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GUANGZHOU, China, May 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CNFinance Holdings Limited (NYSE: CNF) ("CNFinance" or the "Company"), a leading home equity loan service provider in China, today announced that it will report its unaudited financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022, before U.S. markets open on Thursday, May 26, 2022.
CNFinance's management will host an earnings conference call at 8:00 AM U.S. Eastern Time on Thursday, May 26, 2022 (8:00 PM Beijing/ Hong Kong Time on Thursday, May 26, 2022).
Dial-in numbers for the live conference call are as follows:
A telephone replay of the call will be available after the conclusion of the conference call until 11:59 PM ET on June 2, 2022.
Dial-in numbers for the replay are as follows:
A live and archived webcast of the conference call will be available on the Investor Relations section of CNFinance's website at http://ir.cashchina.cn/.
About CNFinance Holdings Limited
CNFinance Holdings Limited (NYSE: CNF) ("CNFinance" or the "Company") is a leading home equity loan service provider in China. CNFinance conducts business by collaborating with sales partners and trust company partners. Sales partners are responsible for recommending micro- and small-enterprise ("MSE") owners with financing needs to the Company and the Company introduces eligible borrowers to its trust company partners who will then conduct their own risk assessments and make credit decisions. The Company's primary target borrower segment is MSE owners who own real properties in Tier 1 and Tier 2 cities in China. The loans CNFinance facilitated are primarily funded through a trust lending model with its trust company partners who are well-established with sufficient funding sources and have licenses to engage in lending business nationwide. The Company's risk mitigation mechanism is embedded in the design of its loan products, supported by an integrated online and offline process focusing on risks of both borrowers and collateral and further enhanced by effective post-loan management procedures.
For more information, please contact:
CNFinance E-mail: ir@cashchina.cn
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SOURCE CNFinance Holdings Limited | https://www.mysuncoast.com/prnewswire/2022/05/20/cnfinance-report-first-quarter-2022-financial-results-thursday-may-26-2022/ | 2022-05-20T11:15:15Z |
- Commenced bemcentinib Phase 2b trial in hospitalized COVID-19 patients
- Initiation of Phase 1a/2b STK11 mutated NSCLC trial planned for 2H22
- BerGenBio to host conference call and webcast today at 10:00 AM CEST/4:00 AM EDT
BERGEN, Norway, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BerGenBio ASA (OSE: BGBIO), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel, selective AXL kinase inhibitors for severe unmet medical needs, today announced financial results for the second quarter and half year ended June 30, 2022 and provided a business update.
"The prioritization of bemcentinib development in two key areas in the second quarter has created momentum entering the second half of the year," said Martin Olin, Chief Executive Officer of BerGenBio. "By following strong scientific rationale, clinical and preclinical data, and areas of significant unmet medical need, we are confidently enthusiastic about bemcentinib's potential in aiding patients in two indications of focus: STK11 mutated Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer and patients hospitalized by COVID-19. The initiation of the next phase of clinical development for both indications in 2H22 moves us a meaningful step closer to addressing two large patient populations that are in need of better treatments."
Clinical Development
Bemcentinib
BerGenBio's lead compound, bemcentinib, is a potent, first-in-class, oral, small molecule, highly selective inhibitor of the receptor tyrosine kinase AXL, which is overexpressed in response to cellular stress, inflammation, hypoxia and chemotherapy. Bemcentinib inhibits the host cells' ability to propagate the progression of serious disease through the modulation of resistance mechanisms and the adaptive immune system.
The Company is advancing bemcentinib development in two lung indications, STK11 mutated (STK11m) Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) and Hospitalized COVID-19 patients, where bemcentinib's novel mechanisms of action and primary accumulation in the lungs make it uniquely positioned to address severe lung diseases.
First-Line STK11m NSCLC
BerGenBio is preparing a Phase 1b/2a trial of bemcentinib in 1L STK11m NSCLC, a group that represents approximately 20% of NSCLC patients. Mutations in the STK11 gene are highly correlated with poor treatment response and survival with today's standard of care treatments, including immune checkpoint inhibitors in NSCLC. Through inhibition of AXL, bemcentinib seeks to prevent AXL activation, consequently removing the innate immunosuppression that it causes and driving the proliferation of immune cells to restore sensitivity to immune checkpoint therapy. UT Southwestern Medical Center in Texas has shown that bemcentinib in models of NSCLC has the ability to restore the sensitivity of checkpoint inhibitors. Further bemcentinib is also believed to delay the development of chemoresistance.
- The detrimental effect of mutations in the STK11 gene on clinical outcomes was further highlighted by several academic groups at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting in June 2022. In a retrospective study funded by Roche, Spain (Abstract #9047), of real-world outcomes in 1L NSCLC patients, STK11m was identified as having the poorest prognosis in all effectiveness outcomes, including lower response, progression free survival and overall survival, of 185 detected mutations.
- The Company is preparing and has post period filed an IND with the purpose to initiate a Phase 1b/2a trial evaluating bemcentinib in combination with a checkpoint inhibitor and doublet chemotherapy in 1L STK11m NSCLC patients in the second half of 2022.
- In parallel with the preparation of the Phase 1b/2a trial, the Company is evaluating the role of STK11 mutations in combination with other relevant co-mutations such as TP53, KRAS and KEAP1 to further characterize the potential of bemcentinib is this area of high unmet medical need.
Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients
Bemcentinib is currently being studied in a Phase 2b clinical trial in hospitalized COVID-19 patients. AXL, when induced by an infection, such as COVID-19, is known to play a variety of key roles in transporting the virus into cells, aiding replication, and dampening immune responses. Bemcentinib selectively inhibits AXL to block viral entry, stimulate the innate immune system and facilitate tissue repair regardless of known variants or mutations.
- In the ACCORD2 UK platform study of hospitalized COVID-19 patients, bemcentinib treatment resulted in a clear reduction in clinical deterioration, causing: a significant reduction in deaths, patients requiring less supplementary oxygen, a significant reduction in the need for intubation or ventilation and a shortening of hospital stays compared to the control group.
- Bemcentinib has been selected by an expert group to be studied in a Phase 2b trial under the EU-SolidAct platform through a sub-protocol enrolling 500 hospitalized COVID-19 patients across Europe.
Mipasetamab Uzoptirine
Post period, ADC Therapeutics announced that the first patient was dosed in a Phase 1 clinical trial evaluating mipasetamab uzoptirine as a single agent and in combination with gemcitabine in patients with selected advanced solid tumors. Mipasetamab uzoptirine contains an AXL-targeting humanized monoclonal antibody licensed from BerGenBio.
Corporate Activities
BerGenBio strengthened its leadership team in April 2022 with the addition of Cristina Oliva, M.D., as Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Oliva is a Board-certified oncologist with over 20 years of senior clinical development experience across large pharmaceutical, biotechnology and CROs, including her most recent position as Vice President, Oncology and Head of Oncology Centre of Excellence at IQVIA, Ltd.
Second Quarter 2022 Financial Highlights
(Figures in brackets = same period 2021 unless otherwise stated)
- Revenue amounted to NOK 0.0 million (NOK 0.0 million) for the second quarter 2022
- Total operating expenses for the second quarter were NOK 88.2 million (NOK 92.3 million)
- The operating loss for the second quarter came to NOK 88.2 million (NOK 92.3 million)
- Cash and cash equivalents amounted to NOK 292.1 million (NOK 367.8 million at the end of the first quarter 2022).
Presentation and Webcast Details
The live webcast link is available at www.bergenbio.com in the Investors/Financial Reports section. A recording will be available shortly after the webcast has finished.
Webcast link: https://channel.royalcast.com/landingpage/hegnarmedia/20220823_9/
Dial-in numbers:
NO: +47-21-956342
UK: +44-203-7696819
US: +1 646-787-0157
SE: +46-4-0682-0620
DK: +45 78768490
Pin: 712491
The first quarter report and presentation are available on the Company's website in the Investors/Financial Reports section and a recording of the webcast will be made available shortly after the webcast has finished.
Contacts
Martin Olin CEO, BerGenBio ASA
ir@bergenbio.com
Rune Skeie, CFO, BerGenBio ASA
rune.skeie@bergenbio.com
Investor Relations / Media Relations
Graham Morrell
graham.morrell@bergenbio.com
About BerGenBio ASA
BerGenBio is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing transformative drugs targeting AXL as a potential cornerstone of therapy for aggressive diseases, including cancer and severe respiratory infections. The Company is focused on its proprietary lead candidate bemcentinib a potentially first-in-class selective AXL inhibitor in development for STK11 mutated NSCLC and COVID-19.
BerGenBio is based in Bergen, Norway with a subsidiary in Oxford, UK. The company is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange (ticker: BGBIO). For more information, visit www.bergenbio.com
Forward looking statements
This announcement may contain forward-looking statements, which as such are not historical facts, but are based upon various assumptions, many of which are based, in turn, upon further assumptions. These assumptions are inherently subject to significant known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other important factors. Such risks, uncertainties, contingencies and other important factors could cause actual events to differ materially from the expectations expressed or implied in this announcement by such forward-looking statements.
This information is considered to be inside information pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation and subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to section 5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.
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North Korea test-fires missile amid signs of nuclear test
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea test-fired at least one unidentified ballistic missile toward the sea on Sunday, South Korea’s military said, extending a provocative streak in weapons demonstrations this year that U.S. and South Korean officials say may culminate with a nuclear test explosion.
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff didn’t immediately say where the weapon was fired from or how far it flew.
The launch came a day after the U.S. aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan concluded a three-day naval drill with South Korea in the Philippine Sea, apparently their first drill involving a carrier since November 2017, as the countries move to upgrade their defense exercises in the face of growing North Korean threats.
The launch was North Korea’s 18th round of missile tests in 2022 alone — a streak that has included the country’s first demonstrations of intercontinental ballistic missiles in nearly five years — as it continues to exploit a favorable environment to push forward weapons development with the U.N. Security Council divided over Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Experts say North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s brinkmanship is aimed at forcing the United States to accept the idea of the North as a nuclear power and negotiating economic and security concessions from a position of strength.
South Korean and U.S. officials say there are signs that North Korea is also pressing ahead with preparations at its nuclear testing ground in the northeastern town of Punggye-ri. The North’s next nuclear test would be its seventh since 2006 and the first since September 2017, when it claimed to have detonated a thermonuclear bomb to fit on its ICBMs.
On Friday, U.S. President Joe Biden’s special envoy for North Korea, Sung Kim, said Washington is “preparing for all contingencies” in close coordination with its Asian allies as he participated in a trilateral meeting in Seoul with his South Korean and Japanese counterparts over the nuclear standoff with North Korea.
Nuclear negotiations between Washington and Pyongyang have stalled since 2019 over disagreements in exchanging the release of crippling U.S.-led sanctions against North Korea and the North’s disarmament steps.
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Published: Apr. 19, 2022 at 5:25 AM CDT|Updated: 19 minutes ago
Total sales growth of 5.0% to $23.4 Billion with operational growth of 7.7%* and adjusted operational growth of 7.9%*
Earnings per share of $1.93 decreasing 16.8% and adjusted earnings per share of $2.67 increasing 3.1%*
Company maintaining 2022 full-year guidance for adjusted operational earnings per share and base business operational sales
Given global supply surplus and demand uncertainty, the Company is suspending COVID-19 Vaccine sales guidance, with no impact to adjusted operational earnings per share guidance
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., April 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) today announced results for first-quarter 2022. "Our first quarter results demonstrate strong performance across the enterprise, despite macro-economic headwinds. I am incredibly proud of Johnson & Johnson's 144,000 employees for their relentless passion and Credo-based commitment to delivering transformative healthcare solutions to patients and customers around the world," said Joaquin Duato, Chief Executive Officer. "Looking ahead, I remain confident in the future of Johnson & Johnson as we continue advancing our portfolio and innovative pipeline."
FIRST QUARTER 2022 SEGMENT COMMENTARY:
Consumer Health Consumer Health worldwide adjusted operational sales, which exclude the net impact of acquisitions and divestitures and translational currency, increased 1.6%* primarily driven by over-the-counter (OTC) products. Major contributors to growth in OTC were upper respiratory products, TYLENOL and MOTRIN analgesics, and IMODIUM in digestive health products. Growth was partially offset by external supply constraints mainly impacting Skin Health / Beauty.
Pharmaceutical Pharmaceutical worldwide adjusted operational sales, which exclude the net impact of acquisitions and divestitures and translational currency, grew 9.3%* driven by DARZALEX (daratumumab), a biologic for the treatment of multiple myeloma, STELARA (ustekinumab), a biologic for the treatment of a number of immune-mediated inflammatory diseases, TREMFYA (guselkumab), a biologic for the treatment of adults living with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis, and for adults with active psoriatic arthritis, ERLEADA (apalutamide), a next-generation androgen receptor inhibitor for the treatment of patients with prostate cancer, and INVEGA SUSTENNA/XEPLION and INVEGA TRINZA/TREVICTA (paliperidone palmitate), long-acting, injectable atypical antipsychotics for the treatment of schizophrenia in adults. Also contributing to growth were sales of the Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine (Ad26.COV2.S) for the prevention of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. This growth was partially offset by declines in sales of REMICADE (infliximab), a biologic approved for the treatment of a number of immune-mediated inflammatory diseases, XARELTO (rivaroxaban), a direct oral anticoagulant, and ZYTIGA (abiratone acetate), an oral, once-daily medication for use in combination with prednisone for the treatment of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.
MedTech MedTech worldwide adjusted operational sales, which exclude the net impact of acquisitions and divestitures and translational currency, grew 8.6%*, driven by electrophysiology products in Interventional Solutions, contact lenses and surgical vision products in Vision, wound closure products in General Surgery, biosurgery in Advanced Surgery, and hips, trauma, and knees in Orthopaedics.
NOTABLE NEW ANNOUCEMENTS IN THE QUARTER: The information contained in this section should be read in conjunction with Johnson & Johnson's other disclosures filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Current Reports on Form 8-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Annual Reports on Form 10-K. Copies of these filings are available online at www.sec.gov, www.jnj.com or on request from Johnson & Johnson. The reader is also encouraged to review all other news releases and information available in the Investors section of the company's website at news releases, as well as www.factsabouttalc.com, www.factsaboutourprescriptionopioids.com, and www.LTLManagementInformation.com.
FULL-YEAR 2022 GUIDANCE: Johnson & Johnson does not provide GAAP financial measures on a forward-looking basis because the company is unable to predict with reasonable certainty the ultimate outcome of legal proceedings, unusual gains and losses, acquisition-related expenses and purchase accounting fair value adjustments without unreasonable effort. These items are uncertain, depend on various factors, and could be material to Johnson & Johnson's results computed in accordance with GAAP.
Please note that the Company has suspended guidance on its COVID-19 Vaccine sales. The table below excludes COVID-19 Vaccine sales from Adjusted Operational Sales, Operational Sales, and Estimated Reported Sales.
Other modeling considerations will be provided on the webcast.
WEBCAST INFORMATION: Johnson & Johnson will conduct a conference call with investors to discuss this earnings release today at 8:30 a.m., Eastern Time. A simultaneous webcast of the call for investors and other interested parties may be accessed by visiting the Johnson & Johnson website. A replay and podcast will be available approximately two hours after the live webcast in the Investors section of the company's website at events-and-presentations.
ABOUT JOHNSON & JOHNSON: At Johnson & Johnson, we believe good health is the foundation of vibrant lives, thriving communities and forward progress. That's why for more than 130 years, we have aimed to keep people well at every age and every stage of life. Today, as the world's largest and most broadly-based health care company, we are committed to using our reach and size for good. We strive to improve access and affordability, create healthier communities, and put a healthy mind, body and environment within reach of everyone, everywhere. We are blending our heart, science and ingenuity to profoundly change the trajectory of health for humanity.
NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES: * "Operational sales growth" excluding the impact of translational currency, "adjusted operational sales growth" excluding the net impact of acquisitions and divestitures and translational currency, as well as "adjusted net earnings", "adjusted diluted earnings per share" and "adjusted operational diluted earnings per share" excluding after-tax intangible amortization expense and special items, are non-GAAP financial measures and should not be considered replacements for, and should be read together with, the most comparable GAAP financial measures. Except for guidance measures, reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures can be found in the accompanying financial schedules of the earnings release and the Investors section of the company's website at quarterly-results.
Copies of the financial schedules accompanying this earnings release are available on the company's website at quarterly-results. These schedules include supplementary sales data, a condensed consolidated statement of earnings, reconciliations of non-GAAP financial measures, and sales of key products/franchises. Additional information on Johnson & Johnson, including adjusted income before tax by segment, a pharmaceutical pipeline of selected compounds in late stage development and a copy of today's earnings call presentation can also be found in the Investors section of the company's website at quarterly-results.
NOTE TO INVESTORS CONCERNING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS: This press release contains "forward-looking statements" as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 regarding, among other things: future operating and financial performance, product development, market position and business strategy, and the anticipated separation of the Company's Consumer Health business. The reader is cautioned not to rely on these forward-looking statements. These statements are based on current expectations of future events. If underlying assumptions prove inaccurate or known or unknown risks or uncertainties materialize, actual results could vary materially from the expectations and projections of Johnson & Johnson. Risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: economic factors, such as interest rate and currency exchange rate fluctuations; competition, including technological advances, new products and patents attained by competitors; challenges inherent in new product research and development, including uncertainty of clinical success and obtaining regulatory approvals; uncertainty of commercial success for new and existing products; challenges to patents; the impact of patent expirations; the ability of the company to successfully execute strategic plans; the impact of business combinations and divestitures; manufacturing difficulties or delays, internally or within the supply chain; product efficacy or safety concerns resulting in product recalls or regulatory action; significant adverse litigation or government action, including related to product liability claims; changes to applicable laws and regulations, including tax laws and global health care reforms; trends toward health care cost containment; changes in behavior and spending patterns of purchasers of health care products and services; financial instability of international economies and legal systems and sovereign risk; increased scrutiny of the health care industry by government agencies; the Company's ability to satisfy the necessary conditions to consummate the separation of the Company's Consumer Health business on a timely basis or at all; the Company's ability to successfully separate the Company's Consumer Health business and realize the anticipated benefits from the separation; the New Consumer Health Company's ability to succeed as a standalone publicly traded company; and risks related to the impact of the COVID-19 global pandemic, such as the scope and duration of the outbreak, government actions and restrictive measures implemented in response, material delays and cancellations of medical procedures, supply chain disruptions and other impacts to the business, or on the company's ability to execute business continuity plans, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. A further list and descriptions of these risks, uncertainties and other factors can be found in Johnson & Johnson's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 2, 2022, including in the sections captioned "Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements" and "Item 1A. Risk Factors," and in Johnson & Johnson's subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Copies of these filings are available online at www.sec.gov, www.jnj.com or on request from Johnson & Johnson. Any forward-looking statement made in this release speaks only as of the date of this release. Johnson & Johnson does not undertake to update any forward-looking statement as a result of new information or future events or developments.
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Company adds to executive leadership team as part of rapid growth and product offering expansion
NEW YORK, May 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ComplySci, the leading provider of regulatory technology and compliance solutions for the financial services sector, is continuing to grow its experienced leadership team with three recent appointments. The company has named Helen Johnson as chief technology officer, Robert Keller, CFA, to the position of chief product officer and Eric Przybisiki as chief legal officer.
"Following an incredible year of growth and expansion, we are excited to continue growing our team with leaders who will drive innovation and development, as well as a visionary product leadership to continue to create new solutions for our growing customer base," said ComplySci President Will Bressman. "We're very excited to have found such outstanding leaders in Helen and Robert, and to have recently promoted Eric Przybisiki, who has played an integral part in our success over the past several years. With more than 70 years of combined experience in both the United States and European markets, they will provide significant value to ComplySci as we support the dynamic needs of financial service institutions around the world."
Chief Technology Officer Helen Johnson
Prior to joining ComplySci, Ms. Johnson, served as the chief technology officer at Data Dynamics, Inc. She also previously worked at AIG where she held numerous leadership positions, including serving as the global head of information technology delivery partnership, head of science technology and chief data officer, as well as at Thompson Reuters Eikon, RBS Global Banking and Markets, and Bloomberg, among others.
She earned Bachelor of Arts degrees in computer science and economics from Cornell University and currently serves as an advisory board member for Wallaroo Labs and Sorcero.
"I am incredibly pleased to be joining the ComplySci family of firms," said Johnson. "The company is an innovative leader in compliance solutions, and I look forward to working with our teams to continue to enhance our products as we find new and valuable ways to help our customers meet their compliance needs."
Chief Product Officer Robert Keller, CFA
Before joining the company, Mr. Keller served as the head of product for Clearwater Analytics, where he was responsible for creating and executing the strategy for the investment management market vertical. He also previously worked for Eze Software, where he held numerous leadership positions in his long tenure with the company, including serving as chief product officer, chief strategy officer and managing director for Europe.
Mr. Keller is a graduate of the University of New Hampshire and received his master's in business administration from the Boston University School of Management. He also holds the chartered financial analyst designation.
"I'm thrilled to join ComplySci at this critical moment of growth in the company's history," said Keller. "Amy has created a strong team, which has helped the company make tremendous strides as a leading provider of tech-enabled employee compliance solutions for the financial services sector. I look forward to working with the entire team to continuously improve our best-in-class solutions."
Chief Legal Officer Eric Przybisiki
Mr. Przybisiki joined ComplySci as general counsel in 2018. Prior to that time, he served as North American general counsel at Atos and counsel and assistant secretary at Siemens IT Solutions and Services. Mr. Przybisiki began his career as director of business and legal affairs at Troma Entertainment, before serving as negotiator and counsel for Hyperion Solutions Corporation, contracts counsel at HSS, Inc. and senior counsel at Westcon Group, Inc.
He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in history and American studies from Brandeis University and his juris doctor from New York Law School. He is admitted to and a member of the bars in New York and Connecticut.
"I have been honored to have worked alongside Amy and the team for the last four years as the company has grown and evolved," said Mr. Przybisiki. "I have seen firsthand what ComplySci can accomplish and am excited about what the future holds as we continue to invest in and build upon our comprehensive suite of products and offerings."
About ComplySci
ComplySci believes advanced compliance technology empowers compliance professionals to transform their business. More than 7,000 customers, including some of the world's largest financial institutions, rely on ComplySci's scalable and sophisticated platform to stay ahead of risk and unlock the strategic potential of their compliance data. The company's family of firms includes ComplySci, RIA in a Box, illumis, a ComplySci company, NRS, a ComplySci company, and ITEGRIA®, a division of RIA in a Box.
Together, the family of firms offer a full suite of governance, risk and compliance (GRC) consulting, technology, managed services, analytics and outsourcing solutions for the financial services industry. Its regulatory technology solutions help compliance organizations identify, monitor, manage and report on risk and conflicts of interest, including personal trading, gifts and entertainment, political contributions, outside business affiliations and other Code of Ethics violations. Learn more at complysci.com.
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Fast casual innovator offers sustainably-sourced, freshly sauteed shrimp in a tangy lime sauce for guests to enjoy at participating locations throughout summer
SAN DIEGO, June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading fast-casual Mexican restaurant QDOBA today announced the introduction of Citrus Lime Shrimp, a new limited-time protein now available at participating QDOBA locations across the U.S. and Canada. QDOBA's new Citrus Lime Shrimp features sustainably sourced and BAP (Best Aquaculture Practices) rated shrimp, all freshly sauteed in-house in a tangy citrus lime sauce. Seafood lovers, rejoice!
"In our successful market test, we learned that our guests want a lighter protein alternative they can feel good about eating," said QDOBA's Chief Marketing Officer Karin Silk. "Our Citrus Lime Shrimp is tossed in a tangy lime sauce and sauteed right in our kitchens. It delivers all the vibrant, fresh flavors you would expect from QDOBA and is a great choice for summertime. Guests can add our new shrimp to any entrée or indulge in our Surf & Turf Bowl or Burrito which feature Citrus Lime Shrimp and Grilled Adobo Steak. Because why choose only one when you can have double the protein AND double the flavor!"
QDOBA guests can create their own flavor masterpiece with Citrus Lime Shrimp or choose from two exclusive new chef-crafted Signature Eats:
- Surf & Turf Burrito or Bowl—Freshly sauteed Citrus Lime Shrimp and Grilled Adobo Steak are paired with hand-crafted guacamole (at no extra charge), smoky chile crema, and a sprinkle of cotija cheese served over a bowl of cilantro lime rice and black beans.
- Citrus Lime Shrimp Burrito or Bowl (online exclusive)—Freshly sauteed Citrus Lime Shrimp, smoky chile crema, pico de gallo, cilantro lime rice, black beans, and a sprinkle of cotija cheese are wrapped in a warm flour tortilla or served in a bowl.
QDOBA's Citrus Lime Shrimp is available to order in-restaurant, online or through the QDOBA app for pick-up or delivery at participating locations in the U.S. and Canada. For more information about QDOBA and its flavorful chef-crafted menu, visit www.QDOBA.com.
About QDOBA Mexican Eats
QDOBA is a fast-casual Mexican restaurant with more than 740 locations in the U.S. and Canada. Committed to bringing flavor to people's lives, QDOBA uses ingredients freshly prepared in-house by hand throughout the day to create a variety of flavorful menu options. Guests can experience QDOBA's delicious offerings by enjoying one of its chef-crafted signature eats for convenience and ease, or by customizing their own burritos, bowls, tacos, quesadillas, nachos, and salads to suit their personal tastes and cravings. For four years running, QDOBA has been voted the "Best Fast Casual Restaurant" as part of the USA Today 10Best Readers' Choice Awards.
Backed by 25 years of proven success in the United States, and recently Canada and Puerto Rico, QDOBA is prioritizing franchise growth in key markets such as Arizona, Georgia, Ohio, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Texas and Pennsylvania. For additional information about the QDOBA franchise opportunity, visit www.qdobafranchise.com.
Discover more at www.QDOBA.com or on the QDOBA app, which is available for download on the iTunes App Store or Google Play. Fans can also connect with QDOBA on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, and TikTok.
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The latest addition to The Collective's growing portfolio reopens with European-Inspired bistro & garden and live music programming
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Proper Hospitality announces today the addition of the iconic Culver Hotel to The Collective - a growing portfolio of independent, design-driven boutique hotels managed and operated by the Los Angeles-based hospitality group.
Located in the heart of Downtown Culver City, The Culver Hotel is a nationally landmarked flatiron-style building which first opened its doors in 1924 after being designed by architects Curlett & Beelman - the city's pioneer of lavish Beaux-Arts architecture—and the visionary City founder Harry H. Culver.
In 2007, the property was acquired and redesigned by hotelier Maya Mallick who thoughtfully restored the 46-room boutique hotel with inspiration from the building's rich history, the distinct elegance of the 1920s and a passion for vintage. The decor and European ambiance found throughout reflects an artistic, romantic approach, with its rooms and event spaces layering a happy pastiche of deep colors, rich textures, classic design pieces, and rare vintage furniture. The hotel's creative spirit includes an in-house art gallery with works by established and emerging local talent.
"Over the last 15 years, I have had the privilege of reimagining and reviving a beautiful piece of history, and creating an artful and lively destination in Los Angeles. I look forward to continuing the magic, together with Proper Hospitality as we approach our 2024 Centennial," said Maya Mallick, Owner and Creative Director of The Culver Hotel.
Today, The Culver Hotel continues to act as an enchanting community-gathering place and neighborhood beacon for the new energy coursing through downtown Culver City as it is uniquely situated next to The Culver Steps, The Culver Studios, Amazon Studios and walkable to a vibrant mix of dining, shopping and entertainment destinations. As part of its reopening, the property meets the bustling energy of its locale with a new on-site bistro and garden Lillie's, named in homage to Harry Culver's wife Lillian, which takes shape across three distinct spaces within the property - the grand lobby, dining room and outdoor garden.
Grounded in a sense of place, the menu—led by Proper Hospitality's culinary team and Executive Culinary Director Ned Elliott—reflects a thoughtful blend of modern French cuisine and California's seasonal bounty. Working closely with LA-based farmers and producers, the evolving menu includes an expansive raw bar program; classic and specialty cocktails; and a focus on natural and biodynamic wines. The menu mixes classic dishes like Steak Frites, grilled whole Branzino and French Onion Soup with standout signatures such as the Grand Aioli which pairs poached shrimp with a rich saffron aioli, Roasted Sea Scallops Amandine, Chilled Maine Lobster, and a luxurious and comforting Chicken dinner for two.
Further highlighting the ownership's dedication to curated cultural programming, the introduction of Lillie's will be accompanied by the awaited return of the property's signature lineup of live music - an element of European cafe culture which hotel guests and the community have enjoyed for the last decade. Later this fall, The Culver Hotel will reopen its speakeasy bar and private lounge for the most intimate of experiences.
With a range of approachable, all-day dining options, dynamic programming, exclusive amenities, a modern exercise room and over 5,500 square feet of meeting and indoor-outdoor event spaces, The Culver Hotel continues to be a timeless and luxury-minded destination for guests and locals alike to experience an authentic and distinctly Hollywood history through various touch points, warm hospitality and a tailor-made approach for every occasion.
"We are grateful that Maya and her family have put their trust in Proper Hospitality to take this special hotel to the next level while honoring its storied history," said Brian De Lowe, Co-Founder and President of Proper Hospitality. "Culver City is a coveted Westside destination and The Culver Hotel will showcase how we are able to create a feeling of belonging and connection for our clientele through our inspired dining concepts, signature style of service, and dynamic guest experiences."
Accommodations and special events at the national historic landmark hotel can be booked now by visiting www.culverhotel.com. Reservations for new on-site, European-inspired bistro and bar Lillie's can be booked through OpenTable here. Live music programming, featuring a rotating line up of contemporary jazz, folk and independent artists, will take place from Wednesday - Sunday from 7-10pm, starting August 17, 2022.
The Culver Hotel is located at 9400 Culver Blvd, Culver City, CA 90232.
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TROY, Mich., June 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Altair (Nasdaq: ALTR), a global leader in computational science and artificial intelligence, today announced the pricing of $200 million aggregate principal amount of Convertible Senior Notes due 2027 (the "notes") in a private offering (the "offering") to persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). Altair also granted the initial purchaser of the notes a 13-day option to purchase up to an additional $30 million aggregate principal amount of notes. The sale of the notes to the initial purchaser is expected to settle on June 14, 2022, subject to customary closing conditions, and is expected to result in approximately $194.6 million (or approximately $223.9 million if the initial purchaser exercises its option to purchase additional notes in full) in net proceeds to Altair after deducting the initial purchaser's discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by Altair.
The notes will be senior, unsecured obligations of Altair. The notes will bear interest at a rate of 1.750% per year, payable semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 of each year, beginning on December 15, 2022. The notes will mature on June 15, 2027 unless earlier repurchased, redeemed or converted. Altair may not redeem the notes prior to June 20, 2025. Altair may redeem for cash all or, subject to certain limitations, any portion of the notes, at its option, on or after June 20, 2025 if the last reported sale price of Altair's Class A Common Stock has been at least 130% of the conversion price then in effect for at least 20 trading days (whether or not consecutive) during any 30 consecutive trading day period (including the last trading day of such period) ending on, and including, the trading day immediately preceding the date on which Altair provides notice of redemption, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date.
The notes will be convertible at an initial conversion rate of 13.9505 shares of Altair's Class A Common Stock, per $1,000 principal amount of notes (equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $71.68 per share, which represents a conversion premium of approximately 30.0% to the last reported sale price of $55.14 per share of Altair's Class A Common Stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on June 9, 2022).
Prior to the close of business on the business day immediately preceding December 15, 2026, the notes will be convertible at the option of the noteholders only upon the satisfaction of specified conditions and during certain periods. On or after December 15, 2026 until the close of business on the business day immediately preceding the maturity date, the notes will be convertible at the option of the noteholders at any time regardless of these conditions. Upon conversion, Altair will satisfy its conversion obligation by paying and/or delivering, as the case may be, cash, shares of its Class A Common Stock or a combination of cash and shares of its Class A Common Stock, at Altair's election.
Altair intends to use approximately $192.4 million of the net proceeds from the offering to repurchase approximately $148.2 million aggregate principal amount of Altair's 0.250% Convertible Senior Notes due 2024 (the "2024 notes") in the repurchase transactions described below and to use the remainder of the net proceeds for working capital and other general corporate purposes, which may include potential acquisitions and strategic transactions as well as repurchases of its Class A Common Stock. From time to time, Altair evaluates potential acquisitions and strategic transactions of businesses, technologies, or products. However, Altair has not designated any specific uses and has no current agreements with respect to any material acquisition or strategic transaction. Altair's intentions with respect to its use of such net proceeds are subject to change.
Contemporaneously with the pricing of the notes, Altair entered into separate privately negotiated transactions (each, a "2024 note repurchase") with certain holders of the 2024 notes to repurchase approximately $148.2 million aggregate principal amount of the 2024 notes for an aggregate of approximately $192.4 million of cash.
Altair expects that certain holders of 2024 notes that agreed to sell their 2024 notes in negotiated transactions with Altair will, concurrently with or shortly after the pricing of the notes, enter into or unwind various derivatives with respect to Altair's Class A Common Stock and/or purchase shares of Altair's Class A Common Stock in the market. The amount of Altair's Class A Common Stock that such holders purchase may be substantial in relation to the historic average daily trading volume of Altair's Class A Common Stock. In addition, Altair expects that certain purchasers of the notes may establish a short position with respect to Altair's Class A Common Stock by short selling Altair's Class A Common Stock or by entering into short derivative positions with respect to Altair's Class A Common Stock, in each case, in connection with the offering.
The net effect of the above market activities by holders of the 2024 notes and purchasers of the notes could increase (or reduce the size of any decrease in) or decrease (or reduce the size of any increase in) the market price of Altair's Class A Common Stock and/or the notes and may have affected the initial conversion price of the notes. Altair cannot predict the magnitude of such market activity or the overall effect it will have on the market price of the notes or Altair's Class A Common Stock or the effect such market activity had on the initial conversion price of the notes.
The notes were only offered to persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act. Neither the notes nor the shares of Altair's Class A Common Stock potentially issuable upon conversion of the notes, if any, have been, or will be, registered under the Securities Act or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction, and unless so registered, may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an applicable exemption from such registration requirements.
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the securities described herein, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.
Altair is a global leader in computational science and artificial intelligence (AI) that provides software and cloud solutions in simulation, high-performance computing (HPC), data analytics, and AI. Altair enables organizations across all industries to compete more effectively and drive smarter decisions in an increasingly connected world – all while creating a greener, more sustainable future.
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including but not limited to, whether Altair will issue the notes; the anticipated use of the net proceeds of the offering; expectations regarding the effect of the repurchases of the 2024 notes; and whether any repurchases of the 2024 notes will close. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this release and are based on current expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections as well as the beliefs and assumptions of management. Words such as "expect," "anticipate," "should," "believe," "hope," "target," "project," "goals," "estimate," "potential," "predict," "may," "will," "might," "could," "intend," variations of these terms or the negative of these terms and similar expressions are intended to identify these forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, many of which involve factors or circumstances that are beyond Altair's control. Altair's actual results could differ materially from those stated or implied in Altair's forward-looking statements due to a number of factors, including, but not limited to, whether Altair will consummate the offering, whether Altair will consummate the anticipated 2024 note repurchases, and the risks detailed in Altair's quarterly and annual reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as well as other documents that may be filed by Altair from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results. The forward-looking statements included in this press release represent Altair's views as of the date of this press release. Altair anticipates that subsequent events and developments will cause its views to change. Altair undertakes no intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing Altair's views as of any date subsequent to the date of this press release.
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GETTYSBURG, Pa., May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On Tuesday, August 30, 2022, from 9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. PT, OPEN MINDS will present live, "Succeeding With Value-Based Reimbursement: An OPEN MINDS Executive Seminar On Organizational Competencies & Management Best Practices For Value-Based Contracts." This executive seminar is designed to help health and human service organizations implement the competencies and tactics for value-based contracts as health care transitions from traditional fee-for-service reimbursement models to value-based. OPEN MINDS Senior Associates, Ken Carr and Carol Clayton, Ph.D. will provide best-practice processes for assessing and transitioning to this new model.
The shift to value-based reimbursement (VBR) has turned business as usual on its head for many specialty provider organizations. It has forced executive teams to implement new services, technology, and data-driven systems that are necessary for VBR success. New or redesigned services linked to quality outcomes need to be built, negotiated, and piloted. Technology that drives outcomes and creates operational efficiencies needs to be identified, funded, and implemented. In addition, a culture of using data to ensure standardized, results-oriented outcomes across the organization must be created. As a result, provider organizations need to move from an understanding of the key competencies required in the VBR model to tactical initiatives for implementing the talent, technology, and systems that deliver quality and value.
In the seminar, provider organization executive teams will learn:
- The foundational components of infrastructure needed for VBR.
- Identify how to move from service value concepts linked to VBR to discussions with payers and implementation of new VBR services.
- Implementation approaches to realigning service models to ensure success in a value-driven market.
Ken Carr brings over 30 years of finance, technology, data analysis, and reporting experience in the health and human service field to OPEN MINDS. He currently serves as a Senior Associate with the OPEN MINDS consulting practice. In this role, Mr. Carr serves as a subject matter expert in the OPEN MINDS consulting practice, where he has led numerous engagements in strategic planning, merger and acquisition prospecting, business process improvement, managed care and value-based contracting preparedness, financial analysis of service lines, and technology selection.
Dr. Carol Clayton is a licensed, psychologist with 30 years of health care experience in the public and private sector, including non-profit and private practice work. Prior to joining OPEN MINDS as a Senior Consultant, she retired as the Translational Neuroscientist for Relias, where she specialized in health care solutions targeting workforce development and population health outcome improvement. Before joining Relias, Dr. Clayton was the Chief Executive Officer of Care Management Technologies, a health IT data analytics company. She also served as the Executive Director of the NC Council of Community Programs from 2000-2006. The NC Council is the predecessor organization to i2i.
This seminar will be held in conjunction with The 2022 OPEN MINDS Management Best Practices Institute which runs from August 30 to September 1, 2022, at the Newport Beach Marriott in Newport Beach, California. The focus of the 2022 institute is on the management best practices and "must-have" competencies every executive needs to improve the service system for consumers with complex conditions in the "next normal."
For more information and to register for this exclusive institute, visit https://management.openminds.com.
Individual registrations for the seminars are available for $125 at https://openminds.com/register-now-mbpi2/. The All-Access Institute Pass to the 2022 OPEN MINDS Management Best Practices Institute includes both seminars.
Registration cost is included in Elite-level subscriptions to the OPEN MINDS Circle market intelligence service. For more information on the program, sponsorship opportunities, or media inquiries, contact the Executive Education & Events team, at 717-334-1329 or events@openminds.com.
ABOUT OPEN MINDS
OPEN MINDS is a national market intelligence, management consulting, and marketing services firm specializing exclusively in the markets of the health and human service field that serve consumers with chronic conditions and complex support needs. OPEN MINDS' mission is to provide payers, service provider organizations, and technology and scientific firms that serve these consumers with the market and management knowledge needed to improve their organizational efficiency and effectiveness.
Contact: Jason Lippnan, OPEN MINDS, at jlippnan@openminds.com
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LAGUNA HILLS, Calif., June 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Amberstone Biosciences (www.amberstonebio.com), an emerging biotech company with expertise in developing a new generation of cancer therapeutics, is announcing the formation of a scientific advisory board comprised of industry leaders in drug delivery, oncology, immunology and pharmaceutical sciences. The board will work closely with Amberstone to advance the company's therapeutic programs based on its Tumor Microenvironment Activated Therapeutics (T-MATE) platform.
"Each member of our scientific advisory board brings deep expertise in critical areas for drug development," said Dr. George Wu, chief executive officer of Amberstone. "This prestigious group of scientific and industry leaders will bring highly valuable insights that will help us develop new-generation immunotherapies that are safe and effective for patients with devastating solid cancers."
The members of the Amberstone board include:
Robert Langer, ScD, is an institute professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Langer is a co-founder and board director of Moderna.
Philip Tagari, is the vice president of research at Amgen, with more than 30 years of experience in hematology/oncology, immunology, pharmacology, laboratory automations, and information technologies.
Lei Zheng, MD/PhD, is professor of oncology and surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is the Cancer Center and the Department of Oncology's assistant director for translational research and co-associate director for precision medicine. He is also director for the Multidisciplinary Gastrointestinal Cancer Laboratories Program and director of the Pancreatic Cancer Precision Medicine Center of Excellence at Johns Hopkins.
Ming Li, PhD, is a professor of immunology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. He is a leader in translational research of cancer environment immunotherapy as well as innate and adaptive immune responses to cancer.
Robert Kiss, PhD, PE, is the executive vice president at Upside Foods with more than 30 years of industrial biotechnology experiences in bioprocesses and therapeutics manufacturing. He was a distinguished engineer and senior director at Genentech, with a leadership role driving manufacturing scale-up for multiple approved therapeutics.
Weian Zhao, PhD, co-founder of Amberstone, is a professor of pharmaceutical sciences at the University of California, Irvine. He is an expert in engineering innovative cell therapeutics and cutting-edge platform tools.
Incorporated in 2018, Amberstone Biosciences is an emerging biotherapeutics company developing a novel class of tumor microenvironment activated immunotherapeutics to treat solid cancers. For more information, visit www.amberstonebio.com.
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CHICAGO, May 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Venzee Technologies Inc. (TSXV: VENZ) (OTCQB: VENZF) ("Venzee'' or the "Company"), the artificial intelligence ("AI") platform for product data, announced it has closed a non-brokered private placement, previously announced on March 30, 2022 at $405,200 CAD issuing 5,065,000 units. The Company now intends to complete a new non-brokered private placement of units of the Company ("Units") at a price of $0.05 per Unit, for anticipated gross proceeds of $1.0M CAD ("the revised Offering").
John Abrams, CEO of Venzee, said, "Although we have continued demonstrable shareholder support, in all fairness we believe we had to reprice our offering to reflect current worldwide market conditions."
With respect to the revised Offering, each Unit is comprised of one common share of the Company and one common share purchase warrant, with each warrant being exercisable for one common share at an exercise price of $0.10 per common share at any time up to 36 months following the closing date of the private placement. The warrants are also subject to acceleration in the event the volume-weighted average trading price of the common shares on the TSX Venture Exchange (TSX-V) is equal to or greater than $0.25 for a period of 10 consecutive trading days. In such case, the Company may, but shall have no obligation to, accelerate the expiry time of the warrants to a date that is 30 days following the date of issuance of a press release by Venzee announcing its intention to accelerate the expiry time.
In connection with the revised Offering, the Company intends to pay finders' fees to certain registered brokerage firms, comprising of cash payment equal to 8% of the gross proceeds raised by purchasers introduced by such brokers, and the issuance of non-transferable compensation warrants equal to 8% of the number of Units purchased by purchasers introduced by such brokers. Such compensation warrants will be issued on substantially the same terms and conditions as the Warrants, with an exercise price of $0.10.
The net proceeds received by the Company from the Offering are expected to be used for general working capital purposes, further advancing the Company's channel partnership business model and completing revenue generating connection requests from its channel partners and brands.
Subject to customary closing conditions, including the approval of the TSXV, the first tranche of the Offering is expected to close on or before May 31, 2022. However, there is no assurance that the Company will complete the Offering upon the terms set out above, or at all.
Venzee (TSXV: VENZ) (OTCQB: VENZF) is the leading artificial intelligence platform for product data used by global brands to speed time to market and create competitive supply chain advantages. Venzee's intelligent platform automates inefficient last-mile retail processes with a frictionless, machine-driven solution for sending and receiving product data.
Venzee believes intelligent supply chain functionality is inevitable and will significantly benefit growers, makers, brands, sellers, regulators, and consumers. Venzee is building the foundation for a future where seamless, accurate, automated data flow simplifies processes, removes friction, and creates value for all those that rely on the myriad of data and information surrounding any product, anywhere.
Venzee unlocks shareholder value by carrying out its mission to create intelligent technology that removes friction from the global supply chain. Its Mesh Connector™ product disrupts and displaces inefficient manual processes in favor of integrated, machine-driven solutions.
To learn more about the Venzee platform, visit venzee.com
Twitter: @usevenzee
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/venzee-inc/
Podcast: https://www.rethinkingsupplychain.com/
This press release contains "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation. Forward-looking information includes, but is not limited to, statements with respect to the terms of the Offering, the completion of the Offering and the expected use of the net proceeds received by the Company. Generally, forward-looking information can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "plans", "expects" or "does not expect", "is expected", "budget", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "anticipates" or "does not anticipate", or "believes", or variations of such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will be taken", "occur" or "be achieved". Forward-looking information is subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information, including but not limited to: general business, economic, competitive, geopolitical and social uncertainties; and regulatory risks. Additional information about these assumptions and risks and uncertainties is contained under "Risk Factors and Uncertainties" in the Company's management's discussion and analysis for the year ended December 31, 2018, and the quarter ended August 29, 2019, which are available under the Company's SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com, and in other filings that the Company has made and may make with applicable securities authorities in the future.
Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking information, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that such information will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information. The forward-looking information contained in this news release is expressly qualified in its entirety by this cautionary statement. The Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking information, except as required by applicable securities laws.
Neither TSX-V nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in policies of the TSX-V) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
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Gary A. “Bud” Gamet, age 74 of Troy, passed away Thursday, September 8, 2022 at a local hospital. A memorial service will be held at 2:00pm Thursday, September 15, 2022 at Scanio-Harper Funeral Home. Burial, with military honors, will follow at a later date at the Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery.
Gary was born on January 3, 1948 to the late Joseph Gamet and Doris Ruffcorn Gamet. He married Eileen Loecker on January 4, 1969 in Hubbard, Nebraska. He grew up in Oregon and California before ending up in Nebraska. He was honorably discharged from the US Army after almost three years of service, having served one tour in Vietnam. He loved celebrating July 4th with his neighbors, family and friends. He also enjoyed riding ATVs, travelling, target shooting and college football, especially the Nebraska Cornhuskers. He loved to laugh and joke with everyone. He was preceded in death by his parents, one brother and one sister.
Survivors include his loving wife of 53 years, Eileen Gamet of Troy; a daughter, Tera Davis of Plano; grandchildren, Tyler and Jax Davis of Plano; siblings, Greg Gamet, Jane Fleming, Marilyn Whelan and Mick Gamet as well as numerous nieces, nephews and friends.
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Speed, accuracy, and efficiency are pillars of customer implementations
HICKSVILLE, N.Y., June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sandata uses cutting edge robotic process automation (RPA) to bring efficiency drivers to its customers. This technology helps speed up implementations while continuing to improve accuracy.
"In RPA, we can build and train bots to do repetitive work faster and take away the element of human error, saving time for team members and allowing them to focus on tasks that require human thinking," said Srini Achukola, Chief Technology Officer.
Achukola has vast experience using this as an effective strategy in technology companies and improving operational efficiencies as a result. "We're looking forward to continuing rolling out this technology to increase our delivery speed across the board without risking quality," he added. "The potential of adding artificial intelligence to these bots means we'll soon move beyond updating code, changing data, and copying information to new locations."
"Bringing value to our customers is paramount," said Angel Newsom, Chief Customer Officer. "Our customers' goals matter and the more we can accelerate their access to our solutions, the faster they can begin seeing progress. Further, the capacity we open by automating repetitive tasks is that much more time we can put into our partnerships with them."
Sandata is proud to be transforming its customer experience through further investments in technology such as RPA. While bots are something customers cannot see, results such as increased speed to adoption and quicker go-live times are seen and felt. Smarter processes in getting things done right from the start is one of many reasons why Sandata continues to be the most trusted technology.
Sandata Technologies, LLC, is a leading U.S. provider of technology to improve ease of collaboration between Medicaid payers and providers to deliver care. Sandata's transformative technologies and extensive industry experience creates benefit for clients through embedded expertise to support and problem-solve. As a national EVV leader, Sandata's suite of solutions offers its 15,000-plus agencies, 22 state Medicaid departments, and 50-plus managed care organizations the tools and capabilities to advance quality of care and improve patient and client outcomes, enhancing healthcare one user experience at a time. For more information, visit sandata.com.
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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The Hard Rock casino reached agreement with Atlantic City’s main casino workers union on Saturday, removing the last threat of a strike during the busy holiday weekend and clearing the way for the gambling halls and their workers to concentrate on bouncing back from financial losses during the coronavirus pandemic.
Local 54 of the Unite Here union said it reached a tentative agreement with Hard Rock, avoiding a strike that had been threatened for 12:01 a.m. Sunday.
Combined with agreements reached Thursday with the Borgata, Caesars, Harrah’s and the Tropicana, Hard Rock’s deal leaves only two smaller casinos, Resorts and the Golden Nugget, without a contract. But the union said it expects both of them to agree to one in the coming days.
Bally’s and the Ocean Casino Resort have signed so-called “me-too” agreements committing themselves to adopting the terms of contracts the union reaches with the larger casinos.
The deals still need to be ratified by the full union membership.
“We are extremely pleased that we were once again able to reach a successful settlement with Unite Here Local 54 to increase wages and benefits for our deserving team members,” said Jim Allen, chairman of Hard Rock International. “We look forward to further expanding this excellent relationship at both the national and local levels as we expand our iconic brand.”
Joe Lupo, president of Hard Rock Atlantic City, said the deal allows the casino to concentrate on performing well during the peak tourist season.
“We look forward to a vibrant holiday weekend and a tremendous summer season,” he said.
Contract terms were not immediately made public.
The deals not only avoid what would have been a costly and disruptive strike during one of the busiest weekends of the year for the casinos, but it provides labor peace in the crucial third summer of the coronavirus pandemic, as the casinos are struggling to return to the revenue and profit levels they enjoyed before it began.
In past contracts, the union concentrated on preserving health care and pension benefits, but this time sought “significant” pay raises for workers to help them keep pace with spiraling prices for gasoline, food, rent and other living expenses.
The deals avoided what would have been the city’s first casino strike since 2016, when the union rejected demands by billionaire Carl Icahn that the Trump Taj Mahal casino operate without health care and pension benefits that were terminated by a bankruptcy court.
The union went on strike on July 1 of that year, and the casino shut down on Oct. 10. It was sold months later to Hard Rock International, which gutted it and reopened it as the new Hard Rock Atlantic City in June 2018.
The finances underlying the current dispute are complex.
Including internet gambling and sports betting revenue, the casinos and their online partners have won $1.8 billion over the first five months of this year. That’s up more than 49% from the same period in 2019, before the coronavirus hit.
But the casinos claim those figures are misleading because third-party partners keep about 70% of internet and sports betting revenue, leaving little for the brick-and-mortar casinos.
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LONDON, Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Smith+Nephew (LSE: SN) (NYSE: SNN), the global medical technology company, today announces that the OXINIUM Technology Tour of Change mobile exhibit will make a stop at the Pro Football Hall of Fame during its enshrinement weekend in Canton, Ohio from August 4-6. As the official joint replacement technology of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Smith+Nephew is committed to educating retired players, their families, and the community about the differences in material, design and technology to consider when selecting a hip or knee replacement. Smith+Nephew is partnering with the Hall of Fame Health network of Elite Care centers to ensure that patients including former professional football players across the country have access to Smith+Nephew products and technologies.
Over the past 20 years, in over two million cases, OXINIUM Technology has established itself as the best performing bearing with the lowest risk of revision in total hip arthroplasty (THA)1-4 at 9-17 years, alongside strong clinical performance in knees.5,6
Pro Football Hall of Famer, Elvin Bethea received an OXINIUM implant as part of a recent total hip replacement procedure. He commented, "OXINIUM Technology has turned my life, my body, and my whole world around. Having this implant gives me peace of mind and allows me to continue to do the things I enjoy."
The Tour of Change is a 550 square foot mobile exhibit that will be setup at Fun Fest - a free, family-focused event area on the Pro Football Hall of Fame campus during enshrinement weekend. The exhibit is designed to provide players, healthcare professionals and the community with an opportunity to learn what makes OXINIUM Technology unique, how an implant is made, and how it has delivered strong clinical performance over time in both hip and knee replacements.1-6
Bruce Matthews, a Pro Football Hall of Famer who is an OXINIUM knee patient is similarly pleased with his results. "After a 19-year career in the NFL as an offensive lineman, my knees took a beating and became too painful to ignore. I'm confident that Smith+Nephew's OXINIUM Technology was the best choice for me, especially as a larger guy."
To learn more about how OXINIUM delivers the durability of metal, the wear resistance of ceramic, and corrosion resistance better than both7-16, please visit www.oxinium.com.
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- Peters RM, Van Steenbergen LN, Stevens M, et al. The effect of bearing type on the outcome of total hip arthroplasty. Acta Orthopaedica. 2018; 89(2):163-169.
- Atrey A, Ancarani C, Fitch D, Bordini B. Impact of bearing couple on long-term component survivorship for primary cementless total hip replacement in a large arthroplasty registry. Poster presented at: Canadian Orthopedic Association; June 20–23, 2018; Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
- Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry (AOANJRR) Hip, Knee & Shoulder Arthroplasty: 2021 Annual Report.
- The Orthopaedic Data Evaluation Panel (ODEP). www.odep.org.uk. Accessed June 1st, 2021. Referencing JOURNEY II, LEGION and GENESIS II OXINIUM Knee Systems.
- Innocenti M, Matassi F, Carulli C, Nistri L, Civinini C. Oxidized zirconium femoral component for TKA: A follow-up note of a previous report at a minimum of 10 years. The Knee. 2014;21:858–861.
- Hunter G, Dickinson J, Herb B, et al. Creation of oxidized zirconium orthopaedic implants. Journal of ASTM International. 2005;2:1-14.
- Long M, Riester L, Hunter G. Nano-hardness Measurements of Oxidized Zr-2.5Nb and Various Orthopaedic Materials. Abstract presented at: 24th Annual Meeting of the Society for Biomaterials. April 22-26, 1998, San Diego, California.
- Parikh A, Hill P, Hines G, Pawar V. Wear of conventional and highly crosslinked polyethylene liners during simulated fast walking/jogging. Poster presented at: 55th Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, 2009. Poster no. 2340.
- Parikh A, Hill P, Pawar V, Sprague J. Long-term Simulator Wear Performance of an Advanced Bearing Technology for THA. Poster presented at: 2013 Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society. Poster no. 1028.
- Papannagari R, Hines G, Sprague J, Morrison M. Long-term wear performance of an advanced bearing technology for TKA. Poster presented at: 2011 Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society. Poster no. 1141.
- Smith+Nephew 2010. OR-10-155.
- Aldinger P, Williams T, Woodard E. Accelerated Fretting Corrosion Testing of Zirconia Toughened Alumina Composite Ceramic and a New Composition of Ceramicised Metal Femoral Heads. Poster presented at: 2017 Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society. Poster no. 1037.
- Smith+Nephew 2016. OR-16-127.
- 2005 ASM International Engineering Materials Achievement Award.
- Dalal A, Pawar V, McAllister K, Weaver C, Hallab NJ. Orthopedic implant cobalt-alloy particles produce greater toxicity and inflammatory cytokines than titanium alloy and zirconium alloy-based particles in vitro, in human osteoblasts, fibroblasts, and macrophages. J Biomed Mater Res Part A. 2012;100A:2147-2158.
About Smith+Nephew
Smith+Nephew is a portfolio medical technology business focused on the repair, regeneration and replacement of soft and hard tissue. We exist to restore people's bodies and their self-belief by using technology to take the limits off living. We call this purpose 'Life Unlimited'. Our 18,000 employees deliver this mission every day, making a difference to patients' lives through the excellence of our product portfolio, and the invention and application of new technologies across our three global franchises of Orthopaedics, Sports Medicine & ENT and Advanced Wound Management.
Founded in Hull, UK, in 1856, we now operate in more than 100 countries, and generated annual sales of $5.2 billion in 2021. Smith+Nephew is a constituent of the FTSE100 (LSE:SN, NYSE:SNN). The terms 'Group' and 'Smith+Nephew' are used to refer to Smith & Nephew plc and its consolidated subsidiaries, unless the context requires otherwise.
For more information about Smith+Nephew, please visit www.smith-nephew.com and follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram or Facebook.
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Wednesday forecast: Slightly cooler today, heating back up tomorrow
Extreme heat Thursday-Saturday, frontal boundary by Sunday
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - A cold front last night will bring a brief cool down today and highs about 5° cooler than yesterday in most areas but the extreme heat does return Thursday through Saturday for all of northeast KS and still for some areas on Sunday.
Taking Action:
- The heat continues to be the main concern: Stay cool by limiting outdoor exposure and hydrating with plenty of water. Additional heat safety tips here.
- There are indications of low chances of overnight showers/storms Thursday night and Saturday night so don’t be surprised if we have to add a low chance vs what’s on the 8 day. The next best chance is still looking to be Sunday night.
- A frontal boundary Sunday could bring a wide range in highs Sunday through Tuesday depending where the frontal boundary is positioned each day. This could also determine storm chances so know the forecast on these days are subject to change.
Overall confidence in the forecast is high through Saturday (hot and mostly dry with low chances for isolated showers/storms at times) but starting Sunday confidence is low due to a frontal boundary that could have an impact on highs and storm chances Sunday through Tuesday. Latest models also have cooler temperatures next Wednesday (80s possible) compared to what they were indicating yesterday but didn’t want to get that cool in case models don’t show the cooler temperatures in future runs.
Today: Other than a few clouds in the late morning through mid-afternoon hours it’ll be mostly sunny. Highs in the 90s. Low 90s north to upper 90s near I-35. Winds N 5-15 mph. Heat indices shouldn’t be an issue today with relatively low humidity.
Tonight: Clear. Lows in the mid-upper 60s. Winds become calm. Enjoy these temperatures because it may not get this cool again until next week.
Tomorrow: Sunny. Highs 98-102. Winds SW 5-10 mph. Heat indices 100-110.
Slightly hotter temperatures are expected Friday and Saturday but heat indices should still be in the 100-110 range but the good news is winds will be stronger with gusts 20-30 mph helping to keep it slightly better especially compared to Thursday.
Highs will be in the 90s for most spots Sunday through the first half of next week however 80s are possible especially north of I-70 on some days and areas still may be in the triple digits on Sunday near I-35.
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Extended partnership to further develop PFL SmartCage and Fighter Performance Rating technology
Working alongside Flagship, PFL is the MMA leader in maximizing a data-centric approach for fight fans, partners and the league's world-class competitors
PFL MMA Regular Season continues May 6 to more than 160 countries
NEW YORK, May 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Professional Fighters League, the fastest growing and most innovative sports league, today announced it is partnering with Flagship Group Solutions, an IBM Gold Business Partner, for the 2022 season to utilize cloud-based products and artificial intelligence to reshape the way fans engage with the sport of MMA. Under the agreement, the league will leverage IBM's cloud and Watson technologies to further develop PFL's industry leading SmartCage technology and Fighter Performance Rating to maximize the value of its data-centric approach for fight fans, the world-class roster of athletes and its portfolio of blue-chip partners.
Working alongside Flagship, PFL has elevated the standard for measuring fighter performances. The insights gathered from SmartCage technology and Cagenomics data will be enhanced with IBM Watson machine learning to showcase what is taking place inside the cage and deliver accurate matchup outcome predictions for MMA fans around the world.
"The Professional Fighters League is pioneering the future of MMA with proprietary technology that enables showcasing the sport like never before, and we're thrilled to expand our partnership with Flagship Solutions Group and IBM for the 2022 season," said PFL CEO Peter Murray. "Integration of fighter data and fight analytics within our live broadcast and streaming events has created an immersive next-gen experience for MMA fans."
"Flagship is honored to support PFL's tremendous growth and success with technology solutions powered by Flagship's cloud capabilities under our "We Run IT, You Use IT" campaign," said Mark Wyllie, CEO, Flagship Solutions Group.
The Regular Season has kicked off in thrilling fashion and the third event this Friday, May 6 will feature the world's greatest MMA fighter and two-time PFL World Champion Kayla Harrison making her 2022 debut, along with the league's Women's Lightweight and Welterweight divisions.
PFL is the first and only MMA league with a true sports-season format where elite fighters from around the world compete in a regular season, playoffs and championship. The four competitors in each division who earn the most points in the regular season advance to the win-or-go-home playoffs, followed by the biggest night in MMA – the PFL World Championship – with each winner going home with the $1 million prize.
Professional Fighters League is the No. 2 MMA company globally and features an elite talent roster with 25 percent of its fighters independently ranked in the top-25 of the world, including 2021 PFL champions Kayla Harrison and Ray Cooper III. PFL has live event coverage in 160 countries on leading distribution platforms and delivers a unique, innovative product to the more than 600 million MMA fans globally.
About Professional Fighters League
Professional Fighters League (PFL) is the fastest growing and most innovative sports league. PFL is the #2 MMA company worldwide and the only with the sports-season format where individual fighters compete in Regular Season, Playoffs, and Championship.
PFL is primetime in the U.S on ESPN and ESPN+ and broadcast and streamed worldwide to 160 countries, with partners including Channel 4, DirecTV, RMC Sport, Eurosport, Sky Sports, and more. The PFL roster is world-class, with 25% of PFL fighters independently ranked in the top 25 in the world. The PFL proprietary SmartCage data and analytics platform powers real-time betting and provides next-gen viewing experience.
PFL has over two-dozen blue-chip brand sponsors such as Anheuser-Busch, IBM, GEICO, DraftKings, Bose, Socios.com, Air Force Reserve, US Marine Corps, and more. PFL is backed by major investors including Ares Capital, Luxor Capital, Elysian Park Ventures, Swan Ventures, Knighthead, Legends, and several NBA, MLB, and NHL team owners.
MMA is the growth sport of this decade, with 600 million fans worldwide, the youngest audience demo of any sport, and true global revenue streams.
PFLmma.com; Instagram (@PFLmma); Twitter (@PFLMMA); Facebook (/PFLmma)
About Flagship Solutions Group
Flagship Solutions Group provides IBM solutions, managed services, and cloud solutions worldwide. This includes data center strategic planning and hybrid cloud implementations based on a wide range of assessments that look at virtualization, server consolidation, security, and infrastructure-focused integration. In addition, Flagship provides Cyber Security and Data Analytics as a service to major companies across various industries.
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Ibexis Launches the MYGA Plus™
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ibexis Life & Annuity Insurance Company ("Ibexis") has launched its MYGA Plus™ fixed annuity.
The MYGA Plus™ is a fixed annuity product that provides clients with the flexibility to choose between two fixed rates that are each guaranteed for the initial duration of the product. One option is to earn a traditional guaranteed fixed rate that pays a competitive fixed interest every day. The second option is to allocate to the "Plus Bucket," an indexed linked option that pays a higher fixed rate every year if the S&P 500™ Index increases. If the index increases that year (no matter how much), the client earns the full guaranteed fixed rate for this option.
"As clients seek stability in volatile markets and insurers offer higher crediting rates, we believe fixed annuities are a very attractive product for individuals that desire financial security during retirement," said Nate Gemmiti, Chief Executive Officer at Ibexis.
Ryan Lex, Chief Distribution Officer at Ibexis, added: "Product innovation in the fixed rate annuity segment has been historically limited. With the launch of the MYGA Plus™, clients can now choose between two attractive fixed rates, including the higher earnings potential of the "Plus Bucket."
With insurance licenses in 43 states and the District of Columbia, Ibexis has been assigned a Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and a Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of "a-" (Excellent) by AM Best. Both ratings have a "stable" outlook.
Please visit the company's website at www.ibexis.com.
Founded in 1937, Ibexis offers fixed annuities to help clients protect their financial future and prepare for retirement. Ibexis' fixed annuities can help individuals accumulate interest without risk of losing principal and provide guaranteed income during retirement. AM Best assigns an A- Financial Strength Rating (4th highest of 13). Ibexis' full ratings report may be viewed at www.ambest.com.
The MYGA Plus™ (Form ICC22-MPC-0322 or state variation) does not invest directly in the S&P 500® and may not include dividends paid on underlying stocks. All guarantees are backed by the claims paying ability of Ibexis Life & Annuity Insurance Company, 221 Bolivar Street, Jefferson City, MO 65101. Product availability and features may vary by state.
The S&P 500® is a product of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC or its affiliates. S&P 500® and S&P ® are registered trademarks of Standard & Poor's Financial Services; Dow Jones® is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings. The MYGA Plus™ is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by the foregoing nor do they have any liability for any errors of omissions or interruptions of the S&P 500 Index®.
Ryan Lex
Chief Distribution Officer at Ibexis
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CARLISLE, Pa. (AP) — For more than a century they were buried far from home, in a small cemetery on the grounds of the U.S. Army War College. Now they’re heading home.
The Army began disinterring the remains of eight Native American children who died at a government-run boarding school at the Carlisle Barracks, with the children’s closest living relatives poised to take custody.
The disinterment process, which began over the weekend, is the fifth at Carlisle since 2017. More than 20 sets of Native remains were transferred to family members in earlier rounds.
The children had lived at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, where thousands of Native children were taken from their families and forced to assimilate to white society as a matter of U.S. policy — their hair cut and their clothing, language and culture stripped. More than 10,000 children from more than 140 tribes passed through the school between 1879 and 1918, including famous Olympian Jim Thorpe.
“If you survived this experience and were able to go back home, you were a stranger. You couldn’t even speak the language your parents spoke,” said Rae Skenandore, of the Oneida Nation in Wisconsin. She is a relative of Paul Wheelock, one of the children whose remains will be disinterred.
The off-reservation government boarding schools — Carlisle was the first, with 24 more that followed — “ripped apart tribes and communities and families,” said Skenandore, adding she lost part of her own culture and language as a result. “I don’t know if we can ever forgive.”
She and her mother, 83-year-old Loretta Webster, plan to make the trip to Carlisle later this month. Webster said her own father ran away from a similar boarding school in Wisconsin when he was 12.
“It was like a a prison camp, what they were putting these little kids in,” Webster said. “It’s a part of our history that’s really traumatic and still affects the community today.”
The children to be disinterred came from the Washoe, Catawba, Umpqua, Ute, Oneida and Aleut tribes. The sex and approximate age of each child will be verified, according to Renea Yates, director of the Office of Army Cemeteries, with archeological and anthropological support from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
“We conduct a very dignified disinterment of each child … and then we do a very dignified transfer ceremony, sending the children back with their families,” Yates said.
The small cemetery has been enclosed with privacy fencing during the disinterment process, which is expected to conclude in July. | https://cw33.com/news/u-s-news/ap-us-headlines/native-childrens-remains-to-be-moved-from-army-cemetery/ | 2022-06-15T01:09:37Z |
RADNOR, Pa., Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The law firm of Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP (www.ktmc.com) informs investors that a securities class action lawsuit has been filed against Missfresh Limited ("Missfresh") (NASDAQ: MF). The action charges Missfresh with violations of the federal securities laws, including omissions and fraudulent misrepresentations relating to the company's business, operations, and prospects. As a result of Missfresh's materially misleading statements and omissions to the public, Missfresh investors have suffered significant losses.
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LEAD PLAINTIFF DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 12, 2022
CLASS PERIOD: PURSUANT AND/OR TRACEABLE TO MISSFRESH'S JUNE 2021 IPO THROUGH JULY 12, 2022
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Kessler Topaz is one of the world's foremost advocates in protecting the public against corporate fraud and other wrongdoing. Our securities fraud litigators are regularly recognized as leaders in the field individually and our firm is both feared and respected among the defense bar and the insurance bar. We are proud to have recovered billions of dollars for our clients and the classes of shareholders we represent.
MISSFRESH'S ALLEGED MISCONDUCT
In June 2021, Missfresh conducted its initial public offering (IPO), selling 21 million American Depository Shares ("ADSs") at $13.00 per ADS.
On April 29, 2022, after trading hours, Missfresh filed a Notification of Late Filing on a Form 12b-25, which announced that Missfresh "will not be able to file its Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 … by the prescribed filing deadline of April 30, 2022." Missfresh explained that "[t]he independent Audit Committee of [Missfresh]'s board of directors, with the assistance of professional advisors, is in the process of conducting an internal review of certain matters, including those relating to transactions between [Missfresh] and certain third-party enterprises." Following this news, Missfresh ADSs fell 13% to close at $0.448 per ADS on May 2, 2022, the next trading day.
Then, on May 24, 2022, after trading hours, Missfresh issued a press release entitled "Missfresh Announces Receipt of Nasdaq Notification Regarding Late Filing of Form 20-F" announcing "that it received a notification letter dated May 19, 2022 . . . from the Listing Qualifications Department of The Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. ("Nasdaq"), indicating that [Missfresh] is not in compliance with the requirements for continued listing." Following this news, Missfresh ADSs fell 9% over the next two trading days to close at $0.167 per ADS on May 26, 2022.
Finally, on July 1, 2022, Missfresh issued a press release entitled "Missfresh Announces the Substantial Completion of the Audit Committee-Led Independent Internal Review." In the press release, Missfresh disclosed that "certain revenue associated with these reporting periods in 2021 may have been inaccurately recorded in [Missfresh]'s financial statements." As of the date the complaint was filed, Missfresh ADSs closed at $0.389 per ADS, well below Missfresh's IPO price of $13.00 per ADS.
WHAT CAN I DO?
Missfresh investors may, no later than September 12, 2022 seek to be appointed as a lead plaintiff representative of the class through Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP or other counsel, or may choose to do nothing and remain an absent class member. Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP encourages Missfresh investors who have suffered significant losses to contact the firm directly to acquire more information.
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WHO CAN BE A LEAD PLAINTIFF?
A lead plaintiff is a representative party who acts on behalf of all class members in directing the litigation. The lead plaintiff is usually the investor or small group of investors who have the largest financial interest and who are also adequate and typical of the proposed class of investors. The lead plaintiff selects counsel to represent the lead plaintiff and the class and these attorneys, if approved by the court, are lead or class counsel. Your ability to share in any recovery is not affected by the decision of whether or not to serve as a lead plaintiff.
ABOUT KESSLER TOPAZ MELTZER & CHECK, LLP
Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP prosecutes class actions in state and federal courts throughout the country and around the world. The firm has developed a global reputation for excellence and has recovered billions of dollars for victims of fraud and other corporate misconduct. All of our work is driven by a common goal: to protect investors, consumers, employees and others from fraud, abuse, misconduct and negligence by businesses and fiduciaries. The complaint in this action was not filed by Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP. For more information about Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP please visit www.ktmc.com.
CONTACT:
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Taking place December 9 – 11, the three-day celebrity tennis event will feature clinics and exhibitions by a dynamic roster of tennis legends to raise funds benefitting the Baha Mar Foundation and the Mark Knowles Children's Tennis Initiative
NASSAU, The Bahamas, Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Baha Mar, the leading resort destination in The Bahamas, announced today its third-annual Baha Mar Cup, the Caribbean's most prestigious celebrity tennis fundraising event taking place Friday, December 9 – Sunday, December 11. The most impressive roster of Tennis pros to date, including Andy Roddick, Milos Raonic, Victoria Azarenka, Jessica Pegula, Lindsay Davenport, James Blake and Mark Knowles, will all take the court at the Baha Mar Racquet Club for an all-star tennis tournament to benefit the Baha Mar Resort Foundation supporting Mark Knowles Children's Tennis Initiative.
The 2022 Baha Mar Cup will kick off with a special welcome reception presented by Rosewood Baha Mar on Friday, December 9. Tennis events start with an exclusive Pro-Am Kick-Off Clinic and Tournament, pairing eight pros with up to 24 amateur players, including culinary talent Marcus Samuelsson. Immediately following, tennis' top talent will take the court for the highly competitive Baha Mar Cup Pro Exhibition, hosted by Tennis Hall of Fame member and ESPN commentator Cliff Drysdale. Guests, players, and spectators are then invited to a special dinner with an awards ceremony, prepared by six-time James Beard award-winning celebrity chef Marcus Samuelsson at his ocean-side restaurant, Marcus Up Top and featuring live music and entertainment.
The weekend's events will conclude on Sunday, December 11, when young tennis fans from the local community are invited to participate in the Youth Clinic, learning tips from the pros themselves.
"The Baha Mar Cup welcomes the tours elite players and supporters for an exciting weekend of clinics, exhibition games, and celebrations, all in commemoration of two great causes aimed to raise awareness and funds to support the Bahamian youth tennis community, enhance public tennis facilities, and provide opportunity for at risk children," said Graeme Davis, President, Baha Mar. "Following the success of previous Baha Mar Cups in 2019 and 2021, we know this year will be the biggest and best yet, filled with an array of tennis and entertainment activities set against a beautiful tropical landscape at Baha Mar."
"It is a tremendous honor to return to Baha Mar for the third time to host this tournament, aimed at raising awareness for the Mark Knowles Children's Tennis Initiative and the Baha Mar Foundation, two charities who share similar missions in supporting the local youth community," said Mark Knowles. "I look forward to building on the success of last year's event and joining in the fun alongside the stellar lineup of tennis legends playing this year."
To date, Baha Mar Cup has raised more than $160,000, supporting the Bahamian community through the Baha Mar Foundation, including those affected by Hurricane Dorian in 2019, and the support of the Mark Knowles Children's Tennis Initiative in 2021. Built on the three pillars of Community, Culture and Conservation, the Baha Mar Resort Foundation reflects the brand's deep commitment to building a strong future for The Bahamas.
Baha Mar Cup will take place at The Baha Mar Racquet Club featuring nine state-of-the-art tennis courts, with six professional hard courts, two Har-Tru clay courts, and the only grass court in the Caribbean. The tennis program is directed by Cliff Drysdale Tennis, a worldwide leader in services and instruction for tennis enthusiasts of all ages.
The schedule of the weekend's events is as follows:
For more information on tickets and participating in The Baha Mar Cup tennis tournament, please visit www.bahamar.com.
About Baha Mar
Baha Mar is a master planned integrated resort development situated on 1,000 acres overlooking the world's famous Cable Beach. The white sand beach destination includes three global brand operators – Grand Hyatt, SLS, and Rosewood – over 2,300 rooms and more than 45 restaurants and lounges, the largest casino in the Caribbean, a state-of-the-art convention center, Royal Blue Golf Course, an 18-hole Jack Nicklaus signature course, a brand new $200 million Baha Bay luxury water park, the Caribbean's first and only flagship ESPA spa, and over 30 luxury retail outlets. Baha Mar is a breathtaking location with dynamic programming, activities, and guest offerings in one of the most beautiful places in the world – The Bahamas. For more information and reservations, visit www.bahamar.com.
About Mark Knowles
Mark Knowles is a former World #1 in doubles. He has won all four majors in doubles. Winning the men's doubles titles at the Australian Open, French Open, U.S. Open and the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon. He has contested 13 Grand Slam finals overall. He was ranked World #1 between 2002 and 2004. He is a 5-time Olympian and has coached top ten players Mardy Fish, Milos Raonic & Jack Sock. Since 2013, Knowles has worked on-air for Tennis Channel, providing in-match commentary, courtside interviews and tournament analysis.
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Again facing the challenge of coming up with plots worthy of filling a movie, "Downton Abbey: A New Era" adopts a two-track approach, feeling as cozy as a brandy by the fire. Elegant, occasionally adorable and at times quite emotional, series creator Julian Fellowes still knows how to pluck the right strings -- upstairs and downstairs -- to play a symphony with his sprawling cast.
Coming three years after the first movie and six since the PBS show signed off, this "Era" finds everyone looking a little older, with even the indomitable Dowager Countess (87-year-old Maggie Smith, who really deserves an Oscar push to go with her three Emmys for the show) having lost a step, but none of her rapier wit.
After a slow-ish start, the two flourishes wind up splitting the cast spatially, while creating opportunities to bring some new faces into the mix: An unexpected windfall in the form of a French seaside villa, mysteriously bequeathed to the Dowager by a man she'd known decades earlier; and the grudging decision to let a film company shoot a movie at the grand estate, the year being 1928, as the world is making the transition from silent pictures to talkies.
It's a lot, and at first blush, that second plot feels a little too much like an homage to "Singin' In the Rain," with the silent stars (Dominic West, Laura Haddock) fretting about their futures and the assorted servants, with a few notable exceptions, simply gaga over being in their presence.
Still, writer Fellowes and director Simon Curtis (new to "Downton" but the husband of Elizabeth McGovern) are getting at something in terms of change intruding on this mannered world. And they cram in enough melodrama for a season's worth of episodes, which includes shifting dynamics among the principals, with Lord Grantham (Hugh Bonneville) clearly deferring more to daughter Mary (Michelle Dockery).
"You're the captain now," he tells her, when deciding on whether to let the movie folk intrude on their palatial home.
Some past developments have closed certain doors. Edith (Laura Carmichael), to cite one example, after her past struggles, is a less fertile source of drama now that she's happily married, and rightly so.
Yet there are still plenty of subplots to explore, from Daisy (Sophie McShera) and her cramped living situation to the complicated Barrow (Robert James-Collier), who has found his bosses more accepting and enlightened about his being gay than the early 20th-century world at large.
As time passes, the sense that it's time to retire this cast and this iteration grows stronger. Having begun the story before World War I, there's always been the lingering question of what awaits this aristocratic family and those in their employ as the second World War, and the conditions leading to it, come into view.
Whether intended or not, if this were to represent a final visit to Downton in this form, it would actually be a nice place to leave things -- all but the heartless should expect to shed some tears -- with the pragmatic understanding that even with Fellowes moving on to "The Gilded Age," "Downton Abbey," the franchise, is too attractive a piece of real estate to let go untended for very long.
Seen that way, it's possible to thoroughly enjoy this latest chapter in the "Downton Abbey" saga and come away feeling like it's an appropriate place for Fellowes and company to let "The New Era" serve as a proper sendoff to the old one.
"Downton Abbey: A New Era" premieres in US theaters on May 20. It's rated PG.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC).
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According to a filed complaint, Wells Fargo & Company issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) Wells Fargo had misrepresented its commitment to diversity in the Company's workplace; (ii) Wells Fargo conducted fake job interviews in order to meet its Diverse Search Requirement; (iii) the foregoing conduct subjected Wells Fargo to an increased risk of regulatory and/or governmental scrutiny and enforcement action, including criminal charges; (iv) all of the foregoing, once revealed, was likely to negatively impact Wells Fargo's reputation; and (v) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
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PITTSBURGH, June 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Dollar Bank announced today that it is increasing its Prime Rate to 4.75% from 4.00% effective June 16, 2022. This increase is being made as a result of recent changes in market conditions.
Dollar Bank has assets of more than $11.5 billion. Today, Dollar Bank operates more than 90 locations throughout Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Virginia and has over 1,400 employees. For more than 166 years, Dollar Bank has grown to become the largest mutual bank in the United States, committed to providing the highest quality of banking services to individuals and businesses. Dedicated to aiding the communities it serves, Dollar Bank supports quality of life initiatives, financial literacy programs, and organizations devoted to helping individuals and families in need. Dollar Bank (www.dollar.bank) is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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MANSFIELD — Do you have an older kid or teen who would rather be outdoors than inside? The Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division has the perfect summer solution for them: Sign him or her up for a camp at the Charlie Elliott Wildlife Center in Mansfield.
These overnight camps are for ages 11-16 and focus on more specific outdoor recreational activities. Meals and overnight accommodations are included. Available camps include:
— Shooting Sports Camp will get your camper started on the path to becoming a responsible shooter by exposing them to various types of firearms while always emphasizing safety;
— Gone Fishin’ Camp is designed for the young angler to master knot tying, casting and retrieval. They will dive into fisheries management, explore fish biology, and of course, have plenty of time for fishing;
— Out Huntin’ Camp is for the young adults interested in becoming a hunter but unsure of how to get started. They will learn basic wildlife biology and behavior; how to pursue, harvest and process Georgia’s game species; hunter safety practices; and firearms handling.
These summer camps at Charlie Elliott Wildlife Center have limited spots, so interested parents are encouraged not to wait to sign up. Interested parents or guardians should complete and submit all application forms and camp fees at least two weeks prior to the camp session.
For more information about summer camps at Charlie Elliott Wildlife Center or to register, call (770) 784-3059 or visit www.georgiawildlife.com/camps.
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DOVER, Del., Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- At their meeting held today, the Board of Directors of Chesapeake Utilities Corporation (NYSE: CPK) declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.535 per share on the Company's common stock. The $0.535 per share dividend will be paid on October 5, 2022 to all shareholders of record at the close of business on September 15, 2022.
Chesapeake has paid dividends to its shareholders without interruption for 61 years and has increased its annualized dividend every year since 2004.
Chesapeake Utilities Corporation is a diversified energy delivery company, listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Chesapeake Utilities Corporation offers sustainable energy solutions through its natural gas transmission and distribution, electricity generation and distribution, propane gas distribution, mobile compressed natural gas utility services and solutions, and other businesses. For more information, visit www.chpk.com.
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RICHMOND, Calif., Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ:SPWR) will discuss its third quarter 2022 financial results on Tuesday, November 8 at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time. The conference call can be accessed live by registering at https://register.vevent.com/register/BI45f40baae7fb4eb19531e810dd5b7edb.
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ATLANTA (AP) — Rapper Gunna, who was arrested last month on a racketeering charge, said in a message posted on social media that 2022 has been one of the best years of his life, “despite this difficult situation.”
The rapper, whose given name is Sergio Kitchens, proclaimed his innocence and said the picture that is being painted of him is “ugly and untrue.”
“For now, I don’t have my freedom. But I am innocent. I am being falsely accused and will never stop fighting to clear my name!” the message says.
Attorney Kristen Novay — who’s representing Kitchens along with Steve Sadow, Don Samuel and John Garland — confirmed that the message was posted on his behalf Tuesday, his birthday.
“It’s important for him to have a voice,” she said, adding that her client does not have access to a cellphone in jail.
Kitchens was among more than two dozen people charged last month in an 88-page indictment in Georgia’s Fulton County. Also indicted was rapper Young Thug — real name Jeffery Williams — who’s accused of founding Young Slime Life, which prosecutors allege is a violent street gang that’s commonly known as YSL and is affiliated with the national Bloods gang.
Kitchens, who is signed to Williams’ Young Stoner Life record label, scored his second No. 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart with “DS4Ever” this year.
Kitchens’ message says he comes from a “marginalized neighborhood” and never dreamed his art would change his life and the lives of his loved ones.
“I used my art form, my gift from God, to change my circumstances,” the statement says.
He added: “Nothing will stop me from chasing my dreams, I won’t stop being a good person, even if some unnamed and unknown accusers want the world to see me as a bad person.” | https://cw33.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/rapper-gunna-proclaims-innocence-in-message-on-social-media/ | 2022-06-15T01:04:04Z |
NEW YORK, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Levi & Korsinsky, LLP notifies investors in Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. ("Axsome" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: AXSM) of a class action securities lawsuit.
CLASS DEFINITION: The lawsuit seeks to recover losses on behalf of Axsome investors who were adversely affected by alleged securities fraud between December 30, 2019 and April 22, 2022. Follow the link below to get more information and be contacted by a member of our team:
AXSM investors may also contact Joseph E. Levi, Esq. via email at jlevi@levikorsinsky.com or by telephone at (212) 363-7500.
CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that defendants made false statements and/or concealed that: (i) Axsome's chemistry, manufacturing, and control ("CMC") practices were deficient with respect to AXS-07, the Company's medicine for the acute treatment of migraine, and its manufacturing process; (ii) as a result, Axsome was unlikely to submit the AXS-07 New Drug Application ("NDA") on its initially represented timeline; (iii) the foregoing CMC issues remained unresolved at the time that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") reviewed the AXS-07 NDA; (iv) accordingly, the FDA was unlikely to approve the AXS-07 NDA; (v) as a result of all the foregoing, Axsome had overstated AXS-07's regulatory and commercial prospects; and (vi) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
WHAT'S NEXT? If you suffered a loss in Axsome during the relevant time frame, you have until July 12, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
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ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces pushed forward Monday in their assault on Ukraine, seeking to capture the crucial southern port city of Mariupol as Moscow prepared to celebrate its Victory Day holiday.
Determined to show success in a war now in its 11th week, Russian troops were pummeling a seaside steel mill where an estimated 2,000 Ukrainian fighters were making what appeared to be their last stand to save Mariupol from falling.
The mill is the only part of the city not overtaken by the invaders. Its defeat would deprive Ukraine of a vital port and allow Russia to establish a land corridor to the Crimean Peninsula, which it seized from Ukraine in 2014.
The Ukraine General Staff warned of a high probability of missile strikes and said that in Russian-controlled areas of Zaporizhzhia, Russian troops were seizing “personal documents from the local population without good reason.” Ukraine’s military alleged Russian troops were seizing documents to force residents to join in Victory Day commemorations.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned the anniversary, which marks Russia’s triumph over Nazi Germany in 1945, could bring a renewed onslaught. Russian President Vladimir Putin may want to proclaim a win in Ukraine when he addresses troops parading on Red Square.
“They have nothing to celebrate,” Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, said of the Russians, speaking on CNN. “They have not succeeded in defeating the Ukrainians. They have not succeeded in dividing the world or dividing NATO. And they have only succeeded in isolating themselves internationally and becoming a pariah state around the globe.”
Battles were being waged on multiple fronts but Russia was closest to victory in Mariupol.
Ukrainian fighters in the steel mill rejected Russian-set deadlines for laying down their arms as attacks continued by warplanes, artillery and tanks.
“We are under constant shelling,” said Capt. Sviatoslav Palamar, deputy commander of the Ukrainian Azov Regiment, a unit holding the steel mill.
Lt. Illya Samoilenko, another Azov Regiment member, said a couple hundred wounded soldiers were in the plant. He declined to say how many able-bodied fighters remained. Fighters lack lifesaving equipment and are having to dig by hand to free people from bunkers that collapsed under shelling.
“Surrender for us is unacceptable because we cannot grant such a gift to the enemy,” Samoilenko said.
The last of the civilians who had taken shelter with fighters at the plant were evacuated Saturday. They arrived Sunday night in Zaporizhzhia, the first major Ukrainian city beyond the frontlines, and spoke of constant shelling, dwindling food, ubiquitous mold — and using hand sanitizer for cooking fuel.
Britain’s Defense Ministry warned in a daily intelligence report on Twitter that Russia was running short of precision-guided munitions and increasingly is using inaccurate rockets and bombs, subjecting Ukrainian towns and cities to “intense and indiscriminate bombardments with little or no regard for civilian casualties.”
More than 60 people were feared dead after a Russian bomb flattened a Ukrainian school being used as a shelter in Bilohorivka, an eastern village, Ukrainian officials said.
About 90 people were sheltering in the school’s basement when it was attacked Saturday. Emergency crews found two bodies and rescued 30 people, but “most likely all 60 people who remain under the rubble are now dead,” Serhiy Haidai, governor of Luhansk province, wrote on the Telegram messaging app.
Russian shelling killed two boys, ages 11 and 14, in the nearby town of Pryvillia, Haidai said. Luhansk is part of the Donbas, the industrial heartland in the east that Russia’s forces are working to capture.
Explosions echoed across the major Black Sea port of Odesa.
Keeping up their dogged resistance, Ukraine’s military struck Russian positions on a Black Sea island that was captured in the war’s first days. A satellite image by Planet Labs showed smoke rising from two sites on the island.
But Moscow’s forces showed no sign of backing down in the south. Satellite photos show Russia has put armored vehicles and missile systems at a small base in the Crimean Peninsula.
Ukraine’s military also warned some 19 Russian battalion tactical groups were stationed just across the border in Russia’s Belgorod region. Those groups likely consist of some 15,200 troops with tanks, missile batteries and other weaponry.
The most intense combat in recent days has taken place in eastern Ukraine. A Ukrainian counteroffensive in the northeast near Kharkiv, the country’s second-largest city, was making “significant progress,” according to the Institute for the Study of War, a Washington think tank.
However, the Ukrainian army withdrew from the embattled eastern city of Popasna after two months of fierce fighting. Rodion Miroshnik, a representative of the pro-Kremlin, separatist Luhansk People’s Republic, said its forces and Russian troops had captured most of the city.
The Kharkiv regional administration said three people were killed in shelling of the town of Bogodukhiv, about 50 kilometers (30 miles) from Kharkiv.
South of Kharkiv, in Dnipropetrovsk province, the governor said a 12-year-old boy was killed by a cluster munition that he found after a Russian attack. An international treaty bans the use of such explosives, but neither Russia nor Ukraine has signed the agreement.
“This war is treacherous,” Gov. Valentyn Reznichenko wrote on social media. “It is near, even when it is invisible.”
As Victory Day turned attention toward Putin, Western leaders showed new signs of support for Ukraine.
The Group of Seven industrial democracies pledged to ban or phase out imports of Russian oil. The G-7 consists of the U.S., Canada, Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Japan.
The United States announced other new sanctions, cutting off Western advertising from Russia’s three biggest TV stations, banning U.S. accounting and consulting firms from providing services, and cutting off Russia’s industrial sector from wood products, industrial engines, boilers and bulldozers.
U.S. first lady Jill Biden met with her Ukrainian counterpart. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau raised his country’s flag at its embassy in Kyiv. And U2′s Bono, alongside bandmate The Edge, performed in a Kyiv subway station that had been used as a bomb shelter, singing the 1960s song “Stand by Me.”
The acting U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, Kristina Kvien, posted a picture of herself at the American Embassy, and described plans for the eventual U.S. return to the Ukrainian capital after Moscow’s forces abandoned their effort to storm Kyiv weeks ago.
Zelenskyy released a video address marking the day of the Allied victory in Europe 77 years ago. The black-and-white footage showed him in front of a ruined apartment block in Borodyanka, a Kyiv suburb.
Drawing parallels between Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the evils of Nazism, Zelenskyy said generations of Ukrainians understand the significance of the words “Never again,” a vow not to allow a repeat of the horrors of the Holocaust.
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Gambrell reported from Lviv, Ukraine. Yesica Fisch in Bakhmut, David Keyton in Kyiv, Yuras Karmanau in Lviv, Mstyslav Chernov in Kharkiv and AP staff around the world contributed to this report.
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FORT MYERS, Fla., Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Chico's FAS, Inc. (NYSE: CHS) (the "Company" or "Chico's FAS") today announced it will be participating in the Wells Fargo 5th Annual Consumer Conference, to be held in Dana Point, CA.
Molly Langenstein, Chief Executive Officer and President, and Patrick J. Guido, Executive Vice President – Chief Financial Officer, are scheduled to participate in a fireside chat on Wednesday, September 21, 2022, at 8:40 AM PDT, which will be webcast live and available following the event in the Investor Relations section of the Company's website at www.chicosfas.com.
ABOUT CHICO'S FAS, INC.
Chico's FAS is a Florida-based fashion company founded in 1983 on Sanibel Island, Fla. The Company reinvented the fashion retail experience by creating fashion communities anchored by service, which put the customer at the center of everything we do. As one of the leading fashion retailers in North America, Chico's FAS is a company of three unique brands - Chico's, White House Black Market and Soma - each thriving in their own white space, founded by women, led by women, providing solutions that millions of women say give them confidence and joy.
Our Company has a passion for fashion, and each day, we provide clothing, shoes and accessories, intimate apparel and expert styling in our brick-and-mortar boutiques, digital online boutiques and through StyleConnect®, the Company's customized, branded, digital styling tool that enables customers to conveniently shop wherever, whenever and however they prefer.
As of July 30, 2022, the Company operated 1,258 stores in the U.S. and sold merchandise through 58 international franchise locations in Mexico and 2 domestic franchise airport locations. The Company's merchandise is also available at www.chicos.com, www.chicosofftherack.com, www.whbm.com and www.soma.com.
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I am writing this to the citizens of Albany, the Albany City Commission, the Albany Chamber of Commerce, and The Albany Herald in an effort to correct the misinformation circulating with respect to the application by Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital to the Historic Preservation Commission to demolish four historic buildings, with the Beaux Arts-style high school the centerpiece of the application.
1. The HPC was established in 1996 by the Albany and Dougherty County Boards of Commissioners with the sole purpose of protecting and preserving Albany’s historic districts and the architectural assets within them. A list of historic districts and architectural assets was compiled, and guidelines were established by professional architectural preservationists. The HPC’s standard procedure is to review requests for Certificates of Appropriateness submitted by applicants before their hearing. This ensures that personal feelings are not imposed on any decision and that the commission follows the ordinances and guidelines that were established by the city and county.
2. The hospital has characterized the Historic Preservation Commission’s position regarding their demolition request as opposition to the very concept of a living and learning center that has been proposed by the hospital and Albany Technical College. They have also accused the HPC of foolishly obstructing progress and economic growth. Nothing could be farther from the truth. What the HPC opposes is the demolition of four historic buildings when there are other viable options.
3. The hospital and the City Commission have claimed that the school is not a significant historical asset worth preserving. The school was designed by the esteemed T. Firth Lockwood and Otis Clay Poundstone architectural firm and completed in 1925. The significance of their work is indicated by the large number (at least 15 in Georgia) of their projects that have been preserved and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
4. The hospital and the City Commission have implied that the HPC’s denial of a Certificate of Appropriateness to demolish four historic buildings is arbitrary. However, neither the hospital, the City Commission, The Albany Herald, nor the Albany Chamber has acknowledged a number of facts. First, in 2017, the HPC adopted an additional set of guidelines with regard to the expansion of the hospital’s facilities. Phoebe was aware of and agreed to the amended guidelines. In those amended guidelines, it was stipulated that the school and the Christian Science Reading Room are significant historic buildings and that they should be preserved with ordinary maintenance. In fact, based on those very guidelines, the HPC approved a Certificate of Appropriateness applied for by the hospital in June 2022, for a $140 million project, with one stipulation. Since the construction could possibly have a considerable impact on the structural integrity of the Christian Science building, the HPC required that the hospital present a plan for its continued preservation.
Second, the professional city staff who advise the HPC based on federal and state laws and local ordinances and guidelines recommended denial of the high school demolition application. Although the hospital claimed that the building is unsound, the city building inspector found that not to be the case.
5. Mr. Steiner claimed, and The Albany Herald and the Chamber have claimed, that the HPC has insisted that the only acceptable course of action is to return the school to its original 1925 state. That is a patently false claim. The HPC supports the adaptive re-use of historic properties. Demolishing a building and tacking a facsimile of the original façade onto an overscaled modern building is, frankly, an insult to the integrity of both architectural styles.
6. At the City Commission hearing of the appeal by the hospital to overturn the decision of the HPC, Commissioner Jalen Johnson asked Mr. Steiner if anyone has shown any interest in the school. Mr. Steiner responded that there has been no interest in the building, and he stated that he would personally welcome any interest by any party seeking to renovate the building. In fact, he was in discussions with a local real estate developer who provided a realistic plan for the adaptive re-use of the school to fit the hospital’s needs. It would be financed entirely by private funds. At a lower cost than Mr. Steiner’s proposal. With this option, the properties would return to the tax role and generate property tax revenue.
7. The hospital and the Hospital Authority have claimed that the denial of the demolition permit will harm the hospital financially, making the claim that Phoebe is a “charity” hospital. May I remind you that the hospital is about to embark on another, $140 million, project? I would like to make note of an additional fact. In his presentation for the COA, Mr. Steiner asserted with great pride that the entire $40 million cost of the Living and Learning Center, as proposed, would not require any taxpayer money. Phoebe could finance it out of pocket. And furthermore, the investment would be recouped by the hospital in just one year. Even if the project were to cost two or three times as much, following Mr. Steiner’s logic, the amortization period would likely be only two to three years. Any for-profit business would be thrilled with those numbers.
8. The hospital has claimed that the denial by the HPC of their application to demolish the school has created an additional hardship by causing an untenable delay in construction, resulting in a delay in opening the program. Aside from the fact that the Albany Technical College nursing program already exists and is already training nurses, the hospital moved forward for two years with its plans to demolish the high school without consulting the HPC, even though they knew that the school has been identified as a significant historic asset to the city. They concealed their plans until they could claim an emergency and demand the right to proceed. This tactic, and this tactic alone, is responsible for the hospital’s hardship.
9. The HPC has offered several alternative locations for the living and learning center. One option would be to locate the center on any of the 9 acres of vacant land adjacent to the hospital. This would eliminate the cost of demolition entirely, and the project could move swiftly ahead. Another option would be to utilize some of the former Palmyra Medical Center that was removed from the city tax digest when Phoebe bought the facility. That location is not in the historic district and is largely vacant and underused. And of course, a local real estate developer offers the best of all options. His proposal to restore the exterior of the building to its original appearance while meeting the needs of the hospital is a win for everyone, the hospital, the city and the citizens of Albany.
I know the members of the HPC well. I am one. We are a body of citizen volunteers who donate many hours of our time every month to review requests for material changes to historic buildings. If Phoebe is allowed to circumvent the Historic Preservation ordinance and the amended guidelines that they accepted in 2017, how can the HPC, in good conscience, enforce the preservation guidelines for everyone else who owns a historic building? In fact, why even have a preservation ordinance?
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Olathe motorcycle driver dies after thrown into guard rail near Belleville
REPUBLIC CO., Kan. (WIBW) - An Olathe motorcycle driver has died after he hit an SUV attempting to turn off the highway in Republic County and was thrown into the guard rail.
The Kansas Highway Patrol crash log indicates one person is dead after a motorcycle crash in Republic Co.
According to the crash log, Scott McIntosh, 58, of Olathe, was driving his Road King motorcycle eastbound on U.S. Highway 36 near Talmo Rd. - about 2 miles east of Belleville.
The log indicates that McIntosh attempted to pass Bradley Dean Hansen, 43, of Concordia, in his GMC Yukon, as he was slowing down to turn left onto Talmo Rd.
KHP said McIntosh hit Hansen and was thrown from his bike and hit the guard rail.
The log notes that McIntosh died at the scene, however, Hansen escaped the crash with no apparent injuries.
While the log also shows that McIntosh was wearing a helmet at the time of the crash, it said Hansen was not wearing a seatbelt.
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(NEXSTAR) – Starbucks might be taking its bathrooms private again.
The coffee chain, which opened its café bathrooms to the non-purchasing public after a high-profile incident in 2018, could soon be walking back its restroom policy in order to maintain a “safe environment” for patrons and staff, CEO Howard Schultz said.
Schultz hinted at the policy change Thursday, in an interview at The New York Times’ DealBook D.C. policy forum.
“There is an issue of just safety in our stores, in terms of people coming in, who use our stores as a public bathroom, and we have to provide a … safe environment for our people and our customers,” Schultz said during a conversation with The Times’ Andrew Ross Sorkin.
Schultz broached the topic during a discussion regarding mental health, which he claimed to be the “No. 1 issues” that Starbucks is dealing with “as a company.”
“[The] mental health crisis in this country is severe, acute and getting worse,” Schultz said.
When asked by Ross Sorkin how the company plans to “deal” with the issue, Schultz responded by saying Starbucks needs to train its employees and “harden” its stores.
“I don’t know if we can keep our bathrooms open,” he said.
Starbucks had previously announced its open-bathroom policy in the wake of a 2018 incident at a Philadelphia location, where two Black men were arrested while waiting to meet with a business acquaintance in the store. One of the men had previously asked to use the restroom but was denied, the Associated Press reported at the time.
Starbucks previously had no fixed policy on bathroom access, Schultz said in the wake of the arrests, and decisions were ultimately up to individual stores.
After the incident, Schultz himself said Starbucks bathrooms would be open to all, as would the café areas, regardless of whether someone makes a purchase or not.
“We don’t want to become a public bathroom,” said Schultz, “but we’re going to make the right decision a hundred percent of the time and give people the key.”
Starbucks also included the directive in its “third place” policy, which aimed to position its cafes as welcoming spaces for the public, so long as visitors use the spaces lawfully and respectfully.
On Thursday, however, Schultz appeared to express uncertainty that Starbucks would be able to provide safe spaces for the public, especially during what he feels is a worsening mental-health crisis in the country.
“Again, Starbucks is trying to solve a problem and face a problem that is the government’s responsibility,” Schultz said. “And when I think about the issues that we, our business is facing and the challenge that our people are facing, almost every, every question you ask is a question about what the government’s responsibility is, and what I realize more and more, the government is no longer gonna solve any of these problems.” | https://cw33.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/starbucks-might-restrict-public-access-to-bathrooms-ceo-suggests/ | 2022-06-10T17:21:20Z |
FCA Reports Second-quarter 2022 US Sales
Published: Jul. 1, 2022 at 12:04 PM CDT|Updated: 21 minutes ago
AUBURN HILLS, Mich., July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
- U.S. total sales decline 16%; retail sales down 24%
- Chrysler brand total U.S. sales increase 95% versus same quarter last year
- Total U.S. sales for the Jeep® Compass rise 54% over same quarter last year
- Total U.S. sales for the Jeep Grand Cherokee rise 12% over same quarter last year
- Jeep Wrangler 4xe remains the best-selling plug-in hybrid vehicle in the U.S.
- Dodge Charger total U.S. sales rise 3% versus same quarter last year
- Ram brand's commercial shipments rise 9% over same period last year
- Total commercial shipments in Q2 2022 rise 13% versus same quarter last year
FCA US LLC had sales of 408,521 vehicles in this year's second quarter. Overall, total U.S. and retail sales for the second quarter declined 16% and 24%, respectively. Total commercial shipments in the second quarter rose 13% versus the same quarter last year.
"We continue to see strong demand for our vehicles. While there are certainly industry supply constraints, our dealers are working hard to satisfy the needs of every customer," said U.S. Head of Sales Jeff Kommor. "The Grand Wagoneer and Wagoneer have successfully launched with sales continuing to grow, sales of the all-new Jeep® Grand Cherokee, Jeep Compass continue to see high sales volumes CYTD, and Ram brand's retail and fleet demand for its commercial products remains incredibly strong."
Total sales of the Jeep Grand Cherokee were up 12% and retail sales up 13%. Total U.S. sales for the Jeep Compass rose 54% and its retail sales increased 54% year over year.
The Jeep Wrangler 4xe, the best-selling plug-in hybrid vehicle in the U.S., accounted for 10,861 (20%) of total Jeep Wrangler sales. The Chrysler brand's total U.S. sales rose 95%, with the Chrysler Pacifica up 143% versus the same quarter last year. The Chrysler brand and Pacifica Q2 sales increase was driven by increased fleet sales due a backlog of orders. Pacifica plug-in hybrid accounted for 4,095 (13%) of total Chrysler Pacifica sales.
Total U.S. sales of the Dodge Charger rose 3% versus the same quarter last year.
Ram brand's total commercial shipments are up a combined 9% versus the previous second quarter.
FCA US LLC is a North American automaker based in Auburn Hills, Michigan. It designs, manufactures, and sells or distributes vehicles under the Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Ram, FIAT and Alfa Romeo brands, as well as the SRT performance designation. The company also distributes Mopar and Alfa Romeo parts and accessories. FCA US LLC is a subsidiary of Stellantis N.V.
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NEW YORK, April 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Volta Inc. ("Volta" or the "Company") (NYSE: VLTA). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888-476-6529, ext. 7980.
The investigation concerns whether Volta and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.
On March 28, 2022, Volta announced that both of its co-founders had resigned—namely, the Company's Chief Executive Officer and President, both of whom served as Directors of the Company.
On this news, Volta's stock price fell $0.76 per share, or 18.4%, to close at $3.37 per share on March 28, 2022.
Pomerantz LLP, with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Paris, and Tel Aviv, is acknowledged as one of the premier firms in the areas of corporate, securities, and antitrust class litigation. Founded by the late Abraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean of the class action bar, Pomerantz pioneered the field of securities class actions. Today, more than 85 years later, Pomerantz continues in the tradition he established, fighting for the rights of the victims of securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and corporate misconduct. The Firm has recovered numerous multimillion-dollar damages awards on behalf of class members. See www.pomlaw.com.
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WINNERS ALLIANCE RAISES $26 MILLION IN EQUITY TO SUPPORT OPERATIONS AND LONG-TERM GROWTH
– Funding will enable the PTPA to launch its Player Services Platform to serve professional men's and women's tennis players globally;
– Ahmad Nassar, Former OneTeam Partners Founding CEO and NFL Players Inc. President, Named PTPA Executive Director & Winners Alliance CEO;
– Bill Ackman, CEO and Portfolio Manager of Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P., and Co-Trustee of The Pershing Square Foundation, Appointed Winners Alliance Chairman of the Board –
NEW YORK, Aug. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Professional Tennis Players Association (PTPA) – global advocates on behalf of men's and women's professional tennis players – today announced that it has launched Winners Alliance, a for-profit affiliate, to generate and maximize off-the-court commercial opportunities for players and their agents, emulating the successful model of players associations in other sports. Among its first initiatives, Winners Alliance will establish a sustainable group licensing program for video games, trading cards, collectibles, and related opportunities.
Former OneTeam Partners Founding CEO and NFL Players Inc. President Ahmad Nassar has been named the Executive Director of the PTPA and CEO of Winners Alliance. Winners Alliance Chairman Bill Ackman, via the Pershing Square Foundation, and Prysm Capital, a growth equity investment firm experienced in working with player associations, co-led the $26 million raise, alongside an investment from Mr. Nassar.
Said Ahmad Nassar: "I am excited to continue my career working to empower world-class athletes at the PTPA. Having a players association that unconditionally cares for every tennis player is incredibly important, and I am privileged to have the opportunity to take this organization to the next level."
Nassar joins after serving three years as Founding CEO of OneTeam Partners, a group licensing, marketing, and media powerhouse representing the commercial interests of women's and men's athletes across multiple sports. Prior to OneTeam, Nassar led NFL Players Inc. as President and helped grow the NFL Players Association's marketing and licensing business into one of the largest for-profit licensors in sports, doubling annual revenue and payouts to players during his tenure.
Said Vasek Pospisil, co-founder of the PTPA: "Ahmad is the perfect choice. He brings an unrivaled set of experiences and expertise working with women's and men's athletes across many sports. As we continue to build our player leadership and base, I know Ahmad's perspective, background in licensing and marketing, and success in unlocking huge value for players and their associations will be a major asset. Players want an independent voice and a real seat at the table. With the launch and funding of Winners Alliance, we are now well resourced to make a material difference in players' lives."
The Winners Alliance Board of Directors reflects leadership across industries, with the inaugural board consisting of Chairman Bill Ackman, CEO and Portfolio Manager of Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P., and Co-Trustee of The Pershing Square Foundation; Christina Francis, President of Magic Johnson Enterprises and former CMO of the Orange Bowl and NFL Players Association; Jay Park, Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Prysm Capital; Muhammad Mian, Prysm Capital Co-Founder & Partner; and Ahmad Nassar.
"I have had a lifelong passion for tennis, both as a player and a fan, but have long recognized the challenges that most professional tennis players experience due to the sport's inferior economics for all but the very top of the rankings ladder," said Bill Ackman. "I could not be more optimistic about the opportunity to partner with Ahmad and Vasek and the new team they are building to help revolutionize the economics of the game for the players, and to accelerate the growth and sustainability of the sport to benefit all participants in the tennis ecosystem."
"I am thrilled to join the board and continue my work on behalf of athletes," said Christina Francis. "Ahmad is best positioned to lead the association and Winners Alliance, as he and I both see the value and importance of advocating for the business interests and livelihoods of athletes. My track record throughout my career will support the PTPA, Winners Alliance and their mission."
The PTPA will launch the Player Services Platform to enhance professional players journeys in the sport by leveraging the group buying power and brand value of all the players. PSP services will include global discounts on travel, food, and accommodations and other player necessities, benefit programs, insurance options, travel and logistics support, player concierge amenities, a tax advisory and attorney network, discipline appeals support, access to financial planners, player charity support, and media and public relations counsel, among other benefits.
Co-founded in 2020 by Vasek Pospisil and Novak Djokovic, the PTPA is an independent organization dedicated to the advancement and protection of professional men's and women's tennis players across their entire professional journey. The PTPA aims to address player challenges and influence fair change within the business of professional tennis. The PTPA movement is mobilizing players to create an equitable and sustainable ecosystem for players today and for generations to come, including health and safety issues, schedules, rules, purses, benefits, and education. The PTPA will be headquartered in the Washington, D.C. area, with operations globally within the tennis community.
Ahmad Nassar built his career by dedicating himself to working with athletes to help them get more value out of their professional careers. His vision helped form OneTeam Partners in 2019 as a joint venture between the NFLPA, MLBPA, and RedBird Capital Partners. Established to maximize the collective value of athlete rights across group licensing, marketing, media and investing, OneTeam was the first company owned by athletes and capitalized by a major financial partner. Under Nassar's leadership, the sports company evolved into a multibillion-dollar company representing the commercial business interests of world-class athletes represented by the NFLPA, MLBPA, MLSPA, the USWNTPA, the NWSLPA, the WNBPA, the U.S. Rugby PA as well as men's and women's collegiate athletes.
Prior to OneTeam, Nassar spent more than a decade at NFL Players Inc., the for-profit marketing and licensing business of the NFLPA representing 2,000 NFL players. He managed operations and led commercial negotiations with the NFL and partners such as Fanatics and Electronic Arts. The organization evolved into one of the most progressive business-to-business entities in sports, generating multiple years of record revenue growth. During his tenure, Nassar led the creation and launch of ACE Media, an NFLPA-owned business focused on athlete lifestyle programming; co-founded and led the OneTeam Collective, the first athlete-driven business accelerator, engaging early-stage companies by licensing NFLPA group rights in exchange for equity. Along with founding partners from the WNBPA and USWNTPA, Nassar helped launch REP Worldwide, a landmark group player representation business that offered licensing and brand management services to athlete-driven sports properties.
The Pershing Square Foundation (PSF) is a family foundation established in 2006 to support exceptional leaders and innovative organizations that tackle important social issues and deliver scalable and sustainable global impact. PSF has committed more than $600 million in grants and social investments in target areas including health and medicine, education, economic development and social justice. Bill Ackman and Neri Oxman are co-trustees of the Foundation. For more information visit: www.pershingsquarefoundation.org.
Prysm Capital, LLC is a growth equity firm that partners with disruptive, category-leading companies in the technology, consumer, and healthcare sectors. With a long-term and company-first perspective, Prysm helps management teams achieve their next level of growth.
The PTPA conducted a global executive search process utilizing TurnkeyZRG, which recruited and vetted a diverse pool of CEO candidates from around the world.
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Research shows dad just wants a day with family
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Put the tie down, a recent study has found that dad most likely just wants to spend a day with family on Father’s Day.
With Father’s Day just around the corner, shopping experts RetailMeNot says data analysts wanted to take a look at what gifts are most popular for dad and how much people are willing to shell out.
The shopping experts said they found Father’s Day is expected to be the most celebrated summer holiday in 2022 with 80% of respondents planning to celebrate.
RetailMeNot said analysts also found that on average, children are planning to spend about $61.30 on dad this Father’s day. It said 50% of respondents said they plan to spend less than $50 while 1-in-5 said they would spend $100 or more on their father.
The shopping experts also found that the top Father’s Day gifts dad wants to receive are as follows:
- A day with family - 41%
- Cash - 33%
- Dinner at a restaurant - 29%
- Gift cards - 25%
- Clothes - 23%
- Food and beverages - 21%
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Moran congratulates KU grad on nomination to U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - U.S. Senator Jerry Moran has congratulated KU graduate and Oklahoma native Jabari Wamble on his nomination to the US. Circuit Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit.
On Tuesday, Aug. 9, Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) says President Joe Biden nominated Jabari Wamble, an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Kansas, to serve on the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit - which presides over Kansas.
“Providing advice and consent of a judicial nominee is one of the most important responsibilities of the United States Senate,” Sen. Moran said. “Congratulations to Jabari Wamble on his nomination to the Federal bench. I recently had the opportunity to meet with Mr. Wamble and discuss his service in the U.S. Attorney’s office and his education at the University of Kansas. Mr. Wamble has demonstrated legal skill and interest in justice throughout his professional career. He is a dedicated public servant.”
“I look forward to learning more about Mr. Wamble’s views, including how he sees the role of a judge under the U.S. Constitution, in his upcoming Senate Judiciary Committee hearing.”
Wamble is originally from Oklahoma and attended earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Kansas and his law degree from the KU Law School. He worked for the Johnson Co. District Attorney’s Office and in 2011 transitioned to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Kansas.
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GRAPHIC: Amid chaos, some at July 4 parade ran toward gunfire to help
GRAPHIC WARNING: The details of this story may be disturbing to some.
HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (AP) — Bobby Shapiro ran down Central Avenue in socks, moving toward the street corner where gunfire had erupted just moments before. At first, he only wanted to confirm that what he was hearing was real — a mass shooting at a July 4 parade in Highland Park.
Any sense of disbelief vanished with the sight of bone fragments, blood and pieces of flesh lying in the street where a parade was marching just minutes before. Then he saw the bodies.
“It was pure horror. It was a battle zone,” Shapiro, 52, said in an interview. When the gunshots first went off, he had been changing out of his cycling shoes about 100 yards away.
Emergency vehicles and first responders were not yet at the scene, so Shapiro, a tech salesman with no medical training, began doing whatever he could to help.
From the bystanders who tied tourniquets and administered CPR to the fleeing paradegoers who rescued and cared for an orphaned 2-year-old covered in blood, people from every corner of the Highland Park community sprung into action on July 4 in the wake of unspeakable tragedy.
Nearly a dozen people, including off-duty doctors, nurses and a football coach, were among the first to administer lifesaving assistance to victims of the parade shooting.
“Things happen so quickly that your brain can’t possibly comprehend that there is an active shooter in your town, in your sleepy little neighborhood,” said Dr. Wendy Rush, an anesthesiologist with decades of experience working in trauma centers.
Rush joined Shapiro in trying to save an elderly man who had a gunshot wound in his thigh and another that left a gaping hole in his abdomen.
While Rush used a ventilation mask and bag to help the elderly man breathe, Shapiro and another bystander took turns giving chest compressions and holding pressure on his wounds.
All the while, “We didn’t know where the shooter was. We knew he wasn’t dead,” Rush said.
Nearly 30 minutes later, Rush boarded an ambulance alongside the dying man, and Shapiro, in shorts stained with blood, walked back to the bench where he’d been changing his shoes what felt like hours earlier.
The man died at the hospital, and was later identified as Stephen Straus, an 88-year-old financial advisor.
Rush’s husband and son were also on the scene. As members of Highland Park’s Community Emergency Response Team, both men have training in first aid and basic life support. They were working the parade expecting to assist with the regular crowd control and the occasional lost child.
Rush’s son cared for people with less critical gunshot wounds, applying tourniquets and pressure to stop their bleeding. Her husband, Rush said, spent most of his time caring for Keely Roberts, a school superintendent shot twice in her foot and leg.
Roberts’ 8-year-old son Cooper, shot in the chest, remains in serious condition at University of Chicago Comer Children’s Hospital with a severed spine.
His twin brother, Luke, was nearby.
“I’ll never forget his face. He was just hysterical. He kept saying, ‘Don’t let my mommy die, don’t let my mommy die. Don’t let her lips turn blue like my brother.’ It was the worst you could ever imagine,” Eddie Rush told Fox 32 Chicago.
Football coach Brad Hokin was at his usual spot at the beginning of the route when the shooting started. He took off running down the bloodied street past those with minor injuries and toward the people he could tell needed assistance most urgently.
When his wife, nurse practitioner Jacquie Toia, called from their seats about a quarter mile away to make sure he was OK, Hokin simply told her, “Get up here. We need you.”
Toia, 64, hurried to the scene still unsure of what was happening. When she saw the destruction, her instincts kicked into gear. As a nurse for 36 years, Toia had experience working in an emergency setting.
By that point, paramedics on scene had equipment, and Toia and another nurse on the scene began to administer IVs.
Meanwhile Hokin, with no prior medical training, was holding pressure on gunshot wounds and helping EMTs load the wounded onto gurneys until all the victims were safely en route to hospitals.
“We did what we could to take care of the immediate needs, and that’s probably the real tragedy – we didn’t have enough hands to do what needed to be done,” Toia said. Responders were overwhelmed by the sheer number of casualties.
“Thirty-six years in medicine is enough that loss is not a stranger to me,” Toia said. “This was so different. This was hell.”
Dr. David Baum, an OBGYN and longtime attendee of the parade, was sitting with his family when the shooting started. The doctor rushed to help, and found bodies destroyed by bullets. Baum recalled trying to move people to ambulances and seeing wounds unlike anything he’d dealt with before.
“These were wartime injuries,” Baum said.
Baum and Toia both expressed their frustrations that the shooter had such easy access to high-capacity weapons. “You should never have to worry about being killed in your street on the Fourth of July at a parade,” Toia said.
Dr. Rush’s son, Shane Selig, said everyone is still processing what happened.
“There are those that feel guilty they didn’t do more,” he said, while adding, “at least I could do something.”
But it is hard, this aftermath. People, he said, will be “forever scarred by this.” And it makes him angry.
The images of the hurt and dying haunt those who ran to help.
Shapiro wakes up and when he opens his eyes, “It’s the ‘bang, bang, bang, bang, bang’ of the shooting and initial panic again.”
For Toia, “The children’s faces running and screaming and crying and falling will never escape me.”
Still, Hokin says it won’t deter him next year from joining with the community he loves.
In his 58 years, he’s been to the parade 52 times. Even during the pandemic when the parade was canceled, he went out just to say he was there.
“I’m sure next Fourth of July, I’ll be on the corner at 8 o’clock, waiting for the parade.”
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Associated Press reporters Heather Hollingsworth, Grant Schulte, and Claire Savage contributed to this report. Venhuizen reported from Madison, Wisconsin; Hollingsworth from Kansas City; Savage from Chicago; and Schulte from Lincoln, Nebraska.
Savage and Venhuizen are corps members for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues.
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INEO patents the world's first dual screen loss prevention and advertising system
SURREY, BC, June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - INEO Tech Corp. (TSXV: INEO) (OTCQB: INEOF) (the "Company" or "INEO"), the innovative developer and operator of the INEO Media Network, a digital advertising and analytics solution for retailers, is pleased to announce the Company has filed a design patent, entitled "ELECTRONIC ARTICLE SURVEILLANCE PEDESTAL WITH TWO-SIDED DISPLAY", for the dual screen version of its disruptive Welcoming System.
The patent filing protects the unique form factor, design and materials used in INEO's new dual screen product, branded as the INEO Welcoming System DUO. The INEO Welcoming System DUO is also protected by the Company's original utility patents, already granted in the United States and Canada, and pending in Europe. The INEO Welcoming System DUO, which has one LED screen on each side of the pedestal, is ideal for large retailers who have multiple doors at their front entrances. The bright, bold digital signage on the INEO Welcoming System DUO is easily visible to customers on either side of the pedestal.
The Company's recent premier of the new INEO Welcoming System DUO at the NRF Protect 2022 Conference in Cleveland, OH garnered tremendous interest and was a resounding success in landing pilot system installations with several large retail chains.
"The launch of the INEO Welcoming System DUO is a significant milestone for the company, and we are very pleased to file for the patent which will help provide a level of protection against competitors as we continue to expand our footprint globally," said Greg Watkin, Founder and Chairman of INEO. "The combination of two LED screens and an EAS pedestal within one device is a unique invention which required critical design and innovative engineering by INEO's R&D team. We are excited to begin showcasing the INEO Welcoming System DUO and are confident retailers will love the new capabilities of the dual screens integrated within one system."
Traditional loss-prevention systems typically consisted of a standalone tag-detection system known as an Electronic Article Surveillance ('EAS') pedestal located at the retailers' front door. EAS systems incorporate security tags or labels which are attached to merchandise and must be removed or deactivated prior to leaving the retail store. INEO's new Welcoming System DUO product builds upon the Company's previous patented combination media display and electronic surveillance pedestal by adding a second LED screen to the EAS system. The INEO Welcoming System DUO is a remarkable product given the complexity in designing and housing an RF security tag system in close proximity to two LED screens without degradation of the RF signal required for the operation of the EAS system.
The INEO Welcoming System DUO utilizes the same technology the Company has originally designed for the INEO Welcoming System which allows it to operate in both the Accousto-Magnetic (AM) 58KHz frequency spectrum and the 8.2MHz frequency spectrum. Digital display screens are inherently "noisy" as they cause electromagnetic interference which hinders the detection of loss prevention tags in a retail store; however, INEO has developed technology which allows the EAS loss prevention aspect of the system to still operate effectively with two large digital display screens located within the detection field.
The INEO Welcoming System DUO preserves the same base form factor of the original INEO Welcoming System allowing for visual uniformity within the retail store. The INEO Welcoming System DUO is the same height and width as the standard INEO Welcoming System and is only 2.3 centimeters (1 ¼ inches) thicker. The sleek design is a function of the proprietary technology INEO has developed and patented.
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INEO Tech Corp., through its wholly owned subsidiary, INEO Solutions Inc., operates the INEO Media Network, a digital advertising and analytics solution for retailers. INEO's patented technology integrates and monetizes digital screens with theft detection sensor gates at the entrance of retail stores. The Company's cloud-based platform uses IoT (Internet of Things) and AI (Artificial Intelligence) technology to deliver customized digital advertising to each retail location based on the demographic mix, such as age and gender, of customer traffic at each location. The Company also deploys the INEO Welcoming Network technology through a SaaS-based solution to larger retail chains. INEO is headquartered in Surrey, Canada and publicly traded on the TSX-Venture Exchange under the symbol "INEO" and on the OTCQB-Venture Market under the symbol "INEOF".
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NEW YORK, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Digital Turbine, Inc. ("Digital Turbine" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: APPS). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888-476-6529, ext. 7980.
The investigation concerns whether Digital Turbine and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.
On May 17, 2022, Digital Turbine issued a press release "announc[ing] . . . that it will restate its financial statements for the interim periods ended June 30, 2021, September 30, 2021, and December 31, 2021, following a review of the presentation of revenue net of license fees and revenue share for the Company's recently acquired businesses." Digital Turbine specified that "[t]he revenue for certain product lines of the recently acquired businesses, which are separate reportable segments, will now be reported net of license fees and revenue share, rather than on a gross basis, as had been previously reported. The changes have the offsetting effect of decreasing both revenue and license fees and revenue share in a like amount, while simultaneously increasing reported gross profit margin and Non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA margin, in the interim financial statements for each relevant period. There is no change to the previously reported GAAP income from operations, GAAP net income/loss, Non-GAAP gross profit, Non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA and Non-GAAP free cash flow results. Restated interim consolidated financial statements for each of the affected quarters will be filed as amendments to the respective Company's Form 10-Q filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or before May 31, 2022."
On this news, Digital Turbine's stock price fell $1.93 per share, or 7.09%, to close at $25.28 per share on May 18, 2022.
Pomerantz LLP, with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Paris, and Tel Aviv, is acknowledged as one of the premier firms in the areas of corporate, securities, and antitrust class litigation. Founded by the late Abraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean of the class action bar, Pomerantz pioneered the field of securities class actions. Today, more than 85 years later, Pomerantz continues in the tradition he established, fighting for the rights of the victims of securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and corporate misconduct. The Firm has recovered numerous multimillion-dollar damages awards on behalf of class members. See www.pomlaw.com
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JUVÉDERM® VOLUX™ XC IS THE FIRST AND ONLY HYALURONIC ACID (HA) FILLER TO RECEIVE U.S. FDA APPROVAL FOR IMPROVING JAWLINE DEFINITION
IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Allergan Aesthetics, an AbbVie company (NYSE: ABBV), announced the U.S. FDA approval of JUVÉDERM® VOLUX™ XC for the improvement of jawline definition in adults over the age of 21 with moderate to severe loss of jawline definition. 1
"The approval of JUVÉDERM® VOLUX™ XC represents the largest leap in innovation for our U.S. HA portfolio since the introduction of JUVÉDERM® VOLUMA® XC, 2" said Carrie Strom, President, Global Allergan Aesthetics and Senior Vice President, AbbVie. "JUVÉDERM® VOLUX™ XC complements our existing product line to provide even more structure, cohesivity and lift capacity to create an improved jawline that appears more defined in real life and on camera. JUVÉDERM® VOLUX™ XC is what our providers have been asking for to deliver the jaw-dropping results their patients are seeking. 1"
As the category leader, the JUVÉDERM® Collection of Fillers offers the broadest portfolio of specifically designed treatment options, and this latest approval of JUVÉDERM® VOLUX™ XC marks the sixth product offering in the lineup alongside JUVÉDERM® VOLUMA® XC, JUVÉDERM® VOLLURE® XC, JUVÉDERM® Ultra Plus XC, JUVÉDERM® Ultra XC, and JUVÉDERM® VOLBELLA® XC.1-3,5-7
In the pivotal clinical study, JUVÉDERM® VOLUX™ XC was found to effectively improve jawline definition (69.9%, 102/146) at six months. Participants reported satisfaction using the Satisfaction with Lower Face and Jawline module of the FACE-Q questionnaire, most treatment group participants (82.3%, 116/141) reported satisfaction with the appearance of their lower face and jawline through 12 months following treatment with JUVÉDERM® VOLUX™ XC. 4 Additionally, 81.5% (119/146) of participants at six months were satisfied with how sculpted (well-defined) their jawline looked compared to 12.2% (19/156) at baseline. At six months, 70.5% (103/146) of participants were satisfied with how smooth their lower face looked (i.e., no jowls or folds of fatty skin) compared to 7.7% (12/156) at baseline and 73.1% (106/145) of participants at six months were satisfied with how nice their lower face looked compared to 9.0% (14/156) at baseline. 4
"Requests for treatment in the lower facial region transcend age, gender, race, and ethnicity in my practice. As people age, many factors can contribute to how the lower face changes, such as genetics and soft tissue loss," says Dr. Jeremy Green, a fellowship-trained board-certified Miami cosmetic dermatologist and pivotal clinical trial investigator. "This can cause reduced definition around the jawline area that may impact and change the shape of the face and lead to the appearance of jowls. Clinical trial participants reported high satisfaction with the results of their treatment. In fact, at six months post-treatment, 89.7% (131/146) of treatment group participants were willing to recommend the treatment to a friend, with the majority continuing to recommend treatment at 12 months (87.2%, 123/141). 4 I am excited to now be able to offer this treatment option to all of my patients seeking an improved jawline."
Commonly reported side effects in the clinical study included tenderness, lumps/bumps, pain, swelling, firmness, bruising, redness, itching, and discoloration at the injection sites, as reported in participants' 30-day daily diaries. These side effects are consistent with HA filler injection and were usually mild (causing little discomfort and no effect on daily activities) or moderate (causing some discomfort and effect on daily activities) in severity. Most of these side effects went away on their own within two weeks. Participants also reported similar side effects after maintenance injection. 1
Allergan Aesthetics is dedicated to training health care providers on safe and effective use of all its products. Allergan Medical Institute will be providing an in-depth product training program for JUVÉDERM® VOLUX™ XC, which will include facial anatomy, considerations for safe injection in this area, appropriate patient selection, and aseptic technique. Training will begin in fall of 2022. JUVÉDERM® VOLUX™ XC will be more broadly available to consumers in early 2023.
For more information on the JUVÉDERM® Collection of Fillers, visit Juvederm.com and follow @JUVÉDERM on Instagram.
Consumers and new patients who receive an aesthetic treatment with a product from the JUVÉDERM® Collection of Fillers can also enroll in Allē, Allergan Aesthetics' loyalty rewards program. Consumers can enroll to unlock access to curated content, exclusive offers, and personalized rewards that can be used for savings on the Allergan Aesthetics portfolio of products and redeemed at a participating provider's office, subject to applicable program terms and conditions. Allē is the first and only loyalty program in the aesthetics market to also offer consumers the ability to earn points on over 40 non-Allergan Aesthetics treatments and brands. To learn more about Allē, visit Alle.com.
About Allergan Aesthetics
At Allergan Aesthetics, an AbbVie company, we develop, manufacture, and market a portfolio of leading aesthetics brands and products. Our aesthetics portfolio includes facial injectables, body contouring, plastics, skin care, and more. Our goal is to consistently provide our customers with innovation, education, exceptional service, and a commitment to excellence, all with a personal touch. For more information, visit www.AllerganAesthetics.com.
About AbbVie
AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas: immunology, oncology, neuroscience, eye care, virology, women's health and gastroenterology, in addition to products and services across its Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn.
JUVÉDERM® Injectable Gel Fillers Important Information
APPROVED USES
JUVÉDERM® VOLUX™ XC injectable gel is for deep injection to improve moderate to severe loss of jawline definition in adults over the age of 21.
JUVÉDERM® VOLUMA® XC injectable gel is for deep injection in the cheek area to correct age-related volume loss and for augmentation of the chin region to improve the chin profile in adults over 21.
JUVÉDERM® VOLLURE® XC, JUVÉDERM® Ultra Plus XC, and JUVÉDERM® Ultra XC injectable gels are for injection into the facial tissue for the correction of moderate to severe facial wrinkles and folds, such as nasolabial folds. JUVÉDERM® VOLLURE® XC injectable gel is for adults over 21.
JUVÉDERM® Ultra XC injectable gel is also for injection into the lips and perioral area for lip augmentation in adults over 21.
JUVÉDERM® VOLBELLA® XC injectable gel is indicated for injection into the lips for lip augmentation and correction of perioral lines, and for injection into the undereye hollows to improve the appearance of undereye hollows in adults over the age of 21.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION
Are there any reasons why I should not receive any JUVÉDERM® formulation?
Do not use these products if you have a history of multiple severe allergies or severe allergic reactions (anaphylaxis), or if you are allergic to lidocaine or the Gram-positive bacterial proteins used in these products, or if you have had previous allergic reactions to hyaluronic acid fillers.
What warnings should my doctor advise me about?
- One of the risks with using dermal fillers is the unintentional injection into a blood vessel. The chances of this happening are very small, but if it does happen, the complications can be serious and may be permanent. These complications, which have been reported for facial injections, can include vision abnormalities, blindness, stroke, temporary scabs, or permanent scarring of the skin. Most of these events are irreversible.
- The use of dermal fillers where skin sores, pimples, rashes, hives, cysts, or infections are present should be postponed, as this may delay healing or make skin problems worse
- The effectiveness of removal of any dermal filler has not been studied.
What precautions should my doctor advise me about?
- JUVÉDERM® VOLBELLA® XC should only be injected into undereye hollows by doctors who have completed the necessary training for this treatment area. To find a doctor, visit Juvederm.com/find-a-specialist. Doctors who complete the training will be listed with a symbol
- The safety of these products for use during pregnancy or while breastfeeding has not been studied
- The safety of JUVÉDERM® VOLUMA® XC has not been studied in patients under 35 years or over 65 years for cheek augmentation, or under 22 years and over 80 years for chin augmentation. The safety of JUVÉDERM® VOLUX™ XC, JUVÉDERM® VOLLURE® XC and JUVÉDERM® VOLBELLA® XC has not been studied in patients under 22 years, and the safety of JUVÉDERM® Ultra Plus XC and JUVÉDERM® Ultra XC has not been studied in patients under 18 years
- The safety and effectiveness of treatment with JUVÉDERM® products in anatomical regions outside of their approved uses have not been established in clinical studies
- If you have a history of excessive scarring (thick, hard scars) or pigmentation disorders, treatment in these patients has not been studied and may result in additional scars or changes in pigmentation
- If you are planning other procedures including laser treatments or a chemical peel, there is a possible risk of inflammation at the treatment site if these procedures are performed closely before or after JUVÉDERM® injectable gel treatment
- Tell your doctor if you are on therapy used to reduce your body's natural defense system (such as steroids, chemotherapy, and medicines to treat autoimmune diseases, HIV, and AIDs), as these may increase your risk of infection; and medications that can prolong bleeding (such as aspirin, ibuprofen, or other blood thinners), as these may result in increased bruising or bleeding at the injection site
- Minimize strenuous exercise, exposure to extensive sun or heat, and alcoholic beverages within the first 24 hours following treatment, as these may cause temporary redness, swelling, and/or itching at the injection site
- JUVÉDERM® VOLUMA® XC was not studied in patients with significant loose skin of the chin, neck, or jaw
- The effect of JUVÉDERM® VOLUMA® XC injection into the chin on facial hair growth has not been studied
- Patients who experience skin injury near the site of JUVÉDERM® VOLUMA® XC injection may be at a higher risk for adverse events
- Tell your doctor if you have already been injected with dermal fillers in the same area as the one(s) you are about to be treated for. This information helps your doctor decide when and whether you should get treatment
What are possible side effects of treatment?
The most commonly reported side effects with JUVÉDERM® injectable gels were redness, swelling, pain, tenderness, firmness, lumps/bumps, bruising, discoloration, and itching. For JUVÉDERM® VOLBELLA® XC, dryness was also reported.
These side effects are consistent with other facial injection procedures, and most will resolve with time. Your doctor may choose to treat side effects persisting over 30 days with antibiotics, steroids, or hyaluronidase (an enzyme that breaks down hyaluronic acid).
As with all skin injection procedures, there is a risk of infection.
To report a side effect with any product in the JUVÉDERM® Collection, please call the Allergan® Product Support Department at 1‑877‑345‑5372. Please also visit Juvederm.com or talk to your doctor for more information.
Products in the JUVÉDERM® Collection are available only by a licensed physician or properly licensed practitioner.
References
- Allergan Data On File JUVÉDERM® VOLUX™ XC Patient Label 2022
- Allergan Data On File JUVÉDERM® VOLUMA® XC Patient Label 2020
- Allergan Data On File JUVÉDERM® VOLBELLA® XC Patient Label 2020
- Allergan Data On File JUVÉDERM® VOLUX™ XC Directions For Use 2022
- Allergan Data On File JUVÉDERM® VOLLURE® XC Patient Label 2020
- Allergan Data On File JUVÉDERM® Ultra Plus XC Patient Label 2020
- Allergan Data On File JUVÉDERM® Ultra XC Patient Label 2020
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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY AND EFFICIENCY CANADA UTILIZE POWERFUL ENGAGEMENT TOOLS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION FUNDRAISING
WASHINGTON, June 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Simon Fraser University (SFU) and Efficiency Canada, two of Canada's most respected higher education nonprofits, have selected Engaging Networks as their digital engagement technology partner. Engaging Networks' innovative fundraising and advocacy platform will assist both organizations in their efforts to mobilize donors and supporters. The announcement comes on National Higher Education Day as the organizations come together to champion the value of higher learning and the effect it will have on the future of our world.
"I am so pleased to welcome SFU and Efficiency Canada to our extensive list of higher education and advocacy clients," said Graham Covington, CEO of Engaging Networks. "Having grown up in Canada, it's exciting for me to see Canadian organizations join the Engaging Networks community."
"Efficiency Canada is committed to ensuring Canada maximizes the potential benefits of energy efficiency," said Kirstin Pulles, Community Engagement Manager, Efficiency Canada. "Using Engaging Networks will allow us to find and mobilize key supporters, so that we can work together to make change."
Efficiency Canada, an advocacy organization based at Carleton University, has been working with governments and private-sector businesses since 2018 to advocate for public policies that provide a more energy-efficient future. The organization recently joined Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to announce a $10 million investment that creates new low-carbon jobs and provides Canadians with resources to reduce their energy bills through home energy efficiency. Efficiency Canada also recently released their third annual Provincial Energy Efficiency Scorecard, a benchmark report of provincial energy efficiency policies.
Simon Fraser University boasts an alumni network of more than 170,000 students from 145+ countries. Their current endowment for the 2022 fiscal year will provide at least $24 million in educational opportunities to over 37,000 current students. A recent reception with donors provided a glowing update on the financial performance of SFU's endowment and future opportunities to give.
"Simon Fraser University strives to provide financial support to every student possible so that they are able to achieve their dreams and become the leaders and innovators of the future." said Alex Kouzin, Director, Advancement Information Systems at SFU. "Engaging Networks is helping us up our fundraising game with a new digital solution. The Engaging Networks team has provided us with a very innovative and customizable fundraising platform that we are currently implementing and are excited to put into practice in the near future."
Engaging Networks' all-in-one fundraising, advocacy and marketing platform has made significant updates that specifically benefit higher education organizations. Cutting edge tools like a supporter hub for recurring gifts, new SMS messaging features, strict data security protocols, out-of-the-box donation page and accessibility templates, marketing automation journeys, robust reporting visualizations, fully-integrated artificial intelligence tools and a soon to be released peer-to-peer donation module will help higher education institutions ensure the future is bright for their students. Institutions such as the University of British Columbia, Willamette University, and American University already utilize these powerful tools in their fundraising efforts. For more information on how Engaging Networks is changing the nonprofit landscape, read some of our recent client case studies.
About Simon Fraser University: As Canada's engaged university, SFU works with communities, organizations and partners to create, share and embrace knowledge that improves life and generates real change. With campuses in British Columbia's three largest cities—Vancouver, Burnaby and Surrey—SFU has eight faculties that deliver 193 undergraduate degree programs and 144 graduate degree programs to more than 37,000 students. The university now boasts more than 170,000 alumni residing in 145+ countries. To learn more, visit sfu.ca or follow @SFU on Twitter.
About Efficiency Canada: Efficiency Canada is the national voice for an energy efficient economy. We envision a future where Canada uses energy efficiency to its fullest potential. This means maximizing the benefits of energy efficiency resulting in a sustainable environment, a productive economy, and a just and equitable society. Efficiency Canada is housed at Carleton University's Sustainable Energy Research Centre, which is located on the traditional unceded territories of the Algonquin nation. To learn more, visit efficiencycanada.org or follow @EfficiencyCAN on Twitter.
About Engaging Networks: Engaging Networks is an innovative digital engagement technology platform with the ability to fully adapt to a nonprofit's fundraising and advocacy needs. Engaging Networks proudly works with a variety of important organizations such as The Humane Society of the United States, The Nature Conservancy, American University, Human Rights Campaign, PETA and The University of British Columbia, Willamette University and Amnesty International USA. Today, they have two offices in Washington, D.C. and London, and serve more than 400 nonprofits in more than 50 countries around the world. To learn more, visit engagingnetworks.net or follow @engagingnetwork on Twitter.
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Program advances long-term technology roadmap and reinforces company's commitment to drive technology leadership of differentiated foundry solutions
SAN JOSE, Calif. , May 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- At its annual GF Technology Summit (GTS), GlobalFoundries (Nasdaq: GFS) (GF) today announced the launch of GF Labs, a new program that extends the development horizon of innovative, differentiated semiconductor technology and broadens the company's portfolio of feature-rich and enablement solutions. GF Labs will focus on advancing new technology and long-term roadmap differentiation that will enable GF customers to develop innovative products and accelerate their time-to-market.
Semiconductor innovation is essential to the growth and development of technology megatrends that are reshaping the global economy including the Internet of Things (IoT), 5G, 6G, cloud computing, artificial intelligence (AI), quantum computing and next generation automotive, all of which are propelling semiconductor market revenue to more than $1.3 trillion by the end of the decade, according to International Business Strategies.
GF has a proven track record of innovating novel materials such as FD-SOI on 22FDX®, and novel device architectures that enabled GF Fotonix™, the company's recently announced next generation silicon photonics platform.
GF Labs expands and accelerates this innovation momentum by creating an open framework of internal and external research and development initiatives that deliver a differentiated pipeline of market-driven process technology solutions for future data-centric, connected, intelligent and secure applications.
"Fostering semiconductor innovation is critical to delivering a differentiated technology portfolio that will continue to fuel emerging markets," said Gregg Bartlett, senior vice president of Technology, Engineering and Quality, GF. "Our focus is on making sure we're always developing the latest technologies that provide meaningful differentiation for our customers, not just in the near-term, but far into the next decade. The launch of GF Labs accelerates our pursuit of the innovation it takes to develop and deliver powerful technological advances for our customers."
GF has a proven track record of building partnerships with startup innovators, industry consortia, material suppliers, universities and government entities worldwide. Leveraging GF's extensive patent portfolio and deep technical expertise in digital, analog, mixed-signal, RF and embedded memory, GF Labs will harvest capabilities from a broad research platform including the Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre (IMEC) in Belgium, Fraunhofer in Germany, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in the U.S., and the Institute for Microelectronics in Singapore, along with a broad network of university partnerships.
Research and development within GF Labs is underway with a slate of innovative technology capabilities and solutions already in development such as radio frequency silicon on insulator (RFSOI) and silicon-germanium (SiGe). GF will continue to invest to expand and develop tailored solutions, with GF Labs serving as the R&D engine accelerating differentiated solutions based on wide-band-gap semiconductors that go beyond the traditional approach of shrinking transistors. Additional program details and partners will be announced in the second half of 2022.
Supporting Quotes
"We have a wide research portfolio in high-performance computing, cryogenic electronics, bioelectronics and biosensors, physical-layer security and AI-based design automation. Collaborating with GF allows us the freedom to explore innovative ideas, such as integrating advanced SiGe devices with high-performance CMOS technologies to help achieve the required configuration for next-generation wireless electronics."
George White, Ph.D., Director for Strategic Partnerships, Georgia Institute of Technology
"For more than 10 years, we've been working collaboratively with GF to help drive technology innovation across multiple dimensions. The launch of GF Labs will enable tomorrow's more intelligent and intuitive, more connected and secure, and more powerful and energy-efficient technology solutions. We are committed to continue collaborating on advanced semiconductor R&D with GF, working hand in hand to come up with solutions that make the high-tech industry grow."
Luc Van den hove, President and CEO, imec
"IQE's collaboration with GF on GaN accelerates the development of differentiated technology platforms that enable smart mobile devices, wireless infrastructure, power electronics and next generation displays."
Americo Lemos, CEO, IQE
"Micledi has developed a unique and innovative solution for microLED arrays. Our technology is based on an innovative combination of III/V materials processing, 3D integration and 300mm silicon-based processing combined with a proprietary ASIC to provide a self-contained, compact monolithic AR display with high image quality and power efficiency. Our partnership with GF is enabling future AR devices and revolutionizing how digital information is delivered to consumers."
Soeren Steudel, Chief Technology Officer, Micledi Microdisplays
"Congratulations to GF for their visionary endeavor with GF Labs. We are delighted to be collaborating with them as a member of the Semiconductor Alliance to accelerate research, innovation and prototyping, and help grow the U.S. semiconductor industry amid increased global competition. Collaboration among industry, government and academia in the United States will facilitate growth of advanced manufacturing, strengthen supply chains and help protect intellectual property."
Dr. Raj Jammy, Chief Technology Officer, MITRE Engenuity and Director, Semiconductor Alliance
"Ranovus is dedicated to developing application-specific optical engines that are energy and space efficient to address the massive growth in data center traffic, which is fueled by new compute, storage and networking paradigms. Ranovus' monolithic Odin™ silicon photonics platform leverages the GF Fotonix™ process with its feature-rich libraries together with Ranovus' own proprietary photonic and RF IP blocks, including innovative on-chip lasers, to enable an unprecedented high-density optical interconnect for datacenter applications. This is a great example of the GF and Ranovus teams collaborating to deliver leading-edge solutions."
John Martinho, Senior Vice President of Research and Development, Ranovus
"SOITEC and GF's close collaboration on state-of-the-art RFSOI and FD-SOI substrate development continues to set the pace for the introduction of market-leading solutions for each generation of mobile connectivity standards."
Bernard Asper, Chief Operating Officer, SOITEC
"GF technologies made 5G mm-wave possible with 45RSOI and 22FDX® processes first used by universities and then by most companies in 5G and SATCOM. It is now taking steps to establish a leadership position in 6G. We've been collaborating on a broad set of high-risk, high-payoff research projects leveraging the unparalleled benefits of FD-SOI, RF-SOI and SiGe technology with demonstrated phased-arrays and transceivers up to 180 GHz and together, we are pushing the limits. GF has been a great partner, with an accurate design kit at greater than 100 GHz. They also support innovative work and enable the successful demonstration of complex 6G systems."
Gabriel M. Rebeiz, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor and the Wireless Communications Industry Endowed Chair at the UC San Diego
About GF
GlobalFoundries, Inc. (GF) is one of the world's leading semiconductor manufacturers. GF is redefining innovation and semiconductor manufacturing by developing and delivering feature-rich process technology solutions that provide leadership performance in pervasive high growth markets. GF offers a unique mix of design, development and fabrication services. With a talented and diverse workforce and an at-scale manufacturing footprint spanning the U.S., Europe and Asia, GF is a trusted technology source to its worldwide customers. For more information, visit www.gf.com.
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DUBAI, UAE, April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- About Sabai Ecoverse: Sabai Ecoverse is a play-to-earn mobile game built on the Polygon Network and has been in development for 6 months now. Despite this relatively short amount of time, its multi-national creators had outlined and modeled much of the project. Team have been recruited, tokenomics have been thought out in detail, the game's concept has been fully developed, and the project is well underway.
At its heart, Sabai Ecoverse is a mobile multiplayer game in which players can build their own resort, set it up, host tourists, complete exciting quests, and earn money.
The world that players create together is inextricably linked to the actual world.
Many of the things in the game have real-world counterparts, and players will be able to earn actual assets for in-game achievements, which can be as huge as a real apartment by the sea.
Sabai Ecoverse features extensive creative solo and social activities. The gameplay is centred on the best farming, strategy, and puzzle elements, as well as blockchain technologies such as an in-game trading platform, decentralised controls (DAO), NFT, and DeFi. The dynamic graphical style is of the highest quality and is intended to support the game's environment, which is intended for the broadest potential audience.
There are many ways to earn in the Sabai Ecoverse:
- Serving tourists
- Selling your own buildings
- Breeding and selling unique characters
- Creating and selling building designs
- Renting out land to players
- Reselling land
- Participating in provincial economies
- Investing in the game early on.
Sabai Ecoverse charity actions
We cherish important values, such as human rights, freedom, and equality. Much like most of the world, the team has been severely affected by Putin's invasion, not least because a great deal of the Sabai Ecoverse employees are now in Ukraine.
Vadym Bukhkalov, Founder of the Sabai Ecoverse game, said in a statement.
"The design of the Sabai Ecoverse token was primarily centered towards showing the beauty of our world. With the ongoing war in Ukraine, the opposite of our agenda is what is being presented as destruction and the worst in humanity is being brought out. Seeing the current trends, the decision to redirect the focus of the Sabai Ecoverse is aimed at creating an intriguing and engaging responsibility for everyone who may wish to help rebuild the destroyed lands, buildings, monuments and artifacts that human actions have fueled their destruction."
A portion of every sale of the game's native token, SABAI, will be given to humanitarian aid, environmental projects, and urgent initiatives including those aiming to assist Ukraine and its citizens. There will also be a reward (paid in SABAI) for those who donate crypto to the Ukrainian cause.
As a part of Sabai Ecoverse, game developers also work on creation of a DAO, which is going to run a sustainability and humanitarian aid fund. The fund is being created as a part of an ecosystem and would be funded by the ecosystem itself, using smart contract technology. In this case, smart contracts would be triggered on every marketplace transaction, sending part of the company's transaction profits to the DAO fund.
The seed round for Sabai Ecoverse has begun. In order to be considered as an investor, you need to fill out an application in which you explain how you can be useful to the project. For those who want to help Ukranians, both in and outside of the Sabai team, whilst investing in a project that is both interesting, educational, and philanthropical, Sabai Ecoverse could be the game for you.
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Valerie Hollingsworth Baker Closes Out Her 4-Year Term as the Sorority's International President
WASHINGTON, July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated announced that Valerie Hollingsworth Baker's term as the 25th International President ended on Sunday, July 24, 2022. After four years of leadership and service, she will be succeeded by Stacie NC Grant.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Valerie Hollingsworth Baker was elected as the International President of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. in July 2018. Over her four-year tenure, scholarship was a principle that she held in high regard, instituting the sorority's Founders scholarship, a series of $100,000 - $125,000 scholarships honoring the sorority's five founding members will be awarded for five years to a female high school graduate student pursuing a college education. The Founders scholarship, provided to a single student, is the first of its kind to be awarded by a Divine Nine historically Black sorority or fraternity.
"It has been my highest honor to serve as Zeta Phi Beta's International President over the past four years," said Hollingsworth Baker. "Over my four-year term I have been able to give back to the larger community in remarkable ways and I leave behind a legacy committed to our organization's founding principles of scholarship, service, sisterhood, and finer womanhood."
The former corporate leader's focus on digital transformation enabled the 102-year-old international women's service organization to fully function during the Covid-19 pandemic. Prior to the pandemic, she introduced the sorority's first comprehensive online membership database, the first learning management database and a virtual new membership intake process. Additionally, she evolved the sorority's longstanding Stork's Nest program, a 50-year partnership with the March of Dimes, to include a mobile app.
Hollingsworth Baker procured partnerships with Geico, Dell, Google, New Balance Athletic Wear/Jairus Group, St. John Knits International, Inc., Goldman Sachs, Micah's Voice, and the National Council of Negro Women's Good Health Wins initiative. Many of these strategic relationships, including with national vendor licensing firm Learfield/CLC, have set the organization up for continued success for years to come.
Under her leadership, five notable honorary members were inducted: Vivica A. Fox, Chaka Khan, Archbishop Mary L. Palmer, Retired Major General Linda L. Singh, and Dawnn Lewis. She also expanded the sorority's global presence with chapter charters in the British Virgin Islands, and Liberia and Ghana in West Africa.
As the "centennial president," Hollingsworth Baker brought awareness to the sorority's 100-year celebration with a high visibility marketing campaign that included a step performance at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, a Today Show appearance, billboards in major cities across the U.S. including New York City, Chicago, Atlanta and Washington, D.C. During her tenure, the organization's social media presence increased by 55%.
Prior to taking office, Hollingsworth Baker held numerous elected and appointed positions within the organization including international first vice president, Atlantic regional director, and chairperson of Zeta's National Executive Board.
About Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated was founded in 1920 on the campus of Howard University, and is headquartered in Washington, D.C. Zeta has initiated a diverse membership of more than 125,000 college-educated women with more than 850 chapters in North America, Europe, Asia, the Caribbean, Africa and the Middle East.
For more information about Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. visit www.zphib1920.org.
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The largest wildfire in the U.S. was spreading toward mountain resort towns in northern New Mexico, prompting officials to issue another set of warnings for more people to evacuate.
Meanwhile, a wildfire that erupted Wednesday afternoon in coastal Southern California raced through coastal bluffs of multimillion-dollar mansions, burning at least 20 homes, fire officials said. The flames were fanned by gusty ocean winds but they were dying down Wednesday night. No injuries were reported but several streets were ordered evacuated.
The fire, which occurred in Laguna Niguel, was relatively small at about 200 acres (81 hectares) but the wind drove embers into palm trees, attics and dense, dry brush on slopes and steep canyons that hadn’t burned for decades, Brian Fennessy, chief of the Orange County Fire Authority, said at an evening news conference.
Fennessy said climate change has made even small fires that once would have been easily contained into extreme threats to life and property throughout the West.
As night fell, fire officials in New Mexico said the fastest-moving flames along the eastern front of the Sangre de Cristo range on the southern end of the Rockies were headed farther northeast — away from the area’s biggest population center in Taos, a well-known tourist enclave 40 miles (64 kilometers) south of the Colorado line.
“Currently no issues in the Taos area,” fire operations chief Todd Abel said. “The fire is kind of wanting to move to the north and east a little bit. But we’re still going to pay close attention.”
Some aircraft were able to fly to drop retardant on the blaze despite winds gusting in some areas in excess of 45 mph (72 kph). And some evacuation orders were relaxed along the southern flank of the fire near Las Vegas, New Mexico — more than 50 miles (80 km) south of the flames on the northern perimeter.
Additional crews were on order to join the more than 1,800 personnel fighting the fire, and forecasters said conditions should be more favorable by the weekend if crews can hold their ground through another red-flag warning stretch into Thursday evening.
On Wednesday, the most active part of the wind-fueled fire northeast of Mora was tossing hot embers farther into unburned territory giving the fire an even bigger foothold on the tinder-dry landscape.
“Another hot, dry, windy day. No surprises there,” fire incident meteorologist Makoto Moore said at Wednesday night’s briefing in Las Vegas.
After growing more than 50 square miles (130 square kilometers) the day before, the fire had charred more than 370 square miles (958 square kilometers) by Wednesday morning. Evacuations were ordered for villages south of the resort town of Angel Fire east of Taos, where residents were told to also be packed and ready to go.
The towering plume of smoke created by the raging wildfire could be seen hundreds of miles away Wednesday afternoon, but it was more unnerving for residents of Taos.
“I think everyone is a little on edge,” Karina Armijo, a town spokeswoman, said Wednesday, adding that she’s been busy fielding calls from people who are wondering whether it’s still safe to visit. “It’s hard to say what’s going to happen a week from now versus three weeks from now — or even tomorrow.”
In winter, the challenging ski slopes just north of town draw people from around the world. Just last month, the Taos ski valley hosted the World Pro Ski Tour’s championship races. Art galleries, adobe churches and a rich history of Hispanic and Native American culture are the attractions in warmer months along with the aspen-covered biking and hiking trails that traverse the region.
The fire already has burned through a forested landscape held sacred by its rural residents, many losing homes that have been in their families for generations. Some residents allowed to return Tuesday and Wednesday found only charred rubble. Others were more fortunate as the flames skirted their homes.
Firefighters were working to protect buildings around the towns of Mora and Holman and in smaller villages to the north, while authorities closed many roads in the area due to firefighting activity, smoke and fire danger.
“This is tough firefighting business right here,” fire Incident Commander Dave Bales said in a briefing. “This is not easy, especially in the fuel types we’re in, in the Ponderosa pine, mixed conifer, even down into the grass. When we can’t fly aircraft, when we can’t get people on the direct edge of the fire, when it’s spotting over us, that’s a huge concern for us.”
A federal disaster already has been declared because of the blaze, which is partly the result of a preventative fire that escaped containment on April 6 after it was set to clear brush and small trees so they could not serve as wildfire fuel. That fire merged with another wildfire several weeks later.
Crews also were battling a smaller fire near Los Alamos National Laboratory, a key government facility for nuclear research that has been tapped to ramp up production of plutonium components for the nation’s nuclear arsenal. Most employees began working remotely this week as the lab and adjacent town prepared for possible evacuations as a precaution.
Crews working that blaze have been using heavy machinery to clear out vegetation and build more fire lines in hopes of keeping the flames from moving closer to the community.
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankans who have endured months of fuel and food shortages are bracing for more pain as a newly installed government scrambles to find solutions to the Indian Ocean nation’s economic emergency.
Like many others, fish monger Gamini Mallawarachchi says he is pinning his hopes on President Ranil Wickremesinghe ‘s ability to revive the economy and restore stability after months of turmoil and protests.
“Things are really, really bad now and my life is almost ruined,” said Mallawarachchi, who has given up on selling fish because he can’t find fuel to get to the village where he used to buy it, and anyway his customers were buying less and less.
Mallawarachchi said he views Wickremesinghe his “last hope.”
“I think he will do something. With his experience and knowledge, I believe he has the capability,” said Mallawarachchi. “But, he must show some results before the end of this year, otherwise, he will also have to face protests from the people,” he said.
Sri Lanka inched closer to ending its dire economic and humanitarian crisis with the July 20 appointment of Wickremesinghe’s new government after months of protests and turmoil. But daunting hurdles lay ahead.
Lawmakers backed him in extending a national emergency that gives the president broad powers to crack down on any violence. That may buy him time to try to reach a deal with the International Monetary Fund on a requested $3 billion bailout.
By his own admission, that’s easier said than done.
On Saturday, Wickremesinghe said he has pushed back by a month his aim of getting an agreement by early August since talks with the IMF stalled amid recent political turmoil.
So far there are scant signs of progress in negotiations with Sri Lanka’s other creditors on more than $50 billion that it owes to lenders.
“Because public debt is assessed as unsustainable,” the IMF’s approval would “require adequate financing assurances from Sri Lanka’s creditors that debt sustainability will be restored,” the lending agency said in a statement. That would require lenders, both public and private, to agree to accept smaller payouts on bonds, lower interest rates or extended repayment terms.
IMF conditions also would likely involve tax increases, better safeguards against corruption and other reforms such as privatizing state-owned companies like the national airline.
The World Bank issued a statement last week expressing “deep concern” over Sri Lanka and saying it wouldn’t supply more funding, pending plans for “deep structural reforms” to address the causes of the crisis.
“He’s in a bind,” said Tamanna Salikuddin of the U.S. Institute of Peace, an independent institute based in Washington, D.C.
Austerity measures are a bitter pill to swallow for people who are going hungry and walking or biking to work because they cannot buy fuel. And raising taxes would likely undercut support from stalwarts in the ruling party who benefited from the tax cuts that helped deplete state coffers, she noted.
In June, Wickremesinghe, who was then prime minister for the sixth time, suggested a conference of major donors such as India, China and Japan. Sri Lanka, whose foreign exchange reserves are largely exhausted, is seeking “bridge financing” to be able to buy fuel and other essential supplies to keep the economy running.
“We have to hope that friendly countries will support Sri Lanka in the short term,” said political analyst Jehan Perera.
On a visit last week to New Delhi, Samantha Power, administrator for the U.S. Agency for International Development, contrasted India’s aid to China’s, and urged Beijing to do more. India’s government says it has provided more than $1.5 billion in credit for purchases of fuel, food, medicine and other essentials.
Asked about Sri Lanka’s debt impasse — and criticism that China’s lending is not transparent — Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian accused the U.S. and other “western capital” of manipulating Sri Lanka’s credit rating, speculating in its markets and preventing it from obtaining new financing.
“We hope the U.S. can genuinely help Sri Lanka overcome the current difficulties, ease the debt burden and realize sustainable development instead of unscrupulously using every opportunity possible to shift the blame, smear other countries and seek geopolitical games,” Zhao said.
Official Chinese lending to Sri Lanka accounts for only about 10% of its debt but the amount of additional commercial borrowing from China is unclear.
“Unless and until the rest of their debt is restructured I don’t see the Chinese doing anything,” said Salikuddin. “They never take the first step.”
As talks with Sri Lanka’s lenders drag on, its people carry on, finding ways to get by and often waiting days in lines for gasoline, sometimes still returning home empty handed.
“Even if a deal (with the IMF) is agreed, Sri Lanka still faces a tough road ahead as far as its economic recovery goes. By no means is it that a deal is agreed and things get back to normal very quickly,” Gareth Leather of Capital Economics said in a recent online briefing.
The state-owned gas company has begun distributing cylinders of cooking gas — a mixture of propane and butane — but most people have to wait at least overnight to be able to buy them and the price has more than tripled since October.
The government also has introduced an app to ration gasoline purchases: 4 liters (1 gallon) a week for motorcycles, 20 liters (5.3 gallons) a week for cars and 40 liters (10.6 gallons) a week for buses.
The aim is to reduce the long queues at gas stations and crack down on a black market in fuel. Priority is being given to school buses, farming, fishing, tourism and public transport.
Many people say they’ve cut back or virtually given up on eating fish and meat due to high prices. Milk powder is hard to come by and prices of most essentials including bread and lentils have tripled.
“People will be more patient and will be prepared to wait as long as the acute shortages are dealt with,” said Perera. “Otherwise, it will be like a tinder box — you can see angry people on the roads every day in their cars, motorbikes. Angry people, it’s a tinder box situation, and a spark would lead to more turmoil.”
Mallawarachchi, the fish monger, used to earn about 6,000 rupees ($16) a day. Now he’s living off his savings.
Sithum Udara, an office clerk, still goes to work, but what used to be a quick, comfortable commute by motorbike has become a misery of cramming onto buses or a train.
“Going to office is a nightmare now. I am really fed up and I think this is the worst time of my life,” Udara said. “I have no choice but to go to work.”
But Udara believes Wickremesinghe should be given “considerable time” to revive the economy and solve other problems. “He can’t do it overnight; people must understand that reality.”
For now, a big part of the president’s job is managing expectations.
“The first thing he has to do is deliver on the economics,” Salikuddin said. “It’s the bankruptcy of the economy that brought people into the street,” she said. | https://cw33.com/news/international/ap-international/sri-lankans-bide-time-as-leaders-seek-fix-for-economic-woes/ | 2022-08-02T14:35:04Z |
Harry Styles is caught between his wife and his lover in the trailer for "My Policeman."
Styles plays a closeted police officer in 1957 England, who marries Marion, played by Emma Corrin. But he's secretly having an affair with an arts curator named Patrick, played by David Dawson.
The film goes from the 1950s to the 1990s, with an old and ailing Patrick now played by Rupert Everett.
Director Michael Grandage told Vanity Fair that Styles' character is "confused," and given the laws and social politics of the time felt unable to come out.
"It's made more problematic by the fact that he's a policeman, and he's in a career that is about upholding the law. And the law in the country at the time is about everything he feels — the complexity of it is something that whoever was going to play younger Tom and older Tom needed to somehow understand and absorb," he said.
"My Policeman" premieres in theaters Oct. 21 and will be released on Amazon Prime Video on Nov. 4.
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Which computer monitor with a camera is best?
Remote work got a huge boost during the global pandemic, and many people have realized that it can be beneficial to continue working from home or other distant locations. Just because you are out of the office doesn’t mean that the video calls or online meetings stopped.
You could use your mobile phone’s camera for video conferences, but that presents challenges. If you work on a desktop computer or a laptop, the best solution is to get a monitor with a webcam built into the frame. The Dell 27-Inch 75-Hertz Video Conferencing Monitor is a good option, as it has a high-resolution camera with additional privacy features.
What to know before you buy a computer monitor with a camera
The monitor’s size
A computer monitor, whether you are using it for work or video games, must be the appropriate size for your activities. Too small a display, and you won’t see any details clearly. On the other hand, a monitor that’s too large will take up more space than necessary. A good size for a monitor, especially if you buy it for the built-in camera, is 24 to 27 inches.
Multiple connection methods
In the early days of computers, most had one standard connection method. But today, there are many ways to connect your monitor to your PC, and you may want to use the monitor with different computers. Therefore, it will be beneficial if the monitor incorporates the various connection types, such as HDMI, DisplayPort or VGA.
And before you buy a monitor, check which connection methods your PC’s graphics card supports or what is available on your laptop.
The camera is for more than just meetings
You might be looking at a built-in camera for video conferencing or online meetings, but it can be used for much more. If your camera’s resolution is high enough, you can also record your own video on it, or create content for YouTube without having an expensive vlogging setup.
What to look for in a quality computer monitor with a camera
High-resolution camera
If you buy a monitor specifically for the camera, you must ensure that it is of good quality. There is no point in spending hundreds of dollars on it otherwise. A good-quality camera in a monitor should, at a bare minimum, be full HD with a resolution of 1080p. Also, keep in mind that a higher resolution requires a faster internet connection, as the transmission data is larger. With most camera software it is possible to limit the broadcasting resolution.
Tilting and swivel features
All humans are different, so hardly anyone is perfectly framed the first time they sit in front of the camera. You can make adjustments to the monitor for a better viewing angle, but to get the framing right, the camera must also be adjustable. So, a good-quality built-in camera can tilt up and down and swivel from side to side. This comes in handy when your seating arrangements change.
Built-in speakers
You probably want to look your best when sitting down for an online meeting, but bulky headphones can quickly ruin your style. To get around that, a good-quality monitor has built-in speakers so you don’t need to use headphones or earbuds. You don’t need to worry about reverb, though, as the monitors are engineered to listen for your voice and temporarily mute the speakers to prevent feedback.
How much you can expect to spend on a computer monitor with a camera
The price depends largely on the monitor’s size and the camera’s capabilities. A small monitor with a lower-quality webcam costs $100-$150, while a large monitor with a high-definition camera retails for $200-$300.
Computer monitor with camera FAQ
Do the cameras have privacy features?
A. Some do. For example, some have a slider that closes the lens, while others only pop out when you are in an active call.
Is there any difference between a regular monitor and one with a camera?
A. No, they are essentially the same device and are used just like a regular monitor. The only difference is that one has a camera built in and the other doesn’t.
What’s the best computer monitor with a camera to buy?
Top computer monitor with a camera
Dell S2722DZ 27-Inch QHD 75-HertzVideo Conferencing Monitor
What you need to know: This monitor has a visual-smoothing refresh rate of 75 hertz and a Quad HD resolution of 2560 x 1440 pixels (2K).
What you’ll love: The built-in 5-megapixel webcam only pops up when you are ready for your meeting and the infrared technology lets you also unlock your Windows computer. The monitor has two five-watt speakers.
What you should consider: The camera can’t tilt or swivel.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top computer monitor with a camera for the money
Acer CB242Y Full HD Frameless Monitor
What you need to know: This 24-inch monitor has a Full HD resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels and an extremely thin bezel around three sides of the display.
What you’ll love: The adjustable camera also has a Full HD resolution for capturing video and is certified to work with Windows Hello. The camera has a built-in microphone and a privacy slider that covers the lens.
What you should consider: The webcam’s adjustability is limited.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
ASUS 27-Inch 1080P Video Conference Monitor
What you need to know: The monitor has a Full HD (1920 x 1080) resolution, built-in speakers and two types of connectivity.
What you’ll love: At the top of the 27-inch monitor are the built-in webcam and microphone that can broadcast in high definition. You don’t need to adjust the monitor, as the camera can swivel 180 degrees and tilt 10 degrees in either direction. There is also a privacy slider that covers the lens when the camera isn’t used.
What you should consider: One of the USB ports on the back of the monitor is needed for the webcam.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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"The Legends Mint" NFT Collection Brings Iconic Photographs to a New Generation and Creates a Parallel Revenue Stream to Traditional Gallery Print Sales for Photographers
MELVILLE, N.Y., June 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Canon U.S.A. Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, announced that several members of its exclusive Canon Legends program have partnered with Immutable Image to create NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens) from a limited collection of their photographs and publish them as a collective. "The Legends Mint" will drop on June 30, 2022, using the Solana blockchain on OpenSea, one of the world's largest peer-to-peer NFT marketplaces. Immutable Image and Canon are dedicated to bringing iconic photography direct from photographers to the NFT community in innovative and accessible ways.
Canon Legends is a program created by Canon to honor and preserve the legacy and leadership of some of the most accomplished photographers of our time and former members of its renowned Explorers of Light program. Legends participating in this first-of-its-kind Canon Legends NFT collection include Sam Abell, Barbara Bordnick, Gregory Heisler, Ryszard Horowitz, Walter Iooss, Jr., Melvin Sokolsky, and Joyce Tenneson.
"Canon understands that advancements in technology can translate to new platforms for sharing iconic works, which is what the world of NFTs is doing for photography," explains Tatsuro "Tony" Kano, executive vice president and general manager of Canon U.S.A.'s Imaging Technologies & Communications Group. "Canon wanted to help some of its Legends explore this medium and needed to find an organization familiar with blockchain technology and who, at their core, had an appreciation for photography and the arts. When Immutable Image approached us with their mission and impressive credentials in this space, we knew they were the right partner for these photographers."
"We are honored and very excited to be working with some of the most renowned names in the history of photography and look forward to introducing some of their iconic photos to a new visual platform and a new generation of collectors," said Bjorn Iooss, co-founder of Immutable Image and veteran professional photographer. "Our mission is to support both the photographic and NFT communities by building a new and diverse group of collectors for this culturally vital visual art form and introducing the work of these seven legendary photographers is an incredible start."
The Legends Mint
"Minting," in the world of NFTs, is a term used for publishing tokens (in this case, photographs) on the blockchain to make them available for others to purchase. Immutable Image is curating "The Legends Mint" collection of seven legendary photographers whose works focus on sports, fashion, fine art, portraiture, travel, still life, and pre-digital special effects photography. Each photographer is offering exceptional photographs to "The Legends Mint," with a total supply of editions to be announced. There will be exclusive 1/1 NFTs available from each participating photographer along with multiple edition NFTs.
All participating purchasers of this Mint will receive a randomly selected, unique NFT photograph from "The Legends Mint." Purchases will not include copyright or commercial rights to the image itself. Instead, it will present a unique and limited edition NFT, much like the purchase of a traditional, limited-edition print from a gallery or directly from the artist. The rarity and variance of what purchasers receive will be in the edition size of the image, the artist, and the imagery itself.
"I have to admit that the notion of selling my work in limited editions or as one-of-a-kind art on a digital platform that offered no tangible hard-copy print was a bit foreign to me, but equally intriguing," explained Canon Legend Ryszard Horowitz, who is widely recognized as a pioneer of special effects photography predating digital imaging. "I've always been attracted to new ways of creating and sharing my work, so I thought this was an interesting opportunity to explore. I'm also honored and thrilled to be collaborating with these other legendary photographers, most of whom I've known my entire career and I'm grateful to Canon for bringing us together."
In addition to creating a truly fair and affordable way to collect iconic photography, NFTs are generating a completely new channel for photographers to generate revenue. "The sale of NFTs and traditional print sales are parallel offerings that can co-exist together," explains Bjorn Iooss. "In fact, NFTs can provide revenue in perpetuity," he said, explaining that photographers will continue to receive commissions on the resale of photographs already on the Blockchain, something they do not receive in the traditional open market. "Photographers traditionally received payment from the initial sale of a print, but nothing from the resale of that same print. This changes everything."
About the Participating Canon Legends
Sam Abell – National Geographic magazine photographer
Barbara Bordnick – Internationally renowned portrait and fashion photographer
Gregory Heisler – "The eye of an artist, the mind of a scientist, and the heart of a journalist"
Ryszard Horowitz – Pioneer of special effects photography
Walter Iooss Jr – "The Rembrandt of sports photography"
Melvin Sokolsky – One of the great editorial fashion photographers of our time
Joyce Tenneson – A master of the haunting, ethereal, mystical photographic style
For more information about the Canon Legends, please visit:
https://canon.us/nft
About Canon U.S.A. Inc.
Canon U.S.A., Inc., is a leading provider of consumer, business-to-business, and industrial digital imaging solutions to the United States and to Latin America and the Caribbean markets. With approximately $30.6 billion in global revenue, its parent company, Canon Inc. (NYSE: CAJ), as of 2021 has ranked in the top-five overall in U.S. patents granted for 36 consecutive years† and was one of Fortune Magazine's World's Most Admired Companies in 2022. Canon U.S.A. was featured in Newsweek's Most Loved Workplaces list for 2021, ranking among the top 100 companies for employee happiness and satisfaction at work. Canon U.S.A. is dedicated to its Kyosei philosophy of social and environmental responsibility. To keep apprised of the latest news from Canon U.S.A., sign up for the Company's RSS news feed by visiting www.usa.canon.com/rss and follow us on Twitter @CanonUSA.
About Immutable Image
Immutable Image is dedicated to creating a broad and inclusive new collector community for ownable and authentic digital works of the most iconic photographers past, present, and future. Partnering with the top NFT marketplaces, leaders in Web3, and metaverses, Immutable Image has built a vibrant blockchain-agnostic channel network for its artists and community to thrive. They were founded in 2021 by Jeffrey Caldwell and Bjorn Iooss.
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LISHUI, China, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Farmmi, Inc. ("Farmmi" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: FAMI), an agricultural products supplier in China, announced today the recent formation of a wholly owned subsidiary, Farmmi Canada Inc., to further develop its agricultural products trading business in Canada and other international markets. The Company also announced a new sales win for its popular, flavor rich, nutritious dried Shiitake mushrooms, which will export to Vancouver, Canada.
Ms. Yefang Zhang, Farmmi's Chairwoman and CEO, commented "We are excited about this latest step in Farmmi's evolution and believe it will help Canada become an even greater contributor to our sales as we move forward. The formation of our new Farmmi Canada subsidiary reflects the critical mass we have achieved in the North American market and Canada's strategic importance to our long-term growth. As we have grown our local presence, it became clear there is an opportunity for even faster growth in Canada and other international markets we can more effectively serve from Canada."
About Farmmi, Inc.
Established in 1998, Farmmi Inc. (NASDAQ: FAMI) is an agricultural products supplier, processor and retailer of edible mushrooms like Shiitake and Mu Er, as well as other agricultural products. In addition to its offline sales, Farmmi sells its products direct-to-consumer. For further information about the Company, please visit website.
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NEW YORK, June 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Attention Upstart, Inc. ("Upstart") (NASDAQ: UPST) shareholders:
The Law Offices of Vincent Wong announce that a class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of investors who purchased between March 18, 2021 and May 9, 2022.
If you suffered a loss on your investment in Upstart, contact us about potential recovery by using the link below. There is no cost or obligation to you.
ABOUT THE ACTION: The class action against Upstart includes allegations that the Company made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Upstart's AI model could not adequately account for macroeconomic factors such as interest rates that impact the market-clearing price for loans; (2) as a result, Upstart was experiencing a negative impact on its conversion rate; (3) as a result, the Company was reasonably likely to use its balance sheet to fund loans; and (4) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially false and/or misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
DEADLINE: July 12, 2022
Aggrieved Upstart investors only have until July 12, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. You are not required to act as a lead plaintiff in order to share in any recovery.
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CLEVELAND, July 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A new Freedonia Group analysis finds that specialized products are gaining share of the global industrial and institutional (I&I) cleaning chemicals market.
General purpose cleaners will remain the most used cleaning chemical product due to their ease of use, which makes them amenable to nearly all applications. However, specialized products are steadily becoming more important, and are cumulatively reducing general purpose cleaners' share of the market due to their better performance. In particular, disinfectants and sanitizers are gaining share, due to growth in food and beverage processing and efforts by processors to meet the stringent cleanliness regulations of their trade partners.
Global demand for I&I cleaning chemicals is projected to increase 3.9% annually to $53.7 billion in 2026, with growth driven by continued heightened concerns regarding the spread of contagious diseases, viral infections (including healthcare-associated infections (HAIs)), and foodborne pathogens – particularly in healthcare, food processing, and foodservice settings.
Global Industrial & Institutional (I&I) Cleaning Chemicals provides historical data for 2009, 2014, and 2021 and forecasts to 2026 in current US dollars (which are not adjusted to account for inflation) for global I&I cleaning chemicals demand by product, market, and major world region and country. Corporate trends among market leaders including market share are also analyzed.
Products:
- general purpose cleaners
- floor care products
- warewashing products
- disinfectants and sanitizers
- laundry care products
- vehicle care products
- other products such as furniture polishes, oven cleaners, drain cleaners, deodorizers, urinal cakes and bathroom cleaners
Markets:
- commercial
- manufacturing
- institutional and governmental
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Which Philips air fryer is best?
Fried foods are delicious, but they’re not the healthiest. Until recently, eating fried foods meant ingesting a lot of excess fat and oil, but you can enjoy your favorite foods without any of that with an air fryer. Air fryers use convection heat for cooking food in a healthier way that doesn’t require any additional oil.
Philips is a top appliance manufacturer and makes some of the best air fryers. For example, the Philips Digital Twin TurboStar Air Fryer XXL has a large capacity and several preset functions for quickly cooking popular foods.
What to know before you buy a Philips air fryer
How air fryers work
An air fryer uses a heated coil and a rapidly operating fan to produce an effect similar to deep-frying. Using the natural oils in the food, or additional oil if you’ve added any, the air fir fryer’s hot air creates a mist that coats the food and leaves it well-cooked and crispy on the outside and soft in the middle.
Power output
Air fryers require 800-1200 watts of electricity to operate, but some larger units can use up to 2000. Smaller air fryers usually require less, but in any case, it’s advisable to find out if your kitchen can support the power output. It’s worth noting that the more power an air fryer uses, the more heat it can produce and usually in less time.
Basket vs. tray air fryer
Basket air fryers are the original air fryer design, but some manufacturers have started making tray air fryers that resemble toaster ovens. All Philips air fryers currently use baskets. While there’s no real difference in cooking efficiency or functionality, tray air fryers can let you monitor food as it cooks. However, it’s worth noting that basket air fryers generally have a more compact design.
What to look for in a quality Philips air fryer
Capacity
An air fryer with a 4-quart capacity is considered standard size as it’s sufficient for average-sized households. However, if you have a family consisting of over four people, you should consider going with an air fryer with a basket capacity of 5-7 quarts. A larger air fryer means you can cook more servings of food simultaneously.
Cooking functions
The primary function of an air fryer is to cook food in a deep-fried style, but Philips air fryers offer more diversity for preparing your dishes. You can bake, roast, grill, toast and even dehydrate your food.
Many air fryers also have preset functions for cooking popular foods such as french fries, chicken wings and roast beef. Preset functions are programmed with cooking time, so you don’t have to worry about monitoring them to get optimal results.
Analog vs. digital controls
Air fryers with analog controls have a timer dial, which some people find easier to use. However, their design isn’t as sleek, and they don’t offer as many features as those with digital control panels and buttons. Digital air fryers also have LED indicators that make them more convenient for low-light situations.
How much you can expect to spend on a Philips air fryer
Air fryers with smaller capacities are the cheapest and usually cost $90-$150. However, larger air fryers can cost up to $300.
Philips air fryer FAQ
Is it necessary to add oil when using an air fryer?
A. No, but adding a small amount of oil can give foods a crispier texture that’s often desirable for deep-fried foods.
Can you cook frozen vegetables or meat in an air fryer?
A. You can cook frozen food in an air fryer without worrying about it getting mushy from excess moisture. However, it’s important to note that some frozen foods take considerably longer to cook, even in an air fryer.
What’s the best Philips air fryer to buy?
Top Philips air fryer
Philips Digital Twin TurboStar Air Fryer XXL
What you need to know: This multifunctional air fryer offers several cooking methods and has a large capacity, making it ideal for large households.
What you’ll love: With a 7-quart capacity, it boasts sophisticated fat removal technology, and food requires little to no oil for fantastic results. It doesn’t require any preheating and works four times faster than traditional ovens to cook enough food for up to six people at once.
What you should consider: It takes up a fair bit of counter space, so it isn’t ideal for smaller kitchens. Some customers reported that it can emit excess smoke when cooking certain foods.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top Philips air fryer for the money
What you need to know: This air fryer works fast and has a compact design that’s ideal for four-person households and small-to-medium-sized kitchens.
What you’ll love: This air fryer removes up to 90% of excess fat and has preset cooking modes for popular dishes such as french fries and chicken breasts. It has a 3-quart capacity, and as with other Philips air fryers, it offers several cooking methods, including bake, roast, grill and dehydrate.
What you should consider: Some customers found it noisier than other models and reported that it doesn’t always get thoroughly cleaned in the dishwasher.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
What you need to know: This air fryer cooks food in no time and has a traditional design with analog controls.
What you’ll love: It has a 7-quart capacity, so it’s great for large households or cooking large servings. The timer can be set for up to 60 minutes, and there are several preset functions for cooking a variety of popular foods.
What you should consider: Many customers report less smoking and better results when cooking food without additional oil.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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Round 15 of the 2022 Formula 1 World Championship takes place this weekend at the Netherlands’ Circuit Zandvoort, a historic site located among the dunes of the country’s North Sea coast.
The Dutch Grand Prix returned to the F1 calendar in 2021 after more than three decades, and proved to be a hit, not least because of the tricky nature of Circuit Zandvoort. The circuit is popular for its significant changes in altitude and banked corners, which add to the theater.
The track measures a short 2.64 miles in length, and because of its proximity to the sea, strong onshore winds tend to upset the handling of the cars while also covering the track in sand, making grip an issue. It’s also narrow and twisty, so overtaking is not straightforward. This means decent qualifying is vital.
The straights aren’t long, so power units take a breather here. Many of the corners are flowing, so tires don’t wear as much as at other tracks. Pirelli has nominated its C1 compound as the White hard, C2 as the Yellow medium, and C3 as the Red soft choices for the teams to use.
Cars tend to run a high-downforce setup. In fact, only the races in Hungary and Monaco see higher downforce setups. The track has two Drag Reduction System (DRS) zones, between turns 10 and 11 and on the main straight, where drivers can adjust their cars’ aerodynamics to make them slipperier for overtaking.
The weather forecast calls for clear conditions during both Saturday’s qualifying session and Sunday’s race.
Mercedes-Benz AMG’s George Russell was the fastest after an initial practice session on Friday, edging out teammate Lewis Hamilton. Meanwhile, local favorite and reigning world champion Max Verstappen was the fastest early on, but his Red Bull came to a stop while on the track with a suspected gearbox issue.
Going into the weekend, Verstappen leads the 2022 Drivers’ Championship with 284 points. Fellow Red Bull driver Sergio Perez is second with 191 points, and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc is third with 186 points. In the Constructors’ Championship, Red Bull leads with 475 points, versus the 357 of Ferrari and 316 of Mercedes. Last year’s winner of the Dutch Grand Prix was Verstappen driving for Red Bull.
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The EdTechX Summit 2022 was successfully held in London on June 23, 2022, the U.K. WuKong Education, a global EdTech company, was invited to participate in the Summit for its outstanding industry influence as well as the soaring growth rate of its featuring product WuKong Chinese in the past few years.
Hosted by EdTechX and co-organized by Google Cloud, AWS, the Summit gathered thousands of business leaders, well-known scholars as well as hundreds of outstanding EdTech enterprises to exchange forward-looking views for building an international cooperation and exchange platform for global education practitioners.
AUCKLAND, New Zealand, June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On June 23, 2022, the EdTechX Summit 2022 was successfully held in London, the U.K. The event was hosted by EdTechX and co-organized by Google Cloud, AWS, etc. It gathered thousands of business leaders, well-known scholars as well as hundreds of outstanding EdTech enterprises such as GoStudent, WuKong Education, Coursera and so forth. In-depth exchanges around the topic "The Experience of Learning" was conducted by guest speakers.
Cicy DING, co-founder of WuKong Education, attended the STRATEGIES FOR GROWTH forum of the Summit. She shared how WuKong, as a global pioneer in EdTech field, deployed its growth strategy with business leaders from other internationally-renowned online education brands such as Laura warnier, Chief Growth Officer of GoStudent, Meti Basiri, Chief Marketing Officer of ApplyBoard, and Jonathan Viner, founder of 10Digits.
"At WuKong, we believe that enterprise is an organic organism, and growth strategies for enterprises in the different development stages should be varied," Cicy shared her understanding in answering how enterprises can craft their growth strategies.
"In the early stage of our entrepreneurship, we formulated a product-driven growth strategy. We are committed to further improving the learning experience for K-12 children through the combination of advanced technology and excellent teachers. The organic growth brought by our products had better illustrate its future market potential. The results have proved that our product-driven model was well- received by students, which has also brought us a foundation for later development."
"Based on this strategy, we have reserved enough strength to meet the new growth point," said Cicy. "When the business environment suddenly changed in 2019, WuKong took it as an opportunity to develop from a regional enterprise to a multinational one. From 2019-2021, our number of class bookings has increased 70 times, and we have correspondingly upgraded previous regional growth strategy to a global one."
"We hope to empower our future growth through our tireless effort in improving the experience of learning," Cicy said when talking about WuKong's growth strategy for the next stage, "so as to launch more diversified K-12 education products to meet growing demands."
Founded in 2016, WuKong Education is a global EdTech company headquartered in New Zealand which has more than 300,000 users in 118 countries and regions including the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Singapore. More than 3,000 qualified teachers graduated from top universities such as Harvard, Peking University, Renmin University of China and Fudan University are currently serving in the WuKong teaching team. WuKong Education now owns two multidisciplinary products -- WuKong Chinese and WuKong Math.
Adhering to the vision of "Inspire Learning", WuKong Education has consistently been committed to empowering education through technological means. WuKong has developed a set of learning courses and systems, which can greatly improve children's learning efficiency and interest. Currently, the ambitious company is marching forward along its global layout.
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SHENZHEN, China, May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CCELL®, the world's leading technology brand with a focus on creating trendsetting vaping hardware products and advanced vaporizing technology, today announced that it has just released a new interactive vaporizer battery, the Rizo.
Rizo is a palm-fitting battery designed for discreet and efficient use. It features a premium full-metallic casing, three-bar battery status LED, and a unique slide switch that allows users to shift quickly between two preferred temperature settings. These specialized settings help users experience their vaporizers differently, whether it's truer-to-taste flavors or maximized potency.
In addition, Rizo, when paired with a CCELL 510 Thread Cartridge, offers a fun, engaging experience with gentle haptic feedback with every inhalation. This offers users an additional physical sensation to amplify their vaping experience.
"We developed Rizo to look more like an everyday device rather than a traditional vape pen, so that end-users can easily integrate it into their daily lives," says Joe S., Vice President of CCELL®. "We want to offer high-quality products that are palatable to people with a variety of lifestyles."
Please visit https://www.ccell.com/ to stay up to date with future announcements.
About CCELL®
CCELL® is a technology brand and global innovator in the portable vaporizer space that revolutionized the industry by introducing the ceramic heating component. CCELL® was born in the headquarters of Shenzhen Smoore Technology Limited, which has more than 10 years of expertise in the vaporization industry. With advanced R&D resources, patented technologies, strong production capability and reliable quality control system, CCELL® has been recognized for its exceptional vaporizing technology and top-quality devices.
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New analysis also sheds light on impact of Medicaid expansion on health care spending
SEATTLE, Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A new state-level analysis of health care costs after implementation of the Affordable Care Act shows wide variations in system-wide health care spending across states. The study, conducted by researchers from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington's School of Medicine and published today in the journal Health Affairs, reveals that differences in spending between states have increased over time, suggesting that some states are more effective at controlling rising health care costs than others. IHME's analysis also sheds light on the spending changes associated with Medicaid expansion on health care spending.
"Our analysis suggests that a sizable share of the variation in health care spending is associated with non-health-care system factors like household income and consumer prices. However, there is a major part of the spending variation that is not explained by the major non-health system factors and therefore represents variation caused by differences in how states run their health systems," said Emily Johnson, Health Expenditure Researcher at IHME and a lead author of the study. "Policymakers in states with higher health care costs can learn a lot from other states that deliver high-quality health care more efficiently."
IHME's analysis shows that at the state level, health care spending per person (inclusive of Medicare, Medicaid, private insurance, Veterans Affairs, the Indian Health Service, and out-of-pocket spending) varied widely in 2019, ranging from $7,250 in Utah to $14,500 in Alaska. While health care spending increased across the board, some states saw much sharper increases than others. From 2013 to 2019, increases in per capita spending ranged from 1 percent in Washington, DC, to 4.2 percent in South Dakota (after adjusting for inflation). The spending gap between states has also widened considerably since 2000.
A complex set of factors, including age, health, income of the population, and cost of living explained a large share of these varied growth rates, but even after controlling for these factors, substantial variation exists. Over 20 percent of the spending variation identified by the study couldn't explained by key non-health system factors like income and population characteristics, and therefore represents differences likely explained by differences in states' health care systems. Some health system characteristics that were associated with greater increases include growth in the number of hospitals, increased utilization of hospital inpatient services, and expansion of insurance coverage. This study provides evidence that supports the perspective that investing in prevention and outpatient care could help curb spending growth.
The analysis shows that out-of-pocket spending varied more than overall health care spending. For example, while overall health care spending is 50 percent higher in South Dakota than it is in Arizona, the average South Dakotan spends nearly three times as much out of pocket per year ($4,600) compared to the average Arizonan ($1,700).
"Controlling health care costs requires concerted action on multiple fronts," said Dr. Joseph Dieleman, Associate Professor in the Department of Health Metrics Sciences at the University of Washington and a lead author of the study. "To help curb increases to health care spending, states should invest in delivering health care outside of hospitals through robust primary care systems and focus on incentivizing high-value care."
In addition, the IHME researchers are calling for academics to conduct further research on state-level health care spending to better understand the drivers of unexplained differences in spending across states.
Unlike previous studies, IHME's analysis accounts for health spending from all sources: public insurance programs including Medicare, Medicaid, Veterans Affairs, and the Indian Health Service; private insurance; and out-of-pocket spending.
IHME's study found that Medicaid expansion was associated with a 1 percent increase in overall costs across the states. This represents a small amount of the variation in spending and pales in comparison to other factors that affect health care spending, such as household income and consumer prices. For children, expanding Medicaid eligibility was associated with lower health care spending, likely due to increased access to preventive medicine, and for pregnant women, increasing eligibility was associated with lower out-of-pocket spending. The study also revealed that average growth rates for out-of-pocket spending were lower in states that expanded access to Medicaid (0.3 percent for Medicaid expansion states vs. 1.2 percent for non-expansion states) and private insurance spending (1.1 percent for Medicaid expansion states vs. 2 percent for non-expansion states).
To existing estimates, IHME's analysis added spending estimates for 2015–2019, shedding light on a period of substantial change in health policy at the state and federal levels. Because of data limitations, most previous studies of state-level health spending have looked at health care spending through 2014, prior to Medicaid expansion in states.
"We know from previous studies that when states enact Medicaid expansion, people have greater access to health care and, by some measures, better health outcomes," said Dr. Dieleman. "For the first time, there's reliable research that reports the costs for all payers of expanding eligibility for Medicaid, including tracking changes to out-of-pocket spending."
An independent population health research organization based at the University of Washington School of Medicine, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) works with collaborators around the world to develop timely, relevant, and scientifically valid evidence that illuminates the state of health everywhere. In making our research available and approachable, we aim to inform health policy and practice in pursuit of our vision: all people living long lives in full health.
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Opening Marks International Fast-Food Brand's Third Location in New York City and 59th in the U.S.
WEST COVINA, Calif., July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- International fast-food brand, Jollibee, known for its mouth-watering Chickenjoy fried chicken, crispy and juicy Jollibee Chicken Sandwich, and other delicious menu items, will open its doors in the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens, New York, on Thursday, July 21, 2022. The new store marks the second location in the city's largest borough, as Jollibee continues to grow its fanbase in "The Big Apple" by offering customers great-tasting food at a great value that is always served with joy.
Located at 16008 Jamaica Avenue in the heart of downtown Jamaica, Queens, the new Jollibee will be open seven days a week, from 8AM – 10PM daily. Those who are familiar with Jollibee know that the star of the menu is Chickenjoy – the brand's take on a classic American comfort food – bone-in fried chicken; customers can enjoy Jollibee's classic original recipe or go with the spicy version, which offers a delicious kick of heat. In addition to its world-famous fried chicken, Jollibee's diverse menu line-up is what sets it apart. Whether you're craving a new take on a familiar comfort-food favorite, or you want to discover something completely different that you can't find anywhere else, Jollibee offers something for everyone.
Jollibee's mission is to bring people together through the joy of eating. The brand's most popular menu items include:
- Chickenjoy: Jollibee's flagship product features chicken that is delicately hand-breaded to be crispy on the outside, cooked with precision to be juicy on the inside, and marinated to the bone for exceptional flavor.
- Spicy Chickenjoy: Another top seller is Spicy Chickenjoy, which is the fiery version of the classic Chickenjoy.
- Chicken Sandwich: This sandwich features a crispy, juicy chicken breast fillet, spread with umami mayo, and served on a toasted brioche bun. Find out why this newly launched sandwich shot to the top of the menu charts.
- Spicy Chicken Sandwich: A spicy version of the original chicken sandwich features sriracha mayo and fresh jalapeños for added crunch and heat.
- Peach Mango Pie: Make sure to leave room for this mouth-watering dessert made with peaches and real Philippine mangoes enveloped in a light and crispy crust.
In addition to dining at the restaurant, customers can enjoy their favorite Jollibee menu items to-go or through the following online ordering channels: Jollibee's ordering app (available for download at the App Store and Google Play), the jollibeefoods.com website and the DoorDash delivery platform.
"We are so excited to expand our presence in Queens, as it is home to such a beautiful, dynamic melting pot of people from all different backgrounds and cultures," said Maribeth Dela Cruz, Business Group Head, Honeybee Foods Corporation dba Jollibee. "While Jollibee was founded in the Philippines, we believe that great taste knows no boundaries; Queens County is one of America's most diverse populations, which makes it a perfect fit for exposing our brand to a broader audience who have yet to discover our special brand of joy."
Set in a vibrant district in southeast Queens, the Jamaica neighborhood offers a wide variety of independent businesses that reflect the diverse population that calls the area home. Queens is the largest and fastest growing of New York City's five boroughs and Jollibee will be positioned at the heart of this neighborhood in close proximity to York College and amongst the hundreds of businesses that serve the area. This store marks the brand's 59th U.S. location and joins its two existing New York City locations – Manhattan (609 8th Avenue) and Woodside, Queens (6229 Roosevelt Avenue). Jollibee store openings in the U.S. and around the world are known for drawing massive crowds, which was the case when Jollibee first opened its doors in Manhattan in 2018; despite the cold, rainy weather, hundreds of hungry fans waited up to 20 hours to be among the first in line on opening day.
Stay updated on Jollibee's upcoming store openings by following @jollibeeus on Facebook and @jollibeeus on Instagram.
Jollibee Foods Corporation (JFC, also known as Jollibee Group) is one of the fastest-growing restaurant companies in the world. It operates in 34 countries, with over 6,200 stores globally with branches in the Philippines, United States, Canada, the People's Republic of China, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Vietnam, Brunei, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain, Indonesia, Costa Rica, Egypt, Panama, Malaysia, South Korea, India, and Australia.
Jollibee Group has eight wholly owned brands (Jollibee, Chowking, Greenwich, Red Ribbon, Mang Inasal, Yonghe King, Hong Zhuang Yuan, Smashburger); six franchised brands (Burger King, Panda Express, PHO24, and Yoshinoya in the Philippines; Dunkin' and Tim Ho Wan in certain territories in China); 80% ownership of The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf; 60% ownership in the SuperFoods Group that owns Highlands Coffee and PHO24; and 51% ownership of Milksha, a popular Taiwanese bubble tea brand.
Jollibee Group, through its subsidiary Jollibee Worldwide Pte. Ltd. (JWPL) owns 90% participating interest in Titan Dining LP, a private equity fund that ultimately owns the Tim Ho Wan brand. It also has a joint venture with the THW Group to open and operate THW restaurants in Mainland China. Jollibee Group also has a business venture with award-winning Chef Rick Bayless for Tortazo, a Mexican fast-casual restaurant business in the United States.
Jollibee Group was named the Philippines' most admired company by the Asian Wall Street Journal for ten years. It was also honored as one of Asia's Fab 50 Companies and among the World's Best Employers and World's Top Female-Friendly Companies by Forbes. In 2020, Gallup awarded the Jollibee Group with the Exceptional Workplace Award, making it the first Philippine-based company to receive the distinction.
Jollibee Group has grown brands that bring delightful dining experiences to its customers worldwide, thus spreading the joy of eating to everyone. To learn more about Jollibee Group, visit www.jollibeegroup.com.
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Kim Kardashian asks for temporary prison release of Uvalde victim’s father for funeral
(Gray News) – Kim Kardashian is joining the fight in asking for the temporary prison release of a Uvalde shooting victim’s father so that he can attend her funeral.
Eliahna “Ellie” Cruz Torres, who was 10, was one of the 19 children killed in the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School last week. Her father, Eli Torres, is currently an inmate at the McCreary United States Penitentiary, WYMT reports.
Along with politicians and other members of the public, Kardashian is asking for Torres’ temporary release so that he can attend his daughter’s funeral.
“Her family are desperately hoping that her father, who is incarcerated for a nonviolent drug offense, be granted temporary release so that he can attend her funeral. So far their requests have been denied,” Kardashian wrote in a Facebook post. “I ask the Federal Bureau of Prisons to grant Eli Torres temporary release so that he can say his last goodbye to his baby girl. Every parent deserves that right.”
Over the past few years, Kardashian has become known for her work in pushing for prison reform, often calling for the release of inmates who are imprisoned for drug offenses.
According to Kentucky State Rep. Attica Scott, the request for a compassionate release for Torres was initially denied. Scott said she has now sent a letter to President Joe Biden and Gov. Andy Beshear to ask for help with the situation.
Torres was convicted of drug trafficking and conspiracy in Del Rio, Texas. He is scheduled for release in February 2033.
Scott said Torres and his daughter were only one week away from seeing each other in person before she was killed.
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NEW YORK, July 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking originated a $97 million, five-year, floating-rate financing to a borrower affiliated with principals of Maddd Equities, Joy Construction and the Katz Family to refinance The Lewis, a 186-unit, Class A multifamily property located at 411 West 35th Street in New York City's Hudson Yards neighborhood.
Built in 2018, the property features an array of amenities including a doorman and 24-7 concierge service, a state-of-the-art fitness studio, a tenant lounge and an enclosed parking garage. The property provides a variety of outdoor areas including a landscaped ground-level terrace and a rooftop sun terrace complete with sunbeds, a dining area with grills, and views of Hudson Yards.
"We are really pleased to have closed another transaction with Natixis CIB. This execution demonstrates that the New York City multifamily market is in a very healthy place and that competitive financing is still very much available for premier assets and strong sponsors," said Eli S. Weiss, Principal of Joy Construction.
"This transaction illustrates Natixis CIBs continued focus on core multifamily opportunities with best-in-class sponsors. This financing marks Natixis CIBs seventh transaction with principals of Maddd Equities and Joy Construction, two companies with a proven track record in the New York City market," said Jared Zimmel, Executive Director, Real Estate & Hospitality Americas, Natixis CIB.
The financing was arranged by Brad Domenico from Progress Capital.
About Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking
Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking is a leading global financial institution that provides advisory, investment banking, financing, corporate banking and capital markets services to corporations, financial institutions, financial sponsors and sovereign and supranational organizations worldwide.
Our teams of experts in 30 countries advise clients on their strategic development, helping them to grow and transform their businesses, and maximize their positive impact. We are committed to supporting the environmental transition by aligning our financing balance sheet with a +1.5°C trajectory by 2050.
As part of the Global Financial Services division of Groupe BPCE, the second largest banking group in France through the Banque Populaire and Caisse d'Epargne retail networks, Natixis CIB benefits from the Group's financial strength and solid financial ratings (Standard & Poor's: A, Moody's: A1, Fitch: A+, R&I: A+).
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MONTEREY, Calif., Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Excelligence Learning Corporation ("Excelligence"), an industry-leading developer, distributor, and online retailer of innovative, high-quality and grade-appropriate early childhood educational products and teaching resources, has named Anupam Martins as CEO. Martins will also join the Company's Board of Directors.
Martins previously served as the President of Excelligence's Educational Solutions division, where he oversaw transformational business and financial growth and built a strong team that has been recognized as a Best Place to Work 2022. In his new role, Martins will lead the implementation of Excelligence's strategic and operational efforts for both the Educational Solutions and Educational Content & Technology divisions.
"Since joining Excelligence, Anupam has demonstrated exceptional leadership capabilities and has led the Educational Solutions division through an important business transformation," Eric Reiter, Chairman of Excelligence, said. "Despite challenges presented by the COVID pandemic, Anupam demonstrated impressive resilience and focus, and he adapted to evolving operating conditions with the addition of new and sustainable revenue streams. With a record year in the books, we are fortunate to have such high caliber talent lead the business through our next phase of growth."
Prior to joining Excelligence, Martins spent nearly 20 years at Procter & Gamble in a variety of global leadership and executive roles, and he has deep experience in brand building, digital transformation, and e-commerce across multiple geographies and organizations.
Discussing his new role, Martins said, "I am incredibly proud of our team at Excelligence and the transformation we have accomplished over the last few years. While the COVID pandemic and related school closures created a challenging operating environment, through meaningful investment, product and sales innovation, and diligent cost control, Excelligence was able to emerge stronger than ever. The sustained, broad-based growth across our leading brands and platforms is a powerful validation of the team's hard work and commitment to excellence. We are grateful to our 'heroes', the educators we serve for their continued trust in our innovative products and solutions and to our team for their passionate service of our mission to help educators make a difference with their children."
Martins continued, "I'm incredibly excited about the future and see meaningful opportunity to realize additional synergies and to continue to provide educators with a high-quality, comprehensive offerings of educational products/curricula and teacher resources."
Founded in 1985 and headquartered in Monterey, Calif., Excelligence is a mission-driven organization that has built a trusted brand dedicated to quality, customer service, and product innovation. The Company employs a robust, multi-channel go-to-market strategy, including a sales and customer service team reputed for their exceptional service to educators, award winning web platforms, outreach to customers through multiple communication channels and a high growth Amazon business. As a scaled player with a loyal base of teacher/educator customers and a robust portfolio of branded and proprietary products, Excelligence is well-positioned to continue its strong growth trajectory and further capitalize on favorable industry and funding tailwinds.
About Excelligence Learning Corporation (www.excelligence.com)
Excelligence is a leader in educational classroom services and solutions to the global early childhood education market. For nearly 40 years, educators and parents have relied upon our 20,000+ innovative, high-quality, and grade-appropriate educational products and teaching resources to make brighter futures for early learners across the globe. Our comprehensive, mission-driven products and services facilitate the social, emotional, cognitive, and physical educational development of young learners to build in each a solid and broad foundation for lifelong learning, well-being, and future success.
Excelligence's unparalleled, diversified portfolio of market-leading, award-winning brands leverages cutting-edge technologies, early childhood brain research science, digital-first products, and state-of-the-art fulfillment to deliver industry-leading quality, innovation, service, and value to early childhood educators and parents. The company's brands include Discount School Supply®, Colorations®, Really Good Stuff®, Steve Spangler Science®, Children's Factory™, EPI®/Education Products, Inc., Excellerations®, MyPerfectClassroom®, Environments®, and FrogStreet.
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WASHINGTON, July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As summer approaches and consumers fire up grills, visit the beach or swim in pools, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is urging everyone to be vigilant about safety. Prevent injuries before they happen.
Grills: Gas or charcoal grills can present a risk of fire and/or carbon monoxide poisoning. From 2016 through 2018, there were an estimated average of 12 deaths per year involving gas and charcoal grills. Last year, there were an estimated 6,300 gas and charcoal grill-related injuries treated in U.S. hospital emergency departments.
- Safety Tip: Check www.cpsc.gov to see if the grill has been recalled. If recalled, stop using it until it is repaired or replaced by the manufacturer.
- Look over the grill and any gas hoses for cracking, brittleness, holes, and leaks. Replace, if necessary.
- Never use grills indoors. Only use grills outside, in well-ventilated areas, and never indoors, in a garage, breezeway, carport, porch or under a surface that will burn.
- Never leave a hot grill unattended and keep children away from the grill area.
- Clean your grill with a ball of aluminum foil or nylon brushes, instead of wire grill brushes, to prevent stray wire brush strands from ending up in the food.
Beach Umbrellas: Airborne beach umbrellas can be dangerous, even deadly. From 2013 through 2018, there were two deaths associated with beach umbrellas.
- Safety Tip: Spike your beach umbrella pole into the sand, bury it about two feet into the sand, and tilt it into the wind.
- Anchor the base of the pole with some form of anchor or weight.
- Ensure the sand is packed well around the base. These steps help to keep it from blowing away and injuring someone.
Pool Safely: Child drownings continue to be the leading cause of death among children ages 1 to 4 years old. Across 2017 through 2019, on average, there were 389 pool- or spa-related, fatal drownings reported per year involving children younger than 15 years of age. Pool- or spa-related, hospital emergency department-treated, nonfatal drowning injuries involving children younger than 15 years of age rose 17 percent in 2021 to an estimated 6,800 injuries.
- Safety Tip: Never leave a child unattended in or near water.
- Install proper barriers, covers and alarms on and around your pool and spa.
- Learn how to perform CPR on children and adults. Many communities offer online CPR training.
- Learn how to swim and teach your child how to swim.
- Keep children away from pool drains, pipes and other openings to avoid entrapments.
- Ensure all pools and spas--both in your backyard and any public pool you may visit--have anti-entrapment drain covers.
Mask Up: COVID-19 is still a concern, keep safe and follow local, state and federal guidance on face mask wearing wherever you are this summer.
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About the U.S. CPSC
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risk of injury or death associated with the use of thousands of types of consumer products. Deaths, injuries, and property damage from consumer product-related incidents cost the nation more than $1 trillion annually. CPSC's work to ensure the safety of consumer products has contributed to a decline in the rate of injuries associated with consumer products over the past 50 years.
Federal law prohibits any person from selling products subject to a Commission ordered recall or a voluntary recall undertaken in consultation with the CPSC.
For lifesaving information:
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- Report a dangerous product or a product-related injury on www.SaferProducts.gov.
- Call CPSC's Hotline at 800-638-2772 (TTY 301-595-7054).
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SINGAPORE, April 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The leading fiat-crypto payment provider, Alchemy Pay (ACH), has announced its partnership with MAP Protocol, the multi-layered cross-chain operable blockchain for developers. MAP will integrate Alchemy Pay's fiat payment channels and crypto on-ramps to enable users to participate in the MAP-hosted applications by using global fiat payment standards as well as popular local mobile wallets. MAP has also announced that it has joined the Blockchain Infrastructure Alliance which was founded last year by Alchemy Pay, Polygon, Avalanche, NEAR, and Algorand, among others.
MAP's Eco Director, Vincent Cheng, said of the integration, "Alchemy Pay's fiat payment channel and crypto on-ramps brings more mainstream accessibility to our network. This has benefits for all developers on MAP who can onboard new users to their applications more directly. We are also proud to be joining BIA and promote alongside the industry's leading players."
MAP Protocol is a decentralized cross-chain interoperability protocol backed by a dedicated blockchain that safeguards cross-chain assets and empowers Dapps to achieve its full potential. MAP Protocol is more than just a bridge, but a truly decentralized cross-chain interoperability protocol. MAP Protocol empowers developers to build all kinds of cross-chain Defi applications on it which helps to solve the interoperability issue and achieve dynamic liquidity migration across the blockchain universe.
Alchemy Pay has become increasingly important in the blockchain space as a payment bridging service for the industry. Leading networks such as Elrond, Polygon, Algorand, NEAR, and Avalanche are integrating Alchemy Pay's fiat payment channels. Alchemy Pay now has over 300 fiat payment channels that allow crypto services, DApps, and networks to onboard users with popular local and global mobile wallets as well as more traditional card and bank transfer payments.
Alchemy Pay CEO, John Tan, said, "MAP is an exciting cross-chain project whose versatility and usability has attracted many developers. Our partnership with them will improve their access to users and increase the viability of developers building on MAP. This kind of easy accessibility breaks down one of the major barriers to entry for DApps and will drive mainstream adoption."
In October last year, Alchemy Pay co-founded the Blockchain Infrastructure Alliance. The alliance brings together industry leaders, innovators, and investors to create cooperation across all areas of blockchain technology and collectively promote the development of decentralized finance and other initiatives. Its inclusion as a founding member will bring MAP together with other leading projects and further BIA's aim to build a more unified and robust blockchain industry.
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About Alchemy Pay
Founded in Singapore in 2018, Alchemy Pay (ACH) connects fiat and crypto economies for global businesses and consumers. It provides online and offline merchants with convenient acceptance of both fiat and cryptocurrency and makes crypto services accessible to mainstream users. Today, Alchemy Pay is supported in over 70 countries with 300 payment channels, and has touchpoints with more than 2 million merchants.
Website:alchemypay.org
Twitter:twitter.com/alchemypay
Telegram:t.me/alchemy_official
About MAP Protocol
MAP Protocol is a decentralized cross-chain interoperability protocol backed by a dedicated blockchain which safeguards cross-chain assets and empowers Dapps to achieve full potential.
Website: https://www.maplabs.io
Twitter: https://twitter.com/marcopologlobal
Telegram: https://t.me/MAPprotocol
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The Company names Jason McClelland as the new Chief Marketing Officer, and Christopher 'Skip' Wilson as the new Vice President, Brand Marketing
NEW YORK, April 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Shutterstock, Inc. (NYSE: SSTK) (the "Company"), the leading global creative platform for transformative brands and media companies, today announced Jason McClelland is joining the Company's leadership team and Executive Committee as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), and Christopher 'Skip' Wilson is joining as the Company's Vice President of Brand Marketing.
As CMO, Jason brings over two decades of experience, including leadership roles at SaaS leaders Adobe and Salesforce, as well as serving as Chief Marketing Officer at hyper-growth startups Algolia, Domino Data Lab, and Heroku. At Adobe, Jason held leadership roles that helped Adobe's transformations: first with building their Marketing Cloud business, the industry's first end to end marketing platform for CMOs; and then second with building Adobe's Creative Cloud SaaS transformation.
Skip comes to Shutterstock from Peloton, where Skip led Peloton's Global Brand and Communications for their Commercial business.
Bringing on Jason and Skip continues Shutterstock's investment into broadening its software, content, and custom creative capabilities that uniquely position Shutterstock in the industry to own the end to end creative flow for companies.
Jason McClelland, Chief Marketing Officer at Shutterstock commented, "I'm thrilled to be joining Shutterstock at this juncture. The company has made significant investments over the last year in both people and acquisitions to enable Shutterstock to uniquely own the end to end creative and brand processes for companies. We're already winning multi-million dollar deals and becoming the agency of record for many of the world's most transformative brands. My job is to help tell that story so more people know about it."
As Vice President of Brand Marketing, Skip Wilson will be responsible for Shutterstock's global brand strategy by overseeing the strategic positioning and growth of the Shutterstock brand. He will lead the communication of the Company's unique value proposition through powerful go-to-market campaigns, and thought leadership to drive revenue growth and attract top-tier talent to Shutterstock.
"At its core, brand building is about connection and understanding. These are two traits that all successful brand teams internalize. The opportunity to create a strong brand that drives a deeper connection to the Shutterstock audience is what excites me," comments Skip Wilson, VP of Brand Marketing at Shutterstock. "I view brand development as a team sport – one that requires guts, sound strategy, top talent, and an openness towards doing things differently to reach new audiences. I am looking forward to showing the world's creatives what we're made of."
"With these two appointments, Shutterstock is revolutionizing our marketing efforts. Throughout their careers, Jason and Skip have demonstrated the ability to lead and scale global business expansion, develop and implement growth strategies and drive the execution needed for hyperscale," said Stan Pavlovsky, Chief Executive Officer at Shutterstock. "They are passionate about building strong, high-performing teams, setting impactful strategies, and implementing a success-driven direction for the long-term, while exceeding short-term results. We are thrilled to have them join the Shutterstock family, and we look forward to their contributions as we take Shutterstock into the next era."
About Shutterstock, Inc.
Shutterstock, Inc. (NYSE: SSTK), is the leading global creative platform for transformative brands and media companies. Directly and through its group subsidiaries, Shutterstock's comprehensive collection includes high-quality licensed photographs, vectors, illustrations, 3D models, videos and music. Working with its growing community of over 2 million contributors, Shutterstock adds hundreds of thousands of images each week, and currently has more than 400 million images and more than 24 million video clips available.
Headquartered in New York City, Shutterstock has offices around the world and customers in more than 150 countries. The Company also owns PicMonkey, a leading online graphic design and image editing platform; Offset, a high-end image collection; Shutterstock Studios, an end-to-end custom creative shop; PremiumBeat, a curated royalty-free music library; Shutterstock Editorial, a premier source of editorial images and videos for the world's media; TurboSquid, a leading 3D content marketplace; Amper Music, an AI-driven music platform; and Bigstock, a value-oriented stock media offering.
For more information, please visit www.shutterstock.com and follow Shutterstock on Twitter and on Facebook.
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SONOMA, Calif. (AP) — Daniel Suárez had tears in his eyes for so many reasons Sunday after he realized a lifelong dream by crossing the finish line first at Sonoma Raceway.
While Suárez was overjoyed to become the first Mexican-born driver to win a NASCAR Cup Series race, he quickly felt overwhelmed with gratitude and memories of his motorsports journey. He also thought about the multitude of fans backing him across the continent and beyond, including several hundred red-shirted supporters screaming their hearts out in the Sonoma grandstands as part of his Daniel’s Amigos outreach program.
“I just feel extremely lucky,” Suárez said after holding off Chris Buescher to the checkered flag.
“I’m fortunate to be that driver that the whole Hispanic community can connect with,” he added. “I feel like I have an entire country and community behind me. The people wearing red shirts today, those are my people. Some of them, they have exactly the same journey I have — coming from Mexico, not knowing the language, trying to find an opportunity, having goals and trying to make that dream happen. These are my people, and I feel lucky to be the person to represent all of them.”
Despite those poignant thoughts, this occasion was not solemn for the 30-year-old native of Monterrey who finally won in the 195th career start of a Cup Series career that began in 2017.
After his tears dried in the car, he quickly called for the pinata shaped like a taco that he’s been keeping on hand for his first win — and he celebrated by punching a hole through it with his fist.
“Nobody knows how much sweat, sacrifice and tears this has caused me,” Suárez said. “This whole time, I was always dreaming about winning in the Cup Series.”
Suárez drove his Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet to the third Cup Series victory of the season for this rising 2-year-old team co-owned by former driver Justin Marks and music star Pitbull.
Suárez got past Buescher and took charge early in the final stage on this hilly road course in Northern California wine country, and he persevered through a pit stop and a caution to emerge in front with 23 laps to go. Buescher pushed him aggressively, but Suárez made no significant mistakes while rolling to victory.
Buescher’s second-place finish was also a season best in his RFK Racing Ford. He fell just short of his second career victory.
“Hurts to be that close, but congratulations to Suárez,” Buescher said. “We were trying, trying to get him. Ran out of steam there.”
Suárez is the fifth foreign-born driver to win a Cup Series race, and he’s the first to win on all three of NASCAR’s national series. He won the Xfinity Series championship in 2016, and he also won a Truck Series race that year.
“I have never met a more determined, focused, hard-working racer in 20 years in this sport,” Marks said. “It’s amazing how consistent he is, how that fire continues to burn.”
The success of Suárez and Trackhouse Racing could be a welcome boost to a sport eager to expand its cultural footprint. After moving to the U.S. 11 years ago with a desire to race on bigger stages, Suárez is a major success story for NASCAR’s Drive for Diversity program, which aims to bring new perspectives and backgrounds to a largely monocultural organization for much of its history.
Michael McDowell finished a season-best third in front of Kevin Harvick in cloudy conditions in Sonoma Raceway’s first Cup Series race at full capacity since before the coronavirus pandemic. Austin Cindric was fifth in the final race before the Cup Series’ one-week midseason break.
NEW GUYS
Suárez is the fourth first-time winner of this wide-open Cup Series season, joining Chastain, Cindric and Chase Briscoe.
CHUTE WORKS
Sonoma Raceway restored the 1.99-mile Chute track layout for this race after using the longer Carousel configuration in the previous two editions in 2019 and 2021. The shorter track didn’t appear to lead to more contact in the racing, and not much happened in the first two stages, which were won by Larson and Joey Logano.
NO REPEAT
Defending champion and pole-sitter Kyle Larson led the first stage, but the defending series champ fell back from there and eventually lost his right front tire with 27 laps to go. Larson started on the pole for the fifth consecutive time at the race closest to his childhood home in the Sacramento suburbs, but his decision not to pit in the first stage left him buried in the field from there. He finished 15th.
UP NEXT
After the break, the season resumes with a trip to Nashville Superspeedway on Sunday, June 26.
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MIAMI (AP) — If one play could tell the story of a five-game series, consider this one: Trae Young’s final shot from the field was a corner 3-point try that he rushed because he knew a defender was coming his way.
The shot bounced off the side of the backboard.
Take a bow, Miami. Even without Kyle Lowry and Jimmy Butler, defense carried the day — and carried the Heat into the Eastern Conference semifinals.
Victor Oladipo scored 23 points, Bam Adebayo added 20 points and 11 rebounds, and the Heat moved into Round 2 of the playoffs by eliminating Young and the Atlanta Hawks 97-94 on Tuesday night.
“The biggest thing about this game was our defense,” Adebayo said.
That was, and is, Miami’s plan. The Heat swarmed Young from the start of Game 1 to the end of Game 5, holding Atlanta’s high-octane scorer to a 15.4-point average in the series on 32% shooting. Young had as many assists as he had turnovers — 30 of each.
“They’re a good defensive team,” Young said. “Their team is more of a system than who they have on their team. No matter who they have out there, they can play. … And when they’ve got a guy that they’re targeting and trying to take away, they do a really good job of doing that.”
Tyler Herro scored 16, Max Strus scored 15 and Caleb Martin added 10 for the top-seeded Heat, who got the clincher with Butler and Lowry sitting out with injuries.
Young went 2 for 12 from the floor, scoring just 11 points. De’Andre Hunter scored 35 for Atlanta, which got 12 apiece from Kevin Huerter and Danilo Gallinari.
“Obviously, I didn’t shoot the ball well,” Young said.
Hunter fouled out with 41.6 seconds left, Miami clinging to a three-point lead at the time. The Hawks got a stop, taking over with 29.2 seconds remaining, and retained possession after a missed shot from Gallinari went out of bounds off Miami.
The Hawks never got another shot off, time expired and Miami moved on.
“They are a hell of a team,” Hawks coach Nate McMillan said. “Those guys compete every second that they’re out on the floor and I have a great deal of respect for how they play.”
Onyeka Okongwu’s three-point play got Atlanta within 79-76 early in the fourth, the Hawks clawing back after being down by as many as 15.
But Herro hit a high-arcing jumper from the lane, Miami got a stop, and Oladipo hit a left-wing 3 on the next Heat possession to push the lead back to eight with 7:29 remaining. That’s how the final minutes went: Atlanta made a charge, Miami would hold it off, all the way to the end.
And now, the Heat get nearly a week off before facing either Philadelphia or Toronto in the East semis. Game 1 will be Monday in Miami.
“We’re all committed to the same goal,” Strus said.
The Heat already knew they’d be without Lowry, who missed his second consecutive game with a strained left hamstring. The surprise was Butler, who reported knee soreness to the team on Monday and didn’t see enough improvement to play on Tuesday.
But Butler and Lowry spent the final few minutes of the first half particularly enjoying what was happening.
A 17-0 Miami run — including 10 in a row from Strus in a span of 67 seconds — turned a three-point deficit into a 54-40 lead late in the second quarter. Miami pushed the lead out to 67-52 on a score by Adebayo with 2:55 left in the third, and the lead was 75-64 going into the fourth.
Atlanta had one last charge to make, getting within two in the final moments — but no closer. Gallinari’s last inbounds pass went to nobody, and the clock ran out.
“I thought it was fitting that we had to get this game with a stop at the end,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said.
TIP-INS
Hawks: Clint Capela, who missed the first three games of the series with a right knee injury, left in the third quarter of Game 5 because of continued knee issues. … Atlanta was without Bogdan Bogdanovic (right knee soreness). … Nate McMillan is now 1-8 in postseason games against Spoelstra. The Heat swept McMillan’s Indiana Pacers in Round 1 at the bubble in 2020. … The Hawks went 2-7 against the Heat this season.
Heat: Michigan coach Juwan Howard, the former Miami player and assistant, was in attendance. … It marked the first time Butler had ever been declared inactive for a playoff game. … Miami missed its first eight 3-point tries before Oladipo connected midway through the second quarter. … Martin left just before halftime with an injury around his left hand or wrist, but returned for the second half.
STREAKING
Before this series, Miami had one run of more than 16 consecutive points in its playoff history. It now has three. The Heat had a 21-0 run in Game 3 at Atlanta, and the 17-0 run on Tuesday was the third-largest in team playoff history. Miami had a 19-0 run against New York in 2012, and has had 16-0 runs on four other occasions.
ODD TECH
Miami’s Markieff Morris didn’t play, and got a technical foul anyway. Morris was called for an unsportsmanlike play after he grabbed onto Hunter after the Hawks’ forward stepped into the Miami bench area in the third quarter.
FIRST WIN
Miami beat Atlanta in a series for the first time in three tries. The Hawks had won two previous first-round series that both went to the limit, prevailing 3-2 in 1994 and 4-3 in 2009.
UP NEXT
Miami will play host to Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals against Philadelphia or Toronto on Monday.
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The Gold-Tier NFTs, now 'souped up' into FEATs, will drop at Mint.Big3.com
Additional benefits and utility have been added to maximize experiential value
LOS ANGELES, June 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the BIG3 announced that the first-ever landmark Forever Experience Action Token (FEAT) providing the holder with benefits and exclusive access to the BIG3 for the duration of the league's life, will drop at 11 AM ET on Friday, June 10th, 2022 at Mint.Big3.com. This is the first time that FEATs will be available to the public via 375 Gold editions per team priced at $4,500 each. Following the sellout of those 375 editions, the league will drop 100-200 editions at a time for a total of 975 editions for each of the league's 12 teams. Once that inventory is exhausted, FEATS for these 12 teams will never be sold again by BIG3 regardless of how many years or decades the league thrives. Greater BIG3 success and longevity means more years of experiences and action provided by the FEAT NFT regardless of crypto volatility.
In addition to the benefits offered in the previously announced Gold-Tier, FEATs will also include several new and unique utilities including:
- Revealed sale – Buyers select which of 12 teams they purchase and which communities they want to join
- Limited supply – Only 375 Gold editions will be released, additional tokens will be available once sold out but once 975 have been sold per team, no more will ever be minted
- Content generation –BIG3 highlights, interviews, footage, images, IP, and other content will be serviced to FEAT holders license-free, enabling owners to create content of their own
- Brush Fire – Five Golds can be converted into a 'Brush Fire' FEAT and receive most benefits of the Fire-Tier
- Lottery – 25 Fire Tiers will be dispersed among the FEATs, 1 in 75 Golds will receive a Championship ring if their team wins, and each year, 1 in 100 Golds will get a personal one-hour zoom with founders and/or players
"The BIG3 is once again changing the game," said BIG3 Co-founder, Ice Cube. "We are moving beyond NFTs, we are offering experiences and utilities that will live on as long as the BIG3 does, which could be forever. FEATs are the next big thing in the crypto space and our league is blazing the path forward and providing our fans with unprecedented value. This is the first step in the future of our league and I can't wait to meet all of our FEAT owners this summer."
This announcement follows the sale of multiple $25,000 Fire-Tier NFTs to renowned Crypto leaders and communities, including DeGods, Bill Lee and MyDoge/DogeCoin, Snoop Dogg and Ken Howery, Gary Vaynerchuk of VeeFriends, Krause House DAO, Sunny Madra, Kevin Rose and MOONBIRDS, King of Midtown, along with a team led by Wave Financial and their Bored Ape. These purchases are part of the league's offering of decentralized team ownership via blockchain technology. Current Gold-Tier owners will be upgraded to the FEAT and receive the same benefits as the tokens dropping on June 10th. They will be able to select their teams before the public drop.
"FEATs are the new wave," said BIG3 Co-founder, Jeff Kwatinetz. "Access and utility are changing the NFT landscape and ushering in the next frontier of what value blockchain technology can deliver. This is the next stage of BIG3 leading sports into the future."
BIG3 is returning for its fifth season on June 18th for 11 weeks of FIREBALL3 action across 29 hours of live games on CBS and Paramount+. For more information about the FEAT, the upcoming public drop, and the league's fifth season, join the Discord here, go to BIG3.com and follow @thebig3 on twitter and instagram.
BIG3 (BIG3.com) is where FIREBALL3 superstars play. The premier global BIG3 league features many of the greatest, most popular, and skilled professional athletes of all time. Founded by producer, actor, and music legend Ice Cube and entertainment executive Jeff Kwatinetz, the BIG3 combines highly competitive, physical, fast game experiences and incredible fan experiences.
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The annual black-tie gala returned in-person to celebrate the cyber risk industry's top performers
NEW YORK, June 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading insurtech provider, Zywave, along with Advisen, a Zywave company, honored the cyber risk industry's top performers at the ninth annual Cyber Risk Awards, held in-person at Gotham Hall in New York City the evening of Thursday, June 16, 2022.
Thousands of cyber industry professionals cast their votes throughout the five-week voting process, yielding the highest voter turnout in the event's history. The winners were announced during a gala dinner for 480 attendees, sponsored by Arete, The Beckage Firm, CFC Underwriting, Epiq, and Pondurance.
"We congratulate all of the award winners and those who were nominated," said Jeff Cohen, Zywave senior vice president. "We want to especially thank everyone who voted and helped contribute to the success of this recognition program. It was wonderful to gather and celebrate in-person for the first time in two years as we applaud all of the outstanding efforts from the cyber risk industry."
Four individuals and 11 companies were recognized with awards given out during the evening. In addition, the program featured presentations by AXA XL's Jeremy Gittler, Shannon Groeber and Graeme Newman of CFC Underwriting, Tom Reagan from Marsh, Stott and May's Karl Sharman, and WTW's Tom Srail.
Below is the complete list of award winners:
Individuals
Cyber Risk Industry Person of the Year- USA: Jennifer Coughlin, Mullen Coughlin
Cyber Risk Industry Person of the Year- London: James Burns, CFC Underwriting
Cyber Risk Industry Person of the Year- Rest of the World: Maya Bundt, Swiss Re
Cyber Risk Industry Person of the Year- Actuary/Modeler: Rajeev Gupta, Cowbell Cyber
Companies
Cyber Event Response Team of the Year: Kroll
Cyber Newcomer of the Year: Mosaic
Cyber Reinsurer or Reinsurance Broker of the Year: Munich Re
Cyber Law Firm of the Year: Mullen Coughlin
Cyber Technology Provider of the Year: CrowdStrike
Cyber Product or Partnership of the Year: Chubb's Widespread Event Coverage
Cyber Claims Team (Insurer or MGA): CFC Underwriting
Cyber MGA of the Year: Evolve MGA
Cyber Retail Broking Team of the Year: Marsh
Cyber Wholesale Broking Team of the Year: INSUREtrust
Cyber Insurer of the Year: Beazley
For more information on Zywave, visit www.zywave.com. To learn more about Advisen, a Zywave company, acquired by Zywave in November 2020, visit www.advisenltd.com.
About Zywave
Zywave leads the insurtech industry, fueling business growth for its partners with cloud-based sales management, client delivery, content and analytics solutions. Zywave's all-in-one platform provides customizable, user-friendly options that enable insurance professionals to build a unique solution to fit their specific growth goals—their own Modern RevOps Machine. More than 15,000 carriers, agencies and brokerages worldwide—including all of the top 100 U.S. insurance brokerages—use Zywave solutions to enhance client services, achieve business growth and promote greater health, wellness, risk management and safety. Additional information can be found at www.zywave.com.
Contact: Megan O'Shea
megan.oshea@zywave.com
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Lake Powell officials take unprecedented, emergency steps to delay water releases as level plummets
By René Marsh and Rachel Ramirez, CNN
The federal government announced Tuesday it is taking unprecedented, emergency steps to help boost water levels at Lake Powell.
The measures are intended to buy the surrounding communities more time to plan for the very real possibility the reservoir, the country’s second-largest, will soon run out of water and the ability to produce hydropower amid the West’s climate change-driven megadrought.
The first step is releasing more water from upstream on the Colorado River this year. The second is water will be held back in Lake Powell itself, instead of being sent to downstream states.
The US Bureau of Reclamation expects the dual actions will boost Lake Powell by nearly 1 million acre-feet of water. The reservoir contained about 5.8 million acre-feet of water as of Tuesday, according to the bureau, though its full capacity is around 25 million acre-feet.
Without the emergency steps, the bureau estimated there was about a 25% chance the Glen Canyon Dam could have stopped producing hydropower by January. The dam generates power for as many as 5.8 million homes and businesses in seven states.
The agency said in a statement Tuesday’s decision was intended to protect “hydropower generation, the facility’s key infrastructure, and the water supply for the city of Page, Arizona, and the LeChee Chapter of the Navajo Nation.”
The emergency actions will buy the federal government 12 months as it considers longer-term measures.
“We have never taken this step before, but the potential risk on the horizon demands prompt action,” Assistant Secretary of Water and Science, Tanya Trujillo told reporters. “We need to work together to stabilize the reservoir before we face a larger crisis.”
Lake Powell has dropped around 100 feet in the last three years as the West has been besieged by drought. As the water level has fallen, Glen Canyon Dam has lost about 16% of its capacity to generate power.
Bryan Hill, general manager of the public power utility in Page, Arizona, likened the situation to judgment day.
“We’re knocking on the door of judgment day,” Hill previously told CNN. “Judgment day being when we don’t have any water to give anybody.”
The decisions made for Lake Powell also affect its downstream neighbor, Lake Mead, which is the largest reservoir in the country.
Water cuts for those who rely on Lake Mead began in January, and Tuesday’s decision could lead to further restrictions.
Lake Mead’s water level is now low enough to expose one of the reservoir’s original, 1971 water intake valves for the first time. The valve can no longer draw water, according to the Southern Nevada Water Authority, the agency responsible for managing water resources for 2.2 million people in southern Nevada, including Las Vegas.
Officials over the weekend made another disturbing discovery brought on by Lake Mead’s plummeting water level: a body in a barrel police say is a likely homicide victim from the 1980s.
“The lake has drained dramatically over the last 15 years,” said Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Homicide Lieutenant Ray Spencer. “It’s likely that we will find additional bodies that have been dumped in Lake Mead” as the water level drops more.
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(The Hill) – Major flooding in Eastern Kentucky in recent days has led to at least 35 deaths as of Monday, as well as widespread damage to homes and businesses.
Severe weather is continuing to hit the region, but the tragedy is already raising questions about how residents nationwide can prepare for future flooding, and namely, if they should buy flood insurance.
Most homeowners insurance policies do not cover flooding.
Congress in 1968 established the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), a system managed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) that enables property owners and renters to purchase flood insurance for their communities in exchange for their communities adopting regulations that reduce potential flood damage.
Americans with homes or businesses in high-risk flood areas with government-backed mortgages are required to have flood insurance, but the program is available to more than 22,500 communities across the country that have various flood-risk levels.
FEMA suggests all residents consider buying flood insurance no matter where they live or how significant the risks may seem.
“Flooding can happen anywhere at any time,” FEMA’s flood preparation website says. “Poor drainage systems, summer storms, melting snow, neighborhood construction and broken water mains can all result in flooding.”
FEMA says more than 40 percent of filed NFIP claims between 2014 to 2018 were from regions outside of high-risk flood areas. The program has received a total of 2.5 million claims since its inception.
The program is conducted in partnership with more than 50 insurance companies to offer the same rates and coverage, and premiums are determined based on a methodology that includes the value of one’s home and the property’s flood risk.
Policies under NFIP also include standard coverage limits.
The limits include a maximum $250,000 benefit for repairing a single-family homeowner’s building or a $100,000 maximum benefit for damaged contents for renters and homeowners. Businesses’ buildings and contents are each protected at a maximum benefit of $500,000.
NFIP today protects more than 5 million policyholders’ combined $1.3 trillion in assets, according to FEMA.
In major flooding situations, presidents can issue a disaster declaration to make available aid to supplement recovery efforts. President Biden did so for areas of Kentucky on Friday and on Saturday added individual assistance.
FEMA says the aid comes in two forms: loans that require repayment or a FEMA disaster grant that includes an average $5,000 per household, which is far less than the average flood insurance claim. The agency still suggests NFIP flood insurance for the best protection.
“Disaster assistance from FEMA and the U.S. Small Business Administration is designed to kick-start recovery, but is not enough restore your home to its pre-disaster condition or to replace your treasured household items,” FEMA says.
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JOHANNESBURG, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
Earnings Performance
Sasol delivered a strong set of financial results against the backdrop of increased volatility resulting from ongoing geopolitical tensions, extended COVID-19 lockdowns and global supply chain disruptions. We benefitted from higher energy and chemicals prices, as well as strong cost and capital discipline through the delivery of our Sasol 2.0 transformation programme. This was offset by lower volume performance mainly due to the operational challenges experienced in the first half of the financial year. We have seen improved performance on the back of more stable operations in the second half of the financial year
Earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) of R61,4 billion increased by more than 100% compared to the prior year, driven by higher crude oil prices, refining margins and chemical prices. This also resulted in a strong gross margin improvement compared to the prior year.
Dividend
A final gross cash dividend of South African 1 470 cents per share (30 June 2021 – nil cents per ordinary share) has been declared for the year ended 30 June 2022. The cash dividend is payable on the ordinary shares and the Sasol BEE ordinary shares. The Board is satisfied that the liquidity and solvency of the company, as well as capital adequacy remaining after payment of the dividend, are sufficient to support the current operations for the ensuing year. The dividend has been declared out of retained earnings (income reserves). The South African dividend withholding tax rate is 20%. At the declaration date, there are 629 367 128 ordinary and 6 331 347 Sasol BEE ordinary shares in issue. The net dividend amount payable to shareholders who are not exempt from dividend withholding tax, is 1 176 cents per share, while the dividend amount payable to shareholders who are exempt from dividend withholding tax is 1 470 cents per share.
The salient dates for holders of ordinary shares and Sasol BEE ordinary shares are:
The salient dates for holders of our American Depository Receipts1 are:
On Monday, 12 September 2022, dividends due to certificated shareholders on the South African registry will be electronically transferred to shareholders' bank accounts, unless a shareholder has specifically requested in writing for such payment to be made by cheque, in which case that shareholder shall bear the risk of such payment by cheque. Shareholders who hold dematerialised shares will have their accounts held by their CSDP or broker credited on Monday, 12 September 2022. Share certificates may not be dematerialised or rematerialised between 7 September 2022 and 9 September 2022, both days inclusive.
The Company's tax number is 9520018608.
Short-form statement
This announcement is the responsibility of the directors. The information in this short-form announcement, including the financial information on which the outlook is based, has not been audited and reported on by Sasol Limited's external auditors. The audited financial results have been audited by the group's auditors, PwC who expressed an unmodified opinion thereon.
Financial figures in this announcement have been correctly extracted from the audited financial results. This announcement does not include the information required pursuant to paragraph 16A(j) of IAS 34 'Interim Financial Reporting'. It is only a summary of the information contained in the full announcement and does not contain full or complete details. Any investment decision should also take into consideration the information contained in the full announcement, published on SENS on 23 August 2022, via the JSE link. The full announcement and the 2022 audited financial results, which includes the auditor's report (including key audit matters), is available on the Company's website at: https://www.sasol.com/investor-centre/financial-results.
Sasol Limited's Annual Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2022 (the Annual Financial Statements) have also been published on the Company's website at: https://www.sasol.com/investor-centre/financial-results.
Copies of the full announcement and the Annual Financial Statements may also be requested from the Investor Relations office, investor.relations@sasol.com.
The JSE link is as follows: https://senspdf.jse.co.za/documents/2022/JSE/ISSE/SOL/FY22Result.pdf
The President and Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer will share the results on Tuesday, 23 August 2022 at 09:00 (SA time) followed by a conference call.
Please connect to the call via the webcast link: https://www.corpcam.com/Sasol23082022
Or via teleconference: https://services.choruscall.za.com/DiamondPassRegistration/register?confirmationNumber=3629805&linkSecurityString=7a93dfa35
For further information, please contact:
Sasol Investor Relations,
Tiffany Sydow, Investor Relations Officer
Telephone: +27 (0) 71 673 1929
investor.relations@sasol.com
Disclaimer - Forward-looking statements
Sasol may, in this document, make certain statements that are not historical facts and relate to analyses and other information which are based on forecasts of future results and estimates of amounts not yet determinable. These statements may also relate to our future prospects, expectations, developments, and business strategies. Examples of such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, and measures taken in response, on Sasol's business, results of operations, markets, employees, financial condition and liquidity; the effectiveness of any actions taken by Sasol to address or limit any impact of COVID-19 on its business; the capital cost of our projects and the timing of project milestones; our ability to obtain financing to meet the funding requirements of our capital investment programme, as well as to fund our ongoing business activities and to pay dividends; statements regarding our future results of operations and financial condition, and regarding future economic performance including cost containment, cash conservation programmes and business optimisation initiatives; recent and proposed accounting pronouncements and their impact on our future results of operations and financial condition; our business strategy, performance outlook, plans, objectives or goals; statements regarding future competition, volume growth and changes in market share in the industries and markets for our products; our existing or anticipated investments, acquisitions of new businesses or the disposal of existing businesses, including estimates or projection of internal rates of return and future profitability; our estimated oil, gas and coal reserves; the probable future outcome of litigation, legislative, regulatory and fiscal developments, including statements regarding our ability to comply with future laws and regulations; future fluctuations in refining margins and crude oil, natural gas and petroleum and chemical product prices; the demand, pricing and cyclicality of oil, gas and petrochemical product prices; changes in the fuel and gas pricing mechanisms in South Africa and their effects on prices, our operating results and profitability; statements regarding future fluctuations in exchange and interest rates and changes in credit ratings; total shareholder return; our current or future products and anticipated customer demand for these products; assumptions relating to macroeconomics; climate change impacts and our climate change strategies, our development of sustainability within our Energy and Chemicals Businesses, our energy efficiency improvement, carbon and GHG emission reduction targets, our net zero carbon emissions ambition and future low-carbon initiatives, including relating to green hydrogen and sustainable aviation fuel; our estimated carbon tax liability; cyber security; and statements of assumptions underlying such statements. Words such as "believe", "anticipate", "expect", "intend", "seek", "will", "plan", "could", "may", "endeavour", "target", "forecast" and "project" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements but are not the exclusive means of identifying such statements. By their very nature, forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties, both general and specific, and there are risks that the predictions, forecasts, projections, and other forward-looking statements will not be achieved. If one or more of these risks materialise, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, our actual results may differ materially from those anticipated. You should understand that a number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from the plans, objectives, expectations, estimates and intentions expressed in such forward-looking statements. These factors and others are discussed more fully in our most recent annual report on Form 20-F filed on 22 September 2021 and in other filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. The list of factors discussed therein is not exhaustive; when relying on forward-looking statements to make investment decisions, you should carefully consider foregoing factors and other uncertainties and events, and you should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements apply only as of the date on which they are made, and we do not undertake any obligation to update or revise any of them, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Please note: One billion is defined as one thousand million, bbl – barrel, bscf – billion standard cubic feet, mmscf – million standard cubic feet, oil references brent crude, mmboe – million barrels oil equivalent. All references to years refer to the financial year ended 30 June. Any reference to a calendar year is prefaced by the word "calendar".
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Now Available Nationwide, Leading Ready to Drink Cocktail Brand Partners With Joe Jonas to Bring His Secret Sangria Recipes to Market In An Easy to Enjoy Format
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ohza, one of the fastest-growing ready-to-drink cocktail companies in the industry, is pleased to announce that globally renowned musician and actor, Joe Jonas, has joined the brand as an investor, and partnered to launch his own product line, Fizzy Sangria. Available across the country in retail and online via drinkohza.com, Fizzy Sangria is the original canned mimosa™ company's first product line extension. Joe's Fizzy Sangria, made with 100% real juice and sparkling wine, is offered in two flavors: Red and White, both with an SRP of $9.99 per 4-pack via 12oz standard cans.
Joe is pleased to have made a personal investment into Ohza, formalizing his involvement with the company and is excited to lead various marketing elements of Fizzy Sangria, alongside Ohza's team, supporting the brand across the country.
The launch of Fizzy Sangria marks the arrival of the first sparkling and 'better-for-you' pre-mixed sangrias on the market. Crafted with premium sparkling wine and real juice, Fizzy Sangria is up to 60% fewer calories and 80% less sugar than a typical sangria made at home or by your local bartender, yet packed full, authentic flavor.
"A long-time in the making, I am so pumped to bring Fizzy Sangria to life alongside the team at Ohza. Sangria is my favorite beverage and I've been perfecting my recipes for years serving to friends & family poolside and at any gatherings. Not only is my Sangria delicious, but it's also great to serve for any occasion. As one of the most consumed cocktails across the country and around the world, I couldn't be happier to introduce Fizzy Sangria. I look forward to having a lot of fun supporting and building the brand," says Jonas.
Ohza was launched in 2019 by drinks entrepreneur Ryan Ayotte as the 'original canned mimosa™' and has since become one of the leading RTD canned cocktail brands on the market today. Ohza's founding stems from Ayotte and friends attempting to enjoy mimosas on a boat, but were running into trouble with the rocky waters. Enter the canned mimosa, Ohza, which offers a portfolio of different mimosas, bellinis and now, sangria. Fizzy Sangria and the alignment with Joe marks an exciting new chapter for the convenient cocktail company and continues the promise of delivering award-winning taste to celebrate any occasion.
"Simply put, this is a match made in heaven. Joe's personality and aesthetic are a direct match with the Ohza vibe. After we first connected, I instantly knew this would be a perfect partnership. The addition of Fizzy Sangria to Ohza's existing core offerings is perfect, as there's clear whitespace and it's a natural extension of what we already offer. We couldn't be prouder to have Joe join our company," says Ryan Ayotte, founder, of Ohza and Chairman of Simple Skiff Beverages Inc.
Fizzy Sangria will launch nationwide in bars, restaurants and a variety of national grocery chains and independent beverage stores via Ohza's distribution agreements with Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits, Breakthru Beverage, Columbia Distributing, and other fine independent distributors. Fizzy Sangria will also be available to ship direct-to-consumer nationwide via drinkohza.com.
For additional information on Fizzy Sangria and to find it near you, please visit drinkohza.com and be sure to follow @drinkOhza and @JoeJonas for updates.
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Pent-up demand to account for revenue gains from both business and leisure travelers
CLEVELAND, Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- US travel service industry revenues are forecast to increase 5.6% per year in nominal dollars through 2026, according to Travel Services: United States, a report recently released by Freedonia Focus Reports. Travel service providers will benefit from the release of pent-up demand among leisure travelers following travel delays and cancellations amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Further gains will be supported by rising disposable personal income (DPI) levels both in the US and abroad. Recovering demand from business travelers – supported by the expanding number of companies operating over geographically dispersed areas (a function of ongoing economy-wide consolidation) – will further support gains. However, the widespread adoption of teleconferencing will prevent further gains, as business travel is reduced or eliminated for many companies. Even so, the increasing ease with which travelers can book transport or accommodations directly with the providers of such services and through alternative services will restrain faster advances. Further, inflation may stymie gains over the forecast period, particularly in the short term, as rising fuel costs drive increases in travel costs. However, consumers are likely to be willing to bear the cost increases after years of social distancing amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
In 2022, US travel service industry revenues are expected to see 11% growth from 2021 levels. Gains will stem from the relaxation of COVID-19 restrictions, such as the April 2022 lifting of the mask mandate on public transportation. Revenue growth will be tempered by increasing prices for consumers, amid inflation and rising fuel costs. Nevertheless, consumers are less likely to be deterred by such cost increases than in a typical year – an effect of "cabin fever" experienced by many following a lack of travel during the pandemic.
These and other key insights are featured in Travel Services: United States. This report forecasts to 2022 and 2026 US travel services revenue in nominal US dollars. Total revenues are segmented by service in terms of:
- commission
- tours
- trip planning
- other travel services such as insurance, travel documents, and currency exchange
- other sources such as advertising and sales of goods
Total commission revenues are further segmented by source as follows:
- lodging
- event tickets
- airline seats
- cruises
- other commission such as fees from the booking of guided tours, miscellaneous forms of transport, and reservation system rentals to third parties
Total revenues are also segmented by market as follows:
- leisure
- business
To illustrate historical trends, total revenue and the various segments are provided in annual series from 2011 to 2021.
For the purpose of this report, commissions refer to remittances made by other travel companies (e.g., airlines, hotels, tour operators), such as those made for the referral of customers. Fees paid directly to the travel service provider by the customer for arranging services (e.g., accommodations, entertainment, transport) are included in trip planning revenue. US travel service revenues include income from all domestic establishments primarily engaged in providing travel services. The revenues of both employer and nonemployer firms are included.
More information about the report is available at:
https://www.freedoniafocusreports.com/Travel-Services-United-States-FF95038/?progid=91541
About Freedonia Focus Reports
Each month, The Freedonia Group – a division of MarketResearch.com – publishes over 20 new or updated Freedonia Focus Reports, providing fresh, unbiased analysis on a wide variety of markets and industries. Published in 20-30 pages, Focus Report coverage ranges from raw materials to finished manufactured goods and related services such as freight and construction. Additional Services & Industries reports can be purchased at Freedonia Focus Reports or MarketResearch.com.
Analysis is intended to guide the busy reader through pertinent topics in rapid succession, including:
- total historical market size and industry output
- segmentation by products and markets
- identification of market drivers, constraints, and key indicators
- segment-by-segment outlook in five-year forecasts
- a survey of the supply base
- suggested resources for further study
Press Contact:
Corinne Gangloff
+1 440.842.2400
cgangloff@freedoniagroup.com
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SAN FRANCISCO, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- LendingClub Corporation (NYSE: LC), the parent company of LendingClub Bank, America's leading digital marketplace bank, announced that it will report earnings for the second quarter 2022 on Wednesday, July 27, 2022, after-market hours.
LendingClub will host a conference call to discuss the second quarter 2022 financial results at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time (5:00 p.m. Eastern Time) on the same day.
In addition to questions asked live by analysts during the call, the company will also accept for consideration questions submitted via email prior to 12:00 p.m. Pacific Time (3:00 p.m. Eastern Time) on Tuesday, July 26, 2022. Please email questions to ir@lendingclub.com.
A live webcast of the call will be available at http://ir.lendingclub.com under the Filings & Financials menu in Quarterly Results. To access the call please dial + 1 (844) 200-6205 or outside the U.S. +1 (929) 526-1599 with Access Code 696569 ten minutes prior to 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time (or 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time).
An audio archive of the call will be available at http://ir.lendingclub.com. An audio replay will also be available 1 hour after the end of the call until August 3, 2022 by calling +1 (866) 813-9403 or outside the U.S. + 44 (204) 525-0658 with Access Code 945301.
LendingClub Corporation (NYSE: LC) is the parent company of LendingClub Bank, National Association, Member FDIC. LendingClub Bank is the leading digital marketplace bank in the U.S., where members can access a broad range of financial products and services designed to help them pay less when borrowing and earn more when saving. Based on more than 150 billion cells of data and over $70 billion in loans, our advanced credit decisioning and machine-learning models are used across the customer lifecycle to expand seamless access to credit for our members, while generating compelling risk-adjusted returns for our loan investors. Since 2007, more than 4 million members have joined the Club to help reach their financial goals. For more information about LendingClub, visit https://www.lendingclub.com.
CONTACT:
For Investors: IR@lendingclub.com
Media Contact: Press@lendingclub.com
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HAMILTON, Bermuda, Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Seadrill Limited ("Seadrill" or "the Company") (XOAS: SDRL) announces that its Q2 2022 earnings will be published post market close on Wednesday August 31, 2022.
Seadrill's executive management team will host a virtual presentation the following day (Thursday September 01, 2022) at 9:00am EST / 2:00pm BST / 3:00pm CET. Subsequent to the presentation, a Q&A session will be held exclusively for sell-side and industry analysts.
To tune into the live presentation, you may do so using the provided conference call and webcast details listed below. Please note that participation in the Q&A session will only be available to analysts dialled into the meeting via conference call. If dialling into the presentation via conference call, you will be able to download the presentation materials via the Company's website: www.seadrill.com.
Conference call
To listen to the presentation via conference call, please join the call on the day by dialling one of the international telephone numbers listed below and using the corresponding pin: 612586
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Seadrill is a leading offshore drilling contractor utilizing advanced technology to unlock oil and gas resources for clients across harsh and benign locations around the globe. Seadrill's high-quality, technologically-advanced fleet spans all asset classes allowing its experienced crews to conduct operations from shallow to ultra-deep-water environments. The Company owns and/or operates 30 rigs, which includes drillships, semi-submersibles, and jack-ups.
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Parra says he is retiring as player, becoming Nats assistant
WASHINGTON (AP) — Gerardo Parra says he is retiring from baseball after 12 seasons in the major leagues and will become a special assistant to Washington Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo. The 35-year-old outfielder says on Instgram “it’s time for me to step aside to take on new professional and personal challenges.” Parra said his new role with the Nationals “is undoubtedly a dream job to start a new chapter.” Parra became a fan favorite as he helped Washington win the 2019 World Series, making “Baby Shark” his walkup song. He hit .237 with 90 homers and 532 RBIs | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/05/16/parra-says-he-is-retiring-as-player-becoming-nats-assistant/ | 2022-05-17T01:52:32Z |
CHELMSFORD, Mass., July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Azenta, Inc. (Nasdaq: AZTA) today announced that it has closed its previously announced acquisition of Barkey Holding GmbH and its subsidiaries ("Barkey"), a leading provider of controlled rate thawing devices for customers in the medical, biotech and pharmaceutical industries.
Barkey, headquartered in Leopoldshöhe, Germany, has over four decades of expertise in the automated thawing of plasma, blood and stem cells and has an established footprint in the large and growing cell and gene therapy market serving over 100 customers to date. The acquisition extends Azenta's cold chain capabilities and enhances Azenta's reach with customers across all phases of development, discovery and commercialization.
Some statements in this release are forward-looking statements made under Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These statements are neither promises nor guarantees but involve risks and uncertainties, both known and unknown, that could cause Azenta's financial and business results to differ materially from our expectations. They are based on the facts known to management at the time they are made. These forward-looking statements include but are not limited to statements about the expected benefits of the acquisition of Barkey. Factors that could cause results to differ from our expectations include the following: our ability to integrate Barkey's business, and other factors and other risks, including those that we have described in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including but not limited to our Annual Report on Form 10-K, current reports on Form 8-K and our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. As a result, we can provide no assurance that our future results will not be materially different from those projected. Azenta expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any such statement to reflect any change in our expectations or any change in events, conditions, or circumstances on which any such statement is based. Azenta undertakes no obligation to update the information contained in this press release.
Azenta, Inc. (Nasdaq: AZTA) is a leading provider of life sciences solutions worldwide, enabling impactful breakthroughs and therapies to market faster. Azenta provides a full suite of reliable cold-chain sample management solutions and genomic services across areas such as drug development, clinical research and advanced cell therapies for the industry's top pharmaceutical, biotech, academic and healthcare institutions globally. As of December 1st, the company changed its name and ticker to Azenta, Inc. (Nasdaq: AZTA) from Brooks Automation, Inc, (Nasdaq: BRKS).
Azenta is headquartered in Chelmsford, MA, with operations in North America, Europe and Asia. For more information, please visit www.azenta.com.
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Older people fret less about aging in place: AP-NORC Poll
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The older you are, the less you fret about aging in place.
That’s a key insight from a new Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs poll, which found that U.S. adults ages 65 and older feel much better prepared to age in their own homes than those 50-64, who are mostly still in the final stretches of their working years.
The poll also documented greater insecurity around aging in place for older Black and Latino Americans, the likely result of a deep-rooted wealth gap that markedly favors whites.
Aging in one’s own home, or with family or a close friend, is a widely held aspiration, with 88% of adults 50 and older saying it’s their goal in an earlier AP-NORC poll.
The outlook among those 65 and older is upbeat, with nearly 8 in 10 saying they’re extremely or very prepared to stay in their current home as long as possible.
But doubts creep in for those ages 50-64. Among that group, the majority who rate themselves as extremely or very prepared shrinks to about 6 in 10, according to the poll.
This relatively younger group is especially likely to say their financial situation is the main reason they don’t feel very prepared to age in place. And they’re also more likely to feel anxious about being able to stay in their communities, get care from medical providers and receive backup from family members or close friends, the poll found.
Part of it may be due to fear of the unknown among people who’ve relied on a paycheck all their lives.
“When you’ve never done it before, and you are only going to do it once, you’re sort of flying by the seat of your pants,” said Leigh Gerstenberger, in his late 60s and retired from a career in financial services. “I spent a lot of time talking to people ahead of me in the journey,” says the Pittsburgh-area resident.
Also, people approaching their 60s may question if Social Security and Medicare will truly be there for them. Stacy Wiggins, an addiction medicine nurse who lives near Detroit, figures she’ll probably work at least another 10 years into her late 60s — and maybe part-time after that. Older friends are already collecting Social Security.
“In my group, you wonder if it’s going to be available,” Wiggins said of government programs that support older people. “Maybe it’s not. You will find people who are less apt to have a traditional pension. Those are things that leave you with a lot of trepidation toward the future.”
Some people now in their 50s and early 60s may still be dealing with the overhang of the 2007-09 recession, when unemployment peaked at 10% and foreclosures soared, said Sarah Szanton, dean of the Johns Hopkins University nursing school. For an aging society, the U.S. does relatively little to prepare older adults to navigate the transition to retirement, she observed.
“As Americans, we’ve always idolized youth and we’re notoriously underprepared for thinking about aging,” Szanton said. “It often comes as a surprise to people.” Her involvement with aging-in-place issues started early in her career, when she made house calls to older people.
In the poll, people 50 and older reported that their communities do an uneven job of meeting basic needs. While access to health care, healthy food and high-speed internet were generally rated highly, only 36% said their community does a good job providing affordable housing. Just 44% were satisfied with access to transportation and to services that support older people in their homes.
Kym Harrelson-Pattishall is hoping that as more people retire to her coastal North Carolina community, health care facilities and other services will follow. As it stands now, a major medical issue can involve a car trip of up to an hour to the hospital.
A real estate agent in her early 50s, Pattishall shares the goal of aging at home, but her confidence level is not very high. “I think it would just eat away what savings I have,” she said.
It’s all about adjusting, says another small-town resident, about 20 years older than Pattishall. Shirley Hayden lives in Texas, near the Louisiana border and on the track of hurricanes from the Gulf of Mexico. She says she has no investments and only modest savings, but she rates herself as very prepared to continue aging in place.
“You have to learn to live within your means,” Hayden said. “I don’t charge things I can’t afford to pay for.
“My biggest thing I have to work around as far as expenses is insurance,” she added. “I don’t really need any new clothes. In Texas, you live in jeans and T-shirts and they don’t go out of style. Yeah, your shoes wear out, but how often do you buy a pair of shoes?”
Not so easy to work around is the well-documented racial wealth gap that constrains older Black people in particular. A Federal Reserve report notes that on average Black and Latino households own 15% to 20% as much net wealth as white households.
In the poll, 67% of Black Americans and 59% of Latino Americans ages 50 and older said they felt extremely or very prepared to stay in their homes as long as possible, compared with the 73% share of white Americans saying they feel confident.
Wiggins, the Detroit area nurse, is Black and says it’s a pattern she’s familiar with. “Part of it is generational wealth,” she said. “I have friends who are white, whose dad died and left them settled. I have friends who are Black whose parents died, and they left enough to bury them, but nothing substantial.”
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AP Director of Public Opinion Research Emily Swanson and Polling Reporter Hannah Fingerhut contributed to this report.
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The AP-NORC poll of 1,762 adults age 50 and older was conducted between February 24 – March 1 with funding from The SCAN Foundation. It used a sample drawn from NORC’s probability-based Foresight 50+ Panel of adults age 50 and older, which is designed to represent the U.S. population. The margin of sampling error for all respondents is plus or minus 3.4 percentage points. | https://localnews8.com/news/ap-national-business/2022/04/26/older-people-fret-less-about-aging-in-place-ap-norc-poll/ | 2022-04-27T05:38:49Z |
Informed by student and market demand, a first-of-its-kind, competitively priced, fully online degree program is now accepting applications
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and COLLEGE PARK, Md., May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- edX, a leading global online learning platform from 2U (Nasdaq: TWOU), and the University of Maryland's A. James Clark School of Engineering – ranked twelfth in the country in online engineering programs – today announced the launch of a new Master of Professional Studies (MPS) in Product Management. This new degree from UMD, launched in partnership with edX, is one of the first fully-online product management graduate degrees available from an accredited non-profit college or university, and is offered at approximately $25,000.
Product management – named a top 10 'Best Job in America for 2022' by Glassdoor – is a growing in-demand profession, with 24 percent annual growth in job openings and high earning potential. Following the success of its Product Management Professional Certificate program on edX, which has enrolled over 60,000 learners since it started in May 2020, UMD decided to develop and launch this competitively priced degree program with edX.
"The data was clear: with a lack of graduate degree offerings, many current and former UMD students are taking an apprenticeship approach to a career in product management. They major in marketing, business, or engineering, and kick off their careers from there," said James V. Green, Director of the MPS in Product Management at the University of Maryland. "That, coupled with the unexpectedly high interest we saw from learners in our Professional Certificate program on edX, made it clear that we can and should be serving many adult learners and companies that are demanding skills and training in this important business area."
The online MPS in Product Management from UMD will combine a fully online learning experience with award-winning faculty and connections with the UMD community. Flexibly designed for working professionals, with no face-to-face requirements, the program offers high-quality, interactive collaboration with classmates worldwide.
"I'm delighted to expand our partnership with the University of Maryland with this degree program, informed by the success of their Product Management Professional Certificate program on edX," said Anant Agarwal, edX Founder and 2U Chief Open Education Officer. "Not only was the development of the degree program truly market-led, it is also being delivered at a price point that will make the in-demand product management career path more accessible for students worldwide."
The A. James Clark School of Engineering will offer the MPS in Product Management starting in August 2022. The program is now accepting applications, with a deadline of July 29, 2022.
You can learn more at: https://www.edx.org/masters/online-masters-in-product-management-umd.
About edX
edX is the education movement for restless learners and a leading global online learning platform from 2U, Inc. (Nasdaq: TWOU). Together with the majority of the world's top-ranked universities and industry-leading companies, we bring our community of over 44 million learners world-class education to support them at every stage of their lives and careers, from free courses to full degrees. And we're not stopping there — we're relentlessly pursuing our vision of a world where every learner can access education to unlock their potential, without the barriers of cost or location. Learn more at edX.org.
About University of Maryland
The University of Maryland, College Park is the state's flagship university and one of the nation's preeminent public research universities. A global leader in research, entrepreneurship and innovation, the university is home to more than 40,000 students, 10,000 faculty and staff, and 300 academic programs. As one of the nation's top producers of Fulbright scholars, its faculty includes two Nobel laureates, six Pulitzer Prize winners and 58 members of the national academies. The institution has a $2.3 billion operating budget and secures more than $1.3 billion annually in research funding together with the University of Maryland, Baltimore. For more information about the University of Maryland, College Park, visit www.umd.edu.
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Thousands of California grocery workers ratify new contract
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Thousands of California grocery store workers have approved a new contract with major supermarket chains, avoiding a potential strike. The union said Thursday members in the central and southern areas of California ratified a tentative deal that was reached last week. It grants some 47,000 employees at 540 stores higher wages, stronger health benefits and other benefits. Workers had voted to authorize a strike if a new contract wasn’t reached. A strike and lockout in 2003 and 2004 put nearly 70,000 Southern California grocery workers on picket lines for more than four months. | https://localnews8.com/news/ap-national-business/2022/04/15/thousands-of-california-grocery-workers-ratify-new-contract/ | 2022-04-15T17:39:25Z |
ST. LOUIS (AP) — It was a Jordan Binnington type of game.
The St. Louis Blues goalie has earned a reputation as a clutch performer when the team has a chance to close out a playoff series. And he proved it again Thursday night.
Binnington made 25 saves and the Blues beat the Minnesota Wild 5-1 in Game 6 to advance to the second round of the Western Conference playoffs. The St. Louis goalie improved to 5-1 in potential series-clinching games.
“It’s just his demeanor, you know, he loves this kind of stuff,” Blues coach Craig Berube said.
Ryan O’Reilly, Tyler Bozak and Vladimir Tarasenko scored in a dominant second period during which the Blues outshot the Wild 22-5 and took control of the game.
Nick Leddy also scored, Colton Parayko added an empty-netter and David Perron had two assists as St. Louis won its first series since defeating the Boston Bruins in the Stanley Cup Final in 2019.
“It was a tough, tough battle,” Bozak said. “That’s a very good team over there. It’s kind of a shame we played in the first round of the playoffs. It was two of the top teams in the West and they deserve a lot of credit for the season they had.”
The Blues will travel to Colorado to face the Avalanche in Game 1 of the second round. The dates and times for the series had not yet been announced.
Matt Dumba scored in the third period for the Wild, who hit three posts in the game, including two in the third.
After losing Games 4 and 5 and facing a must-win, Wild coach Dean Evason started Cam Talbot over Marc-Andre Fleury in goal. Talbot, who finished the regular season on a 13-0-3 run, made 22 saves.
“This is one of the most special groups I’ve been a part of,” Talbot said. “We’re really building something here. So, as much as this hurts right now, I’m proud of the guys, proud of the way we battled all season long.”
Leddy gave the Blues a 1-0 lead with 5:01 left in the first period. It was the first goal by a Blues defenseman in the series.
“There are a lot of emotions coming home and the building was electric and, yeah, everybody was kind of caught watching a bit and obviously Binner did an amazing job of shutting the door there early and then Ledds makes a great play and a great goal,” O’Reilly said. “That just kind of helped us kind of settle down and start you know, building our game.”
Binnington helped the Blues overcome a shaky start in the first by erasing several quality Wild chances coming off turnovers. He also got help from his post on Marcus Foligno’s shot.
“We had a good first period and kind of weathered the storm,” Binnington said. “They came out hard and they were playing desperate and I think we matched that and then we came out in the second period and played really hard.”
O’Reilly’s power-play goal gave the Blues a 2-0 lead midway through the second period. Brayden Schenn set up the one-timer from the slot with a perfect pass from behind the net.
Bozak cleaned up a rebound off Alexei Toropchenko’s shot to extend St. Louis’ advantage later in the second. Toropchenko created the chance by getting around Mats Zuccarello while driving to the net.
“Just follow the big boy to the net,” Bozak said. “He made a great play, a nice move, and I was lucky enough to be in the right spot at the right time and have an open net there.”
Tarasenko’s power-play goal with 1:24 left in the second made it 4-0. It was his fourth goal in the last two games.
“We’ve been able to handle adversity, we’ve been a bounce-back group and we got to this spot tonight and we didn’t handle it very well,” Evason said. “You know, why? We’re gonna have to sit down and evaluate individually and collectively.”
MOVING UP
Tarasenko passed Doug Gilmour for the fourth-most postseason points in Blues franchise history with his hat trick in Game 5. Tarasenko (57 points) is one point shy of tying Al MacInnis for third.
FACE IN THE CROWD
St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright attended the game and participated in the pregame hype by beating on a large drum and leading the crowd in a “Let’s Go Blues” chant. Fellow Cardinals Steven Matz, Paul Goldschmidt, Harrison Bader and Giovanny Gallegos and manager Oliver Marmol also attended the game.
NOTES: The Blues had at least one power-play goal in each game. They went 8 for 26 in the series.
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The Newly Reimagined Hotel Honored in First-Ever Hotel Transformation Category
NEW YORK, May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Highgate, a leading hotel management, investment, technology, and development company, is pleased to announce the award-winning transformation of the Park Lane New York. A cornerstone of the company's Lifestyle & Luxury portfolio, the iconic property has been recognized as the winner of the Hotel Transformation category in the 2022 NYCxDESIGN Awards by Interior Design Magazine. Following a monumental renovation led by global design agency Yabu Pushelberg, the Highgate-managed property has the distinct honor of serving as the inaugural winner of this category, which debuted in this year's awards.
Park Lane, located along Billionaire's Row on Central Park South, unveiled its fresh interiors in December 2021, reawakening the spirit of the landmark hotel. Including 610 guest rooms and suites, three unique dining venues concepted by The Sartiano Group (Rose Lane, an 80-seat lobby bar with an outdoor promenade; Harry's New York Bar, an intimate restaurant on the hotel's second floor; and Darling, Central Park South's only rooftop lounge atop the hotel) and countless meeting and events venues, the reinvigorated hotel was mindfully restored to create an entirely new experience for guests to enjoy, while paying homage to the time honored architectural details of the legacy building.
Yabu Pushelberg's whimsical style comes alive within the walls of the new Park Lane with subtle nods to some of Manhattan's defining features throughout, including scenes of Central Park and its changing seasons, the ubiquitous New York newsstand, Grand Central Station and beloved Bemelmans Bar. Darling, the former luxurious, penthouse residence, now transformed to an exclusive cocktail lounge that brings the eccentric spirit of the hotel to life, was designed by LUCID, Highgate's in-house Design & Construction Studio. Custom murals inspired by the nearby Central Park – curated and created by En Viu – also adorn the walls of the property.
"This recognition by Interior Design Magazine is a tremendous honor," said Arash Azarbarzin, Chief Executive Officer at Highgate. "After an incredibly comprehensive and historic restoration, we are humbled that Park Lane was selected as the leader of the new Hotel Transformation category of the coveted NYCxDESIGN Awards. This milestone achievement speaks to Highgate's commitment to every aspect of the guest experience including innovative design execution."
The NYCxDESIGN Awards honor the immense talent and diversity of New York City designers, makers, and manufacturers by celebrating their most outstanding projects and products. This year marks the seventh anniversary of the awards, which includes more than 70 categories across projects, products, and people. The 2022 winners were selected by a panel of design leaders and reviewed by an interior design editorial panel led by Interior Design Magazine's Editor-in-Chief Cindy Allen.
About Highgate
Highgate is a leading real estate investment and hospitality management company widely recognized as an innovator in the industry. Highgate is the dominant player in major U.S. gateway cities including New York, Boston, Miami, San Francisco and Honolulu, with a growing footprint in Europe, the Caribbean and Latin America. The hospitality forward company provides expert guidance through all stages of the property cycle, from planning and development through recapitalization or disposition. Highgate has a proven record of developing its diverse portfolio of bespoke lifestyle hotel brands, legacy brands, and independent hotels and resorts with contemporary programming and digital acumen. The company utilizes industry-leading revenue management tools that efficiently identify and predict evolving market dynamics to drive outperformance and maximize asset value. With an executive team consisting of some of the most experienced hotel management leaders, the company is a trusted partner for top ownership groups and major hotel brands. Highgate maintains corporate offices in New York, Dallas, London, Miami, Seattle and Waikiki. www.highgate.com.
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$1 Million Social Justice Grant Program is Now Open to both U.S. and Canadian Organizations for 2022 – 2023
SAN DIEGO, June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Electronics Inc. today marked the first anniversary of CREATE ACTION by renewing the initiative for its second year. CREATE ACTION, part of Sony's broader social justice efforts, is a $1 million grant program to support people in underserved communities by celebrating and amplifying the efforts of local, community-based nonprofit organizations. The program is now open for applications from all qualifying organizations in the United States and also Canada (excluding Quebec).
In its first year, CREATE ACTION recognized and rewarded a total of 10 organizations with funding and additional support. Areas of focus included: reading, financial education, STEM education and career development, as well as creative fields like social media/branding, photography, film/television, animation and more.
One such organization was Totem Star, a Seattle-based non-profit focused on helping young music artists build communication and critical thinking skills.
"At Totem Star we've impacted the lives of nearly 5,000 aspiring young recording artists since 2010, and the CREATE ACTION grant has led to exciting developments for our organization and specifically, our young participants," commented Daniel Pak, Totem Star co-founder and executive director. "Sony's support helps us pair youth with impactful mentors providing positive identity development and career-connected learning. In our new recording studio inside Seattle's historic landmark King Street Station, the Sony gear will help our youth thrive as they create the highest version of their music and build a loving community in the process."
CREATE ACTION grant recipients in the first year of the program represented a variety of different communities across the Unities States. Organizations that received the grant recognition include:
- Heart and Soul Design Center | Los Angeles, CA: Provides underserved communities with affordable quality production services and introduces them to the world of innovative digital technology.
- Josephine Herrick Project | New York, NY: Works to amplify underrepresented voices through photography education, art exhibition and visual storytelling.
- New Era Creative Space | Peekskill, NY: Provides hands-on learning experiences that empower young people to think critically, creatively and collaboratively.
- Pockets Change | Brooklyn, NY: Teaches skills to build intergenerational financial resilience with students, families and educators.
- Reading Quest | Santa Fe, NM: Provides tailored tutoring services to help improve students' reading levels and build confidence.
- STEM Greenhouse | Grand Rapids, MI: Increases STEM proficiency among low-income, minority K-12 students.
- The Alliance98 | Chicago, IL: Reduces young adult unemployment with career development and helps youth hone their creative skills through activities like photography, graphic design and digital marketing.
- The Firehouse Dream | Maywood, IL: Provides mentoring in film, photography, social media strategy, and brand identity, along with workshops in financial wellness, resume and narrative writing, within communities that identify as BIPOC.
- Totem Star | Seattle, WA: Helps young artists build communication, collaboration, critical thinking and life skills through their creative pursuits in music production and performance.
- Youth Beat | Oakland, CA: Offers extensive digital media training, youth development, and employment opportunities for inner-city Oakland public school students.
"We all have the power to make a positive impact on our community. It takes dedication and hard work, and we're proud to partner with local nonprofits because of their ability to make a significant, immediate impact on the youth within their community," said Neal Manowitz, President and COO of Sony Electronics Inc. "Our inaugural class of CREATE ACTION partners were chosen because they exemplified core Sony values like integrity, diversity and curiosity. We're excited to expand this program and help support ten new organizations across North America in our second year."
88% of nonprofits, over one million organizations in the U.S., have annual budgets of less than $500,000. Marketing and fundraising are the two most cited challenges for these smaller organizations. Many times, they lack the necessary budget, creative resources or accessibility to larger platforms to help spread their message. In the first year of CREATE ACTION, grant recipients were nonprofit organizations holding 501(c)(3) status within the 50 United States and D.C. (excluding territories) which received no more than $500,000 in annual donations per year for 2019 and 2020, among other qualifications.
Sony will select a total of 10 organizations to receive the CREATE ACTION grants, with one new grant being announced each month from June 2022 through March 2023.
Grant winners receive:
- $50,000 USD cash grant (by check)
- $50,000 USD in Sony Electronics products
Additionally, Sony provides grant winners with:
- A custom short film promoting the organization's mission and efforts, created in collaboration with a team of Sony-affiliated creators
Eligible nonprofit organizations need to be recognized as a 501(c)(3) in the United States (excluding Puerto Rico, territories) or a Canadian (excluding Quebec) registered charity, and with less than $500,000 USD in annual donations for 2020 and 2021 with a plan of action to address or contribute to:
- STEAM Education (Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics)
- Academic Enrichment
- Workforce Development
- Community and Civic Engagement
The program launches with a call-to-action for applications, open now through March 31, 2023 at 11:59:59 p.m. PT. After submission, the application will be within consideration throughout the entirety of the Grant Program Participation Period.
For more information and to apply, visit: http://www.alphauniverse.com/createaction
CREATE ACTION is part of Sony's Global Social Justice Fund, which is a landmark $100 million initiative announced in June 2020 to support social justice and anti-racist initiatives around the world.
NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT NECESSARY. Sony Electronics' 2022-2023 CREATE ACTION Grant Program. Open to legal residents of 50 US / DC (excl PR, terr), Canada (excl Quebec), 18+ (19+ in AL & NE in USA and BC, YU, NU, NWT, NS, NB, NFLD in CAN) at time of entry. 06/01/22-03/31/23. See Official Rules for details at: www.alphauniverse.com/createaction. Void in PR, terr, Quebec, where prohibited. Sponsor Sony Electronics Inc. 16535 Via Esprillo, San Diego CA 92127.
Sony Electronics is a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America and an affiliate of Sony Group Corporation, one of the most comprehensive entertainment companies in the world, with a portfolio that encompasses electronics, music, motion pictures, mobile, gaming, robotics and financial services. Headquartered in San Diego, California, Sony Electronics is a leader in electronics for the consumer and professional markets. Operations include research and development, engineering, sales, marketing, distribution and customer service. Sony Electronics creates products that innovate and inspire generations, such as the award-winning Alpha Interchangeable Lens Cameras and revolutionary high-resolution audio products. Sony is also a leading manufacturer of end-to-end solutions from 4K professional broadcast and A/V equipment to industry leading 4K and 8K Ultra HD TVs. Visit http://www.sony.com/news for more information.
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New sponsorship will fund multidisciplinary teams that aim to remove barriers to cancer clinical trial participation, with a focus on medically underserved communities
LOS ANGELES, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Stand Up To Cancer® (SU2C) announced a sponsorship from the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson aimed at increasing diversity in Phase 1 and Phase 2 cancer clinical trials. A $5 million sponsorship from Janssen will support SU2C's health equity efforts, including funding four groups of researchers that will develop new approaches to remove barriers to clinical trial participation for patients of all racial and ethnic backgrounds, as well as patients in medically underserved communities. The goal of the program is to address cancer disparities by creating a sustainable, scalable, and replicable approach to removing barriers to Phase 1 and Phase 2 cancer clinical trial participation.
As a part of SU2C's Health Equity Initiative, the Diversity in Early Development Clinical Trials Program, funded by Janssen, will encourage collaborations in four regions, as determined by the selected groups of funded researchers. These research teams will collaborate with Federally Qualified Health Centers, clinics and local advocacy organizations serving medically underserved communities within each region. The research teams will meet to share progress and research findings over the course of the grant period to ensure best practices are being incorporated into the program. SU2C will provide dedicated support for community awareness and outreach in support of the grantee teams, as well as additional funding for local community advocacy organizations to support these efforts.
Each grantee team will be unique in bringing together stakeholders that are deeply connected to the impacted communities. The funded research will integrate social and behavioral determinants of health and community engagement with cancer biology, prevention, and treatment to improve cancer health equity. A mentorship component for early career investigators interested in improving cancer clinical trial diversity will also be included in each team's effort.
"As one of the leading funders in cancer research, Stand Up To Cancer believes it is critical to ensure that the lack of diverse representation in cancer clinical trials is addressed," said Russell Chew, president of SU2C. "This is a national imperative that we cannot turn away from. We need fresh ideas that help to innovate and redesign the cancer clinical research enterprise to include communities that have long been left out. We are incredibly grateful to Janssen for their support in these critical efforts."
In the United States, cancer clinical trial participation remains significantly lower for people of diverse race and ethnicity, and people in medically underserved communities. This is despite the fact that substantial disparities exist in screening, diagnosis and mortality rates for most cancers. According to 2020 data from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), 73% of cancer trial participants are white, 14% are Asian, 6% are Hispanic and 5% are Black. Disparities in clinical trial participation mean that many Americans from diverse groups may be less likely to have access to innovative therapies in clinical trials. Importantly, the lack of diverse trial representation makes it very difficult for health care providers to find evidence-based treatments for all patients.
"We look forward to working with Stand Up To Cancer on this important initiative as part of our ongoing commitment to building diversity, equity and inclusion not just in our late phase clinical research but also in our early clinical development programs," said Jeffrey Infante, M.D., Global Head, Oncology Early Clinical Development and Translational Research, Janssen Research & Development, LLC. "As an oncology community, we must come together to prioritize engaging patients from all backgrounds in clinical trials and, at the same time, support research that seeks to understand and overcome the barriers to clinical trial participation."
Interested potential grantees are invited to submit a Letter of Intent by June 30. Applicants who are invited to submit a Full Application should do so by Monday, August 29. The selected teams will be notified in September 2022 and awardees will be required to participate in a SU2C Community Engagement Innovation Summit in November 2022.
Janssen will have input into the selection criteria and how the grant funds are to be used, and SU2C will have the final vote in the selection of the grantees.
SU2C announced its Health Equity Initiative in January 2020. The initiative focuses on three areas: increasing diversity in SU2C-funded clinical trials, initiating advocacy group collaborations and awareness campaigns, and funding research aimed at improving cancer outcomes and screening rates in medically underserved communities.
About Stand Up To Cancer
Stand Up To Cancer® (SU2C) raises funds to accelerate the pace of research to get new therapies to patients quickly and save lives now. SU2C, a division of the Entertainment Industry Foundation, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, was established in 2008 by media and entertainment leaders who utilize these communities' resources to engage the public in supporting a new, collaborative model of cancer research, to increase awareness about cancer prevention, and to highlight progress being made in the fight against the disease. As of January 2022, more than 2,000 scientists representing more than 210 institutions are involved in SU2C-funded research projects.
Under the direction of our Scientific Advisory Committee, led by Nobel laureate Phillip A. Sharp, Ph.D., SU2C conducts rigorous competitive review processes to identify the best research proposals to recommend for funding, oversee grants administration, and ensure collaboration across research programs.
Current members of the SU2C Founders and Advisors Committee (FAC) include Katie Couric, Sherry Lansing, Kathleen Lobb, Lisa Paulsen, Rusty Robertson, Sue Schwartz, Pamela Oas Williams, and Ellen Ziffren. The late Laura Ziskin and the late Noreen Fraser are also co-founders. Russell Chew serves as SU2C's president and CEO.
For more information, visit StandUpToCancer.org, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A Texas man convicted of storming the U.S. Capitol with a holstered handgun, helmet and body armor was sentenced Monday to more than seven years in prison, the longest sentence imposed so far among hundreds of Capitol riot cases.
Prosecutors said Guy Reffitt told fellow members of the Texas Three Percenters militia group that he planned to drag House Speaker Nancy Pelosi out of the Capitol building by her ankles, “with her head hitting every step on the way down,” according to a court filing.
Reffitt’s prison sentence — seven years and three months — is two years more than the previous longest prison sentence for a Capitol riot defendant. But it’s less than half the length of the 15-year prison term requested by a federal prosecutor, who called Reffitt a domestic terrorist and said he wanted to physically remove and replace members of Congress.
Reffitt was the first person to go on trial for the Jan. 6, 2021, attack, in which supporters of then-President Donald Trump halted the joint session of Congress for certifying Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory.
U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich, who presided over Reffitt’s jury trial, also sentenced him to three years of supervised release after his prison term and ordered him to pay $2,000 in restitution.
Sentencing guidelines calculated by the judge called for a term of imprisonment ranging from seven years and three months to nine years.
Friedrich rejected prosecutors’ contention that an “upward departure for terrorism” — leading to a far longer sentence — was warranted in Reffitt’s case. It was the first time that prosecutors have requested that sentencing enhancement for a Jan. 6 case.
“He wanted to physically and literally remove Congress,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Nestler told the judge. “We do believe that he is a domestic terrorist.”
Friedrich, however, questioned why Reffitt would merit the terrorism enhancement when many other rioters engaged in violence and made similarly disturbing threats.
The longest sentence before Reffitt’s was five years and three months, for two men who pleaded guilty to assaulting police officers at the Capitol.
Reffitt, who already has been jailed for approximately 19 months, initially balked at speaking to the judge during Monday’s hearing. But he changed his mind during a lunch break and offered an expletive-laden apology to police officers, lawmakers and congressional staffers who were at the Capitol on Jan. 6. Calling himself “an idiot,” Reffitt struggled to explain why he stormed the Capitol.
“It was a big blur,” he said. “It was just very chaotic and confusing.”
Friedrich questioned the sincerity of Reffitt’s apology and expressions of remorse, noting that he has been publishing statements from jail in which he portrays himself and other rioters as patriots who were justifiably rebelling against a tyrannical U.S. government.
“Not only are they not patriots, they are direct threats to our democracy and will be punished as such,” the judge said.
Reffitt suggested that his fiery rhetoric from prison was hyperbole necessary to raise money to support his family.
“I’m on the street if I don’t say something that would garner money for them,” he said.
Defense attorney Clinton Broden asked for Reffitt to be sentenced to no more than two years in prison. Broden noted that Reffitt didn’t assault any law enforcement officers or enter the Capitol building.
Videos captured the confrontation between outnumbered Capitol police officers and a mob of people, including Reffitt, who approached them on the west side of the Capitol.
Reffitt was armed with a Smith & Wesson pistol in a holster on his waist, carrying zip-tie handcuffs and wearing body armor and a helmet equipped with a video camera when he advanced on the officers, according to prosecutors. He retreated after an officer pepper sprayed him in the face, but he waved on other rioters who ultimately breached the building, prosecutors said.
Reffitt didn’t testify at his trial before jurors convicted him in March of all five counts in his indictment. The jury found him guilty of obstructing Congress’ joint session, of interfering with police officers outside the Capitol and of threatening his two teenage children if they reported him to law enforcement.
Reffitt’s 19-year-old son, Jackson, testified that his father told him and his sister, then 16, that they would be traitors if they reported him to authorities and warned them that “traitors get shot.”
Guy Reffitt was a member of the Texas Three Percenters militia group, according to prosecutors. The Three Percenters movement refers to the myth that only 3% of Americans fought in the Revolutionary War against the British.
Reffitt lived with his wife and children in Wylie, Texas, a Dallas suburb. He drove to Washington, D.C., with Rocky Hardie, a fellow member of the militia group.
Hardie testified that both of them were armed with holstered handguns when they attended Trump’s “Stop the Steal” rally before the riot. Hardie also said Reffitt gave him two pairs of zip-tie cuffs in case they needed to detain anybody.
More than 840 people have been charged with federal crimes related to the riot. Over 340 of them have pleaded guilty, mostly to misdemeanors. More than 220 have been sentenced, with nearly half of them receiving terms of imprisonment. Approximately 150 others have trial dates stretching into 2023.
Reffitt is one of seven Capitol riot defendants to get a jury trial so far. Jurors have unanimously convicted all seven of them on all counts in their respective indictments.
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- Two presentations on the Phase 2b clinical trial show CSF-1 met the primary endpoints and achieved statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvements in distance-corrected near visual acuity (DCNVA) for participants with presbyopia
- Presbyopia is the loss of ability to focus on near objects as a result of the natural aging process and affects more than 120 million people in the U.S.
PONTE VEDRA, Fla. , April 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Orasis Pharmaceuticals, an emerging ophthalmic pharmaceutical company focused on developing a unique eye drop to improve near vision for people with presbyopia, today announced Phase 2b data demonstrating the efficacy and safety of its novel eye drop candidate, CSF-1, for the treatment of presbyopia at the 2022 American Society for Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) Annual Meeting being held April 22-26 in Washington, D.C. The Phase 2b trial served as the foundation for the design and conduct of the Phase 3 NEAR-1 and NEAR-2 clinical trials of CSF-1, for which topline results were recently announced.
In the first Paper Session, which will be presented on Monday, April 25, the Phase 2b trial results showed that CSF-1 (pilocarpine hydrochloride 0.4%) preservative-free ophthalmic solution formulated in a proprietary vehicle met its primary endpoint, with 47% of participants in the CSF-1 group achieving a 3-line or more gain in DCNVA 1-hour post-treatment on Day 15 compared to 16% in the vehicle group (P=0.0002). Additionally, the trial met its secondary endpoint, with 80% of participants in the CSF-1 group achieving a 2-line or more gain in DCNVA compared to 43% in the vehicle group (P=0.0001). CSF-1 demonstrated tolerability with a favorable safety profile. The most reported treatment-related adverse events experienced by over 5% of trial participants included instillation site pain (5.5%), headache (9.1%) and vision blur (10.9%) with all adverse events in the study reported as mild, transient and self-resolving.
"In addition to meeting the primary endpoint, achieving the secondary endpoint of a 2-line or more gain is clinically meaningful, especially for early presbyopes whose near vision is not yet severely impacted," said Marjan Farid, M.D., presenting author. "We're also encouraged that there was no negative impact on distance or night vision, which is critical when looking at the potential benefit of an investigative treatment like CSF-1 could bring to patients to help them manage in their day-to-day lives."
Additionally, a post hoc analysis of the Phase 2b trial of CSF-1 will be presented in the second Paper Session on Monday, April 25. The analysis met its primary endpoint of sustained improvement, with 47% of participants showing an improvement of 20/40 visual acuity (VA) level or better consistently over an 8-hour period on Day 15 following one dose of CSF-1. In both monocular and binocular measurements, the proportion of participants who achieved sustained DCNVA improvements was higher in the CSF-1 group vs. vehicle for participants assessed for sustained 20/40 vision across all time points (P<0.05).
"These results, which showed that a greater proportion of participants receiving CSF-1 achieved sustained functional near vision of 20/40 or better compared to vehicle when tested binocularly, demonstrate clinically meaningful improvement that may allow individuals treated with CSF-1 to more easily conduct day-to-day activities requiring near vision," said Preeya K. Gupta, M.D., presenting author.
Binocular summation, or the superiority of binocular performance over monocular performance, is acutely involved with improved visual acuity.1,2,3 As binocular suppression is observed in a majority of patients with presbyopia,4 achieving binocular summation is an important marker for evaluating efficacy of potential treatments for this age-related condition.
"We are pleased with the favorable safety and efficacy results from this study, as well as the rapid onset and sustained duration of action," said Elad Kedar, Chief Executive Officer of Orasis Pharmaceuticals. "The Phase 2b trial provided robust data and critical direction to inform the Phase 3 NEAR-1 and NEAR-2 clinical trials, for which we recently reported similar positive, topline efficacy and safety results. The consistency of these results, which had nearly identical designs, reinforces CSF-1's efficacy, safety and comfort, and its potential to provide a first-line treatment option for people living with presbyopia."
*ASCRS Disclaimer: All educational content of the ASCRS Annual Meeting is planned by its program committee, and ASCRS does not endorse, promote, approve, or recommend the use of any products, devices, or services.
CSF-1 is a novel corrective eye drop candidate being investigated for the treatment of presbyopia. CSF-1 is a proprietary, preservative-free formulation of low-dose pilocarpine and multi-faceted vehicle designed to achieve an optimal balance between efficacy, safety and comfort. CSF-1 improves near visual acuity by pupil modulation, resulting in a "pinhole effect" and an increase in the depth of field, thus increasing the ability to focus on near objects.
Presbyopia is the loss of ability to focus on near objects as a result of the natural aging process. It occurs mostly after the age of 40 when the crystalline lens of the eye gradually stiffens and loses flexibility. There are almost two billion people globally and more than 120 million people in the U.S. living with presbyopia. People with presbyopia experience blurred vision when performing daily tasks that require near visual acuity, such as reading a book, a restaurant menu, or messages on a smartphone. Presbyopia cannot be prevented or reversed, and it continues to progress gradually. Many existing treatment options can be either cumbersome or invasive, presenting a significant unmet need for quality-of-life improvement for people with presbyopia.
Orasis Pharmaceuticals is developing CSF-1, a corrective eye drop for the treatment of presbyopia as an alternative to reading glasses. By repurposing existing and well-studied molecules, CSF-1 is designed to be effective, safe, comfortable, and easy-to-use. Orasis is led by a collaborative team of industry executives and eye care specialists with a broad range of experiences in research, development, and commercialization of pharmaceutical drugs, as well as finance and business development. Orasis is funded by a diverse group of sophisticated and experienced life science and healthcare investors including the ophthalmology focused venture capital fund Visionary Ventures, Sequoia Capital, SBI (Japan) Innovation Fund, Bluestem Capital, LifeSci Venture Partners, Maverick Ventures Israel, and other private investors. Orasis has offices in the U.S. and Israel. For more information, visit www.orasis-pharma.com and connect with us on LinkedIn.
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4 Rozanova O, et al. Eye and Vision. 2018;5:1. DOI 10.1186/s40662-018-0095-0.
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OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — The Canadian government on Monday called an independent public inquiry into its decision to use the Emergencies Act earlier this year to deal with a trucker protest against COVID-19 restrictions that blocked border crossings and clogged the streets of the nation’s capital.
Millions of dollars in trade was halted for days when several border crossings with the U.S. were blocked and the streets of downtown Ottawa were flooded with a national convoy of big-rigs and trucks protesting COVID restrictions.
The protests drew support from some U.S. politicians and media, including former president Donald Trump, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, Fox News personalities and billionaire Elon Musk.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government invoked the Emergencies Act for the first time in history on Feb. 15, granting extraordinary temporary powers to police to clear protesters and for banks to freeze the accounts of those involved.
Trudeau said the government has established the Public Order Emergency Commission to examine the circumstances that led to the Emergencies Act being invoked.
The Prime Minister’s Office said the commission will look at the evolution of the convoy, the impact of funding and disinformation, the economic impact, and efforts of police and other responders before and after the declaration.
Ontario Appeal Court Justice Paul S. Rouleau has been named commissioner of the inquiry. He must provide a final report in English and French to the federal government by Feb. 20 next year. | https://cw33.com/news/u-s-news/ap-u-s-headlines/canada-panel-to-investigate-measures-against-trucker-protest/ | 2022-04-25T23:11:54Z |
- KOL and Management to present on Monday, June 13, 2022, @ 2:30pm ET
KRAKOW, Poland, June 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ryvu Therapeutics (WSE: RVU), a clinical-stage drug discovery and development company focusing on novel small molecule therapies that address emerging targets in oncology, today announced that it will host a key opinion leader (KOL) webinar on RVU120, a first-in-class CDK8/19 inhibitor, the Company's lead asset currently in Phase I studies for hematological malignancies and solid tumors on Monday, June 13, 2022, at 2:30 pm Eastern Time.
The webinar will feature a presentation by KOL Dr. Michael Savona, MD, from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, who will discuss the current treatment landscape and unmet medical need in treating patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and high-risk myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS).
The Ryvu Therapeutics leadership team will discuss the underlying mechanism of action of RVU120, which targets hematological malignancies and solid tumors characterized by deregulated transcription. Additionally, an update on the Phase I data for RVU120 will be provided.
A live question and answer session will follow the formal presentations. To register for the event, please click here.
Michael Savona, MD is the Head of Hematology, Cellular Therapy, and Stem Cell Transplant, the Beverly and George Rawlings Director of Hematologic Malignancies Research, and Professor of Internal Medicine and Cancer Biology at Vanderbilt University.
Dr. Savona led the development and approval of several novel therapies for myeloid malignancies. He has been involved in medical research for over 20 years and has published over 100 manuscripts in major academic journals.
Dr. Savona is board certified in medical oncology and hematology, an elected fellow of the American College of Physicians, and a Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Clinical Scholar. Dr. Savona obtained his bachelor's degree in philosophy from Davidson College and medical degree at Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He did post-graduate clinical and research training at the University of California Davis, and the University of Michigan. He also served as a physician in the United States Air Force and is a veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom.
About RVU120 (SEL120)
RVU120 (SEL120) is a clinical-stage, highly specific, and orally bioavailable dual inhibitor of CDK8/CDK19 kinases, which has demonstrated efficacy in a number of solid tumor in vitro and in vivo models as well as in hematologic malignancies.
At present, Ryvu is conducting two clinical studies with RVU120: (i) Phase Ib in patients with AML/HR-MDS (NCT04021368) and (ii) Phase I/II in relapsed/refractory metastatic or advanced solid tumors (NCT05052255). Additionally, multiple translational research activities are underway.
On March 25, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted an orphan drug designation (ODD) to RVU120, for the treatment of patients with AML.
RVU120 has been internally discovered by Ryvu and has received support from the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Therapy Acceleration Program® (TAP).
About Ryvu Therapeutics
Ryvu Therapeutics is a clinical-stage drug discovery and development company focused on novel small molecule therapies that address emerging targets in oncology. Internally discovered pipeline candidates make use of diverse therapeutic mechanisms driven by emerging knowledge of cancer biology, including small molecules directed at kinase, synthetic lethality, and immuno-oncology targets.
Ryvu's most advanced programs are RVU120 - a selective CDK8/CDK19 kinase inhibitor with potential for the treatment of hematological malignancies and solid tumors currently in Phase I clinical development for the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplastic syndrome, and Phase I/II for the treatment of r/r metastatic or advanced solid tumors and SEL24 (MEN1703) - dual PIM/FLT3 kinase inhibitor licensed to the Menarini Group, currently in Phase II clinical studies in acute myeloid leukemia.
The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Krakow, Poland. Ryvu is listed on the main market of the Warsaw Stock Exchange and is a component of sWIG80 index. For more information, please see www.ryvu.com.
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CHICAGO (WGN) — A 20-year-old man who braved live, electrified train tracks in Chicago to save a stranger’s life was surprised with the gift of a car on Wednesday.
On Monday, Anthony Perry had just exited the Red Line CTA train at 59th Street when he saw an unconscious man bent over backward on the live rail track, according to a press release from I’m Telling, Don’t Shoot, a Chicago non-profit.
“I don’t think I was thinking about what could happen to me at the moment. It was more of what do I have to do to make the situation peaceful,” Perry said. “I felt a little shock. I felt it all over my body actually, and then I just didn’t let that stop me.”
In the video, the victim appeared to be twitching from electricity coursing through his body which seemed to jump to Perry each time he touched the man. Once freed from the tracks, Perry administered CPR to the victim, who eventually regained consciousness. Shortly after, paramedics arrived and transported him to a nearby hospital, where he was expected to live.
Perry’s heroic act was captured on camera and posted on Facebook, which quickly went viral.
For his life-saving act, Early Walker, founder of I’m Telling, Don’t Shoot, purchased a 2009 Audi A8 and surprised Perry with the vehicle on Wednesday. Perry commutes more than two hours daily via two CTA buses and a train to get to and from his job.
“We need more Anthonys in the world,” Walker said. “We need more people like this.” | https://cw33.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/chicago-man-who-braved-electrified-train-tracks-to-save-stranger-surprised-with-car/ | 2022-06-09T05:24:24Z |
TAMPA, Fla., May 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Employees from four different organizations, The Fay Group, QBE LLC, My Medic, and The Cifers Foundation have teamed up to purchase and deliver medical trauma kits to help the people of Ukraine. Each kit includes lifesaving medical supplies to those injured during the ongoing Russian invasion of that country. The kits were delivered directly to personnel in the field, and depending on the severity of injuries, a single kit can support two to three people. This effort has provided kits for close to 500 people, with more support to come.
What is going on in Ukraine right now is a humanitarian tragedy," said Ed Fay, CEO of The Fay Group, which donated funds to support this effort. Kits were assembled by My Medic in Utah, shipped to Poland, and then transported by land across the border to Ukraine. Assembling and shipping the kits took about two weeks from start to finish. Each kit normally costs $230, but My Medic lowered the cost to $175 in order to increase the total number of kits that are sent. According to Tyson Farr, Vice President of Sales at My Medic, "These kits are a tremendous way to deliver badly needed medical supplies, so we are pleased to be able to step up and partner on this project."
Jeremy Way, Senior Vice President at QBE LLC, has spent three years working in Ukraine with their Ministry of Defense. His company has been instrumental in facilitating delivery of these medical supplies where they are most needed. "Our experience with military supply chain management and in working with the governments of international partner nations and Ukraine, has been critical to making this happen quickly to save lives," said Way.
"From the first time I visited Ukraine, I felt a connection with the Ukrainian people," says Cifers Foundation President Luther Cifers. "Getting involved with this effort was an easy decision to make. With a background in Ukrainian politics, my wife Anastasiia has a vast network of trusted contacts and is an amazing organizer of resources. Together with individual donors, NGOs, and stateside partners like QBE LLC, The Fay Group, and My Medic, we are thankful to have a means of supporting the Ukrainian people."
Every dollar spent goes directly to paying for these urgently needed supplies for the people of Ukraine and anyone wishing to help pay for the cost of a medical kit can do so by visiting https://mymedic.com/pages/ukraine-support-landing-page.
The Fay Group is a diversified real estate services firm that employs over 900 individuals nationwide and is based in Tampa, Florida.
QBE LLC, is a leading management and technology consulting organization for the federal defense and intelligence communities, and is headquartered in Haymarket, Virginia. More information on QBE LLC, can be found at www.qbe.net
The Cifers Foundation was founded by Cifers family to help Ukraine and its people with protective equipment and provides aid to families affected by the fighting. More information on The Cifers Foundation can be found at www.cifersfoundation.org
My Medic is a supplier of medical kits for a variety of industries, including first responders, healthcare, law enforcement, and military personnel. They are based in Salt Lake City, Utah. More information on My Medic can be found at www.mymedic.com
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DENVER, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Big return of CREATE Restaurant Technology event in downtown Denver. The Kiosk Association is a returning sponsor (three years now) – Sponsors this year are Johnsonville, Coca-Cola, and Tyson. Participants include iHop, Nations Restaurant News (NRN), Noodles, Denny's, Wendy's and many more top tier speakers. Registration info is here. Supporting sponsors include Revel, Stratcache, the Kiosk Association (KMA), Keurig/Dr. Pepper and Presto to name some.
Date: September 19-21, 2022
Location: Sheraton Denver
Are you a restaurant executive wanting to attend? We can help with a free pass ($500 value). Send an email to info@kioskindustry.org with your information.
CREATE: The Future of Foodservice connects together the most exciting restaurant leaders — from the biggest brands and the most exciting emerging brands — through live virtual sessions, on-demand educational resources and a one-of-a-kind in-person event in Denver. Thousands of CREATE members have already leveled up their leadership, made authentic connections and reignited their businesses.
- Johnsonville
- The Coca-Cola Company
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restaurant technology Create Sponsors
Tuesday 1:15pm - 1:45pm
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Technology innovation to drive digital sales and improve customer experience
Speakers: Scott Boatwright,
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Chipotle Mexican Grill
Sponsor: Kiosk Association
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:
- What's the future holds for restaurant tech and digital innovation
- How technology can help create better, more meaningful restaurant jobs
- How the softening economy will impact the restaurant labor market
For more information contact info@kioskindustry.org or visit https://kioskindustry.org. Since 1996 for 26 years serving the self-service technology market. For a complete list of verticals visit The Industry Group.
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Fragrance Subscription Service Broadens Offering with Exclusive Lineup of Elevated Fragrances Available Only to Saks and Scentbird Customers
NEW YORK, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading fragrance subscription company, Scentbird, will debut a partnership with Saks, the premier luxury ecommerce platform today. Through the collaboration, Scentbird subscribers will have access to a curated assortment of over 30 highly-coveted men's, women's and unisex fragrances from luxury brands for a limited time. In addition to its 600+ designers and niche fragrances currently offered, Scentbird will add the following labels to its lineup: Sisley, Creed, Tiziana Terenzi, Initio, Parfums Prives, Ex Nihilo, Acqua di Parma, Parfums de Marly, House of Sillage, Amouage, Veronique Gabai and Goutal Paris.
Starting today, the collaboration will direct members to a co-branded Saks x Scentbird landing page, providing the option for customers to purchase a full size bottle of their choice directly from Saks.com. Scentbird's existing subscription service includes delivery of a 30-day supply of designer perfume or cologne to the subscriber's door each month for $16.95. The Saks Collection fragrances will arrive in a limited edition 8ml black atomizer for a $10 premium upcharge.
"As the premier destination for luxury fashion, we are continuously personalizing our offering to enhance the shopping experience for our customers," said Kate Oldham, senior vice president and general merchandise manager of beauty, jewelry and home at Saks. "Through our partnership with Scentbird, we are delivering a unique fragrance discovery experience that cannot be found anywhere else online."
"Scentbird is continually evolving to best meet the needs of our members," said Scentbird CEO, Mariya Nurislamova. "Our new initiative with Saks will be another step toward elevating and empowering our customer experience through scent discovery. Like us, Saks seeks to consistently innovate the digital luxury space and create unparalleled, personalized destinations for customers seeking self-expression—whether through fragrance or other categories."
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THUNDER BAY, ON, May 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Clean Air Metals Inc. ("Clean Air Metals" or the "Company") (TSXV: AIR) (FRA: CKU) (OTCQB: CLRMF) is pleased to announce new assay results from the 2022 drill campaign from the Escape PGE-Cu-Ni Deposit at the Company's Thunder Bay North Project near Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada (the "Project").
New assay highlights from the Escape South deposit area includes (Table 1):
- Hole ELR22-137 which intersected 39.0m grading 1.17g/t Platinum (Pt), 1.47g/t Palladium (Pd), 0.49% Copper (Cu) and 0.27% Nickel (Ni) from 361.0m-400.0m downhole.
- Hole ELR22-139 which intersected 16.0m grading 1.83g/t Platinum (Pt), 2.38g/t Palladium (Pd), 0.88% Copper (Cu) and 0.51% Nickel (Ni) from 383.0m-399.0m downhole including 6.0m grading 2.63 g/t Platinum (Pt), 3.48g/t Palladium (Pd), 1.28% Copper (Cu) and 0.75% Nickel (Ni) from 385.0-391.0m downhole (Figure 1).
- Hole ELR22-140 which intersected 25.0m grading 2.01g/t Platinum (Pt), 2.57g/t Palladium (Pd), 0.94% Copper (Cu) and 0.52% Nickel (Ni) from 325.7m-373.0m downhole.
The Escape Deposit also underwent an additional 37,000m of expansion drilling in 2021 and over 17,000m in 2022 which has confirmed continuity between the Escape South HGZ and the Escape North Zone and may add materially to the total Thunder Bay North Project Indicated insitu mineral resource (effective November 1, 2021) of 8.12 g/t PtEq in 14,553,324 million tonnes (reported December 1, 2021).
Mineral resource endowment and platinum-equivalents are quoted pursuant to the Technical Report and Mineral Resource Estimate for the Thunder Bay North Project, Thunder Bay, Ontario, with an effective date of January 20, 2021 (the "Technical Report"). The Technical Report was posted to SEDAR on March 4, 2021 and prepared by Nordmin Engineering Ltd.- QP Glen Kuntz, P.Geo. Ontario. Nordmin as QP utilized 2-year trailing average metal price assumptions[1] for the updated mineral resource as a basis for the Preliminary Economic Assessment reported on December 1, 2021 and filed January 12, 2022.
The Company is also pleased to advise that it has paid Panoramic Resources Limited (ASX: PAN) ('Panoramic') the second deferred consideration instalment payment of C$1.5 million from the sale of the Thunder Bay North PGM Project. The sale of the Thunder Bay North Project was completed via a Share Purchase Agreement in the 2020 financial year (see press release issued on May 14, 2020) whereby Panoramic's wholly-owned subsidiary Magma Metals Pty Limited sold all shares it held in Panoramic PGMs Canada Limited to Clean Air Metals Inc. for total consideration of C$9 million. Inclusive of this latest instalment (C$1.5 million), Panoramic has received sale proceeds totaling C$7.5 million to date. The final deferred consideration payment of C$1.5 million is due to be received by May 13, 2023. A related transaction with Rio Tinto Exploration Canada for the purchase of the Escape Property for C$6 million has been paid in full. Both transactions fall under an Option-Purchase Agreement with Benton Resources Inc.
The Company also advises that DRA AMERICAS INC ("DRA") is the successful bid under a request for proposal (RFP) for Pre-feasibility Metallurgical Testing and Process Plant Design for the Thunder Bay North Project. The DRA team has reviewed the existing and historical metallurgical testing results and marketing studies culminating in the Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) by Nordmin Engineering, the technical report of which was filed on SEDAR on January 12, 2022. DRA will leverage existing knowledge on standard crush, grind, flotation process design and smelter payabilities into the next phase of testing and metallurgical optimization, including amenability to hydrometallurgical recoveries of the main platinum, palladium, copper, nickel commodity suite with rhodium, cobalt, gold, and silver byproducts.
The Company announced a comprehensive mine plan and cashflow model for both the Escape Deposit and Current Deposit as part of a PEA for the Current and Escape PGE-Cu-Ni Deposits of the Thunder Bay North Project on December 1, 2021. The related Technical Report was filed on SEDAR on January 12, 2022 https://cleanairmetals.ca/site/assets/files/5750/21015-01-pfs-0000_ni_43_101_pea_12jan2022.pdf
Table 1: New Insitu Assay Results Update – Escape South Sail-Zone Extension (Figure 1)
Abraham Drost, CEO of Clean Air Metals stated that "we are very pleased to have made the second to last C$1.5 million payment to Panoramic Resources of Australia. As Rio Tinto has already been fully paid, the last payment to Panoramic Resources will result in fully vesting the Option-Purchase Agreement with Benton Resources Inc. and owning the project 100%, subject to royalty considerations.
The appointment of DRA Americas for metallurgical and marketability optimization of feed material from both the Current and Escape deposits, marks the onset of prefeasibility studies at the Thunder Bay North Project. This is an exciting moment in the life of the project which could see the publication of a full prefeasibility study of ramp-access underground mining at the Current and Escape deposits by Q2 of 2023. Ongoing exploration drilling for massive sulphides and infill drilling to improve mine design will proceed apace with regular updates through 2022.
Recent infill drilling on the margins and extension of the Escape South High Grade Zone (HGZ) continues to deliver impressive assay results. The Escape South HGZ (>5g/t Pt+Pd) is identified as a high value potential mining area at the base of the Escape Deposit contributing feed to the mill at Year 4.5 of the PEA mine plan, pursuant to the recently delivered PEA technical report (filed January 12, 2022).
An approximate total of 54,000m of previously reported additional drilling results from the Escape Deposit in 2021 and additional infill drilling on the PEA mine plan in 2022 will form part of an updated mineral resource expected for the Thunder Bay North Project in Q4/2022 to support prefeasibility level mine design. Assay results to date suggest good continuity of mineralization between sections along the 900m trend of mineralization between the Escape South HGZ and Escape North Zone where the PEA Escape deposit underground ramp development encounters Escape Deposit mineralization at approximately 200m vertical depth." (Figure 1).
Figure 1: New Drill Hole Intercepts in the Escape Deposit Area (link)
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Clean Air Metals continued to apply COVID-19 avoidance and personal protection measures for its geological staff, drilling contractor and service suppliers. Personnel are required to self-monitor and self-isolate or elect to work from home. The Company closely follows Provincial Government COVID guidelines.
Dr. Geoff Heggie, Ph.D., P.Geo., a Qualified Person under National Instrument 43-101 and Vice President - Exploration for the Company, has reviewed and approved all technical information in this press release.
Clean Air Metals uses ALS Global ("ALS"), a well-established and recognized mineral assay and geochemical analytical services company. The Thunder Bay laboratory holds ISO-9000 accreditation; the Vancouver facility holds ISO-17025 registration.
All NQ-sized drill core is cut with a diamond-tipped saw blade with half of the core submitted to ALS for sample preparation and analysis. Core samples from selected intervals are individually bagged and tagged, gathered up in larger sealed poly bags and shipped to the sample prep facility in Thunder Bay, ON under custody of Clean Air Metals' personnel at all times. Sample preparation is completed at the ALS sample preparation facility located in Thunder Bay, ON and analysis is completed at the primary ALS assay laboratory located in Vancouver, B.C.
Clean Air Metals follows a documented quality control procedure for its core assay sampling program consisting of the insertion of blind blanks, duplicates, and certified Palladium-Platinum and Copper-Nickel standards into the sample stream. The insertion procedure results in a minimum of 11% to 12% control sample frequency depending on the length of the sampled interval.
Gold, platinum, and palladium are analyzed using fire assay (FA) with an inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) finish. Samples with grades above the optimal ICP-MS detection limits are analyzed using an optical emission spectroscopy method (ICP-OES).
Also, thirty-three (33) elements of each sample, including copper, nickel, silver, chromium, cobalt, and sulphur, are analyzed by a multi-element analytical method using the atomic emission spectroscopy (ICP-AES) technique following four-acid digestion of the sample. When samples have grades above the optimal detection limits for this analytical method, they are re-analyzed using a high-grade method consisting of either ICP-AES or atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS) techniques.
Clean Air Metals Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary Panoramic PGMs (Canada) Ltd. acknowledge that the Thunder Bay North Project is on the traditional territories of the Fort William First Nation, Red Rock First Nation and Biinjitiwabik Zaaging Anishinabek. The parties together are the Cooperating Participants in a Memorandum of Agreement dated January 9, 2021 (press release January 11, 2021) and Exploration Agreement signed April 13, 2022 (press release April 14, 2022).
The Company appreciates the opportunity to work in these territories and remains committed to the recognition and respect of those who have lived, traveled, and gathered on the lands since time immemorial. Clean Air Metals is committed to stewarding Indigenous heritage and remains committed to building, fostering and encouraging a respectful relationship with First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples based upon principles of mutual trust, respect, reciprocity and collaboration in the spirit of reconciliation.
Clean Air Metals' flagship asset is the 100% owned, high grade Thunder Bay North Project, a platinum, palladium, copper, nickel project located near the City of Thunder Bay, Ontario and the Lac des Iles Mine owned by Impala Platinum. The Thunder Bay North Project hosts the twin magma conduit bodies which host the Current and Escape deposits forming the basis for a robust preliminary economic assessment PEA) filed January 12, 2002. The PEA of a ramp access underground mine and on-site 3600tpd milling complex and the 2-year trailing average price deck, features a pretax NPV5 of C$425m and an IRR of 31% on initial capital of $378m over a 10-year mine life.
Executive Chair Jim Gallagher and CEO Abraham Drost lead an experienced technical team who are using the Norilsk magma conduit stratigraphic and mineral deposit model to guide ongoing exploration and development feasibility studies for a low-carbon, all-electric sustainable mining operation at Thunder Bay North. As the former CEO of North American Palladium Ltd. which owned the Lac des Iles Mine prior to the sale to Impala Platinum in December 2019, Jim Gallagher and team are credited with the mine turnaround and creation of significant value for shareholders.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
"Abraham Drost"
Abraham Drost, Chief Executive Officer of Clean Air Metals Inc.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
The information contained herein contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of applicable securities legislation, including statements regarding the potential of the Thunder Bay North Project and the Escape and Current deposits and timing of technical studies including prefeasibility studies and updated mineral resource estimates. Forward-looking statements relate to information that is based on assumptions of management, forecasts of future results, and estimates of amounts not yet determinable. Any statements that express predictions, expectations, beliefs, plans, projections, objectives, assumptions or future events or performance are not statements of historical fact and may be "forward-looking statements." Forward-looking statements are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties which could cause actual events or results to differ from those reflected in the forward-looking statements, including, without limitation: political and regulatory risks associated with mining and exploration; risks related to the maintenance of stock exchange listings; risks related to environmental regulation and liability; the potential for delays in exploration or development activities or the completion of feasibility studies; the uncertainty of profitability; risks and uncertainties relating to the interpretation of drill results, the geology, grade and continuity of mineral deposits; risks related to the inherent uncertainty of production and cost estimates and the potential for unexpected costs and expenses; results of prefeasibility and feasibility studies, and the possibility that future exploration, development or mining results will not be consistent with the Company's expectations; risks related to commodity price fluctuations; and other risks and uncertainties related to the Company's prospects, properties and business detailed elsewhere in the Company's disclosure record. Should one or more of these risks and uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described in forward-looking statements. Investors are cautioned against attributing undue certainty to forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date hereof and the Company does not assume any obligation to update or revise them to reflect new events or circumstances, except in accordance with applicable securities laws. Actual events or results could differ materially from the Company's expectations or projection.
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GENEVA (AP) — About 25 million children worldwide have missed out on routine immunizations against common diseases like diptheria, largely because the coronavirus pandemic disrupted regular health services or triggered misinformation about vaccines, according to the U.N.
In a new report published Friday, the World Health Organization and UNICEF said their figures show 25 million children last year failed to get vaccinated against diptheria, tetanus and pertussis, a marker for childhood immunization coverage, continuing a downward trend that began in 2019.
“This is a red alert for child health,” said Catherine Russell, UNICEF’s Executive Director.
“We are witnessing the largest sustained drop in childhood immunization in a generation,” she said, adding that the consequences would be measured in lives lost.
Data showed the vast majority of the children who failed to get immunized were living in developing countries, namely Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Nigeria and the Philippines. While vaccine coverage fell in every world region, the worst effects were seen in East Asia and the Pacific.
Experts said this “historic backsliding” in vaccination coverage was especially disturbing since it was occurring as rates of severe malnutrition were rising. Malnourished children typically have weaker immune systems and infections like measles can often prove fatal to them.
“The convergence of a hunger crisis with a growing immunization gap threatens to create the conditions for a child survival crisis,” the U.N. said.
Scientists said low vaccine coverage rates had already resulted in preventable outbreaks of diseases like measles and polio. In March 2020, WHO and partners asked countries to suspend their polio eradication efforts amid the accelerating COVID-19 pandemic. There have since been dozens of polio epidemics in more than 30 countries.
“This is particularly tragic as tremendous progress was made in the two decades before the COVID pandemic to improve childhood vaccination rates globally,” said Helen Bedford, a professor of children’s health at University College London, who was not connected to the U.N. report. She said the news was shocking but not surprising, noting that immunization services are frequently an “early casualty” of major social or economic disasters.
Dr. David Elliman, a consultant pediatrician at Britain’s Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, said it was critical to reverse the declining vaccination trend among children.
“The effects of what happens in one part of the world can ripple out to affect the whole globe,” he said in a statement, noting the rapid spread of COVID-19 and more recently, monkeypox. “Whether we act on the basis of ethics or ‘enlightened self interest’, we must put (children) top of our list of priorities.”
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NEW YORK, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for XELA, U, AAL, NIO, and VERU.
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BAKHMUT, Ukraine (AP) — To a threatening soundtrack of air raid sirens and booming artillery, civilians are fleeing towns and cities in eastern Ukraine as Russian forces advance.
Negotiating narrow apartment building staircases, volunteers carry the elderly and infirm in their arms, in stretchers or in wheelchairs to waiting minibuses, which then drive them to central staging areas and eventually to evacuation trains in other cities.
“The Russians are right over there, and they’re closing in on this location,” Mark Poppert, an American volunteer working with British charity RefugEase, said during an evacuation in the town of Bakhmut on Friday.
“Bakhmut is a high-risk area right now,” he said. “We’re trying to get as many people out as we can in case the Ukrainians have to fall back.”
He and other Ukrainian and foreign volunteers working with the Ukrainian charity Vostok SOS, which was coordinating the evacuation effort, were hoping to get about 100 people out of Bakhmut on Friday, Poppert said.
A few hours earlier, the thud of artillery sounded and black smoke rose from the northern fringes of the town, which is in the Donetsk region in Ukraine’s industrial east. Donetsk and the neighboring region of Luhansk makes up the Donbas, where Moscow-backed separatists have controlled some territory for eight years.
The evacuation process is painstaking, physically arduous and fraught with emotion.
Many of the evacuees are elderly, ill or have serious mobility problems, meaning volunteers have to bundle them into soft stretchers and slowly negotiate their way through narrow corridors and down flights of stairs in apartment buildings.
Most people have already fled Bakhmut: only around 30,000 remain from a pre-war population of 85,000. And more are leaving each day.
Fighting has raged north of Bakhmut as Russian forces intensify their efforts to seize the key eastern cities of Sieverodonetsk and Lysychansk, 50 kilometers (30 miles) to the northeast. The two cities are the last areas under Ukrainian control in the Luhansk region.
Northwest of Bakhmut in Donetsk, Russia-backed rebels said Friday they had taken over the town of Lyman, a large railway hub near the cities of Slovyansk and Kramatorsk, both which are still under Ukrainian control. On Thursday, smoke rising from the direction of Lyman could be seen clearly from Slovyansk.
But even when faced with shelling, missiles and an advancing Russian army, leaving isn’t easy.
Svetlana Lvova, the 66-year-old manager for two apartment buildings in Bakhmut, huffed and rolled her eyes in exasperation upon hearing that yet another one of her residents was refusing to leave.
“I can’t convince them to go,” she said. “I told them several times if something lands here, I will be carrying them — injured — to the same buses” that have come to evacuate them now.
She’s tried to persuade the holdouts every way she can, she says, but nearly two dozen people just won’t budge. They’re more afraid to leave their homes and belongings for an uncertain future than to stay and face the bombs.
She herself will stay in Bakhmut with her husband, she said. But not because they fear leaving their property. They are waiting for their son, who is still in Sieverodonetsk, to come home.
“I’m not going anywhere,” she said. “I have to know he is alive. That’s why I’m staying here.”
Lvova plays the last video her son sent her, where he tells his mother that he is fine, and that they still have electricity in the city but no longer running water.
“I baked him a big cake,” she said, wiping away tears.
Poppert, the American volunteer, said it was not unusual to receive a request to pick people up for evacuation, only for them to change their minds once the van arrives.
“It’s an incredibly difficult decision for these people to leave the only world that they know,” he said.
He described one man in his late 90s evacuated from the only home he had ever known.
“We were taking this man out of his world,” Poppert said. “He was terrified of the bombs and the missiles, and he was terrified to leave.”
In nearby Pokrovsk, ambulances pulled up to offload elderly women in stretchers and wheelchairs for the evacuation train heading west, away from the fighting. Families clustered around, dragging suitcases and carrying pets as they boarded the train.
The train slowly pulled out of the station, and a woman drew back the curtain in one of the train carriages. As the familiar landscape slipped away, her face crumpled in grief and the tears began to flow.
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(The Hill) – The parents of a 2-year-old toddler who was found at the scene of the Highland Park shooting have both died, authorities confirmed Tuesday.
At a press conference, Jennifer Banek, the coroner for Lake County, read names of six of the seven victims who had died, including 35-year-old Irina McCarthy and 37-year-old Kevin McCarthy of Highland Park.
Friends of the couple have since taken to social media to mourn the couple and express their grief. A GoFundMe page has also been created to raise money to support their orphaned son, Aiden McCarthy.
The organizer of the page said it was created on behalf of his family, and with their permission. Aiden McCarthy will be raised by his grandparents, and the organizer shared that he “is left in the unthinkable position, to grow up without his parents.”
The GoFundMe page had raised more than $130,000 as of Tuesday evening.
Aiden was rescued from the shooting after a woman and her companions saw him pinned under his father, who was unconscious, while she on her way to get breakfast, The Daily Beast reported.
The woman, Lauren Silva, told the outlet that while she took Aiden back to her car, her boyfriend and his son tried to help his father, who was bleeding. Silva later told The New York Times that she was told that first responders were unable to stop the father’s bleeding and had covered him with a blanket.
The tragic news comes after police said that the suspect in the shooting, Robert “Bobby” Crimo III, planned the attack for “several weeks” before killing seven and wounding dozens more at a Fourth of July parade in the Chicago suburb.
The other victims identified by The Lake County Coroner’s Office include Katherine Goldstein, 64, of Highland Park; Jacquelyn Sundheim, 63, of Highland Park; Stephen Straus, 88, of Highland Park, and Nicolas Toledo-Zaragoza, 78, of Morelos, Mexico.
Police said they are in discussions with Crimo but declined to share additional information. Law enforcement is still working to determine a motive. | https://cw33.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/toddler-found-at-highland-park-scene-orphaned-in-shooting-report/ | 2022-07-06T01:28:26Z |
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