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Customers can now access Cabot's high-performance, innovative pigments and performance additives for plastics and battery applications
DOWNERS GROVE, Ill., May 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Univar Solutions Inc. (NYSE: UNVR) ("Univar Solutions" or "the Company"), a global chemical and ingredient distributor and provider of value-added services, announced it has been appointed as distributor of Cabot Corporation's specialty carbon black products for the plastics and batteries markets in Brazil. The agreement builds on the companies' existing relationship and will provide customers with innovative materials and solutions that help improve sustainability and product performance.
"As we continue growing our ingredients and specialties business in Latin America, it's critical that we partner with world-class suppliers who are also committed to helping meet customers' product performance needs while keeping sustainability top-of-mind. The addition of Cabot's specialty carbon black products to our expansive product portfolio allows us to better serve those looking to innovate, grow and differentiate their business," said Jorge Buckup, president of Latin America for Univar Solutions.
Cabot's specialty carbon black products are used for multiple applications in the automotive market, including helping improve the efficiency, durability, performance and lifetime of hybrid and electric vehicle batteries. In addition to batteries, the versatility of carbon black products make them well-suited for other specialty applications such as plastics, consumer electronics and industrial parts, delivering value through a range of functionalities including color, ultraviolet (UV) protection, surface smoothness and conductivity.
"We're excited about our collaboration with Cabot in Brazil, which further expands a key supplier relationship and adds to our product offering to our customer base," said Chris Fitzgerald, global vice president, CASE, Rubber and Plastic Additives for Univar Solutions. "We are confident our customers will benefit from the consistent focus we bring within the plastic compounding and battery markets, backed by strong local and technical support and commercial excellence."
Bill Masterson, vice president and regional business director, Performance Additives, Cabot Corporation, added, "This partnership with Univar Solutions will provide more customers in Brazil access to Cabot's product development, technical support and manufacturing experience in specialty carbon black materials for a variety of applications. Expanding our distribution agreement with Univar Solutions will help us meet the growing demand for our specialty carbon black products while providing customers with innovative products and expertise to help advance performance in their end use applications."
For more information about Univar Solutions' portfolio of coatings, adhesives, sealants and elastomers ingredients, including technical support and innovation, visit univarsolutions.com/CASE.
About Univar Solutions
Univar Solutions (NYSE: UNVR) is a leading global specialty chemical and ingredient distributor representing a premier portfolio from the world's leading producers. With the industry's largest private transportation fleet and technical sales force, unparalleled logistics know-how, deep market and regulatory knowledge, formulation and recipe development, and leading digital tools, the Company is well-positioned to offer tailored solutions and value-added services to a wide range of markets, industries, and applications. While fulfilling its purpose to help keep communities healthy, fed, clean and safe, Univar Solutions is committed to helping customers and suppliers innovate and focus on Growing Together. Learn more at univarsolutions.com.
About Cabot Corporation Cabot Corporation (NYSE: CBT) is a global specialty chemicals and performance materials company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The company is a leading provider of carbon black, specialty carbons, engineered elastomer composites, inkjet colorants, masterbatches and conductive compounds, fumed silica and aerogel. For more information on Cabot, please visit the company's website at cabotcorp.com.
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MILWAUKEE, July 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ademi LLP is investigating Zymergen (NASDAQ: ZY) for possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of law in its transaction with Ginkgo.
Click here to learn how to join the action: https://www.ademilaw.com/case/zymergen-inc-0 or call Guri Ademi toll-free at 866-264-3995. There is no cost or obligation to you.
Ademi LLP alleges Zymergen's financial outlook and prospects are excellent and yet Zymergen holders will receive only 0.9179 Ginkgo shares for each Zymergen share, representing 5.25% pro forma ownership of Ginkgo following the transaction. The all-stock transaction values Zymergen at an approximately $300 million market capitalization. The transaction agreement unreasonably limits competing bids for Zymergen by imposing a significant penalty if Zymergen accepts a superior bid. Zymergen insiders will receive substantial benefits as part of change of control arrangements.
We are investigating the conduct of Zymergen's board of directors, and whether they are (i) fulfilling their fiduciary duties to all shareholders, and (ii) obtaining a fair and reasonable price for Zymergen.
If you own Zymergen common stock and wish to obtain additional information, please contact Guri Ademi either at gademi@ademilaw.com or toll-free: 866-264-3995, or https://www.ademilaw.com/case/zymergen-inc-0.
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DALLAS (KDAF) — We North Texans, fans of the Dallas Mavericks, and fans of basketball, in general, all have one thing in common, watching Luka Doncic play basketball is next to an other-worldly experience. He’s setting himself up to have a Hall of Fame career in the NBA and in international play.
International play is exactly where you’ll be able to see him and other Dallas Mavericks play basketball over the next coming days. Fiba World Cup Qualifiers are tipping off this week and plenty of Mavericks are in on the action.
Luka Doncic is suiting up for Slovenia, Davis Bertans for Latvia, Tyler Dorsey for Greece and Dwight Powell for Canada. For more information and to watch the games, click here. | https://cw33.com/sports/luka-doncic-other-dallas-mavericks-play-basketball-soon-heres-when/ | 2022-08-24T20:29:55Z |
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Primior announces UNITED STATES PROPERTY COIN (USPC), a real estate backed cryptocurrency project created by Johnney Zhang, CEO of Primior.
USPC aims to be a superior store of value. Created in response to the volatility associated with the inflation-impacted U.S. Dollar, dollar-backed stablecoins, utility tokens, and algorithmic-backed coins, USPC offers a real world, real estate asset-backed alternative by securitizing physical, income producing properties located throughout U.S. urban markets. While fiat currencies and stablecoins pegged to such currencies are subject to devaluation, USPC would benefit from current cash flow income as well as long-term capital appreciation of real estate in the United States.
USPC is positioned to emerge as a viable alternative medium of exchange from a combination of current income generation with long-term appreciation of U.S real estate and the 24/7 peer-to-peer instant exchange network enabled by blockchain technology.
USPC was founded by California real estate developer, Primior. For over a decade, Primior has been a leading real estate investment, development, and management firm. "We are extremely excited to collaborate with our passionate and ambitious community to launch this project and look forward to working with our strategic partners, composed of established stalwarts of the real estate industry and pioneering crypto-visionaries," said Johnney Zhang, CEO and founder of Primior."
USPC (United States Property Coin) is a cryptocurrency project backed by physical real estate assets located in high-demand markets throughout the U.S. Sponsored and funded by Primior, a leading real estate investment, development and management firm based in Southern California, USPC's mission and vision is to provide investors with a more transparent, liquid, asset-backed solution and better store of value. USPC is a security token designed to provide fractionalized ownership in a diversified portfolio that is expected to benefit from current income and the long-term appreciation of real estate assets, and function as a more reliable store of value and medium of exchange.
For more USPC project information, please visit our website at www.upsc.io. Join our community, sign up for the USPC twitter and discord groups.
This news release is for general informational purposes only and does not constitute a prospectus, an offer document, an offer of securities, a solicitation for investment, or any offer to sell any product, item, or asset (whether digital or otherwise). The information set out in this release is only conceptual and describes potential future development goals of USPC and is being shared in order to outline some of the company's project plans.
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-Marks third project in the Dove Valley Business Park
-Denver development projects rise to over 2.25 million square feet
DENVER, June 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Brennan Investment Group ("Brennan"), a private real estate investment firm that acquires, develops, and operates industrial facilities throughout the United States, has acquired 8.28 acres at 14101 East Otero Avenue in unincorporated Arapahoe County, which is situated within the Denver, Colorado metro area. The property is well-located in the Southeast industrial submarket of Denver, roughly three miles east of Interstate 25 and one mile north of E-470.
Brennan will construct a modern Class A industrial facility totaling approximately 102,960 rentable square feet. This development will mark Brennan's third project in the Dove Valley Business Park in under three years. Design features include first class amenities with 28' clear ceiling heights, an ESFR sprinkler system, and abundant automobile and truck parking positions.
"High quality submarkets, combined with state-of-the-art design and construction has been a winning formula for our Denver developments," explains Brian Roach, Brennan's Managing Principal for the Mountain West Region. "Our third Dove Valley development will be no exception. The new building will be completed by the fourth quarter of 2023."
"Our investment strategy capitalizes on the favorable demographic patterns of the Denver metro area," said Scott McKibben, Chief Investment Officer and Managing Principal of Brennan Investment Group. "Both the State of Colorado and the metro Denver area are strong locations for population and employment growth, consistently ranked within the top five nationally in both categories."
About Brennan Investment Group
Brennan Investment Group, a Chicago-based private real estate investment firm, acquires, develops, and operates industrial properties in select major metropolitan markets throughout the United States. Since 2010, Brennan Investment Group has acquired or developed $5 billion in industrial real estate in 30 states. The company's current portfolio spans 27 states and encompasses approximately 46 million square feet.
Brennan Investment Group co-invests with private and institutional capital to achieve outstanding risk-adjusted returns. The company has 11 regional offices throughout the United States and the firm's management team is among the most accomplished in its industry, having invested in over 5,000 properties covering more than 60 cities throughout the United States, Canada and Europe.
For more information on Brennan Investment Group, go to www.brennanllc.com.
CONTACT: Ursula Walendzewicz, uwalendzewicz@brennanllc.com
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Surveillance video footage of missing former Alabama corrections officer Vicky White taken before her getaway with an inmate facing murder charges shows the level of preparation that went into the escape, Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton said.
Investigators found footage of White shopping for men's clothes at a department store and at an "adult store," Singleton said, adding she "obviously had a change of clothes" for the inmate, Casey White.
"It just tells us that it was very well planned and calculated," Singleton told CNN's Bianna Golodryga Monday. "Obviously she well-planned this escape down to a T."
Investigators earlier released video footage showing Vicky White at a Quality Inn in Florence, where she stayed the night before the escape more than a week ago.
Vicky White, who was an assistant director of corrections for Lauderdale County, took Casey White from the county jail on April 29, saying she was taking him for a mental health evaluation, which authorities learned later had never been scheduled. She then said she was going to get medical care after dropping the inmate off because she wasn't feeling well.
The two have not been seen since. The patrol car the officer and inmate took from the jail was found abandoned in a shopping center parking lot. Vicky White's jail keys, radio and handcuffs were found inside. Authorities believe the pair left the lot in a different vehicle: Vicky White's 2007 Ford SUV she parked in the lot the night before.
The vehicle was then spotted on May 6 at a Tennessee tow lot. The car had been abandoned in the woods without any identifying information on the same day the duo escaped, indicating they drove about two hours north from the jail in Florence, Alabama, to Williamson County, Tennessee.
"We know now where the car is, we know what direction they went," the sheriff said. "We're trying to canvass the area for any witnesses, also trying to research, see if any stolen vehicles were reported in that area during that time."
Authorities believe the vehicle may have had mechanical problems which prompted the abrupt stop in the area.
For now, investigators are in the dark as to where the pair headed after that, the sheriff said Monday.
"We don't have any information or intel about how they left that area," Singleton said. "There are all kinds of possibilities. We are looking at every possible scenario we can think of," the sheriff said when asked if someone could be helping them.
It is possible, given the time the two have been on the run, they are no longer in the country, the sheriff said.
"That's something we're also considering and trying to follow up, especially with Mexican and Canadian authorities," Singleton said.
Vicky White, 56, and Casey White, 38, who are not related, knew each other since at least 2020 and had developed a romantic relationship, the sheriff told CNN earlier this week.
Prior to their disappearance, Vicky White had announced plans to retire and sold her home for a price well below market value.
She now has an active arrest warrant for allegedly permitting or facilitating escape in the first degree. She is no longer employed by the sheriff's office, the office said, adding while Friday was her last day of work, her retirement papers were never finalized.
Investigators believe Vicky White had a large amount of money when the pair vanished, Singleton said Friday, adding authorities are working to find out more details.
Vicky White's mother has been "extremely cooperative" with investigators, Singleton said Monday.
"Like us, she's at a total loss. She did not know this side of her daughter, obviously, and she's very distraught," he said.
Officials share photos and up rewards
The pair should be considered dangerous and may be armed with weapons including an AR-15 rifle, handguns and a shotgun, the US Marshals Service said.
The agency said Casey White threatened his ex-girlfriend and her sister in 2015 if he ever got out, "he would kill them and he wanted police to kill him." Authorities have warned the inmate's "potential targets" and taken measures to protect them, the Marshals Service said.
Investigators are also concerned Casey White may not be taking medication for "controlling temper and those kinds of things," Singleton said Monday.
"He has some issues that he's on medication for, and when he's off his meds, I'm told he can be extremely violent," Singleton said.
The service also released several photos of Casey White and his tattoos as well as photo renderings of what Vicky White, who was blonde when she vanished, would look like with darker and shorter hair.
The agency is offering up to $10,000 for information leading to the capture of the inmate and up to $5,000 for the officer. On Friday, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey announced additional rewards of $5,000 each for information leading to the capture and arrest of Vicky White and Casey White.
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Appeals court: Johnson & Johnson must pay $302 million in pelvic mesh case
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A California appeals court has upheld a lower court ruling that Johnson & Johnson must pay penalties to the state for deceptively marketing pelvic mesh implants for women, but reduced the amount by $42 million to $302 million.
Johnson & Johnson had appealed in 2020 after Superior Court Judge Eddie Sturgeon assessed the $344 million in penalties against Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Ethicon.
Sturgeon found after a non-jury trial that the company made misleading and potentially harmful statements in hundreds of thousands of advertisements and instructional brochures for nearly two decades.
California’s Fourth District Court of Appeal issued a ruling Monday that $42 million in penalties assessed for the company’s sales pitches to doctors were unjustified because there was no evidence of what the sales representatives actually said.
But the appeals court said Sturgeon received ample evidence that Ethicon knowingly deceived both physicians and patients about the risks posed by its products, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
Ryan Carbain, a Johnson & Johnson spokesperson, told the Chronicle that the company would appeal the appeals court ruling to the state Supreme Court.
The instructions for use in all of the company’s pelvic mesh implant packages “falsified or omitted the full range, severity, duration, and cause of complications associated with Ethicon’s pelvic mesh products, as well as the potential irreversibility and catastrophic consequences,” Presiding Justice Judith McConnell of the appeals court said in a 3-0 ruling upholding the $302 million in penalties.
She rejected the company’s claim that the fine was excessive, saying it amounted to less than 1% of Johnson & Johnson’s net worth of $70.4 billion.
The products, also called transvaginal mesh, are synthetic and surgically implanted through the vagina of women whose pelvic organs have sagged or who suffered from stress urinary incontinence when they cough, sneeze or lift heavy objects.
Many women have sued the New Jersey-based company alleging that the mesh caused severe pain, bleeding, infections, discomfort during intercourse and the need for removal surgery.
The condition is estimated to affect 3% to 17% of women, and it sometimes becomes severe after age 70.
Johnson & Johnson, the world’s biggest maker of health care products, is contesting other lawsuits over drug side effects, its role in the U.S. opioid epidemic and allegations its baby powder caused cancer in some users.
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DALLAS, Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bottle Rocket, an experience consultancy that provides digital product strategy, design, and technology solutions for some of the world's largest brands, announced today the launch of a new insights report. The report explores the changing face of Experience, the business impact of investing in Experience, and what the future of Experience holds for brands.
The report features insights from Bottle Rocket customers across industries including healthcare, automotive, contractor/supplier management, grocery, and a Fortune 500 Professional Services Firm.
Following the last few years of rapid digitization during COVID-19, digital Experience has now become make-or-break for organizations. In 2021, e-commerce continued to expand — compared with 2019, online sales increased 50.5%. To be competitive today, brands must create a consistent Experience across every channel.
As customer expectations continue to change at a rapid pace, the need to focus on Experience – physical, digital and everything in between – is the key to a company's success. Although Experience may look very different for each of the leaders interviewed, one thing remained constant –to create a truly impactful and engaging Experience, brands must focus on the entire customer journey and ecosystem.
"At Bottle Rocket, we are fortunate to partner with industry-leading companies that prioritize Experience," says Jana Boone, SVP of Marketing at Bottle Rocket. "We work together to create Experiences that are mission critical to growth, no matter the type of organization," she adds. "Whether the focus is on digitizing the interactions between patients/caregivers and hospital systems or about being able to purchase a car in whatever way you prefer, or even ensuring that field workers work safely and efficiently while in the field, Bottle Rocket is at the forefront of creating Experiences that make our lives easier and better."
Contributors like Sharmila Iqbal, Director of Product Management at Albertsons Companies, predict how innovation will shape future experiences, suggesting that the cost of building technology will continue to decrease, leading to more investment in Experience. Steve Wittman, Chief Digital Officer at EchoPark, a Sonic Automotive Company, commented on the emotional elements of an Experience and the importance of remembering that Experience is about everything a customer touches, sees, smells, and feels as they go through the process of buying a car.
The insights report also gives practical advice for keeping pace with digital innovation and designing experiences that put customer needs at the center of strategy. Insights range from Experience design to technology to product strategy, business strategy, marketing and beyond.
For more information and to download the insights report, visit https://blog.bottlerocketstudios.com/preparing-for-the-future-of-experience.
About Bottle Rocket
Bottle Rocket is a digital experience consultancy that provides strategy, product, design and technology services that drive business results and exceed customer expectations. Bottle Rocket is part of the Ogilvy Experience worldwide network. Visit us at www.bottlerocketstudios.com or drop us a note at hello@bottlerocketstudios.com.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In the hospitality sector that has been traditionally dominated by men, Red Roof® has been an industry leader in promoting and nurturing women entrepreneurs. This year, at its fourth annual Forum on Leadership for Women Entrepreneurs, designed to help women in hospitality develop deeper business acumen and stronger leadership skills, Red Roof celebrated its progress with 31% of its hotels owned or partially owned by women.
Further, Red Roof statistics mirror the fact that women continue to progress in management ranks, as there has been a 20% increase in women leadership at Red Roof over the past three years. Fueled by the vision and passion of Red Roof Chief Marketing Officer Marina MacDonald, Red Roof has been industry leading in bringing together women to collaborate, educate and provide the tools and insights to help drive continued growth and support.
"The past two years have been challenging, especially for women, and the impact the pandemic had on travel and hospitality exacerbated the pressure felt by women in our industry. As women juggle work lives and home lives, there really is no such thing as work/life balance. Rather, there are work/life choices that women are forced to make every day," says Marina MacDonald, Chief Marketing Officer, Red Roof. "I designed this hybrid professional/personal event to help our attendees further develop their business and leadership skills, as well as the tools to take better care of themselves, so that we will not only help grow more successful and happy women entrepreneurs, but we will also encourage the development of sustainable habits that will lead to a lifetime of success."
This year, the Forum hosted more than 100 women attendees over two days, including Red Roof franchise owners, industry leaders and corporate team members all looking to collaborate and help one another overcome barriers to success. During the Forum, attendees had the opportunity to network, learn from and support each other, and hear from inspirational and industry-leading experts – including Dr. Lalia Rach, Founder & Partner, Rach Enterprises; Mary Beth Cutshall, Founder & Managing Partner, Amara Capital; Regan Walsh, Chief Renegade Officer, Renegade Global; Laura Lee Blake, President and CEO, Asian American Hotel Owners Association – who shared their journeys and challenges reaching the highest levels of their fields, and shared advice on how to smash glass ceilings. Breakout sessions included topics such as side hustles, which have become increasingly popular since the pandemic, the characteristics of successful women, tips on public speaking and networking, and the power and enrichment of giving back through community involvement. The top advice for women advancement included the following tips:
- Be Heard. Have a Voice.
- Be Authentic and be YOU.
- Be Fearless, Bold and Brave. Take risks.
- Tout Successes with Confidence.
- Stay true to your Values, Vision and Passion.
- Be comfortable being uncomfortable.
Recent research shows the hospitality industry is slowly making progress toward women in leadership, and statistics paint a picture trending toward increased diversity going forward. According to the 2022 Castell Project 'Women in Hospitality Industry Leadership' report, women are gaining in hotel company leadership at the highest levels (CEO, President, Founder). In fact, although still skewed, women now hold one leadership spot for every 10.3 men, an improvement from one to 11.2 in 2019. At the manager and director levels, women now hold 1 in 2 hospitality positions and 1 in 6 at the VP/SVP/EVP level. However, there is more work to do.
Red Roof will continue to lead the industry in supporting women by nurturing networking and providing opportunities and tools needed to reach the highest levels in the hospitality industry.
Red Roof is an award-winning leader in the lodging industry, recognized for creating the innovative Upscale Economy® segment serving millions of guests each year. Known for obsessively listening to consumers, Red Roof offers travelers a consistently high-quality experience at an affordable price. With coast-to-coast locations, Red Roof has over 670 properties and over 60,000 rooms in the U.S. and has expanded internationally to Brazil and Japan. Whether business or leisure, short trips or extended stays, in the hearts of cities or on the road, Red Roof has a property for every traveler, delivering an enhanced experience at a value price. Red Roof is pet-friendly, as one well-behaved pet is welcome per room, nationwide, at no additional cost*. Ranging from economy to midscale, the Red Roof portfolio of brands includes: Red Roof Inn® and Red Roof PLUS+®, allowing guests to Sleep Easy. Spend Less.® with enhanced amenities at a value price; HomeTowne Studios by Red Roof®, offering guests A Brand New Way to Extended Stay®; and The Red Collection®, a hyper-local soft brand in the Hearts of Cities You Love™. Red Roof offers franchisees Genuine Relationships. Real Results.® – a unique owner-operator experience establishing common ground with franchisees. To join the Red Roof industry-leading loyalty program, RediRewards®, or for reservations, visit redroof.com, call 800.RED.ROOF, or download Red Roof's free app that is available for both iOS and Android devices.
*One well-behaved domestic pet (i.e., cat or dog) is welcome per room. To verify a hotel's pet policy, please review hotel information online at redroof.com or by contacting the hotel directly.
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LA Golf to Provide Full Healthcare and Concierge Team.
LOS ANGELES, May 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- LA Golf pledged today to treat female golfers the way they should've been treated all along by providing its LPGA partners with support on and off the course.
LA Golf will provide its partners full healthcare including mental health days and paid maternity leave, as well as performance-based bonuses. LA Golf will also provide its partners with a personalized concierge service to handle travel logistics and on-the-ground support for select tournament weeks to create a more seamless experience, allowing players to focus on their game.
Michelle Wie West posted the announcement today on her social channels and will be conducting exclusive interviews with various media outlets outlining LA Golf's commitment to the women's game and providing further information on the criteria for partnership.
"LA Golf's passion for the women's game is what drew me to partnering with them initially," Wie West said in her statement, "I'm excited to lead this initiative that includes full healthcare benefits including paid maternity leave for its partners and more. This is just the beginning."
"The LA Golf women's initiative is the right thing to do and Michelle's the right person to lead it," said CEO Reed Dickens.
LA Golf will be announcing their 2023 women's team later this year.
For more information and to learn more about LA Golf, please visit LAGOLF.CO and follow us @LAGolf.
LA Golf is the creator of the most technologically advanced putter and shafts in the game, inspired by insights directly from its player partners and made by hand in California.
LA Golf was founded by Reed Dickens, the founding CEO of Marucci Sports, which also partnered with the greatest players in the game to dethrone legacy incumbents Louisville Slugger and Easton.
Contact: Erin Cullen
Phone: (203) 216-8852
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Passage of this legislation will have a transformative impact on the electrochromic glass industry
FARIBAULT, Minn., Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- President Biden signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act, which includes numerous provisions to help decarbonize the US economy, including the addition of a new tax credit for dynamic glass. The bill added electrochromic glass to Section 48 of the Internal Revenue Code, commonly referred to as the Investment Tax Credit (ITC). The credit can cover up to 30% of the costs associated with dynamic glass, moving it towards cost parity with traditional glazing and shading solutions.
The passage of this bill is both a recognition of the decarbonization potential of electrochromic glass as well as the importance of the tax code as a market driver for newer technologies. "The ITC has a long track record of stimulating increased investment in renewable energy sources such as wind and solar. We applaud Congress and the Biden Administration for recognizing the importance of dynamic glass as a tool to combat climate change, while simultaneously improving the health and well-being of building occupants," said Michael Lane, VP of Sales for SageGlass. "This is a true game changer for the industry," Lane continues. "Dynamic Glass has proven itself for years in larger and larger applications, but first cost has remained an obstacle to large-scale adoption. This tax credit can go a long way towards making the technology more accessible."
The bill also contained additional changes for the Investment Tax Credit (ITC) which has a direct bearing on dynamic glass, including provisions for direct pay and credit transfer mechanisms. These new tools potentially enable certain tax-exempt entities to benefit from the credit [1]. "There are lots of important details related to credits like this and we look forward to consulting with our customers to help them understand the nuances of these changes," said Lane.
SageGlass is the global leader in electrochromic glass and is transforming the human experience in the built environment. With this smart technology, dynamic glass tints and clears automatically to optimize daylight and regulate temperature — all while maintaining unobstructed views of the outdoors.
With SageGlass, building occupants comfortably experience the biophilic benefits of the outdoors, including stress reduction, enhanced creativity, and greater wellbeing. Architects choose SageGlass to solve solar control challenges elegantly without sacrificing aesthetics. And SageGlass can help building owners use less energy and achieve sustainability and wellness certifications. The SageGlass Symphony® control system can be integrated into smart, connected building systems.
SageGlass holds more than 1,300 patents and counting. And as a wholly owned subsidiary of Saint-Gobain, SageGlass is backed by more than 350 years of building science expertise that only the world leader in sustainable environments can provide.
Worldwide leader in light and sustainable construction, Saint-Gobain designs, manufactures, and distributes materials and services for the construction and industrial markets. Its integrated solutions for the renovation of public and private buildings, light construction, and the decarbonization of construction and industry are developed through a continuous innovation process and provide sustainability and performance. The group's commitment is guided by its purpose, "MAKING THE WORLD A BETTER HOME."
€44.2 billion in sales in 2021
More than 166,000 employees, located in 70 countries
Committed to achieving Carbon Neutrality by 2050
For more details on Saint-Gobain, visit http://www.saint-gobain.com and follow us on Twitter @saintgobain.
[1] https://www.natlawreview.com/article/inflation-reduction-act-key-provisions-regarding-itc-and-ptc
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National Archives poised to release more Trump documents to January 6 committee
By Katelyn Polantz, CNN
The National Archives is poised to turn over yet another batch of documents to the House’s investigation into the January 6 insurrection, according to a new set of letters released by the agency on Wednesday.
The document release contains up to 23,000 emails and attachments and is the eighth collection for the Archives to process for the House select committee’s investigation. Former President Donald Trump, in a letter to the Archives in March, said he wanted to potentially claim executive privilege related to some of the documents in the collection.
But the Archives said on Wednesday they would not hold back records Trump wants to keep secret from the House investigators.
This set of documents — following of hundreds of others the House select committee has gathered in its investigation — will arrive as Capitol Hill prepares for the beginning of public hearings about Trump and January 6. The Biden administration has repeatedly supported releasing January 6-related records around the presidency so there is a “full accounting” of the insurrection, according to the White House counsel’s office — a potentially pivotal position for the investigation and for future administrations.
The Archives plans to turn over some of the records immediately. Others — many of the records in dispute — will go the House select committee on May 26, unless Trump gets a court to block the handoff, according to acting Archivist Debra Steidel Wall.
The Archives consulted with the Biden White House, which doesn’t want to keep the documents secret, according to a third letter released Wednesday.
The Archives also said that some of the records Trump is trying to protect won’t be given to the House, because they are “not responsive” to the committee’s request. Others in the tranche are still being reviewed by the White House.
Trump has not tried a court challenge over the Archives’ production of records to the House select committee since the Supreme Court dealt him a loss in a previous executive privilege challenge over his archival White House records.
He disclosed that the committee’s requests for documents may number into the millions.
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AUSTIN (Nexstar) — The Texas “trigger law” that bans virtually all abortions will take effect in 30 days, after the U.S. Supreme Court officially issued its judgment on the case overruling Roe v. Wade on Tuesday.
The law automatically bans most abortions in the state and was written to be “triggered” 30 days after the high court issues an official judgment, not an opinion, according to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
The judgment comes a little over a month after justices issued an opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, where a majority ruled 6-3 that the U.S. Constitution does not protect the right to an abortion, overturning nearly 50 years of precedence under Roe v. Wade. In the opinion, Justice Clarence Thomas wrote the issue of abortion should be decided by the states.
Legal questions around abortions in Texas have been present since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, effectively stopping them altogether as providers feared retribution.
Within hours of the Supreme Court’s decision on June 24, Paxton sent out an advisory stating abortions are “now illegal here,” citing 1920s-era Texas statutes that existed before Roe v. Wade was first decided in 1973.
Paxton said under those laws, “providers could be criminally liable for providing abortions.” Despite lawsuits from providers over the interpretation of this law, the Texas Supreme Court ruled the 1925 statute is enforceable.
Once in effect, the trigger law will prohibit all abortions except under limited circumstances, such as a “life-threatening condition to the mother caused by the pregnancy.” Abortion will be punishable by up to life in prison at least a $100,000 fine for each offense.
Abortion opponents have said the state’s trigger law will work in concert with Texas’ Senate Bill 8, which allows private citizens to sue providers or anyone who aids and abets in abortions that occur after six weeks. The trigger law bans abortions after fertilization. | https://cw33.com/news/texas-politics/texas-trigger-law-banning-abortion-to-take-effect-in-30-days-dobbs-v-jackson-judgement-issued/ | 2022-07-27T15:24:06Z |
SILVER SPRING, Md., July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a draft guidance to help ensure that information is available to patients and health care professionals to clearly communicate the benefits and risks of LASIK devices.
"It is important to provide patients with comprehensive labeling that clearly describes the risks involved with LASIK surgery, including potential adverse effects such as dry eye, pain and discomfort, and visual symptoms," said Jeff Shuren, M.D., director of the FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health. "These proposed labeling recommendations, based on extensive consultation with stakeholders and patients, are intended to present information about LASIK in language that is easy to read and understand and include images that convey visual symptoms that could occur following LASIK. The draft guidance is designed to support discussions that patients should have with their eye care providers about the benefits and risks of LASIK to help them make informed decisions before proceeding with the surgery."
LASIK is an outpatient surgical procedure that permanently reshapes the cornea to change the way the eye focuses light rays onto the retina at the back of the eye. LASIK surgery is intended to correct common vision problems such as nearsightedness, farsightedness, and astigmatism and to reduce a person's dependency on eyeglasses and contact lenses.
The draft guidance "Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis (LASIK) Lasers–Patient Labeling Recommendations," details the FDA's proposed recommendations for the content and format of patient labeling for LASIK devices, including general information about the surgical procedure; indications for use; benefits; procedure alternatives; contraindications, warnings and precautions; risks; what to expect before, during and after surgery; clinical study information; and manufacturer contact information. In addition, the draft guidance proposes the inclusion of a patient decision checklist as part of the patient labeling information that physicians provide to their patients prior to the procedure. To ensure the patient decision checklist is clearly understood by patients, the proposed checklist includes, among other information, who is a good candidate for LASIK, what to expect after surgery, and a summary of long-term risks of the procedure. It also proposes that the patient and physician sign the checklist to acknowledge it was read and discussed.
The FDA collaborated with external experts on research efforts that informed the recommendations in the draft guidance. The agency, in collaboration with the National Eye Institute and the Department of Defense, conducted research as part of the LASIK Quality of Life Collaboration Project to help better understand the potential risk of problems that can occur after LASIK. This project led to the development of the Patient-Reported Outcomes with LASIK PROWL Symptoms and Satisfaction (PROWL-SS), questionnaire, qualified through the FDA's Medical Device Development Tools (MDDT) program.
By issuing draft guidance for public comment, the FDA is encouraging feedback on the proposed labeling recommendations from patients, health care providers and stakeholders. The FDA will continue to monitor the latest scientific data related to LASIK and work with professional medical societies and patient advocacy groups to help ensure that risk information about LASIK devices is disseminated to patients, as new information becomes available.
Additional Resources
- Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis (LASIK) Lasers – Patient Labeling Recommendations
- LASIK
- Medical Device Development Tools (MDDT) Program
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Tom Cycyota to retire after leading the organization for 22 years
CENTENNIAL, Colo., Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AlloSource®, one of the largest allograft providers in the U.S., creating innovative cellular and tissue allografts to help surgeons heal their patients, today announced President and CEO, Tom Cycyota, plans to retire.
Cycyota has been in his role since 2000, leading the organization in its commitment to developing and distributing lifesaving and life-enhancing allografts, which are tissue grafts from human donors. Under his leadership, AlloSource honored thousands of tissue donors' intent to help others by providing more than three million allografts for use in surgical procedures.
"My career at AlloSource speaks to the amazing possibilities of donated human tissue. It has been a great honor to serve as AlloSource's President and CEO, supporting its transformation and incredible growth in both the number of patients and surgeons we served as well as the amazing technologies we pioneered," said Cycyota. "I want to offer my sincere thanks to our employees and recovery partners whose hard work and dedication have allowed us to achieve so much over the last 22 years. I also want to thank AlloSource's customers, partners, communities, and Board of Directors for their ongoing support."
As the largest homegrown biotechnology company in Colorado and one of the largest tissue banks in the country, AlloSource's unique business requires a daily balancing act of creating innovative new allografts and processes, while also making decisions that honor each tissue donor's selfless gift. The more than 200 different types of allografts AlloSource produces are used in countless applications; from spinal fusions and shoulder rotator cuff repair to burn care and plastic and reconstruction surgeries.
"On behalf of the Board of Directors, the management team, and AlloSource's employees, we want to thank Tom for his leadership and impact over his more than two decades with the organization," said Diane Brockmeier, AlloSource Board Chair. "Tom's legacy is more than AlloSource's growth. We are grateful for his passionate leadership, which forged many business relationships and friendships. His personal compassion and commitment to honoring donor families has served as the centerpiece for the AlloSource culture. Please join me in thanking him for his commitment to AlloSource and its employees, as well as the organ, eye, and tissue donation community. We wish him nothing but the best in this next chapter."
The Board of Directors has begun the search for AlloSource's next President and CEO. Until a successor is found, Cycyota will remain in his President and CEO role to ensure a smooth transition for AlloSource's business, partners, and employees.
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AlloSource, one of the largest human tissue providers, honors tissue donors by creating innovative dermal, cartilage, tendon, fascia, bone, amniotic, and living cellular allografts to help heal patients. Since 1994, the Colorado-based organization has continued to advance its allografts to improve patient outcomes, serving as a trusted tissue partner to the medical community. AlloSource® is registered with the FDA as a tissue establishment and accredited by the American Association of Tissue Banks. Learn more at allosource.org.
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TORONTO , June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Accord Financial Corp., one of the U.S. and Canada's leading independent commercial finance companies ("Accord") (TSX: ACD) announced the appointment of Irene Eddy as interim CFO effective June 15, 2022 alongside the departure of Stuart Adair, the company's long-time CFO.
Eddy joined Accord in 2019 as Senior Vice President, Capital Markets, and as a member of the executive leadership team, helped guide corporate strategy and planning. Since joining Accord, she has handled all aspects of the company's financing requirements, including managing its key banking relationship and diversifying its sources of capital through the addition of several strategic funding partners.
After almost twenty years with Accord, Stuart Adair is moving on to a new challenge as of June 15th. During his long tenure, he oversaw the company's public company obligations and delivered financial reporting at the standard expected of a highly respected company such as Accord.
"We are fortunate to have a strong executive leadership team along with a dedicated team of financial professionals throughout Accord. This integrated structure will allow for a seamless transition," stated Simon Hitzig, President & CEO. "We wish Stuart all the best in his next endeavor and welcome Irene to an expanded role within Accord."
In addition to her experience at Accord, Eddy has her law degree from Fordham University and is a certified public accountant (inactive).
Accord Financial is North America's most dynamic commercial finance company providing fast, versatile financing solutions for companies in transition including asset-based lending, factoring, inventory finance, equipment leasing, trade finance, and film/media finance. By leveraging our unique combination of financial strength, deep experience, and independent thinking, we craft winning financial solutions for both small businesses and medium-sized enterprises, simply delivered, so our clients can thrive. For 44 years, Accord has helped businesses manage their cash flows and maximize financial opportunities. www.accordfinancial.com
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Best Buy launches home pickup recycling service
Published: Apr. 21, 2022 at 8:08 AM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
(CNN) - Best Buy is offering a new service to pick up your large tech items that need to be recycled.
It’s called the Best Buy Standalone Haul-Away Service.
Workers will remove up to two items from homes per visit.
That includes things like big-screen TVs and washing machines, as well as smaller items like laptop computers and gaming consoles.
Best Buy is charging $200 for each pickup.
The store said it’s the largest retail collector of e-waste in the country.
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Genba Seamlessly Captures Critical Knowledge, Enables Workflows for Industrial Maintenance Technicians Using Speech-to-Text, Natural Language Processing (NLP)
VANCOUVER, Wash., June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- RealWear, the world's leading provider of assisted reality solutions for frontline industrial workers, acquired Genba AI and received $1.5M of additional investment from Fortive Corporation. The move opens new industrial channels for RealWear to serve the industrial manufacturing maintenance market with cutting-edge voice-enabled software that captures critical knowledge for maintenance technicians and supervisors and, along with the current RealWear partner ecosystem, helps drive its assisted intelligence vision further, including the delivery of contextual data, tools, software and metrics to aid frontline operations and IT.
"In last week's funding announcement, we mentioned more game-changing human-centric tech to come," said Rama Oruganti, Chief Product Officer, RealWear. "Today we're bringing our first ever SaaS offering to market for the frontline, helping to move us toward a fully platform-centric business. Helping customers easily capture data and surface insights through contextual tools provided by RealWear and partners increases worker productivity and our customers' bottom line."
The work of a typical industrial maintenance technician covers a wide range of activities including creating and completing work orders, capturing notes, logging parts and charging for labor, all of which must be stored in the business's CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System).
CMMSs are not, however, designed to facilitate frontline workflows, which can result in incomplete data and additional unplanned downtime if not paired with a solution such as what Genba offers. According to Genba, today's Industrial Maintenance Technicians spend 30 minutes each shift completing paperwork yet self-report that up to 75% of urgent issues, and even less critical tribal knowledge, goes unreported.
Using Genba's specially trained speech-to-text technology, the company solves the key pain point for those techs required to enter data once a task is complete or as a shift ends. Genba's customers are seeing critical data and knowledge capture increase up to three-fold, some within a week of installation, improving overall lifetime and uptime of an asset.
Seattle-based Genba was co-founded by two former Fluke (a wholly owned subsidiary of Fortive) employees in March 2021 and was backed by a partnership Fortive formed with Pioneer Square Labs (PSL) as part of its overall innovation efforts that grows and nurtures early-stage companies.
"As part of this announcement we are thrilled with the level of talent we're gaining at RealWear," continued Oruganti. "The Genba team consists of Tier 1 expertise in the speech, NLP, and industrial workflow spaces. We're very excited to be working with Fluke on a co-selling program to market the Genba solutions to Fluke's eMaint industrial customers."
Genba's first two products to market are an intelligent, voice-enabled workflow mobile application for Industrial Maintenance Technicians and Industrial Maintenance Analytics for Maintenance Managers, both of which are fully integrated into Fluke's CMMS product, eMaint.
RealWear® is the world's leading provider of assisted reality wearable solutions that engage, empower, and elevate the modern frontline industrial worker to perform work tasks more safely, and with increased efficiency and precision. RealWear gives these workers real-time access to information and expertise, while keeping their hands and field of view free for work. Headquartered in Vancouver, WA, RealWear has shipped devices to thousands of enterprise customers worldwide in energy, manufacturing and automotive, among others. The company is field proven with world-class customers, including Shell, Goodyear, Mars, Colgate-Palmolive, and BMW, who use it to improve workplace safety and productivity.
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Including 28.1 g/t Au over 18.7 m, 15.0 g/t Au over 14.6 m, & 33.8 g/t over 4.8m
RENO, Nev., June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - i-80 GOLD CORP. (TSX: IAU) (NYSE: IAUX) ("i-80", or the "Company") is pleased to announce results from the first sixteen holes drilled in the 2022 underground program at the Granite Creek Property to define mineralization for mining and test for extensions of the Ogee Zone, the primary target of the underground program. The ongoing surface and underground drill program at the Company's Granite Creek Property ("Granite Creek" or "the Property") located in Humboldt County, Nevada is focused on defining mineralization for inclusion in an updated Feasibility Study expected at the end of the ~30,000 metre drill program.
During the fourth quarter of 2021, underground drilling platforms were completed providing access to test the expansion opportunity of the Ogee Zone, expected to provide the bulk of mineralization to be mined in the next twelve months. Initial drilling is primarily focused on defining mineralization immediately below existing mine workings (see Figure 1 and Table 1). Drilling in 2022 continues to focus on further expansion in the area between the bottom level of the mine workings and the deepest hole drilled by i-80 so far to test the Ogee Zone depth extension (from surface), iGS21-15, that intersected multiple high-grade mineralized horizons including 13.3 g/t Au over 13.1 m, 20.3 g/t Au over 7.5 m and 10.1 g/t Au over 17.5 m. Additional drilling has focused on extensions of the Otto, Adam Peak, and Range Front faults beneath historic workings.
Highlight results from 2022 underground drilling at Granite Creek:
- 28.1 g/t Au over 18.7 m in hole iGU22-01
- 15.0 g/t Au over 14.6 m in hole iGU22-03
- 33.8 g/t Au over 4.8 m in hole iGU22-13
- 22.5 g/t Au over 3.0 m in hole iGU22-14
The Company is in the process of expanding the underground workings such that multiple headings are available for mining. The decline is being driven to depth and initial work is being performed to assess the potential to access the new South Pacific Zone located immediately below and to the north of the mine workings. It is expected that first mineralization from the underground operation will be trucked to Twin Creeks for processing in mid-2022, pursuant to the agreement with Nevada Gold Mines, until such time that the Company's Lone Tree facility is operational.
"These drill results further increase our confidence in the next level to be mined from the Ogee Zone.", stated Tyler Hill, Senior Geologist of i-80. "We continue to test extensions of the Ogee Zone at depth, which will complement expansion drilling in the new South Pacific Zone."
The Granite Creek Property is strategically located proximal to Nevada Gold Mines' Turquoise Ridge and Twin Creeks mines at the north end of the Battle Mountain-Eureka Trend, at its intersection with the Getchell gold belt in Nevada (See Figure 2). High-grade mineralization occurs in a near-identical geological setting as that at the multi-million ounce Turquoise Ridge Mine located immediately to the north; proximal to a major regional fault (the Getchell or Range Front fault) on the eastern edge of the large Osgood Mountains intrusive complex. The Granite Creek deposit remains open at depth and along strike from the existing underground workings and step-out drilling aimed at expanding resources is currently underway.
All samples were submitted to ALS Minerals (ALS) of Sparks, NV, which is an ISO 9001 and 17025 certified and accredited laboratory, independent of the Company. Samples submitted through ALS are run through standard prep methods and analyzed using Au-AA23 (Au; 30g fire assay) and ME-ICP41 (35 element suite; 0.5g Aqua Regia/ICP-AES). ALS also undertakes their own internal coarse and pulp duplicate analysis to ensure proper sample preparation and equipment calibration. i-80 Gold Corp's QA/QC program includes regular insertion of CRM standards, duplicates, and blanks into the sample stream with a stringent review of all results.
Tim George, PE, Mine Operations Manager, reviewed the technical and scientific information contained in this press release and is a Qualified Person within the meaning of NI 43-101.
i-80 Gold Corp. is a well-financed, Nevada-focused, mining company with a goal of achieving mid-tier gold producer status through the development of multiple deposits within the Company's advanced-stage property portfolio with processing at i-80's centralized milling facility that includes an autoclave.
Certain statements in this release constitute "forward-looking statements" or "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable securities laws, including but not limited to the expansion or mineral resources at Granite Creek and the potential of the Granite Creek project. Such statements and information involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the company, its projects, or industry results, to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements or information. Such statements can be identified by the use of words such as "may", "would", "could", "will", "intend", "expect", "believe", "plan", "anticipate", "estimate", "scheduled", "forecast", "predict" and other similar terminology, or state that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will" be taken, occur or be achieved. These statements reflect the Company's current expectations regarding future events, performance and results and speak only as of the date of this release.
Forward-looking statements and information involve significant risks and uncertainties, should not be read as guarantees of future performance or results and will not necessarily be accurate indicators of whether or not such results will be achieved. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements or information, including, but not limited to: material adverse changes, unexpected changes in laws, rules or regulations, or their enforcement by applicable authorities; the failure of parties to contracts with the company to perform as agreed; social or labour unrest; changes in commodity prices; and the failure of exploration programs or studies to deliver anticipated results or results that would justify and support continued exploration, studies, development or operations.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Michelle Butler was just over halfway through her pregnancy when her water broke and contractions wracked her body. She couldn’t escape a terrifying truth: Her twins were coming much too soon.
Dr. Brian Sims entered the delivery room and gently explained that babies born so early likely won’t live. He told Butler he could keep them comfortable as they died.
But she pleaded through tears: “Give my twins a chance to survive.”
And he did.
Until recently, trying to save babies born this early would have been futile. Butler was in the fifth month of her pregnancy, one day past 21 weeks gestation. That’s seven weeks earlier than what doctors once considered “the lower limit of viability,” the earliest an infant could possibly survive outside the womb. But over the last half century, medical science has slowly shifted that boundary downward.
And that’s made viability — a word many associate with the abortion debate — key to decisions about desperately wanted babies at the very edge of life.
Growing numbers of extremely premature infants are getting lifesaving treatment and surviving. A pivotal study in the Journal of the American Medical Association this year, which looked at nearly 11,000 such births in a neonatal research network that is part of the National Institutes of Health, found that 30% of babies born at 22 weeks, 56% born at 23 weeks and 71% born at 24 weeks lived at least until they were healthy enough to be sent home home if doctors tried to save them.
Those gains happened gradually and quietly as the notion of viability got a lot more attention in the abortion arena. Viability is mentioned 36 times in the initial draft of the leaked majority opinion by the U.S. Supreme Court in a Mississippi case that would strike down Roe v. Wade. The decades-old abortion ruling says the Constitution protects a woman’s right to an abortion before viability, a standard Mississippi argues is arbitrary.
But viability has nothing to do with the vast majority of abortions; more than 99% of abortions occur at or before 21 weeks, according to federal statistics. So although viability is central to abortion law, the crux of the argument around the procedure comes down to disagreement about whether and in which cases someone should have the choice to terminate a pregnancy.
Meanwhile, viability is a growing real concern for those who care for premature babies as science keeps moving the line lower and lower.
And in this realm, too, it’s ethically fraught.
Beyond the risk of death, babies at “borderline viability” are highly susceptible to disabilities such as cerebral palsy, cognitive impairments, blindness and severe lung problems. Often, parents and doctors face a heartbreaking question they must answer together: How do they decide what to do?
“There’s a lot of things we can do, a lot of interventions,” said Dr. Barbara Warner, a newborn medicine expert at Washington University medical school in St. Louis. “Should we do them?”
In the case of Butler’s twins, the answer was yes. Curtis and C’Asya Means came into the world on July 5, 2020, at the University of Alabama hospital in Birmingham, each weighing less than a pound and small enough to fit in an adult’s hand.
Their divergent paths reflected both sides of extreme prematurity.
C’Asya lived just one day. Butler keeps her ashes in a tiny pink-and-silver urn.
Curtis is the earliest surviving “micropreemie” in the world and is now teething, trying solid foods and tooling around the house in his walker.
‘A SLOW EVOLUTION’
Each year in the U.S, about 380,000 babies are born prematurely, or earlier than 37 weeks of a typical 40-week pregnancy. About 19,000 arrive before the third trimester.
Babies born so soon faced bleak prospects until the latter half of the 20th century. That’s when incubator technology evolved, neonatology became a specialty and two medications began to be widely used: steroids during pregnancy to speed up fetal lung development, and synthetic “surfactant” given to babies to keep their airways open.
“I don’t think I could point to a single new technology or new medication or approach that has been the driver of keeping infants alive at these really low limits of gestation,” said Dr. Elizabeth Foglia, a neonatologist at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. “It’s just a slow evolution” that cascaded into “a sea change.”
For many years, the “edge of viability” remained around 24 weeks, she said. During her pediatric residency from 2006-2009, “those were the patients that were sort of the earliest we would intervene and the patients we were most worried about.”
Nicholas Hall’s twins, Graham and Reece, were born at 25 weeks in 2006. Graham spent his 45-day life connected to a breathing tube, getting nutrients through an IV. “He could never rest,” said the Bloomington, Indiana, dad, who with his now ex-wife started a nonprofit to support parents called Graham’s Foundation.
Reece survived. But she spent 119 days in the NICU, needed emergency surgery for a buildup of fluid in her brain, and came home on oxygen. She still has a hearing problem called auditory processing disorder.
Complications remain common even as three decades of research show a progressive increase in survival rates for babies born at 22 to 25 weeks. Care for these babies also remains intense.
Even today, up to a year in the hospital isn’t unusual for micropreemies, and costs can run into the millions of dollars. Most of these infants spend time on ventilators, are warmed in isolettes and get fluids and nutrition through tubes. Their skin, as delicate as a burn victim’s, needs meticulous care.
Hospitals have differing practices on when to provide this sort of care to the very youngest micropreemies, which leads to varying survival rates. One survey found that about 6 in 10 U.S. hospitals actively treated 22-week babies in 2019, up from 26% in 2007. The data doesn’t include the few surviving babies born during the 21st week of pregnancy.
“If you’re an institution that’s fully committed to resuscitation at 22 weeks, then studies show pretty clearly that just by virtue of offering the full spectrum of intensive care, you are going to be more likely to have babies who survive,” Foglia said.
TINY FIGHTER
Sims, who treated Butler’s twins, said it would have been “perfectly reasonable” not to try to save them. In such cases, whether to resuscitate or continue lifesaving care is a shared decision between parents and the medical team.
“But even when we don’t try anything, a baby that’s trying to live will show you that. You’ll see that the baby’s trying to take a breath,” Sims said. “We support the babies that give us those signs.”
As soon as Curtis and C’Asya arrived, Sims gave each a little bit of oxygen. Curtis’ heart rate quickly rose. His smaller sister didn’t respond as well. Other medical measures for the twins, such as ventilators and surfactant, couldn’t compensate for her immature lungs.
“They told me it was up to me to make the call” about withdrawing treatment, Butler said. “I actually was praying silently to myself. God came to me and told me, ‘If you give me C’Asya, I’ll give you Curtis.’”
Butler cradled her daughter for hours after she died. It was the first time she held her.
Curtis stayed in the NICU for nine more months. Butler made the 90-minute trek from her home in rural Eutaw to Birmingham several times a week. She read books to Curtis and often held him inside her shirt so his skin touched hers.
Curtis went home tethered to oxygen. Butler, a single mom with two older kids, made sure the levels didn’t drop, gave him medicines five times a day and regularly set his feeding pump to dispense the right amount of food into a tube in his stomach.
More than a year later, Curtis is down to one medication for high blood pressure and two inhalers. He can be unhooked from oxygen for an hour a day. At 22 months old and around 20 pounds, he’s an active toddler who crawls, pulls himself up and plays with his older sister and brother.
When Butler woke him one morning, he fussed and fumbled with the feeding tube that still provides much of his nutrition.
But soon he was scooting his walker around the kitchen and curiously opening cabinets as Butler scrambled eggs, one of a growing number of soft and pureed foods he can now ingest.
“Wanna eat-eat?” she coaxed, offering a tiny bit of egg.
He eagerly popped it in his mouth, then smiled and grabbed a much bigger helping from her plate.
BITTERSWEET PROGRESS
In the future, doctors expect more micropreemies like Curtis to survive.
One reason? Saving them will become more accepted and common. Last year, the influential American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists updated its recommendations to say steroids before birth may be considered if resuscitation is planned at 22 weeks. Previously, the measure was not recommended for babies that young.
And down the road, scientists are working on lifesaving equipment tailored to smaller bodies and an artificial womb they hope could someday grow a fetus outside of a person.
Such advances are sure to deepen ethical dilemmas.
“There always will be a limit of viability. Where that limit is may change over time as technology evolves and our ability to care for less and less mature babies evolves,” Foglia said. But wherever that limit is, “survival may be possible but not guaranteed. And survival without disability is certainly not guaranteed.”
Hall said doctors shouldn’t keep trying to move the viability line down until they can truly reduce the long-term medical problems associated with extremely premature babies born today.
Cori Laemmle of Fort Wayne, Indiana, who gave birth to twin boys in 2020 at 22 weeks, said decisions about whether to treat such infants should consider the individual circumstances and be guided by a question: “Are the interventions going to do more harm than good?”
Washington University’s Warner said everyone needs to think about how the babies might suffer.
This was why Laemmle and her husband decided to let one of her twins go — he was crashing with a collapsed lung. The other twin responded well to treatment. He’s now getting speech and physical therapy and hitting the usual milestones in all areas but speech.
Doctors are hopeful that Curtis Means – he has his father’s last name – will also continue to thrive. Dr. Brett Turner, his pulmonologist, now sees him every two or three months to manage his ongoing lung disease.
“As he grows … those visits will slowly all be able to be spaced out,” Turner said. “Hopefully, he’ll require fewer and fewer doctors to care for him.”
At home, his 35-year-old mother spends less time tending to Curtis’ medical needs and more time just hanging out with him.
One afternoon, she pulled Curtis out of his walker and into her arms. He grabbed at her face. She kissed his hand. She pulled down his Winnie-the-Pooh shirt, and they touched palms in a high five.
Butler, who is studying to be a cosmetologist, envisions Curtis going to school in a few years and becoming a doctor someday.
But as he grows, she always wants him to remember the twin who will never see such a future.
“Anytime he has a party, it’s going to be about her too,” with both names on the cakes, Butler said. “I mention her name every day for him, to let him know he was a twin and ‘your twin is your angel.’ And when he gets bigger, I’m going to get him a necklace where he can keep her ashes with him.”
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Acquisition of 479 Sales & Marketing provides additional opportunities for Bluebird's brand partners to grow in digital and brick-and-mortar retail spaces
MINNEAPOLIS, April 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Bluebird Group, an innovative omni-channel retail service agency, is excited to add Walmart as a retail partner with the acquisition of 479 Sales & Marketing, a Bentonville, Arkansas-based, full-service omni-channel agency. The expansion adds to Bluebird's seasoned team of strategically-minded experts and allows them to offer a larger array of services designed to help in-demand brands become retail-ready and deliver their products in-store and online.
"Our combined industry knowledge, data insights and analytics will provide our brand partners with the best services available," says Jason Kapsner, Founder & CEO of Bluebird. "The 479 team shares our mission – to be analytically forward-thinking and trusted stewards of our brand and retail partners. Their Walmart expertise is evident in their long-standing client relationships."
Bluebird has strong relationships with retailers such as Target, Best Buy and Costco. The acquisition of 479 allows the company to expand their expertise to Walmart, Walmart.com and Sam's Club.
"This partnership unlocks vast opportunities. The doors we're able to open for one another create invaluable possibilities for our retail and brand partners," says John Crimmins, CEO of 479.
"From an operational standpoint, this is an industry game-changer," says Tyler Darnall, Partner at 479. "Retailers and brands value retail service agencies that can deliver superior data and execution. Together, our tools will peel back even more layers of data to unearth consumer trends that will give our clients an edge in the marketplace."
All employees of 479 will transition to Bluebird and remain in Arkansas to continue to foster their Walmart relationships.
Kapsner says, "We've been methodical in our search for the right partner. We've been wanting to grow our relationship with Walmart, and 479 can help us do that. We're excited to bring them under the Bluebird umbrella and provide new opportunities for our brand and retail partners."
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The Bluebird Group is a retail services and consulting firm serving some of the world's most innovative and beloved brands. Headquartered in Minneapolis, MN, Bluebird provides strategic planning, operations consulting, account management, digital optimization and data analytics necessary for brands to execute and to optimize retail sales. For more information about The Bluebird Group, please visit thebluebirdgrp.com.
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COLUMBIA, Md., June 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA and DLR (German Space Agency) recently announced the cessation of operations of SOFIA – the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy--whose science mission operations are managed by Universities Space Research Association (USRA). SOFIA conducts a broad range of astrophysical and planetary science investigations using unique, state-of-the-art and far infrared capabilities to address key NASA astrophysics' objectives.
USRA has been proud to work with NASA on SOFIA whose legacy has been remarkable.
SOFIA's contributions to interdisclipinary science include significant achievements such as:
- Finding water on the Moon
- First measurements of atomic oxygen in the Earth's mesosphere and lower thermosphere
- Determining how magnetic fields control star formation and how magnetic fields grow and develop in galaxies. Understanding the origin, amplification and morphology of the magnetic field is crucial to forming a complete picture of Galaxy development.
- Discovering that Stellar winds, not supernovae disperse molecular clouds, trigger the birth of new stars and can dominate feedback
- Discerning the dynamics of interstellar gas and feedback from stars to gas through high spectral resolution
- Detecting the helium hydride molecule, the first molecule in the Universe
- Studying the composition and evolution of the Interstellar Medium (ISM) by surveying the ISM with cameras, spectrometers, and polarimeters that operate in the near-, mid-, and far-infrared wavelengths, each suited to studying a particular phenomenon
- Studies in the infrared that highlight stellar collision
- Observing a comet with "ocean-like" water, providing hints about the origins of Earth's oceans
- Finding out how magnetic fields can help feed active black holes
- On the other hand, finding out how magnetic fields are working to keep the Milky Way's black hole quiet
- Helping to create a panoramic view of the Milky Way's center – spanning a distance of 600 light-years – in infrared
- Studying how a type of organic molecule could develop in space, helping to better understand how life could have developed on Earth
- Catching a glimpse of what happens after two planets collide
- Finding the amount and location of water vapor around a protostar
- Confirming that a nearby planetary system around the star Epsilon Eridani is remarkably similar to our own solar system
- Finding that dust can not only survive, but may be formed in the wake of a supernova explosion, one of the most powerful events in the universe, whose blast destroys almost everything in its path
- Observing how stellar pulsations affect the chemistry of the universe
As far as capabilities are concerned, SOFIA offers diverse competencies like high resolution spectroscopy and Far-IR polarimetry. Studies of SOFIA's science capabilities provide compelling synergies with other observatories in NASA's portfolio. For example, studies of the bright nearby Universe are key to illuminating the underlying physics in the more distant objects that will be targeted by the James Webb Telescope. Balloon Missions such as GUSTO and BlastPol provide direct scientific synergy with SOFIA by performing even wider-area surveys or pathfinder science of select regions. The capabilities of these facilities complement SOFIA capabilities and offer open access to a much larger observer base.
SOFIA's instrument suite provides continuum, spectroscopic and polarization imaging in the full mid-IR and far-IR wavelength range inaccessible from the ground. The spectral resolving power of SOFIA provides measurements not possible with any other observatory. Unlike space-based IR facilities, SOFIA's instrument detectors don't saturate with light even on the bright targets, many of which serve as local templates for understanding the distant universe.
SOFIA's instruments are constantly upgraded depending on the science needs. Principal Investigator teams selected through a competitive proposal process develop the instruments. Current instruments include FORCAST and HAWC+, FIFI-LS, EXES, and GREAT. All instruments remain in high demand. FORCAST and GREAT are the most mature in the instrument suite and their observations have produced the most scientific publications.
SOFIA has doubled its annual science publications over the past three years. In first eight years after starting operations, SOFIA produced over 300 scientific papers which is significantly higher than science return from far-infrared balloon programs and at a comparable hours-per-paper as the Herschel Space Observatory, the last far-infrared space observatory.
SOFIA continues to move forward with higher productivity and greater impact till the end of its term.
USRA looks forward to partner with NASA to ensure the safe fly out of SOFIA and ensure that its science legacy is captured appropriately for the astronomical community.
For more information on SOFIA's recent accomplishments: https://www.sofia.usra.edu/sites/default/files/2022-03/SOFIA_Status_Future_Prospects_17Mar22.pdf
"SOFIA Science: Remarkable Results": https://www.sofia.usra.edu/sites/default/files/2021-11/SOFIA-Science-2021.pdf
SOFIA is a joint project of NASA and the German Space Agency at DLR. DLR provides the telescope, scheduled aircraft maintenance, and other support for the mission. NASA's Ames Research Center in California's Silicon Valley manages the SOFIA program, science, and mission operations in cooperation with the Universities Space Research Association, headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, and the German SOFIA Institute at the University of Stuttgart. The aircraft is maintained and operated by NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center Building 703, in Palmdale, California. SOFIA achieved full operational capability in 2014, and the mission will conclude no later than Sept. 30, 2022. SOFIA will continue its regular operations until then, including science flights and a deployment to New Zealand this summer.
Founded in 1969, under the auspices of the National Academy of Sciences at the request of the U.S. Government, the Universities Space Research Association (USRA), is a nonprofit corporation chartered to advance space-related science, technology and engineering. USRA operates scientific institutes and facilities and conducts other major research and educational programs. USRA engages the university community and employs in-house scientific leadership, innovative research and development, and project management expertise. More information about USRA is available at www.usra.edu.
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As Company Attempts to Subcontract Work, Teamsters Fight Back and Win
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Teamsters delivering groceries for Safeway.com throughout the Puget Sound area have unanimously ratified a strong new three-year contract, successfully beating back an effort by the company to outsource the entire grocery delivery business to third-party subcontractors. The life-changing new contract will solve many of the previous challenges for more than 120 members at Teamsters Locals 174, 162, and 313 who are covered under the agreement.
In addition to major improvements to economics and workplace protections, the new contract secures Teamster work against an exploitative independent contractor model.
"When Safeway.com management first came to the bargaining table, their goal was to get rid of us entirely by using DoorDash and other third-party gig workers to deliver groceries, but we stopped them in their tracks," said Rick Hicks, Teamsters Local 174 Secretary-Treasurer. "They came in with a strong position to eliminate our Teamster members completely, at one point even offering up to 52 weeks of separation pay. Once management realized they were not going to be successful in their mission, they stepped up and worked with us to deliver this incredible new contract that protects our members on the job while also rewarding them for the hard work they performed throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond."
Another major accomplishment in the contract is new language regarding tipping, which will now be allowed and encouraged by the company. Safeway.com drivers had previously been barred from accepting any tips. This major change has the potential to dramatically improve workers' hourly take-home pay. The new contract also includes strong wage and pension increases, stronger seniority provisions in route selection, dramatic improvements in safety, and the additional holiday of MLK Day.
"This contract is a testament to the power of solidarity," said Nick Lansdale, Teamsters Local 313 Secretary-Treasurer. "Our members stood together with the members of Local 174, Local 162, and the Teamsters International, and spoke loudly with one voice telling Safeway.com we would not let them outsource our work. Thankfully the company heard us, and the result is a strong contract our members were proud to ratify unanimously."
"We are proud of our members for standing strong and having confidence in their bargaining committee, which led to this strong contract that will benefit them for many years to come. We also thank IBT Warehouse Division Director Tom Erickson, and Teamsters Local 162 Secretary-Treasurer Bob Sleight, for backing us 100 percent in this fight," Hicks added. "We were in constant contact with them throughout this process and received tremendous support."
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Three lucky teams across the country most in need of refreshment will receive the ultimate "Rec Refresh" including custom jerseys, celeb pro coaching session and more
CHICAGO, July 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Recreational sports leagues are back and in full effect this summer! Whether your team is playing kickball or bowling strikes, Jim Beam is here to give your squad a much-deserved refresh as you reunite to take on the upcoming season.
Starting today, rec sports teams anywhere in the U.S. can visit JimBeamRecRefresh.com for a shot at winning a Jim Beam Highball Rec Refresh package by verifying their ages, sharing their favorite team memory and explaining why their team needs an upgrade. Whether you play softball, soccer, kickball or even pickleball, any 21+ recreational team that could use some refreshment will have the chance to receive the ultimate upgrade. Submissions will be accepted until July 29, 2022, and three eligible teams will be selected early August.
From post-game Jim Beam Highballs to outfitting the teams with personalized gear for each player, and even bringing in a former professional player to guest coach – this refresh package will be the start to a fantastic season.
Each Rec Refresh package includes:
- A $5,000 check to pick up the tab on league fees and new equipment
- A virtual coaching session with former professional athlete, baseball champion and all-star Nick Swisher
- Personalized swag for each player including a hat and jersey
- Coolers to store ingredients to make refreshing Jim Beam Handmade Highball cocktails
- Instacart gift cards, valued at $1,000, for Jim Beam Handmade Highball fixings for post-game gatherings
"As rec teams are safely gathering to play together this summer, the Jim Beam Highball Rec Refresh contest will offer players a fresh start, this summer or whenever they're ready to take the field together," said Sarah Cordova, Jim Beam Senior Brand Manager, North America Marketing. "We all deserve to celebrate being together again with friends who feel like family, whether it's by enjoying a Highball after a big win or feeling fresh with brand new equipment and team uniforms."
Even if teams aren't in need of a refresh, they can still enjoy a refreshing Jim Beam Highball in the hot summer months. The Highball, which is made by mixing chilled Jim Beam Bourbon with ice-cold, highly carbonated ginger ale, is the perfect option for those who are looking for a light and refreshing drink.
To learn more about Jim Beam, visit jimbeam.com or follow @jimbeamofficial on Instagram and @jimbeam on Twitter. For more on Rec Refresh, visit JimBeamRecRefresh.com.
Jim Beam is the world's best-selling bourbon, crafted by seven generations of family distillers since 1795. Fred Noe, Jim Beam's 7th Generation Master Distiller, has stayed true to the family recipe that's been passed down through generations. The Jim Beam portfolio of products includes Jim Beam Bourbon, Jim Beam Black, Jim Beam Double Oak, Jim Beam Devil's Cut and Jim Beam Rye among other offerings.
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Electric Vehicles and EcoCart Partnership Power Carbon Neutral Last Mile Delivery
TORONTO, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- GoBolt, a technology company building the first sustainable, first-party supply chain network, today announces its sustainable small parcel delivery service in Canadian and U.S. cities. GoBolt's expansion of eco-conscious delivery operations is powered by its growing electric vehicle fleet and partnership to offset delivery carbon emissions with EcoCart, a sustainability technology company.
"Expanding our last mile delivery services to small parcel was the natural next step for GoBolt as we continue to strengthen our first-party logistics network," said Mark Ang, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of GoBolt. "This move will allow GoBolt to provide our merchants needing both truck and parcel deliveries with a true end-to-end, holistic logistics solution."
Founded in 2017, GoBolt is a sustainable fulfillment and last mile logistics provider for ecommerce businesses, from national brands to global companies. Its last mile services had traditionally catered to big and bulky deliveries for furniture, fitness, and home goods brands but with its expansion into small parcel delivery, on the heels of its recent acquisition of BoxKnight, GoBolt will now pick up, consolidate, sort, and deliver ecommerce brands' smaller packages.
Acquiring the same-day delivery startup BoxKnight provided GoBolt with existing integrations software that allowed the company to speed up its go-to-market rhythms. GoBolt will now be able to offer shoppers of leading brands same-day and next-day shipping in metro-service areas, optional contactless delivery and delivery tracking through SMS and a truck tracking app. With greater capabilities, GoBolt's merchants can now rely on one technology stack for more of their core logistics needs, while offering their consumers sustainable logistics solutions.
In an industry that's among the largest contributors of carbon emissions, GoBolt is building a fully electric delivery fleet. GoBolt's small parcel deliveries will begin with a fleet of 70 electric parcel vans and grow to 185+ within 12 months. When GoBolt cannot deliver parcels via its EVs, it will remain true to its neutral-emissions promise through its EcoCart partnership.
"We are committed to making our deliveries with an electric vehicle but where we can't yet, we've partnered with EcoCart to offset carbon emissions," Ang added. "We continue to evaluate additional partnerships that align well with our brand values and DNA."
In these instances, GoBolt will calculate the impact of its carbon emissions and proportionally donate that amount to verified carbon projects via EcoCart. More than 25 projects have undergone rigorous testing, including water purification and forestry initiatives, to qualify for EcoCart's program.
To learn more about GoBolt's small parcel delivery service and commitment to sustainability, please visit www.gobolt.com.
Founded in 2017, GoBolt (formerly Bolt Logistics) is a technology company building the first sustainable and first-party supply chain network that partners with merchants to deliver a complete end-to-end customer experience. By operating as an extension of each merchant's team, GoBolt provides reliable fulfillment, last mile delivery, and reverse logistics services. With a growing network of warehouses across North America and a suite of proprietary apps designed and supported by an in-house engineering team, GoBolt unlocks enhanced transparency and control for merchants. The company's focus on customer-centricity is further driven by a deep commitment to sustainability. GoBolt's investment in its electric vehicle fleet is a testament to the company's mission to be carbon negative by the end of 2023. For more information, visit gobolt.com.
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NEW YORK, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Waste Management, Inc..
Shareholders who purchased shares of WM during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
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CLASS PERIOD: This lawsuit is on behalf of all purchasers of certain Waste Management redeemable senior notes between February 13, 2020 and June 23, 2020.
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) the U.S. Department of Justice had indicated to Waste Management that it would require Waste Management to divest significantly more assets than the $200 million indicated in the merger agreement between the Company and Advanced Disposal Services; (ii) as a result, the merger would not be completed by July 14, 2020, the end date under the merger agreement; and (iii) the Waste Management redeemable senior notes would be subject to mandatory redemption at 101% of par.
DEADLINE: August 8, 2022 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/waste-management-inc-loss-submission-form/?id=29526&from=4
NEXT STEPS FOR SHAREHOLDERS: Once you register as a shareholder who purchased shares of WM during the timeframe listed above, you will be enrolled in a portfolio monitoring software to provide you with status updates throughout the lifecycle of the case. The deadline to seek to be a lead plaintiff is August 8, 2022. There is no cost or obligation to you to participate in this case.
WHY GROSS LAW FIRM? The Gross Law Firm is nationally recognized class action law firm, and our mission is to protect the rights of all investors who have suffered as a result of deceit, fraud, and illegal business practices. The Gross Law Firm is committed to ensuring that companies adhere to responsible business practices and engage in good corporate citizenship. The firm seeks recovery on behalf of investors who incurred losses when false and/or misleading statements or the omission of material information by a company lead to artificial inflation of the company's stock. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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The first of its kind NFT employee engagement program kickstarts company's bold approach to creative exploration and learning
QUÉBEC, QC, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - To celebrate the inauguration of Plus Company and recognize the employees who helped get us here, Plus Company is forging a new era of connectivity and collaboration with the launch of the PlusConnect NFT Collection and Innovation DAO (decentralized autonomous organisation) - the first employee NFT program and gamified experience aimed to foster employee connections, expand Web 3.0 capabilities, and drive engagement across the 25 agencies and the over 3,000 employees that together make up the Plus Company agency network.
Developed through a collaborative effort between We Are Social, Socialize, Fuseproject and notable computational artist radarboy3000 along with NFT art advisor Valuart, the dynamic PlusConnect NFT Collection includes one-of-a-kind generative art that is activated by the employees themselves. The 25 base designs highlight each agency's brand DNA and starts as a simple 3D shape that evolves into a complex colorful structure of interconnected attributes. With every connection made between two employees, the resulting NFTs evolve into something even more unique than before. These connections unlock additional experiences and perks - including gift cards, vacation days, exclusive events, and chances for employees to meet in real life and around the world. The PlusConnect NFTs will be live for a total of three months, at which point the entire collection will be locked and immutably stored into the blockchain.
"In today's work environment, learning is simply more than seeing. Ensuring our employees have unfettered access to new technologies, exposure to new ways of thinking, and experience across disciplines, is essential to staying relevant and ahead of the curve for producing groundbreaking work. It's more than work-life balance. We're now in the age of work-life-learn," says Akanksha Goel, Vice President and Regional Lead Middle East and India, We Are Social, Plus Company. "We want to cultivate our employees' knowledge of Web 3.0 while showcasing that our network of agencies are continuing to strengthen their presence in the space. The project not only allows employees to connect, but also encourages exploration and learning in an experience-first approach."
Fostering tech-infused creativity is a key pillar of the newly-formed Plus Company, and the PlusConnect NFTs are the launching pad for the company's bold approach to learning and creative exploration. Top participants from each agency will also be invited to join the PlusConnect Innovation DAO (decentralized autonomous organisation) which will include the company's first employee-directed innovation fund.
"Traditional agency networks tend to be top-down, heavy-handed, and bureaucratic. Fresh, original thinking doesn't easily flourish under those conditions, so Plus Company is taking a contrarian approach: members of the Innovation DAO will be given the trust, support, and resources they need to nurture an independent spirit and creative culture" says Brett Marchand, Plus Company's CEO, "We're handing this project over to our most engaged employees - no matter the level - to lead the way for what is next for Plus Company and our clients in the Web 3.0 space."
Learn more about Plus Company and our network of agencies by visiting PlusCompany.com or online @PlusCompany_ on Twitter and Plus Company on LinkedIn.
Plus Company, founded in 2021, is a 21st century alliance of best-in-class creative brands focused on collaboration and synergy through an integrated service model. With over 25 agencies that deliver creativity fueled by an innate understanding of culture, technology, and data. Plus Company agency brands include: We Are Social and its sister agencies, Socialize, Hello, Kobe and Metta; fuseproject; All Inclusive Marketing (AIM), Aperture1, Camp Jefferson, Citizen Relations, Cossette, Cossette Media, Eleven, Impact Research, Jungle Media, K72, Level Eleven, Magic Circle Workshop, Magnet, Mekanism, Middle Child, PathIQ, Septième, and The Narrative Group (TNG). Plus Company has more than 3,000 employees, across 12 countries in North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia Pacific.
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Police arrest woman after 6-year-old son’s body found in trunk
MOUND, Minn. (AP) - Authorities and family members said a 28-year-old woman was arrested after police found her 6-year-old son’s body in the trunk of her bloodied car in a Minneapolis suburb.
Orono police said the woman and a man were arrested on suspicion of murder after the boy’s body was found Friday. They haven’t yet been formally charged.
When officers stopped the car in Mound, Minnesota, they noticed blood inside the vehicle.
Police have not yet released details about the boy or the circumstances of his death.
Family members identified the victim to WCCO as Eli Hart and his mother as Julissa Thaler. They said Eli’s father was trying to win custody at the time of his death.
The boy had been placed back with his mother in December after nearly a year in foster care.
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What are the best supplements for arthritis pain?
The human body is linked together with joints. A joint is where two bones connect, and cartilage is the gel-like connective tissue that keeps bones mobile and prevents them from rubbing against each other.
Arthritis is the inflammation of a joint causing swelling and pain. According to the Arthritis Foundation, one in four adults have some form of arthritis. It is the leading cause of disability in adults. Supplements to relieve arthritis pain target different parts of joint function. With its triple-strength combination of glucosamine, chondroitin and vitamin D, the best supplement for arthritis pain is Osteo BiFlex Joint Health.
What to know before you buy a supplement for arthritis pain
Can arthritis be prevented?
There is no way to prevent arthritis, but there are tips from health professionals about lifestyle choices that keep arthritis at bay or minimize its impact.
- Exercise 30 minutes a day, five days a week to keep joints agile and muscles toned.
- Maintain a healthy weight and blood sugar levels. High blood sugar stiffens joints.
- Quit smoking, which stresses the tissue that protects your joints.
- Wear protective gear when exercising or playing sports. Joints that have never been injured are less likely to become arthritic.
How do arthritis pain supplements work?
Arthritis pain supplements reintroduce natural elements found in the body like glucosamine and chondroitin. These ingredients help regrow cartilage which can degenerate over time due to arthritis. When this lubricant is gone, the bones, muscles and nerves become painfully inflamed. There are other ingredients in some supplements that target inflammation, bone density and synovial fluids.
Are supplements for arthritis pain safe?
Supplements for arthritis pain are considered food supplements, not medicine. They are not regulated by the Food and Drug Administration, and there is not usually clinical research to back their claims of pain relief and tissue repair. Nevertheless, the supplements do not include controlled substances or pain medication and are generally safe.
Diabetics should be aware that some products contain added sugar, and some products include shellfish which should be red-flagged by anyone with a shellfish allergy.
What to look for in a supplement for arthritis pain
Glucosamine
The body makes glucosamine in cartilage to aid in the lubrication of joints. It is also found in bone marrow and is made for supplements from shellfish. It is helpful for rebuilding cartilage that has been damaged or lost due to arthritis.
Chondroitin
Chondroitin is an important component of cartilage. It absorbs fluid in the connective tissue and blocks enzymes known to break down cartilage. It creates an environment for the body to produce new cartilage.
Vitamin D
Vitamin D is an important nutrient for joint health. It strengthens bone tissue and builds resistance against inflammation. Research shows that two in five adults do not get enough vitamin D in their diets.
MSM
Methylsulfonylmethane is made by both the human body and green plants. It delivers sulfur to damaged tissue in the body. MSM has anti-inflammatory properties and assists the body’s production of glucosamine.
Turmeric
Turmeric is a common spice used to flavor mustard and curry powders in Indian food. It contains a chemical called curcumin which may have properties that decrease swelling, leading to reduced pain.
How much you can expect to spend on a supplement for arthritis pain
Blended supplements with glucosamine, chondroitin and other ingredients are the most expensive due to the manufacturing process. The number of pills and popularity of the brand also influence overall price.
Inexpensive arthritis supplements are priced under $15 and are mostly pills or capsules with minimal levels of glucosamine, chondroitin and MSM. Medium-priced supplements, which cost between $15-$25, are commercial brands in pill, capsule and powder form that include turmeric and other ingredients in addition to the standard glucosamine, chondroitin and MSM. Expensive arthritis supplements are priced over $25 and have higher levels of ingredients, plus vitamins and minerals.
Supplement for arthritis pain FAQ
How long do supplements take to work?
A. Rebuilding cartilage takes time, and you may not feel any pain relief for two to three months. Some consumers claim to feel a difference in a week or two but allow your body eight to 12 weeks.
Are there side effects from chondroitin?
A. Chondroitin has blood thinning properties. If you take blood thinners or certain cancer drugs, there may be risks to taking chondroitin too. Check with your healthcare professional to determine what is best for you.
What is the best supplement for arthritis pain to buy?
Top supplement for arthritis pain
Osteo BiFlex Joint Health Triple Strength
What you need to know: Recommended by pharmacists, this joint health supplement includes vitamin D.
What you’ll love: The supplement includes glucosamine, chondroitin and vitamin D for immune health. It also includes a clinically studied herbal extract. There are numerous testimonials of feeling pain relief after one week of use.
What you should consider: The pills are large and contain shellfish.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and iHerb
Top supplement for arthritis pain for the money
Doctor’s Best Glucosamine Chondroitin MSM
What you need to know: This supplement features a powerful combination of ingredients that support your joint health.
What you’ll love: There is glucosamine to prevent joint tissue breakdown, chondroitin to absorb fluid in the bones, and MSM to import doses of sulfur. It is manufactured without genetically modified organisms.
What you should consider: The large pills may be difficult to swallow for some consumers.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and iHerb
Worth checking out
Garden of Life Joint Supplement for Men and Women
What you need to know: This supplement is comprised of a systemic enzyme formula that supports joint health throughout the body.
What you’ll love: The formula contains pancreatic enzymes, plant-based enzymes and antioxidants. It is clinically researched and can be used for quick recovery following activity. The pills are gluten-free and have a vegetable-based enteric coating.
What you should consider: There were a few reports of stomach distress when taking the pills.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and iHerb
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TULSA, Okla., May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ONEOK, Inc. (NYSE: OKE) will participate in the Citi Global Energy, Utilities and Climate Technology Conference on May 10-11, 2022, in Boston.
ONEOK management will participate in a fireside chat session at 8:45 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (7:45 a.m. Central Daylight Time) on Wednesday, May 11.
A link to the live webcast, replay and ONEOK's latest investor materials are available at ir.oneok.com.
ONEOK, Inc. (pronounced ONE-OAK) (NYSE: OKE) is a leading midstream service provider and owner of one of the nation's premier natural gas liquids (NGL) systems, connecting NGL supply in the Rocky Mountain, Mid-Continent and Permian regions with key market centers and an extensive network of natural gas gathering, processing, storage and transportation assets.
ONEOK is a FORTUNE 500 company and is included in the S&P 500.
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Industry Veteran and Brand Creator Julious Grant Drives Nationwide Retail Momentum Following OMAGE Debut as Category-Defining California Brandy Paying Homage to French Cognac
LOS ANGELES, May 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- OMAGE, the cognac-inspired American brandy produced with a nod to the more experienced palate of today's brandy consumers, continues its rapid retail growth following the brand's recent market entry in October 2021.
The brainchild of Julious Grant, a 30-year wine and spirits industry veteran formerly holding C-Suite roles for Beam Suntory, Bacardi, Moët Hennessy, Diageo and Seagram, to name a few, OMAGE combines a meticulous blend of grape varietals from California's prestigious wine-making regions, with a similar "méthode cognaçaise," using grapes, distillation and barrel-aging to fill a void in the US market for a super-premium brandy with the craftsmanship of a fine French cognac.
"OMAGE pays homage to cognac's history and artistry, while showing what's possible with American grapes," said Grant, Chairman/CEO of spirits producer and marketer The Brand House Group. "Because of the freedoms brandy offers, we are building on the cognac-making process using a unique blend of high-quality, varietally-expressive grapes and oak variations to enhance flavor while reducing the sweetness typically found in the value-brandy entries. OMAGE offers a more natural, authentic spirit produced using similar cognac processes and featuring beautifully balanced flavor profiles that will also resonate with consumers of high-end bourbon, whiskey and scotch."
Produced in classic California style by using grape varietals selected for their prime ripeness, OMAGE integrates advanced distillation in both pot and column stills with aging in charred and toasted American bourbon and French oak barrels, depending on style. Whether enjoying OMAGE VS, VSOP or XO, the result is a refined, approachable, super premium brandy that can be enjoyed neat, on the rocks or used as a modern twist in classic cocktails.
OMAGE VS is aged two plus years and is dominated by juicy apple aromas giving way to a nutty, vanilla finish; OMAGE VSOP is aged four plus years and has inviting, bright aromas of fresh citrus and stone fruit complemented by a floral, toasty vanilla oak finish; OMAGE XO is aged six plus years and has a distinct aged character marked by a dried apricot aroma with hints of jasmine and honeysuckle balanced by tempered oak and a smooth caramel finish. OMAGE VS, VSOP and XO retail for $25.99, $35.99 and $89.99 respectively.
"As a long-time cognac devotee, I noticed a gap in the US market for an elite American brandy that reduces the sweetness that you get in lower-priced brandies while balancing the oak flavor that you get from the cognac brands," added Grant. "OMAGE fills this void and we're excited that distributors, retailers and consumers are as enthused about OMAGE as we are."
OMAGE is available at wines & spirits retailers in major markets nationwide, including New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Miami, Chicago, Baltimore, Washington, DC, Atlanta, Houston, Detroit, Boston and Milwaukee, among others. Further growth throughout other regions is expected over the coming months. OMAGE can also be purchased at www.shop.omagebrandy.com, Drizly, Instacart, Wine.com and delivered to locations where it is permissible by law to receive alcohol products by mail.
About The Brand House Group
Founded in 2019 by wine and spirits industry veteran Julious Grant, who for the past 30 years has held senior leadership roles in sales and marketing at some of the world's most successful wine and spirits companies, The Brand House Group, through Grant's leadership as Chairman, creates and markets innovative spirits brands across a variety of categories. The Brand House Group's current portfolio includes the recently-debuted OMAGE, a California artisanal brandy crafted in the style of a French cognac. In addition, The Brand House Group is parent to Iconic Spirits, a line of high-quality Japanese spirits which currently includes: Shunka Shuto, a variety of super-premium blended Japanese whiskies evoking the four seasons; Bikoku, a pure malt made from the underground waters of Mt. Fuji; Teitessa, a super-premium Japanese single-grain whisky; and Awayuki Gin, infused with the finest pink and white strawberries grown in Japan's Nara Prefecture.
Prior to launching The Brand House Group, Grant served as Chief Commercial Officer, US Beam Suntory; President/CEO of Bacardi/Brown-Forman House for the UK and Ireland; Senior Vice President/National Sales Director of Bacardi U.S.A; Vice President at Moët Hennessy USA; and Marketing Director at both Schieffelin & Somerset and Diageo North America before starting his career at Seagram.
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WILLEMSTAD, Curacao, July 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Retail Holdings N.V. (Symbol: RHDGF) -- Retail Holdings N.V. ("Retail Holdings" or the "Company") announced that the Retail Holdings Board of Directors has approved a distribution of $0.56 per common Share of the Company. The record date for this distribution will be August 22, 2022 and the payment date for the distribution will be August 24, 2022. The $0.56 distribution will bring total dividends and distributions paid to Shareholders from inception of the dividend/distribution program in 2007 to $38.86.
The $0.56 per Share distribution exceeds 25% of the Company's closing stock price. Consequently, pursuant to FINRA rules, the date on which the Company's shares will begin to trade without the distribution, or ex-distribution, is the first business day following the payment date. The Company anticipates that in accordance with this rule, the ex-distribution date as set by FINRA will be August 25, 2022, the first business day following the payment date for the distribution, which is August 24, 2022. Shareholders who have questions regarding this matter are advised to contact their broker or financial advisor.
The Company is not able at this time to characterize the distribution as to whether it is a return of capital, a dividend, or otherwise for US federal income tax purposes. This will only be ascertained with certainty following the closing of the Company's 2022 year-end accounts, sometime after December 31, 2022.
The distribution is to be funded from Retail Holdings' existing cash balance. For a fuller explanation as to the Company's current status, intentions and likely timetable, including with regard to any future distributions, please see the Chairman's Letter to Shareholders, dated July 25, 2022, posted on the Corporate/Investor, Annual and Periodic Reports section of the Company's website www.retailholdings.com and included with the 2022 Retail Holdings N.V. Proxy Statement mailed to Shareholders.
Additional financial and other information about Retail Holdings N.V. may be found at the Corporate/Investor section of the Company's website: www.retailholdings.com. Price quotations for the Company's shares are available on the "Pink Sheets" quotation services under the symbol "RHDGF".
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LOS ANGELES, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Speech Improvement Center is hosting their very first Speech Pathology Intern Day on October 14th, 2022 in Pacoima, CA 91331. Speech Pathology Intern Day is open to all Speech Language Pathology and Speech Language Pathology Assistant students across all schools in California.
The event will be held at the corporate office located in Pacoima and will take place from 9:30am – 3:30pm.
Speech Improvement Center is a private practice with over 24 locations in California. They specialize in speech therapy for pediatric population and come across different disorders such as voice, apraxia, and articulation, as well as expressive and receptive disorders. Speech Improvement Center is known for its extensive and detailed training programs for speech therapists and the career growth opportunities within the field. They also offer SLPA job and SLP job opportunities in all their centers.
The event is hosted for speech therapy students who want to learn more about the field and get an experience about what a day in the life of a speech therapist looks like. The students will get a chance to learn about different employment settings within the field, learn about the pros and cons of each setting, as well as hear from different professionals in the field about their experiences. There will also be different case studies and clinical subjects that will be covered through out the day, giving students a head start about the clinical knowledge and different disorders they might come across in the real world. Students will also learn about how to apply for their SLP/SLPA licenses in California. Breakfast and lunch will be provided, along with lots of fun games and activities designed specifically for students to learn and benefit from.
Speech Pathology Intern Day at Speech Improvement Center offers free admission and is open to all speech pathology students across the state of California. The event is hosted in person and will have limited seating. Those who are interested in attending the event should register before October 7th on Speech Pathology Intern Day - Speech Improvement Center.
Speech Improvement Center also offers employment opportunities for Speech Language Pathologists, Speech Language Pathology Assistants, and Clinical Fellows. If you are interested in growing your speech therapy career with a company that provides multiple opportunities for growth and specialization, Speech Improvement Center might be the right place for you. For employment opportunities, please visit: Speech Language Pathologist Assistant (SLPA) - North Hollywood, CA - Speech Improvement Center
Even if you are not located in California but are interested in relocating, Speech Improvement Center will offer relocation assistance for the right candidates!
To check out all the locations throughout California, please visit: Locations - Speech Improvement Center
For more information, please reach out to join@speechic.net.
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DALLAS, June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Renovo Home Partners ("Renovo"), today announced its acquisition of regional home remodeling business, NEWPRO Home Solutions ("NEWPRO"). This acquisition follows Renovo's forming in late 2021 by the combination of Dreamstyle Remodeling, Remodel USA, and Alure Home Improvements.
Founded in 1945, NEWPRO has grown into one of the largest and most trusted home remodelers in New England. With a focus on quick-turn, baths, energy efficient windows, siding and roof replacement, NEWPRO is recognized both locally and nationally as an industry leader offering a combination of superior products and exemplary service.
As a growing national network, Renovo Home Partners recognizes that businesses succeed by understanding their customers and developing the specialized expertise to best serve them. With a culture rooted in teamwork and a desire to win together, the Renovo team supports their partner companies to develop value creation plans with the intention of accelerating growth, while preserving the value of their existing brands.
"We are thrilled to welcome NEWPRO to the Renovo family," said John Dupuy, Renovo's Chief Executive Officer. "With a strong brand, impressive growth trajectory and team-oriented culture, NEWPRO fits right into our profile as we raise the bar in home improvement while putting our customers and employees first."
"We are excited to join the Renovo platform supporting our goals to scale our business for increased market share and product diversification. The partnership also provides our employees with increased opportunities," says Nick Cogliani, CEO of NEWPRO. "We look forward to partnering with our peer Renovo companies to create the nation's leading remodeler, raising the bar and setting a new standard for the customer experience in the home improvement industry."
Based in Dallas, Texas, Renovo Home Partners is a Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) platform focused on high-volume, quick-turn bath, window, cabinet refacing, siding, roofing and other remodeling services to homeowners across the United States. With multiple leading brands under one management team, Renovo Home Partners aims to centralize back-office operations and invest in best-in-class technology capabilities to drive commercial alignment amongst regionally focused businesses and enable cross-selling product offerings at national scale in the near term. With a strong commitment to superior customer service, outstanding product quality, and expert installation, Renovo Home Partners is proud to service its homeowner customer base. For more information, visit the Renovo Home Partner website: www.renovohomepartners.com or follow us on LinkedIn.
Dawn Dewey
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CAUGHT ON CAM: Man charged after pushing boy off bike, police say
DEEP RIVER, Conn. (WFSB/Gray News) – A Connecticut man is facing charges after getting into a confrontation and pushing a boy off of his bike.
State police said 48-year-old Jameson Chapman assaulted an 11-year-old boy while the boy was riding his bike in Deep River Monday evening.
State police went to the victim’s home, where the boy’s family showed police video of the incident.
The video shows Chapman screaming at 11-year-old Daniel, ending with him shoving the boy off his bike.
“After watching just a couple seconds of the video I immediately went into flight or fight and jumped into my car to go look for the guy,” Desiree Dominique, Daniel’s mother, said.
Dominique believes this incident is a hate crime, and that the video proves it.
Daniel is biracial. Dominique said her son and a friend were biking in town when the man accidentally bumped into them and took his anger out on Daniel.
“Where did you grow up? Did you grow up in Connecticut?” Chapman can be heard asking Daniel in the video.
“No,” Daniel said.
“No you didn’t. Exactly so get the f*** out of town,” Chapman said.
Moments later, Daniel was shoved.
Once Daniel told his mother what happened, Dominique called police and showed them the video.
“Daniel is afraid to leave the house. He’s terrified to leave the house,” she said.
Daniel has some cuts and bruises, but it’s the psychological impact Dominique worries about, showing WFSB exactly where it happened on High Street.
“It’s very scary, it’s very scary as a mom,” she said.
Chapman was charged with breach of peace second-degree, risk of injury to a child, and assault third-degree. He made bail.
He is due in Middletown Superior Court in July.
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PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla., Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bentek, the leading benefits administration and enrollment solution for the public sector and complex employer, is excited to announce the internal promotion of Julie Fink to lead the continued excellence of the Company as its President.
As President, Julie will lead business and product strategy, roadmap, and execution for the continued evolution of the client-inspired Bentek platform; as well as continue to oversee the operational excellence that has been synonymous with Bentek's reputation as a leader in benefits administration.
Julie has more than 20 years of experience delivering human resources and benefits technology solutions for public sector and complex employers. Since joining Bentek in 2005, Julie has been instrumental in the evolution of the Bentek application including the vision and development of industry leading capabilities including Benchek, Adminsights, and RetireSweet.
An avid runner, Julie has been involved with the Girls on the Run program as a mentor and coach and has a passion for animals, rescuing and rehoming any animals that cross her path. "Her empathy, humility, ability to build consensus, and appreciation and respect for each and every employee and client made her the perfect choice to lead the next phase of growth," said Kurt Gehring, Bentek's outgoing President.
Bentek is the trusted all-inclusive benefits administration and enrollment solution for government entities and large complex employers. Bentek's audit tools keep data clean ensuring savings, and its self-bill tool saves invaluable time. Bentek believes that every client should have a voice and accordingly all clients contribute to shaping the development roadmap and new application features including client responsive functionality Adminsights, Wellness Hub, and RetireSweet – all included within the core Bentek application. Bentek's proven implementation methodology has resulted in 100% implementation success. Visit mybentek.com to learn more.
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Danielle Shull
Director of Client Experience
Bentek
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DALLAS, July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas Central Partners, LLC, and its subsidiaries, Texas Central Railroad and Infrastructure, Inc., and Integrated Texas Logistics, Inc., today issued the following statement regarding certain recent matters relating to the development of its innovative high-speed passenger train line that will connect Dallas and Houston, including a comment on a recent ruling by the Texas Supreme Court and an update on the project's path forward:
"We thank the Court for its recent thoughtful and considered review of this matter and appreciate the continued support of our investors, lenders, and other key stakeholders, as we continue to advance this important project. Texas Central has made significant strides in the project over the last several years and we are moving forward on a path that we believe will ensure the project's successful development. We look forward to being able to say more about this at an appropriate time in the near future."
About Texas Central
Texas Central, which includes its operating subsidiaries Texas Central Railroad & Infrastructure, Inc., and Integrated Texas Logistics, Inc., is the company undertaking the development, design, construction, finance, and operation of the innovative new high-speed passenger train line that will connect the fourth and fifth largest economies in the country, North Texas and Greater Houston, in less than 90 minutes, with one stop in the Brazos Valley.
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Oklahoma captures Big 12 title with 8-1 win over Longhorns
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Jimmy Crooks belted a three-run homer, Cade Horton and two relievers limited Texas to four hits with 16 strikeouts and third-seeded Oklahoma beat the fifth-seeded Longhorns 8-1 in the championship game of the Big 12 Tournament. With their pitchers dominating, the Sooners captured their third tournament title with an eight-run third inning. Oklahoma used three walks and five hits to take control. Big 12 Player of the Year Ivan Melendez blasted his school-record 29th home run in the first inning for Texas. Oklahoma shortstop Peyton Graham was named Most Outstanding Player. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/05/29/oklahoma-captures-big-12-title-with-8-1-win-over-longhorns/ | 2022-05-30T02:25:29Z |
ELSTREE, England, May 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bio Products Laboratory (BPL), a leading manufacturer of plasma-derived protein therapies, based in Elstree, UK, announced today it has received orphan drug marketing authorization for Coagadex® in Mexico.
Coagadex® is the first and only treatment specifically for Hereditary Factor X Deficiency, a very rare inherited clotting disorder that causes problems with blood clotting due to not having enough Factor X in the blood. People with Factor X Deficiency can have serious and life-threatening bleeding episodes.
This approval is critical to meet the needs of Mexican patients, where currently there is little epidemiological information on ultra-rare bleeding disorders and there is limited knowledge of the disease among health professionals¹.
This is the second milestone in Mexico for BPL, who announced in December its first ever direct sale in Mexico of Zenalb® 20%, another important supply that is critical to meet the needs of Mexican patients who will benefit from albumin.
Bob Rossilli, Chief Commercial Officer, Global Business, said, "BPL continues its focus on delivering high-quality and clinically differentiated medicines like Coagadex® to new markets around the world and we are honoured that this designation means we can soon bring to market another of our life-enhancing products to patients in Mexico, in addition to Zenalb® 20%.
BPL continues to strengthen its global commercial presence by launching products into new markets – as demonstrated by the recent news that BPL was granted its first ever approval for a BPL product, Albuminex® 25% in China - the largest albumin market globally.
Thank you to all those involved for the great collaborative work during a long journey to make another success happen to benefit patients in Mexico and around the world."
Leonardo Torres, General Manager for BPL Mexico, said, "We are delighted with this key success for BPL. In addition to our first product delivery of Zenalb® 20% this year in Mexico, we will soon be able to provide Coagadex®, which is of major importance for patients suffering from Hereditary Factor X Deficiency in the country and is another example of BPL's commitment to enhance patients' lives and serve more people who depend on our products."
- Registro Mexicano de Coagulopatías. Federación de hemofilia de la República Mexicana. [Internet] Citado el 14 de diciembre de 2021. 6 p. Disponible en: https://hemofilia.org.mx/la-importancia-de-estar-registrado/
Recognising the importance of plasma and with many years of experience in the industry, BPL supplies high-quality plasma derived medicines to meet the needs of clinicians, patients, and customers globally. Headquartered in the United Kingdom, with US offices in Durham, NC, and plasma collection centres across the United States, we are dedicated to producing medicines for the treatment of immune deficiencies, bleeding disorders and infectious diseases as well for critical care. BPL invests in the latest R&D, technology and manufacturing methods, and continuously adapts to ensure that we continue to serve all our stakeholders effectively. For more information visit http://www.bplgroup.com or https://www.bpl-us.com.
BPL consists of two operating divisions — BPL Plasma and BPL Therapeutics. BPL Plasma, headquartered in Austin, Texas and operating in the USA, collects plasma from donors in around 29 centers across the U.S. BPL Plasma employs over 900 staff to support the needs of donors and to ensure high-quality plasma collection in all their centers. Plasma collection is regulated by both FDA and MHRA, and BPL Plasma follows industry guidelines. BPL Plasma operates plasma facilities, staffed with trained personnel, dedicated to supporting donors through the process that leads to the donation of plasma. Plasma is shipped to the headquarters of BPL Therapeutics in Elstree, United Kingdom. The plasma is fractionated, purified, and filled through the efforts of our over 1,000 employees involved in production, quality, R&D, commercial, customer services, and administrative activities. BPL's plasma-derived medicines are commercially available in the U.K., USA, and 30 plus other countries around the world through our network of local affiliates and distribution partners.
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11th Annual Analysis of Top Federal Government Contractors Finds First Decrease in Six Years
WASHINGTON, July 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Bloomberg Government issued the eleventh annual edition of its BGOV200 report, ranking the top 200 federal contractors based on fiscal year 2021 data for unclassified, prime contracts awarded across all U.S. federal government agencies. Bloomberg Government's analysis finds that fiscal 2021 marks the first time in six years that a decrease in government contract spending has occurred, a total contracting dollar decrease of $37 billion. To download a copy of the BGOV200, visit http://onb-gov.com/tNu450JVTQM.
"This year's BGOV200 finds a decline in government contracting spending that aligns with ongoing consolidation of government suppliers, with fewer, bigger contracts going to larger companies," said Kerry Lenahan, General Manager and Head of Government Contracting Solutions, Bloomberg Government. "In this environment of increased competition, Bloomberg Government makes it easier for customers to understand the competitive landscape as well as overall market trends and identify the best partners to help their business grow. Our core mission is to help government contractors build more robust pipelines, make smarter strategic decisions, and execute business plans."
Federal spending reached $649 billion in fiscal year 2021. While this is an overall decrease of $37 billion from fiscal year 2020's $687 billion, it's still more than fiscal 2019. The decline aligns with ongoing consolidation of the federal industrial base, trends in contract size, as well as continuing resolutions. Fiscal 2021 was the first fiscal year spending decrease after five straight years of spending growth since fiscal 2017. Much of the spending for fiscal 2021 was to combat Covid-19, which boosted fiscal 2021 obligations and pushed some companies into the BGOV200 for the first time.
The 11th annual BGOV200 report is the culmination of extensive data cleansing and analysis of areas such as company hierarchy, contract title, and agency assignments. Data integrity makes this the premier source for government contract practitioners trying to make sense of shifts in the competitive landscape. The data is accessible anytime to BGOV subscribers.
Among the report's key findings:
- The share of total government obligations won by the top 200 contractors was 64.4 percent, about the same as in fiscal 2020
- 104 companies improved their rankings, up from 98 in fiscal 2020, while 77 companies lost ground in the rankings, down from 92 the previous year
- The rankings of 14 companies, including five of the top 10, remain unchanged
- There were 5 new-entrant companies into the BGOV200, a decrease from 45 new entrants in 2020 spurred by the focus on combating Covid-19.
The money spent by the federal government on contractors in fiscal 2021 primarily came from the $1.6 trillion in discretionary funding enacted for fiscal 2020 including $714 billion for defense and $914 billion for nondefense. However, the $2.3 trillion Covid-19-related stimulus package signed into law in March 2020 provided a boost well beyond forecasts that had already predicted a historic peak.
Looking forward to next year, Bloomberg Government forecasts fiscal 2022 will be another year where federal contract spending dips by $33-$51 billion. Spending declines at the departments of Health and Human Services, Agriculture, and Homeland Security are likely to be key contributors to the downward movement. Contract data point to the tapering of spending on the pandemic crisis is a central factor to this forecast.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Eleven people were injured in a “major collision” Friday night in Austin, Texas, involving pedestrians and two vehicles, one of which hit a food truck, authorities said.
Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services tweeted that two of the victims sustained potential life-threatening injuries. Seven others sustained non-life-threatening injuries requiring medical evaluation. The other two didn’t require hospitalization.
The collision occurred in a popular area near downtown Austin where there are frequently several food carts stationed.
Jennifer Dunn, an employee at a nearby restaurant, told The Associated Press that a group of 25 people had just left to get ice cream at a food truck a few feet away when patrons inside the restaurant heard a loud boom.
Dunn said several members of the group then ran back inside injured and asking for help. Dunn said she and others ran to the scene where several people, including the drivers, appeared severely hurt.
“We work in the restaurant industry, so we are used to helping,” Dunn said. “I have been doing this for a long (time), so have the servers and we just wanted to help.”
Austin is the Texas state capital and home to the flagship campus of the University of Texas.
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Associated Press reporter Acacia Coronado contributed to this report. | https://cw33.com/news/u-s-news/ap-u-s-headlines/vehicle-collides-with-food-truck-in-austin-texas-11-hurt/ | 2022-04-09T14:09:52Z |
ROME (AP) — Italy’s worst drought in 70 years has exposed the piers of an ancient bridge over the Tiber River once used by Roman emperors but which fell into disrepair by the third century.
Two piers of Nero’s Bridge have been visible much of the summer near the Vittorio Emanuele bridge that traverses the river near the Vatican, a pile of moss-covered rocks where seagulls now sun themselves.
The bridge was built in the first century for Emperor Nero to reach his gardens near the Janiculum Hill near what is present-day St. Peter’s Square, said historian Anthony Majanlahti. The bridge was already falling apart by the third century, traffic was diverted to the nearby Sant’Angelo Bridge, which funneled pilgrims past the Castel Sant’Angelo to the Vatican.
Nero’s Bridge originally is believed to have had four piers, but Majanlahti says two were dismantled in the 19th century to allow for a better flow of river traffic.
“Because the water level of the river is so low now due to widespread drought across Italy, we’re able to see a lot more of the piers of the bridge that we usually could,’’ Majanlahti said.
In normal water level years, one of the bridge’s piers can often been seen in the driest season, but this year two are visible.
The Italian government has declared a state of emergency in several regions because of the prolonged drought and accompanying heat wave. The drought has also exposed a World War II tank in Italy’s largest river, the Po, as well as 20th century ordinance in lakes.
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Call to Action: Sign Petition to be Shared with Congress and Policy Makers for Greater Access and Equity
NEW YORK , June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As many across the country are commemorating the 50th anniversary of Title IX, a coalition comprised of the Billie Jean King Leadership Initiative, National Women's Law Center, and the Women's Sports Foundation are launching a national campaign to engage, galvanize and call to action. 'Demand IX' seeks to educate and empower people with tools to demand more robust Title IX protection and enforcement. From a website of downloadable resources to a national petition to sign, this new initiative provides ample opportunity for public participation and action to spur greater protection and enforcement of the landmark law.
Since its passage, Title IX has positively impacted the lives of millions of people, providing a pathway to achieving gender equity in education. However, though it opened doors for many, there are still systemic barriers for many underrepresented populations. Awareness, education, compliance, and enforcement are essential for the law to live up to its promise fully.
"Title IX is one of the most important pieces of legislation of the twentieth century," said sports icon and social justice pioneer Billie Jean King. "It is a law that speaks to the importance of gender equity in this country and stands as a benchmark of global significance. Demand IX is working to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Title IX and to support efforts to protect and enforce this groundbreaking law."
One of the campaign's goals is to garner one million petition signatures to create a powerful, collective voice to take to Congress and other policymakers to demand more robust Title IX protection and enforcement. Over 70 campaign partners have already signed on, including: Athleta, Athletes for Impact, Ford Foundation, Human Rights Campaign, National Alliance to End Sexual Violence, the National Women's Soccer League, United Nations Foundation, Victim Rights Center, and many others.
"While Title IX opened up doors for many, there are still systemic barriers to education, especially for girls and women of color, LGBTQI+ students, individuals from rural or low-income communities, and people with disabilities," said Fatima Goss Graves, President and CEO of the National Women's Law Center. "Demand IX seeks to educate, inspire, and empower millions of people with the tools they need to fight to secure Title IX's promise for gender equity and fairness for everyone in schools."
Today's launch is a 'National Student Day of Action' to empower young people to demand that their schools be more Title IX compliant and actively ensure equity and fairness for all students, regardless of gender. Via the campaign website, students can download interactive social media tools to advocate for stronger protections and push leaders to live up to the promise of Title IX.
"Students are the future of this legislation – they are the backbone and champions needed to ensure that equitable access to sports and educational opportunities prevail," said Danette Leighton, CEO of the Women's Sports Foundation. "We all have a responsibility to use our voice to ensure we build a more fair and just society for generations of girls and women."
To learn more about the campaign and access resources, go to www.DemandIX.org. You can also watch the campaign video here.
Contact: Maria Patrick, mpatrick@nwlc.org
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WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Police said Monday they detained a 31-year-old man who placed an explosive device in a downtown Warsaw street where over 300 people werewere taking part in a remembrance march for the victims of World War II massacres of Poles.
The police said on Twitter they had evacuated the area within 200 meters (yards) of the spot and experts arrived with specialized equipment to remove the bomb. They said the man brought the explosive device in a backpack.
Police spokesman Sylwester Marczak said it was a powerful device and described the situation as “serious.” He gave no further details about the device.
There were no reports of any explosions or anyone being hurt in the incident, which took place a few blocks from the country’s presidential palace.
The situation was back to normal by late Monday, authorities said. | https://cw33.com/news/international/ap-international/police-detain-man-with-explosives-in-warsaw-evacuate-area/ | 2022-07-12T14:21:30Z |
BEIJING, Sept. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered an important speech on Friday at the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, emphasizing the need to follow the guidance of the Shanghai Spirit as we forge ahead. President Xi pointed out that under new conditions, the SCO, as an important constructive force in international and regional affairs, should keep itself well-positioned in the face of changing international dynamics, ride on the trend of the times, strengthen solidarity and cooperation and build a closer SCO community with a shared future. The speech received an enthusiastic reaction and resonance at the scene of the meeting, becoming one of the most closely watched and essential parts of the SCO summit.
At the summit, leaders of the SCO member states signed the Samarkand Declaration, expressing their unanimous attitude of ruling out bloc, ideologically charged, and confrontational approaches to current international and regional development issues, and reaffirming the importance of promoting cooperation in the development of international relations of a new kind in the spirit of mutual respect, equality and mutually beneficial cooperation, as well as in building a community with a shared future for mankind. In this process, China's role is evident to all. The Global Development Initiative (GDI) and Global Security Initiative (GSI) put forward by the Chinese leader were a response to the concerns of regional countries and have become an increasingly broad and firm consensus in the international community.
In just three days from Wednesday to Friday, in addition to attending the SCO summit, President Xi also paid state visits to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, met with leaders of a number of countries including Russia, and participated in the sixth meeting of heads of state of China, Russia and Mongolia. He also facilitated several major cooperation projects and signed a series of agreements on several projects and bilateral cooperation documents. This most significant diplomatic event for the Chinese head of state on the eve of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China was a complete success.
The latest head-of-state diplomacy brought the destinies of China and Central Asia closer together. In 2013, during his visit to Central Asia, President Xi for the first time proposed the initiative to jointly build the Silk Road Economic Belt. Nine years later, as he revisited the region, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has already yielded fruitful results in Central Asia: The "SCO Express Line" of the "Qilu" Eurasian freight train was launched; the construction of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor was accelerated, and the longest tunnel in Central Asia on the Angren-Pap railway line in Uzbekistan opened. These are visible and tangible achievements.
The initiative put forward by China, with the joint efforts of many participating countries, has been effectively transformed into the improvement of infrastructure along the BRI and the expansion and deepening of bilateral and multilateral mutually beneficial cooperation, bringing benefits to a large number of ordinary people. This is a real case of building a community with a shared future for mankind. The warm welcome the Central Asian countries gave to President Xi reflects the high recognition of China's diplomacy and the sincere expectation for the further development of relations with China.
Central Asia, with its unbalanced development, weak foundation, and complex ethnic and religious relations, is a region at high risk of "color revolutions" and social and political unrest. In the last few years, China has brought hopeful changes to this region, and the SCO has also, to a certain extent, prevented the contradictions and differences from evolving into division and confrontation. Under the framework of the SCO, all countries have worked together to embark on a new path of "pursuing dialogue instead of confrontation, and building partnerships instead of alliances." They have firmly supported each other on issues concerning each other's core interests and major concerns, injecting positivity and creating vitality in maintaining peace and development in the Eurasian continent.
Needless to say, peace and development are still the themes of the times, but it also encounters severe challenges. The world is neither peaceful nor tranquil. No matter where the Chinese leader goes, the emphasis is on a community with a shared future for mankind, the GDI, the GSI, and the BRI. He focuses on development and cooperation, underlining common values, interests, development and security. This represents a new direction, concept, and form of civilization in a world of change and disorder. This is not only something China talks about, but it also has been taking action in this regard, and it is one of the staunchest practitioners of multilateralism. It is hard to imagine what the world would be like without the perseverance of a responsible major country like China for peace and development.
The more turbulent the world is, the more it needs the strength to stabilize people's hearts. Amid major changes unseen in a century in which "gray rhinos" and "black swans" are emerging in an endless stream, China itself represents a kind of stability. Under the guidance of the head-of-state diplomacy, it continues to weather storms. President Xi's trip to Central Asia has global significance. It brings confidence and hope to the region amid crises and changes, and will continue to pool forces to promote the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.
Global Times: https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202209/1275444.shtml
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BOSTON, June 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PF Flyers is bringing back a brand icon. Today, the classic American heritage sneaker brand re-released 1,000 pairs of the original 'Cousy All American' silhouette for fans of the brand and of the NBA Celtics legend, Bob Cousy.
Bob Cousy and PF Flyers made history in 1958 when they created the first athletic endorsement. Now, the NBA Hall of Famer and the iconic Boston-based footwear brand are celebrating their home team once again in honor of the Celtics' incredible 2021–22 NBA season run.
"I'm excited to bring back this style for our fans. PF Flyers has always been a big part of my career, from when we first started working together during my time with the Celtics, to creating the first Cousy All American sneaker over 10 years ago," said Bob Cousy. "This shoe celebrates the long-standing heritage of our Boston home team and the PF Flyers brand."
"When I purchased PF Flyers last year, I really wanted to evolve the brand without losing its heritage or fan favorites. It was a no-brainer choosing to bring back the Cousy All American with NBA and Celtics legend Bob Cousy, allowing us to celebrate the timeless heritage behind our brand and the Boston fandom," said Executive Chairwoman and Owner Kassia Davis.
Acquired from New Balance by Kassia Davis in July 2021, PF Flyers is continuing to make progress toward a relaunch of the brand in Spring 2023. Currently, there are key heritage styles on pfflyers.com that are available and continue to be restocked on a periodical basis.
The 'Cousy All American' will be available on https://pfflyers.com/ while supplies last for adults only at $95.
PF Flyers is an American brand of lifestyle shoes, previously owned and manufactured by New Balance. The brand draws on 85 years of tradition to create fashion-forward, everyday footwear that leads the way in comfort technology. Founded in 1937 by B.F. Goodrich, PF Flyers has been declared one of the original American sneaker brands. In July 2021, Executive Chairwoman and now owner Kassia Davis acquired the brand and relaunched it to the public in December 2021. With over ten years of experience through her career at New Balance where she held the role of Apparel Product Manager for Studio, Lifestyle, Kassia is excited to reintroduce the brand to the world while still honoring the brand's heritage.
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We are to the point in society where everyone has rights, but no one has accountability.
Take off your blinders, Trumpeters. Democrats want your messiah to run for president again. They have weak candidates themselves, but they know they can beat at least one person in a presidential race. Want to guess who that is? Trust me, Democrats want Trump on the ballot as much as you sycophants do.
Patriot, you did it again. Your group doesn’t support law enforcement. You want to defund the FBI, brutalize capital police and keep allowing illegal weapons for local police to handle.
Two people show up for county hearings on a property tax increase. It’s a slam dunk guys, everyone’s happy.
Please get the air at Lake Park Elementary School fixed. It is hot for students.
I can’t wait until November when we take the House and Senate and Trump regains his stolen presidency in 2024. We will see much better times unless China takes advantage of the quisling presently living in the White House.
Think people, a judge hands down a search warrant. Either it is served, or those refusing to serve it are fired. If you have a problem, it should be with the prosecutor who requested it, and the Judge who signed it.
The so-called Squawkbox is populated by people who don’t have the intellect, the wittiness, the sarcasm, nor the power of the English language that I have. It’s really pretty boring and same-old same-old. Signed, Sister Ruby
I see Vanilla Isis camped outside the Phoenix FBI with their weapons, as if they were intimidating someone. I hope those miscreants realize that if a confrontation did occur, the FBI would wipe them out. Someone should tell them that a gun fight is vastly different from target practice. The Equality Man
I don’t think Trump is going to be grabbing much “p” where he’s going.
Looking at the Monday’s photo of the SSA students, couldn’t help but wonder what the average Body Mass Index is. Well-fed group.
Hey, Yours Truly and Equality Man, when Trump becomes your president, Michelle’s closet will be rifled through and your anointed one will have his $30 million home ransacked. I know you idiots will weep and yelp like little girls.
There are no delusions whatsoever about the self-destructive path the Democrats have chosen for their agenda. You can spend trillions until Hades freezes over and not stop 1 inch of sea level rise. Mother earth will do as she pleases. The Patriot
SMRs, a recent survey of All Benny Republicans reveals that Trump is an embarrassment and that it’s time to move on to a more credible candidate.
Apparently you can too spend yourself out of debt. If you couldn’t, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would no longer exist. They both are still hawking the same erroneous policies that caused the ‘08 real estate debacle, and yet they both are still in business. So it must work.
There is a reason Lady Justice wears a blindfold. Politicians in power can now ignore laws that do not agree with their agenda. Our Republic is in danger if the powerful can pick and choose which laws they will abide by. | https://www.albanyherald.com/features/squawkbox/article_4b4cf51a-1d60-11ed-a47c-b7565dd9d228.html | 2022-08-16T20:37:56Z |
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WATE) — A bear hungry for food tore open a tent over the weekend at a popular campground in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, causing superficial wounds to a woman and a 3-year-old child.
The June 12 incident has led authorities to caution visitors against camping in tents and other soft-sided shelters at the Elkmont Campground for the time being.
“A three-year old girl and her mother received superficial scratches to their heads. The father was able to eventually scare the bear from the site and wildlife biologists are monitoring the area,” the National Park Service said in a warning posted on the campground’s reservations website.
The bear was captured by wildlife biologists and euthanized on Monday, June 13, according to the National Park Service.
“The bear weighed approximately 350 pounds, which is not standard for this time of year, suggesting the bear had previous and likely consistent access to non-natural food sources,” said Lisa McInnis, Chief of Resource Management. “In this incident, the bear was likely attracted to food smells throughout the area, including dog food at the involved campsite. It is very difficult to deter this learned behavior and, as in this case, the result can lead to an unacceptable risk to people.”
The Elkmont Campground remains open, but two loop roads are temporarily closed for safety reasons, the park service said in the bear warning. Multiple campsites are also now closed. Elkmont Campground is located eight miles from Gatlinburg and is the largest and busiest campground in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
“Camping in bear country is inherently risky. It is critical that all campers follow food storage regulations and bear safety guidelines,” the park service said in the online warning.
Wildlife experts emphatically warn people against feeding bears. Once fed, the bears continue coming back for more and will become aggressive about it — putting people’s lives at risk and causing the bear to be euthanized.
A black bear that aggressively attacked a home near the Great Smoky Mountains National Park boundary was recently captured and euthanized. The Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency says the bear was reported after it apparently smelled food cooking inside the home and began pawing at a door frame, slamming into the glass.
Feeding bears also teaches them to overcome their instinctive fear of humans — rewarding them for approaching people the same way that a treat rewards a dog. This includes unintentional feedings, like allowing bears to eat garbage or pet food.
Last month, a Michigan family visiting Gatlinburg was surprised to find a bear breaking into their pickup. As the family watched from inside a cabin, the bear opened the door to their pickup and eventually found a bag of M&M. The entire incident was caught on camera. It’s unclear if this is the same bear that tore into the Elmont tent. | https://cw33.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/bear-injures-mom-3-year-old-girl-at-great-smoky-mountains-campground/ | 2022-06-14T03:16:31Z |
PITTSBURGH, June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I thought there should be a way for hospital patients to store frequently used products in a readily accessible location," said an inventor, from Elk Grove, Calif., "so I invented the PHONE CALL LIGHT HOLDER. My design ensures that items like a phone and call button are easy to grasp, without straining or leaving the bed."
The invention provides a convenient storage unit for a phone and hospital bed control/call button. In doing so, it ensures that the phone and call button are easily accessible. As a result, it prevents the items from getting lost within the bed or falling to the floor and it saves time and effort. The invention features a practical design that is easy to use so it is ideal for hospitals, nursing homes, households, etc. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the Sacramento sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-SCO-193, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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Caught on video: Father with baby pushes away man with gun
DETROIT (WXYZ) - Shocking surveillance video shows a father trying to protect himself and hiss 7-month old baby from a man with a gun.
That baby is safe, and police have taken a person of interest into custody.
A clerk said the man came running in with a baby in his arms, and he was trying to hide.
“It’s just upsetting. It’s difficult to watch. I mean, it’s just no regard for human life or for the life of a child,” Detroit Police 2nd Precinct Commander Michael Chambers said.
The gun jamming or somehow malfunctioning is what may have saved the father’s life and that of his baby when Detroit Police say this man tried to open fire on them inside a Valero gas station early Sunday evening, Father’s Day.
“The father quickly, once he observed it, lifted his arm up and fortunately pushed the gun away. He was able to get him outside of the gas station and lock the door,” Chambers said.
Police said what the gunman did is a felonious assault, and they released this surveillance video in hopes that someone seeing it could help identify the would-be shooter. He is seen approaching the gas station in his white tank top, tan bucket hat and long khaki shorts. What you don’t see until he’s opening the door of the gas station is the gun he had tucked in his pants. Police said he’s after the man holding the baby who the clerk says had just run inside to hide.
“Yeah, he runs to hide in the gas station, but he followed him,” gas station clerk Adam Albarmaki said.
The dad manages to push the gun away. Thankfully he and his baby were not shot.
“We are asking that the public if they are able to or they know this individual to call 1 800 Speak up,” Chambers said.
Monday afternoon, just a few blocks away, police took a person of interest into custody and then obtained a search warrant to look for the gun involved. As for a motive, police said the men had just had some sort of dispute.
“About a block away from this location there at Tyerman and Humble. He had accounted this individual, appears they had some type of argument unknown at this time. We still are early in the investigation and trying to work backwards,” Chambers said.
Before running into the gas station, the man with the baby sustained some sort of injury to his arm, possibly stabbed or cut.
“It’s definitely upsetting and disturbing watch that when you look at that video, especially on Father’s Day,” Chambers said.
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Hella Cocktail Co. Secures $5 Million from Whiskey Titan Uncle Nearest's Venture Arm
BROOKLYN, N.Y., June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hella Cocktail Co., a brand of botanically inspired mixers and beverages crafted to elevate cocktail culture for everyone, is proud to announce a $5 million investment from a fellow BIPOC-owned company, Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey, the fastest-growing American whiskey brand in U.S. history.
From strategy to vision, and from ethos to growth trajectory, the partnership between these two brands truly aligns in every dimension. Standing out with its inclusive category perspective and incredible development, Hella Cocktail Co. secured this investment as part of Uncle Nearest Ventures, which seeks to uplift minority-founded, owned and led spirit companies.
Hella Cocktail Co. was the first BIPOC-founded, owned, and led American beverage brand to be available in all 50 states, and its products are currently sold or used in more than 20,000 stores, bars, hotels, and restaurants. The investment coincides with additional hallmark achievements, including the business' 10-year anniversary and the innovation of a new beverage category with its line of Bitters & Soda. This transformative partnership will propel the brand's next phase of structural growth, funding continued recruitment to Hella's all-star team, stocking warehouses with enough inventory to meet the outpacing demand, and continuing to spread the brand's message of creating a more expansive and inclusive cocktail experience.
The two brands share values and goals that go beyond just business. Both companies are rooted in the diverse backgrounds of their founders and a fundamental dedication to inclusivity. With three leaders of unique heritage, Hella Cocktail Co. inspires confidence in consumers to bring forth their most authentic selves by championing celebration for all.
"We don't see this as just an investment in Hella, but rather an investment in bringing all voices to the table and celebrating different experiences," says Jomaree Pinkard, CEO of Hella Cocktail Co, "This partnership not only enables us to bring our message to more audiences, but aligns us with a fellow minority-owned and led company that understands how integral culture is when creating a successful business. We're thrilled to continue a rapid growth trajectory, as we create premium products where neither taste nor brand values are ever compromised."
Instantly recognizing Hella's deep respect for culture and the incredible way in which this drives the brand's success, the investment from the Uncle Nearest Ventures reflects a new legacy that aims to shape a more diverse landscape for cocktailing.
"Investing in Hella Cocktail Co. was an absolute no brainer," said Fawn Weaver, founder and CEO of Uncle Nearest, Inc. "Our team members were already pairing their Bitters & Soda with Uncle Nearest, so I knew their products were made with excellence. What I didn't know is the brand was founded by three men of African American, Mexican, and Jewish descent. Once I learned that, I reached into Jomaree and said, 'What do you need? It's yours.' We could not be prouder to back these three incredible leaders, who have bootstrapped this brand for a decade, never compromising on quality or messaging, and who have grown their company at such a rapid yet sustained pace that they've proven their brand is here to stay."
To learn more about Hella Cocktail Co. and their non-alcoholic beverage, bitters, and mixer options, visit Hellacocktail.co. For additional information on Uncle Nearest Ventures, visit unclenearest.com/unvf/.
Hella Cocktail Co. is a brand of botanically inspired mixers and beverages that offers daring tastes that elevate and expand cocktail culture for everyone. We are experi-mentors who serve "elevated choice" to these curious experience seekers. Our mission is to inspire confidence in the Hella Curious among us, so that they bring their authentic selves to the table. Because only Hella serves a curated portfolio of cocktailing options, is rooted in the pursuit of bold flavors, and values an inclusive community where all feel invited to gather around the table.
Uncle Nearest Ventures is the investment arm of Uncle Nearest, Inc., created to invest in minority (BIPOC and women) founded, owned, and led brands with the greatest potential to grow into long-standing legacy brands. As the most successful African American founded, owned, and led spirit brand of all time, Uncle Nearest Ventures infuses capital into companies with strong leadership, proven market traction, and a similar excellence as Uncle Nearest in product and delivery. For more information, please visit the Uncle Nearest Ventures website.
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Former dentist arrested, allegedly practiced without a license
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW/Gray News) - A former dentist was arrested over the weekend on allegations he has been practicing dentistry without a license.
Michael Charles Putnam, 67, was booked into custody by the Topeka Police Department on Saturday, Shawnee County Department of Corrections booking records show.
Court documents state that a warrant for Putnam’s arrest was issued June 24 after he failed to appear at a motions hearing in Shawnee County District Court.
According to court records, Putnam faces three misdemeanor charges of false impersonation, which originated in December of 2021. Shawnee County District Attorney Mike Kagay says the charges stem from allegations of practicing dentistry without a valid dental license.
WIBW has requested more information from authorities in regards to the charges Putnam has faced since the end of last year.
The Kansas Dental Board lists Putnam’s dental license status as revoked as of December 2021. It was originally issued in 1982.
An emergency order filed by the Kansas Dental Board on Dec. 14, 2020, lists multiple complaints over the years about Putnam’s work as a dentist.
Those allegations include unclean office conditions, lack of professionalism, his throwing of dental instruments during exams, leaving large amounts of cement on a patient’s teeth, putting his bare hands into a patient’s mouth and being “unreasonably angry” during an exam.
A patient in November 2020 accused Putnam of surgically removing a tooth without an assistant or necessary suction or tongue retraction. The document states Putnam failed to remove a root tip, failed to take a post-extraction X-ray, and caused a tear in the floor of the patient’s mouth and grooves in the buccal bone.
During an investigation in 2016, Putnam was said to have thrown his glasses and violently slammed his fist into a wall and door, accusing the investigator of trying to “destroy him.”
Other complaints include claims that patients were given too much lidocaine and oxycodone, and that the dentist failed to keep accurate data on dispersal of narcotics.
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FARGO, N.D., Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Crunch Franchise today announced the upcoming December 2022 opening of Crunch Fargo, a $5 million, 30,000-square-foot fitness facility, with $1 million dollars' worth of state-of-the-art equipment. Crunch Fargo is located in a newly renovated space at 4603 13th Ave. S., previously occupied by Toys "R" Us.
Fusing fitness with entertainment to make serious exercise fun, Crunch Fargo will offer top-quality cardio equipment and strength training equipment, circuit training, a functional training area with multiple indoor turf areas, a dedicated group fitness studio, a dedicated ride studio, boxing, Kids Crunch, HydroMassage® beds, and high-end tanning. Members looking for assistance reaching their goals will have access to our staff of highly experienced Personal Trainers.
Crunch Fitness Fargo is owned by Fitness Ventures, LLC, the fastest growing franchisee in the Crunch system, and owns locations throughout the U.S. "Expanding into Fargo, ND is particularly exciting for us, as the market is under served for high value, low price fitness options," stated CEO Brian Hibbard. "Crunch is for everyone, from the first-time gym-goer to the seasoned athlete. Add in a high-energy and fun environment, and we have options to meet everyone's goals and budget!"
Crunch is known for its innovative group fitness programming and will offer a wide range of classes every week, including BodyWeb with TRX®, Zumba®, Cardio Tai Box, Yoga Body Sculpt and Fat Burning Pilates. Members looking for additional guidance or motivation can utilize the HIITZone™, a proprietary high-intensity interval group training program.
Prospective members can now visit https://www.CrunchFargo.com or call (701) 997-6299 to reserve memberships at discounted rates beginning at $9.99 per month.
Crunch is a gym that believes in making serious exercise fun by fusing fitness and entertainment and pioneering a philosophy of 'No Judgments.' Crunch serves a fitness community for all kinds of people, with all types of goals, exercising all different ways, working it out at the same place together. Today, we are renowned for creating one-of-a-kind group fitness classes and unique programming for our wildly diverse members. Headquartered in New York City, Crunch serves two million members with over 400 gyms worldwide in 34 states and the District of Columbia, Australia, Canada, Costa Rica, Portugal, Puerto Rico, and Spain. Crunch is rapidly expanding across the U.S. and around the globe.
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Multiple people hurt in shooting at party in Las Vegas
By Maddie White
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LAS VEGAS (KVVU) — A shooting late Saturday at a house party in North Las Vegas left four people injured, including two minors, according to police.
One woman was shot multiple times on her lower extremities, according to police, and is in serious condition. All other victims were reported to be in stable condition.
Police said the suspect is not yet in custody.
On Saturday, April 16, officers responded to the 4900 Block of Support Street in North Las Vegas at about 11:15 p.m., after they received reports of gunshots coming from a home in a gated community near Lone Mountain Road and Simmons Street, according to Sgt. Vince Booker, North Las Vegas Police Department.
When officers arrived on scene, a large group of people were leaving the area, police said. Four victims were taken to the hospital.
“We was in the house, me and my son and my family,” said one neighbor who spoke to FOX5 but preferred to stay anonymous. “All you hear is, ‘Grrrr pah pah pah!’ And it just kept going, it did not stop, for a good like, I’d say like two minutes, no exaggeration… Those were the gunshots. And then you just see everybody scatter… you see, like, all these kids just scattered.”
Neighbors told FOX5 that the people running from the scene looked to be about 17 or 18 years of age.
“Definitely had to be high school, like senior, junior year… They were in our backyard, our neighbors’ backyards, they jumped — you see these bricks? They jumping over the bricks… Parents pulling up, trying to see exactly where their kids are.”
According to Sgt. Booker, officers later learned that the shooting may have been the result of an argument that occurred at the house during the party.
She added, “I did hear, about, a couple of people being shot, like, they was running, like, ‘I’m hit.’ You could hear them saying ‘I’m hit,’ yeah, like ‘I’m hit I’m hit!’ It’s all you kept hearing, and it was just like, what?”
Sylvia Douse, another neighbor, told FOX5, “It’s scary, it’s a little scary. It was very close to where we live… When we pulled in, we saw that it was on the side streets, and we saw lights, and we saw the police had it taped off, and I saw like the crime scene investigation truck down there. A lot of cars, a lot of police cars.”
The police turned off the enter and exit capabilities of the community’s front gate while they investigated into the evening. The gate has since reopened.
Still, the neighborhood remains in a state of shock and sadness.
“Sad — yeah, that is really sad. Really sad,” said Douse. “Makes you wonder what are people thinking. Right now, this is Easter.”
North Las Vegas Police are actively searching for the suspect and told FOX5 that the investigation is ongoing.
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Minutes from D.C. in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia, the Freedom House Museum at 1315 Duke Street will reopen on Friday, May 27, 2022 with three new exhibitions showcasing Alexandria's Black history and the Black experience in America.
The National Historic Landmark is what remains of a large complex dedicated to trafficking thousands of Black men, women and children between 1828 and 1861. The museum honors the lives and experiences of the enslaved and free Black people who lived in–and were trafficked through–Alexandria and seeks to reframe white supremacist history and provide visitors opportunities to learn, reflect and advocate for change.
The exhibits depict the roles of the historic site and Alexandria in the domestic slave trade, and share inspiring stories of African Americans in our community on three floors of the museum:
- 1315 Duke Street highlights the stories of those who were brought from the Chesapeake Bay area, moved through 1315 Duke Street, and forced into slave markets in the deep South. The exhibit includes archaeological artifacts, a model of the complex, and stories of personal experiences of individuals trafficked through the domestic slave trade. This new exhibition was designed by Washington, D.C. firm Howard+Revis Design, whose former clients include the Smithsonian Institution and the National Civil Rights Museum.
- Determined: The 400-Year Struggle for Black Equality, a traveling exhibition from the Virginia Museum of History and Culture, traces four centuries of Black history in Virginia through stories of extraordinary individuals who struggled for equality and, in the process, profoundly shaped the nature of American society. Determined in Alexandria is a companion exhibition about Black Alexandrians who built the foundations of our community while fighting for equality.
- Before the Spirits Are Swept Away is a series of paintings of African American sites by the late Sherry Z. Sanabria. The third floor also includes a reflection space with a bronze model of Alexandria's Edmonson Sisters sculpture by artist Erik Blome.
Freedom House Museum, purchased by the City of Alexandria in March 2020, is integral to the understanding of Black history in Alexandria and the United States and is part of Alexandria's large collection of historic sites, tours, markers and more that depict stories of the Colonial era, through the Civil War and Civil Rights eras, to today.
Visit alexandriava.gov/FreedomHouse for more information and to reserve tickets in advance online.
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Schumer rallies Democrats after surprise deal with Manchin
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer told fellow Senate Democrats on Thursday they now have an opportunity to achieve two “hugely important” priorities on health care and climate change, if they stick together and approve a deal he brokered with hold-out Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin.
Schumer spoke at a private caucus meeting after the startling turnaround over an expansive agreement he and Manchin struck that had eluded them for months. The Democratic leader’s comments were relayed by a person familiar with the meeting at the Capitol complex and granted anonymity to discuss it.
The $739 billion package would address health care and climate, raising taxes on high earners and large corporations and reducing federal debt.
Schumer warned his colleagues in the 50-50 Senate that final passage will be hard. The Democrats face staunch opposition from Republicans and have no votes to spare, relying on their own razor-thin majority. Schumer said they would need to be disciplined in messaging and focus, but he believes they can get it done, the person said.
Two Democrats said the Senate would vote on the wide-ranging measure next week, setting up President Joe Biden and Democrats for an unexpected victory in the runup to November elections in which their congressional control is in peril. A House vote would follow, perhaps later in August, with unanimous Republican opposition in both chambers seemingly certain.
Just hours before the announcement late Wednesday, Schumer, D-N.Y., and Manchin, D-W.Va., seemed at loggerheads and headed toward a far narrower package limited — at Manchin’s insistence — to curbing pharmaceutical prices and extending federal health care subsidies. Earlier Wednesday, numerous Democrats said they were all but resigned to the more modest legislation.
The reversal was stunning, and there was no immediate explanation for Manchin’s abrupt willingness to back a bolder, broader measure. Since last year, he has used his pivotal vote in the 50-50 Senate to force Biden and Democrats to abandon far more ambitious, expensive versions. He dragged them through months of negotiations in which leaders’ concessions to shrink the legislation proved fruitless, antagonizing the White House and most congressional Democrats.
“This is the action the American people have been waiting for. This addresses the problems of today — high health care costs and overall inflation — as well as investments in our energy security for the future,” Biden said in a statement. He urged lawmakers to approve the legislation quickly.
Tellingly, Democrats called the 725-page measure “The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022″ because of provisions aimed at helping Americans cope with this year’s dramatically rising consumer costs. Polls show that inflation, embodied by gasoline prices that surpassed $5 per gallon before easing, has been voters’ chief concern. For months, Manchin’s opposition to larger proposals has been partly premised on his worry that they would fuel inflation.
Besides inflation, the measure seemed to offer something for many Democratic voters.
It dangled tax hikes on the wealthy and big corporations and environmental initiatives for progressives. And Manchin, an advocate for the fossil fuels his state produces, said the bill would invest in technologies for carbon-based and clean energy while also reducing methane and carbon emissions.
“Rather than risking more inflation with trillions in new spending, this bill will cut the inflation taxes Americans are paying, lower the cost of health insurance and prescription drugs, and ensure our country invests in the energy security and climate change solutions we need to remain a global superpower through innovation rather than elimination,” Manchin said.
Schumer called the bill Congress’ “greatest pro-climate legislation.” He said it would also cut pharmaceutical prices and “ensure the wealthiest corporations and individuals pay their fair share in taxes.”
The measure would reduce carbon emissions by around 40% by 2030, Schumer and Manchin said. While that would miss Biden’s 50% goal, that reduction, the measure’s climate spending and the jobs it would create are “a big deal,” said Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., an environmental advocate who had been upset with the absence of those provisions until now.
The overall proposal is far less aspirational than the $3.5 trillion package Biden asked Democrats to push through Congress last year, and the pared-down, roughly $2 trillion version the House approved last November after Manchin insisted on shrinking it. Even then, Manchin shot down that smaller measure the following month, asserting it would fuel inflation and was loaded with budget gimmicks.
In summaries that provided scant detail, Democrats said their proposal would raise $739 billion over the decade in new revenue, including $313 billion from a 15% corporate minimum tax. They said that would affect around 200 of the country’s largest corporations, with profits exceeding $1 billion, that currently pay under the current 21% corporate rate.
The agreement also contains $288 billion the government would save from curbing pharmaceutical prices. Those provisions would require Medicare to begin negotiating prices on a modest number of drugs, pay rebates to Medicare if their price increases exceed inflation and limit that program’s beneficiaries to $2,000 annual out-of-pocket expenses.
The deal also claims to gain $124 billion from beefing up IRS tax enforcement, and $14 billion from taxing some “carried interest” profits earned by partners in entities like private equity or hedge funds.
The measure would spend $369 billion on energy and climate change initiatives. These include consumer tax credits and rebates for buying clean-energy vehicles and encouraging home energy efficiency; tax credits for solar panel manufacturers; $30 billion in grants and loans for utilities and states to gradually convert to clean energy; and $27 billion to reduce emissions, especially in lower-income areas.
It would also aim $64 billion at extending federal subsidies for three more years for some people buying private health insurance. Those subsidies, which lower people’s premiums, would otherwise expire at year’s end.
That would leave $306 billion for debt reduction, an effort Manchin has demanded. While a substantial sum, that’s a small fraction of the trillions in cumulative deficits the government is projected to amass over the coming decade.
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., was still reviewing the agreement, said spokeswoman Hannah Hurley. Sinema backed Manchin last year in insisting on making the legislation less expensive but objected to proposals to raise tax rates, and the spokeswoman referred a reporter to her comments last year supporting a corporate minimum tax.
Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, said the Democratic agreement would be “devastating to American families and small businesses. Raising taxes on job creators, crushing energy producers with new regulations, and stifling innovators looking for new cures will only make this recession worse, not better.”
But if Democrats can hold their troops together, GOP opposition would not matter. Democrats can prevail if they lose no more than four votes in the House and remain solidly united in the 50-50 Senate, where Vice President Kamala Harris can cast the tie-breaking vote.
“This agreement is a victory for America’s families and for protecting our planet,” said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. “In light of the discussions of the past year, this agreement is a remarkable achievement.”
The bill lacks increased tax deductions for state and local taxes, which some Democrats from high-tax states have demanded as the price for their support. A spokesperson for Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., a leader of that group, did not immediately return a message seeking comment.
In the Senate, Democrats are using a special process that will let them pass the bill without reaching the 60 votes required for most legislation there. To use that, the chamber’s parliamentarian must verify that the bill doesn’t violate the chamber’s budget procedures, a review now underway.
Schumer and Manchin said leaders committed to revamp permitting procedures this fall to help infrastructure like pipelines and export facilities “be efficiently and responsibly built to deliver energy safely around the country and to our allies.”
Sierra Club Legislative Director Melinda Pierce said her group wanted to read the agreement’s details but was glad Biden and Schumer “remained resolute in finding a path to pass once-in-a-generation investments in our communities, our economy, and our future.”
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AP reporters Matthew Daly, Will Weissert, Kevin Freking and Seung Min Kim contributed to this report.
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VANCOUVER, BC, April 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Kiaro Holdings Corp. ("Kiaro" or the "Company") (TSXV: KO) (OTC: KIARF), a national omni-channel cannabis retailer and wholesale distributor, is pleased to announce that it's common shares are now eligible for electronic clearing and settlement through the Depository Trust Company ("DTC") in the United States (USA).
DTC is a subsidiary of the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation, a U.S. company that manages the electronic clearing and settlement of publicly traded companies. Securities that are eligible to be electronically cleared and settled though DTC are considered "DTC eligible". With an accelerated settlement period and reduced costs for investors and brokers, DTC eligibility is expected to simplify the process of trading and enhance liquidity of the Company's shares in the United States.
Kiaro Holding Corp's common shares have been made eligible for book-entry delivery and depository services of the Depository trust Company to facilitate electronic settlement of transfers of its common shares in the United States. DTC eligibility will simplify the process of trading and is expected to enhance the liquidity of the Company's common shares on the OTC Markets where Kiaro Holdings Corp. trades under the symbol "KIARF".
The company's shares will continue to trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange Venture (TSXV) under the symbol "KO".
CEO, Daniel Petrov states, "We are pleased to have obtained our DTC eligibility. This eligibility will simplify the process of trading shares in the USA, which will be beneficial to Kiaro and our shareholders. With DTC eligibility, the increased accessibility and visibility is expected to attract greater investment and trading liquidity from American investors as our shares will be available to a broader range of investors as we continue to expand our business."
Additionally, Kiaro announces today that Mr. Daniel Petrov, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, has advised the board of directors of the Company (the "Board") that he is taking a medical leave of absence, effective immediately. The Board and Mr. Petrov have agreed that during his absence the Company's current Chief Operating Officer, Ms. Eleanor Lynch, possesses the necessary skills and experience to act as the Company's interim Chief Executive Officer and Ms. Lynch has agreed to assume this interim role.
The Board has the utmost confidence in Ms. Lynch and fully intends to provide her any support she requires during this interim period and wishes Daniel a speedy recovery.
Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Kiaro is an omni-channel cannabis retailer and distributor, with operations in Canada, Australia, and the United States. Kiaro has retail stores in operation across British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and Ontario; a wholesale distribution division servicing Saskatchewan, and ecommerce sites in Canada, the US and Australia. With more than 70 years of collective retail and wholesale focused experience, Kiaro's leadership team has a proven track record of executing on acquisitions and financings, and moreover growing brands across North America. The Company plans to continue its growth trajectory through its consumer-centric retail, ecommerce, and wholesale distribution segments over the coming years.
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Family Dollar employee shoots alleged armed robber, police say
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO/Gray News) - A Family Dollar employee in Ohio said she returned fire at an armed robber after he allegedly shot at her while fleeing the store.
The employee told Cleveland police the man walked up to the cash register with a bag of chips to purchase, according to WOIO.
When a male employee went to give the man change, the suspect pulled out a gun and reached into the cash register, a crime report says.
The suspect then pointed the gun at a female staff member and started to flee the store.
That’s when, according to the report, the female employee grabbed her own gun and followed the man out.
The 28-year-old woman told police the suspect fired a shot at her and she returned fire, hitting him in the leg, the report said.
Officers took the employee’s gun into evidence and went to search for the man. They found an abandoned backpack that contained a gun in an area where the suspect was seen running, according to the report.
Surveillance video reviewed by police confirmed it was the suspect’s backpack.
Officers did not locate the alleged robber, and the incident remains under investigation.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Cleveland police.
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Swaggerty's Farm® is helping serve 800+ Breakfast Sandwiches at Save A Lot locations in Eastern Kentucky and Supporting Operation BBQ Relief with over 5000 lbs of Sausages
KODAK, Tenn., Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Swaggerty's Farm delivers breakfast sandwiches to help feed first responders and community members in an effort to support Kentucky flood relief. Over 400 breakfast sandwiches were served at Save A Lot locations in Hazard, Kentucky August 16th and 18th. With an additional 400 breakfast sandwiches to be served at Save A Lot locations in Hindman and Jackson, Kentucky week of August 22, 2022.
Additionally, Swaggerty's Farm supported Operation BBQ Relief, by supplying them with over 5000 lbs of Italian Sausage and Bratwurst. Operation BBQ Relief is an organization that provides hot meals and comfort to those affected by natural disasters. They have served over 9 million meals throughout the US and internationally following natural disasters and COVID-19. OBR has served over 80k meals in Eastern Kentucky flood relief efforts and works with The American Red Cross to help deliver and serve meals in disaster areas.
Swaggerty's Farm is a 92-year-old sausage company founded in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains. "This disaster hits close to home for us, and we hope by providing some meals, we can offer a glimpse of solace in a stressful time," states Chief Operating Officer Jon Amidei. "Food can be so comforting, and we are grateful to all our hardworking partners who help make these relief efforts possible."
To find out more about Swaggerty's Farm visit www.swaggertys.com. To learn more about Operation BBQ Relief or to donate to Kentucky Flood Relief efforts visit operationbbqrelief.org.
Since 1930, the Swaggerty Family has been making superior sausage, made from fresh pork with no fillers and a unique blend of spices. Today, Swaggerty Sausage Company, Inc. is a modern USDA inspected facility located in the same small valley of East Tennessee. Focused on quality and growth, Swaggerty's Farm® products are now available in over 12,000 retailers, wholesale distributors and food service establishments throughout the nation. With the fourth generation at the company today, Swaggerty's Farm premium sausage products stand the test of time and remain what is quite possibly the best-tasting sausage in America.
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LOS ANGELES, June 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP ("GPM") announces that investors with substantial losses have opportunity to lead the securities fraud class action lawsuit against Unilever PLC ("Unilever" or the "Company") (NYSE: UL).
Class Period: September 2, 2020 – July 21, 2021
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: August 15, 2022
If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff of the Unilever lawsuit, you can submit your contact information at www.glancylaw.com/cases/unilever-plc/. You can also contact Charles H. Linehan, of GPM at 310-201-9150, Toll-Free at 888-773-9224, or via email at shareholders@glancylaw.com to learn more about your rights.
The complaint filed alleges that, throughout the Class Period, Defendants failed to disclose to investors: (1) that, in July 2020, Ben & Jerry's board passed a resolution to end sales of its ice cream in "Occupied Palestinian Territory"; (2) the risks attendant to the Ben & Jerry's board's decision; (3) the foregoing risked adverse governmental actions for violations of laws, executive orders, or resolutions aimed at discouraging boycotts, divestment, and sanctions of Israel adopted by 35 U.S. states; and (4) as a result, Defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.
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To be a member of the class action you need not take any action at this time; you may retain counsel of your choice or take no action and remain an absent member of the class action. If you wish to learn more about this class action, or if you have any questions concerning this announcement or your rights or interests with respect to the pending class action lawsuit, please contact Charles Linehan, Esquire, of GPM, 1925 Century Park East, Suite 2100, Los Angeles, California 90067 at 310-201-9150, Toll-Free at 888-773-9224, by email to shareholders@glancylaw.com, or visit our website at www.glancylaw.com. If you inquire by email please include your mailing address, telephone number and number of shares purchased.
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With this acquisition, Hitachi will accelerate its offerings between shop floor operations and enterprise systems particularly in North America.
NEW YORK and TOKYO, Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501, "Hitachi") today announced that on August 31, 2022 it acquired Flexware Innovation, Inc. ("Flexware Innovation ") which has been a leading manufacturing Systems Integrator (SI) since 1996. Flexware Innovation was a strategic acquisition for Hitachi due to its focus on the TOTAL SEAMLESS SOLUTION*1 that links "shop floor" and "top floor" with data and digital technology.
With this acquisition of Flexware Innovation, Hitachi will strengthen and enhance its business in the domain of MES (Manufacturing Execution Systems), SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition), Software Development, Business Intelligence (BI), and ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) implementation capabilities in North America, and accelerate the digitalization with JR Automation*2 which engages in the robotic SI & automation. Further, through cooperation with Hitachi Vantara which has expertise in building and deploying Enterprise and Cloud applications*5, Hitachi will be able to provide TOTAL SEAMLESS SOLUTION from robotic SI & automation, MES, SCADA, BI, and ERP and help manufacturing leaders increase corporate value.
Background & Business Strategy
Hitachi's basic approach for the industry field is to globally develop TOTAL SEAMLESS SOLUTION that solves issues existing in the boundaries between shop floor, top floor and supply chain to create new business value, by taking advantage of having offerings ranging from products, OT (Operational Technology) and IT (Information Technology) systems integration capabilities.
Above all, it is expected that North America will continue to experience high growth and North America will continue to adopt advanced digital technologies, so Hitachi has positioned North America as a key market. In 2017, Hitachi acquired Sullair*3, which engages in the air compressor business, and it acquired JR Automation in 2019. Further, Hitachi formed Hitachi Industrial Holdings Americas*4 in 2020 to strengthen integrated business operations of industry field in the region. Under the Hitachi Industrial Holdings Americas leadership are Sullair, JR Automation, and Flexware Innovation, the newly acquired company. The global pandemic and resulting supply-chain challenges have caused a continued need for quality and productivity improvements across all industry sectors. Hitachi is uniquely positioned to provide TOTAL SEAMLESS SOLUTION by taking advantage of their global platforms such as Lumada*5 coupled with the strength of JR Automation and Flexware Innovation in the IT/OT space.
The Strategy Behind the Flexware Innovation Acquisition
Many technical firms focused on the manufacturing and industrial sectors are solely focused on a particular industry or are limited to the controls or machinery layer. Flexware Innovation is unique because they focused on the Manufacturing Execution Systems space beginning in 1996 and have proven that they can add value to their enterprise clients in many vertical industries such as Life Sciences, Food & Beverage, Utilities, Metal and Steel, and Automotive and Discrete manufacturing. Their capabilities range from controls engineering and safety assessments all the way up to ERP implementation. Having developed or implemented many complex enterprise MES solutions, Hitachi plans to leverage Flexware Innovation's expertise to compliment the capabilities of JR Automation, and Hitachi Vantara. Hitachi realizes that the North American market is a prime area for growth and is passionate about adding business value to its clients. This synergy with Flexware Innovation's history made this partnership an obvious choice. It is important to note that Hitachi plans to support and grow Flexware Innovation's current customer base which includes notable global brands.
"I am very happy to have Flexware Innovation as a new family member of the Hitachi Group. Moving forward, we will strive to solve customers' challenges and maximize their corporate value in North America through the combination of Hitachi's products, OT, IT, and Lumada which utilizes advanced digital technologies, the SI technologies and development capabilities of Flexware Innovation, the robotic SI & automation of JR Automation, and other resources," said Kazunobu Morita, Vice President and Executive Officer, CEO of the Industrial Digital Business Unit, Hitachi, Ltd.
"Our people are passionate about solving problems for our customers. This new partnership with Hitachi will allow us to do that on a larger stage, with strong vision and backing from a respected global technology company. We have developed a unique culture at Flexware Innovation that merges perfectly with Hitachi's Founding Spirit. I am genuinely excited for our future together." - Scott Whitlock, Founder and President & CEO of Flexware Innovation.
Whitlock will remain as President & CEO of Flexware Innovation in partnership with the leaders of Hitachi Industrial Holdings Americas.
About Hitachi, Ltd.
Hitachi drives Social Innovation Business, creating a sustainable society with data and technology. We will solve customers' and society's challenges with Lumada solutions leveraging IT, OT (Operational Technology) and products, under the business structure of Digital Systems & Services, Green Energy & Mobility, Connective Industries and Automotive Systems. Driven by green, digital, and innovation, we aim for growth through collaboration with our customers. The company's consolidated revenues for fiscal year 2021 (ended March 31, 2022) totaled 10,264.6 billion yen ($84,136 million USD), with 853 consolidated subsidiaries and approximately 370,000 employees worldwide. For more information on Hitachi, please visit the company's website at https://www.hitachi.com.
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*1 TOTAL SEAMLESS SOLUTION is a registered trademark of Hitachi, Ltd. in Japan and US.
*2 Hitachi, Ltd. news release titled "Hitachi Agrees to Acquire JR Automation, a Robotic System Integrator in the U.S." announced on April 24, 2019. https://www.hitachi.com/New/cnews/month/2019/04/190424.pdf
*3 Hitachi, Ltd. news release titled "Notice of Determination of Transfer Execution Date Associated with Acquisition of U.S.-based Air Compressor Manufacturer, announced on July 6, 2017.
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*4 Hitachi, Ltd. news release titled "Hitachi Announces Establishment of Hitachi Industrial Holdings Americas, Inc. to Strengthen the Industry Business in North America" announced on April 1, 2020
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*5 Lumada: A collective term for solutions, services and technologies using Hitachi's advanced digital technologies to generate value from customer data and accelerate digital innovation
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New feature allows operators and suppliers to gain a deeper understanding of small chains and independent foodservice locations
CHICAGO, Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Technomic released Location Targeting, the newest feature of Ignite Company. Location Targeting captures more than 1 million foodservice locations and allows operators and suppliers to gain a deeper understanding of small chains and independents at the address level. This feature allows clients to explore view foodservice location characteristics, amenities and annual sales volume, all overlayed with Technomic's standardized operator classification system.
Technomic experts collect location-level insights through a variety of sources, including operator websites, business directories and consumer review sites. Locations are then mapped through Ignite search criteria and cross-checked with Technomic research, to create a searchable dashboard of business names, addresses and attributes. Data can be filtered and exported by market, segmentation and other key operator characteristics to drill into the critical location-level insights your business needs.
"The Location Targeting tool extends Technomic's industry-leading market intelligence down to the address level," explains Kevin Schimpf, director of industry research at Technomic. "Decades of insights from tracking foodservice industry performance and ranking top industry players have been built into the dashboard, helping to create a Location Targeting tool with unmatched accuracy."
Location Targeting was designed to help foodservice suppliers and operators enhance their local market strategy. Supplier clients can utilize this data to inform and enrich their sales strategy and targeting by market, whether through enabling their direct sales force or broker sales teams. Operators can utilize Location Targeting to view the competitive market and develop expansion plans.
Press inquiries: Clare Toledo, ctoledo@technomic.com
Technomic Inc., a Winsight company, was founded as a management consulting firm in 1966. Since then, Technomic's services have grown to encompass cloud-based B2B research tools, consumer and menu trend tracking and other leading strategic research and analytic capabilities, to prioritize and size business opportunities. Our clients include food manufacturers and distributors, restaurants, retailers and multiple other business verticals aligned with the food industry that are looking to make informed decisions to support their business growth. Visit Technomic at www.technomic.com.
Winsight LLC is a business-to-business information company serving the restaurant and noncommercial foodservice, convenience and petroleum retailing and grocery industries. Winsight provides research and analytics, branding solutions, face-to-face opportunities, lead generation initiatives, and content marketing services through products including subscription data products, reports, research tools, research programs, fully custom studies, conferences, custom marketing services, meetings, print and digital trade media. To learn more, visit winsightmedia.com
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CINCINNATI (AP) — Novak Djokovic pulled out of next week’s hard-court tournament in Cincinnati on Friday because he has not gotten any COVID-19 vaccine shots and so is not allowed to travel to the United States.
That is also why Djokovic is not expected to be able to enter the U.S. Open, the year’s last Grand Slam tournament, which begins in New York on Aug. 29.
Djokovic is a 35-year-old from Serbia who owns 21 major championships, one behind Rafael Nadal for the men’s record. Djokovic has said he won’t get vaccinated against the illness caused by the coronavirus, even if that prevents him from playing in certain tournaments. He missed the Australian Open in January after being deported from that country and needed to sit out two events in the United States earlier this year, along with a tournament in Montreal this week.
Unvaccinated foreign citizens can’t go to Canada or the U.S. currently; the Cincinnati tournament’s news release announcing Djokovic’s withdrawal cited “travel restrictions.”
Djokovic has said he was stil holding out hope of being able to enter the U.S. Open, but that would require a change of government policy, which the U.S. Tennis Association says it will adhere to.
Djokovic is a three-time champion at the U.S. Open and was the runner-up last year to Daniil Medvedev.
Other men who have withdrawn from the field in Cincinnati include defending champion Alexander Zverev — the 2020 U.S. Open runner-up tore ankle ligaments at the French Open in June — and injured players Gael Monfils, Reilly Opelka, Oscar Otte and Dominic Thiem. Australian Open finalist Danielle Collins pulled out of the women’s draw because of a neck injury, while three-time major champion Angelique Kerber made a scheduling change and opted not to compete in Cincinnati.
Serena Williams is entered in the field for what is expected to be one of her last appearances on tour.
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NEW YORK (AP) — A lawyer for New York City was fired after she crashed a news conference Monday to confront Mayor Eric Adams about the city’s mask mandate for children aged 2 to 4.
Daniela Jampel, who had worked for the city law department since 2016, was fired later on Monday, a department spokesperson said.
Jampel was fired after she attended a City Hall press conference and demanded that Adams “unmask our toddlers.” The law department spokesperson said she had misrepresented herself as a journalist at the press conference.
The Democratic mayor announced last Friday that a mask rule for children under 5 in schools and daycare centers would remain in effect because of a rise in COVID-19 cases due to the omicron BA.2 variant of the virus.
Jampel has been a vocal advocate for keeping schools open and for ending mask mandates during the coronavirus pandemic.
The law department spokesperson said the decision to fire Jampel was made before Monday because of “troubling claims” she had made about her work for the department.
The spokesperson appeared to be referencing a tweet Jampel posted on Friday and then deleted that said that as an attorney for the city she had “represented cops who lie in court, teachers who molest children, prison guards who beat inmates.” The tweet continued, “It is a job I have done proudly. Until tonight. Fighting to keep masks on toddlers is shameful. I am ashamed of my office.”
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Multicultural OBGYN advocates amplifying stories to keep reproductive justice in the forefront
PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- It's been almost three months since Roe v. Wade has been overturned. While many in states with restrictive abortion are adjusting to their "new normal," multicultural OBGYNs Drs. Jenn Conti, Heather Irobunda and Jennifer Lincoln are just getting started, and they're not giving up the fight.
Today, they announce the launch of their organization Obstetricians for Reproductive Justice (ORJ), an organization that works to share the stories of the real-time harm happening to patients and providers in post-Roe America. ORJ will travel to communities where their presence is needed to bring financial and logistical support as well as education, and by amplifying stories in traditional and social media keeping reproductive justice in the forefront. ORJ's pilot trip is taking place this weekend in San Antonio and Austin, Texas, a location with some of the most restrictive abortion laws in the country.
Drs. Conti, Irobunda and Lincoln are nimble, bold, and in positions of power as reproductive health experts in protected states – and they are ready to act.
"We're hearing from our colleagues and from people all over the country who have been harmed by the assault on our reproductive freedoms. We're now entering the fight – because who else better to do it than a group of pissed off OBGYNs?" says Drs. Conti, Irobunda and Lincoln.
ORJ has three goals:
- To amplify (with permission) stories of patients who have been harmed by these changes, with a focus on communities that are most vulnerable
- To educate the general public on the actual harm occurring by sharing stories as they happen in real-time, and
- To advocate for the provision of direct services and funding to communities that are most vulnerable in a post-Roe world.
Drs. Jenn Conti, Heather Irobunda and Jennifer Lincoln are trusted OBGYNs active in advocacy with a combined 3.5 million followers on social media, and a track record of going viral and making change happen. Dr. Conti, of Stanford, Calif, is a complex family planning physician, author and medical journalist; Dr. Irobunda is a Bronx, NY-based OBGYN medical advisor and writer; and Dr. Lincoln, from Portland, Ore., is a OB Hospitalist, author, and founder of ThreeForFreedom.com, a hub for education on simple steps folks can take to control their reproductive freedom.
To join the fight and learn more, visit https://obstetriciansforreprojustice.org and follow them on Twitter: @OBs4RJ.
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Secret Service on the defensive over allegations agents were duped by men impersonating feds
By Whitney Wild, Priscilla Alvarez and David Shortell, CNN
A series of embarrassing security lapses involving two men charged with impersonating federal agents have put the Secret Service on the defensive and angered at least one top national security official in DC, sources tell CNN.
In a federal investigation that surfaced earlier this month after a dramatic daytime raid on a luxe Washington apartment, the FBI alleges that the two men duped a number of Secret Service agents, including one assigned to the first lady’s detail, as part of a long-running scheme.
But those allegations have also drawn the ire of the top official at the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees the Secret Service.
Two people familiar with his thinking tell CNN that Homeland Security chief Alejandro Mayorkas felt the initial charges unveiled last week against the two men put unfair scrutiny on the Secret Service. CNN reached out to DHS for comment from Mayorkas.
In court documents and hearings this month, federal prosecutors have accused Arian Taherzadeh and Haider Ali of posing as federal agents and lavishing gifts on law enforcement officers in an effort to ingratiate themselves. The raid uncovered a cache of weapons and tactical gear across five apartments rented by the two men.
Interactions between the two men and a number of Secret Service agents comprised the bulk of an initial charging document written by an FBI agent, and was largely based on Secret Service witnesses. That document, an affidavit detailing the nascent investigation, also included an unusual disclosure of the existence of an internal investigation into two Secret Service agents and two uniformed division officers over their dealings with the men.
But in a detention hearing last Tuesday, a federal judge told Justice Department prosecutors that their arguments were “overblown,” arguing that they hadn’t established that the men’s gift-giving was an attempt to win secrets from Secret Service agents, or that they posed a danger or flight risk.
The two sources familiar with Mayorkas’s thinking tell CNN he was concerned about the way the affidavit singled out the Secret Service because it created a misimpression that could cause potential harm to the agency.
These two sources spoke on the condition of anonymity in order to speak candidly about the matter.
Officials from about a dozen other law enforcement agencies were also believed to have interacted with the two men, a law enforcement official told CNN last week.
The FBI affidavit points out a Secret Service witness told FBI agents that officials from other federal agencies could have received gifts from the men, but the case has so far centered on the Secret Service agents’ role.
According to a Secret Service agent cited as a witness in the complaint, Taherzadeh “provided gifts or favors for residents, many of whom were members of law enforcement, including the FBI, USSS, or DHS, or employees of government agencies, including the Department of Defense and Navy.”
An internal Secret Service review of the matter has so far found no evidence that sensitive digital records were breached or passed to Taherzadeh or Ali, or that either man ever physically entered any protectee locations, a Secret Service spokesman said last week.
“The U.S. Secret Service is taking this matter extremely seriously and conducting an in-depth, methodical review of all aspects of this incident. Although this is an ongoing investigation, we have found no evidence of any adverse security impacts or improper access to sensitive information, systems or protected locations at this time. We continue to work closely with the FBI and the US Attorney’s Office on the criminal investigation and prosecution of the Defendants,” the spokesman said.
Panning the prosecutors’ arguments
In court last week, Magistrate Judge G. Michael Harvey allowed the defendants to be released from detention ahead of a trial, dismissing the government’s arguments that they were dangerous and posed a flight risk.
The government made “no showing that national security information was in fact compromised,” or that “other sensitive information was in fact compromised, or that that was the intent of the defendants in giving the gifts to the federal agents in the first place,” Harvey said.
The evidence thus far presented instead suggested that “the defendants’ impersonation of federal officers was, as Mr. Ali said in his (FBI) interview, that they ‘just wanted to feel on the same level’ with the real federal agents,” Harvey said.
The FBI declined to comment about the case to CNN.
A former law enforcement official defended the FBI’s tactics, saying that they likely just included the evidence they had at the time to make an arrest.
“They’re thinking about getting these guys off the street,” the former official told CNN.
The Justice Department built the case quickly — apparently in under three weeks after a random interaction with a postal service inspector put the two men on law enforcement’s radar, according to the complaint.
In recent days, investigators have continued to seek information about Taherzadeh and Ali in interviews with neighbors at Crossing, the high-rise building where the pair lived, according to one resident who spoke to CNN.
Questions Loom
Several important questions still loom over the case — including how the pair amassed a cache of weapons and tactical gear found in their apartments and what they hoped to gain from befriending real law enforcement officers living in their building.
In court, Harvey pointed to a default judgment brought by the apartment complex against Taherzadeh for more than $220,000 over unpaid rent.
A CNN review of past lawsuits involving the pair and interviews with people who knew Taherzadeh shows a pattern of unpromised payments and other failed ventures.
In August 2021, a real estate management company for another high-end apartment building in the same Washington neighborhood sued Taherzadeh and another man, accusing them of falsifying their incomes and never paying rent on penthouse apartments.
According to the filing, Taherzadeh applied for an apartment in 2018 and claimed to earn around $70,000 per month in salary.
But his rent checks never cleared.
“He was just a typical debtor who didn’t pay his bills, who ran up bills and just walked away from them,” Thomas Mauro, an attorney representing the building’s management company, told CNN.
In 2017, the two defendants were fighting each other in court over money. Court records show that Ali sued Taherzadeh and his webhosting company AET Holdings for $10 million after Ali claimed he loaned Taherzadeh $1 million and was never paid back.
The case, which was thin on details, was eventually dismissed after Ali failed to serve his complaint.
The next year, another former employee of AET Holdings, Moses Kamai, won a nearly $300,000 judgment against Taherzadeh for unpaid salary and other expenses, although he says Taherzadeh never paid the judgment.
The company, according to Kamai, failed to win contracts because of Taherzadeh’s poor management.
“We missed a couple of proposal deadlines because he wouldn’t sign paperwork,” Kamai said.
At Crossing, many residents have steered their anger and anxiety toward the building’s management after they learned through the prosecution that the men had access to building security cameras and a list of the apartment’s occupants, two people who live there told CNN.
“This feels like a betrayal,” one of the residents said.
Building management has not responded to requests for comment, but in recent days, it has told residents that they are conducting a security audit.
Now out on home detention under the supervision of relatives, both men will not be allowed back in the building, management also told residents.
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RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Inland Empire Health Plan, one of the top 10 largest Medicaid health plans and the largest not-for-profit Medicare-Medicaid plan in the nation, announced its designation as a 2022 Best Workplaces in Health Care™. The Great Place to Work® and Fortune magazine designation reaffirms what the company's annual survey revealed: 92% of the employee respondents believe IEHP is a great place to work, a statistic 35% higher than the average U.S. company.
"Our strong team culture fuels our commitment to heal and inspire the human spirit," says IEHP Chief Organizational Development Officer Janet Nix. "Working together, we've cultivated a strong, collaborative working environment where our team members take pride in doing the right thing for all we serve, including each other."
The Best Workplaces in Health Care award is based on analysis of survey responses from over 161,000 current employees from Great Place to Work® certified companies. Of IEHP's 2,817 employees, 87% completed the survey that covered a variety of workplace quality experiences, including pride in the organization's community impact, belief that their work makes a difference and feeling their work has special meaning. Highlights from the survey of IEHP's employees include:
- 96% feel good about ways the organization contributes to its community
- 95% report having special and unique company benefits
- 94% are proud to tell others their place of employment
Great Place to Work is the only company culture award in America to select winners based on employees' experiences, no matter who they are or what they do. The survey also provides team members the opportunity to give personal feedback regarding what they feel the company can do to improve even further.
"The feedback delivered in these surveys is critical to moving IEHP forward and continuing to uphold our mission to heal and inspire the human spirit," said IEHP Chief Executive Officer Jarrod McNaughton. "Our team members inspire the work we do every day and their innovative feedback has driven many of the initiatives we've implemented."
The Best Workplaces in Health Care list is highly competitive. Great Place to Work, the global authority on workplace culture, selected the list using rigorous analytics and confidential employee feedback. Companies were only considered if they are a Great Place to Work-Certified™ organization.
"It is our honor to spotlight the Best Workplaces in Health Care," says Michael C. Bush, chief executive officer of Great Place to Work. "Health care heroes have been on the front lines saving lives, and these organizations dug deep to tailor their support to the rapidly changing demands from the pandemic. We applaud their commitment to inclusive, high-trust cultures."
When asked if there was anything unusual or unique about IEHP that makes it a great place to work, team members responded with personal insights, highlighting the organization's positive impact.
"IEHP is unique in that they 'walk their talk.' In the 20 years of experience as a nurse, I have never been employed by an organization such as IEHP," shared an IEHP team member in the anonymous survey. "They truly care for our community just as much as they care for their employees. It is a blessing to be part of such an amazing organization that exudes its mission, vision and values. I look forward to completing my mission as a nurse at IEHP."
To learn more about IEHP and career opportunities, visit iehp.org.
With a mission to heal and inspire the human spirit, Inland Empire Health Plan (IEHP) is one of the top 10 largest Medicaid health plans and the largest not-for-profit Medicare-Medicaid plan in the country. In its 26th year, IEHP is supporting more than 1.5 million residents in Riverside and San Bernardino counties who are enrolled in Medicaid or Cal MediConnect Plans and has a growing network of over 7,800 providers and nearly 3,000 team members. Through dynamic partnerships with providers and community organizations, paired with award-winning service and a tradition of quality care, IEHP is fully committed to their vision: We will not rest until our communities enjoy optimal care and vibrant health. For more information, visit iehp.org.
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The Great Retention helps organizations improve their employee experience through educational podcasts, live events, and online community.
ATLANTA, June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cooleaf, the leading employee experience platform for high-performing teams, officially announced The Great Retention, a new virtual community and podcast series. Through a series of events, podcasts, and other resources, The Great Retention brings people-first organizations together and highlights today's leaders in employee engagement.
"In today's world, people expect to find a greater sense of purpose and fulfillment in their work," said Prem Bhatia, Cooleaf's Co-Founder. "We believe that everyone should feel valued and appreciated by their employer, and the mission of the Great Retention is to make that a reality. From fostering DEI to improving employee appreciation, there are small steps that we can all take to drastically improve our workplace communities, and our goal is to help organization leaders start making those changes."
The Great Retention also launched a new podcast series, The Great Retention Podcast, led by Cooleaf Co-Founders, John Duisberg and Prem Bhatia. Early episodes of the podcast have featured CEOs and founders of leading companies including Aprio, Net Health, MountainSeed, and TekStream Solutions. Listeners can tune in to the podcast on The Great Retention website, where they can subscribe to the newsletter and find links to the episodes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or any other audio provider.
"It's been a powerful experience to hear directly from leaders how they're approaching employee experience within their organizations," said John Duisberg, Cooleaf's Co-Founder. "This is just the beginning and as we grow, we hope to see more organizations joining us in shaping the future of employee experience."
Cooleaf also plans to expand The Great Retention's resources to include more events and resources later this year. Co-sponsorship information will soon be available on The Great Retention website.
Cooleaf is the leading solution for companies looking to drive extraordinary experiences for their employees, customers, and prospects. Through Cooleaf's platform, forward-thinking brands are empowered to listen to sentiment and signals through pulse surveys and SaaS platform integrations, take action to engage employees through recognition, incentives, and virtual experiences and glean data insights through a powerful suite of analytics tools.
The Great Retention was established by Cooleaf in 2022 to bring organization leaders together around employee experience through live events, an online community, and a leadership podcast series. Cooleaf leads and supports The Great Retention as a key part of the company's strategy to help organizations improve their workplace experience.
Visit www.cooleaf.com and www.thegreatretention.com to learn more.
Melissa Perry, Senior Marketing Manager at Cooleaf
marketing@cooleaf.com
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Tech-Enabled Recruitment Process Reduces Time and Cost to Source Quality Candidates
LEHI, Utah, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- IsoTalent announces closing a $5 million seed round to launch its global, on-demand hiring marketplace. The investment round was co-led by Crocker Ventures and Ad Ventures, and included Sweater Ventures and several high-profile angel investors.
With this new funding, IsoTalent aims to expand its tech-enabled global hiring marketplace: on-demand recruiter services, an international hiring division (IsoGlobal) and a free applicant tracking system (IsoConnect ATS).
"IsoTalent has built a global hiring marketplace that allows any company, regardless of size, to recruit and hire an employee anywhere in the world." says Paul Ahlstrom, CEO and co-founder of IsoTalent. "We level the playing field for small and medium companies by connecting jobseekers, recruiters, and hiring managers. The legacy industry needs a hard reset to keep up with global demand, solve talent shortages, and weather the economy. Our model provides businesses with competitive pricing, tech, and scalable solutions for teams."
COO and co-founder, Robb Lifferth, explains, "Business leaders are retooling hiring strategy in response to the 'Great Resignation' and economic upheavals to come. IsoTalent has the tools and expertise to become the integrated recruitment solution for businesses of any scope and size to hire at scale."
IsoTalent's new marketplace offers three innovations to meet hiring needs of high-growth businesses:
- Commission-free recruiting. IsoTalent puts an army of recruiters to work for you in an innovative and cost-effective model, saving clients thousands of dollars compared to the traditional contingent-fee recruiting model.
- Global employer of record (EOR). IsoTalent can recruit candidates anywhere in the world, then legally employ on a business's behalf through the EOR.
- Free Applicant tracking system (ATS). A free ATS hiring platform available to all businesses, IsoConnect is the center of IsoTalent's hiring marketplace. The platform powers the hiring process and allows companies to manage account activities and communicate with recruiters.
"We serve clients at any phase of hiring strategy," says Austin Miller, CRO and co-founder. "Our on-demand model gives business leaders access to a free product, builds their recruiting, and expands local and global search, all while reducing costs."
If you'd like more information on IsoTalent's global hiring and recruitment solutions, please visit www.isotalent.com
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- LG Uplus, Jeju Air, GS Caltex, Kakao Mobility, and Vertical Aerospace sign an agreement to launch a K-UAM consortium
- PABLO AIR announces plans to develop a "UAM Integrated Flight Control System" using its own technology
INCHEON, South Korea, June 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PABLO AIR (CEO Kim Young-Joon), a member of the Born2Global Centre, announced on May 11 that it had launched a consortium with LG Uplus, Jeju Air, GS Caltex, Kakao Mobility, and Vertical Aerospace to commercialize K-UAM and signed a business agreement to participate in the Korean government's "Korea Urban Air Mobility Grand Challenge (K-UAM GC)."
Through the agreement, PABLO AIR is partnering with leading mobility technology companies to enter the Urban Air Mobility (UAM) market in earnest, which aligns with the company's overarching goal of accelerating its drone delivery demonstrations and business commercialization.
A ceremony was held at LG Science Park in Seoul on May 10 to commemorate the six companies' agreement to cooperate for: The establishment of Korean UAM standards; Individual demonstrations to accelerate the commercialization of services; and Joint research on additional business opportunities in the UAM industry.
PABLO AIR is planning to establish an integrated UAM flight control system based on its previous experience developing PABLO AIR Mobility Network, PAMNet, a smart mobility traffic management system that analyzes flight departures and UAM risk and provides integrated management for the stable operation of aircraft.
Each of the other five companies that are part of the consortium together with PABLO AIR has its own defined role under the agreement. LG Uplus is expected to establish a traffic management system and communication service for the stable operation of UAM, while Jeju Air has agreed to provide safe and reliable flight services, based on its accumulated expertise in the aviation field
Also as part of the agreement, GS Caltex plans to build a UAM Vertiport (Vertical take-off and landing site) utilizing the company's network of gas stations evenly distributed around the country. For its part, Kakao Mobility will be using its previous experience operating the complete MaaS (Mobility as a Service) app "Kakao T" to develop a multimodal mobility platform and vertiport solution that will be used for automatic check-in and security search functions to support the uninterrupted movement of UAM devices.
Britain's Vertical Aerospace—a leading global UAM aircraft manufacturer that has already received pre-orders for more than 1,350 eVTOLs from the global market—will be in charge of producing UAM aircraft for the consortium. The company is currently scheduled to perform a UAM pilot flight at the upcoming 2024 Paris Olympics.
Kim Young-Joon, CEO of PABLO AIR, commented on the consortium saying, "With this business agreement, we will work with participating companies to reorganize the UAM industrial ecosystem and commercialize UAM services." He continued, "We will successfully develop a UAM Integrated Flight Control System and contribute to the management of UAM operations."
PABLO AIR has previously received recognition for its excellent technology, field utilization, and future growth values in the global market and was awarded 2nd place in the Operation category at the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) XCELLENCE Awards in 2021 and 2022 for its development and use of PAMNet as a UAM traffic management platform.
About PABLO AIR
PABLO AIR first entered the Korean unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) market in 2018 with its swarm flight technology and has since developed a wide array of integrated drone solutions—including UAV control systems, aircrafts, and drone delivery platforms & services—and has participated in numerous ICT drone shows. PABLO AIR continues to engage in R&D and commercialization efforts at home and abroad as a pioneer of the global UAV industry.
In 2021, PABLO AIR established a branch in the U.S., bolstering the global UAV market's recognition of the company's technological prowess. PABLO AIR is the first Korean company to ever participate in a U.S. drone delivery PoC and is a 2nd place winner of the world-renowned AUVSI XCELLENCE AWARD and a technological partner of the National Technology & Innovation Sandbox (NTIS) in Malaysia.
For more information, visit pabloair.com
About the Born2Global Centre
The Born2Global Centre, operated by Born2Global, is a full-cycle service platform that supports the global expansion of promising companies. Established in 2013 under the Ministry of Science and ICT, Born2Global has been setting the standards for a successful startup ecosystem in Korea and continues to expand and transform startups so that they are engaged, well equipped, and connected with the global market.
For more information, visit born2global.com
Pablo Air: nklee@pabloair.com
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CLEVELAND, June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Like many other industries, the global pumps market was affected by supply chain disruptions associated with the pandemic. A new Freedonia Group analysis finds that supply shortages and rising raw materials prices led to pump suppliers hiking prices, which contributed to very strong sales growth in value terms as markets began to recover in 2021.
While the pumps market achieved double-digit growth in 2021, even faster gains were prevented by difficulties meeting orders. Many firms reported order intake well in excess of revenues as they struggled to keep up with demand. Supply chain issues are expected to persist through 2022, with China's attempts to implement zero-COVID policies leading to ongoing disruption in manufacturing and logistics. Those firms that are able to cut through these issues and provide timely deliveries will have significant opportunities for sales.
While the global pumps market includes a variety of general-purpose products, much of the market consists of relatively specialized products that are mainly used in a particular target market. As a result, firms in the industry vary greatly in their level of exposure to different markets. Most of the global pumps market leaders pursue a strategy of market diversification and make pumps for a wide variety of applications. However, the industry includes a number of firms that have chosen to heavily emphasize the oil and gas market, and these companies underperformed in 2020 as the global oil and gas industry contracted. Market losses have contributed to further consolidation, as companies that participated in oil and gas as a non-primary market (e.g., Weir Group) reduced their participation.
For more information about solar pumps and the global pump industry in general, see Global Pumps, now available from The Freedonia Group. This study presents historical data (2011, 2016, and 2021) and forecasts for 2022, 2026 and 2031 for demand in the global fluid handling pumps industry by product and market in US dollars.
Products:
- Centrifugal
- positive displacement (rotary, reciprocating, diaphragm)
- specialty and other pumps, which includes pumps with designs that are uniquely specialized for specific applications, such as domestic water system pumps, turbine, drilling mud pumps, sump pumps, beverage service pumps, microfluidic laboratory pumps, and others
- associated drivers, parts, and accessories
Pump demand is also segmented by market:
- process manufacturing
- water infrastructure
- construction
- oil and gas
- electricity generation
- other, which includes healthcare, marine, mining, and other manufacturing industries
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PRINCETON, N.J., Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, ETS President and CEO Amit Sevak announced that Rohit Sharma will join ETS as Senior Vice President of Global Workskills. In his new role, Sharma will help ETS scale its offerings for upskilling and workskills development for professionals seeking career advancement and mobility. He will oversee all aspects of this new division, from sales and marketing to product and operations, with an emphasis on long-term goals, growth, profit and return on investment.
"Rohit possesses a keen understanding that education spans an individual's lifetime, continuing well beyond high school, college or even an advanced degree," says Sevak. "We're incredibly fortunate to leverage his leadership and expertise at this pivotal moment as ETS seeks to provide critical solutions to help businesses close the gap between vacancies and finding employees with the right set of workplace skills."
Sharma previously served as the COO of ThriveDX (formerly HackerU), a leader in digital skills training. He was responsible for driving product design and development, operational delivery and learner outcomes.
"The future of our workforce, companies and industries depends upon our ability to keep the skills of employees sharp so that we can better compete, drive growth and spur innovation," says Sharma. "I look forward to helping ETS become a leader in enhancing the skill sets of working professionals so that they, and the companies they work for, grow and reach their fullest potential."
Sharma has over two decades of international experience across a range of sectors including higher education, training, certification and workforce development. His previous professional experience includes serving as president and managing director of ACAMS (previously, a wholly owned subsidiary of Adtalem Global Education) and CEO of INTI Education Group. Early in his career, he also served as a management consultant with the Boston Consulting Group.
Sharma has a bachelor's degree in engineering from IIT Kanpur in India and an MBA from the University of Virginia's Darden Business School.
About ETS
At ETS, we advance quality and equity in education for people worldwide by creating assessments based on rigorous research. ETS serves individuals, educational institutions and government agencies by providing customized solutions for teacher certification, English language learning, and elementary, secondary and postsecondary education, and by conducting education research, analysis and policy studies. Founded as a nonprofit in 1947, ETS develops, administers and scores more than 50 million tests annually — including the TOEFL® and TOEIC® tests, the GRE® tests and The Praxis Series® assessments — in more than 180 countries, at over 9,000 locations worldwide. www.ets.org
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RALEIGH, N.C., June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Next Century Spirits, a leading full-service distilled spirits company that specializes in the creation and processing of distilled spirits for private label, private brands, bulk, and craft markets, is pleased to announce they have won two Double Gold and North Carolina Distillery of the Year Award nods this year at the recent New York International Spirits Competition.
"We have had a record year as a company from a facility expansion to international brand recognition, which is a testament to our team setting a vision and achieving it," states Scott Bolin, Co-Founder and CEO of Next Century Spirits. "Next Century Spirits was named 'Best Distillery of the Year' again recognizing our operational effectiveness, plus taking home several gold medals for the quality of our spirits."
The company won 15 awards in total within the NYISC, one of the most respected beverage trade specific spirits competitions in the world. The competition is unusual in that it is one of the few competitions that relies entirely on judges drawn exclusively from the beverage community.
Nick Scarff, Master Blender and VP of Business Development of Next Century Spirits, comments, "We are honored and grateful to have been selected as the North Carolina Distillery of the Year for two consecutive terms." Scarff continues, "We have worked hard to develop the largest, most versatile array of customized and premium spirits in the industry, so having so many of our products consistently recognized for being the top achievers in their categories is incredibly fulfilling. That said, we have no plans to rest on our laurels, and plan to continue to push the boundaries of innovation and quality in order to create unique drinking experiences for spirits enthusiasts everywhere."
Next Century Spirits is a full-service distilled spirits company that specializes in the creation and processing of distilled spirits for private label, private brands, bulk, and craft markets.
To learn more about our services and more, please visit https://nextcenturyspirits.com/ and or check us out on Instagram or Facebook.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government hopes a new website can help people and local governments beat the increasingly deadly heat of an ever-warming world.
Days after nearly half the country — 154.6 million people — sweated through a blistering heat wave, which for the West, hasn’t quite finished,the Biden Administration Tuesday unveiled heat.gov, which includes maps, forecasts and health advice. The government can’t lower temperatures in the short-term, but it can shrink heat’s death toll, officials said.
“July 2021 was the hottest month ever recorded on Earth and summers are getting hotter and deadlier,” said National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration chief Rick Spinrad. “The annual average temperature of the contiguous U.S. has already warmed over the past few decades and is projected to rise by 5 to 9 degrees Fahrenheit (2.8 to 5 degrees Celsius) by the end of this century.”
But officials said even though heat is the No. 1 weather killer, and warming is worsening, deaths can still be prevented. That’s the purpose of the website.
“We don’t have to accept” heat deaths, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said Tuesday. “This doesn’t have to be this way.”
The new website is aimed both at local planners to help them decide whether it is too hot for road work, at farmers for planting and harvesting advice, and even “a mom trying to decide this summer: Is it safe for your kids to play outside or to go to summer camp?” Raimondo said.
Pat Breysse, director of environmental health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said the predictions the new website offers can help authorities plan for extreme heat in advance and protect people who are most at risk, by setting up cooling centers and providing water, for example.
“There’s a host of things that we can do with this advance warning from the data that NOAA provides us, particularly from a health standpoint,” Breysse said. He pointed to earlier efforts by Rhode Island, Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont to change weather service heat warnings to make them more effective for New England residents.
The new website could be put to use immediately because record-breaking temperatures are forecast for Spokane, Washington, and Boise, Idaho — heat in the low to mid 100s, Spinrad said.
The website follows other Biden Administration action on heat, including financial aid to help on air conditioning for low-income residents, grants to build new cooling centers, upcoming rules for workers outside in the heat and help for cities to cool urban heat islands with more tree cover. Calling climate change “an emergency,” but stopping short of invoking emergency measures, President Biden last week promised more action to fight global warming.
Outside experts said the multi-agency website and action are overdue.
“This is an important step for elevating the risks of heat,” said University of Georgia meteorology professor Marshall Shepherd, past president of the American Meteorological Society. “For too long, heat has been one of the deadliest weather hazards, but has languished from an urgency standpoint,” ignored by the public, media and decision-makers. Shepherd said people scamper inside at the threat of lightning or tornado, but exert themselves when the heat index is 100 or higher.
North Carolina state climatologist Kathie Dello said, “extreme heat is one of our greatest challenges as a county and I’m glad to see the interagency cooperation.”
It’s important that the website shows that heat isn’t just a problem for today “but in the future,” Dello said.
Given warming trends, this summer with its widespread heat waves “is likely to be one of the coolest summers of the rest of our lives,” Raimondo said. “That’s a pretty scary thing.”
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Nearly half (44%) of top 50 biopharma companies are now involved in RNA work sparking new demand for tools purpose built for the full spectrum of RNA R&D
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Benchling, the R&D Cloud powering the biotechnology industry, today launched the industry's first full set of capabilities for designing, modeling, and studying both natural and chemically modified RNA in a single solution. As the biopharmaceutical industry increases its focus on developing RNA therapeutics, Benchling's new RNA solution is the first purpose-built offering on the market to help R&D organizations accelerate the delivery of drug candidates. Featuring an RNA-aware registry with visualization tools for oligo and mRNA design and the only tool with support for chemical modification of mRNA sequences, RNA biologists and chemists can now collaborate more efficiently, standardize their work across teams, and develop drug candidates faster.
Following the successful deployment of RNA technology in the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines, biopharma companies have quickly shifted their pipelines to uncover therapeutic opportunities with RNA and mRNA. RNA therapeutics include a diverse group of therapeutic molecules that range from mRNA vaccines to antisense oligos, RNA-based gene therapy, and guide RNA-based CRISPR complexes. The unique function of these molecules, combined with the ability to adjust key properties through chemical modification or conjugation, has opened up novel ways of treating and preventing diseases. Nearly half (44%) of top 50 global biopharma companies are involved in RNA work through their own pipelines, M&A, or strategic alliances, based on GlobalData research1. Venture capital has also invested $3 billion into RNA-based therapies in 2020 alone, according to Nature.
While RNA therapeutics hold tremendous potential to impact human health, the R&D tools to create, test, and develop these molecules have been severely limited. Traditional chemistry tools cannot model the intricacies of RNA biology, while biology tools ignore the chemistry involved with RNA modifications altogether. As a result, there has not been a single software solution to date that addresses the combined biological and chemical nature of RNA therapeutics. Scientists have had to contend with manual, low-throughput, and disconnected software to manage their R&D work. Meanwhile, 82% of the pipeline of disclosed RNA and nucleotide therapeutics is in the research or preclinical stage of development2.
"We're at a tipping point for RNA therapeutics, having figured out tough challenges like durability and stability, the industry is now looking for the right tools to accelerate RNA R&D," said Ashu Singhal, co-founder and president of Benchling. "Covid vaccines were really just the beginning –- as we put more tools in the hands of scientists to help support their RNA therapeutics R&D, this field will really take off. With Benchling's new RNA capabilities, scientists can now design, develop, and test a new mRNA vaccine or RNA cancer treatment from start to finish on a single platform."
"RNA has nearly unlimited potential to cure a wide range of diseases. Benchling's full set of purpose-built tools for RNA therapy development is going to enable us to realize this potential at an even greater pace than before," said Francois Vigneault, co-founder and CEO of Shape Therapeutics, an RNA technology company advancing programmable medicine and a longtime Benchling customer. "We are excited to see Benchling's continued investment in RNA innovation, and appreciate their commitment to helping companies like ShapeTX accelerate next-generation biopharma solutions."
Benchling's complete RNA solution is available today, and scientists working in RNA and mRNA therapeutics, RNA-based gene therapy, and gene editing will benefit from:
- Faster RNA design. Scientists can design RNA sequences more efficiently with easy navigation between monomer- and sequence-level views. They can use "find and replace" to execute chemical modifications more easily across entire sequences and reduce the need for manual, tedious effort. Benchling's design tool helps scientists standardize their design work, minimize errors, and ensure sequence uniqueness during registration.
- Simplified collaboration. All teams across the entire RNA R&D lifecycle can now operate on a single platform. With a full end-to-end solution, teams working on RNA across biology and chemistry in both research and development can share, search, and find their work output. This reduces the need for multiple handoffs and back-and-forth communication.
- Higher quality data and insights. Scientists can now standardize and improve accuracy of RNA sequence design, including management of chemical modifications and uniqueness checks during registration. The standardization and centralization ensure high data integrity and improve data traceability. Any changes in structure can be directly associated with experimental results. As a result, scientists can aggregate data faster and make more data-driven decisions easily.
Along with the general availability launch of the RNA full solution, Benchling is making additional new product features generally available, including:
- Updated sequence design and analysis: Scientists can design and analyze DNA, RNA, and amino acid sequences with intelligent tools that boost throughput and reduce manual work to support research. With updated DNA alignments, Benchling now supports more algorithms and provides a step-by-step wizard tool to perform a single alignment or many alignments in bulk.
- Workflows and modern LIMS updates: New features in Benchling's workflows promote mapping and executing of complex, interconnected activities — from developing, testing, recording, reviewing and approving, to sharing key information with authorized users — for connected & compliant sample management.
- New integrations: Benchling now integrates with AlphaFold (a beta feature) that allows users to generate, interact with, and share 3D protein structures of novel proteins. In addition, Benchling is now directly integrated with genome database Ensembl and customers now pull all genomic sequences and data directly from Ensembl's APIs.
Benchling's mission is to unlock the power of biotechnology by creating modern software for modern science that empowers R&D teams to focus more time on science (not their software)! To learn more about Benchling and these new capabilities, please visit the company's What's New page.
About Benchling
Benchling is the pioneer of the R&D Cloud, software that unlocks the power of biotechnology. More than 200,000 scientists at over 1,000 companies and 7,500 academic and research institutions globally have adopted the Benchling R&D Cloud to make breakthrough discoveries and bring the next generation of medicines, food, and materials to market faster. The Benchling R&D Cloud helps these organizations modernize their scientific processes and accelerate collaboration so they can convert the complexity of biology into world-changing results. For more, please visit Benchling.com or follow us on Twitter at @Benchling.
1 GlobalData by Benchling, August 2022
2 GlobalData by Benchling, August 2022
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PLEASANTON, Calif., April 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc. (the "Company") (NYSE: SSD), an industry leader in engineered structural connectors and building solutions, announced today that it will report its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022 on Monday, April 25, 2022 at 4:15 p.m. Eastern Time. Karen Colonias, Simpson's Chief Executive Officer, and Brian Magstadt, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, will host a conference call that same day at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The call will be broadcast live over the Internet hosted on the Investor Relations section of the Company's website at ir.simpsonmfg.com.
Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.'s First Quarter 2022 Conference Call Details
For those unable to participate during the live broadcast, a replay of the call will also be available beginning that same day at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, May 9, 2022, by dialing (844) 512-2921 (U.S. and Canada) or (412) 317-6671 (International) and entering the conference ID: 13728308. The webcast will remain posted on the Investor Relations section of Simpson's website at ir.simpsonmfg.com for 90 days.
Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc., headquartered in Pleasanton, California, through its subsidiary, Simpson Strong-Tie Company Inc., designs, engineers and is a leading manufacturer of wood construction products, including connectors, truss plates, fastening systems, fasteners and shear walls, and concrete construction products, including adhesives, specialty chemicals, mechanical anchors, powder actuated tools and reinforcing fiber materials. The Company's common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "SSD."
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nuvalent, Inc. (Nasdaq: NUVL), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on creating precisely targeted therapies for clinically proven kinase targets in cancer, today announced that James Porter, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer, will present at the 2022 Jefferies Healthcare Conference on Thursday, June 9, 2022, at 1:00 p.m. ET in New York City.
A live webcast will be available in the Investors section of the company's website at www.nuvalent.com, and archived for 30 days following the presentation.
About Nuvalent
Nuvalent, Inc. (Nasdaq: NUVL) is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on creating precisely targeted therapies for patients with cancer, designed to overcome the limitations of existing therapies for clinically proven kinase targets. Leveraging deep expertise in chemistry and structure-based drug design, we develop innovative small molecules that have the potential to overcome resistance, minimize adverse events, address brain metastases, and drive more durable responses. Nuvalent is advancing a robust pipeline with parallel lead programs in ROS1-positive and ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), along with multiple discovery-stage research programs. We routinely post information that may be important to investors on our website at www.nuvalent.com. Follow us on Twitter (@nuvalent) and LinkedIn.
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SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — A lawyer for Bill Cosby told jurors they need to look past years of public accusations against the actor and comedian and consider only the evidence presented by a woman who says he sexually abused her at the Playboy Mansion in 1975 when she was 16 years old.
During closing arguments at a California civil trial Tuesday that would devolve into bizarre bickering over the video game Donkey Kong, Cosby attorney Jennifer Bonjean said plaintiff Judy Huth and her lawyers didn’t come close to proving “her 50-year-old, he-said-she-said case.”
“Can you imagine how hard it is to defend a case when you start with the label of sexual predator?” Bonjean told the jurors, reminding them they were chosen because they promised they would be able to consider only the facts presented in court. “If we were just going to try people based on labels, then why have trials at all?”
Huth’s attorney Nathan Goldberg told the jury that “my client deserves to have Mr. Cosby held accountable for what he did.”
“Each of you knows in your heart that Mr. Cosby sexually assaulted Miss Huff,” Goldberg said.
Cosby, who was freed from prison when his Pennsylvania criminal conviction was thrown out nearly a year ago, is not attending the trial. He denied that any sexual activity took place between himself and Huth in a 2015 video deposition shown to jurors. The denial has been repeated throughout the trial by his spokesman and his attorney.
Bonjean began the defense’s closing argument by thanking jurors and then telling them, “All I have to say is, it’s on like Donkey Kong,” a callback to what both sides during the trial called “ The Donkey Kong defense.”
Huth testified that Cosby exposed himself and forced her to perform a sex act in a bedroom adjacent to a game room at the mansion, where Cosby had brought Huth and her then-17-year-old friend Donna Samuelson, a key witness at trial.
In previous depositions and police interviews, the women discussed Samuelson in 1975 playing Donkey Kong, a game Nintendo didn’t release into arcades until 1981.
Goldberg told jurors in his closing that Samuelson had said “games like Donkey Kong” in her first reference to it during the deposition. She gave a similar explanation during trial testimony.
But Bonjean said it was clear evidence of a pattern of Samuelson and Huth coordinating their stories despite testifying that they had barely talked in the decades since.
“They both get things wrong in the exact same way,” Bonjean said.
At the end of her closing argument, Bonjean said, “This was in some ways the Donkey Kong defense, and it’s going to end as it should. Game over.”
Goldberg reacted angrily during his rebuttal.
“This is about justice!” he shouted, pounding on the podium. “We don’t need game over! We need justice!”
Soon after, he snapped at Bonjean when she raised one of many objections, saying she doesn’t think the rules apply to her.
“This is about me now?” She said. ”Are you going to put my picture up there?”
“I would put your picture up and put ‘game over’ on it,” Goldberg said.
Similar bickering occurred between the two throughout the trial, and had boiled over earlier Wednesday when Goldberg said a defense expert was “a nice lady, with a nice smile,” implying she had little else to offer in the case.
In an earlier, calmer, moment, Goldberg told jurors that Cosby had every reason to believe the two girls were under 18 when he met them at a Southern California park and invited them to meet up with him a few days later. Huth testified that they had told him. Samuelson said she did not remember specifically giving their ages, but said they would have told him if it came up.
Bonjean said jurors could not reasonably believe Cosby knew as much, and put pictures on the screen of the girls from around the same time.
“These were young women who did not present as children or even young teenagers,” Bonjean said.
She added that the women’s testimony that no one at the mansion asked their ages after Cosby left them alone there showed as much.
“They looked like a lot of the other young women at the Playboy Mansion.”
After a judge reads them their instructions on Thursday morning, jurors will have to decide on the truth of Huth’s allegations, and whether Cosby’s actions caused her emotional distress that reemerged in 2014 and lasted until 2018 when he went to prison, as Huth’s lawsuit says he did.
Huth’s case represents one of the last remaining legal claims against the 85-year-old comedian and actor once regarded as “America’s dad” after the removal of his Pennsylvania conviction and the settlement of many other lawsuits, negotiated by his insurer against his will.
The Associated Press does not normally name people who say they have been sexually abused, unless they come forward publicly, as Huth has.
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NEW YORK, April 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Cortexyme, Inc. ("Affirm" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: CRTX). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888-476-6529, ext. 7980.
The investigation concerns whether Cortexyme and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.
On October 26, 2021, Cortexyme issued a press release "report[ing] top-line results from its Phase 2/3 GAIN Trial, a double-blind, placebo-controlled study evaluating the efficacy of atuzaginstat (COR388), an investigational orally administered small-molecule that targets gingipain proteases from the bacterium Porphyromonas gingivalis (P. gingivalis)." The press release reported, in relevant part, that the study had failed to meet statistical significance in its co-primary endpoints of improving cognitive and functional abilities in patients with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease.
On this news, Cortexyme's stock price fell $44.17 per share, or 76.58%, to close at $13.51 per share on October 27, 2021.
On January 26, 2022, Cortexyme disclosed receipt of a letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") advising that the FDA had "plac[ed] a full clinical hold on atuzaginstat's (COR388) Investigational New Drug application (IND 134303)."
On this news, Cortexyme's stock price fell $2.85 per share, or 31.46%, to close at $6.21 per share on January 26, 2022.
Then, on February 1, 2022, Cortexyme issued a press release announcing plans to reduce its workforce by 53% in response to the FDA's clinical hold. That same day, Cortexyme announced the resignations of Casey Lynch, the Company's Chief Executive Officer and Chair of the Board, and Steve Dominy, the Company's Chief Scientific Officer and a director.
On this news, Cortexyme's stock price fell $0.67 per share, or 9.81%, to close at $6.16 per share on February 2, 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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NEW YORK, April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Klein Law Firm announces that a class action complaint has been filed on behalf of shareholders of Cerence Inc. (NASDAQ: CRNC) alleging that the Company violated federal securities laws.
Class Period: February 8, 2021 to February 4, 2022
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: April 26, 2022
No obligation or cost to you.
Learn more about your recoverable losses in CRNC:
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CLASS ACTION CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that Cerence Inc. made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) the global semiconductor shortage had a materially negative impact on demand for Cerence's software licenses; (2) defendants masked the impact of the semiconductor shortage on demand for the Company's software licenses by pulling forward sales; and (3) as a result of the above, defendants' statements about Cerence's business, operations, and prospects were false and misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU AS A SHAREHOLDER: If you have suffered a loss in Cerence Inc. you have until April 26, 2022 to petition the court for lead plaintiff status. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you purchased Cerence Inc. securities during the relevant period, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket fees.
HOW TO PROTECT YOUR FINANCIAL INTERESTS: For additional information about the CRNC lawsuit, please contact J. Klein, Esq. by telephone at 212-616-4899 or click this link: https://www.kleinstocklaw.com/pslra-1/cerence-inc-loss-submission-form?id=25788&from=4.
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DALLAS (KDAF) — The NFL Draft is over and now the offseason for NFL teams is in full effect. College football feeds directly into the NFL and there’s nothing quite like football in the state of Texas.
For the 2022 NFL Draft, seven universities/colleges from the Lone Star State had a player drafted and no, the University of Texas did not have a player taken in the seven rounds allotted in the draft.
Of those seven schools, 20 players were selected in the draft to have their dreams come into reality. Here’s a look at the breakdown of schools and players drafted:
- Baylor: 6
- Texas A&M: 4
- Houston: 3
- Texas Tech: 2
- SMU: 2
- UTSA: 2
- Sam Houston State: 1 | https://cw33.com/news/texas/texas-had-20-players-from-7-universities-taken-in-2022-nfl-draft/ | 2022-05-02T18:42:24Z |
PBS To Encompass All Building System Brands Under One Name
PUYALLUP, Wash., Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The expanded Premier Building Systems (PBS) family of products now includes more building material systems within the PBS Organization. Under common ownership since 2018, Premier SIPS, R-Shield Insulation, R-Shield Geofoam, and Premier ICF (formerly Diamond Snap-Form) product brands now fold into Premier Building Systems. The Big Sky R-Control SIPs brand, also owned by the same family, is now being marketed under the Premier SIPS brand. There has been no sale, merger, or change in company ownership. These changes only affect the trade name and building system brands, while efficiently consolidating organizational resources to best serve customer needs.
"Under the umbrella of PBS (Premier Building Systems), each brand fits perfectly into our niche – manufacturing superior products that are faster, stronger, and far greener for architects, contractors, and developers to use in building design and construction. We remain committed to offering the industry's top echelon of sustainable building systems," said Brad Huempfner, President.
This family of brands fosters Premier Building Systems' ability to combine research and development, technical, production, and distribution resources across all brands, offering exceptionally high-performance construction and building system solutions from the foundation up.
"With all these superior building system product lines, we have remained committed to continued growth through investments in production, innovation, and sustainability. As the demand for environmentally responsible building products has grown, our wide offering of building systems has also grown to serve customers across North America," said Huempfner.
Additionally, Premier SIPS has launched a new look and new website chalked full of product and industry resources at www.premiersips.com. R-Shield Insulation & Geofoam and Premier ICF will unveil new websites in the coming months.
About Premier Building Systems: Family-owned and operated since the 1970s, Premier Building Systems (PBS) proudly manufactures high-performing, sustainable building systems from the foundation up. Committed to developing and utilizing efficient equipment and processes, PBS continually strives to provide exceptional value, service, and systems to their customers. For more information, please visit www.premierbuildingsystems.com.
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NEW YORK, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Dentsply Sirona Inc..
Shareholders who purchased shares of XRAY during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
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CLASS PERIOD: This lawsuit is on behalf of all persons or entities that purchased Dentsply's common stock between June 9, 2021, and May 9, 2022.
ALLEGATIONS: According to the filed complaint, defendants orchestrated a scheme to inflate Dentsply's revenue and earnings by manipulating the Company's accounting for a distributor rebate program so that senior executives would be eligible for significant cash and stock-based incentive compensation. In order to facilitate this scheme, Dentsply and its executives made numerous false and misleading statements to investors during the class period. As a result of defendants' misrepresentations, Dentsply's common stock traded at artificially inflated prices during the class period.
DEADLINE: August 1, 2022 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/dentsply-sirona-inc-loss-submission-form/?id=29973&from=4
NEXT STEPS FOR SHAREHOLDERS: Once you register as a shareholder who purchased shares of XRAY during the timeframe listed above, you will be enrolled in a portfolio monitoring software to provide you with status updates throughout the lifecycle of the case. The deadline to seek to be a lead plaintiff is August 1, 2022. There is no cost or obligation to you to participate in this case.
WHY GROSS LAW FIRM? The Gross Law Firm is nationally recognized class action law firm, and our mission is to protect the rights of all investors who have suffered as a result of deceit, fraud, and illegal business practices. The Gross Law Firm is committed to ensuring that companies adhere to responsible business practices and engage in good corporate citizenship. The firm seeks recovery on behalf of investors who incurred losses when false and/or misleading statements or the omission of material information by a company lead to artificial inflation of the company's stock. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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Steelers stay in-house, tab Omar Khan as new general manager
By WILL GRAVES
AP Sports Writer
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Omar Khan is the new general manager for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Khan is replacing Kevin Colbert, who is retiring at the end of the month following more than two decades with the club. Khan has been a longtime member of Pittsburgh’s front office, most recently serving as senior vice president of football and business operations. Khan’s immediate goal will be helping to make sure the Steelers stay competitive following the retirement of quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, who stepped away in January after 18 seasons. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/05/25/steelers-stay-in-house-tab-omar-khan-as-new-general-manager/ | 2022-05-25T20:01:22Z |
GOLETA, Calif., May 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Deckers Brands (NYSE: DECK), a global leader in designing, marketing and distributing innovative footwear, apparel and accessories, today announced that after seven years leading the HOKA and Teva brands to new heights Wendy Yang is stepping down from her role as President of Performance Lifestyle, effective as of the end of the month. Stefano Caroti, President of Omni-Channel and a 30-year industry veteran, will assume Yang's responsibilities on an interim basis while the Company conducts a leadership search. Yang will remain with the Company in a consulting role through August 15, 2022, to ensure a smooth transition.
"Over the last seven years, our Performance Lifestyle segment has delivered immense growth – with nearly $900 million in global revenue for HOKA this past fiscal year – thanks to a significant increase of brand adoption in many of our mainstream markets," said Dave Powers, President and Chief Executive Officer. "On behalf of the entire Deckers team, I want to thank Wendy for her tremendous contributions over the years. With HOKA and Teva in their strongest positions to date in a highly competitive marketplace, I am confident in our ability to continue our positive momentum. I look forward to the future with this talented team and wish Wendy the best."
Yang commented, "This has been an incredible journey with talented and amazing people, and it has been a privilege to lead this passionate team. Through the discipline, hard work, and dedicated focus of many, HOKA and Teva have made significant strides. I'm grateful to have had the opportunity to work in a business so committed to making a positive impact on people, their communities, and the planet. I look forward to following the success of these outstanding brands for years to come."
About Deckers Brands
Deckers Brands is a global leader in designing, marketing and distributing innovative footwear, apparel and accessories developed for both everyday casual lifestyle use and high performance activities. The Company's portfolio of brands includes UGG®, Koolaburra®, HOKA®, Teva® and Sanuk®. Deckers Brands products are sold in more than 50 countries and territories through select department and specialty stores, Company-owned and operated retail stores, and select online stores, including Company-owned websites. Deckers Brands has over 40 years of history of building niche footwear brands into lifestyle market leaders attracting millions of loyal consumers globally. For more information, please visit www.deckers.com.
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Forward-looking statements represent our management's current expectations and predictions about trends affecting our business and industry and are based on information available as of the time such statements are made. Although we do not make forward-looking statements unless we believe we have a reasonable basis for doing so, we cannot guarantee their accuracy or completeness. Forward-looking statements involve numerous known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements predicted, assumed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Some of the risks and uncertainties that may cause our actual results to materially differ from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements are described in the section entitled "Risk Factors" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2021, as well as in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Any forward-looking statement made by us in this press release is based only on information currently available to us and speaks only as of the date on which it is made. Except as required by applicable law or the listing rules of the New York Stock Exchange, we expressly disclaim any intent or obligation to update any forward-looking statements, or to update the reasons actual results could differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements, whether to conform such statements to actual results or changes in our expectations, or as a result of the availability of new information.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- HubSpot, Inc. (NYSE: HUBS), the customer relationship management (CRM) platform for scaling companies, today announced that it will host its Analyst Day in conjunction with INBOUND '22 on Wednesday, September 7, 2022 in Boston. The event will begin at 9:45 a.m. and conclude at approximately 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
A live webcast and on-demand replay will be available at analystday.hubspot.com, and the accompanying presentations will be available at ir.hubspot.com following the event.
About HubSpot
HubSpot (NYSE: HUBS) is a leading CRM platform that provides software and support to help companies grow better. The platform includes marketing, sales, service, operations, and website management products that start free and scale to meet our customers' needs at any stage of growth. Today, over 150,000 customers across more than 120 countries use HubSpot's powerful and easy-to-use tools and integrations to attract, engage, and delight customers. Learn more at www.hubspot.com.
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Crowbar punctures woman in abdomen while working at Home Depot, authorities say
ATLANTA (WGCL/Gray News) - A Home Depot employee in Georgia is recovering after she was injured on the job earlier this week.
According to the Roswell Police Department, officers responded to the store on June 14 and found a woman impaled by a crowbar.
WGCL reports the crowbar went through her abdomen with one end stuck inside a compactor. There was very little blood as the crowbar kept the pressure on the wound.
The Roswell Fire Department said rescuers had to cut the crowbar while moving it as little as possible. The 54-year-old woman was then taken to the North Fulton Hospital by ambulance with the crowbar still in her body.
An employee told police he was moving pallets when he heard honking and the woman yelling for help. He said he attempted to move the forklift, but the woman’s foot was stuck on the brake.
Authorities said the woman required surgery but was recovering at the hospital.
Officials did not immediately release how the incident happened.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Up to 40,000 Army National Guard soldiers across the country — or about 13% of the force — have not yet gotten the mandated COVID-19 vaccine, and as the deadline for shots looms, at least 14,000 of them have flatly refused and could be forced out of the service.
Guard soldiers have until Thursday to get the vaccine. According to data obtained by The Associated Press, between 20% to 30% of the Guard soldiers in six states are not vaccinated, and more than 10% in 43 other states still need shots.
Guard leaders say states are doing all they can to encourage soldiers to get vaccinated by the time limit. And they said they will work with the roughly 7,000 who have sought exemptions, which are almost all for religious reasons.
“We’re going to give every soldier every opportunity to get vaccinated and continue their military career. Every soldier that is pending an exemption, we will continue to support them through their process,” said Lt. Gen. Jon Jensen, director of the Army National Guard, in an Associated Press interview. “We’re not giving up on anybody until the separation paperwork is signed and completed. There’s still time.”
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin last year ordered all service members — active-duty, National Guard and Reserves — to get the vaccine, saying it is critical to maintaining the health and readiness of the force. The military services had varying deadlines for their forces, and the Army National Guard was given the longest amount of time to get the shots, mainly because it’s a large force of about 330,000 soldiers who are widely scattered around the country, many in remote locations.
The Army Guard’s vaccine percentage is the lowest among the U.S. military — with all the active-duty Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps at 97% or greater and the Air Guard at about 94%. The Army reported Friday that 90% of Army Reserve forces were partially or completely vaccinated.
The Pentagon has said that after June 30, Guard members won’t be paid by the federal government when they are activated on federal status, which includes their monthly drill weekends and their two-week annual training period. Guard troops mobilized on federal status and assigned to the southern border or on COVID-19 missions in various states also would have to be vaccinated or they would not be allowed to participate or be paid.
To make it more complicated, however, Guard soldiers on state activate duty may not have to be vaccinated — based on the requirements in their states. As long as they remain in state duty status, they can be paid by the state and used for state missions.
At least seven governors formally asked Austin to reconsider or not enforce the vaccine mandate for National Guard members, and some filed or signed on to lawsuits. In letters to the governors, Austin declined, and said that the coronavirus “takes our service members out of the fight, temporarily or permanently, and jeopardizes our ability to meet mission requirements.” He said Guard troops must either get the vaccine or lose their Guard status.
Jensen and Maj. Gen. Jill Faris, director of the Guard’s office of the Joint Surgeon General, said they are working with states adjutants general to get progress updates, including on the nearly 20,000 troops who are not flat refusals and haven’t submitted any type of exemption request. Some, they said, may just be a lag in self-reporting, while others may still be undecided.
“Part of those undefined are our soldiers who say, well, I have until 30 June and so I’ll take till 30 June,” said Jensen.
Others may have promised to bring in vaccine paperwork, and haven’t done it yet. Still others are on the books, but haven’t yet reported to basic training, so don’t have to be vaccinated until they get there. It’s not clear how many are in each category.
Jensen acknowledged that if the current numbers hold, there are concerns about possible impact on Guard readiness in the states, including whether it will affect any Guard units preparing to deploy.
“When you’re looking at, 40,000 soldiers that potentially are in that unvaccinated category, absolutely there’s readiness implications on that and concerns associated with that,” said Jensen. “That’s a significant chunk.”
Overall, according to the data obtained by the AP, about 85% of all Army Guard soldiers are fully vaccinated. Officials said that if those with one shot are counted, 87% are at least partially vaccinated.
Across the country, in all but one case, Guard soldiers are vaccinated at a higher rate that the general population in their state. Only in New Jersey is the percentage of vaccinated Guard solders very slightly lower than the state’s overall population, as of earlier this month when the data was collected.
The three U.S. territories — Virgin Islands, Guam and Puerto Rico — and the District of Columbia, all have more than 90% of their soldiers fully vaccinated. The highest percentage is in Hawaii, with nearly 97%, while the lowest is Oklahoma, at just under 70%.
Guard leaders in the states have run special shot programs, and provided as much information as possible to their forces in order to keep them on the job.
In Tennessee, they set up small teams in the east, west and central regions and did monthly events providing vaccines to troops who wanted them. And every Wednesday, Guard members could make appointments for shots in the middle Tennessee region, in Smyrna. In addition, in early June they called in all soldiers who have so far refused the vaccine.
“We held a big, mass event,” said Army Guard Col. Keith Evans. “We had all of our medical providers here. So if there were any questions to clear up, any misconceptions, any misinformation, we had all of our our data and were able to provide them all the information.”
Evans, who is commander of his Army Guard’s medical readiness command, said they also had recruiting and other leaders there who could explain what would happen if soldiers chose to not get the shot and ended up leaving the Guard.
“We wanted to let them know what benefits they had earned because these are soldiers that had had done their time, served their country,” said Evans.
Officials say they believe the information campaign has been working. Jensen said that about 1,500 soldiers a week around the country are moving into the vaccinated category. “We expect, as we approach the deadline, that we’ll see some some larger growth.” | https://cw33.com/health/ap-health/army-guard-troops-risk-dismissal-as-vaccine-deadline-looms-2/ | 2022-06-25T12:21:52Z |
Fox Racing Employees to Receive Bonus Upon Finalization of Sale to Vista Outdoor
PALO ALTO, Calif., Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- After eight years of partnership with Fox Racing, Altamont Capital Partners (Altamont) has exited its investment with a sale of the company to Vista Outdoor. As part of that transaction, Altamont and Fox Racing announced a broad-based employee bonus program providing payments to Fox Racing employees upon the completion of the company's sale. Qualifying employees will receive bonuses in recognition of their role in building the company into one of the world's leading outdoor brands.
"The success of Altamont's partnership with Fox Racing is a testament to the hard work of their leadership and employees in building a strong business and an iconic brand," said Altamont Capital Partners Co-Founder and Managing Director Keoni Schwartz. "Fox Racing employees are a significant reason why the company is not only in a strong position today but poised for future growth. Altamont is proud to partner with Fox Racing to support a broad-based bonus program that rewards employees for their role in making the company a success story."
Altamont Capital Partners originally invested in Fox Racing via majority recapitalization in 2014. Fox Racing grew net sales by a compound annual growth rate of approximately 20 percent from calendar year 2019 to 2021 and is expected to exceed that number this year. Through its partnership with Altamont, Fox Racing's projected revenue will reach approximately $350 million in calendar year 2022.
"We believe in sharing success because at its core, Fox is a family business," said Fox Racing CEO Jeff McGuane. "Our team has tirelessly built, shaped, and preserved the legacy of Fox Racing and put us in a great position for the future. We're grateful for all our employees have done to make Fox Racing a success and we're proud to partner with Altamont to ensure they're rewarded for all their hard work."
Altamont is a founding partner of Ownership Works, a nonprofit dedicated to developing broad-based employee ownership programs to create better work environments and financial opportunities for employees, and to help businesses improve their performance by attracting and retaining engaged employees who are invested in their company's success. As part of its partnership with Ownership Works, Altamont will continue working with its partner companies to build upon existing efforts and implement shared ownership more broadly in its portfolio.
About Altamont Capital Partners
Altamont Capital Partners is a private investment firm based in the San Francisco Bay Area with more than $4.5 billion of assets under management. Altamont is focused on investing in middle-market businesses where it can partner with leading management teams to reach their full potential. The firm's principals have significant experience building business success stories across a range of industries, including financial services, healthcare, business services, consumer/retail, and industrials.
About Fox Racing
Since 1974, when Geoff Fox first introduced the world to our iconic logo, Fox Racing has been all about family. Not just in name—a legacy that continues to this day—but the idea of celebrating and sharing the passion of life on two wheels with the world. This is what drives us, inspires us, and keeps us close. Because "skulk" is more than just a word for a family of foxes—it's the adventure, the fidelity of friends, and everything that happens along the way.
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(The Conversation) – Flash flooding is a specific type of flooding that occurs in a short time frame after a precipitation event – generally less than six hours. It often is caused by heavy or excessive rainfall and happens in areas near rivers or lakes, but it also can happen in places with no water bodies nearby.
Flash floods happen in rural and urban areas, as in late July 2022 in St. Louis and eastern Kentucky. When more rainfall lands in an area than the ground can absorb, or it falls in areas with a lot of impervious surfaces like concrete and asphalt that prevent the ground from absorbing the precipitation, the water has few places to go and can rise very quickly.
If an area has had recent rainfall, the soil may be saturated to capacity and unable to absorb any more water. Flooding can also occur after a drought, when soil is too dry and hardened to absorb the precipitation. Flash floods are common in desert landscapes after heavy rainfalls and in areas with shallow soil depths above solid bedrock that limits the soil’s ability to absorb rain.
Since water runs downhill, rainfall will seek the lowest point in a potential pathway. In urban areas, that’s often streets, parking lots and basements in low-lying zones. In rural areas with steep terrain, such as Appalachia, flash flooding can turn creeks and rivers into raging torrents.
Flash floods often catch people by surprise, even though weather forecasters and emergency personnel try to warn and prepare communities. These events can wash away cars and even move buildings off their foundations.
The best way to stay safe in a flash flood is to be aware of the danger and be ready to respond. Low-lying areas are at risk of flooding, whether it happens slowly or quickly and whether it’s an urban or rural setting.
It’s critical to know where to get up-to-date weather information for your area. And if you’re outdoors and encounter flooded spots, such as water-covered roadways, it is always safer to wait for the water to recede or turn back and find a safer route. Don’t attempt to cross it. Flood waters can be much faster and stronger than they appear – and therefore more dangerous.
Building for a wetter future
Engineers design stormwater control systems to limit the damage that rainfall can do. Culverts transfer water and help control where it flows, often directing it underneath roads and railways so that people and goods can continue to move safely. Stormwater containment ponds and detention basins hold water for release at a later time after flooding has ceased.
Many cities also are using green infrastructure systems, such as rain gardens, green roofs and permeable pavement, to reduce flash flooding. Restoring wetlands along rivers and streams helps mitigate flooding as well.
Often the design standards and rules that we use to engineer these features are based on historic rainfall data for the location where we’re working. Engineers use that information to calculate how large a culvert, pond or other structure might need to be. We always build in some excess capacity to handle unusually large floods.
Now, however, many parts of the U.S. are experiencing more intense storm events that drop significant amounts of rainfall on an area in a very short time period. The recent St. Louis and Kentucky floods were both on a scale that statistically would be expected to occur in those areas once in 1,000 years.
With climate change, we expect this trend to continue, which means that planners and engineers will need to reconsider how to design and manage infrastructure in the future. But it’s hard to predict how frequent or intense future storm events will be at a given location. And while it’s extremely likely that there will be more intense storm events based upon climate projections, designing and building for the worst-case situation is not cost effective when there are other competing demands for funding.
Right now, engineers, hydrologists and others are working to understand how best to plan for the future, including modeling flood events and development trends, so that we can help communities make themselves more resilient. That will require more, updated data and design standards that better adapt to anticipated future conditions. | https://cw33.com/news/what-is-a-flash-flood-a-civil-engineer-explains/ | 2022-08-08T16:59:52Z |
MONTREAL, June 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - SKILL BUILDER, a remote employee training tech company, has created a Civilian Active Shooter Preparation training in conjunction with Alexander Killie, a former Senior Investigator with the US Department of Homeland Security, who has trained 5,000+ people on the "Run, Hide, Fight" methodology.
SKILL BUILDER's immersive learning experience simulates Alex Killie training each individual 1-on-1, while making it engaging and interactive through Gamification.
One participant who went through it - Retired Law Enforcement, High-End Security Professional, Asset Protection, and Executive Protection - was quoted as saying:
"The way you have put this training together, I've never seen anything like it… it's a paradigm shift in learning which I've never seen before… as far as a 1-on-1, I believe this is the best you can do."
SKILL BUILDER's founder, Jeff Zigman, a 10 year Tech Entrepreneur, married and father of 2 children, believes this presents a unique opportunity for his tech platform to do some real good and potentially save lives.
The problems with law enforcement giving in-person training for Active Shooter is that it takes officers away from their duties, lacks individualized attention, is difficult with many participants, and it doesn't allow for participants to process the information at their own pace.
In-person training from security companies can be hands-on and feel real, but have been found to cause traumatic experiences for some participants.
SKILL BUILDER makes this training available On Demand to train an unlimited number of participants, in unlimited schools and organizations. It is accessible from any device, with no scheduling or coordination needed. Whether you have 10 people to train, or 100,000, there's no work from your management to roll it out. Administrators can see who has completed the training and who has not, including notes, checklists, and score tracking for the gamified sections.
Jeff emphasizes that participants shouldn't consider this as a "concrete guide" - since that doesn't exist for Active Shooter training - but rather a methodology that creates a logical thinking process that anyone can follow to prepare in advance, and in the event that an Active Shooter situation were to happen.
SKILL BUILDER is currently offering 50% discounts for schools to make it more accessible
The course can be found at:
www.RemoteActiveShooterPreparation.com
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MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The namesake son of late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos appeared to have been elected Philippine president by a landslide in an astonishing reversal of the 1986 “People Power” pro-democracy revolt that ousted his father.
Marcos Jr. had more than 30.8 million votes in the unofficial results with more than 97% of the votes tabulated as of Tuesday afternoon. His nearest challenger, Vice President Leni Robredo, a champion of human rights, had 14.7 million votes in Monday’s election, and boxing great Manny Pacquiao appeared to have the third highest total with 3.5 million.
His running mate, Sara Duterte, the daughter of the outgoing president and mayor of southern Davao city, had a formidable lead in the separate vice presidential race.
The alliance of the scions of two authoritarian leaders combined the voting power of their families’ political strongholds in the north and south but compounded worries of human rights activists.
Dozens of anti-Marcos protesters rallied at the Commission on Elections, blaming the agency for the breakdown of vote-counting machines and other issues that prevented people from casting their votes. Election officials said the impact of the malfunctioning machines was minimal.
A group of activists who suffered under the dictatorship said they were enraged by Marcos’s apparent victory and would oppose it.
“A possible win based on a campaign built on blatant lies, historical distortions and mass deception is tantamount to cheating your way to victory,” said the group Campaign Against the Return of the Marcoses and Martial Law. “This is not acceptable.”
Etta Rosales, a former Commission on Human Rights chairwoman who was twice arrested and tortured during martial law in the 1970s, said Marcos Jr.’s apparent victory drove her to tears but would not stop her from continuing efforts to hold the Marcoses to account.
“I’m just one among the many who were tortured; others were killed, I was raped. We suffered under the Marcos regime in the fight for justice and freedom and this happens,” Rosales said.
Marcos Jr. and Sara Duterte avoided volatile issues during their campaign and instead stuck steadfastly to a battle cry of national unity, even though their fathers’ presidencies opened some of the most turbulent divisions in the country’s history.
Marcos Jr. has not claimed victory but thanked his supporters in a late-night “address to the nation” video, where he urged them to stay vigilant until the vote count is completed.
“If we’ll be fortunate, I’ll expect that your help will not wane, your trust will not wane because we have a lot of things to do in the times ahead,” he said.
Robredo has not conceded defeat but acknowledged the massive Marcos Jr. lead in the unofficial count. She told her supporters the fight for reforms and democracy won’t end with the elections.
“The voice of the people is getting clearer and clearer,” she said. “In the name of the Philippines, which I know you also love so dearly, we should hear this voice because in the end, we only have this one nation to share.”
She asked her supporters to continue to stand up: “Press for the truth. It took long for the structure of lies to be erected. We have the time and opportunity now to fight and dismantle this.”
The election winner will take office on June 30 for a single six-year term as leader of a Southeast Asian nation hit hard by two years of COVID-19 outbreaks and lockdowns and long troubled by crushing poverty, gaping inequalities, Muslim and communist insurgencies and deep political divisions.
The next president will also likely face demands to prosecute outgoing President Rodrigo Duterte for thousands of killings during his anti-drug crackdown — deaths already under investigation by the International Criminal Court.
Amnesty International said it was deeply concerned by Marcos Jr.’s and Sara Duterte’s avoidance of discussions of human rights violations, past and present, in the Philippines. “If confirmed, the Marcos Jr. administration will face a wide array of urgent human rights challenges,” the rights group said in a statement Tuesday.
Human Rights Watch also called for Marcos Jr., if he takes office, to improve the human rights situation in the Philippines.
“He should declare an end to the ‘war on drugs’ that has resulted in the extrajudicial killing of thousands of Filipinos, and order the impartial investigation and appropriate prosecution of officials responsible for these unlawful killings,” said Phil Robertson, the group’s deputy director for Asia.
Marcos Jr., a 64-year-old former provincial governor, congressman and senator, has defended the legacy of his father and steadfastly refused to acknowledge and apologize for the massive human rights violations and plunder under his father’s strongman rule.
After his ouster by the largely peaceful 1986 uprising, the elder Marcos died in 1989 while in exile in Hawaii without admitting any wrongdoing, including accusations that he, his family and cronies amassed an estimated $5 billion to $10 billion while he was in power. A Hawaii court later found him liable for human rights violations and awarded $2 billion from his estate to compensate more than 9,000 Filipinos who filed a lawsuit against him for torture, incarceration, extrajudicial killings and disappearances.
His widow, Imelda Marcos, and their children were allowed to return to the Philippines in 1991 and worked on a stunning political comeback, helped by a well-funded social media campaign to refurbish the family name. | https://cw33.com/news/international/ap-international/marcos-jr-won-philippine-presidency-unofficial-count-shows/ | 2022-05-11T01:06:58Z |
K-9 praised in drug bust of $1.5 million of meth
Published: Jul. 22, 2022 at 7:50 PM CDT|Updated: 32 minutes ago
ORLANDO, Fla. (Gray News) - Authorities in Florida are praising the work of a police K-9 after he helped in a major meth bust.
The Florida Highway Patrol in Orlando shared a photo this week of K-9 Rico standing with several bags of methamphetamine that they say were seized in a recent search.
The department reported that Rico sniffed out 45 pounds of the illegal drug with a street value of $1.5 million.
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Betr is the First Direct-to-Consumer Micro-Betting Focused Sports Betting Company and a New Media Venture for the Next Generation of Sports Fans
Paul Went Live Today with a Preview of Betr's First Show 'BS w/ Jake Paul'
The Miami-Based Company has Raised $50 Million From Leading Investors Including Florida Funders, 8vc, Aliya Capital Partners, Fuel Venture Capital, FinSight Ventures, Co-Owners of San Francisco 49ers, Boston Celtics, and Miami Marlins, Travis Scott, Ezekiel Elliott, Dez Bryant, Richard Sherman, Desean Jackson, Palm Tree Crew, Anti Fund, 305 Ventures, Simplebet, Stronach Group, Magic City Casino, And Many Others
MIAMI, Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Founder and CEO Joey Levy and Founder and President Jake Paul announced the creation of Betr today, the first direct-to-consumer micro-betting focused sports betting company. As part of the company's efforts, the two are also launching a new media venture for the next generation of sports fans. Betr is setting out to disrupt legacy gambling and legacy media, with a mission of making sports and betting betr.
Betr is the first direct-to-consumer sports betting company to focus predominantly on micro-betting, a new form of betting that introduces instant gratification to the sports betting user experience by enabling the moments that drive U.S. sports consumption – such as pitches & at-bats of baseball games and plays & drives of football games – to become discrete betting opportunities. Levy is the co-founder of Simplebet, the B2B technology company that has pioneered micro-betting on U.S. sports by building the machine learning and automation infrastructure to enable this new form of betting to exist at scale. Betr will be leveraging Simplebet's technology and is releasing its app in the coming weeks, initially as a free-to-play experience available in all 50 states, with a state-by-state rollout of its licensed real money betting experiences to follow later this year. Betr has secured market access in multiple U.S. states through strategic equity-based partnerships that the company will be announcing in the near future.
Paul, who has 70 million followers on social media and is one of the most searched public figures on Google, kicked off the launch of Betr's media company with a preview of 'BS w/ Jake Paul,' the first of many franchises Betr will release as it aims to become the primary media platform for the next generation of sports fans. The show will feature Jake, arguably the most disruptive athlete-influencer in sports and one of the most famous Gen-Z personalities in the world, along with his celebrity friends taking fans on a journey across the landscape of sports and sports betting through the eyes of an A-list athlete. The show sets out to become one of the most viewed and engaged sports shows on digital with each episode featuring Jake, his sidekick co-hosts, and celebrity/athlete guests as they discuss the hottest stories in sports. In addition to generating brand awareness and affinity for the Betr brand, Betr's media company will independently generate revenue for Betr, with the company evaluating sponsorship opportunities for 'BS w/ Jake Paul' and its other premium content initiatives.
"I co-founded Simplebet to simplify the sports betting user experience – to reconsider why sports betting products felt uninterpretable to the casual fan who had never bet on sports before," said Joey Levy, Founder and CEO of Betr. "In doing so, we discovered that the technology required to enable a scalable micro-betting platform around the moments that drive U.S. sports did not yet exist, given the global market's focus was on soccer, a fluid sport without a natural start and stop cadence. So we decided to build it ourselves at Simplebet; however, years later, the user experience remains unintuitive for a mass market consumer.
Betr will unbundle micro-betting by building an entire company around it and delivering the experience in a simple, intuitive UI layer. We believe micro-betting will ultimately emerge as the predominant way consumers bet on U.S. sports, given (1) the stop and start cadence of U.S. sports lending itself perfectly to this style of wagering, and (2) similarly to how daily fantasy sports innovated on top of season long fantasy, micro-betting introduces an order of magnitude greater level of instant gratification to the current sports betting user experience.
We have an opportunity to build the most capital efficient and culturally relevant gambling business in the U.S. – ultimately surpassing other sports betting companies whose primary focus remains on spending heavily on customer acquisition while offering commoditized legacy sportsbook product experiences – by introducing superior and differentiated product, while capturing billions of dollars-worth of free marketing via our media company, all while also directly monetizing our media company via sponsorship and licensing revenue."
Alex Ursa has joined Betr as Head of Product from FanDuel, where he helped build their sports betting & casino businesses into the clear market leader. Mike Denevi has joined Betr as Head of Media from Bleacher Report, where he helped build BR Betting into the top sports betting media brand on social. The company is headquartered in Miami and the team will be working together in person, which it views as a competitive advantage in a post-COVID world that has embraced remote work.
"I wasn't into sports betting until I was introduced to micro-betting," said Jake Paul, Founder and President of Betr. "Micro-betting is the TikTok-ification of sports betting and I am excited to bring it to the masses through Betr. We are in this for the long haul and are focused on doing things the right way. We are getting licensed state-by-state, adhering to each state's regulatory framework while advocating for important consumer protections and responsible gambling. We want to be the category defining consumer company in both sports betting and sports media by the end of the decade and are confident we will achieve that goal."
"We're thrilled to be Betr's technology partner, powering unique in-play betting experiences centered around micro-betting and transforming the way consumers engage and wager on sports," said Simplebet CEO Chris Bevilacqua. "The combination of our best-in-class technology together with the reimagined user experience, reach, and influence of Betr's distribution channels will be a powerful force in the market. This partnership features many of the best elements of the rapidly increasing convergence of sports, media, and technology and we are excited to be in the center of it."
Betr has raised $50 million in funding from renowned institutional and strategic investors and some of the most influential athletes, celebrities, and sports team owners including Florida Funders, 8vc, Aliya Capital Partners, Fuel Venture Capital, FinSight Ventures, Co-Owners of San Francisco 49ers, Boston Celtics, and Miami Marlins, Travis Scott, Ezekiel Elliott, Richard Sherman, Dez Bryant, DeSean Jackson, Braxton Berrios, Palm Tree Crew, Roger Ehrenberg, Mark Wan, Russell Galbut, David Grutman, Deirdre Bigley, Gary Barber, Simplebet, Stronach Group, Magic City Casino, Anti Fund, 305 Ventures, Elizabeth Street Ventures, Riverside Ventures, Gaingels, Moving Capital, Elysium Venture Capital, FJ Labs, Tampa Bay Ventures, Trog Hawley, and many others. Betr closed a $30M Series A led by Florida Funders earlier this year in what was the largest investment in Florida Funders history. The Series A was oversubscribed, so the company raised an additional $20M Series A1 led by Aliya Capital Partners and Fuel Venture Capital, with its initial closing last quarter and its final closing scheduled for this quarter.
"Florida Funders saw a massive opportunity in a nascent market where the legacy players have not been strong from product, technology, and cultural relevance standpoints," said Saxon Baum at Florida Funders. "In addition to the market opportunity, the ability to back Joey Levy for the third time – having invested early with Joey in Simplebet and in 305 Ventures – was something we could not pass up on. In addition to Jake Paul, Joey has surrounded himself with great people, including Alex Ursa and Mike Denevi. We could not be more excited about the future of Betr – and are thrilled to be on this journey as this team changes sports betting and sports media in the U.S."
You can find Betr on @betr on TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, and Twitter and at betr.app.
ABOUT BETR:
Founded in 2022 by Joey Levy and Jake Paul, Betr is the first direct-to-consumer micro-betting focused sports betting company. Betr has also launched a new media venture for the next generation of sports fans. Betr is setting out to disrupt legacy gambling and legacy media, with a mission of making sports and betting betr. You can find Betr on @betr on TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, and Twitter, and on LinkedIn and at betr.app.
ABOUT SIMPLEBET:
Founded in 2018 by Chris Bevilacqua, Joey Levy, and Scott Marshall, Simplebet is the technology company pioneering micro-betting and fan engagement for U.S. sports. Micro-betting introduces instant gratification to the sports betting user experience by enabling moments within sporting events to become discrete betting and engagement opportunities. For more information please visit their website at https://simplebet.io/, and follow on LinkedIn and Twitter.
CONTACT:
Betr: betr@hstrategies.com
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PITTSBURGH, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create an improved apron with a larger surface area to protect clothing and keep the wearer dry while preparing food, grilling or washing dishes," said an inventor, from Warner Robbins, Ga., "so I invented the ARMSTRONG APRON. My design would offer an alternative to traditional aprons."
The patent-pending invention enables the wearer to cover a larger surface area when wearing an apron. In doing so, it increases coverage and protection. As a result, it helps to keep the wearer dry and comfortable and it could increase efficiency in the workplace. The invention features a durable design that is easy to wear so it is ideal for chefs, food service workers, dish washers, butchers, grocery store workers, etc. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the Atlanta sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-AAT-4693, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish opposition parties on Monday filed legal complaints to press Turkish prosecutors into investigating corruption allegations made by a fugitive mafia boss against people close to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling party.
In a series of tweets over the weekend, Sedat Peker — a crime boss-turned-whistleblower — accused the former head of the Turkish Capital Markets Board, a ruling party legislator, a presidential adviser and others of being part of a network allegedly seeking bribes from companies trading on the stock market.
Peker alleged that members of the group sought bribes from a businesswoman in the guise of “consultancy fees,” to resolve a problem faced by her company. The businesswoman confirmed the allegations to the Halk TV news channel on Saturday.
The mafia boss further claimed that Serhat Albayrak — the head of the pro-government Turkuvaz Media group and the brother of Erdogan’s son-in-law, Berat Albayarak — coordinated the alleged bribery scheme. Albayrak’s lawyer denied the allegation and said he would take legal action against the “completely untrue” accusations.
Other officials have also denied the claims.
On Monday, at least five opposition parties, including the main opposition Republican Peoples Party, or CHP, filed criminal complaints demanding that the judiciary — which they accuse of being subservient to Erdogan’s nationalist government — take action over the allegations.
“We know that the judiciary is currently in the service of the government,” said Mustafa Yeneroglu of the opposition Democracy and Progress Party, or DEVA. “However, we will file a criminal complaint … in order for it to go down in history. One day, there will be responsible prosecutors who will go after these disgraces.”
Peker, a 51-year-old fugitive crime boss, once openly supported Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party. He became a social media phenomenon last year after he posted a series of videos from his stated base in the United Arab Emirates making scandalous accusations against Turkish political figures.
More recently, he has been making corruption allegations through his Twitter account, after he was reportedly advised to stop recording videos for security reasons. | https://cw33.com/business/ap-business/ap-turkish-opposition-seeks-probe-into-bribery-allegations/ | 2022-08-30T04:38:19Z |
CLEVELAND (AP) — In a world increasingly troubled by the persistent harm that plastic — manufactured in petrochemical plants — has had on the environment, companies are investing billions of dollars to ramp up production of plastics made from natural, renewable materials that can be safely composted or can biodegrade under the right conditions.
Bioplastics have long been used in medical applications. The stitches you got after cutting your hand slicing onions were likely made of a bioplastic thread that harmlessly dissolved into your body.
But the nascent bioplastics industry envisions a far bigger role for materials made from corn, sugar, vegetable oils and other renewable materials in the hope of grabbing a larger share of a nearly $600 billion global plastic market.
Since large-scale production began in the 1950s, fossil fuel plastics have made food safer to consume and vehicles safer to drive, for example. Yet plastics are seen as one of the world’s leading environmental threats with its production responsible for emitting million tons of greenhouse gases each year.
Of the 9 billion tons of fossil fuel plastic produced since the 1950s, only 9% percent has been recycled, studies have shown. The rest has been buried in landfills, burned or has polluted land and waterways. The chemical structure of fossil fuel plastic means it can never fully disintegrate and instead breaks down into smaller and smaller particles.
For now, bioplastic represents just 1% of global plastic production. If plastic made with fossil fuels is the enormous Mall of America in Minnesota, bioplastics would be a 7-Eleven.
Companies and investors see opportunities. Data from i3 Connect show investment in bioplastic manufacturing reached $500 million in the first three months of 2022, exceeding the previous high of $350 million in the last quarter of 2021. The money is coming in from both corporations and venture capitalists.
Zion Market Research estimates the bioplastics market will surge from $10.5 billion in 2021 to some $29 billion in 2028.
Danimer Scientific is one company making a big bet on bioplastic with a recent expansion of its plant in Winchester, Kentucky, The Georgia-based firm makes a bioplastic called PHA using microorganisms that ferment with canola oil. The result is plastic pellets that manufacturers can use to mold products in the same way they use petrochemical plastic, Danimer CEO Stephen Croskrey said in an interview.
The expansion has made Danimer one of the largest PHA producers in the world.
Straws and plastic drink stirrers made from Danimer’s PHA are being used in Starbucks and Dunkin’ Donuts and large venues like Sofi Stadium in Inglewood, California, Croskrey said.
“We have active development projects for just about anything you can imagine,” he said.
Testing has shown products made from Danimer’s PHA can biodegrade in six months in marine environments and two years in soil, Croskrey said.
The other primary bioplastic sold today is PLA, polylactic acid, usually produced by fermenting sugar from corn and sugar cane. One producer is Minneapolis-based NatureWorks, a joint venture by Cargill, one of the world’s largest privately-held corporations, and Thailand-based PTT Global Chemical. It is the largest PLA company in the world, capable of producing 150,000 metric tons of bioplastic pellets annually at a plant in Blair, Nebraska.
NatureWorks is building a $600 million plant in Thailand that will increase its production capacity by 50%, said Leah Ford, the company’s global marketing communications manager, in an interview.
The company’s “biggest visibility market,” Ford said, is compostable food service items such as plastic cutlery, clear cups, wrappers and containers that, along with restaurant food waste, can be converted into a dark organic material to enrich soil in gardens and on farms. That’s important because food waste clogs recycling machinery and contaminates recyclable petroleum plastics.
Some Starbucks stores use disposable cups lined with NatureWorks’ PLA, Ford said.
NatureWorks has become something of a game changer in the United Kingdom, where PG Tips, a big name in tea, has switched from polyester tea bags to bags made with cellulose and a thin layer of NatureWorks’ PLA that are fully compostable, Ford said.
Researchers at McGill University in Montreal released a study in 2019 that said petroleum-based polyester tea bags leach billions of microplastic particles when steeped in hot water. Around 60 billion cups of tea are consumed annually in the UK.
One of the criticisms of bioplastic made with corn and sugar is that it uses arable land on a hungry planet. Ford called that concern unfounded. NatureWorks uses sugar extracted from corn while the rest of the kernels are used to produce sweeteners, ethanol, cooking oils and livestock feed.
PLA, unlike PHA, does not easily biodegrade in nature. It needs to be mixed with food waste in industrial composters to biodegrade. When buried in landfills, PLA will eventually disintegrate, but that would likely take decades.
NatureWorks has formed a partnership with PHA manufacturer CJ Bio to produce a bioplastic that can more easily biodegrade. The company, headquartered in South Korea, is expanding its plant in Indonesia and is planning to build a large plant in the Americas, said Raj Kirsch, vice president of research and development at CJ Bio.
Blending the two types of bioplastic “brings a lot of value propositions to the final end product,” Kirsch said in an interview.
Ramani Narayan, a professor of chemical engineering at Michigan State University, has worked with Cargill in the past to help with PLA production.
Narayan said companies are using biodegradability claims to make their products more attractive to consumers. But the term is “misused, abused and overused because everything in the world is biodegradable given the right time and environment.”
California, Narayan noted, has banned the use of the term “biodegradable” in marketing. The world needs to replace petroleum plastic with plastic materials that have been verified and certified as completely biodegradable, he said.
Narayan acknowledged that bioplastics are easier to biodegrade than petrochemical plastic which can take centuries to disintegrate, shedding worrisome microplastic along the way. Yet the fact that PHA takes longer to break down in cold oceans and lakes than in temperate climes shouldn’t be sugarcoated.
“It will take time, and you need to say that,” Narayan said. | https://cw33.com/news/science-technology/ap-science/billions-pour-into-bioplastics-as-markets-begin-ramping-up/ | 2022-08-09T18:02:19Z |
Sustainability commitment backed by large investment
WYLIE, Texas, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Design and construction professionals today are tasked with selecting products that have the lightest impact on the environment. Those who understand the entire life cycle of building materials can help create a more sustainable building industry.
Carlisle Coatings & Waterproofing (CCW) is helping that effort by providing four Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs), covering most products in its waterproofing and air and vapor barrier lines.
EPDs are independent third party assessments using standard methods and metrics to quantify a product's impact on the environment. CCW's EPDs are product specific with cradle-to-gate scope. "Cradle to gate" addresses the environmental impact from raw material extraction to production of the finished good, staged, and ready for shipment to the customer.
"Securing an EPD requires considerable time and financial resources," says Brian Carey, product manager for commercial air barriers with Carlisle Weatherproofing Technologies. "It requires an ethical, disciplined organization to provide the facts and data to the independent parties for the EPD inputs. We are happy to provide EPDs to help our customers assess the environmental impact of their projects."
The CCW EPDs can contribute to one point in LEED v4 Materials and Resources "MR" section, "Building Product Disclosure and Optimization" category. Go here for more information.
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Man scheduled to be executed 44 years after raping, killing college student
PHOENIX (KTVK/KPHO/Gray News) - A man convicted 20 years ago of murdering an Arizona State University student is scheduled to be executed on May 10.
Arizona’s Family reports Clarence Dixon was sentenced to death in the 1977 killing of ASU student Deana Bowdoin in 2002 after that case went cold.
According to authorities, on Jan. 7, 1978, Bowdoin, a 21-year-old ASU student, was raped, strangled, and stabbed to death in her Tempe apartment.
A Tempe detective reopened the case using DNA profiling. Detectives said they were able to pinpoint Dixon as the suspect, who was already serving a life sentence for a 1986 sexual assault conviction.
In 2002, Dixon was indicted for Bowdoin’s murder, and a jury found him guilty and sentenced him to death.
According to officials, Dixon has 20 days to decide on being injected with a lethal drug or executed in a gas chamber. If he doesn’t choose, the lethal injection will serve as the default method of execution.
Dixon will be the first execution in Arizona since 2014 when Joseph Rudolph Wood III was executed at Florence State Prison. Wood was convicted of shooting his estranged girlfriend and her father in 1989.
“I promised Arizona voters that people who commit the ultimate crime get the ultimate punishment,” wrote Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich in a statement. “I will continue to fight every day for justice for victims, their families, and our communities.”
One of Dixon’s attorneys, Jennifer Moreno, released the following statement on her client’s planned execution:
“The state has had nearly a year to demonstrate that it will not be carrying out executions with expired drugs but has failed to do so.” Under these circumstances, the execution of Mr. Dixon — a severely mentally ill, visually disabled, and physically frail member of the Navajo Nation — is unconscionable.”
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BENTON HARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Ten months ago, Steve Alker was about to turn 50 without any guarantees of getting on the PGA Tour Champions because his professional career left plenty to be desired.
Over three decades, he played more than 550 tournaments on six tours. Only three of those seasons were on the PGA Tour. Two other seasons were in Europe.
Now the New Zealander is the hottest player on the senior circuit.
His latest and greatest feat came Sunday at Harbor Shores by Lake Michigan when Alker overcame a four-shot deficit by making nine birdies in a closing 8-under 63 to capture the Senior PGA Championship.
His three-shot victory over Stephen Ames was Alker’s fourth in his last 11 tournaments.
“It’s been a great ride out here and I’m enjoying myself,” said Alker, who earned $630,000 with his third victory of the year, pushing his season earnings to just over $1.8 million. “The first couple of weeks were OK. I wouldn’t say I’m comfortable yet, but just comfortable playing with the guys out here.”
Alker finished at 16-under 268.
Alker’s amazing play this season has certainly impressed his colleagues, especially Ames, who managed a 70 to finish runner-up. Bernhard Langer, the 64-year-old wonder from Germany, briefly tied for the lead on the back nine and shot 71 to finish third.
“I’ve watched Steven play on the European tour and the Korn Ferry Tour,” said Ames, whose round included four birdies and three bogeys. “All of a sudden out here, wow. It’s fantastic, great to see.”
The victory also secured Alker a spot next year in the PGA Championship at Oak Hill. So pedestrian was life in golf before 50 that he will be making his PGA Championship debut.
“It’s just perseverance with a capital P,” Alker said about his career turnaround.
Alker, who birdied three of his first five holes, bogeyed the difficult 443-yard seventh but then ran off four birdies in a row beginning at No. 8. He added birdies Nos. 15 and 16 to close the door on the competition.
Alker, who played in the penultimate group Sunday, was comfortable chasing Ames, Langer and Mike Weir.
“I was very, very calm,” he said. “I wanted it but I had a lot of ground to make up. I didn’t want to push too hard and go too aggressive. So I got a nice start, made some nice putts. I just kind of did everything well today.”
Ames, who had a share of the 36-hole lead with housemate Scott McCarron at 8 under and was the solo 54-hole leader by two strokes over Langer and Weir, said Harbor Shores played different Sunday because of warmer temperatures in the low 80s and south-southwest wind gusting to 25 mph.
“The lines and clubs were different off the tee, but I think everybody adjusted well,” Ames said. “Obviously, some played better than others.”
One who didn’t was Langer, who now has four top-10 finishes at Senior PGAs played at Harbor Shores but not a victory. Seeking his 12th senior major title, Langer bogeyed three straight holes starting at No. 12 – twice his bogey count of the opening three rounds – for a closing 71 and a 10-under 274 .
Weir (72), Miguel Angel Jimenez (69), K.J. Choi (65) and Paul Goydos (71) tied for fourth.
Langer, who made four birdies on his front nine, had to play out of two divots at the 548-yard 10th before managing to save his par 5.
“That really stopped the momentum,” said Langer, who then bogeyed Nos. 13-15. “It was obviously a missed opportunity. I was 14-under leading by one with eight holes to go and just didn’t close it.”
Ames birdied Nos. 2 and 3 to build a three-shot lead at 14-under. But Ames gave a stroke back with a bogey at the difficult seventh hole overlooking Lake Michigan and Alker, Langer and others began to close in.
Langer caught Ames at 13 under with his third birdie of the day at No. 8 and then added another birdie at par-5 ninth to turn at 14 under.
Alker, meanwhile, started the day with four straight 3s, two of them birdies, and then after bogeying the seventh, strung together four birdies beginning at the short 376-yard eighth hole to reach 14-under through 11.
When Ames birdied the 133-yard 11th, he joined Alker and Langer in a three-way tie and they had effectively separated themselves from the rest of the field.
The three-way tie didn’t last long as Langer made bogey from the fairway at the 12th, and then he hooked his tee shot at the 193-yard 13th into the rough on way to a second straight bogey to fall two back at 12-under. He and Ames then bogeyed the par-4 14th.
Up ahead, Alker made birdie at the 508-yard, par-5 15th by the Paw Paw River and he suddenly found himself in control of the tournament at 15-under. His final birdie at 16 and two par saves on the closing holes secured the title.
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