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NEW YORK, July 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Roundhill Investments, an ETF sponsor focused on offering innovative thematic funds, today announced several changes to its Roundhill BITKRAFT Esports & Digital Entertainment ETF ("NERD ETF").
Effective on or about September 23, 2022, the NERD ETF will change its underlying index and make related changes to its fund name, investment objective, and principal investment strategies. The underlying index and fund name changes are shown below. More information about the related changes to the NERD ETF's investment objective and principal investment strategies can be found on Roundhill Investments' website.
On or about September 23, 2022 the NERD ETF's new name will become the Roundhill Video Games ETF. The NERD ETF's underlying index will become the Nasdaq CTA Global Video Games Software Index™, which is designed to track the performance of exchange-listed companies engaged in video game publishing and/or video game development. The Nasdaq CTA Global Video Games Software Index™ excludes companies domiciled in China or Russia.
As the Adviser to the NERD ETF, Roundhill Investments believes that a transition from esports and digital entertainment to pure-play gaming software will provide targeted exposure for investors looking to invest in the potential growth of video games globally. As per Newzoo, global gaming revenues are expected to grow to $219 billion by 2024, representing the largest form of entertainment globally.
Shareholders will not be required to take any action as a result of these changes.
About Roundhill Investments:
Roundhill Investments is a U.S.-based investment adviser focused on developing innovative exchange-traded products. The firm's product lineup accounts for more than $1 billion in assets under management (as of December 31, 2021). To learn more about the company, please visit roundhillinvestments.com.
Investors should consider the investment objectives, risk, charges, and expenses carefully before investing. For a prospectus or summary prospectus with this and other information about the NERD ETF please call 1-855-561-5728 or visit the website https://www.roundhillinvestments.com/etf/nerd/. Read the prospectus and summary prospectus carefully before investing.
Investing involves risk, including possible loss of principal. Esports gaming companies face intense competition, both domestically and internationally, may have limited product lines, markets, financial resources, or personnel, may have products that face rapid obsolescence, and are heavily dependent on the protection of patent and intellectual property rights. Such factors may adversely affect the profitability and value of video gaming companies. Investments made in small and mid-capitalization companies may be more volatile and less liquid due to limited resources or product lines and more sensitive to economic factors. Fund investments will be concentrated in an industry or group of industries, and the value of Fund shares may rise and fall more than more diversified funds. Foreign investing involves social and political instability, market illiquidity, exchange-rate fluctuation, high volatility and limited regulation risks. Emerging markets involve different and greater risks, as they are smaller, less liquid and more volatile than more developed countries. Depositary Receipts involve risks similar to those associated with investments in foreign securities, but may not provide a return that corresponds precisely with that of the underlying shares. Please see the prospectus for details of these and other risks
Roundhill Financial Inc. (d/b/a Roundhill Investments) serves as the investment advisor to the NERD ETF and other Roundhill ETFs (collectively, the "Roundhill Funds"). The Roundhill Funds are distributed by Foreside Fund Services, LLC which is not affiliated with Roundhill Financial Inc, U.S. Bank or any of their affiliates.
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Federal tourism aid funds gas stations, trash cans, jazz
By DAVID A. LIEB
Associated Press
Located along a remote stretch of Highway 395, the Fort Independence Travel Plaza touts a dozen gas pumps, clean restrooms and made-to-order meals for travelers visiting California’s Eastern Sierra.
The facility, which provides revenue for a Paiute Indian tribe, is about to quadruple in size thanks to an $8 million federal grant that will help build a new gas station with room for cultural displays and locally made products.
It’s one of hundreds of tourism-related projects nationwide that are collectively getting about $2.4 billion from the American Rescue Plan, according to an Associated Press analysis of funds flowing from last year’s wide-ranging coronavirus relief law.
The money is paying for graffiti-resistant trash cans in Portland, Oregon, culturally diverse music festivals in Nashville, Tennessee, sports facilities in various cities and new marketing campaigns to attract tourists to particular states — sometimes in direct competition with one another.
“Our goal is to get people traveling again. Period,” said Dave Lorenz, chairman of the National Council of State Tourism Directors and the Michigan travel director.
Despite high fuel prices, Americans do seem to be hitting the road. After a plunge at the onset of the COVID-19 outbreak, U.S. travel spending this year is projected to top $1 trillion — up 45% from its 2020 low point, according to the U.S. Travel Association.
That corresponds with a similar increase in state tourism office budgets, which have rebounded to pre-pandemic levels thanks to the federal aid.
A coronavirus relief law signed by former President Donald Trump opened the potential for federal money to be used for local tourism projects.
The subsequent pandemic relief law signed by President Joe Biden expanded that. The American Rescue Plan contained $750 million for grants for tourism, travel and outdoor recreation through the federal Economic Development Authority. It also included the tourism, travel and hospitality sector among dozens of eligible uses — alongside health care, housing and unemployment programs — for a $350 billion pool of flexible aid sent to state, local, territorial and tribal governments.
Those governments had budgeted more than $1.6 billion from those flexible funds for about 550 tourism, travel and hospitality projects as of the end of March, according to an Associated Press analysis of recently released data from the U.S. Treasury.
Those tourism projects include $425,000 in Portland to replace 200 trash cans with ones that have larger openings and harder-to-deface surfaces made of such things as metal slats or wire mesh. The city cited ″a substantial increase in the amount of trash, graffiti, and vandalism” during the pandemic, asserting that new garbage cans will “create a safer, more welcoming environment for visitors to our parks,” according to a description in the Treasury Department data.
Nashville, known for its country music scene, allotted $750,000 to reach “culturally diverse visitors.” That’s helping fund renovations at a once-prominent Black music venue, subsidize choir concerts at Fisk University and pay for an annual jazz and blues festival occurring in July, among other things.
The goal is to “build up the other genres without pushing country music down,” said Butch Spyridon, CEO of the Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp.
Of the tourism grants awarded through the Economic Development Authority, $510 million was divided among states and territories according to a formula that took into account job losses in their leisure and hospitality sectors. An additional $240 million was set aside for competitive grants, which are still being doled out.
One of those grants went to the Fort Independence Indian Reservation, a 220-member tribe that plans to add more than 60 jobs at its enlarged travel center.
“Part of tourism is getting from A to B, and one of the stops along the way is our reservation,” explained tribal vice chair Alisa Lee. “When we have been able to educate people about our community, our tribe and our culture, that is a form of tourism.”
Other competitive grants included $2.2 million to help replace old snowmaking equipment at Frost Fire Park ski resort in North Dakota, $1.6 million to help build a new Mardi Gras museum in Louisiana and $1.2 million to build locker rooms, concession facilities and a pavilion for a cross-country course at Middle Georgia State University.
University President Christopher Blake said in a statement that the project has the potential “to transform it into a recreational dynamo” that generates nearly $1 million a year in economic activity.
Several states also projected big returns on their federal tourism dollars, according to grant plans obtained by the AP through an open-records request.
Alabama plans to spend nearly $2.7 million to build three boat piers at reservoirs along the Coosa River. The state said regional fishing tournaments can lure $200,000 into an economy and national tournaments up to $1 million.
Oregon used a $9.1 million grant to help produce promotional videos and pictures of scenery that could be embedded into TV broadcasts of the World Athletics Championships that occurred this month in Eugene. The international broadcasts could yield between $224 million and $374 million in visitor spending and “spur economic development and opportunity for decades to come,” the Oregon Tourism Commission said in a grant plan submitted to federal officials.
Tourism projects generally seem like an appropriate use of the federal pandemic relief funds because the industry initially was one of the hardest hit, said Sean Moulton, a senior policy analyst at the nonprofit Project on Government Oversight.
But “as you give more flexibility,” Moulton said, “you run the risk of the money being used in ways that in retrospect you say that wasn’t the most effective.”
The city of Fort Worth, Texas, has directed $52 million of its flexible American Rescue Plan money for an expansion of its convention center. Of that, $40 million was categorized as tourism aid in a 2021 year-end report submitted to the Treasury Department.
The Treasury revised its rules in January to discourage big spending on convention centers and stadiums, stating that large capital expenditures to aid the travel and tourism industries are “not reasonably proportional to addressing the negative economic impacts of the pandemic.”
Fort Worth is moving ahead with the project anyway. The city reclassified the aid as a replacement for revenue lost during the pandemic — a category with the broadest flexibility under Treasury rules.
California got the largest tourism grant allocation, about $46 million. The state directed all of that — plus an additional $95 million of flexible federal pandemic aid — to its nonprofit tourism entity, which conducts national and international marketing.
Other states also have used the federal aid to try to draw visitors to their parks, shopping areas, restaurants and resorts.
While Michigan targets tourists in the neighboring Great Lakes region, Ohio is countering by expanding advertising into 11 new markets, including additional Michigan cities.
Missouri, meanwhile, is casting a broader net into the upper Midwest and the South. Thanks to a two-thirds increase in its tourism budget, Missouri is planning to expand advertising beyond its bordering states to reach potential travelers from Alabama, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Ohio, South Dakota, Texas and Wisconsin.
“In order to stay competitive with the states that we consider competition, it was going to be important for us to up our game,” Missouri Tourism Director Stephen Foutes said. | https://localnews8.com/news/ap-national-business/2022/07/30/federal-tourism-aid-funds-gas-stations-trash-cans-jazz/ | 2022-07-30T18:42:17Z |
Stephanie Lokker's presentation goes in-depth on the essentials of a measurable, sustainable strategy that is both operational and flexible in its execution.
PASSAIC, N.J., Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockerbie & Co., is pleased to announce that its Managing Partner and Founder, Stephanie E. Lokker, presented at the NGLCC's Corporate Procurement Council during the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce's (NGLCC) International Business and Leadership Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. Lokker's speaking engagement was an invite only selection of 200 multi-national corporate partners where they met to discuss and vote on pressing issues regarding the future of supplier diversity.
The presentation, Let's Get Strategic with Supplier Diversity: From Planning Through Execution, highlights the industries best practices on measuring the success of a company's plan, and the potential ROI-value the right plan holds. Lokker highlighted the current successes the Supplier Diversity programming infrastructure she has built in New Jersey during the last eight months of her current term as a new-Board Member charged with overseeing Supplier Diversity and Certification for The New Jersey Pride Chamber of Commerce (NJPCC).
During the presentation, Lokker introduced Paul Shay, the Global People & Business Resource Group Lead for PRIDE Alliance at Bristol Myers Squibb, USA, to discuss their new corporate partnership with NJPCC.
Attendees gained additional insights on how to implement supplier diversity strategies and execute on creating a broader supplier base with capacity building programs. This presentation was directed towards corporate leaders who build successful programs and meaningful relationships within the diversity and inclusion of their industries.
Procurement officers and leadership executives interested in viewing Lokker's presentation should send an email to: stephanie@letsgetstrategic.com
Lockerbie is entering its fourth year in business since it opened its doors in 2019, after its Managing Partner left positions at a Big 4 and Big 3 management consultancy firms to better equip organizations to fulfill their missions and advocate for good. Their clients are Fortune 1000 and Private Equity clients. They are headquartered in a HUBZone and have fifteen federal and state supplier diversity-owned certifications.
For more information visit us online: www.letsgetstrategic.com
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New offerings help establish a proven path to enterprise pipeline and revenue generation so that reps can prioritize the right people in the right accounts
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- People.ai, the enterprise revenue intelligence leader, today announces the launch of its newest product capabilities, including Engagement Dashboards, Account Planning, and People.ai for Oracle Sales Cloud to help sales and ops teams drive greater efficiency, deeper relationships and clearer visibility.
According to LinkedIn's Global State of Sales 2022 report, sellers spend only 30% of their time actually selling, making automatic activity data capturing essential for reps to do the most important part of their job. Also noted in the report, 81% of sellers are losing deals from key contacts leaving client or prospect companies, and 45% say incomplete data is their biggest data challenge. More automation and visibility into pipeline means salespeople can win more deals and generate more revenue.
"The industry today has turned selling into an obstacle course, where reps need to navigate so many hurdles in order to actually do their job. We're clearing the pathway so teams can focus on what matters: building revenue," said Oleg Rogynskyy, CEO of People.ai. "Our newest product offerings aim to transform the B2B sales process by providing our customers with more data and greater insight to accelerate business decisions that will grow pipeline, increase deal sizes, shorten sales cycles and boost win rates."
Key features of People.ai's new product offerings include:
Engagement Dashboards
People.ai's Engagement Dashboards provide sales and ops teams with a powerful out-of-the-box experience for both buyer and seller engagement visibility. With Engagement Dashboards, sales and ops teams can pinpoint at-risk accounts and opportunities in real time by easily creating personalized tables with custom metrics based on any CRM or People.ai field.
Vonage, an innovation leader in leveraging sales technology across their account-based selling initiatives and People.ai customer, is an early adopter of this new solution. "Leveraging People.ai's multi-org SFDC enabled us to completely revamp our coaching culture and approach to account-based selling," said Frankie Panicucci, sales operations generalist at Vonage. "Our sales leaders now have more data and visibility into pipeline health, which gives us the ability to increase account engagement where needed and achieve our revenue goals."
People.ai Account Planning
People.ai's Account Planning application enables enterprise sales leadership to operationalize their account planning methodology, process and strategy, all natively in Salesforce. Coupled with People.ai data automation and insights, Account Planning helps sellers visualize and develop a deeper understanding of the buyer's business, goals, and obstacles to identify opportunities, resulting in increased pipeline in existing and target accounts.
People.ai for Oracle Sales Cloud
As a part of Oracle's recent announcement about the next iteration of Oracle Fusion Sales, People.ai and Oracle have partnered together to transform the sales process into a modern revenue engine. The result of that partnership, People.ai for Oracle Sales Cloud, will help customers generate more revenue by increasing sales productivity, which will drive more and bigger deals faster and increase buyer satisfaction.
"We're collaborating with People.ai because we're equally laser-focused on transforming the sales process into a modern revenue engine," said Katrina Gosek, vice president, product management, Oracle Customer Experience. "Together, we will be able to provide our mutual customers with the actionable revenue insights needed to drive significant revenue transformation and growth.
For more information about People.ai's product and service offerings, please visit https://people.ai/product/
About People.ai
People.ai is the leader in guiding enterprise sales teams on the proven path to pipeline and revenue generation. The People.ai enterprise revenue intelligence platform ensures organizations speed up complex sales cycles by engaging the right people in the right accounts. Through our patented AI technology, People.ai enables sales teams to clearly see whom to engage with in each of their accounts and exactly what to do to deliver the highest yielding deals. Enterprises such as AppDynamics, DataRobot, Okta, and Zoom know that people buy from people, that's why people buy from People.ai. For more information, please visit www.people.ai
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Rose Mary Jane Announces Additional Customer Celebration on Saturday, May 21 from 1 to 4pm
OAKLAND, Calif., May 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Rose Mary Jane, a unique cannabis retailer whose experience, selection, and advocacy leadership is shaped by its mission to promote fairness, justice and equity, celebrated the store's grand opening with a media ceremony and cannabis equity awareness event. This is Rose Mary Jane's first West Coast retail store serving adult-use and medical consumers located in the vibrant Lake Merritt neighborhood at 2340 Harrison Street in Oakland, across the street from the Whole Foods Market.
Today's grand opening event included remarks by Rose Mary Jane's President and Bay Area cannabis industry veteran, Nayir Felix, and Rose Mary Jane's Owner & Partner Cynthia Carey-Grant, a longtime Oakland community healthcare and wellness advocate. In addition, Evelyn LaChapelle (featured in this video https://tinyurl.com/bdftj8aw) who manages Rose Mary Jane's community engagement work, also spoke at the event. Rose Mary Jane invited several community partners and city leaders to attend the occasion as well.
Rose Mary Jane also announced it will launch its monthly Equity Awareness Event series, highlighting the array of Oakland-equity owned products carried at Rose Mary Jane. The purpose of the series is to expose the Oakland community and Rose Mary Jane's customers to the quality products offered by Oakland's equity-owned brands. Over 30% of the brands Rose Mary Jane carries are equity-owned cultivators and manufacturers, with 26% of those being from Oakland. Some of the participating featured brands will be; Sweetwater, Conscious Mindz, Smoke Champs, World Peace, White Rabbit, New Life, Dolo and Happy Trails.
"Rose Mary Jane is the Bay Area's newest cannabis evolution in America's first cannabis market," said Cynthia Carey-Grant, Rose Mary Jane's Owner & Partner. "At Rose Mary Jane, we believe the cannabis industry is a force for good when equity, inclusion, and social justice are prioritized, and that's why we believe Oakland is the ideal destination to serve as our first West Coast retail location.
Rose Mary Jane will follow up today with a grand opening customer celebration this Saturday, May 21 from 1pm to 4pm complete with food, music, and entertainment. Over the course of the entire weekend, Rose Mary Jane will have brand pop ups and specials to offer customers as well.
"Rose Mary Jane Lake Merritt is designed to mirror the vibrancy, diversity, and excitement of Oakland's Lake Merritt neighborhood," said Nayir Felix, Rose Mary Jane's President. "We've created an uplifting customer experience and will provide a welcoming and inclusive cannabis shopping environment. All Rose Mary Jane customers will enjoy a community-centric gathering spot, and a unique space to explore, shop, relax, and enjoy."
In the spirit of supporting social justice and record expungement causes, Rose Mary Jane continues to support Last Prisoner Project https://www.lastprisonerproject.org, a non-profit organization dedicated to cannabis criminal justice reform. In addition, Rose Mary Jane will partner with WORLD, Women Organized to Respond to Life-threatening Disease http://www.womenhiv.org, a respected women's health advocacy group founded in 1991 which addresses HIV issues for women based in Oakland, CA.
About Rose Mary Jane
Rose Mary Jane, a cannabis dispensary whose experience, selection, and advocacy leadership is shaped by its mission to promote fairness, justice, and equity, opened its first East Coast retail location in September of 2021 in Portland, ME. Rose Mary Jane's first West Coast retail location is at 2340 Harrison Street in Oakland, CA. For more information on Rose Mary Jane, please visit 2340 Harrison Street in Oakland, CA or visit online at https://www.rosemaryjane.com, or Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/rmjlakemerritt/. Rose Mary Jane's Oakland store has plans to add a cannabis beverage bar and an outdoor consumption garden. They are open daily from 9:30AM to 9:00PM.
Contact: Bill Ebben, 508-922-1974 bill@ebbengroup.com
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Lawyers: Eastman advised to plead the Fifth in Georgia probe
ATLANTA (AP) — Lawyers for John Eastman, a lead architect of some of Donald Trump’s efforts to remain in power after the 2020 election, said Wednesday they advised their client to assert attorney-client privilege and invoke his constitutional right to remain silent when testifying before a special grand jury investigating possible illegal election interference in Georgia.
Charles Burnham and Harvey Silverglate confirmed in a statement that Eastman had appeared before the panel in Fulton County, complying with a summons from the district attorney. They declined to comment on the questions or testimony, citing respect for the secrecy of the grand jury process.
Eastman is one of a number of Trump advisers, attorneys and allies whose testimony Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has sought to compel in the case. Former New York mayor and Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani, who’s been told he may face criminal charges in the investigation, testified in mid-August. U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican, is fighting his subpoena. Willis filed petitions last week seeking the testimony of former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and Trump-allied attorney Sidney Powell, among others. And conservative attorney L. Lin Wood Jr. said this week he’s been told Willis wants him to appear.
Willis’ investigation began early last year, shortly after a recording of a Jan. 2, 2021, phone call between Trump and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger became public. In that call, Trump suggested the state’s top election official could “find” the votes needed to overturn his narrow loss in the state. But it has become clear that the scope of the probe has broadened considerably since then.
In their statement Wednesday, Eastman’s attorneys accused Willis of embarking on “an unprecedented path of criminalizing controversial or disfavored legal theories.”
As Trump and his allies began a campaign to spread false claims about the election, Eastman circulated what was essentially an academic proposal challenging the workings of the 130-year-old Electoral Count Act that governs the process for tallying the election results in Congress.
The first part of the plan was to put in place a slate of “alternate” electors in seven battleground states to sign certificates falsely stating that Trump, not Democrat Joe Biden, had won their states. Willis has told the 16 Georgia Republicans who joined that effort that they are targets of her investigation.
The second part of the proposal involved convincing then-Vice President Mike Pence to refuse to count some of the electoral votes won by Biden when presiding over Congress the certification of election results on Jan. 6, 2021. But Pence refused to stray from his ceremonial role that day, even as Trump supporters broke into the Capitol, chanting for him to be hung.
Wood, who sued unsuccessfully to block the certification of Georgia’s election results, said Wednesday that he’s willing to testify before the special grand jury.
Wood said a lawyer who represents him in a separate matter told him late last week that Willis’ office wants to subpoena him to testify. But he said he hadn’t received a formal request and didn’t know when they would want to see him.
“If they want to ask me questions, I’m happy to answer them,” Wood told The Associated Press by phone. “I have nothing to hide.”
Wood has long been known for his representation of high-profile clients — including Richard Jewell, who was wrongly accused in the 1996 Olympic bombing in Atlanta — particularly in defamation cases.
In a document filed last week seeking to compel Powell’s testimony, Willis noted that Wood hosted meetings at his home in South Carolina “for the purpose of exploring options to influence the results of the November 2020 election in Georgia and elsewhere.” Powell asked Wood, who’s licensed as a lawyer in Georgia, to help find Georgia residents who would be willing to serve as plaintiffs in lawsuits contesting the election results in the state, the petition says.
Wood said he didn’t know Powell well at the time but that she got in touch and asked if a group could meet at his home in late November 2020. He agreed to reach out to some prominent Georgia Republicans on Powell’s behalf, but said he doesn’t remember exactly who he called and whether they ended up joining any lawsuit filed by Powell.
The lawsuits filed by Powell and Wood were among many that were filed around the country in the wake of the 2020 election, many of them claiming that widespread election fraud had occurred. The lawsuits were ultimately dismissed, and state and federal election officials have consistently said there was no evidence of widespread fraud in the election.
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Associated Press writer Farnoush Amiri in Washington contributed to this report.
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Industry-leading GPS technology, smarter & more comprehensive sports features, easy 24/7 health management and an upgraded OS.
CUPERTINO, Calif., Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Amazfit, a leading global smart wearables brand owned by Zepp Health (NYSE: ZEPP), a health technology company, has unveiled its two brand-new flagship smartwatches, the Amazfit GTR 4 and Amazfit GTS 4. They will be the first Amazfit smartwatches to support syncing sports and fitness data to the adidas Running app via the Zepp App after an upcoming update, thanks to the new strategic partnership between Amazfit and adidas Runtastic.
Strong and Precise GPS Positioning
Representing an industry-first, the dual-band circularly-polarized GPS antenna technology of the Amazfit GTR 4 and GTS 4 enables precise positioning, unimpeded by environmental or multi-path interference. Along with accuracy that's 99% as accurate as handheld GPS locators, these smartwatches also support five satellite positioning systems at launch, and can be used to track real-time GPS movement. In future, users will also be to import route files[1] and navigate them in real-time, directly on the display.
Advanced Fitness Support
To deliver on the promise of Smart Fitness Made Easy, users can enjoy over 150 sports modes, including many walking, running, cycling, and swimming modes. The Amazfit GTR 4 and GTS 4 can even automatically recognize 15 strength training exercises at launch, along with eight sports movements. This strength exercise recognition, a unique feature among fashion smartwatches, also allows the watches to automatically count the user's reps, sets and rest time. Personalized templates for interval training[2] can be created directly on the watch, and the brand's PeakBeatsTM Workout Status Algorithm will provide performance data like VO2 Max after any workout is completed. Sports data can even be synced to Strava[3] and adidas Running to share with friends.
Premium Display & Vibrant Color Options
With a design inspired by sports cars, the Amazfit GTR 4 boasts a 1.43" HD AMOLED display and a selection of 200+ watch faces with matching always-on displays. Crafted with a metallic middle frame, the smartwatch comes in three colors, including Superspeed Black, Vintage Brown Leather, and Racetrack Grey. For a touch of adventure, the crown also features red detailing and tire-like grooves.
The Amazfit GTS 4 has an ultra-large 1.75" HD AMOLED display, which can be lit up with 150+ watch face options and their matching always-on displays. At only 27g and 9.9mm, this slim and light smartwatch is available in four vibrant colors including Infinite Black, Misty White, Autumn Brown, and Rosebud Pink. And with its elegant gemstone-style crown, the Amazfit GTS 4 is a true frontrunner in fashion.
Music Storage & Live Sports Data Broadcast[4]
Both smartwatches can store music for independent playback, as well as be used to control the music on the user's mobile phone via Bluetooth. They are also able to broadcast real-time sports data like heart rate, workout duration and distance, and even hydration reminders via the speaker or the user's Bluetooth headphones, eliminating the need to raise the wrist to check performance data.
Even More Accurate Health Monitoring
The Amazfit GTR 4 and GTS 4 debut the brand's BioTracker™ 4.0 PPG biometric optical sensor. Enhanced to 2LED, the new sensor collects 33% more data than the previous generation, and - when combined with the watches' heart rate tracking algorithm – reduces signal interference caused by arm movement during exercise. Users can also enjoy 24/7 monitoring of blood-oxygen, heart rate and stress levels, and the one-tap measurement function that tests these three metrics, plus breathing rate, simultaneously. Sleep monitoring has been upgraded, too, with customizable Sleep Schedules able to be set which can recognize sleep during either night or daytime as the user's "main sleep".
Upgraded Zepp OS 2.0
The upgraded Zepp OS 2.0 now allows users to select one of two app menu layout styles. The enriched mini app ecosystem has also added "Baby Records", which lets users record their baby's sleep and feeding times, plus two games, along with the GoPro and Home Connect third-party apps.
Prime Personal Assistance[5]
The ultimate online assistant, Amazon Alexa, is built into the Amazfit GTR 4 and GTS 4, and is featured as a quick-access widget on one of the downloadable watch faces. And when without internet access, these smartwatches also feature an offline voice assistant. Users can even receive and answer Bluetooth phone calls using the built-in microphone and speaker, to keep up with professional and personal contacts.
Battery Life that Goes the Distance
The Amazfit GTR 4 can last for an ultra-long 14 days with typical usage. Meanwhile, the Amazfit GTS 4 also packs a powerful battery into its super slim body, and can last over an entire week with typical usage. Both smartwatches debut an upgraded Battery Saver Mode that enables use of basic features while conserving power.
Features Fit for Every Lifestyle
The Amazfit GTR 4 and GTS 4 include a new Morning Update function, which can prepare users for the day by summarizing information like the weather, calendar events, and more. And to help users stay on top of their health, the smartwatches can provide alerts for abnormally: high or low heart rates, low SpO₂ levels and high stress levels (which will result in a prompt to perform the built-in breathing exercise).
Pricing and Availability
About Amazfit
Amazfit, a leading global smart wearable brand focused on health and fitness, is part of Zepp Health (NYSE: ZEPP), a health technology company. Offering a wide selection of smart watches and bands, Amazfit's brand essence is "Up Your Game", encouraging users to live their passions and express their active spirits freely. Amazfit is powered by Zepp Health's proprietary health management platform that delivers cloud-based 24/7 actionable insights and guidance to help users attain their wellness goals. With outstanding craftsmanship, Amazfit smartwatches have won many design awards, including the iF Design Award and the Red Dot Design Award.
Launched in 2015, Amazfit is today embraced by millions of users. Its products are available in more than 90 countries across the Americas, EMEA, and APAC regions. For more information about Amazfit, visit www.amazfit.com. For more information about Zepp Health, visit www.zepp.com.
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CHICAGO, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Peakstone served as exclusive financial advisor to Worldwide Terminals Fernandina, LLC ("WWTF") on its 100% sale to Transportation Infrastructure Partners ("TIP"), a joint venture between Ridgewood Infrastructure, LLC and Savage. With the acquisition, TIP assumes the terminal operator role at the Port of Fernandina. The Port of Fernandina, northeast of Jacksonville, FL, is a strategic intermodal terminal handling essential bulk, breakbulk, and containerized cargo. The port provides mission-critical transport, logistics management, and product handling services to a diverse customer base.
Ridgewood Infrastructure, a leading infrastructure investor in the U.S., and Savage, a global transportation and materials handling company, established Transportation Infrastructure Partners to jointly acquire and operate essential transportation and logistics infrastructure throughout the United States.
For more information about the Port of Fernandina, visit www.portoffernandina.org
"Fernandina's deep-water port, storage facilities, and access to major rail and highway routes form the backbone of an essential infrastructure business," said Ryan Stewart, Partner of Ridgewood Infrastructure. "Under Transportation Infrastructure Partners' leadership, we see significant opportunities to expand and enhance Fernandina's operations"
Kirk Aubry, President and Chief Executive Officer of Savage, said: "Fernandina is a great addition to our joint-venture portfolio and strengthens the Savage network of nearly 50 ports and terminals. We'll continue to focus on enhancing the Port's well-deserved reputation for delivering critical supply chain services for current and future customers."
Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
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DUBAI, UAE, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Yalla Group Limited ("Yalla" or the "Company") (NYSE: YALA), the leading voice-centric social networking and entertainment platform in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), today announced that the Group's president, Mr. Saifi Ismail, has published an article on Forbes.com, one of the best-known business authorities in the world.
Mr. Ismail is a respected voice in the technology industry and widely regarded as an expert in the MENA region. His Forbes.com article, which focuses on growth opportunities for digital entertainment startups in MENA, highlights his deep experience in MENA and his comprehensive understanding of the region's unique culture, traditions and values. Furthermore, Mr. Ismail shares his astute perception of the macro landscape and investing trends among both local and international players in MENA's online entertainment sector.
Since joining Yalla in 2019, Mr. Ismail has worked to advance Yalla's vision of building the most popular destination for online social networking and entertainment activities in MENA. In 2022, Mr. Ismail was also selected to the Forbes Business Council, an invitation-only, professional organization for CEOs and other entrepreneurs. As a member of the Forbes Business Council, Mr. Ismail will work with Forbes' professional editorial team to share his expert insights in original business articles on Forbes.com and contribute to published Q&A panels with other respected industry leaders.
About Yalla Group Limited
Yalla Group Limited is the largest voice-centric social networking and entertainment platform in the Middle East and Northern Africa (MENA). The Company operates two flagship mobile applications, Yalla, a voice-centric group chat platform, and Yalla Ludo, a casual gaming application featuring online versions of board games, popular in MENA, with in-game voice chat and localized Majlis functionality. Building on the success of Yalla and Yalla Ludo, the Company has expanded its content, creating a regionally-focused, integrated ecosystem dedicated to fulfilling MENA users' evolving online social networking and entertainment needs. The ecosystem includes YallaChat, an IM product tailored for Arabic users; Waha, a social networking product designed for the metaverse; and games such as Yalla Baloot and 101 Okey Yalla, developed to sustain vibrant local gaming communities in the region. Yalla is also actively exploring outside of MENA, having launched Yalla Parchis, a Ludo game designed for the South American markets. Yalla's mobile applications deliver a seamless experience that fosters a sense of loyalty and belonging, establishing highly devoted and engaged user communities through close attention to detail and localized appeal that profoundly resonates with its users. In addition, through its holding subsidiary, Yalla Game Limited, the Company has expanded its capabilities in mid-core and hard-core game distribution in the MENA region, leveraging its local expertise to bring exciting new content to its users.
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- The American War in Afghanistan: A History chosen as this year's top non-fiction book on international affairs
- Lionel Gelber Prize is awarded annually by an international jury, in partnership with University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy and Foreign Policy Magazine
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TORONTO and WASHINGTON, April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Judith Gelber, Chair of the Lionel Gelber Prize board, announced today that the winner of the 2022 Lionel Gelber Prize is The American War in Afghanistan: A History by Carter Malkasian, published by Oxford University Press.
The winning book is an account of America's longest war, by one of the world's foremost scholar-practitioners. "Drawing on his extensive knowledge of the country and its people, Carter Malkasian helps us to make sense of the complex political, military and societal forces that shaped the conflict over two decades," said Janice Gross Stein, jury chair. "The American War in Afghanistan provides a truly comprehensive and compelling history of the U.S. intervention, from the early days of "Operation Enduring Freedom" to the Taliban's resurgence as the U.S. forces pulled out of the country. A beautifully written and critically important book."
The Lionel Gelber Prize is awarded annually to the world's best non-fiction book in English on foreign affairs that seeks to deepen public debate on significant international issues. The prize is presented by the University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, in partnership with Foreign Policy Magazine.
The winning book was selected from a shortlist which also included How to End a Plague: America's Fight to Defeat AIDS in Africa by Emily Bass (Public Affairs/Hachette Book Group); The Long Game: China's Grand Strategy to Displace American Order by Rush Doshi (Oxford University Press); Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe by Niall Ferguson (Penguin Press); and In the Midst of Civilized Europe: The Pogroms of 1918-1921 and the Onset of the Holocaust by Jeffrey Veidlinger (HarperCollins).
The 2022 Lionel Gelber Prize was chosen by jury chair Janice Stein (Toronto), Janine di Giovanni (New York), Francis J. Gavin (Washington), James Goldgeier (Washington), and Doug Saunders (Toronto).
About the Author
Carter Malkasian was the Special Assistant for Strategy to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Joseph Dunford, from 2015 to 2019. He has extensive experience working in Afghanistan through multiple deployments throughout the country. The highlight of his work is nearly two years in Garmser district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, as a State Department political officer and the district stabilization team leader. He is the author of War Comes to Garmser: Thirty Years of Conflict on the Afghan Frontier (Oxford University Press) and Illusions of Victory: The Anbar Awakening and the Rise of the Islamic State (Oxford). Malkasian has a doctorate in history from Oxford and is fluent in Pashto.
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FP Dialogue with this year's Lionel Gelber Prize Winner
Following the announcement of the 2022 Lionel Gelber Prize, join this year's winning author Carter Malkasian on Tuesday, May 10, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. ET for an online event presented by Foreign Policy Magazine and the University of Toronto's Munk School. The FP Dialogue will feature author Carter Malkasian in conversation with Foreign Policy's Janine di Giovanni and jury chair Janice Stein, as well as an audience Q&A.
Register here: https://foreignpolicy.zoom.us/webinar/register/8016494258339/WN_2-YGMH0aS2unagKeBl9exQ
The Winner
The American War in Afghanistan: A History by Carter Malkasian, published by Oxford University Press
The American war in Afghanistan, which began in 2001, was the longest armed conflict in the nation's history. In The American War in Afghanistan, Carter Malkasian provides the first comprehensive history of the entire conflict. Malkasian is both a leading academic authority on the subject and an experienced practitioner, having spent nearly two years working in the Afghan countryside and going on to serve as the senior advisor to General Joseph Dunford, the U.S. military commander in Afghanistan and later the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. Drawing from a deep well of local knowledge, understanding of Pashto, and review of primary source documents, Malkasian moves through the war's multiple phases: the 2001 invasion and after; the light American footprint during the 2003 Iraq invasion; the resurgence of the Taliban in 2006, the Obama-era surge, and the various resets in strategy and force allocations that occurred from 2011 onward, culminating in the 2018-2020 peace talks. Malkasian lived through much of it, and draws from his own experiences to provide a unique vantage point on the war. The ultimate outcome after America leaves is inherently unpredictable given the multitude of actors there, but one thing is sure: the war did not go as America had hoped. Although the al-Qa'eda leader Osama bin Laden was killed and no major attack on the American homeland was carried out after 2001, the United States was unable to end the violence or hand off the war to the Afghan authorities, which could not survive without US military backing. The American War in Afghanistan explains why the war had such a disappointing outcome.
Wise and all-encompassing, The American War in Afghanistan provides a truly vivid portrait of the conflict in all of its phases that will remain the authoritative account for years to come.
About the Lionel Gelber Prize
The Lionel Gelber Prize was founded in 1989 by Canadian diplomat Lionel Gelber. A cash prize of $15,000 is awarded to the winner. The award is presented annually by the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy at the University of Toronto, in partnership with Foreign Policy Magazine.
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K-State DB on Jim Thorpe Award watch list
MANHATTAN, Kan. (WIBW) - Kansas State senior cornerback Julius Brents was one of 35 players in college football named to the watch list for the 2022 Jim Thorpe Award on Monday.
The award, which is presented to the nation’s best defensive back every year, featured three Big 12 players on this year’s initial list. Brents was also a preseason All-Big 12 pick for 2022 after earning honorable mention accolades following last year’s campaign.
K-State has a long history with the Jim Thorpe Award, which includes 2002 winner Terence Newman, while Chris Canty was a finalist in both 1995 and 1996. Additionally, Jaime Mendez (1993), Nigel Malone (2011 and 2012) and Ty Zimmerman (2013) were each semifinalists.
Brents, who transferred from Iowa before the start of the 2021 season, started all 13 games for the Wildcats last year, totaling 49 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, and an interception. He will kick off his senior season on September 3rd at Bill Snyder Family Stadium against South Dakota.
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Border Patrol agents find migrants smuggled inside toolboxes
EL PASO, Texas (Gray News) - U.S. Border Patrol agents in Texas say they have disrupted multiple human smugglings over the last week, with the most significant occurring in El Paso.
Border Patrol agents assigned to the Ysleta Station checkpoint report they encountered a black Chevrolet Silverado truck on Texas Highway 62/180 East on June 30.
According to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, agents were alerted by a K-9 during a routine immigration inspection.
Officials said the driver was a U.S. citizen and sent to a secondary inspection. He admitted he had a personal amount of marijuana and a handgun pistol. Agents questioned the driver on the content inside two toolboxes in the back of the truck, but the driver said no keys were available to the boxes.
The CBP reports the driver was arrested, and agents were able to open the toolboxes. Three men from Honduras were found inside the oxygen-restricted containers without any means to escape.
“Endangering human lives by using dangerous and despicable smuggling tactics is the modus operandi of transnational criminal organizations. Many times, smuggled migrants are locked in confined spaces with restricted oxygen,” said El Paso Sector Chief Patrol Agent Gloria I. Chavez.
Officials said the smuggled migrants were medically evaluated and found in good health, with the driver remaining in custody and charged with conspiracy to transport.
“I am extremely proud of the actions of our El Paso Sector Border Patrol agents as they often encounter high-risk situations, where if not for their dedication and intervention, these events would turn into tragedies,” Chavez said.
Officials said the team welcomes assistance from the community, and suspicious activity can be reported to the U.S. Border Patrol by calling 1-800-635-2509.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California, which has a economy larger than all but four countries and where much of the world’s technological innovation is born, on Wednesday became the first state to formally begin examining how to broadly adapt to cryptocurrency and related innovations.
Following a path laid out by President Joe Biden in March, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order for state agencies to move in tandem with the federal government to craft regulations for digital currencies. It also calls for officials to explore incorporating broader blockchain computer coding into the government operations.
Evolving blockchain and cryptocurrency technology “is potentially an explosive creator of new companies and new jobs and new opportunities,” said Dee Dee Myers, a senior advisor to Newsom and director of the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development.
“So there are a lot of opportunities,” she said. “There’s also a lot of unknowns in the industry and so that’s another reason we want to engage early.”
Newsom’s order says the state — home to Silicon Valley and financial innovators like PayPal and Square — should be out front in figuring out how to adapt to new technologies.
“Too often government lags behind technological advancements, so we’re getting ahead of the curve on this, laying the foundation to allow for consumers and business to thrive,” Newsom, a Democrat, said in a statement.
California has about 39 million residents and its economy is more than $3.1 trillion, larger than the United Kingdom and India. Newsom said his order is a step toward making it the nation’s first state “to establish a comprehensive, thoughtful, and harmonized regulatory and business environment for crypto assets.”
Cryptocurrencies, which are built on blockchain database technology, have exploded in popularity in recent years. About 16% of U.S. adults have invested in, traded, or used cryptocurrencies and the percentage is much higher among younger men. Biden’s executive order in part asks the Federal Reserve to consider whether it should create its own digital currency.
Blockchain creates the underlying transparency of a decentralized but publicly viewable ledger. The technology can also be used to record other types of information, such as property records. The records are held on many computers that together form a global network so that no one and no institution can control them.
There is heavy disagreement about the legitimacy of cryptocurrency, even among some of the world’s richest people. Elon Musk is an avid supporter of dogecoin while Warren Buffet recently said he wouldn’t pay $25 for all of the world’s bitcoin, the most popular cryptocurrency. Each bitcoin is currently valued at about $38,000 but fluctuates wildly.
California’s approach will help to legitimize the technology and bring it into the mainstream, said cryptocurrency skeptic Hilary Allen, a financial regulation professor at American University in Washington, D.C. But she doesn’t think it’s the best approach for the state and its residents.
She said private investors are most likely to benefit, while state government should seek simpler technological solutions rather than turning to technology that “is by its very nature complex and inefficient.”
“While this approach will create more of a market for crypto … it is unlikely to produce the best outcomes for users of public services in California,” Allen said.
California may be first to try to develop a comprehensive approach, but Ohio was the first to attempt to accept virtual currency for government services in 2018, though the program was soon discontinued because few people used it.
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, also a Democrat, said in February that his state would begin accepting cryptocurrency for government services later this year.
California lawmakers are among many around the the U.S. who have offered related legislation. But a bill by Democratic Sen. Sydney Kamlager to allow California to accept crypto assets for state services failed in its first committee this year and a similar bill by Republican Assemblyman Jordan Cunningham is stalled.
Similar measures have been introduced in Arizona, Wyoming and other states.
Despite the potential pitfalls of cryptocurrency, Newsom’s order says California should take the lead in figuring out how to adapt to the technological evolution.
His order builds on a July 2020 report by the California Blockchain Working Group, which examined the use of blockchain along with its risks and benefits.
California that same year created a new Department of Financial Protection and Innovation from what had been the Department of Business Oversight, with a goal of evaluating emerging risks and opportunities while protecting consumers.
Newsom’s order calls for the department to develop guidelines for disclosures by companies when they offer financial products and services related to cryptocurrencies. It will also provide guidelines for state-chartered banks and credit unions regarding crypto-related products.
The department will respond to consumer complaints, work with crypto companies to resolve consumer complaints and take enforcement action when needed. It will also publish consumer education materials, including advice on avoiding crypto-related scams and frauds.
Newsom’s order directs a separate agency to solicit proposals for how best to use blockchain to help the state and the public.
“It is critical that we engage early with industry and start learning the pros and cons of innovative technology early,” said Amy Tong, secretary of California’s Government Operations Agency. “We can take the next steps towards getting ahead of the curve and harnessing potential of these tools to make government better.” | https://cw33.com/technology/ap-technology/california-moves-to-embrace-cryptocurrency-and-regulate-it/ | 2022-05-05T05:09:41Z |
ALBANY — Fifteen schools sent competitors to the Westover Relays track and field meet Friday afternoon at Hugh Mills Stadium in Albany and host Westover took home the top team spot for the girls while Vidalia ran away with the boys victory.
Lee County finished second for the girls and Monroe took second for the boys.
It was all about speed for Westover. Westover speedster Madison Mitchell took first place in both the 100-meter and 200-meter races and the Lady Patriots also took top honors in the 400 and the 1,600 relay races. But it wasn't just Mitchell.
The Lady Patriots had three of the top six finishers in both the 100 and the 200. Finishing second in the 100 behind teammate Mitchell was Jatoria Mcgee, who also finished fourth in the 200. Taylor Singleton put points on the board for the Lady Patriots with a sixth-place finish in the 100 and Symaurie Figueroa did the same in the 200.
The Lady Patriots edged Lee County in the 400 relay and the 1,600 relay and Westover finished second behind Monroe in the 800 relay and second behind Vidalia in the 3,200 relay.
Lee County's Sarah Head won the 400, two-tenths of a second ahead of Monroe's Eve Craig, who finished slightly ahead of Westover's Kennedy Ingram. In the 800, the top two spots went to Vidalia's Sarah Owen and Kaitlyn Allen. Monroe's Carmen Martin took third place for the Golden Tornadoes.
Vidalia took the top three spots in the 1,600 with Allen in first, Georgia Meredith second and Aleaha Ajohnda in third. Lee County's Emily Phillip finished fifth and Kali Nicholson finished seventh. Worth County's Alexia Sokolowski won the girls 3,200, with Lee County's Phillips in second and Nicholson in third. Emily Chung added points on the board for Westover finishing eighth in the 1,600 and fourth in the 3,200.
Vidalia's Kyleigh Johnson won the 100 hurdles with Za'Liah Howard of Worth County in second and Westover's Destiny Love in third. Monroe's Marianna Wright won the 300 hurdles with Johnson in second and Love in third.
For the boys, Lee County's Milt Prince, Jr. edged teammate Reginald Williams to win the 100 and then beat Vidalia's Brandon Beasley in the 200.
Monroe's Usir Bey edged Lee County's Josh Macklin to win the 400. Monroe's Tykerrius Washington took third and Johnny Cauly finished fifth. Dougherty's Austin placed fourth.
In the 800, Bainbridge runner Davonte Stepney finished first with Monroe's Marcus Cowart in second and Vidalia's Andrew Hodges in third. Macklin crossed fourth for the Trojans of Lee County.
Worth County's Eyan Zupko won the top spot in the 1,600 with Landon Watts of Bainbridge second and Hodges in third for Vidalia. Tim Ellis from Lee County finished fourth in the 1,600 but won the 3,200 run with Zupko in second.
Jace Weaver of Bainbridge took first place in the 100 hurdles in front of three racers from Vidalia. Westover's Isaiah Davis finished fifth. In the 300 hurdles, Jahlyn Madison of Vidalia took the top spot with Weaver of Bainbridge in second. Jaylen Adams of Monroe was the top local finisher in fourth place.
In the relays, Vidalia won the 400 and the 3,200 relay races, while Monroe won the 800 and the 1,600 relays. | https://www.albanyherald.com/sports/westover-girls-run-to-track-and-field-title-at-home-meet/article_b8dd8a14-bd42-11ec-9ca2-af40c3d5bfe3.html | 2022-04-16T10:38:08Z |
Matthew McConaughey reacts to school shooting in hometown of Uvalde
UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Actor Matthew McConaughey was born in Uvalde, Texas, where a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers on Tuesday. He responded by calling on Americans to act now to control an “epidemic” of mass shootings.
“Once again, we have tragically proven that we are failing to be responsible for the rights our freedoms grant us,” McConaughey posted on his social media accounts. “We cannot exhale once again, make excuses, and accept these tragic realities as the status quo.”
The actor doesn’t describe any specific laws or policies he wants adopted. He doesn’t mention gun control.
“As Americans, Texans, mothers and fathers, it’s time we re-evaluate,” he wrote. “We have to rearrange our values and find a common ground.”
“This is an epidemic we can control, and whichever side of the aisle we may stand on, we all know we can do better. We must do better. Action must be taken so that no parent has to experience what the parents in Uvalde and the others before them have endured.”
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DALLAS, July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- During the month of May, ACE Cash Express (ACE), a Populus Financial Group brand, raised $7,987 for Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) during ACE's annual fundraising event, the Give A Little Campaign. The money raised paid for 33,280 meals for children experiencing hunger. According to the World Food Programme, the food assistance branch of the United Nations, up to 828 million people went hungry in 2021 - 46 million people more than a year earlier and 150 million people more than 2019.
ACE employees not only raised money for FMSC, but also volunteered their time. During the packing session, our volunteers packed MannaPack meals that consisted of vitamins, rice, veggies, and protein. After two hours, our team packed 12,096 meals, enough to feed 33 children every day for a year.
"We are proud to support Feed My Starving Children," said Eric Norrington, Senior Vice President of Public Affairs for Populus Financial Group. "Thanks to our employees' hard-work and our customers' donations, children experiencing hunger will now have a meal to eat."
Feed My Starving Children was founded in 1987 and their mission is to feed every child until all are fed. The cost of one meal is less than 25 cents and allows a child to grow, thrive and develop to their full potential. Last year, FMSC produced over 398 million meals for children in need.
"We at Feed My Starving Children appreciate ACE Cash Express feeding kids through volunteering their time and by donating", said Hillary Coyle, Development Advisor at Feed My Starving Children. "Since FMSC meals are packed primarily by volunteers, ACE Cash Express has helped to empower communities around the world to move from relief to development."
Nationally, the 2022 Give A Little Campaign raised more than $164,000 for local chapters of charities across the country including AdoptAClassroom.org, Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation, American Red Cross, Autism Speaks, Back on My Feet, Feed My Starving Children, Feeding America's Local Food Banks and Homes For Our Troops. This fundraiser is a part of the ACE Community Fund, ACE's charitable-giving program, which has donated more than $16 million since its inception in 2004 to organizations in communities where ACE operates.
Populus Financial Group™ provides financial services through its family of brands including ACE Cash Express®, ACE Elite® Visa® Prepaid Debit Card, Flare Account® and Porte™. Populus Financial Group delivers a broad range of financial products and services including short-term consumer loans, card services, check cashing, money transfers, bill payments and money orders. Visit PopulusFinancial.com for more information.
Feeding kids. Feeding spirits. Empowering communities.
Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) believes hope starts with food. As a Christian nonprofit, FMSC is dedicated to seeing every child whole in body and spirit. FMSC meals are packed primarily by volunteers, then sent to a network of partner organizations that stay with communities for the long haul, empowering them to move from relief to development. FMSC MarketPlace™ supports local artisans, paying a fair wage for handcrafted goods and using the retail profits to fund more meals for kids around the world. Since our founding in 1987, FMSC has shipped over 3 billion meals to more than 100 countries. Learn more at fmsc.org.
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SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index: July performance 0.92%
Capital Movement Index: August net flows advance 0.12%
WINDSOR, Conn., Aug. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: SSNC) today announced that the gross return of the SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index for July 2022 measured 0.92%.
Hedge fund flows as measured by the SS&C GlobeOp Capital Movement Index advanced 0.12% in August.
"SS&C GlobeOp's Capital Movement Index rose 0.12% in August 2022, indicating positive net flows into funds. However, on a comparative basis, this increase was smaller than the 0.55% gain reported a year ago," said Bill Stone, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, SS&C Technologies. "The rate of capital flows into hedge funds has been trending upward for the past several years but has flattened somewhat in recent months in the current economic environment of higher inflation and interest rates."
SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index
The SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index is an asset-weighted, independent monthly window on hedge fund performance. On the ninth business day of each month it provides a flash estimate of the gross aggregate performance of funds for which SS&C GlobeOp provides monthly administration services on the SS&C GlobeOp platform. Interim and final values, both gross and net, are provided in each of the two following months, respectively. Online data can be segmented by gross and net performance, and by time periods. The SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index is transparent, consistent in data processing, and free from selection or survivorship bias. Its inception date is January 1, 2006.
The SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index offers a unique reflection of the return on capital invested in funds. It does not overstate exposure to, or the contribution of, any single strategy to aggregate hedge fund performance. Since its inception, the correlation of the SS&C GlobeOp Performance Index to many popular equity market indices has been approximately 25% to 30%. This is substantially lower than the equivalent correlation of other widely followed hedge fund performance indices.
SS&C GlobeOp Capital Movement Index
The SS&C GlobeOp Capital Movement Index represents the monthly net of hedge fund subscriptions and redemptions administered by SS&C GlobeOp on the SS&C GlobeOp platform. This monthly net is divided by the total assets under administration (AuA) for fund administration clients on the SS&C GlobeOp platform.
Cumulatively, the SS&C GlobeOp Capital Movement Index for August 2022 stands at 132.38 points, an increase of 0.12 points over July 2022. The Index has advanced 1.34 points over the past 12 months. The next publication date is September 14, 2022.
Published on the ninth business day of each month, the SS&C GlobeOp Capital Movement Index presents a timely and accurate view of investments in hedge funds on the SS&C GlobeOp administration platform. Data is based on actual subscriptions and redemptions independently calculated and confirmed from real capital movements, and published only a few business days after they occur. Following the month of its release, the Index may be updated for capital movements that occurred after the fifth business day.
About the SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Index®
The SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Index (the Index) is a family of indices published by SS&C GlobeOp. A unique set of indices by a hedge fund administrator, it offers clients, investors and the overall market a welcome transparency on liquidity, investor sentiment and performance. The Index is based on a significant platform of diverse and representative assets.
The SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Index is available at www.sscglobeopindex.com or through a link on the homepage of www.sscglobeop.com. Alert and RSS subscriber options are available at www.sscglobeop.com. Index Twitter comments: #HFindex.
The SS&C GlobeOp Capital Movement Index and the SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator provide monthly reports based on actual and anticipated capital movement data independently collected from all hedge fund clients for whom SS&C GlobeOp provides administration services on the SS&C GlobeOp platform.
The SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index is an asset-weighted benchmark of the aggregate performance of funds for which SS&C GlobeOp provides monthly administration services on the SS&C GlobeOp platform. Flash estimate, interim and final values are provided, in each of three months respectively, following each business month-end.
While individual fund data is anonymized by aggregation, the SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Index data will be based on the same reconciled fund data that SS&C GlobeOp uses to produce fund net asset values (NAV). Funds acquired through the acquisition of Citi Alternative Investor Services are integrated into the index suite starting with the January 2017 reporting periods. SS&C GlobeOp's total assets under administration on the SS&C GlobeOp platform represent approximately 10% of the estimated assets currently invested in the hedge fund sector. The investment strategies of the funds in the indices span a representative industry sample. Data for middle and back office clients who are not fund administration clients is not included in the Index, but is included in the Company's results announcement figures.
About SS&C Technologies
SS&C is a global provider of services and software for the financial services and healthcare industries. Founded in 1986, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut, and has offices around the world. Some 20,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the world's largest companies to small and mid-market firms, rely on SS&C for expertise, scale and technology.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Levi & Korsinsky, LLP notifies investors in NIO Inc. ("NIO" or the "Company") (NYSE: NIO) of a class action securities lawsuit.
CLASS DEFINITION: The lawsuit seeks to recover losses on behalf of NIO investors who were adversely affected by alleged securities fraud between March 1, 2021 and July 11, 2022. Follow the link below to get more information and be contacted by a member of our team:
NIO investors may also contact Joseph E. Levi, Esq. via email at jlevi@levikorsinsky.com or by telephone at (212) 363-7500.
CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that defendants made false statements and/or concealed that: (1) NIO pulled forward revenue by selling batteries to a related party, which owned the batteries and managed users' subscriptions; (2) through the related party, NIO also recognized enormous depreciation savings; (3) as a result of the foregoing, the Company's revenue and net loss were overstated; and (4) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
WHAT'S NEXT? If you suffered a loss in NIO during the relevant time frame, you have until October 24, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you are a class member, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket costs or fees. There is no cost or obligation to participate.
WHY LEVI & KORSINSKY: Over the past 20 years, the team at Levi & Korsinsky has secured hundreds of millions of dollars for aggrieved shareholders and built a track record of winning high-stakes cases. Our firm has extensive expertise representing investors in complex securities litigation and a team of over 70 employees to serve our clients. For seven years in a row, Levi & Korsinsky has ranked in ISS Securities Class Action Services' Top 50 Report as one of the top securities litigation firms in the United States.
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1/6 panel to interview Pa. governor nominee Mastriano
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pennsylvania’s Republican governor nominee Doug Mastriano is appearing Tuesday before the Jan. 6 committee investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection as the panel probes Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
Mastriano, who was outside the Capitol that day, helped organize efforts in Pennsylvania to submit alternate presidential electors beholden to Trump. He is one of two people expected to provide private interviews Tuesday before the committee, according to a person familiar with the situation who was granted anonymity to discuss it.
Committee chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson issued the subpoena for Mastriano back in February as the panel intensified its probe of the “fake electors” scheme, seeking documentation from him and others potentially involved and in close contact with Trump.
The committee “is seeking information about efforts to send false slates of electors to Washington and change the outcome of the 2020 election,” Thompson wrote. “We’re seeking records and testimony from former campaign officials and other individuals in various states who we believe have relevant information about the planning and implementation of those plans.”
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has also been in talks to testify on Tuesday, CNN and other outlets have reported.
Mastriano, a retired Army officer who beat out several candidates to emerge as the GOP nominee for governor in Pennsylvania, has been willing to talk to the committee, his attorney has said. He also spoke with the FBI last year and said he did not know about a planned insurrection, his lawyer has said.
The committee is working through August, deepening its work after blockbuster public hearings this summer that began to outline its investigation into Trump’s multi-pronged effort to reverse his election loss to Joe Biden and the subsequent storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
The scheme to compile alternative electors emerged as a last-ditch plan by Trump’s team to stop Biden’s victory when Congress met for the typical routine job of certifying the state election results.
Growing from Trump’s false claims of voter fraud, the fake electors strategy relied on having several battleground states that Biden won submit their tally for the defeated Republican president, rather than the Democratic winner, Biden.
Federal authorities earlier this summer issued subpoenas in several key battleground states across the nation to individuals in Arizona, Pennsylvania, Nevada, Georgia and other Republican officials potentially involved in the strategy to submit electors for Trump.
Prosecutors in Georgia are similarly probing Trump’s attempt to subvert the election results in that state.
The Justice Department has charged more than 800 people in the deadly Capitol riot and is investigating Trump’s actions in the run up and aftermath of the insurrection.
The Jan. 6 attack left at least nine people killed in the riot and its aftermath, including a Trump supporter shot by police and a police officer who died later.
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Golden Knights head into final stretch with goalie questions
W.G. RAMIREZ
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — With four games left in the regular season and the Vegas Golden Knights locked in a down-to-the-wire playoff push, the last thing they need is another goalie controversy. But after starting goaltender Robin Lehner missed practices Friday and Saturday, the team said he was taking maintenance days, and coach Peter DeBoer denied any knowledge of his veteran netminder agreeing to season-ending surgery. Rookie Logan Thompson could get the nod. Since March 17, Thompson is 8-3-0 with a .2.25 goals-against average. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/04/23/golden-knights-head-into-final-stretch-with-goalie-questions/ | 2022-04-24T03:18:32Z |
A Dutch soldier died in Indianapolis Sunday night after he and two others were wounded in a shooting this weekend at a hotel there, the Dutch Ministry of Defense said in a statement.
The soldier, a member of the Dutch Commando Corps whose name has not been released, had been listed in critical condition following the shooting early Saturday morning.
The conditions of two other soldiers also wounded in the incident remain unchanged, the ministry's statement said. "They are conscious and able to speak."
The soldiers were in Indiana for a training exercise when the shooting occurred outside the hotel where they were staying shortly before 4 a.m., according to authorities.
Officers responded to a Hampton Inn, where they found three men with gunshot wounds, police said in a news release, attributing the shooting to a "disturbance" which "occurred" between the victims and the suspect or suspects. The shooting occurred during the soldiers' off time, the Dutch Ministry of Defense said in an earlier release.
"Detectives do not believe this was a random act," police said.
The Dutch soldiers had been training at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, a 1,000-acre complex southeast of Indianapolis used for training by the Department of Defense "as well as other allies," the Indiana National Guard told CNN affiliate WISH in a statement.
The shooting remains under investigation. Authorities have reported no arrests in connection with the incident.
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CHICAGO, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The engineering firm Syska Hennessy Group and real estate owner Third Millennium Group have launched a holistic auditing program that measures four aspects of building performance: indoor air quality, building automation systems and telecommunications infrastructure, sustainability, and execution (workflows and use of data).
Syska's auditing team comprises experts in building automation systems, sustainability, and facilities management. The team conducted inaugural audits at two Third Millennium commercial properties in Chicago -- 540 West Madison and 300 South Riverside. Third Millennium, which shared the resulting "scorecards" with tenants, plans to repeat the process with Syska every year.
"Third Millennium understands that in today's competitive leasing environment, tenants care about multiple components of building performance; not just energy efficiency or technology," says Syska associate partner Tom Grimard. "A LEED, WiredScore, or WELL certification on its own is no longer sufficient to sway leasing decisions."
Celeste Villanueva, general manager at Third Millennium, reports that the firm is now applying lessons learned from the original audits. Although both properties earned excellent scores (one A and three A-minuses for 540 West; two As and two A-minuses for 300 South), Third Millennium is taking steps to improve the metrics. For instance, operations staff at both buildings are tracking kilowatt hours and water usage more closely and reviewing recycling initiatives with tenants.
"Now we have a scorecard to show tenants and investors, and a spreadsheet that guides our progress," she says. "Although we aced the test, we want to continue the momentum."
According to Christian Nazon, Syska senior associate, the auditing program represents a new model for engineers. As he notes, "Building operations today is a holistic enterprise. Energy tracking, for example, integrates with IoT applications. It's important to measure not only the quality of systems and infrastructure, but also the quality and depth of integrations."
Syska Hennessy Group is global engineering firm that specializes in MEP, information and communication technology (ICT), vertical transportation, and commissioning. With more than 500 professionals across 18 offices, the company provides a full range of engineering services for projects of every size and budget. Since 1928, Syska has been designing smarter, safer, and more efficient buildings by integrating essential systems that respond and adapt to a changing world.
Third Millennium Properties is a private firm dedicated to investing alongside corporations and private funds in the purchase, management, and growth of real estate portfolios and corporate buy-outs. The firm acquires best-in-class/best-in-submarket properties with unique opportunities for creating added value using the Third Millennium's time-tested asset repositioning strategy.
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Savoy, the leading African American business and lifestyle magazine, announces its most prestigious list to date of the Most Influential Black Executives in Corporate America in its summer issue, available at SavoyNetwork.com and Amazon.
ATLANTA, July 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Savoy magazine announced its 2022 Most Influential Black Executives in Corporate America listing in the upcoming summer issue. Savoy's Most Influential Black Executives in Corporate America is the definitive listing of African American executives, influencers and achievers impacting corporate America.
"Savoy is proud to present the 2022 Most Influential Black Executives in Corporate America. In this issue, we assembled an elite representation of African American men and women who have been recognized for their executive and business leadership in national and global-leading corporations," said L.P. Green, II, Publisher of Savoy magazine. "These innovative trailblazers have led efforts to foster growth for some of the country's highest-performing companies throughout and beyond the U.S. market."
Savoy's summer issue features a cover story on Marvin Ellison, Chairman and CEO of Lowe's Companies, Inc. Under Ellison's leadership, Lowe's has supported many diverse small business owners before and during the pandemic. Lowe's commitment to investing $9 million to select schools and scholarship programs to help underrepresented students. Lowe's announced that full- and part-time employees are eligible to enroll in over 50 academic programs at 23 universities and education providers to obtain undergraduate degrees.
The selection of the Most Influential Black Executives in Corporate America begins by examining the spheres of influence impacting Savoy's readership including: corporate sector influence, scholastic achievement, career growth, community outreach and recognition. The information received from over 500 prospective candidates in diverse fields was pre-screened by the selection committee.
The selection committee includes the Savoy editorial board and community leaders with representatives from the academic and business arenas. The committee reviewed information on executives in human resources, information, real estate, finance, investment banking, diversity, foundations, procurement, business development, marketing, sales, healthcare, manufacturing and legal. After reviewing all the profiles, the field of candidates were narrowed to the 2022 Most Influential Black Executives in Corporate America listing based upon their exemplary record of accomplishments and influence while working to better their community and inspire others.
Savoy's full 2022 Most Influential Black Executives in Corporate America listing is available online, as of July 18, 2022, exclusively at savoynetwork.com. Print editions of the summer issue of Savoy magazine are available for purchase online through Amazon and savoynetwork.com/shop.
Savoy magazine is a national publication covering the power, substance and style of African American lifestyle. From entertainment to sports, business to politics, design to style, Savoy is a cultural catalyst for the African American community that showcases and drives positive dialogue on and about Black culture. Savoy is published quarterly and distributed via subscriptions and newsstands worldwide.
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MEXICO CITY, July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Grupo Comercial Chedraui, S.A.B. de C.V. reports its 2022 second quarter results. All figures in this report are shown in nominal terms and reported in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
Quarter Highlights:
- +78.5% consolidated sales growth in Q2'22
- +16.2% same store sales increase in Mexico vs. ANTAD's 10.5% increase
- +12.0% same store sales increase in the US
- +90.8% consolidated EBITDA in Q2'22, +23.5% on a comparable basis, with a 54 bp margin expansion
- +78.9% consolidated Net Income growth
- Reported leverage ratio: 0.54x in Q2'22
CONSOLIDATED RESULTS FOR THE SECOND QUARTER 2022
The following chart summarizes the Income Statement in million pesos for the second quarter of 2022. The margin for each figure represents its ratio to net sales and the comparison to the same period in 2021.
Comments from Mr. Antonio Chedraui, CEO of Grupo Comercial Chedraui
"We have reached the middle of the year by closing another quarter with excellent results. In Mexico, we continue to widen the gap between our growth and that of the market by offering a differentiated and attractive value proposition to the customer. The second quarter benefited from an inflationary environment and economic growth in the tourist regions of our country in which we participate. Applying the same commercial strategy, we achieved outstanding growth in the United States, with strong performance in all three of our formats. At the same time, our operational discipline gave us the ability to expand the Company's profitability, improve margins and strengthen our financial position. We look forward to the second half of the year with great enthusiasm and are preparing to close an unprecedented year in terms of growth and profitability in all the regions and formats in which we operate."
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SUZHOU, China, June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Transcenta Holding Limited ("Transcenta") (HKEX: 06628), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company with fully-integrated capabilities in discovery, research, development and manufacturing of antibody-based therapeutics, announces that clinical data for the dose-escalation part of the Phase I study of TST001 in combination with CAPOX as the first line treatment of advanced and metastatic G/GEJ cancer has been published on the ASCO's website: https://conferences.asco.org/am/attend.
The data showed that TST001 in combination with CAPOX as the first line treatment of patients with advanced and metastatic G/GEJ cancer is well tolerated and encouraging preliminary anti-tumor activities have been observed. The recruitment for the current cohort is ongoing, and the safety and efficacy of the combination of TST001+CAPOX as first line treatment for patients with advanced and metastatic G/GEJ cancer will be further evaluated.
TST001(Claudin18.2)
Abstract Number: 4062
Session Date and Time: June 4, 2022, 8:00 AM-11:00 AM CDT
Title: A Phase I Study of TST001, a High Affinity Humanized Anti-Claudin18.2 Monoclonal Antibody, in Combination with Capecitabine and Oxaliplatin (CAPOX) as a First Line Treatment of Advanced G/GEJ Cancer
First author: Professor Jifang Gong, Peking University Cancer Hospital and Research Institute
Presentation Format: Poster
The study aimed to evaluate the safety, tolerability and preliminary efficacy of TST001 in combination with CAPOX as the first line treatment of patients with advanced G/GEJ cancer. (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04495296). Chinese patients with advanced G/GEJ cancer who had not received prior systemic treatment were enrolled regardless of Claudin18.2 expression in the dose escalation phase following 3+3 design; the safety and efficacy profile was being further evaluated in the dose expansion phase.
As of April 5, 2022, 14 patients had been dosed with TST001 at 1, 3, 6 or 8 mg/kg plus CAPOX Q3W in the dose escalation phase, and 12 patients at 6 mg/kg Q3W in the expansion phase. No subject experienced dose-limiting toxicity. Treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs) were mostly grade 1-2, including nausea, hypoalbuminemia, anemia, vomiting, and AST increased. Among the 9 subjects in the dose-escalation phase without Claudin18.2 selection who had measurable lesions and had received at least one posttreatment tumor assessments, 5 achieved partial response and 3 achieved stable disease as the best overall response per RECIST1.1.
"Claudin18.2 has been validated as a novel target and promising anti-tumor activity has been observed in the phase II FAST clinical trial of IMAB362." said Professor Lin Shen from Beijing Cancer Hospital. "According to efficacy and safety results from trials thus far, TST001 showed manageable safety profile and encouraging anti-tumor activities in Claudin18.2 expressing treatment naïve gastric cancer patients. I am looking forward to further evaluating this combo therapy in a randomized global multi-center phase III registration trial in Claudin18.2 positive gastric cancer patients."
"From the dose-escalation phase, we are very pleased to show that TST001 is well tolerated and displayed encouraging clinical response in combination with chemotherapy in Claudin18.2 unselected first line gastric cancer patients." said Dr. Michael Shi, EVP, Head of Global R&D and CMO of Transcenta. "We will continue to evaluate the safety and efficacy of this combination and plan to initiate a multi-center global registration enabling trial in Claudin18.2 positive first line gastric cancer patients. The development will be supported by our proprietary Claudin18.2 companion diagnostic kit being developed in parallel and strong in-house CMC capabilities. We believe that TST001 in combination with chemotherapy could provide a novel option for the treatment of Claudin18.2 positive gastric cancer patients globally."
About TST001
TST001 is a high affinity humanized anti-Claudin18.2 monoclonal antibody with enhanced antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) and complement-dependent cytotoxicity (CDC) activities and potent anti-tumor activities in tumor xenograft models. TST001 is the second Claudin18.2 targeting antibody therapeutic candidate being developed globally. TST001 is generated using Transcenta's Immune Tolerance Breaking Technology (IMTB) platform. TST001 kills Claudin18.2 expressing tumor cells by mechanisms of antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) and complement-dependent cytotoxicity (CDC). Leveraging advanced bioprocessing technology, the fucose content of TST001 was significantly reduced during the production, which further enhanced NK cells mediated ADCC activity of TST001. Clinical trials for TST001 are ongoing in China and US (NCT04396821, NCT04495296/CTR20201281). TST001 was granted Orphan Drug Designation in the US by FDA for the treatment of patients with gastric cancer or gastroesophageal junction (GC/GEJ).
About Transcenta Holding Limited
Transcenta (HKEX: 06628) is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company with fully integrated capabilities in antibody-based biotherapeutics discovery, research, development and manufacturing.
Transcenta has established global footprint, with Headquarters and Discovery, Clinical and Translational Research Center in Suzhou, Process and Product Development Center and Manufacturing Facility in Hangzhou, and Clinical Development Centers in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou in China and in Princeton, US, and External Partnering Center in Boston and Los Angeles, US. Transcenta has also initiated the construction of the Group Headquarters and the second high-end biopharmaceutical facility with ICB as its core technology in Suzhou Industrial Park. Transcenta is developing ten therapeutic antibody molecules for oncology and selected non-oncology indications including bone and kidney disorders.
For more information, please visit www.transcenta.com and https://www.linkedin.com/company/transcenta.
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Florida man had live gator, guns and drugs in his truck, sheriff’s office says
COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. (CNN) - Sheriff’s deputies arrested a man who they said had an interesting assortment of illegal items in his truck - guns, drugs and a live alligator.
According to a press release from the sheriff’s office, deputies recognized the driver, Michael Marolla, from “previous encounters” as having a suspended license.
Deputies said when they pulled Marolla over Friday, they found drugs and two firearms inside the truck. Then, in the bed of the pickup, they found an open plastic tub with a baby alligator in it.
The sheriff’s office notified Florida’s Fish and wildlife Conservation Commission about the gator.
Marolla was charged with drug possession and carrying concealed firearms. He was released on bond Saturday and is set to appear in court on May 2.
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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP ("GPM") announces that investors with substantial losses have opportunity to lead the securities fraud class action lawsuit against Apyx Medical Corporation ("Apyx" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: APYX).
Class Period: May 12, 2021 – March 11, 2022
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: August 5, 2022
If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff of the Apyx lawsuit, you can submit your contact information at www.glancylaw.com/cases/apyx-medical-corporation-1/. 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 a significant number of Apyx's Advanced Energy products were used for off-label indications; (2) that such off-label uses led to an increase in the number of medical device reports filed by Apyx reporting serious adverse events; (3) that, as a result, the Company was reasonably likely to incur regulatory scrutiny; (4) that, as a result of the foregoing, the Company's financial results would be adversely impacted; and (5) that, as a result of the foregoing, Defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
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WASHINGTON, May 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is warning consumers about the dangers associated with BabyRescue Rapid Evacuation Devices. CPSC urges consumers to immediately dispose of the products, sold by Safety International LLC, due to the risk the product will break during use, creating a serious fall hazard for children.
The product is a one-time use evacuation bag, designed to lower infants and small children from an upper floor in an emergency. CPSC staff's evaluation of the products determined that the bag could detach from the grip-line while in use, posing a fall hazard to the child inside the bag.
The product is stored in a zip-up carrying bag with "BABYRESCUE" printed on the outside. The evacuation bag, which is located inside of the carrying bag, has "BABYRESCUE" printed vertically on the outside. The device is sold in red, orange and white colors and has a 60-foot yellow grip-line that is attached to the bag. Some products may contain a small, white "Made in China" tag located along the inside seam of the evacuation bag near the mesh material, while others do not. The evacuation bag is not intended for children who weigh more than 75 pounds.
CPSC is not aware of any incidents involving the BabyRescue Rapid Evacuation Device.
Safety International agreed to a stop sale of these evacuation devices in December 2021, but the firm has not agreed to an acceptable recall. Consumers are encouraged to report any incidents involving BabyRescue Rapid Evacuation Devices or similar products to CPSC at www.saferproducts.gov. CPSC is contacting known sellers and urges secondhand sellers not to sell the products.
BabyRescue Rapid Evacuation Devices were sold directly to consumers online at www.mybabyrescue.com, www.amazon.com, www.walmart.com, www.kmart.com, www.sears.com, and additional online retailers after 2010 to December 2021 for about $120.
About the U.S. CPSC
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risk of injury or death associated with the use of thousands of types of consumer products. Deaths, injuries, and property damage from consumer product-related incidents cost the nation more than $1 trillion annually. CPSC's work to ensure the safety of consumer products has contributed to a decline in the rate of injuries associated with consumer products over the past 50 years.
Federal law prohibits any person from selling products subject to a Commission ordered recall or a voluntary recall undertaken in consultation with the CPSC.
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TORONTO, Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Gamelancer Gaming Corp. (CSE: GMNG) (OTCQB: WDRGF) (FRA: 64Q) ("Gamelancer" or the "Company"), a mobile-focused entertainment company providing brands access to the global gaming audience through its owned and operated channels, is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with Sony Music Entertainment division, Artista Records featuring Gamelancer curated content integrated with Arista recording artist Disco Lines, to be hosted across the Gamelancer TikTok & Instagram networks respectively.
Arista recording artist Disco Lines song "Baby Girl" to be integrated with Gamelancer influencer content across Gamelancer's owned and operated TikTok and Instagram Reels channels, namely @Gaming, @Gamer, @Gamelancer on TikTok and @Gamelancer & @Gaming on Instagram.
"Our clients engage Gamelancer to curate campaigns across our network providing them access the GenZ and Millennial audience, who increasingly consume media on social platforms such as TikTok & Instagram, rather than watching linear television broadcasts. The youth and young adult demographic simply do not watch TV like generations before them did, and as brands and agencies endeavor to understand the preferences of their younger consumers and where to engage them, Gamelancer provides an authentic and reliable platform for brands to advertise across over 33 channels on TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat." Jon Dwyer, Chairman & CEO – Gamelancer Gaming Corp
Acquired by Wondr Gaming, Gamelancer Gaming Corp. is a growing mobile-focused social media network in gaming - generating over 1.8 billion monthly video views across its 33 owned and operated channels. With over 29,800,000 followers on TikTok, Instagram, and Snapchat, predominantly located in the US, Canada, the UK, and Australia, Gamelancer sells direct and programmatic media across its network to the world's largest brands. With advanced user data analytics, we provide our audience curated content relevant to the GenZ & Millennial gaming community, which allows brands unparalleled access to the largest media inventory in gaming across TikTok, Instagram, and Snapchat. Gamelancer also monetizes across its variety of Snapchat Discover channels with monthly recurring revenue in partnership with Snapchat.
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WASHINGTON (Nexstar) — Congress is working to implement stricter guidelines to protect children’s safety and privacy online.
Senators say big tech and social media companies are a danger to our children.
“Using its black box algorithms to drive destructive content to children. Content about the self-harm, substance abuse, bullying, addiction,” said Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.).
On Wednesday, a Senate committee worked on two pieces of legislation aimed at protecting children online. The Kids Online Safety Act is co-sponsored by Blumenthal and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.).
The Senators worked with parents who told them they became more concerned about their children’s online privacy and safety when the pandemic hit.
“They began to see that the enemy wasn’t always outside the home, many times it was inside the four walls of the home and it was coming at their child off of a device,” Blackburn said.
The bill would crack down on sites and apps aimed at kids, requiring default settings for children under 16, setting rules for how and where children’s data can be shared and limiting how much time kids can spend on a platform.
It would also give parents and minors more control.
“It provides them with tools, options safeguards to disable the addictive features, to disarm the algorithms and protect their information,” Blumenthal said.
A third bill, the American Data Privacy Protection Act, would enact stricter privacy protection rules for children and adults. All of the bills have bipartisan support. | https://cw33.com/news/washington-dc-bureau/bipartisan-bill-aims-to-protect-kids-online/ | 2022-07-27T21:47:06Z |
WASHINGTON, May 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Four astronauts who launched on NASA's SpaceX Crew-2 mission, the second commercial crew rotation to the International Space Station, will be available for interviews at 4:30 p.m. CDT Monday, May 16, at Space Center Houston.
Astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur of NASA, Akihiko Hoshide of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), and Thomas Pesquet of ESA (European Space Agency) will be at the visitor center to share highlights from their mission with the public at 5:30 p.m.
Reporters must request an in-person interview no later than noon Monday, May 16, by emailing Dana Davis at dana.l.davis@nasa.gov. Requests for remote interviews cannot be supported.
NASA's SpaceX Crew-2 mission launched in April 2021 to the International Space Station and splashed down in November 2021. It was the second flight of a NASA-certified commercial human spacecraft flown as part of the agency's Commercial Crew Program. The astronauts traveled 84,653,119 statute miles during their 199 days in orbit (198 of which were spent aboard the station). They completed 3,194 orbits around Earth, and conducted hundreds of experiments ranging from growing chile peppers and cotton to tracking microbes and studying tardigrades, tiny animals also called "water bears."
The crew also tested new technologies in robotics and augmented reality, and captured imagery of Earth to support research of our changing home planet. They also completed several spacewalks to upgrade the station's solar arrays and saw various crew and cargo spacecraft arrive and depart.
Stay current on space station activities by following @space_station and @ISS_Research on Twitter, as well as the station Facebook and Instagram accounts and the space station blog.
Learn more about the event and Space Center Houston, 1601 NASA Parkway, the official visitor center for NASA's Johnbson Space Center in Houston, at:
https://spacecenter.org/event/astronaut-crew-debrief/
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SAN RAMON, Calif., May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Techron®, the ground-breaking fuel additive brand from Chevron Products Company, a Chevron U.S.A. Inc. division, celebrates 40 years of industry dominance and numerous awards along the way as a bottled fuel additive.
From its first-ever bottled fuel additive debut in 1981, Techron continues to set the industry standard 40 years later in science-backed performance, protection and cleaning power. Currently, Techron boasts a wide-ranging portfolio of products for just about every gasoline-powered engine type – including cars, trucks, motorcycles, ATVs, boats and watercraft, outdoor power equipment and small engine machinery. Techron even provides unbeatable cleaning power with a specific product for diesel-powered vehicles.
"For more than 40 years, Chevron has been at the forefront of developing superior, high-performance fuel additives like Techron that are backed by rigorous testing and development by our industry-leading scientists," said Jim Smiley, consumer sector manager, Chevron Products Company. "From our flagship Techron® Complete Fuel System Cleaner to our more recent portfolio additions of Techron® Marine and Techron® Powersports & Small Engine, Techron continues to serve millions of customers with the unbeatable cleaning power for which it's known."
Historical milestones for the Techron bottled fuel additive over the past 40 years include:
- 1981: Techron® Concentrate debuts
- 1995: Techron's new formulation debuts to include performance enhancements for better intake valve deposit cleaning
- 2005: Techron® Concentrate Plus Fuel System Cleaner debuts
- 2015: Techron® Fuel Injector Cleaner debuts
- 2017: Techron® Diesel Fuel System Cleaner debuts
- 2018: Techron® Marine Fuel System Treatment and Techron® Powersports & Small Engine Fuel System Treatment debut
- 2019: Techron® High Mileage Fuel System Treatment debuts; Techron wins Autoweek Reader's Choice Award for Best Fuel Additive and Techron® Marine receives Top Product Award from Boating Industry Magazine
- 2021: Techron® Complete Fuel System Cleaner selected as Best Overall Fuel Injector Cleaner for 2022 by CNET RoadShow
"Forty years of excellence is a testament to the trust Techron instills in our customers and its key position as a premium fuel additive brand," said Bob Miles, senior manager, direct sales at Chevron Products Company. "We're proud to champion Techron's growth and innovation as the product line continues to evolve to meet the changing needs of the market, both for our customers that are new to the world of fuel additives and those who have been loyal users for decades. We look forward to the many future brand milestones ahead."
For more information, visit www.techronclean.com/40.
About Chevron Products Company
Chevron Products Company is a division of an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) headquartered in San Ramon, CA. A full line of lubrication and coolant products are marketed through this organization. Select brands include Havoline®, Delo®, Techron®, Chevron xpress lube® and Havoline xpress lube®.
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N. Idaho remains found in 1984 identified as Oklahoma man
GRANGEVILLE, Idaho (AP) — Officials in northern Idaho say skeletal remains found in 1984 have been positively identified as an Oklahoma man who went missing in 1982 in his mid-20s. The Idaho County Sheriff’s Office says DNA testing with potential family members found through a genealogy database led authorities on Monday to identify the remains of Roger Brian Bennett. Idaho authorities investigated an abandoned camp near Powell Ranger Station in 1983. Hunters in the fall of 1984 found skeletal remains about a mile from the campsite. No cause of death has been determined. But authorities say violence was likely involved because lenses from eyeglasses were found in two different places. | https://localnews8.com/news/ap-idaho/2022/04/13/n-idaho-remains-found-in-1984-identified-as-oklahoma-man/ | 2022-04-13T19:11:08Z |
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a time-saving tool for drying a vehicle, motorcycle or truck," said an inventor, from Missouri City, Texas, "so I invented the HEATED AUTOMOTIVE AIRBLOW DRYER. My design eliminates the need to kneel, stretch or bend and it ensures that no streaks or dried water marks are left behind."
The patent-pending invention provides an effective way to dry a freshly-washed vehicle. In doing so, it eliminates the need to use a towel or chamois. As a result, it helps to prevent smears and dried water markings and it saves time and effort. The invention features a portable design that is easy to use so it is ideal for vehicle owners.
The original design was submitted to the Houston sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-HOF-205, 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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Secret Service recovers $286M in stolen pandemic loans
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Secret Service said Friday that it has recovered $286 million in fraudulently obtained pandemic loans and is returning the money to the Small Business Administration.
The Secret Service said an investigation initiated by its Orlando office found that alleged conspirators submitted Economic Injury Disaster Loan applications by using fake or stolen employment and personal information and used an online bank, Green Dot, to conceal and move their criminal proceeds.
The agency worked with Green Dot to identify roughly 15,000 accounts and seize $286 million connected to the accounts.
“This forfeiture effort and those to come are a direct and necessary response to the unprecedented size and scope of pandemic relief fraud,” said Kevin Chambers, director for COVID-19 fraud enforcement at the Justice Department.
Billions have been fraudulently claimed through various pandemic relief programs — including Paycheck Protection Program loans, unemployment insurance and others that were rolled out in the midst of the worldwide pandemic that shutdown global economies for months.
In March, the Government Accountability Office reported that while agencies were able to distribute COVID-19 relief funds quickly, “the tradeoff was that they did not have systems in place to prevent and identify payment errors and fraud” due in part to “financial management weaknesses.”
As a result, the GAO has recommended several measures for agencies to prevent pandemic program fraud in the future, including better reporting on their fraud risk management efforts.
Since 2020, the Secret Service initiated more than 3,850 pandemic related fraud investigations, seized over $1.4 billion in fraudulently obtained funds and helped to return $2.3 billion to state unemployment insurance programs.
The latest seizure included a collaboration of efforts between Secret Service, the SBA’s Inspector General, DOJ and other offices.
Hannibal “Mike” Ware, the Small Business Administration’s inspector general, said the joint investigations will continue “to ensure that taxpayer dollars obtained through fraudulent means will be returned to taxpayers and fraudsters involved face justice.”
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SINGAPORE, July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- StoneX Group Inc. (Nasdaq: SNEX) today announced that it has launched its institutional credit offering in Asia, expanding the global debt capabilities of its fixed income group into the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. StoneX has established a fixed income sales and trading desk in Singapore, with expansion plans in Australia and Hong Kong, building on its successful practice of leveraging local expertise across more than 40 offices worldwide to offer clients unparalleled access to its products and services.
The Asia-based desk will provide APAC clients with robust trading and execution advisory services and cross-border facilitation across the entire credit spectrum. StoneX's global fixed income team has a breadth of product expertise ranging from emerging market, investment-grade, high yield down to distressed situations, and the new desk in Singapore will enable the firm to unlock the full potential of its global distribution network as well as serve clients on a 24-hour basis. Most importantly, through this new fixed income desk, StoneX will be able to maximize pockets of credit liquidity in these challenging times of volatile rates against an adverse macro backdrop.
Anthony Diciollo, Global Co-Head of Fixed Income for StoneX, commented, "Adding a strong fixed income offering in Asia is a significant step toward building a full-service, global, fixed income offering and advances our goal of providing global, 24-hour, fixed income trading. With the strength of our U.S. and EMEA offerings, it was a natural progression for us to utilize the geographical diversity of StoneX to further build in APAC. StoneX has a reputation for providing consistent liquidity across a robust array of fixed-income products and our new desk brings proven industry expertise that allows us to connect clients globally in a challenging market environment.
StoneX hired Robert Hong to lead the APAC fixed income desk. Robert brings extensive experience in the global credit markets, most recently having served as Managing Director for Cantor Fitzgerald overseeing their fixed income division in Singapore. Prior to joining Cantor Fitzgerald, Robert spent over twenty years with Deutsche Bank where he was responsible for Asia credit and emerging markets trading operations.
Greg Kallinikos, Chief Executive Officer of StoneX in Asia, added: "Our fixed income desk brings yet another product suite to the APAC region and emphasizes StoneX's commitment to regional specialization within a global product offering. In 2019, we significantly strengthened our footprint in Singapore with the launch of an Asia focused derivatives clearing and execution business. Our regional operations have since grown significantly in tandem with the Group's strengthening position in both wholesale and retail markets. The institutional credit offering is the latest in StoneX's expansion into the region, in keeping with the rollout of our trademark boots-on-the-ground perspective across global markets. We continue to leverage our decades of market expertise as well as the financial strength of StoneX Group, to unlock value for our clients and provide best-in-class service."
StoneX Group Inc., through its subsidiaries, connects clients with the global markets across a broad array of asset classes – providing execution, post-trade settlement, clearing and custody services through one trusted partner. Clients use its global financial services network to pursue trading opportunities, make investments, manage their market risk, and improve their performance. A publicly traded company (NASDAQ: SNEX) headquartered in New York City, StoneX Group Inc. and its 3,300 employees serve more than 52,000 commercial, institutional, and global payments clients, and 370,000 active retail accounts, from more than 40 offices spread across five continents.
For further information about StoneX, please visit: https://www.stonex.com/
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Sigma Beauty is launching 4 shades of nutrient-rich setting powders to nourish your skin and mattify your makeup.
NEW YORK, June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sigma Beauty is excited to announce the launch of the next major product in their complexion line, the Soft Focus Setting Powders. These powders are designed to mattify makeup, set foundation for lightweight, all-day wear, and absorb oils that can lead to unwanted shine. Each powder is infused with hyaluronic acid and vitamin E to keep your skin looking and feeling youthful and hydrated.
The Soft Focus Setting Powders are part of Sigma's Clean Beauty Program, meaning they're free of harsh chemicals and made with the clean, safe ingredients you and your skin love.
Launching with the Soft Focus Setting Powders are the F12 Setting Powder™ and the F24 All-Over Powder™, two new brushes designed to perfectly apply powder products.
"As we grow our color cosmetics assortment, we are investing heavily in complexion products," said Dr. Simone Xavier, Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer of Sigma. "Our success in clean color cosmetics started with our line of beloved 14-pan eyeshadow palettes. We have recently entered the complexion game with our Spectrum Color-Correcting Duos, which are already best-sellers in our assortment. We're expanding our complexion collection with our new Soft Focus Setting Powders; finely milled powders designed to create a velvety texture on the skin. We developed four shades, catering to a wide range of skin tones. We are excited to be a major player in the complexion game and can't wait for our clients to fall in love with this new addition."
Each Soft Focus Setting Powder retails for $32, the F12 Setting Powder™ retails for $28, and the F24 All-Over Powder™ retails for $30. Find them all at www.SigmaBeauty.com starting August 2, 2022.
Sigma Beauty was founded in 2009 by Brazilian power couple Dr. Simone Xavier, a veterinarian and professor with a PhD in Molecular Biology, and her husband Rene Xavier Filho, a civil engineer. Striving to find solutions in the market, Simone and Rene utilize their backgrounds in science to create innovative and revolutionary makeup brushes, brush care accessories, and clean cosmetics.
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For the second year in a row, Triangle Business Journal credits homebuilder for outstanding workplace culture and extensive employee programs
CARY, NC, July 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - For the second year in a row, the Triangle Business Journal has named Mattamy Homes as one of Raleigh/Durham's Best Places to Work.
- The Triangle's 50 Best Places to Work winners were chosen based on an employee-survey process conducted by Quantum Workplace.
- Once nominated, companies have to meet a threshold in employee participation – a percentage that varies based upon the size of the company – to be eligible to be honored.
- Companies receive the award because their organization received high marks in areas such as team effectiveness, trust with co-workers, manager effectiveness and work engagements.
"This recognition is especially rewarding and meaningful because it is driven by an employee survey and so is a true reflection of how our people feel about working at Mattamy and what makes this a special place to build a career," says Bob Wiggins, President of Mattamy's Raleigh Division. "We are honored to continually provide our employees with an environment where they can do their best work and a workplace culture they are proud to be part of and promote."
This year, the Journal is recognizing 50 businesses with local offices and operations in the Greater Triangle region, representing a variety of industries, including real estate, life sciences, legal, finance and technology.
"Employees are the lifeblood of any company," Triangle Business Journal Publisher and Market President Jason Christie said. "These 50 companies have demonstrated belief that happy employees produce successful and thriving businesses."
Honorees including Mattamy Homes will be featured in the Triangle Business Journal's August 26 Best Places to Work special edition, as well as online.
For more information, see the Triangle Business Journal's 2022 class of Best Places to Work award winners and the Mattamy Homes Careers page.
Mattamy Homes is the largest privately owned homebuilder in North America, with 40-plus years of history across the United States and Canada. Every year, Mattamy helps more than 8,000 families realize their dream of home ownership. In the United States, the company is represented in 11 markets – Dallas, Charlotte, Raleigh, Phoenix, Tucson, Jacksonville, Orlando (where its US head office is located), Tampa, Sarasota, Naples and Southeast Florida – and in Canada, its communities stretch across the Greater Toronto Area, as well as in Ottawa, Calgary and Edmonton. Visit www.mattamyhomes.com for more information.
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Memphis man, woman used stolen credit card to buy guns, police say
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC/Gray News) - Memphis police say a stolen credit card was used to buy several guns online.
According to police, the credit card was reported stolen on July 29, with $2,597 on the victim’s card charged for firearms to be picked up at Wilco Tactical in Arlington.
WMC reports on Aug. 1 that several suspects showed up at Wilco to pick up the firearms.
Instead of leaving with the five weapons, the pair left in handcuffs.
One of the suspects, 21-year-old Trya Hall, said Tarajae Dorsey recruited her to pick up the firearms because he was not 21. Hall told police she took another person with her to the gun store, 20-year-old Keveon Ware.
Hall is charged with criminal conspiracy to commit unlawful use of a credit debit card and criminal attempted theft of property, while Ware faces the same charges.
Dorsey told police that he bought the firearm online with credit card numbers he found in a purse. It’s unclear what charges he faces.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Monogram Health, the leading value-based specialty provider of in-home nephrology, primary care, and benefit management services for individuals with chronic kidney and end-stage renal disease, has hired Karen Abbott as Chief Administrative Officer and Chief Compliance Officer. Abbott brings more than three decades of experience to the roles, where she leads Monogram's human resources, legal, compliance and risk teams.
"Karen is a demonstrated leader, and her long history of supporting growth stage and private equity-backed health care companies underscores her sharp acumen for the complexities of our rapidly evolving industry," said Monogram Health CEO Mike Uchrin. "Karen has a keen understanding of the unique needs and dynamics among our patients, health plan partners, clinicians and employees. She will be a key leader in our daily efforts to transform the way care is delivered to Americans living with kidney disease."
A Nashville resident for more than 30 years, Abbott most recently served as Chief Legal Officer, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary at American Addiction Centers. While at AAC, she advised the company on all aspects of human resources, risk management and regulatory matters, while also managing operations, compliance, risk, and all legal functions for the treatment facilities and corporate office.
"Every day, Monogram's employees make a positive difference in the lives of people impacted by kidney disease," Abbott said. "I'm honored to contribute my expertise to support Monogram's mission and our colleagues nationwide as they deliver the highest-quality, evidence-based care in our patients' homes."
About Monogram Health
Monogram Health is a leading value-based provider of in-home nephrology, primary care, and benefit management services for individuals with chronic kidney and end-stage renal disease. The company deploys an innovative in-home care delivery model and technology-driven array of evidence-based clinical services, including complex case and disease management, utilization management, and medication therapy management to transform the way health care is delivered for those with kidney disease. This innovative model of care has been shown to dramatically improve patient outcomes and quality of life while reducing medical costs across the health care continuum. Based in Nashville, Tennessee, and privately held by Frist Cressey Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, and TPG Capital, Monogram Health has numerous value-based partnerships with leading health plans to care for patients across 34 states and all insurance products. To learn more about Monogram Health, please visit here.
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Kyle Cooksey, kyle.cooksey@monogramhealth.com, 615-510-6492
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WASHINGTON, May 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The CPSC announces today the following recalls are posted in cooperation with the firms listed below. Recalls can be viewed at www.cpsc.gov.
Winter Water Factory Recalls Infant French Terry Jumpsuits, Rompers, Snap Suits, Baby Dresses and Bibs Due to Choking and Laceration Hazards
https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2022/Winter-Water-Factory-Recalls-Infant-French-Terry-Jumpsuits-Rompers-Snap-Suits-Baby-Dresses-and-Bibs-Due-to-Choking-and-Laceration-Hazards
Linum Home Textiles Recalls Children's Robes Due to Violation of Federal Flammability Standards and Burn Hazard
https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2022/Linum-Home-Textiles-Recalls-Childrens-Robes-Due-to-Violation-of-Federal-Flammability-Standards-and-Burn-Hazard
Children's Robes Recalled Due to Burn Hazard; Imported by NewCosplay
https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2022/Childrens-Robes-Recalled-Due-to-Burn-Hazard-Imported-by-NewCosplay
Santa Cruz Bicycles Recalls Heckler 9 Electric Bicycles Due to Fall and Fire Hazards
https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2022/Santa-Cruz-Bicycles-Recalls-Heckler-9-Electric-Bicycles-Due-to-Fall-and-Fire-Hazards
WizWheelz Recalls GreenSpeed Magnum Recumbent Trikes with Quick Release Axles Due to Crash and Injury Hazards
https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2022/WizWheelz-Recalls-GreenSpeed-Magnum-Recumbent-Trikes-with-Quick-Release-Axles-Due-to-Crash-and-Injury-Hazards
BIBS Baby Bottles Recalled Due to Burn Hazard; Manufactured by BIBS Denmark ApS
https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2022/BIBS-Baby-Bottles-Recalled-Due-to-Burn-Hazard-Manufactured-by-BIBS-Denmark-ApS
About the U.S. CPSC
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risk of injury or death associated with the use of thousands of types of consumer products. Deaths, injuries, and property damage from consumer product-related incidents cost the nation more than $1 trillion annually. CPSC's work to ensure the safety of consumer products has contributed to a decline in the rate of injuries associated with consumer products over the past 50 years.
Federal law prohibits any person from selling products subject to a Commission ordered recall or a voluntary recall undertaken in consultation with the CPSC.
For lifesaving information:
- Visit CPSC.gov.
- Sign up to receive our e-mail alerts.
- Follow us on Facebook, Instagram @USCPSC and Twitter @USCPSC.
- Report a dangerous product or a product-related injury on www.SaferProducts.gov.
- Call CPSC's Hotline at 800-638-2772 (TTY 301-595-7054).
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Police looking for man who tried to record girl in Hawaii high school bathroom
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow/Gray News) – Police in Hawaii are looking for a man who they say tried to record video of a high school girl using the restroom.
According to Honolulu police, the man followed the student into the restroom at Punahou School last week.
Surveillance footage from the school shows the man loitering at the bottom of a staircase before walking up the stairs.
Upon being noticed, the man ran away, the school said.
Punahou School security said it filed a police report and warned students to be alert. Surveillance footage was also sent to families on Tuesday.
An investigation is ongoing.
Anyone with information is asked to contact police or make an anonymous tip to Punahou Security’s Helpline by calling (844) 513-8110.
Copyright 2022 HawaiiNewsNow via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | https://www.mysuncoast.com/2022/07/13/police-looking-man-who-tried-record-girl-hawaii-high-school-bathroom/ | 2022-07-13T22:43:38Z |
Ukraine piles pressure on retreating Russian troops
KHARKIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian troops piled pressure on retreating Russian forces on Tuesday, pressing a counteroffensive that has produced major gains and a stunning blow to Moscow’s military prestige.
It was not yet clear if the Ukrainian blitz in the northeast after months of little discernible movement could signal a turning point in the nearly seven-month war. But the country’s officials were buoyant, releasing footage showing their forces burning Russian flags and inspecting abandoned charred tanks. In one video, border guards tore down a poster that read, “We are one people with Russia.”
Momentum has switched back and forth before, and Ukraine’s American allies, for one, were careful not to declare a premature victory since Russian President Vladimir Putin still has troops and resources to tap.
Still, the Kremlin struggled to respond to the defeat, its largest since its forces abandoned a botched attempt to capture Kyiv early in the war.
Late Monday, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his troops have retaken more than 6,000 square kilometers (2,300 square miles) — an area more than twice the size of Luxembourg — in a matter of weeks.
“The movement of our troops continues,” he said.
In the latest claim, Ukraine’s border guard services said the army took control of Vovchansk — a town just 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Russia seized on the first day of the war.
While every individual claim of military success could not be verified, Russia acknowledged that it has withdrawn troops from areas in the northeastern region of Kharkiv in recent days.
Reports of chaos abounded as Russian troops pulled out — as well as claims that they were surrendering en masse. Ukraine officials have said they have captured so many soldiers that they are struggling to house them. The claim could not be immediately verified.
Ukrainian Deputy Minister of Defense Hanna Maliar said Kyiv is trying to persuade even more Russian soldiers to give up, launching shells filled with flyers ahead of their advance.
“Russians use you as cannon fodder. Your life doesn’t mean anything for them. You don’t need this war. Surrender to Armed Forces of Ukraine,” the flyers read.
In one indication of the blow sustained by Moscow, British intelligence said that one premier force, the 1st Guards Tank Army, had been “severely degraded” during the invasion and that “Russia’s conventional force designed to counter NATO is severely weakened. It will likely take years for Russia to rebuild this capability.”
The retreat didn’t stop Russia from pounding Ukrainian positions, however. Early Tuesday, it shelled the city of Lozova in the Kharkiv region, killing three people and injuring nine, said regional governor Oleh Syniehubov.
And Ukrainian officials said Russia kept up shelling around Europe’s largest nuclear facility, where fighting has raised fears of a nuclear disaster. The Nikopol area, which is across the Dnieper River from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, was shelled six times during the night but no injuries were immediately reported, said regional governor Valentyn Reznichenko.
Strikes have also continued unabated on the city of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest and one that has been hammered by artillery for months.
Zelenskyy specifically criticized Russia for targeting energy infrastructure in its attacks over the past days. “Hundreds and thousands of Ukrainians found themselves in the dark — without electricity. Houses, hospitals, schools, communal infrastructure … sites that have absolutely nothing to do with the infrastructure of the armed forces of our country.”
He said it could only point to one thing. “This is a sign of the desperation of those who contrived this war. This is how they react to the defeat of Russian forces in the Kharkiv region. They can’t do anything to our heroes on the battlefield.”
The counteroffensive has provoked rare public criticism of Putin’s war. Meanwhile, some of its defenders in Russia played down the idea that the success belonged to Ukraine, blaming instead Western weapons and fighters for the losses.
“It’s not Ukraine that attacked Izium, but NATO,” read a headline in the state-supported Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper, referring to one of the areas where Russia said it has withdrawn troops.
Elsewhere, residents of a Russian village just across the border from Ukraine were evacuated after shelling by Ukrainian troops killed one person, according to Russia’s Tass news agency.
The report cited the head of the local administration in Logachevka, who said Ukrainian troops opened fire at a border checkpoint.
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Arhirova reported from Kyiv.
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Exclusive Interview with Artists on The White House 1600 Sessions Podcast
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The White House Historical Association today presented the official portraits of former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama, painted by Robert McCurdy and Sharon Sprung, respectively. The portraits and the artists who painted them were introduced during a White House ceremony hosted by President Joseph Biden and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden and attended by President and Mrs. Obama.
The White House Historical Association has acquired and commissioned official portraits of the president and first lady since 1965. As is the custom, President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama selected the artists before leaving office. Now that the portraits have been presented to the public, they will hang in the White House and be inducted into the White House Collection.
The Association also assisted in acquiring portraits of presidents and first ladies dating back to Washington, in an effort to add missing portraits to the White House Collection, and retroactively commissioned the official portraits of President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy.
"The White House Historical Association is honored to continue the tradition of funding these portraits," said Stewart D. McLaurin, President of the White House Historical Association. "It's a career achievement for the artists selected for these important commissions, and they are now forever a part of White House history."
McLaurin is the host of The White House 1600 Sessions and released a new episode today featuring an exclusive conversation with Robert McCurdy and Sharon Sprung. In the episode, McLaurin and the artists discuss the challenges of this unique historical assignment and their approach to creating the portraits.
Watch the full video of this podcast episode here.
Sprung describes the first sittings she had with Mrs. Obama: "I felt this trust come from her, that you do your thing, I do my thing. I'm going to trust you with your thing. And I think portraiture works better sometimes like that."
McCurdy says the former President "was very present and easy to work with" during their sessions together. McCurdy has a stripped-back style which originates with the taking of photographs. "This is the speech everybody gets when they sit for me – look directly in the lens. Don't smile or gesture. And just hold into that moment. We're looking for a more meditative or transcendent moment…[the President] did an excellent job of that."
To hear the full episode, visit https://www.whitehousehistory.org/the-white-house-1600-sessions/obama-white-house-portraits-the-artists.
The White House 1600 Sessions is available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and Stitcher.
For more information, please contact press@whha.org.
The White House Historical Association was founded in 1961 by First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy to support her vision to restore and preserve the Executive Mansion and its legacy for generations to come. Mrs. Kennedy sought to inspire Americans, especially children, to explore and engage with American history and its presidents. Supported entirely by private resources, the Association is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that has contributed more than $100 million to the White House in fulfillment of its mission. To learn more about the White House Historical Association, please visit WhiteHouseHistory.org.
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New Wide-Format Dual Roll Printer Features Innovative Space-Saving Design and Fast Speeds Ideal for High Volume Production Environments
LOS ALAMITOS, Calif., June 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Meeting the needs of high volume production environments, Epson today announced availability of the new SureColor® P8570D 44-inch dual roll printer. Leveraging an entirely new innovative, space-saving design, the photo and graphics printer is the first available model in the new line of high volume production-class SureColor P-Series wide-format printing solutions designed for photo fulfillment, retail photo labs, poster and graphic art production.
Designed to meet high volume production needs, the SureColor P8570D features a unique flattop design with complete front operation, simple automatic roll loading and dual roll/take-up reel integrated to deliver maximum productivity. Leveraging industry-leading 2.64-inch PrecisionCore® MicroTFP® printhead technology and 6-color UltraChrome® PRO6 Ink with Gray, the printer produces vibrant, rich, colorful prints with gradations and neutral black-and-white images that rival comparable 8-color printers. It prints on a wide range of media, including photo, fine art, canvas, and rigid poster board up to 1.5 mm thick.
"As demand for production photo printing and quick fulfilment in the market continues to grow, print service providers are looking for cost-effective solutions that not only provide fast speeds but also flexibility and versatility," said Marc Aguilera, product manager, Professional Imaging, Epson America, Inc. "The new SureColor P8570D is designed for production printing environments that require high performance, quality, and reliability in a small footprint. With the new line of production-class SureColor P-Series printers, Epson continues to support our customers with solutions they can rely on for long-term success."
More about the SureColor P8570D
- Incredible performance without compromise – Produces sharp, detailed and colorful photographic prints at remarkable speeds1 using a reliable 2.64" PrecisionCore MicroTFP printhead
- Seamless, dual-roll productivity – Automatically switch between two media types or sizes, or use second roll as a take-up reel for roll-to-roll production
- Easy to use and maintain – Configurable 4.3" touch screen control panel for simple operation, automated routine maintenance and convenient user self-service for long-term operation
- No assembly required – Be up and printing in as little as 30 minutes; SuperSpeed USB 3.0, Gigabit Ethernet or Wi-Fi® (2.4 GHz and 5 GHz) options to fit any workflow
- Enhanced security features and IT tools – Over 28 enhanced security features for office or remote office locations including hardware encryption, IC card option for user control and tracking, and a host of IT management tools
- Includes Adobe Embedded Print Engine as a standard option – Natively process JPG, TIFF, PDF and PostScript® files for faster and more reliable printing
- Maximize productivity with included Epson® Software Suite and Epson Cloud Solution PORT – Remotely manage and monitor your printer fleet from convenience of your laptop or smart device
Pricing and Availability
The SureColor P8570D 44-inch dual roll model (MSRP $6,445) is now available through Epson Authorized Professional Imaging Resellers. Additional 24- and 44-inch SureColor P-Series production-class models, including options for 1.6L ink packs, will be available in late 2022 and early 2023. For additional information, visit www.epson.com/productionphoto.
About Epson
Epson is a global technology leader dedicated to co-creating sustainability and enriching communities by leveraging its efficient, compact, and precision technologies and digital technologies to connect people, things, and information. The company is focused on solving societal issues through innovations in home and office printing, commercial and industrial printing, manufacturing, visual and lifestyle. Epson's goal is to become carbon negative and eliminate use of exhaustible underground resources such as oil and metal by 2050.
Led by the Japan-based Seiko Epson Corporation, the worldwide Epson Group generates annual sales of around JPY 1 trillion. global.epson.com/
Epson America, Inc., based in Los Alamitos, Calif., is Epson's regional headquarters for the U.S., Canada, and Latin America. To learn more about Epson, please visit: epson.com. You may also connect with Epson America on Facebook (facebook.com/Epson), Twitter (twitter.com/EpsonAmerica), YouTube (youtube.com/EpsonAmerica), and Instagram (instagram.com/EpsonAmerica).
* This product uses only genuine Epson-brand cartridges. Other brands of ink cartridges and ink supplies are not compatible and, even if described as compatible, may not function properly.
1 Print speeds are based on the print engine speed only. Total throughput time for any print depends on various factors including workstation configuration, file size, print resolution, ink coverage and networking. Actual print speeds will vary.
EPSON, PrecisionCore, SureColor, TFP, and UltraChrome are registered trademarks and EPSON Exceed Your Vision is a registered logomark of Seiko Epson Corporation. All other product and brand names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Epson disclaims any and all rights in these marks. Copyright 2022 Epson America, Inc.
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Strategic Addition Empowers a More Scalable and Streamlined Operations Platform to Deliver Exceptional Data Center Services
DALLAS, June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Stream Data Centers, an industry leader in delivering exceptional data center experiences to global enterprises, today proudly announces the addition of Chris D. Jackson as its new Senior Vice President of Operations. In this role, Jackson will be responsible for all aspects of operations, including security, safety, reliability, engineering, customer experience and compliance. Jackson's wealth of insight and experience ensures Stream's customers can have all their needs met with an enhanced platform that delivers both leading services and the benefits of a strategic single-team approach.
Prior to Stream, Jackson served as an instrumental leader in taking highly distinguished organizations from national to global leaders. During his time with a leading cloud services provider, he managed the world's largest availability zone (which totals in excess of 1200MW of resources spread across 140 data centers), achieving and maintaining 99.999% availability. More recently, with a competitive data center provider, Jackson spearheaded growth from 3 markets in the U.S. to more than 20 markets across the U.S., Canada and Europe. His teams led the development of multiple strategic global programs and procedures, which in turn streamlined upwards of 24 global maintenance procedures. With this proven history of success, Jackson positions Stream and its customers for even more advantageous outcomes.
"Stream instantly captured my attention and made me want to be a part of its team because this company offers the chance to learn from, partner with, and be a part of such a dynamic group of talented, passionate and committed professionals," comments Jackson. "I look forward to aligning the company's current operational success into a model that can grow and meet our customers' growing needs safely, reliably and sustainably — with a history of successful outcomes to back the decision-making process."
"Chris is a fantastic addition to our strong leadership team, and the talent he brings to the table will complement our goals — and our customers' goals — exceptionally well," states Michael Lahoud, Partner and Chief Operating Officer for Stream Data Centers. "Adding team members with global enterprise and hyperscale experience continues to make a real difference in service delivery and customer satisfaction."
Stream Data Centers delivers an array of premier data center services, including hyperscale development, site selection, energy services, powered shells, build-to-suit solutions, adaptable turnkey colocation and more. Currently, the company is expanding its footprint with a new 418,000-square-foot hyperscale data center in Goodyear, Arizona. Once complete, this location will be the region's largest multi-tenant data center campus. Stream is commissioning a second data center in Chicago's Elk Grove Village. The 32MW data center campus will be ready for occupancy in July.
To learn more about Stream Data Centers, visit www.streamdatacenters.com.
Stream Data Centers has provided premium data center services since 1999, with 90% of its inventory leased to Fortune 100 customers. To date, the company has acquired, developed and managed 24 data center campuses nationally, while leadership has remained consistent for all 23 years.
From site selection to data center construction and operations, Stream develops wholesale colocation capacity and build-to-suit solutions for hyperscale and enterprise users. Additionally, Stream sources and develops low-risk land sites for optimum data center development and provides energy procurement services with a focus on reducing market risk and providing low-cost renewable energy options. All of Stream's facilities feature carrier-neutral, low latency connectivity to network and public cloud providers.
Stream Data Centers is a subsidiary of Stream Realty Partners, a full service commercial real estate investment, development and services company. With $5.8 billion in annual transactions and 250 million square feet of leased or managed commercial space in some of the most active real estate markets coast to coast, Stream Realty Partners is one of the most successful commercial real estate firms in the country.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Standard Motor Products, Inc. (SMP) is pleased to announce it is the recipient of Waytek's 2021 Product of the Year Award for its Trombetta CAN Bus Power Splitters and Control Modules.
Each year, Waytek presents the Product of the Year Award to recognize the supplier that has distinguished itself by introducing an innovative product which delivers outstanding value. The award also recognizes the chosen supplier's strong commitment to excellence and collaboration with Waytek. The Trombetta CAN Bus Power Splitter and Control Modules series was selected to win the award due to its high quality, utility, and quick acceptance by Waytek customers. The series enables the breaking out of CAN signals using one connector, reducing the number of required plugs, wires, and harnesses.
Waytek Chief Customer Officer Kevin Pung stated, "Trombetta's CAN Bus Power Splitters and Control Modules are an innovative solution quickly embraced by our customers seeking an affordable, compact product for connecting multiple devices to a J1939 CAN bus network. We are privileged to work with a supplier like Trombetta who is committed to maintaining a strong relationship with us and providing valuable solutions to our customers."
Upon receiving this prestigious award, Mike Hassinger, Trombetta's Director of Sales and Marketing stated, "We are so proud to have been awarded Waytek's New Product of the Year Award. The introduction of our new splitter products has been an exciting venture, and we strongly believe these products will emerge as the industry standard. We'd like to thank Waytek for this tremendous honor and look to a strong continued partnership in the future."
With over 100 years in business, Standard Motor Products, Inc. is a leading independent manufacturer and distributor of premium automotive replacement parts. SMP supplies independent professional technicians and do-it-yourselfers with high quality replacement parts for engine management, ignition, emissions, fuel and safety-related systems, as well as temperature control products for domestic and import cars and light trucks. SMP is committed to providing replacement parts for all platforms including the latest hybrid and electric vehicle systems. SMP products are sold worldwide through both traditional and non-traditional distribution channels. For more information, download the SMP® Parts App or visit smpcorp.com and ir.smpcorp.com.
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Collection of articles from MIT Sloan's Ideas Made to Matter on the workforce of the future
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Executives and managers are adapting to new norms for remote and hybrid work and engaging with workforces seeking security in the face of digital transformation.
But that's today.
In the years ahead, leaders will need to adopt new styles of management, consider a new social contract that includes multiple stakeholders, and seek workers prepared to navigate ongoing ambiguity and change.
A collection of articles packaged and released today from MIT Sloan School of Management's Ideas Made to Matter website examines the skills and knowledge managers need now to guide organizations over the long term. From distributed leadership to the traits of the workforce of the future, MIT Sloan experts offer ideas about managing the future. Articles include:
Why distributed leadership is the future of management
Successfully leading a company into the future is no longer about 30-year strategic plans, or even 5- or 10-year roadmaps. It's about adopting a strategic mindset that focuses on small, short-term wins that allow companies to respond to evolving technology and external risks like geopolitical conflict, pandemics, and the climate crisis.
MIT Sloan experts:
- Deborah Ancona, professor of organization studies; founder, the MIT Leadership Center
- Kate Isaacs, lecturer, MIT Leadership Center
5 traits of the workforce of the future — and how to boost them now
Future-ready employees are empowered, data-literate, comfortable with AI and machine learning, and committed to social and climate concerns.
MIT Sloan experts:
- Daron Acemoglu, institute professor and economist
- Emilio Castilla, professor of work and organization studies; co-director, MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research
- Jason Jay, senior lecturer; director, Sustainability Initiative at MIT Sloan
- Miro Kazakoff, senior lecturer
- Kate Kellogg, professor of work and organization studies
- Erin Kelly, professor of work and organization studies; co-director, MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research
- Thomas Kochan, post-tenure professor; faculty member, MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research
- Malia Lazu, lecturer; award winning, tenured strategist in diversity & inclusion
- Fiona Murray, professor of entrepreneurship; associate dean for innovation and inclusion; co-director, the MIT Innovation Initiative; faculty director, Legatum Center at MIT
- Paul Osterman, professor of human resources and management
- Bethany Patten, lecturer; senior associate director, Sustainability Initiative at MIT Sloan
- Ray Reagans, professor of work and organization studies; associate dean for diversity, equity, and inclusion
- John Sterman, professor; director, MIT System Dynamics Group and the MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative
- Zeynep Ton, professor of the practice; cofounder, Good Jobs Institute
- Barbara Wixom, principal research scientist, MIT Center for Information Systems Research
How to make 'work of the future' work for everyone
Guided by a new social contract, this article explains how companies can deliver for shareholders, employees, and global communities as they develop next-generation working models.
MIT Sloan experts:
- Thomas Kochan, post-tenure professor; faculty member, MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research
- Sandy Pentland, professor; director, Media Lab Entrepreneurship Program
What 'Work of the Future' means to 5 business leaders
Data and AI, leading with empathy, and retaining workers are top of mind for executives from Google, Target, and Amgen.
Launched in 2018, MIT Sloan's Ideas Made to Matter brings the work, ideas, and insights of MIT Sloan experts to global business leaders. The platform's journalists report on topics at the intersection of management and technology, including novel and effective use of data and analytics within organizations; navigating the digital economy; and leading organizations in an era when technology is changing how we work.
Ideas Made to Matter publishes on the MIT Sloan website, at MIT Sloan social media channels, and in the Thinking Forward newsletter, delivered every Tuesday morning. To view new articles, visit Ideas Made to Matter, follow MIT Sloan on LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, and subscribe to the Thinking Forward newsletter.
The MIT Sloan School of Management is where smart, independent leaders come together to solve problems, create new organizations, and improve the world. Learn more at mitsloan.mit.edu.
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Young coyote mistaken for dog now bonding with another rescued pup
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BARNSTABLE, Massachusetts (WBZ) — A coyote initially mistaken by a Cape Cod family for a puppy is bonding with a fellow rescue.
The Cape Wildlife Center took in the young Eastern Coyote from the family that brought the pup home because they thought it was a lost dog.
“We have some exciting news,” the wildlife center said this week. “He was finally introduced to his foster sibling and they are getting along swimmingly!”
The sibling is a coyote pup that was rescued in Rhode Island, and they seem to be bonding, which is important to their development.
The goal is to raise the pups together and release them with the skills needed to survive – which includes having a healthy fear of humans.
“Having a sibling to model behavior from goes a long way towards maintaining their wild instincts and we are so grateful that these two bonded so quickly,” the center said.
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The DEAD EYE SALOON located at 110 Boston Post Road in Westbrook, CT is hosting a 4th of July Holiday RED, WHITE, & BREW BASH this Saturday, July 2nd and Sunday, July 3rd from 1pm to 10pm both days.
WESTBROOK, Conn. , July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- You won't want to miss this! Live music ALL DAY each day, Beer trucks, $5 Draft Beers, Grilled food, Games, and much, much more! The Dead Eye Saloon also has a brand new outside bar and huge patio dining area. Plus tons of fresh seafood from Maine. And live bands every Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Become a Dead Eye Saloon regular and start with the RED, WHITE, & BREW 4TH of July Holiday Festival this weekend! The Dead Eye Saloon overlooks the beautiful Westbrook, CT shoreline and is great for family and friends. They have the best Seafood from Maine flown in daily and are still reasonably prices. Can also follow on Facebook for additional upcoming Summer Events.
For Further Information, contact Kaydence Koloskie, Event Manager, 203-804-1088, kaydence858@gmail.com or Walter Bartkiewicz, Founder, 860-664-5667, deadyesaloon@gmail.com
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LOMPOC, Calif., May 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Return to Freedom Wild Horse Conservation (RTF) said Thursday that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) taking steps to treat more wild horses and burros with fertility control is encouraging.
RTF, a national nonprofit advocacy organization, has worked since 1999 for policy changes to keep wild horses and burros on the range by managing population growth with proven, safe and humane fertility control as an alternative to costly and devastating roundups and government off-range holding pens.
The BLM announced this week that it is seeking contractors to treat and release wild horses and burros and that it anticipated making "up to" $20 million available over the next 1-5 years for that purpose.
Work by RTF with other animal-welfare groups and rangeland stakeholders has resulted in broader acceptance of the need for fertility control in wild horse and burro management and, for the first time, Congress calling for fertility control use and providing funding for it.
So far, the BLM has continued to react to population numbers by aggressively removing wild horses from the range, but RTF continues to press the agency to pivot to fertility control.
"In our conversations with new BLM leadership, we feel cautiously optimistic that their focus and funding will shift to minimally intrusive on the range management," said Neda DeMayo, president of RTF. "Of course, we have to see how it all plays out, but we hope that this signals a new culture for the agency's Wild Horse and Burro Program."
DeMayo continued, "The agency does not currently have the infrastructure in place to effectively implement a sustainable fertility control program across the West, yet it can remove tens of thousands of wild horses at the drop of a hat. Our hope is that the BLM will now direct funds toward adequately staffing the Wild Horse and Burro Program, increasing range restoration projects, and utilizing meaningful amounts of proven, safe and humane fertility control to begin the shift away from roundups and the deadly capture, removal and warehousing of our wild horses and burros."
BLM's Fiscal Year 2023 budget justification calls for removing 10,000 wild horses and burros from the range while treating or permanently sterilizing 2,650 animals.
RTF strongly opposes the permanent surgical sterilization of wild mares and burro jennies. The BLM has previously pursued a rare procedure which removes the ovaries by crushing and pulling them out with a looped-chain medical instrument. The procedure is painful, potentially life-threatening and costly. As recently as last year, BLM dropped a sterilization plan in response to a lawsuit by RTF.
RTF also opposes gelding stallions and returning them to the range. Gelding changes the behavior of wild, free-roaming stallions and would require sterilizing all the stallions in a herd to slow population growth. While gelding is more common and less dangerous than sterilizing mares, it is not without health risks.
Fertility control is a cost-effective, readily available and humane alternative to capturing and warehousing wild horses as well as to costly, risky sterilization methods.
The fertility control vaccine PZP has been shown to be effective and safe. A non-hormonal vaccine, it has minimal effects on behavior and has proven successful across species, including on the range and at RTF's American Wild Horse Sanctuary, among other projects, for decades.
The BLM's most recent range-wide population estimate for wild horses and burros is 82,384 across Herd Management Areas in 10 Western states. The agency plans to remove a record 19,000 from the range during the current fiscal year while treating only 2,500 with fertility control – a plan that RTF has called "excessive and irresponsible, not least because BLM is not equipped or prepared to care for another 19,000 captive wild horses and burros."
RTF has called upon the agency to focus on immediate, robust fertility control implementation and on relocating captured wild horses and burros living in corrals to more natural and cost-effective pastures.
In Fiscal Year 2021, the BLM spent about $77 million on the capturing and warehousing of wild horses and burros, about 68 percent of its Wild Horse and Burro Program's budget. It has never spent as much as 4 percent of the program's budget on fertility control.
As of February, the BLM was warehousing 21,784 wild horses and burros in corrals at a daily cost to taxpayers of $6.19 per horse. By comparison, it costs taxpayers $2.17 per horse, per day, to care for an additional 38,827 wild horses on leased or government pastureland.
Return to Freedom Wild Horse Conservation (RTF) is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to wild horse preservation through sanctuary, education, conservation, and advocacy since 1998. It also operates the American Wild Horse Sanctuary at three California locations, caring for more than 450 wild horses and burros. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for updates about wild horses and burros on the range and at our sanctuary.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Prologis, Inc. (NYSE: PLD; "PLD" ) today announced that PLD's operating partnership, Prologis, L.P. ("Prologis OP"), commenced offers to exchange outstanding notes (the "Duke Realty Notes") of the nine series described in the table below issued by Duke Realty Limited Partnership ("Duke Realty OP") for notes in nine corresponding series to be issued by Prologis OP (the "Prologis Notes") in the aggregate principal amount of up to $3.375 billion. The Prologis Notes will be issued under and governed by the terms of the Prologis indenture dated June 8, 2011. Prologis OP is making the exchange offers and, on behalf of the combined companies, the solicitation of consents to amend the applicable Duke Realty OP indenture (such indentures, as amended and supplemented, the "Duke Realty Indentures") governing the Duke Realty Notes (the "Proposed Amendments") in anticipation of the pending merger of PLD and Duke Realty Corporation ("DRE").
The exchange offers and the solicitation of consents are being made under the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the prospectus contained in the registration statement on Form S-4 filed by Prologis OP with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on August 31, 2022 and a related letter of transmittal and consent that contains a more complete description of the terms and conditions of the exchange offers and the solicitation of consents.
Prologis OP is offering to exchange Duke Realty Notes in the nine series described in the table below for Prologis Notes that will have the same interest rate, interest payment dates, redemption terms and maturity as the corresponding Duke Realty Notes.
Each series of Prologis Notes will bear interest from the most recent interest payment date on which interest has been paid on the corresponding series of Duke Realty Notes.
In exchange for each $1,000 principal amount of Duke Realty Notes that is validly tendered prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on September 14, 2022 unless extended (the "Early Expiration Date"), and not validly withdrawn, holders will receive total consideration consisting of (i) the exchange consideration of $970 principal amount of Prologis Notes plus $1 in cash and (ii) an "Early Participation Premium" of $30 principal amount of Prologis Notes. In exchange for each $1,000 principal amount of Duke Realty Notes that is validly tendered after the Early Expiration Date but prior to the expiration date of the exchange offers, which is 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on October 4, 2022, unless extended by Prologis OP (the "Final Expiration Date"), and not validly withdrawn, holders will receive only the exchange consideration consisting of $970 principal amount of Prologis Notes plus $1 in cash and will not receive the Early Participation Premium.
A holder who validly tenders its Duke Realty Notes for exchange will be deemed to have delivered its consent to the applicable Proposed Amendments. Tenders of Duke Realty Notes may be withdrawn any time prior to the Final Expiration Date. Consents to the Proposed Amendments delivered prior to the Early Expiration Date may not be revoked after the Early Expiration Date. Consents to the Proposed Amendments delivered after the Early Expiration Date and before the Final Expiration Date may be revoked any time prior to the Final Expiration Date. Tenders of Duke Realty Notes may not be validly withdrawn after the Final Expiration Date, unless Prologis OP otherwise is required by law to permit withdrawal.
A holder who does not validly tender its Duke Realty Notes for exchange, or whose notes are not accepted for exchange, will remain a holder of such Duke Realty Notes. If the Proposed Amendments to the applicable Duke Realty Indenture are adopted, all such Duke Realty Notes will be governed by the applicable Duke Realty Indenture as amended by the Proposed Amendments, which will have less restrictive terms and afford reduced protections to the holders of such securities compared to those currently in the Duke Realty Indentures.
Prologis OP's obligations to complete the exchange offers and the solicitation of consents are conditioned upon, among other things, completion of the merger with DRE and receipt of valid consents sufficient to effect the Proposed Amendments. The merger with DRE is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2022.
TD Securities (USA) LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC are serving as the dealer managers and D.F. King & Co., Inc. is serving as exchange agent and information agent for the exchange offers and consent solicitations. Copies of the exchange offer material can be obtained from D.F. King & Co., Inc. at 212-269-5550 (toll) or 866-864-7961 (toll-free) or via duke@dfking.com. Questions regarding the exchange offers and the solicitation of consents may be directed to TD Securities (USA) LLC, at (866) 584-2096 (toll-free) or (212) 827-2842 (collect) or the email address LM@tdsecurities.com and to Wells Fargo Securities, LLC at (866) 309-6316 (toll-free) or (704) 410-4759 (collect) or the email address liabilitymanagement@wellsfargo.com.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the securities described herein, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. The exchange offers and solicitation of consents are being made only by means of a prospectus that is part of a registration statement, and such exchanges shall not be made until the registration statement has been declared effective by the SEC.
About Prologis, Inc.
Prologis, Inc. is the global leader in logistics real estate with a focus on high-barrier, high-growth markets. As of June 30, 2022, the company owned or had investments in, on a wholly owned basis or through co-investment ventures, properties and development projects expected to total approximately 1.0 billion square feet (95 million square meters) in 19 countries. Prologis leases modern logistics facilities to a diverse base of approximately 5,800 customers principally across two major categories: business-to-business and retail/online fulfillment.
Additional Information about the Exchange Offers and Where to Find It
As noted above, in connection with the exchange offers, Prologis OP has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a registration statement on Form S-4 that includes a prospectus of Prologis OP. The registration statement has not been declared effective by the SEC. HOLDERS OF DUKE REALTY NOTES ARE URGED TO READ THE PROSPECTUS AND OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. You may obtain a free copy of the prospectus and other relevant documents filed by Prologis OP, including the prospectus, at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Copies of the documents filed by Prologis with the SEC are available free of charge on Prologis's website or by contacting Prologis Investor Relations at +1-415-394-9000.
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The statements in this document that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about the industry and markets in which we operate as well as management's beliefs and assumptions. Such statements involve uncertainties that could significantly impact our financial results. Words such as "expects," "anticipates," "intends," "plans," "believes," "seeks," "estimates," "may" and "will" including variations of such words and similar expressions, are intended to identify such forward-looking statements, which generally are not historical in nature. All statements that address operating performance, events or developments that we expect or anticipate will occur in the future — including statements relating to rent and occupancy growth, development activity, contribution and disposition activity, general conditions in the geographic areas where we operate, our debt, capital structure and financial position, our ability to form new co-investment ventures and the availability of capital in existing or new co-investment ventures — are forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Although we believe the expectations reflected in any forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, we can give no assurance that our expectations will be attained and, therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed or forecasted in such forward-looking statements. Some of the factors that may affect outcomes and results include, but are not limited to: (i) national, international, regional and local economic and political climates; (ii) changes in global financial markets, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates; (iii) increased or unanticipated competition for our properties; (iv) risks associated with acquisitions, dispositions and development of properties; (v) maintenance of real estate investment trust status, tax structuring and changes in income tax laws and rates; (vi) availability of financing and capital, the levels of debt that we maintain and our credit ratings; (vii) risks related to our investments in our co- investment ventures, including our ability to establish new co-investment ventures; (viii) risks of doing business internationally, including currency risks; (ix) environmental uncertainties, including risks of natural disasters; (x) risks related to the current coronavirus pandemic; and (x) those additional factors discussed in reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by us under the heading "Risk Factors." We undertake no duty to update any forward-looking statements appearing in this document except as may be required by law.
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Mom, grandma charged with murder after young child found dead in hotel room, police say
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WHNS/Gray News) – A mother and a grandmother are facing first-degree murder charges after a young child was found dead inside a hotel room Monday afternoon, police said.
According to the Asheville Police Department, officers responded to the Rodeway Inn and Suites for a welfare check when they found a small child lying dead on the floor inside a room. Investigators said the child appeared extremely malnourished.
Police did not disclose the age of the child.
Police said the child’s mother, 29-year-Chantarica Nasha Matthews, and the child’s grandmother, 50-year-old Inga Torrence Matthews, were inside the room with the child when officers arrived.
Following an investigation, both women were arrested and charged with first-degree murder, felony child abuse, and concealment of death. They were both booked into the Buncombe County Detention Center and are being held without bond.
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DETROIT (AP) — A person waiting for the bus and another walking their dog were among four people shot, three fatally, by a man who appeared to fire randomly over about 2 1/2 hours in Detroit, police said.
Police arrested a suspect Sunday night after an hourslong manhunt involving multiple federal agencies. Police Chief James White said tips led officers to the suspect, but he did not immediately release more information about the suspect or arrest.
White earlier said investigators traced all four early Sunday shootings to one firearm but believed them to be random because there was no apparent connection among the victims.
He said police discovered a woman in her 40s who had been shot multiple times around 4:45 a.m. Sunday. While officers were investigating that fatal shooting, a witness reported a 28-year-old man had been shot multiple times nearby, White said.
A third victim, a woman in her 40s, was found in the area around 6:50 a.m. She died after being shot multiple times, police said.
Around 7:10 a.m., an elderly man reported he saw a man peering into vehicles. When the elderly man told the person to get away from the cars, the gunman fired at the elderly man, who was shot once and survived, police said.
White and Mayor Mike Duggan had urged residents Sunday to be alert and call police with any information.
“The suspect already shot four people. Please call immediately. … Someone out there knows who this is,” Duggan said.
Duggan later credited “critical information from the community” and multiple law enforcement agencies with helping Detroit police take the suspect into custody.
“As we mourn our three neighbors who were killed, we should take the time to appreciate all the men and women in law enforcement whose work today made sure no other families will suffer at the hands of this shooter,” Duggan tweeted. | https://cw33.com/news/u-s-news/ap-us-headlines/ap-detroit-police-suspect-arrested-in-fatal-random-shootings/ | 2022-08-29T09:42:16Z |
NEW YORK, April 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of C3.ai, Inc. (NYSE: AI): (i) pursuant and/or traceable to the Offering Documents issued in connection with the Company's initial public offering conducted on or about December 9, 2020 (the "IPO" or "Offering"); and/or (ii) between December 9, 2020 and February 15, 2022, inclusive (the "Class Period"), of the important May 3, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline.
SO WHAT: If you purchased C3.ai securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the C3.ai class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=3839 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than May 3, 2022. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually handle securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, the Offering Documents were negligently prepared and, as a result, contained untrue statements of material fact or omitted to state other facts necessary to make the statements made not misleading and were not prepared in accordance with the rules and regulations governing their preparation. Additionally, throughout the Class Period, defendants made materially false and misleading statements regarding C3.ai's business, operations, and compliance policies. Specifically, the Offering Documents and defendants made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) C3.ai's partnership with Baker Hughes was deteriorating; (2) C3.ai's was employing a flawed accounting methodology to conceal the deterioration of its Baker Hughes partnership; (3) C3.ai faced challenges in product adoption and significant salesforce turnover; (4) C3.ai overstated, inter alia, the extent of its investment in technology, description of its customers, its total addressable market, the pace of its market growth, and the scale of alliances with its major business partners; and (5) as a result, defendants' public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
To join the C3.ai class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=3839 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.
No Class Has Been Certified. Until a class is certified, you are not represented by counsel unless you retain one. You may select counsel of your choice. You may also remain an absent class member and do nothing at this point. An investor's ability to share in any potential future recovery is not dependent upon serving as lead plaintiff.
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Arbitration filing: Precision Drilling, LP knew high-profile senior vice president disparaged blacks, blocked black executive's promotion
HOUSTON, June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Canadian oilfield services giant Precision Drilling, LP is accused of failing to curb the racist and harassing behavior of a longtime senior vice president who was featured in the company's 2021 corporate responsibility report, the law firm Doyle Dennis LLP and co-counsel said today in a new legal action.
In a filing before the American Arbitration Association, Deric Simmons, the company's former Global Director of Field Training and Development, alleges Senior Vice President of North American Drilling Operations Grant Hunter blocked Simmons's promotions and compensation for Simmons – even after the company assigned him high-level responsibilities – because he is black.
Hunter is accused in the complaint of disparaging Simmons and other blacks within the company and elsewhere. The complaint cites graphic examples of Hunter's workplace comments about black children, black culture, the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., murder victim George Floyd, the National Football League (NFL), and the activist organization Black Lives Matter.
Last year, the company featured Hunter in its corporate responsibility report: "Our Core Values and our Key Believes represent the very core of who we are as a company," the report quotes Hunter. "The Core Values are our guidelines and our conscience, both individually and collectively. They help guide and influence our actions while simultaneously giving us clear standards of accountability."
According to the complaint, "The glaring gap between what Precision Drilling, Senior VP Hunter, and its highest corporate managers proclaim, and what they actually do, is what makes this lawsuit necessary."
After leaving a career in law enforcement to work his way up from the drill floor to oil-field executive levels, the Houston-based Simmons was forced to leave the company in January 2022 after eight years of employment. The complaint asserts that company executives acknowledged the legitimacy of Simmons's concerns but were unwilling to take meaningful action to address Hunter's known hostility to Simmons and other minority employees.
Simmons – who was consistently acknowledged as a leader in the community, the drilling industry and within the company – was deployed in Precision Drilling's pro-diversity messaging to shareholders. In fact, as recently as Monday, Simmons was still pictured on the company's website homepage.
Simmons is represented by Katrina Patrick, of the Law Offices of Katrina Patrick, of Bellaire, Texas; and Jeffrey Avery, Michael Doyle, Patrick Dennis of Doyle Dennis LLP, of Houston.
Attorney Katrina Patrick said, "Our investigation shows that management at the highest level of Precision Drilling repeatedly failed to address the shocking behavior of Mr. Hunter who blocked the exemplary career path of Mr. Simmons simply because he is black."
Attorney Jeffrey Avery said, "Precision Drilling has repeatedly boasted of its diversity and inclusion programs, but the evidence shows a troubling history of systemic racism and harassment within the company. We allege violations of federal and state laws."
After investigating Simmons's claims, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Texas Workforce Commission-Civil Rights Division issued right-to-sue letters to him. Precision Drilling was sued in 2016 in a separate legal action after company employees testified that another black employee, a safety advisor, was disparaged with racial epithets by company employees.
The new case is Deric Simmons v. Precision Drilling Company, LP and Grant Hunter, Case No. 012200026267 before the American Arbitration Association.
Contact: Erin Powers, Powers MediaWorks LLC for Doyle Dennis LLP, 281.703.6000, info@powersmediaworks.com.
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IGEN announces Net Profit for Second Quarter 2022
"Positioned for continued growth across consumer and commercial brands"
LAKE ELSINORE, CA, Aug. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- IGEN Networks Corporation (OTC: IGEN) (CSE: IGN), a leading innovator of Internet of Things (IoT) solutions for the consumer automotive and commercial fleet industries, today announced unaudited financial results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2022:
Second Quarter Financials and Recent Accomplishments:
- As of June 30, 2022, the Company had total current assets of $252,227, a 45% increase from December 31, 2021.
- Achieved recognized revenues of $91,976 compared to $82,998 from the prior year second quarter period
- Grew total gross deferred revenue to $310,568 representing cash received and revenue to be recognized in future reporting periods
- Gain on settlement of debt of $271,935
- Net income of $10,582 compared to ($325,937) net loss from the prior year second quarter period
- Expanded the subscriber base by 1680 new asset activations across consumer and commercial brands
- Expanded Intellectual Property Portfolio for normalizing "big data" elements for the reduction of insurance rating-errors
- Secured 11 new franchise and pre-owned dealerships located in 5 states with approximately 2000 vehicles under Nimbo Tracking inventory management services
- Launched the CU Track program with Michigan Credit Union League Service Corporation in the Upper Peninsula region
- Awarded exclusive contracts to provide Medallion GPS Fleet Services to New York State Counties
CEO Neil G. Chan stated, "IGEN is reporting a net income and profit for the first time since company inception. We are particularly excited with our new sales channels, partnerships, and patent portfolio created over the last several years. The development of the most cost efficient and scalable platforms in the industry has enabled the company to achieve profitability and improve our balance sheet in 2022. Our pipeline for the second half looks promising as our recurring and new business revenues will continue to drive growth for both the consumer and commercial IoT markets."
About IGEN Networks Corporation
IGEN Networks Corporation creates software services for the consumer automotive and commercial asset management industries enabling their customers to better manage their assets and protect their drivers. IGEN is a fully reporting company in both Canada and the United States. It is publicly traded on the OTC Markets under the symbol IGEN, and listed on the CSE under the symbol IGN. For more information, please visit: www.igennetworks.net
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This news release may contain forward-looking statements or forward-looking information within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and Canadian securities law. The terms and phrases "goal", "commitment", "guidance", "expects", "would", "will", "continuing", "drive", "believes", "indicate", "look forward", "grow", "outlook", "forecasts", "intend", and similar terms and phrases are intended to identify these forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on estimates and assumptions made by IGEN in light of its experience and its perception of historical trends, current conditions and expected future developments, as well as other factors that IGEN believes are appropriate in the circumstances, including but not limited to statements regarding investment liquidity, financing options and long term goals of the Company, general economic conditions, IGEN's expectations regarding its business, customer base, strategy and prospects, and IGEN's confidence in the cash flow generation of its business. Many factors could cause IGEN's actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, including, without limitation: risks related to competition; IGEN's reliance on key personnel; IGEN's ability to maintain and enhance its brand; and difficulties in forecasting IGEN's financial results, particularly over longer periods given the rapid technological changes, competition and short product life cycles that characterize the mobile application industry. These risk factors and others relating to IGEN that may cause actual results to differ are set forth in the under the heading "Risk Factors" in IGEN's periodic filings with the British Columbia Securities Commission and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (copies of which filings may be obtained at www.sedar.com or www.sec.gov. These factors should be considered carefully, and readers should not place undue reliance on IGEN's forward-looking statements. IGEN has no intention and undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.
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IGEN Networks Corporation
Neil G. Chan
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LAFAYETTE, La., April 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- LHC Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: LHCG) today announced details for the release of its results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022.
LHC Group plans to issue its earnings results after the market closes on Wednesday, May 4, 2022. In light of the Company's previously announced agreement to combine with Optum, LHC Group will not conduct a quarterly earnings call to discuss the first quarter results.
About LHC Group, Inc.
LHC Group, Inc. is a national provider of in-home healthcare services and innovations for communities around the nation, offering quality, value-based healthcare to patients primarily within the comfort and privacy of their home or place of residence. The company's 30,000 employees deliver home health, hospice, home and community based services, and facility-based care in 37 states and the District of Columbia – reaching 60 percent of the U.S. population aged 65 and older. Through Imperium Health, the company's ACO management and enablement company, LHC Group helps partners improve both savings and patient outcomes with a value-based approach. As the preferred joint venture partner for more than 400 leading U.S. hospitals and health systems, LHC Group works in cooperation with providers to customize each partnership and reach more patients and families with an effective and efficient model of care.
Contact:
Eric Elliott
Senior Vice President of Finance
(337) 233-1307
Eric.Elliott@LHCgroup.com
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ATLANTA, Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sinclair Digital is thrilled to be working with Southwire on their newest office at The Battery development next to Truist Park in Atlanta, GA.
The 23,000 sq ft Class A commercial office space features flexible hybrid workspaces enabled by the best in architectural and technological design.
Sinclair Digital is responsible for the design and implementation of the PoE lighting, shading systems, and other IoT systems for the space that is targeted for completion Q4 2022.
Sinclair Digital Services, Inc. is a design and implementation firm pioneering sustainable intelligent buildings with a primary focus on DC Microgrids, Battery Energy Storage Systems, and associated Software Platforms. Named after completion of the famed Marriott Sinclair Hotel, Sinclair Digital was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas. For more information, visit www.sinclair-digital.com
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(The Hill) – A federal judge on Wednesday said he would give Stephen Bannon’s lawyers an opportunity to argue for the dismissal of criminal contempt of Congress charges, of which the former Trump White House adviser was convicted by a jury last week.
U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols denied Bannon’s motion for an outright acquittal on the charges but said in a brief order Wednesday that he would allow the defense team to further argue their motion to dismiss the indictment after they were prevented from calling members of the House Jan. 6 select committee to testify at last week’s trial.
Nichols said he “would benefit from further briefing” on the issue and ordered Bannon’s lawyers to submit a filing by Aug. 5.
The judge had previously denied the defense team’s motion to allow testimony from all nine members of the select committee at trial. But he expressed reservations about the decision and indicated in recent weeks that he would be willing to revisit the matter.
The constitution’s Speech or Debate Clause generally shields members of Congress from being compelled to testify in court proceedings. Bannon’s lawyers argued earlier this month that immunity is in tension with Bannon’s constitutional rights as a criminal defendant in a case over whether he unlawfully defied a committee subpoena.
“Mr. Bannon respectfully argues that because [select committee members] set in motion the prosecution of Mr. Bannon, they should not have been allowed to retreat behind the Speech or Debate Clause when evidence of their actions (and their testimony concerning the same) are directly relevant to Mr. Bannon’s charges, and essential to securing his Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights,” Bannon’s lawyers wrote in a filing earlier this month.
The defense team has argued Bannon was denied a fair trial when Nichols foreclosed the possibility of subpoenaing lawmaker testimony. They declined to call any witnesses to testify before a jury last week.
The jury convicted Bannon on two contempt counts after hearing from just two witnesses during the weeklong trial. They spent less than three hours deliberating before reaching a verdict on Friday. | https://cw33.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/judge-bannon-can-argue-to-throw-out-contempt-charges-after-conviction/ | 2022-07-27T21:46:30Z |
Amistad Project Director Phill Kline applauds bipartisan deal, but raises constitutional concerns
AMHERST, Va., July 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Phill Kline, director of The Amistad Project, sent a letter to Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Senator Susan Collins (R-ME), reacting to their bipartisan proposal to reform the Electoral Count Act.
After sending the letter, Kline issued the following statement:
"It's good to see a sincere and bipartisan effort to address the ambiguity and structure of the Electoral Count Act, which resulted in confusion and continuing disagreements in the 2016 and 2020 elections. The proposal has much to commend it, including its express statement that the Vice-President does not have unilateral authority to accept or reject electors. The authority to determine the electors rests with the state legislatures under our Constitution.
"A key provision of the proposal, however, appears to run headlong into the plenary power of the state legislatures to determine the manner of appointment of presidential electors under Article II, Section 1, Clause 2 of the US Constitution. The proposal states that Congress will only recognize electors certified by the Governor. The power of the Governor, however, to certify an election result is dependent on a state legislature granting that power to the governor – and legislatures have the ability to remove that power.
"The proposal does a good job of articulating that one person – the Vice-President – cannot determine electors, but then in defiance of the Constitution claims the authority to potentially allow one person – a Governor – to choose electors contrary to the will of the people and the legislature of that state.
"I believe we are all in agreement that the majority vote of the people within a state should determine that state's electors. All states have passed laws to this effect and that should not change. A simple amendment to the proposal would resolve this issue and, I believe, be consistent with its objectives. Congress should recognize only those electors certified by a state in a manner consistent with provisions passed by the state legislature of that state."
Mr. Kline requested to meet with the senators to discuss his insights in greater detail and advise them as they shepherd the legislation through Congress.
For more information about The Amistad Project, please visit www.theamistadproject.org.
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States look for solutions as US fentanyl deaths keep rising
(AP) - As the addiction and overdose crisis that has gripped the U.S. for two decades turns even deadlier, state governments are scrambling for ways to stem the destruction wrought by fentanyl and other synthetic opioids.
In statehouses across the country, lawmakers have been considering and adopting laws on two fronts: reducing the risk to users and increasing the penalties for dealing fentanyl or mixing it with other drugs. Meanwhile, Republican state attorneys general are calling for more federal action, while some GOP governors are deploying National Guard units with a mission that includes stopping the flow of fentanyl from Mexico.
“It’s a fine line to help people and try to get people clean, and at the same time incarcerate and get the drug dealers off the streets,” said Nathan Manning, a Republican state senator in Ohio who is sponsoring legislation to make it clear that materials used to test drugs for fentanyl are legal.
The urgency is heightened because of the deepening impact of the drugs. Last year, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported the nation had hit a grim milestone. For the first time, more than 100,000 Americans had died of drug overdoses over a 12-month period. About two-thirds of the deaths were linked to fentanyl and other synthetic drugs, which can be 50 to 100 times more potent than morphine, heroin or prescription opioids.
The recent case of five West Point cadets who overdosed on fentanyl-laced cocaine during spring break in Florida put the dangers and pervasiveness of the fentanyl crisis back in the spotlight.
The chemical precursors to the drugs are being shipped largely from China to Mexico, where much of the illicit fentanyl supply is produced in labs before being smuggled into the U.S.
While users sometimes seek out fentanyl specifically, it and other synthetics with similar properties are often mixed with other drugs or formed into counterfeit pills so users often don’t know they’re taking it.
Advocates say test strips can help prevent accidental overdoses of drugs laced with fentanyl. The strips are given out at needle exchanges and sometimes at concerts or other events where drugs are expected to be sold or used.
Thomas Stuber, chief legislative officer at The LCADA Way, a drug treatment organization in Ohio that serves Lorain County and nearby areas, has been pushing for the test strip legislation. It also would ease access to naloxone, a drug that can be used to revive people when they’re having opioid overdoses.
“This is a harm-reduction approach that has received a lot of acceptance,” he said. “We cannot treat somebody if they’re dead.”
Since last year, at least a half-dozen states have enacted similar laws and at least a dozen others have considered them, according to research by the National Conference of State Legislatures.
In West Virginia, the state hardest hit by opioids per capita, lawmakers passed a bill this month to legalize the testing strips. It now heads to the governor.
The measure was sponsored by Republican lawmakers. But state Delegate Mike Pushkin, a Democrat whose district includes central Charleston, has also been pushing for more access to fentanyl strips. He said the situation got worse last year when a state law tightened regulations on needle exchanges, causing some of them to close.
Pushkin, who also is in long-term addiction recovery, is pleased with passage of the testing strip bill but upset with another measure passed this month that would increase the penalties for trafficking fentanyl. That bill also would create a new crime of adding fentanyl to another drug.
“Their initial reaction is, ‘We have to do something,’” he said. “It’s not just about doing something, it’s about doing the right thing that actually has results.”
But for many lawmakers, making sure that tough criminal penalties apply to fentanyl is a priority.
California Assemblywoman Janet Nguyen, a Republican, introduced a measure that would make penalties for dealing fentanyl just as harsh as those for selling cocaine or heroin. The Republican represents Orange County, where there were more than 600 reported fentanyl-related deaths last year.
“This is sending messages to those who aren’t afraid of selling these drugs that there’s a longer, bigger penalty than you might think,” said Nguyen, whose bill failed to advance from her chamber’s public safety committee in a 5-2 vote last week. She said after the bill failed that she was considering trying again.
She said committee members stressed compassion for drug users, something she said she agrees with.
“The less available these pills are out there, the better it is,” Nguyen said. “And that is going after the drug dealer.”
The same day her measure failed to advance, a Democratic lawmaker in California announced a different bill to increase fentanyl-dealing penalties.
The National Conference of State Legislatures found 12 states with fentanyl-specific drug trafficking or possession laws as of last year. Similar measures have been introduced or considered since the start of 2021 in at least 19 states, the Associated Press found in an analysis of bills compiled by LegiScan. That does not include measures to add more synthetic opioids to controlled substance lists to mirror federal law; those have been adopted in many states, with bipartisan support.
Fentanyl has been in the spotlight in Colorado since February, when five people were found dead in a suburban Denver apartment from overdoses of fentanyl mixed with cocaine.
Under state law, possession with intent to distribute less than 14 grams of fentanyl is an offense normally punishable by two to four years in prison. But fentanyl is so potent that 14 grams can represent up to 700 lethal doses, under a calculation used by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency.
“It’s making it impossible to hold the dealer accountable for the deadliness of the drugs they’re peddling,” Colorado House Speaker Alec Garnett, a Democrat, said in an interview.
He and a bipartisan group of lawmakers last week unveiled a bill also backed by Democratic Gov. Jared Polis that would increase penalties for dealers with smaller amounts of fentanyl and in cases where the drug leads to a death. The legislation also would increase the accessibility of naloxone and test strips while steering people who possess fentanyl into education and treatment programs.
Maritza Perez, director of national affairs at the Drug Policy Alliance, a group that advocates for harm-reduction measures, is skeptical of the legislation that would increase criminal penalties.
“We have the largest incarceration rate in the entire world and we’re also setting records in terms of overdose deaths,” she said.
Democratic governors are focusing primarily on harm reduction methods. Among them is Illinois Gov. Jay Pritzker, who released a broad overdose action plan last month.
Several Republican governors and attorneys general have responded to the rising death toll with administrative enforcement efforts and by pushing for more federal intervention.
Last year, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey called for states to help secure the border with Mexico. Along with trying to keep people from entering the U.S., stopping the flow of fentanyl was cited as a reason. Several other Republican governors have sent contingents of state troopers or National Guard units.
The Texas Military Department said that from March 2021 through earlier this month, its troops near the border confiscated more than 1,200 pounds (540 kilograms) of fentanyl. By comparison, federal authorities reported confiscating about 11,000 pounds (4,990 kilograms) in 2021 — still a fraction of what entered the country.
Last year, the U.S. Department of Justice filed about 2,700 cases involving crimes related to the distribution of fentanyl and similar synthetic drugs, up nearly tenfold from 2017. Even so, Republican state officials are critical of federal efforts to stop fentanyl from entering the country.
In January, 16 GOP state attorneys general sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken calling on him to exert more pressure on China and Mexico to stop the flow of fentanyl. Those are steps that Dr. Rahul Gupta, the director of National Drug Control Policy, said are already being taken.
In March, West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey called on U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland for more enforcement on fentanyl trafficking and harsher penalties.
“Fentanyl is killing Americans of all walks of life in unprecedented numbers,” Morrisey said in a statement emailed to the AP, “and the federal government must respond with full force, across the board, using every tool available to stem the tide of death.”
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SOCIAL CIRCLE – The Georgia dove hunting season opens Saturday, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division.
“The opening day of dove hunting season is a highly anticipated even for wing shooters, and it always feels like the big kickoff for the fall hunting season,” Alan Isler, chief of the WRD Game Management Section. “During the dove season, whether it is opening day or later in the season, I want to encourage you to make plans to visit a public dove field. Game management staff have been working hard to prepare these fields and attract as many doves as possible.”
The official 2022-2023 dove season hunting dates are Sept. 3-Oct. 9, Nov. 19-27 and Dec. 19-Jan. 31. Statewide shooting hours for all dove seasons are one-half hour before sunrise to sunset.
More Dove Season Tips and Information:
· Dove Field Forecast (GeorgiaWildlife.com/hunting/dove): The dove field forecast identifies available crops and anticipated hunting conditions for opening day.
· Regulations Quick Review: The daily bag limit is 15 doves per hunter. Collared doves may be taken and do not count toward your daily limit. Shotguns must be plugged to hold no more than three shells while hunting doves. Hunters must obtain permission from landowners before hunting on private property.
· Report Banded Doves: In 2003, the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, in cooperation with several states, including Georgia, initiated an ongoing dove banding project. Hunters can participate in this conservation effort by examining harvested doves for leg bands and reporting band numbers to the USFWS at www.reportband.gov.
· Private Field Plans? Make Sure the Field is Legal: Check out the online brochure, “Dove Hunting and Agricultural Practices in Georgia,” available at GeorgiaWildlife.com/migratory-bird-info.
· Licenses Needed: Hunters 16 years of age and older need to have a hunting license and a Georgia Migratory Bird Stamp. This stamp is how Georgia participates in the federal Harvest Information Program. Some licenses allow the license holder to get the Georgia Migratory Bird Stamp at no cost. Hunters may purchase licenses online at GoOutdoorsGeorgia.com, by phone at 1-800-366-2661 or at license vendor locations (list of vendors available online).
Before hunters hit the field for the upcoming dove season, they are urged to make sure they have completed a hunter education course. Hunters can take the course completely online or take part in a classroom course, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division.
“We want to set people up for hunter education success before they head to the dove field or the hunting stand, and that means working with busy schedules and different learning styles,” Jennifer Pittman, hunter development program manager with the Wildlife Resources Division, said. “For example, if you only have a limited amount of time available, then the online course options may work for you, while attending an in-person instructive class may work for others.”
The five available online courses each require a fee (from $19.95 to $29) but all are “pass or don’t pay” courses. Fees for these courses are charged by and collected by the independent course developer. The Georgia DNR classroom course is free of charge.
Completion of a hunter education course is required for any person born on or after Jan. 1, 1961, who:
· purchases a season hunting license in Georgia;
· is at least 12 years old and hunts without adult supervision;
· hunts big game (deer, turkey, bear) on a wildlife management area;
The only exceptions include any person who:
· purchases a short-term hunting license (as opposed to an annual season license);
· is hunting on his or her own land or is a dependent hunting on land of their parents or legal guardians.
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SHANGRAO, China, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. ("JinkoSolar" or the "Company") (NYSE: JKS), one of the largest and most innovative solar module manufacturers in the world, today announced that since August 15, 2022, the local government of Sichuan province, where certain of JinkoSolar' s manufacturing facilities are located, has imposed province-wide power rationing measures to ease the power shortage in the region. As a result of these measures, the production capacity of JinkoSolar' s manufacturing facilities in Sichuan province has been temporarily affected.
JinkoSolar is actively monitoring the situation and has implemented various measures to minimize the adverse impact from the power rationing on its business operations and financial performance, including but not limited to having its other manufacturing facilities assume more production, and actively communicating with the local government about power supply related matters. However, as it remains uncertain how long the power rationing measures will persist and when JinkoSolar's Sichuan manufacturing facilities can resume full production, JinkoSolar is currently unable to evaluate the extent to which its business operation and financial performance for full year 2022 will be affected.
About JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd.
JinkoSolar (NYSE: JKS) is one of the largest and most innovative solar module manufacturers in the world. JinkoSolar distributes its solar products and sells its solutions and services to a diversified international utility, commercial and residential customer base in China, the United States, Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom, Chile, South Africa, India, Mexico, Brazil, the United Arab Emirates, Italy, Spain, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Poland, Austria, Switzerland, Greece and other countries and regions. JinkoSolar has built a vertically integrated solar product value chain, with an integrated annual capacity of 40.0 GW for mono wafers, 40.0 GW for solar cells, and 50.0 GW for solar modules, as of March 31, 2022.
JinkoSolar has 12 productions facilities globally, 21 overseas subsidiaries in Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, India, Turkey, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, the United States, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Australia, Canada, Malaysia, UAE, and Denmark, and global sales teams in mainland China, the United States, Canada, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Japan, Australia, Korea, India, Turkey, Chile, Brazil, Mexico and Hong Kong, as of March 31, 2022.
To find out more, please see: www.jinkosolar.com
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SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lumentum Holdings Inc. ("Lumentum") today announced that company management is currently scheduled to participate in the following investor events:
Institutional investors interested in participating in these events should contact their representative at these firms.
About Lumentum
Lumentum (NASDAQ: LITE) is a market-leading designer and manufacturer of innovative optical and photonic products enabling optical networking and laser applications worldwide. Lumentum optical components and subsystems are part of virtually every type of telecom, enterprise, and data center network. Lumentum lasers enable advanced manufacturing techniques and diverse applications including next-generation 3D sensing capabilities. Lumentum is headquartered in San Jose, California with R&D, manufacturing, and sales offices worldwide. For more information, visit www.lumentum.com and follow Lumentum on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.
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Media: Sean Ogarrio, 408-546-5405; media@lumentum.com
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SÃO PAULO, Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nuseed and GranBio have entered into a long-term strategic alliance to accelerate R&D and commercialization into global energy cane markets. Nuseed acquired GranBio's energy cane breeding and commercial assets, and R&D program aiming to fundamentally improve the output energy value through innovation in bioenergy cane.
This is an enormous opportunity, with ready now technology and is a fundamental step change in energy creation and renewable product generation from cane. The opportunity includes two exciting platforms:
- Scalable, drop-in improvement in energy output with the existing ethanol + cogeneration bioelectricity cane industry in Brazil (and other markets), and
- Expansion of energy cane as a reliable feedstock into emerging 2G process technology, which will make it possible to help decarbonize hydrocarbons for applications such as biochemicals and Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF).
Nuseed will accelerate breeding product development and broad scale commercial adoption into the existing ethanol + bioelectric cane industry in Brazil and other world markets.
GranBio will continue to invest in energy cane development through Nuseed and will be the exclusive licensor of energy cane feedstock into GranBio proprietary process applications in the lignocellulosic field, such as cellulosic sugars and lignin, 2G ethanol, biochemicals, SAF and renewable materials worldwide.
Nuseed and GranBio's agreement will enable the biomass-to-fuel value chain to become a powerful solution to the challenge of securing renewable feedstock at large scale. Dedicated energy cane next generation clusters will also enable carbon neutral biorefineries to respond to global SAF demand and IATA 2050 goals.
Nuseed Group Executive, Brent Zacharias said, "This is a fundamental step change in energy creation and renewable product generation from cane. Nuseed sees enormous opportunity with this exciting new acquisition and strategic partnership with GranBio. As part of our bioenergy platform, we are focused on building technology, capability and partnerships to optimize delivery of bioenergy feedstocks and industrial materials. The proprietary energy cane platform, combined with existing Nuseed innovation, global reach and partnerships, can transform sustainable energy output from a highly scalable crop."
GranBio's CEO and Founder, Bernardo Gradin said, "GranBio has been developing energy cane since 2012 as one of the most effective feedstocks to enable and secure sustainable advanced biofuels and biochemicals with a biopower-to-biomass value chain with net zero carbon footprint.
"The long-term alliance with Nuseed will accelerate and improve the worldwide agricultural and technology advancement of energy cane and allow GranBio to focus on its core technology deployment of its Net Zero Carbon Renewable Biorefineries Program. This cooperation agreement will create a very powerful global solution to secure biomass as a reliable feedstock at scale to biofuels including 2G ethanol and 2G SAF. GranBio's biorefineries, powered by proprietary and partner technologies, projects 50,000 ha of planted energy cane clusters capable of producing the equivalent of 100 million gallons of cellulosic SAF (which aims at cutting greenhouse gas emissions to as close to zero as possible) starting in 2028. There are tropical and sub-tropical zones in regions of Latin America, South of US, Africa, Asia and Australia corresponding to over 700 million hectares of potentially available land not used for food crops."
Energy cane, with GranBio's demonstrated technologies, can potentially reduce gasoline consumption in tropical countries where the biomass from sugar cane is superior to other crops. It has the potential to reduce to neutral, or even negative, its carbon footprint.
Nuseed Media Contact:
Rhonda Macdonald
mediarelations@nuseed.com
403-692-2505
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BRIDGEWATER, N.J., Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Professional electric bicycle brand VANPOWERS BIKE released their new model this summer, City Vanture, the world's first road e-bike with an assembled frame. The assembled frame solves the problems of large frame alignment tolerance and fragility of the traditional brazing one-piece frame on the market.
A few weeks after City Vanture's release, renowned Olympic medalist and cycling world champion Gregory Baugé was in Paris, France, to experience the extraordinary ride of City Vanture. "One of my favorite memories is touring Paris on City Vanture. A very quiet, well-balanced ebike, I could spend hours riding it around the city of light," says Gregory Baugé. Basma El Ghouate, a well-known stylist and former cyclist, also discovered the magic of assembled frames with him.
People can choose between self-assembled and pre-assembled according to their preferences at the time of purchase.
This urban e-bike is the first of its kind seen by the industry, departing from traditional brazed frame construction processes, and instead adopts a highly symmetrical tenon-and-mortise structure with <1 mm of frame alignment tolerance. The City Vanture offers good steering and a smooth cycling experience with a nearly racing-level frame alignment tolerance. The frame construction manages to be durable and light at the same time, weighing in at 15.5 kg, or 35 lbs. The aluminum alloy frame is ultra-lightweight for reduced drag.
As a modern e-bike, the City Vanture also sports a rechargeable battery that is hidden in the downtube to maintain its sleek aesthetic, offering an option to install an additional battery to extend its total range. To complement this feature, it also incorporates a smart dual-battery system that can detect when the main battery is at low power and automatically begin drawing power from the second battery, avoiding the tedious process of stopping and switching sources. This further maintains its capability to provide riders with a smooth journey from start to finish.
VANPOWERS BIKE's commitment to rider preferences is evident in their approach to this model, and the company is looking to the future, aiming to continue developing green alternatives to mainstream transportation.
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About VANPOWERS BIKE
VANPOWERS BIKE, a professional e-bike brand established in 2022, is committed to solving the problems in the existing e-bike market and creating an e-bike that is easy, efficient, and comfortable for riders—staying on the cutting edge of technology while maintaining a sleek and classic aesthetic.
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VERO BEACH, Fla., May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Watercrest Santa Rosa Beach Assisted Living and Memory Care in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida has been recognized by U.S. News & World Report as a 2022-23 Best Assisted Living Community and Best Memory Care Community.
Watercrest Santa Rosa Beach is one of the senior living communities recognized by U.S. News & World Report that earned "Best" status by achieving the highest possible rating for both Assisted Living and Memory Care. U.S. News awards the designation of Best Senior Living only to those communities that satisfy U.S. News's objective statistical assessment of each senior living community's performance from consumer satisfaction surveys administered between March 2021 and February 2022, reflecting the viewpoints of more than 200,000 current residents and family members of residents living in thousands of senior living communities nationwide.
"It is a great honor and distinction for Watercrest Santa Rosa Beach to be awarded a Best Assisted Living and Best Memory Care Community by an esteemed organization such as U.S. News & World Report," says Marc Vorkapich, principal and chief executive officer of Watercrest Senior Living Group. "This recognition is a first-hand testament from our residents as to the excellence in care and service they enjoy at Watercrest Santa Rosa Beach."
The inaugural U.S. News Best Senior Living ratings and profiles offer comprehensive information and exclusive analysis of consumer satisfaction data evaluating such factors as community & activity, food & dining, caregiving, and management & staff for nearly 2,500 communities in the continental U.S. and Hawaii. For more than 30 years, U.S. News has served the American public as an unbiased arbiter of quality across a variety of important choices. Whether picking a college, selecting a hospital or moving to a nursing home, consumers go to U.S. News to research and make consequential life decisions.
"Until now, families have had limited information when comparing providers of independent living, assisted living, memory care or continuing care," said Ben Harder, managing editor and chief of health analysis at U.S. News. "The Best Senior Living ratings fill this informational gap with comprehensive and transparent data to help older consumers and their families identify high-quality senior living communities that meet their needs and preferences."
For more information behind the data analyzed in the U.S. News ratings for Senior Living, please refer to the methodology.
Watercrest Santa Rosa Beach is a newly-constructed senior living development project partnered between Watercrest Senior Living Group and The St. Joe Company. The community offers 75 assisted living and 32 memory care apartments with resort-style service and world-class care. Residents enjoy pampering in elegant Spa W, savor private label Watercrest wines at the bistro, and relish the flavors of locally grown, seasonal ingredients and organic fare whether dining outdoors, bistro-style, or in the chef's private dining room. Watercrest Santa Rosa Beach is conveniently located at 205 West Hewett Road along the Emerald Coast. For information, contact the community at 850-290-0462.
About Watercrest Senior Living Group
Watercrest Senior Living Group was founded to honor our mothers and fathers, aspiring to become a beacon for quality in senior living by surpassing standards of care, service and associate training. Watercrest senior living communities are recognized for their luxury aesthetic, exceptional amenities, world-class care, and innovative memory care programming offering unparalleled service to seniors living with Alzheimer's and dementia. A certified Great Place to Work, Watercrest specializes in the development and operations of assisted living and memory care communities and the growth of servant leaders. For information, visit www.watercrestseniorliving.com.
About The St. Joe Company
The St. Joe Company is a real estate development, asset management and operating company with real estate assets and operations in Northwest Florida. The Company intends to use existing assets for residential, hospitality and commercial ventures. St. Joe has significant residential and commercial land-use entitlements. The Company actively seeks higher and better uses for its real estate assets through a range of development activities. More information about the Company can be found on its website at www.joe.com. On a regular basis, the Company releases a video showing progress on projects in development or under construction. See https://www.joe.com/video-gallery for more information.
About U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report is the global leader in quality rankings that empower consumers, business leaders and policy officials to make better, more informed decisions about important issues affecting their lives. A multifaceted digital media company with Education, Health, Money, Travel, Cars, News and 360 Reviews platforms, U.S. News provides rankings, independent reporting, data journalism, consumer advice and U.S. News Live events. More than 40 million people visit USNews.com each month for research and guidance. Founded in 1933, U.S. News is headquartered in Washington, D.C.
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329 years later, last Salem ‘witch’ who wasn’t is pardoned
By WILLIAM J. KOLE
Associated Press
BOSTON (AP) — It took more than three centuries, but the last Salem “witch” who wasn’t has been officially pardoned.
Massachusetts lawmakers on Thursday formally exonerated Elizabeth Johnson Jr., clearing her name 329 years after she was convicted of witchcraft in 1693 and sentenced to death at the height of the Salem Witch Trials.
Johnson was never executed, but neither was she officially pardoned like others wrongly accused of witchcraft.
Lawmakers agreed to reconsider her case last year after a curious eighth-grade civics class at North Andover Middle School took up her cause and researched the legislative steps needed to clear her name.
Subsequent legislation introduced by state Sen. Diana DiZoglio, a Democrat from Methuen, was tacked onto a budget bill and approved.
“We will never be able to change what happened to victims like Elizabeth but at the very least can set the record straight,” DiZoglio said.
In a statement, North Andover teacher Carrie LaPierre — whose students championed the legislation — praised the youngsters for taking on “the long-overlooked issue of justice for this wrongly convicted woman.”
“Passing this legislation will be incredibly impactful on their understanding of how important it is to stand up for people who cannot advocate for themselves and how strong of a voice they actually have,” she said.
Johnson is the last accused witch to be cleared, according to Witches of Massachusetts Bay, a group devoted to the history and lore of the 17th-century witch hunts.
“For 300 years, Elizabeth Johnson Jr. was without a voice, her story lost to the passages of time,” said state Sen. Joan Lovely, of Salem,
Twenty people from Salem and neighboring towns were killed and hundreds of others accused during a frenzy of Puritan injustice that began in 1692, stoked by superstition, fear of disease and strangers, scapegoating and petty jealousies. Nineteen were hanged, and one man was crushed to death by rocks.
Johnson was 22 when she was caught up in the hysteria of the witch trials and sentenced to hang. That never happened: Then-Gov. William Phips threw out her punishment as the magnitude of the gross miscarriages of justice in Salem sank in.
In the more than three centuries that have ensued, dozens of suspects officially were cleared, including Johnson’s own mother, the daughter of a minister whose conviction eventually was reversed.
But for some reason, Johnson’s name wasn’t included in various legislative attempts to set the record straight. Because she wasn’t among those whose convictions were formally set aside, hers still technically stood. Unlike others wrongfully accused, Johnson never had children and thus had no descendants to act on her behalf.
“Elizabeth’s story and struggle continue to greatly resonate today,” DiZoglio said. “While we’ve come a long way since the horrors of the witch trials, women today still all too often find their rights challenged and concerns dismissed.” | https://localnews8.com/news/ap-national/2022/05/26/329-years-later-last-salem-witch-who-wasnt-is-pardoned/ | 2022-05-26T19:00:53Z |
During Period of Record-breaking Sales, New Executive Role Will Empower Planful To Accelerate International and Channel Partner Expansions While Continuing to Enhance Customer Value
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., July 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Planful Inc., the pioneer of financial performance management cloud software, today announced the promotion of Pier Barattolo to Chief Sales Officer, a new position. Previously Planful's Senior Vice President, North America Sales, Barattolo now oversees sales in all distribution channels, globally.
"Planful is growing at a record-breaking pace, and Pier has been instrumental in this success through rapid expansion of the sales organization and improving sales metrics to best-in-class levels," said Planful's Chief Executive Officer, Grant Halloran. "Our mission is a global one: to save companies from the miseries of running financial processes with outdated, or no, systems. Pier's career experiences, along with his incredible results at Planful, give us extreme confidence that his leadership across all global sales will accelerate execution of the mission."
Barattolo joined Planful in 2019 as Senior Vice President, North America Sales. During his twenty-plus years leading hypergrowth sales and client services teams prior to Planful, Barattolo has held a range of global executive sales roles including chief revenue officer and vice president of regional and worldwide sales at companies such as Cognos, Business Objects, DataSift, and Density.
The promotion of Barattolo to Chief Sales Officer gives Planful a strong global leader to continue the record-breaking momentum Planful has experienced in international and channel sales in recent years, including 2021 results of 110% growth in international customer additions and over 400% growth in channel subscriptions bookings.
"In recent years, Planful has grown into an undisputed heavyweight champion in our market. To stay there, we will continue to scale our teams with amazing people around the world," said Barattolo. "I'm honored for the opportunity to serve everyone on our team in this expanded role."
Planful is the pioneer of cloud financial performance management cloud software. The Planful platform is used by the Office of the CFO around the globe to streamline business-wide planning, budgeting, consolidations, reporting, and visual analytics. Planful empowers users to plan confidently, close faster, and report accurately. More than 1000 customers, including Boston Red Sox, Del Monte, TGI Friday's, and 23andMe, rely on Planful to accelerate cycle times, increase productivity, and improve accuracy across the end-to-end FP&A process. Planful is a private company backed by Vector Capital, a leading global private equity firm. Learn more at www.planful.com.
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LONDON, June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nadia Samdani has had the honour of Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire conferred upon her in the Queen's 2022 Birthday Honours List. Samdani has been recognised for services to global art philanthropy and supporting the arts in Bangladesh, South Asia and the United Kingdom. The Birthday Honours list recognises the achievements of a wide range of extraordinary people across the UK.
A passionate supporter of the arts, Samdani is the co-founder of the not-for-profit Samdani Art Foundation in Bangladesh. Through her efforts with the Foundation, she has brought attention to Bangladeshi contemporary artists both at home and internationally. This has resulted in their works being included in major international public institutions and collections.
Samdani also co-founded the Dhaka Art Summit (DAS), the highest visited art summit in the world which welcomed 477,000 visitors in 2020. A key part of the Foundation's remit to make art accessible to all, it provides opportunities for the local community to engage with art by bridging the gap between the local art scene and the international art world. Under her continued leadership, DAS will celebrate its tenth anniversary from 3 to 11 February 2023.
Nadia Samdani MBE says:
'It's an extraordinary honour to receive recognition for over a decade of supporting and nurturing artistic talent. It's been heartening to see the huge levels of public engagement with our work, and how the Foundation has fostered new cross-cultural dialogues between Bangladesh and the rest of the world. I am thrilled that this honour comes as part of celebrations for Her Majesty the Queen's 70-year reign, and her length of service and commitment is something I hope to emulate in my ongoing work.'
About Nadia Samdani MBE
Nadia Samdani MBE is the Co-Founder and President of the Samdani Art Foundation and Director of the Dhaka Art Summit. In 2011, with husband Rajeeb Samdani, she established the Samdani Art Foundation to support the work of Bangladesh and South Asia's contemporary artists and architects and increase their exposure. As part of this initiative, she founded the Dhaka Art Summit - the highest visited art summit in the world - which has since completed five successful editions under her leadership and welcomed a record 477,000 visitors for its last edition in 2020. Nadia Samdani is a member of Tate's South Asia Acquisitions Committee, Tate's International Council, Alserkal Avenue's Programming Committee and the Delfina Foundation's International Council, and is one of the founding members of The Harvard University Lakshmi Mittal South Asia Institute's Arts Advisory Council. In 2017, with her husband Rajeeb, she was the first South Asian arts patron to receive the prestigious Montblanc de la Culture Arts Patronage Award.
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PITTSBURGH, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "We wanted to create an effective way to minimize exposure to airborne germs and viruses when eating and drinking in public," said one of two inventors, from Northridge, Calif., "so we invented the WONDER MASK. Our design would offer an improved alternative to using standard face masks that have to be removed for eating and drinking."
The invention provides an improved face mask that can be worn while eating or drinking. In doing so, it eliminates the need to lower or remove the mask. As a result, it enhances comfort and safety and it provides added protection and peace of mind. The invention features a practical and user-friendly design that is easy to wear and use so it is ideal for the general population. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the Los Angeles sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-LAX-1419, 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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DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Russian mercenaries allegedly executed, tortured and beat civilians in Central African Republic since 2019, according to a report released this week from Human Rights Watch.
Russian-speaking men carrying military-grade weapons and wearing military gear with no official markings set up a roadblock near the town of Bossangoa in July 2021, stopped men to beat them and shot at least eight dead, according to witnesses who spoke to Human Rights Watch.
The organization interviewed at least 40 people in person or by phone over a period of more than two years to document abuses likely carried out by mercenaries with the Russian-linked Wagner group. Another incident described by witnesses involved Russian-linked forces detaining and torturing people in Bambari in 2019.
The accusations by the international rights group come after United Nations experts in October called on Central African Republic’s government to end all relationships with “private military and security personnel, particularly the Wagner Group,” whose members they said have violently harassed and intimidated civilians, peacekeepers, journalists, aid workers and minorities and have committed rape and sexual violence against women, men and young girls.
France and the United States also accused Wagner “mercenaries” of massacres and executions of civilians in January.
The Wagner Group, which portrays itself as a private military contractor, sends mercenary forces — many former Russian soldiers — to several African countries and other places including Ukraine and the Mideast. Although the Kremlin officially denies any connection to Wagner, the group is strategically used to further President Vladimir Putin’s ambitions to increase Russia’s influence and undermine democracy, analysts say.
Human Rights Watch called on the government of Central African Republic, the country’s Special Criminal Court or the International Criminal Court to investigate incidents in its report and other allegations of abuse by Russian-linked forces there.
“The Central African government has every right to request international security assistance, but it can’t allow foreign forces to kill and otherwise abuse civilians with impunity,” said Ida Sawyer, crisis and conflict director at Human Rights Watch.
“To demonstrate its respect for the rule of law, and to put an end to these abuses, the government should immediately investigate and prosecute all forces, including Russia-linked forces, responsible for murder, unlawful detention, and torture.”
The rights group says it has requested information from the government on inquiries into violence and any agreements with Russia, but has received no reply.
The Central African Republic government in 2021 did acknowledge the serious violation of human rights by Russians, which forced Vladimir Titorenko to leave his post as Russian ambassador to the country. It also said it would set up a special commission of inquiry to establish responsibility, but no findings have been published.
Russian security has helped protect President Faustin-Archange Touadera for years, with Russia’s former member of internal security services Valery Zakharov serving as an adviser in Bangui, the capital, on military, political and economic matters. While the government denies hiring mercenaries from Wagner, Zakharov is a “key figure” in Wagner’s command structure, according to European Union documents.
Experts estimate there are between 1,000 and 2,000 personnel in Central African Republic.
The country’s ties to the Russian group have also begun to affect its financial contributions.
Central African Republic Budget Minister Herve Ndoba said Tuesday after a visit to Washington that the country should not expect contributions from the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
“The future seems uncertain for our finances and the national economy,” he said.
The two institutions want assurances that their money will not be used to finance the Russian paramilitary group. Last year, France cut its aid to the country because of an anti-French agenda it said was being guided by Russians there. | https://cw33.com/news/international/ap-international/rights-group-russians-tortured-people-in-c-african-republic/ | 2022-05-05T05:00:54Z |
Once again, the German Design Council has honored technical innovations with its German Innovation Award in Berlin. DERMALOG Identification Systems GmbH received an award for its new camera system that simplifies border checks.
BERLIN and HAMBURG, Germany, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- With its CT1 Camera Tower, DERMALOG has developed a new technology for automated face capture. The solution's core is DERMALOG's integrated facial recognition, which ensures that the system automatically adjusts to a person's head height. An expert jury of the German Design Council has now honored the innovative camera system with the German Innovation Award 2022.
From a distance of up to 2 m, the CT1 captures faces and provides portraits that meet the latest ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) requirements. In addition, the DERMALOG solution features integrated PAD (Presentation Attack Detection) and a non-contact body temperature check. As a result, the CT1 is particularly suitable for operation in the area of screened national borders.
"Biometrics is becoming increasingly important in the field of border control," says DERMALOG CEO Günther Mull. "For example, biometric data is an important component of the future European Union entry/exit system. Our automated solutions significantly contribute to secure and fast data processing and ensure a seamless process at border crossings."
Besides the CT1 Camera Tower, DERMALOG offers another innovative solution with the DERMALOG Self Registration Kiosk. In addition to facial recognition, this kiosk also captures passport and fingerprint data. Both systems are already successfully in operation and support border authorities in numerous countries.
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Mets ace Scherzer suffers hammy injury, day after deGrom out
By BILL WHITEHEAD
Associated Press
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) — New York Mets ace Max Scherzer is dealing with a hamstring issue and isn’t sure when he’ll pitch next. It’s a second straight setback for the top of the team’s much-heralded rotation. A day after the Mets said star Jacob deGrom will miss significant time with a shoulder injury, Scherzer was scratched from his outing Saturday morning in a simulated game. Just five days away from opening day in Washington, Scherzer said he wasn’t sure about the immediate plans. The three-time Cy Young Award winner added that he doesn’t expect the trouble with his right hamstring to be a long-term problem. The Mets signed Scherzer as a free agent to a $130 million, three-year contract. All-Star Chris Bassitt, Carlos Carrasco and Taijuan Walker also are in the rotation. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/04/02/mets-ace-scherzer-suffers-hammy-injury-day-after-degrom-out/ | 2022-04-02T22:13:52Z |
Roe leak may impact how Supreme Court decides gun rights, climate and immigration cases this spring
By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter
When Supreme Court justices gather on May 12 for their next closed-door conference to discuss pending petitions and outstanding opinions, everything will have changed.
At their conference, secrecy is so guarded that no one else is allowed in the room. Justice Amy Coney Barrett, as the junior-most justice, is charged with opening the door if someone knocks.
But such precautions seem almost quaint now.
The court that prides itself on collegiality, independence, a devotion to protocol and process is reeling from what Chief Justice John Roberts called a betrayal of confidence “intended to undermine the integrity of our operations.” While leaks are common in the other branches of government, a leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion published by Politico in the most important abortion case in decades, is seismic.
In the coming days an investigation launched by Roberts will commence and presumably have a long-term impact that will trigger changes in protocol and add new levels of secrecy.
In the short term, however, the implications of the leak could be more serious. That’s because in the coming weeks the justices will have to resolve the abortion dispute as well as a major Second Amendment case and others dealing with immigration, religious liberty and the environment.
“The nine justices, their more than three dozen law clerks, and the administrative aides must constantly and collegially collaborate to draft opinions in order for the Supreme Court to function,” said Mike Davis, a former clerk to Justice Neil Gorsuch. “This requires strict confidence, and utmost trust, both of which this unprecedented leak shattered.”
Those deliberations — that involve a careful choreography between chambers — could be damaged going forward. Such work requires frank conversations, and a shared trust, and that might be difficult to muster knowing that what happens behind closed doors could be broadcast to the world.
Here are the major cases the court is considering that could have a major impact on American life:
Roe v. Wade and abortion
While much has been said about Alito’s draft opinion, a court spokesman made clear that it was not final and did not reflect the final vote of any member of the court.
That would suggest that there is still a possibility that one or two justices that presumably cast an initial vote to overturn Roe may be in play. One option that Roberts has backed would be to uphold the Mississippi 15-week abortion ban but not explicitly overturn Roe’s guarantee of a right to abortion.
It is not unheard of for votes to change, or for a dissenter to write so eloquently that he or she might draw the unexpected support of a colleague initially in the majority.
Second Amendment rights
The court hasn’t issued an opinion in a major Second Amendment case in more than a decade, but it has an opportunity before it now.
Justices are considering whether to strike down a New York gun law enacted more than a century ago that places restrictions on carrying a concealed gun outside the home.
As the justices debate the issue in secret, they will decide whether to issue a broad decision holding that the right to keep and bear arms extends to the right to carry a handgun outside the home, or whether to focus more narrowly on a handful of laws that give licensing officials a large degree of discretion in deciding who gets a permit.
School vouchers and prayer
Behind the scenes, the justices are likely divided in a case concerning the exclusion of religious schools from a Maine tuition assistance program that allows parents to use vouchers to send their children to public or private schools.
RELATED: The Supreme Court’s evolution on the separation of church and state
The conservatives on the court have in recent terms expanded religious liberty rights, while the liberals have moved at times to bolster the separation between church and state.
Another pending case concerns a former high school football coach who wants to pray at the 50-yard line after games. At oral arguments, the conservatives seemed sympathetic to the religious rights of the coach, whereas the liberals expressed concerns about students feeling coerced to participate in prayer led by their coach.
Climate crisis
The justices are also considering a case brought by Republican attorneys general who argue that the Environmental Protection Agency has no authority to regulate planet-warming emissions from the power sector.
They argue, instead, that the authority should come through Congress. The result will have enormous implications for Biden’s climate agenda and the future of environmental regulations overall.
‘Remain in Mexico’ and immigration
There are several disputes concerning immigration before the court.
In one, the Biden administration seeks to end the Trump-era “Remain in Mexico” policy, which requires non-Mexican migrants to stay in Mexico until their US immigration court dates. Lower courts have blocked Biden from ending the policy. The justices will be reviewing a sweeping lower court decision that could significantly alter immigration programs going forward.
By the end of the term, Roberts will have navigated the court through one of the most divisive dockets in recent history at a time when the court’s popularity is at an all-time low — and that was before the leak of the abortion draft opinion.
In his statement announcing the investigation Roberts called the leak “a singular and egregious breach” as well as an “affront.”
Although he claimed the “work of the Court will not be affected in any way” — It already has been.
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Fealty to Trump defines Republican Senate primary in Arizona
By JONATHAN J. COOPER
Associated Press
PHOENIX (AP) — The race for Arizona Senate doesn’t fit easily into the Donald Trump vs. GOP establishment pattern that’s defined so many GOP primaries to date. All the major candidates in Arizona aggressively sought the former president’s backing and haven’t been shy about advancing his false claims of election fraud. Since Republican Gov. Doug Ducey declined to run for the Senate, the party’s mainstream hasn’t coalesced around any particular candidate. First-time candidate Blake Masters has gobbled up most of the attention since he was endorsed by Trump. He faces solar energy executive Jim Lamon and Attorney General Mark Brnovich in Tuesday’s Republican primary. The winner will take on Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, one of the GOP’s top targets. | https://localnews8.com/news/ap-national/2022/07/30/fealty-to-trump-defines-republican-senate-primary-in-arizona-2/ | 2022-07-30T18:42:43Z |
First-of-its kind collaborative research will increase Indigenous student visibility in higher education while informing effective practices of student support to increase student achievement.
DENVER, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Native Scholarships Providers (NNSP) has released its first-ever National Study on College Affordability for Indigenous Students. The research and report, which were funded by a grant from Lumina Foundation, are the result of a collaboration of collection, data-sharing, analysis, and reporting between the nation's four Native scholarship providers: the American Indian College Fund, the Cobell Scholarship, the American Indian Science and Engineering Society, and Native Forward Scholars Fund (formerly American Indian Graduate Center). Researchers have found the primary obstacle to college completion is affordability, causing overall college student attrition. Yet until NNSP's research, the national data on the effect of college affordability on Indigenous students' college completion had not been fully explored.
Only 36.2% of Indigenous students entering four-year colleges and universities in 2014 completed their academic degrees in six years, as compared to 60.1% of all other students. The NNSP's goal in the research was to understand the integrated college-going experiences of Native scholars, their families, communities, Tribes, and how they viewed the promise of a post-secondary education—and how these factors played a role in their navigating college affordability.
Principal research staff from the NNSP organizations served as co-principal investigators for the project, with the support from Indigenous research faculty nationwide. Because of limited research available on the topic of college affordability for Indigenous students, the team used a mixed-method approach to provide a deeper understanding of student insights and experiences, including quantitative data (gained through surveys of former and current NNSP scholarship recipients) and qualitative data (gained through survey participants' participation in individual interviews or sharing circles). The researchers applied for and received approval for the research with an Internal Review Board (IRB) application through the Northwest Indian College (NWIC) Institutional Review Board (IRB), the IRB of Record for the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC).
The report is divided into subject-matter sections that include demographic and background data, Tribal affiliations, navigating personal finances to pay for education, financial aid and FAFSA completion, and debt accrual. Researchers also conducted an analysis of variables on affordability, such as food security, caretaking responsibilities, cultural experience, availability of off-campus housing, being the sole source of a family's income, and more.
In addition to this ground-breaking research, the NNSP provided valuable practice and policy recommendations for higher education institutions, financial aid offices, secondary and pre-college education institutions, land grant colleges and universities, Native-American serving non-tribal colleges and universities, and national Non-Native scholarship providers. This research is the first step in the NNSP's work to provide data to challenge the U.S. higher education system's erasure of Indigenous people through its lack of collection of and attention to data inclusion at the campus and national levels. The NNSP identified the next steps for research on college affordability for Native students, including the impact of COVID-19, student loans, the impact of external scholarship on collegiate outcomes, and more.
Cheryl Crazy Bull, President and CEO of the American Indian College Fund, said, "We want the American public and policymakers to understand the unique barriers faced by Native students as they pursue their education dreams. These barriers can be removed through continued investment via scholarships, tuition support, and supportive partnerships. This study provides a foundation from which to explore those investments."
Sarah EchoHawk, Chief Executive Officer of the American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES), said, "The incredible data produced by this national study will shed a more direct light on our Indigenous students and the financial barriers that they face along their educational journeys. This information not only allows AISES to better support our students' financial needs, but it also provides deeper context to our overall mission goals as an organization. The collaborative efforts with the other National Native Scholarship Providers are truly remarkable in terms of the impact this work will have on our Indigenous students in Indian Country."
Melvin E. Monette, CEO of the Cobell Scholarship Program administered by Indigenous Education, Inc., said, "Data on college affordability for Native students now has new national visibility due to our scholarship organizations' powerful data and research collaboration. This ongoing Indigenous-centric research endeavor not only enables the Cobell Scholarship program to better understand and meet our scholars' financial needs, it aligns with Elouise Cobell's vision of making higher education more accessible to Native students throughout the U.S."
Angelique Albert, CEO of Native Forward Scholars Fund, said, "This national study brings Native students' voices to the forefront so we can begin to build the foundation for awareness, inclusion, and better understanding of the complexities of Native students' journey through college. Collaborating with other nonprofits to form National Native Scholarship Providers is an important step in this process to explore college affordability, access to higher education, and the challenges Native students face, on and off campus."
To download or read a copy of the report online, please visit: https://collegefund.org/NNSP_Affordability
About the American Indian College Fund—The American Indian College Fund has been the nation's largest charity supporting Native higher education for 33 years. The College Fund believes "Education is the answer" and provided $15.5 million in scholarships and other direct student support to American Indian students in 2020-21. Since its founding in 1989 the College Fund has provided more than $259 million in scholarships, programmatic and community support. The College Fund also supports a variety of academic and support programs at the nation's 35 accredited tribal colleges and universities, which are located on or near Indian reservations, ensuring students have the tools to graduate and succeed in their careers. The College Fund consistently receives top ratings from independent charity evaluators and is one of the nation's top 100 charities named to the Better Business Bureau's Wise Giving Alliance. For more information about the American Indian College Fund, please visit https://www.collegefund.org.
Journalists—The American Indian College Fund does not use the acronym AICF. On second reference, please use the College Fund.
About AISES — Advancing Indigenous People in STEM—For 45 years, AISES has focused on substantially increasing the representation of Indigenous peoples of North America and the Pacific Islands in critically needed STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) disciplines. This robust nonprofit currently supports individual student and professional members across the U.S. and Canada through chartered college and university chapters, professional chapters, tribal chapters, and affiliated PK-12 schools. Members benefit from diverse STEM-focused programming that supports careers and promotes student success and workforce development in multiple crucial areas. To learn more visit https://www.aises.org/.
About The Cobell Scholarship Program, Indigenous Education, Inc.—Created in 2016 for the express purpose to administer the Cobell Scholarship Program, Indigenous Education, Inc. provides highly competitive scholarship and fellowship opportunities for Native vocational, undergraduate, and graduate students through empowering them with an impactful scholarship experience designed to support their success in higher education. The overarching mission and vision of Indigenous Education, Inc. is to support American Indian and Alaska Native student success. Since the program's beginning, it has supported over 4000 students with more than $35,000,000 in scholarships to attend more than 400 colleges and universities worldwide. To learn more about, Ms. Cobell, IEI and the Cobell Scholarship, visit https://cobellscholar.org.
About Native Forward Scholars Fund – Native Forward Scholars Fund—As the nation's longest-running scholarship provider for Native students, we have awarded over $350 million in direct scholarships since 1969 and have empowered over 20,000 students from over 500 Tribes in all 50 states. Native Forward is committed to creating an impact in Native communities by providing access to quality education for Native students. We believe higher education deepens our transformative impact on every part of society. Native Forward invests 95% of our resources directly into Native students' higher education experience at 1,700+ institutions across the U.S. in undergraduate, graduate, and professional degree programs.
Our goal is to create opportunities for success for all Native people. Knowledge and experience are powerful tools that can advance and preserve our way of life. By honoring our history, we are creating our own brilliant future. We are Native Forward Scholars Fund. For more information, visit https://www.nativeforward.org.
Journalists — Native Forward Scholars Fund does not use the acronym NFSF. On second reference, please use the Native Forward.
Photo—The first-ever National Study on College Affordability for Indigenous Students released by the National Native Scholarships Providers (NNSP). The NNSP is comprised of the American Indian College Fund (College Fund), the American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES), the Cobell Scholarship Program administered by Indigenous Education, Inc., and Native Forward.
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Google and Momentive alum Karen Budell joins customer success innovator as CMO, with Anne Ting promoted
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Totango, Inc., the industry's only Composable Customer Success (CS) platform that helps companies drive immediate value, has tapped Google and Momentive alum Karen Budell as Chief Marketing Officer and promoted Anne Ting to Chief Design Officer. Since announcing $100 million in Series D funding last September, Totango has increased its size threefold globally and onboarded a record number of new clients. These latest C-suite appointments reflect Totango's relentless investment in its own customers' success by continuing to improve their journey from both a product design and marketing perspective.
"Having been a senior marketing leader at two industry-leading public companies, I am energized by Totango's world-class technology, bold vision, and rapid growth: the perfect ingredients to scale the brand and business to new heights," said Budell. "With a product that's able to deliver value on day one, I look forward to leveraging Totango's engaged customer base and strong PLG motion to help build on our success. We're a purpose-driven company with a strong point of view, and our history positions us to be the leading voice for the next generation of CS."
Budell joins Totango from Momentive, the maker of SurveyMonkey, where she served as Vice President, Brand Marketing, and the cross-functional driver for the rebranding of the NASDAQ-traded company and enterprise product suite. Previous to this, during her four years with Google, Budell led a team responsible for narratives and brand building for YouTube Ads and was instrumental in launching Google Marketing Platform. Having found success working with businesses of all sizes, Budell's 20-year career in brand building and leadership has been fueled by her roots in journalism and a passion for storytelling through integrated, content-fueled campaigns.
Budell will report to Totango President and Chief Operations Officer Jamie Bertasi and lead all marketing functions during Totango's next phase of growth. She will also work closely with Anne Ting, who steps up from Sr. Vice President, Marketing and Growth, to Chief Design Officer and will report to CEO Guy Nirpaz.
"User experience is critical to customer success, so we are doubling down on our leadership in this area," said Nirpaz. "Karen will take all our recent work on brand positioning and messaging to the next level, and Anne will now oversee product design and experience innovation across the entire customer journey, focusing on the notion that the customer journey is the product. These are key moves, and we are thrilled to have strong leadership in marketing and design to drive our strategy forward."
Amid a year of global hypergrowth, Totango promoted Jamie Bertasi to President and COO and filled out its C-suite. Poised to expand in Israel and other countries, Totango also aims to double its global employee headcount this year.
These newest appointments come as Totango prepares for its annual Customer Success Summit: Teams event, which will bring together CS practitioners and innovative customer journey creators at Eden Roc Miami Beach Resort from September 14–16. Click here to register for the event.
Founded in 2010, Totango is the industry's only Composable Customer Success Platform. Totango's no-code, visual software enables businesses to deliver and quickly optimize best-in-class customer journeys, accelerate product onboarding and adoption, maximize customer retention, and increase user satisfaction leading to strong business results. Totango's ready-to-use journey templates (SuccessBLOCs) eliminate the friction of time and money spent on implementation and maintenance of old-school customer success platforms. As the only customer success software that combines a modern visual design and collaboration canvas, easy-to-use workflow orchestration tools, and out-of-the-box templates, Totango gives teams instant clarity and full control to create and consistently execute best-in-class customer journeys. Start where you are and go with a modular platform that provides immediate Day 1 value, continuous recalibration as needed, and predictable scale-up growth. For more information and to start Totango for free, visit Totango.com.
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MENLO PARK, Calif., Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Parker Health, an innovative biotechnology company, announced today its partnership with FDB Vela™, a new, cloud-native electronic prescribing (ePrescribing) network that enables the seamless flow of critical medication prescription information, benefits verification, and clinical decision support between prescribers, payers, pharmacies, and other constituents.
Parker Health is an early electronic health record (EHR) participant in the FDB Vela network. The Parker Suite™ Healthcare Management System™ is the first and only Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR)-compliant, full-stack, cloud-based solution that unifies patient-centric data, practitioner engagement, care delivery and outcomes data. The transformative system increases interoperability among patients, providers, payers, researchers, and health systems.
"We're excited to work with the incredible team at FDB Vela to help achieve more patient-centric care and better health outcomes for patients by optimizing the workflows of prescribers using the Parker Suite and by expanding their access to actionable data," said Vincent Lopez, Parker Health founder and CEO. "We're committed to the evolution of healthcare and increasing its accessibility and affordability. We're also committed to improving the experience of prescribers so they can spend less time looking at a screen and more time face-to-face with the patient. FDB Vela is just the right partner to advance that journey."
Chief among the advantages FDB Vela brings to Parker Health is the opportunity to introduce new, innovative ePrescribing tools and capabilities faster to the market due to rapid onboarding and streamlined integration into the FDB Vela network. New user-focused tools for the Parker Suite can gain access to FDB Vela and its services within weeks via a series of advanced APIs built on highly scalable and secure Microsoft® Azure technology.
FDB Vela's full API experience allows Parker Health to control how the Parker Suite Health Management System displays prescription information inside the web and mobile application for prescribers. It also enables Parker Health to automate aspects of prescribing, such as drug lookup and recommendations based on patient condition. This eases the burden on prescribers and staff.
"Forward-thinking EHR developers understand the value of connecting with a neutral and secure ePrescribing network that takes advantage of the latest technology to help optimize their solutions' features and functionality while speeding time to market," said Lathe Bigler, general manager of FDB Vela. "We look forward to supporting Parker Health's existing solutions as well as facilitating the implementation of new ePrescribing tools in Parker Suite to enhance prescriber efficiency while helping patients achieve the best possible outcomes."
The FDB Vela network will provide Parker Suite users with real-time medication eligibility and benefits information, including out-of-pocket spending estimates and will facilitate faster fulfillment of specialty drugs as more specialty pharmacies join the network.
Parker Health's Parker Suite also integrates information from FDB MedKnowledge®, the most widely used drug database in the United States. Connecting with FDB Vela will make it possible for Parker Suite users to share this information, including a broad set of clinically meaningful and actionable patient and medication insights, at the time of prescribing to help improve consumer medication safety and therapeutic efficacy. According to Parker Health, directly integrating with the FDB drug database and with FDB Vela gives patients greater knowledge of their medications plus greater control over their prescriptions and prescription costs.
"Integrating into FDB Vela will benefit prescribers and patients," said Christopher Parker, chief technology officer of Parker Health. "Using trusted information from FDB along with our artificial intelligence-powered clinical decision support capabilities, our system can recommend prescriptions to providers during the encounter based on entered conditions and curated clinical evidence, reducing decision time and increasing consulting time with the patient."
Parker added: "Together, patient and prescriber can also review local pharmacy prices and alternative therapies within the Healthcare Management System or on an Apple or Android mobile device. FDB Vela truly opens a world of opportunities and innovation within ePrescribing for every network participant."
About Parker Health
A Mexican American-founded, and minority-led innovative biotechnology company advancing global healthcare into the next century.
Powered by Parker™, America's first FHIR-compliant full-stack cloud-based Healthcare Management System™ which unifies patient-centric data, practitioner engagement, care delivery and outcomes, and the evolution of healthcare. Our proprietary integrated Electronic Health System (EHR/EMR), Remote Physiological Monitoring (RPM), Remote Fitness Monitoring™ (RFM), Vinny A.I.™, and Diagnostic (Dx) tools provide an interoperable and robust experience for patients, practitioners, payors, researchers, and health systems. We are on a mission to simplify the complexities of healthcare and deliver on the unfulfilled promises of digital health with a compliant, interoperable, accessible, and affordable solution.
To learn more about Parker Health, please visit ourparker.com.
About FDB
FDB (First Databank) creates and delivers the world's most powerful drug knowledge that ignites, inspires, and illuminates critical medication decisions. We collaborate with our partners to help improve patient safety, operational efficiency, and health outcomes. Our drug databases drive healthcare information systems that serve the majority of hospitals, physician practices, pharmacies, payers, and all other areas of healthcare and are used by millions of clinicians, business associates, and patients every day. FDB Vela is a cloud-native electronic prescribing network that enables the seamless flow of critical medication prescription information, benefits verification, and clinical decision support between prescribers, payers, and pharmacies.
To learn more about FDB Vela, please visit fdbvela.com. For a complete look at FDB's other solutions and services, please visit fdbhealth.com, or follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, and YouTube.
About Hearst Health
The mission of Hearst Health is to help guide the most important care moments by delivering vital information into the hands of everyone who touches a person's health journey. Care guidance from Hearst Health reaches the majority of people in the U.S. The Hearst Health network includes FDB (First Databank), Zynx Health, MCG, Homecare Homebase and MHK. Hearst also holds a minority interest in the precision medicine and oncology analytics company M2Gen. Follow Hearst Health on Twitter @HearstHealth or LinkedIn @Hearst-Health.
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LIBERTY, N.Y. (WTEN) – A fire Tuesday evening engulfed a building at the site of the long-abandoned Grossinger’s Hotel, once among the most glamorous resorts in the Catskills region of New York.
In its heyday, the property drew hundreds of thousands of vacationers a year, catering mostly to Jewish clientele. It has also been cited as an inspiration for the film “Dirty Dancing.”
The blaze broke out in a three-and-a-half story building on the old hotel property. Firefighters who responded to the scene had to cut through a gate, and were hampered by overgrown bushes and concrete barriers. Fire trucks were forced to stop nearly 1,000 feet from the blaze, the Liberty Fire Department said on Facebook. Long hoses were snaked through the grass and vines and up to the burning building — a white house with signs of disrepair.
It took crews six hours to put out the fire, the cause of which is under investigation.
An excavator knocked down the building after the blaze was out, according to the fire department.
Many of the other structures on the property had already been demolished. It was not clear what the burned building had previously been used for.
Grossinger’s, along with other famed Catskills resorts, was the inspiration for the fictional Kellerman’s resort in “Dirty Dancing.” The film’s screenwriter, Eleanor Bergstein, was inspired in part by her family’s summer vacations at Grossinger’s specifically, according to the Center for Jewish History.
The movie, however, was not shot in the Catskills, but Virginia for budgetary reasons. | https://cw33.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/fire-engulfs-part-of-hotel-that-inspired-dirty-dancing/ | 2022-08-19T17:22:34Z |
- Pelacarsen is a potentially first-in-class treatment specifically targeting elevated lipoprotein(a) (Lp(a)), an independent, inherited and causal risk factor for cardiovascular disease
- There are currently no approved pharmacological therapies to effectively lower Lp(a), which cannot be effectively addressed by diet and other lifestyle changes
- Topline results expected 2025
CARLSBAD, Calif., July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: IONS) today announced that Novartis has completed patient enrollment of the pivotal Phase 3 Lp(a) HORIZON cardiovascular outcomes study of pelacarsen, with 8,325 study participants. Lp(a) HORIZON is evaluating the safety and efficacy of pelacarsen in reducing cardiovascular events in patients with cardiovascular disease and elevated levels of Lp(a). Topline data from the study are expected in 2025. Novartis licensed pelacarsen from Ionis in 2019.
Pelacarsen, formerly IONIS-APO(a)-LRx, is an investigational antisense medicine designed to inhibit the production of apolipoprotein(a) in the liver to reduce elevated lipoprotein(a) or Lp(a) levels, an independent, inherited and causal risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and calcific aortic valve stenosis. High Lp(a) levels, which are associated with significant risk of coronary heart disease, cannot be reduced with lifestyle modifications or with existing lipid-lowering therapies. Pelacarsen uses Ionis' Ligand-Conjugated Antisense (LICA) technology platform.
"Completing enrollment of this pivotal outcomes study brings us closer to the day when this potentially transformative treatment is available to patients," said Sotirios "Sam" Tsimikas, M.D., senior vice president, clinical development and cardiovascular franchise leader at Ionis, who specializes in Lp(a). "There are no approved pharmacological therapies to effectively lower Lp(a) for the more than eight million patients living with cardiovascular disease and elevated levels of Lp(a) worldwide. We are grateful to the patients, investigators and site staff who are participating to make the Phase 3 Lp(a) HORIZON study possible."
Data from a Phase 2 study showed pelacarsen reduced Lp(a) levels below the recommended threshold of risk for CVD events (<50 mg/dL, <125 nmol/L) in 98% of participants with the dose being used in the Lp(a) HORIZON study.
Additional information about Lp(a) HORIZON (NCT04023552) may be found at ClinicalTrials.gov.
Lp(a) HORIZON is a global, multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled pivotal Phase 3 study conducted by Novartis. The study is designed to support an indication for the reduction of cardiovascular risk in patients with established CVD and elevated Lp(a) with 80 mg of pelacarsen administered monthly via subcutaneous administration. The study has enrolled 8,325 participants. Topline results are expected in 2025.
The primary objectives of the study are to demonstrate superiority compared to placebo in reducing the risk of expanded MACE (Major Adverse Cardiac Events) such as cardiovascular death, non-fatal myocardial infarction, non-fatal stroke and urgent coronary re-vascularization requiring hospitalization in the overall study population with established CVD and Lp(a) ≥ 70 mg/dL, and in the population with Lp(a) ≥ 90 mg/dL.
Lp(a) is a lipoprotein particle assembled in the liver that consists of an LDL-C-like particle and apolipoprotein(a). Lp(a) levels in the blood can vary greatly between individuals primarily due to genetic variations and do not correlate with LDL-C levels. Even patients with LDL-C lowered to target levels (<70 mg/dL) remain at high-risk of cardiovascular events if they have high levels of Lp(a). Elevated Lp(a) is a genetically determined condition that is not responsive to lifestyle changes, therefore patients are unable to adequately control their Lp(a) levels through improved diet or increased physical activity. Elevated Lp(a) is recognized as an independent, genetic cause of coronary artery disease, heart attack, stroke, peripheral arterial disease and aortic stenosis. Currently, there is no effective drug therapy to specifically and robustly lower elevated levels of Lp(a).
Pelacarsen, licensed by Novartis for exclusive worldwide development, manufacturing and commercialization, is an investigational antisense medicine designed to reduce apolipoprotein(a) production in the liver to offer a direct approach for reducing circulating lipoprotein(a), or Lp(a), an atherogenic, pro-inflammatory and thrombogenic lipoprotein that induces additional cardiovascular risk independent of LDL-cholesterol, in patients already treated with LDL-C-lowering therapies (such as statins or PCSK9 inhibitors).
For more than 30 years, Ionis has been the leader in RNA-targeted therapy, pioneering new markets and changing standards of care with its novel antisense technology. Ionis currently has three marketed medicines and a premier late-stage pipeline highlighted by industry-leading cardiovascular and neurological franchises. Our scientific innovation began and continues with the knowledge that sick people depend on us, which fuels our vision of becoming a leading, fully integrated biotechnology company.
To learn more about Ionis visit www.ionispharma.com and follow us on Twitter @ionispharma.
This press release includes forward-looking statements regarding Ionis' business and the therapeutic and commercial potential of Ionis' technologies, pelacarsen and other products in development. Any statement describing Ionis' goals, expectations, financial or other projections, intentions or beliefs is a forward-looking statement and should be considered an at-risk statement. Such statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, including those related to the impact COVID-19 could have on our business, and including but not limited to, those related to our commercial products and the medicines in our pipeline, and particularly those inherent in the process of discovering, developing and commercializing medicines that are safe and effective for use as human therapeutics, and in the endeavor of building a business around such medicines. Ionis' forward-looking statements also involve assumptions that, if they never materialize or prove correct, could cause its results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.
Although Ionis' forward-looking statements reflect the good faith judgment of its management, these statements are based only on facts and factors currently known by Ionis. As a result, you are cautioned not to rely on these forward-looking statements. These and other risks concerning Ionis' programs are described in additional detail in Ionis' annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2021 and the most recent Form 10-Q quarterly filing, which are on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Copies of these and other documents are available from the Company.
In this press release, unless the context requires otherwise, "Ionis," "Company," "we," "our," and "us" refers to Ionis Pharmaceuticals and its subsidiaries.
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LONDON and NEW YORK, May 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The World Economic Forum's Global Future Council for Agile Governance has collaborated to produce a whitepaper called Regulatory Technology for the 21st Century. Suade, world leading RegTech provider and member of the World Economic Forum's Global Innovators community, is a long running member of the Global Future Council and contributed to this work. The whitepaper explores the application of new technology solutions to tackle regulatory governance, reporting, compliance, and risk management obligations.
The key contributors to this work included Suade, IBM, Apolitical, Deloitte and the Ministry of Communications and Information of Singapore. As a member of the Council and with expertise in developing regulatory technology using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML), Suade provided industry knowledge on the importance of open-source data standards for regulatory compliance, such as FIRE (Financial Regulation). FIRE, created in 2014, is the only global open-source data standard for financial firms and regulator communities. Recognised by the World Economic Forum, FIRE is a mechanism that harmonises data at any level of granularity, across multiple reporting jurisdictions, globally. Suade has built a formal data governance structure to ensure that the evolution of FIRE is conducted responsibly and sustainably.
The cost and complexities of compliance is rising, and regulators require more transparency than ever before. This, combined with the accelerated pace of technology usage among many sectors has led to rapid growth of the RegTech market. RegTech enhances timely regulatory compliance and mitigates risks in a transparent and auditable manner. It automates lengthy, time-consuming processes, reducing room for error and the need for manual work and costly resources.
The application of modern technologies like AI, Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing improves efficiency in regulatory compliance teams within firms and at the regulatory level. With RegTech, industry players, including regulators, can adapt quickly to regulatory change.
Diana Paredes, CEO and co-founder, Suade, commented 'Challenging economic conditions, the need for financial stability and operational resilience, and environmental, social and governance (ESG) concerns are influencing regulatory agendas around the globe. This study builds on the Public-Private cooperation that is key to creating a more agile regulatory environment with contributions from regulators, policy makers, and regulated organisations. As a voice for RegTech at the Forum, we are honoured to participate in this study to demonstrate the benefits of RegTech and Agile Governance'
Read the report here.
Founded in 2014, Suade, leading RegTech firm, stands apart by transforming the industry's approach to regulatory compliance. Harnessing the power of Suade's technology with an intelligent data-driven platform and the utilisation of Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Machine Learning (ML), enables financial firms to achieve efficiency ratio objectives, gain greater business insights while insulating them from regulatory change.
Suade's approach to data discipline is rooted in its Financial Regulation (FIRE) Data Standardisation, the only global open-source regulatory data harmonization that brings together regulators and financial institutions to a congruent set of data definitions and properties. Building on FIRE, Suade leverages the latest technologies to streamline compliance, enhance automation, accelerate processing speed, and transparently manage a wide range of risks across multiple jurisdictions. Suade's regulatory ecosystem adapts to clients' needs and evolving requirements quickly and accurately while empowering firms to demonstrate end-to-end proof of compliance.
Suade has been recognized as a Global Innovator by the World Economic Forum and serves a global clientele of financial institutions and operates globally with a presence in the UK, Europe, North America, and Asia.
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Closed Loop Partners' Leadership Fund Continues to Buy and Build Circular Economy Businesses that Mitigate Waste and Strengthen Circular Supply Chains
NEW YORK, June 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Closed Loop Partners announced Monday the successful final close of its Closed Loop Leadership Fund, managing in excess of $200 million of total assets. KIRKBI, funds and accounts managed by BlackRock, and Realdania's mission-driven investment arm join existing investors including Nuveen, a TIAA company; Nestlé; Microsoft; PepsiCo; Unilever; SK Geo Centric Co., Ltd.; donor advised funds and a series of global family offices in Closed Loop Partners' buyout investment strategy focused on building circular economy platforms across sectors.
Led by a team with decades of operating experience and investment expertise, the Fund's strategy centers on scaling business models that advance circular supply chains to keep packaging, organics, electronics and apparel out of landfills and within a circular system. The Closed Loop Leadership Fund's first investment was acquiring Balcones Resources, a top-tier, family-owned recycling business based in Austin, TX. In January 2022, the Leadership Fund led a consortium of investors to acquire the majority stake of Sims Municipal Recycling (SMR), which manages New York City's municipal recycling contract, the largest in North America. Combined, the Closed Loop Leadership Fund portfolio helps keep over 920k tons of recycled materials in play per year.
"Transitioning to a circular economy represents a capital shift of $4.5 trillion by 2030, according to research. There are strong tailwinds of consumer demand, cost-savings and resiliency driving the shift away from a linear economy," says Lynn Baranski, Global Head of Investments, BlackRock Private Equity Partners. "Closed Loop Partners has the expertise, thought leadership and differentiated execution ability to help capture the opportunity of this shift and drive positive economic, social and environmental outcomes through its investments."
"Increased circularity is critical to advance more sustainable production systems and more efficient use of natural resources," said Damir Hamzic, Head of Circular Plastics Investments at KIRKBI A/S. "Our investment in Closed Loop Partners' Leadership Fund aims to accelerate circular solutions and ultimately contribute to global sustainable development."
"Realdania's mission-related investment in the Closed Loop Leadership Fund supports the development of the circular economy, that holds great potential for the environment and sustainability," said Kenneth Lillelund Winther, Executive Director & CIO of Realdania. "Investing in the circular economy supports the sustainable management and use of natural resources and reduces waste through recycling and reuse."
The Leadership Fund is the largest fund to date for Closed Loop Partners, a pioneer in circular economy-focused investing. Over the past eight years, Closed Loop Partners deployed capital across multiple asset classes to help accelerate the transition to a circular economy, while driving returns for investors. The Closed Loop Partners platform now manages over $475 million and has made over 60 investments since its inception.
"Since its launch in 2019, the Closed Loop Leadership Fund, our buyout strategy at Closed Loop Partners, has made significant strides acquiring and building businesses at the forefront of developing circular supply chains at scale," says Ron Gonen, Founder & CEO of Closed Loop Partners. "This final close of the Fund, which includes a number of leading investors, is a milestone for the development of the circular economy."
To date, Closed Loop Partners' investments have kept 3.6 million tons of materials in circulation and avoided 6.8 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions. The company's vision and track record of successfully deploying capital toward circular solutions has enabled the shift away from inefficient, linear, extractive supply chains and toward more efficient, waste-free circular systems. The Leadership Fund is strategically positioned within the broader Closed Loop Partners ecosystem that is comprised of venture capital, growth equity, private equity, catalytic capital and an innovation center focused on building the circular economy.
"As an early investor in the Closed Loop Leadership Fund, one of our key goals was to drive increased investment in circular supply chains from the financial community as we continue our work to help create a waste-free future," said Chastity McLeod, Director of Technical Packaging, Nestlé USA. "We are thrilled to see the growth and impact of the fund since its launch and are proud to close the fund with such a diverse group of investors that will help scale the solutions needed to advance a circular economy."
Closed Loop Partners is a New York-based investment firm comprised of venture capital, growth equity, private equity and catalytic capital, as well as an innovation center focused on building the circular economy. Investments align capitalism with positive social and environmental impact by reducing waste and greenhouse gas emissions via materials innovation, advanced recycling technologies, supply chain optimization and landfill diversion. Learn more at closedlooppartners.com
The Closed Loop Leadership Fund is Closed Loop Partners' private equity fund, focused on investing in best-in-class circular business models that are fundamental to keeping plastics and packaging, food and organics, electronics and textiles out of landfills and within a circular system.
To learn about the Closed Loop Leadership Fund, visit Closed Loop Partners' website here.
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LINKÖPING, Sweden, May 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (STO: SECT B) and UniHA, a cooperative of French public hospitals, have signed a framework agreement for Sectra Digital Pathology. The framework agreement will enable hospitals connected to UniHA to purchase Sectra's solution on pre-negotiated terms and conditions without undergoing a public tender process. This makes it possible for pathologists to review and collaborate around cases in a way that is not possible with microscopes. It will reduce variation and increase efficiency in primary diagnostics, thereby improving cancer care.
"I'm excited that Sectra has been selected to support public hospitals in this incredibly important transformation to digital pathology. I am confident that together, we can improve patient care through more efficient image review, collaboration, sharing of expertise and implementation of new technology such as AI," says Fabien Lozach, President of Sectra in France.
Using digital images of tissue samples instead of physical glass slides, Sectra's solution allows pathologists to instantly access and share current and historical images and information between departments and hospitals and to benefit from evolving technology such as AI. The digital solution provides pathologists with assistance at critical decision points, such as grading or performing more precise measurements. It also enables image analysis, which in turn reduces variation and improves the precision of tasks such as cell counting. Digital access further facilitates second opinions and external reading resources as well as enabling integrated diagnostics.
The four-year framework agreement, signed in May 2022, includes Sectra's solution for reviewing and reporting on pathology cases. Sectra was selected for both single-site and multi-site hospitals.
UniHA, Union des Hôpitaux pour les Achats, is a cooperative of French public hospital purchasers created in 2005 by the hospital staff themselves (32 university hospitals and 20 hospitals). Today, 1,144 hospitals and 120 Territorial Hospital Groupings have joined UniHA. By pooling their purchasing expertise and strengthening their financial positions, they aim to provide the best patient care and healthcare service as well as equal access to care.
Sectra's pathology solution is part of its enterprise imaging solution, which provides a unified strategy for all imaging needs while lowering operational costs. The scalable and modular solution, with a VNA at its core, allows healthcare providers to grow from ology to ology and from enterprise to enterprise. Visit Sectra's website to read more about Sectra and why it's top-ranked in 'Best in KLAS'.
About Sectra
Sectra contributes to a healthier and safer society by assisting health systems throughout the world to enhance the efficiency of care, and authorities and defense forces in Europe to protect society's most sensitive information. The company, founded in 1978, is headquartered in Linköping, Sweden, with direct sales in 19 countries, and distribution partners worldwide. Sales in the 2020/2021 fiscal year totaled SEK 1,632 million. The Sectra share is quoted on the Nasdaq Stockholm exchange. For more information, visit Sectra's website.
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PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. (WATE) – Dolly Parton and the leadership of Dollywood on Friday announced the single largest attraction investment in the history of the theme park — a brand-new roller coaster that will be its largest upon opening in the spring of 2023.
The $25 million Big Bear Mountain roller coaster, a six-acre attraction that will expand the Wildwood Grove section of the park, feature three different launches across 3,990 feet of track. The project also marks the latest step in the half-billion-dollar expansion announced in 2021.
Big Bear Mountain will reach speeds up to 48 mph and a peak elevation of 66 feet as it winds through Wildwood Grove around waterfalls and, briefly, underground. It’s also the first Dollywood ride to feature on-board audio with music and narration from Wildwood Grove’s fictional caretaker Ned Oakley.
The ride lasts nearly two minutes, and seats 20 passengers per train.
“Last year we said we were going to be investing half a million dollars in the next ten years,” said Pete Owens, Dollywood’s vice president of marketing. “This is obviously part of that investment strategy and we’re investing all over the park, not just in Wildwood Grove. But this is phase two. So you’ll see another opportunity to expand in that area sometime during that timeline.”
The theme of the Big Bear Mountain coaster, as Parton explained, is that guests are on a search for a “hug bear that’s been roaming these hills for years.”
“The folks around Wildwood Grove said they’ve seen him,” Parton teased while wearing a park ranger outfit adorned with rhinestones.
Parton added that she’s excited about the new experience, but she probably won’t be riding the coaster herself.
“Doesn’t that look like fun?” she said, referring to a rendering of the ride. “You know I’m not going to get on that.”
“If I get on that thing you’d find my wigs on one of those trees,” she joked.
The Spring 2023 launch of the new ride coincides with the grand opening of Dollywood’s newest resort: the HeartSong Lodge.
According to a case study released last year by the Tennessee Department of Transportation, Dollywood has an annual economic impact of $1.8 billion a year and is credited with more than 23,000 jobs for the region. | https://cw33.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/the-silly-reason-dolly-parton-wont-ride-dollywoods-newest-and-largest-roller-coaster/ | 2022-08-06T18:25:50Z |
COLLIERVILLE, Tenn., May 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the non-profit American Public Education Foundation launched the Financial Literacy Resource Library, a free-to-use digital library of personal finance content for teachers, students, and parents/guardians. The foundation's team has worked over the past year to aggregate the best financial literacy content from across the web with the goal of preparing our nation's children to make sound financial choices.
This initiative comes on the heels of the foundation's July release of The Nation's Report Card on Financial Literacy, a comprehensive update to its national report card on K-12 state-mandated personal financial education in all 50 states and the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
"We are thrilled to release this easy-to-use website, at no cost, to teachers, parents, and students across our country," says David Pickler, Executive Director of the American Public Education Foundation. "This is yet another exciting initiative our foundation has created to battle the financial illiteracy epidemic our nation is facing. With this library of phenomenal content, our foundation is leading the way in promoting, and advocating for, personal finance education in every home and classroom in the United States of America."
Financial illiteracy is an American epidemic and the problem is growing. According to The Aspen Institute, 16% of suicides in the US occur in response to a financial problem. The American Public Education Foundation's report card on financial literacy – released in July 2021 – found that two-thirds of states (35 states including Puerto Rico and Washington D.C.) earned grades of "C" or less for financial literacy instruction, with just 17 states earning grades of "A" or "B."
View the Financial Literacy Resource Library: https://www.fllibrary.org/
View The Nation's Report Card on Financial Literacy: https://www.thenationsreportcard.org/
About the American Public Education Foundation: The American Public Education Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to help educate, inspire and lead with all those involved in public education and prepare the next generation of leaders for engaged citizenship. The foundation's focus is on financial literacy and workforce development. Take action at www.theapef.org
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Singer Avril Lavigne tweets pic of engagement to Mod Sun
Published: Apr. 10, 2022 at 12:54 PM CDT|Updated: 16 minutes ago
(CNN) – Life is suddenly less “complicated” for pop star Avril Lavigne.
The 37-year-old Canadian singer announced on Twitter Thursday that she’s engaged to fellow musician Mod Sun.
Sun, whose real name is Derek Smith, popped the question with a heart-shaped diamond on a boat on the river Seine.
The irony is that the two met collaborating on Lavigne’s latest album titled “Love Sux.”
This would be the third marriage for Lavigne, whose previous husbands were also rock stars: Sum 41′s Deryck Whibley and Nickelback’s Chad Kroeger.
Mod Sun previously dated former Disney actor Bella Thorne.
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ROCHESTER, N.Y., Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hyzon Motors Inc. (NASDAQ: HYZN), today announced that it has received a notice from The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC ("Nasdaq") stating that because the Company has not yet filed its second quarter report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2022 (the "Form 10-Q"), the Company is no longer in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5250(c) (1), which requires listed companies to timely file all required periodic reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC").
The notification letter has no immediate effect on the listing or trading of the Company's common stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market. Nasdaq indicated that the Company must submit a plan within 60 calendar days from August 16, 2022, or no later than October 14, 2022, addressing how it intends to regain compliance with Nasdaq's listing rules. If Nasdaq accepts the Company's plan, it may grant the Company an extension of up to 180 calendar days from the Form 10-Q original filing due date, or until February 13, 2023, to regain compliance. The Company previously discussed the circumstances behind the late filing of the Form 10-Q in the Notification of Late Filing on Form 12b-25 (the "Notification"), filed with the SEC on August 16, 2022. The Company's management is working diligently to complete the Form 10-Q and intends to file the Form 10-Q as soon as practicable, but does not expect to do so within the timeframe specified by Rule 12b-25 for the reasons discussed in the Notification.
About Hyzon
Hyzon is a global leader in fuel cell electric mobility, with US operations in the Rochester, Chicago and Detroit areas, and international operations in the Netherlands, China, Australia, and Germany. Hyzon is an energy transition accelerator and technology innovator, providing end-to-end solutions in the transport sector with a focus on commercial vehicles and hydrogen supply infrastructure. Utilizing its proven and proprietary hydrogen fuel cell technology, Hyzon aims to supply zero-emission heavy duty trucks and buses to customers in North America, Europe and around the world to mitigate emissions from diesel transportation, which is one of the single largest sources of carbon emissions globally. The Company is contributing to the escalating adoption of fuel cell electric vehicles through its demonstrated technology advantage, leading fuel cell performance and history of rapid innovation. Visit www.hyzonmotors.com.
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Two new studies provide more evidence that the coronavirus pandemic originated in a Wuhan, China market where live animals were sold – further bolstering the theory that the virus emerged in the wild rather than escaping from a Chinese lab.
The research, published online Tuesday by the journal Science, shows that the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market was likely the early epicenter of the scourge that has now killed nearly 6.4 million people around the world. Scientists conclude that the virus that causes COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, likely spilled from animals into people two separate times.
“All this evidence tells us the same thing: It points right to this particular market in the middle of Wuhan,” said Kristian Andersen a professor in the Department of Immunology and Microbiology at Scripps Research and coauthor of one of the studies. “I was quite convinced of the lab leak myself until we dove into this very carefully and looked at it much closer.”
In one study, which incorporated data collected by Chinese scientists, University of Arizona evolutionary biologist Michael Worobey and his colleagues used mapping tools to estimate the locations of more than 150 of the earliest reported COVID-19 cases from December 2019. They also mapped cases from January and February 2020 using data from a social media app that had created a channel for people with COVID-19 to get help.
They asked, “Of all the locations that the early cases could have lived, where did they live? And it turned out when we were able to look at this, there was this extraordinary pattern where the highest density of cases was both extremely near to and very centered on this market,” Worobey said at a press briefing. “Crucially, this applies both to all cases in December and also to cases with no known link to the market … And this is an indication that the virus started spreading in people who worked at the market but then started to spread into the local community.”
Andersen said they found case clusters inside the market, too, “and that clustering is very, very specifically in the parts of the market” where they now know people were selling wildlife, such as raccoon dogs, that are susceptible to infection with the coronavirus.
In the other study, scientists analyzed the genomic diversity of the virus inside and outside of China starting with the earliest sample genomes in December 2019 and extending through mid-February 2020. They found that two lineages – A and B – marked the pandemic’s beginning in Wuhan. Study coauthor Joel Wertheim, a viral evolution expert at the University of California, San Diego, pointed out that lineage A is more genetically similar to bat coronaviruses, but lineage B appears to have begun spreading earlier in humans, particularly at the market.
“Now I realize it sounds like I just said that a once-in-a-generation event happened twice in short succession,” Wertheim said. But certain conditions were in place — such as people and animals in close proximity and a virus that can spread from animals to people and from person to person. So “barriers to spillover have been lowered such that multiple introductions, we believe, should actually be expected,” he said.
Many scientists believe the virus jumped from bats to humans, either directly or through another animal. But in June, the World Health Organization recommended a deeper probe into whether a lab accident may be to blame. Critics had said the WHO was too quick to dismiss the lab leak theory.
“Have we disproven the lab leak theory? No, we have not,” Andersen said. “But I think what’s really important here is there are possible scenarios and there are plausible scenarios and it’s really important to understand that possible does not mean equally likely.”
The pandemic’s origins remain controversial. Some scientists believe a lab leak is more likely and others remain open to both possibilities. But Matthew Aliota, a researcher in the college of veterinary medicine at the University of Minnesota, said in his mind the pair of studies “kind of puts to rest, hopefully, the lab leak hypothesis.”
“Both of these two studies really provide compelling evidence for the natural origin hypothesis,” said Aliota, who wasn’t involved in either study. Since sampling an animal that was at the market is impossible, “this is maybe as close to a smoking gun as you could get.”
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — NASA wants to experiment with a new orbit around the moon that it hopes to use in the coming years to once again land astronauts on the lunar surface.
So it is sending up a test satellite from New Zealand. The initial stages of the launch went according to plan late Tuesday, with the rocket carrying the satellite reaching space.
If the rest of the mission is successful, the Capstone CubeSat satellite — only about the size of a microwave oven — will be the first to take the new path around the moon and will send back vital information for at least six months.
Technically, the new orbit is called a near-rectilinear halo orbit. It’s a stretched-out egg shape with one end passing close to the moon and the other far from it.
Imagine stretching a rubber band back from your thumb. Your thumb would represent the moon and the rubber band the flight path.
“It will have equilibrium. Poise. Balance,” NASA wrote on its website. “This pathfinding CubeSat will practically be able to kick back and rest in a gravitational sweet spot in space – where the pull of gravity from Earth and the Moon interact to allow for a nearly-stable orbit.”
Eventually, NASA plans to put a space station called Gateway into the orbital path, from which astronauts can descend to the moon’s surface as part of its Artemis program.
For the satellite mission, NASA teamed up with two commercial companies. California-based Rocket Lab launched the rocket carrying the satellite, which in turn is owned and operated by Colorado-based Advanced Space.
The mission came together relatively quickly and cheaply for NASA, with the total mission cost put at $32.7 million.
Getting the 25-kilogram (55-pound) satellite into orbit will take more than four months and be done in three stages.
First, Rocket Lab’s small Electron rocket launched from New Zealand’s Mahia Peninsula. Just nine minutes later, the second stage called Photon separated and went into orbit around Earth. Over the next five days, Photon’s engines are scheduled to fire periodically to raise its orbit further and further from Earth.
Six days after the launch, Photon’s engines will fire a final time, allowing it to escape Earth’s orbit and head for the moon.
Photon will then release the satellite, which has its own small propulsion system but which won’t use much energy as it cruises toward the moon over four months, with a few planned trajectory course corrections along the way.
“Perfect Electron launch!” Rocket Lab founder Peter Beck tweeted Tuesday. “Lunar photon is in Low Earth Orbit.”
Rocket Lab spokesperson Morgan Bailey said it was the most ambitious and complex mission it has undertaken so far and comes after more than two years of work with NASA and Advanced Space. She said it will be the first time Rocket Lab has tested its HyperCurie engine that will be used to power Photon.
“Certainly lots of hard problems to solve along the way, but we’ve ticked them off one by one, and made it to launch day,” Bailey said.
Bailey said one of the advantages of the orbit is that, theoretically, a space station should be able to maintain continuous communication with Earth because it will avoid being eclipsed by the moon. | https://cw33.com/news/science-technology/ap-science/nasa-hopes-new-zealand-launch-will-pave-way-for-moon-landing/ | 2022-06-29T02:44:11Z |
NATO says Kyiv can win the war; Ukraine enjoys musical boost
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Almost three months after Russia shocked the world by invading Ukraine, its military faced a bogged-down war, the prospect of a bigger NATO and a defending country invigorated by its win in a hugely popular pan-European music competition Sunday.
Top NATO diplomats, including U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, gathered Sunday in Berlin as Finland was expected to announce a formal bid to join the Western alliance. Sweden plans to reveal later in the day if it also will seek NATO membership.
The two nonaligned Nordic nations becoming part of the alliance would pose an affront to Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has justified the war in Ukraine by claiming it was a response to NATO’s expansion in Eastern Europe.
Western military officials said Sunday that Moscow’s campaign in Ukraine, believed to have been launched with the goal of seizing Kyiv and toppling the Ukrainian government, had slowed to a snail’s pace. They said the invadingRussian army had lost up to one-third of its combat strength since February.
“The brutal invasion (by) Russia is losing momentum,” NATO Deputy Secretary-General Mircea Geoana said. “We know that with the bravery of the Ukrainian people and army, and with our help, Ukraine can win this war.”
Ukraine, meanwhile, celebrated a morale-boosting victory in the Eurovision Song Contest. The folk-rap ensemble Kalush Orchestra won the glitzy, televised Eurovision contest with its song “Stefania,” which has become a popular anthem among Ukrainians during the war. Votes from home viewers across Europe cemented the victory.
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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy vowed his nation would claim the customary honor of hosting the next annual competition.
“Step by step, we are forcing the occupiers to leave the Ukrainian land,” Zelenskyy said.
Russian and Ukrainian fighters are engaged in a grinding battle for the country’s eastern industrial heartland, the Donbas.
Russia has now likely lost one-third of the ground combat forces it committed in February and continues to suffer “consistently high levels of attrition” while failing to achieve any substantial territorial gains over the past month, Britain’s Defense Ministry said in its daily intelligence update Sunday.
“Russia’s Donbas offensive has lost momentum and fallen significantly behind schedule,” the ministry said on Twitter, adding that the forces are suffering “continued low morale and reduced combat effectiveness.”
“Under the current conditions, Russia is unlikely to dramatically accelerate its rate of advance over the next 30 days,” the ministry said.
The assessments of Russia’s war performance by Ukraine’s supporters came as Russian troops retreated from around Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, after bombarding it for weeks.
The largely Russian-speaking city with a prewar population of 1.4 million is only 80 kilometers (50 miles) southwest of the Russian city of Belgorod, and was a key military objective earlier in the war, when Moscow hoped to capture and hold major cities.
Now, Ukrainian troops are clearing villages on the outskirts of Kharkiv after pushing the Russians back.
“The war has shifted to a new level of distance artillery fighting -- we fire at them, they fire at us,” said a Ukrainian commander who gave only his first name, Serhii.
Ukraine’s military has said Moscow is focused instead on guarding supply routes, while launching mortar, artillery and airstrikes in an attempt to deplete Ukrainian forces and destroy fortifications in the east.
Russia is also striking railways, factories and other infrastructure across Ukraine. A Russian missile hit “military infrastructure facilities” in the Yavoriv district of western Ukraine, near the border with Poland. early Sunday morning. There was no immediate information on dead or injured, said Lviv Regional Governor Maksym Kozytskyy on the Telegram messaging app.
Russia has been targeting rail facilities and other critical infrastructure in western Ukraine a major gateway for NATO-supplied weapons. Western officials have said despite the attacks there has been no appreciable impact on Ukraine’s ability to resupply its forces.
After failing to capture Kyiv following the Feb. 24 invasion, Putin has shifted his focus eastward to the Donbas, aiming to encircle Ukraine’s most experienced and best-equipped troops, and to seize territory still under Ukraine’s control.
Russian forces control a horseshoe-shaped swath of territory in the Ukrainian areas of Donetsk and Luhansk, which make up the Donbas region, the border area where Ukraine has battled Moscow-backed separatists since 2014.
Airstrikes and artillery barrages make it extremely dangerous for journalists to move around in the east, hindering efforts to get a full picture of the fighting. But it appears to be a back-and-forth slog without major breakthroughs on either side.
In his nightly address Saturday, Zelenskyy said “the situation in Donbas remains very difficult” and Russian troops were “still trying to come out at least somewhat victorious.”
In the southern Donbas, the Azov Sea port of Mariupol is now largely in Russian control, except for the few hundred troops left in the Azovstal steel factory.
A convoy of between 500 and 1,000 cars carrying civilians out of the city was reportedly able to reach the Ukrainian-held city of Zaporizhzhia on Saturday, while Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said authorities were negotiating the evacuation of 60 severely wounded troops at the steelworks.
Turkey’s presidential spokesman, Ibrahim Kalin, said the country had offered to evacuate wounded Ukrainian soldiers and civilians by ship from Azovstal, according to official state broadcaster TRT. Kalin said Russian and Ukrainian officials had not given Turkey a clear answer regarding the evacuation plan, but that it was still on the table.
The invasion of Ukraine has other countries along Russia’s flank worried they could be next, and in the past week the president and prime minister of Finland said they favor seeking NATO membership.
Sweden’s governing Social Democratic Party is set to announce its decision on NATO membership Sunday. If it comes out in favor, as is expected, an application to join the Western military alliance could happen within days.
In a phone call Saturday, Putin told Finnish President Sauli Niinisto that there are no threats to Finland’s security and joining NATO would be an “error” and “negatively affect Russian-Finnish relations.”
NATO operates by consensus, and the Nordic nations’ potential bids were thrown into question Friday when Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said his country is “not of a favorable opinion.”
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu accused the two countries of supporting Kurdish rebel groups, but suggested Turkey would not necessarily block them joining NATO.
“These are the issues that we need to talk, of course, with our NATO allies,” he said.
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Yesica Fisch in Bakhmut, Yuras Karmanau in Lviv, Mstyslav Chernov in Kharkiv, Elena Becatoros in Odesa and other AP staffers around the world contributed to this report.
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DALLAS (KDAF) — There’s a lot of hype behind brunch these days, but one Dallas restaurant claims to be the place for those who just can’t get enough. It’s called Brunchaholics – home of the Soul Food Burrito.
The name Brunchaholic started as an online alias for Jesse Washington – after becoming known for his cooking content on social media and later selling his food at his local farmer’s market, he opened Brunchaholics.
The Soul Food Burrito is what the shop is best known for. It’s a burrito that soothes the soul like no other – filled with a half pound of both mac + cheese and mixed greens and a half pound of either fried catfish or chicken.
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Bevonescein (ALM-488), a peptide-dye conjugate designed to fluorescently highlight nerves in real time during surgery, is currently in Phase 3 clinical trials in patients undergoing Head and Neck Surgery
LA JOLLA, Calif., Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Alume Biosciences, Inc, a leader in the field of nerve-targeted diagnostics and therapeutics, announced today that it has been awarded a $3.4M Commercialization Readiness Program (CRP) Grant from the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS). This grant will support Alume's commercialization efforts of its novel nerve illumination technology in surgery. The Principal Investigators on this grant are Michael Whitney, PhD, Scientific Co-Founder and Vice President of Discovery and Brett Berman, MD, Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer at Alume.
Alume previously received a Phase I SBIR grant in 2019 and Phase II SBIR grant in 2020 from the NINDS to develop nerve illumination agents for surgical use. The CRP grant is a follow-on 2–year award that will support commercialization of Alume's fluorescent nerve targeting agent, ALM-488 (bevonescein) in patients undergoing Head and Neck Surgery. "Alume's technology to fluorescently highlight nerves during surgery is highly innovative and this CRP grant is a testament to bevonescein's innovation, potential utility and impact as it was awarded following a very rigorous NIH peer-reviewed process," said Dr. Roderic Pettigrew, MD/PhD, CEO of EnHealth and Inaugural Dean of the School of Engineering Medicine, home of ENMED at Texas A&M University in collaboration with Houston Methodist. "Alume's technology was developed as a result of the unmet need to improve intraoperative identification of nerves," said Jean-Pierre Millon, a member of Alume's Board of Directors. "This award is a significant milestone for Alume as we prepare for commercialization," said Millon.
Dr. Pettigrew is a physician-engineer and was the founding director of the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) at the National Institutes of Health. On behalf of NIH, Dr. Pettigrew also served as the liaison to the U.S. Department of Energy and to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and was co-chairman of the Interagency Working Group on Medical Imaging, convened by the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP). He stepped down as NIBIB Director in December 2017 to assume the role of CEO of EnHealth at Texas A&M University in Houston and inaugural Dean School of Engineering Medicine where ENMED trains the nation's first Physicianeers. ENMED is in collaboration with the state's top ranked Houston Methodist Hospital that is also on the US News National Honor Roll.
Mr. Millon joined the Alume Biosciences Board of Directors in 2020. He has extensive experience leading healthcare and life sciences companies and has held several global leadership positions including serving as an executive for 23 years at Eli Lilly.
In addition to serving on the Board of Directors of Alume Biosciences, Mr. Millon currently serves on the Board of Directors of CVS Health, Truvian, InanoBio and Valenz Health. He is an Advisor to the Great Point Partners equity fund and also serves as a healthcare consultant, assisting new ventures in the US and Europe. He has been actively involved in non-profit activities, having served as a board member of St Joseph Hospital in Phoenix and the Phoenix Council of Foreign Relations and of the Scottsdale Cultural Council. He was a member of the Kellogg School of Business Advisory Board for 15 years and Vice President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan in the 90's.
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Alliance between industry leaders will expand international opportunities for clients
LONDON and BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., June 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- United Talent Agency (UTA), a global leader in talent, entertainment and sports, today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Curtis Brown Group, one of the UK's largest and most prestigious literary and talent groups.
This alliance makes Curtis Brown Group the first prominent UK literary and talent representation group to join with a major global talent agency. For UTA, the deal significantly expands its global footprint in one of the world's most important and thriving creative markets. Under the terms of the deal London-based Curtis Brown Group, founded in 1899, will continue to operate under its current name and highly regarded management, including CEO Jonny Geller. This structure will allow both Curtis Brown Group and UTA to continue their fruitful and longstanding relationships with other agency partners in the UK and US.
The union is driven by a shared desire to ensure greater opportunities for clients across an increasingly global entertainment and culture landscape, in which traditional buyers and distributors such as studios and streaming services are expanding far beyond their home markets. The alliance provides Curtis Brown Group with resources to continue to build out its business, and the benefit of UTA's expertise across a wide range of capabilities in such areas as brands, podcasts, digital talent, endorsements, media rights, data analytics and more.
While the great majority of Curtis Brown Group's business is serving UK clients in their home market, UTA and companies in the Curtis Brown Group have collaborated successfully together for many years, in some cases working with talent such as Damian Lewis, Lily James, Alicia Vikander, Bel Powley, as well as rising star Ncuti Gatwa, who the BBC just named the next Dr. Who. The two ventures also share representation of screenwriters such as David Farr (The Night Manager, Hanna), Georgia Pritchett (Succession, Veep and The Shrink Next Door), and Tony Roche (Succession, The Thick of It).
For more than a century, Curtis Brown Group has been well known for its internationally recognized authors (including Margaret Atwood, Jojo Moyes, Lucy Foley, Lisa Jewell, Matt Haig, Nigella Lawson, and Ben Macintyre) and literary estates (including Ian Fleming, John le Carré, Daphne du Maurier, A.A. Milne, and John Steinbeck). Curtis Brown Group has grown and diversified over the last ten years, emerging as the UK's top talent agency with a string of acquisitions of other leading UK talent companies, including Markham Froggatt & Irwin in 2020, Tavistock Wood in 2018, Ed Victor in 2017 and C&W in 2013. Curtis Brown is also home to the world's first creative writing course run by an agency.
In addition to its eminence in publishing, Curtis Brown Group's many other industry-leading divisions include its global talent practice (representing actors, presenters, comedians, and other performers), and a prestigious theatre, film and television department (representing leading screenwriters, directors, producers, playwrights, and production arts talent).
For UTA, founded in 1991, the move further accelerates the company's momentum as it brings together ideas, opportunities and talent. This includes significant growth in its talent representation business as well as recent investments across entertainment, sports and marketing in leading ventures that continue to operate under their own names with ready access and close alignment to UTA's global platform and capabilities. This ongoing strategic expansion has included taking a significant stake in 2019 in Klutch Sports Group, which represents top U.S. athletes, and the 2021 acquisition of MediaLink, a leading strategic advisory and marketing firm that serves the world's leading brands.
David Kramer, Co-President of UTA, said: "This move is about the vanishing borders of the global entertainment business and our united determination to ensure artists and creators remain at the heart of the opportunities ahead. UTA and Curtis Brown Group have known each other and worked together for years, and we couldn't be more excited to be taking this step together at a time when the UK's creative industries are thriving. For UTA, this was driven by the profound respect we have for the Curtis Brown leadership, their deep roots in the UK, the team they've assembled, and their company culture. We're coming together in a way that is designed to ensure Curtis Brown's business and team – and their way of doing business in the markets they know best – continues to flourish and grow."
Said Jonny Geller, CEO of Curtis Brown Group: "We have long admired UTA under the leadership of David Kramer and its CEO, Jeremy Zimmer. Curtis Brown's deep understanding of the European market combined with their culture of collaboration and innovation offers our company and our clients many great opportunities. This partnership will allow Curtis Brown to grow and to respond to the demands of an increasingly globalised world. We have always prided ourselves on our ability to nurture new talent across all our departments and provide an open and inclusive culture, and we are excited to begin a new chapter in this wonderful company's 123-year-old history."
Jeremy Zimmer, Co-Founder and CEO of UTA, said: "The brand of Curtis Brown has been synonymous with great storytelling and rigorous artist representation for more than a century. We are thrilled to align with such a great team. As the world of media grows and contorts, UTA is looking for great partnerships to drive our growth. In Curtis Brown, we believe we have found just such a partnership."
Curtis Brown has more than 240 employees and is expected to continue to grow as a result of this deal. No staffing reductions are anticipated due to this transaction. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
UTA unites ideas, opportunities and talent. The company represents some of the world's most iconic, barrier-breaking artists, creators and changemakers—from actors, athletes and musicians to writers, gamers and digital influencers. One of the most influential companies in global entertainment, UTA's business spans talent representation, content production, as well as strategic advisory and marketing work with some of the world's biggest brands. Affiliated companies include Digital Brand Architects, Klutch Sports Group and MediaLink. UTA is headquartered in Los Angeles with offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Nashville, New York and London. More information can be found at unitedtalent.com.
Founded in 1899 by Albert Curtis Brown, the company has a long and distinguished history as a world-renowned literary agency representing many famous writers, including Margaret Atwood, John le Carré, Anthony Horowitz, Bonnie Garmus, Winston Churchill Estate, Adam Kay, Bono, Elif Shafak, David Mitchell and David Nicholls.
Today, Curtis Brown also houses many other industry-leading divisions including a global Talent agency (representing actors, presenters, comedians, performers and below the line talent), and a prestigious Theatre, Film and Television department (representing leading screen writers, directors, producers, playwrights, and writer-performers).
The Curtis Brown Group is now home to over 240 members of staff and a vibrant ecosystem of companies that span the arts and culture sector. The Curtis Brown Group includes boutique literary agencies C&W (formerly Conville & Walsh) and Ed Victor Ltd, our in-house writing school Curtis Brown Creative, talent agencies Tavistock Wood and Markham Froggatt & Irwin and production companies Cuba Pictures and Open Book Productions.
Jonny Geller is CEO of The Curtis Brown Group.
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NEW YORK, April 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Levi & Korsinsky, LLP notifies investors in Stronghold Digital Mining, Inc. ("Stronghold Digital Mining, Inc." or the "Company") (NASDAQ: SDIG) of a class action securities lawsuit.
CLASS DEFINITION: The lawsuit seeks to recover losses on behalf of Stronghold Digital Mining, Inc. investors who were adversely affected by alleged securities fraud. This lawsuit is on behalf of persons and entities that purchased or otherwise acquired Stronghold Class A common stock pursuant and/or traceable to the registration statement and prospectus issued in connection with the Company's October 2021 initial public offering. Follow the link below to get more information and be contacted by a member of our team:
SDIG investors may also contact Joseph E. Levi, Esq. via email at jlevi@levikorsinsky.com or by telephone at (212) 363-7500.
CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that defendants made false statements and/or concealed that: (1) contracted suppliers, including MinerVa Semiconductor Corp., were reasonably likely to miss anticipated delivery quantities and deadlines; (2) due to strong demand and pre-sold supply of mining equipment in the industry, Stronghold would experience difficulties obtaining miners outside of confirmed purchase orders; (3) as a result of the foregoing, there was a significant risk that Stronghold could not expand its mining capacity as expected; (4) as a result, Stronghold would likely experience significant losses; and (5) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
WHAT'S NEXT? If you suffered a loss in Stronghold Digital Mining, Inc. during the relevant time frame, you have until June 13, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
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WHY LEVI & KORSINSKY: Over the past 20 years, the team at Levi & Korsinsky has secured hundreds of millions of dollars for aggrieved shareholders and built a track record of winning high-stakes cases. Our firm has extensive expertise representing investors in complex securities litigation and a team of over 70 employees to serve our clients. For seven years in a row, Levi & Korsinsky has ranked in ISS Securities Class Action Services' Top 50 Report as one of the top securities litigation firms in the United States.
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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va., Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Choice Financial Group ("Choice" or the "Company") announced today it has acquired New Jersey-based R. Stephens Financial, Inc. ("R. Stephens").
Based in Ridgewood, New Jersey and founded by current president, Richard Yuran, R. Stephens is an employee benefits consulting and brokerage firm that provides a full range of quality insurance and financial services for both organizations and individuals. Yuran will continue to lead operations and will partner with Choice to further its growth throughout the region.
"I was ready to take my company to the next level and continuing to give our clients' outstanding service was key. I'm excited to be a part of Choice's ground floor opportunity. It provides a genuine partnership that not only allows me to maintain my business identity but also to gain access to resources for strategic growth that both my team and our clients can value," said Yuran.
"We're excited to join forces with Rich," says Choice CEO, Bob Hilb. "His entrepreneurial spirit and expertise will continue to strengthen our industry relationships and raise the value of our insurance services, including employee benefits, throughout New Jersey and New York. We welcome Rich to the Choice family."
R. Stephens represents the seventh acquisition for the Company and the second acquisition in New Jersey since partnering with Northlane Capital Partners in October 2021.
About Choice Financial Group: Choice Financial Group is a leading insurance agency with institutional capital support from Northlane Capital Partners, a middle-market private equity firm managing more than $1 billion of committed equity capital. Choice is expanding its market presence through organic growth initiatives and targeted investments. Choice is headquartered in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and has 19 offices in eight states.
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Bob Hilb, CEO
804-564-9625
bob.hilb@choiceins.com
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757-926-0463
elizabeth.grimes@choiceins.com
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MONTRÉAL, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - CGI (TSX: GIB.A) (NYSE: GIB) will release results for its third quarter fiscal year 2022, ended June 30, 2022, on Wednesday, July 27, 2022 before the markets open. Management will host a conference call to discuss results and answer questions at 9:00 a.m. (EDT).
About CGI
Founded in 1976, CGI is among the largest independent IT and business consulting services firms in the world. With 84,000 consultants and professionals across the globe, CGI delivers an end-to-end portfolio of capabilities, from strategic IT and business consulting to systems integration, managed IT and business process services and intellectual property solutions. CGI works with clients through a local relationship model complemented by a global delivery network that helps clients digitally transform their organizations and accelerate results. CGI Fiscal 2021 reported revenue is $12.13 billion and CGI shares are listed on the TSX (GIB.A) and the NYSE (GIB). Learn more at cgi.com.
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SOURCE CGI Inc. | https://www.kxii.com/prnewswire/2022/07/26/r-e-p-e-t-cgi-release-third-quarter-fiscal-2022-results-july-27/ | 2022-07-26T12:25:19Z |
SEOUL, South Korea, Aug. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Italian luxury brand BVLGARI will open an exclusive virtual world on ZEPETO, Asia's biggest metaverse platform. Running from August 31, 2022, it will include a pop-up store "BVLGARI SUNSET IN JEJU" and provide visitors with online and offline experiences.
The pop-up store and a café, physically located in Parnas Hotel Jeju are virtually created in BVLGARI ZEPETO World so visitors can experience and have fun without visiting the real location. BVLGARI ZEPETO World showcases 2022 BVLGARI Resort Collection inspired by the summer sky with hues of gold and warm apricot in Eden, and visitors can enjoy desserts and beverages at "BVLGARI SUNSET IN JEJU", an epitome of the brand's identity.
In particular, the virtual world has added some fun elements for its users. For instance, when visitors complete a quest, they will receive BVLGARI Resort Collection and signature accessory pieces and dress their avatars. Users can experience the brand by dressing their avatars with iconic B.zero1, Divas' Dream and Serpenti collection pieces.
In addition, Blackpink Lisa, the brand's global ambassador, will host a virtual live event on August 31, which is already receiving a lot of attention. Her avatar will enjoy various interactive experiences with fans on the virtual BVLGARI world including taking selfies.
ZEPETO, a metaverse platform run by Naver Z, has more than 320 million users in the world since its launch in August 2018. 80% of users are teenagers, as such, the platform is cementing its position as a popular playground for global generation Z in the era of metaverse.
BVLGARI
BVLGARI, founded in Rome in 1884, is a contemporary Italian luxury brand with 138 years of heritage. The brand's modern and bold designs as well as exquisite craftmanship have earned the brand global fame and popularity. BVLGARI is well known for its iconic bold design and use of color combinations, which makes its creations distinctive and show eternal beauty. BVLGARI is at the forefront of design innovation and its style is defined by voluptuous shapes, sinuous lines and inspirations from the Ancient Rome and Greek art and architecture. BVLGARI has an extensive portfolio of products and services ranging from the high quality jewels and watches to accessories, perfumes and hotels. The brand sells in boutiques in high-end shopping streets and an exclusive network of stores and hotels around the world.
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LAS VEGAS, Aug. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nitches Inc., (NICH) (the "Company") which blends high-tech with high-end fashion to create exclusive clothing lines and NFTs, today announced visual artist Voodo Fé promoted their exclusive clothing line on the first episode of ThoughtFormZ on the C.A.C.E. Voodo Fé partnered with Nitches to design an exceptional streetwear collection that honors Miles Davis, one of the greatest musicians of all time.
"Working with Voodo Fé has been a transformative experience. He is a living legend who has created thousands of original pieces of art, music, fashion, and jewelry," said John Morgan, Nitches' CEO. "Our incredible Miles Davis clothing line reflects the genius of both Miles Davis and Voodo Fé."
Sporting his own Miles Davis t-shirt, Voodo Fé appeared on the ThoughtFormZ podcast with M.Y. WRKZ and discussed his Miles Davis legacy clothing line and artwork collection, which will be part of a traveling exhibition and art show. He also announced that he will be working with a team of artists, designers and painters to create future collections.
Voodo Fé is the creative force behind the Miles Davis collection. He has designed for iconic brands like Calvin Klein, DKNY, the NFL and the NBA, Nitches is providing the manufacturing, shipping and fulfillment expertise to bring the collection to market.
About Nitches Corporation
Nitches is a diversified technology and exclusive clothing company that blends high-tech with high-end fashion to design luxury clothing items and NFTs. We specialize in creating limited-edition athleisure and streetwear apparel and accessories that are sustainable, authentic and exclusive. We collaborate with fashion-forward influencers and celebrities to create capsule collections that reflect their vision and brand. We develop innovative technology to protect our intellectual property and prevent counterfeiting. Nitches strives for creativity, excellence and value in all that we do for our collaborators, customers and stakeholders.
Forward Looking Statements: This press release contains forward-looking statements. The words "believe," "may," "estimate," "continue," "anticipate," "intend," "should," "plan," "could," "target," "potential," "is likely," "will," "expect" and similar expressions, as they relate to us, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. The Company has based these forward-looking statements largely on our current expectations and projections about future events and financial trends that we believe may affect our financial condition, results of operations, business strategy and financial needs. Some or all of the results anticipated by these forward-looking statements may not be achieved. Factors or events that could cause our actual results to differ may emerge, and it is not possible for us to predict all of them. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise, except as may be required by law.
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