their shares. Thomson Reuters expects to have significant capital capacity over the next four years, which would provide it with options for additional investments and returns to shareholders. In addition to cash generated from its operating activities, the company has disclosed that it plans to monetize its interest in London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSEG) over time after the expiration of applicable contractual lock-up provisions. As of June 7, 2022, Thomson Reuters indirectly owned approximately 72.4 million LSEG shares, which had a market value of approximately US$6.5 billion based on LSEG's closing share price on that date.
Under the new NCIB, shares may be repurchased in open market transactions on the TSX, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and/or other exchanges and alternative trading systems, if eligible, or by such other means as may be permitted by the TSX and/or NYSE or under applicable law, including private agreement purchases if Thomson Reuters receives an issuer bid exemption order in the future from applicable securities regulatory authorities in Canada for such purchases. The price that Thomson Reuters will pay for common shares in open market transactions will be the market price at the time of purchase or such other price as may be permitted by the TSX. Any private agreement purchases made under an exemption order may be at a discount to the prevailing market price. In accordance with TSX rules, any daily repurchases (other than pursuant to a block purchase exception) on the TSX under the renewed NCIB are limited to a maximum of 98,051 shares, which represents 25% of the average daily trading volume on the TSX of 392,204 for the six months ended May 31, 2022 (net of repurchases made by the company during that time period). On May 31, 2022, there were 487,122,905 Thomson Reuters common shares outstanding. Any shares that are repurchased are cancelled.
Decisions regarding any future repurchases will depend on certain factors, such as market conditions, share price and other opportunities to invest capital for growth. Thomson Reuters may elect to suspend or discontinue share repurchases at any time, in accordance with applicable laws.
For its NCIB that began on January 4, 2021 and expired on January 3, 2022, Thomson Reuters previously received approval from the TSX to repurchase up to 20 million common shares. Of this amount, Thomson Reuters repurchased 12,795,358 common shares for a total cost of approximately US$1.4 billion, representing an average price of US$109.42 per share. Thomson Reuters repurchased the common shares through the facilities of the TSX, the NYSE and other alternative trading systems through its broker.
Thomson Reuters (TSX/NYSE: TRI) is a leading provider of business information services. Our products include highly specialized information-enabled software and tools for legal, tax, accounting and compliance professionals combined with the world's most global news service – Reuters. For more information on Thomson Reuters, visit tr.com and for the latest world news, reuters.com.
Certain statements in this news release are forward-looking, including statements regarding the company's plans to repurchase up to US$2.0 billion of its common shares, its intentions related to future share repurchases and expectations regarding its future capital capacity and plans to sell LSEG shares in the future. While the company believes that it has a reasonable basis for making forward-looking statements in this news release, they are not a guarantee of future performance or outcomes and there is no assurance that the events described in any forward-looking statement will materialize. Forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from current expectations. Many of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions are beyond our company's control and the effects of them can be difficult to predict. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements which reflect expectations only as of the date of this news release. Except as may be required by applicable law, Thomson Reuters disclaims any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements.
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Scientists seek to develop hybrid coral reef off of Miami
MIAMI (AP) — Scientists and students from the University of Miami dove into the dark waters a few miles off the shores of Miami this week as part of an effort to develop hybrid reefs.
The team from the Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science was on a mission to collect eggs and sperm from spawning staghorn coral, which they hope to use to fertilize other strains of staghorn corals in a lab.
It’s all part of a $7.5 million federal grant from the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to help address security threats to the military and civilian infrastructure along vulnerable coastal regions in Florida and the Caribbean.
The Miami-based project seeks to protect coastal bases from damaging hurricane storm surge using hybrid reefs.
“Our mission is to develop hybrid reefs that combine the wave-protection benefits of artificial structures with the ecological benefits of coral reefs,” said Andrew Baker, a professor and director of the Coral Reef Futures Lab at the Rosenstiel School. “We will be working on next generation structural designs and concrete materials, and integrating them with novel ecological engineering approaches to help foster the growth of corals on these structures.”
They will also be testing new adaptive biology approaches to produce corals that are faster-growing and more resilient to a warming climate, he said.
Coral spawns just a few nights every year, depending on water temperature and lunar cycle, coral colonies simultaneously release their eggs and sperm into the water column, which fertilize one another to create baby coral.
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Late afternoon and evening storms likely
Tracking 2 areas of concern in the tropics
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - With abundant moisture in place and high pressure east of Florida we can expect to see another round of late afternoon and evening thunderstorms moving back toward the coast on Thursday. We will see generally mostly sunny skies to start the day and then look for the sea breeze move inland during the mid afternoon and converge with the SE wind. This will be the impetus for a line of storms to develop inland and then move back toward the coast during the early evening. The rain chance during the late afternoon is at 60%.
We can expect this same pattern to continue over the next several days with a really good chance for those late day storms which is typical for this time of year. Since there is plenty of moisture in the atmosphere we could see some minor flooding issues at times with some of the heavier downpours.
Some storms will produce 1-2 inches of rainfall in a short period of down which will cause some ponding of water on the roadways.
For boaters and beachgoers look for sunny skies to start the day with a few clouds later in the day with a good chance for late day storms moving in from the east and moving toward the Gulf of Mexico after 5 p.m.
In the tropics we continue to monitor 2 areas in the Atlantic. Both systems have a low chance of developing over the next 5 days. The 1st. disturbance is located to the southeast of the Caribbean and is moving to the NW at 15 mph. Although conditions will be marginal for development through Wednesday of next week but after that the GFS forecast model is suggesting a tropical storm developing in the NW Caribbean or SE Gulf of Mexico Sept. 2nd. It’s a long way off and may not verify but this time of year storms can pop up quickly so stay tuned.
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585K pounds of ready-to-eat chicken recalled; may be undercooked
(Gray News) - Approximately 585,030 pounds of ready-to-eat chicken breast fillet products have been recalled by Wayne Farms, LLC, the U.S. Food Safety and Inspection Service announced.
It is an expansion of a recall in April that originally included about 30,000 pounds of product. Customer complaints that the chicken appeared to be undercooked led to the recall, the FSIS stated in a news release.
Brand names on the items include Chef’s Line and Chef’s Craft. Photos of labels can be seen on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s website.
The following products are in the recall and were produced between Feb. 9 and April 30:
- 9-pound cases containing eight packages of 6-ounce “ALL NATURAL FIRE GRILLED CHICKEN BREAST” with “use by” dates ranging from 5/10/22 to 4/29/23.
- 9-pound cases containing 12 packages of 4-ounce “ALL NATURAL FIRE GRILLED CHICKEN BREAST” with “use by” dates ranging from 5/10/22 to 4/29/23.
- 6-pound cases containing 24 individual packages of 4-ounce “ALL NATURAL FIRE GRILLED CHICKEN BREAST FILLET” with “use by” date 3/5/23.
- 16-ounce zippered plastic packages containing “CHEF’S CRAFT CHICKEN BREAST FILLET” and establishment number P-20214 printed next to the 3/23/2023 best by date.
These items were shipped to distributors nationwide and further distributed to restaurants and retail locations, FSIS stated. The retail locations are in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia.
Consumers were urged not to eat the products and restaurants not to serve them. They should be thrown away or returned to the place of purchase.
People with food safety questions can call the toll-free USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline at 888-MPHotline (888-674-6854) or live chat via Ask USDA from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. ET Monday through Friday.
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PASADENA, Calif., June 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Inside Out" beauty trend has evolved over the last two years to include self-care routines and a more holistic approach to skin health. Alurx disrupts the traditional beauty categories by offering a unique range of wellness solutions, from collagen gummies and herbal teas to skin-soothing balms, to improve the way we feel and look. Alurx focuses on key areas that affect skin health and our overall wellness such as sleep, immunity, and stress management. Alurx products and advice are developed by its Medical and Expert Council, the AMEC, and curated to create simple rituals that bring long-lasting results. The Alurx collections will be available on July 7th on Dermstore and Skinstore, The Hut Group's beauty stores.
Science-backed and sourced in nature, Alurx's high quality formulas are plant-based, cruelty free, gluten free, and rich in vitamins to feed your skin. Alurx offers a unique approach to self-care with beauty rituals based on post-Covid lifestyles, including proprietary blends of hemp-infused herbal teas, multitasking products such as the https://alurx.com/collections/skin-health/products/perfectly-hydrating-wrinkle-smoothing or its best-selling gummies like https://alurx.com/collections/skin-health/products/collagen-and-biotin-gummy-natural-lemon-flavor-skin-health, a favorite "beauty snack" among skincare devotees.
The Hut Group (THG PLC), the global online retailer, continues to evolve its beauty offerings to bring innovative and high-quality brands to consumers. Self-care and wellness are the key focus of its fast-growing flagship stores.
Since 2020, Alurx provides health-conscious individuals with an innovative and proven line of wellness-based solutions developed and curated by the AMEC, its medical council. Combining high quality products, services and insightful advice, Alurx is improving their clients overall well-being by allowing everyone to customize and shape their individual path to wellness on its all-in-one hub.
Julia Stewart, Founder and CEO of Alurx is on a mission to enable health-conscious people to achieve what is most valuable to them--their wellness. As a member of Fortune magazine's list of Top 50 Most Powerful Women in the U.S., Julia's successful career spans more than 40 years at some of America's most iconic and beloved Brands. Her leadership accounts for the revitalization and continued success of companies such as IHOP, Applebee's, and Taco Bell. Now, she brings her CEO wisdom, experience and drive to the world of wellness with the launch of Alurx. Julia also serves as an Independent Director for Avery Dennison (NYSE: AVY), Fogo de Chao Restaurants, and Bite Acquisition, Corp. (NYSE: BITE). She is an active philanthropist and sought-after speaker.
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PITTSBURGH, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Great Place to Work® and Fortune have honored Level Agency as one of the 2022 Best Workplaces in Advertising & Marketing™. This is Level Agency's third time joining this prestigious list, this year coming in at 33rd place. Earning a spot means that Level Agency is one of the best companies to work for in the country. Level is the only Pittsburgh-based company among those ranked.
The Best Workplaces in Advertising & Marketing award is based on analysis of survey responses from more than over 9,000 employees from Great Place to Work-Certified™ companies in the advertising and marketing industry. In that survey, 98% of Level Agency's employees said Level is a great place to work. This number is 41 points higher than the average U.S. company.
Patrick Van Gorder, President and COO at Level Agency said, "Our emphasis on workplace culture is at the core of our success. Our people are flexible, collaborative, and strategic, with ownership over their piece of the work. As a result, their success and growth ladders up directly to the business results for our clients. When people have a chance to contribute and do their best work every day, we win awards like these."
The Best Workplaces in Advertising and Marketing is highly competitive. Great Place to Work, the global authority on workplace culture, selected the list using rigorous analytics and confidential employee feedback. Companies were only considered if they had been a Great Place to Work-Certified™ organization.
Great Place to Work is the only company culture award in America that selects winners based on how fairly employees are treated. Companies are assessed on how well they are creating a great employee experience that cuts across race, gender, age, disability status, or any aspect of who employees are or their role.
"These companies have adapted to the challenges of an ever-changing workplace by their commitment to inclusive, high-trust cultures where employees are treated as human beings first and foremost," says Michael C. Bush, CEO of Great Place to Work®. "Congratulations to the Best Workplaces in Advertising & Marketing."
Level Agency also ranked #113 on Inc. Magazine's 2022 list of the Northeast Region's Fastest Growing Private Companies and was named one of The Pittsburgh Business Times' Fast 50 fastest growing companies in the region. We are proud to be a diverse workplace and a Military Friendly ® Employer.
Change is the only constant in today's marketing ecosystem. Level Agency designs and executes performance marketing campaigns using its systematic Test. Learn. Grow. framework. This adaptive approach accelerates ROI, reduces waste, and helps our clients win the knowledge and performance race.
To learn more about how this Great Place to Work drives results for clients, read our case studies at level.agency. And be sure to follow along with Level's journey by subscribing to the Test. Learn. Grow. Podcast, wherever you get your podcasts.
Great Place to Work® selected the Best Workplaces in Advertising & Marketing ™ by gathering and analyzing confidential survey responses from over 9,000 employees from Great Place to Work-Certified™ companies in the advertising and marketing industry. Company rankings are derived from 60 employee experience questions within the Great Place to Work® Trust Index™ survey. Great Place to Work determines its lists using its proprietary For All™ methodology to evaluate and certify thousands of organizations in America's largest ongoing annual workforce study, based on over 1 million survey responses and data from companies representing more than 6.1 million employees, this year alone. Read the full methodology.
To get on this list next year, start here.
Great Place to Work® is the global authority on workplace culture. Since 1992, they have surveyed more than 100 million employees worldwide and used those deep insights to define what makes a great workplace: trust. Their employee survey platform empowers leaders with the feedback, real-time reporting and insights they need to make data-driven people decisions. Everything they do is driven by the mission to build a better world by helping every organization become a great place to work For All™.
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LOS ANGELES, May 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On May 18, Knight Law Group kicks off its Return-to-Office transition with a celebration honoring its hard-working staff.
The firm announced its adoption of a hybrid work model, with team members working in the office Tuesday through Thursday and working remotely Mondays and Fridays. As another feature of the new policy, the firm now allows employees to work fully remotely for two additional weeks per year. The Return-to-Office announcement comes with a bonus and salary increase for each employee of up to 20% of their current pay, including employees that may have just started in the past few weeks.
In recognition of staff reconnecting in-person with colleagues, festivities will be the order of the day. The Wednesday celebration will feature welcome-back gifts for each employee, delicious food and drink, a cocktail reception, a DJ and dance party, along with a drawing that will award two grand prizes worth thousands of dollars. Knight's Return to Office is accompanied by expanded benefits and perks for its loyal staff. Employees will receive apparel and gas gift cards to offset new wardrobe and commuting costs.
"Before Covid, the notion of employees working from home was not considered to be a feasible model. But after we all made emergency adjustments two years ago, it turned out the traditional fears were unjustified. This hybrid program gives employees the in-office benefits of collaboration, culture and assistance while trusting our team with the flexibility we once thought was impracticable," said Roger Kirnos, Managing Partner of Knight Law Group.
"We're looking forward to more insightful or witty conversations by a co-worker's desk and fewer interactions that begin with 'you need to unmute yourself,'" said Leon Boyer, Chief Operating Officer. "But our embrace of a hybrid model means that the positives that we gained from working remotely will remain in place going forward."
The firm today also announced across-the-board compensation increases.
"As of today, every single Knight employee has received both a bonus based on years of service and a significant salary increase, in compensation for a job well done and for the additional travel expenses that will come with in-person travel to the office," added Boyer.
In preparation for the re-opening of the office, the workspace has been upgraded to include improved ventilation, touchless faucets for restrooms, new MERV 14 air filters, and a UVC Emitter system. This UVC light provides continuous germicidal cleaning of air coils and other components, improving overall indoor air quality.
Employee feedback was key to the crafting of the hybrid policy, which was influenced by opinions shared by staff during the extended work-from-home period.
In accordance with Knight Law Group's stature as one of the largest and most successful consumer-protection law firms in the country, its employee benefits surpass those of other consumer-protection firms, in recognition of the spirit and effort put in by its team members.
Existing benefits of medical, dental, and vision coverage, parking/bus pass reimbursement, and the Employee Assistance Program remain in place. During the pandemic, Knight Law Group began providing employees with pet insurance, and this popular benefit will continue as well.
"For those who have enjoyed conducting their work duties from home, we are happy to announce that there will be a great deal of flexibility within our Return to Office transition," said Angelo D'Agostino, Chief Human Resources Officer.
"We have worked diligently to create a welcoming, safe environment to reconvene in, and I am know my colleagues will find a lot to enjoy about this experience, even after the RTO celebration is finished," he concluded.
About Knight Law Group: Knight Law Group is the preeminent California consumer rights law firm, specializing in the practice of Automotive Lemon Law. Knight Law Group has successfully handled cases against most major auto manufacturers and has received record settlements for its clients.
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Congress urges President to hold India accountable for WTO violations
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Congressman Tracey Mann has urged President Joe Biden to hold India accountable for its role in depressing rice and wheat commodities.
On Friday, July 1, U.S. Representative Tracey Mann (R-KS) says he joined Rep. Rick Crawford (R-AR) to lead 12 members of Congress to send a letter to President Joe Biden to urge to hold India accountable for violating their commitments to the World Trade Organization.
Congressman Mann noted current WTO rules allow governments to subsidize up to 10% of the value of commodity production, however, the Indian government continues to do so at more than half of the value of production for several commodities - including rice and wheat.
Mann said India’s lack of rule-following and the Biden Administration’s lack of enforcement has allowed the global agricultural production and trade channel prices to trend downward. He said this has depressed the production of rice and wheat commodities and put American producers at a disadvantage.
“India’s practices are dangerously trade-distorting on a global scale and impact U.S. farmers and ranchers,” wrote the Members. " We urge the Administration to fil[e] a formal request for consultations with India at the WTO and to continue monitoring other WTO member’s domestic support programs that undermine fair trade practices. America must not yield for the sake of reaching consensus. Instead, America must work to promote solutions that will alleviate the global supply chain and food shortages, and America must take actions that will address those consumers most impacted by inflation and rising food prices.”
Mann said he and Crawford also lead their colleagues in a letter in January to U.S. Trade Representative Katerine Tai and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to urge them to hold India accountable as well.
To read the full copy of the letter, click HERE.
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LOS ANGELES, July 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Consumer Watchdog filed its Opening Brief in a California Public Records Act ("CPRA") lawsuit against Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and the Department of Insurance. The CPRA suit alleges that Lara and the Department of Insurance failed to search for and produce records related to a pay-to-play scandal involving insurance companies with business pending before the agency.
The trial will be held September 2, 2022. Download the brief here: https://consumerwatchdog.org/sites/default/files/2022-07/2022-07-05%20Brief%20Petitioner%27s%20Opening%20Brief%20and%20Exhibits%201-40%20%28stamped%29.pdf
As explained in the Opening Brief, though Commissioner Lara had previously pledged not to accept insurance company contributions, in 2019 individuals linked to workers' compensation insurer Applied Underwriters and another company, IHC, contributed $53,400 to Lara's 2022 re-election campaign fund. Some of the contributions were made in the name of relatives of insurance company executives, apparently to hide their true source. Shortly after, Applied's president, Steven Menzies, requested that Commissioner Lara intervene in proceedings at the Department involving Applied. Lara did so, overriding Administrative Law Judge orders in at least four proceedings. Menzies also stood to gain if Commissioner Lara approved his purchase of Applied's subsidiary, California Insurance Company ("CIC").
In the wake of statewide news reports Commissioner Lara apologized and promised "transparency."
Consumer Watchdog then filed two CPRA requests with the Department seeking communications and meeting records involving 13 named individuals and any other individuals "employed by or representing" the insurance companies involved in the scandal.
Several records the Department ultimately produced suggest that Menzies and others improperly discussed the sale of CIC with Commissioner Lara and Department staff simultaneous to campaign fundraising. The Department refused to produce other records and failed to provide an adequate explanation for withholding them.
Without recourse, Consumer Watchdog filed a public records lawsuit asking the court to require the Department to search for and produce all responsive records.
Following the filing of the lawsuit, discovery responses from the Department demonstrated that the Department failed to search for, perhaps intentionally so, records related to at least four individuals that the Department knew were "employed by or representing" Applied and IHC.
These individuals include a former New Mexico insurance regulator who left office following a different pay-to-play scandal, an insurance executive involved in the sale of CIC, and two former California legislators-turned lobbyists, Rusty Areias and Fabian Nunez.
As noted in the Opening Brief,
"During discovery, Respondents admitted that they had done nothing to determine who was 'employed by or representing' Applied or the other companies, or to search for records responsive to the second half of the CPRA Requests. After this litigation was filed, Petitioner uncovered evidence that Respondents were aware of other individuals who represented the companies, but still failed, perhaps intentionally, to include their names as search terms in order to identify other responsive documents. As a result, the universe of responsive documents remains unknown…. Respondents have a duty under the CPRA to establish search protocols and adopt search terms adequate to identify responsive records. Respondents violated this duty. . . . An agency fails to conduct an adequate search when it fails to pursue leads in response to a records request that, if followed, could reasonably lead to further responsive records."
The lawsuit, Consumer Watchdog v. Ricardo Lara et al. Case No. 20STCP00664, is being litigated in Los Angeles Superior Court. Consumer Watchdog is represented by attorneys for the group and Kelly Aviles, esq.
Consumer Watchdog is a non-profit public interest organization. Visit us on the web at www.ConsumerWatchdog.org
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SOURCE Consumer Watchdog | https://www.kxii.com/prnewswire/2022/07/14/opening-brief-filed-public-records-lawsuit-against-insurance-commissioner-lara-amp-agency-over-pay-to-play-records-trial-set-september-2nd/ | 2022-07-14T21:03:47Z |
Soccer player Salvio accused of injuring estranged wife
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The estranged wife of Argentina soccer player Eduardo Salvio has filed a police complaint accusing him of hitting her with a car he was driving, causing minor injuries. Salvio’s attorney says the player will appear before authorities “to clear everything up and demonstrate that he is innocent.” Salvio spent years with Benfica in Portugal, Atlético Madrid in Spain and the Argentina national team. He now plays for Boca Juniors in Buenos Aires. Magali Aravena’s complaint alleges they were arguing while she was standing near Savio’s car. It claims that as he accelerated to leave, a front tire hit one of her legs. She filed a complaint of gender violence. | https://localnews8.com/news/2022/04/14/soccer-player-salvio-accused-of-injuring-estranged-wife/ | 2022-04-14T22:43:24Z |
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Society of Retina Specialists (ASRS), the largest retina specialty organization in the world joins Safe Eyes America in strong opposition to AB 2236, legislation now under consideration in the California Senate.
AB 2236 dangerously reduces the medical education, clinical, and surgical training requirements to become licensed in California to perform eye surgery. If AB 2236 were to be enacted, an individual would no longer be required to complete medical school and the required surgical training to become licensed to perform eye surgery. ASRS and Safe Eyes America point out that such a large reduction in surgical licensing requirements is detrimental to patient surgical outcomes and safety.
Retina specialists are ophthalmologists (physicians who complete 4 years of medical school followed by 4 years of training in eye diseases and surgery) with an additional 2 years specializing in treatment of the retina (the delicate structure in the deepest part of the eye that converts light into nerve signals necessary for vision). As a part of their training, all retina specialists are trained to perform all of the surgical procedures included in AB 2236. That knowledge of eye surgery, its risks, what it involves, and the consequences to the patient are the basis of the ASRS position opposing AB 2236
Kurt Heitman, MD, Safe Eyes America Board member says: "Every surgical procedure performed on the eye or eyelids requires education, training and experience to make the correct diagnosis, to make a decision on the best treatment be it surgery or not, and to develop the ability to perform the procedure. These are skills developed over years and shortcuts are just not safe for patients. A mistake anywhere along the path to surgery could have vision or even life-threatening consequences for the patient."
Any day now, the California Senate will vote on AB 2236. Jeanette Moffa, a concerned patient and Safe Eyes America Board member said, "We're proud to have ASRS, America's retina specialists, join us in educating patients about the dangerous changes to the law present in AB 2236. Lowering the licensing requirements to allow non-medical physicians (optometrists) to perform surgery is not safe. Californians need to know this."
The California state Senate could take final action on AB 2236 any day now. It simply isn't safe. Please contact your California state Senator NOW and urge them to Vote NO on AB 2236. To find your state Senator click on the following link: (https://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov/). The California legislature adjourns for the year on August 31.
Safe Eyes America is a 501(c) 4 non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the delivery of the highest quality medical and surgical eye care to the American public. SafeEyesAmerica.org.
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