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Leader in video analytics and AI technology introduces a set of new product releases, feature enhancements, and integrations with leading video solutions providers.
ATLANTA, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Evolon Technology, Inc., a developer of proprietary software technology that takes surveillance video and turns it into real-time actionable information, today announced the commercial availability of several new product releases, feature enhancements, and new partnerships at the GSX 2022 Expo which convenes today at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia.
- New Product Releases – New releases announced at GSX include Evolon Edge™ 4.5 and Evolon Enterprise™ 2.5, both debuting radically new user experiences that simplify video analytic installation and usability. Video analytic setup times are dramatically reduced using the streamlined interface. New feature enhancements also introduced today include Autolight™ and Day/Night Parameters for Evolon Edge, which dramatically enhance object detection in extreme low-light conditions. Custom integrations with the Immix® CMS management platforms were also introduced for Evolon Enterprise.
- Milestone® XProtect Integration – Evolon today announced general availability of its integration with Milestone XProtect. The solution delivers real-time object detection alerts by leveraging Evolon's metadata stream and XProtect's event management features. The integration enables fast and efficient forensic video searches to find events and objects of interest in recorded video. Evolon's patented object detection dramatically reduces the number of false alerts that are generated by video motion detection. Both Evolon Edge 4.5 and Evolon Enterprise 2.5 support the Milestone integration.
- Hanwha Techwin Partnership – Evolon today announced a technical partnership with Hanwha Techwin. Evolon will demonstrate its award-winning Edge perimeter detection running on Hanwha's Wisenet Open Platform for cameras. The Evolon solution adds analytics to Hanwha's X-series and P-series cameras as an application running directly on the cameras, requiring no additional hardware. As part of the partnership, Evolon Edge and Evolon Enterprise will be integrated with the Hanwha Wisenet Wave VMS to deliver real-time detection alerts and searchable metadata.
"As you can see, we've been busy," said Kevin Stadler, Evolon President and CEO. "In addition to providing more value to our customers in the form of new product enhancements, the work we announced today allows lower cost deployments with better situational intelligence. We see the work announced today as an important leap in the video analytic arena that marries the best technology with our award-winning analytic science. It's all part of our commitment to being the leader in the security video analytics space delivering improved value and situational intelligence."
Evolon Edge 4.5 and Evolon Enterprise 2.5 are available today. For information on pricing and availability, contact an Evolon representative at: sales@evolontech.com.
Evolon provides advanced, highly accurate perimeter surveillance software technology for critical infrastructure protection and central station monitoring, and its patented software & analytics transform video security cameras and security systems into smart devices by eliminating nuisance alerts. Evolon's award-winning edge-based video analytics and AI/deep learning solutions are fully scalable for commercial and government organizations that require real-time situational intelligence to enhance security effectiveness and to reduce the potential for loss due to criminal activity or business downtime. Evolon was founded by a talented team of former engineers and scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory, with decades of national security experience in the design and deployment of advanced surveillance technologies. For more information, visit www.evolontech.com.
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(NEXSTAR) – Yet again, Americans have chosen chicken over burgers.
Chick-fil-A bested all comers in the American Customer Satisfaction Index survey released Tuesday.
Random interviews with 20,143 fast food customers found that the Atlanta-based chain had an overall satisfaction score of 83, four greater than second-place Jimmy John’s (79). Domino’s and KFC tied for third with 78 points, followed by a four-way tie between Chipotle, Panera, Pizza Hut and Starbucks (77).
McDonald’s, which trailed all others last year with 70 points, remains in last place with 68 this year. The biggest decliner, according to the survey, was Dunkin’, which fell by 4%.
Despite Chick-fil-A’s dominance, however, the fast food industry may have reason for concern – the score for the industry as a whole dropped 2.6% to 76, while full-service restaurants maintained an 80 rating.
Sit-down restaurants trounced fast food purveyors when it came to order accuracy, restaurant layout/cleanliness, food quality/variety and courteousness of staff, the survey found.
The only advantage given to fast food restaurants was in the quality of the restaurants’ apps, an arena the larger full-service chains appear to be focusing on.
According to a report Wednesday from app analytics company data.ai, global time spent in apps in the Food & Drink category was up 65% year-over-year in the first quarter of 2022.
More than half of those app downloads were for food delivery and carryout, followed by grocery delivery, at just under a quarter of downloads.
“Amid the pandemic, restaurants needed to quickly up their game in the mobile arena,” says Forrest Morgeson, Assistant Professor of Marketing at Michigan State University and Director of Research Emeritus at the ACSI. “With fewer resources, smaller chains and independent restaurants are offering apps that aren’t making the grade per customers. In contrast, positive shifts in both mobile app quality and reliability for several larger chains appear to reflect major app updates for these bigger industry players.”
When it comes to the top-rated full-service restaurants LongHorn Steakhouse and Texas Roadhouse led the way (80), with Applebee’s and IHOP tied for last place (73). | https://cw33.com/lifestyle/food-and-drink/americas-favorite-fast-food-chain-unchanged-for-8th-straight-year/ | 2022-06-30T21:26:32Z |
WATCH: Turtle hatchlings emerge from nest and start trek to sea
FOLLY ISLAND, S.C. (Gray News/TMX) - It’s sea turtle nesting season in South Carolina, and eggs are hatching on Folly Island, just south of Charleston.
A video shared by the Folly Beach Turtle Watch Program shows a pile of hatchlings emerging from their nest and starting their long trek to the Atlantic Ocean. A close-up shows one hatchling shuffling across the sand, inching its way toward the sea.
Wildlife officials warn the public never to disturb sea turtles crawling to or from the ocean. The baby turtles can also be confused by lights near the beach or flash photography.
All beachfront homes are required to turn off all lights that face the ocean and close blinds in oceanfront rooms after 10 p.m., according to a City of Folly Beach ordinance.
That ordinance states there is to be no artificial light illuminating any area of the beaches of the city between 10 p.m. and dawn May 1 - Oct. 31 of each year.
Anyone caught violating the ordinance is issued a $500 fine.
Folly Beach is a prime nesting location for loggerhead sea turtles from May to September.
It is believed the female turtles return to the beaches where they hatched decades earlier to lay their eggs.
While loggerheads are the most common species in South Carolina, the state also sees Kemp’s ridley, green and leatherback sea turtles.
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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minneapolis Police Department has engaged in a pattern of race discrimination for at least a decade, including stopping and arresting Black people at a higher rate than white people, using force more often on people of color and maintaining a culture where racist language is tolerated, a state investigation launched after George Floyd’s killing found.
The report released Wednesday by the Minnesota Department of Human Rights following a nearly two-year investigation said the agency and the city would negotiate a court-enforceable agreement to address the long list of problems identified in the report, with input from residents, officers, city staff and others.
The report said police department data “demonstrates significant racial disparities with respect to officers’ use of force, traffic stops, searches, citations, and arrests.” And it said officers “used covert social media to surveil Black individuals and Black organizations, unrelated to criminal activity, and maintain an organizational culture where some officers and supervisors use racist, misogynistic, and disrespectful language with impunity.”
Human Rights Commissioner Rebecca Lucero said during a news conference after the report was released that it doesn’t single out any officers or city leaders.
“This investigation is not about one individual or one incident,” Lucero said.
Asked how long the agreement with the city, known as a consent decree, might have to remain in force, Lucero said, “As long as it takes to do it right.”
The report said the city and police department “do not need to wait to institute immediate changes to begin to address the causes of discrimination that weaken the City’s public safety system and harm community members.” It listed several steps that the city can take now, including implementing stronger internal oversight to hold officers accountable for their conduct, better training, and better communication with the public about critical incidents such as officer-involved shootings.
National civil rights attorney Ben Crump and his partners, who won a $27 million settlement from the city for the Floyd family, called the report “historic” and “monumental in its importance.” They said they were “grateful and deeply hopeful” that change is imminent.
“We call on city, state, and Police leaders to accept the challenge of these findings and make meaningful change at last to create trust between communities of color in Minneapolis and those who are sworn to protect and serve them,” the lawyers said in a statement.
Messages to Mayor Jacob Frey and the police department seeking comment on the report weren’t immediately returned. Lucero said the city got its first look at the report Wednesday morning.
Michelle Gross, president of Communities United Against Police Brutality, called the finding “obvious.”
“The findings were no surprise, but now there’s an agency with the muscle to make those changes happen,” Gross said. She said a critical next step is who will monitor a consent decree to make sure changes actually happen, and said she would demand that community members take part. Gross said she was meeting Thursday with Lucero’s department and that monitoring a decree would top her agenda.
The Department of Human Rights launched its investigation barely a week after Floyd’s death on May 25, 2020. Then-Officer Derek Chauvin used his knee to pin the Black man to the pavement for 9 1/2 minutes in a case that sparked protests around the world against police racism and brutality. Chauvin, who is white, was convicted last spring of murder. Three other fired officers — Tou Thao, Thomas Lane and J. Alexander Kueng — were convicted this year of violating Floyd’s civil rights in a federal trial and they face a state trial starting in June.
State investigators reviewed a decade’s worth of information, including data on traffic stops, searches, arrests and uses of force, and examined policies and training. The review included around 700 hours of body camera video and nearly 480,000 pages of city and police department documents. Lucero said investigators interviewed officers throughout the department and “overwhelmingly, we found officers being very forthcoming.” The investigators also invited citizens to submit their own stories of encounters with Minneapolis police.
The Minnesota Department of Human Rights is the state’s civil rights enforcement agency. Its duties include enforcing the Minnesota Human Rights Act which, among other things, makes it illegal for a police department to discriminate against someone because of their race.
“Race-based policing is unlawful and especially harms people of color and Indigenous individuals — sometimes costing community members their lives,” the report said.
The department has come under pressure from multiple directions since Floyd’s death. The U.S. Department of Justice is also investigating Minneapolis policing practices, though it is not thought to be close to a conclusion.
Several City Council members and residents have pushed to replace the department with a new public safety unit that they argue could take a more comprehensive public health approach to policing, including dropping a required minimum number of police officers. Voters rejected the idea last year.
Frey and Chief Medaria Arradondo, before his retirement in January, also made a range of changes in department policies and practices, including requiring officers to document their attempts to de-escalate situations, and no longer stopping motorists for minor traffic violations.
But community anger at police flared anew in February when police officers serving a no-knock warrant shot and killed Amir Locke, a 22-year-old Black man who was staying on a couch in his cousin’s apartment. Prosecutors declined to charge the officer who shot Locke, saying body camera video showed him pointing a gun at the officer, a claim his family disputed. The city has since banned no-knock warrants except in the most extreme circumstances, such as a hostage situation.
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Find AP’s full coverage of the death of George Floyd at: https://apnews.com/hub/death-of-george-floyd
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Ibrahim is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues. | https://cw33.com/news/u-s-news/ap-u-s-headlines/state-wraps-probe-of-minneapolis-police-after-floyd-killing/ | 2022-04-27T19:02:00Z |
PASADENA, Calif., July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Innova Medical Group, Inc., a global health innovator and a world leader in the development and distribution of rapid diagnostic tests and other medical devices, announced today the appointment of Robert A. Kasprzak as the company's Chief Executive Officer, following his role Chief Legal Officer since the company's inception.
Kasprzak, a co-founder of Innova, has been a key member of the company's leadership team and has played a pivotal role driving commercial growth and expanding investments into disruptive healthcare technologies.
"As a proven leader of and contributor to the Innova team, Robert was well positioned to take the company forward in its next phase of growth. His experience as a business-minded attorney gives him the ability to align the importance of the company's legal and regulatory obligations with the global expansion and commercialization of our full array of product offerings," said Sean Rogers, chairman of Innova.
Between the success, Innova Medical Group has experienced commercially and the investments it has made into disruptive technologies of the future, the company has secured a solid base from which to grow during Kasprzak's tenure.
"We've built world-class teams that have surged us to quickly become an industry leader in the global market," said Kasprzak. "From our tenacious sales and marketing team, our robust regulatory, clinical, and compliance team, our unrivaled logistics and operations teams, to our business development team that keeps discovering investment, partnership, and acquisition opportunities in innovative products and technologies that can add exponential value and synergies to our existing product portfolio, I'm proud to lead this team as CEO and know the future is absolutely bright for us."
Innova Medical Group is a global health screening and diagnostic innovator driven to dramatically improve health outcomes worldwide with equitable, high-value testing solutions. Our strategic and iterative approach enables us to create, build, deploy, and distribute a wide array of accessible tests customized to meet and empower the user at their respective point of need. www.innovamedgroup.com
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BOSTON, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Smartleaf Asset Management, LLC (SAM) announced its sub-advisory service is now available on Fidelity Institutional® Separate Account Network to enable advisors to outsource the rebalancing and trading of highly customized and tax-optimized portfolios. SAM's offering includes the ability to add direct indexing to your investment offering, with no more effort than making a selection on a pull- down menu. Wealth advisors working with SAM have the choice of specifying their own asset allocations and product choices or selecting asset allocation and security models from third-party providers.
Jerry Michael, Smartleaf Asset Management's President and Founder, commented, "We are excited to work with Fidelity in raising the bar of what is possible. We enable advisors to provide every account with exceptional customization and tax management, while spending zero time rebalancing or trading portfolios. This frees advisors to spend more time with clients and prospects and focus on what they do best — acting as their clients' trusted advisor." He added, "With SAM, your Investment Policy Committee stays in control. We enable firms to specify their own — or use third-party — asset allocations and products. And we make adopting direct indexing easy. With SAM, working with direct indexes is as easy as working with an ETF."
Fidelity Institutional® provides a comprehensive clearing and custody platform, brokerage services, trading capabilities, and practice management and consulting to registered investment advisers (RIAs), including strategic acquirers and professional asset managers, as well as retirement recordkeepers, broker-dealer firms, banks, and insurance companies through National Financial Services LLC (NFS) or Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, Members NYSE, SIPC. In addition to providing services to third-party institutions, the NFS brokerage platform supports all the clearing and custody businesses at Fidelity, including Fidelity's retail and capital markets businesses, bringing NFS assets under administration to more than $4.5 trillion.
Smartleaf Asset Management, LLC ("SAM") is a subsidiary of Smartleaf, Inc., whose automated rebalancing workflow platform helps its clients deliver customized tax- efficient portfolios at scale. Smartleaf Asset Management leverages Smartleaf's software to automate the outsourced management of highly customized, tax- optimized portfolios, including those with direct index cores. For more information on SAM, visit www.smartleafAM.com
To learn more contact us at sales@smartleafAM.com.
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There is no form of legal partnership, agency affiliation, or similar relationship between Smartleaf Asset Management and Fidelity Investments, nor is such a relationship created or implied by the information herein. Fidelity Investments has not been involved with the preparation of the content supplied by Smartleaf Asset Management and does not guarantee or assume any responsibility for its content.
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Fidelity Institutional®(FI) provides investment products through Fidelity Distributor LLC; clearing, custody, or other brokerage services through National Financial Services LLC or Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, Members NYSE, SIPC.
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Which puppy diaper is best?
Everyone loves a new puppy, but bringing one into your home and potty training it can be difficult and time-consuming. While it learns where and when to go to the bathroom, one method of keeping your house clean is to employ puppy diapers. Technically, there aren’t diapers meant specifically for puppies. That said, any standard dog diaper will work, as long as it’s the right size and fits your puppy’s sex.
The best puppy diapers are Paw Inspired Ultra Protection Disposable Female Dog Diapers. They’re soft and effective but may not work for male puppies.
What to know before you buy a puppy diaper
Your puppy’s gender
Puppy diapers are designed differently for females and males.
- Female diapers look just like human diapers, only they have a hole for the tail. These diapers work just fine for puppies of either sex, as male puppies’ penises have yet to grow large enough to need to switch to male diapers.
- Male diapers take the form of wraps that leave your puppy’s posterior open but cover their penis. Puppies are a little more likely to wiggle out of male diapers, plus the open back is counterintuitive to using a puppy diaper while you house train them.
Reusable vs. disposable
Most puppy diapers are disposable, and for good reason. Puppies grow fast, just like children, so purchasing a reusable diaper — which can’t be donated once used — may be better for the environment, but you’ll only be able to use it for a short time. However, some dog breeds don’t grow much bigger than their puppy stages. In these cases, it’s wise to go with a reusable diaper. Besides the environmental benefits, it saves money and you’ll still have a usable diaper if you need to travel long distances or they become incontinent years down the line.
What to look for in a quality puppy diaper
Elastic
The best puppy diapers have elastic in the hems. This lets the diaper seal around the edges to prevent even the smallest leak and also gives your puppy full range of motion without painful pinching or chafing. Elastic around the tail hole is particularly important for keeping any solids from slipping out.
Adjustability
Most puppy diapers use Velcro straps to close around your puppy. This lets you fit your diaper precisely to your puppy, and you can let more space out as it grows. Some disposable female puppy diapers use alternate methods for securing, including snap closures and the same sticky tabs as disposable baby diapers. These aren’t quite as freely adjustable, though they’re still secure enough to prevent leaks.
How much you can expect to spend on a puppy diaper
Puppy diaper packs usually cost $10-$30, though there are exceptions on either end. The quality of diapers and how many you get greatly vary within this price range, but most are still found within it.
Puppy diaper FAQ
How often should I change my puppy’s diaper?
A. As soon as you notice it’s soiled. Some disposable puppy diapers can be removed when you take the puppy outside for potty training and reattached if they haven’t been soiled. Reusable diapers have the same functionality.
My puppy’s diaper fits but still leaks. How do I fix it?
A. First, double-check that it still fits. Dogs, puppy or no, have a tendency to wiggle loose from diapers you were sure fit perfectly. Oftentimes, a diaper seems to fit perfectly but is in fact just loose enough around the edges to allow for some leakage. If it does indeed fit, you may be using diapers with poor absorbency — there’s nothing to do in this situation but try a new brand of puppy diaper.
What should I do with leftover disposable diapers my puppy has outgrown?
A. Donate them. Search for your nearest animal shelter and drop them off. Keep in mind that almost any pet-related leftovers you have, including food, toys and bowls, can also be taken to your local animal shelter. You can write the value off as a donation on your taxes. If you aren’t sure if they’ll accept something, just give them a call beforehand to check and potentially save yourself a trip.
What’s the best puppy diaper to buy?
Top puppy diaper
Paw Inspired Ultra Protection Disposable Female Dog Diapers
What you need to know: These are designed for females but can work for male puppies, too.
What you’ll love: These diapers have multiple urine-handling features, including converting it into gel immediately on contact and using leakproof edges that absorb urine before it can leak out. The fasteners are fur-resistant and can be repositioned for a custom fit and the interior uses soft quilting for comfort.
What you should consider: A few consumers had issues with waste getting loose through the tail hole. Hyperactive puppies may shimmy out of them over time.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Chewy
Top puppy diaper for the money
Out! Pet Care Disposable Male Dog Wraps
What you need to know: These are great male-focused diaper wraps.
What you’ll love: These wraps are secured using Velcro, which makes their fit adjustable and means the wrap can be removed and reused if it hasn’t yet been soiled. They have a wetness indicator, so there’s no need to spot-check for soiling.
What you should consider: There’s no protection from poo, only urine. More hyperactive puppies may be able to wiggle out of them.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Chewy
Worth checking out
Simple Solution Washable Female Dog Diapers
What you need to know: These reusable diapers make a good environmentally conscious choice.
What you’ll love: These can be machine-washed and become softer and more absorbent the more you wash them. They’re also compatible with most disposable liners if you still desire some disposable aspect. They use a large Velcro strap across the back for fine-tuning the fit as your puppy grows.
What you should consider: Depending on the breed, your puppy may outgrow these before you get sufficient use out of them. They don’t handle poo well.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Chewy
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Listing recognizes the company's momentum following two years of record growth
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TradeCentric, the leading provider of B2B integration and automation between eCommerce systems and eProcurement solutions, has been recognized as one of America's fastest growing private companies on Inc.'s annual Inc. 5000 list.
Inclusion in the Inc. 5000 is a high note in what is shaping up to be a very successful year. The company celebrated two years of record growth and announced a name change to TradeCentric in June. Additionally, TradeCentric strategically expanded its team to support continued investment in product and services. Together, these moves provide momentum for the company's next phase of growth and development.
"In 2022, while continnuing to be the global leader in PunchOut implementations, we rebranded to showcase our expanded offerings that meet the evolving needs of B2B companies," said Troy Lynch, CEO at TradeCentric. "From PunchOut and Purchase Order Automation to Invoice Automation and Advance Shipping Notices, our integrated solutions modernize the way companies trade. We remain focused on growing the network of more than 3,200 global buyers and suppliers trading on our purpose-built platform that supports more than 75 eCommerce systems and 150 eProcurement solutions."
Not only have the companies on the 2022 Inc. 5000 been very competitive within their markets, but this year's list has also demonstrated resilience amid supply chain woes, labor shortages, and the ongoing impact of Covid-19.
"The accomplishment of building one of the fastest-growing companies in the U.S., in light of recent economic roadblocks, cannot be overstated," says Scott Omelianuk, editor-in-chief of Inc. "Inc. is thrilled to honor the companies that have established themselves through innovation, hard work, and rising to the challenges of today."
Inc. 5000 - Methodology
Companies on the 2022 Inc. 5000 are ranked according to percentage revenue growth from 2018 to 2021. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2018. They must be U.S.-based, privately held, for-profit, and independent—not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies—as of December 31, 2021. (Since then, some on the list may have gone public or been acquired.) The minimum revenue required for 2018 is $100,000; the minimum for 2021 is $2 million. As always, Inc. reserves the right to decline applicants for subjective reasons. Growth rates used to determine company rankings were calculated to four decimal places. The top 500 companies on the Inc. 5000 are featured in Inc. magazine's September issue. The entire Inc. 5000 can be found at http://www.inc.com/inc5000.
ABOUT TradeCentric
TradeCentric, formerly PunchOut2Go, transforms the way businesses transact by enabling PunchOut, Purchase Order and Invoice Automation solutions for thousands of companies around the world. Uniquely positioned at the intersection of eCommerce and eProcurement, TradeCentric helps B2B buyers and suppliers connect, automate and scale their digital trading capabilities via a cloud-based integration platform that is fully managed and purpose-built to simplify the complexities of B2B connected commerce. Learn more at TradeCentric.com.
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TUCSON, Ariz. , June 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hospitals that want to remove a physician from their staff may offer a "voluntary abeyance" as an alternative to summary suspension. In the summer issue of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons, Lawrence Huntoon, M.D., Ph.D., explains the ramifications of this "sham peer review" technique.
A physician is typically asked to sign an agreement whereby he agrees not to practice in the hospital or not to perform a procedure or surgery until an investigation can be completed, Dr. Huntoon explains. "A 'voluntary' abeyance, however, is always presented with an 'or else'"—usually an immediate summary suspension.
The hospital may say that it will not report a voluntary abeyance to the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB). However, at the 31-day mark, the physician may be shocked to learn that the hospital has nonetheless reported him to the NPDB, and his career is either ruined or ended. As one judge put it: "An adverse report to the Data Bank is akin to a 'scarlet letter' that could permanently harm a physician's professional reputation."
According to the NPDB Guidebook, a voluntary abeyance is exactly the same as a summary suspension.
Hospitals may try to use the voluntary abeyance as a method to deprive physicians of their due process rights, arguing that it is "voluntary." This would generally violate the medical staff bylaws.
Physicians need to be aware of tactics hospitals use for bad-faith peer review against good physicians, Dr. Huntoon advises, and of possible defenses. These include negotiating a leave of absence, or seeking an injunction from a court. He cautions strongly against resigning during an investigation or to avoid an investigation.
The Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons is published by the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS), a national organization representing physicians in all specialties since 1943.
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Quantinuum to conduct joint materials research with JSR Corporation, a global pioneer in materials innovation. The collaboration will include the use of Quantinuum's Model H1 hardware, Powered by Honeywell, and InQuanto, its computational quantum chemistry software platform, to model complex organic and inorganic semiconductor materials
TOKYO and CAMBRIDGE, England, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Quantinuum, the world's leading integrated quantum computing company, has announced a global collaboration with materials technology leader JSR Corporation of Japan to explore the application of quantum computing methods in semiconductor research.
The collaboration brings together JSR's world-leading materials scientists with quantum computing experts at Quantinuum in Japan, Europe, and the USA. The joint team will use the state-of-the-art InQuanto software platform to explore methods using quantum computers to model semiconducting materials, such as metal complexes and transition metal oxides.
These materials are essential to microelectronics. It is hoped that new modeling methods using quantum computers may achieve accurate predictions of their physical properties, which in the future could accelerate the identification of new candidate molecules and materials, and open the way to future microelectronic device paradigms.[1]
Rei Sakuma, Principal Researcher of the Materials Informatics Initiative of JSR, said: "We are delighted to have formed this new collaboration with Quantinuum, which builds on our previous work together. The Quantinuum team continues to lead the field in quantum computing hardware and software, complementing our scientists' deep expertise in materials innovation. Our aspiration is to develop materials that can enrich society and the environment. Quantinuum's software platform InQuanto is already helping our team to gain a greater understanding of how quantum computing may help us accelerate our path towards that ambitious goal."
One focus of the collaboration will be developing quantum algorithms and methods based on dynamical mean-field theory (DMFT). This approach could provide a more accurate understanding of the electronic properties of complex organic and inorganic materials in the real world, such as optical absorption and conductivity, which could pave the way for future progress in the silicon-based information age.
Quantinuum and JSR will use InQuanto to explore new methods to model these complex molecular systems and defect subsystems. The new methods discovered will be incorporated into InQuanto, and will become available for the use of other scientists and researchers using the software platform.
Ilyas Khan, CEO of Quantinuum, said: "The work we do with JSR is at the absolute cutting edge of materials science using quantum computers, and we are thrilled to continue our relationship. This work will further develop InQuanto's functionality, making sure that new developments will become available to other users in the future. This is the value of such a collaboration: JSR's scientists know materials science, we know quantum computing, and the scientific community benefits."
InQuanto was recently launched as a standalone platform and brings together the latest algorithms, methods, and noise mitigation techniques used by molecular and materials scientists and researchers on quantum computers and emulators. It will give JSR's scientists and researchers a greater understanding of the capabilities of quantum computers in their path towards quantum advantage in computational chemistry.
As a recognized leader in quantum computing, Quantinuum has active collaborations with industrial partners across automotive, chemicals, pharmaceutical and energy. InQuanto is enabled by Quantinuum's TKET toolkit making it simple for researchers to re-target algorithms from one device or simulator to another.
Quantinuum
Quantinuum is the world's largest integrated quantum computing company, formed by the combination of Honeywell Quantum Solutions' world leading hardware and Cambridge Quantum's class leading middleware and applications.
Quantinuum employs over 450 people including 350 scientists, at eight sites in the US, Europe, and Japan.
Science led and enterprise driven, Quantinuum accelerates quantum computing and the development of applications across chemistry, cybersecurity, finance, and optimization. Quantinuum's focus is to create scalable and commercial quantum solutions to solve the world's most pressing problems, in fields such as energy, logistics, climate change, and health.
Quantinuum's open-source developer toolkit TKET provides platform-inclusive access to the world's leading quantum hardware and simulators and enhances the performance of every Quantinuum product, including cybersecurity key-generation platform Quantum Origin, quantum computational chemistry and materials science package InQuanto, and λambeq, Quantinuum's quantum natural language processing and computational linguistics toolkit.
Quantinuum's H1 generation quantum computer, Powered by Honeywell, is one of the most advanced in the world and was the first to pass the industry standard quantum volume 4096 benchmark. In March of 2020, Quantinuum (as Honeywell Quantum Solutions) committed to increasing the quantum volume of its commercial H-Series quantum computers by an order of magnitude each year for the subsequent five years.
The Honeywell Trademark is used under license from Honeywell International Inc. Honeywell International Inc. makes no representations or warranties with respect to this product. This product is produced by Quantinuum.
[1] https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.1243098 (paywall)
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New breech-lock heat exchanger closure delivers exceptional operational performance and underscores Lummus' commitment to deliver innovative products and services throughout the lifecycle of refining and petrochemicals facilities
HOUSTON, June 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lummus Technology, a global provider of process technologies and value-driven solutions, announced the launch of its Polaris™ breech-lock closure, a new technological upgrade applicable to its high-pressure heat exchanger equipment. This advanced design of breech-lock closure provides a host of operational benefits including safe, reliable and secure sealing under all conditions, a simplified assembly and easier maintenance.
"The Polaris breech-lock heat exchanger exemplifies our dedication to deliver innovation and operational performance for customers requiring new or retrofitted heat exchangers," said Rutger Theunissen, Chief Business Officer of Services and Supplies, Lummus Technology. "The new closure system allows for a wider range of operating conditions, increased unit sizes and capacities and reduces shut down times due to ease of use, while delivering the high reliability and safety our customers expect from Lummus."
To preview this technology and its benefits, Lummus will participate in a live webcast hosted by Hydrocarbon Processing on Tuesday, June 21, 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. CDT. You can attend the webcast by registering here.
The Polaris breech-lock design incorporates two new advanced features that elevate its performance above traditional breech-lock closures under today's stringent operational environments. The ProSeal™ system, a new gasket loading design, requires no internal split ring, flange or bolts for simplified fabrication, assembly and disassembly. The load to the seal is efficiently distributed and maintained under a wider range of operating conditions. The ProSeal system further protects the components from damage and deformation caused by plant upsets and differential thermal expansion.
Complementing the new sealing system is the ProLock™ closure system, an advanced securing mechanism using a special appliance that is simpler and safer to operate. The design allows easy access to all threads for maintenance, lubrication and repair, and significantly reduces the time when inserting and removing the closing plug.
High-pressure exchangers with breech-lock or screw-plug type closures are used in the hydroprocessing industry, primarily for hydrocracking, hydrotreating, lube oil, slurry and residue upgrade processing. Applications include use in reactor feeds and effluent exchangers, recycle gas exchangers, effluent recovery and gas recovery exchangers and other applications in gas compression and fertilizer processes.
Lummus Technology has supplied heat transfer equipment to the process and power industries worldwide for more than 75 years. Specializing in heat transfer systems for critical process environments, Lummus has produced industry leading technology for fired heaters, including the SRT™ pyrolysis furnace, and heat exchangers, including the HELIXCHANGER™ heat exchanger and LABLEX™ Lummus advanced breech-lock exchanger.
Lummus Technology is the global leader in developing process technologies that make modern life possible and focus on a more sustainable, low carbon future. Lummus is a master licensor of clean energy, petrochemical, refining, gas processing and renewable technologies, and a supplier of catalysts, proprietary equipment, digitalization and related lifecycle services to customers worldwide. To learn more about Lummus, visit www.LummusTechnology.com.
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CHICAGO, May 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Why is a physician, public health leader, and former Navy medical officer dedicating the next phase of his career to treating community violence?
"I believe the Cure Violence approach, an evidence-based public health approach that integrates the tenets of health and social justice to address the root causes of violence, can help guide us to a world without violence," says Dr. Echols, "and I am going to do everything I can to lead us there, because lives are depending on it."
This week, Dr. Frederick Echols begins his role as the CEO of Cure Violence Global (CVG). In selecting Dr. Echols, a medical doctor and public health leader, CVG signifies the organization's continued commitment to the public health approach to reducing violence, an approach that CVG helped to pioneer.
Dr. Echols will be succeeding Dr. Gary Slutkin, the founder and CEO for more than 25 years. Dr. Slutkin will remain actively involved in CVG as a member of its Board of Directors. Stepping away from the day-to-day activity of the organization will allow Dr. Slutkin to focus on spreading the understanding of violence as a health issue globally and adapting the approach to urgent crises, including political violence.
The recognition that violence is an epidemic and an urgent public health problem has taken hold in the United States and globally, and cities are increasingly turning to public health approaches to help make long-violent communities safer. Cure Violence Global (CVG) is unique in the field of violence prevention for its decades-long focus on the public health approach and significant evidence of effectiveness. No other organization guides and trains communities to implement public approaches to violence prevention as effectively as CVG does.
Dr. Echols opens an exciting new chapter for CVG, as a young leader who brings to the organization a passion for and commitment to public health, experience addressing root causes of disparities at the population health level in a manner that moves cities closer to achieving health and social justice, implementing strategies that can lead to system-level change, and a deep familiarity with treating violence as a contagious process.
Dr. Echols comes to CVG from St. Louis where, as Health Commissioner and Acting Health Director, he oversaw the city's implementation of the Cure Violence approach, as well as all other aspects of the St. Louis Health Department. Dr. Echols' leadership in St. Louis during the city's COVID-19 response demonstrated his ability to run a complex public health response to an ever-changing public health crisis.
Prior to his positions in the city of St. Louis, Dr. Echols was the Director of Communicable Disease, Emergency Preparedness, Vector & Veterinary Programs for St. Louis County and before that he served as the Chief of Communicable Diseases for the Illinois Department of Public Health.
As CEO of CVG, Dr. Echols will provide strategic leadership, oversee day-to-day operations, and engage proactively with all CVG's partners to further CVG's mission of reducing violence globally using an evidence-informed health approach and epidemic-control methods and in pursuance of Cure Violence Global's vision of a world without violence.
Under Dr. Slutkin's leadership, Cure Violence evolved from an insight to a proven concept and increasingly widely adopted approach. CVG teams designed, piloted, replicated, and demonstrated the scientific validity and effectiveness of the public health/epidemic control approach to violence reduction. The Cure Violence approach is currently being implemented in over 30 cities in the U.S. and Latin America and is being adapted to address other types of violence including gender-based violence, election and political violence, and violence in conflict zones. Over the years, CVG has worked with partners in the U.S., Latin America & the Caribbean, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
"Dr. Fredrick Echols is exactly the right person to lead Cure Violence Global and the field at this moment," said CVG founder Gary Slutkin. "Public health methods have helped to put many of the great diseases and killers of humankind into the past and expand the human lifespan by decades. Using a science-based epidemic control approach, violence can also be reduced to fewer and fewer events, and this will be the next great achievement of science and public health."
"Dr. Echols was an exceptional leader of the Cure Violence approach in St. Louis, said Sal Martinez, CEO of Employment Connections, an implementing partner of Cure Violence Global in St. Louis. "He provided the strong leadership that we needed to get the program implemented and operating effectively. Dr. Echols developed strategic relationships and partnerships at the city and community level, helped to educate leaders on the approach, and led us through crises when our funding was at risk. Most importantly, he is someone that my whole team respected. In the communities, people see Cure Violence as essential, and we're all thrilled that he is the next leader of this organization."
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CAESAREA, Israel, June 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Max Stock Limited (TASE: MAXO); (the "Company", "Max Stock") today announced that on June 18, 2022, the Company's board of directors approved for the Company to implement a stock buyback plan effective as of June 19, 2022 until June 18, 2023 (the "stock buyback plan"). The total allocated budget for the stock buyback plan is up to ILS 40 million.
As part of its resolution to approve the repurchases, the Company's board of directors concluded that the Company satisfies the distribution tests under Section 302 of the Israel Companies Law, 1999 and that there is no restriction to perform the contemplated repurchases. The Company's distributable profits under Section 302 total ILS 155.7 million.
The board assessed that in light of the market price of the Company's shares, the repurchases are an appropriate investment of the above-stated amounts of the Company's cash balances. The Company's board assessed that the repurchase of the Company's shares may facilitate an increase in return for the Company's shareholders and is an expression of faith in the Company. The Company's board has also assessed that the repurchases will not materially adversely impact the Company's financial position and its business plans as disclosed in the past, including the Company's liquidity, capital structure, leverage and ability to maintain its current operations.
The repurchases are not anticipated to constitute a tax event for the Company or its shareholders, other than for those shareholders who are selling their stock according to the specifics of each transaction. The Company may execute the repurchases either through purchases executed on the TASE exchange or through OTC/off-exchange transactions, at its discretion.
About Max Stock
Max Stock is Israel's leading extreme value retailer, currently present in 55 locations throughout Israel. Max Stock offers a broad assortment of quality products for customers' everyday needs at affordable prices, helping customers "Dream Big, Pay Small". For more information, please visit https://ir.maxstock.co.il
This is an English translation of segments of a Hebrew immediate report that was published on June 19, 2022 (Ref. No: 2022-01-061923) (hereinafter: the "Hebrew Version"). This English version is only for convenience purposes. This is not an official translation and has no binding force. In the event of any discrepancy between the Hebrew Version and this translation, the Hebrew Version shall prevail.
Company Contacts:
Talia Sessler,
Chief Corporate Development and IR Officer
talia@maxstock.co.il
Ifat Nir Katz,
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
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A federal appeals court on Sunday granted Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) a reprieve, blocking a subpoena ordering him to testify before a Georgia grand jury probing former President Trump’s alleged interference into the 2020 election.
A three-judge panel with the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily paused the subpoena, sending the case back to a district court to decide whether it should be partially quashed or modified, according to The Associated Press.
The panel agreed with Graham’s argument that the Constitution’s Speech and Debate Clause —which shields congressional members from testifying about legislative matters related to their work — prevents him from appearing before a grand jury in Fulton County.
The circuit court asked a U.S. District Court judge to look at whether the subpoena needs to be modified based on the Speech and Debate Clause.
Graham had been set to appear before the special grand jury on Tuesday following a decision from a U.S. District Court that rejected his request to quash the subpoena and forced the senator to testify in the interest of not delaying the investigation. The U.S. District Court judge also ruled that Graham does not have testimonial immunity based on the Speech and Debate Clause.
Graham appealed to the circuit court and on Sunday won his first victory in the legal wrangling since being called to testify last month about phone calls he allegedly had with state election officials after the 2020 election.
The Fulton County probe centers around a January 2021 phone call during which Trump pressured Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) to “find” enough votes to secure his victory in the state.
Graham reportedly called Raffensperger and his staff shortly after Election Day, inquiring about voter fraud and asking for a re-examination of absentee ballots to generate a more favorable outcome for Trump. | https://cw33.com/hill-politics/federal-appeals-court-blocks-graham-georgia-grand-jury-subpoena/ | 2022-08-21T21:25:21Z |
Russia has defaulted on its foreign debt, says S&P
By Anna Cooban, CNN Business
Russia has defaulted on its foreign debt because it offered bondholders payments in rubles, not dollars, credit ratings agency S&P has said.
Russia attempted to pay in rubles for two dollar-denominated bonds that matured on April 4, S&P said in a note on Friday. The agency said this amounted to a “selective default” because investors are unlikely to be able to convert the rubles into “dollars equivalent to the originally due amounts.”
According to S&P, a selective default is declared when an entity has defaulted on a specific obligation but not its entire debt.
Moscow has a grace period of 30 days from April 4 to make the payments of capital and interest, but S&P said it does not expect it will convert them into dollars given Western sanctions that undermine its “willingness and technical abilities to honor the terms and conditions” of its obligations.
A full foreign currency default would be Russia’s first in more than a century, when Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin repudiated bonds issued by the Tsarist government.
Russia cannot access roughly $315 billion of its foreign currency reserves as a result of Western sanctions imposed following its invasion of Ukraine. Until last week, the United States allowed Russia to use some of its frozen assets to pay back certain investors in dollars. But the US Treasury has since blocked the country from accessing its reserves at American banks, part of its effort to ramp up pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin and further diminish his war chest.
JPMorgan estimates that Russia had about $40 billion of foreign currency debt at the end of last year, with about half of that held by foreign investors.
Moscow prepares to go to court
Russia is now planning legal action.
“We will sue, because we undertook all necessary action so that investors would receive their payments,” Finance Minister Anton Siluanov told pro-Kremlin Izvestia newspaper on Monday.
“We will show the court proof of our payments, to confirm our efforts to pay in rubles, just as we did in foreign currency. It won’t be a simple process,” he added. He did not say who Russia planned to sue.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said in a press conference last week that any default would be “artificial” because Russia has the dollars to pay — it just can’t access them.
“There are no grounds for a real default,” Peskov said. “Not even close.”
Russia has gone to great lengths to artificially prop up the ruble — which sank by as much as 40% to less than one US cent in the days after the invasion — including by hiking interest rates to 20%, and by forcing exporters to swap most of their foreign currency revenues for rubles.
That measure is still in place but the central bank has decided to relax some other restrictions, Reuters reported Monday, and last week announced that it was cutting interest rates to 17%.
The ruble was trading at 79 to the US dollar on Monday, according to data from Refinitiv. That’s about 5% weaker than on Saturday.
— David Goldman and Chris Liakos contributed reporting.
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New partnership with Garner Health directly addresses wasteful specialist spend in employer-sponsored healthcare
INDIANAPOLIS, May 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Marathon Health, one of the country's leading providers of direct primary care for employers, today announces a first-of-its-kind partnership with Garner Health, a data-driven provider search tool, to thwart the inefficiency and waste around specialty referrals.
"We believe that effective, value-driven referral management depends on two things: a high-touch approach to helping patients make care decisions, and advanced cost and quality data," said Jeff Wells, MD, co-founder and CEO of Marathon Health. "Human-centered navigation has long been a hallmark of our patient experience, and the Garner partnership puts cutting-edge quality and cost data in our navigators' hands for each and every referral."
To choose a partner, Marathon conducted a comprehensive review of the major transparency and quality analytics solutions available today. Garner stood out on three critical factors: accuracy of results, scalability, and most importantly, the rigor of their next-generation approach to provider quality and appropriateness measurement.
"Marathon Health's primary care platform is the perfect place to accelerate the Garner story," said Nick Reber, founder and CEO of Garner Health. "We are excited about the chance to broaden the impact of our provider analytics beyond Garner's existing employee-facing health benefits program. By integrating our data into Marathon's best-in-class direct primary care capabilities, we can ensure more patients get the high quality care they deserve."
The eye-popping prices imposed by many of our country's largest health systems have long plagued employer-sponsored health care, leaving most consumers confused and disheartened when they get the bill. For instance, a 2018 study published in the Quarterly Journal of Economics found an 8X spread in knee replacement prices and a 12X spread for lower limb MRIs. High prices, coupled with the frequent practice of making unnecessary referrals, are a key driver of our country's ever-increasing healthcare spend, which is on pace to exceed $5 trillion by 2025.
The first step of transforming our broken system is re-anchoring it on primary care and empowering independent providers to help steer the patient's healthcare journey by grounding it in a true understanding of quality and cost outcomes.
Today, referral decisions are often made with insufficient information and influenced by healthcare providers who are incentivized to refer "within the system" or to "friends and family." Marathon Health believes Garner is the best partner to attack those antiquated practices head on because of its 500+ proprietary, specialty-specific measures that uncover the impact of a provider's practices on the total cost of care. They can also accurately predict prices of common "shoppable" procedures, specific to the health plan network. Garner is a pioneer in the next generation of quality measurement — surpassing legacy tools which have fallen short in their ability to track a specialist's care practices beyond narrow episodes.
Marathon's approach to referral management does not rely on consumer adoption, another pitfall in the market. Instead, Marathon Health's 30+ team of in-house referral specialists leverage the Garner data through its proprietary care navigation platform and help coach patients on their provider choices. When a Marathon Health provider makes a referral, it routes to the referral team, who then reaches out to the patient within one business day to collect preferences and return a custom list of recommendations that are in-network. That service helps ensure patients get needed care, avoiding care gaps, and yields a close rate 60% higher than the traditional system, while achieving a patient net promoter score (NPS) over 90.
"Our coordinators are a remarkable group of people who care deeply about the patient experience and are highly trained in referral management," said Wells. "Patients rave about the unexpected level of support they receive from this team every day. It is that trust that earns us the opportunity to play such a decisive role in specialist selection."
About Marathon Health
Marathon Health partners with employers around the United States to deliver a healthcare experience that's convenient and drives real behavior change that results in better health outcomes and financial savings. Employers save an average of $2,000 per year for each employee who engages with Marathon Health, with the average company saving around $11 million. Marathon Health delivers its advanced primary care solution across more than 265 onsite, Network and virtual health centers in 42 states. Marathon Health was named Best in KLAS 2021 and 2020 for its excellence in Worksite Health Services. For more information, please visit www.marathon-health.com.
About Garner
Garner Health Technology, Inc. is a health technology company that offers both a benefit program that helps employees find the best doctors in their community, and a novel tool to power data-driven provider referrals. Using a new approach to data science and novel financial incentives, Garner is able to lower out-of-pocket spending for employees, save employers 10% or more on overall health benefit costs, and provide doctors with the tools to make more informed referrals for their patients. For more information, please visit www.getgarner.com.
Media Contact: Shelly Towns, stowns@marathon-health.com, 312-973-2892
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NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s longtime finance chief is expected to plead guilty as soon as Thursday in a tax evasion case that is the only criminal prosecution to arise from a long-running investigation into the former president’s company, three people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.
Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg was scheduled to be tried in October on allegations he took more than $1.7 million in off-the-books compensation from the company, including rent, car payments and school tuition.
Prosecutors in the Manhattan district attorney’s office and Weisselberg’s lawyers met Monday with the judge overseeing the case, Juan Manuel Merchan, according to court records. The judge then scheduled a hearing in the matter for 9 a.m. Thursday but did not specify the reason.
The people who spoke to the AP did so on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the case. They said the purpose of Thursday’s hearing was for Weisselberg to enter a guilty plea, but cautioned that plea deals sometimes fall apart before they are finalized in court.
Weisselberg’s lawyer, Nicholas Gravante Jr., told The New York Times on Monday that Weisselberg has been engaged in plea negotiations to resolve the case, but did not specify terms of a potential plea deal. Reached by the AP, Gravante declined to comment.
The Times, citing two people with knowledge of the matter, said Weisselberg was expected to receive a five-month jail sentence, which would make him eligible for release after about 100 days. The deal would not require Weisselberg to testify or cooperate in any way with an ongoing criminal investigation into Trump’s business practices.
Trump’s company, the Trump Organization, is also charged in the case but did not appear to be involved in the plea agreement talks. Weisselberg and the Trump Organization have pleaded not guilty.
The Manhattan district attorney’s office declined comment. A message seeking comment was left with a lawyer for the Trump Organization.
News of Weisselberg’s plea negotiations came days after the judge denied requests by his lawyers and the Trump Organization to throw out the case. The judge did drop one criminal tax fraud count against the company citing the statute of limitations, but more than a dozen other counts remain.
In seeking dismissal of the case, Weisselberg’s lawyers argued prosecutors in the Democrat-led district attorney’s office were punishing him because he wouldn’t offer up damaging information against the former president.
The judge rejected that argument, saying that evidence presented to the grand jury was legally sufficient to support the charges.
Weisselberg, who turned 75 on Monday, is the only Trump executive charged in the yearslong criminal investigation started by former Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr., who went to the Supreme Court to secure Trump’s tax records. Vance’s successor, Alvin Bragg, is now overseeing the investigation. Several other Trump executives have been granted immunity to testify before a grand jury in the case.
Prosecutors alleged that Weisselberg and the Trump Organization schemed to give off-the-books compensation to senior executives, including Weisselberg, for 15 years. Weisselberg alone was accused of defrauding the federal government, state and city out of more than $900,000 in unpaid taxes and undeserved tax refunds.
The most serious charge against Weisselberg, grand larceny, carried a potential penalty of five to 15 years in prison. The tax fraud charges against the company are punishable by a fine of double the amount of unpaid taxes, or $250,000, whichever is larger.
Trump has not been charged in the criminal probe, but prosecutors have noted that he signed some of the checks at the center of the case. Trump, who has decried the New York investigations as a “political witch hunt,” has said his company’s actions were standard practice in the real estate business and in no way a crime.
Last week, Trump sat for a deposition in New York Attorney General Letitia James’ parallel civil investigation into allegations Trump’s company misled lenders and tax authorities about asset values. Trump invoked his Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination more than 400 times.
In the months after Weisselberg’s arrest, the criminal probe appeared to be progressing toward a possible criminal indictment of Trump himself, but the investigation slowed, a grand jury was disbanded and a top prosecutor left after Bragg took office in January — although he insists it is continuing.
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BOSTON, Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Digital Medicine Society (DiMe) has released a new set of resources to advance the use of digitally measured nocturnal scratch as a meaningful endpoint for atopic dermatitis (AD). These new tools, along with DiMe's previous work to support digital clinical measures, lay the groundwork for future use of the measure in clinical research, technology development, and reimbursement decisions – thereby furthering dermatology research and improving the lives of AD patients and caregivers.
A live launch event is being held today at 10 am ET featuring Matthew Diamond, Chief Medical Officer for Digital Health at FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) and Thorsten Vetter, Senior Scientific Officer at European Medicines Agency. Speakers will highlight the effort – DiMe's first pre-competitive digital measures development project – and outline each new resource including study findings, simple implementation resources, a measure ontology, and a value framework to support reimbursement decisions.
In addition to advancing AD research and care, this work also serves as a blueprint for the broader development and deployment of digital endpoints in medical product development. The number of unique digital endpoints being used in industry-sponsored trials of new medical products increased by over 950% between October 2019 and May 2022. The number of sponsors using these products in medical product development increased from 12 to 96 in the same time span. However, the industry has yet to see a new medical product approved on the basis of a digital endpoint. The alignment on nocturnal scratch is a critical step toward industry alignment and acceptance.
"Until now, there's been a lack of direction and alignment for making decisions on and using digital measures, which has prevented the advancement of medical product development and healthcare," says Jennifer Goldsack, CEO of DiMe. "This work addresses that barrier by providing pharmaceutical companies with the tools needed to de-risk the selection of this endpoint and arming technology innovators with what they need to build a valuable digital measurement product. We applaud our partners for coming together with a common goal and - on a rapid, tech timeline - setting a new industry standard that will further medical product development, advance healthcare, and improve people's lives."
Founding project partners AbbVie, the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, Novartis, Pfizer, and UCB, along with project collaborators Advancing Innovation in Dermatology, Almirall, Eli Lilly, GSK, Leo Pharma, and Sanofi, were the leading organizations that collaborated with DiMe on this effort. In just 9 months, they conducted a mixed-methods study, a comprehensive literature review, a series of workshops, a series of focus groups with payers, and convened a meeting with regulators - all of which informed the development of these open-access resources.
"Nighttime scratching is painful, robs children and parents of sleep, and causes a huge amount of anxiety for patients. When AD is flaring, scratching at night is not something a person can control and we hear from our community about the horror of waking up in bloody sheets. Navigating daily life on minimal sleep and managing stress take a toll because there's no easy solution, unless the eczema can be treated and brought under control," said Korey Capozza, Founder and Executive Director, Global Parents for Eczema Research. "DiMe's work in convening stakeholders to find new ways of measuring nighttime scratching using new digital tools will help improve measurement of this distressing facet of AD and improve the lives of children and adults struggling with the condition."
This is the first of many digital measures deployment projects from DiMe. It is also leading work on developing digital measures for Alzheimer's and Related Dementias, with additional projects on the horizon. Historically, DiMe has led the development and advancement of the adoption of digital clinical measures through other work and resources, including:
- Verification, Analytical Validation, and Clinical Validation (V3),
- The Playbook: Digital Clinical Measures Edition,
- Evaluating Connected Sensor Technologies (EVIDENCE) Checklist,
- Patients, Pharma, Payers (the 3Ps of Digital Endpoint Value), and
- Sensor Data Integration (SDI).
DiMe is not only committed to creating and disseminating new digital health approaches and tools, but also to sharing user experiences with the broader community. We encourage all users of any DiMe resource to contribute to DiMe's "Resources in Action" case study hub by sharing how you are using resources to further the safe, effective, equitable, and ethical use of digital medicine to redefine healthcare and improve lives.
About the Digital Medicine Society: DiMe is a global non-profit and the professional home for all members of the digital medicine community. Together, we tackle the toughest digital medicine challenges, develop clinical-quality resources on a technology timeline, and deliver these actionable resources to the field via open-source channels and educational programs. Join us to advance the ethical, effective, equitable, and safe use of digital medicine to redefine healthcare and improve lives.
Media Contact: Carla English, press@dimesociety.org
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NEW YORK, May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Investing.com, the world's largest financial markets platform with 44 language editions and users in 136 countries, has launched its InvestingPro premium service which offers retail investors enhanced financial tools at an affordable price, empowering them to more effectively compete with institutional investors.
Investing.com introduces InvestingPro following its acquisition of Finbox earlier this year, a platform that provides accurate, up-to-date information on publicly traded companies around the world, including the largest repository of valuation models and risk metrics available online. As the predecessor of InvestingPro, Finbox partnered with S&P Market Intelligence to cover over 60,000 companies globally and will now utilize the Investing.com platform to empower retail investors across the globe with access to the same data relied upon by the world's biggest investment banks and money managers.
Founded in 2007, Investing.com has skyrocketed in a relatively short time, now ranked the top financial website worldwide, according to both Alexa and SimilarWeb, in addition to ranking in the top two sites globally for crypto reach. Investing.com's primary mission is to provide retail investors with the tools and data they need to make better investing decisions.
"By launching our premium service, Investing.com has taken its latest step to arm the retail investor with the indispensable resources to be as competitive as possible in the financial markets, serving to level the playing field in this sector," said Omer Shvili, CEO of Investing.com. "Whether it be free access through Investing.com or affordable access through InvestingPro, we hope our users continue to increasingly take advantage of these game-changing tools."
The new InvestingPro service, with pricing starting at $19.99 per month, offers a host of premium investor tools such as "Fair Value Estimates" which use sophisticated financial modeling technology to put a stock's fair value at investors' fingertips, "Health Checks," a "Peer Compare" feature, and much more.
Following the acquisition, InvestingPro is widely expanding the reach of Finbox's toolkit. After purchasing its domain name for $2.45 million in December 2012, Investing.com's traffic has skyrocketed from 50 million pageviews per month in 2013, to 400 million in 2016, to more than 4 billion today. Investing.com offers real-time data, quotes, charts, financial tools, breaking news, and analysis across 250 exchanges around the world. In addition to the global stock markets, Investing.com covers commodities, cryptocurrencies, world indices, bonds, funds, ETFs, and world currencies. It offers quick access to world-class financial tools, covering over 200,000 financial instruments.
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Ohio deputy killed by gunfire at mobile home park
CLARK COUNTY, Ohio (WXIX) - A veteran deputy sheriff in Ohio was killed in the line of duty after responding to a report of a person shot inside a mobile home.
Clark County Sheriff Deborah K. Burchett said the incident happened Sunday morning in Harmony Township. She identified the deputy killed as Matthew Yates, a 15-year member of the department, according to WXIX.
Harmony Township is about 40 miles northeast of Dayton, about halfway to Columbus.
Burchett provided further details in a prepared statement late Sunday. She said deputies responded to the Harmony Estates Mobile Home Park after a 911 call reporting that an unknown female broke into the residence and fired five to six shots.
When deputies arrived, they attempted to check inside the mobile home and were met by gunfire. Yates was struck and went down inside the home.
Clark County Special Operations, of which Yates was a member, and several other tactical teams were called in to rescue the deputy. He was taken by Careflight to Miami Valley Hospital, where he died of his injuries.
“Please keep the Yates family in your thoughts and prayers,” wrote Burchett in the statement.
State Rep. Warren Davidson, who represents a district between Cincinnati and Dayton that includes all of Butler County and half of Hamilton County, tweeted out his condolences to Yates’ friends and family.
“My condolences and deepest sympathies for the friends and family of Clark County Deputy Matthew Yates, 15-year veteran of the force, who was killed by gunfire today. Thank you to all our law enforcement who risk everything to keep our communities safe,” he wrote.
Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley also tweeted, “My heart goes out to the loved ones of Clark County Sheriff’s Deputy Matthew Yates who was killed tonight in the line of duty.”
The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation is investigating the incident.
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Biden to visit Israel and ‘pariah’ Saudi Arabia next month
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will make his first trip to the Middle East next month with visits to Israel, the occupied West Bank and Saudi Arabia, the White House announced Tuesday.
The decision to pay a call on Saudi leaders during the July 13-16 trip comes after Biden as a Democratic presidential candidate branded the kingdom a “pariah” because of its human rights record and pledged to recalibrate the U.S.-Saudi relationship.
Biden plans to meet with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the de facto ruler of the kingdom, according to a senior administration official who briefed reporters on the condition of anonymity. U.S. intelligence officials determined Prince Mohammed likely ordered the brutal 2018 killing of U.S.-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi. After Biden took office, his administration made clear the president would avoid direct engagement with the crown prince and instead focus his engagements with King Salman.
Human rights advocates and some Democratic allies cautioned Biden about visiting the oil-rich kingdom, saying such a visit without first getting human rights commitments would send a message to Saudi leaders that there are no consequences for egregious rights violations. The Saudis have been accused of using mass arrests, executions and violence to squelch dissent.
But at a time of skyrocketing prices at the gas pump, growing worries about Iran’s nuclear program and perpetual concern that China is expanding its global footprint, Biden and his national security team have determined that freezing out the Saudis, particularly the crown prince, is simply not in the U.S. interest.
The state-run Saudi Press Agency said Biden would meet with both King Salman and Prince Mohammed and described the visit as coming at King Salman’s invitation “to strengthen the historical bilateral relations and the distinguished strategic partnership between” the two countries.
“The kingdom of Saudi Arabia looks forward to welcoming President Biden and defining the next chapters of our partnership,” the Saudi Embassy in Washington added in a statement. “At a time of global challenges related to the global economy, health, climate and international conflict, the partnership between our two countries is as critical as ever to the promotion of peace, prosperity and stability around the world.”
The White House announced the trip after Saudi Arabia this month helped nudge OPEC+ to ramp up oil production by 648,000 barrels per day in July and August, and the kingdom agreed to extend a United Nations-mediated cease-fire in its seven-year war with Yemen. Biden called the Saudi cease-fire decision “courageous.” Prince Mohammed, who is commonly referred to by his initials, MBS, played a “critical role” in brokering an extension of the cease-fire, according to the administration official.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre in a statement announcing the Middle East trip said King Salman invited Biden to visit the kingdom during a gathering in the port city of Jeddah of the six Gulf Cooperation Council nations — Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates — as well as Egypt, Iraq and Jordan.
“While in Saudi Arabia, the President will also discuss a range of bilateral, regional, and global issues with his counterparts. These include support to the UN-mediated truce in Yemen, which has led to the most peaceful period there since war began seven years ago,” Jean-Pierre said. “He will also discuss means for expanding regional economic and security cooperation, including new and promising infrastructure and climate initiatives, as well as deterring threats from Iran, advancing human rights, and ensuring global energy and food security.”
Biden’s first stop during the Middle East swing will be in Israel for a long-planned visit with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in Jerusalem. He will then meet with Palestinian Authority leaders, including Mahmoud Abbas, in the West Bank. Biden will cap the whirlwind trip with a visit to Jeddah for the meeting of GCC leaders and talks with King Salman, the crown prince and other Saudi officials.
The trip to Israel comes at a fraught time for Bennett’s fragile coalition, as he tries to avert another election and the potential return to power of former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and as Iran’s nuclear program continues advancing.
Biden’s time in Israel coincides with the Maccabiah Games, a sporting competition that brings together thousands of Jewish and Israeli athletes from around the globe. Biden, who visited Israel for the first time as a young senator nearly 50 years ago, is also expected to meet with athletes taking part in the games.
Israeli officials in their engagement with the Biden administration have pressed their point of view that U.S. relations with Arab capitals, including Riyadh, are critical to Israel’s security and overall stability in the region. The visit could also provide an opportunity to kick off talks for what the administration sees as a longer-term project of normalizing Israeli-Saudi relations.
Facing questions earlier this month about a potential visit to Saudi Arabia, Biden stressed that the relationship had multiple facets that impact U.S. and Middle East security.
“Look, I’m not going to change my view on human rights,” Biden said. “But as president of the United States, my job is to bring peace if I can, peace if I can. And that’s what I’m going to try to do.”
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The community-based health and wellness company rebrands as Lindywell, a Pilates and balanced living brand by Robin Long
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., July 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today The Balanced Life, founded in 2009 by Robin Long, announced the relaunch of its brand as Lindywell. Centered around a "Grace over Guilt" approach, Lindywell provides programs, tools and coaching to help a global community of millions of women in over 169 countries shift their approach to mental and physical health. Through intentional and effective Pilates workouts and self-care resources, Lindywell helps its community members overcome negative habitual thinking, while revitalizing their overall strength and health.
The inspiration for Lindywell, Pilates and Balanced Living with Robin Long, comes directly from three women Robin regards as strong, powerful and resilient: her mom, Linda, her aunt, Judy, and her grandmother, Lindy — which are characteristics Lindywell strives to cultivate in its community. Lindywell was born from Robin's complicated relationship with exercise and body image as a competitive dancer and athlete due to the rigidity, the unhealthy messaging and the decision fatigue that accompanied it. Instead, Lindywell embodies balance and fulfillment, intentionally designed to help to redefine the way women approach fitness, nourishment and health by cueing the brain to create new pathways and disrupt dysfunctional habits.
"With the power of Pilates at our core, we embrace positivity, authenticity and small changes that lead to real results. We don't buy the lie that we have to do more and eat less to live a healthy life," said Robin Long, founder, CEO and lead instructor of Lindywell. "For our community, this isn't a fad or something new, for more than 12 years we have been redefining the idea of progress. And, we're just getting started … there's much to do."
Lindywell blends intuitive Pilates instruction with realistic healthy eating that will help women build consistency for balanced living, founded on three core values: accessible Pilates, attainable nourishment, and a thriving mindset. "Grace over guilt" encourages consistency, enjoyable experiences and sustainable results to help every woman live life to the fullest.
Coinciding with the rebrand, Lindywell relaunches its on-demand fitness and wellness app, available for iOS and Android devices. At the time of launch, the community-driven Lindywell program provides access to 250+ on-demand Pilates workout videos that can be accessed via phone, tablet, computer or cast to a television, plus exclusive monthly workout calendars and curated recipes by Lindywell registered dietitians — all rooted in a community of positivity and support. Plans range from monthly ($27), six-month ($24/month) or twelve-month ($19/month) options.
The Lindywell rebrand can be experienced through its website, fitness app, podcast, newsletter, social media channels (@wearelindywell) and merchandise. Visit www.lindywell.com to start a free 14-day trial and discover balanced living through Pilates, nourishment and mindset together.
Lindywell, formerly The Balanced Life, was started by Robin Long in 2009 as a way to change her relationship with exercise. The unhealthy messaging, decision fatigue and overall rigidity she found in the world of wellness and physical fitness felt exhausting rather than invigorating — the opposite of the balanced and supportive approach she craved. Over the years, Robin has built a welcoming community of strong, courageous and resilient women embracing grace over guilt. With Pilates as its core practice, Lindywell provides tools, resources and tips to help busy women improve their health through realistic and effective workouts and self-care resources. Learn more, visit www.lindywell.com.
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DIAMOND BAR, Calif., May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bedsure, a global leading home textile manufacturer with over 17 million cozy customers served worldwide, is pleased to announce its Amazon Best Seller products, the Flannel Fleece Blanket and Satin Pillowcases, have each won a Good Housekeeping 2022 Bedding Award.
Bedsure Flannel Fleece Blanket
As one of Bedsure's very first products, the Bedsure Flannel Fleece Blanket was released in 2015 and is the cornerstone of the company's massive success. The Bedsure Flannel Fleece Blanket is made with premium microfleece yarns, providing a velvety feel. In 2022, the Flannel Fleece Blanket was reintroduced with a higher GSM count. The new thicker and heavier Flannel Fleece Blanket provides the ultimate coziness and comfort.
The 100% polyester microfiber throughout the blanket provides enhanced durability for everyday use and maintains its ultra-soft characteristics after machine washing.
Currently a #1 Best Seller in Amazon's Bed Blankets Category, the Bedsure Flannel Fleece Blanket has received over 121,000 reviews on Amazon with a 4.6/5-star rating.
The Bedsure Flannel Fleece Blanket is available in Ash Grey, Dark Blue, Light Grey, Pink, White, Black, Brown, Burgundy, Camel, and Coral Pink, starting at just $14.99.
The Bedsure Satin Pillowcases are Bedsure's most popular product and one of the most affordable products to date. The Bedsure Satin Pillowcases bring customers the coziness and comforting benefits of other luxury brand Silk Pillowcases at just a fraction of the cost and are much easier to maintain.
The Bedsure Satin Pillowcases are made with 100% premium polyester that retains moisture and essential natural oils on its sleepers' face skin, leaving sleepers' skin to stay hydrated all night long. In addition, the premium Satin mimics the features of Silk, providing sleepers with an impressively soft and buttery smooth sensation upon contact.
Currently the #1 Best Seller on Amazon's Bed Pillow Pillowcases Category, the Bedsure Satin Pillowcases have received over 242,000 reviews with a rating of 4.5/5 stars.
Available in twenty-two different color options and four sizes, the Bedsure Satin Pillowcases start at as little as $8.99 for a set of two. The wide range of possibilities makes the pillowcases aesthetically suitable for any bedroom décor style, and practically any type of sleeper looking for nights of restorative beauty sleeps at an affordable cost.
Moving forward, Bedsure is dedicated to bringing customers comprehensive coziness around all aspects of life.
For full Good Housekeeping Award 2022 information, visit: http://goodhousekeeping.com/bedding2022
About Bedsure
From the moment you wake up to the second you fall asleep, Bedsure aims to make you and your family comfortable. Founded in 2016, Bedsure is a leading home textile manufacturer with products sold to over 17 million customers worldwide. Currently, Bedsure has over 50 bestselling home products in 8 countries and has maintained a compound growth rate of 100% for five consecutive years. While Bedsure has grown into a global company with diverse products to meet different customer needs, its focus on comfortable home products and everyday value stays the same.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn., Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Crunch Franchise today announced it will be expanding throughout the Memphis trade area with its first location being placed in White Station. Crunch White Station will be a $5 million, 50,000-square-foot fitness facility, with $1 million dollars' worth of state-of-the-art equipment. Crunch White Station will be the largest gym in Memphis and will be located in a newly renovated space at 827 S. White Station Rd, previously occupied by Stein Mart. Construction has already begun and this location is scheduled to open this fall.
Fusing fitness with entertainment to make serious exercise fun, Crunch White Station will offer top-quality cardio equipment and strength training equipment, circuit training, a functional training area with multiple indoor turf areas, a dedicated group fitness studio, a dedicated ride studio, boxing, Kids Crunch, HydroMassage® beds, and high-end tanning. Members looking for assistance reaching their goals will have access to our staff of highly experienced Personal Trainers.
Crunch Fitness White Station is owned by Fitness Ventures, LLC, the fastest growing franchisee in the Crunch system, and owns locations throughout the U.S. "Expanding into Memphis is particularly exciting for us, as the market is under served for high value, low price fitness options. We are coming into the market with multiple locations and will be announcing additional locations in the coming weeks." Stated CEO Brian Hibbard. "Crunch is for everyone, from the first-time gym-goer to the seasoned athlete. Add in a high-energy and fun environment, and we have options to meet everyone's goals and budget!"
Crunch is known for its innovative group fitness programming and will offer a wide range of classes every week, including BodyWeb with TRX®, Zumba®, Cardio Tai Box, Yoga Body Sculpt and Fat Burning Pilates. Members looking for additional guidance or motivation can utilize the HIITZone™, a proprietary high-intensity interval group training program.
Prospective members can now visit https://www.crunch.com/locations/WhiteStation or call 901.300.7199 to reserve memberships at discounted rates beginning at $9.99 per month.
Crunch is a gym that believes in making serious exercise fun by fusing fitness and entertainment and pioneering a philosophy of 'No Judgments.' Crunch serves a fitness community for all kinds of people, with all types of goals, exercising all different ways, working it out at the same place together. Today, we are renowned for creating one-of-a-kind group fitness classes and unique programming for our wildly diverse members. Headquartered in New York City, Crunch serves two million members with over 400 gyms worldwide in 34 states and the District of Columbia, Australia, Canada, Costa Rica, Portugal, Puerto Rico, and Spain. Crunch is rapidly expanding across the U.S. and around the globe.
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HistoSonics Breakthrough Liver Therapy System to Utilize GE's LOGIQ™ E10 for Real-Time Imaging Guidance and Treatment Verification
MINNEAPOLIS, May 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- HistoSonics Inc., developer of a completely non-invasive platform using the science of histotripsy, today announced an agreement formalizing ongoing efforts to use GE Healthcare's LOGIQ E10 Series ultrasound imaging platform to power the real time visualization features of HistoSonics' novel sonic beam therapy. As part of the agreement and upon market authorization, HistoSonics will distribute GE Healthcare's LOGIQ E10 Series on a one-to-one basis with its breakthrough liver therapy system.
HistoSonics' Edison™ system, currently in development, uses the novel science of histotripsy to non-invasively destroy targeted liver tissue. HistoSonics intends to utilize GE Healthcare's LOGIQ E10 Series, currently the most technologically advanced ultrasound platform for guiding radiology interventions, to provide treating physicians with continuous visualization for key and unique elements of the histotripsy therapy procedure, including planning, monitoring, and immediate post-treatment verification. This agreement is aimed to support HistoSonics' efforts to launch their EdisonTM system leveraging their deep domain expertise along with GE Healthcare's world-class ultrasound imaging technologies, digital infrastructure, data analytics and clinical decision support capabilities.
"We are very excited to formalize our imaging partnership with GE Healthcare, which is a key part of bringing our transformative therapy platform, and an entirely new treatment option, to the clinic and to patients," said Josh Stopek, HistoSonics Vice President of R&D. "We've developed a very collaborative relationship with GE Healthcare and look forward to expanding our efforts to realize the full potential of histotripsy across clinical applications, specialties, and care settings."
HistoSonics' non-invasive platform combines advanced imaging and proprietary software to deliver patient specific treatments using histotripsy to mechanically destroy and liquify targeted tissues at a sub-cellular level. The company believes the novel mechanism of action of their proprietary technology may offer significant advantages to patients, including precise and predictable treatment zones with equivalent treatment effect throughout the entire treated volume. Early clinical and pre-clinical results also suggest that histotripsy largely preserves critical structures such as the liver capsule, and larger vessels and bile ducts within or adjacent to the treated volume of tissue. Additionally, histotripsy enables the treating physicians to monitor the destruction of tissue under continuous real-time visualization and control, unlike any modality that exists today.
The agreement between GE Healthcare and HistoSonics comes as HistoSonics continues enrollment in their U.S. and European #HOPE4LIVER Trials, evaluating the safety and efficacy of histotripsy for the destruction of targeted primary or metastatic liver tumors. Additionally, the company recently was awarded "Breakthrough Device Designation" by the FDA for histotripsy of liver tissue, validating the company's vision that histotripsy has the potential to provide advantages over existing therapies such as surgery, radiation therapy and thermal ablation.
The HistoSonics System is investigational and is not available for sale in the United States or Europe. It is limited to investigational use in the approved IDE and European studies.
About HistoSonics
HistoSonics is a privately held medical device company developing a non-invasive platform and proprietary sonic beam therapy utilizing the science of histotripsy, a novel mechanism of action that uses focused ultrasound to mechanically destroy and liquify unwanted tissue and tumors. The company is currently focused on the continued development of its EdisonTM Platform, global clinical studies, and new strategic projects including future clinical applications and platforms. HistoSonics has offices in Ann Arbor, Michigan and Minneapolis, MN.
For more information please visit: www.histosonics.com/
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NAPLES, Fla., July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A lawsuit has been filed on behalf of the estate of Mary Billman against Big Olaf Creamery, LLC in the Listeria outbreak linked to this company's ice cream. Mrs. Billman's estate is represented by Marler Clark, the Listeria lawyers, and local counsel Scott Weinstein. The lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. Complaint #8:22-cv-01514
On January 18, 2022, Mrs. Billman was in the State of Florida, visiting her daughter who lives in Hollywood, Florida. On this date, at the Big Olaf's Creamery ice cream parlor located at 3350 Bahia Vista in Sarasota, Florida, Mrs. Billman consumed ice cream that had been manufactured, distributed, and sold by the Defendant Big Olaf. The ice cream that Mrs. Billman consumed on this date was contaminated by Listeria monocytogenes.
Mrs. Billman's symptoms persisted, and on January 27, 2022, she woke up with a fever over 103 degrees. Her daughter called an ambulance and Mrs. Billman was rushed to the emergency department at Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood, Florida, where she soon began treatment for a septic illness.
Over the course of the next two days, Mrs. Billman's organs began to shut down due to her septic illness. By the time her family was able to see her again, she was unconscious. She would never regain consciousness, and died on January 29, 2022, leaving behind her husband, the Plaintiff; three daughters named Kelli Mitsdarfer, Kara Gray, and Richelle Brown; eight grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
On July 2, 2022, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced the preliminary results of an epidemiologic investigation conducted into the Listeria monocytogenes illnesses of 23 people who live, or who lived prior to their deaths, in 10 different states. The investigation into these illnesses had shown that that the cause of the outbreak was Big Olaf's ice cream products.
"What is shocking is that the Listeria linked to the outbreak was present in this ice cream beginning in 2021, this shows a complete failure to keep the manufacturing facility clean and in good repair," said food safety lawyer, Bill Marler.
The first case of illness in the outbreak experienced onset of symptoms of Listeria monocytogenes infection in January 2021. Illnesses occurred sporadically over the course of the year and a half since the first case became ill, continuing to cause illnesses through June of 2022. Due to the delay in symptom onset and illness reporting, the total number of people sickened in this outbreak is not yet known.
The 10 states where cases in this outbreak live, including the number of cases in each state, are as follows: Florida (12), Colorado (1), Georgia (1), Illinois (1), Kansas (1), Massachusetts (2), Minnesota (1), New Jersey (1), New York (2), Pennsylvania (1). Among the 10 cases who did not live in Florida, 8 of them had traveled to Florida in the month before onset of symptoms. This outbreak investigation is on-going.
The Marler Clark Listeria lawyers have unmatched experience representing victims of Listeria. Our Listeria lawyers have represented thousands of victims of notable Listeria outbreaks such as the 2011 Jensen Farms Listeria outbreak where over 33 people died, the 2010 Sangar Fresh Cut Produce Listeria outbreak, the 2007 Whittier Farms Listeria outbreak, the 2012 Marte brand Fescolina ricotta salata cheese Listeria outbreak, the 2015 Blue Bell Ice Cream Listeria outbreak, the 2016 Dole Lettuce Listeria outbreak and the 2017 Vulto Creamery Listeria outbreak. We are presently assisting in a Listeria outbreak in South Africa that sickened over 1,000 and killed over 200.
Marler Clark has represented countless Listeria victims and is the only firm in the nation with a practice focused exclusively on plaintiff foodborne illness litigation.
If you believe you are part of this outbreak fill out the Marler Clark contact form or call toll-free at 800-884-9840. There is no cost to you.
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The Education Service Center Region 12 Technology Foundation surprised five area schools on Thursday with $39,912 in combined grant funding — financing that will support their respective educational technology programs.
“Troy High School will receive $4,725 to provide interactive technology to math and science classrooms to increase STEM thinking in students to impact success on the STAAR, TSI, SAT and ACT exams,” Jennifer Marshall-Higgins, an ESC Region 12 spokeswoman, said in a news release. “Raymond Mays Middle School will receive $5,187 for the implementation of the Oculus Quest VR Headset system and 3D printers to enhance students’ understanding of complex concepts through geometry and measurement.”
Troy ISD Superintendent Neil Jeter was elated for both campuses having won a grant.
“We are thrilled to receive two grants from the ESC Region 12 Technology Foundation,” he said. “Both innovative grants focus on improving student engagement and understanding of mathematics concepts through the use of technology. This technology will also be useful in other subject areas.”
Meanwhile, the Academy, Rosebud-Lott, and Copperas Cove independent school districts each had one campus receive $10,000 in grant funding on Thursday, according to the ESC Region 12.
“Academy Elementary School will receive $10,000 to increase second grade student academic performance, interactivity with content, and proficiency in technology through a project-based learning model where students research, write, edit and produce news broadcasts to be shared with the entire campus,” Marshall-Higgins said.
Academy ISD Superintendent Billy Harlan highlighted how Jackie Wright, an Academy ISD instructional technology specialist, and Andrea Chaney, Academy Elementary School’s principal, developed the program to challenge and encourage students to collaborate in a creative learning environment.
“We are looking forward to seeing our students begin their project and how it will have a positive impact on their learning,” he said. “Thank you to the Region 12 Service Center staff for making this a great surprise and for their continued support of our educational programs.”
Rosebud-Lott ISD Superintendent James Rosebrock also was grateful to the ESC Region 12 Technology Foundation for naming Rosebud-Lott Elementary School as a grant recipient.
“We are beginning a robotics program as part of a Regional Pathways CTE program,” Rosebrock said. “This grant will allow the district to introduce robotics to our students at an early age and get them excited about the program at the high school.”
Since 2012, the ESC Region 12 Technology Foundation has awarded $532,500 in grant funding to school districts in Central Texas. | https://www.tdtnews.com/news/central_texas_news/article_c09193ae-b144-11ec-a5e6-87aa71a9cbbe.html | 2022-04-01T00:39:24Z |
ATHENS -- The University of Georgia Cooperative Extension diabetes prevention program has received the highest recognition offered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The CDC’s Full Plus certification is reserved for lifestyle change programs that have effectively delivered a quality, evidence-based program that meets all the standards for CDC recognition and additional retention thresholds.
The certification is based on participant achievement of attendance, weight loss, physical activity minutes reported and retention in the year-long program.
According to the CDC, the goals of lifestyle change programs are to prevent or delay Type 2 diabetes by making lasting lifestyle changes like eating healthier, increasing physical activity and improving coping skills.
More than 300 people enrolled in the UGA program, and to date 135 have completed it. Participants have lost a total of 2,097 pounds.
“This recognition speaks to what an amazing job our team is doing in delivering this program with fidelity, integrity and passion to encourage participation, retention and achievement of goals,” program director Alison Berg, an associate professor in the College of Family and Consumer Sciences and UGA Extension nutrition and health specialist, said.
Programs with the Full Plus certification earn five years of CDC recognition as opposed to the three years reserved for programs that receive Full recognition. UGA received certification for both in-person and virtual diabetes prevention programs due to its higher retention rate.
UGA delivers the DPP through UGA Extension, which has more than 20 faculty and staff members who have been trained as facilitators for the program. The UGA Extension network has allowed Georgia residents at risk of developing prediabetes access to the program, whether in-person or virtually, no matter their location.
Nearly 60% of the participants have decreased their risk for developing diabetes by reducing their hemoglobin A1c, a marker for diagnosing diabetes, and/or meeting their weight and physical activity goals.
“It’s so meaningful to be a part of our participants’ journeys to achieving their goals,” Berg said. “Many of our participants report not only losing weight, but taking less medication and even being able to come off of some medications. They also report feeling better in their own skin, sleeping better and being able to keep up with kids and grandkids. That is why we do this work: to help people live healthier and happier lives.”
While the cost savings of weight loss can be difficult to measure, one recent study indicates that people who lose 5-10% of their body weight save approximately $135 per month in direct health care costs.
If applied to the UGA DPP program, Berg estimates the 75 participants who have met the weight loss goal would save more than $127,000 over the next year should they maintain the weight loss.
Additionally, based on the same study’s estimates, the 79 participants who have met their diabetes risk reduction goal will save $211,009 in health care costs if the weight loss or change in hemoglobin A1c keeps them from progressing from prediabetes to diabetes.
According to the CDC registry, there are 2,188 organizations recognized by the DPP. The UGA DPP program is one of just 237 that have received Full Plus recognition and one of 11 to earn this designation for both in-person and virtual programs.
“It is immensely gratifying to see the science of diabetes prevention being implemented to improve the public’s health,” Miriam T. Bell, team lead of the National DPP, wrote in a letter to Berg. “It is programs like yours that are turning the tide in the fight against the epidemic of Type 2 diabetes.”
For more information about the UGA Extension diabetes prevention program, visit extension.uga.edu. | https://www.albanyherald.com/news/uga-diabetes-prevention-program-earns-top-recognition-from-cdc/article_fc70d704-e1e1-11ec-880d-f77cfeeab714.html | 2022-06-01T20:12:54Z |
Lawsuit funding company to handle cases ranging from $50K to $20MM involving complex commercial litigations, judgment verdict on appeals, and attorney case cost funding.
LOS ANGELES, April 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Legal-Bay, a leading presettlement funding company, announces a comprehensive settlement loan division specifically to handle their many commercial litigation lawsuits. These extremely complex cases require extensive funding in order for plaintiffs and their lawyers to make it across the finish line. Legal-Bay knows how to accommodate the needs of this market, funding cases that many larger companies won't even consider.
Commercial litigation loans for lawsuits were created to assist plaintiffs level the playing field against deeper-pocketed defendants who can simply outspend them, dragging a case on indefinitely. Meanwhile, the plaintiff's determination and finances get drained. Legal-Bay's experience and resources can give hope to plaintiffs and law firms who are fighting to prosecute a successful claim.
Chris Janish, CEO of Legal-Bay, commented, "We are excited to be expanding from our traditional personal injury and mass tort litigation to the much larger and more complex commercial litigation market needing hefty funding amounts. Typically, these cases have minimum requests of anywhere from $50K to $20MM and take more time to evaluate. However, our focus is to help plaintiffs regardless if the funding request is large or small."
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Legal-Bay also funds breach of contract cases, wrongful imprisonment, whistleblower or Qui-Tam, wrongful termination, and many more. Legal-Bay has now secured additional capital for these and other types of commercial litigation cases, and encourages plaintiffs or attorneys that have been denied funding in the past to apply with Legal-Bay.
Legal-Bay is one of the leading lawsuit loan settlement funding companies, offering a fast approval process and some of the best rates in the industry. Their non-recourse law suit loans are risk-free, as the money does not need to be repaid should the recipient lose their case.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russian troops of indiscriminately killing civilians "for their pleasure" in an emotionally-charged address to the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday, a day after he visited the Kyiv suburb of Bucha, where shocking images of bodies in the streets emerged over the weekend.
Zelensky described the aftermath of Russia's retreat from Bucha in horrifying detail, describing entire families killed, people with their throats slashed, women raped and killed in front of their children. He said Russia's actions were no different from those of a terror group, except that Russia is a permanent member of the UN Security Council.
In Bucha, bodies strewn across the streets and in basements were found by human rights groups and documented by independent journalists. Satellite images suggest some bodies had been there since at least March 18.
In a damning speech, Zelensky said there was "not a single crime" that the Russians "would not commit," alleging that Russian troops had "searched for and purposefully killed anyone who served our country."
"They shot and killed women outside their houses when they just tried to call someone ... They killed entire families, adults and children and they tried to burn the bodies," Zelensky said.
"I am addressing you on behalf of the people who honor the memory of the deceased every single day and in the memory of the civilians who died, who were shot and killed in the back of their head after being tortured," he told the Security Council.
"Some of them were shot on the streets. Others were thrown into wells, so they died there suffering. They were killed in their apartments, houses, blown up by grenades. Civilians were crushed by tanks while sitting in their cars in the middle of the road, just for their pleasure," the 44-year-old Ukrainian leader continued.
"They cut off limbs, slashed their throats. Women were raped and killed in front of their children. Their tongues were pulled out only because the aggressor did not hear what they wanted to hear from them. This is not different from other terrorists such as ISIS. And here it is done by a member of the United Nations Security Council."
Russia has repeatedly denied the alleged atrocities, despite increasing evidence suggesting otherwise. Earlier Tuesday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called the claims not only "groundless, but ... a well-staged tragic show" and "a forgery in order to try to denigrate the Russian army."
This is a developing story -- more to come.
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- FuriosaAI develops high performance AI accelerators targeted at data centers and enterprise customers. The company offers efficient AI hardware with a robust and flexible compiler that makes it easier for customers to deploy their models.
- The company targets the NA market with its first generation chip "WARBOY", set to begin volume production in Q1 2023. FuriosaAI is already sampling WARBOY with customers in South Korea.
- Bill Leszinske, a former leader at Intel joins FuriosaAI as Senior Advisor. FuriosaAI also appoints former Western Digital VP, Tom Gallivan, as VP of North American Sales and Business Development.
SEOUL, South Korea, July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- FuriosaAI, the AI accelerator company with a robust and flexible software stack, announces the appointment of Bill Leszinske as Senior Advisor, and Tom Gallivan as Vice President of North American Sales and Business Development. Leszinske and Gallivan will enable the rapidly growing startup to expand its reach into the North American market.
Founded in 2017, FuriosaAI develops high performance AI inference accelerators targeted at enterprise customers and hyperscale data centers. The company is backed by significant clients, including South Korea's largest internet company Naver. So far, FuriosaAI has attracted over USD 100 million in investments. The company has maintained a balance of hardware and software engineers since its establishment, focusing on in-house full stack software development. This comprehensive organizational structure has allowed FuriosaAI to offer a robust and flexible compiler, and an SDK that automatically optimizes and quantizes models.
Since completing development of its first generation chip, WARBOY, in July 2021, FuriosaAI has consistently submitted results to the AI chip benchmark, MLPerf. In the latest round of MLPerf Inference (v2.0), the company enhanced its benchmark performance by 2x on the same silicon compared to previous v1.1 submission purely through compiler enhancements. Naver (KRX: 035420) and Kakao (KRX: 035720) , Korea's two largest tech companies, as well as AI startups in various application fields, have been sampling FuriosaAI's WARBOY ahead of the chip's mass production.
Bill Leszinske, a former Intel CVP, brings more than 30 years of experience running product planning and marketing, including his crucial role in driving revenue growth at Intel's SSD business. Leszinske is also experienced in AI chips—after leaving Intel, he joined AI chip startup Groq to manage products, software development, and marketing. "I am really excited to be working with the FuriosaAI team," Leszinske stated, "the maturity of FuriosaAI's software stack makes it easier for customers to deploy AI solutions to address their business needs."
Tom Gallivan has more than 30 years of experience in technology sales, with industry success at Seagate, Sun Microsystems, Rackable Systems, and Western Digital. Gallivan has deep industry experience introducing new technologies and building winning sales teams in North America.
FuriosaAI's CEO June Paik commented, "with speedy and robust execution, FuriosaAI is on track to deliver competitive products to the market. Our strength lies in intense co-development of innovative HW architecture and SW stack, including the compiler. We will continue to invite experts like Bill and Tom to build an industry leading team in North America."
Customers sampling WARBOY have given highly positive feedback on the chip's performance and efficiency. WARBOY goes into mass production in Q1 2023. Meanwhile, FuriosaAI is continuing to broaden supported target applications in its roadmap, including transformer-based Foundation models for hyperscale data centers.
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Akamai places highest in Ability to Execute and furthest for Completeness of Vision for Cloud Web Application and API Protection
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the cloud company that powers and protects life online, today announced it was named a Gartner Magic Quadrant Leader for Cloud WAAP for the sixth year in a row. In a companion report called Gartner Critical Capabilities for Cloud Web Application and API Protection, Akamai scored highest in 3 out of 4 use cases for cloud-based WAAP: API Security and DevOps, High Security, and Web-Scale Business Application.
The Magic Quadrant for Cloud Web Application and API Protection was previously published as the Magic Quadrant for Web Application Firewalls and Akamai has been named a Leader for six consecutive years. The report analyzes the market of cloud App & API Security solutions and evaluates providers on their ability to execute and completeness of vision. The report notes:
"The overall cloud WAAP market is mature, though some segments are quite dynamic, such as bot management and API threat protection. Unlike the WAAP appliance market, which is dominated by replacement purchases, the cloud WAAP market continues to experience double-digit growth, thanks to new customers, new applications to protect, and shifts from appliances to cloud-delivered security."
In addition, the Magic Quadrant for Cloud Web Application and API Protection states:
- By 2024, 70% of organizations implementing multicloud strategies for web applications in production environments will favor cloud web application and API protection platform (WAAP) services over WAAP appliances and IaaS-native WAAP.
- By 2026, 40% of organizations will select a WAAP provider on the basis of its advanced API protections and web application security features — up from less than 15% in 2022.
- By 2026, more than 40% of organizations with consumer-facing applications that initially relied only on a WAAP for bot mitigation will seek additional anomaly detection technology from specialized providers — up from less than 10% in 2022.
Cybersecurity professionals are faced with evolving and emerging threats, increasing the demands of the role. For example, Akamai's recent threat report for Apps & APIs stated that Web application attack attempts against customers grew by more than 300% year over year in the first quarter of 2022.
"Threat actors are constantly evolving to evade protections, both by retooling existing attacks and by finding new vulnerabilities to exploit. We believe that to be named a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud WAAP for the sixth year in a row is testament to Akamai's dedication to continuously innovate and stay ahead of evolving threats," said Eric Graham, Akamai's vice president of product management. "We protect the most valuable, highly sought-after brands in the world and we appreciate both Gartner's recognition and the feedback of customers for our WAAP solutions."
CUSTOMER RECOGNITION
According to the report, "Akamai's customers continue to rate its vendor support highly, which is a notable achievement for a large platform provider. Consistently strong customer support creates trust and drives Akamai's adoption when prospective customers ask to request peer reference calls."i
Here are some additional comments from Akamai customers from the 2022 Gartner® Peer Insights™ "Voice of the Customer" Web Application and API Protection report:ii
"Akamai Is the gold standard for edge security. They have protected us for more than a decade and continue to innovate and improve" –Senior Technology Director in the Retail Industry
"Very good experience especially when it comes to automatically block new zero day exploits for example the recent log4J zero day was implemented on WAF very fast." –Head of Service & Security Management in the Government Industry
"The Swiss Army Knife for layer 7 protections. Able to construct "0-day" mitigations for "0-day" threats. Reduce cloud hosting costs by shedding unwanted traffic. Improved customer experience by reducing latency and increasing uptime. Peace of mind knowing we are safe from intruders." –Solutions Architect (Security) in the Banking Industry
"Akamai plays an important role in areas of security and performance. While the Akamai products are fantastic at what they do, what really stands them apart is the level of service they provide. The Akamai team truly feels like an extension of our own team. They genuinely care about the success of our business and are very proactive in helping us to fully leverage the platform and improve in areas of security and performance." –A Chief Technology Officer
To read the complete 2022 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud Web Application and API Protection report, please see here.
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About Akamai
Akamai powers and protects life online. Leading companies worldwide choose Akamai to build, deliver, and secure their digital experiences — helping billions of people live, work, and play every day. With the world's most distributed compute platform — from cloud to edge — we make it easy for customers to develop and run applications, while we keep experiences closer to users and threats farther away. Learn more about Akamai's security, compute, and delivery solutions at akamai.com and akamai.com/blog, or follow Akamai Technologies on Twitter and LinkedIn.
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i Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Cloud Web Application and API Protection, Jeremy D'Hoinne, Adam Hils, John Watts, Rajpreet Kaur, 30th August 2022
ii Gartner, Gartner Peer Insights 'Voice of the Customer': Web Application and API Protection, Peer Contributors, 22nd March 2022
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The Very Best in Snarky, Running Commentary on Classic B Movies Returns to theaters nationwide for ONE NIGHT ONLY – Thursday, August 18
DENVER, Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- RiffTrax's Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy, and Bill Corbett (of Mystery Science Theater 3000® fame) are back in cinemas to bring their special brand of comedy to fans everywhere with "RiffTrax Live: The Return of Swamp Thing."
He's back! You probably didn't know that he was gone, but he was and now he's back! Swamp Thing, AKA Swampington Montgomery Thing, returns to thwart the sinister plans of the evil Doctor Arcane, who apparently is also back. But! Here for the first time is Heather Locklear, the young woman who is drawn to the mysterious charms of Mr. Thing, and desires a love that is both human and plant-based. A sequel to the Wes Craven cult classic, The Return of Swamp Thing is decidedly NOT directed by Wes Craven, but that's fine, because it means this one is bigger, more fun, and way more riffable.
Tickets for the three "RiffTrax Live: The Return of Swamp Thing" can be purchased at www.FathomEvents.com and participating theater box offices. For a complete list of theater locations, visit the Fathom Events website (theaters and participants are subject to change).
Since first partnering in 2009 with "RiffTrax Live: Plan 9 from Outer Space" the RiffTrax and Fathom Events partnership has resulted in the screening of 33 unique titles, over 60 play dates, in an average of 700 movie theaters for the live events, with more than 1.2 million tickets sold for a total gross box revenue of $14.6 million.
For artwork/photos related to "RiffTrax Live: The Return of Swamp Thing," visit the Fathom Events press site.
About Fathom Events
Fathom is a recognized leader in the entertainment industry as one of the top distributors of content to movie theaters in North America. Owned by AMC Entertainment Inc. (NYSE: AMC); Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CNK); and Regal, a subsidiary of the Cineworld Group (LSE: CINE.L), Fathom operates the largest cinema distribution network, delivering a wide variety of programming and experiences to cinema audiences in all of the top U.S. markets and to more than 45 countries. For more information, visit www.FathomEvents.com.
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NEW YORK, May 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Newmark Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NMRK) ("Newmark" or "the Company"), a leading full-service commercial real estate business, today announced that Jeff Day, the Company's Chief Strategy Officer and President, Head of Multifamily Capital Markets, participated in a panel at the 2022 KBW Virtual Real Estate Finance & Technology Conference on May 26, 2022.
While the live webcast of the panel - titled "Commercial Real Estate & Rising Interest Rates" - was only open to KBW clients, a replay is now available at Newmark's investor relations website, ir.nmrk.com.
An archive of the audio webcast will be available on the same website for 90 days after the conclusion of the live presentation.
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Newmark Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NMRK), together with its subsidiaries ("Newmark"), is a world leader in commercial real estate, seamlessly powering every phase of the property life cycle. Newmark's comprehensive suite of services and products is uniquely tailored to each client, from owners to occupiers, investors to founders, and startups to blue-chip companies. Combining the platform's global reach with market intelligence in both established and emerging property markets, Newmark provides superior service to clients across the industry spectrum. Newmark generated revenues of nearly $3.1 billion for the twelve months ending March 31, 2022. Newmark's company-owned offices, together with its business partners, operate from approximately 170 offices with 6,300 professionals around the world. To learn more, visit nmrk.com or follow @newmark.
Statements in this document regarding Newmark that are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" that involve risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements. These include statements about the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Company's business, results, financial position, liquidity, and outlook, which may constitute forward-looking statements and are subject to the risk that the actual impact may differ, possibly materially, from what is currently expected. Except as required by law, Newmark undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements. For a discussion of additional risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see Newmark's Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including, but not limited to, the risk factors and Special Note on Forward-Looking Information set forth in these filings and any updates to such risk factors and Special Note on Forward-Looking Information contained in subsequent reports on Form 10-K, Form 10-Q or Form 8-K.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas school police chief criticized for his actions during one of the deadliest classroom shootings in U.S. history said in his first extensive comments, published Thursday, that he did not consider himself the person in charge as the massacre unfolded and assumed someone else had taken control of the law enforcement response.
Pete Arredondo, the police chief of the Uvalde school district, also told the Texas Tribune that he intentionally left behind both his police and campus radios before entering Robb Elementary School. An 18-year-old gunman killed 19 children and two teachers behind a locked classroom door that the chief said was reinforced with a steel jamb and could not be kicked in.
Poor radio communications is among the concerns raised about how police handled the May 24 shooting and why they didn’t confront the gunman for more than an hour, even as anguished parents outside the school urged officers to go in.
Separately, The New York Times reported Thursday that documents show police waited for protective equipment as they delayed entering the campus, even as they became aware that some victims needed medical treatment.
Arredondo told the Tribune that from the hallway of the school he used his cell phone to call for tactical gear, a sniper and keys to get inside the classroom. He said he held back from the door for 40 minutes to avoid provoking gunfire and tried dozens of keys brought to him, but that, one-by-one, they failed to work.
“Each time I tried a key I was just praying,” he told the Tribune.
In the more than two weeks since the shooting, Arredondo’s actions have come under intensifying scrutiny from both state officials and experts trained in mass shooting responses. Steven McCraw, the head of the Texas Department of Public Safety, has said the school police chief, who he described as the incident commander, made the “wrong decision” to not order officers to breach the classroom more quickly to confront the gunman.
But Arredondo, who told the Tribune he believed that carrying radios would slow him down as he entered the school and that he knew that radios did not work in some school buildings, said he never considered himself the scene’s incident commander and did not give any instruction that police should not attempt to breach the building.
“I didn’t issue any orders,” Arredondo said. “I called for assistance and asked for an extraction tool to open the door.”
Arredondo has not responded to repeated interview requests and questions from The Associated Press.
Arredondo’s account and records obtained by the Times were published Thursday as law enforcement and state officials have struggled to present an accurate timeline and details. They have also made frequent corrections to previous statements, and no information about the police response has been formally released by investigators since the days that followed the attack.
According to documents obtained by the Times, a man who investigators believe to be Arredondo could be heard on body camera footage talking about how much time was passing.
“People are going to ask why we’re taking so long,” said the man, according to a transcript of officers’ body camera footage obtained by the newspaper. “We’re trying to preserve the rest of the life.”
Sixty officers had assembled on the scene by the time four officers made entry, according to the report. The two classrooms where the shooting took place included 33 children and three teachers.
Not all the victims were found dead when officers finally went inside: one teacher died in an ambulance and three children died at nearby hospitals, according to the records obtained by the Times, which included a review of law enforcement documents and video that have been gathered as part of the investigation.
The family of Xavier Lopez, 10, said the boy had been shot in the back and lost a lot of blood as he waited for medical attention.
“He could have been saved,” Leonard Sandoval, the boy’s grandfather, told the newspaper. “The police did not go in for more than an hour. He bled out.”
The records obtained by the Times offered other new details, including that the gunman, Salvador Ramos, had a “hellfire” trigger device meant to allow a semiautomatic AR-15-style rifle to be fired more like an automatic weapon, but did not appear to have used it during the attack. Ramos had spent more than $6,000 amassing an arsenal of weapons that included two AR-15-style rifles, accessories and hundreds of rounds of ammunition, according to the documents.
The Times reported that some of the officers who first arrived at the school had long guns, and that Arredondo learned the gunman’s identity while inside the school and attempted to communicate with him through the closed classroom doors.
Eva Mireles, one of the teachers who was killed, made a phone call to her husband, a Uvalde school district police officer, during the attack. The documents obtained by the Times show that Ruben Ruiz informed responders on the scene that his wife was still alive in one of the classrooms.
“She says she is shot,” Ruiz could be heard telling other officers as he arrived inside the school at 11:48 a.m., according to the body camera transcript obtained by the Times.
By 12:46 p.m., Arredondo seemed to give his approval for officers to enter the room, the Times reported.
“If y’all are ready to do it, you do it,” he said, according to the transcript.
About a week after the shooting, department of public safety officials said Arredondo was no longer cooperating with the agency and had not responded to interview requests from the Texas Rangers, the agency’s investigative unit.
Arredondo’s attorney, George E. Hyde, told the Tribune for Thursday’s story that Arredondo could not do an interview on the day the Rangers asked because he was covering shifts for his officers. Hyde said Arredondo is willing to cooperate with the Rangers investigation but would like to see a transcript of his previous comments.
“That’s a fair thing to ask for before he has to then discuss it again because, as time goes by, all the information that he hears, it’s hard to keep straight,” Hyde said.
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More on the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas: https://apnews.com/hub/uvalde-school-shooting | https://cw33.com/news/u-s-news/ap-us-headlines/report-police-knew-of-injured-at-texas-school-while-waiting/ | 2022-06-10T14:25:55Z |
WASHINGTON (Nexstar) — The Inflation Reduction Act will make a significant investment in the electric vehicle market by extending tax credits of up to $7500 on new cars and up to $4,000 on used electric vehicles.
But critics, like the Alliance for Automotive Innovation, complain that it’s a “missed opportunity at a crucial time” because many electric cars won’t qualify for the tax rebates.
Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg says that’s intentional.
“Part of the design of this bill is not to support any electric vehicle, but to support U.S. made or North American made electric vehicles,” he said.
Ozawa Bineshi Albert with the Climate Justice Alliance says electric cars are still too expensive for lower-income Americans.
“In urban areas, there’s very little in the Inflation Reduction Act around public transportation and addressing further build-out,” he said.
But EPA administrator Michael Regan says the investment will have clear environmental benefits.
“We know transportation is the number one contributor of climate change and climate pollution,” he said.
Critics also say the country doesn’t have the charging infrastructure in place to support a transition to electric vehicles.
However, Buttigieg says with money from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill, the Biden Administration is already working to expand that network “to help make sure that there are chargers across the entire highway system, at least every 50 miles.”
The administration hopes to reach that goal by the end of the decade. | https://cw33.com/news/washington-dc-bureau/critics-call-inflation-reduction-act-a-missed-opportunity/ | 2022-08-17T23:43:07Z |
Seegers, Iowa beat Penn St., avoid elimination in Big Ten
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Michael Seegers went 4-for-6, Kyle Huckstorf was 2-for-3 with a walk and three runs scored and No. 3 seed Iowa beat Penn State 11-3 to eliminate the Nittany Lions from the Big Ten Tournament. Iowa (35-18), which lost to Penn State in the tournament’s opening game, plays fifth-seeded Michigan in a loser-out game. Huckstorf singled to lead-off the fourth and Seegers followed with an RBI double to spark a four-run inning and then hit a solo shot to start a three-run fifth that gave the Hawkeyes a 7-1 lead. Ty Langenberg (7-2) struck out five and walked four while allowing three hits and three runs over 5 2/3 innings for Iowa. Josh Spiegel went 1-for-3 with a walk and an RBI double for Penn State (26-28). | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/05/28/seegers-iowa-beat-penn-st-avoid-elimination-in-big-ten/ | 2022-05-28T20:32:22Z |
NEW YORK, June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of IonQ, Inc. ("IonQ" or the "Company") (NYSE: IONQ). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888-476-6529, ext. 7980.
The investigation concerns whether IonQ and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.
On May 3, 2022, Scorpion Capital published a report alleging that IonQ is a "part-time side-hustle run by two academics who barely show up, dressed up as a 'company,'" and a "scam built on phony statements about nearly all key aspects of the technology and business." Moreover, the report claimed that the Company's quantum computer is a "useless toy that can't even add 1+1, as revealed by experiments we hired experts to run," that the Company reported "[f]ictitious 'revenue' via sham transactions and related-party round-tripping," and that the CEO appears to be making up his MIT credentials.
On this news, IonQ's stock price fell $0.71 per share, or 9.03%, to close at $7.15 per share on May 3, 2022.
Pomerantz LLP, with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Paris, and Tel Aviv, is acknowledged as one of the premier firms in the areas of corporate, securities, and antitrust class litigation. Founded by the late Abraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean of the class action bar, Pomerantz pioneered the field of securities class actions. Today, more than 85 years later, Pomerantz continues in the tradition he established, fighting for the rights of the victims of securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and corporate misconduct. The Firm has recovered numerous multimillion-dollar damages awards on behalf of class members. See www.pomlaw.com.
CONTACT:
Robert S. Willoughby
Pomerantz LLP
rswilloughby@pomlaw.com
888-476-6529 ext. 7980
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MICHMORET, Israel (AP) — Over a dozen endangered sea turtles that were rescued after suffering major injuries in the Mediterranean scuttled their way over a beach in Israel on Friday after months of medical care.
The 15 loggerhead sea turtles and two green sea turtles were released back into the wild after months of rehabilitation at the Sea Turtle Rescue Center in central Israel. Each had been brought to the facility run by Israel’s Nature and Parks Authority over the winter suffering from various kinds of physical trauma, likely caused by underwater explosives.
The sea turtle species are listed as threatened and endangered, respectively, by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, and are protected under Israeli law.
The seafaring reptiles received months of intensive care, starting with antibiotics and fluids, at the facility north of Tel Aviv on the Mediterranean coast.
Yaniv Levy, a sea turtle ecologist who manages the center, said that before releasing the turtles, the biologists made certain “that we’re not making any mistake and we’re bringing back the turtle 100% healthy to the to the wild.”
After they were cleaned, measured and weighed, the scientists glued satellite tags to the shells of several individuals so that they can monitor the turtles’ location and continue studying their behavior in the wild. | https://cw33.com/news/science-technology/ap-science/rescued-sea-turtles-in-israel-released-back-to-the-wild/ | 2022-07-09T01:40:09Z |
Grove of giant sequoias threatened by California wildfire
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — The largest grove of giant sequoias in Yosemite National Park was closed Friday and hundreds of people ordered evacuated nearby as a wildfire burning through dense forest became the latest in recent years to threaten the world’s largest trees.
A team was being sent to the Mariposa Grove to wrap some of the massive trunks in fire-resistant foil to protect them as the blaze burned out of control, said Nancy Phillipe, a Yosemite fire information spokesperson.
More than 500 mature sequoias were threatened but there were no reports of severe damage to any named trees, such as the 3,000-year-old Grizzly Giant.
The cause of the fire was under investigation and the rest of the park remained open as nearly 300 firefighters tried to control the flames with the help of two water-dropping helicopters and an air tanker dumping flame retardant, Phillipe said.
The giant sequoias, native in only about 70 groves spread along the western slope of California’s Sierra Nevada range, were once considered impervious to flames but have become increasingly vulnerable as wildfires fueled by a buildup of undergrowth from a century of fire suppression and drought exacerbated by climate change have become more intense and destructive.
Lightning-sparked wildfires over the past two years have killed up to a fifth of the estimated 75,000 large sequoias, which are the biggest trees by volume.
There was no obvious natural spark for the fire that broke out Thursday next to the park’s Washburn Trail, Phillipe said. Smoke was reported by visitors walking in the grove that reopened in 2018 after a $40 million renovation that took three years.
The grove, which is inside the park’s southern entrance, was evacuated and no one was injured.
The fire had grown to 466 acres (188 hectares) by Friday evening, authorities said.
Evacuation orders were issued Friday for the grove along with the nearby community of Wawona — which is surrounded by the park — and the Wawona Campground, where about 600 to 700 people were staying in a campground, cabins and an historic hotel.
A fierce windstorm ripped through the grove a year-and-a-half ago and toppled 15 giant sequoias, along with countless other trees.
The downed trees, along with massive numbers of pines killed by bark beetles, provided ample fuel for the flames, but winds Friday were calm and the fire was not spreading rapidly.
The park has used prescribed burns to clear brush around the sequoias, which helps protect them if flames spread farther into the grove.
“When the unwanted fires hit those areas, it tends to slow the rate of spread and helps us gain some control,” Phillipe said.
In the Sierra foothills, 80 miles (128 kilometers) to the northwest of the Yosemite fire, some evacuation orders were lifted as containment grew to 70% on the Electra Fire that had burned 7 square miles (18 square kilometers).
The fire broke out near Jackson on Monday and temporarily forced about 100 people celebrating the July 4th holiday along a river to seek shelter in a Pacific Gas & Electric Co. facility.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — When Jill Biden realized that terrorists had attacked America on Sept. 11, 2001, her husband, Joe, wasn’t the only loved one whose safety she worried about.
Biden recalled being “scared to death” that her sister Bonny Jacobs, a United Airlines flight attendant, was on one of the four hijacked airplanes that were flown into New York’s World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field, killing nearly 3,000 people.
After learning that her sister was safe at her Pennsylvania home, “I went straight to Bonny’s house,” Biden told The Associated Press in an interview Saturday as she and her sister remembered that day.
On Sunday, Jill Biden, now the first lady, marked the 21st anniversary of the 9/11 attacks by delivering remarks at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania — accompanied by Jacobs.
The 40 passengers and crew aboard that United Airlines flight fought back against their hijackers, thwarting a feared attack on the U.S. Capitol in Washington.
“I called Bonny to see where she was because I was scared to death … I didn’t know where she was, whether she was flying, not flying, where she was,” Jill Biden recalled in the AP interview. “And then I found out she was home.”
Biden had gone to teach her class at Delaware Technical Community College, then went straight to her sister’s house after school was dismissed.
Joe Biden, then a U.S. senator, was on an Amtrak train barreling toward Washington when his wife got through to him. They were on the phone when she cried out, “Oh, my God, oh, my God, oh, my God” after an airplane hit the second World Trade Center tower.
Jacobs said she had gotten home around 2 a.m. on Sept. 11 after a late flight. She slept a little, got up to help get her kids, then 11 and 7, off to school, turned off her phone and went back to bed.
“So when I got up around noon, it was such a gorgeous day,” she said. “I had my coffee. I sat outside. I literally said out loud, ‘I’m doing nothing today. This day is gorgeous.’”
She saw the phone when she went inside. Jill had left a message asking if she’d been watching television. She turned it on and saw replays of the attack on the World Trade Center.
“I started to shake,” Jacobs said, adding that she went upstairs to get dressed and “put my clothes on inside out” and spent the rest of the day watching TV.
“And then the first person that came to the house was Jill,” she said. “I hadn’t called her to come, but she just showed up, and she was there for me, as usual.”
Jacobs said she usually flies on the Sept. 11 anniversary to pay tribute to her fallen United Airlines colleagues and as a way of distracting herself “because it’s so upsetting.” But she wanted to be with the first lady in Shanksville to offer the same kind of support her big sister has given her.
“It’s such a special moment to be together with her,” Jacobs said. “She was there for me at the time that it happened and she actually is always there for me. She is my rock. Everybody should have a rock in their life, and she is mine.”
“And it’s such as special thing to share it with her as a flight attendant and that she’s there, you know, supporting us,” Jacobs said.
Besides laying a wreath at the memorial and delivering remarks, the first lady was joined by members of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA to honor the Flight 93 crew members.
In her remarks at Shanksville, Jill Biden said that after the shock of 9/11 “settled into sorrow” and she had spoken with her husband and children, her thoughts turned to her sister, who continues to work as a flight attendant with United Airlines.
“It’s a job that she has loved for many years, and I knew that the weight of this tragedy would be heavier for her,” the first lady said. “When I got to her house, I realized that I was right. She hadn’t just lost colleagues. She had lost friends.”
She added: “But I know that, as we learned more about that dark day, she felt pride for what happened here as well, pride that it was her fellow flight attendants and the passengers of United Flight 93 who fought back, who helped stop the plane from taking an untold number of lives in our nation’s capital.”
Joe Biden, now president, commemorated the day at the Pentagon. Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, were at the New York remembrance.
On 9/11, then-Sen. Biden arrived in Washington to see smoke in the sky from the crash at the Pentagon. He wanted to go to the floor of the Senate, but the Capitol and the surrounding complex of offices and official buildings, including the Supreme Court, had been evacuated.
He was turned away by Capitol police, who said there was a risk that the building was a target.
Jill Biden said in her interview that scores of lives were saved — including possibly her husband’s — by the actions of everyone aboard United Airlines Flight 93.
“That plane was headed for the U.S. Capitol, and so I think it’s important that every year we go to Shanksville and we remember those who fought: the flight attendants, the captains, the pilots, all of those who fought to save those lives,” the first lady said.
She said her 9/11 message is, “We will never forget. We will never forget.”
“There were so many things swirling that day because I was worried about Joe’s safety, but I just could not imagine that my sister was on one of those flights,” the first lady said.
“I don’t know what word I want to use. I was so worried and I don’t even think that’s strong enough,” she added.
Jacobs interjected to say 9/11 was “surreal.”
Jill Biden added: “The whole thing was so surreal, but I was just, you know, just really praying that she was not on one of those flights.” | https://cw33.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-jill-biden-shares-memories-of-9-11-as-wife-sister-more/ | 2022-09-11T15:50:24Z |
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean superstar PSY said his new album marks a “farewell to ‘Gangnam Style’” — the hit song that propelled him to superstardom exactly a decade ago.
Indeed, the music video for the lead single — “That That” featuring Suga from BTS — shows PSY in the famous blue suit he wore in the “Gangnam Style” video.
“So, a guy in a blue tuxedo comes out and gets a slap from Suga and goes on his way,” alluding to his old self walking away from the past, PSY told The Associated Press during an interview before the album’s release. His latest album “PSY 9th,” released Friday, has 12 songs, including one featuring Korean-Canadian rapper Tablo.
PSY, whose real name is Park Jae-sang, swept the world with “Gangnam Style” in 2012. The song, with its addictive horse-riding dance and catchy melodies, made a global splash and currently has over 4.4 billion views on YouTube.
In an interview, PSY discussed the long gap in recordings, whether he’s still pressured by the global success of “Gangnam Style,” and what he envisions for himself and the Korean pop industry.
Remarks have been edited for clarity and brevity.
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AP: “PSY 9th” took five years. What took so long?
PSY: One can’t satisfy everyone. People’s taste is subjective. But if I let someone listen to my music and even if that person isn’t from the industry, if that person says, “This is not that great,” I make a change. There are 40 to 50 people I play my music to when it’s ready. Until they collectively say, “This is the best it can get,” I search for the song. So… I also make a lot of changes. Our artists find this difficult when working with me, and I want to change the habit, but it’s hard to correct it. When I make music, I listen to it on a cellphone speaker, on a big speaker, and do my best to try to find a fault… I kill many songs, and I’ve been in that process for a long time.
AP: Who are those 40-50 people?
PSY: Every artist in my company and some of our label employees. There are young and old people including my parents… The most random person is my best friend — someone my age living everyday life who has been continuously monitoring my songs ever since my first album.
AP: It’s been 10 years since “Gangnam Style.” Are you still conscious of “Gangnam Style?” Do you feel pressure?
PSY: The hidden theme of this music video is “Farewell to Gangnam Style.” So, a guy in a blue tuxedo comes out and gets a slap from Suga and goes on his way. There is a hidden theme in the song of me and Suga in new outfits sending old PSY off. It’s not a serious video but there is such a scene. But personally, and work wise, the success of “Gangnam Style” was a very big event so it’s impossible to not be conscious of it permanently. But at the same time, it’s been a long time, and right now I feel very free and easy. So instead of being conscious of it, I think of it as the biggest trophy on my shelf, nothing more or less. Right now, I’m just mesmerized by doing new music with new friends.
AP: So how long did it take you to get over “Gangnam Style?”
PSY: I couldn’t get over it at all for the 7th album. I was largely over it five years ago when I released my 8th album. Now, I am completely over it.
AP: What’s your favorite song in your music career?
PSY: There is a song called “It’s Art” in my 5th album. Whatever I write, it’d probably be difficult to beat that song.
AP: Why?
PSY: Even though I’ve been doing music for a long time, there are some of my own songs that still make me proud. That’s the song. It’s emotional and has nice beats and messages, and the audience loves the song. I’d never promoted the song, but it went viral and became the song that I sing after “Champion” and “Gangnam Style” during concerts.
AP: If there were to be the biggest change in the Korean pop industry in the near future, what would that be?
PSY: K-pop will continuously level up in terms of the size of budget and efforts going in, and the standard of trainees… I think the next change will be metaverse… Metaverse will bring changes to the K-pop industry by getting rid of boundaries for stage and audience.
AP: Are you preparing any NFT or metaverse-related project?
PSY: It’s my first time revealing this. I am preparing a character of myself that sings and dances. Thankfully, people are used to an illustration of me because I’ve been using it as my album cover ever since my debut… But PSY as a singer should remain active offline for a long time. I am not known for a muscular body or well-trained dance moves. The audience gets thrilled by my vibe and atmosphere on stage, so an audience-free concert won’t be an option for me. But I am working closely with artists in my label to prepare for the metaverse world. | https://cw33.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/psys-new-album-video-turn-corner-from-gangnam-style/ | 2022-05-03T11:05:48Z |
CEDARHURST, N.Y., April 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The securities litigation law firm of Kuznicki Law PLLC issues this alert to shareholders of Lilium N.V. f/k/a Qell Acquisition Corp. (NasdaqGS: LILM, LILMW, QELL, QELLU, QELLW),, if they purchased the Company's securities between March 30, 2021 and March 14, 2022, inclusive (the "Class Period"). Shareholders have until June 17, 2022 to file lead plaintiff applications in the securities class action lawsuit.
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Roundstone traction in health insurance market continues with 127% revenue growth and 91% increase in employees over same five year-period
LAKEWOOD, Ohio, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Roundstone, a health insurance provider specializing in self-funded medical group captive solutions for small and mid-sized companies, has been named one of the fastest-growing private companies in America by Inc. 5000 for the fifth consecutive year. During this time, Roundstone experienced 127% revenue growth and a 91% increase in employees.
The list represents a one-of-a-kind look at the most successful companies within the economy's most dynamic segment—its independent businesses. Facebook, Chobani, Under Armour, Microsoft, Patagonia, and many other well-known names gained their first national exposure as honorees on the Inc. 5000.
"Being named to the Inc. 5000 list for five straight years means we are doing something right," said Michael Schroeder, Founder, and President of Roundstone. "We continue to gain traction in the health insurance market with growth driven largely by dissatisfaction with the status quo: rising costs, minimal transparency, and no control. We are committed to providing employees at small and midsize businesses a better alternative for healthcare benefits that offers affordability, full disclosure of information, and freedom of choice."
The companies on the 2022 Inc. 5000 have not only been successful, but have also demonstrated resilience amid supply chain woes, labor shortages, and the ongoing impact of Covid-19. Complete results of the Inc. 5000, including company profiles and an interactive database that can be sorted by industry, region, and other criteria, can be found at www.inc.com/inc5000.
Roundstone is an innovative insurance organization founded in 2003 with a vision of giving small and mid-sized businesses a proven strategy for affordable employee health insurance – our customers pay only for the healthcare they use while keeping the savings. Our unique self-funded group captive solution delivers high quality of care, mitigates risk, reduces claims volatility, controls costs, and returns savings right back to the employers and employees– a win-win all around. Hundreds of businesses rely on Roundstone as their trusted health insurance provider, saving them an average of 20 percent annually over the past decade. Roundstone is headquartered in Lakewood, Ohio with representatives throughout the United States. For more information on Roundstone, visit www.roundstoneinsurance.com
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‘Titanic’ and ‘The Omen’ actor David Warner dies at 80
LONDON (AP) — David Warner, a versatile British actor whose roles ranged from Shakespearean tragedies to sci-fi cult classics, has died. He was 80.
Warner’s family said he died from a cancer-related illness on Sunday at Denville Hall, a retirement home for entertainers in London.
Often cast as a villain, Warner had roles in the 1971 psychological thriller “Straw Dogs,” the 1976 horror classic “The Omen,” the 1979 time-travel adventure “Time After Time” — he was Jack the Ripper — and the 1997 blockbuster “Titanic,” where he played the malicious valet Spicer Lovejoy.
Trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, Warner became a young star of the Royal Shakespeare Company, playing roles including King Henry VI and King Richard II. His 1965 performance in the title role of “Hamlet” for the company, directed by Peter Hall, was considered one of the finest of his generation.
Gregor Doran, the RSC’s artistic director emeritus, said Warner’s Hamlet, played as a tortured student, “seemed the epitome of 1960′s youth, and caught the radical spirit of a turbulent age.”
Warner also starred in Hall’s 1968 film of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” opposite Helen Mirren and Diana Rigg.
Despite his acclaim as as a stage actor, chronic stage fright led Warner to prefer film and TV work for many years.
He was nominated for a British Academy Film Award for the title role in Karel Reisz’s Swinging London tragicomedy “Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment,” released in 1966. He later won an Emmy for his role as Roman politician Pomponius Falco in the 1981 TV miniseries “Masada.”
He had a prolific career on film and TV in both Britain and the United States, and became beloved of sci-fi fans for roles in Terry Gilliam’s “Time Bandits,” computer movie “Tron,” Tim Burton’s remake of “Planet of the Apes,” and the “Star Trek” franchise, where he made several appearances in different roles.
Warner returned to theater in 2001 after almost three decades to play Andrew Undershaft in a Broadway revival of George Bernard Shaw’s “Major Barbara.” In 2005 he starred in Shakespeare’s “King Lear” at the Chichester Festival Theatre, and in 2007 returned to the RSC to play Shakespeare’s comic buffoon Falstaff.
One of his final film roles was as retired naval officer Admiral Boom in “Mary Poppins Returns,” released in 2018.
Warner’s family said he would be remembered “as a kind-hearted, generous and compassionate man, partner and father whose legacy of extraordinary work has touched the lives of so many over the years.”
“We are heartbroken,” the family said.
They said Warner is survived by his partner Lisa Bowerman, his son Luke, daughter-in-law Sarah, “his good friend Jane Spencer Prior, his first wife Harriet Evans and his many gold dust friends.”
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NEW BRITAIN, Conn., July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE: SWK) today announced it has completed the previously announced sale of its automatic doors business, Access Technologies, to Allegion plc (NYSE: ALLE) for $900 million in cash. The after-tax proceeds will support debt reduction and partially funding the $2.3 billion share repurchase completed in the first quarter. This transaction was announced on April 22, 2022.
Don Allan, Stanley Black & Decker's President & CEO, commented, "The successful completion of the divestiture of our Access Technologies business at a compelling valuation reflects our commitment to create a more focused company, centered around our global leadership position in Tools & Outdoor as well as our highly engineered Industrial business."
Access Technologies generated approximately $340 million in revenue in 2021 at a mid-teen adjusted EBITDA margin. Supplementary historical financial information reflecting the Security divestiture recorded in discontinued operations is available on the investor section of the website or can be accessed directly through the following link: Supplemental Historical Financial Information.
About Stanley Black & Decker
Headquartered in the USA, Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE: SWK) is the world's largest tool company operating nearly 50 manufacturing facilities across America and more than 100 worldwide. Guided by its purpose – for those who make the world – the company's more than 60,000 diverse and high-performing employees produce innovative, award-winning power tools, hand tools, storage, digital tool solutions, lifestyle products, outdoor products, engineered fasteners and other industrial equipment to support the world's makers, creators, tradespeople and builders. The Company's iconic brands include DEWALT, BLACK+DECKER, CRAFTSMAN, STANLEY, Cub Cadet, Hustler and Troy-Bilt. Recognized for its leadership in environmental, social and governance (ESG), Stanley Black & Decker strives to be a force for good in support of its communities, employees, customers and other stakeholders. To learn more visit: www.stanleyblackanddecker.com.
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Stanley J. and La Velle Glaser of Buckholts will celebrate their 60th anniversary on July 2 in Temple with a dinner.
La Velle Fischer of Buckholts married Stanley J. Glaser on June 30, 1962, at Hope Lutheran Church in Buckholts with the Rev. J.A. Pietsch officiating.
Mr. Glaser is a 1962 graduate of Texas A&M University. He is retired and worked as a farmer and a rancher.
Mrs. Glaser is a 1962 graduate of Temple Junior College. She is retired after working as a farm and ranch secretary, bookkeeper and homemaker.
They have two daughters, Jocelyn Ramthun and husband, Ricky, of Buckholts, and Celeste Gamrod and husband, Matthew, of Belton; and three grandchildren.
They have been residents of Central Texas all of their lives. | https://www.tdtnews.com/life/anniversaries/article_6ebcc538-f3c2-11ec-8ebf-17297765f020.html | 2022-06-26T09:37:55Z |
Manatee County Commissioner Kruse will attend traffic school for careless driving charge
Bodycam footage showed Kruse slurring his words after the crash.
MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. (WWSB) - The Manatee County Commissioner caught on body cam slurring his words after a single-vehicle crash will go to traffic school to dispose of his citation for careless driving.
Kruse was involved in a crash on Greyhawk Blvd. in Bradenton on April 20.
Kruse’s pickup truck crashed into a tree. The police report noted his vehicle collision alert system automatically called 911 after the impact and began recording conversations in the moments after the crash
His wife, Jessica Kruse, arrived at the scene before deputies. In the 911 call recording, she is heard trying to get Kruse out of the vehicle. She refuses to give her location to 911 dispatchers and says, “We’re good” and that they don’t need deputies to respond.
Once the deputy arrived, he noted Kruse’s condition. “I met with Mr. Kruse and I immediately observed him to have watery eyes, slurred speech, and was in an overall confused state,” the unredacted incident report said.
Kruse told the deputy that another vehicle reportedly sped around Kruse’s pickup truck. “In an attempt to keep from hitting the other vehicle he slammed on his breaks. Due to the roadways being gravel and loose dirt, he lost control of his vehicle. The vehicle left the road and stuck a tree head on. The front seat airbags deployed rendering the vehicle inoperable requiring it to be towed,” the report said.
Body camera were recording when another deputy arrived to write the crash report. The first deputy on scene said he believed Kruse was intoxicated. “The dude friggin’ crashed into a tree. No, he’s drunk. We just can’t do a DUI because nobody can put him behind the wheel. When I got here, he was in his wife’s car.”
The deputy told Jessica Kruse that her husband might not face DUI charges since no witnesses stopped on scene. The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office handed its case over to the State Attorney’s office for investigation and potential further charges. There is no update on that investigation at this time.
Kruse was cited for careless driving. On May 20, 2022, George Kruse signed a court document agreeing to attend Traffic School by Aug. 18 and turn in a certificate of completion to the office of the clerk.
ABC7 will update this story with more information is received.
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It’s a little bit more than just a display change
The Nintendo Switch, a handheld gaming console first launched in 2017 and quickly became one of the fastest-selling devices. As of June 2021, almost 90 million units had been sold. This includes the 16 million units of the revised Switch Lite.
In October 2021, a new version of the console will be released, in the form of the Switch OLED. It will still support all the previous games, but there is one big (or minor, depending on the consumer) difference between the two: a slightly larger screen.
The original Nintendo Switch
Launched to much praise from industry critics, the device was also well-received by gamers. In the first week of being available, it broke the record for Nintendo’s fastest-selling console ever. Not only that, but it sold at such a fast pace that it reached 50 million units sold quicker than both the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
So, purely looking at the numbers, it is clear to see that the original Switch has firmly entrenched itself in the market. Initial game offerings were sparse, but as of June 2021 more than 630 million titles have been sold.
What the Nintendo Switch offers
The Switch offers gamers a way to play mobile games on the go. The titles are on game cartridges and slot into the device for access. Digital versions can also be downloaded from Nintendo’s online store.
For directing the on-screen action, the device ships with two controllers, which collectively are called a Joy-Con. On the left controller (or Joy-Con L), there is a thumbstick and a direction pad. On the right controller (or Joy-Con R), there is another thumbstick and action buttons. These A, B, X and Y buttons are similar to what you would find on an Xbox or PlayStation controller.
What makes the console unique, is that the Joy-Con can be detached while the device is placed in a dock. This allows you to see the action on a television screen instead of on the display. When the Joy-Con is slotted into the charging grip, it takes on the size and feel of a regular console controller.
In terms of specifications, the original Switch has a 6.2-inch LED touchscreen, a handheld resolution of 720p, or a docked resolution of 1080p. It comes with 32GB of expandable storage space and the battery lasts between five and nine hours.
Where the Nintendo Switch falls flat
There aren’t too many things that you can fault the original Nintendo Switch for, but the most common complaint is that it doesn’t have any support for a LAN cable. The device makes use of Wi-Fi to connect to the Nintendo store, and the controllers use Bluetooth to communicate with the device.
The only way that users can connect the console to a wired connection is by buying a third-party USB LAN adapter. This provides a wired connection only when the device is docked. The console is also only sold with 32GB in storage space. It can be expanded, but straight out of the box it doesn’t leave a lot of room for many games.
The new Nintendo Switch OLED
The new Nintendo Switch OLED is scheduled to hit the shelves in October 2021. As the name implies, it uses an OLED display for gaming visuals, opposed to the LCD display of the original.
Besides the difference in the screen measurements, at first glance, there isn’t too much that sets the two consoles apart. The Joy-Con devices are identical, as are the internal custom Nvidia Tegra X1 chipset and the overall size of the console.
What the Nintendo Switch OLED offers
For all the similarities between the two, the 13% bigger screen is what will draw potential first-time owners to the handheld console. And the use of a 7-inch OLED instead of a 6.2-inch LCD will make the visuals crisper and more clear. Gamers should immediately be able to notice a difference in brightness, contrast,and viewing angles.
Another change that will be visible right away is the color of the Nintendo Switch’s dock. The original console has a black dock, but the OLED version comes in a sleek white. The adjustable stand at the back of the console has also been widened so that it covers more surface area when placed on a table.
In terms of specifications, it ships with 64GB of storage (which can be expanded), and uses the USB-C, 3.5mm audio and microSD connectivity as the original. The only difference here is that the OLED comes with a built-in wired LAN cable port.
Where the Nintendo Switch OLED falls flat
Just as with the original design, there aren’t too many complaints with this Switch. The initial issues have been corrected, but since the console hasn’t been released yet, it is unclear how it performs.
It is marginally heavier than the original Switch, but that shouldn’t matter too much to gamers. The increased display size adds to this discrepancy, which could also affect the console’s battery life. Generally, OLED displays are more energy-efficient but since the display is 0.8-inches bigger, it could drain a bit faster.
Should you get the original Nintendo Switch or the Nintendo Switch OLED?
If you have been looking for an excuse (not that there should be one) to get a Nintendo Switch, then the OLED version is where you should put your money. But don’t expect it to be the same price as the original version.
The Nintendo Switch currently costs $299, and the OLED model will set you back around $349. It’s only a $50 increase, but for what you get, it is well worth it. There is also no need to wait for Nintendo Switch OLED games to be released, as all the previous Switch games are fully compatible.
Should you get the OLED version if you already have the original Switch? Well, that might be a bit of a hard sell. You would be paying $349 for essentially the same console which plays the same games, at the same resolution (whether docked or not), with the same battery life.
If the visual quality and enhanced audio are the only factors that matter to you, then you should consider buying it. But as for the other features, it is hard to justify another purchase.
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ARLINGTON, Texas (KDAF) — Within three days, some of the biggest names in music rolled through Arlington for the So What music festival?! Artists like 3OH!3 and Travie McCoy to local artists like Penny Bored getting to perform here too.
“That was the idea behind this year too was bringing together rock, punk, metal, hip hop, all these different genres,” So What?! Founder Mike Ziemer said.
Which has lent stages to artists whose genres don’t check just one box – much like Travie McCoy.
“I grew up on so many kinds of music so sticking to one genre would be blasphemous to my father and my mother,” McCoy said.
Not sticking to a single genre has created a space for all.
“We saw all the metal bands but then we got pulled into Trippie Redd and the rap vibe – it’s been really nice,” one festival-goer enthusiastically said.
When we say So What?! brings in a variety of performers, we mean a variety. That includes early 2000s favorite groups like 3OH!3 to the nostalgic new millennium feels of Simple Plan.
“Now, we’ve been part of the scene of the early 2000s like Good Charlotte, Sum41, Simple Plan, New Found Glory – I love that sound,” Pierre Bouvier of Simple Plan said. “The fans who love that sound expect that from us. So we try to stay in that lane while trying to expand out a bit every time.”
“The festival has also spotlighted local bands on the rise like Penny Bored, who’ve drawn inspiration from both local and headlining artists,” Ryan Sword, singer and songwriter of Penny Bored said. “I think in a bunch of different areas, there are local bands you can take inspiration from. Everybody gets like local inspiration and influence”
Performing at So What?! with bigger name artists offers those up-and-comers more inspiration and opportunity.
“There’s a lot of kids here I’ve been working with – Wes Period who performed,” Travie McCoy said. “That’s like my little brother. Lil Aaron, No Love, Mod Sun’s my brother. A lot of people performing here who you’ll probably hear collaborations with me in the future. It’s a new energy – I love it.”
For 3OH!3, performing at a festival like so what gives them a chance to show off their newer, different songs.
“I think when you get to this point and you’ve been releasing stuff, things go in circles – kind of touch back on the early stuff you did but then also have learned a lot so you push it forward,” Sean Foreman said. “Sometimes I look at the newer songs that we’ve done and I say, we’ve never done anything like that.”
While Simple Plan gets a chance to connect with their longtime fans.
“Someone recently asked me about the Simple Plan legacy,” Sébastien Lefebvre of Simple Plan said. “On a daily basis, we get on stage, have a good time, make lunches and step on LEGOs. We’re very normal people. Every once in a while someone tells you that the music helped them through a tough time, or literally saved their lives. For someone to tell you that means everything – truly.”
For Travie, performing at so what was just another opportunity to live out his dream.
“Especially walking around this festival – everybody is doing everything,” McCoy said. “That’s something I feel like it was a mission for Gym Class Heroes so to see this happening is dope.”
For the local kids of Penny Bored, this was their opportunity to do the same.
“I started crying at the end of our set because it was a really big milestone for us,” Faith Sword, lead singer of Penny Bored said. “We’ve only been a band for a little over a year – this is my first band ever. So it was great – it was really nice hearing everybody sing our songs back to us. And seeing people who haven’t heard of us before coming over and checking us out – it was really nice.”
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WEST DES MOINES, Iowa and LONDON, Sept. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ITA Group, a global leader in corporate engagement solutions, has announced its acquisition of employee engagement and experiential learning company NKD.
With an office in London, England, and a global associate network across five continents, NKD provides clients around the world with next-generation employee engagement and experiential learning solutions across key service areas, including strategic consulting, leadership development, employee engagement and onboarding, communications, performance management, culture change, DEI and skills development.
"We're excited to add NKD's experiential learning capabilities to our solutions," said Brent Vander Waal, ITA Group's President & CEO. "NKD's in-person, virtual and digital learning experiences are a great complement to our existing services and will further enhance engagement of employees, channel partners and customers to help address our clients' biggest business challenges. NKD's skills are a natural extension of our solutions, and we look forward to serving our clients even better with NKD's offerings. We saw the business fit right away and, as we got to know NKD's team, we appreciated the culture fit between our companies as well."
ITA Group, Inc.—along with subsidiaries Hartmann Studios, Chadwick Martin Bailey and now NKD—partners with global brands to craft unique business strategies and experiences that create connections, motivate audiences and drive purposeful change. With the addition of NKD to the ITA Group family of companies, leading global brands can strategically embed custom learning and development initiatives into their employee, channel partner and customer engagement programs to drive increased engagement and performance. This positions all of ITA Group, its solutions and clients for the future metaverse where most training and development will take place. Additionally, ITA Group in-country support services are expanded greatly, providing culturally relevant strategy and program servicing around the globe.
According to NKD's Board Chair Sue Stoneman, "We've always had big ambitions at NKD to make the world of work better. As part of ITA Group, our combined expertise gives us the opportunity to accelerate our dream to play a leading role in shaping the employee engagement space of the future."
NKD makes the world of work better by aligning and engaging individuals and teams to supercharge business performance. With their team of 50 creatives, consultants, trainers and behavioral psychologists—plus a global associate network of NKD-trained consultants (spanning five continents and speaking 18 different languages)— NKD supports some of the world's largest global brands and has delivered solutions in 220 countries and territories and 42 languages to transform the everyday working experience of over one million people. NKD offers custom-crafted learning and development solutions to take on any business challenge and also offers a ready-to-go, off-the-shelf curriculum, culture and digital transformation challenges. For more information, visit nkd.co.uk.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Klein Law Firm announces that a class action complaint has been filed on behalf of shareholders of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) alleging that the Company violated federal securities laws.
This lawsuit is on behalf of all persons or entities that purchased or otherwise acquired shares of Amazon common stock between July 30, 2021, and April 28, 2022, inclusive.
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: September 6, 2022
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CLASS ACTION CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that Amazon.com, Inc. made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: 1) defendants knew or recklessly disregarded that the Company's infrastructure and fulfillment network investments substantially outpaced demand; 2) those investments were a massive, self-imposed, undue drain on Amazon's financial condition; 3) contrary to defendants' public statements and undisclosed to investors, defendants had already implemented cutbacks to Amazon's fulfillment capacity by July 2021; and 4) as a result of defendants' misrepresentations and omissions, Amazon's common stock traded at artificially inflated prices during the class period.
WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU AS A SHAREHOLDER: If you have suffered a loss in Amazon you have until September 6, 2022 to petition the court for lead plaintiff status. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you purchased Amazon securities during the relevant period, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket fees.
HOW TO PROTECT YOUR FINANCIAL INTERESTS: For additional information about the AMZN lawsuit, please contact J. Klein, Esq. by telephone at 212-616-4899 or click this link: https://www.kleinstocklaw.com/pslra-1/amazon-com-inc-loss-submission-form-2?id=30645&from=4.
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HONG KONG, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- China Mobile Limited ("China Mobile" or "the Company") (HKEx: 941; SSE: 600941) refers to its announcement dated 7 May 2021 in relation to the review decision of the determination by The New York Stock Exchange LLC (the "NYSE") to delist the American Depositary Shares of the Company (the "ADSs"). On 7 May 2021, the NYSE filed a Form 25 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and the delisting of the Company's ADSs became effective on 18 May 2021. On 13 September 2021, the Company terminated its ADSs program.
China Mobile announced that in light of the delisting of the ADSs and the termination of the ADSs program, the Company intends to file a Form 15F with the SEC on the date of this press release to deregister the ADSs and terminate its reporting obligations under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "U.S. Exchange Act").
The Company's reporting obligations under the U.S. Exchange Act will be suspended immediately upon such filing. The deregistration and termination of reporting obligations are expected to become effective 90 days after the filing, unless withdrawn by the Company or objected to by the SEC. The Company will continue to comply with its financial reporting and other obligations as a listed issuer under the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited and the Rules Governing the Listing of Stocks on Shanghai Stock Exchange.
Certain statements contained in this press release may be viewed as "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may cause the actual performance, financial condition or results of operations of the Company to be materially different from those implied by such forward-looking statements. In addition, the Company does not intend to update these forward-looking statements. Further information regarding these risks, uncertainties and other factors is included in the Company's most recent Annual Report on Form 20-F and other filings with the SEC.
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ANN ARBOR, Mich., Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Xoran Technologies® announces that the xCAT IQ™ was installed at the Hadassah University Medical Center in Jerusalem, Israel earlier this month—it was approved by the Israeli Minister of Health and is now in use for cochlear implantation and oral and maxillofacial surgery. "The xCAT helped support five cases on the first day alone," states David Sarment, DDS, MS, Xoran President. "This milestone demonstrates the clear need for intraoperative imaging at this preeminent institution."
Xoran's xCAT IQ is a truly mobile cone beam CT system for soft tissue and bone imaging. With high resolution down to 70 microns and an extremely small footprint, the xCAT IQ is uniquely suited to meet the needs of the Hadassah clinicians.
"Because the xCAT is compact and easy-to-maneuver, we were able to wheel it back and forth from one operating theatre to another, enabling the surgeons to maximize patient access to low-dose intraoperative imaging," says Ronen Eitan, Xoran Europe distributor, Medi-Fisher.
Located in the operating rooms of the Sarah Wetsman Davidson Hospital Tower—named after Sarah Wetsman Davidson who started Hadassah's Detroit chapter in the early 1900s, the xCAT IQ was purchased for use by Michal Kaufmann-Yehezkeli, MD, head of the Ear Surgery and Cochlear Transplantation Center at Hadassah University Medical Center and Nardy Casap, DMD, MD, chairman of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Hebrew University-Hadassah Faculty of Dental Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel.
The first patient was an 18-month-old girl with single-sided lack of hearing. Thanks to the low dose protocol, a pre-surgical CT was obtained during a single general anesthesia, immediately followed by the placement of a cochlear implant. Another otology patient was imaged due to complications caused by a cholesteatoma in the presence of a total middle-ear prosthesis. Other maxillofacial cases included the immediate CT of a complex zygomatic fracture. Fracture reduction and stabilization were confirmed on the CT, and the surgeons were able to confirm anatomical symmetry prior to closing using Xoran's advanced 3D rendering software.
The implementation of xCAT IQ was largely facilitated by the efforts of Prof. Yoram Weiss, MD, Director General of the Hadassah Medical Organization.
Since the establishment of Hadassah's first hospital on Jerusalem's Neviim Street (Street of the Prophets) - a gift of the Rothschild family in 1918 - the Hadassah University Medical Center has expanded to include two University hospitals in Jerusalem - located on Mt. Scopus and in Ein Kerem. The flagship of Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America, the two hospitals have 1,000 beds, 31 operating theaters, nine specially oriented intensive care units, and five schools of allied medical professions, owned and operated in collaboration with the Hebrew University.
Hadassah's extensive network of satellite services provides community health care programs, specialized outpatient clinics and services in several city neighborhoods and nearby towns, as well as consultation clinics in the center of Jerusalem and in Tel Aviv.
Since 2001, Xoran is the pioneer and medical market leader in low-dose radiation, cone beam CT systems specifically designed for the patient's point-of-care. Providers around the world rely on our industry-leading MiniCAT™, xCAT™, and veterinary CT systems: VetCAT and vTRON, to diagnose and treat patients.
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WATCH: Truck fire disrupts traffic on U.S. 301
Published: Jun. 21, 2022 at 5:15 PM EDT|Updated: 16 minutes ago
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - A truck fire stopped traffic for a short while Tuesday on U.S 301 near DeSoto Road.
Sarasota County Fire Department personnel responded to the call at about 3:15 p.m. Video from the scene shows the cab of the truck totally engulfed in flames.
The fire was quickly extinguished.
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Jackson adds to the Supreme Court Generation X bloc
By Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer
The succession of Ketanji Brown Jackson, age 51, for Justice Stephen Breyer, 83, will add a shot of youthfulness to the Supreme Court and may present an opportunity for a reset at an institution whose reputation has slipped.
Five of the nine justices will be under 65, four of them of Generation X. They will be the face of the court in the upcoming decades.
For the immediate future, the addition of Jackson could prompt the court to reassess its response to diminishing public confidence. It has experienced a sharp drop in opinion polls. And the justices’ lack of transparency on recent procedural and ethical issues has accelerated criticism.
Chief Justice John Roberts has made clear his concerns about the integrity of the bench. He may believe — and be able to persuade his colleagues — that with a new justice in place, it is time to try to shore up public confidence, perhaps by formally adopting an ethics code.
A new junior justice, even one who is making history as the first Black woman on the court, would have limited impact within the marble walls. But, as Roberts has observed, a new justice can cause the rest to rethink old patterns.
“I think it can cause you to take a fresh look at how things are decided,” he told C-SPAN in 2009, in a rare expansive on-the-record interview. “The new member is going to have a particular view about how issues should be addressed that may be very different from what we’ve been following for some time.”
He was speaking about the substance of cases, but such a theory could hold for other practices at a life-tenured, black-robed institution that often seems behind the times.
Jackson is 32 years younger than Breyer and of a different generation, which would naturally affect the dynamic around the justices’ private conference table. The 51-year-old Jackson will join fellow Gen X-ers Amy Coney Barrett, 50, Neil Gorsuch, 54, and Brett Kavanaugh, 57. Elena Kagan, at 61, is the only other justice under age 65.
Roberts and Sonia Sotomayor are 67, Samuel Alito is 72 and Clarence Thomas is 73.
The five younger justices will have mixed ideological approaches (three on right, two on the left), so it’s unlikely that a legal outlook unique to that relatively youthful bloc would emerge.
The court will be making several consequential decisions before Jackson officially takes her seat in late June or early July. Among cases already argued and being resolved behind closed doors are those over abortion rights, gun control and the separation of church and state.
None of the nine have commented publicly on new condemnation regarding their opaque recusal rules. Each justice decides when to sit out a case because of a conflict of interest, and no internal process exists to review those decisions. When justices recuse themselves, rarely is a reason made public.
Debate over the justices’ vague rules was sparked anew after revelations last month that Thomas’ wife, Ginni, texted with former Trump administration chief of staff Mark Meadows about reversing the results of the 2020 presidential election.
Justice Thomas participated in cases related to that election and voted three months ago in a dispute between former President Donald Trump and the US House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, Capitol rampage, which had separately gathered Ginni Thomas’ texts displaying her belief that Biden was “attempting the greatest Heist of our History.” Justice Thomas was also the only member of the bench to publicly side with Trump in his effort to stop the National Archives last January from releasing White House documents to the January 6 committee.
“They have no code of ethics,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said at a news conference last week as the California Democrat responded to the Justice Thomas situation. “And really? It’s the Supreme Court of the United States. They’re making judgments about the air we breathe and everything else and we don’t know what their ethical standard is?”
The justices have objected in the past to such characterizations, insisting that they, in fact, consult ethics guidelines used by lower court judges. But as a group, they have failed to clarify exactly how they prevent conflicts of interest and declined to respond when queried about current ethics dilemmas.
A change behind the scenes
Jackson, who was confirmed by the Senate Thursday by a 53-47 vote, has served on lower federal courts since 2013, most recently on the prestigious US appellate court for the District of Columbia Circuit. In addition to her distinction as the first Black woman justice, she has rare experience as a former trial judge and federal public defender.
As a Democratic appointee succeeding Breyer, a liberal named by Democrat Bill Clinton in 1994, Jackson would not alter the current ideological balance of six conservatives and three liberals. But her singular background could enhance internal debate.
Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman justice, spoke of the “special perspective” of the first African American ever to sit on the high court, Thurgood Marshall, appointed in 1967.
Despite the opposition by all but three Senate Republicans, Jackson has garnered more public support than recent high court nominees.
Poll numbers for the Supreme Court have gone in the opposite direction. Gallup reported last September that the court’s approval rating had slipped to 40%, down from 49% in July, and the lowest since Gallup had been tracking court approval, back to 2000. The September poll was taken just after the court let a Texas abortion ban go into effect.
Barrett has demonstrated some worries over how the public views the court. She remarked to a Louisville, Kentucky, audience in September, according to local reports, “My goal today is to convince you that the court is not comprised of a bunch of partisan hacks.” This week at the Reagan Library in Simi Valley, California, she urged people to read the court’s opinions themselves to assess their legal validity.
But in some important cases, the conservative majority, including Barrett, has declined to explain its action.
That happened on Wednesday, the day after the Barrett speech, when the court reinstated a Trump-era policy related to the Clean Water Act. Kagan, joined by Roberts, Breyer and Sotomayor, chastised the majority for granting an unwarranted “emergency” request on the so-called shadow docket.
“That renders the Court’s emergency docket not for emergencies at all. The docket becomes only another place for merits determinations — except made without full briefing and argument,” Kagan wrote, as she and the others dissented from the action favoring Republican-led states, the American Petroleum Institute and other entities defending a Trump-era rule that limited the ability of states to block projects that affect the waterways within their borders.
Like Barrett and Roberts, Kagan has used public appearances to address the dilemma of preserving court integrity in these politically tumultuous times.
“The last thing that the court should do is to look as polarized as every other institution in America,” Kagan said in 2019 at the University of Colorado Law School, adding, “The only way to be seen as not that — is not to be that.”
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Designed for the hardworking tradesperson, newly launched IRWIN tape measures are double-sided and made for heavy-duty use, with up to 17-Ft. of MAX Reach*
TOWSON, Md., July 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --IRWIN®, a leader in hand tools and power tool accessories and a Stanley Black & Decker brand (NYSE: SWK), today announced the launch of STRAIT-LINE® tape measures. IRWIN STRAIT-LINE® tapes deliver up to 17-Ft. of MAX reach* when working alone, while also being able to endure tough challenges on the jobsite, including surviving up to an 80-Ft. drop**.
"IRWIN is pleased to add STRAIT-LINE® tape measures to our wide variety of hand tools and accessories," said Tom Morris, Senior Product Manager for IRWIN at Stanley Black & Decker. "Created with builders, framers, roofers, woodworkers, general contractors and remodelers in mind, the new tapes are designed with innovative features to improve usability and control for tough jobsite conditions."
The new tapes feature an integrated finger brake for retraction control, an extra-large hook to easily catch onto material, a durable blade coating, six inches of additional protection to help prevent tearing near the hook, double-sided print for vertical and overhead measurements and large, easy-to-read numbers.
IRWIN STRAIT-LINE® tape measures are available in the following profiles and sizes:
The new STRAIT-LINE® tape measures are available for individual purchase in stores and online where IRWIN tools are sold. Product pricing ranges from $17.98 to $39.98 USD. The STRAIT-LINE® portfolio will continue to expand this winter with the addition of chalk reels.
For more information on STRAIT-LINE® tape measures, visit: www.irwintools.com/strait-line-tape-measures.
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Headquartered in the USA, Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE: SWK) is the world's largest tool company operating nearly 50 manufacturing facilities across America and more than 100 worldwide. Guided by its purpose – for those who make the world – the company's more than 60,000 diverse and high-performing employees produce innovative, award-winning power tools, hand tools, storage, digital tool solutions, lifestyle products, outdoor products, engineered fasteners and other industrial equipment to support the world's makers, creators, tradespeople and builders. The company's iconic brands include DEWALT®, BLACK+DECKER®, CRAFTSMAN®, STANLEY®, CUB CADET®, HUSTLER® and TROY-BILT®. Recognized for its leadership in environmental, social and governance (ESG), Stanley Black & Decker strives to be a force for good in support of its communities, employees, customers and other stakeholders. To learn more visit: www.stanleyblackanddecker.com.
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Three more nations on Tuesday joined an international investigation team probing war crimes in Ukraine, and the International Criminal Court prosecutor said he plans to open an office in Kyiv, amid ongoing calls for those responsible for atrocities since Russia’s invasion to be brought to justice.
Estonia, Latvia and Slovakia signed an agreement during a two-day coordination meeting in The Hague to join Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine in the Joint Investigation Team that will help coordinate the sharing of evidence of atrocities through European Union judicial cooperation agency Eurojust.
ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan said the teamwork underscores the international community’s commitment to the rule of law.
“I think it shows that there is this common front of legality that is absolutely essential, not just for Ukraine ... but for the continuation of peace and security all over the world,” he said.
Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine has been widely condemned as an illegal act of aggression. Russian forces have been accused of killing civilians in the Kyiv suburb of Bucha and of repeated attacks on civilian infrastructure including hospitals and a theater in the besieged city of Mariupol that was being used as a shelter by hundreds of civilians. An investigation by The Associated Press found evidence that the March 16 bombing killed close to 600 people inside and outside the building.
Since Russia invaded on Feb. 24, the AP and PBS series Frontline have verified 273 potential war crimes.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has denounced killings of civilians as “genocide” and “war crimes,” while U.S. President Joe Biden has called Russian President Vladimir Putin “a war criminal” who should be brought to trial.
The team that met Monday and Tuesday at Eurojust’s headquarters in The Hague was established in late March, a few weeks after the ICC opened an investigation in Ukraine, after dozens of the court’s member states threw their weight behind an inquiry. Khan has visited Ukraine, including Bucha, and has a team of investigators — the largest team of prosecutors ever deployed by the international court — in the country gathering evidence.
Khan now plans to work toward opening an office in Ukraine “in the next few weeks.”
Ukraine’s prosecutor general, Iryna Venediktova, said that her office has already opened some 15,000 criminal investigations related to the war and identified over 500 suspects, including Russian ministers, military commanders and propagandists. She said her office was ready to proceed against some 80 of them.
Last week, in the first case of its kind linked to the war, a Ukrainian court sentenced a captured Russian soldier to the maximum penalty of life in prison for killing a civilian. On Tuesday, a court in Ukraine convicted two Russian soldiers of war crimes for the shelling of civilian buildings and sentenced both to 11 1/2 years in prison.
Russia staunchly denies its troops are responsible for atrocities. The Defense Ministry said earlier this month that “not a single civilian has faced any violent action by the Russian military.”
Analysts warn that the process of meting out justice will be long and complex as investigators piece together forensic and other evidence and seek to establish who ordered or knew about atrocities and failed to act to prevent or punish them.
The meeting in The Hague isn’t the only place accountability is being sought.
Prosecutors in Poland, Germany, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, France, Slovakia, Sweden, Norway and Switzerland have opened investigations of their own. And there have been growing calls to set up a special tribunal to try Russia for the crime of aggression in Ukraine. The ICC can’t prosecute the crime of aggression because neither Russia nor Ukraine are members of the court.
Khan said the united front of nations investigating crimes since the Russian invasion “hopefully can provide some modicum of accountability for the crimes that we are seeing in Ukraine and that really should no longer be tolerated.” | https://www.tdtnews.com/news/article_c4a089e0-e11f-11ec-95b7-dbff1f37b9c0.html | 2022-06-01T02:10:37Z |
Which black kitchen sink is best?
Black kitchen sinks are a bold choice. When you like dark colors but don’t want your entire kitchen to be dominated by them, a jolt of inky darkness below the counter might be the best solution.
The Blanco Silgranit Kitchen Sink is beautiful and durable — the perfect combination of both style and utility.
What to know before you buy a black kitchen sink
Shiny vs. matte
The finish of your black sink is a critical detail.
- Shiny: A shiny sink is beautiful when it is clean, but when it’s not, every little speck of dirt and tiny scratch stands out. Lower-priced shiny sinks may also be made of inferior material that wears — and shows wear — faster.
- Matte: Matte finishes are less exuberant and blend well, allowing other features to stand out. They can cost more than their shiny counterparts, and it’s hard to tell when they need a good scrubbing.
Materials
Kitchen sinks need to be functional, but they should also be beautiful. Take care to select a material you love, especially if it is the focal point of your kitchen. There are four main materials for black kitchen sinks.
- Natural stone: Granite and other natural stone is a beautiful, durable natural material that looks great in a variety of kitchen styles. They can be expensive, and they may not be as dark as you’d like.
- Marble: This classic material is a luxurious statement in a sink. It requires care and attention to stay beautiful, and it is both expensive and heavy. Completely black marble is also rare, so expect streaks of white or other natural colors to come through, too.
- Silgranit: Silgranit is a manufactured composite kitchen sink material that is made in a single mold. It is 80% natural stone, is nonporous and resists stains, odors and scratches. It is food-safe, and it is available in coal-black.
- Enameled cast iron: This is the leading choice for farmhouse sinks across the U.S. They are durable and very functional, but they are also extremely heavy.
- Black metal: It can be simple or highly ornate, and which style you select affects its final price. In some cases, a black finish over a stainless steel sink is an affordable option.
- Acrylic: Acrylic is available in many colors, but you get what you pay for. These are not particularly sturdy or attractive. They are also not heat-safe and melt, scratch or chip easily.
Single vs. double bowl
Sinks of every color are available in either single- or double-bowl versions.
- Double bowl: Double-bowl sinks can be split evenly in half or another proportion, depending on your needs. They are sometimes larger than single-bowl sinks, and some cooks find that even the larger side of the bowl is still too small for their biggest pots.
- Single bowl: Single-bowl black kitchen sinks are often cheaper because they are easier to produce. They still have the same capacity as a double-bowl sink, or even more.
Some black kitchen sinks are available in a triple-bowl version. The third bowl houses a small opening for a garbage disposal.
What to look for in a quality black kitchen sink
Installation options
A kitchen sink can either stand out or melt into the background. Nowhere is this more true than when it comes to installation. A black sink mounted underneath the counter seems to disappear, while a drop-in model clearly outlines the work surface. If you aren’t sure which you prefer, look for a sink that can be mounted both ways.
Easy care
Your kitchen sink should not require a day’s labor to keep clean. Most black kitchen sinks can be simply scoured with a mild cleaner to stay beautiful.
Stain- and odor-resistant
Because of the dark color, most black kitchen sinks won’t show stains. However, more porous natural stone with striations or variations may hold stains longer than composite options. If keeping stains and odors at bay is important, look for sinks that have these features.
How much you can expect to spend on a black kitchen sink
The price varies depending on the material, the size and the type of sink you select. Expect to spend $300-$1,000.
Black kitchen sink FAQ
Do black kitchen sinks show dirt?
A. In general, no. Black kitchen sinks are masterful at hiding smudges and stains that would pop out of a white sink.
However, it’s a different story if you have a black metal sink and hard water. Limestone deposits stand out stark white on this material.
Do you need to have a black faucet?
A. No. Black is a blank canvas in much the same way that white is. Copper, silver and other faucet colors work well.
What’s the best black kitchen sink to buy?
Top black kitchen sink
What you need to know: This is a sleek, sophisticated sink in an innovative material.
What you’ll love: It can be installed as a drop-in or under-mount sink. This is a single bowl and is corrosion-resistant. The drain is offset, and the bowl is large. It’s also available in 10 colors and two additional sizes.
What you should consider: It is heavy and requires at least 36 inches of counter space.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top black kitchen sink for the money
What you need to know: This affordable sink features a durable material that won’t lose its color over time.
What you’ll love: It is a double-bowl sink with metal accents. The engineered material is 80% quartz and resists heat up to 670 degrees. It can be installed as an under-mount or drop-in sink, and it has rounded corners for easy cleaning. The bottom is sloped for quick draining.
What you should consider: You may need to add braces to the cabinets below the sink.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Blanco Silgranit 60/40 Double Bowl Kitchen Sink
What you need to know: If you like a double bowl but use them for the same tasks, this is a good choice.
What you’ll love: The 60/40 split is great for dividing tasks between two sinks. Blanco is the only company that makes silgranit sinks to the standards of the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO). It includes the hardware you need to either amount underneath the counter or drop it in. This sink comes with a limited lifetime warranty.
What you should consider: This sink is only available in one size in coal black.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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Georgia’s fish belong to all of us
DEAR Editor:
Georgia is blessed with tremendous beauty and tremendous opportunity to enjoy the outdoors. We have mountains and valleys, coastal plain and breathtaking marshlands. We have lazy, slow-moving blackwater rivers and cataracts of cold mountain streams.
Georgia has also been blessed with leaders that recognize not just the beauty of the place, but the rights of our people to enjoy those places. Our leaders and our citizens have even enshrined in Georgia’s Constitution the right to hunt and fish.
However, in recent years a growing number of landowners and those leasing ‘fishing rights’ from them are seeking to limit the public’s access to our rivers and streams as anglers. “No Fishing” signs have popped up all over Georgia next to our free-flowing rivers, whose populations of fish have been managed and protected by dedicated public servants. Those dedicated public servants’ salaries and resources are paid by those that hunt and fish, not by those that own land. Our access to these rivers is via boat ramps that are more often than not paid for by hunters and anglers.
In recent days we have seen such “No Fishing” signs posted along iconic Yellow Jacket Shoals on the Flint River. The upper Flint is the world’s most important fishery for shoal bass, Georgia’s Official Native Riverine Sport Fish. This designation by our legislature and Governor was advanced by non-governmental organizations specifically to promote and publicize the shoal bass fishery for all Georgians and for all economic purposes associated with the fishery . . . casual anglers, serious anglers, fishing guides, and private property owners. Everyone. Yellow Jacket Shoals on the Flint is not the only place such exclusion has been attempted and even enforced. Other locations on the Flint, the Soque, the Toccoa, and in the Satilla watershed have seen such activity in recent years.
So, the Flint is not the first river in Georgia to face the exclusion of the public from access and fishing; but it is likely the largest and most visible. And we think it is time for it to be the last, it is time to reclaim lost waters elsewhere. The Flint and our others rivers have been fished for generations of people of all ages, races, sexes, income levels, and walks of life. And all of our rivers’ waters are ‘untitled’, owned by no one, as are the fish, both held in trust by the state for all Georgians.
Today we stand up and say our rivers belong to all of us, not just those that border them. Our fish belong to all of us, not just those that own the land next to them. We all have a constitutional right to hunt and fish, not just those that own land. We are America, not the Europe of landed gentry from 200 years ago. We demand the protection of the rights of all Georgians to enjoy the bounty and the beauty of this great state.
Mike Worley, Gordon Rogers, Fletcher Sams
Mike Worley is president and CEO of the Georgia Wildlife Federation. Gordon Rogers is executive director of the Flint Riverkeeper. Fletcher Sams is executive Director of the Altamaha Riverkeeper.
Bob Lanier’s impact on NBA went beyond court
Dear Editor:
Bob Lanier was a Hall of Fame basketball player and among the most talented centers in the history of the NBA, but his impact on the league went far beyond what he accomplished on the court.
For more than 30 years, Lanier served as the NBA’s global ambassador and a special assistant to David Stern and then Adam Silver, travelling the world to teach the game’s values and make a positive impact on young people everywhere. His enormous influence on the NBA was also seen as the president of the National Basketball Players Association, where he played a key role in the negotiation of a game-changing collective bargaining agreement.
I send my deepest condolences to Bob’s family and friends.
Bob Lanier, RIP.
Paul Bacon
Hallandale Beach, Fla.
Article deserved additional reporting
Dear editor:
Regarding the recent article by ‘Staff Reports’ entitled “Secretary of State condemns appointment of conspiracy theorist”: This isn’t my idea of good reporting — it’s unsigned and promotes and echoes the press release by Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger while failing to add any additional reporting on alternate viewpoints.
The anonymous author states that White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre “… spread stolen elections conspiracy theories related to Georgia’s 2018 gubernatorial election.”
My recollection about that election is that former Secretary of State Brian Kemp declined to step down from his duties to administer the election while he was running for governor, and that he didn’t exert himself to ensure that election machinery was running smoothly in places where large numbers were likely to vote against him. The resulting long waits could have discouraged enough voters to tip the election in Kemp’s favor given the razor-thin margin of 55,000 votes out of millions cast.
All of this is well-documented in papers such as the Atlanta Journal Constitution and is hardly the stuff of conspiracy theory. The opinion page might be a better spot for articles such as the above.
Seth Bigelow
Leesburg | https://www.albanyherald.com/letters/article_fdd25868-d3bb-11ec-b900-7fa84db065ab.html | 2022-05-14T20:31:18Z |
ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A new report released by National Council For Adoption (NCFA) highlights the dramatic changes that have taken place in adoption in recent decades and answers key questions about the profile of adoptive parents as well as the needs and experiences of adoptive families.
The report, Profiles in Adoption Part One, points to important trends, namely: the cost of a domestic adoption process has doubled in the last decade, most international adoptions today are of children with special needs, the vast majority of adoptive and birth families stay in contact after completing a private domestic adoption, and many adopted individuals are likely to need post-adoption services in educational supports and therapeutic services.
"This research report provides previously unknown information about who is being adopted and who is adopting," says NCFA President and CEO, Ryan Hanlon. "We anticipate the largest contribution being the insights into post adoption experiences, providing adoption professionals and prospective adoptive parents a clearer picture of what services and supports are needed post adoption."
The three main types of adoption – private domestic adoption, adoption from foster care, intercountry adoption – were near equally represented among the respondents. The result is the largest study of adoptive families ever conducted with responses from 4,212 adoptive parents who are parents to 6,608 adopted individuals, covering all 50 states and Washington, D.C. In addition to the characteristics and demographics of adoptive parents, the survey garnered insights about their motives to adopt, experiences with the adoption process, and adopting across racial and/or ethnic lines.
"There are clear implications from this data including the need to prepare parents for the types of challenges they are most likely to face, and the need to provide funded and accessible post adoption services for all adoptions." Hanlon said. "It is also further evidence of how important it is to make the adoption tax credit fully refundable so that qualified middle- and lower-class families can access the full benefit, which strengthens permanency options for the many thousands of kids here and around the world in need of a nurturing, safe family."
National Council For Adoption views this report as Part One of a three-part series examining profiles in adoption. NCFA intends to hear from birth parents and adopted individuals in upcoming research reports. Taken together, the three reports in this series will give us a fuller picture of adoption. The report is available at Adoptioncouncil.org/profiles.
Founded in 1980, NCFA is a leading authoritative voice for adoption and is passionately committed to the belief that every child, everywhere, deserves to thrive in a nurturing, permanent family. NCFA's nonprofit work promotes a culture of adoption through education, research, advocacy, and collaboration that aims to serve children, expectant and birth parents, adopted individuals, adoptive families, and adoption professionals. adoptioncouncil.org
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Auction for 2023/2024 Delivery Year Attracts a Diverse and Reliable Resource Mix at Lower Cost for Consumers
VALLEY FORGE, Pa., June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PJM Interconnection announced today the successful procurement of resources in its annual capacity auction to meet electricity needs and ensure reliable service for the 2023/2024 Delivery Year.
The auction results reflect a reliable and lower-carbon resource mix achieved at a low cost to consumers.
Prices for the 2023/2024 Delivery Year were lower than in the previous auction for the 2022/2023 Delivery Year. As a result, sufficient resources plus robust reserve levels were procured at a cost of $2.2 billion, compared with approximately $4 billion for the current 2022/2023 Delivery Year.
Those resources clearing the auction include more than 5,300 additional megawatts of nuclear generation than cleared in the prior auction.
"PJM's capacity market continues to support the reliability of the electric grid in a competitive manner," said President and CEO Manu Asthana. "In combination with our other markets, the capacity market remains a central component in attracting a diverse, reliable and competitive resource mix to meet forecasted system demand."
The PJM capacity auction, called the Base Residual Auction, procures power supply resources in advance of the delivery year to meet electricity needs in the PJM service area, which includes all or part of 13 states and the District of Columbia.
Auctions are usually held three years in advance of the delivery year. The 2023/2024 auction was originally scheduled to be held in May 2020, but auctions had been suspended while FERC considered approval of new capacity market rules.
"PJM's capacity market is designed to reflect where supply and demand meet, and these auction results show that," said Stu Bresler, Senior Vice President – Market Services. "We look forward to working with our stakeholders and the states we serve to continue refining our markets to meet the needs of an evolving grid and ensure the reliable flow of power well into the future."
This year's auction procured 144,871 MW of resources for the period of June 1, 2023, through May 31, 2024. The total Fixed Resource Requirement (FRR) obligation is an additional 31,346 MW.
The auction produced a price of $34.13/MW-day for much of the PJM footprint, compared to $50/MW-day for the 2022/2023 auction in June 2021. Prices are higher in some regions due to constraints on the transmission system.
Potential factors contributing to the clearing price results include:
- The first application of the less restrictive Minimum Offer Price Rule, applied to only seven resources representing 76 MW
- A revised, lower unit-specific Market Seller Offer Cap
- Less lead time to the delivery year (one year instead of three)
- The use of a historical rather than a forward-looking Energy and Ancillary Services Revenue Offset
- The first application of the Effective Load Carrying Capability (ELCC) method for determining the capacity value of wind, solar and storage resources
Carbon-Free Resources Increase
PJM's auction saw a growth of more than 5,000 cleared megawatts of carbon-free resources, led by an increase of 5,315 MW from existing nuclear units that did not clear in the previous auction. Solar resources increased 25%, from 1,512 MW to 1,868 MW, while the number of wind resources clearing was down 434 MW to 1,294 MW. The decrease in wind resources clearing the auction reflected a decrease of wind resources offering into the auction.
Natural gas resources clearing the auction increased by 1,685 MW, with more efficient combined-cycle units clearing 3,627 more megawatts than the last auction and combustion-turbine units down 1,012 MW. Combined-cycle units cleared a total of 48,030 MW in the auction and combustion-turbine units 19,080 MW.
Cleared capacity of steam units (primarily coal) was down 7,186 MW to 27,682 MW, tracking with a decrease of 7,813 MW offered into the auction as a result of coal retirements.
A 660 MW increase in Energy Efficiency resources, to 5,471 MW, was offset by a 716 MW decrease in Demand Response to 8,096 MW.
Hydro decreased slightly, from 4,157 MW to 3,677 MW.
The total procured capacity in the auction represents a 20.3% reserve margin, compared to a 14.8% required reserve for the 2023/2024 Delivery Year. This accounts for load and resource commitments under FRR.
In three areas, prices were higher than the overall PJM price:
- In the MAAC region, the price was $49.49/MW-day. MAAC consists of Atlantic City Electric, BGE, Delmarva Power, Jersey Central Power & Light, Met-Ed, PECO, Penelec, Pepco, PPL, PSE&G, PPL and Rockland Electric.
- Two transmission zones within MAAC broke out with higher prices than the rest of the MAAC area.
PJM has compressed its auction calendar to return to a three-year-forward basis. The next annual Base Residual Auction, for the 2024/2025 Delivery Year, will be held in December.
A detailed report of the results is available on PJM's capacity market web page.
2023/2024 Capacity Prices
PJM Interconnection, founded in 1927, ensures the reliability of the high-voltage electric power system serving 65 million people in all or parts of Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia. PJM coordinates and directs the operation of the region's transmission grid, which includes over 85,103 miles of transmission lines; administers a competitive wholesale electricity market; and plans regional transmission expansion improvements to maintain grid reliability and relieve congestion. PJM's regional grid and market operations produce annual savings of $3.2 billion to $4 billion. For the latest news about PJM, visit PJM Inside Lines at insidelines.pjm.com.
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The Plant-Based Food Brand Expands its Pasta Portfolio with First Long-Shape Pasta and Says No More to Compromising on Non-Wheat Pasta
CHICAGO, June 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nostalgic pasta meals have never tasted so good while being better-for-you too thanks to ZENB, a direct-to-consumer plant-based food brand that is expanding its pasta offerings with the launch of Spaghetti made with 100% yellow peas, including the skins. This innovative single-ingredient pasta retains the classic thin spaghetti texture pasta lovers expect with a subtle taste, delicious flavor and nutrient-packed benefits.
ZENB Spaghetti is the only spaghetti product made from 100% yellow peas and is the latest addition to the brand's growing pasta portfolio that champions this better for the planet and better-for-you hero ingredient. This rising star of the legume category requires less water to grow and adds nutrients to the soil it grows in, while providing plant-fueled nutritional benefits with a classic al-dente pasta consistency consumers expect. While other gluten-free pastas miss the mark, with ZENB, there is no compromising on taste or texture.
Launching as the brand's first long-shape pasta, ZENB Spaghetti also provides a whole new way to enjoy the beloved pasta shape with less guilt involved. In addition to being a good source of protein and an excellent source of fiber, with 17 grams and 11 grams per 3 ounce serving respectively, the product is gluten-free, non-GMO, vegan, kosher and has no artificial flavors or preservatives. ZENB Spaghetti joins the brand's short pasta products – Penne, Rotini, Elbows, and quick-cooking Agile – with all complementing a range of ZENB Gourmet Sauces crafted with whole vegetables, providing a perfect mealtime duo to fuel a plant-powered lifestyle.
"At ZENB, we want consumers to enjoy nature's goodness without sacrificing flavor or giving up the classic pasta texture they love," said Hugo Pérez, Head of Marketing at ZENB U.S., Inc. "Spaghetti has been highly requested by our customers and so it felt like the natural next step in expanding our Yellow Pea Pasta portfolio. Tasty and nutritious with every twirl of the fork, consumers will never know the difference between traditional spaghetti and ZENB's Yellow Pea Spaghetti, but they'll be glad when they do!"
ZENB Spaghetti is versatile and offers a whole new way to enjoy pasta dishes whether with meatballs, dressed in various sauces, in soups or baked dishes, or just by itself. For inspiration, visit zenb.com/blogs/recipes for delicious yellow pea spaghetti upgrades to classic Carbonara or zesty Arrabbiata.
ZENB Spaghetti is sold online at ZENB.com. Add a better-for-you twist on pasta night with 30% off your first order of ZENB Spaghetti.
About ZENB U.S., INC.
ZENB is a plant-powered, direct-to-consumer brand on a mission to make plant-based foods more delicious, accessible and convenient. Using parts of legumes and vegetables that are often thrown away (skin, seeds, stems and all), ZENB products open a whole new world of flavor and nutrition, without compromising taste. A global brand with vast presence in Japan and the U.K., ZENB debuted in the U.S. market in 2019 with domestic headquarters in Chicago. Committed to making plant-based products the center of everyday lives, the brand launched a single-ingredient pasta made entirely from yellow peas in November 2020, followed by Gourmet Sauces in April 2021 for a complete mealtime solution – with plans to continue to grow its meal and snack portfolios. For more information about ZENB and to join the community, visit ZENB.com or follow along on Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and Twitter.
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Education roundup: CPEA awards scholarships
The Canton Professional Educators’ Association has announced $18,000 in scholarships to 14 students for 2022. Lizaya A. Motley, a student at McKinley Early College High School, received the $2,000 First Generation College for African American Student Scholarship.
Antonio J. DiPietro, a student at McKinley Senior High School, and Stefan Monahan, a student at McKinley Early College High School, each received the $2,000 Nathaniel L. Roberts Scholarship.
Daniella O. Ukpolo, a student at McKinley Senior High School, received the $2,000 Samuel J. Dorto Jr. Scholarship.
Students receiving $1,000 CPEA Memorial Scholarships, which are awarded to a child or dependent of a CPEA member, are: Nicholas J. Brown (The University of Akron); Emily J. Davala (John Carroll University); Victoria L. Davis (Kent State University); Theodore P. ElFaye (Kent State University - Stark); Alissa S. Hein (Louisville High School); Jayda N. Harrison (Massillon Washington High School); Logan L. Jones (The Ohio State University); Stefan Monahan (McKinley Early College High School); Alexis R. Sommer (The University of Findlay); and Stephen A. Ulrich (Louisville High School).
Hoover student wins scholarship
North Canton Hoover High School student Ryan Pedone recently was awarded a STEM Business Plan $5,000 Scholarship in an online Believe in Ohio state competition. Operated as a program of The Ohio Academy of Science, Believe in Ohio is a STEM and entrepreneurship program that teaches students how to commercialize products and services and create business plans that are driven by innovation, according to a news release.
Ryan’s project was Cell Phob, an app that prevents people from losing their keys or getting their car keys stolen.
A total of 37 STEM Commercialization and STEM Business Plans were awarded with $277,500 in scholarships at the Believe in Ohio state competition. These scholarships can be used only to attend an Ohio college, university, or technical college.
In 2022, the Believe in Ohio program awarded $468,500 scholarships in total. Believe in Ohio is a free, comprehensive, curriculum-based, STEM and entrepreneurship program for Ohio high school students. For more information on the program, visit https://believeinohio.org/.
Italian-American scholarships awarded
The Stark County Italian-American Festival Committee has awarded $2,000 scholarships to each of the following students: Caroline Pastore of Lake High School, Alexis Perretta and Ella Salvino of Central Catholic High School, and Bridget DeJacimo of Louisville High School.
Hoover student elected for Buckeye Boys State office
Hoover High School student Kosta Volas recently was elected by the majority of the American Legion Buckeye Boys State Senate to serve as president of the Senate. The American Legion Buckeye Boys State Program, which was June 12-19, is an intensive program focused on the workings of city, county and state government, civic engagement, and leadership development conducted annually by the American Legion Department of Ohio at Miami University.
Kosta, who will be a senior in the fall, plans to study political science or engineering after high school. He was sponsored to attend the American Legion Buckeye Boys State Program by American Legion Post 436.
Mount Union has new program in autism studies
ALLIANCE – The University of Mount Union’s new minor in autism studies will begin this fall. Students who participate in the minor will be prepared for careers in autism spectrum disorder intervention and advocacy through rigorous coursework and real-world experiences, according to a news release.
Interested students will not only have access to the Spectrum Education Center’s resources, they will also have the chance to receive Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills Program Mentor Training and Registered Behavior Technician Training. Learn more at mountunion.edu/autism-studies.
Stark State College offers express enrollments
JACKSON TWP. – Stark State College’s Express Enrollment makes it easy for prospective students to get enrolled in just one day for fall semester, which begins Aug. 29.
Students can talk to admissions counselors about online or on campus classes, get financial aid advice and take admission tests. Bring high school (and any college) transcripts along with the student’s 2020 income tax return (and parents’ return if a dependent).
Events on main campus, 6200 Frank Ave. NW, and Stark State Akron, 360 Perkins St., are as follows:
- Aug. 1-19: Monday-Wednesday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; Thursday 8 a.m.-3 p.m.
- Aug. 20: Saturday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
- Aug. 22-26: Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-6 p.m.; Friday, 8 a.m.-3 p.m.
- Aug. 27: Saturday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
Walk-ins are accepted, but reservations are preferred at starkstate.edu/express. Admissions applications can be found online at starkstate.edu/admissions_form.
2022 high school graduates and GED completers get free fall semester tuition
For more information, email admissions@starkstate.edu or call 330-494-6170.
Mount Union launching Student-Athlete Mentorship Program
ALLIANCE – Mount Union’s sport business program, in conjunction with the Office of Athletics, will launch Student-Athlete Mentorship Program that will help student-athletes with their academic, athletic and professional careers, according to a news release.
The goal of the mentorship program is to pair up current student-athletes with Mount Union alumni professionals for one year; recruitment of mentors has already begun. Interested student “mentees” will have to undergo an application process that began July 15 and will end Aug. 15.
Mentors and mentees will be paired up between Aug. 15 and Sept. 1. Program participants will attend the program orientation in September, be committed to participate throughout the academic year (August-April) and attend one-on-one meetings (virtual or in-person) each month.
According to Interim Athletic Director Mike Parnell and Steve Harter ‘84, collaborators of the program, its mission is to “provide student-athletes connections to professionals who will help them plan for and execute career goals.” This mission will be achieved by pairing student-athletes of junior and senior class standing with alumni industry partners who will assist them in clarifying their education, career and personal goals. | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/2022/07/31/canton-professional-educators-association-announces-scholarships/10146589002/ | 2022-07-31T08:06:28Z |
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- HealthLevel, Inc., an established provider of solutions for healthcare organizations, announced today that the VA has expanded the use of its Foundations business operations platform to the Atlanta VA Medical Center. The center serves veterans in 22 locations across 50 counties in Georgia.
Following strong support from HealthLevel's existing VA customer base, the new deployment in Atlanta will serve a 226-bed hospital and 22 outpatient facilities. The Atlanta VA Medical Center is regarded as one of the top 10 VA research centers and collaborates extensively with Emory University. They selected Foundations as their Radiology Business Operations Platform and will use it to track everything from incoming radiology referrals to post-procedure follow-up, making the data-driven culture of the organization more effective and efficient.
"We are grateful for the strong support from our existing VA customer base to grow the community of Foundations users and customers," noted Parag Paranjpe founder and CEO of HealthLevel Inc. He added, "We continue to be proud of our team and thankful for the trust and acceptance of our customers."
The implementation of Foundations will occur over the summer months with a go-live date projected for the fall of 2022.
Founded in 2010, privately held HealthLevel is headquartered in Mountain View, California, and is the supplier of Foundations, a SaaS Healthcare Business Operations Platform that integrates clinical, operational, and financial data. Foundations provides intuitive, configurable real-time analytics for clinicians, administrators, and all staff, enabling them to monitor and improve individual and corporate business performance.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Mac Beauchemin
Director of Sales
HealthLevel, Inc.
mac@healthlevel.com
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Company recognized by Atlanta Business Chronicle for creating an enjoyable workplace and thriving culture, while promoting healthy lifestyles
ATLANTA, Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Atlanta Gas Light has been named one of Atlanta's Best Places to Work and Healthiest Employers by the Atlanta Business Chronicle. The company received the award during the publication's 19th annual awards ceremony yesterday evening.
For 19 years, Atlanta Business Chronicle's Best Places to Work Awards program has been recognizing companies throughout the region that go above and beyond in creating an enjoyable workplace and a thriving culture for their employees. The rankings of the top workplaces in Atlanta are based on employee engagement surveys and were presented in four categories based on workforce size.
"There is nothing more important than the health and safety of our teammates and sustaining an inclusive culture that allows each of us to grow and prosper," said Pedro Cherry, President, and CEO of Atlanta Gas Light. "Providing the tools and resources necessary for our employees and their families to live healthier lifestyles has always been a top priority, and we remain committed to finding innovative ways to invest in the long-term health and well-being of our employees."
Atlanta Gas Light is committed to helping each employee improve and maintain their overall wellness through an expansive offering of benefits and resources offered by the company's SouthernLifeStyle wellness program.
The company's workplace health and wellness efforts were measured in a survey issued by the Atlanta Business Chronicle and its partner, Healthiest Employers, a data research company that collects, measures and compares corporate wellness data worldwide in six key categories: Leadership Commitment, Foundational Components, Strategic Planning, Communication and Marketing, Programming and Interventions, Reporting and Analytics.
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Atlanta Gas Light is one of four natural gas distribution companies of Southern Company Gas, a wholly owned subsidiary of Southern Company (NYSE: SO). Atlanta Gas Light provides natural gas delivery service to approximately 1.7 million customers in Georgia. In operation since 1856, the company is one of the oldest corporations in the state. For more information, visit atlantagaslight.com.
Southern Company Gas is a wholly owned subsidiary of Atlanta-based Southern Company (NYSE:SO), America's premier energy company. Southern Company Gas serves approximately 4.3 million natural gas customers through its regulated distribution companies in four states with approximately 666,000 retail customers through its companies that market natural gas. Other businesses include investments in interstate pipelines and ownership and operation of natural gas storage facilities. For more information, visit southerncompanygas.com.
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This new position adds operational strength to the CompassMSP team with a leader in technology service delivery and customer experience.
WEST HARTFORD, Conn., May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CompassMSP, a provider of managed technology services and cybersecurity solutions, is pleased to announce the appointment of Donald (Don) Swartz to the role of Chief Operating Officer. He joins the current leadership team of CompassMSP and takes responsibility for service delivery as well as client experience and retention.
Swartz brings leadership experience in operational transformation and excellence; profitable growth strategies; and technology/IT strategy. With nearly 40 years in technology services, he is known for his abilities in employee engagement, service delivery, and customer retention.
"I am thrilled to have someone of Don's caliber to help us grow and develop across all our regions," said Ari Santiago, CEO of CompassMSP. "He has built a reputation for building highly motivated teams, promoting business alignment, and forging strong partnerships. His leadership skills will be a true benefit to our team as well as our clients."
"Managed Service Providers are hitting an exciting time of growth and development as technology needs across all industries explode exponentially and cybersecurity requirements continue to be at the forefront of everyone's mind," shares Swartz. "This is a perfect time for CompassMSP to take the lead in providing technology and cybersecurity for small and mid-sized businesses. With commitment to our clients and to each other, we can achieve the operational excellence that will help bring our clients and our company to the next level."
Headquartered in Hartford, CT, CompassMSP is an industry-leading provider of managed IT services and robust cybersecurity solutions for the SMB market. With locations in seven states along the eastern seaboard and across the Midwest, CompassMSP offers powerful, secure, and forward-thinking IT infrastructure, operations, and services that help businesses grow and succeed. Leveraging a full range of technology experts, CompassMSP offers a complete approach to technology that has earned them a reputation for world-class customer service, long-lasting client relationships, and numerous industry awards and recognitions.
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People around the globe have been moved by the horrible images of Ukrainians in distress, fleeing their homes after the Russian invasion began in late February. But the scope of the situation can be difficult to comprehend.
More than a quarter of Ukraine's population has been uprooted since February 24 and more than 4.6 million people have left the country, according to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. It's the world's fastest-growing refugee crisis since World War II, the UN says.
More than 4,500 miles away in Anchorage, Alaska, paramedic-turned-nurse Teresa Gray mobilized to help. Late last month, through her nonprofit Mobile Medics International, she and several volunteers traveled to Galati, Romania, where they provided care -- and comfort -- to hundreds of Ukrainians.
"These people have lost everything -- their homes, their family members, their country. I knew the hardships they're going through," Gray said. "Because we've done this before, in other countries, I knew that we (could) make a difference for them."
After creating her nonprofit six years ago, Gray has sent medical teams to natural disasters and refugee crises in the US and around the world. Her organization's work is all done by volunteers, with travel and supplies funded through donations and assistance from other nonprofits.
Gray says the group has provided free medical care to more than 30,000 people on five continents.
Gray specializes in sending small, mobile teams of four to eight licensed medical volunteers able to go into remote areas -- a need she recognized after working with other groups.
"There's amazing people doing amazing work out there, but they're very stationary. They come in, they set up, and patients come to them. I really saw a need for basically an ambulance-type response," she said.
When her group members deploy, they're prepared to be entirely self-sustaining. This ensures that they can work for days at a time without taxing the local infrastructure.
"We can bring our own food, our own water, our own sleeping accommodations," she said. "We try to take basically an ambulance in a backpack."
When they deploy, it's normally within 72 hours of a disaster to fill the gap before larger groups are fully operational. Their missions typically last seven to 10 days.
But the Ukraine crisis required a different type of response. Four days after the invasion, one of her volunteers from England began driving along the western border of Ukraine to assess where their help would be most needed. Eventually, they determined that Romania was overwhelmed by refugees but lacked infrastructure other countries, like Poland, had.
Going to the border of a war zone raised other concerns.
"This is the most dangerous mission we've ever done," Gray told CNN prior to her departure from the US. "We're taking the necessary medicine for chemical warfare, in case chemical weapons are deployed. But honestly, the heroes are my volunteers who were begging to go."
Gray's team was told about hundreds of refugees on a university campus who had very limited medical care. When they arrived at the campus in Galati on March 26, Gray was surprised.
"What we were expecting to see was large groups of people housed in tent cities or in large buildings, and actually they are housing these refugees in individual dorm rooms," she said. "They've got food, they've got shelter, but it's still a large group of refugees. The trauma is the same."
Gray's team staffed a 24-hour clinic and went room to room, caring for the 300 refugees with the help of interpreters. The problems they treated ranged from a flu outbreak among the children to chronic health problems in the elderly, which posed a particular challenge.
"They now exist in a country that doesn't speak your language and doesn't use the same medicine," she said. "So, we're trying to figure out what's your underlying condition, what medication were you on in Ukraine and what is the equivalent in Romania."
The group also helped organize a warehouse of donated goods, delivered supplies, and cared for other nearby refugees. When one woman, whose elderly mother had been treated for health issues, asked for help -- Gray's volunteers literally went the extra mile.
"She asked us if we would drive her to the border so (she) and her son could see Ukraine, maybe for the last time," Gray said. "She asked us for help, so we gave it to her. "
That interaction embodies Gray's approach to her work.
"It isn't just about fixing the broken arm or giving you medicine. It's making that human connection," she said. "Human suffering has no borders. People are people ... and love is love. "
CNN's Kathleen Toner spoke with Gray about her work. Below is an edited version of their conversation.
CNN: How did you find your way into the medical field?
Teresa Gray: Growing up in Michigan, my godmother was a paramedic instructor, and she would drag me down to the firehouse and make me be a mock victim. I would have to be bandaged and splinted and all sorts of things while they practiced their skills. I loved it. After high school, I stumbled across an ad for an EMT, and I thought, "I'll go give it a shot," and it all made sense to me. I knew in that moment I had found my career.
I started as an EMT, became a paramedic. Eventually I moved to Alaska and ended up being a critical-care flight paramedic. Our cities are hundreds of miles apart, so our ambulances are Lear jets. We fly to the villages, pick people up and bring them back to major cities. I've picked up patients in dogsleds, on snow machines -- whatever we needed to do to make it happen, I've tried all the different avenues of paramedicine. I've loved them all. Now I'm a registered nurse, but I also still hold my paramedic license.
CNN: What led you to get involved in disaster response work?
Gray: In late 2015, I had semi-retired. I was a stay-at-home mom, and I was watching TV and I saw the 3-year-old Syrian child on the beach of Lesbos face down in the water. I had not really been aware of what was going on over in Greece or the Syrian refugee crisis. And so I just decided that I was going to go to Greece and see if I could help. It was life-changing. These people were stepping off the boats, soaking wet, hypothermic. It was heartbreaking. But I made a difference for people.
CNN: In addition to natural and humanitarian disasters, your group also does medical sustainability missions.
Gray: We will find communities that are chronically medically underserved, and we ask them to commit five years to building their own medical infrastructure, and we support them during that time. We've done that with the Philippines very successfully. We normally go in twice a year and we give them the equipment, the supplies, the medications they need, and the ongoing training. And then we also mentor them and support them through telemedicine.
When we first started going to a remote island in the Philippines, they had a huge population of cleft-palate babies being born, just simply because their nutrition wasn't good. Within three years, we eliminated cleft-palate babies on that island by giving out prenatal vitamins. That's all it took -- but that's what it took. So that's what we do. It doesn't matter what you need, if we can provide that for you, we will.
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Judith von Seldeneck and Ben Franklin Technology Partners provide grants, direct investments to 12 regional businesses
PHILADELPHIA, June 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The JVS Philadelphia Fund for Women (JVS Fund) and Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania (Ben Franklin) today announced that within five months of launching their partnership, they have made three grants to women-owned businesses, and nine investments in technology-based ventures led by women in the Philadelphia region.
"The talent and potential for women founded businesses in our region is exceptional, and I am thrilled with the level of interest in this fund," said Judith M. von Seldeneck, founder of Diversified Search Group. "Ben Franklin's commitment to partnering with us is proof of what unique opportunities Philadelphia yields for women founders and we hope these grants and investments will promote more successful women business leaders and entrepreneurs in our community in the years to come."
Grants and investments from the $2 million JVS Fund have been made to companies from a wide range of industries ranging from digital healthcare innovation, aviation and landscape architecture. The first round of recipient companies include: CareAlign, GoWell Benefits, AmorSui, Eliksa Therapeutics, Envara Health, Friends LifeCare Consultants, PolyCore Therapeutics, Lluna, and Nexteon Technologies, Addison Bay, Naturaz, and Roofscapes dba Studio Sustena.
Launched in 2021, the JVS Fund deploys capital in two primary methods: through investments in technology-focused ventures in the region that match Ben Franklin's investment criteria, and through grants made to women-owned and led businesses of broader industry and sector focus. The fund operates with three primary goals: 1) to invest capital in women-owned and operated enterprises in the region, 2) to connect their founders and leaders to resources that accelerate growth, and 3) to help these ventures leverage the experience of established women leaders.
"Judee von Seldeneck is a pioneering and visionary leader, and this effort will help the next generation of women founders and business leaders to thrive," said Scott Nissenbaum, President, and CEO of Ben Franklin.
Applicants for grants from the JVS Fund should be women-led/owned enterprises located in Greater Philadelphia with a focus on professional service enterprises and/or product offerings. Companies should be in business for at least two years with demonstrated service or product sales and a path to profitability. Applications are reviewed by an Advisory Board comprised of a number of local high-achieving women leaders and business executives.
The fund will be accepting applications for a second round of grants beginning June 10 until August 1, 2022. For more information about the JVS Philadelphia Fund for Women, please visit: JVSPhilaFund.com, and follow @JVSPhilaFund.
Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania (Ben Franklin) is the Philadelphia region's Partners with a Purpose. Nationally ranked among the most active seed and early-stage investors, Ben Franklin helps high-growth innovative enterprises plant and nurture their roots, creating both immediate connections and lasting economic growth. The nonprofit has supported more than 2,000 companies to deliver an impact of more than $5 billion and 32,000 jobs in the Philadelphia region. Whether in tech, life sciences, manufacturing or industries and breakthroughs yet discovered, Ben Franklin works to raise the community of innovation higher, to benefit present and future generations of Pennsylvanians.
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Jaguar finds itself in the midst of an electric transformation. Like many other automakers, ranging from Dodge to Volvo, the British luxury brand shrinks its lineup of gas vehicles as it plans a big and bright, but still distant, electric future. Three new electric crossover SUVs are planned to launch by 2025, but Jaguar will shift away from the I-Pace and into a more ultra-luxury class with an estimated starting price exceeding $100,000 and doubling that for top performance grades.
In the immediate future arriving in dealerships now, the 2023 Jaguar lineup stays the same, if not a bit thinner. All models will have Apple CarPlay and Android Auto compatibility, as well as Amazon Alexa through Jaguar’s Pivi Pro infotainment system. Also standard on all models except for the F-Type sports car is adaptive cruise control. Jaguar streamlines powertrain options on its low volume models, and raises prices by about $1,500 across the board. Its excellent 5-year/60,000-mile warranty remains, and it includes scheduled maintenance for the same period of time.
Here’s what’s new for the 2023 Jaguar lineup. Prices include a $1,275 destination fee, except where noted.
– The small crossover SUV gets standard adaptive cruise control that restarts from a stop on its own and a new wheel package option.
– The P250 SE shares a 2.0-liter turbo-4 that makes 246 hp and 269 lb-ft of torque with the F-Pace and XF. The 300 Sport is no longer offered. The E-Pace starts at $49,175, which is $1,100 more than last year.
– The five-seat crossover SUV comes with three engine choices and standard AWD across five trims, including a new P550 SVR Edition 1988 that celebrates an XJR that won the 1988 24 Hours of Le Mans. The 1988 edition has special color combo and is limited run of 394 units, which represents the number of laps the XJR completed in its winning endurance race.
– The bestselling Jaguar comes with a 2.0-liter turbo-4 making 246 hp and 269 lb-ft in base P250 form for $53,675, or the P250 S for $57,275.
– A mild-hybrid with a both a turbo- and supercharger added to a 3.0-liter inline-6 makes 395 hp and 406 lb-ft in P400 R-Dynamic S guise. It costs $66,075.
– The range-topping P550 SVR has the F-Type’s supercharged 5.0-liter V-8 and a starting price of $90,775. The Edition 1988 jumps to $111,275.
– The five-seat electric crossover SUV now has wireless smartphone connectivity, bucket sport seats, and new colors.
– Sold only in HSE trim with a 246-mile range and a 90-kwh battery pack feeding a dual-motor all-wheel-drive system that generates 394 hp and 512 lb-ft, the 2023 I-Pace HSE costs $72,575, which is a $1,400 increase from last year.
– The sport coupe and convertible carries over with a supercharged 5.0-liter V-8 making 444 hp and 428 lb-ft in P450 form with rear- or all-wheel drive. Jaguar tunes that engine to 575 hp and 516 lb-ft in the F-Type R. There is no R-Dynamic model for 2023.
– F-Type pricing increases between $300 and $5,200 over last year, with the P450 RWD starting at $74,675, and AWD adding a whopping $10,500. Convertible versions are $3,300 more. The R tops the lineup at $109,775; the convertible adds $2,700 more.
– The mid-size sedan carries over with P250 S and P250 SE grades powered by the same 2.0-liter turbo-4 as the F-Pace, or a P300 R-Dynamic with AWD making 296 hp and 295 lb-ft.
– Prices increase $1,700 over last year: The P250 S costs $48,275, the P250 SE costs $51,575, and the P300 R Dynamic costs $53,975.
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NEW YORK and OXFORD, England, June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Stagwell (NASDAQ: STGW), the challenger network built to transform marketing, today announced Chairman and CEO Mark Penn will join The Oxford Union, the world's most prestigious debating society, to debate the promises and pitfalls of the metaverse. The debate, "This House Would Live in the Metaverse," will explore the future of Web3 and the metaverse in the context of data and privacy, brand marketing, and ultimately, how the metaverse will transform the way people, countries, and communities connect. Stagwell invites press to attend the debate at 8:30 p.m. GMT+1 on Thursday, June 16; details to RSVP are below.
Penn will argue on behalf of the metaverse as a platform that can transform how brands relate – and market – to consumers. Stagwell is excited about the potential of Web3 and currently counsels multinational brands on whether and how to enter the metaverse, including areas of investment to consider within augmented reality (AR), non-fungible tokens (NFTs), the creator economy, and other areas of opportunity.
"We've only just scratched the surface of AR, VR, NFTs and other emerging technologies in the metaverse, and I'm excited to join this expert group as we debate the possibilities," said Stagwell Chairman and CEO Mark Penn. "The metaverse provides an entirely new canvas for brands to build creative, digital experiences that connect consumers around the world."
Current confirmed debaters include:
Proposition Side
- Stagwell Chairman and CEO Mark Penn
- AGT International Chairman & Owner Mati Kochavi
Opposition Side
- University of Birmingham Professor Sylvie Delacroix
- Bloomberg and Techworld journalist Margi Murphy
- TechCrunch Editor-at-Large Mike Butcher
Journalists interested in attending the debate and/or connecting with Penn for an interview, please contact Beth Sidhu at beth.sidhu@stagwellglobal.com.
Stagwell is the challenger network built to transform marketing. We deliver scaled creative performance for the world's most ambitious brands, connecting culture-moving creativity with leading-edge technology to harmonize the art and science of marketing. Led by entrepreneurs, our 10,000+ specialists in 34+ countries are unified under a single purpose: to drive effectiveness and improve business results for their clients. Join us at www.stagwellglobal.com.
Founded in 1823, the Oxford Union is a forward-thinking institution at Oxford University that strives to strengthen democratic values through free and fair discussion. Having invited illustrious guests from the Dalai Lama to Presidents Carter, Nixon, and Reagan, the Oxford Union allows its members to debate and question the modern thinkers of our time. Diversity, not only of opinion or politics but of all types, remains the lifeblood of the Union today, and continues to be so for as long as we are visited by the greatest and most knowledgeable speakers in the world.
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Robber caught by surprise when potential victim also pulls out gun, police say
HOUSTON (KWTX/Gray News) - A would-be armed robber quickly changed his mind when the employee of a used car lot took out a weapon, police said.
KWTX reports that Houston police said two men drove into a car dealership on March 21, and one of them walked up to an employee asking to test drive a car and they walked inside an office.
Police said when the employee sat in his chair, he noticed the suspect pull up his shirt and grab a gun. The employee responded by grabbing his gun, which the suspect saw and stated, “No!”
The suspect turned around, walked out of the office and took off running. The second suspect, who was driving a Mercedes, also left the parking lot.
Houston police have yet to announce any arrests in the case and are seeking online tips.
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STOC launches with more than 80 scientists joining globally, focused on obtaining the greatest scientific benefits from spatially resolved transcriptomics technology; first studies use BGI-Research's Stereo-seq to produce spatiotemporal cellular maps of mice, Drosophila, zebrafish, and Arabidopsis
SHENZHEN, China, May 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Scientists from 16 countries today announced the establishment of the SpatioTemporal Omics Consortium (STOC), an open scientific community focused on using spatially resolved cellular resolution omics technology to map and understand life. Their first studies resulted in state-of-the-art panoramic spatial atlases of life, published in Cell and Developmental Cell on May 4.
Over 80 scientists from Harvard University, Oxford University, MIT, University of Cambridge, the Karolinska Institutet, the University of Western Australia, the Genome Institute of Singapore, BGI-Research, among others, are collaborating as part of STOC. Members of the research group who produced the panoramic atlases used a new enabling technology Stereo-seq, developed by BGI-Research, to produce the most insightful spatiotemporal cellular maps to date of mice, small fruit flies (Drosophila), zebrafish, and the Arabidopsis plant, making a breakthrough in resolution and panoramic field of view and enabling analysis of the distribution and placement of molecules and cells in situ, and over time.
Identifying the characteristics of specific cells within a tissue has significant applications for understanding physiology, how organisms develop, and which cells are causes or indicators of disease, potentially leading to future gains in human disease research. These lay an important foundation for STOC's research initiatives, which aim to create diverse sets of spatiotemporal atlases to broaden our knowledge of disease treatment, organ structures, development and aging, and to improve our understanding of biological evolution.
"In the last few years, there has been a lot of progress of mapping the genome and transcriptome in single cells. But this has been without the context of the spatial aspect of neighbourhoods of cells, ecosystem of cells, and therefore there is a whole layer of information that has been missing, which I think will now become accessible. That will have a major impact on both basic and translational research," says Berthold Göttgens, Director of the Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge, and a Member of STOC.
The transformational aspects of spatiotemporal omics for scientific research are captured in the goals of the STOC, as Weibin Liu, STOC Organizing Committee Member, explains.
"The panoramic atlases published late yesterday are the first steps toward the Consortium's vision of revolutionizing humanity's understanding of mind and body, youth and old age, health and illness, the origin and future of the human race, and the rest of the living world, for that matter," says Liu. "They lay the groundwork for multiple atlases the Consortium could complete together, and they validate approaches for creating other spatiotemporal atlases."
"Because of the magnitude of such endeavors, they require nothing short of a concerted global effort, across multiple disciplines from science to engineering to mathematics, and across diverse stakeholders from medicine to industry to funders. Together with our 80+ members so far, we will work to chart the way forward, to build new tools and competencies, to share resources and results, to map and solve the unknown," he adds
The SpatioTemporal Omics Consortium (STOC) is an open, collaborative research initiative established to unite, organize, advance and share global scientific efforts in spatiotemporal omics to solve the mysteries of life. More information about STOC can be found at www.sto-consortium.org .
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Topeka man arrested after allegedly driving tow truck into house, beating man, stealing gun
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - A Topeka man is behind bars after he allegedly drove his truck into a home and then tried to fight a 45-year-old resident and stole his gun.
The Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office says James O. Meredith Jr., 46, of Topeka, has been arrested for alleged aggravated battery and criminal possession of a weapon by a felon after an incident in the 3800 block of N Kansas Ave. on Tuesday night, April 5.
Just after 7:30 p.m., deputies said they were called to the area after a victim reported Meredith had allegedly driven a white 1995 Chevrolet Kodiak tow truck into his home which caused significant damage. Meredith then allegedly broke a window and climbed inside the home where a fight began, he then stole a gun and ran from the scene.
Deputies noted Meredith and the 45-year-old victim knew each other.
Through the investigation, deputies said information was gathered and Meredith was found in the 4500 block of NW Westgate Rd. He was arrested and questioned by detectives at the Law Enforcement Center.
After questioning, deputies said Meredith was booked into the Shawnee Co. Dept. of Corrections for aggravated battery, theft of a firearm, criminal damage and criminal possession of a firearm by a felon.
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The Roanoke-based home service company's owner says National Tradesmen Day is a great opportunity to recognize the value in becoming a skilled trades worker
ROANOKE, Va., Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Southern Trust Home Services, a leading electrical, HVAC and plumbing company serving southwest Virginia, is celebrating National Tradesmen Day on Sept. 16 to help shine a light on the need for more skilled trades professionals and demonstrate how rewarding the industry can be.
"There are a number of reasons why the United States is seeing a decline in skilled trade workers, but by showing young people that these professions are valued and stable, hopefully we can start turning that trend around," said Ted Puzio, owner of Southern Trust Home Services. "Events like National Tradesmen Day honor the men and women who work in the trade industries. These are essential positions, and we need to attract more talented workers."
Puzio said that according to the National Electrical Contractors Association, 7,000 electricians join the field each year but 10,000 retire.
"That's just one example, and the same is true in the plumbing and HVAC service fields," he said. "For years, we've told students that the only way to get ahead is to get a traditional four-year college degree, so we stopped exposing skilled individuals to these opportunities. We should show our children the wide array of careers they can choose from and position the trades as a good option for jobseekers interested in a career change."
Puzio said there will always be a demand for electricians, plumbers, HVAC repairmen and construction workers because those professions can't be outsourced. He said Southern Trust is always looking for home service professionals to fill open positions, and his home service business isn't alone in the search to find more skilled talent.
"No matter how the market shifts, we will always need people in our communities to install the lights, keep clean, warm water flowing and keep our homes comfortable," he said. "Not only is it fulfilling work, it also pays well and doesn't require thousands of dollars in student debt to learn the trade."
Puzio said that a combination of the national push toward college-only careers beginning in the late 1990s and removing shop class from high school curriculums across the country has resulted in a shortage of home service professionals and this needs to change.
"There is absolutely nothing wrong with attending college, but the message that it's 'college or bust' if you want a fulfilling career needs to be tweaked," he said. "Hopefully, in celebrating National Tradesmen Day, pushing for more inclusion in high school career days, and talking about the virtues of the industry, we can start attracting more students into the skilled trades pipeline."
Founded in 1995 as Southern State Electric, Southern Trust Home Services provides residential plumbing, electrical HVAC services, drain cleaning and one day bath remodel services, including 24/7 emergency repairs, to homeowners in more than 60 cities throughout southwest Virginia. Roanoke's first to offer a lifetime guarantee on all recommended repairs, Southern Trust Home Services staffs dedicated, certified, licensed and insured, drug and criminal background checked technicians who provide timely, same-day services for a variety of home repairs, installations, and maintenance. An A Better Business Bureau accredited company since 2006, Southern Trust Home Services has financing available including 0 percent for 18 months, and Lifetime Repair Guarantee on stated repairs. To find out more, call 540-343-4348 or visit www.southerntrusthomeservices.com.
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As companies brace for an economic downturn, the business outcomes of employee, customer, and partner education initiatives are more critical than ever
ATLANTA, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Intellum, the leader in EdTech for Business, today announced the results of a study it conducted to measure the ROI of employee, customer, and partner education in the U.S. The survey, which took place in Q2 of 2022, with a sample size of 502 full-time decision-makers involved in organizational education, revealed specific activities that drive positive business outcomes such as increased retention, decreased support costs, increased revenue, etc. Key findings include:
- Ad hoc education initiatives drive poor outcomes. Companies with "ad hoc" strategies are least likely to report positive business outcomes as compared to all other types of education strategies. Whereas 60% of companies with "curriculum-based" education initiatives — and 50% with "formalized" education initiatives — report increased revenue since beginning their programs, only 22% of companies with ad hoc initiatives report the same success.
- Platforms designed to educate multiple audiences yield positive benefits. Companies that use a "platform built to educate multiple audiences" are most likely to report positive business outcomes compared to all methods for delivering education. Outcomes include "improved employee retention" (62%), "improved customer retention" (61%), and "increased revenue" (57%).
- Scalability is critical as leaders today must do more with less. Shrinking budgets and leaner teams will be the reality going forward, which means leaders must maximize their investments. Companies that say "scalability" (the ability to support additional learners with minimal administrative effort) is the most important platform capability are most likely to experience increased revenue. Additionally, C-level leaders say scalability is the No. 1 most important platform capability.
"With worries around the looming economic downturn, every company needs to find a path to stability and operational fortification," said Robyn Hazelton, VP of Growth and Marketing, Intellum. "Companies that fail to act on key market insights and learnings could suffer. This survey details how employee, customer, and partner educational initiatives bolster performance, drive broad retention, and lead to revenue. We're proud to continue our tradition of delivering unique insights to our customers and partners."
- The main organizational education challenge is learners who abandon training—due to poor content, poor delivery, or both. In fact, 28% of learners abandon training, while 22% of companies struggle to deliver high-quality training to every learner. Additionally, only 15% are set up to educate multiple audiences.
- 79% of companies educate customers, 76% educate employees, and 25% educate partners.
- More than half of the companies surveyed use a platform built to educate multiple audiences; however, some are doing double work in additional platforms.
- Confirm a dedicated education program owner – companies with no clear education program owner are 22% less likely than average to experience improved customer retention.
- Utilize a formalized education program – companies with a formalized education initiative are most likely to experience improved customer and employee retention.
- Companies with curriculum-based education initiatives are most likely to experience increased revenue. In fact, 60% of companies with curriculum-based education initiatives reported increased revenue
- Companies that use a platform built to educate multiple audiences experience far more positive business outcomes – 61% of companies that selected "platform built to educate multiple audiences" experienced improved customer retention compared to just 32% of companies that selected "platform built to educate customers only."
Learning Science, powered by Intellum, conducted this report in conjunction with Censuswide in Q2 of 2022. They survey captured responses from 502 full-time decision-makers involved in educating employees, customers, and partners within the U.S. The margin of error was 5%.
For more information, visit: https://www.intellum.com/transforming-organization-education-initiatives
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Which train set for kids is best?
Train sets are perfect for kids to play with, as they watch the little engine wander through the miniature countryside and mountains and roam back to its home town. It’s important to get a train set with the right features for your kids. Ideally, you should find a train track that is simple and easy for them to set up and won’t come apart as the train goes past.
If you’re looking for a fun and entertaining train set for kids, our top pick is the KidKraft Ride Around Town Wooden Train Set and Table.
What to know before you buy a train set for kids
Age range
It’s crucial to look at the manufacturer’s recommended age range before you actually purchase a train set for kids. There are many themed train sets out there that are only recommended for kids age 8 and older, so if your child is younger than 8, you should find a train set that is more suitable for young kids and toddlers. There are also some train sets out there that are only meant for kids and adults age 14 and older, due to features like delicate detailing and realistic smoke.
Different types of tracks
Before purchasing a train set for your kids, you should learn about the various kinds of tracks. There are straight tracks that simply form a straight line, curved tracks that form a curve, split tracks that are shaped like a Y, and flex tracks that can accommodate bumpy terrain. Bridges lift the train over rivers and switches or crossings integrate the roads as scenery.
Proper setup
Most train set manufacturers recommend that you first unpack everything, then lay down the track in the design you want and load the batteries into the engine if needed. You can then connect the transformer or power box to the track, place the engine on the track first and connect the remaining cars. Finally, your kids can turn on the train and play with the train set.
What to look for in a quality train set for kids
Engines
Some train engines need to be plugged into the wall, while other train engines simply run on battery power. Pay attention to this and select the type of engine that works best for you and your children when purchasing a train set for kids.
Attention to detail
Many older kids like seeing attention to detail in their train sets, including headlights, logos and decals, the amount of smoke coming out of the engine and the sounds made by the wheels and car.
Extra components
You can purchase additional parts for your train set for kids if needed, including tunnels, buildings and figures, lights, signals and signs, train stations and scenery, including hills, shrubbery, fake bodies of water, trees and other pieces of land.
How much you can expect to spend on a train set for kids
Most train sets for kids cost around $75-$100. The train sets for kids around $75 feature character sets and trains that run with the help of a remote control, while higher-end train sets for kids tend to be more detail-oriented.
Train set for kids FAQ
Can you mix and match train sets for kids?
A. You can only mix and match train sets for kids if they come from the same company. Train set manufacturers don’t usually enable you or your kids to mix and match train sets from different brands, so your specific train set model probably does not work with a train set from a different brand.
What are the plastic rods that come with your train set?
A. The plastic rods that come with your train set are known as track clips. They are an optional addition to the track to help make sure that the tracks don’t disconnect or slip apart, particularly after regular use.
How can you change the shape of your track?
A. There are countless online guides out there that will show you and your kids different shapes to make with the track components that you have. You and your kids can also experiment with different shapes and get creative.
What are the best train sets for kids to buy?
Top train set for kids
KidKraft Ride Around Table Set and Table
What you need to know: Considered the best of the best, this fun and comprehensive train set from KidKraft is perfect for toddlers and young kids.
What you’ll love: This engaging train set features two storage bins and a sturdy table. It is also fairly easy to assemble and offers young kids hours of fun, due to the colorful characters and accessories.
What you should consider: The tracks don’t always fit properly and the wood veneer is prone to peeling.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top train set for kids for the money
Thomas & Friends Talking Thomas and Percy Train Set
What you need to know: This budget-friendly Thomas & Friends train set offers colorful parts, plenty of sound and movement and an exciting theme.
What you’ll love: This affordable, motorized train set will give you and your kids plenty of bang for your buck. The train set is an excellent option for preschool aged kids and is compatible with other Thomas train sets.
What you should consider: Some customers say they wish that the customer service team was more attentive to their needs.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Melissa & Doug Wooden Railway Set
What you need to know: A well-constructed and feature-packed train set from Melissa & Doug that provides plenty of options for engaging and imaginative play.
What you’ll love: This Melissa & Doug train set works well with other wood track systems and is perfect for kids and toddlers up to age 6. The train set is composed of durable wood and features cargo and freight trains.
What you should consider: The train tends to derail and the track pieces don’t always stay connected.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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ATLANTA, July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- RPC, Inc. (NYSE: RES) announced today that its Board of Directors reinstated and declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.02 per share payable September 9, 2022 to common stockholders of record at the close of business on August 10, 2022.
"We are pleased that RPC is issuing its first cash dividend since 2019," stated Ben M. Palmer, RPC's President and Chief Executive Officer. "This action is consistent with our long-term focus on creating shareholder value. The reinstatement of our quarterly dividend also reflects our confidence in an improving domestic U.S. oilfield services industry and RPC's ability to generate strong financial results."
RPC provides a broad range of specialized oilfield services and equipment primarily to independent and major oilfield companies engaged in the exploration, production and development of oil and gas properties throughout the United States, including the Gulf of Mexico, mid-continent, southwest, Appalachian and Rocky Mountain regions, and in selected international markets. RPC's investor website can be found on the internet at RPC.net.
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A look at what’s happening around the majors on Sunday:
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EARLY RISER
Yankees pitching has been overwhelming early in games recently, and Jordan Montgomery will try to extend their dominance in an early tilt against the Tigers.
New York will host Detroit for an unusual 11:30 a.m. start, part of an experiment to stream games beginning before noon on Peacock.
Yankees starters have covered at least six innings in nine straight games, their best stretch since a nine-game run in 2016, and the last three games have been among the best. Jameson Taillon retired the first 21 hitters Thursday night against the Angels, Gerrit Cole set down his first 20 batters Friday night against Detroit and Luis Severino combined with two relievers on a one-hitter Saturday.
Montgomery (1-1, 3.04) will face right-hander Rony Garcia (0-1, 4.70) in the series finale.
SCHERZER NIPPED
Max Scherzer says, yes, one of his dogs bit his pitching hand this week. But the Mets ace is assuring everyone the wound won’t slow his recovery from an oblique strain.
Scherzer has been out since May 18 and isn’t expected back until at least late June. On Twitter, he confirmed that Rafi — a mixed breed rescue — nicked him.
“Just clearing up a few things,” Scherzer wrote. “My dog Rafi hurt her leg on a run. She was howling in pain and I went to calm her down by putting my hands on her. When I did that she bit my right hand. Fortunately it wasn’t a bad bite. I took one day off from throwing and was able to long toss the next day. This will have no effect on my rehab and this is literally a non story.”
Scherzer is 5-1 with a 2.54 ERA in his first season with New York after signing a $130 million, three-year deal in December.
It was the second bizarre injury for the NL East leaders in a week. Shortstop Francisco Lindor got his right hand caught in a hotel door and fractured the tip of his middle finger.
HOOPLA
Xander Bogaerts and the Red Sox will try to sweep at the A’s at the Coliseum, adding to what’s already been a successful trip by Boston teams to the Bay Area this week.
The Bosox have won the first two games of the series, boosted by strong efforts from their starting pitchers.
Hours after the Red Sox-Athletics game begins, the Boston Celtics will try to take a 2-0 lead in the NBA Finals when they play the Golden State Warriors in San Francisco.
GOOD AS GOLD
Cardinals star Paul Goldschmidt is back to square one after ending a 25-game hitting streak Saturday.
The six-time All-Star went 0 for 2 with two walks in a 6-1 loss to the Cubs to open a doubleheader, falling one game short of matching the longest hitting streak of his career. He didn’t stay off the board long, singling and scoring in his second at-bat in the nightcap.
Veteran right-hander Adam Wainwright (5-4, 2.75) is set to start the Sunday night game for St. Louis against Chicago lefty Justin Steele (1-5, 5.40).
STINGY STARTERS
Rangers left-hander Martin Perez faces Seattle in a series finale, his first start in June. He was chosen the American League pitcher of the month for May, when he was 4-0 with a 0.64 ERA (three earned runs in 42 1/3 innings) in six starts.
Perez (4-2, MLB-best 1.42 ERA) has eight consecutive starts of at least six innings while allowing no more than one earned run — a club record. He hasn’t allowed a homer in 66 1/3 consecutive innings going back to last season, the longest active streak in the majors.
According to STATS, Hall of Famer pitchers Walter Johnson (1913-14) and Bob Gibson (1968) are the only other players since 1913, when ERA became an official stat, to make eight consecutive starts of at least six innings while giving up no more than one earned run and no homers.
Rookie right-hander George Kirby (1-1, 3.46) pitches for the Mariners, five days after getting his first MLB victory with six scoreless innings against Baltimore. His big league debut was at Tampa Bay on May 8, when he became the first pitcher in Mariners history with six scoreless innings in his MLB debut.
BACK AGAIN
Padres righty Mike Clevinger will come off the injured list to pitch at Milwaukee, hoping to come out of this start unscathed.
Clevinger began the season on the injured list while recovering from his second Tommy John surgery. He was activated in May, then went back on the IL on May 22 with a strained right triceps.
Clevinger is 1-0 with a 3.21 ERA in three starts this season. He was a top pitcher in the American League when Cleveland traded him to the Padres in August 2020.
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Districts, law enforcement work together on school safety plans
SILVER LAKE, Kan. (WIBW) - Parents will be sending their kids back to school soon and may be feeling anxious about their child’s safety in the wake of the Uvalde, Texas mass shooting.
Silver Lake Chief of Police, Marc McCune, said he has studied what happened there and was disappointed in authorities response.
“It is pretty standard throughout the nation that your response is to push forward, go toward the sound of the gunfire, and stop it as fast as you possibly can,” McCune continued saying, “How or why that happened in Uvalde is going to get picked apart, as it should, and as a law enforcement officer and parent, I was disgusted by what I saw and it should have never happened. Never.”
The chief said he took a second look at their procedures and worked with USD 372 to develop a solid plan to prevent a similar tragedy from happening in Silver Lake.
McCune said he visited each school over the summer. “We look at access because that is where you can gain some time and possibly thwart something ahead of time. We look at all of the entry points to the school, the exterior doors, the windows, the interior doors, and the construction of the doors.”
He said they also helped the district develop their own plan of action.
”We have been working with the school staff to enhance their exercises and monitor them to make sure if there are any weaknesses we can identify those, point them out, and fix those.”
Some measures already in place in Silver Lake are cameras in and around all school buildings, a door barricade device in every classroom, and covers for the classroom door windows.
The Kansas Department of Education created the Safe and Secure Schools unit four years ago to help Kansas school districts implement measures like these.
“Our job is to make sure that our schools are all hazards prepared here in the state,” said Director of Safe and Secure Schools, John Calvert. “We have meetings with school districts, we will review their plans, talk to them about their crisis plans, and give them suggestions.”
He adds while these tools are helpful, there is a more important step school and communities should take.
”It is proven the number one thing we can do to keep our schools safe is to build those positive relationships with our youth because so often our kids know that something is going to happen, or they see something on social media, and we need to make sure there is a positive role model they can go to.”
Chief McCune said he recognizes the importance of that and plans to visit Silver Lake schools regularly.
“We will be in the schools just to have lunch with the kids, to read books to them, high five them coming down the hallway to let them know that they are safe here and secure.”
He also praised USD 372 for how seriously they take school safety and their willingness to put it first.
Calvert said all Kansas schools are required to hold three safety exercises a year with at least one being an active shooter threat.
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In early human history, caves provided people with protection from the elements and a place to call home. Now, similar formations on the moon could provide pioneering astronauts with a lunar safe haven, thanks to their Earth-like temperatures.
The moon has pits with shaded areas that steadily hover around 63 degrees Fahrenheit (17 degrees Celsius), a temperate range that's stable for humans, found researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles. The journal Geophysical Research Letters published the study in July.
These pit craters, which may potentially lead to caves that could also provide human shelter, have temperatures that could make lunar exploration and long-term human habitation on the moon safer, as scientists would be able to set up thermally stable base camps.
"Humans evolved living in caves, and to caves we might return when we live on the moon," said study coauthor David Paige, professor of planetary science at UCLA, in a news release. Paige also leads the Diviner Lunar Radiometer Experiment, an instrument on NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.
Now that there is a better understanding of the pits and potential caves, scientists could possibly pick up the pace toward conceptualizing a workable permanent station, protected from the extreme conditions of the moon's surface.
"We could be able to establish a long-term presence on the moon sooner than may have otherwise been possible," said lead study author Tyler Horvath, a doctoral student in planetary science at UCLA.
Unlike the moon's surface, which heats up to 260 degrees Fahrenheit (127 degrees Celsius) during the day and drops to minus 280 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 173 degrees Celsius) at night, these lunar pits in the Mare Tranquillitatis region have a human-friendly, stable temperature.
(Mare Tranquillitatis, commonly known as the Sea of Tranquility, is where Apollo 11, the first mission to put humans on the moon, landed due to its smooth and relatively flat terrain.)
The data comes from an analysis of images taken by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft and computer modeling.
"These (pits) are right at the resolution limit of the cameras that they're trying to use," said Briony Horgan, associate professor of Earth, atmospheric and planetary sciences at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. "The fact that they are able to pull that data out and show that it was pretty convincing, I think it's a big step forward in looking at the moon."
Learning about these pits and probable caves helps scientists better understand how other extreme environments behave, such as the lunar polar regions where the Artemis mission is going, said Noah Petro, chief of NASA's Planetary Geology, Geophysics and Geochemistry Lab. The NASA Artemis program aims to return humans to the moon and land the first woman and first person of color on the lunar surface by 2025.
"Artemis has the goal of sending humans to the region around the South Pole, where we know there are some very cold places," said Petro via email. "Fortunately, we have a large amount of data for the south pole region where Artemis will visit."
Give me shelter
The extreme temperatures of the moon's surface have made it difficult for NASA to create fully operational heating and cooling equipment that would produce enough power to allow for longer-term lunar exploration or habitation, according to the news release. However, NASA may not need equipment as complex as currently assumed to make exploration and habitation a reality, this research has shown.
With the help of the lunar orbiter, scientists discovered pits on the moon in 2009, a finding that prompted scientists to wonder if there were connecting caves that could be explored or even used as shelters.
"About 16 of the more than 200 pits are probably collapsed lava tubes," Horvath said in the news release.
When a lava tube -- a long, hollow tunnel and cavelike structure formed by lava -- collapses, it opens a pit that can create an entrance to the rest of the cave.
There are at least two, likely three, pits that have overhangs that lead to caves, the release said.
Caves would be a stable environment for lunar habitats since they offer some protection from solar radiation and micrometeorite impacts, Horgan said. These formations could also provide a measure of protection against cosmic rays, according to NASA.
It would be helpful to build on the current research with radar data to find additional potential caves, Horgan added.
The research "gives engineers who are really thinking about how to design a habitat on the moon real numbers to work with," she said. "That'll be incredibly important going forward."
Currently, NASA has plans for robotic exploration on the moon through its Commercial Lunar Payload Services program. Starting in December 2022, cargo flights will deliver devices that navigate and map the lunar surface, conduct investigations, measure radiation levels and assess how human activity impacts the moon. These flights give scientists the ability to reach anywhere on the lunar surface, including Mare Tranquillitatis, Petro said.
"Continuing to map the temperature of the lunar surface is a high priority for LRO, as we'll be able to use that information not only to better understand the environment future missions to the surface will experience," Petro said, "but we can also learn about how different types of surface material respond to the changing lighting conditions at the lunar surface."
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IRVINE, Calif., June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Qmerit, the leading provider of implementation solutions for EV charging and other electrification technologies, today launched turnkey EV charging solutions for commercial properties. From start to finish, these solutions simplify EV charging implementation at commercial sites including workplaces, multifamily residential facilities and hospitality venues.
Qmerit's commercial charging solution starts with a streamlined assessment process that makes it easier for property owners to get proposals and pricing estimates for EV charging projects. First, property owners use Qmerit's proprietary online portal to complete a Digital Commercial Assessment, providing information about their sites as it relates to EV readiness. Qmerit then conducts a tailored and highly efficient on-site evaluation thanks to the foundational information from the Commercial Assessment. From there, Qmerit develops and implements an end-to-end solution that enables the property to meet the unique demands of its customers, employees, tenants or other stakeholders.
"Commercial real estate, with its scale and influence, can play a tremendous role in helping EVs go mainstream by adding critical capacity to the nation's charging infrastructure," said Tracy K. Price, Qmerit CEO and Founder. "But they need a turnkey solution that brings all of the moving parts together. By bridging this gap, Qmerit hopes to spark a significant uptick in charging installations at commercial properties across North America."
Besides a streamlined assessment process, Qmerit's turnkey charging solutions include technology applicability, scope development and expert installation by Qmerit-certified electricians. Additionally, Qmerit helps commercial property owners offset the cost of their charging investment by generating revenue from their charging stations and securing carbon credits and utility company incentives. Competitive financing solutions are also available through Qmerit's lending partners.
According to Tom Bowen, president of Qmerit Solutions, commercial property owners must currently navigate the broader EV ecosystem to piece together the elements of a complete charging solution—a daunting task as it requires a range of highly specialized knowledge and connections.
"Today's leading commercial sites are looking for ways to express their values around sustainability and decarbonization," said Bowen. "Our approach gives them a viable way to explore the role that EV charging can play in their commitment to customers and other stakeholders."
To learn more about Qmerit's comprehensive charging solutions for commercial properties, visit qmerit.com/commercial-services.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Fans outside New York’s Beacon Theatre were cheering for Taylor Swift before she arrived, belting her songs before she stepped onstage.
That energy remained throughout her stop at the 21st Tribeca Festival on Saturday, where Swift discussed transitioning into the director’s chair, the nuances of visual storytelling and the possibility of future film projects with Mike Mills, writer and director of “C’mon, C’mon” and “20th Century Women,” before surprising fans with special guests and an acoustic performance.
It wasn’t Swift’s first time on a film festival stage — her Netflix documentary “Miss Americana” premiered at Sundance in 2020 — but it was her first time as a director. And as Swift and Mills compared and dissected their processes, it was clear that was an honor she didn’t take lightly.
“I always thought that it was something that other people did,” Swift said of directing. Being on sets and making music videos, “the lists of things I was absorbing became so long that eventually, I thought, I really want to do this.”
Her 13-minute film, “All Too Well: The Short Film,” was a product of that learning process. Released in November alongside her latest re-recorded album, “Red (Taylor’s Version),” the video put imagery and a fictionalized story to an extended version of “All Too Well,” a fan-favorite from her 2012 “Red” album. Since its release, the video has amassed over 67 million views on YouTube.
With the film, Swift said she hoped to explore girlhood through the lens of someone who’s curious and mature, but who finds themselves out of their depth in a relationship. It’s a feeling she said she can relate to, and one she compared to stepping into the ocean. “It’s so fun, the idea of going so deep that your feet don’t touch the ground, but you can get swept away.”
That tension was something she wanted people to feel while watching the couple at the center of the film. “I wanted it to feel like their falling together was inevitable and their falling apart was just as inevitable,” Swift said. “They couldn’t stop from colliding, and they couldn’t stop from being dismantled.”
Actors Sadie Sink and Dylan O’Brien were Swift’s vessels for executing that vision. With a focus on the details of filmmaking, Swift explained why she sought Sink and O’Brien specifically for their roles and the conversations they shared in creating the characters. It was a process, Mills and Swift noted, that both mirrored and diverged from that of songwriting.
Sink and O’Brien surprised the audience halfway through by joining Swift and Mills on stage, narrowing in on the motivations of their characters and how Swift directed them in portraying the fraught relationship at the film’s center.
“There wasn’t a set script or movement that you had to stick to, so there was just so much freedom, and I think that’s how we got such real moments,” Sink said.
“She possesses these innate qualities in a director,” O’Brien said. “Trust, her ability to make a decision, her confidence.”
Swift is among several Tribeca Festival speakers and film subjects from the world of music. The festival opened with Netflix’s “Halftime,” an intimate documentary following Jennifer Lopez in the year she turned 50 and co-headlined the Super Bowl. Swift’s talk was one of few public appearances she’s made this year, the most recent of which was her commencement address at NYU’s 2022 graduation — a speech that Mills said could double as a letter to a future Swift, film director.
“In your life — your life as a film director — you will inevitably misspeak, trust the wrong people, underreact, overreact, …. and I’m not going to lie, these mistakes are going to cause you to lose things,” he read, verbally annotating Swift’s speech. “What a beautiful thing to say.”
Acknowledging her privilege as a filmmaker with an existing platform and the ability to finance her own projects, Swift said that idea of losing things got back to what catalyzed this film in the first place — the process of re-recording her albums, which began because she wasn’t able to own her master recordings. “I think that when I was talking about losing things, it doesn’t mean just losing,” she said.
When asked about future directing projects, Swift didn’t rule out the possibility of directing a feature film, but said she wouldn’t necessarily want the scale of her next film project to be much bigger than this one.
“I would love to,” she said. “It would be so fantastic to write and direct something.”
She stuck to her roots when closing the event, grabbing a red guitar for an acoustic performance of the extended “All Too Well” punctuated by the audience’s cheers, cries and screamed-out-loud lyrics. | https://cw33.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/taylor-swift-talks-all-too-well-at-tribeca-festival/ | 2022-06-12T11:23:31Z |
Collected glass will be re-used to make Knauf Insulation products
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Knauf Insulation, Inc., the official glass recycling partner of the Big Machine Music City Grand Prix, celebrated an exciting weekend culminating with Scott Dixon winning his 53rd career INDYCAR race. Dixon's win through the streets of Nashville was not the only thing to celebrate. After a month-long glass recycling initiative, Knauf collected more than 11,000 pounds of glass from nine of the most well-known downtown Nashville establishments such as Honky Tonk Central and Tootsie's Orchid Lounge in addition to the Big Machine Music City Grand Prix race campus at Nissan Stadium. Rather than winding up in a landfill, these bottles will be recycled into a raw material used in the manufacturing of Knauf's energy-efficient building insulation.
"We viewed this partnership with the Big Machine Music City Grand Prix as an opportunity to introduce race fans to Knauf Insulation while bringing awareness to the importance of glass recycling. It was a bonus to see Turn 2 decked out in Knauf blue," said Nathan Walker, Senior Vice President, Customer Experience. "We believe this partnership will lay the foundation for larger initiatives with the city of Nashville and we plan to enroll more U.S. cities in the future."
Knauf estimates the continuation of an expanded glass recycling program with the city of Nashville will divert 75,000 tons of glass from landfills to a Knauf facility annually. The recycled glass will then be converted into enough fiberglass insulation to provide thermal and acoustical comfort in more than 177,000 2,500-square-foot homes.
Given the company requires over 500 million pounds of recycled glass annually to support operations, Knauf is deeply invested in improving glass recycling rates across North America. In addition to diverting 50 tons of glass from landfills every hour, the use of this type of recyclable has additional environmental benefits including lowering the amount of energy necessary for manufacturing and decreasing the usage of mined minerals.
"It was fantastic to partner with a global brand who is a leader in the manufacturing of sustainable building materials. Knauf takes their values and places them into action," said Big Machine Music City Grand Prix Founder and CEO, Matt Crews. "We know our hometown of Nashville appreciates this impactful program which will keep glass bottles out of our landfills and transform them into environmentally-friendly building products."
"We are very excited that Knauf and Big Machine Music City Grand Prix partnered with our bars on Broadway to recycle glass bottles," said Jeanna Puskar, General Manager of Honky Tonk Central. "Not only did we provide great entertainment for our guests, but we take pride in knowing we helped make the planet a better place one bottle at a time."
The NTT INDYCAR SERIES visited Nashville Aug. 5-7 for the Big Machine Music City Grand Prix, round 14 of the 17-race season. The three-day festival of racing and music also included Indy Lights, GT America, Trans Am, Stadium SUPER Trucks and Vintage Indy. The musical entertainment was highlighted by nightly on-site concerts featuring prominent artists led by Tim McGraw on Saturday, Aug. 6, and Brantley Gilbert and Carly Pearce on Sunday, Aug. 7. For more information, visit www.musiccitygp.com.
Knauf Insulation North American is part of Knauf Group, a family-owned global manufacturer of building materials based in Iphofen, Germany. Knauf leverages the expertise of over 35,000 employees across 250 production facilities in 86 countries to generate revenue of $12 Billion. In North America, Knauf Insulation is a leading manufacturer of thermal and acoustical fiberglass insulation for residential, commercial, industrial, OEM and metal building applications. Knauf's mission is to challenge conventional thinking and create innovative solutions that shape the way we live and build in the future, with care for the people who make them, the people who use them and the world we all depend on. For more information, visit www.knaufnorthamerica.com.
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Following the success of last year's inaugural, live-streamed event, UNITYFEST 2022 will take over Brooklyn and stream live around the world
Headlined by Tye Tribbett and held at BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! at the Lena Horne Bandshell at Prospect Park, the JUNETEENTH UNITYFEST Concert will also feature performances by Deborah Cox, Israel Houghton, Mali Music, and more
BROOKLYN, N.Y., June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Robert Randolph Foundation is pleased to announce the second annual JUNETEENTH UNITYFEST, a national, multicultural experience, uniting diverse voices and communities in commemoration and celebration of Juneteenth and Black culture. Broadcast live around the world from Brooklyn, NY, UNITYFEST 2022 will include multiple entertainment, arts education and community activism events, including the JUNETEENTH UNITYFEST Concert taking place at BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! at the Lena Horne Bandshell at Prospect Park. Falling on Father's Day Sunday, the event will feature performances by some of the world's leading gospel artists, including Tye Tribbett, Deborah Cox, Israel Houghton, Mali Music, and more, and celebrate themes of inspiration, faith, and fatherhood in Black culture and beyond.
"Juneteenth is a day to remember America's past, recognize the resilience and strength of Black people, and celebrate the progress we have made," commented Robert Randolph, founder of the Robert Randolph Foundation. "This year, given that Juneteenth falls on Sunday and on Father's Day, we also wanted to celebrate the role that gospel music and the church have had in uplifting the Black community over the years, and celebrate the stories of Black fathers who are working to uplift their own communities and families at home."
UNITYFEST will celebrate the breadth and depth of Black culture and Juneteenth as a uniquely American experience, while providing a platform to unite a coalition of charitable grassroots organizations. The festivities will begin with the JUNETEENTH UNITYFEST Block Party at Under the 'K' Bridge Park, an old-school neighborhood block party featuring DJ Spinna, Josh Milan, Soul Summit Music, and Descendants of Sound. Anchored by the official JUNETEENTH UNITYFEST Concert at BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! at the Lena Horne Bandshell at Prospect Park, headlined by the award-winning gospel singer and keyboardist Tye Tribbett, UNITYFEST will also feature a late night after party at Brooklyn Bowl. Full details will be announced in the coming weeks.
"Heal America is honored to partner on the second annual JUNETEENTH UNITYFEST with the Robert Randolph Foundation," said Branden Polk, Director of Strategic Partnerships of Heal America, a movement to fight racial injustice with love and redemption. "Last year, we witnessed this festival bring a diverse group of individuals together celebrating Black culture and educating viewers on Black history. Now is the time that we must unite and collectively bridge longstanding racial divides. As a minister and supporter of the Heal America movement, I'm inspired to work toward healing and honoring Juneteenth while listening to the gospel and music greats like; Tye Tribbett, Deborah Cox, and so many other amazing individuals and artists dedicated to celebrating and commemorating Juneteenth."
"We're so excited and privileged to be working with Robert and UNITYFEST for this inaugural Juneteenth event," said Diane Eber, BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Executive Producer. "This celebration of Black artistry and resilience is central to what we do at the Bandshell all summer long. Thank you, Robert, for bringing this incredible vision to life!"
Supporting this year's JUNETEENTH UNITYFEST as a sponsor and community partner is the Mortimer & Mimi Levitt Foundation, a social impact funder supporting nonprofits nationwide at the intersection of music and public space. "Strengthening the social fabric of communities through free, live music is central to our mission," says Sharon Yazowski, Executive Director of the Levitt Foundation. "We are honored to partner with the Robert Randolph Foundation for this year's JUNETEENTH UNITYFEST, celebrating the vibrancy and significant contributions of Black artists and culture into American society, while furthering equal justice for people of all backgrounds."
JUNETEENTH UNITYFEST is the brainchild of Grammy-nominated African-American artist Robert Randolph, whose goal is to produce a multicultural experience that unites people of all backgrounds while amplifying the many narratives of the Black experience in America. Randolph, The Robert Randolph Foundation, and the JUNETEENTH UNITYFEST team also recognize the importance of bringing awareness to Juneteenth as a holiday and helping people understand its significance in American history. When the last of the country's enslaved people were made aware of the Emancipation Proclamation on June 19, 1865, it signaled a changing tide. Today, we have the opportunity to change the tide again through this nationwide event that will serve as a reflective and celebratory catalyst to continue to drive inclusive cultures that strengthen the social fabric of America.
"While Juneteenth, the holiday, marks the symbolic end of slavery in America, our goal is for JUNETEENTH UNITYFEST to represent the accomplishments of Black people in the United States," Randolph adds. "Through this celebration, our mission is for Juneteenth to serve as an occasion to remember the past, acknowledge our progression and take collective action towards creating a 'more perfect union' for all Americans."
JUNETEENTH UNITYFEST is made possible by phenomenal sponsors and partners, including Heal America, Levitt Foundation, and LiveOne as the official streaming partner. Through LiveOne, the stream will also be accessible via LiveOne's distribution platform on STIRR, SLING, AppleTV, and its social media channels including YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Twitch and TikTok. The inaugural event has also aligned itself with incredible community partners to ensure historical accuracy and authenticity, including Heal America. The full list of sponsors and partner organizations can be viewed on their website at https://juneteenthunityfest.com/community-partners/
For more information on JUNETEENTH UNITYFEST, presented by the Robert Randolph Foundation, visit www.juneteenthunityfest.com, download the JUNETEENTH UNITYFEST app, or follow them on social media, including Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.
JUNETEENTH UNITYFEST 2022 Schedule – Sunday, June 19th
JUNETEENTH UNITYFEST Block Party
Location: Under the K Bridge, Greenpoint, Brooklyn
Time: 2pm-7pm EST
Partnership: In partnership with Heal America, KeiStar Productions, NAACBurners, and House of Yes
JUNETEENTH UNITYFEST Concert at BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn!
Location: Lena Horne Bandshell at Prospect Park – Brooklyn
Time: 7:30pm-10pm EST
Partnership: In partnership with BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn
Juneteenth After Party Experience
Location: Brooklyn Bowl (61 Wythe Ave, Brooklyn)
Time: 10:30-12am EST
About JUNETEENTH UNITYFEST
Founded in 2021, JUNETEENTH UNITYFEST is an annual event presented by the Robert Randolph Foundation, a (501)(c)(3) organization that strives to bring together diverse voices in commemoration and celebration of Juneteenth and Black culture, both significant contributors to the vibrancy of American history and culture. JUNETEENTH UNITYFEST also serves as a national platform for a coalition of charitable and grassroots organizations to amplify their missions and bolster support for their work in advancing national unity.
About the Robert Randolph Foundation
The Robert Randolph Foundation is the brainchild of celebrated African American artist Robert Randolph. As a man with a long history of community involvement, Robert has remained passionately committed to programs and initiatives focused on family support and development. This passion inspired him to create this foundation as a skill development platform for youth from all walks of life to gain knowledge that can transform their lives regardless of their cultural, social, or racial backgrounds. The Robert Randolph Foundation has launched The CRE8 Your Future Academy, a nationally recognized community-based skill development program that provides access to every child in every community with career pathway opportunities. This program is focused on strategic pathways leading to self-sufficiency and young entrepreneurship, enriching their lives and strengthening the communities in which they live. Through the power of community, education, and arts, the Robert Randolph Foundation is creating better possibilities for brighter futures. www.robertrandolphfoundation.org
About Heal America
Heal America is a movement to advance racial justice through empowerment. Heal America does this by investing in the tools, resources, and capital needed by local and national changemakers that seek to eliminate injustice. Grown from a series of local events hosted by Urban Specialists, Stand Together Foundation has partnered to expand the Heal America movement to cities across the country. Heal America seeks to interrupt violence in local communities, strengthen relationships among communities and law enforcement, and address injustice through bottom-up change. To learn more visit www.healamericamovement.org and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter at @joinhealamerica.
About Levitt Foundation
The Levitt Foundation exists to strengthen the social fabric of America. We partner with communities to activate underused outdoor spaces, creating welcoming and inclusive destinations where the power of free, live music brings people together and invigorates community life. Presenting a broad array of music genres and cultural programming, Levitt venues and Levitt AMP concert sites are community anchors where families, friends and neighbors of all ages and backgrounds come together.
About BRIC
BRIC is a leading arts and media institution anchored in Downtown Brooklyn whose work spans contemporary visual and performing arts, media, and civic action. For over forty years, the institution has shaped Brooklyn's cultural and media landscape by presenting and incubating artists, creators, students, and media makers. As a creative catalyst for its community, BRIC ignites learning in people of all ages and centralizes diverse voices that take risks and drive culture forward. BRIC is building Brooklyn's creative future.
About LiveOne, Inc.
Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, LiveOne,Inc. (NASDAQ: LVO) (the "Company") is an award-winning, creator-first, music, entertainment and technology platform focused on delivering premium experiences and content worldwide through memberships and live and virtual events. As of April 25, 2022, the Company has accrued a paid and free membership base of over 2.26 million**, streamed over 2,900 artists, has a library of 30 million songs, 600 curated radio stations, nearly 270 podcasts/vodcasts, hundreds of pay-per-views, personalized merchandise, released music-related NFTs, and created a valuable connection between fans, brands, and bands.The Company's wholly-owned subsidiaries include Slacker Radio, React Presents, Gramophone Media, Palm Beach Records, Custom Personalization Solutions, LiveXLive, PPVOne and PodcastOne, which generates more than 2.48 billion downloads per year and 300+ episodes distributed per week across its stable of top-rated podcasts. LiveOne is available on iOS, Android, Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire, and through OTT, STIRR, and XUMO. For more information, visit www.liveone.com and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter at @liveone.
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Hillsborough prosecutor vows to fight DeSantis suspension
ST. PETERSURG, Fla. (AP) — A Florida prosecutor vowed Sunday to fight his suspension from office by Gov. Ron DeSantis over his promise not to enforce the state’s 15-week abortion ban and support for gender transition treatments for minors.
Andrew Warren, a Democrat suspended last week from his twice-elected post as state attorney in Hillsborough County, said in a Facebook video message and news release Sunday he plans a “vigorous defense” by his legal team but did not give specifics.
“I’m not going down without a fight,” Warren said on the video. “I refuse to let this man trample on your freedoms to speak your mind, to make your own health care decisions, and to have your vote count.”
Warren was suspended Thursday by DeSantis, a Republican seeking re-election in November and potential 2024 presidential candidate, who cited neglect of duty and other alleged violations. The governor contended that’s because Warren signed statements with dozens of other prosecutors nationwide vowing not to pursue criminal cases against people who seek or provide abortions or gender transition treatments.
Warren contended Sunday the governor was essentially seeking to nullify the will of voters in the Tampa area who elected him in 2016 and 2020.
“I was elected because the people of this county share my vision for criminal justice, trust my judgment, and have seen your success,” Warren said in the video. “I swore to uphold the Constitution, and that’s exactly what I’ve done. DeSantis is trying to take away my job for doing my job.”
Under Florida law, the Republican-controlled state Senate has authority to reinstate Warren or uphold his removal from office. Warren could also take his case to court. Florida Senate President Wilton Simpson has started the process by sent a memo to senators last week asking them to review Senate procedures for handling such suspensions.
The governor’s office did not immediately respond to emails seeking comment Sunday. DeSantis said Thursday, however, that Warren was acting “above the law” and “displaying a lack of competence to be able to perform” the duties of his office.
“I don’t think the people of Hillsborough County want to have an agenda that is basically woke, where you’re deciding that your view of social justice means certain laws shouldn’t be enforced,” said the governor.
Florida’s new abortion restriction became effective July 1 and remains under court challenge by abortion providers and allies. It prohibits abortions after 15 weeks, with exceptions if the procedure is necessary to save the pregnant woman’s life, prevent serious injury or if the fetus has a fatal abnormality. It does not allow exemptions in cases where pregnancies were caused by rape, incest or human trafficking.
Violators could face up to five years in prison. Physicians and other medical professionals could lose their licenses and face administrative fines of $10,000 for each violation.
Florida has not enacted laws criminalizing gender transition treatments for minors.
DeSantis appointed Hillsborough County Judge Susan Lopez to serve in Warren’s place during his suspension.
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Biden marks ‘Armenian genocide,’ aims to stop ‘atrocities’
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden on Sunday commemorated the 107th anniversary of the start of the “Armenian genocide,” issuing a statement in memory of the 1.5 million Armenians “who were deported, massacred or marched to their deaths in a campaign of extermination.”
The statement did not reference the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which Biden has called a genocide. Yet Biden used the anniversary to lay down a set of principles for foreign policy as the United States and its allies arm Ukrainians and impose sanctions on Russia.
“We renew our pledge to remain vigilant against the corrosive influence of hate in all its forms,” the president said. “We recommit ourselves to speaking out and stopping atrocities that leave lasting scars on the world.”
In 1915, Ottoman officials arrested Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Constantinople, now Istanbul. The Biden statement notes that this event on April 24 marked the beginning of the genocide.
Fulfilling a campaign promise, Biden used the term “genocide” for the first time during last year’s anniversary. Past White Houses had avoided that word for decades out of a concern that Turkey — a NATO member — could be offended.
Turkish officials were angered by Biden’s declaration a year ago, with the foreign ministry issuing a statement that said, “We reject and denounce in the strongest terms the statement of the President of the US regarding the events of 1915 made under the pressure of radical Armenian circles and anti-Turkey groups.”
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NEW YORK , June 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ShardSecure, inventor of the innovative Microshard™ technology that mitigates data security and privacy risks in the cloud, is delighted to announce a new strategic partnership in its Channel partner program with cybersecurity services company Braxton-Grant Technologies. Braxton-Grant provides compliance, managed security, training, and technical support services for clients in finance, government, healthcare, education, and more.
An IT advisor with more than 20 years of experience, Braxton-Grant Technologies designs and implements custom cybersecurity solutions. Their customers in commercial and government sectors will benefit from the ShardSecure's Microshard technology to augment their data security and data privacy measures.
"'Forward thinking' and 'leading edge' describe the ShardSecure platform for protecting data," said Braxton-Grant CTO Claude Braxton. "Partnering with ShardSecure became a no-brainer after watching the product in action. Their ability to provide advanced data security in the cloud, on-prem, and in hybrid environments allows us to support most customer use cases. Braxton-Grant is looking forward to growing with ShardSecure as we help our customers protect their sensitive data."
Microshard technology desensitizes sensitive data by digitally shredding it into microshards that are too small to contain sensitive data. Those microshards are then mixed with poison data and distributed to multiple, customer-owned storage locations of the customer's choosing. Its self-healing data also reverses unauthorized data deletion and tampering — including ransomware — for data at rest.
Microsharding renders sensitive data unintelligible and of no value in the wrong hands, enabling that data for multi-cloud and hybrid-cloud environments to help ensure data security and privacy. The three-step Microshard process drastically mitigates the impact of a data breach.
ShardSecure's self-healing data supports business continuity through its RAID-5-like ability to reconstruct data impacted by storage service outages. This approach protects against the effects of data loss and allows business operations to continue unaffected during an outage.
"Our Channel partners are vital in helping us sustain our rapid growth. Braxton-Grant has been a respected, trusted advisor to their customers for a quarter of a century, and we are delighted to partner with their world-class team," said Bob Lam, CEO and Co-Founder of ShardSecure. "Through Braxton-Grant, we look forward to helping more customers achieve greater data security and resilience with our Microshard technology."
Braxton-Grant Technologies is a trusted IT advisor with more than 20 years of experience designing, developing, and implementing custom cybersecurity solutions. With a highly trained and certified sales and engineering team, it identifies the business solutions that work best for a company's industry and processes.
ShardSecure is changing the nature of data security. It believes that all organizations can easily and securely enjoy the benefits of cloud adoption without surrendering control of their data. Inventors of patented Microshard technology, ShardSecure cloud-enables sensitive data by desensitizing it in multi-cloud and hybrid-cloud environments.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Three out of every four U.S. children have been infected with the coronavirus and more than half of all Americans had signs of previous infections, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers estimated in a report Tuesday.
The researchers examined blood samples from more than 200,000 Americans and looked for virus-fighting antibodies made from infections, not vaccines. They found that signs of past infection rose dramatically between December and February, when the more contagious omicron variant surged through the U.S.
For Americans of all ages, about 34% had signs of prior infection in December. Just two months later, 58% did.
“I did expect it to increase. I did not expect it to increase quite this much,” said Dr. Kristie Clarke, co-leader of a CDC team that tracks the extent of coronavirus infections.
The news came as Pfizer sought permission to offer a booster dose to kids ages 5 to 11, just like people 12 and older can get.
In the CDC report, the most striking increase was in children. The percentage of those 17 and under with antibodies rose from about 45% in December to about 75% in February.
The older people were, the less likely they had evidence of past infections. That may be because older adults have higher vaccination rates and they may be more likely to take other COVID-19 precautions, such as wearing masks and avoiding crowds, Clarke said.
Reported COVID-19 cases had a huge surge in December and January, then fell almost as dramatically as they had risen. But daily case counts have been trending up again in recent weeks.
The case numbers are believed to be an undercount, but officials do think recent increases reflect a true rise in infections. Many COVID-19 infections are mild enough that patients do not seek care or confirmatory lab tests. CDC officials say they plan to release a study soon that estimates that in recent months there were three infections for every reported case.
Another recent trend: U.S. health officials say they have seen two weeks of increases in COVID-19 hospitalizations, though the numbers remain relatively low. Hospital admissions number about 1,600 per day, a 9% increase in the prior week, the CDC reported.
Available evidence nevertheless offers reason to be hopeful about how the pandemic is going, officials suggested.
“We are not anticipating more severe disease from some of these subvariants, but we are actively studying them,” CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said Tuesday.
The tests that showed how many people had previous infections can detect antibodies for one to two years after infection, and possibly longer. Studies have shown previous infection can protect some people against severe disease and hospitalization, but CDC officials stressed that the previously infected should still get COVID-19 vaccines.
The study looked for any detectable level of antibodies; it did not distinguish how many people had antibody levels that might be protective. Scientists are still trying to understand what role these kinds of antibodies play in protection from future virus exposures.
Officials continue to urge Americans to get vaccines and boosters, which offer additional protection against COVID-19 for all, including those who were previously infected.
Currently the U.S. offers a booster dose starting at age 12 but Pfizer and BioNTech on Tuesday asked the Food and Drug Administration to allow healthy elementary-age kids to also get one — about six months after their last shot. The companies cited a small study showing the extra shot for kids ages 5 to 11 revved up antibodies capable of fighting the super-contagious omicron variant. Pfizer’s kid-size shots are a third of the dose given to anyone 12 or older.
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AP Medical Writer Lauran Neergaard in Washington contributed to this report.
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DALLAS, May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Wingstop (Nasdaq: WING) – the rapidly-growing and technology-forward fast casual wing restaurant – today announced an agreement for the development rights for South Korea, contributing to its robust international expansion pipeline. The agreement outlines an initial commitment of 60 restaurants over a ten-year period, with the potential for 200-250 total restaurants in the country, the first expected to open in early 2023.
Korea is a key growth market outlined in Wingstop's strategic roadmap to becoming a Top 10 Global Restaurant Brand. This expansion follows the brand's proven strategy that has been formative and successful in other international markets. Wingstop's industry-leading digital business will reach the masses through use of its sophisticated tech stack – for both in-restaurant and off-premise occasions – playing to Korea's highly-digitized economy and widespread adoption of food delivery.
"The established demand for western brands and a tech-savvy, delivery-centric consumer base in Korea is expected to prime Wingstop's success," said Nicolas Boudet, Wingstop's President of International. "This agreement demonstrates the brand's strong global expansion momentum, on the heels of development milestones in Canada and Indonesia. In partnership with an established operator in the region, we look forward to bringing our craveable flavor experience to Korea – a vibrant market that is influential in the Asia-Pacific region and a key growth lever for our business."
The first of 100 planned restaurants in Canada will open next month and an expanded development agreement in Indonesia was recently executed, taking the market from 50 to 120 anticipated restaurants. Wingstop believes that it can achieve 7,000-plus global restaurants – over 3,000 of which are expected to be outside of the U.S.
About Wingstop
Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Dallas, TX, Wingstop Inc. (NASDAQ: WING) operates and franchises more than 1,700 locations worldwide. The Wing Experts are dedicated to Serving the World Flavor through an unparalleled guest experience and use of a best-in-class technology platform, all while offering classic and boneless wings, tenders, and thigh bites, always cooked to order and hand sauced-and-tossed in fans' choice of 11 bold, distinctive flavors. Wingstop's menu also features signature sides including fresh-cut, seasoned fries and freshly-made ranch and bleu cheese dips.
In fiscal year 2021, Wingstop's system-wide sales increased 20.2% year-over-year to approximately $2.3 billion, marking the 18th consecutive year of same store sales growth. With a vision of becoming a Top 10 Global Restaurant Brand, our system is comprised of independent franchisees, or brand partners, who account for approximately 98% of Wingstop's total restaurant count of 1,791 as of March 26, 2022. During the fiscal quarter ended March 26, 2022, Wingstop opened 60 net new restaurants, an increase of 13.4%, and announced domestic same-store sales increased 1.2%. During the fiscal quarter ended March 26, 2022, Wingstop generated 62.3% of sales via digital channels including Wingstop.com and the Wingstop app. Over the next three years, Wingstop intends to increase digital sales through continued investments in its technology platform and scaling its platform globally.
A key to this business success and consumer fandom stems from The Wingstop Way, which includes a core value system of being Authentic, Entrepreneurial, Service-minded, and Fun. The Wingstop Way extends to the brand's environmental, social and governance platform as Wingstop seeks to provide value to all stakeholders.
Rounding out a strong year in 2021, the Company was ranked #1 on Technomic 500's "Fastest Growing Franchise" and #22 on Entrepreneur Magazine's "Franchise 500," maintained its certification as a Great Place to Work, was named as a finalist for The Innovation SABRE Award's Best New Product/Brand Launch category for its Thighstop campaign, and named to Fast Company's "The World's Most Innovative Companies" list ranking #4 in the dining category.
For more information visit www.wingstop.com or www.wingstop.com/own-a-wingstop and follow @Wingstop on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok. Learn more about Wingstop's involvement in its local communities at www.wingstopcharities.org.
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Which portable chargers are best?
Mobile devices from the turn of the century had incredible battery power. Any Nokia or Motorola device could go uncharged for about a week and then still have 60% battery life left. But their staying power was largely due to their inferior technology when compared to today’s mobile devices.
While the latest iPhone or Samsung Galaxy needs to be charged at least once a day, they also have more computing power than it took to send humans to the moon. Functions such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, mobile data, location tracking and powerful cameras can make short work of the battery. If you’re having a busy day and can’t get to a wall socket, the best option is to get a portable charger to keep your phone going.
Capacity matters the most
The physical size of the portable charger (also called a power bank) isn’t as important as what is inside. The capacity determines how much electricity is stored in the charger, and therefore how many devices you can power up or how many times you can recharge a single phone.
A portable charger’s capacity is measured in milliampere-hours, the same measurement used by mobile device makers. For example, the iPhone 13 has an internal battery with a capacity of 3,227 mAh, while the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra has a 5,000 mAh battery.
So, simple math can be used to determine if a portable battery’s capacity is sufficient for your needs. A portable charger with a 20,000 mAh capacity can fully recharge the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra four times, while it can charge the iPhone 13 about six times.
Best portable charger for your needs
Top high-capacity portable charger
Anker PowerCore+ 26800 mAh Portable Charger
What you need to know: With a large battery capacity, this portable charger provides one full charge to a 13-inch MacBook Pro.
What you’ll love: It features a 45-watt USB-C port to charge your laptop while the additional two 15-watt USB ports are perfect for mobile devices. The bundle comes with a 60-watt USB-C wall charger, a USB-C to USB-C cable and a travel pouch.
What you should consider: The Rapid Charge function is only used for USB-C charging.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top high-capacity portable charger for the money
Rgvota 38800 mAh Portable Charger With LCD Display
What you need to know: This charger has an enormous battery capacity, enough to charge an iPhone over 10 times.
What you’ll love: It has four USB ports so you can charge multiple devices at the same time, and a small LED display for you to track the charging process. The internal chip prevents overcharging, over-discharging and excessive currents.
What you should consider: The portable charger can only be recharged through a USB-C connection.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
High-capacity portable charger worth checking out
Baseus 30000 mAh Power Bank And Laptop Charger
What you need to know: There is enough power stored here to keep multiple devices going through the day.
What you’ll love: It has a 65-watt USB-C port perfect for charging your laptop, but it also has four additional USB ports for other devices. A small screen lets you keep track of the capacity and the charging status.
What you should consider: You can recharge the power bank with a 60-watt Power Delivery wall socket, but it’s not included.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top compact portable charger
EnergyCell Slim 25000 mAh External Battery
What you need to know: This is perfect if you need a power bank that easily fits in a pocket or handbag.
What you’ll love: While it has only one USB port for charging your phone, it has a large enough capacity to provide power for the whole day. It weighs 3 ounces and is only 4 inches long.
What you should consider: It doesn’t automatically charge a connected device — you must press the button on the top first.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top wireless portable charger
Samsung 2-In-1 Portable Fast Charge Wireless Charger
What you need to know: This charger has a 10,000 mAh capacity, enough to charge an iPhone three times.
What you’ll love: The Fast Charge wireless charging pad has an output capacity of 7.5 watts, or you can use the USB port for charging at 15 watts. The Qi technology makes this charger not only compatible with the Samsung Watch or Galaxy Earbuds, but with all other devices with Qi built-in.
What you should consider: It can’t be recharged wirelessly — you’ll need a USB-C cable to do that.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top wireless portable charger for the money
Anker PowerCore III 10K Wireless Portable Charger With Qi
What you need to know: With this portable charger, you don’t need to worry about whether you packed your charging cable.
What you’ll love: If you have a Qi-compatible mobile device, you simply put your phone on top of the charger to work. It provides 10 watts of wireless power, but there are USB-A and USB-C ports if you prefer to charge through a cable at 18 watts. In Desktop Mode, you can charge your mobile devices and the charger at the same time.
What you should consider: The charger isn’t compatible with 5-watt wall socket chargers.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top solar-powered portable charger
Riapow 26800 mAh Solar Power Bank With LED Flashlight
What you need to know: This power bank is the perfect solution if you need to recharge your devices while outdoors.
What you’ll love: The built-in solar panels on top can recharge it, but you can also do so through a USB cable. It has a large enough capacity to charge four devices simultaneously, and there is also a Qi-compatible wireless charging pad.
What you should consider: The solar panel has a collection rate of 1.9 watts, so it will take several hours to charge it fully through sunlight.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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BAODING, China, Sept. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On August 26, the brand new pickup Shanhai POER (for the Chinese Market), developed by GWM POER, debuted at the Chengdu Motor Show 2022, attracting much attention.
"The model (Shanhai POER) fills the gap of Chinese brands in the market of large-size and high-performance pickups and lets the world know the creativity of Chinese brands in the pickup field," commented PCAUTO, a leading Chinese automotive media.
The vehicle is designed with numerous rugged details. The front design adopts a wide grille consisting of multiple horizontal chrome trims. The robust front bumper and the potent body line design create a strong impulsive force, which makes the vehicle look very powerful.
The rear box of this new model adopts a three-door space layout, and the partition of the rear box can be adjusted and removed if needed. It also has several anchors reserved, leaving more possibilities for users to modify it depending on different needs. Particularly, the two choices of side-to-side or flat opened tailgate can provide convenience in various circumstances.
In terms of power performance, the model on display is equipped with a high-performance 3.0T V6 engine, matched with the 9AT gearbox. It is fitted with a BorgWarner 4A+LOCK four-wheel-drive system, which can further enhance off-road performance.
"Shanhai POER (for the Chinese Market) has made the product layout of GWM POER more refined, which will cater to more diversified consumer demands," commented Autohome, a well-known automotive website in China.
At the show, GWM POER also exhibited several special models to the audience, including Jingang POER New Farmer Edition (for the Chinese Market) and Huodan (for the Chinese Market).
GWM POER has been sold in more than 50 countries worldwide and has won well-known awards in many markets. Just one month after its launch in Chile, GWM POER won the "Best Pickup of the Year" awarded by MT Online, a local professional automotive media.
GWM POER attaches importance to users' demands and integrates the full-scenario lifestyle endorsed by the brand with local culture. This brand has sponsored many famous sporting events across the world, such as IRONMAN in Australia, One-Mile Beach Running in South Africa, and OXFORD Cycling in Chile.
The sales data released by the company in July shows that the cumulative global sales of GWM POER from January to June this year grew by 14% compared with last year.
"GWM POER has ushered in the brand 2.0 era and started an all-round upgrading. Our global product layout will achieve full line-up and full scenarios coverage soon," said Haobao Zhang, CEO of GWM PICKUP.
The company plans to launch two brand-new models, POER off-road edition and Jingang POER (for the Chinese Market), to the global market by the end of this year. Shanhai POER (for the Chinese Market) will also be promoted in various markets.
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NEW YORK, June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- FEND, an independent design team led by New York City bike commuters, announced today the launch of the new ultra-compact FEND SUPER. The innovative design offers the world's first ultra-compact bike helmet with ultra-bright lights designed to exceed US CPSC and European EN1078 safety standards for bicycles, scooters, skateboards, and e-bikes under 20 mph.
The company's first helmet, created by the founder in the wake of a serious bike accident in New York City, was honored by the Red Dot and Edison Design Awards. FEND SUPER offers safety and convenience for daily commuters and weekend riders, at an affordable price. The FEND SUPER, which includes new safety light features, was fully funded on Kickstarter in just 4 hours and has raised over three times the project goal. The helmet's sleek new design folds to 50% of its size, making it easy to store in a backpack or bag.
"The FEND SUPER is revolutionizing rider safety for micro-mobility users. We are reimagining what a helmet can be while helping riders get to where they are going safely," said Christian Von Heifner, FEND Co-Founder, and Design Engineer. "We are dedicated to helping improve the future of city mobility, with an ultra-portable, comfortable helmet that riders want to wear."
The FEND SUPER features a durable ABS shell and high-impact EPS core. Ultra-bright, rechargeable lights improve rider visibility up to 800 meters away. To improve comfort in all seasons, the helmet features 12 airflow vents, soft foam pads, and adjustable straps. FEND donates 1% of annual sales towards non-profit organizations supporting environmental solutions as a member of 1% for the Planet.
To learn more about the FEND SUPER and join the company's mission to make riding safer, click here.
FEND has radically changed the helmet experience by creating an award-winning folding helmet that fits all lifestyles. Based in NYC, FEND focuses on innovation, safety, and design with the belief in the future of cities and conscious mobility. FEND aims to make it easier and safer to ride and to leave our environment better than when we found it. The FEND folding helmet will change the way you ride. The road awaits...
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SAN ANTONIO, June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Potluck Hospitality is excited to announce a new restaurant coming to a historic and landmark San Antonio space. Carriqui (pronounced KHER-ih-key) will open at Pearl in what was formerly the building that housed Boehler's Liberty Saloon and Liberty Bar. The new 380-seat, 11,000 square foot restaurant will open to the public in September 2022. Carriqui is located at 239 E Grayson St., San Antonio, TX 78215.
Carriqui is named after the green jay of South Texas home, the only place in the US where you can find this colorful and gregarious bird. The flightpath of the carriqui is the inspiration for the menu, which will showcase South Texas foodways—from the Rio Grande Valley to the Texas coast and north to San Antonio. The menu will feature fresh seafood from the Gulf, Rio Grande-inspired botana platters, pit-cooked barbacoa and brisket, a masa program, and a robust cocktail and beverage program.
"We are thrilled to announce Carriqui, which has been in the making for years," said Potluck Hospitality CEO Elizabeth Fauerso. "As stewards of the storied structure, we are excited for the building's next chapter. We have assembled a great team to showcase the foodways of South Texas and welcome all of San Antonio to gather, relax and celebrate here."
The structure that houses Carriqui has always been a storied place with deep connections to Pearl Brewery and the surrounding neighborhood. In the early days of Pearl, Boehler's Liberty Saloon served as the watering hole and social center for the brewery's workers. In 1933 when prohibition ended, Pearl Brewery's first truck delivery was to this special location. Then from 1985 until 2008, the building was home to San Antonio's heralded Liberty Bar, which moved to the King William neighborhood in 2016.
Carriqui aims to honor its past and usher in the next chapter with the very best offerings of food and atmosphere with every intention of creating a space for joyful gathering. Carriqui was created by and for San Antonians, and the experience of being at Carriqui will resonate deeply for locals with its sense of history and home, and for visitors, it will offer a glimpse into what makes San Antonio special.
For more information about Carriqui visit carriquitx.com and follow along on Instagram and Facebook at @CarriquiTX.
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Yellowstone says foot in hot spring linked to July 31 death
Published: Aug. 19, 2022 at 12:26 PM EDT|Updated: 59 minutes ago
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Officials in Yellowstone National Park say part of a foot found in a hot spring in the southern part of the park earlier this week is believed to be linked to a July 31 death.
Park officials don’t believe foul play was involved.
The park reported that an employee found part of a human foot in a shoe floating in Abyss Pool on Tuesday.
News of that discovery led a man from Maryland to come forward and report that he and his family had spotted a shoe, floating sole up, in the hot spring on Aug. 11.
Abyss Pool is a 53-foot-deep hot spring west of the West Thumb of Yellowstone Lake.
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One-fifth of reptiles worldwide face risk of extinction
WASHINGTON (AP) — Even the king cobra is “vulnerable.” More than 1 in 5 species of reptiles worldwide are threatened with extinction, according to a comprehensive new assessment of thousands of species published Wednesday in the journal Nature.
Of 10,196 reptile species analyzed, 21% percent were classified as endangered, critically endangered or vulnerable to extinction — including the iconic hooded snakes of South and Southeast Asia.
“This work is a very significant achievement — it adds to our knowledge of where threatened species are, and where we must work to protect them,” said Duke University ecologist Stuart Pimm, who was not involved in the study.
Similar prior assessments had been conducted for mammals, birds and amphibians, informing government decisions about how to draw boundaries of national parks and allocate environmental funds.
Work on the reptile study – which involved nearly 1,000 scientists and 52 co-authors – started in 2005. The project was slowed by challenges in fundraising, said co-author Bruce Young, a zoologist at the nonprofit science organization NatureServe.
“There’s a lot more focus on furrier, feathery species of vertebrates for conservation,” Young said, lamenting the perceived charisma gap. But reptiles are also fascinating and essential to ecosystems, he said.
The Galapagos marine iguana, the world’s only lizard adapted to marine life, is classified as “vulnerable” to extinction, said co-author Blair Hedges, a biologist at Temple University. It took 5 million years for the lizard to adapt to foraging in the sea, he said, lamenting “how much evolutionary history can be lost if this single species” goes extinct.
Six of the world’s species of sea turtles are threatened. The seventh is likely also in trouble, but scientists lack data to make a classification.
Worldwide, the greatest threat to reptile life is habitat destruction. Hunting, invasive species and climate change also pose threats, said co-author Neil Cox, a manager at the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s biodiversity assessment unit.
Reptiles that live in forest areas, such as the king cobra, are more likely to be threatened with extinction than desert-dwellers, in part because forests face greater human disruptions, the study found.
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Actor Jason Momoa was involved in a traffic collision with a motorcyclist on Sunday morning near Calabasas, California, according to the California Highway Patrol (CHP).
The rider, identified as Vitaliy Avagimyan, "was riding his motorcycle westbound on Old Topanga Road, when his motorcycle crossed over the double yellow lines into the eastbound lanes, directly into the path of Jason Momoa's vehicle," CHP said in a statement.
"Mr. Avagimyan and his motorcycle collided with the left front of Mr. Momoa's vehicle. As a result of this collision, Mr. Avagimyan was ejected from his motorcycle," the press release reads. "After the collision, Mr. Momoa exited his vehicle to assisted Mr. Avagimyan and was able to flag down passing motorist to call 9-1-1."
Avagimyan was taken to a local hospital for minor, non-life threatening injuries while the "Aquaman" and "Game of Thrones" actor, who was driving a 1970 Oldsmobile, was not injured, according to CHP.
CNN has contacted a representative for Momoa for comment.
Momoa is himself an avid motorcyclist. In a 2021 interview with GQ, he listed Harley-Davidson bikes as one of the 10 things he could not live without.
"I love them," Momoa said. "They're my favorite. Greatest bikes in the world."
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Iowa tops Michigan 7-3 to advance to Big Ten championship
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Kyle Huckstorf had a two-run triple and an RBI single, Connor Shultz struck out the side in the eighth to end a Michigan threat and No. 3 seed Iowa eliminated the fifth-seeded Wolverines ??? in the first semifinal of the Big Ten Tournament. Iowa (36-18) will play the winner of the semifinal nightcap between second-seeded Rutgers and No. 8 seed Indiana in Sunday’s championship game. | https://localnews8.com/news/2022/05/28/iowa-tops-michigan-7-3-to-advance-to-big-ten-championship/ | 2022-05-29T04:44:02Z |
Safety leader underscores the importance of electrical safety and other safety services & solutions designed to protect workers
CHICAGO, June 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- With two years of the COVID-19 pandemic impacting how businesses evaluate employee safety and with 2,000 workers treated for arc flash related injuries each year, now is the time for businesses to consider protocols like electrical safety to further protect their workers. Today at the 2022 ASSP Safety Conference in Chicago, The Master Lock Company is highlighting its Arc Flash and Electrical Safety Services, an end-to-end offering that helps companies of all sizes mitigate electrical hazards and achieve regulatory compliance.
Master Lock's arc flash and electrical safety experts counsel businesses through the whole process with hands-on attention. The end-to-end services include arc flash assessments, infrared (IR) scanning, electrical safety training, and auditing. All of which help mitigate the hazards of a potential arc flash event and help businesses achieve compliance with NFPA 70E®, OSHA 29 CFR 1910 Subpart S and the National Electric Code.
"As facilities continue to operationally return to normal, it's important for businesses to reevaluate and reconsider potential safety hazards and risks that workers can be exposed to," said Bill Belongea, safety services program manager at The Master Lock Company. "Arc flash and other electrical injuries are a common hazard in many work environments – and while businesses can't avoid incidents all together, they can implement proven policies and procedures to significantly reduce the risk to their employees."
With services that follow OSHA and NFPA 70E standards, businesses can take a first step in achieving compliance with an arc flash risk assessment. The assessment includes collecting data to create an accurate one-line diagram representing the electrical distribution system for the entire plant or facility. Additionally, licensed professional electrical engineers follow the requirements of IEEE 1584 and NFPA 70E to perform short circuit and protective device coordination studies, calculate incident energy at each piece of equipment, identify opportunities to mitigate arc flash, and create and apply the arc flash warning labels.
The Master Lock Company enhances its arc flash risk assessment with comprehensive evaluation and guidance to implement effective electrical safety programs. Services include electrical safety policy development, IR thermography inspection, electrical audits and NFPA 70E compliance training.
Safety professionals at the 2022 ASSP Safety Conference can stop by The Master Lock Company booth (#616) from June 27-29 to learn more about Master Lock Electrical Safety Services and other end-to-end lockout products and services. For more information, visit the Arc Flash and Electrical Safety Services or Lockout Tagout Solutions sections on MasterLock.com.
About The Master Lock Company
For over 100 years, The Master Lock Company has been recognized around the world as the authentic, enduring name in padlocks and security products. The Master Lock Company offers a broad range of innovative security, safes and safety solutions for consumer, commercial, and industrial end-users. Master Lock Company LLC is an operating unit of Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc., a leading consumer brands company. Headquartered in Deerfield, Ill., Fortune Brands Home & Security Inc. (NYSE: FBHS), is included in the S&P 500 Index. For more information about Master Lock visit www.masterlock.com.
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Rare orange lobster rescued from Red Lobster
(CNN) - A super rare orange lobster named Cheddar is heading to a new home after being saved from becoming a meal.
Cheddar, whose name refers to Red Lobster’s famed Cheddar Bay Biscuits, arrived in a shipment at a restaurant in Hollywood, Florida. Staff members noted the lobster’s unusual and rare coloring and reached out to Ripley’s Aquarium in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
The lucky orange lobster will acclimate at the scientific research facility before officially moving to the aquarium.
“Sometimes ordinary miracles happen, and Cheddar is one of them,” said Mario Roque, a manager at Red Lobster who led the rescue of Cheddar, in a news release.
The chance of finding an orange lobster is just one in 30 million, according to Ripley’s. That’s even rarer than finding a blue lobster, the chance of which is one in a million.
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