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KNOXVILLE, Tenn., July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- For the second consecutive year, Realty Trust Group has been named one of Modern Healthcare's Best Places to Work.
This award program recognizes outstanding healthcare employers who are continuously striving to improve their work environment and increase employee engagement, satisfaction and retention through innovative changes in the workplace.
"At RTG, we believe our success is attributed to the embodiment of our core values," says Greg Gheen, President for Realty Trust Group, "and the best measure of our success, is the success of our clients. Having a positive culture is key in recruiting and retaining top talent to develop innovative solutions so our clients can focus on what matters most, care of the patients. We are proud to be recognized for fostering a healthy work environment and culture providing opportunities for employee learning and career growth."
This win is the latest of many honors for RTG, which recently accepted two TOBY Awards from BOMA Georgia, accolades at the most recent DOC Management Summit, and top scores in the annual tenant survey for all health system clients. RTG has experienced substantial growth in 2022 with the opening of a southwest regional office in Texas and the onboarding of significant new client relationships including Saint Francis Healthcare in Missouri.
"RTG has always been known for our people," says Chad Simpson, Executive Vice President of Realty Trust Group. "During these unprecedented times for the healthcare industry, it is more important than ever to promote an employee-focused culture to navigate new challenges and always look to take the next best step together. Our core values support the notion that 'what is right is more important than who is right' which can only be epitomized when employees feel they are respected and have a voice. We are proud to be recognized as a Best Place to Work and remain dedicated to maintaining a thriving work environment to retain top talent, empower our team to flourish, and deliver results for our clients."
All selected companies will be celebrated at the 2022 Best Places to Work in Healthcare awards gala taking place on September 29 at the Hilton Nashville Downtown. Information on the award gala and conference is available at ModernHealthcare.com/BestPlacesGala.
Modern Healthcare will publish a special supplement featuring a ranked list of all the winners along with its October 3 issue.
Realty Trust Group, LLC ("RTG") is a healthcare and life science real estate advisory and services firm offering a full spectrum of real estate services including advisory, development, transactions, operations and compliance.
Since 1998, RTG has helped hospitals, physician groups, and property owners navigate the rapidly changing industry with growth strategies that gain market leadership as well as enhance patient and physician experiences for better delivery of care. Our philosophy is to provide innovative solutions to the complex and challenging issues found in today's healthcare real estate market.
These solutions include strategic campus and facility planning, portfolio optimization, portfolio monetization, project development, leasing, acquisition and disposition services, portfolio management, regulatory compliance, and many other ideas and services. For more information about RTG and our innovative healthcare real estate services, visit www.realtytrustgroup.com, Facebook, LinkedIn, or call 865-521-0630.
Modern Healthcare is the most trusted business news and information brand in the healthcare industry. Modern Healthcare empowers healthcare leaders and influencers to make timely and informed business decisions. To learn more or subscribe, go to http://www.modernhealthcare.com/subscriptions.
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Realty Trust Group
Phone: 865-684-2891
Email: asurface@realtytrustgroup.com
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- First quarter 2022 revenue of $67.1 million from continuing operations includes CareVention HealthCare revenue of $66.3 million, up 19% vs. a year ago
- Planned sales of PrescribeWellness, SinfoníaRx, and DoseMe expected to add significant liquidity, reduce net debt, and provide financial flexibility
- GAAP net loss from continuing operations of $20.4 million
- Adjusted EBITDA of $2.5 million
MOORESTOWN, N.J., May 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Tabula Rasa HealthCare, Inc. ("TRHC", the "Company," "we," "us," or "our") (Nasdaq:TRHC), a leading healthcare technology company advancing the safe use of medications, today reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022.
"In early 2022, the Company decided to divest non-core assets to both refine our strategic direction and to unlock shareholder value, recognizing that these businesses are significantly undervalued as part of TRHC. These actions are one of several important and ongoing steps we are taking to deliver profitable growth. With a strengthened balance sheet and renewed focus, we are excited about our go-forward vision and the opportunities to grow our core value-based care business including our offerings targeted at the PACE market and advance our groundbreaking MedWise® science," said Calvin H. Knowlton, PhD, TRHC's Chief Executive Officer, Chairman and Founder.
First Quarter 2022 Financial Results
All comparisons, unless otherwise noted, are to the three months ended March 31, 2021.
- Revenue - Revenue from continuing operations of $67.1 million increased 14% compared to $58.8 million in 2021. Product (medication) revenue of $51.0 million increased 22%, while service revenue of $16.1 million decreased 5% from the year ago period. Excluding $2.4 million of revenue related to the CMS Enhanced Medication Therapy Management (EMTM) pilot program included in the first quarter of 2021, service revenue increased 11%. The CMS EMTM pilot program concluded at the end of 2021. Revenue of $16.5 million from the PrescribeWellness, SinfoníaRx, and DoseMe businesses are classified as discontinued operations.
- GAAP net loss – GAAP net loss from continuing operations of $20.4 million compares to a loss of $13.4 million a year ago, driven in large part by a non-cash $4.1 million long-lived asset impairment charge attributable to the Company's decision to sell PrescribeWellness, SinfoníaRx, and DoseMe. Gross margin, excluding depreciation and amortization, of $14.4 million declined as compared to $14.8 million a year ago. The decline in gross margin was driven by a combination of factors including: 1) the loss of the previously mentioned EMTM revenue; 2) costs associated with initiating our previously announced business process outsourcing (BPO) transition within our PeakTPA third-party administration and electronic health record (i.e. TruChart and PACElogic) services; and 3) increased shipping fees within our CareKinesis pharmacy operations. Combined research and development, sales and marketing, and general and administrative expenses, including stock-based compensation, increased $1.8 million, or 9%. Depreciation and amortization of $5.7 million compares with $4.8 million a year ago.
- Adjusted EBITDA – Adjusted EBITDA of $2.5 million declined as compared to $3.6 million a year ago due to the lower gross margins and certain higher operating expenses cited above.
A reconciliation of generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") in the United States to non-GAAP results has been provided in this press release in the accompanying tables. An explanation of these measures is also included below under the heading "Non-GAAP Financial Measures."
Recent Developments
We are in active discussions to sell the PrescribeWellness, SinfoníaRx, and DoseMe businesses. The expected proceeds will provide the Company the financial flexibility to optimize its capital structure, including significantly reducing net debt and increasing liquidity, as well as to focus on its core business. Management expects the divestitures to enable a significantly improved cost structure.
Operational Metrics
Given the planned divestitures described above, the below metrics are focused on our core CareVention HealthCare segment.
- We increased our total PACE participant base by 11% as of March 31, 2022 as compared to the same period a year ago, and our average PACE per member per month revenue increased 8% as of March 31, 2022 as compared to the same period a year ago.
- With respect to our net PACE enrollment for our CareKinesis pharmacy services, our average monthly sequential growth during the first quarter of 2022 was 0.7%. Our net PACE enrollment during April 2022 increased by 0.8% on a monthly sequential basis as compared to March 2022 and is 10% higher as compared to April 2021.
- Our PACE backlog as of March 31, 2022 stands at 60 implementations (by product and/or service), valued at $60 million in annual revenue at maturity, which the Company defines as enrollment of 250 participants. By comparison, these figures were 62 implementations and $45 million at December 31, 2021. The sequential growth in backlog versus the end of 2021 was driven by several large new PACE contracts signed in the first quarter of 2022. During the first quarter of 2022, a total of 13 PACE implementations went live, which compares with nine during the fourth quarter of 2021 and three during the first quarter of 2021.
Business Outlook
The Company is providing the following forward-looking revenue guidance for its continuing operations and will no longer provide guidance for its discontinued operations (our PrescribeWellness, SinfoníaRx, and DoseMe businesses). This outlook updates the previously issued financial guidance that was provided on February 24, 2022. Until the Company has greater visibility on the timing of a close date on the planned asset sales described above, we are delaying providing adjusted EBITDA guidance at this time but expect to reinstate such guidance later in 2022.
With respect to the above guidance, we note the following:
- For the balance of 2022, the Company is forecasting monthly net enrollment sequential growth within its CareVention pharmacy services to be consistent with the 0.7% monthly sequential growth observed in the first quarter of 2022.
Upcoming Events
Members of the Company's executive team will be presenting at the following conferences: (1) RBC Capital Markets Global Healthcare Conference, May 17-18, (2) Benchmark Healthcare House Call Conference, June 2, and (3) Stifel Virtual Cross Sector Insight Conference, June 7-9.
Quarterly Conference Call
The first quarter 2022 earnings conference call and webcast will be held tomorrow, Friday, May 6, 2022, at 8:30 a.m. ET. The conference call can be accessed by dialing 844-413-0947 for U.S. participants or 216-562-0423 for international participants, and referencing passcode 6119738 or via a live audio webcast available online at TRHC's investor website (ir.tabularasahealthcare.com). An audio webcast replay will be available approximately two hours after completion of the call for a period of 90 days thereafter at ir.tabularasahealthcare.com and a replay will be available for seven days by dialing 855-859-2056 for U.S. participants or 404-537-3406 for international participants and referencing passcode 2849587.
About Tabula Rasa HealthCare
Tabula Rasa HealthCare (TRHC) provides medication safety solutions that empower healthcare professionals and consumers to optimize medication regimens, combatting medication overload and reducing adverse drug events – the fourth leading cause of death in the U.S. TRHC's proprietary technology solutions, including MedWise®, improve patient outcomes, reduce hospitalizations, and lower healthcare costs. TRHC's extensive clinical tele-pharmacy network improves care for patients nationwide. Its solutions are trusted by health plans and pharmacies to help drive value-based care. For more information, visit TRHC.com.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
In addition to reporting all financial information required in accordance with GAAP, TRHC is also reporting Adjusted EBITDA, which is considered a non-GAAP financial measure. Generally, a non-GAAP financial measure is a numerical measure of a company's performance or financial position that either excludes or includes amounts that are not normally excluded or included in the most directly comparable measure calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP. Adjusted EBITDA consists of net loss plus certain other expenses, which includes interest expense, provision for income tax, depreciation and amortization, impairment charges, business optimization expenses, severance costs, divestiture-related expense, acquisition-related expense, and stock-based compensation expense. TRHC considers business optimization expenses to include contract termination payments, severance, retention payments, and other employee and non-recurring vendor costs incurred related to our business optimization initiatives during 2022. TRHC considers severance costs to include severance payments related to the realignment of our resources. TRHC considers divestiture-related expense to include nonrecurring direct transaction costs. TRHC considers acquisition-related expense to include nonrecurring direct transaction and integration costs. TRHC believes the exclusion of these items assists in providing a more complete understanding of the company's underlying operations results and trends and allows for comparability with TRHC's peer company index and industry and to be more consistent with TRHC's expected capital structure on a going forward basis.
TRHC presents this non-GAAP financial measure in this release because it considers it to be an important supplemental measure of performance. TRHC uses this non-GAAP financial measure for planning purposes, including analysis of the company's performance against prior periods, the preparation of operating budgets and determination of appropriate levels of operating and capital investments. TRHC believes that this non-GAAP financial measure provides additional insight for analysts and investors in evaluating the company's financial and operational performance. TRHC also intends to provide this non-GAAP financial measure as part of the Company's future earnings discussions and, therefore, its inclusion should provide consistency in the Company's financial reporting.
Non-GAAP financial measures have limitations as an analytical tool. Investors are encouraged to review the reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to its most directly comparable GAAP measures provided in this release, including in the accompanying tables.
Safe Harbor Statement
This press release includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that we believe to be reasonable as of today's date. Forward-looking statements give current expectations or forecasts of future events or our future financial or operating performance, and include TRHC's expectations regarding healthcare regulations, industry trends, available opportunities to TRHC, the financial and operating performance of TRHC, the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the plans and objectives of management, TRHC's strategic initiatives and the anticipated benefits thereof, and TRHC's expectations for 2022. Such statements are identified by use of the words "anticipates," "believes," "estimates," "expects," "intends," "plans," "predicts," "projects," "should," "goals" and similar expressions. These forward-looking statements are based on management's good-faith expectations, judgements and assumptions as of the date of this press release. Actual results might differ materially from those explicit or implicit in the forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include: the impacts of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic; our continuing losses and need to achieve profitability; fluctuations in our financial and operating results; our ability to manage our cash flows; the volatility of our stock price; the extent to which we are successful in gaining new long-term relationships with clients or retaining existing clients; the acceptance and use of our products and services by PACE organizations; the need to innovate and provide useful products and services; risks related to changing healthcare and other applicable governmental regulations; our ability to maintain relationships with a specified drug wholesaler; increasing consolidation in the healthcare industry; competition from a variety of companies in the healthcare industry; managing our growth effectively; our ability to adequately protect our intellectual property; macroeconomic conditions, including the impact of inflation, on our business and operations; our ability to execute on our planned divestitures of our PrescribeWellness, SinfoníaRx, and DoseMe businesses; and the other risk factors set forth from time to time in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), including those factors discussed under the caption "Risk Factors" in our most recent annual report on Form 10-K, filed with the SEC on February 25, 2022, and in subsequent reports filed with or furnished to the SEC, copies of which are available free of charge within the Investor Relations section of the Tabula Rasa HealthCare website https://ir.tabularasahealthcare.com or upon request from our Investor Relations Department. Tabula Rasa HealthCare assumes no obligation and does not intend to update these forward-looking statements, except as required by law, to reflect events or circumstances occurring after today's date.
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PHILADELPHIA, June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kaskela Law LLC announces that it is investigating Convey Health Solutions Holdings, Inc. ("Convey Health") (NYSE: CNVY) on behalf of the company's current stockholders.
On June 18, 2021, Convey Health completed its initial public offering ("IPO") of common stock, selling over 11.6 million shares of stock to investors at a price of $14.00 per share. By May 2022, shares of Convey Health's stock had declined in value to approximately $5.00 per share.
On June 21, 2022, Convey Health announced that it had agreed to be acquired by private equity firm TPG at a price of $10.50 per share. Following the closing of the proposed transaction, CNVY's shareholders will be cashed out of their investment position, and the company's shares will no longer be publicly traded.
The investigation seeks to determine: (i) whether the transaction is fair to Convey Health shareholders; (ii) whether Convey Health shareholders will be receiving sufficient monetary consideration for their shares; and (iii) whether Convey Health's directors have breached their fiduciary duties to the company's stockholders in agreeing to sell the company to TPG.
Convey Health shareholders are encouraged to contact Kaskela Law LLC (D. Seamus Kaskela, Esq. or Adrienne Bell, Esq.) at (484) 229 – 0750, or by email (abell@kaskelalaw.com) or online at https://kaskelalaw.com/cases/convey-health/ , for additional information about this investigation and their legal rights and options.
Kaskela Law LLC represents investors in securities fraud, corporate governance, and merger & acquisition litigation. For additional information about Kaskela Law LLC please visit www.kaskelalaw.com. This notice may constitute attorney advertising in certain jurisdictions.
CONTACT:
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Adrienne Bell, Esq.
KASKELA LAW LLC
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WEBSTER, Texas, June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As of June 1, 2022, Ansh Labs LLC announces the appointment of two of its own lo ng- time leaders to the positions of CEO and President. Tony Morrison will be the new Chief Executive Officer and Tom Verghese will be the new President. Rajen Savjani, the former Chief Executive Officer and President will continue as the Chairman of the company.
Mr. Morrison and Mr. Verghese worked together for nearly 30 years at Diagnostic Systems Laboratories (DSL) and Ansh Labs, both founded and led by Mr. Gopal Savjani. DSL, started in 1981, was the prequel venture to Ansh Labs and was acquired by Beckman Coulter in 2005.
Ansh Labs is an in vitro diagnostic manufacturer of medical devices and biomedical research assays. The company has deep immunoassay development expertise, in-house monoclonal antibody development, and custom develops and contract manufactures some of its key products for use on its diagnostic partners' platforms.
"Tony and Tom bring the right balance to our leadership team at Ansh Labs," said Mr. Rajen Savjani, Ansh Labs Chairman. "They have extensive diagnostics industry experience and have been integral to Ansh Labs' growth. Tony has strong technical and leadership experience that will benefit Ansh Labs' exploration and development of new diagnostic technologies. Tom's proven strategic business development skills will help Ansh Labs strengthen channel partnerships, expand strategic alliances with key opinion leaders and industrial partners, and expand our global presence."
"I am very excited to be back at Ansh Labs," said Tony Morrison. "We have an extraordinary scientific team and robust technology. We are uniquely positioned to capitalize on imminent changes in clinical testing and how diagnostic information is delivered."
Tom Verghese added, "As the industry evolves and adapts to technology migrations, Ansh Labs is in a position to provide high quality and cost-effective solutions that address the changing needs of life science researchers and clinicians."
Mr. Verghese joined DSL in 1990 after serving in research positions at legal and financial firms. At DSL, he served in various functions, combining his background in chemistry with strengths in commercial management and corporate development. He played key roles in expansion of the company, including leading of strategic licensing transactions related to Unconjugated Estriol, Inhibin, and Anti-Müllerian Hormone (AMH), and subsequently, the acquisition of DSL by Beckman Coulter in 2005. While at Beckman Coulter, he served in leadership roles as Director of Global Business and Director of Strategic Marketing.
Prior to rejoining Ansh Labs, Mr. Morrison held numerous positions with diagnostic companies responding to the coronavirus pandemic. He recently served as Chief Commercial Officer of Maxim Biomedical Inc. and General Manager of Aspirant Strategy LLC in support of companies selected for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx®) initiative. He is a Co-Founder of AdVeritasDx.com and has led initiatives aimed at harmonizing in vitro diagnostics data collection and analysis for on-market surveillance and epidemiological monitoring for population health. He is Founder and CEO of Motive Biosciences Inc., a clinical diagnostic and contract research laboratory that is developing testing solutions and software as a medical device for underserved diagnostic areas in women's health. He previously served as the Director of Sales and Marketing for Ansh Labs from 2011 to 2018. With Beckman Coulter, he was the Group Manager for Commercial Operations of the nucleic acid and specialty immunoassay product lines from 2005-2009. He started with DSL in 1994 and held positions as Director of Technical Service, Director of Sales and Market Development, and led DSL's Assay Automation and Service programs through 2005. Mr. Morrison received his B.Sc. in Biochemistry in 1997 and an MBA in Finance in 2011.
Ansh Labs was founded in 2011. The company is headquartered in Webster, TX. The experienced management and development teams are the leading developers and manufacturers of reproductive endocrine immunoassay test kits used around the world. The company is narrowly focused on women's health in reproductive function, menopause, pregnancy complications, and cardiometabolic health. Ansh Labs develops biomarkers intended to advance target discovery, therapeutic development, biomedical research, and clinical diagnostics. The company serves life science researchers, physician researchers, contract research organizations (CROs), hospitals, commercial laboratories, and public health agencies to assist with the research, diagnosis, treatment, and management of diseases.
Media Contact:
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tverghese@anshlabs.com
281-404-0260 Ext. 272
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SUZHOU, China, May 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Transcenta Holding Limited ("Transcenta") (HKEX: 06628), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company with fully-integrated capabilities in discovery, research, development and manufacturing of antibody-based therapeutics, announces that Nature Cancer, an international authoritative journal in oncology field, publishes the results of preclinical studies of Transcenta's first-in-class Gremlin1 targeting antibody (TST003) in the treatment of castration resistant prostate cancer. This research was conducted in collaboration between Transcenta and the team of Professors Helen He Zhu and Wei-Qiang Gao at Renji Hospital, Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine. Professor John T. Isaacs, an internationally renowned expert in prostate cancer research, wrote an editorial and commented that neutralizing antibodies against Gremlin1 could be a potential treatment for androgen receptor-negative/low prostate cancer.
In this study, researchers from Transcenta and Shanghai Jiao Tong University investigated the therapeutic potential of anti-Gremlin1 for prostate cancer in an aggressive mouse model of CRPC (Pbsn-Cre4; Ptenfl/fl; Trp53fl/fl GEMM) and patient derived xenograft (PDX), using TST003, a humanized Gremlin1-targeting antibody, and a surrogate antibody generated by Transcenta. The study found that Gremlin1 expression becomes increased with prostate cancer progression from a localized to a metastatic state, as well as from a castration-sensitive to a castration-resistant state. Furthermore, high Gremlin1 expression in prostate cancer tumors is associated with shorter progression-free and overall survival. The study results revealed that Gremlin1 protein can promote lineage plasticity and drive castration resistance in prostate cancer. Gremlin1-specific antibodies can effectively control tumor growth in androgen receptor-negative/low prostate cancer. The study also demonstrated a synergistic activity between the anti-Gremlin1 antibody and enzalutamide against patient-derived castration-resistant prostate cancer models in vitro and in vivo. While previous studies indicate that Gremlin1 inhibits BMP signaling pathway, the present work shows that Gremlin1 can activate FGFR1, which phosphorylates the ERK/MEK signal transduction pathway. Anti-Gremlin1 antibody can block Gremlin1's functions and inhibit the activation of FGFR1 and ERK/MEK signaling.
Professor Wei-Qiang Gao, an internationally renowned expert in the field of prostate cancer, Director of Shanghai Jiao Tong University's Med-X Research Institute and Clinical Stem Cell Research Center of Renji Hospital, said: "The research results indicated that Gremlin1 plays a crucial role in prostate cancer tumor cell plasticity and castration-resistance formation, and for the first time, the androgen receptor (AR) was found to negatively regulate Gremlin1 transcriptional expression. With the widespread use of AR inhibitors, an increasing number of patients with prostate cancer are becoming resistant to them. The novelty of the present work is that while previous studies indicate that Gremlin1 inhibits the classical BMP signaling pathway, Gremlin1 can bind to FGFR1 and activate the FGFR1/MAPK signaling pathway as a novel ligand for FGFR1. Anti-Gremlin1 antibody monotherapy alone can potently inhibit the growth of androgen receptor negative castration resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) and a combination of Gremlin1 antibody with AR inhibitors can better control the growth of CRPC with low AR activity. We believe that the results of this study provide a promising therapeutic target for androgen receptor-negative/low CRPC and have important clinical translational significance."
"Transcenta is focused on developing highly innovative therapeutics," said Dr. Xueming Qian, CEO of Transcenta, "TST003, a Gremlin1 targeting antibody, is developed by Transcenta. Preclinical study shows that Gremlin1 plays an important role in the growth of multiple solid tumors, especially in solid tumors insensitive to immune checkpoint inhibitors. We are fortunate to have the opportunity to collaborate with Professors Zhu and Gao from Jiao Tong University on the potential use of Gremlin1 targeting antibody for the treatment of castration resistant prostate cancer. The publication of the study results in Nature Cancer speaks for its novelty and clinical translational value. This is also an attempt for developing first-in-class therapeutics through collaborative efforts between industry and university in China. This year, Transcenta will submit IND application of this global first-in-class antibody, and advance it into clinical testing, with the hope to develop a potential novel treatment option to prostate cancer patients with negative/low AR activity worldwide, a population without effective treatment and thus very high unmet medical needs."
About TST003
TST003 is a first-in-class, high affinity humanized monoclonal antibody targeting Gremlin-1, a regulatory protein that is highly expressed by stromal cells in diverse human carcinomas, especially in esophageal cancer, pancreatic cancer, gastric cancer, colon cancer, lung cancer, breast cancer and prostate cancer, among others. TST003 has displayed significant anti-tumor activities both in vitro and in vivo in preclinical studies. TST003 has the potential to become a novel cancer treatment, either as monotherapy or in combination with immune checkpoint inhibitor and/or other anti-tumor agents.
About Transcenta Holding Limited
Transcenta (HKEX: 06628) is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company with fully integrated capabilities in antibody-based biotherapeutics discovery, research, development and manufacturing.
Transcenta has established global footprint, with Headquarters and Discovery, Clinical and Translational Research Center in Suzhou, Process and Product Development Center and Manufacturing Facility in Hangzhou, and Clinical Development Centers in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou in China and in Princeton, US, and External Partnering Center in Boston and Los Angeles, US. Transcenta has also initiated the construction of the Group Headquarters and the second high-end biopharmaceutical facility with ICB as its core technology in Suzhou Industrial Park. Transcenta is developing ten therapeutic antibody molecules for oncology and selected non-oncology indications including bone and kidney disorders.
For more information, please visit www.transcenta.com and https://www.linkedin.com/company/transcenta.
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release may contain certain forward-looking statements that are, by their nature, subject to significant risks and uncertainties. The words "anticipate", "believe", "estimate", "expect", "intend" and similar expressions, as they relate to Transcenta, are intended to identify certain of such forward-looking statements. Transcenta does not intend to update these forward-looking statements regularly.
These forward-looking statements are based on the existing beliefs, assumptions, expectations, estimates, projections and understandings of the management of Transcenta with respect to future events at the time these statements are made. These statements are not a guarantee of future developments and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, some of which are beyond Transcenta's control and are difficult to predict. Consequently, actual results may differ materially from information contained in the forward-looking statements as a result of future changes or developments in our business, Transcenta's competitive environment and political, economic, legal and social conditions.
Transcenta, the Directors and the employees of Transcenta assume (a) no obligation to correct or update the forward-looking statements contained in this site; and (b) no liability in the event that any of the forward-looking statements does not materialize or turn out to be incorrect.
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Former Chiefs player Byron Pringle arrested for reckless driving on a suspended license
Published: Apr. 24, 2022 at 8:09 PM CDT|Updated: 1 hours ago
PASCO COUNTY, FL. (KCTV) --- Chicago Bears wide receiver Byron Pringle was arrested this weekend in Pasco County, FL.
He is accused of reckless driving on a suspended license.
Pringle, who played for the Chiefs his first three seasons, was arrested by the Florida Highway Patrol on Saturday evening.
TMZ reports that Pringle had a child in the car with him and was “verbally confrontational” with the officers on scene.
He signed with Chicago in the offseason.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kinderhook Industries, LLC ("Kinderhook") announced today the execution of a definitive agreement pursuant to which it will acquire 100% of the equity interests of Gulf Tanks Holdings, Inc. ("Tank and Pump" or the "Company") from WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp. ("WillScot Mobile Mini") (NASDAQ: WSC) for an enterprise value of approximately $323 million. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approval and is expected to close in the third quarter of 2022. This acquisition represents Kinderhook's 79th environmental / business services transaction and 17th public company carve out since inception.
Headquartered in Baytown, Texas, Tank and Pump is a leading provider of logistics based environmental solutions focused on the containment of liquid and solid industrial waste. The Company provides environmental solutions across a diverse set of end markets through a network of 24 branches and a young fleet of over 16,000 specialized rental assets used to store, separate, and transport liquid and solid industrial waste. Tank and Pump's best in class service and prioritization of compliance through its proprietary technology platform, EnviroTrack, makes them the first choice for waste generators. The current leadership team of Tank and Pump will continue on with the new platform. Eric John, Senior Vice President of the Tank and Pump segment, will serve as the Chief Executive Officer of the newly established Tank and Pump platform post-closing.
"The Tank and Pump team is excited to launch an aggressive growth strategy for our business with Kinderhook's support," said Eric John, Chief Executive Officer of Tank and Pump. "We will remain true to our roots of providing dependable, best-in-class environmental solutions for our customers while also expanding the breadth and depth of those solutions. Our expansion will be fueled by investments in fleet, new locations, and completing add-on acquisitions."
"We are eager to partner with Eric and the Tank and Pump team to grow the Company while continuing to provide best-in-class service to its customers," said Rob Michalik, Managing Director of Kinderhook Industries. "We will actively deploy capital in organic growth to better service the ongoing needs of the Company's customers and also look to grow through acquisition. It was a pleasure to work with Brad Soultz and Tim Boswell to execute this transaction, and we look forward to future opportunities to transact and partner with WillScot."
Oppenheimer & Co. served as the exclusive financial advisor and Kirkland & Ellis LLP served as legal counsel to Kinderhook. Financing for the transaction was provided by a debt syndicate led by Twin Brook Capital Partners. BofA Securities served as the exclusive financial advisor and Allen & Overy LLP acted as legal counsel to WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings in connection with the transaction.
About Kinderhook Industries
Founded in 2003, Kinderhook Industries, LLC is a private investment firm that manages over $5.2 billion of committed capital. We have made in excess of 325 investments and follow-on acquisitions since inception. Kinderhook's investment philosophy is predicated on matching unique, growth-oriented investment opportunities with exceptional financial expertise and our proprietary network of operating partners. Our focus is on middle market businesses with defensible niche market positioning in the healthcare services, environmental / business services, and automotive / light manufacturing sectors. We have a track record of successfully and consistently building industry leaders.
For more information, please visit: www.kinderhook.com
About Tank and Pump
Headquartered in Baytown, Texas, Tank and Pump is a leading provider of logistics based environmental solutions focused on the containment of liquid and solid industrial waste. The Company provides environmental solutions across a diverse set of end markets through a network of 24 branches and a young fleet of over 16,000 specialized rental assets used to store, separate, and transport liquid and solid industrial waste.
For more information, please visit: https://www.mobilemini.com/tank-and-pump
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J&J to end sales of baby powder with talc globally next year
Published: Aug. 12, 2022 at 7:08 AM CDT|Updated: 24 minutes ago
(AP) - Johnson & Johnson is pulling baby powder containing talc worldwide next year after it did the same in the U.S. and Canada amid thousands of lawsuits claiming it had caused cancer.
The company says talc will be replaced by cornstarch.
J&J faced thousands of lawsuits alleging its talcum powder caused users to develop ovarian cancer, through use for feminine hygiene, or mesothelioma, a cancer that strikes the lungs and other organs.
J&J insists, and the overwhelming majority of medical research on talc indicates, that the talc baby powder is safe and doesn’t cause cancer.
But the controversy began to drag on sales, and it removed talc from the product in most of North America.
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Republicans call for DOJ to enforce law that would bar abortion rights demonstrators from protesting at justices’ homes
By Tierney Sneed, CNN
Republicans in Congress and governors’ mansions are calling on Attorney General Merrick Garland to enforce a 1950 federal law that makes it illegal to hold protests outside the homes of judges in order to influence their decisions.
In recent days, protesters have held peaceful demonstrations outside the homes of multiple conservative Supreme Court justices following publication of a draft Supreme Court majority opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade. In a statement Wednesday evening, a Justice Department spokesperson said Garland was continuing to be briefed on the “security matters related” to the justices and that he had directed the US Marshals Service to provide assistance to the separate police agency that provides security to the Supreme Court.
The statement came as Republicans ramped up the pressure on Garland to enforce the law and as appropriateness of the protests have split Democrats, who are hoping the outrage over an expected Supreme Court decision gutting abortion rights will boost them in the midterms.
The White House and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer have declined to condemn protests outside justices’ homes as long as they stay peaceful, while Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin called them “reprehensible” on Thursday. The Senate has also approved a new security package for justices and their families, but the bill’s prospects in the House are unclear.
“The President may choose to characterize protests, riots, and incitements of violence as mere passion,” Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley, the top Republican on the Judiciary Committee, said in a Wednesday letter to Garland. “But these attempts to influence and intimidate members of the federal judiciary are an affront to judicial independence.”
The Justice Department declined to comment on the letters from Republicans pushing to enforce the 1950s era statute. But the involvement of the US Marshals Service could make it easier for federal prosecutors to enforce the law conservatives are citing, along with other laws should protesters pose a threat. No arrests have been made at this point and the demonstrations so far have been peaceful.
Law enforcement officials say that while similar statutes have been upheld in other circumstances not like the current protests, it is broad and hasn’t been used to prosecute other protests that would appear to be illegal under the 1950 law.
Governors of states where justices live ask for federal assistance
The leak last week of a draft majority opinion overturning the Supreme Court’s 1973 precedent enshrining abortion rights has prompted demonstrations in front of the homes of Justices Samuel Alito, who penned the draft opinion, and Brett Kavanaugh, who is presumably part of the conservative majority in favor of reversing the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling. Protestors have demonstrated in front of Chief Justice John Roberts’ home as well.
A barrier was erected around the Supreme Court grounds last week after the draft opinion was disclosed. The US Marshals Service said in a statement Monday that they are helping to respond to “increased security concerns stemming from the unauthorized release of the draft opinion.”
“The Marshal of the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court Police are responsible for the protection of the United States Supreme Court and its facilities,” the statement said. “The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) has a strong partnership with the Supreme Court Police, and upon the request of the Marshal of the Supreme Court, the USMS does provide assistance as needed.”
The Republican governors of Maryland and Virginia, where several justices have their homes, pointed to the law in a Wednesday letter asking Garland to offer more federal resources to protect Supreme Court justices, as they urged him to enforce the federal statute that bans protesting meant to influence judicial actions.
“We are also deeply concerned by reports of demonstrators using threatening language,” Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan and Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin said in the letter, which noted that one person told CNN affiliate WUSA9: “If you take away our choices, we will riot.”
The governors’ letter comes amid questions about whether local or state authorities could bring prosecutions under state law, like a Virginia law prohibiting picketing that “disrupts” an individual’s “right to tranquility in his home.”
Asked by CNN about that Virginia law, the local prosecutor in Fairfax County — where some of the justices live — said that the demonstrators would not be prosecuted by his office.
“I will not prosecute community members for peacefully exercising their First Amendment rights. My focus will remain on acting to safeguard the rights of women in Fairfax County should this dangerous draft Supreme Court decision take effect, which is why I have pledged to never prosecute a woman for making her own healthcare decisions,” Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano said in a statement to CNN.
Protest law aimed at efforts to influence the judicial process
The federal law in question calls for fines and up to a year in prison for “pickets or parades” near “a building or residence occupied or used by” a judge that have the “intent of influencing any judge” in the “discharge of his duty.”
The law was also cited in the letter sent to Garland on Wednesday by Grassley.
“It is beyond dispute that far-left activists have launched a concerted and coordinated effort to intimidate the Court into changing the draft Dobbs decision,” Grassley wrote, referring to the name of the abortion case now before the court.
“But instead of investigating and prosecuting this illegal activity, the administration has been sadly dismissive of the threats and danger to both the justices and our judicial system writ large,” he wrote.
The White House has warned against any ” violence, threats, or vandalism” toward the justices.
Sen. Tom Cotton, an Arkansas Republican who also sits on the Judiciary Committee, also cited the law in his own Tuesday letter to Garland that went as far to suggest that the attorney general may face impeachment proceedings if Republicans retake Congress.
The Justice Department statement Wednesday did not reference the law, nor did it make any commitments to prosecute the demonstrators who protest outside the justices’ homes.
“Attorney General Garland continues to be briefed on security matters related to the Supreme Court and Supreme Court Justices,” Justice Department spokesperson spokesman Anthony Coley said. “The Attorney General directed the U.S. Marshals Service to help ensure the Justices’ safety by providing additional support to the Marshal of the Supreme Court and Supreme Court Police.”
Legal experts — pointing to Supreme Court precedents addressing similar kinds of laws — said it was likely the 1950 law that covers protests at judges’ residences would be upheld as constitutional, and they said it appeared to applicable in the current circumstances.
One of the relevant rulings was the court’s 1965 opinion in Cox v. Louisiana, in which the court said, “A State may adopt safeguards necessary and appropriate to assure that the administration of justice at all stages is free from outside control and influence.”
If that and other Supreme Court rulings weren’t currently on the books, there could be plausible arguments for why the 1950 law is unconstitutional, according to Eugene Volokh, a constitutional law professor at UCLA School of Law.
But, he said, “You’ve got a precedent that’s pretty clearly on point and the answer is, at least for now, that’s the law.”
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Tatum’s layup at buzzer gives Celtics 115-114 win over Nets
By KYLE HIGHTOWER
AP Sports Writer
BOSTON (AP) — Jayson Tatum made a layup at the buzzer on a pass from Marcus Smart to give the Boston Celtics a dramatic 115-114 victory over the Brooklyn Nets in the Game 1 of their first-round playoff series. Tatum scored 16 of 31 points in the second half, the final two after a poised Boston possession in the frantic final seconds. Jaylen Brown dribbled toward the middle and swung the ball out to Smart, who fired it into a cutting Tatum, who spun around and dropped in his layup just before time expired. Kyrie Irving finished with 39 points and Kevin Durant added 23 for the Nets | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/04/17/tatums-layup-at-buzzer-gives-celtics-115-114-win-over-nets/ | 2022-04-18T01:13:50Z |
NEW YORK, May 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of Natera, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTRA) between February 26, 2020 and April 19, 2022, inclusive (the "Class Period"), of the important June 27, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Natera securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Natera class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=3115 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than June 27, 2022. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually handle securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, defendants throughout the Class Period made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Panorama was not reliable and resulted in high rates of false positives; (2) Prospera did not have superior precision compared to competing tests; (3) as a result of defendants' false and misleading claims about Natera's technology, the Company was exposed to substantial legal and regulatory risks; (4) Natera relied upon deceptive sales and billing practices to drive its revenue growth; and (5) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' statements about Natera's business, operations, and prospects lacked a reasonable basis. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
To join the Natera class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=3115 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.
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Latest release of Barracuda CloudGen Access protects users from malicious web content, strengthens integration with identity providers
Highlights:
- Barracuda CloudGen Access, now transactable on AWS and Azure marketplaces, has been expanded with new functionality.
- As part of Barracuda's Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) platform, Barracuda CloudGen Access now includes web security to protect users no matter where they work.
- With these enhancements, Barracuda is providing an integrated Zero Trust Network Access and web security solution.
CAMPBELL, Calif., Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Barracuda Secured.22 Conference -- Barracuda, a trusted partner and leading provider of cloud-first security solutions, today announced that CloudGen Access, now transactable on AWS and Azure marketplaces, has been expanded with new functionality. As part of Barracuda's SASE platform, Barracuda CloudGen Access now includes web security to protect users from malicious web content and keep employees safe and productive no matter where they work.
With the accelerated speed of hybrid and remote working, providing secure access for employees and contractors remains a top priority and challenge for many businesses. Barracuda CloudGen Access takes a "Zero Trust" approach to security that trusts no one implicitly -- not employees, not partners, not systems, until the permissions and identity are verified. It requires verification of every user and device before granting access to resources, making it difficult for attackers to penetrate the network or steal data.
With these enhancements, Barracuda is providing an integrated Zero Trust Network Access and web security solution that helps organizations protect their users, applications, devices, and other critical resources from ransomware and other cyberattacks. New advanced web filtering capabilities, include:
- DNS-based web security policies
- Remote user / work-from-home coverage
- User and group-based policies and reporting
- Time and location-based policies and reporting
- Latency elimination via local inspection
- Continuous threat intelligence updates
Customers and channel partners that want to take advantage of simplified and streamlined procurement and deployment processes can now transact Barracuda CloudGen Access on AWS and Azure Marketplaces. This offers additional flexibility to buy Barracuda CloudGen Access with existing AWS or Microsoft billing procedures and to deploy with a few clicks.
"CloudGen Access provides secure access to cloud, hybrid, and SaaS applications with identity, posture, context, and DNS-based security policies for remote and office users," said Tim Jefferson, Barracuda SVP, Engineering and Product Management, Data, Network and Application Security. "The concept of Zero Trust is moving beyond network access and into many facets of business operations because it helps to ensure continuity, mitigate risk, and boost overall security posture."
Supporting Quotes:
"Without Barracuda CloudGen Access, we would not be able to provide adequate customer support. We would have to sacrifice either speed and responsiveness, or security—either of which would fundamentally undermine our business model," explained Utku Zihnioglu Founder/CEO, Webshare, in a Barracuda case study.
"Usually when you gain availability, you lose security. With CloudGen Access, you get both," stated Soteria LLC Security Engineer Anthony Biao, in a Barracuda case study.
Resources:
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https://www.barracuda.com/products/cloudgen-access
Find Barracuda CloudGen Access in the AWS Marketplace, here: https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-cwkgbxe7za5qi
Find Barracuda CloudGen Access in the Azure Marketplace, here: https://azuremarketplace.microsoft.com/en-us/marketplace/apps/barracudanetworks.prod-zt-access-az-usr?tab=Overview
About Barracuda Secured.22
Barracuda Secured.22 Customer Conference, happening this week September 13 and 14, is the company's annual global virtual conference for Barracuda customers. Barracuda Secured.22 is an informative event covering technical security scenarios that enable practitioners to identify, prevent, recover, and respond quickly to cyber security attacks. For more information, please visit: https://barracuda.events/secured.22/.
About Barracuda
At Barracuda we strive to make the world a safer place. We believe every business deserves access to cloud-first, enterprise-grade security solutions that are easy to buy, deploy, and use. We protect email, networks, data, and applications with innovative solutions that grow and adapt with our customers' journey. More than 200,000 organizations worldwide trust Barracuda to protect them — in ways they may not even know they are at risk — so they can focus on taking their business to the next level. For more information, visit barracuda.com.
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Canadian cannabis market leader introduces new offerings across its house of brands – 7ACRES, Ace Valley, Deep Space and Doja
SMITHS FALLS, ON, May 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Canopy Growth Corporation ("Canopy Growth" or the "Company") (TSX: WEED) (NASDAQ: CGC), a world-leading diversified cannabis, hemp, and cannabis device company, today unveiled a line-up of new offerings across its premium brand portfolio – 7ACRES, Ace Valley, Deep Space and Doja. With select products releasing just in time for the first long weekend of the summer, including the release of its first large format premium flower offering for the recreational market, Doja 91K 14g, this new line-up builds on the Company's continued commitment to product innovation and meeting evolving consumer demand, while cementing Canopy's leadership position in the premium flower market.
"We are continuing our commitment to product innovation, tirelessly evolving our portfolio to provide consumers with the quality and variety of products they crave," said Julian Cohen, Chief Innovation Officer at Canopy Growth. "Our new infused pre-rolls from 7ACRES and first large format offering from Doja are both excellent examples of how consumer and customer insights are driving our innovation strategy. We're excited to weave these insights and our premium product attributes into our new product releases."
7ACRES unveiled two new premium flower offerings: 7ACRES Lemon Zkltz 3.5g, which features light green colouration with pink pistils and dense structure, pungent and complex aromas that transfer to robust flavour for a super smooth taste experience, and 7ACRES Jack Haze Bubble Hash Infused pre-roll joints. Made using a true-to-flower infusion of Jack Haze Bubble Hash, these pre-rolls deliver high potency and increased flavour for an elevated smoking experience. These products come on the heels of the Know the Grow ten-video educational content series, which provides Canadians with an inside look at the talent, genetics and grow techniques behind the 7ACRES brand and flower portfolio.
The Ace Valley brand portfolio continues to expand with the release of Ace Valley Wappa 3x 0.5g pre-rolled joint which comes in new recyclable and reusable packaging and boasts a pleasant, fruity aroma and flavour. Ace Valley is expanding its vape offering with Orange Frosty Live Terp Sauce 1g 510 cartridge, offering a blend of live terp sauce, extracted from fresh, flash-frozen cannabis flower, and high purity THC distillate with citrusy, sweet orange flavours that are perfect for daytime.
In the beverage category, Deep Space released two bold new flavours: Orange Orbit and The Grape Unknown. Both full-flavoured, cannabis-infused carbonated beverages deliver a nostalgic taste with a unique flavour twist iconic to Deep Space. Fueled by 10mg of THC in every recyclable 222ml can, these new flavours are potent and ready to drink.
Doja introduced three new offerings for craft cannabis connoisseurs: Doja Legendary Larry, an indica-dominant strain, hang dried and hand finished, featuring mossy green and dense buds with a layer of icy trichomes and now available as a long-term offering in 3.5g of flower and 3 x 0.5g pre-rolled joints; Doja Garlic Chem 3.5g, an indica-leaning hybrid strain available for a limited time only and influenced by the high-quality cultivation techniques found in British Columbia's Okanagan Valley, featuring dense and colourful buds that possess a gassy and garlic combination of aromas and flavours; and Doja 91K 14g, which emits a deep, dank terpene profile that includes myrcene, linalool and limonene, and is the brand's first premium large format offering for the recreational market.
These new offerings are available for purchase via legal recreational cannabis retail locations and e-commerce channels, with select products available for a limited time only, including the 7ACRES Lemon Zkltz 3.5g, Ace Valley Orange Frosty Live Terp Sauce 1g 510 cartridge and Doja Garlic Chem 3.5g.
Canopy Growth (TSX:WEED, NASDAQ:CGC) is a world-leading diversified cannabis and cannabinoid-based consumer product company, driven by a passion to improve lives, end prohibition, and strengthen communities by unleashing the full potential of cannabis. Leveraging consumer insights and innovation, we offer product varieties in high-quality dried flower, oil, softgel capsule, infused beverage, edible, and topical formats, as well as vaporizer devices by Canopy Growth and industry-leader Storz & Bickel. Our global medical brand, Spectrum Therapeutics, sells a range of full-spectrum products using its colour-coded classification system and is a market leader in both Canada and Germany. Through our award-winning Tweed and Tokyo Smoke banners, we reach our adult-use consumers and have built a loyal following by focusing on top quality products and meaningful customer relationships. Canopy Growth has entered into the health and wellness consumer space in key markets including Canada, the United States, and Europe through BioSteel sports nutrition, and This Works skin and sleep solutions; and has introduced additional federally-permissible CBD products to the United States through our First & Free and Martha Stewart CBD brands. Canopy Growth has an established partnership with Fortune 500 alcohol leader Constellation Brands. For more information visit www.canopygrowth.com.
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Phase 2 of Trial Aims to Improve Hearing, Speech Clarity
MILWAUKEE, June 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today experts at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) are administering the first dose of a potentially groundbreaking investigational medicine that aims to help those with Sensorineural Hearing Loss (SNHL) regrow sensory hair cells within the cochlea to improve hearing.
"There currently are no medications approved for hearing loss, so this trial focuses on addressing the underlying biological causes of SNHL," said principal investigator Michael Harris, MD, Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology at MCW. "Loss of hair cells in the inner ear is a cause of hearing loss, and once we lose those cells, they do not grow back on their own. This trial therapy aims to produce new cochlear hair cells."
MCW is one of approximately 30 sites in the United States participating in a Phase 2b clinical trial sponsored by Frequency Therapeutics. Christina Runge, PhD, CCC-A, and David Friedland, MD, PhD, both Professors of Otolaryngology at MCW, serve on the Frequency Therapeutics Clinical Advisory Board. Dr. Runge is also co-author on a paper describing results from a Phase 1 clinical trial for this therapy, called FX-322, the results of which were published in the peer-reviewed journal Otology & Neurotology.
"We administer the study drug via injection through the ear drum into the middle ear. This procedure is very common for otolaryngologists and is generally well-tolerated with a numbing agent," said Dr. Friedland. "Once injected the active ingredient moves into the inner ear where the hair cells are located to stimulate new growth."
Growth of cochlear hair cells can help restore hearing function and improve clarity of speech, which is a unique approach that differs from existing treatments for hearing loss. Current treatments focus on making sounds louder via assistive devices but are limited in only addressing the symptoms of hearing loss and not the underlying biological cause.
"The earlier clinical trial determined that this treatment had a favorable safety profile, but we were also able to see signs of effectiveness with clarity in speech, which is encouraging," said Dr. Runge. "This is cutting edge technology and treatment brought forth by the expertise at MCW and Frequency Therapeutics and is an important discovery for those with SNHL."
To learn more about this clinical trial, please visit: https://www.clarahealth.com/studies/hearing-study.
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Johnnie Max earns prestigious industry recognition
WASHINGTON, June 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Johnnie Max, a new supplemental online literacy program for the next generation of PreK–K teachers, learners, and families, was named the best PreK/Early Childhood Learning Solution of 2022 as part of the annual SIIA CODiE Awards. The prestigious CODiE Awards recognize the companies producing the most innovative education technology products across the country and around the world.
"As a new company, the Johnnie Max team is thrilled to win the CODiE Award. This distinction recognizes the success and innovation of our program, which builds oral language and vocabulary for young kids using digital media along with adult interaction," explains Jamie West, CEO of John Jones Media, the EdTech company behind Johnnie Max.
The program develops the foundations of early literacy while expanding children's worldview and preparing them for a lifetime of academic and digital learning.
"The 2022 EdTech CODiE Award winners exemplify the outstanding products, services and overall innovation that enables learners of all types to connect with educators and educational materials," said SIIA President Jeff Joseph. "We are so proud to recognize this year's honorees – the best of the best – that provide solutions to many of the critical challenges facing learners today – from access and equity, to personalized and tailored learning and beyond. Congratulations to all of this year's CODiE Award winners!"
The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), the principal trade association for the software and digital content industries, announced the full slate of CODiE winners during a virtual winner announcement. Awards were given for products and services deployed specifically for education and learning professionals, including the top honor of the Best Overall Education Technology Solution.
A SIIA CODiE Award win is a prestigious honor, following rigorous reviews by expert judges including educators and administrators whose evaluations determined the finalists. SIIA members then vote on the finalist products, and the scores from both rounds are tabulated to select the winners.
More information about the Awards is available at http://www.siia.net/codie.
Details about the winning products can be found at https://siia.net/codie/eduaction-technology-winners/.
About the CODiE Awards
The SIIA CODiE Awards is the only peer-reviewed program to showcase business and education technology's finest products and services. Since 1986, thousands of products, services and solutions have been recognized for achieving excellence. For more information, visit siia.net/CODiE.
About John Jones Media
Founded by educators and educational product developers, John Jones Media is an EdTech company that launched its first product in January 2022. Johnnie Max is a new online literacy program for PreK–K in English and Spanish.
Jamie West, jamie@jjonesmedia.com
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NEW YORK, June 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for AAPL, BAC, TSLA, MSFT, and PFE.
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For the second year in a row, Mike Morse Law Firm has provided roughly 100 backpacks to the Detroit Youth Choir
DETROIT, Sept. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- This week, Mike Morse Law Firm joined Detroit Youth Choir students and staff for a back-to-school celebration at Marygrove College. The firm donated more than 100 backpacks to the choir students. This is the second year in a row that the firm has partnered with the Detroit Youth Choir to set the students up for a successful school year through the Project Backpack program.
Students were able to grab a backpack provided by Mike Morse Law Firm and fill it up with various school supplies. New choir students were welcomed at the event and choir placements for the upcoming school year were unveiled.
"This partnership with Mike Morse Law Firm is great for us, we love it," Anthony White, director of the Detroit Youth Choir said. "We care about education and want our students to be prepared when they go back to school."
To date, the Mike Morse Law Firm has donated more than 250,000 backpacks through the Project Backpack program. Project Backpack has been providing backpacks filled with school supplies to local students for the past nine years.
"The talent these students have is unbelievable," Mike Morse said. "I was fortunate enough to see them perform last year and I am so glad we were able to come back for a second year. We are so excited to be able to help them get ready for a great school year ahead."
Since 1995, the Mike Morse Law Firm has been protecting the rights of Michigan auto accident and injury victims. They are Michigan's largest personal injury firm, specializing in auto, truck, pedestrian, and motorcycle accidents as well as Social Security disability claims. They are experts in Michigan's No-Fault Act. Since opening their doors in 1995, the firm has won over one billion dollars for its clients. Mike Morse Law Firm handles cases throughout the state of Michigan, with a main office in Southfield. To learn more, call (855) 645-3946 or visit www.855mikewins.com.
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DALLAS, June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas Instruments (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) today expanded its connectivity portfolio with a new family of wireless microcontrollers (MCU) that enable high-quality Bluetooth® Low Energy (LE) at half the price of competing devices. Featuring best-in-class standby current and radio-frequency (RF) performance, the SimpleLink™ Bluetooth LE CC2340 family is built on the foundation of TI's decades of wireless connectivity expertise. Pricing for the CC2340 family will start as low as $0.79, making it affordable for engineers to add Bluetooth LE connectivity to more products. For more information, see www.ti.com/cc2340.
"Industrywide, 5 billion Bluetooth® enabled devices are forecast to ship in 2022," said Mark Powell, CEO of the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG), the standards organization that oversees Bluetooth technology. "The commitment and involvement of Bluetooth SIG members like Texas Instruments allow Bluetooth technology to meet the growing demands for enhanced wireless connectivity in a wider range of applications. I am grateful for the contributions of our membership in delivering innovative solutions that benefit the Bluetooth ecosystem and help broaden the adoption of Bluetooth technology."
TI will demonstrate the CC2340 wireless MCUs in booth No. 3A-215 at embedded world in Nuremberg, Germany, June 21-23, 2022. For more information, see ti.com/embeddedworld.
"The adoption of Bluetooth LE is accelerating and our embedded world demo of the CC2340 family will show you how to quickly and easily add the technology to any application," said Marian Kost, vice president and general manager of Connectivity at Texas Instruments. "The new MCUs will provide high-quality RF and power performance at an affordable price, backed by unrivaled technical support and internal manufacturing capacity investments that will help meet our customers' demand for years to come."
The CC2340R2 and CC2340R5 wireless MCUs, offering flash memory of 256KB and 512KB respectively, provide exceptional flexibility for engineers and ample space for application code. Additionally, with the proliferation of Bluetooth LE applications, designers need additional memory capacity to easily update software remotely. The new wireless MCU family features 36KB of RAM with over-the-air download support.
The new MCUs include industry-leading standby current of less than 830 nA, which is 40 percent lower than competing devices. The reduction in standby current helps extend battery life for up to 10 years on a coin cell battery in wireless applications such as electronic shelf labels and tire pressure monitoring systems. The CC2340 family also features an operating temperature range of –40ºC to 125ºC to help ensure a stable connection across applications, from industrial sensors and medical laboratories to outdoor environments such as EV chargers or smart meters.
Engineers are also able to expand RF performance and connection range with an output power up to +8 dBm, the industry's highest among competing Bluetooth LE wireless MCUs. In addition, the CC2340 devices feature an integrated RF balun to enable a simpler design with fewer external components, leading to cost savings.
With the increased memory, longer battery life and wider temperature range at an affordable price, engineers can enable more connected everyday applications such as:
- Medical devices: In glucose meters, for example, the CC2340 MCUs' standby current of less than 830 nA leads to an end-product shelf life of 18 to 24 months and two weeks of active Bluetooth LE operation on a coin cell battery.
- Building automation: Smart-home hubs can take advantage of the CC2340 MCUs' wireless protocol support and output power range up to +8 dBm.
- Personal care: For products such as an electric toothbrush, the CC2340 wireless MCUs offer low power consumption in sleep mode, and can extend battery life.
At embedded world this week, visitors to TI's booth can use the SimpleLink CC2340 LaunchPad™ development kit to establish a Bluetooth LE connection in two minutes or less. Throughout the show, TI will demonstrate how its products can help engineers overcome edge AI, connectivity and automotive design challenges. To view virtual demos and related white papers, technical articles and on-demand training, see TI.com/embeddedworld.
To simplify implementation, engineers can connect with TI applications engineers through the TI E2E™ Bluetooth support forum. Engineers also have access to the proven, royalty-free Bluetooth LE software stack, which TI has supported and kept updated since 2010.
To get started with the CC2340 wireless MCUs, customers can request samples as well as a development kit (LP-EM-CC2340R5) priced at US$39. The new wireless MCUs are expected to be in volume production in the first half of 2023.
Pricing for the CC2340 family will start as low as US$0.79 for 1,000-unit quantities. To learn more about the new wireless MCU family, see www.ti.com/cc2340.
The CC2340R2 and CC2340R5 wireless MCUs are the latest addition to the SimpleLink portfolio that provides innovative connectivity solutions to serve the industrial, automotive and personal electronics markets.
TI is developing affordable, quality and low-power wireless MCUs, certified modules, and transceivers, along with complete software offerings to fit any RF design need. For more information, see www.ti.com/wireless.
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Kansas Cold Case: Carla Avery, Eric Avery, Tamesha Lee, Marvin Woods
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - December 1, 2013, two boys out skateboarding a few blocks from the Washburn University campus made a horrific discovery: a woman dead behind a strip mall in the 1300 block of SW 21st. St.
The woman was Carla Avery. She was shot in the head, left behind the building; her car, parked in the car wash.
Pat McLaughlin, cold case investigators for the Shawnee Co. District Attorney’s Office worked for the Topeka Police Dept. back then, and was the first detective on scene.
“Officers then went to her home address which was in the 1600 block of SW Central Park. Upon arriving, they found some evidence that was very concerning, so at that time they called the Topeka Police response team to come out to the scene,” McLaughlin said.
Inside the house, they found three more people shot and killed: Carla’s ex-husband Marvin Woods; their friend Tamesha Lee; and Eric Avery, Carla’s brother and the father of Karmen Nard’s son.
“They were very beautiful people. They didn’t deserve what happened to them,” Karmen said. “I would describe Carla as a very loud, funny person. She had a big personality. She loved the kids.”
Four victims. More than eight years later, few answers.
“Somebody has to know something. Somebody knows something,” Karmen said.
McLaughlin said investigators do not believe the killings were random.
“The investigation led into people they knew, people they associated with. Probably in the hundreds, over 100 for sure of different people that officers and detectives have talked to over the years,” McLaughlin said. “We do believe the people involved are from this community, and that there are still people here that have direct knowledge of what happened - some of which we’ve probably already talked to, and we just need them to be more forthcoming and give us the information that we need.”
Karmen said the families are grateful the case is included in the Kansas Cold Case deck as the ace of diamonds. The playing cards will be distributed in Kansas prisons and jails in hopes someone sees the case - knows something - and says something.
“I just pray that wherever they are, that they pay. That their conscience eats them alive,” Karmen said. “If anyone knows about it, I pray that their conscience eats them alive to the point that they have to open their mouth and say something.”
McLaughlin said the biggest challenge in the case is cooperation.
“We do have evidence in this case, but we need a witness that is willing to do the right thing on just a horrible tragedy,” he said.
It’s a tragedy that left a little boy who’s now a young man without a father and an aunt. Karmen’s son earned his high school’s citizenship award, and is headed to college on a football scholarship this fall. At his graduation, he held large cut-out photos of Eric and Carla.
“Their spirits were with us but, his milestones that he’s reaching in his life - it’s just sad his family isn’t there to experience it with him,” she said.
Karmen says she understands fear and mistrust, but she hopes people understand one thing outweighs them all.
“It sounds so simple but it’s something so big - closure is something that the families need,” she said. “Imagine if it was your family. You wouldn’t want to go all these years. It’s about to be 10 years. You don’t want to go all these years with unanswered questions, raising kids that don’t have any closure. My son’s about to go to college. He needs to at least have the closure in his heart to know he’s at rest, they’re at rest.”
If you know anything about these killings - or any unsolved case - call the Kansas Bureau of Investigation at 1-800-KS-CRIME.
Prior KS Cold Case Profiles:
Mercedes Holford and Crystal Andrews
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SAN FRANCISCO, HOUSTON, BOSTON, and NEW YORK, May 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- L37 Ventures launches alternative asset marketplace, wealth and advisory platform, Everest Financial, to guide and finance entrepreneurs, companies, and fund managers from idea through exit.
"Software and data are revolutionising every industry, and they are inevitably changing how we support and finance entrepreneurs, companies, and alternative asset managers", says John Tilney, Chief Investment Officer. "Gaining access to efficient financing and strategic support has always been inefficient, often leaving out the best entrepreneurs and alternative fund managers," says Randall Ussery, Founder and CEO. "Combined with the growing demand for access to alternative investments, we recognized an opportunity to design a fintech platform and services company that offers 360° wealth, advisory, and alternative asset solutions."
"Everest is an important step in the next generation of alternative investments. Combining years of experience with data and tech, there is an opportunity to closely engage with entrepreneurs and companies across a myriad of needs, both strategic and financial, as well as to provide access to alternative investment products to RIAs and accredited investors through our Basecamp marketplace," says Gregory Park, Head of Advisory.
Kemal Farid, COO and founder of a global software company in oil and gas, says, "We're here for the builders, the trailblazers who never settle and continue to shape the world around us. It's not and will never be easy. It's why we're here to support our partners on their unique journeys, be it on a personal, company, or fund level, giving access to the right financing and guided support at the right time."
Everest is a financial technology and services company offering 360° solutions to companies, entrepreneurs, investors, and fund managers throughout their life's journey.
For more information about Everest, visit www.L37Everest.com
L37 is a new generation, hybrid venture capital and private equity investment firm. The firm works alongside executive and founding teams leveraging frameworks and systems, capital, and talent to engineer opportunities for investors and impact at scale.
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NEW YORK, May 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Levi & Korsinsky, LLP notifies investors in Netflix, Inc. ("Netflix, Inc." or the "Company") (NASDAQ: NFLX) of a class action securities lawsuit.
CLASS DEFINITION: The lawsuit seeks to recover losses on behalf of Netflix, Inc. investors who were adversely affected by alleged securities fraud. This lawsuit is on behalf of persons and entities that purchased or otherwise acquired Netflix common stock or call options, or sold put options, between October 19, 2021 and April 19, 2022, inclusive. Follow the link below to get more information and be contacted by a member of our team:
NFLX investors may also contact Joseph E. Levi, Esq. via email at jlevi@levikorsinsky.com or by telephone at (212) 363-7500.
CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that defendants made false statements and/or concealed that: (1) Netflix was exhibiting slower acquisition growth due to, among other things, account sharing by customers and increased competition from other streaming services; (2) the Company was experiencing difficulties retaining customers; (3) as a result of the foregoing, the Company was losing subscribers on a net basis (4) as a result, the Company's financial results were being adversely affected; and (5) as a result of the foregoing, Defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially false and/or misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
WHAT'S NEXT? If you suffered a loss in Netflix, Inc. during the relevant time frame, you have until July 5, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you are a class member, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket costs or fees. There is no cost or obligation to participate.
WHY LEVI & KORSINSKY: Over the past 20 years, the team at Levi & Korsinsky has secured hundreds of millions of dollars for aggrieved shareholders and built a track record of winning high-stakes cases. Our firm has extensive expertise representing investors in complex securities litigation and a team of over 70 employees to serve our clients. For seven years in a row, Levi & Korsinsky has ranked in ISS Securities Class Action Services' Top 50 Report as one of the top securities litigation firms in the United States.
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NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CureDuchenne, a leading global nonprofit focused on finding and funding a cure for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), today released a webinar on the upcoming opening of U.S. trial sites for Pfizer's CIFFREO trial, a phase 3 study in ambulatory boys with DMD to assess the safety and efficacy of an investigational mini-dystrophin gene therapy. In the webinar, Pfizer's Global Clinical Lead for Rare Neurological Diseases, Beth Belluscio, MD-PhD, presents critical updates on Pfizer's CIFFREO trial including trial design, safety considerations, key inclusion/exclusion criteria, and more. The presentation is followed by a thoughtful Q&A session with Debra Miller, Founder and CEO of CureDuchenne. Pfizer's Duchenne gene therapy program was acquired from Bamboo Therapeutics, which received funding from CureDuchenne in 2016.
To watch the webinar, visit https://www.cureduchenne.org/all-news/pfizer-ciffreo-webinar/.
"We're very excited that Pfizer's global gene therapy ambulatory study for Duchenne will be progressing and will now include U.S. sites. We look forward to the future with hope for gene therapy as we strive to improve and extend the lives of those living with Duchenne, a devastating disease," said CureDuchenne Founder and CEO Debra Miller.
DMD is the most common form of muscular dystrophy, occurring in approximately 1 in 5,000 male births. Those affected with Duchenne lose their ability to walk, feed themselves, and breathe independently and ultimately succumb to heart failure.
For more information, visit: www.ciffreoduchennetrial.com/ and clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04281485.
CureDuchenne is recognized as a global leader in research, patient care and innovation for improving and extending the lives of those with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. CureDuchenne is dedicated to finding and funding a cure for Duchenne by breaking the traditional charitable mold through an innovative venture philanthropy model that funds groundbreaking research, early diagnosis and community education. For more information on how to help raise awareness and funds needed for research, please visit www.cureduchenne.org.
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HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — For the first time in his life, Gift Livingstone Sango, 65, saw a painting by his father depicting Jesus as a Black man.
“My father used to draw Jesus as Black because God is for all of us. He is not a God of color,” said Sango.
The painting done by his late father in the 1940s is part of a historic exhibit, “The Stars are Bright,” now at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe for the first time since the collection left the country more than 70 years ago.
A photograph of Sango’s father, Livingstone, as a young boy hangs next to the painting.
“We never knew our father was such a great artist but after 70 years we are seeing these pictures. We are being called,” said Sango. “Some of these pictures we had never seen before. I am seeing my father as a boy.”
Sango’s father went on to become an accomplished taxidermist working for the National Museum in Bulawayo.
The compelling exhibit at the National Gallery until the end of October is of paintings done in the 1940s and 1950s by young Black students at Cyrene Mission School, the first to teach art to Black students in what was then white minority-ruled Rhodesia.
Using bold strokes and bright, lush colors filling the entire canvases, the students depicted African life in dance, household chores and hunting wildlife alongside the emerging modern world of railroads and electricity lines. The paintings vividly depict tales of African folklore as well as Bible stories in an arresting intersection of African tradition, history and the Christianity introduced by western settlers.
The paintings quickly won admirers, including Britain’s King George VI, who visited the school in 1947. A collection of the work created at Cyrene school between 1940 and 1947 was sent overseas to be shown in London, Paris and New York. Many paintings were sold and helped to fund the school.
Later the paintings were stored in the basement of St. Michael’s and All Angels Church in London and over time they were forgotten. The artworks were rediscovered by a Zimbabwean who recognized the name Cyrene on the boxes when the church was being deconsecrated, according to a press release by organizers of the exhibition in Harare. He brought the paintings to the attention of others who recognized that a treasure trove lay in the basement.
“The Stars are Bright” exhibition has returned the paintings to the country, where many Zimbabweans will see them for the first time. Photographs of many of the artists as young boys are displayed alongside the paintings.
“It was a very difficult time in the 1940s. It was the height of World War II and it was the height of colonialism in Zimbabwe,” Lisa Masterson, curator of the exhibition, said. She said the school’s founder Edward Paterson was far-sighted to make art a compulsory subject. “For a white Anglican priest to empower young black students with new skills and belief in themselves was completely revolutionary in those days,” she said.
“Paterson was a true believer that art could unite people. And that no matter what people saw in an artwork, it didn’t matter what color you were, or where you came from or what tribe you were from, art was a unifying factor,” said Masterson.
Many students from Cyrene school went on to become artists, teachers and professionals, despite the restrictions of white-minority-ruled Rhodesia.
In 2020, “The Stars Are Bright” exhibit showcased the works at the Theatre Courtyard Gallery in London. Now, the artworks have come back home to acclaim. Some of the paintings have already been exhibited in the scenic Honde Valley in the eastern Manicaland province in late 2021 and in the western city of Bulawayo in April this year. Now the full exhibit is on show in Harare.
“Today, after having spent 70 years away from their homeland, these astonishing works are finally back home to be viewed,” Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa said this week after viewing the paintings.
Coming amid growing calls for the repatriation of African art to the continent, some say the Cyrene paintings should return to Zimbabwe permanently.
“It is very important for this heritage to speak to its own people,” Raphael Chikukwa, the executive director of the National Gallery of Zimbabwe, told The Associated Press. “The families of these artists can have their children and grandchildren look at this collection, to be able to speak to this collection and to admire it. Because at the end of the day if the collection returns to the U.K., they are unlikely to have any further connection with it.”
The organizers say they are negotiating with the Curtain Foundation, owners of the collection, for the permanent repatriation of the works.
“This art being brought back home is what we want,” said Sango. “The heritage must be brought back home. This will dry our tears.” | https://cw33.com/news/international/ap-international/pioneering-art-collection-returns-to-zimbabwe-after-70-years/ | 2022-08-11T08:32:37Z |
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a way to keep a drywall putty knife close at hand while working at a jobsite," said an inventor, from Fort Worth, Texas, "so I invented the DRYWALL KNIFE HOLDER. My design would offer a more professional-looking alternative to storing the knife in a pocket or tool belt. My father has 25 years in the drywall business, and he has never seen anything like this before, something like this in the market would be successful and its time to everyone to have one."
The patent-pending invention provides an effective belt holder for securing a drywall knife. In doing so, it ensures that the drywall knife is readily available for use. As a result, it increases convenience. It also helps to reduce messes and it provides a more professional appearance. With the years of experience in the inventor's family they have seen many workers carry their drywall knife in their back pocket with the knife pointing up. This has cost a lot of injuries in the workplace, and is a great inconvenience, so besides giving the worker a professional look, their objective is to also bring safety to its owner. The invention features a practical design that is easy to attach and use so it is ideal for drywall contractors, painting contractors, construction workers, do-it-yourselfers, etc. Additionally, it is producible in design variations and a prototype is available.
The original design was submitted to the Dallas sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-DAL-202, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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Bicyclist injured on I-75 by hit-and-run driver
Published: Aug. 3, 2022 at 8:00 AM EDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. (WWSB) - A bicyclist on Interstate 75 was seriously injured early Wednesday by a hit-and-run driver in Manatee County, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
Troopers say the bicyclist, a 32-year-old man from Miami, was travelling north on I-75, at about 2:30 a.m., north of Moccasin Wallow Road, when he was hit by a vehicle which did not stop. He was taken to a hospital with serious injuries.
The vehicle is described as possibly dark gray or black, now with passenger side headlight and side mirror damage.
If anyone has information about this crash, they are urged to contact the Florida Highway Patrol at *347, or Crimestoppers.
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DALLAS, June 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) and the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA) have reached a Tentative Agreement for Southwest's® Aircraft Appearance Technicians.
"This agreement rewards our Appearance Technicians for the contributions they make to our Company's success," said Adam Carlisle, Vice President Labor Relations at Southwest Airlines. "It's also a result of the hard work exemplified by both Negotiating Committees, and we appreciate all of their efforts."
Southwest's nearly 170 Appearance Technicians help deliver safe, secure, clean, and reliable aircraft for Southwest's Customers and Employees. AMFA will communicate to its members about the ratification process.
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LAS VEGAS , June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- All Kanpai Panda holders have FREE access to the Kanpai Panda WSOP Weekend (Pre UFC 276) Party on July 1st from 9PM to 1AM at the Delano Skyfall Rooftop Bar in Las Vegas! Local DJs Kid Funk and DJ Romeo will be playing as Kanpai Pandas dance the night away! The Skyfall Lounge is a multi-sensory experience; combining a panoramic overlook of the city, dramatic interiors, chill-out sounds, creative plates, and artisan cocktails. Enjoy a laid-back carefree atmosphere where you can escape from the noise and stress of the city while resident DJs spin easygoing tunes and eclectic beats.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas jury Thursday ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay more than $4 million — significantly less than the $150 million being sought — in compensatory damages to the parents of a 6-year-old boy killed in the Sandy Hook massacre, marking the first time the Infowars host has been held financially liable for repeatedly claiming the deadliest school shooting in U.S. history was a hoax.
The Austin jury must still decide how much the Infowars host should pay in punitive damages to Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, whose son Jesse Lewis was among the 20 children and six educators who were killed in the 2012 attack in Newtown, Connecticut.
The parents had sought at least $150 million in compensation for defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Jones’ attorney asked the jury to limit damages to $8 — one dollar for each of the compensation charges they considered — and Jones himself said any award over $2 million “would sink us.”
It likely won’t be the last judgment against Jones — who was not in the courtroom — over his claims that the attack was staged in the interests of increasing gun controls. A Connecticut judge has ruled against him in a similar lawsuit brought by other victims’ families and an FBI agent who worked on the case. He also faces another trial in Austin.
Jones’ lead attorney, Andino Reynal, winked at his co-counsel before leaving the courtroom. He declined to comment on the verdict.
Outside the courthouse, the plaintiffs’ attorney Mark Bankston insisted that the $4.11 million amount wasn’t a disappointment, noting it was only part of the damages Jones will have to pay.
The jury returns Friday to hear more evidence about Jones and his company’s finances.
In a video posted on his website Thursday night, Jones called the reduced award a major victory.
“I admitted I was wrong. I admitted it was a mistake. I admitted that I followed disinformation but not on purpose. I apologized to the families. And the jury understood that. What I did to those families was wrong. But I didn’t do it on purpose,” he said.
The award was “more money than my company and I personally have, but we are going to work on trying to make restitution on that,” Jones said.
Bankston suggested any victory declarations might be premature.
“We aren’t done folks,” Bankston said. “We knew coming into this case it was necessary to shoot for the moon to get the jury to understand we were serious and passionate. After tomorrow, he’s going to owe a lot more.”
The total amount awarded in this case could set a marker for the other lawsuits against Jones and underlines the financial threat he’s facing. It also raises new questions about the ability of Infowars — which has been banned from YouTube, Spotify and Twitter for hate speech — to continue operating, although the company’s finances remain unclear.
Jones, who has portrayed the lawsuit as an attack on his First Amendment rights, conceded during the trial that the attack was “100% real” and that he was wrong to have lied about it. But Heslin and Lewis told jurors that an apology wouldn’t suffice and called on them to make Jones pay for the years of suffering he has put them and other Sandy Hook families through.
The parents testified Tuesday about how they’ve endured a decade of trauma, inflicted first by the murder of their son and what followed: gun shots fired at a home, online and phone threats, and harassment on the street by strangers. They said the threats and harassment were all fueled by Jones and his conspiracy theory spread to his followers via his website Infowars.
A forensic psychiatrist testified that the parents suffer from “complex post-traumatic stress disorder” inflicted by ongoing trauma, similar to what might be experienced by a soldier at war or a child abuse victim.
At one point in her testimony, Lewis looked directly at Jones, who was sitting barely 10 feet away.
“It seems so incredible to me that we have to do this — that we have to implore you, to punish you — to get you to stop lying,” Lewis told Jones.
Barry Covert, a Buffalo, New York, First Amendment lawyer who is not involved in the Jones case, said the $4 million in compensatory damages was lower than he would have expected given the evidence and testimony.
“But I don’t think Jones can take this as a victory,” he added. “The fact is, $4 million is significant even if we might have thought it would be a little higher.”
Jurors often decline to award any punitive damages after deciding on a compensation figure. But when they choose to, the punitive amount is often higher, Covert said. He said he expects the parents’ attorneys to argue that jurors should send the message that no one should profit off defamation.
“They will want jurors to send the message that you can’t make a quarter of a billion in profit off harming someone and say you’ll just take the damages loss in court,” Covert said.
Jones was the only witness to testify in his defense, and he only attended the trial sporadically while still appearing on his show. And he came under withering attack from the plaintiffs attorneys under cross-examination, as they reviewed Jones’ own video claims about Sandy Hook over the years, and accused him of lying and trying to hide evidence, including text messages and emails about the attack. It also included internal emails sent by an Infowars employee that said “this Sandy Hook stuff is killing us.”
At one point, Jones was told that his attorneys had mistakenly sent Bankston the last two years’ worth of texts from Jones’ cellphone. Bankston said in court Thursday that the U.S. House Jan. 6 committee investigating the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol has requested the records and that he intends to comply.
And shortly after Jones declared “I don’t use email,” Jones was shown one that came from his address, and another one from an Infowars business officer telling Jones that the company had earned $800,000 gross in selling its products in a single day, which would amount to nearly $300 million in a year.
Jones’ media company Free Speech Systems, which is Infowars’ parent company, filed for bankruptcy during the two-week trial.
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Associated Press writer Michael Tarm in Chicago contributed to this report.
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For more of the AP’s coverage of school shootings: https://apnews.com/hub/school-shootings | https://cw33.com/news/u-s-news/ap-us-headlines/alex-jones-ordered-to-pay-sandy-hook-parents-more-than-4m/ | 2022-08-05T13:16:46Z |
Suncoast organization helping break stigma surrounding mental illness
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Venice resident Patrick O’Keefe says he has come a long way in his battle with mental illness. He was diagnosed with schizophrenia when he was in his early 20′s. O’Keefe is now in his 50′s.
“I didn’t know what was going on, the symptoms that I had were delusional and not based on reality,” said O’Keefe. “But in my mind they were, so it was very challenging.”
O’Keefe says that he’s been in remission now for over 25 years. He says places like the National Alliance on Mental Illness in Sarasota, also known as NAMI, is helping many people. Through lots of support, recovery and the right medication, he’s been successful in his battle against mental illness.
“Just groups, 12-step groups are a big part of that,” said O’Keefe. “My recovery, meditation, taking care of myself, being accountable. Simple things, keeping the house clean, exercising, hobbies.”
Mental illness not only involves those who are schizophrenic but also can include those people who have anxiety, depression and are bipolar. Dozens of people a day are using the free services at NAMI’s locations in Sarasota and Manatee Counties, everything from support and education, to wellness activities and socialization.
“We need to keep talking about it, don’t be afraid to talk about it,” said Colleen Thayer, Executive Director of the National Alliance on Mental Illness. “It’s not something to be feared and the more we can do that kind of thing, the more resources we can get to support people that live with mental health conditions.”
O’Keefe is now working as a certified Recovery Peer Specialist at NAMI. He’s now helping others with their mental health challenges.
“I’ve seen so much beauty in him, and to overcome what he’s gotten to, it’s just amazing,” said Rajh Cromie, an Operations Coordinator for the National Alliance on Mental Illness.
O’Keefe has this advice for anyone currently battling mental illness.
“Don’t be ashamed to reach out for help, I think we as a society need to realize that asking for help isn’t a weakness, it’s a strength,” said O’Keefe.
NAMI will have a mental health walk. It’s scheduled for Saturday, October 8th from 8am until 1pm at Payne Park in Sarasota.
For more information on NAMI and their upcoming walk, you can log onto https://namisarasotamanatee.org/.
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Cleveland.com and the Plain Dealer's annual award is based on employee feedback
LAKEWOOD, Ohio, June 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Roundstone has been awarded a Top Workplaces 2022 honor by cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer. The award is based solely on employee feedback gathered through a third-party survey administered by employee engagement technology partner Energage LLC. The anonymous survey uniquely measures 15 culture drivers that are critical to the success of any organization: including alignment, execution, and connection, just to name a few.
A health insurance company on a mission for affordable, high-quality healthcare for small and mid-size businesses, Roundstone's 130 employees pride themselves on a customer-first mindset backed by core values of working smarter, living well, being accountable, and having intellectual curiosity.
"We're celebrating a fantastic first half of 2022," said Mike Schroeder, President and founder of Roundstone. "As we continue this fast pace of growth, this award reminds us that none of this would be possible without the dedication of our employees. It is our people that build the relationships and shape our culture to create a successful business. I am thrilled for our team to be recognized for their efforts and acknowledge that Roundstone is a great place to work."
To learn about current job openings at Roundstone, visit the Careers page.
Roundstone is an innovative insurance organization founded in 2003 with a vision of giving small and mid-size 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 care, mitigates risk, reduces claims volatility, controls costs, and returns savings right back to employers and employees– a win-win all around. Roundstone is headquartered in Lakewood, Ohio. Stay connected on our blog, LinkedIn, and Twitter.
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WHITTIER, Calif., Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts (Sanitation Districts) recognized 370 companies with certificates for being "good corporate citizens" for the year 2021. These companies have met their limits for wastewater discharge for at least a year, maintained their environmental equipment, and fulfilled all permit requirements. Of these companies, ninety-three have received this recognition for five or more consecutive years.
"To protect public health and the environment, our agency works closely with our industrial dischargers to ensure their wastewater meets or exceeds regulatory requirements. The treatment that these companies provide before discharging wastewater to our sewer system allows the Sanitation Districts to operate more effectively for all ratepayers," remarked Robert C. Ferrante, Chief Engineer and General Manager of the Sanitation Districts. "We applaud these companies for their commitment to being good environmental stewards," added Mr. Ferrante.
"The recipients of these awards are pleased to receive this recognition, and we see ourselves as partners with the Sanitation Districts in protecting the environment," said Sam Bell, owner of Metal Surfaces, Inc., of Bell Gardens and chair of the Sanitation Districts' Industry Advisory Council.
The idea for the Certificates of Recognition originated with the Sanitation Districts' Industry Advisory Council, an advisory group currently consisting of 11 representatives from different industrial sectors. The Council and the Sanitation Districts believe that it is important to acknowledge industries with good compliance records. The recognition program is now in its twenty-sixth year.
The Sanitation Districts are a regional public agency consisting of 24 independent special districts serving over 5.5 million people in 78 cities and unincorporated territory within Los Angeles County. The agency protects public health and the environment through innovative and cost-effective wastewater and solid waste management and, in doing so, converts waste into resources such as recycled water, energy and recycled materials.
Contact: Jyoti Banaji, Industrial Waste Section
Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts
(562) 908-4288, ext. 2906
or Basil Hewitt, Public Information Office
(562) 908-4288, ext. 2303
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LAKE OSWEGO, Ore., June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Geneva Financial (Geneva), a direct mortgage lender operating in 46 states, has announced the opening of a new branch location in Lake Oswego, OR led by Branch Manager Pauline Hines. The opening of this new branch provides opportunities for local borrowers and buyers looking to navigate the current housing market.
"Already, our transition to Geneva has proven tremendously fruitful." Oregon Branch Manager Pauline Hines stated. "The resources available to me and my branch have allowed us to expand in ways I couldn't have imagined. We are excited to see the potential continue to grow as we serve our market."
Based out of Lake Oswego, OR, Hines and her team proudly serve homebuyers throughout the state. The new branch will continue Geneva's exceptional service and extensive product offering through countless homebuyer and homeowner-focused products including Conventional, FHA, VA, USDA, Refinance, Reverse, Jumbo Loans, Condo Financing, and so much more.
With more that 20 years in the mortgage and real estate industry, Pauline has built a stellar reputation through her experience and skill in the sector. To Hines, communication is key through the entire loan process, always keeping her clients' best interests in mind. From first-time homebuyers to seasoned investors, Hines and her team will go above and beyond to help clients achieve their dreams of homeownership.
Geneva Financial Home Loans is currently expanding in all markets and seeking branch managers and loan originators across the United States looking to advance their mortgage careers. For information on opportunities, visit www.GenevaFi.com/opportunity
Founded in 2007 by Aaron VanTrojen, Geneva Financial (NMLS 42056) is a direct mortgage lender headquartered in Chandler, Arizona with more than 130 branch locations in 46 states. Our mission at Geneva Financial is to approach every aspect of our business from the "inside-out". With a culture-forward mindset, we focus on our loan originators and support staff first to ensure an unbeatable experience for our customers.
Our Core Values were created as a daily reminder to operate with the inside-out approach in mind. Core Value #1 is the backbone of all our Core Values, our mission, and our brand vision: Home Loans Powered by Humans®. Learn more about Geneva Financial Home Loans at www.GenevaFi.com
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HONG KONG, July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BIT Mining Limited (NYSE: BTCM) ("BIT Mining" or the "Company"), a leading technology-driven cryptocurrency mining company, today announced that it has completed its sale of 279,673,200 shares of Loto Interactive Limited ("Loto Interactive") at the price of HK$0.28 per share for a total consideration of HK$78,308,496 in cash (the "Transaction"). Upon completion of the Transaction, the Company's ownership of Loto Interactive decreased to 8.79%. The Transaction was previously announced on July 12, 2022.
About BIT Mining
BIT Mining (NYSE: BTCM) is a leading technology-driven cryptocurrency mining company, with a long-term strategy to create value across the cryptocurrency industry. Its business covers cryptocurrency mining, mining pool, and data center operation. The Company owns the world's top blockchain browser BTC.com and the comprehensive mining pool business operated under BTC.com, providing multi-currency mining services including BTC, ETH and LTC. The Company has also entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a 7-nanometer cryptocurrency mining machine manufacturer, Bee Computing, to complete the Company's vertical integration with its supply chain, increase its self-sufficiency and strengthen its competitive position.
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and as defined in the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "will," "expects," "anticipates," "future," "intends," "plans," "believes," "estimates," "target," "going forward," "outlook" and similar statements. Such statements are based upon management's current expectations and current market and operating conditions and relate to events that involve known or unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, all of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond the Company's control, which may cause the Company's actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause BIT Mining's actual results to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements. Further information regarding these and other risks, uncertainties or factors is included in the Company's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required under law.
For further information:
BIT Mining Limited
ir@btcm.group
Ir.btcm.group
www.btcm.group
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Email: BITMining@thepiacentegroup.com
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LOS ANGELES and SAN FRANCISCO, June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- King & Spalding today announced that Dale Giali, Keri Borders and Michael Resch have joined as partners on its FDA and Life Sciences team. Giali and Borders will be based in the firm's Los Angeles office, and Resch will be resident in the San Francisco office.
Giali, Borders and Resch focus on representing food and beverage companies in consumer deception litigation matters, including defending false advertising claims associated with nutrition labeling, ingredients and marketing claims. Giali and Borders join from Mayer Brown, where they co-led the food and beverage practice, and they are reuniting with Resch, a former Mayer Brown partner who most recently served as general counsel at Amy's Kitchen, a leader in the frozen food and soup categories. Together, they further enhance King & Spalding's industry-leading food and beverage focus area, within the firm's renowned FDA and Life Sciences team.
"Further enhancing our outstanding food and beverage practice with high caliber, specialized litigation strength has long been a high priority for the firm," said Mark Brown, chair of King & Spalding's FDA and Life Sciences team. "In recent years, the plaintiff's bar has increasingly targeted the food and beverage industry with false advertising and consumer deception class actions. To successfully defend against these actions, defense counsel require a deep understanding of food science, regulatory issues and consumer protection requirements. Dale, Keri and Mike bring this combination of skills, and we are thrilled they have joined us."
Giali has represented many of the world's largest multinational corporations in complex food, beverage and consumer packaged goods false advertising counseling and litigation, including defending consumer class actions and prosecuting and defending competitor lawsuits. Ranked nationally in Chambers USA and Legal 500, Giali is also recognized by Benchmark Litigation as a Litigation Star for class actions, and by BTI as a Super All-Star. The National Law Journal recognized him as a Litigation Trailblazer, and Law360 named him an MVP in the field of class action litigation in the United States. Giali, who co-led his previous firm's food & beverage group, received his undergraduate degree from University of California, Los Angeles, and his J.D., cum laude, from the University of San Diego School of Law.
Borders concentrates her practice on defending food, beverage and consumer packaged goods manufacturers, retailers and distributors in complex false advertising, competitor, and consumer class action litigation. Borders co-led her previous firm's food and beverage practice. She is ranked nationally in Chambers USA and was recognized by Law360 as a Product Liability MVP. Borders received her undergraduate degree from University of California, Los Angeles, and her J.D. from the University of California Hastings College of the Law. Following law school, she clerked for Judge Robert J. Timlin in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.
Resch has substantial litigation and regulatory experience in the food and beverage industry, including as general counsel, as well as in other industries. His practice has focused on defending false advertising class actions, representing clients before FDA and USDA, and handling complex matters involving trade secret misrepresentation, accountant liability and white-collar criminal defense, with an emphasis on cases involving accounting and financial issues. Resch received his undergraduate degree, magna cum laude, graduating in two years from Pepperdine University, and his J.D. from Washington & Lee University School of Law.
"King & Spalding's unmatched reputation on FDA and life sciences issues, its global platform and its longtime commitment and standing in the food and beverage industry, combined with its efforts to strategically grow its food litigation prowess, made this a clear decision for Keri, Mike, and myself," Giali said. "We're eager to join forces here and to work with our esteemed King & Spalding colleagues."
Celebrating more than 130 years of service, King & Spalding is an international law firm that represents a broad array of clients, including half of the Fortune Global 100, with 1,200 lawyers in 23 offices in the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. The firm has handled matters in over 160 countries on six continents and is consistently recognized for the results it obtains, uncompromising commitment to quality, and dedication to understanding the business and culture of its clients. More information is available at www.kslaw.com.
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Hundreds of Bell County residents will join hands for a Way of the Cross procession Friday in Temple — a tradition that is in its 21st year locally.
This year, the five-mile walk is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church, 707 S. Sixth St., proceed to St. Mary Catholic Church, 1018 S. Seventh St., and end around 2 p.m. at St. Luke Catholic Church, 2807 Oakdale Drive.
“This is the first time that we are gathering in two years because of the pandemic, so excitement is truly in the air,” Theresa Mireles, a St. Mary Catholic Church parishioner, said. “We have held meetings with all three parishes, and everyone has taken on a very unified front just to make sure that this walk is memorable.”
Mireles — who noted how the procession has featured anywhere from 300 to 500 participants in the past — has called the tradition a “humbling” experience.
“It really shows our Catholic faith and the traditions that we uphold during the Easter season,” she said. “Several priests and deacons carry the cross, and we read the station once we get to each parish. It’s just a beautiful thing.”
Although the procession is hosted by the trio of Catholic churches, the entire Christian community is invited to participate. However, participants are required to walk and are not allowed to bring skateboards, bicycles, scooters or other “diversions.”
“This is a five-mile walk and we ask that you bring bottled water with you,” St. Mary Catholic Church said in a Facebook post. “Momentum is building and we are expecting a massive crowd. Please park your cars at St. Luke Catholic Church and you will be bused over to Our Lady of Guadalupe (beginning at 9:30 a.m.). Police escort will be available.”
Water stations also will be staged on the route.
“We are in need of small bottles of water,” Our Lady of Guadalupe Church said in a Facebook post. “If you would like to donate some, you can drop them off at the OLG Parish Office,”
Event organizers encourage participants to call either St. Luke Catholic Church, 254-773-1561, St. Mary Catholic Church, 254-773-4541, or Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church, 254-773-6779, for further information. | https://www.tdtnews.com/news/central_texas_news/article_f85ddf68-b883-11ec-af2a-4b89bb88cc58.html | 2022-04-10T06:52:35Z |
BOSTON, July 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Goulston & Storrs, an Am Law 200 firm, is pleased to announce that Joshua Davis has been named an "Employment Law Trailblazer" by The National Law Journal for his forward-thinking work helping companies across the country improve their corporate cultures and eliminate barriers to inclusion in the workplace.
As one of the nation's leading employment lawyers, Davis counsels companies and their leaders, as they face the ordinary and extraordinary day-to-day challenges of workforce management and development; he also acts as lead counsel in litigation matters on their behalf. Davis has three decades of experience handling complicated employment matters, including deep expertise in sexual harassment and discrimination investigations, cultural assessments, and workforce training.
He is a Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, a Board Member of the American Employment Law Council, and serves on the Strafford Employment Law Advisory Board. Davis is ranked by Chambers Global as one of the leading Labor & Employment lawyers in the country, and is similarly ranked by Chambers USA in Massachusetts. He has been named to Best Lawyers in America for Employment Law and Labor Law for the past 15 consecutive years.
Davis received his B.A., with high honors, from Swarthmore College and his J.D., with honors, from the University of Chicago Law School, where he was admitted to the Order of the Coif.
About Goulston & Storrs
Collaboration is not just a pillar of our strategy; it is the key to our competitive advantage and approach to clients, community, and each other. At Goulston & Storrs, we practice law with excellence and integrity. We are a place where mutual respect and collaboration drive open discussion, transparency, creativity and optimal results for our clients. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace where sophisticated business is conducted with genuine camaraderie. To learn more about us, visit www.goulstonstorrs.com.
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BEIJING (AP) — Shanghai on Sunday discharged over 11,000 recovered COVID-19 patients and health authorities emphasized that they must be allowed to return home despite the lockdown that has severely restricted movement in China’s largest city.
“We hope their family and community will not worry about them or discriminate against them,” said Wu Jinglei, director of the Shanghai Health Commission.
The city of 26 million people reported 1,006 confirmed infections and nearly 24,000 asymptomatic cases in the last 24 hours. Shanghai has been under lockdown since March 28, and authorities said Saturday that the strict measures would be lifted in areas with no new cases in the last 14 days following another round of mass testing.
The United States on Saturday advised its citizens to reconsider traveling to China due to “arbitrary enforcement” of local laws and COVID-19 restrictions, particularly in Hong Kong, Jilin province and Shanghai. U.S. officials cited a risk of “parents and children being separated.”
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said in response that China was “strongly dissatisfied with and firmly opposed to the U.S. side’s groundless accusation against China’s epidemic response.”
“It should be pointed out that China’s anti-epidemic policies are science-based and effective, and we are fully confident that Shanghai and other places in China will prevail over the new wave of the epidemic,” said Zhao.
Meanwhile, Shanghai authorities said that they have secured daily supplies for residents from online platforms, according to state-owned newspaper Global Times, following complaints about deliveries of food and other basic necessities as the lockdown enters its third week.
Residents have resorted to group buying of groceries because they are not allowed to leave their buildings. Posts circulating on social media platforms such as Weibo also show that some residents have not been able to have their food orders delivered, while others posted online that they’re running out of food.
Some people said that as soon as you go to the grocery shopping app, a day’s orders are already filled.
According to the Global Times, platforms such as JD.com as well as Alibaba’s Ele.me delivery apps are working with authorities to ensure that everyone has access to vegetables, fruits and other produce.
Shanghai highlights the soaring human and economic cost of China’s “zero-COVID” strategy that aims to isolate every infected person.
Separately, Erjiefang, an area in capital Beijing, was classified as high-risk on Saturday after eight local COVID-19 infections were reported there over the past two weeks.
And in Guangzhou, primary and middle schools will switch to online learning starting Monday after the metropolis of 18 million northwest of Hong Kong registered 23 local infections since Friday, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. An exhibition center was being converted into a makeshift hospital after authorities said earlier they would begin citywide mass testing.
China is facing one of its worst local outbreaks since the pandemic began. China is still closed to international travel, even as most of the world has sought ways to live with the virus. | https://cw33.com/health/ap-health/shanghai-discharges-thousands-of-patients-boosts-supplies/ | 2022-04-11T06:45:11Z |
ATLANTA, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- For the third consecutive year, Wood Residential, a national leader in multifamily real estate management, has earned the No. 1 ranking for online reputation in the 2022 Division ORA Power Ranking. The management company officially achieved this distinction within Division III (10,000 to 19,999 units). And for the second straight year, Wood Residential also posted the highest overall score across the top three out of four divisions (these three divisions comprise all companies managing 10,000+ units).
The Division ORA Power Ranking was introduced by J Turner Research in 2019 to recognize companies that manage over 2,000 units for excellence in online reputation. Companies are ranked based on their Online Reputation Assessment (ORA®) Score—the multifamily industry standard to measure and benchmark a property/company's online reputation.
"At Wood Residential, our success is measured first and foremost by our customer service and reputation management," said Steve Hallsey, Managing Director for Wood Residential. "As our portfolio of properties continues to grow, we remain focused on consistently delivering the highest level of customer service for our residents, investors, and third-party management clients. We know that our competitors are increasingly focused on online reputation as well, so we are particularly proud of our teams for raising the bar once again to earn this top designation from J Turner for the third straight year."
This impressive recognition is the latest victory for Wood Residential in 2022 after earning numerous individual property honors from J Turner Research earlier this year. In January, 14 Wood Residential properties earned the Elite 1% ORA Power Ranking for finishing among the top 1% of properties nationwide for online reputation, including seven that were ranked in the Top 100 in the nation. Additionally, in April Wood Residential earned top marks in J Turner's State Power Rankings, with eight properties winning Top 10 awards for their state, highlighted by five properties that ranked in the Top 3.
"Wood Residential has maintained a consistent focus on doing what is right for their residents, which has led to significant gains in their online reputation. The company has increased its ORA score by more than five points since last year, and its properties have featured in multiple ORA Power Rankings for their high scores. Congratulations to the entire team for ranking number one in our Division Ranking for the third consecutive year," said Joseph Batdorf, president of J Turner Research.
Developed by J Turner Research, the ORA Power Ranking is a monthly, independent ranking of apartment properties and management companies based on their ORA scores. The ORA score is an aggregate compilation of a property's ratings across various review sites and ILSs and serves as a benchmark to compare a company's properties and portfolios nationally, regionally and against the competition.
Each month, J Turner Research monitors the online ratings and reviews of more than 128,000 properties nationwide to inform the rankings published by Multifamily Executive. For June 2022, the national average ORA score across all tracked properties was 62.79. Wood Residential's award-winning score in June was 88.22, an impressive 40% higher than the national average.
About Wood Residential
Wood Residential is an award-winning, full-service, property management company that proudly operates communities developed both by Wood Partners and third-party developers. For three years running, Wood Residential has ranked No. 1 nationally for online reputation in the J Turner ORA™ Power Rankings (Division III). Wood Residential is an affiliate company of Wood Partners, a group of limited liability companies. Wood Partners is a national leader in the development, construction, and management of multifamily communities across the United States. Wood Partners has been involved in the acquisition and development of more than 90,000 multifamily homes with a combined capitalization of $17.5 billion nationwide. The companies currently own over 70 properties across the United States with a combined total of more than 20,000 multifamily homes. Headquartered in Atlanta, GA, Wood Partners has offices in 22 major markets across 15 states nationwide. For more information, visit woodpartners.com.
About J Turner Research
J Turner Research is an independent research company focused exclusively on the multifamily industry for almost two decades. It is the only company to monitor the online reviews and ratings of 128,000+ properties nationwide. J Turner pioneered the Online Reputation Assessment (ORA®) score, which serves as the multifamily industry standard to measure, benchmark, and compare a property/company's online reputation. The company is the national leader in enhancing resident satisfaction through intelligent resident and prospect survey programs, quantifiable action plans, customized training, and review response service. For more information, visit www.jturnerresearch.com.
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PLAINFIELD, Ind., April 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Indiana First Lady Janet Holcomb, along with Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Director Dan Bortner and Indiana Natural Resources Foundation (INRF) Executive Director Jody Kress, today joined Duke Energy Indiana State President Stan Pinegar and company employees to plant 5,000 trees at Ravinia State Forest in Morgan County.
"Any chance I get to spend time in nature is time well spent," said First Lady Janet Holcomb."This event is particularly rewarding, because I get to play an active role in preserving our beautiful forests for future generations to enjoy."
Indiana DNR's Division of Forestry provided northern red oak, white oak and walnut trees to volunteers who then planted them on several acres of land on the west end of the park. As the trees mature, they will grow up to 100 feet tall with a life span of 300 to 600 years. The dense forest habitat that volunteers helped create today will provide rich feeding locations and thermal cover for wildlife in the future. Creation of the forest habitat also benefits people, as forested land sequesters carbon dioxide and helps clean the air.
Indiana State Representative Peggy Mayfield, Morgan County Administrator Josh Messmer, and County Commissioners Kenny Hale and Don Adams also participated in the event.
The volunteer effort supports Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb's pledge to plant 1 million new trees across the state by 2025. Since launching the ForestIN initiative two years ago, DNR's Division of Forestry has helped plant 220,200 trees in Hoosier state parks and forests.
"Duke Energy shares the Holcomb Administration's commitment to protecting and preserving Indiana's natural resources and we are honored to have Indiana's First Lady join us today," said Duke Energy Indiana State President Stan Pinegar. "Volunteerism is an integral part of who we are as a company, and our employees and retirees are proud to take part in this effort to build a better future for our customers and the communities we serve."
Ravinia State Forest, previously part of the Morgan-Monroe State Forest, is located in Morgan County directly across from Burkhart Creek County Park. It encompasses 1,500 acres of wooded rolling hills and valleys and features opportunities to hike, observe wildlife, and gather nuts, wild berries and mushrooms.
"The Department of Natural Resources is always striving to enhance and preserve our state's natural and recreational resources. We are in the memory making business," said Indiana DNR Director Dan Bortner. "The 5,000 trees planted today with the First Lady and Duke Energy, and the 1,000,000 we are planting across the state, will help hunting and hiking opportunities here at Ravinia, and the quality of air, and life, for all Hoosiers for generations to come."
Since Ravinia State Forest was established in 2020, the Duke Energy Foundation has awarded the INRF $150,000 in grant funding to support new features and upgrades. Projects include improvements to three parking lots, two new shelter houses featuring electric service and running water, signage and drainage improvements to the trail system, and the addition of picnic tables and grills, among other features.
Duke Energy Foundation
The Duke Energy Foundation provides philanthropic support to meet the needs of communities where Duke Energy customers live and work. The Foundation contributes more than $2 million annually in charitable gifts to Indiana and is funded by Duke Energy shareholder dollars. More information about the Foundation and its Powerful Communities program can be found at duke-energy.com/foundation.
Duke Energy Indiana
Duke Energy Indiana, a subsidiary of Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK), provides about 6,300 megawatts of owned electric capacity to approximately 870,000 customers in a 23,000-square-mile service area, making it Indiana's largest electric supplier.
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SHANGHAI, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Asieris Pharmaceuticals (688176.SH), a global biopharma company specializing in discovering, developing and commercializing innovative drugs for the treatment of genitourinary tumors and other related diseases, announced today that Hexvix®, a drug used for bladder cancer diagnosis, has been included in the 2022 edition of the Lecheng Global Specialty Drug Insurance Specialty Drug List.
Lecheng Global Specialty Drug Insurance is an inclusive supplementary commercial medical insurance policy jointly underwritten by a number of well-known domestic insurance companies and supervised by the Hainan Office of China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission under the guidance of the Bo'ao Lecheng International Medical Tourism Pilot Zone Administration and the Medical Security Bureau of Hainan Province. With a drug list covering 40 specialty drugs on the market in China and 60 overseas specialty drugs, the policy is designed to boost the development of a multi-tiered medical security system in Hainan by strengthening its efficient combination and coordination with basic medical insurance, critical illness insurance and medical aid policies, so as to effectively lighten the burden of medical care for the insured and further address people's diverse medical and health care needs on different levels.
Hexvix® has been approved in the United States and many European countries. The combined use of Hexvix® and blue light cystoscopy (BLC) for the management of non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) has been included in the global expert consensus guidelines and Chinese Urological Association Guideline.
In January 2021, Asieris entered into a license agreement with Photocure ASA (Photocure, OSE:PHO), a bladder cancer specialty company based in Oslo, Norway, to obtain the exclusive registration and commercialization rights of Hexvix® in mainland China and Taiwan.
In December 2021, Hexvix® was put into pilot use in the Boao Lecheng International Medical Tourism Pilot Zone in Hainan Province and the first prescription in China was issued at Hainan General Hospital, with the first patient operated successfully. It received approval from the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) for phase III clinical trials in the first quarter of 2022 and was included in the real-world clinical data pilot program.
"The inclusion of Hexvix® in Lecheng Global Specialty Drug Insurance is a positive attempt by Asieris Pharmaceuticals to explore an innovative payment model, aiming to allow Chinese bladder cancer patients earlier access to cutting-edge international diagnosis and treatment methods, and reduce the pressure of out-of-pocket payment. This payment model serves as a strong supplement to the company's commitment to building an integrated closed-loop ecosystem for bladder cancer diagnosis and treatment. And we will continue to promote the launch of and access to advanced and innovative drugs and medical devices for the greatest benefit of bladder cancer patients in China," said Mr. Xinming Jiang, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Asieris.
About Asieris
Asieris Pharmaceuticals(688176.SH), founded in March 2010, is a global biopharma company specializing in discovering, developing and commercializing innovative drugs for the treatment of genitourinary tumors and other related diseases. We strive to improve human health and help people live a more dignified life. We aim to become a global pharma leader that integrates R&D, manufacturing and commercialization in our areas of focus, as we provide best-in-class integrated diagnosis and treatment solutions for patients in China and worldwide.
The company has been developing its proprietary R&D platform and core technologies, exploring new mechanisms of action, and efficiently screening and evaluating drug candidates. With a well-established in-house R&D system and expertise in global drug development, Asieris is committed to launching first-in-class drugs and other innovative products to address huge unmet needs in its areas of focus.
Asieris is also enhancing its pipeline for genitourinary diseases via proprietary R&D and strategic partnerships, while closely following cutting-edge technologies and therapeutics. The company strives to discover and identify unmet clinical needs, and adopts a forward-looking approach in product planning and life-cycle management. We aim to establish an outstanding portfolio that covers diagnosis and treatment in a bid to benefit more patients in China and globally.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump ‘s pick for governor in the swing state of Wisconsin easily defeated a favorite of the Republican establishment.
In Connecticut, the state that launched the Bush family and its brand of compassionate conservatism, a fiery Senate contender who promoted Trump’s election lies upset the state GOP’s endorsed candidate. Meanwhile in Washington, Republicans ranging from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to conspiracy theorist Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene defended Trump against an unprecedented FBI search.
And that was just this week.
The rapid developments crystalized the former president’s singular status atop a party he has spent the past seven years breaking down and rebuilding in his image. Facing mounting legal vulnerabilities and considering another presidential run, he needs support from the party to maintain his political career. But, whether they like it or not, many in the party also need Trump, whose endorsement has proven crucial for those seeking to advance to the November ballot.
“For a pretty good stretch, it felt like the Trump movement was losing more ground than it was gaining,” said Georgia Republican Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan, who is urging his party to move past Trump. But now, he said, Trump is benefiting from “an incredibly swift tail wind.”
The Republican response to the FBI’s search of Trump’s Florida estate this week was an especially stark example of how the party is keeping Trump nearby. Some of the Republicans considering challenges to Trump in a 2024 presidential primary, such as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, were among those defending him. Even long-established Trump critics like Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan questioned the search, pressing for details about its circumstances.
But even before the FBI showed up at Mar-a-Lago, Trump was gaining momentum in his post-presidential effort to shape the GOP. In all, nearly 180 Trump-endorsed candidates up and down the ballot have won their primaries since May while fewer than 20 have lost.
Only two of the 10 House Republicans who supported Trump’s impeachment after the Jan. 6 insurrection are expected back in Congress next year. Rep. Jaime Herrera-Beutler, R-Wash., who conceded defeat after her Tuesday primary, was the latest to fall. Leading Trump antagonist Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., is at risk of joining her next week.
The Trump victories include a clean sweep of statewide primary elections in Arizona last week — including an election denier in the race for the state’s chief elections official. Trump’s allies also prevailed Tuesday across Wisconsin and Connecticut, a state long known for its moderate Republican leanings.
In Wisconsin’s Republican primary for governor, wealthy Trump-backed businessman Tim Michels defeated former Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch, an establishment favorite. And in Connecticut, Leora Levy, who promoted Trump’s lie that the 2020 election was stolen, surged to an unexpected victory over a more moderate rival after earning Trump’s official endorsement.
On Monday, just hours after the FBI search, Trump hosted a tele-town hall rally on her behalf. Levy thanked Trump in her acceptance speech, while railing against the FBI’s search.
“All of us can tell him how upset and offended and disgusted we were at what happened to him,” she said. “That is un-American. That is what they do in Cuba, in China, in dictatorships. And that will stop.”
Despite his recent dominance, Trump — and the Republicans close to him — face political and legal threats that could undermine their momentum as the GOP fights for control of Congress and statehouses across the nation this fall.
While Trump’s picks have notched notable victories in primaries this summer, they may struggle in the fall. That’s especially true in several governor’s races in Democratic-leaning states such as Connecticut and Maryland, where GOP candidates must track to the center to win a general election.
Meanwhile, several Republicans with White House ambitions are moving forward with a busy travel schedule that will take them to politically important states where they can back candidates on the ballot this year and build relationships heading into 2024.
DeSantis plans to boost high-profile Republican contenders across Arizona, New Mexico, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Former Vice President Mike Pence, another potential 2024 presidential contender, is scheduled to appear next week in New Hampshire.
On the legal front, the FBI search was part of an investigation into whether the former president took classified records from the White House to his Florida residence. While Republicans have rallied behind Trump, very few facts about the case have been released publicly. Trump’s attorneys have so far declined to release details from the search warrant.
Prosecutors in Washington and Georgia are also investigating Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election he falsely claimed was stolen. The Jan. 6 congressional commission has exposed damning details about Trump’s behavior from Republican witnesses in recent hearings, which have prompted new concerns, at least privately, among the GOP establishment and donor class.
And on Wednesday, Trump invoked his Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination as he testified under oath Wednesday in the New York attorney general’s long-running civil investigation into his business dealings.
Trump’s legal entanglements represent a distraction at best for Republican candidates who’d rather focus on President Joe Biden’s leadership, sky-high inflation and immigration troubles to help court moderate voters and independents in the general election.
“Today, every Republican in every state in this country should be talking about how bad Joe Biden is, how bad inflation is, how difficult it is to run a business and run a household,” said Duncan, the Georgia lieutenant governor. “But instead, we’re talking about some investigation, we’re talking about Donald Trump pleading the Fifth, we’re talking about Donald Trump endorsing some conspiracy theorist.”
Trump critics in both parties are ready and willing to highlight Trump’s shortcomings — and his relationship with midterm candidates — as more voters begin to pay attention to politics this fall.
“This is, and always has been, Donald Trump’s Republican Party,” Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison said in an interview, condemning “MAGA Republicans” and their “extreme agenda” on abortion and other issues.
At the same time, the Republican Accountability Project and Protect Democracy launched a $3 million television and digital advertising campaign this week across seven swing states focused on Trump’s role in the Jan. 6 insurrection. The ads, which will run in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, feature testimonials from Republican voters who condemn Trump’s lies about nonexistent election fraud that fueled the Capitol attack.
One ad features congressional testimony from Cheney, the Wyoming Republican who has publicly declared that Trump should never hold public office again.
Still, Cheney faces her own primary election against a Trump-backed challenger next week in Wyoming. One of Trump’s top political targets this year, she is expected to lose. Anticipating a loss, Cheney’s allies suggest she may be better positioned to run for president in 2024, either as a Republican or independent.
Trump’s allies are supremely confident about his ability to win the GOP’s presidential nomination in 2024. In fact, aides who had initially pushed him to launch his campaign after the November midterms are now encouraging him to announce sooner to help freeze out would-be Republican challengers.
“It’s going to be very difficult for anyone to take the nomination away from him in 2024,” said Stephen Moore, a former Trump economic adviser who has spoken with Trump about his 2024 intentions. “He is running. That is a certainty.”
Rep. Tom Rice, R-S.C., predicted that Trump would “lose in a landslide” if he sought the presidency again, adding that the former president’s overall grasp on the party is “eroding on the edges.”
“In a normal election, you’ve got to win not just the base. You’ve got to win the middle, too, right, and maybe crossover on the other side,” said Rice, who lost his recent primary after voting in favor of Trump’s second impeachment.
Rice warned that Trump far-right candidates could lead to unnecessary losses for the party in November. “Donald Trump is pushing things so far to the right,” he said in an interview.
Meanwhile, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, eyeing a 2024 bid himself, warned against making bold political predictions two years before the Republican Party selects its next presidential nominee.
“We’re sitting here in August of 2022,” Christie said in an interview. “My sense is there’s a lot of water over the dam still to come before anybody can determine anybody’s individual position in the primaries of ’24 — except to say that if Donald Trump runs, he will certainly be a factor.”
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Associated Press writers Susan Haigh in Hartford, Connecticut, and Meg Kinnard in Columbia, South Carolina, contributed to this report. | https://cw33.com/news/politics/ap-politics/trumps-bond-with-gop-deepens-after-primary-wins-fbi-search/ | 2022-08-11T08:34:31Z |
Abortion ban after 15 weeks signed into law in Florida
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a 15-week abortion ban into law Thursday as the state joined a growing conservative push to restrict access to the procedure ahead of a U.S. Supreme Court decision that could roll back abortion rights in America.
“This will represent the most significant protections for life that have been enacted in this state in a generation,” DeSantis said as he signed the bill at an evangelical church in the city of Kissimmee.
Republicans nationwide have moved to place new restrictions on abortion after the U.S. Supreme Court signaled it would uphold a Mississippi law banning abortions after 15 weeks. The high court’s decision, expected this summer, could potentially weaken or overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision that established a nationwide right to abortion.
The law DeSantis signed Thursday also deals a blow to overall abortion access in the South, where Florida has provided wider access to the procedure than its regional neighbors.
The new law, which takes effect July 1, contains exceptions if the abortion is necessary to save a mother’s life, prevent serious injury or if the fetus has a fatal abnormality. It does not allow for exemptions in cases where pregnancies were caused by rape, incest or human trafficking, despite several Democratic attempts to amend the bill. Under current law, Florida allows abortions up to 24 weeks.
Debate over the proposal grew deeply personal and revealing inside the legislature, as lawmakers recalled their own abortions and experiences with sexual assault in often tearful speeches on the House and Senate floors. Republicans have repeatedly called the 15-week ban reasonable.
A federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report said about 2% of the nearly 72,000 abortions reported in Florida in 2019 were performed after 15 weeks. That same year, 2,256 out-of-state residents got abortions in Florida, with the majority, or about 1,200 coming, from Georgia and more than 300 from Alabama, according to the CDC. The origin of the remaining patients was not clear.
Democrats were quick to criticize the new law after the signing.
“Politicians have no business getting between a patient and her doctor,” House Democratic Leader Evan Jenne said. “This 15-week abortion ban takes away every woman’s right to make personal decisions that should only be made by themselves, with their family, their doctor, and their faith.”
The legislation came a few months after the U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority indicated it would uphold Mississippi’s 15-week ban. There also has been substantial support among the conservative justices for getting rid of Roe altogether.
If Roe is overturned, 26 states are certain or likely to quickly ban or severely restrict abortion, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a think tank that supports abortion rights. During the debate over the Florida legislation, as well as at the bill’s signing ceremony, Republicans said they want the state to be well placed to limit access to abortions if the Supreme Court upholds Mississippi’s law.
“The reality of the Roe decision is that men on the Supreme Court proclaimed that women, in order to achieve equality with men, must be able to kill their own children,” said Republican Rep. Erin Grall, the bill’s sponsor. “As a woman, I refuse to accept such a perverse version of equality.”
Elsewhere in the U.S., Republican lawmakers have introduced new abortion restrictions, some similar to a Texas law that bans abortion after roughly six weeks and leaves enforcement up to private citizens.
Oklahoma Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt recently signed a bill to make it a felony to perform an abortion, punishable by up to a decade in prison. Arizona Republican Gov. Doug Ducey in March signed legislation to outlaw abortion after 15 weeks if the U.S. Supreme Court leaves Mississippi’s law in place.
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AP writer Adriana Gomez Licon contributed from Miami.
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Book Offers a Complete Game Plan for Designing, Building and Managing High-Performing Customer Education Programs
BOSTON, April 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Thought Industries, provider of the world's leading platform for customer learning, today announced the launch of The Customer Education Playbook: How Leading Companies Engage, Convert and Retain Customers (John Wiley & Sons, April, 2022).
The book, co-authored by Thought Industries executives Barry Kelly, Chief Executive Officer, and Daniel Quick, Senior Vice President, Learning Strategies, is based on the experience of the authors and the company in helping businesses design, build and manage customer education programs and measure their impact and returns.
"Customer education is the ideal way to build enduring customer relationships," Kelly said. "In The Customer Education Playbook we show businesses how to engage with customers throughout their lifecycle so they are better informed about your product pre-purchase, take less time to onboard and reach time to value, and fully engage with your product long-term to improve renewal rates and provide genuine advocacy for your brand."
The book outlines a 12-step process for building customer education programs that create value by streamlining trials, expediting onboarding, reducing customer acquisition costs and customer churn, and lowering customer support demands. "A well-designed, well-executed customer education program shortens the time required for customers to realize the promised value and benefits of a business's products or services, and that's key to building affinity and advocacy," Kelly said.
Quick said that fundamental to the customer education approach outlined in the book is thinking beyond the offering itself to instead focus on the job the customer is trying to do. "We think customer education and training should be more than a service that reacts to requests for help," said Quick. "Instead, we explain how to focus on making sure customers learn the right things at the right time in the right mode to gain confidence and mastery in the use of your products and services."
The Customer Education Playbook also explores content creation and curation issues, how to determine the best formats for different customer learning needs, and how to ensure training and education materials are engaging enough to be consumed by busy customers. In addition, the book examines the required skill sets and optimal organizational models for customer education and training teams, as well as how to evaluate the effectiveness and return on investment of customer education programs.
The Customer Education Playbook is getting the attention of industry pioneers, including Nick Mehta, CEO of Gainsight. "Customer Learning is the natural evolution in customer-centricity," he said. "This book gives any business the knowledge on how to educate your customers for increased retention and a competitive advantage in the Customer Success landscape."
The Customer Education Playbook is available nationwide wherever books are sold. For more information about the book, visit the Thought Industries website.
About Thought Industries
Thought Industries provides the world's #1 software platform for customer learning management (CLM). Industry leaders use CLM to grow revenue, increase customer loyalty, and ensure customer success across technology, manufacturing, healthcare and other industries with complex products and training requirements. Thought Industries was founded in 2014 around the core belief that online learning experiences should be modern, intuitive, engaging and scalable. Headquartered in Boston, Thought Industries has offices across North America and Europe.
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80% of Women leak while they Exercise and 70% Avoid Exercise because of leaks
NEW YORK, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Intimate apparel brand and champion of living unapologetically free, Knix, is excited to announce the next step in their holistic approach to the leakproof category with their LeakStrong Leakproof activewear; proving to the world that leaks shouldn't prevent anyone from living an active life.
As a product innovator and category definer, Knix wants to provide practical, functional and fashionable solutions to the challenges people face. From customer research and feedback Knix discovered that 80% of women experience leaks when they are active and 70% avoid exercise and movement altogether because of leaks.
"As a customer centric brand, we pride ourselves on making products that people need and help to improve their everyday lives. We know that leaks happen during exercise and that it is holding a lot of people back from partaking in sports. We are thrilled to introduce a great lineup of Leakstrong Activewear products that have been years in the making" says Joanna Griffiths, Founder and CEO of Knix. "We see active as the next big frontier for leakproof products and are excited to be leading the way."
The new LeakStrong Leakproof leggings, shorts and skorts include state-of-the-art absorbent protection from bladder leaks, periods, and sweat that is invisibly incorporated within the garments to create a sleek and seamless look. Made with lightweight, quick dry and moisture wicking fabric with 4 way stretch, the new LeakStrong Leakproof leggings and shorts are made for maximum movement and comfort. These leggings and shorts absorb up to 30ml (6 tsp or 6 tampons) of liquid, and the skorts absorb up to 15ml (3 tsp) of liquid. The LeakStrong Leakproof black leggings with pockets are perfect to stash your everyday essentials when you're on the go!
The LeakStrong activewear joins Knix's existing line up of best in class sports bras including the Catalyst which outperformed over 800 sports bras on the market in third party testing conducted by the University of Portsmouth Research Group in breast health and their growing line of seamless leakproof underwear that are made with moisture wicking fabric and can withstand even in the toughest workouts.
Knix has always aimed to break down barriers and challenge the status quo. Knix believes the more we normalize the conversations around leaks and the need for products that address this issue, the more we will see creative solutions come to market. These are not just period leggings, Knix wants to empower their community to walk through life with confidence regardless of all leaks, and to live unapologetically free.
The new LeakStrong Leakproof leggings, shorts and skorts launch on August 18th, 2022.
To learn more about the new LeakStrong leggings, shorts and skorts please visit: https://knix.com/collections/leakproof-leggings-and-shorts
Knix is a direct-to-consumer intimates and apparel brand. Through innovative products and a community-first approach, Knix is on a mission to empower people everywhere to live unapologetically free. Every product, campaign and image that Knix puts into the world is tied to this mission that has been embedded in the company's DNA since day one. Founded in 2013, by Joanna Griffiths, Knix is one of the fastest growing DTC brands in North America and is globally recognized as an innovator and disrupter within the apparel space.
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BEIJING, Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Yiren Digital Ltd. ("Yiren Digital" or the "Company") (NYSE: YRD), a leading digital personal financial management platform in China, today announced that its board of directors has adopted a share repurchase program, which approves and authorizes the Company to repurchase through one or more transactions up to US$20 million worth of its own American depositary shares ("ADSs") representing its ordinary shares. The share repurchase program previously adopted by the Company in 2018 has been simultaneously terminated.
The Company may effect the proposed share repurchase in compliance with Rule 10b5-1 and Rule 10b-18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The number of ADSs repurchased and the timing of repurchases will depend on a number of factors, including, but not limited to, share price, trading volume and general market conditions, along with the Company's working capital requirements, general business conditions and other factors. Yiren Digital's board of directors will review the share repurchase program periodically, and may modify, suspend or terminate the share repurchase program at any time.
About Yiren Digital
Yiren Digital Ltd. is a leading digital personal financial management platform in China. The Company provides customized asset allocation based wealth management solutions to China's mass affluent population as well as utilizes online and offline channels to provide retail credit facilitation services to individual borrowers and small business owners.
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SAN DIEGO, June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- WD-40 Company (NASDAQ:WDFC) today announced that its board of directors declared on Tuesday, June 21, 2022 a quarterly dividend of $0.78 per share, payable July 29, 2022 to stockholders of record at the close of business on July 15, 2022.
The Company also announced that it has scheduled its third fiscal quarter 2022 earnings conference call for Thursday, July 7, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. PDT. On this call, management will discuss financial results, business developments and other matters affecting the Company. Other forward-looking or material information may also be discussed.
A live webcast of this event will be available on the Company's investor relations website at http://investor.wd40company.com. The webcast will be archived and available on the website for a one-year period following the conference call.
The Company's quarterly earnings press release will cross the wire after market close on July 7, 2022. Please visit the Company's investor relations website to view the press release and other supporting materials.
About WD-40 Company
WD-40 Company is a global marketing organization dedicated to creating positive lasting memories by developing and selling products that solve problems in workshops, factories and homes around the world. The Company owns a wide range of well-known brands that include maintenance products and homecare and cleaning products: WD-40® Multi-Use Product, WD-40 Specialist®, 3-IN-ONE®, GT85®, 2000 Flushes®, no vac®, 1001®, Spot Shot®, Lava®, Solvol®, X-14®, and Carpet Fresh®.
Headquartered in San Diego, WD-40 Company recorded net sales of $488.1 million in fiscal year 2021 and its products are currently available in more than 176 countries and territories worldwide. WD-40 Company is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select market under the ticker symbol "WDFC." For additional information about WD-40 Company please visit http://www.wd40company.com.
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SALADO — Services for Denver L. Mills, 91, of Salado will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Broecker Funeral Home with Skip Blancett officiating.
Burial will be in Salado Historic Cemetery.
Mr. Mills died Saturday, May 7, in Belton.
He was born Dec. 30, 1930, in Quinton, Okla. to Thomas A. and Delora Beck mills. He graduated high school in Chandler, Ariz. He served in the U.S. Air Force. He married Jackie Pytel. He graduated from the University of Texas. He attended Stanford University. He was a hospital chief engineer. He owned a construction engineering firm. He was a realtor.
Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Nancy Mills Mackey and Susan L. Humiston, both of Salado; seven grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Tablerock Scholarship Fund, P.O. Box 55, Salado TX, 76571
Visitation will be 4:30-6:30 p.m. today at the funeral home. | https://www.tdtnews.com/obituaries/article_f67aef1c-d6fe-11ec-b695-af90ee4fc3e0.html | 2022-05-19T07:54:23Z |
Deputy, suspect killed in West Virginia shooting
NICHOLAS COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ/Gray News) -Nicholas County Sheriff’s Deputy Thomas Baker was killed in the line of duty on Friday.
A suspect in the shooting, Ritchie Holcomb, also died.
Sheriff William Nunley made the announcement about Baker’s death Saturday morning.
The deputy died after being shot in the back while responding to a domestic disturbance around 5 p.m. Friday, officials said.
Another deputy, a corporal Ellison, was shot in the leg. He received treatment of injuries at a nearby hospital.
Upon arrival on the scene, deputies made contact with two suspects, Holcomb, 36, and Tyler Kelly, 28, in a camper.
The two came out of the camper talking with deputies. Nunley said the suspects became agitated at some point, running back to the camper.
Deputies pursued the suspects into a camper, discharging a TASER device, and the suspects began firing at officers, according to a press release.
Nunley said the officers backed out of the camper after shots continued.
Kelly is charged with first-degree murder and is being held without bond.
The West Virginia State Police is currently handling the investigation.
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SAVANNAH – The Georgia Association of Chiefs of Police (GACP) has announced that Valdosta State University Director of Public Safety and Chief of Police Alan Rowe was sworn in as the GACP President on Tuesday.
Rowe is a 14-year police veteran and has served as the director of Public Safety and chief of police at Valdosta State for the last five years. Prior to assuming command at VSU, Rowe served as the chief of police for the city of Pavo for two years.
Before beginning his civilian law enforcement career, Rowe served in the United States Navy with assignments to support the 5th Fleet Operations in the Middle East as an Embarked Security Team Leader for Mobile Security Squadron 22 during Operation Iraqi Freedom. After departing 5th Fleet Operations, Rowe served as a command investigator/independent duty master at arms assigned to Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron One Two One in Virginia Beach, Va.
Rowe holds master of science degrees in Emergency Management and Criminal Justice from Jacksonville State University and a master of public safety administration from Columbus State University. He is currently enrolled in the doctor of public administration program at Valdosta State. He is also a graduate of the Georgia Law Enforcement Command College, Georgia International Law Enforcement Exchange to Israel, FBI Law Enforcement Executive Development Seminar, and the Georgia Association of Chiefs of Police Chief Executive Training Course.
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NEW YORK, May 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Levi & Korsinsky, LLP notifies investors in Stronghold Digital Mining, Inc. ("Stronghold Digital Mining, Inc." or the "Company") (NASDAQ: SDIG) of a class action securities lawsuit.
CLASS DEFINITION: The lawsuit seeks to recover losses on behalf of Stronghold Digital Mining, Inc. investors who were adversely affected by alleged securities fraud. This lawsuit is on behalf of persons and entities that purchased or otherwise acquired Stronghold Class A common stock pursuant and/or traceable to the registration statement and prospectus issued in connection with the Company's October 2021 initial public offering. Follow the link below to get more information and be contacted by a member of our team:
SDIG investors may also contact Joseph E. Levi, Esq. via email at jlevi@levikorsinsky.com or by telephone at (212) 363-7500.
CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that defendants made false statements and/or concealed that: (1) contracted suppliers, including MinerVa Semiconductor Corp., were reasonably likely to miss anticipated delivery quantities and deadlines; (2) due to strong demand and pre-sold supply of mining equipment in the industry, Stronghold would experience difficulties obtaining miners outside of confirmed purchase orders; (3) as a result of the foregoing, there was a significant risk that Stronghold could not expand its mining capacity as expected; (4) as a result, Stronghold would likely experience significant losses; and (5) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
WHAT'S NEXT? If you suffered a loss in Stronghold Digital Mining, Inc. during the relevant time frame, you have until June 13, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you are a class member, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket costs or fees. There is no cost or obligation to participate.
WHY LEVI & KORSINSKY: Over the past 20 years, the team at Levi & Korsinsky has secured hundreds of millions of dollars for aggrieved shareholders and built a track record of winning high-stakes cases. Our firm has extensive expertise representing investors in complex securities litigation and a team of over 70 employees to serve our clients. For seven years in a row, Levi & Korsinsky has ranked in ISS Securities Class Action Services' Top 50 Report as one of the top securities litigation firms in the United States.
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HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Within this year, GKFX has taken the trading experience up a notch with its implementation of both superior trading platforms: MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5 from MetaQuotes. GKFX Prime's continuing effort for growth and development has indeed favored its recognized position in this financial market despite the on-and-off turbulence. Being among the top financial brokerages and providing a diversified offerings as well as advanced trading platform have allowed GKFX to become a lifelong investing alliance for various market participants.
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Founded in 2012, GKFX Prime quickly secured a top place among the best brokers in the world with innovation and world-class customer service.
The company relies heavily on the know-how of its parent structure, Global Kapital Group which has extensive experience with brokerage, alternative finance and banking solutions.
GKFX Prime serves clients in more than 20 countries, speaking 12 languages to provide the best customer experience. We are working hard to shape the future of financial technologies industry.
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CLEVELAND, April 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ViewRay, Inc. (Nasdaq: VRAY) announced today details relating to the release of its first quarter 2022 financial results.
ViewRay will hold a conference call to discuss results on Thursday, May 5, 2022 at 4:30 p.m. ET. The dial-in numbers are (844) 277-1426 for domestic callers and (336) 525-7129 for international callers. The confirmation number is 6274157. A live webcast of the conference call will be available on the investor relations page of ViewRay's corporate website at http://investors.viewray.com/events-and-presentations/upcoming-events.
After the live webcast, a replay will remain available online on the investor relations page of ViewRay's website, under "Financial Events and Webinars", for 14 days following the call. In addition, a telephonic replay of the call will be available until May 12, 2022. The replay dial-in numbers are (855) 859-2056 for domestic callers and (404) 537-3406 for international callers. Please use the conference ID number 6274157.
About ViewRay®
ViewRay, Inc. (Nasdaq: VRAY), designs, manufactures, and markets the MRIdian® MR-Guided Radiation Therapy System. MRIdian is built upon a proprietary high-definition MR imaging system designed from the ground up to address the unique challenges and clinical workflow for advanced radiation oncology. Unlike MR systems used in diagnostic radiology, MRIdian's high-definition MR was purpose-built to address specific challenges, including beam distortion, skin toxicity, and other concerns that potentially may arise when high magnetic fields interact with radiation beams. ViewRay and MRIdian are registered trademarks of ViewRay, Inc.
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Haysville Chiroparctor charged for alleged $145.8K PPP loan fraud
WICHITA, Kan. (WIBW) - A Haysville chiropractor has been charged with allegedly fraudulently obtaining about $145,800 in Paycheck Protection Program loans.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Kansas says on Friday, Aug. 19, a federal grand jury indicted Timothy Dale Warren, 58, of Haysville on multiple charges of alleged crimes related to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act.
The Office indicated that under the CARES Act, the Small Business Administration had been authorized to grant businesses forgivable loans for payroll, utilities, rent and other expenses through the Paycheck Protection Program.
Court documents indicate that Warren - a chiropractor and owner of Titan Medical Center LLC - had been charged with four counts of bank fraud, two counts of money laundering, and four counts of false statements.
Court records show that Warren has been accused of fraudulently obtaining about $145,800 from two banks and then using a third to conceal the proceeds.
The U.S. Department of Defense - Defense Criminal Investigative Service and Defense Contract Audit Agency, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Office of Inspector General, and the U.S. Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigations investigated the case.
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HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — The nationwide baby formula shortage has led to some parents trying different social media “hacks” to stretch their supply. Several local doctors warn this could be dangerous for your baby.
These shortages came after one of the biggest formula manufacturing plants, Abbott Nutrition, shut down in February while federal officials investigated the illnesses of four formula-fed babies, two of whom died. A potentially deadly bacteria, cronobacter, was found inside the plant, leading to a massive product recall – but it’s not certain that there was any connection between the illnesses and the bacteria discovery.
“After a thorough investigation by FDA, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Abbott, and review of all available data, there is no conclusive evidence to link Abbott’s formula’s to these infant illnesses,” an Abbott spokesperson said in a statement to Nexstar Tuesday.
Food and Drug Administration officials have not released a detailed report about what they found during the investigation. In a statement Monday, FDA commissioner Robert M. Califf, M.D., said only that Abbott “has agreed to address certain issues that the agency identified at their infant formula production facility in Michigan.”
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that Abbott could be up and running in the next couple of weeks. While the re-opening is hopeful for parents who use formula, it doesn’t change the problem they’re facing today: empty shelves.
Katelyn Smith is just one mom who turned to social media for help after weeks of finding empty shelves where her baby’s brand of formula once was.
“The very first thing we heard when I posted on Facebook was somebody called and said, ‘I have this recipe that I found on the internet,” Smith told Nexstar’s WHNT. “I took one look at it and was like, there is no way!”
Homemade formula is just one instruction making rounds on social media that pediatricians say should not be an option for any baby since what they eat affects everything from brain development to bone growth.
“Typically infants double their birth weight by the fourth month and triple it by a year. That is the most rapid growth time. So we definitely want them to get all the nutrition they are due, and it’s going to mainly be coming from the formula,” UAB Huntsville Regional Chair of the Department of Pediatrics Dr. Steffane Battle told WHNT.
Another piece of advice doctors say to ignore is adding extra water to formula in an effort to stretch rations.
“This is very, very dangerous because formula is made specifically for infant kidneys. It’s a certain amount of material that’s in the milk. If you go below that, you can set them up for electrolyte derangement,” ADPH official and pediatrician Wes Stubblefield told WHNT.
“I have seen babies come in with seizures because of said electrolyte imbalance so I definitely discourage diluting the formula,” Dr. Battle said.
The last big piece is switching to store-bought milk from animals like cows or goats while the baby is younger than one-year-old.
“If you give whole milk too early, before the 1st birthday, one, it doesn’t have much iron, and growing brains need that iron and also it’s a heavier solute load. It makes your kidneys work a little harder,” Battle said.
Stubblefield said some parents can introduce very small amounts to a baby’s diet when they are almost 1 year old, but switching before that year mark would not be healthy. He said, ultimately though, the decision lies with a child’s pediatrician to advise when exactly it will come time to make the transition.
As for Smith’s advice to parents like her on social media:
“At this point, I’ve just learned to take it with a grain of salt,” Smith said. “We have to be smart, we have to be sure to be giving our babies what they need.”
There are a few safe options that doctors recommend. They suggest trying another brand of formula that has similar ingredients if it can be found. Dr. Stubblefield said there is a chance the baby will not have an easy transition at first, but it is a much better alternative than swapping to an unsafe option.
Both Battle and Stubblefield say for babies with normal stomachs, switching between name-brand and generic formulas will be safe.
For babies with allergies or sensitivities, they recommend first consulting a pediatrician. They also say if you’ve exhausted all efforts searching for any formula your baby could have, to contact the pediatrician and inquire about any formula samples they could have left in their stock to help keep your baby nourished until locating a formula that will properly nourish your baby. | https://cw33.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/doctors-warn-about-social-media-tips-on-formula-replacements/ | 2022-05-18T18:20:33Z |
Idaho Falls man sentenced to 25 years for trafficking methamphetamine
POCATELLO, Idaho (KIFI) – On Monday, an Idaho Falls man was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison on drug trafficking and immigration charges.
A federal jury convicted 29-year-old Jose Luis Cruz-Delgado at a trial held in November 2021. Senior U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill presided over the trial and imposed sentence.
According to court records and evidence presented at trial, Cruz-Delgado was found guilty of one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, one count of attempted possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, and one count of deported alien found in the United States. On September 26, 2017, Cruz-Delgado and a co-conspirator were stopped in San Bernardino, California, with 28 pounds of methamphetamine. Cruz-Delgado admitted the methamphetamine was his. He also admitted he was returning to Idaho Falls. He was later released on bond following his California arrest.
Cruz-Delgado subsequently continued trafficking methamphetamine to Idaho from California up until his arrest in Idaho in August 2018. Evidence at trial showed that, during the course of the conspiracy, Cruz-Delgado was responsible for distributing over 30 to 40 pounds of methamphetamine through one of several co‑conspirators. When arrested in Idaho, Cruz-Delgado admitted to being previously deported from the United States.
U.S. Attorney Rafael M. Gonzalez Jr., of the District of Idaho made the announcement and commended the cooperative efforts of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Homeland Security Investigations in Idaho Falls, Idaho State Police, Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s, Enforcement and Removal Operations, and the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department which led to the charges. | https://localnews8.com/news/crime-tracker/2022/05/18/idaho-falls-man-sentenced-to-25-years-for-trafficking-methamphetamine/ | 2022-05-18T23:20:44Z |
Bloomberg RBLD and BTCA combined fuel trader efficiency and execution alpha
NEW YORK, June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bloomberg today announced that Baader Bank AG, a leading investment bank in Germany, has adopted Bloomberg's Rule Builder (RBLD), to automate its equities trading processes and optimize the performance of the firm's buy-side trading desk using additional insights gained from Bloomberg Transaction Cost Analysis (BTCA).
Baader Bank's asset management services team supports the firm's buy-side clients, including asset managers, fund managers and other investment firms, with trading services across asset classes. Baader Bank has adopted RBLD to use alongside Bloomberg BTCA for their Listed Equities trading book to automate procedures, increase the speed of trade execution, and more effectively benchmark performance, resulting in measurable trade performance gains for its asset management clients.
RBLD is a multi-asset automated trading solution for Listed Equities, ETFs, Futures, Fixed Income and FX. The solution offers customers who are integrated into one of Bloomberg's execution management systems a way to deploy and realize the benefits automation can deliver, including increased speed and accuracy in trading and allowing more time to dedicate to clients and complex workflows. RBLD allows users to easily create, share, modify, enable or disable auto-routing rules that automate actions on selected orders. Rules are created within the Bloomberg Terminal and as such can benefit from the wealth of data available in their creation.
"The higher efficiency due to the integration of RBLD in our trading desk workflow gives us valuable additional resources to scale our asset management services business line," Andreas Nomrowski, Head of Asset Management & Services, Baader Bank, points out.
RBLD expands the range of Bloomberg solutions currently utilized by Baader Bank, which includes EMSX, Bloomberg's execution management system for equities, futures and options, and Bloomberg AIM, a leading buy-side order management system. Baader Bank's asset management services team also uses BTCA, a multi-asset transaction cost analysis offering which, combined with RBLD, demonstrates automation can yield execution performance alpha as well as saving trader's time. All together, these Bloomberg solutions deliver their benefits to Baader Bank as a seamless, integrated workflow.
"As trading becomes increasingly automated, it is essential that our clients have tools that will yield execution performance alpha and continuously optimize how traders spend their time," said Ravi Sawhney, Global Head of Trade Automation & Analytics at Bloomberg. "We look forward to our continued partnership with Baader Bank helping them become more productive and successful."
Bloomberg is a global leader in business and financial information, delivering trusted data, news, and insights that bring transparency, efficiency, and fairness to markets. The company helps connect influential communities across the global financial ecosystem via reliable technology solutions that enable our customers to make more informed decisions and foster better collaboration. For more information, visit Bloomberg.com/company or request a demo.
Baader Bank is the bank for the capital market. It allows its clients to access international capital markets and to invest in financial products in an effective, efficient and secure manner. The bank uses the latest innovations in the banking industry for products, processes and technology to generate added value for its clients. As a family-run, full-service bank with its headquarters in Unterschleissheim near Munich with around 400 employees, it is active in the business lines of Market Making, Capital Markets, Multi Asset Brokerage, Asset Management Services, Banking Services and Research.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Trailblazer Venture Studio is proud to announce the first nine companies joining the studio to focus on the future of women and sports. Trailblazer is a collaboration between Billie Jean King Enterprises, Elysian Park Ventures, the Los Angeles Dodgers, and R/GA Ventures that is committed to providing unmatched industry access, insight, and strategic advantages to selected companies that are putting women leaders, athletes, and fans first.
The companies selected for this studio are making huge strides in terms of leveling the playing field when it comes to women's leadership, participation, and fandom in the world of sports. Joining from four countries, each one of the selected companies has female leadership and is transforming the space women occupy in the global sports industry, bringing real solutions to hard problems facing women in sports performance and training, media and storytelling, venue experiences, and esports.
"The energy around women and sports is one of the most exciting trends in the sports industry right now. We were thrilled to see so many high-quality companies validating our thesis that one of the biggest growth opportunities in sports is women. The high level of entrepreneurial activity made for a competitive and energizing application process, and we can't wait to get to work with this amazing group of founders and companies," said Cole Van Nice, Co-founder and Managing Partner of Elysian Park Ventures.
Here are the innovative companies joining the Trailblazer Venture Studio portfolio:
- Curastory (New York, NY): Led by former ESPN associate Tiffany Kelly, Curastory allows athletes and creators to shoot and edit high-quality video, monetize their name, image, and likeness in powerful new ways, and distribute their content to their video channels.
- Elysian Park Planning (Los Angeles, CA): Founded by Janet Marie Smith, a designer and urban planner who has led the renovations of some of the world's most legendary sports venues including Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Fenway Park, Dodger Stadium and now Stamford Bridge, EPP is transforming sports venues to create fan experiences rooted in magical spaces and revitalizing iconic landmarks across sports.
- FORTË (New York, NY): Led by former Wall Street executive Lauren Foundos, FORTË's developed the fitness industry's only turnkey, live and on-demand streaming solution, enabling gyms to offer a premium hybrid experience to their members and powering top brands like UFC GYM, YMCA, The Edge, 305 Fitness & the NFLPA.
- HER Galaxy (Tampa Bay, FL): Led by serial entrepreneur Akemi Sue Fisher, Her Galaxy is a division of the global Galaxy Racer platform that seeks to empower women at the intersection of esports, gaming and culture.
- Ida Sports (Perth, Australia and London, England): Co-founded by Laura Youngson, who led a group of women to the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro to play a Guinness world record-breaking football match to highlight gender inequalities in sport, IDA Sports exists to prioritize high-performance and comfortable footwear and cleats for female athletes who have traditionally been an afterthought in the sports industry.
- LOVB (Los Angeles, CA) : Led by Katlyn Gao, a deeply experienced female-centric consumer brands executive, League One Volleyball is commercializing volleyball by creating a purpose and profit driven ecosystem rooted in a national network of junior clubs, with the vision to create the first, full-season indoor volleyball pro league in the US.
- Sportsbox AI (Bellevue, WA ): Led by former LPGA professional golfer Jeehae Lee, Sportsbox AI is an AI-powered single-camera 3D-motion capture technology company that brings real-time corrective feedback to help athletes achieve their goals in sports and fitness, starting in golf, using patent-pending 3D Motion Analysis and Kinematic AI technology.
- The GIST (Toronto, Canada): Led by former college friends and sports fans Jacie deHoop, Ellen Hyslop, and Roslyn McLarty, The GIST is a community-driven digital media company, changing the way sports content and storytelling speak to underserved sports fans.
- Togethxr (Los Angeles, CA): Founded by professional athletes Alex Morgan, Chloe Kim, Sue Bird, and Simone Manuel, and led by Co-founder and Chief Content Officer Jessica Robertson, Togethxr is a media and commerce company curating original content to elevate women's voices in sports.
These nine companies have started a 12-week program in which each company will focus on strategic business development opportunities through relationship capital from Billie Jean King Enterprises, Elysian Park, the LA Dodgers, and R/GA Ventures, and building their brand through creative services from R/GA. Each company will also receive financial investment as part of its selection.
"The Trailblazer Venture Studio is committed to ensuring the next generation of trailblazers are given equal access to opportunities in sports, in business, and in life," said Ilana Kloss, CEO of Billie Jean King Enterprises. "The studio will support these companies with access, services, and connections that will allow them to reach their maximum potential."
This is the third endeavor between Elysian Park Ventures, the LA Dodgers, and R/GA Ventures. The three previously partnered to launch the LA Dodgers Accelerator, the world's first sports tech accelerator, in 2015 and are currently partners in the Global Sports Venture Studio (GSVS), a premier group of sports leaders driving innovation within the sports industry.
Follow along on Twitter as these companies grow and increase their impact at the intersection of women and sports with the help of the Trailblazer Venture Studio team.
Billie Jean King Enterprises is a women-owned and women-led investment, consulting, and marketing firm, founded by Billie Jean King and her partner Ilana Kloss. An investor since 1968, King became an icon for women in sports and beyond during her legendary tennis career and continues to make her mark today. Billie Jean King Enterprises puts King's philosophy and brand value to work and capitalizes on her long-standing advocacy for equality by partnering with companies to challenge the status quo and create a level playing field. Visit bjkenterprises.com for more information.
Elysian Park is a global investment platform created by the ownership group of the Los Angeles Dodgers that is dedicated to building the future of sports. Operating out of New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and London, Elysian Park invests where sports intersect with global markets of health, culture, commerce, and technology. Elysian Park invests across stages from seed to growth and provides entrepreneurs with perspective, relationships, and a set of strategic resources that include the Trailblazer Venture Studio, the Global Sports Venture Studio, Robin, Fitt Insider, and EP Golf Ventures in partnership with PGA of America, among others. Visit elysianpark.ventures for more information.
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R/GA Ventures works with startups and organizations to create a more human future. We do this by identifying disruptive and inspiring technologies and ideas, and supporting those ideas with the financial, creative, and relationship capital necessary to drive growth and returns. R/GA Ventures has run 31 programs to date, including the LA Dodgers Accelerator and Global Sports Ventures Studio. R/GA Ventures and R/GA are part of the Interpublic Group of Companies (NYSE: IPG). Learn more at ventures.rga.com and by following @rgaventures.
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An investigation continues into cases of acute hepatitis with unknown causes among children who had adenovirus infections.
In a health advisory Thursday, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention alerted health care providers and public health authorities to the investigation and recommended that providers consider adenovirus testing in children with hepatitis when the cause is unknown, adding that testing the blood in whole -- not just blood plasma -- may be more sensitive.
The advisory notes that "a possible association between pediatric hepatitis and adenovirus infection is currently under investigation."
Last week, public health officials in the United States and the United Kingdom announced that they had launched an investigation into cases of severe acute hepatitis in children. At the time, the World Health Organization had identified 74 cases among children across the UK, and Alabama health officials identified nine cases of hepatitis in children, ages 1 to 6, who also had tested positive for adenovirus since October. None of the children had Covid-19.
In its latest health advisory, the CDC asks that health care providers or state public health authorities alert the agency to any child younger than 10 who may have been diagnosed with hepatitis due to an unknown cause since October.
"In November 2021, clinicians at a large children's hospital in Alabama notified CDC of five pediatric patients with significant liver injury, including three with acute liver failure, who also tested positive for adenovirus. All children were previously healthy," CDC officials wrote. "Case-finding efforts at this hospital identified four additional pediatric patients with hepatitis and adenovirus infection for a total of nine patients admitted from October 2021 through February 2022; all five that were sequenced had adenovirus type 41 infection identified."
Hepatitis is inflammation of the liver, a vital organ that processes nutrients, filters the blood and helps fight infections. When the liver is inflamed or damaged, its function can be affected.
Most often, hepatitis is caused by a virus, and adenoviruses are a common type of virus spread from person-to-person that can cause a range of mild to more severe illnesses. But these viruses are only rarely reported as a cause of severe hepatitis in healthy people.
The CDC said in the advisory that "While there have been case reports of hepatitis in immunocompromised children with adenovirus type 41 infection, adenovirus type 41 is not known to be a cause of hepatitis in otherwise healthy children."
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ATLANTA -- District 6 Dougherty County Commissioner Anthony Jones was honored recently for successfully completing the Intergovernmental Relations and Leadership Development specialty track requirements in the ACCG Lifelong Learning Academy.
Jones was recognized during the 2022 ACCG annual conference at the Savannah Convention Center.
ACCG and the Carl Vinson Institute of Government at the University of Georgia have collaborated for more than two decades to provide county officials with supplemental training and educational tools in the Lifelong Learning Academy.
“County officials are faced with many challenges and ever-evolving circumstances under which they must govern Georgia’s local communities,” Dave Wills, ACCG’s executive director, said in a news release. “The Lifelong Learning Academy was created to help them navigate those challenges. I commend county leaders who take full advantage of educational opportunities to further their knowledge on how to better serve their communities.”
The Lifelong Learning Academy was created with input from county commissioners who identified courses based on the issues and decision-making challenges regularly faced by county officials. To ensure the course requirements and curriculum remain relevant and engaging, the ACCG Lifelong Learning Committee – comprising county commissioners and staff from both ACCG and the Carl Vinson Institute of Government at the University of Georgia – meet regularly to review and adjust accordingly.
“As an elected county commissioner, we face many challenges in the communities we serve,” Jones said. “Being armed with tools on navigating through these challenges and other skills is a tremendous asset in helping us to more effectively serve our constituents, and ultimately, our entire county and community.”
A 34-year resident of Dougherty County, Jones was born in Alabama. He holds an undergraduate degree from Tuskegee University and is a retiree of the University of Georgia’s Dougherty County Extension Service, where he served as the 4-H Youth Development Coordinator and County Extension Coordinator for 24 years.
Jones is currently approaching his third term as a county commissioner. He also serves on the Board of Directors for the Dougherty County Library and is an executive board member for the Southwest Georgia Regional Commission. He is a certified member of ACCG, as well as numerous organizations throughout the state of Georgia.
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LISHUI, China, May 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Farmmi, Inc. ("Farmmi" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: FAMI), announced today that at the Company's shareholder meeting on May 14, 2022 the proposed consolidation of the Company's ordinary shares was approved at the ratio of one-for-twenty-five with the market effective date of May 31, 2022.
The objective of the share consolidation is to enable the Company to regain compliance with Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 5550(a)(2) and maintain its listing on Nasdaq.
Beginning with the opening of trading on May 31, 2022, the Company's ordinary shares will trade on the Nasdaq Capital Market on a split-adjusted basis, under the same symbol "FAMI" but under a new CUSIP Number, G33277123.
As a result of the share consolidation, each twenty-five ordinary shares outstanding will automatically combine and convert to one issued and outstanding ordinary share without any action on the part of the shareholder. No fractional ordinary shares will be issued to any shareholders in connection with the share consolidation, and such fractional shares will be redeemed by the Company.
The share consolidation will reduce the number of ordinary shares issued and outstanding from approximately 557,980,281 to approximately 22,319,211 (subject to the redemption of the fractional shares at the closing price of the ordinary shares on May 27, 2022). The authorized number of ordinary shares will be reduced by the same one-for-twenty-five ratio from 600,000,000 to 24,000,000.
About Farmmi, Inc.
Established in 1998, Farmmi Inc. (NASDAQ: FAMI) is an agricultural products supplier, processor and retailer of edible mushrooms like Shiitake and Mu Er, as well as other agricultural products. In addition to its offline sales, Farmmi sells its products direct-to-consumer at http://www.farmmi88.com. For further information about the Company, please visit: http://ir.farmmi.com.cn/.
Forward-Looking Statements
No statement made in this press release should be interpreted as an offer to purchase or sell any security. Such an offer can only be made in accordance with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and applicable state securities laws. Certain statements in this press release concerning our future growth prospects are forward-looking statements regarding our future business expectations and intended to qualify for the "safe harbor" under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties relating to these statements include, but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties regarding lingering effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on our customer's businesses and our end purchaser's disposable income, our ability to raise capital on any particular terms, fulfillment of customer orders, fluctuations in earnings, fluctuations in foreign exchange rates, our ability to manage growth, our ability to realize revenue from expanded operation and acquired assets in China, our ability to attract and retain skilled professionals, client concentration, industry segment concentration, and general economic conditions affecting our industry. Additional risks that could affect our future operating results are more fully described in our United States Securities and Exchange Commission filings. These filings are available at www.sec.gov. Farmmi may, from time to time, make additional written and oral forward-looking statements, including statements contained in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and our reports to shareholders. In addition, please note that any forward-looking statements contained herein are based on assumptions that we believe to be reasonable as of the date of this press release. The Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking statements that may be made from time to time by or on behalf of the Company unless it is required by law.
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(The Hill) – President Biden on Thursday said the Senate should carve out an exception to the 60-vote filibuster to codify abortion rights after the Supreme Court overturned the precedent set by Roe v. Wade.
“The most important thing to be clear about is I believe we have to codify Roe v. Wade in the law, and the way to do that is to make sure the Congress votes to do that,” Biden said at a press conference at the NATO summit in Spain.
“And if the filibuster gets in the way, it’s like voting rights, it should be we provide an exception for this, requiring an exception to the filibuster for this action to deal with the Supreme Court decision,” Biden added.
A change to the filibuster, which requires 60 votes in the Senate for most legislation to pass, would make it so that abortion rights or broader privacy rights like access to contraception and the right to same-sex marriage could be codified into law with a simple majority.
Democrats have sounded the alarm that striking down Roe could be the first in a series of court decisions rolling back precedents that protected access to contraception and same-sex marriage after Justice Clarence Thomas wrote in a concurring opinion that those precedents should be revisited.
Democrats hold the Senate majority with 50 senators, plus Vice President Harris acting as a tie-breaking vote.
But Biden’s previous call for a filibuster exception for voting rights legislation failed to gain traction, and there is unlikely to be enough support for a similar carve out for abortion. All 50 Democrats would need to support the change, and Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) have expressed concerns about altering the filibuster.
The White House has been under intense pressure by Democratic lawmakers and voters to take action after the Supreme Court last week struck down Roe v. Wade, eliminating the nearly 50-year-old constitutional right to abortion and handing states authority to drastically limit or ban the procedure.
The court’s ruling upheld Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban, which directly clashed with Roe’s requirement that states permit abortion up to the point of fetal viability, around 24 weeks, as well as Planned Parenthood v. Casey, a 1992 decision that reaffirmed Roe’s core holding.
The court decision sparked outcry across the country over the rolling back of women’s rights and access to reproductive health care. And the White House came under scrutiny for its lack of response given a draft of the court decision had leaked weeks earlier.
The White House has so far expressed frustration with the decision, but it has offered few tangible measures to try and protect abortion access in the immediate aftermath of the ruling.
The Pentagon said in a memo it will continue to provide abortions at military facilities in cases when the mother’s life is at risk or if the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest.
The White House has knocked down talk from some lawmakers to protect abortion access on federal lands, arguing it would have too many unintended consequences.
Biden said Thursday he will meet with governors who have acted to protect abortion access once he returns to Washington, D.C.
“The one thing that has been destabilizing is the outrageous behavior of the Supreme Court the United States in overruling, not only Roe v. Wade, but essentially challenging the right to privacy,” Biden said. | https://cw33.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/biden-calls-for-filibuster-carveout-to-protect-abortion-rights/ | 2022-06-30T17:45:42Z |
CAUGHT ON CAMERA: Ax-wielding man attacks drummer in California
CANYON CO., Calif. (KCAL/KCBS) - A shocking incident was caught on camera in California: A man says he was playing his drums along one of the trails in Canyon County when an ax-wielding man came out of nowhere.
In an instant, Andy Torres’ Saturday morning jam session turned violent.
The man struck the drumkit several times, frightening the 36-year-old musician.
“He just came up swinging already,” Torres said. “He didn’t announce himself or say get out of the way. Or, ‘Are you making the noise?’ No, he knew what he was going to do. I happened to just get out of the way.”
Torres says after the man nearly destroyed the drumkit, he threatened him again.
“It took everything in me not to want to launch at the guy, but I knew I couldn’t do that,” he said.
The attack was recorded on his GoPro camera.
It’s not shown in the video, but Torres says the man also pulled a gun on him.
As soon as he announced that he recorded the entire violent outburst on video, the man appears to change his attitude.
He turned and left, but not before Torres caught images of the man’s car and license plate.
Speaking at Todd Longshore Park near the scene of the attack, he says since the incident he’s been struggling emotionally.
“I get stuck thinking about that, and I have to pull myself out of it,” Torres said. “I know I will move ahead, because look I’m still here.”
Torres said he has been learning the drums for a while. He comes to the park at sunrise and sunset to play while wearing a mask as part of his persona.
Before the ax attack, no one had complained about the noise. He says this will not ruin his love for music, and he will find a way to fix the drums.
“It’s not destroyed. They’ll have to do better than that,” he said.
Torres says he’s filed a police report and turned over the video. He shared it in hopes someone turns the man in, since it’s a place a lot of parents bring their kids.
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Sarasota man helping transport refugees out of Ukraine and supplies into the war-torn country
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - 22-year-old Andy Roman of Sarasota is helping Ukrainians in a big way. He was in Ukraine for a few weeks recently and is going back on May 2nd. Roman is driving refugees out of Ukraine and delivering much needed supplies into the country.
“I couldn’t not help, I was tired of sharing links on Facebook, a couple of days into the war I decided to get on a plane,” said Roman. “I love Ukraine, it’s a beautiful country, they love freedom, they’re wonderful people.”
Roman is a Ukrainian-American and currently has family members in Ukraine. He realizes there is some danger with the work he’s doing. Roman says what he is seeing and hearing there is tragic.
“The things that people told me who were coming from these besieged cities is absolutely devastating,” said Roman. “Just horror stories, loss of family members, their houses being destroyed, their entire lives being destroyed right in front of them.”
Roman currently has a fundraiser through his website and GoFundMe page. He’s looking to purchase three more vans to help with refugees and supplies. Roman has partnered with two churches in Ukraine and one in the Czech Republic.
“I can drive more supplies in, there are plenty of supplies at the Polish border and not enough people to bring them in,” said Roman. “So if we could have three more vans, we can make a huge difference in so many people’s lives.”
For more information on how you can help you can log onto UkrainianPeace.org or click on this link https://gofund.me/058340c2.
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Two teens praised for rescuing driver trapped in burning vehicle
NELSON, N.H. (WMUR) – Teen brothers Vincent and Jake Heck were traveling with their family from Hillsborough to Maryland to enjoy the holiday weekend.
They left bright and early Friday morning and when passing through Nelson, New Hampshire, they witnessed a pickup truck swerve off of Route 9 and crash into a large rock.
“I immediately told my mom to pull over and before she even stopped the vehicle I jumped right out and ran over,” Vincent Heck said.
Vincent Heck, 19, rushed to the driver’s side door where he found a man unconscious.
Jake Heck, 16, checked the back of the truck for any passengers before helping his brother carry the man away from the smoking truck.
“The car, literally 5 to 10 seconds after I got him out, the car went all up in flames,” Vincent Heck said.
The teens then carried the man further away from the burning vehicle and used CPR techniques to open his airways so he could breathe better before paramedics arrived.
“By the time I got there, the vehicle was fully engulfed and if that individual was still in there, that individual would never have survived the incident,” Nelson Fire Chief Joseph Sarcione said.
Melissa Heck, the mother of the teens, said she is very proud of their actions.
“They did a great job and worked very good as a team,” she said. “It’s nice to see that.”
Praise for the teens has poured in from fire and police departments across the state, but the brothers don’t consider their own actions to be heroic.
“I consider my brother a hero,” Jack Heck said. “I did what I could do. If it wasn’t for my brother getting him out of that car, he would not have survived. I was not fast enough to get him out of the car.”
“I just think I was doing what any normal human being would do,” Vincent Heck said. “I just hope somebody would do the same for me.”
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EF1 tornado confirmed in Blue Ridge during storm
BLUE RIDGE, Texas (KXII) - The National Weather Service (NWS) reported an EF1 tornado touched down in Blue Ridge during Monday night’s storms.
According to the NWS the tornado produced winds of 100 mph.
Several structures, including homes, were damaged and the NWS confirmed one family lost their home.
“I really wasn’t prepared,” said Blue Ridge resident AJ Hurst. “I was eating and I was about to jump in the shower and next thing you know the wind hit and it blew the windows out of one of the houses nearby.”
AJ Hurst said he hid in a closet in the center of his house for about 15 minutes and could feel the winds intensifying as the tornado ripped through.
“It was a loud roar with the wind coming through the house because the windows were broken, it was pretty scary,” Hurst said.
It happened around 11 pm and within minutes Hurst said the wind tore off his back porch, part of his roof and his privacy fence.
Tuesday afternoon, he was out clearing branches and debris that was blown into his lawn.
“It puts you down but everyone around here we pitch together and help each other,” Hurst said.
One Blue Ridge man said he and his wife and kids were huddled in their home and when they emerged after the tornado their trash cans were on the other side of the street and their neighbor’s tree was laying across his lawn.
“Last night the air was real strong and it took all of this it took the tree down the light went out all day the rain was so strong last night and more than anything the kids were so scared with all of this,” he said.
People continue to clear the damage and several residents said getting things back to normal could take weeks.
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NEW YORK, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Iroquois Capital Management, LLC (together with its affiliates, "Iroquois"), one of the largest stockholders of PharmaCyte Biotech, Inc. ("PharmaCyte", "PMCB" or the "Company") (NASDAQ:PMCB) with beneficial ownership of approximately 6.3% of the outstanding common stock of the Company, today provided the following statement in response to certain actions recently taken by the Company, which Iroquois believes are a thinly-veiled attempt to entrench the incumbent directors on the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board") ahead of an upcoming election contest for control of the Board at the 2022 annual meeting of stockholders (the "2022 Annual Meeting").
"Iroquois has been consistent in its view that change is needed at PharmaCyte to ensure improved accountability from what, in our opinion, is its dysfunctional Board and management that we believe is beholden to Kenneth L. Waggoner, the Company's Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer and General Counsel. We believe that Mr. Waggoner has surrounded himself in the boardroom with his hand-picked appointees who clearly lack credible capital markets and public company directorship experience and who have failed to ever purchase a single share of the Company's stock in the open market, unlike Iroquois and certain of our independent nominees, some of whom have now individually purchased more stock in the Company than the current Board and management ever have during their entire collective tenure. We believe this Board's dysfunction is directly responsible for the Company's severe stock price underperformance, constantly changing timelines and missed milestones with respect to its Phase 2b clinical trial, dismal corporate governance and investor communication practices and misaligned executive compensation structure.
We are disappointed, but unfortunately not surprised, by the Company's recent efforts through its counsel to block Iroquois' access to customary stockholder list materials requested in accordance with Nevada law, and to which Iroquois is entitled to under Nevada law, which are needed to communicate with fellow stockholders regarding our slate of highly qualified director candidates for election at the 2022 Annual Meeting. We would note that when we have seen these kinds of desperate actions in the past, this type of gamesmanship is typically driven by hired advisors who are enabled by members of management or the Board to take whatever obstructionist tactics, however maligned and clearly in contravention to well-settled corporate law, are needed to delay stockholders' collective voice from being heard at an upcoming election contest. To be clear, we see such obstructionist efforts as nothing more than a mere distraction from a Board that falsely heralds itself as being focused on creating value for stockholders while it appears to privately act out of desperation, and we reiterate our commitment to ensuring that no such actions by the Board will be allowed to stop stockholders from having their voice heard at the 2022 Annual Meeting.
To add insult to injury, despite the Company's failure to ever present a framework to Iroquois in which Mr. Waggoner and his hand-picked appointees would finally relinquish control of the Board to make room for fresh perspectives and a group of professionals with the requisite skillsets, experience, drive, sense of accountability and demonstrated skin in the game needed to turn the Company around, today the Company through its counsel invited Iroquois' nominees for interviews, each conditioned upon such nominees' completing lengthy questionnaires – which we highly doubt any of the incumbent directors have been asked to complete – in advance of such interviews. This is despite the fact that our nomination notice was fully compliant with the Company's governing documents and contained all of the information regarding such nominees that will ultimately be required to be set forth in a definitive proxy statement which we plan to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
This unfortunate sequence of events is not lost on us and we want to make perfectly clear to the Company, its advisors and any interconnected parties friendly to the Board with whom it may seek to conspire against the best interests of the Company's stockholders, that we are closely monitoring the developments of the Company and have a capable litigation team standing ready to challenge any transaction, or series of transactions, approved by the Board, who we believe have not earned the right to conduct any M&A, especially in furtherance of what appears to us to be a failed business strategy, that may be designed with no legitimate business purpose other than to further entrench the incumbent directors ahead of the potential election contest at the 2022 Annual Meeting.
We maintain that any such transaction, if effectuated by the issuance of stock of the Company rather than cash when its shares are traded below 50% of their book value, would mark nothing more than an egregious attempt to put shares in hands friendly to the dysfunctional Board on the eve of the incumbent directors' potential ouster at the 2022 Annual Meeting. We understand that given the Company's August 2021 capital raise, it is not in a position to authorize any further issuances of the Company's shares of Common Stock, and we seriously caution the Company, and any potential counterparty, from effectuating an end-run to such clear constraints simply to maintain the status quo in the boardroom, which we will not hesitate to challenge as being an entrenchment effort made in bad faith and in breach of the incumbent directors' fiduciary duties to the Company's stockholders, the real owners of PharmaCyte.
We look forward to continuing our engagement efforts with fellow PharmaCyte stockholders who we believe have been treated manifestly unfairly under this Board's oversight and will not hesitate to do whatever it takes to ensure stockholder voices are heard and accountability returns to the boardroom in connection with the 2022 Annual Meeting. We encourage our fellow stockholders to make clear to Mr. Waggoner and other members of the Company's dysfunctional Board to stop squandering the Company's resources on such misguided and self-serving efforts and to enter into meaningful discussions with Iroquois to timely and expeditiously address management's shortcomings in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders."
About Iroquois Capital Management, LLC
Iroquois Capital Management, LLC is a New York-based investment adviser that provides investment advisory services to Iroquois Master Fund Ltd., a privately pooled investment vehicle.
Certain Information Concerning the Participants
Iroquois Master Fund Ltd., a Cayman Island exempted limited company ("Iroquois Master"), together with the other participants named herein (collectively, "Iroquois"), intends to file a preliminary proxy statement and accompanying WHITE proxy card with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") to be used to solicit votes in connection with the 2022 annual meeting of stockholders of PharmaCyte Biotech, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the "Company").
IROQUOIS STRONGLY ADVISES ALL STOCKHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT AND OTHER PROXY MATERIALS AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. SUCH PROXY MATERIALS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT NO CHARGE ON THE SEC'S WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.SEC.GOV. IN ADDITION, THE PARTICIPANTS IN THIS PROXY SOLICITATION WILL PROVIDE COPIES OF THE PROXY STATEMENT WITHOUT CHARGE, WHEN AVAILABLE, UPON REQUEST. REQUESTS FOR COPIES SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE PARTICIPANTS' PROXY SOLICITOR.
The participants in the proxy solicitation are anticipated to be Iroquois Master, Iroquois Capital Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("Iroquois Capital"), Iroquois Capital Investment Group LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("ICIG"), JNS Holdings Group LLC ("JNS"), a New York limited liability company, Richard Abbe, Kimberly Page, Stephen Friscia, Charles S. Ryan, Jonathan L. Schechter, Joshua N. Silverman and Jude C. Uzonwanne.
As of the close of business on July 5, 2022, , Iroquois Master is the direct beneficial owner of (i) 1,240,743 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the "Common Stock") and (ii) 196,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of certain warrants, all of which are subject to a 4.99% blocker provision (the "Warrants"). As of the close of business on July 5, 2022, ICIG is the direct beneficial owner of (i) 68,370 shares of Common Stock and (ii) 84,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of Warrants. Iroquois Capital, as the investment manager to Iroquois Master, may be deemed the beneficial owner of the (i) 1,240,743 shares of Common Stock and (ii) 196,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants directly owned by Iroquois Master. As of the close of business on July 5, 2022, Mr. Abbe does not directly beneficially own any securities of the Company. Mr. Abbe, by virtue of his position as the President of Iroquois Capital and as a managing member of ICIG, may be deemed the beneficial owner of the (i) 1,309,113 shares of Common Stock and (ii) 280,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants owned in the aggregate by Iroquois Master and ICIG. As of the close of business on July 5, 2022, Mrs. Page does not directly beneficially own any securities of the Company. Mrs. Page, by virtue of her position as a Director of Iroquois Master, may be deemed the beneficial owner of the (i) 1,240,743 shares of Common Stock and (ii) 196,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants directly owned by Iroquois Master. As of the close of business on July 5, 2022, Mr. Schechter is the direct beneficial owner of 50,000 shares of Common Stock. As of the close of business on July 5, 2022, Mr. Silverman does not directly beneficially own any securities of the Company. Mr. Silverman, by virtue of his position as a managing member of JNS, may be deemed the beneficial owner of the 50,000 shares of Common Stock directly owned by JNS. As of the close of business on July 5, 2022, Messrs. Friscia, Ryan and Uzonwanne do not own beneficially or of record any securities of the Company.
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CHICAGO, Aug. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bavis Fabacraft, a leading manufacturer of drive-thru and walk-up equipment products for the building industry, and BIMsmith, the leading building product research platform for building professionals, have partnered to provide a new suite of Building Information Modeling (BIM) resources to the architecture and design community.
The partnership involves the creation of digital product models for Bavis Fabacraft. The new digital assets are custom-built to operate within Autodesk Revit, the leading BIM software platform. Representing key physical and performance data, the new models are pivotal to equipping architects, engineers, and other professionals to design with products by Bavis Fabacraft in their BIM projects.
As a result of the partnership, the Bavis Fabacraft BIM Library is also now available to architects and designers worldwide on BIMsmith Market, the leading platform for building professionals to perform product research and download Revit families.
"Through enhanced security and reliability, our products allow our customers to extract more value from their drive-thru," said Larry Sumpter, CEO at Bavis Fabacraft. "Our BIM resources on BIMsmith will further equip architects and contractors to identify and evaluate the solutions they need."
"Bavis Fabacraft provides building professionals with innovative solutions that improve the safety of workers and staff," said Benjamin Glunz, CEO of BIMsmith. "We are thrilled to add Bavis Fabacraft to the BIMsmith platform and allow architects to creatively incorporate Bavis Fabacraft's products into their projects."
View the Bavis Fabacraft BIM Library at www.bimsmith.com/bavis-fabacraft.
Bavis Fabacraft has been the gold standard for manufacturing drive-thru equipment since 1957. From transaction drawers and windows to pneumatic and conveyor systems, Bavis solutions create a more secure transaction experience, enabling safe customer access with market-best reliability. To learn more, visit: bavis.com.
BIMsmith®, the leading cloud-based building product discovery and selection platform, cultivates global business-to-business relationships between building industry professionals and building product manufacturers. Through direct integration of real product data into the BIM workflow, BIMsmith continues to shape the future of building science technology, placing its clients at the forefront of BIM innovation while addressing the true needs of industry professionals. Learn more about BIMsmith at www.bimsmith.com or call (224) 505-4BIM to add your products to the BIMsmith lineup.
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Which Nulo cat food is best?
It’s no secret that what you eat impacts your health and well-being, and the same is true for your pet cats’ diets. If you’re looking for quality fare to nourish your feline friend, Nulo cat food is an excellent choice.
With wet, dry and freeze-dried versions in various flavors, there’s an option for every cat. Nulo Adult and Kitten Canned Pate Wet Cat Food is the top choice for anyone looking for wet food.
What to know before you buy Nulo cat food
Cat food types
Nulo makes three types of cat food:
- Wet: Wet food is palatable to most cats and has a high moisture content, which helps maintain kidney health in cats that don’t drink much water. However, it can spoil if cats like to eat slowly over several hours.
- Dry: Dry food doesn’t spoil at room temperature, so it’s great for free-feeding. Plus, it’s an affordable option. Unfortunately, some cats don’t like it.
- Freeze-dried raw: The protein-packed food is excellent for anyone who’s ever thought about feeding raw but is put off by the mess. The downside is its high price.
Life stage
Your feline friend must get the right nutrients. Consider the best cat food for the age of your cat.
- Kittens and cats: Most Nulo food suits both kittens and adult cats. This means it has all the nutrients that growing kittens need, but it makes the food relatively calorie-dense, which isn’t great for cats who tend to gain weight.
- Adult cats: You can find some Nulo cat food that’s made for adult cats only. This indoor cat formula is lower in calories and fat than its kitten food. It’s great for cats that aren’t exceptionally active or struggle to keep weight off.
- Senior cats: There’s also a senior cat formula. It has plenty of protein to maintain muscle mass, which can reduce as animals age, but isn’t too calorie-dense to help avoid weight gain as older cats slow down.
What to look for in quality Nulo cat food
Complete and balanced
Make sure the food you choose is complete and balanced if it’s the only thing you intend to feed your cat. This means it contains the correct balance of nutrients that cats need to stay healthy. Nulo also makes some food toppers and mixers, designed to be mixed with a complete and balanced dry food, not fed on their own.
Grain-free
Cats are carnivores and don’t need grains in their diets. Nulo foods are grain-free and also do without other filler ingredients.
Flavor
With a range of flavors, you’re sure to find one your cat loves, whether that’s a fishy flavor such as salmon or mackerel or poultry flavors such as chicken or turkey.
How much you can expect to spend on Nulo cat food
Dry cat food from Nulo costs $2.50-$5, depending on package size, while wet food costs around $2-$4 per pouch or can. Freeze-dried raw is the most expensive option, at over $25 for 8 ounces, but it lasts longer than you might expect.
Nulo cat food FAQ
Is Nulo a good brand?
A. Nulo is a high-quality pet food brand. Its foods are low in carbohydrates and high in protein, with most of this protein coming from meat. It’s free from fillers, such as corn, wheat, soy and white potatoes, which some pet food brands rely on to bulk food. It’s fortified with vitamins and minerals and contains a probiotic formula for digestive health.
On balance, it’s safe to say this is good cat food. However, not all cats thrive on all foods, regardless of the ingredient quality. So, if you switch to Nulo and your cat doesn’t like it, is losing condition, vomiting or seems lethargic, try a different formula or a different brand.
Is Nulo pet food made in the United States?
A. Yes, Nulo is based in Austin, Texas, with manufacturing facilities in Kansas, Nebraska and North Dakota. All its facilities are approved by the Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Association of American Feed Control Officials.
What’s the best Nulo cat food to buy?
Top Nulo cat food
Nulo Adult and Kitten Canned Grain-Free Wet Cat Food
What you need to know: Thanks to its high protein content, this wet food is excellent for maintaining muscle mass and lean weight.
What you’ll love: It’s highly palatable to most cats, with a pate consistency and a range of flavors, including salmon, mackerel, turkey and chicken. It comes in either 5.5- or 12.5-ounce cans.
What you should consider: Some find the consistency slightly too dry — but you can mix in water if so.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Chewy
Top Nulo cat food for the money
Nulo Adult and Kitten Dry Cat Food
What you need to know: This dry food is an economical way to feed your cat without sacrificing ingredient quality.
What you’ll love: You can choose from three formulas: chicken and cod, turkey and duck and indoor cat. The pieces are small, which is great for kittens, but many adult cats also prefer them this way.
What you should consider: The indoor cat formula is only suited to adult cats, so bear this in mind if buying for a kitten.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Chewy
Worth checking out
Nulo Freestyle Freeze-Dried Raw Cat Food
What you need to know: Made from uncooked ingredients that have been processed and freeze-dried, this food is a less messy way of feeding a raw diet.
What you’ll love: It’s a complete and balanced food with all the added nutrients needed for cat health. You can feed it dry or soak it in water to give it a consistency closer to wet food. There’s a choice of chicken and salmon or turkey and duck recipes.
What you should consider: It’s prohibitively expensive for some buyers.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Chewy
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VALLETTA, Malta, Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kindred Group's Board of Directors has decided to start exercising the buy-back mandate which received at the Extraordinary General Meeting on 10 June 2022. Share repurchases may take place during the period between 1 August 2022 and up until the next Annual General Meeting.
The Board of Directors of Kindred Group plc ("Kindred" or the "Company") has, empowered by a mandate received at the Extraordinary General Meeting on 10 June 2022, decided to initiate a share buy-back programme. The purpose of the programme is to return excess cash to the shareholders in line with the Kindred's distribution policy.
Share repurchases can be made during the period 1 August 2022 until the next Annual General Meeting. However, no share repurchases will be executed during the closed periods ahead of the publication of quarterly reports.
Share repurchases are to be made on Nasdaq Stockholm in accordance with the Nasdaq Nordic Main Market Rulebook for Issuers of Shares, Maltese Companies Act and EU Market Abuse Regulation No. 596/2014 ("MAR"). Share repurchases are to be made at a price per share within the recorded interval, i.e. the interval between the highest buying price and the lowest selling price. Payment for the shares shall be made in cash.
Notification of any share repurchases will continuously be made to Nasdaq Stockholm and for information about the transactions please see: http://www.nasdaqomx.com/transactions/markets/nordic/corporate-actions/stockholm/repurchases-of-own-shares
The maximum number of shares/SDRs that can be repurchased is 23,000,000 and the Company's holdings of its own shares/SDRs may not at any time exceed 10 per cent of the total outstanding shares. At the time of this announcement, the total number of issued shares in the Company is 230,126,200 and Kindred's holding of own shares/SDRs is 9,966,474.
Following repurchase, the intention of the Board is to cancel the repurchased shares/SDRs.
This disclosure contains information that Kindred Group is obliged to make public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation (EU No. 596/2014). The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact person, on 01-08-2022 07:30 CET.
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Did you lose money on investments in Energy Transfer? If so, please visit Energy Transfer LP Shareholder Class Action Lawsuit or contact Peter Allocco at (212) 951-2030 or pallocco@bernlieb.com to discuss your rights.
NEW YORK, June 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bernstein Liebhard LLP, a nationally acclaimed investor rights law firm, reminds investors of the deadline to file a lead plaintiff motion in a securities class action lawsuit that has been filed on behalf of investors who purchased or acquired the common shares of Energy Transfer LP ("Energy Transfer" or the "Company") (NYSE: ET) between April 13, 2017 and December 20, 2021, inclusive (the "Class Period"). The lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and alleges violations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Energy Transfer, a Delaware company headquartered in Dallas, Texas, was founded in 1996 and became a publicly traded partnership in 2006. The Partnership was formerly known as Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. and changed its name to Energy Transfer LP in October 2018. Energy Transfer is a company engaged in natural gas and propane pipeline transport. Energy Transfer LP, through its subsidiaries, provides transportation, storage, and terminalling services for products like natural gas, crude oil, Natural Gas Liquids ("NGL"), and refined products.
In the Complaint, Plaintiff alleges that Defendants made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (a) Energy Transfer had inadequate internal controls and procedures to prevent contractors from engaging in illegal conduct with regards to drilling activities, and/or failed to properly mitigate known issues related to such controls and procedures; (b) Energy Transfer, through its subsidiary Rover Pipeline, LLC ("Rover"), hired a third-party contractor to conduct Horizontal Directional Drilling Activities ("HDD") for the Rover Pipeline Project (the "Project"), whose conduct of adding illegal additives in the drilling mud caused severe pollution near the Tuscarawas River when a large inadvertent release took place on April 13, 2017 (the "April 13 Release"); and (c) Energy Transfer continually downplayed its potential civil liabilities when the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") was actively investigating Energy Transfer's wrongdoing related to the April 13 Release and consistently provided it with updated information about FERC's findings on this matter. These issues were foreseeably likely to subject Energy Transfer to increased governmental scrutiny and enforcement, as well as increased reputational and financial harm, and would also materially impact Energy Transfer's financial results.
On August 8, 2019, Energy Transfer filed its quarterly report on Form 10-Q with the SEC, reporting the Partnership's financial and operating results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2019 (the "2Q19 10-Q"). The 2Q19 10-Q disclosed that two years earlier, in mid-2017, FERC Enforcement Staff began a non-public formal investigation "regarding allegations that diesel fuel may have been included in the drilling mud at the Tuscarawas River HDD."
As a result of this news, the price of Energy Transfer stock declined 4.6% over two trading days, to close at $13.38 on August 12, 2019.
Then on December 16, 2021, FERC publicly issued to Energy Transfer an Order To Show Cause And Notice of Proposed Penalty (the "FERC Order"), which proposed a $40 million fine for the inadvertent release incident. On this news, the price of Energy Transfer shares declined 2.8% over the course of two trading days, to close at $8.25, on December 20, 2021.
If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than August 2, 2022. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as lead plaintiff. If you choose to take no action, you may remain an absent class member.
If you purchased ET common shares, and/or would like to discuss your legal rights and options please visit Energy Transfer LP Shareholder Class Action Lawsuit or contact Peter Allocco at (212) 951-2030 or pallocco@bernlieb.com.
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NEW YORK, June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- This press release provides shareholders of Cohen & Steers Limited Duration Preferred and Income Fund, Inc. (NYSE: LDP) (the "Fund") with information regarding the sources of the distribution to be paid on June 30, 2022 and cumulative distributions paid fiscal year-to-date.
In December 2016, the Fund implemented a managed distribution policy in accordance with exemptive relief issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The managed distribution policy seeks to deliver the Fund's long-term total return potential through regular monthly distributions declared at a fixed rate per common share. The policy gives the Fund greater flexibility to realize long-term capital gains throughout the year and to distribute those gains on a regular monthly basis to shareholders. The Board of Directors of the Fund may amend, terminate or suspend the managed distribution policy at any time, which could have an adverse effect on the market price of the Fund's shares.
The Fund's monthly distributions may include long-term capital gains, short-term capital gains, net investment income and/or return of capital for federal income tax purposes. Return of capital includes distributions paid by the Fund in excess of its net investment income and net realized capital gains and such excess is distributed from the Fund's assets. A return of capital is not taxable; rather, it reduces a shareholder's tax basis in his or her shares of the Fund. The amount of monthly distributions may vary depending on a number of factors, including changes in portfolio and market conditions.
At the time of each monthly distribution, information will be posted to cohenandsteers.com and mailed to shareholders in a concurrent notice. However, this information may change at the end of the year because the final tax characteristics of the Fund's distributions cannot be determined with certainty until after the end of the calendar year. Final tax characteristics of all of the Fund's distributions will be provided on Form 1099-DIV, which is mailed after the close of the calendar year.
The following table sets forth the estimated amounts of the current distribution and the cumulative distributions paid this fiscal year-to-date from the sources indicated. All amounts are expressed per common share.
You should not draw any conclusions about the Fund's investment performance from the amount of this distribution or from the terms of the Fund's managed distribution policy. The Fund estimates that it has distributed more than its income and capital gains; therefore, a portion of your distribution may be a return of capital. A return of capital may occur, for example, when some or all of the money that you invested in the Fund is paid back to you. A return of capital distribution does not necessarily reflect the Fund's investment performance and should not be confused with 'yield' or 'income'. The amounts and sources of distributions reported in this Notice are only estimates, are likely to change over time, and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources of the amounts for accounting and tax reporting purposes will depend upon the Fund's investment experience during the remainder of its fiscal year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. The amounts and sources of distributions year-to-date may be subject to additional adjustments.
*THE FUND WILL SEND YOU A FORM 1099-DIV FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR THAT WILL TELL YOU HOW TO REPORT THESE DISTRIBUTIONS FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES
The Fund's Year-to-date Cumulative Total Return for fiscal year 2022 (January 1, 2022 through May 31, 2022) is set forth below. Shareholders should take note of the relationship between the Year-to-date Cumulative Total Return with the Fund's Cumulative Distribution Rate for 2022. In addition, the Fund's Average Annual Total Return for the five-year period ending May 31, 2022 is set forth below. Shareholders should note the relationship between the Average Annual Total Return with the Fund's Current Annualized Distribution Rate for 2022. The performance and distribution rate information disclosed in the table is based on the Fund's net asset value per share (NAV). The Fund's NAV is calculated as the total market value of all the securities and other assets held by the Fund minus the total liabilities, divided by the total number of shares outstanding. While NAV performance may be indicative of the Fund's investment performance, it does not measure the value of a shareholder's individual investment in the Fund. The value of a shareholder's investment in the Fund is determined by the Fund's market price, which is based on the supply and demand for the Fund's shares in the open market.
Fund Performance and Distribution Rate Information:
- Year-to-date Cumulative Total Return is the percentage change in the Fund's NAV over the year-to-date time period including distributions paid and assuming reinvestment of those distributions.
- Cumulative Distribution Rate for the Fund's current fiscal period (January 1, 2022 through June 30, 2022) measured on the dollar value of distributions in the year-to-date period as a percentage of the Fund's NAV as of May 31, 2022.
- Average Annual Total Return represents the compound average of the Annual NAV Total Returns of the Fund for the five-year period ending May 31, 2022. Annual NAV Total Return is the percentage change in the Fund's NAV over a year including distributions paid and assuming reinvestment of those distributions.
- The Current Annualized Distribution Rate is the current fiscal period's distribution rate annualized as a percentage of the Fund's NAV as of May 31, 2022.
Investors should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expense of the Fund carefully before investing. You can obtain the Fund's most recent periodic reports, when available, and other regulatory filings by contacting your financial advisor or visiting cohenandsteers.com. These reports and other filings can be found on the Securities and Exchange Commission's EDGAR Database. You should read these reports and other filings carefully before investing.
Shareholders should not use the information provided here in preparing their tax returns. Shareholders will receive a Form 1099-DIV for the calendar year indicating how to report Fund distributions for federal income tax purposes.
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About Cohen & Steers. Cohen & Steers is a leading global investment manager specializing in real assets and alternative income, including real estate, preferred securities, infrastructure, resource equities, commodities, as well as multi-strategy solutions. Founded in 1986, the firm is headquartered in New York City, with offices in London, Dublin, Hong Kong, and Tokyo.
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This press release and other statements that Cohen & Steers may make may contain forward looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which reflect the company's current views with respect to, among other things, its operations and financial performance. You can identify these forward-looking statements by the use of words such as "outlook," "believes," "expects," "potential," "continues," "may," "will," "should," "seeks," "approximately," "predicts," "intends," "plans," "estimates," "anticipates," or the negative versions of these words or other comparable words. Such forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties.
Accordingly, there are or will be important factors that could cause actual outcomes or results to differ materially from those indicated in these statements. The company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or review any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.
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Taylor Swift gets honorary doctorate degree from New York University
NEW YORK (AP) — Taylor Swift has Grammys galore and now she has a new title — “doctor.”
The superstar received an honorary doctorate of fine arts from New York University on Wednesday, blowing kisses as the crowd roared when she walked toward the stage at a packed Yankee Stadium.
Sporting her signature red lipstick and newly awarded honorary robe, Swift joked to the thousands of graduates assembled: “I’m 90% sure the main reason I’m here is because I have a song called 22.
“I never got to have a normal college experience per se. I went to public high school until 10th grade and then finished my education doing home school work on the floor of airport terminals,” Swift said in her commencement speech.
The singer-songwriter, producer and director said that she began her music career at 15, touring different radio stations across the country. She went on to sell more than 100 million albums and won album of the year at the 2021 Grammys for her album “folkore,” making her the first woman to win the category three times. Her previous wins came in 2010 for “Fearless” and 2016 for “1989.”
She winked at the crowd when Jason King of the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music mentioned her newly rerecorded albums, including “Fearless.”
Swift shared advice with the class of 2022 but offered the warning that, “I in no way feel qualified to tell you what to do. You’ve worked and struggled and sacrificed and studied and dreamed your way here today. I won’t tell you what to do because nobody likes that, but I will however give you life hacks for when I was starting out my dreams as a career.
“Never be ashamed of trying. Effortlessness is a myth,” she said.
Swift concluded her speech by telling graduates that making mistakes is inevitable but “when hard things happen to us, we will recover, we will learn from it, we will grow more resilient because of it. As long as we are fortunate enough to be breathing, we will breathe in, breathe through, breathe deep and breathe out. I am a doctor now so I know how breathing works.
“I hope you know how proud I am to share this day with you,” she said. “We’re doing this together so let’s just keep on dancing like we’re the class of 22.”
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Hybrid selection, early identification and careful management can help farmers slow the spread of and limit damage from the fungal disease
DOWNERS GROVE, Ill., July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Tiny specks can spell big problems when it comes to corn yields. Regionalized Tar Spot outbreaks were a major challenge for some Midwestern farmers last year, and it's an issue that all farmers will want to keep an eye on throughout the growing season. Resulting from a fungal pathogen that's prominent in wet soils, Tar Spot and its signs can appear and spread quickly.
"In Midwestern hot spots last season, farmers reported the rapid spread of the disease in their fall fields, which turned brown and died in just a week's time," recalls Todd McRoberts, NK Seeds Agronomy Manager. "While we have a lot of the 2022 growing season left to go, wetter environments and moderate temperatures in spring can set the stage for Tar Spot, which could thrive for a couple of months in these fields if left unchecked."
McRoberts says that it can be challenging for farmers to identify Tar Spot because its distinguishable signs mimic those of other common corn diseases. And like with any agronomic issue, knowledge is power when it comes to managing the effects of Tar Spot.
Five Tips for Identifying Tar Spot
- Look at placement and movement. The disease begins on the lower corn leaves and moves to the upper plant and ear husks.
- Rule out other diseases. It's easy to confuse Tar Spot with Common Rust or Southern Rust late in the season. But while all are infamous for small, dark-colored spots, rust spot pustules can be scraped off easily. Tar Spot lesions have a bumpy texture that is not easy to rub off, and they are sometimes surrounded by a tan halo.
- Inspect plants carefully. Tar Spot is found on healthy and dead plant tissue, and it appears on both the upper and lower surfaces of leaves.
- Know the difference between Tar Spot and late-season degradation. Tar Spot is sometimes mistaken for saprophytic organisms, which help to break down dead plant tissue in the fall. However, they lack the bumpy texture that's indicative of Tar Spot infection.
- Send samples for expert diagnosis. Because Tar Spot can be difficult to diagnose on sight, a laboratory analysis may be required for a positive diagnosis.
Once an outbreak of Tar Spot occurs, it can have a significant impact on yields. Fortunately, with careful management, farmers can slow the damage this year and safeguard their affected fields for next season.
"If you have issues this year and you plan on planting corn in that same field next year, finding a hybrid with strong Tar Spot tolerance is a must," advises Joe Bollman, NK Seeds Corn Product Manager. "NK corn hybrids have extremely strong Tar Spot tolerance compared to most brands on the market today."
With each season, we gain new insights and tools for managing Tar Spot. Hybrid selection, crop rotation and tillage can help farmers fend off the yield-robbing disease.
- When it comes to hybrid selection, consult the NK Seed Guide to choose hybrids with low susceptibility to Tar Spot for fields with a known history of the disease. (Look for products with low sensitivity ratings.)
- Consider crop rotation and tillage. Rotating to crops other than corn and using tillage to bury residue can help reduce fungus inoculum levels in fields.
- Trials have indicated that applying fungicide early, at or before the first signs of disease, can be effective against Tar Spot. (While early fungicide programs applied before the onset of disease may be effective, late-season, curative fungicide applications are not recommended.)
"The disease will continue to spread if the environment is favorable, so a grower could still use a fungicide application or two if the infestation continues to spread," says McRoberts. "Hybrids with strong tolerance are one of the best mitigation tools, along with a fungicide that has been shown to slow down the damage done by the disease."
The right approach to fungicide application may differ depending on when signs of the disease first appear — and it could also help keep other fungal diseases in check.
"If conditions are favorable for Tar Spot development early in the season, farmers should consider a two-pass fungicide program using Trivapro® or Miravis® Neo fungicide at the V4 to V8 corn growth stage and the VT/R1 growth stage," McRoberts advises. "If the risk of Tar Spot development is lower, farmers might instead consider an application of Trivapro or Miravis Neo fungicide at the VT/R1 growth stage. This approach may also combat other yield-reducing foliar diseases."
For more corn management tips, visit your NK Seeds sales representative or contact your local agronomist.
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NEW YORK, June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Commercial Observer, the premier media and information services company that informs and connects leaders in the commercial real estate industry, has announced the launch of ESG Insights, a monthly newsletter encompassing the latest news and trends surrounding Environmental, Social & Corporate Governance (ESG) in the commercial real estate industry. The launch of the monthly newsletter aligns with Commercial Observer's commitment and recent investments dedicated to expanding ESG coverage through new products, partnerships and events.
With commercial real estate contributing an oversized percentage of global carbon emissions, the best means of achieving carbon neutrality has become one of the most debated topics in the industry. New legislation calling for the industry to reduce its carbon footprint has come with a hefty price tag.
Likewise, issues like diversity and governance, and its impact on commercial real estate, are of increasing importance to a younger workforce that will be shaping business practices well into the future and the industry is looking for a clearer roadmap to navigate emerging ESG and sustainability needs.
"Commercial Observer's ESG Insights and extended coverage in the space will create meaningful dialogue, new connections, and valuable resources that inform our members of today's most pressing challenges and opportunities. More action is needed and our suite of ESG programs will help the industry navigate this landscape and make positive change faster," said Michael Rose, CEO, Observer Media.
ESG Insights will provide Commercial Observer's subscribers with stories and actionable data to help them make decisions regarding what's become one of the fastest-moving and widely debated realities of the business. Coverage will include executive profiles, data and research, regulatory changes, features on the companies leading the way, and deep-dives into the properties that are introducing sustainable best practices and successfully achieving carbon neutrality.
"There has never been a more critical time to align the building industry with the broader needs of the communities it serves," stated Commercial Observer Editor-in-Chief Max Gross. "There are forward-thinking companies using real estate to advance past carbon neutrality to net zero. There are companies that have looked in the mirror and decided to change the way they do business. Tracking that progress is one of the more important stories that anyone in CRE needs to stay current with."."
Commercial Observer has also introduced several ESG, DEI and sustainability events and programs. ESG Insights will launch in tandem with Commercial Observer's national Tech Insider LIVE Climate Action program which is being hosted on June 23.
The company has additionally forged several strategic partnerships including those with the Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) and New York State Energy Research & Development Authority (NYSERDA) for the 2022 PropTech Challenge which centered on the industry's efforts to achieve carbon net zero. Commercial Observer is also a supporter of the Commercial Real Estate FInance Council (CREFC) June 2022 Annual Conference's opening ESG session with JPMorgan Chase and Blackstone.
More information on ESG Insights can be found at https://link.commercialobserver.com/join/3k3/esgsignup.
Commercial Observer is the leading commercial real estate media and information services company, delivering high-impact content, events and platforms designed to connect and inform industry participants of key trends and people defining the global real estate landscape. Commercial Observer reaches a national audience of the most active real estate owners/developers, corporate occupiers, brokers, investors, lenders, leasing professionals, tech firms, public officials, contractors, architects, attorneys, and accountants, as well other business owners and key decision-makers impacting the trajectory of the building industry. The company holds its reporting to the highest editorial standards with a strong commitment to fairness and accuracy. Commercial Observer is a unit of Observer Media, a company which informs and connects leaders in industries undergoing disruption to help them innovate, grow and make smarter decisions.
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SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Couchbase, Inc. (NASDAQ: BASE), provider of a leading modern database for enterprise applications, today announced that it will report financial results for its fiscal first quarter ended April 30, 2022 on Wednesday, June 8, 2022 after market close.
Couchbase will host a conference call and webcast at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time (or 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time) on the same day to discuss its financial results. To access this conference call, dial (888) 660-1027 from the United States or (409) 231-2719 internationally with conference ID: 9493179. The live webcast and a webcast replay of the conference call can be accessed from the investor relations page of Couchbase's website at investors.couchbase.com.
About Couchbase
At Couchbase, we believe data is at the heart of the enterprise. We empower developers and architects to build, deploy and run their most mission-critical applications. Couchbase delivers a high-performance, flexible and scalable modern database that runs across the data center and any cloud. Many of the world's largest enterprises rely on Couchbase to power the core applications their businesses depend on. For more information, visit www.couchbase.com.
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SYDNEY and NEW YORK, June 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Integrated Media Technology Limited (NASDAQ: IMTE) ("IMTE" or the "Company"), announces today that the Company's subsidiary Ace Corporation Limited ("Ace") has entered into a cooperation agreement with Hainan Pansuo Art and Culture Development Co., Ltd. ("Pansuo"), to establish a strategic partnership to provide one-stop blockchain traceability, automated NFT production, electronic settlement and related development and technical support.
IMTE's online trading platform named Ouction and its development team will work with Pansuo to create digital assets for the art collections associated with the Chinese civilization, including some Non-Fungible Tokens ("NFT") to be sold on the Ouction online trading platform or online auction platform. Mr. Xiaodong Zhang, IMTE's CEO stated, "this cooperation with Pansuo will enable Ouction to create digital assets for various art collections to further expand the Ouction platform to art collectors worldwide."
About Integrated Media Technology Limited ("IMTE")
IMTE is an Australian company engaged in the business of manufacture and sale of nano coated plates for filters, the manufacture and sale of electronic glass, Halal certification and distribution of Halal products, the operating of an online exchange platform for trading in digital assets and the provision of financial research. For more information, please visit www.imtechltd.com.
About Ouction Trading Platform
Ouction is an online trading platform in digital assets. The Ouction platform is an interactive experiencing solution designed with dynamic image cryptographic verification technology which will serve as a bridge for O2O (Online to Offline) transaction. This will enable the "Ouction" platform to not only verify virtual (digital) asset transactions, but also provide encryption and Blockchain notarized digital certificates of physical assets for a fairer and more credible platform trading experience to e-commerce companies and their users. Please visit the Ouction website at www.ouction.io.
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NEW YORK, July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (the "Company") (Nasdaq: WBD) today announced that it will report its second-quarter 2022 results on Thursday, August 4, 2022, after the market close. The Company will host an extended conference call at 4:30 p.m. ET that same day to discuss the results and provide a Direct-to-Consumer strategy update. Links to the live webcast of the conference call, which will be accompanied by a live slide presentation, as well as the earnings materials will be available in the "Investor Relations" section of the Company's website at www.wbd.com.
A replay of the call and the slide presentation that will accompany the call will be available approximately two hours after the completion of the call until August 11, 2022. The replay can be accessed by phone by dialing +1 877-674-7070 or +1 416-764-8692 using playback passcode 151362 #. A replay of the audio webcast will also be available in the "Investor Relations" section of the Company's website.
About Warner Bros. Discovery:
Warner Bros. Discovery (Nasdaq: WBD) is a leading global media and entertainment company that creates and distributes the world's most differentiated and complete portfolio of content and brands across television, film and streaming. Available in more than 220 countries and territories and 50 languages, Warner Bros. Discovery inspires, informs and entertains audiences worldwide through its iconic brands and products including: Discovery Channel, discovery+, CNN, DC, Eurosport, HBO, HBO Max, HGTV, Food Network, OWN, Investigation Discovery, TLC, Magnolia Network, TNT, TBS, truTV, Travel Channel, MotorTrend, Animal Planet, Science Channel, Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Bros. Television, Warner Bros. Games, New Line Cinema, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Turner Classic Movies, Discovery en Español, Hogar de HGTV and others. For more information, please visit www.wbd.com.
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Serious breach at Uber spotlights hacker social deception
(AP) - The ride-hailing service Uber said Friday that all its services were operational following what security professionals are calling a major data breach, claiming there was no evidence the hacker got access to sensitive user data.
But the breach, apparently by a lone hacker, put the spotlight on an increasingly effective break-in routine involving social engineering: The hacker apparently gained access posing as a colleague, tricking an Uber employee into surrendering their credentials.
They were then able to locate passwords on the network that got them the level of privileged access reserved for system administrators.
The potential damage was serious: Screenshots the hacker shared with security researchers indicate they obtained full access to the cloud-based systems where Uber stores sensitive customer and financial data.
It is not known how much data the hacker stole or how long they were inside Uber’s network. Two researchers who communicated directly with the person — who self-identified as an 18-year-old to one of them — said they appeared interested in publicity. There was no indication they destroyed data.
But files shared with the researchers and posted widely on Twitter and other social media indicated the hacker was able to access Uber’s most crucial internal systems.
“It was really bad the access he had. It’s awful,” said Corbin Leo, one of the researchers who chatted with the hacker online.
The cybersecurity community’s online reaction — Uber also suffered a serious 2016 breach — was harsh.
The hack “wasn’t sophisticated or complicated and clearly hinged on multiple big systemic security culture and engineering failures,” tweeted Lesley Carhart, incident response director of Dragos Inc., which specializes in an industrial-control systems.
Leo said screenshots the hacker shared showed the intruder got access to systems stored on Amazon and Google cloud-based servers where Uber keeps source code, financial data and customer data such as driver’s licenses.
“If he had keys to the kingdom he could start stopping services. He could delete stuff. He could download customer data, change people’s passwords,” said Leo, a researcher and head of business development at the security company Zellic.
Screenshots the hacker shared — many of which found their way online — showed sensitive financial data and internal databases accessed. Also widely circulating online: The hacker announcing the breach Thursday on Uber’s internal Slack collaboration system.
Leo, along with Sam Curry, an engineer with Yuga Labs who also communicated with the hacker, said there was no indication that the hacker had done any damage or was interested in anything more than publicity.
“It’s pretty clear he’s a young hacker because he wants what 99% of what young hackers want, which is fame,” Leo said.
Curry said he spoke to several Uber employees Thursday who said they were “working to lock down everything internally” to restrict the hacker’s access. That included the San Francisco company’s Slack network, he said.
In a statement posted online Friday, Uber said “internal software tools that we took down as a precaution yesterday are coming back online.”
It said all its services — including Uber Eats and Uber Freight — were operational and that it had notified law enforcement. The FBI said via email that it is “aware of the cyber incident involving Uber, and our assistance to the company is ongoing.”
Uber said there was no evidence that the intruder accessed “sensitive user data” such as trip history but did not respond to questions from The Associated Press including about whether data was stored encrypted.
Curry and Leo said the hacker did not indicate how much data was copied. Uber did not recommend any specific actions for its users, such as changing passwords.
The hacker alerted the researchers to the intrusion Thursday by using an internal Uber account on the company’s network used to post vulnerabilities identified through its bug-bounty program, which pays ethical hackers to ferret out network weaknesses.
After commenting on those posts, the hacker provided a Telegram account address. Curry and other researchers then engaged them in a separate conversation, where the intruder provided the screenshots as proof.
The AP attempted to contact the hacker at the Telegram account, but received no response.
Screenshots posted online appeared to confirm what the researchers said the hacker claimed: That they obtained privileged access to Uber’s most critical systems through social engineering.
The apparent scenario:
The hacker first obtained the password of an Uber employee, likely through phishing. The hacker then bombarded the employee with push notifications asking they confirm a remote log-in to their account. When the employee did not respond, the hacker reached out via WhatsApp, posing as a fellow worker from the IT department and expressing urgency. Ultimately, the employee caved and confirmed with a mouse click.
Social engineering is a popular hacking strategy, as humans tend to be the weakest link in any network. Teenagers used it in 2020 to hack Twitter and it has more recently been used in hacks of the tech companies Twilio and Cloudflare, said Rachel Tobac, CEO of SocialProof Security, which specializes in training workers not to fall victim to social engineering.
“The hard truth is that most orgs in the world could be hacked in the exact way Uber was just hacked,” Tobac tweeted. In an interview, she said “even super tech savvy people fall for social engineering methods every day.”
“Attackers are getting better at by-passing or hi-jacking MFA (multi-factor authentication),” said Ryan Sherstobitoff, a senior threat analyst at SecurityScorecard.
That’s why many security professionals advocate the use of so-called FIDO physical security keys for user authentication. Adoption of such hardware has been spotty among tech companies, however.
The hack also highlighted the need for real-time monitoring in cloud-based systems to better detect intruders, said Tom Kellermann of Contrast Security. “Much more attention must be paid to protecting clouds from within” because a single master key can typically unlock all their doors.
Some experts questioned how much cybersecurity has improved at Uber since it was hacked in 2016.
Its former chief security officer, Joseph Sullivan, is currently on trial for allegedly arranging to pay hackers $100,000 to cover up that high-tech heist, when the personal information of about 57 million customers and drivers was stolen.
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This story has been updated to correct the spelling of the Contrast Security expert’s last name. It’s Kellermann, not Kellerman.
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Flags to be flown at half-staff in honor and remembrance of Texas tragedy victims
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (KIFI) - At the direction of the President of the United States, in honor and remembrance of the victims of the horrific tragedy in Uvalde, TX, Governor Mark Gordon has ordered both the U.S. and State of Wyoming flags be flown at half-staff statewide immediately until sunset May 28.
You can view the full proclamation below.
HONORING THE VICTIMS OF THE TRAGEDY IN UVALDE, TEXAS
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION
As a mark of respect for the victims of the senseless acts of violence perpetrated on May 24, 2022, by a gunman at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, by the authority vested in me as President of the United States by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, I hereby order that the flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff at the White House and upon all public buildings and grounds, at all military posts and naval stations, and on all naval vessels of the Federal Government in the District of Columbia and throughout the United States and its Territories and possessions until sunset, May 28, 2022. I also direct that the flag shall be flown at half-staff for the same length of time at all United States embassies, legations, consular offices, and other facilities abroad, including all military facilities and naval vessels and stationsIN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-fourth day of May, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-two, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-sixth.
JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR. | https://localnews8.com/news/top-stories/2022/05/25/flags-to-be-flown-at-half-staff-in-honor-and-remembrance-of-texas-tragedy-victims/ | 2022-05-25T20:00:17Z |
PITTSBURGH, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I've been a nurse for 25 years and I thought there should be a protective garment to allow patients with G tubes to safely swim or play in a sprinkler," said an inventor, from Sandy Springs, Ga., "so I invented the G TUBE SWIMWEAR. My design ensures that the tube and opening remain clean and dry."
The invention provides an effective way to protect a G tube while swimming or playing in water. In doing so, it prevents water from entering or touching the tube. As a result, it reduces the risk of infection, it eliminates embarrassment and it provides peace of mind. The invention features a safe and comfortable design that is easy to wear so it is ideal for children and adults with percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tubes. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the Atlanta sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-ALL-2789, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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BOSTON, April 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Boston Architectural College (BAC) announces the launching of its newest video venture, BAC Channel with Mahesh Daas. This ongoing program will offer a series of exclusive, insightful, and one-on-one conversations between President Mahesh Daas and thought leaders from around the design professions and related industries.
Each episode aligns with the BAC's critical mission to diversify the design professions through expanded access to excellence in design education. Another key program goal includes increasing awareness of the design discipline to advance design literacy within the public sphere.
The BAC is honored to kick-off its inaugural episode of BAC Channel with Mahesh Daas by featuring Professor Balkrishna Doshi—India's first and only Pritzker prize winning architect, educator, guru, and the BAC's 2021 honorary alumnus. As President Daas noted, "While the number of his projects might be measurable, the impact of his influence is immeasurable."
In this first episode, which was filmed during the height of the global pandemic, Professor Doshi and President Daas speak candidly about his life and career spanning nine decades, discussing design education, theory, rituals, space, architecture as well as the immense impact on our global structures and society during a global pandemic.
Watch this unique conversation during the inaugural launch of BAC Channel with Mahesh Daas—experience a candid discussion, and delve into the prodigious life of a leading architect, guru, and educator of our time, Professor Balkrishna Doshi.
Stay tuned for more information on upcoming episodes of BAC Channel with Mahesh Daas by visiting our website.
Dr. Mahesh Daas, ACSA Distinguished Professor, serves as the eighth president of The Boston Architectural College. President Daas is the author of two books, Leading with Aesthetics: The Transformational Leadership of President Charles M. Vest at M.I.T. (2015, 2019) as well as co-edited volume Towards A Robotic Architecture (2018). He also serves as the current Chancellor of the ACSA College of Distinguished Professors and on the editorial board of Construction Robotics Journal. Boston Magazine hailed "The BAC's Mahesh Daas is on a Mission to Reinvent Design Education."
Founded in 1889, The Boston Architectural College (BAC) is an internationally recognized institution with a diverse student and alumni population representing more than 54 countries. Providing excellence in practice-integrated design education, the BAC was Ranked #1 for Best Graduate School for Earning Potential and #4 for Best Architecture School Offering Bachelor's Degrees in the U.S. in 2020 by GradReports. The BAC offers bachelor and graduate degrees in architecture, interior architecture, landscape architecture, design studies as well as offering continuing education certificates and courses. The BAC upholds the importance of inclusive admission, diversity, innovation, dedicated faculty, and the intrinsic value of both academic and experiential education.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of Molecular Partners AG (NASDAQ: MOLN): (i) pursuant and/or traceable to the offering documents issued in connection with the Company's initial public offering conducted on or about June 16, 2021 (the "IPO"); and/or (ii) between June 16, 2021 and April 26, 2022, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"), of the important September 12, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Molecular Partners securities you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Molecular Partners class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=7548 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than September 12, 2022. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually handle securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, the IPO documents were negligently prepared and, as a result, contained untrue statements of material fact or omitted to state other facts necessary to make the statements made not misleading and were not prepared in accordance with the rules and regulations governing their preparation. Additionally, the complaint alleges that, throughout the Class Period, defendants made materially false and misleading statements regarding the Company's business, operations, and prospects. Specifically, the IPO documents and defendants made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) ensovibep was less effective at treating COVID-19 than defendants had led investors to believe; (2) accordingly, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") was reasonably likely to require an additional Phase 3 study of ensovibep before granting the drug Emergency Use Authorization ("EUA"); (3) waning global rates of COVID-19 significantly reduced the Company's chances of securing EUA for ensovibep; (4) as a product candidate, MP0310 (AMG 506), in development for the treatment of certain types of cancer, was less attractive to Amgen Inc. ("Amgen") than defendants had led investors to believe; (5) accordingly, there was a significant likelihood that Amgen would return global rights of MP0310 to Molecular Partners; (6) as a result of all the foregoing, the clinical and commercial prospects of ensovibep and MP0310 were overstated; and (7) as a result, the IPO documents and defendants' public statements throughout the Class Period were materially false and/or misleading and failed to state information required to be stated therein. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
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ATLANTA, April 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Insight Global Health, a national healthcare staffing and services organization, will explore culture as an answer to health care's staffing crisis during Becker's Healthcare 12th Annual Meeting in Chicago this week. Attended by hospital and health system leaders from across the country, the meeting will be held April 25-28 at The Hyatt Regency Chicago.
A sponsor of the event, Insight Global Health will offer insights and best practices for leadership and workplace culture, including diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), to help tackle staff shortages occurring in the health care sector from the front lines to the back office.
"Health care professionals have been pushed to their limits and organizations have struggled to find ways to reduce burnout, increase job satisfaction and, ultimately, retain talent," said Jessica Calzaretta, president at Insight Global. "We're honored to connect with health care leaders at Becker's annual meeting about key issues like culture, inclusion and well-being, which we believe are the foundation of a thriving industry."
Insight Global Health will address health care's most pressing issues through a series of sponsored sessions aimed at C-suite health care professionals, including:
- "Hospital C-Suite Exits: How to Fortify Your Talent Pipeline" – A panel of industry leaders will discuss changing the narrative for how to retain and attract talent and create systems to support an engaged and productive workforce.
- "How to Build a Connected Hospital: The Power of Tying People and Purpose to Results"– Senior advisors from Compass, Insight Global's culture consulting arm, will share research-backed insights about why connection matters and how to foster a workplace culture where employees and the company both can flourish.
- "Building a Talent Strategy for Tomorrow" – This workshop will educate attendees on how to incorporate meaningful DEI practices to support a dynamic workforce as well as how to conduct internal assessments of cultural drivers to better support a wholistic recruitment and retention effort for the future.
Driven by COVID-19, the health care industry has found itself in a uniquely transformative era, and attendees at Becker's annual meeting will exchange ideas and best practices to improve care, enhance operational efficiency and address financial challenges.
"We're proud to feature Insight Global Health's subject matter experts across various learning sessions to unpack one of the most vexing challenges in health care — staffing," said Brian Zimmerman, senior director, client content and strategy at Becker's Healthcare. "Insight Global Health's mission to create human-centric solutions to the industry's workforce challenges aligns with our commitment to educate and inform hospital and health system decision makers."
In addition to the conference sessions, health care professionals can learn more from Insight Global Health experts through the Becker's podcast series, including "Culture as a Causation for Success", "Analyzing Staffing Trends and Talent Perspectives", "Healthcare Staffing Challenges and How Staffing Agencies Help" and "Health Equity Insights: The Importance of Inclusion, Diversity and Anti-Racism in Health Care".
To learn more about Insight Global Health, visit www.insightglobal.com/services/health.
About Insight Global:
Insight Global Health is a specialty service of Insight Global, a national staffing and services company dedicated to empowering people. We relentlessly pursue opportunities for others, because when we all work together, anything is possible. We specialize in sourcing information technology, accounting, finance, and engineering professionals, and delivering service-based solutions to Fortune 1000 clients. Our team spans across more than 63 regional offices throughout North America and has pledged to place more than 80,000 people in jobs in 2022. Insight Global's services extend far beyond just filling roles. In addition to staffing services, we provide culture consulting, diversity, equity and inclusion guidance, specialized health care staffing and resources, and an array of managed services designed to meet company's individual needs. To learn more about Insight Global, visit insightglobal.com.
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Battle to be Longhorns QB the talk of Texas this spring
By JIM VERTUNO
AP Sports Writer
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The biggest position battle in the Big 12 is Texas quarterback. No position carries more expectations in pursuit of getting the once-proud Longhorns back to the top of the league. And none will be a bigger target of scorn if Texas can’t get there. That’s a lot of pressure on Hudson Card and Quinn Ewers to win the job and on coach Steve Sarkisian to make the right choice. The season opener against Louisiana-Monroe is Sept. 3. A week later Texas hosts Alabama. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/04/23/battle-to-be-longhorns-qb-the-talk-of-texas-this-spring/ | 2022-04-23T08:34:36Z |
Alex Rodriguez invests in Professional Fighters League
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Baseball great Alex Rodriguez is taking a swing at mixed martial arts as an investor and board member for the Professional Fighters League. The PFL announced the addition of the former Yankees superstar to its board of directors. Rodriguez’s investment is part of what the PFL says is $30 million in new funding to back its global expansion and the establishment of a pay-per-view super-fight division. The funding round was led by Waverley Capital, investor Edgar Bronfman Jr.’s media-focused venture capital fund. Rodriguez’s playing career ended in 2016. He has since worked extensively on numerous media platforms. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/05/19/alex-rodriguez-invests-in-professional-fighters-league/ | 2022-05-19T12:52:43Z |
In Celebration of Cinco de Mayo, CALIROSA Releases 5 Year Aged Limited Edition Offering
LOS ANGELES, May 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Award-winning tequila brand CALIROSA, the premier red wine barrel-aged sipping tequila, announces the launch of its latest expression and first-ever limited release; Cinco Años Extra Añejo. Offered in highly limited quantities, Cinco Años Extra Añejo will retail for $299.00 per 750ml bottle and will make its pre-sale debut on May 5, 2022, via Concierge.TotalWine.com, allowing Total Wine's Concierge members first access to purchase a bottle of the exquisite expression. Cinco Años Extra Añejo will also roll out to a variety of premium liquor stores, bars and restaurants across the United States, shortly thereafter.
CALIROSA's Cinco Años Extra Añejo is the oldest aged tequila offering brought to market from CALIROSA. Made with 100% blue agave and aged for five years in California red wine barrels, Cinco Años Extra Añejo offers unique aromas of chocolate, hints of vanilla and marshmallow with light notes of wood oak to finish. It joins CALIROSA's distinctive lineup of award-winning red wine barrel-aged tequilas, which include Rosa Blanco, aged 30 days, Añejo, aged for 18 months and Extra Añejo, aged for 36 months in red wine barrels.
Adam Levine and Behati Prinsloo serve as partners for CALIROSA alongside the Real family. Since launching in 2021, CALIROSA has served as an innovative fusion between Mexico's heritage and spirit and California's vibrant lifestyle and is now widely available across the United States.
"Working alongside our partners in the Real family, both the packaging and liquid were designed to honor the land, the agaves, the people, and the tequila-making traditions of Jalisco for generations," says Behati Prinsloo, co-founder of CALIROSA.
"Our Cinco Años Extra Añejo was finished in our signature California red wine barrels and is the ultimate sipping tequila, with an aroma of rich chocolate, hints of vanilla, and wood oak on the finish. We're excited to bring out a super-premium offering for a limited time," adds Adam Levine, co-founder of CALIROSA.
CALIROSA Cinco Años Extra Añejo is produced by the Real family within their Kosher-Certified facilities in Amatitán, Jalisco where they have been producing tequila since 1942. Real family patriarchs, Don Roberto and Don Fernando Real, have dedicated their entire lives to the production and commercialization of high-quality tequilas. Master Distiller Luis Trejo Rodriguez, a third-generation tequila maker, rounds out the CALIROSA team with more than 30 years of industry experience, holding the elite title of Master Distiller for 15 years. Throughout each step of the cultivation, harvest, cooking, fermentation, distillation, and bottling process, CALIROSA employs a small-batch production method that yields a limited number of bottles and exceptional product each day.
While the tequila industry standard calls for agave with 22-24% sugar content, CALIROSA handpicks only 100% Blue Weber agave (harvested in their peak at 7-9 years maturation) containing over 26% sugar content, resulting in a more balanced flavor profile. Brick ovens are then used by CALIROSA to slowly cook the agaves to produce a more intense aroma and nuanced tasting profile. The liquid is fermented for up to 50 hours, twice distilled, and then aged in red wine barrels for additional infused flavor notes of cherry, red berries, and wood. The result is a family of consistently superior tequilas with evolving aromatics and multidimensional sensory experiences. The final product is then bottled and labeled with screen printed UV-cured ink, free of toxic, heavy metals to ensure there is no contamination.
CALIROSA tequilas are available online at www.CalirosaTequila.com and in select retailers across 26 states. Please visit www.calirosatequila.com/find-us to locate your nearest stockist.
ABOUT CALIROSA
CALIROSA, an expression of sun-soaked beach days and desert nights, is a new brand of refreshing, premium tequilas made for those who appreciate true beauty and know how to enjoy life's simple pleasures. The brand blends the highest artistry in tequila making with innovative winemaking techniques to capture the spirit and soul of Mexico with the idyllic lifestyle and vibrance of California. CALIROSA is made in Jalisco, Mexico by the Real family, longtime producers of high-quality tequila since 1942. Adam Levine and Behati Prinsloo serve as partners for CALIROSA and have invested in the family-owned distillery to help introduce the brand to the world. Created with the highest quality ingredients and following the heritage and expertise of multiple generations of tequila makers, CALIROSA presents a unique California red-wine aging process for a distinctively smooth taste that we are proud to introduce to the world. CALIROSA's recent awards and accolades, since launching in 2021, include 93 and 95 Ratings from The Tasting Panel for Rosa Blanco and Añejo and a Double Gold Medal from the prestigious New York World Wine Spirits Competition for Añejo. For additional information please visit www.CalirosaTequila.com.
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Special Weather Statement issued April 15 at 4:13PM MDT by NWS Pocatello ID
Strong winds of 20 to 30 mph with gusts to near 40 mph are
currently occurring in the upper Snake River plain and the Arco
Desert and Mud Lake areas.
Besides the strong wind hazards such as driving in a cross wind
making your vehicle more difficult to control, there are areas of
blowing dust where visibility can lower suddenly when entering an
area of blowing dust.
The strong wind should subside by 800 PM tonight. | https://localnews8.com/weather/alerts-weather/2022/04/15/special-weather-statement-issued-april-15-at-413pm-mdt-by-nws-pocatello-id/ | 2022-04-15T23:49:39Z |
US Coast Guard family’s U-Haul, minivan stolen during move to new assignment
NORFOLK, Va. (WTKR) – A U.S. Coast Guard family had their minivan and a U-Haul full of their belongings stolen on the way to their new assignment.
Matthew Crandall is in the Coast Guard and lives in Tampa, Florida. He and his family were heading to their next duty station in Massachusetts but stopped to get some rest at Norfolk Navy Lodge in Virginia on the way.
That’s when thieves broke into the vehicles and made off with nearly all their cherished possessions.
“We have two daughters that we’re never going to get back the baby books, the footprints, all the stuff that we kept throughout the years of them,” Crandall said.
They took his laptop, passports, his wife’s wedding ring and jewelry – averaging around $30,000.
Crandall and his wife said they are hopeful they will get their things back but have not yet received any updates on the vehicles or their stolen property.
“I’m hoping with Texas plates on the minivan and Washington plates on the U-Haul that a big orange U-Haul box might get noticed by someone on the side of the road. I just want to get the stuff that’s within the car,” Crandall said.
Police and Coast Guard investigators are searching for answers for the Crandalls.
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CHICAGO (NewsNation) — From the grocery store to the gas pump, inflation is nearly impossible to escape. Yet, as it continues to climb, some states are faring a little bit better than others.
The states that are managing inflation the best are the states where it is least expensive to live because historically, inflation has been the cheapest in those states. That’s due to a combination of factors, including regional inflation rates from the federal government to the cost of living index.
Here are the top 10 cheapest states to live in as inflation surges, according to CNBC’s exclusive America’s Top States for Business study, which ranks the states based on an index price for a broad range of goods and services.
- Mississippi
- Kansas
- Alabama
- Georgia
- Tennessee
- Missouri
- Iowa
- West Virginia
- Indiana
- Arkansas
NewsNation compared the cost of living in two cities that have the same name but little else in common — Manhattan, Kansas, and Manhattan, New York.
The cost of an average home in Manhattan, Kansas, is $176,000, while the average rent is $860. Compare that to Manhattan, New York, where the average home price is $1.4 million, and if you’re lucky, you can find an apartment for $4,200.
Meanwhile, inflation is hitting these 10 states the hardest:
- Hawaii
- New York
- California
- Massachusetts
- Oregon
- Alaska
- Maryland
- Connecticut
- Rhode Island
- Vermont | https://cw33.com/news/best-and-worst-us-states-to-live-in-as-inflation-keeps-rising/ | 2022-07-14T20:16:09Z |
(KRON) — Popeyes fans, get ready to party like it’s 1972.
In honor of Popeyes’ 50th anniversary, the fast-food chain has announced plans to offer two pieces of its signature chicken for just 59 cents, which is the exact price they sold for in 1972, when Popeyes was founded.
“Back in my ripe young age of zero years old, chicken only cost 59 cents,” Popeyes teased Thursday on Twitter.
The offer, which extends from June 12 through June 19, is available only for customers who order and pay using the Popeyes app or Popeyes.com, the chain confirmed. Customers must also make a qualifying mobile purchase of at least $5 to redeem the deal.
Popeyes currently operates 2,700 restaurants around the world. The very first location — initially called Chicken on the Run — opened its doors on June 12, 1972, before being rebranded as Popeyes Mighty Good Chicken later that year. | https://cw33.com/lifestyle/food-and-drink/popeyes-offering-59-cent-chicken-deal-for-50th-anniversary/ | 2022-06-10T19:19:49Z |
Vote for The Jackson Sun's high school boys athlete of the week: 5 players score four goals
Vote now for The Jackson Sun's high school boys athlete of the week.
Fans may vote one time per hour. The poll ends at 11 a.m. on Thursday.
Here are this week's candidates:
Donovan Pruitte, Madison: Pruitte had four goals and an assist in the 10-1 win over Haywood.
Victor Sosa, South Side: Sosa had four goals in the 10-2 win over Dyer County.
Anderson Preston, USJ: Preston scored four goals and an assist in the 9-1 win over Sacred Heart.
Sutton Fallert, Jackson Christian: Fallert scored four goals and an assist in the 4-1 win over Huntingdon.
Ryan Lowrance, Dyersburg: Lowrance had four goals in the 9-0 win over Lexington.
Jake Wilson, TCA: Wilson had 11 strikeouts and allowed one hit in five innings pitched in the 10-0 win over Sacred Heart.
Carson Plunk, Adamsville: Plunk had 10 strikeouts in seven innings pitched in the 7-0 win over South Side. He also went 3-3 with a double, a home run, three RBIs and a run scored.
Cooper Clapp, Hardin County: Clapp had seven strikeouts and allowed just one hit in the 8-0 win over Chester County. He also went 2-3 with a three-run home run and three RBIs.
Tyler Smith, South Side: Smith had 10 strikeouts and allowed one hit in five innings pitched in the 10-0 win over Scotts Hill.
Lane Evans, Dyer County: Evans had the walk-off hit in the 5-4 win over Collierville. He also went 2-4 with a triple and three RBIs. | https://www.jacksonsun.com/story/sports/high-school/2022/04/11/vote-jackson-suns-high-school-boys-athlete-week/7279260001/ | 2022-04-12T04:59:31Z |
HERSHEY, Pa., June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Hershey Company today celebrated its 10th year of being named an honoree of The Civic 50 by Points of Light, the world's largest non-profit dedicated to accelerating people-powered change. Hershey has made this list since its inception and 2022 marks the second consecutive year that Points of Light named the company as the Consumer Staples Sector Leader.
"We're honored to be named a Civic 50 Honoree for the 10th year and recognized as the leader in the consumer staples sector," said Leigh Horner, Vice President of Corporate Communications and Global Sustainability. "Hershey's legacy of showing up and doing the right thing for our people and communities is core to who we are as a business. That legacy attracts employees who strive to be part of something bigger than themselves. This award reflects our culture of making a difference."
Throughout 2021, Hershey employees volunteered more than 117,000 hours and the company donated nearly $15 million in cash and products globally. This year, the company integrated social impact with its iconic brands through Hershey's CelebrateSHE campaign with non-profit partner Girls on the Run, as well as the ongoing Kit Kat® and Hershey's Beat of the Future campaign with non-profit partner Memphis Music Initiative. Learn more about Hershey's Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) goals and priorities in its recently released 2021 ESG Report. If interested in making a difference through a career with Hershey, visit careers.thehersheycompany.com.
Since 2012, The Civic 50 has provided a national standard for corporate citizenship and showcases how companies can use their time, skills and resources to drive social impact in their communities and company. The Civic 50 honorees are companies with annual U.S. revenues of at least $1 billion and are selected based on four dimensions of their corporate citizenship and social impact programs: investment of resources, integration across business functions, institutionalization through policies and systems and impact measurement.
About The Hershey Company
The Hershey Company is headquartered in Hershey, Pa., and is an industry-leading snacks company known for bringing goodness to the world through its iconic brands, remarkable people and enduring commitment to help children succeed. Hershey has approximately 19,000 employees around the world who work every day to deliver delicious, quality products. The company has more than 100 brand names in approximately 80 countries around the world that drive more than $8.9 billion in annual revenues, including such iconic brand names as Hershey's, Reese's, Kit Kat®, Jolly Rancher and Ice Breakers, and fast-growing salty snacks including SkinnyPop, Pirate's Booty and Dot's Pretzels.
For more than 125 years, Hershey has been committed to operating fairly, ethically and sustainably. Hershey founder, Milton Hershey, created the Milton Hershey School in 1909 and since then the company has focused on helping children succeed.
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"Real Freedom: Why Franchises Are Worth Considering and How They Can Be Used For Building Wealth" is now available on Amazon
LICKING, Mo., Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Gregory K. Mohr's new book Real Freedom: Why Franchises are Worth Considering and How They Can Be Used For Building Wealth is now available on Amazon. This Wall Street Journal bestseller is an essential guide that provides readers with all the information they need to make an informed decision about franchising as a way to build wealth. With topics ranging from the different types of franchises available to how SBA loans can be used for financing, this book has everything aspiring franchisees need to get started on their path to success.
Time is a precious commodity. Everyone has the same time in the day, but some never seem to have enough time to get everything done. Wouldn't it be great if there was a way to get more done in less time? Gregory K. Mohr has figured out how to do just that. In his book, he shares his methods for increasing productivity and achieving success. He shows readers the types of franchises, the pros and cons of the services industry, horizontal vs. vertical growth, and much more. Mohr has a proven record of success with over 200 clients who've learned his methods.
Mohr began his working life in the restaurant industry. He first came into contact with franchising when he worked at a fast-food restaurant chain straight out of high school. He later managed a twenty-four-hour chain restaurant before earning degrees in electrical engineering and physics and becoming an engineer.
Mohr had always been interested in business, and he knew that he wanted to be his own boss someday. However, he never imagined that it would happen the way it did. After working in the corporate world for fifteen years, Greg was laid off from his job in the semiconductor industry. While this was initially a difficult experience, Greg saw it as an opportunity to finally pursue his dream of owning his own business. With the help of a franchise consultant, he found a great fit for his goals and criteria and never looked back. Today, Greg is the proud owner of a successful franchise business, and he loves being able to share his passion with others.
His experience in the restaurant industry has been invaluable in his current role as a franchise consultant. In particular, it has given him a deep understanding of the day-to-day challenges faced by franchisees and how to overcome them. The former corporate ladder climber and best-selling author was named the 2019 Franchise Consultant of the year at the #1 franchise consulting company in the U.S. As a result, he is uniquely positioned to help franchisees succeed in their businesses.
Mohr also hosts the Franchise Maven podcast, which is all about franchising, becoming a franchise and growing a business. On the podcast, Mohr educates people about franchising and helps them to decide whether or not it is right for them. He does this by providing information and resources to help them make an informed decision. For Mohr, it is all about helping people to achieve their business goals, whatever those may be.
"I believe jobs are tools to help us live happy, fulfilled lives. That's why I help entrepreneurs and corporate holdouts create wealth, financial freedom and security through franchising," Mohr said.
Real Freedom: Why Franchises Are Worth Considering and How They Can Be Used For Building Wealth is now available on Amazon.
Media Contact: Gregory Mohr, 3617726401, greg@franchisemaven.com
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BEIJING, April 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Keeping with the theme of 'Invest in Our Planet' as part of Earth Day 2022, XCMG (SHE:000425) is highlighting the urgency of advancing its clean energy business development, as well as the push for research and development in electric power, electric products, and hydrogen energy product upgrades as part of its green efforts.
In March, XCMG launched the Verdant Mountain Action brand, which followed the group's release of the first "dual carbon" development guideline in Chinese construction machinery at the beginning of 2022, with the aim of achieving a market penetration rate of 35% for new energy products by 2035.
The Verdant Mountain Action brand was developed as the foundation of XCMG's latest full-range energy loaders, including charging, external power, power exchange and intelligent models, and multiple LNG loaders, all of which will meet the operational requirements of various application scenarios such as steel, coal, ports and mines and allow customers to reduce emission and see high-value returns.
As one of the pioneers of energy heavy truck manufacturers in China, XCMG has landed several pilot projects of power exchange heavy trucks with top sales performance in the industry. XCMG Automotive is accelerating the development of new energy core components and related technologies to build even more core competitive advantages in the new energy sector.
XCMG's new energy heavy-duty trucks, including pure electric, hybrid power and hydrogen fuel cell products, are leading the charge. In March, 266 new energy heavy-duty trucks were registered, with a total of 882 heavy-duty trucks sold in the first quarter. XCMG is leading the industry for first-quarter sales with a market share of 18.65%, with the new energy motor tractors also ranking at the top. At present, XCMG has more than 2,000 contract orders for new energy trucks with the annual target expected to exceed 5,000.
XCMG's recent energy strategic cooperation agreement with GCL, a leading group in wind and hydrogen energy storage and integration of source, network, load and storage, will bring leverage both companies' advantages in technology, market and resources to carry out extensive cooperation in the fields of power exchange heavy truck product R&D and construction of power exchange stations.
"The development of charging and power exchange is key for XCMG to tackle new technology strategy and expand the new industrial ecosystem, XCMG will implement a series of projects to establish a nationally influential new energy vehicle industry cluster that' driven by innovation and core competitive advantages," Wang said.
For more information, please visit XCMG.
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Services for Paul Holler, 78, of Belton will be 11 a.m. Tuesday in Moffat Cemetery.
Mr. Holler died Wednesday, May 4, at a Temple hospital.
He was born May 16, 1943, in Latrobe, Pa., to Robert and Anna Marie Macey Holler. He served in the U.S. Army. He married Judy Pryor in 1970. He worked for Mobil Chemical. He was a machinist. He attended Nolanville Methodist Church.
Survivors include his wife; three daughters, Cindy Hotz, Paula Breazeale and Patty Escarsega, all of Belton; a son, Mike Holler-Willess of Belton; two sisters, Mary Decker and Peg Kestner; 12 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Monday at Hewett-Arney Funeral Home in Temple. | https://www.tdtnews.com/obituaries/article_230e9760-cd9d-11ec-99c9-230ebe457e0f.html | 2022-05-07T02:59:04Z |
Data at 2022 Digestive Disease Week Meeting Also Shows RNA-FIT Test to Be Cost-Effective
ST. LOUIS, May 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Geneoscopy Inc., a life sciences company focused on the development of diagnostic tests for gastrointestinal health, today announced findings from an early cost-effectiveness modeling study that aimed to assess the total costs and health outcomes associated with the use of an investigational RNA-FIT biomarker panel versus multi-target stool DNA (mt-sDNA), fecal immunochemical test (FIT), and colonoscopy alone for the screening of colorectal cancer (CRC). Geneoscopy's RNA-FIT test is being evaluated as a potential noninvasive, at-home diagnostic screening test to detect colorectal neoplasms, including advanced adenomas, in average-risk individuals. The data was highlighted in a poster at the 2022 Digestive Disease Week meeting being held in San Diego from May 21-24. The poster can be viewed here.
The study demonstrated that use of the RNA-FIT test could result in:
- A reduction in CRC cases of 17.6%, 59.5%, and 43.2% versus mt-sDNA, FIT, and colonoscopy, respectively.
- A reduction in CRC-related deaths of 18.1%, 60.6%, and 45.3% versus mt-sDNA, FIT, and colonoscopy, respectively.
- Fewer colonoscopies (compared to a colonoscopy-only screening program), with colonoscopies that detect advanced adenomas or CRC increasing from 14% to 35%.
- An increase in the number of screening colonoscopies following a positive test result by 362 and 919, per 1,000 patients over a 30-year time horizon, versus mt-sDNA and FIT, respectively, due to the higher number of pre-cancerous adenomas detected.
- A comparable cost to mt-sDNA, with an additional $207 per patient over a 30-year time horizon due to higher colonoscopy and surveillance costs. This is offset by lower costs associated with CRC diagnosis.
"Screening for CRC is critical for early detection and intervention, and it saves lives. Unfortunately, approximately 40% of people eligible for CRC screenings fail to get screened, in part due to the invasive and time-consuming nature of the gold-standard option – a colonoscopy. Noninvasive screening may serve as an alternative; however, available options have lower detection rates for pre-cancerous polyps," stated Haytham Gareer, MD, PhD, MBA, FACS, Chief Medical Officer for Geneoscopy and lead author on the poster. "The findings from this health outcomes analysis reinforce the potential for our RNA-FIT test to be a significant advancement in CRC screening by helping to reduce overall CRC cases and deaths while being affordable for patients."
To conduct the analysis, the model combined data on sensitivity, specificity, and compliance for each screening method with incidence and prevalence rates to assess each method's detection rates. Data on distribution across disease stages and five-year survival rates were used to determine long-term outcomes. The model also accounted for the cost of screening, complications associated with colonoscopy, surveillance programs, and the cost of CRC treatment.
About Colorectal Cancer & Screening
Responsible for over 50,000 deaths annually, colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States. CRC usually begins as a growth (or polyp) that develops into cancer over time. Early detection and treatment are crucial to improve survival; however, many newly diagnosed patients suffer from advanced disease. Colonoscopy remains the gold-standard for CRC screening in the U.S., yet this method is frequently met with patient aversion due to its required bowel preparation, sedation, and associated discomfort, resulting in low patient compliance. Currently available noninvasive screening methods lack sufficient levels of sensitivity to reliably detect both early-stage CRC and high-risk precancerous lesions, including advanced adenomas which are a precursor in up to 70 percent of CRC cases.
About Geneoscopy Inc.
Geneoscopy Inc. is a life sciences company focused on the development of diagnostic tests for gastrointestinal health. Geneoscopy's lead diagnostic uses stool-derived eukaryotic RNA (seRNA) to detect colorectal cancer and precancerous adenomas. This device was awarded Breakthrough Device Designation from the U.S. FDA for its ability to reduce morbidity associated with colorectal cancer through advanced adenoma detection. Indicative of its breakthrough status, preliminary trials suggest that the diagnostic can detect these lesions at a higher rate than all existing noninvasive screening tests. Visit geneoscopy.com to learn more.
Geneoscopy Inc. Forward-Looking Statements
The information contained in this release includes information about Geneoscopy's future plans concerning its noninvasive molecular test that can detect colorectal cancer and precancerous adenomas, and as such constitute forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based upon the Company's reasonable estimates of future results or trends. Because forward-looking statements relate to the future, they are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict and many of which are outside of the Company's control. Geneoscopy's actual results and financial condition may differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements. Although the Company believes that its business plans and objectives reflected in or suggested by these forward-looking statements are reasonable, such plans or objectives may not be achieved and the actual results may differ substantially from the projected results.
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ALBANY -- New visitation guidelines went into effect at Phoebe Putney Health System facilities on Thursday after health care officials noted COVID-19 hospitalizations in the system's three hospitals had flattened out.
The main change is that two visitors are now allowed in each non-COVID patient's room at a time, rather than just one. Patients in emergency rooms may have one visitor with them, except during unusually busy times when social distancing guidelines may require visitors to wait outside the lobby. Exceptions and full visitation policy guidelines are available at www.phoebehealth.com/visitation.
Phoebe is caring for 30 COVID patients in its hospitals, 24 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany, four at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus and two at Phoebe Worth Medical Center in Sylvester. That number is up just one, from 29 a week ago.
“We would love to get to a point where we have zero COVID patients in our care, but that may not happen for quite some time, if at all," Phoebe Health System Chief Medical Officer Dr. Dianna Grant said in a news release. "Recently, we have maintained a very manageable level in our COVID units.
“We know loved ones play a critical role in the healing process for patients, and we do not want to put undue stress on those patients and families, so we are easing our visitation guidelines to permit greater access for visitors."
The Phoebe Health System's numbers as of Friday were:
-- Total COVID-19 patients in Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital: 24;
-- Total COVID-19 patients in Phoebe Sumter Medical Center: 4;
-- Total COVID-19 patients in Phoebe Worth Medical Center: 2;
-- Total inpatients recovered: 4,698;
-- Total COVID-related deaths at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital: 466;
-- Total COVID-related deaths at Phoebe Sumter: 126;
-- Total COVID-related deaths at Phoebe Worth – 1;
-- Total vaccines administered: 81,418.
“We can safely accommodate additional visitors as long as everyone follows our masking protocol," Grant said. "We still require double masking – a surgical mask covered by a well-fitting cloth mask – or an N95 for all visitors and staff. Evidence shows that level of protection greatly reduces the risk of virus transmission."
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention still recommends masking in health care settings. According to the current guidelines for health care facilities on the CDCs website, “it is generally safest to implement universal use of source control (masking) for everyone in a health care setting.”
The CDC also has approved the use of new COVID-19 vaccine boosters from Pfizer and Moderna. Phoebe has placed orders for both vaccines and will begin administering those shots as soon as the shipments arrive.
“These boosters were specifically designed to protect against the current most prevalent variants of the virus, and we expect them to offer even better protection than the original booster shots,” Grant said. “We encourage those who are eligible for the booster to go ahead and get the shot to help us avoid a fall surge in cases.”
The Pfizer vaccine is currently authorized for anyone 12 and older. Moderna’s booster is authorized for those 18 and older. You may receive one of the new booster shots at least two months after the last dose of any COVID-19 vaccine and three months after an infection.
To schedule a vaccine appointment at a Phoebe facility, call (229) 312-MYMD.
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Former Jackson star and Detroit Tigers prospect Dillon Dingler to play in MLB Futures Game
Former Jackson High School star Dillon Dingler has been selected for the 2022 SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game.
The 23-year-old Dingler, a catcher who is the No. 3 prospect in the Detroit Tigers organization according to MLB Pipeline, will play for the American League in the July 16 game at Dodger Stadium.
The Futures Game will be broadcast live at 7 p.m. on Peacock and SiriusXM. MLB Network will re-air the game on July 17 at 9 a.m.
More:Catching on: Dillon Dingler climbs Detroit Tigers system with big bat, developing glove
Dingler, the 38th overall pick in 2020 out of Ohio State, entered Thursday batting .240 with seven home runs, 15 doubles and two triples in 67 games this season for Double-A Erie. He had driven in 37 runs.
Since June 26, he was batting .323 with two homers and 13 RBIs over eight games.
The 6-foot-3, 210-pound Dingler, who is joined on the AL team by Erie teammate Wilmer Flores (No. 14), is known for his defensive prowess behind the plate and his handling of pitchers.
More:Watch former Jackson teammates Dillon Dingler, Kyle Nicolas face each other in Double-A baseball
Five of the top eight prospects in baseball according to MLB Pipeline will play in the Futures Game. They are Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez (No. 2), D-backs outfielder Corbin Carroll (No. 3), Orioles infielder Gunnar Henderson (No. 5), Cardinals third baseman Jordan Walker (No. 7) and Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe (No. 8).
The AL Futures Team will be managed by 2007 National League MVP Jimmy Rollins. | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/sports/pro/2022/07/07/dillon-dingler-detroit-tigers-mlb-all-star-futures-game-jackson-ohio-state-dodger-stadium/10007868002/ | 2022-07-07T22:20:24Z |
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