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PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — Native Americans in Massachusetts are calling for a boycott of a popular living history museum featuring Colonial reenactors portraying life in Plymouth, the famous English settlement founded by the Pilgrims who arrived on the Mayflower.
Members of the state’s Wampanoag community and their supporters say Plimoth Patuxet Museums has not lived up to its promise of creating a “bi-cultural museum” that equally tells the story of the European and Indigenous peoples that lived there.
They say the “ Historic Patuxet Homesite,” the portion of the mostly outdoor museum focused on traditional Indigenous life, is inadequately small, in need of repairs and staffed by workers who aren’t from local tribes.
“We’re saying don’t patronize them, don’t work over there,” said Camille Madison, a member of the Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribe on Martha’s Vineyard, who was among those recently venting their frustrations on social media. “We don’t want to engage with them until they can find a way to respect Indigenous knowledge and experience.”
The concerns come just two years after the museum changed its name from Plimoth Plantation to Plimoth Patuxet as part of a yearlong celebration of the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower landing.
At the time, the museum declared the “new, more balanced” moniker reflected the importance of the Indigenous perspective to the 75-year-old institution’s educational mission.
“Patuxet” was an Indigenous community near “Plimoth,” as the Pilgrim colony was known before becoming modern day Plymouth. It was badly decimated by European diseases by the time the Mayflower arrived, but one of its survivors, Tisquantum, commonly known as Squanto, famously helped the English colonists survive their first winter.
“They’ve changed the name but haven’t changed the attitude,” said Paula Peters, a member of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe who worked for nearly 20 years at the museum, most recently as marketing director. “They’ve done nothing to ingratiate themselves with tribes. Every step they take is tone deaf.”
Museum spokesperson Rob Kluin, in a statement emailed to The Associated Press, said the museum has expanded the outdoor Wampanoag exhibit, raised more than $2 million towards a new Indigenous programs building and has “several initiatives in place” to recruit and retain staff from Native communities. He declined to elaborate.
The statement also cited a pair of grants the museum received to boost its Native American education programming. That included more than $160,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities to host a workshop this summer for teachers on how to incorporate Indigenous voices into their history lessons.
The museum also noted that its new director of Algonquian Exhibits and Interpretation is an Aquinnah Wampanoag who serves on his tribe’s education committee.
Carol Pollard, whose late brother Anthony “Nanepashemet” Pollard played a key role in the development of the museum’s Indigenous programming as a leading Wampanoag historian, was among those dismayed at the state of the site.
Last week, large gaps were evident in the battered tree bark roof of the large wetu, or traditional Wampanoag dwelling, that is a focal point of the Indigenous exhibit. Neither of the two museum interpreters on site was wearing traditional tribal attire. Meanwhile, on the Pilgrim settlement part of the museum, thatched roofs on the Colonial homes had been recently repaired, and numerous reenactors milled about in detailed period outfits.
“I know my brother would be very disappointed,” said Pollard, who also worked as a gardener at the museum until last summer. “I guarantee you, people dressed in khakis and navy blue tops was not my brother’s vision.”
Former museum staffers say museum officials for years ignored their suggestions for modernizing and expanding the outdoor exhibit, which marks its 50th anniversary next year.
That, coupled with low pay and poor working conditions, led to the departure of many long-standing Native staffers who built the program into a must-see attraction by showcasing authentic Indigenous farming, cooking, canoe building and other cultural practices, they say.
“For more than a decade now, the museum has systematically dismantled the outdoor exhibit,” the Wampanoag Consulting Alliance, a Native group that includes Peters and other former museum staffers, said in a statement late last month. “Many steps taken to provide equal representation to Wampanoag programming have been removed, and the physical exhibit is in deplorable condition. The result has been the virtually complete alienation of the Wampanoag communities.”
Kitty Hendricks-Miller, a Mashpee Wampanoag who was a supervisor at the Wampanoag exhibit in the 1990s and early 2000s, says she worries about what non-Indigenous families and students are taking away from their visits to the museum, which remains a school field trip rite of passage for many in New England.
As Indian education coordinator for her tribe, she’s been encouraging teachers to reach out to Native communities directly if they’re seeking culturally and historically accurate programs.
“There’s this unwillingness to acknowledge that times have changed,” said Casey Figueroa, who worked for years as an interpreter at the museum until 2015. “The Native side of the Plymouth story has so much more to offer in terms of the issues we’re facing today, from immigration to racism and climate change, but they went backwards instead. They totally blew it.” | https://cw33.com/news/u-s-news/ap-us-headlines/native-americans-urge-boycott-of-tone-deaf-pilgrim-museum/ | 2022-08-11T08:35:31Z |
What’s new with iOS 16 and iPadOS 16?
Apple changed the world when they unveiled the original iPhone in 2007, and they’ve continued to update and improve their devices since then. It recently unveiled a new iOS and iPadOS that will include numerous new features. Many features in the latest operating system updates center around improving messaging and privacy. If you haven’t yet made the switch to Apple devices, this new release may mark the perfect time to try them out.
iOS 16 features
Apple Pay updates
Apple Pay is an iOS feature allowing users to connect their debit and credit cards for contactless pay and online purchases. iOS 16 will introduce Apple Pay Later, which allows you to split any payment into four payments, paid over six weeks. It doesn’t charge users any fees or interest for the split payments, although your bank may charge a fee if you don’t have enough funds in your account.
The Apple Pay app will feature a breakdown of your Apple Pay Later payments, including your total remaining balance and your payments’ due dates.
Health and fitness updates
The Fitness app will be available to all iOS users, regardless of whether they own an Apple Watch. Your iPhone’s motion sensors will be able to track your steps, distance and more, and you’ll be able to share your move ring with friends. Still, the data may be more accurate when using an Apple Watch or one of the many third-party wearables that are fitness-app compatible.
The Health app will now let users add medication lists, create medication schedules and track their supplements and vitamins. Adding a new medication is as easy as pointing the camera at the medicine’s label. The app will notify you if any of your medications, supplements or vitamins interact poorly.
Apple Mail app updates
Apple Mail lets users connect their Gmail, Yahoo, Outlook and other email services in a central location. Apple’s iOS 16 is introducing a new tool that enables you to schedule emails ahead of time. You’ll also be able to cancel an email’s delivery if it hasn’t reached the receiver’s inbox. Those who use their phone for business will appreciate the new Follow Up feature that reminds you to follow up on messages if you haven’t received a response.
The Mail app’s search feature is getting a massive overhaul in iOS 16. Apple claims this update means you’ll see more accurate results and suggestions when searching for emails.
Lock screen updates
The iPhone’s lock screen is about to look better than ever. The new multilayered effect lets you place the subject of your lock screen photo in front of the time, giving the image added depth. Additionally, the lock screen will now feature widgets. This means you can check the weather, calendar events, activity ring progress and more without unlocking your phone.
You’ll be able to further personalize your lock screen by creating screens from your favorite emojis and swiping between different configurations. Apple will release a range of pre-configured lock screens. For example, they’ll have one that lets you keep track of live events, one for weather and one that centers around astronomy.
Other iOS 16 updates
- CarPlay updates: CarPlay will now feature enhanced integration with numerous vehicles. You’ll be able to see your phone’s weather and music widgets on your car’s dashboard and choose from various gauge designs.
- Live Text and Visual Lookup: The Live Text features will let users pause a video and convert and translate any words on the frame. The iPhone’s visual lookup feature will now let you tap the subject of an image to crop it from the photo and send it via text message.
- Messages updates: You’ll now be able to recall sent messages and recover deleted messages. Additionally, users can share movies and music via text message with shared playback controls.
- iCloud Shared Photo Library: Up to six users will be able to share photos to a shared iCloud photo gallery.
iPad OS 16 features
FreeForm collaboration
iPad OS 16 will introduce a new collaboration app called FreeForm. The app lets users collaborate on a shared digital whiteboard. You’ll be able to view and edit others’ contributions to the canvas in real-time. FreeForm will feature full Apple Pencil support and allow you to start FaceTime calls within the canvas.
Safari updates
The new update comes with significant updates to enhance collaboration within the Safari browser. You’ll be able to create shared tab groups with friends or coworkers and see their updates in real-time. iOS 16 lets you create dedicated start pages for tab groups, including a background image and bookmarks.
Passwords for Safari are being replaced by secure passkeys specific to each site you regularly visit. The keys are stored on the iPad instead of a server, meaning they can’t be hacked on the web. You’ll be able to use your passkey on non-Apple devices using a QR code or face ID.
Multitasking updates
The iPad’s virtual memory swap lets you expand the memory available to your apps, meaning multitasking will be smoother than ever. The update will also include a new multitasking tool called Stage Manager, enabling users to switch between tasks quickly.
The Stage Manager feature automatically organizes windows and apps, letting you drag and drop new windows as you work. Stage Manager will feature external-display support, meaning you’ll be able to simultaneously use four apps on your iPad and four apps on your external display.
Other iPad OS 16 features
- Messages updates: The iPad messages app is getting new features to enhance collaboration. You’ll be able to send document invitations via the messages app and automatically add everyone on the thread to the document. When a user makes changes to a shared document, the changes will be displayed at the top of the message thread.
- Weather app: The weather app will now be available on iPad devices. The app will feature animated backgrounds and send automatic notifications for severe weather alerts.
- Enhanced Pro features for creative professionals: The iPad OS 16 update will include color grading and composting enhancements, meaning colors will be more accurate and consistent.
Best iPhones for iOS 16
Apple’s newest iPhone features up to 1 terabyte of storage. It’s available in five colors and charges faster using a USB-C cable. The phone’s camera is significantly better than those of other models.
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The Cinematic Mode feature lets you add depth to your videos with a single click. This features up to 128 gigabytes of storage and is available in six colors. Some users were disappointed this device doesn’t include a headphone jack, but you can still sync Bluetooth headphones.
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This is ideal for those who want a budget-friendly iPhone. Many were disappointed with the phone’s battery life but thrilled with its size. It features up to 128GB of storage and is available in six colors.
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Best iPads for iPad OS 16
This features up to 2TB of storage and is available in two colors. It’s compatible with numerous accessories, including the Apple Pencil, Magic Keyboard and Smart Keyboard Folio. It can be purchased with cellular capabilities if you plan to use it on the go.
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This is small and light compared to other iPads. It features up to 256 GB of storage and is available in five colors. Many were impressed with its speed and functionality, although the speakers aren’t as good as the iPad Pro.
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It includes up to 256 GB of storage and is available in two colors. It’s relatively affordable and features an impressive display.
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Multi-Year Funding and Free Tools for Schools and Community Groups
WESTERLY, R.I., April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Washington Trust today announced a new Financial Literacy Initiative designed to provide individuals, families, businesses, and nonprofit organizations with the money management tools and resources they need to achieve economic empowerment. The Initiative has three components: $165,000 in multi-year funding to support literacy programs at the United Way of Rhode Island, Entrepreneurship for All Rhode Island (EforAll), and Amos House; a free web-based financial literacy program available to local schools and community groups; and a new Financial Wellness Center on the company's website.
"We believe financial literacy is critical in helping consumers, businesses and nonprofits become more money-wise, confident, and economically-empowered," stated Edward O. "Ned" Handy, Chairman & CEO. "For more than 221 years Washington Trust has been committed to providing funding and support to ensure our local economies thrive and we believe these programs are an investment in our future."
The first component of the Bank's Financial Literacy Initiative is a $165,000 multi-year commitment, from the Washington Trust Charitable Foundation, to three Rhode Island-based nonprofit organizations:
- United Way of Rhode Island: Washington Trust has committed $90,000 to support the United Way's LIFT UNITED economic security programming. "We know that building economic security among our most vulnerable neighbors effectively changes lives, and we also know the work to accomplish this centers on being equitable. We look forward to working together to strengthen our communities today and for the future," said Cortney Nicolato, United Way's president and CEO.
- Entrepreneurship for All Rhode Island (EforAll): Washington Trust is a founding partner of E For All Rhode Island and has committed $45,000 in support of the organization's investment in minority and women owned businesses. "An investment in EforAll means an investment to help under-resourced individuals in Rhode Island successfully start and grow businesses through intensive business training, mentorship and an extended professional network that will help the economy thrive," said Laura Guillen, Executive Director of Eforall | EparaTodos Rhode Island.
- Amos House: Washington Trust has committed $30,000 to support the organization's Financial Opportunity Center (FOC). "This donation will help support our Financial Opportunity Center's mission of providing vital wraparound support services, education, and opportunities to our guests on their journey to self-sufficiency," said Eileen Hayes, President & CEO of Amos House.
The second component of the Bank's Financial Literacy Initiative is a web-based curriculum offered free-of-charge to schools and community groups through the Bank's partnership with Banzai, Inc. Washington Trust has committed to working with 28 middle schools and high schools throughout Rhode Island to offer teachers and students free, unlimited access to web-based modules and physical workbooks that cover important financial literacy topics.
The third component of the Bank's Financial Literacy Initiative is a new Financial Wellness Center which is housed on the Bank's website and contains articles, calculators, security and money management tips, as well as web-based learning tools and other resources. The site provides information on key topics such as household budgeting, managing debt, and buying a home. The Financial Wellness Assessment helps consumers analyze their spending, budgeting, and saving habits so they can set goals and improve their personal money management.
ABOUT WASHINGTON TRUST®
Founded in 1800, Washington Trust is the oldest community bank in the nation and one of the Northeast's premier financial services companies. Washington Trust offers a full range of financial services, including commercial banking, mortgage banking, personal banking and wealth management and trust services through its offices located in Rhode Island, Connecticut and Massachusetts. The Washington Trust Company is a subsidiary of Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc., (NASDAQ: WASH). Additional information on Washington Trust and its subsidiaries can be found at https://www.washtrust.com/.
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Amanda Seyfried ‘grossed out’ by reaction to famous ‘Mean Girls’ scene
By Lisa Respers France, CNN
Amanda Seyfried as Karen Smith in “Mean Girls ” has a special place in the heart of pop culture.
But the actress now says one of the most famous scenes from the 2004 film caused some uncomfortable moments for her.
In a cover story with Marie Claire, Seyfried said she still gets recognized from the movie all these years later.
Recognition she didn’t love came from some male fans who would come up to her and reference the scene in which her character squeezes her breasts when discussing the weather.
“I always felt really grossed out by that,” she says. “I was like 18 years old. It was just gross.”
“Mean Girls” was Seyfried’s breakthrough role. The film starred Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams and Lacey Chabert.
The popular teen comedy was also adapted into a Broadway musical.
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NEW YORK, April 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Attention Akebia Therapeutics, Inc. ("Akebia") (NASDAQ: AKBA) shareholders:
The Law Offices of Vincent Wong announce that a class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of investors who purchased between June 28, 2018 and September 2, 2020.
If you suffered a loss on your investment in Akebia, contact us about potential recovery by using the link below. There is no cost or obligation to you.
https://www.wongesq.com/pslra-1/akebia-therapeutics-inc-loss-submission-form?prid=26218&wire=4
ABOUT THE ACTION: The class action against Akebia includes allegations that the Company made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) the Company's lead investigational product candidate, vadadustat, was not as safe in treating non-dialysis dependent chronic kidney disease patients with anemia as defendants had represented; (ii) as a result, defendants overstated the clinical prospects of a Phase 3 clinical program for vadadustat; (iii) accordingly, defendants also overstated vadadustat's overall commercial and regulatory prospects; and (iv) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
DEADLINE: May 13, 2022
Aggrieved Akebia investors only have until May 13, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. You are not required to act as a lead plaintiff in order to share in any recovery.
Vincent Wong, Esq. is an experienced attorney who has represented investors in securities litigations involving financial fraud and violations of shareholder rights. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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75-year-old man crossing street struck, killed by hit-and-driver in South LA, police say
By Amy Powell
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SOUTH LOS ANGELES (KABC) — A 75-year-old man was killed when he was struck by a hit-and-run driver in South Angeles last month, according to police.
Los Angeles police said the crash happened April 27 in the area of Trinity Street and 41st Place around 9:15 p.m.
The victim was later identified as Hector Castro Hirales. He was crossing the street when he was hit by a silver, compact SUV. Police said the driver failed to stop and render any aid or remain at the scene.
Hirales was transported to a hospital, where he died.
Surveillance video released shows the vehicle making a left turn while the pedestrian was in the middle of the road crossing the street. The SUV collides with the pedestrian head-on, initially stops after making impact and then drives away.
The victim is seen laying on the ground motionless after the driver takes off. A reward of $50,000 has been offered for information leading to the suspect.
The victim’s family is asking for the public’s help in finding the driver.
“Today we just saw the footage, and we can’t believe that this person just struck him and left him lying there,” the victim’s daughter Cynthia Rodriguez said. “After he struck him, he went over him and paused and then just kept going.”
The 75-year-old was a grandfather to 10 and great grandfather to two.
“In that video you can see my grandfather looking at the person that’s running him over. How would that person feel if it was someone that they knew?” granddaughter Vanessa Aranda said as she fought back tears.
Community members are offering their support to the family.
“He knew so many people that he helped out and everybody just tells us he was a nice person, a nice man, always helped people,” Rodriguez said.
“Our family is broken and we’ll never be the same,” Aranda said.
Anyone with information is asked to contact LAPD Officer J. Mendoza at (213) 833-3713 or by email at 32010@lapd.online.
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Mobile prostate cancer screening buses are being launched by the Foundation to help tackle Nigeria's leading cause of cancer death through early detection
LAGOS, Nigeria, June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- This Saturday (June 4 2022) will see the official launch of the Dozy Mmobuosi Foundation's Mobile Prostate Cancer Screening Service which will see several buses with advanced screening capabilities provided by the Foundation to be rolled out in Nigeria, the Foundation will continue to add to the fleet in the coming months with the aim of providing the entire country with access to vital screening services.
Starting this Saturday in Lagos at the Ikeja Mall, a flagship screening bus will travel around each and every day, enabling citizens to get checked for prostate cancer, free of charge, in an efficient manner ahead of a wider rollout.
The $10 million project is designed to help tackle Nigeria's leading cause of cancer deaths for men which will see 1 in 6 diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime.
The project has over 100 medical practitioners lined up currently, with an expected 4,000 medical professional volunteers set to join.
Speaking about the project rollout, Dozy Mmobuosi, the Foundation's Founder said: 'Early detection is one of the best tools we have to prevent prostate cancer. Through the roll out of these buses I hope to see prostate cancer rates in men decrease across the board, and I urge all men, specifically those aged 45 and over, to go for a free prostate cancer screening on these state-of-the-art buses'.
The mobile project is designed specifically to reach as many people as possible across the country regardless of their geography. From cities to rural villages, the programme aims to encourage as many men as possible step forward and test for the disease, turning the tide on decades of premature deaths.
Further commenting on the initiative, Mmobuosi asserted: 'Research shows that one-third of prostate cancer cases can be prevented and another third cured altogether if detected through early screening practices like we are offering free of charge. Embarking on such a mission like this is essential in our fight against the awful disease'.
Men with a history of the illness may be twice as likely to develop prostate cancer. With early screening therefore vitally important in the ongoing fight against it.
The official launch on Saturday June 4, 2022, will see distinguished guests in attendance including leading Nigerian politicians and Nollywood celebrities, with the initiative actively endorsed by the Nigerian Medical Association.
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ST. LOUIS, April 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On Thursday, April 28, 2022, Peabody (NYSE: BTU) will announce results for the quarter ended March 31, 2022. A conference call with management is scheduled for 10 a.m. CT on Thursday, April 28, 2022.
The call, replay and other investor data will be available at PeabodyEnergy.com.
Participants may also access the call using the following phone numbers:
For all other international participants, please contact Peabody Investor Relations at (314) 342-7900 prior to the call to receive your dial-in number.
Peabody (NYSE: BTU) is a leading coal producer, providing essential products for the production of affordable, reliable energy and steel. Our commitment to sustainability underpins everything we do and shapes our strategy for the future. For further information, visit PeabodyEnergy.com.
Contact:
Alice Tharenos
314.342.7900
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The Oak Hill Centre marks Headwall's eighth acquisition, their first in the Austin market
SAN ANTONIO, May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Headwall Investments, a Texas-based commercial real estate development and investment firm, proudly announced today that they have acquired The Oak Hill Centre, a 43,000 square foot neighborhood shopping center located in Austin, TX. The seller was represented by Cathy Nabours, Walter Saad, Kyle Shaffer & Eric Schach of SRS Real Estate Partners, and the buyer was represented by Dillon Hurley of Argali CRE, LLC.
Major Tenants Include:
- JuiceLand
- Via 313
- Dogtopia
- O'Reilly Auto Parts
Headwall launched their first fund 18-months ago and now having deployed 20% of their fund's planned investment, their portfolio currently includes over 210,000 square feet of retail assets and consists of a variety of product types from strip centers to neighborhood shopping centers. Their investments are geographically focused on the Austin & San Antonio, TX MSAs. For more information on Headwall please visit https://headwallinvestments.com.
"I'm incredibly proud of what our team has accomplished in the last eighteen months. In a time period with numerous hurdles, our team has been successful in multiple transactions in an asset class with very strong fundamentals, limited downside and attractive cash flow," commented Headwall's Founder, President & CEO George J. Wommack. "We are proud of the confidence our capital providers have in our team and we look forward to continuing our momentum going forward."
Headwall, whose investors consist primarily of high-net worth individuals, family offices, and retirement investors, plans to deploy the rest of their fund's capital over the next 12-24 months and is targeting an additional 7-12 shopping center assets. While the firm specializes in value-add and core shopping center investments, they do plan on offering additional funds focused on other asset classes in the future.
ABOUT HEADWALL
Headwall Investments, LLC is a San Antonio based real estate investment and development firm. The company was founded in 2019 by George J. Wommack and focuses on acquiring, developing and redeveloping commercial real estate in Texas. For more information on Headwall please visit https://headwallinvestments.com or call 210-343-2186.
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Event Experience leader leverages technology from recent acquisition to meet increased demand for in-person and hybrid events
NEW YORK, May 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bizzabo, the Event Experience Operating System (OS), has launched an updated onsite check-in solution, bringing an enhanced, data-driven experience to power in-person events.
The new solution builds on Bizzabo's 10-plus years of experience supporting in-person events and leverages innovative technology from Klik, Bizzabo's most recent acquisition. The new solution is designed to provide Event Experience Leaders with greater flexibility and an elegant user experience for event organizers, their attendees, their speakers and their sponsors.
Bizzabo fast-tracked development for its new onsite offering and the broader Klik technology integration amid strong demand for in-person and hybrid events. The number of in-person and hybrid events held on Bizzabo's Event Experience OS increased 255% between Q4 2021 and Q2 2022, while the volume of virtual events remained steady, according to analysis of aggregated data.
"Today's in-person events have evolved from those of the past. By adding our upgraded onsite offering to our Event Experience OS, we're arming Event Experience Leaders with the tools they need to create immersive experiences that blend the most dynamic elements of virtual and in-person experiences," said Eran Ben-Shushan, co-founder and CEO of Bizzabo.
The refreshed onsite offering enables event organizers to create a consistent brand experience from registration onward with a promotional website, check-in, badges, lanyards and kiosks. Its intuitive check-in process eliminates waiting in line and empowers attendees to immediately start learning and networking.
Bizzabo's updated onsite offering includes:
- Self-serve or full-service delivery.
- Easy set-up and deployment.
- Fully branded check-in screen.
- Touchless check-in experience.
- Custom consent forms for attendees.
- On-demand badge printing.
- Instantaneous QR code scanning.
- Real-time event data in Bizzabo Command Center, no manual downloads or uploads of files between systems.
- Easy and automated lead retrieval for sponsors.
For more information about Bizzabo and the Event Experience Operating System, visit www.bizzabo.com
About Bizzabo:
Bizzabo powers immersive in-person, virtual, and hybrid experiences. The Bizzabo Event Experience OS is a data-rich open platform that allows Event Experience Leaders to manage events, engage audiences, activate communities, and deliver powerful business outcomes — all while keeping attendee data private and secure. As a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: B2B Marketing Events Management Solutions, Q1 2021 Report, we are trusted by world-leading brands to power their events — from Fortune 100 enterprise organizations and financial institutions to creative agencies and scaling tech companies. Bizzabo was founded by Boaz Katz, Alon Alroy, and Eran Ben-Shushan, and has more than 400 employees in its New York, Tel-Aviv, Kyiv, London and Montreal offices, as well 15+ remote locations around the world.
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Zach Weismiller
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WASHINGTON, July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Following is a statement from National Press Club President Jen Judson on the Club's decision to honor the late Al Jazeera Correspondent Shireen Abu Akleh with the 2022 President's Award that will be conveyed at the Club's annual Awards Dinner on Aug. 31.
"Our hearts go out to Shireen's family and colleagues. Her tragic death while covering a military action in Jenin was deeply felt across the entire global journalism community. She was a highly accomplished professional and veteran broadcaster with a wide following among Al Jazeera viewers. She was also an American citizen, and we feel her loss deeply here in the United States and at the National Press Club. While questions remain about the circumstances of her shooting, based on multiple investigations it is now understood that the fatal bullet was fired from an area controlled by IDF forces where no Palestinians were present. At the time no crossfire was occurring in or around the area where Shireen and her colleagues were working, leading to the conclusion that IDF forces were not engaged in the return of fire.
"When Shireen left for work May 11, she donned a helmet and bullet proof vest marked PRESS but that was not all she brought to protect her. She traveled with the experience gained working regularly and over many years in the West Bank. She knew where to stand and where not to stand. She knew how to behave to survive in that very dangerous environment. Her instincts were acute. She was careful. For years her life had depended on that.
"At the time of Shireen's death, we called for a fair and independent investigation to determine what happened. Fully understanding these events can help encourage greater safety for all journalists working in the West Bank and across the world. We see a complete investigation as part of Shireen's legacy and in the interest of everyone who benefits from the safety of journalists and a free press. We are for peace and justice and we recognize the acute suffering of many families -- both Palestinian and Israeli -- from these troubles. We are for safer conditions for all journalists who cover conflict. And we do admit we pay particular attention to the safety of American journalists wherever they work.
"We hope that a complete investigation will provide a degree of justice for Shireen and her family and improved respect and safety for all journalists working in the West Bank and other conflict areas. We honor Shireen with The President's Award for her life's work and with the hope that her death will help create a legacy that makes her colleagues safer now and in the future. And we remain committed to efforts that help push for complete and thorough investigation."
The President's award is given at the discretion of the President of the National Press Club. Past recipients of the President's Award include: Richard C. Hottelet of CBS News, who was captured and held behind German lines in World War II and Brian Lamb the founder of CSPAN.
Founded in 1908, the National Press Club is the world's leading professional organization for journalists. With 3,000 members representing nearly every major news organization, the Club is a leading advocate for free press in the U.S. and worldwide.
Contact: Bill McCarren, 202-662-7534 for the National Press Club
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Accelerating product-led growth, capital efficiency, and brand strength put the company on a path to profitability
SAN FRANCISCO, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Crunchbase, a prospecting platform powered by best-in-class proprietary data, today announced it has secured $50 million in connection with its Series D funding. Alignment Growth led the oversubscribed round, with participation by existing Crunchbase investors including OMERS Ventures, Mayfield Fund, and Emergence. Alex Iosilevich, Partner at Alignment Growth, will also join the Crunchbase board of directors.
Crunchbase's account-based prospecting software enables prospectors—in sales, recruiting, business development, and finance—to find and engage with qualified accounts, while simultaneously creating awareness for companies that want to be discovered. Crunchbase attracts more than 75 million unique visitors annually and recently surpassed 60,000 paying customers with over half of the Fortune 500 and thousands of SMBs represented.
"It's more important than ever for businesses to tap into account-based intelligence for their prospecting, whether they're selling, investing, or fundraising. With fast-changing market conditions, prospectors can't rely on spamming contact lists to hit quota. They need a targeted approach that starts with finding qualified accounts and ends with compelling outreach to the right decision-makers—that's exactly what our customers do on Crunchbase," said Jager McConnell, CEO of Crunchbase.
The company accelerated its highly capital efficient product-led growth last year with the launch of a suite of all-new SaaS products. These drove a 5x year-over-year increase in new recurring revenue in Q1 2022, and total software ARR is on track to double by end of year. With this upward growth trend, efficient cash management and Series D funding, the company is on a path to profitability.
Crunchbase's platform has evolved significantly since its last funding round. The company's software now offers features to guide prospectors throughout their workflow. Customers are reporting improvements in account identification, pipeline generation, email open rates and meeting booking volume. New product capabilities that power these results include:
- Account discovery: Find companies that meet your ideal customer profile with territory filters, AI-powered recommendations, similar company suggestions, CRM data in search, and 6 billion new data edits in the last year.
- Account qualification: Focus on growing companies that have buying power using new growth and contraction signals, layoffs and hiring filters, Chrome extension, and Salesforce integration.
- Account tracking: Stay up-to-date on changes at priority accounts with email alerts, saved searches and lists, as well as searchable user-generated notes and tags.
- Prospect engagement: Connect with the right leads at the right time directly on Crunchbase with newly added contact data, contact search, Outreach integration, Gmail integration, and auto-generated email templates.
"The Crunchbase SaaS platform combines rich and proprietary company data with direct access to decision-makers within a single intuitive interface—at compelling price points—making it a powerful tool for driving ROI across a variety of use cases, from sales to recruiting and more. We expect that Crunchbase will continue to gain accelerated industry adoption and are excited to support the company's growth momentum alongside strong participation from the existing investor group," said Alex Iosilevich, Partner at Alignment Growth.
Crunchbase plans to use funds from the Series D to accelerate product innovation and deepen relationships with dealmakers in sales, marketing, finance, recruiting, and executive leadership roles. Upcoming product improvements will include third-party integrations that embed Crunchbase more deeply in existing prospecting workflows, enhancements to actionable machine-learning powered recommendations, new data that delivers insights only available on Crunchbase, and reporting tools to quantify customers' ROI. Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC acted as exclusive financial adviser to Crunchbase in connection with the transaction.
Crunchbase is actively hiring. Candidates can view the latest job openings at https://about.crunchbase.com/about-us/careers/.
Crunchbase is a prospecting platform powered by best-in-class proprietary data. It helps over 75 million dealmakers discover, qualify, track, and engage with the right opportunities so they can search less and close more. To learn more, visit about.crunchbase.com and follow Crunchbase on Twitter @crunchbase.
Founded in 2021, Alignment Growth partners with category-leading companies in Consumer and Business Media, Entertainment, and Technology industry sectors. With its team's multi-decade track record of senior executive operating, strategy, and deal making experience at global Fortune 500 companies, Alignment Growth provides value-added capital solutions to help its portfolio companies achieve their growth ambitions. Additional details are available at alignmentgrowth.com.
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The Beatles and Canton symphony come together for 'Abbey Road' pops concert
CANTON — Peter Brennan urges attendees of Saturday's Beatles-themed pop concert with the Canton Symphony Orchestra to have fun.
Even if it means dancing in the aisles, clapping hands, wearing a Beatles T-shirt or dressing up as John, Paul, George or Ringo. Singing along isn't frowned upon, either.
Preconceived notions of symphony etiquette don't apply, said Brennan, arranger and guitarist for Jeans n' Classics, the London-based group of musicians who will perform with the Canton Symphony Orchestra.
"Absolutely don't sit quietly on your butts," he said joyfully. "It's a rock show after all."
Following several classic songs from The Beatles, the joint orchestra and band will perform every track from the "Abbey Road" album, including, "Come Together," "Something," "Oh! Darling," "Octopus's Garden," "Here Comes the Sun," "Carry That Weight" and "The End."
The concert is at 7:30 p.m. at Umstattd Hall in Canton.
What is Jeans n' Classics?
Jeans n' Classics has partnered with the Canton symphony previously for pops concerts showcasing the music of Michael Jackson, Billy Joel and Elton John, and other iconic artists. The group features musicians from London, Toronto and Chicago.
"We love working with Jeans n' Classics," said Michelle Charles, president and CEO of the Canton Symphony Orchestra. "It allows us to share the world of orchestral music with an entirely different audience. Those of us who grew up listening to The Beatles will love this opportunity to hear their iconic music in an entirely different way."
Beatles music also transcends generations and changing trends, Brennan observed.
"It's a very cool thing to see," he said. "We've done like Beatles nights, and some guy who might be ... let's say 55 (years old), he has a couple of sons with him who might be 15ish, and they're all sitting there with Beatles shirts on. That kind of thing happens."
Counting intermission, the performance will be just over two hours.
During a recent phone interview, Brennan eagerly discussed how the rock band and orchestra pairing will both honor and reimagine the timeless music of The Beatles.
Brennan also promised a few surprises, including extending songs, while showcasing a duel between the lead guitarist and concert master.
"We step out of Beatles mode and do sort of a Beatles classic, and then we stretch it and see what happens," he teased. "We go where no one has gone before."
"Abbey Road" captures The Beatles at the height of their creative and melodic genius, Brennan said. Songs are diverse, the album featuring straightforward rock and roll, the use of a Moog synthesizer, heartfelt balladry, whimsical moments, and experimentation ahead of its time.
"It's a joyous thing," he said. "And it never takes away from the impact of the material. So using 'Abbey Road,' that diversity of the different places they went on this album is not only appealing, it's just fabulous in all aspects."
Brennan touched on other topics, including the mass appeal of the Fab Four, the significance of the "Abbey Road" album, and how the music will be presented symphonically at Saturday's show.
The magic of The Beatles
"There will always be a magic to it. And if we're in an airport, and 'Nowhere Man' comes on the sound system ... or you see a movie, and there's one of their songs, to me, at the risk of sounding a little airheaded, I'm sort of transported into somewhere. Perhaps you can only experience the magic if you were a kid and got bitten by the bug (of Beatlemania)."
Timeless music
"Younger band members, they love it, they appreciate (The Beatles). They weren't little kids sitting in front of the TV watching black-and-white TV as Ed Sullivan stood there, and something occurred to an entire generation of the world that's never gone away. And regardless of the different music that comes and goes, theirs is amazing music and it continues to be.
"I'm not convinced that something like that will ever happen again. It's just too magical; it's different than the whole thing Elvis did, and it's different than other idols that went before ... and the pure magic of it will never go away; it's just something unto itself."
The songs
"It's definitely a unique and total emotional experience to play ('Abbey Road' songs), and then you add the orchestra, and all the technicalities on top of it, and it makes for a magnificent experience.
"There's the songs, and people know these songs to varying degrees. The album fanatics will know everything because the first set is a mix, and there's stuff in there that's a hit and there's stuff that's album hits. ... The Beatles transcended the top 40. People know singles, but people bought (their) albums."
Rock band and orchestra hybrid
"We learn this stuff as best as we can or as close as we can, and we've got some very good musicians, but the biggest difference ... is you're going to hear this with an orchestra, and it's sort of the back and forth.
"What Jeans n' Classics is all about is you don't want to compromise The Beatles in this case. ... You don't want to have an orchestration get in the way of what was a great experience or a great song, but by the same token, our whole reason for doing this is to create an orchestral experience ... for the audience."
"They're going to hear a rock band with three-harmony vocals and lead singers, two guitar players, (keyboards) and drums ... but you also have (the orchestra), and they'll join in with the guitar leads ... but not like you've heard before."
The orchestra is "not a backup element; they are as front and center as the band is."
Abbey Road
"We wanted to do 'Abbey Road' because it is ... a very cohesive sort of album statement, and it's also their last time they were in the studio, and it just seems like a very fitting homage (and) a very fitting nod to them. We do an opening set of eight or nine Beatles songs that cross section them a little bit, that touch on some of the other albums, but maybe has a couple of (Paul) McCartney solo pieces just to whet the appetite."
Following intermission, the band and orchestra will play "Abbey Road" tracks in succession. "It builds and builds and builds, so you finish with Carry That Weight and do The End."
Reach Ed at 330-580-8315 and ebalint@gannett.com
If you go
What: Canton Symphony Orchestra pops concert featuring The Beatles' "Abbey Road" album
When: 7:30 p.m. Saturday
Where: Umstattd Hall, 2331 17th St. NW in Canton, at the Zimmermann Symphony Center
Tickets: $27, $37 and $57. Available at www.cantonsymphony.org/abbey-road and by calling the box office at 330-452-2094. | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/entertainment/2022/04/07/canton-symphony-pops-concert-features-beatles-iconic-abbey-road/7094684001/ | 2022-04-07T15:14:27Z |
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Florida deputies had to pull a suspect out of a swamp after he tried hiding in a pond while fleeing from them, as seen on body cam video.
The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office said Alunzo Devon Peoples, 23, of Gainesville fled from deputies Thursday morning when a deputy tried to pull his vehicle over due to a suspended license.
Peoples did a u-turn and tried to speed away while a deputy followed from a safe distance, according to deputies.
The sheriff’s office said the suspect continued making turns and ran through a red light before it drove over another deputy’s stop sticks on CR-304. This caused the vehicle to lose control and crash into a canal.
Peoples then abandoned the vehicle, prompting deputies to set up a perimeter and search for him.
The sheriff’s office said Peoples was found in a cypress pond 200 yards away from the crash site after a helicopter with the Volusia Sheriff’s Office spotted his heat signature from the air.
Flagler County marine deputies then deployed an airboat to find him.
Body cam video showed the deputies call out for Peoples, who told them he was coming to turn himself in. The deputies then asked him if he was injured as he was being handcuffed.
“Hey, chin up, everything’s done now,” one deputy said to Peoples. “Hey, no hard feelings. It is what it is. You got caught.”
The sheriff’s office said 2.56 gram of cocaine were found in a plastic bag that fell out of People’s vehicle while it was being towed away.
“We do not give up getting our man,” Sheriff Rick Staly added. “Fleeing from a deputy is never a smart move. You only go to jail tired and, in this case, muddy and wet! He also endangered our deputies and citizens with his reckless driving.”
Peoples was arrested on four charges, including fleeing and eluding and cocaine possession. | https://cw33.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/video-florida-man-crashes-while-fleeing-deputies-tries-hiding-in-swamp/ | 2022-08-21T03:29:51Z |
GREENSBORO, N.C., June 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Triad Business Bank (OTC Pink: TBBC)(the "Bank") held its annual meeting of shareholders on June 8, 2022. At the meeting the seven director nominees were elected for the terms specified in the Bank's proxy statement, the proposal to amend the Bank's long-term stock incentive plan to increase the number of shares reserved for issuance to 660,000 shares was approved, and the appointment of Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP, now operating as FORVIS LLP, was ratified.
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With three co-equal offices located in Winston-Salem, High Point and Greensboro, Triad Business Bank focuses on meeting the needs of small to midsize businesses and their owners by providing loans, treasury management and private banking, all with a high level of personal attention and best-in-class technology. For more information, visit www.triadbusinessbank.com
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NANNING, China, Aug. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Recently, the lung CT image-aided diagnosis software developed by Guangxi Yizhun Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. ("Yizhun") in National Nanning Economic & Technological Development Area ("Area") has been granted the registration certificate of class III medical devices (GXZZ20223210687).
Nanning's investment promotion departments at all levels aim at creating biomedical industry clusters through high starting point planning and attraction of targeted investments, according to National Nanning Economic & Technological Development Area Management Committee. In the Area, the biomedical industry, involving the fields of production, inspection & testing, sales and distribution, continually expands in industrial scale and gradually improves in industrial chain. The approved "lung CT image-aided diagnosis software" is the first software in Guangxi province and the country's eighth one with the registration certificate of class III AI medical devices and software, and the sixth in Guangxi province and the second in Nanning city to have received the certificate. This is another achievement of the city's continuous optimization of services for moved-in enterprises and solid efforts in building up the biopharmaceutical industry.
In terms of precise investments, the Area has compiled a panorama of biopharmaceutical industry chain, positively brought in investments in the industry chain and industry clusters and introduced a batch of key projects such as Hainan Huluwa Pharmaceutical, Guangdong Yili Pharmaceutical, Yida Xiansheng, Sinopharm Group and Guangxi LiuYao Group, forming an industrial development pattern with biopharmaceuticals, traditional Chinese medicine, health care products, medical devices and modern pharmaceutical logistics as main fields. According to information, the Area is the major ground to develop the biopharmaceutical industry in the city, and there are currently 625 biopharmaceutical enterprises in the Area.
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Former jobs of every Supreme Court justice
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Former jobs of every Supreme Court justice
Since its establishment in 1789 by the U.S. Constitution, the U.S. Supreme Court has seen 17 chief justices, and 116 justices in total. Many landmark cases have passed through the Supreme Court of the U.S. (SCOTUS), having set precedents and changed the fabric of society.
Stacker compiled an account of the educational and professional history of each current Supreme Court justice, including Ketanji Brown Jackson, the newest member. Each justice’s background is divided into three sections: education, early career life, and professional life in the years leading up to their tenures on the Supreme Court.
The SCOTUS has been predominantly white and male since its founding. In fact, all but eight of the court’s 116 justices have been white men. Sandra Day O’Connor was the first woman to be confirmed to the Supreme Court in 1981; Thurgood Marshall was the first person of color to be appointed to the court in 1967; and Jackson became the first Black woman confirmed to the highest court in the nation on April 7, 2022.
The current Supreme Court justices took different paths to achieve their current esteemed positions. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died in 2020, was appointed in 1993 and faced many challenges on her path to becoming a SCOTUS justice. She encountered sexism in her attempt to get clerkships as a female law graduate in the 1950s and received lower pay than her male colleagues when she taught at Rutgers Law School in the 1960s.
When Clarence Thomas was applying for jobs as a new law graduate, he found that some law firms did not take his Yale juris doctorate degree seriously because the university had been trying to fulfill quotas of Black students at the time. Sonia Sotomayor spoke out in support of Hispanic rights as a student and as a judge, and experienced roadblocks when she was nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals due to Republican beliefs that President Bill Clinton was trying to facilitate her nomination as the first Hispanic person in the Supreme Court. She was confirmed to the SCOTUS in 2009.
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Clarence Thomas: Education
Clarence Thomas earned a B.A. in English from the College of the Holy Cross in Massachusetts, where he helped create the Black Student Union. He obtained a J.D. from Yale in 1974, though law firms did not take his degree seriously when he was applying for jobs. He cited that law firms assumed that he got into the program because of the law school’s increase in its quota of Black students, and thus put less weight on LSAT scores and grades for those students.
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Clarence Thomas: Early career life
After his admittance to the Missouri Bar in 1974, Thomas worked as assistant attorney general of Missouri under state Attorney General John Danforth, and was the only African American on Danforth’s staff. After changing roles when Danforth was elected to the Senate in 1976, Thomas returned to work for him in the late ‘70s as a legislative assistant focusing on energy issues for the Senate Commerce Committee. Danforth would play an important role in endorsing Thomas as a Supreme Court justice.
In the early 1980s, Thomas took on the role of assistant secretary of education for the Office for Civil Rights in the Department of Education, and then as chairman of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from 1982 to 1990. In the latter role, Thomas sought cases of individual discrimination rather than adhere to the commission’s habitual method of filing class-action discrimination lawsuits. He opined that Black leaders were all talk and no action in terms of the Reagan administration’s shortcomings, and that they should have collaborated with the federal government to improve issues such as illiteracy and teen pregnancy.
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Clarence Thomas: Before the Supreme Court
President George H. W. Bush nominated Thomas to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in 1989, despite Thomas having said he did not want to be a judge. Nevertheless, other African Americans working in government backed him, including Secretary of Transportation William Coleman. In 1991, shortly after Thurgood Marshall declared that he’d be retiring, President Bush nominated Thomas to replace him on the Supreme Court.
Some civil rights and feminist organizations were against Thomas’ appointment due in part to his condemnation of affirmative action, as well as apprehensions that he might have been against Roe v. Wade. After Thomas’ confirmation hearings ended, but before the Senate officially approved his nomination, Anita Hill accused Thomas of verbal sexual harassment in a leaked FBI interview. In reopened hearings, Thomas denied the allegations and maintained his right to privacy. The Judiciary Committee voted to send Thomas’ nomination to the Senate, and after further investigation with no substantial evidence of sexual harassment, the Senate confirmed Thomas to the Supreme Court in October 1991.
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Stephen Breyer: Education
Before Stephen Breyer graduated from Harvard Law School with an LL.B. (a bachelor of laws degree) in 1964, he earned a bachelor of arts in philosophy from Stanford in ‘59, and studied philosophy, politics, and economics as a Marshall Scholar at Oxford’s Magdalen College. While at Harvard, Breyer worked as an editor for the Harvard Law Review and graduated with honors.
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Stephen Breyer: Early career life
In 1964, Breyer clerked for Associate Justice Arthur Goldberg and later worked in the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice as a special assistant to the assistant attorney general. In 1967 he began teaching at his alma mater, Harvard Law School, and later worked as an assistant prosecutor on the Watergate Special Prosecution Force in 1973.
He served as special counsel, and later as chief counsel, to the Administrative Practices Subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee. He collaborated with the committee’s chairman Edward M. Kennedy to execute the Airline Deregulation Act.
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Stephen Breyer: Before the Supreme Court
In 1980, President Jimmy Carter appointed Breyer to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, where he later served as chief judge from 1990 to 1994. As a member of the U.S. Sentencing Commission from 1985 to 1989, Breyer played an instrumental part in reshaping criminal sentencing procedures on the federal level, as well as creating the Federal Sentencing Guidelines.
Following the retirement of Harry Blackmun, President Bill Clinton nominated Breyer to the position of associate justice of the Supreme Court in 1994. He was confirmed the same year. As a Supreme Court judge, Breyer maintains a pragmatic approach to law, and looks to “purpose and consequences” in interpreting laws. He has uniformly voted to support abortion rights and has largely deferred to Congress, hardly ever voting to reverse congressional legislation.
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John Roberts: Education
Current Chief Justice John Roberts earned a bachelor’s degree from Harvard University in 1976 and stayed on to obtain his J.D. in ‘79. In his undergraduate degree, he wrote a thesis paper on early 20th-century British liberalism. In law school, he worked as managing editor of the Harvard Law Review and as a law clerk.
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John Roberts: Early career life
As a new law graduate, Roberts clerked for appellate Judge Henry Friendly and William Rehnquist, whom he succeeded on the Supreme Court. In the 1980s, Roberts served as special assistant to U.S. Attorney General William French Smith, and then as associate counsel to President Ronald Reagan. While working for the law firm Hogan & Hartson in the mid-1980s, Roberts carried out pro bono work for LGBTQ+ rights activists and prepped arguments for the 1996 case Romer v. Evans, which involved sexual orientation as related to state law.
In 1989, Roberts took on the role of principal deputy solicitor general under President George H. W. Bush. After three years as solicitor general, he returned to practicing law privately and taught law at Georgetown University. He was part of the team of lawyers that advised Gov. Jeb Bush during the 2000 presidential election recount in Florida.
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John Roberts: Before the Supreme Court
In 2001, Roberts was nominated to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (D.C. Circuit) but was not confirmed until 2003 due to disagreements between the Bush administration and the majority Democratic Senate. As a Supreme Court judge, Roberts ruled over several significant cases, including Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, which was a question of the legal validity of military tribunals.
In 2005, President George W. Bush initially nominated Roberts to the Supreme Court to fill the shoes of Associate Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, who had retired. However, upon the death of William Rehnquist later that year, Bush renominated Roberts to the role of chief justice. Regarding his judicial philosophy, Roberts likened judges to baseball umpires, saying “it’s my job to call the balls and strikes and not to pitch or bat.”
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Samuel A. Alito Jr.: Education
Samuel Alito graduated from Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs in 1972. He then received his law degree from Yale in 1975, where he was editor of the Yale Law Journal. While at Princeton, Alito chaired a 1971 student conference called “The Boundaries of Privacy in American Society,” which, among other things, called for a statute and a court to govern national security surveillance, elimination of discrimination against gay people in hiring processes, and the decriminalization of sodomy. The extent to which the conference agenda mirrors Alito’s personal convictions is unknown.
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Samuel A. Alito Jr.: Early career life
After graduating from law school, Alito clerked under Judge Leonard Garth in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. From the early to mid-1980s, he worked as Deputy Assistant to the U.S. Solicitor General Rex E. Lee, under whom he argued 12 cases for the federal government in the Supreme Court. From 1987 to 1990, Alito served as the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, appointed by Ronald Reagan. In this role, he successfully prosecuted the 1988 case of an FBI agent who was shot in the field and prosecuted a sympathizer of the Japanese Red Army who was found with homemade bombs in his car at a New Jersey Turnpik service center.
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Samuel A. Alito Jr.: Before the Supreme Court
From 1990 until his nomination to the Supreme Court, Alito worked as a judge in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Although broadly conservative in his judicial approach, he handled rulings on each case differently.
As the son of an Italian immigrant, Alito was understanding of the issues of people he found similar to himself, exemplified in the case of Fatin v. INS, in which an Iranian woman was seeking asylum. In 2005, President George W. Bush nominated Alito to replace Sandra Day O’Connor on the Supreme Court, and he was confirmed the following year. Alito still rules based on the case at hand, though he frequently veers on the side of conservatism.
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Sonia Sotomayor: Education
The first Hispanic and third woman to serve on the Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor earned an undergraduate degree from Princeton, where she co-chaired the Puerto Rican activist group Acción Puertorriqueña. As part of this group, she accused the Princeton administration of bias against Puerto Ricans in their hiring process. In the same vein of Puerto Rican rights, she also wrote a senior thesis on Puerto Rican journalist Luis Muñoz Marín. In pursuing her J.D. from Yale, she was editor of the Yale Law Review and published a notable article on how statehood would impact Puerto Rico’s mineral rights.
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Sonia Sotomayor: Early career life
Freshly out of law school in 1979, Sotomayor landed a position as an assistant district attorney under New York District Attorney Robert Morgenthau. In the wake of rampant New York crime rates, she dealt with substantial caseloads including shoplifting, police brutality, and murder. In terms of serious felonies, Sotomayor said, “No matter how liberal I am, I am still outraged by crimes of violence,” especially for violent crime within the Hispanic community.
In her role as a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, she took anti-government stances in numerous cases and was known for administering heavy sentences in criminal cases. In the notable case Silverman v. Major League Baseball Player Relations Committee, Inc., Sotomayor’s preliminary injunction against Major League Baseball barred it from executing a new collective bargaining agreement, thus putting a stop to the months-long 1994 baseball strike.
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Sonia Sotomayor: Before the Supreme Court
In 1997, President Bill Clinton nominated Sotomayor to a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. However, Senate Republicans delayed her confirmation process because they believed that Clinton had an ulterior motive of positioning her for a Supreme Court nomination as the first Hispanic judge. Sotomayor was confirmed to the Court of Appeals in 1998.
As a judge, she was described as a centrist by the ABA Journal. As a member of the Second Circuit Task Force on Gender, Racial and Ethnic Fairness in the Courts, Sotomayor presented the annual Judge Mario G. Olmos Memorial Lecture at the University of California, Berkeley in 2001, in which she talked in part about the history of women and minorities who rose to become federal judges.
In the 2002 abortion case Center for Reproductive Law and Policy v. Bush, Sotomayor defended the Bush administration’s enactment of the Mexico City Policy, detailing that the U.S. would refrain from subsidizing nongovernmental organizations that perform or advocate for abortions in other countries. President Barack Obama nominated Sotomayor to the Supreme Court in 2009, and she was confirmed the same year.
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Elena Kagan: Education
Elena Kagan graduated from Princeton in 1981, received an M.Phil. from Oxford’s Worcester College as a Daniel M. Sachs Graduating Fellow in ‘83, and earned her J.D. from Harvard Law School in ‘86, graduating with honors. At Princeton, Kagan was the editorial chair of The Daily Princetonian, and in collaboration with several other students, wrote a Declaration of the Campaign for a Democratic University, which detailed a need to retool university governance on a core level.
At Worcester College, Kagan wrote a thesis on “The Development and Erosion of the American Exclusionary Rule: A Study in Judicial Method.” At Harvard, she worked as supervising editor of the Harvard Law Review. She was described as being good with people and gained the respect of everyone despite divisive political views on campus.
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Elena Kagan: Early career life
In 1987 Kagan clerked for Judge Abner J. Mikva on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, and a year later clerked for Justice Thurgood Marshall on the U.S. Supreme Court. As a lawyer for the D.C. firm Williams & Connolly, Kagan worked on five lawsuits rooted in issues of the First Amendment and media law. In the early 1990s, she took a job as an assistant professor at the University of Chicago Law School, where she published an influential law review article in which she argued that the SCOTUS should investigate governmental motives when dealing with cases concerning the First Amendment. Two years after she got her assistant professorship, Joe Biden appointed her as special counsel for the Senate Judiciary Committee, where she played a part in the confirmation hearings of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
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Elena Kagan: Before the Supreme Court
Prior to her nomination to the Supreme Court, Kagan worked as associate White House Counsel for President Bill Clinton from 1995 to 1996, as deputy assistant to the president for domestic policy, and as deputy director of the Domestic Policy Council. In the latter role, Kagan co-wrote a memo asking that Clinton back a ban on late-term abortions.
After returning to academia for a decade, Kagan was nominated to the position of solicitor general by Barack Obama, and became the first woman in the role. Though considered to be part of the liberal wing of the SCOTUS, Kagan veers on the moderate side. Obama nominated her to the Supreme Court in 2010, and she was confirmed the same year.
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Neil Gorsuch: Education
Neil Gorsuch received his B.A. in political science from Columbia in 1988, followed by a J.D. from Harvard in 1991, and finally, a Ph.D. in law from Oxford in 2004. While at Columbia, he wrote for the Columbia Daily Spectator and co-founded an alternative student newspaper called The Fed, as well as the magazine The Morningside Review. At Harvard, Gorsuch worked as an editor for the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy and was described as conservative amidst a student population of “ardent liberals,” according to the Boston Globe’s Michael Levenson.
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Neil Gorsuch: Early career life
After completing a judicial clerkship for SCOTUS Justices Byron White and Anthony Kennedy, Gorsuch practiced commercial law at Kellogg Huber, where he worked on securities fraud, antitrust, and contracts cases. In the case of Dura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v Broudo, Gorsuch communicated that he believed that securities fraud litigation is burdensome to the economy.
He also worked as principal deputy to Associate Attorney General Robert McCallum at the U.S. Department of Justice, where he worked on civil litigation cases, as well as terror litigation related to President Bush’s War on Terror. Generally, Gorsuch is a constitutional originalist, which is to say that he believes that the constitution should be deciphered as it was originally written.
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Neil Gorsuch: Before the Supreme Court
Before his confirmation as a Supreme Court Justice, Gorsuch spent 11 years on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. In this role, in the case of Hobby Lobby Stores v. Sebelius, Gorsuch wrote a concurrence—or an attempt to prove both guilty action and guilty mind—when the en banc circuit determined that the Affordable Care Act law requiring employers to provide their employees with health insurance that partially covers contraception violated the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
Politically, Gorsuch supports a broad interpretation of freedom of religion. David Savage of the Los Angeles Times described him as “a libertarian who is quick to oppose unchecked government power.” President Donald Trump nominated Gorsuch to the Supreme Court in February 2017, and while the Senate Judiciary Committee approved the nomination, Democrats filibustered until Republicans broke it with a simple majority vote and confirmed Gorsuch to the SCOTUS.
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Brett Kavanaugh: Education
The most recently confirmed Supreme Court justice received both his B.A. and J.D. from Yale, the latter in 1990. During his time at Yale Law School, Kavanaugh was an editor for the Yale Law Journal. He reportedly said during his law school confirmation hearing testimony, “I got into Yale Law School. That’s the number-one law school in the country. I had no connections there. I got there by busting my tail in college.”
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Brett Kavanaugh: Early career life
In his early years in law, Kavanaugh worked as a clerk for judges in the U.S. Court of Appeals in the Third and Ninth Circuits. In the early 1990s, he completed a year-long fellowship with U.S. solicitor general at the time, Ken Starr, with whom he returned to work years later as an associate counselor in the Office of the Independent Counsel. In this role, Kavanaugh helmed the writing of the 1998 Starr Report to Congress, which detailed the scandal involving Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky.
In late 2000, Kavanaugh became part of George W. Bush’s legal team that strove to stop the recount of Florida ballots in the controversial 2000 presidential election between Bush and Al Gore. From 2003 to 06, he worked as assistant to President George W. Bush and White House Staff Secretary.
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Brett Kavanaugh: Before the Supreme Court
In 2003, President Bush nominated Kavanaugh to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, but his confirmation was delayed for three years because Senatorial Democrats believed him to be too biased. Kavanaugh asserted his conservative views on a host of important issues, including abortion and employment discrimination, throughout his 12 years as a judge on the appeals court.
Following President Trump’s nomination of Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court in July 2018, Christine Blasey Ford publicly stated that Kavanaugh had sexually molested her when they were in high school. During Senate Judiciary Committee hearings in September 2018, Kavanaugh vehemently denied the allegations. After an FBI investigation yielded no substantial evidence to validate Ford’s claim, the Senate confirmed Kavanaugh in a 50-48 vote on Oct. 6, 2018.
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Amy Coney Barrett: Education
Amy Coney Barrett attended Rhodes College, a liberal arts school in Memphis, Tennessee, affiliated with the Presbyterian Church. She graduated in 1994 with a bachelor of arts in English; she also won the awards for “Most Outstanding English Major” and “Most Outstanding Senior Thesis.” Barrett went on to attend Notre Dame Law School. During her time there, she served as an executive editor of the Notre Dame Law Review. When she graduated in 1997, she was awarded the Hoynes Prize, which is given to the student with the “best record in scholarship, deportment, and achievement.”
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Amy Coney Barrett: Early career life
After graduating from Notre Dame, Barrett clerked for Judge Laurence H. Silberman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit from 1997 to 1998, and then for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia the following year. When that clerkship ended in 1999, Barrett went into private practice, joining the D.C. law firm Miller, Cassidy, Larroca & Lewin. In 2001, she joined George Washington University Law School as an adjunct professor, and then, in 2002, she returned to her alma mater Notre Dame where she was eventually named a Professor of Law in 2010.
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Amy Coney Barrett: Before the Supreme Court
In 2017, President Trump nominated Barrett to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. During the hearings on her nomination, Barrett was questioned about a 1998 law review article that she co-wrote arguing that Catholic judges should recuse themselves from death penalty cases in some instances due to their moral opposition to capital punishment. Democratic senators’ skepticism surrounding Barrett’s ability to separate her faith from legal decisions came under fire from religious conservatives, while LGBTQ+ civil rights organization Lambda Legal cosigned a letter opposing Barrett’s nomination, also concerned she wouldn’t be able to separate her religion from rulings on LGBTQ+ issues. Ultimately, Barrett was confirmed by the Senate.
While on the Seventh Circuit, Barrett dissented after the majority upheld the district court’s preliminary injunction against the “public charge” rule, an effort by the Trump administration to raise the standard for obtaining green cards and immigrant visas. She also dissented when the court upheld the federal law preventing felons from owning firearms.
In September 2020, Trump nominated Barrett to the Supreme Court. While largely supported by Republicans, Democrats opposed Barrett’s nomination on the grounds that they’d be filling a seat on the bench while an election was underway in many U.S. states. The nomination was especially contested because, in 2016, the Senate Republican majority refused to consider President Barack Obama’s nomination of Merrick Garland more than 10 months before the end of Obama’s presidency. By comparison, when Trump nominated Barrett, only four months remained in his term. The confirmation hearings went on, however, and Barrett was confirmed as an associate justice of the SCOTUS on Oct. 27, 2020.
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Ketanji Brown Jackson: Education
As a high school senior in Miami, Ketanji Brown Jackson’s guidance counselor reportedly told her to set her sights a bit lower when she expressed interest in applying to Harvard University. She rejected that advice, and was accepted into Harvard. There, Jackson studied government and the decorated high-school orator also pursued the arts. She was a member of the student improv group On Thin Ice and took drama classes, once working with fellow student Matt Damon as his scene partner. In 1992, Jackson graduated from Harvard with a bachelor of arts degree.
After a year-long stint as a reporter and researcher at Time, Jackson returned to Cambridge to attend Harvard Law School. She served as a supervising editor of the Harvard Law Review and graduated with her J.D. in 1996.
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Ketanji Brown Jackson: Early career life
Fresh out of Harvard Law School, Jackson held three clerkships: one for the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, another for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, and then—after a year in private practice (at the same private law firm where Barrett worked)—for Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, whose seat she is filling.
Jackson then returned to private practice from 2000 to 2003, working at Goodwin Procter in Boston and at what is now known as Feinberg Rozen in New York. In the two years that followed, she became an assistant special counsel to the U.S. Sentencing Commission, and then, from 2005 to 2007, a federal public defender in Washington D.C., handling cases before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. From 2007 to 2010, Jackson worked as an appellate specialist at Morrison & Foerster in Washington D.C.
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Ketanji Brown Jackson: Before the Supreme Court
Jackson left Morrison & Foerster in 2010 to become vice-chair of the U.S. Sentencing Commission, nominated by Obama in 2009. During her time in the position, which she held until 2014, she reduced sentences for drug-related offenses. In 2012, Obama nominated Jackson to serve as a judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia; she was confirmed in 2013. In one of her most high-profile cases, Jackson ruled against the Trump administration’s challenge to subpoena former White House counsel Don McGahn to testify in the impeachment inquiry against the president. One portion of Jackson’s opinion made headlines: “Stated simply, the primary takeaway from the past 250 years of recorded American history is that Presidents are not kings,” she wrote. “This means that they do not have subjects, bound by loyalty or blood, whose destiny they are entitled to control.”
Jackson moved one step closer to the SCOTUS in 2021 when President Joe Biden nominated her to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Less than a year later, Biden announced that Jackson was his nominee for associate justice of the Supreme Court. After contentious hearings, Jackson was confirmed by the Senate on April 7, 2022. She is the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court as well as the high court’s first former public defender. | https://localnews8.com/stacker-news/2022/04/07/former-jobs-of-every-supreme-court-justice/ | 2022-04-08T08:03:51Z |
Judge Denies Haart's Claims to 50% Ownership of Scaglia Companies & Property
"It's time for Ms. Haart to acknowledge her lies regarding 50% ownership," Davis said. "She must retract all inaccurate statements made to the media and business community that she owned 50% of Freedom, EWG or associated properties." Scaglia's attorney Lanny J. Davis said. "We also plan to challenge Netflix's right to continue filming My Unorthodox Life in what is now proven company property – which I believe Ms. Haart is no longer entitled to use."
NEW YORK , May 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Renowned tech entrepreneur and global talent agency chairman Silvio Scaglia received a major win in Delaware when a judge ruled Scaglia to be the controlling owner of Elite World Group ("EWG") and its parent company, Freedom Holding, Inc. This decision comes in response to a petition filed by Julia Haart, Scaglia's estranged wife, on February 11, 2022, claiming equal ownership of the company – just two days after being terminated as CEO of EWG.
"I always had faith that 'fake it till you make it,' would not hold up in a court of law," Scaglia said. "The challenge to my ownership of Freedom and EWG was always based on lies, and I'm happy to have this behind me."
Vice Chancellor Morgan T. Zurn ruled on May 26, 2022, in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, in a final order, "Haart is therefore not entitled to the relief she seeks in Counts I, II, III, and IV" – i.e., the four counts relating to her lie about owning 50% of all of Scaglia's properties and businesses.
"It's time for Ms. Haart to acknowledge her lies regarding 50% ownership," Davis said. "She must retract all inaccurate statements made to the media and business community that she owned 50% of Freedom, EWG or associated properties. Even after Vice Chancellor Zurn's final order, Ms. Haart could not resist trying to 'fake it,' saying that the court's decision wasn't 'final.'"
The Hon. Vice Chancellor Zurn wrote that her forthcoming memorandum opinion would include the "reasons detailed" for the final order rejecting Haart's four false claims that she owned 50% of Scaglia's companies and property. Vice Chancellor Zurn also wrote she "has made her key factual findings and legal conclusions," and issued the order to "expedite finality and steady Freedom and EWG."
Additionally, Mr. Davis plans to challenge Netflix's right to continue filming My Unorthodox Life at 70 Vestry Street. "The apartment is in what is now proven company property – which I believe Ms. Haart is no longer entitled to use," Davis said. "She signed a contract with Netflix, saying that she 'owned' the apartment – a lie." Davis had previously sent a cease-and-desist demand to Netflix and its producers, asking them to stop filming the series My Unorthodox Life at 70 Vestry Street.
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Leading Fast-Casual Franchise Debuts New Prototype After a Record Year of Development
ATLANTA, May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Schlotzsky's®, a leading fast-casual restaurant franchise known for its bold flavors and famous sandwich, The Original®, announced today it has opened its first Design 1000 restaurant in Oklahoma City. Introduced in Q4 2020 alongside the single drive-thru Design 1800, the Design 1000 features two drive-thrus, one on each side of the restaurant. The window on the driver side is for traditional drive-thru ordering and the passenger side window is exclusively for first-party and third-party delivery pickups. Now available to existing and prospective franchisees, this prototype is a nod to the brand's commitment to off-premise access, featuring no indoor seating and a walk-up ordering window in addition to the double drive-thru.
"Over the past couple of years, we've been allocating resources and shifting focus to develop prototypes that offer increased convenience and ease of use for our guests. Design 1000 places an emphasis on off-premise ordering and takes these efforts up a notch," says Shelley Harris, Interim Chief Brand Officer of Schlotzsky's. "We know there is consumer demand for greater accessibility to their favorite Schlotzsky's menu items, so this format, which is entirely focused on off-premise access, gives consumers what they are looking for and provides franchisees with a more compact restaurant design to consider for development."
Drive-thrus have always been a hallmark for Schlotzsky's, with more than 85 percent of total business being consumed off premises. Both the Design 1000 and Design 1800 support the off-premise trend by providing superior operational efficiencies to enhance the speed of service and accuracy, while also giving current and prospective franchisees the flexibility to develop with competitive real estate. Now, with both new designs in operation, Schlotzsky's plans to gather insights and key data from these restaurants to continue to refine the prototypes for operators interested in growing with the brand. The first Design 1000 location in Oklahoma City is a company-owned and operated restaurant.
2021 was a record development year for the brand, signing 124 franchise agreements with both new and existing franchisees. Today, with 323 restaurants in 24 states and more on the way, Schlotzsky's is in the midst of aggressive expansion through conversions and new construction. Franchise opportunities remain in markets across the U.S., including Missouri, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina, and other key markets in the Midwest and Southeast. For more information about development opportunities with Schlotzsky's, please visit www.schlotzskysfranchising.com.
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Schlotzsky's® is a fast-casual restaurant franchise that started in 1971 and is home to The Original® oven-baked sandwich. The brand started in Austin, Texas and the made-to-order menu options still include bold flavors and fresh ingredients inspired by the food scene in Austin. All 300+ restaurants are serving delicious hot sandwiches on sourdough buns baked from scratch each day, specialty pizzas and fresh salads. Plus, many locations offer warm, oven-baked Cinnabon cinnamon rolls. Check us out online at www.schlotzskys.com to find a store near you. Connect with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.
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LOMPOC, Calif., April 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Bureau of Land Management announced on Thursday that 95 federally protected wild horses died over the previous five days from a respiratory disease likely caused by an equine influenza virus. The deaths have occurred in corrals at the Colorado Department of Corrections in Cañon City, where the Bureau of Land Management is warehousing 2,550 wild horses.
In response, Return to Freedom Wild Horse Conservation (RTF), a national nonprofit advocacy organization, is calling for Congress to demand improved care and biosecurity for captured wild horses and burros – and for a long-overdue shift away from the mismanagement putting thousands of federally protected wild horses and burros into overcrowded off-range holding facilities.
"After enduring the trauma of their forced capture and removal from their home ranges in helicopter roundups, being separated from their family bands, then transported in trailers to confinement in government facilities, these once wild and free wild horses and burros are scared, stressed and more vulnerable to illness," RTF President Neda DeMayo said. "Failing to make the needed changes that will stop more wild horses and burros from ending up in overcrowded conditions is negligent and inexcusable."
Congress has called for wild horses and burros to be relocated to lower-cost and more natural pastures. As of February, the BLM was warehousing 21,784 wild horses and burros in large corral facilities like Cañon City at a daily cost to taxpayers of $6.19 per horse, however.
By comparison, it costs taxpayers $2.17 per horse, per day, to care for an additional 38,827 wild horses on leased or government pastureland.
RTF is urging lawmakers to hold the agency and its contractors accountable not just for maintaining best practices for the humane handling, care and biosecurity for wild horses and burros, but for routinely revising those protocols and increasing transparency.
"Congress must demand that the bar for standard of care for federally protected wild horses is not only met but raised ever-higher," DeMayo said. "Taxpayers who have invested so much into our public lands and the protection of wild horses and burros expect nothing less."
Concerns about off-range holding are magnified by the BLM's plans to remove a record 19,000 wild horses and burros from their home ranges this year. The agency intends to only treat only 2,300 wild horses with proven, safe and humane fertility control over the same period.
RTF has long advocated for the use of a readily available fertility control vaccine that if properly implemented can replace removals as the agency's primary management tool and allow for the phasing out of long-term holding.
In recent years, Congress has provided increased funding for fertility control – "BLM has valuable tools at its disposal today to control wild horse and burro populations humanely," wrote the Senate Interior Appropriations Committee last year – but the agency has put little to that use.
Instead, the BLM continues chasing its own arbitrary population targets from Herd Management Area to Herd Management Area, decimating wild herds, then soon returning with helicopters to put more wild horses and burros into off-range holding.
It is clear that if Congress does not hold BLM's feet to the fire, the cycle of capture, removal and costly warehousing of wild horses and burros will continue as it has for decades.
"The deaths of dozens of wild horses in Cañon City must be investigated and steps taken to improve the safety and well-being of wild horses and burros, but that is not enough," DeMayo said. "Congress can and must reduce the chances of further tragedy by pushing the BLM away from the endless cycle of capture-removal-warehousing that has failed America's wild herds and taxpayers alike."
Return to Freedom Wild Horse Conservation (RTF) is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to wild horse preservation through sanctuary, education, conservation, and advocacy since 1998. It also operates the American Wild Horse Sanctuary at three California locations, caring for more than 450 wild horses and burros. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for updates about wild horses and burros on the range and at our sanctuary.
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Manhattan Chamber of Commerce hosts the Manhattan Military Relations Committee
MANHATTAN, Kan. (WIBW) - Today the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce hosted the Manhattan Military Relations Committee at the Hilton Garden Inn to gather people to talk about building relationships.
The committee meets every first Wednesday of the month for a luncheon at various locations in Manhattan. The committee focuses on building and maintaining mutually beneficial relationships, facilitating communications, and coordinating activities among the Manhattan community and Fort Riley.
The main guest speaker was congressman Tracey Mann, as Fort Riley active duty soldiers and their family members, civilian employees and contractors, and the Manhattan community were in attendance for the luncheon.
Military Community Liaison, Janet Nichols, said that they have numerous military events at these luncheons and that it is a way to see if people want to join the military. ”Community relations is really important both for Manhattan and for Fort Riley and so we look for ways to mutually benefit both communities, were stronger together were better together so any way that I can help Manhattan and the Chamber of Commerce and Riley County interact with Fort Riley,” said Nichols.
Nichols also mentioned that she has a touch on it all to build Fort Riley and the 1st Infantry Division up along with Manhattan at the same time. She is constantly working with different groups to help out both sides. Next months guest speaker is going to be Ronald Harrison from the American Overseas Schools Historical Society.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings Inc. (NASD: MTSI) will replace SailPoint Technologies Holdings Inc. (NYSE: SAIL) in the S&P MidCap 400 effective prior to the opening of trading on Wednesday, August 17. Thoma Brava is acquiring SailPoint Technologies Holdings in a deal expected to be completed soon pending final conditions.
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University professor fired after police charge him for murder of student
ATLANTA (CBS46/Gray News) - A university in Georgia fired a professor after police said the man was arrested for the murder of a student early Saturday morning.
The Carrollton Police Department said 47-year-old Richard Sigman is charged with murder, aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime.
The charges come after police say 18-year-old Anna Jones showed up to a hospital with a gunshot wound on July 30 just before 12:30 a.m.
Investigators said preliminary information indicates that the former professor and another man got into a verbal argument at a restaurant, WGCL reported.
The man reportedly told police Sigman had threatened to shoot him. When security approached Sigman, they saw he had a weapon and told him to leave.
The investigation indicates Sigman then walked into the parking lot and began shooting into a parked vehicle, hitting Jones, who was inside.
The University of West Georgia President Brendan Kelly released the following statement saying in part:
“On behalf of the university, we wish to convey our deepest condolences to Anna’s family and many friends. We know this news is difficult to process and affects many members of our university community. We ask that you keep Anna’s family, friends, and all who have been touched by this tragedy in your thoughts during this tremendously difficult time.”
According to police, friends of Jones immediately drove her to the hospital where she later died.
Jones had recently graduated from Mount Zion High School, the school’s Facebook page says, and had planned to go to the University of West Georgia.
Ethan Lepard, a friend of Jones, said she was a sweet, caring girl and that he “will miss her forever.”
“There are so many good qualities, no one could list them all,” he said. “She was always so positive, and was an amazing friend to everyone.”
The university is offering counseling and support services to all students, faculty and staff. Resources can be found at westga.edu/wellness.
Students can also call the UWG Counseling Center 24/7 by dialing 678-839-6428 and selecting option 2.
Anyone with information about this case is asked to contact the Carrollton Police Department at 770-834-4451.
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New Mexico judge disqualifies Cowboys for Trump founder from public office
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico state district court judge has disqualified county commissioner and Cowboys for Trump cofounder Couy Griffin from holding public office for engaging in insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
State District Court Judge Francis Mathew issued a ruling Tuesday that permanently prohibits Griffin from holding or seeking local or federal office.
Griffin was previously convicted in federal court of a misdemeanor for entering Capitol grounds on Jan. 6. He was sentenced to 14 days and given credit for time served.
The new ruling immediately removes Griffin from his position as a commissioner in Otero County in southern New Mexico.
“Mr. Griffin aided the insurrection even though he did not personally engage in violence,” Mathew wrote. “By joining the mob and trespassing on restricted Capitol grounds, Mr. Griffin contributed to delaying Congress’s election-certification proceedings.”
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This story has been corrected to show that Mathew is a New Mexico state district judge, not a U.S. federal judge.
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BERLIN, Conn., Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Breckenridge Pharmaceutical, Inc. announces today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted approval of its Abbreviated New Drug Application for Cabazitaxel Intravenous Powder (generic for Jevtana Kit®). This product was developed in collaboration with Natco Pharma Limited. Breckenridge received final approval for the 60mg/1.5mL (40mg/mL) strength. Breckenridge and Natco are unable to make further comment regarding the launch date for the product, as that is confidential and cannot be disclosed at this time. According to industry sales data, Jevtana Kit generated annual sales of $303 million during the twelve months ending May 2022.
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JAMES ISLAND, S.C. (WCBD) — The cast and crew of popular Netflix series “Outer Banks” are grieving after a member of their team was killed in an early-morning hit-and-run Tuesday.
The Charleston County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) of South Carolina said Alexander “AJ” Jennings, 22, was walking along a road on James Island when he was hit by a car that fled the scene. He was then hit by a second car, which also fled the scene, but was later located in downtown Charleston by officers with the Charleston Police Department.
Jennings was a cast member on Netflix’s “Outer Banks,” according to the show’s casting agency, Kimmie Stewart Casting. He served as a body double/stand-in for Chase Stokes’ character of John B. in the show’s third season.
The series is currently filming in and around Charleston.
In a Facebook post, the casting agency described Jennings as “a beautiful, kind soul & a bright light every day on set.”
Stokes remembered Jennings with a message on Instagram Wednesday morning.
“Still trying to process why certain things happen, and why the world works in the ways that it does. My heart is shattered. Your life was just starting. We JUST talked about how pumped you were about your tunes, how far you’d come with that ole 6 string and your want to keep creating art,” Stokes wrote in an Instagram story. “Always always making others hearts warm and being so damn selfless. I wish I had more words to say right now, but the past day has been a struggle to say the least. We all love you, you touched all of our lives and made us all better people, and for that– Thank you AJ. Fly high angel.”
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NEW ORLEANS, July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC ("KSF") and KSF partner, former Attorney General of Louisiana, Charles C. Foti, Jr., remind investors that they have until July 19, 2022 to file lead plaintiff applications in a securities class action lawsuit against Okta, Inc. ("Okta" or the "Company") (NASDAQGS: OKTA), if they purchased the Company's securities between March 5, 2021 and March 22, 2022, inclusive (the "Class Period"). This action is pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
If you purchased securities of Okta as above and would like to discuss your legal rights and how this case might affect you and your right to recover for your economic loss, you may, without obligation or cost to you, contact KSF Managing Partner Lewis Kahn toll-free at 1-877-515-1850 or via email (lewis.kahn@ksfcounsel.com), or visit https://www.ksfcounsel.com/cases/nasdaqgs-okta/ to learn more. If you wish to serve as a lead plaintiff in this class action, you must petition the Court by July 19, 2022.
Okta and certain of its executives are charged with failing to disclose material information during the Class Period, violating federal securities laws.
On March 22, 2022, the Company disclosed that it had detected an attempted hacking attack in late January 2022, and that, "[b]ased on our investigation to date, there is no evidence of ongoing malicious activity beyond the activity detected in January." Later that same day, the Company disclosed that "[a]fter a thorough analysis of [the hackers'] claims, we have concluded that a small percentage of customers – approximately 2.5% – have potentially been impacted and whose data may have been viewed or acted upon."
On this news, shares of Okta fell $17.88 per share, or 10.74%, to close at $148.55 per share on March 23, 2022.
The case is City of Miami Fire Fighters' and Police Officers' Retirement Trust v. Okta, Inc., No. 22-cv-02990.
KSF, whose partners include former Louisiana Attorney General Charles C. Foti, Jr., is one of the nation's premier boutique securities litigation law firms. KSF serves a variety of clients – including public institutional investors, hedge funds, money managers and retail investors – in seeking recoveries for investment losses emanating from corporate fraud or malfeasance by publicly traded companies. KSF has offices in New York, California, Louisiana and New Jersey.
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14-year old Palestinian boy killed by Israeli forces amid further West Bank violence
By Abeer Salman, Hadas Gold, Amir Tal and Andrew Carey, CNN
A 14-year-old Palestinian boy was shot dead by Israeli soldiers in the West Bank village of Husan, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, amid a series of violent incidents and clashes across the territory overnight.
The ministry named the boy as Qusai Hamamrah. The Israeli army said he threw a Molotov cocktail at soldiers. “IDF soldiers used live ammunition in order to stop the immediate threat, in accordance with the open fire regulations. A hit was identified. No IDF injuries were reported,” the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement.
Elsewhere in the West Bank, a 20-year-old Palestinian man was shot dead during clashes in Silwad, the health ministry said. It named him as Omar Alyan and said he had been shot in the chest. At least five others were treated with injuries from live fire, the ministry reported. Video on social media showed significant unrest in Silwad Wednesday night, with hundreds of people throwing rocks at Israeli military vehicles driving through the town.
In a statement, Israeli security officials said its forces were carrying out operations in the area linked to their search for a 33-year-old member of Hamas who had escaped from a Palestinian Authority prison.
The Shin Bet statement said Maad Hamed — in prison for his role in a shooting attack that killed an Israeli man in 2015 — was arrested in the nearby village of Kobar. An undisclosed number of people in Silwad were also arrested on suspicion of “promoting terrorist activities.”
Meanwhile, in Jenin, in the north of the West Bank, two Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces, the Palestinian health ministry said. Israeli security forces have stepped-up operations in Jenin in recent days, following a series of four shooting attacks in Israeli towns and cities that killed 14 people. Two of the gunmen who carried out the attacks came from the Jenin area, Israeli officials say.
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The former CEO of Peet's Coffee brings industry and leadership experience to Board
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif., Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SAMBAZON, an acronym for Sustainable Management of the Brazilian Amazon and the leading supplier of certified fair trade and organic Açaí, announced today that Shawn Conway has joined its Board of Directors. Conway will bring extensive experience in the beverage space and over 30 years of management experience with high-growth, branded consumer products and businesses.
"We are elated to bring Shawn's tremendous passion and experience to our Board of Directors as we continue to build our branded concepts and retail licensing programs," said Ryan Black, SAMBAZON's co-founder. "Shawn's background as CEO and COO of Peet's Coffee and other premier brands will help elevate our team's ability to deliver world-class customer and client experience through certified organic, fair trade Açaí bowls."
Conway previously worked at Peet's Coffee, where he rose through the ranks, moving quickly from Chief Supply Chain Officer to Chief Operating Officer before leading the brand as Chief Executive Officer. During his 12-year tenure at Peet's Coffee, Conway oversaw and guided the brand's Retail, CPG, Food Service, Office Coffee, and E-commerce channels, as well as worked closely with many essential departments including Coffee and Tea, Research & Development, Product Development, Logistics, Strategic Sourcing, Procurement, Quality Assurance, and Roasting Plant Operation.
In addition to the aforementioned roles, Conway has been actively involved in the Board of Directors for Stumptown Coffee and served as the Chairman for the Boards of Intelligentsia Coffee, Mighty Leaf Tea, and Peet's China, for several years.
"I am honored to join the Board of Directors at SAMBAZON and look forward to helping SAMBAZON continue to grow as leaders in the Açaí space," said Shawn Conway, former CEO of Peet's Coffee. "I have always had a passion for supporting great brands and businesses, and I am excited to join in their mission of providing innovative, sustainable, and responsibly sourced products."
To learn more about SAMBAZON, please visit www.sambazon.com or follow along on Instagram @sambazon.
ABOUT SAMBAZON
Founded in 2000, SAMBAZON, an acronym for Sustainable Management of the Brazilian Amazon, was the first company to introduce "certified Açaí" to the world, supplying organic and Fair Trade certified Açaí products from a proprietary supply chain to ensure transparency from the "palm of the tree to the palm of your hand." SAMBAZON recently launched Seeding Change, a documentary highlighting mission-driven brands operating on triple-bottom-line business models and using commerce as a vehicle to create a more prosperous future for the people and the planet, similarly to how SAMBAZON uses the Delicious Powers of Açaí. All SAMBAZON products, including Smoothie Packs, Ready to Eat Açaí Bowls, Juices, Energy Drinks and Açaí Bites are made from USDA Organic, Non-GMO, vegan, and Fair For Life Fair Trade Certified Açaí. SAMBAZON's Fair Trade certification has helped to protect the Amazon Rainforest and its rich biodiversity and has helped to positively impact thousands of local growers. With the commitment to invest a percentage of local Açaí purchases back into the community, SAMBAZON has contributed over $1 million to build healthcare centers, community centers and schools. For more information about Seeding Change and SAMBAZON's mission and products, visit www.sambazon.com.
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Eros Electric Merges with Juice Technology to Further Sustainable Electromobility and Expand Access to Hydropowered Green Energy for Real-Time Use
BACHENBÜLACH, Switzerland , June 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Juice Technology AG, producer of electric charging stations and software and the market leader in portable chargers for electric cars, today announced the founding of Juice Power AG. Demonstrating a clear commitment to sustainable electromobility, Juice Technology formed Juice Power as a result of a merger with Eros Electric, an independent association that has been supplying clean energy, around the clock, to power the electric vehicles.
Eros Electric was founded in 2016 by Juice Technology AG Founder and CEO Christoph Erni and Jörg Huwyler, Head of Hydropower and Biomass at Axpo. It features sub-participations in two classic hydroelectric power stations, Frisal and Eglisau. Now, as it merges with Juice Technology to form Juice Power, it is expanding access to ecological energy generation from renewable sources which generate power at the same time the energy is drawn during the charging process.
"The demand from drivers of electric cars for energy from demonstrably green production is increasing unabatedly," said Erni. "If we want to charge our cars using green energy in real time, we must make use of green sources of energy which can be regulated, such as hydropower."
According to Erni, incorporating energy generation is only the next logical step in developing electromobility. "We always say: 'Sustainable mobility starts with sustainable charging infrastructure.' But this is only the beginning. This is why we are now going one step further. The electric car, the charging station and the energy to charge the car's battery must be viewed as inseparable components of an overall concept. Electromobility as a whole will only be more ecological once everything is generated and powered with as few emissions as possible, from start to finish."
For Juice Technology, ecological activity is not just about getting rid of exhaust emissions. Juice's commitment began with the planting of trees to offset the CO2 produced when manufacturing and transporting charging stations. Now, the company is going even further with the production of as much green energy as is required for drivers of electric cars. In this way, every journey should be CO2-neutral, at the very least. Even those who are already purchasing green energy can overcompensate for their carbon footprint by embracing the real-time use of hydropower.
For more information about Juice Technology visit https://en.juice-world.com/forest. For more information about the US subsidiary visit https://www.juice-americas.com/.
Juice has entered the North American market with a version of the in Europe most popular portable wall charger Juice Booster 2 specially developed for this region – the J+ BOOSTER 2.
Juice Technology AG is a globally active producer of charging solutions for electric vehicles. The company's comprehensive product portfolio, featuring AC and DC charging stations ranging from lightweight portable devices to large fast chargers, makes it one of the very few full-range vendors in the industry. Juice has dominated the market for portable 22-kW charging stations since 2014. To find out more about the company, its products and solutions, go to www.juice-world.com. You can also follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
Juice Americas Inc. headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida, is part of the Juice Group, the globally active Swiss producer of charging solutions for electric vehicles. Juice Americas is responsible for the North American market, including the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Juice has entered the North American market with a version of the in Europe most popular portable wall charger Juice Booster 2 specially developed for this region – the J+ BOOSTER 2. For more information, visit: www.juice-americas.com.
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MOULTRIE, Ga., Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- After nearly 10 years as an emergency room physician, Jay S. Feldstein, DO '81, President and CEO of PCOM, knew he had to make a career change for his mental health.
"Part of the reason I'm at PCOM is because I burned out as an emergency room physician," he said. "I got to the point where I dreaded going to work. I dreaded seeing patients, and I didn't want to go to the ER. Between shift work, loss of control and pressure, it just became too much. I am a living example of experiencing a career burnout in emergency medicine."
Coined in the 1970s, burnout–a psychopathological syndrome–is used to describe the consequences of severe stress and high ideals in "helping" careers. In 2019 the World Health Organization officially classified burnout as a medical diagnosis.
Medical professionals fall under that "helping" category with 60-70% of medical students saying they experience burnout during their education.
Jason Walker, PhD, associate professor of physiology at PCOM South Georgia, has seen first-hand the effect of burnout in medical students during his time as a professor and as a researcher on the topic.
According to Dr. Walker, medical students, especially those from underrepresented communities, face an overwhelming amount of pressure and expectations from themselves, families and communities who want to see them succeed. An additional pressure point comes from the student debt, which averages around $300,000. He added that COVID-19 exponentially increased burnout due to the lack of group settings and in-person socialization.
Symptoms of burnout include lack of motivation, emotional detachment, withdrawal and feelings of hopelessness along with mental and physical exhaustion. Dr. Walker said he's personally seen an increase in burnout in medical students, which can easily lead to depression.
He said its crucial for someone experiencing burnout is to see a counselor. Then, take time to meditate, engage in physical activity and take a break from studying.
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM) extended its commitment to the Southeast by establishing PCOM South Georgia, an additional teaching location in Moultrie, Georgia. PCOM South Georgia offers both a full, four-year medical program leading to the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) degree and a Master of Science in Biomedical Sciences degree.
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At least 20 dead in South African club; cause not yet known
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African police are investigating the deaths of at least 20 people at a nightclub in the coastal town of East London early Sunday.
It is unclear what led to the deaths of the young people, who were reportedly attending a party to celebrate the end of winter school exams.
Local newspaper Daily Dispatch reported that bodies were strewn across tables and chairs without any visible signs of injuries.
“At this point we cannot confirm the cause of death,” said health department spokesperson Siyanda Manana.
“We are going to conduct autopsies as soon as possible to establish the probable cause of death. The deceased have been taken to state mortuaries,” Manana added.
Police Minister Bheki Cele was on Sunday morning expected to visit the scene.
The owner of the club, Siyakhangela Ndevu, told local broadcaster eNCA that he had been called to the scene early Sunday morning.
“I am still uncertain about what really happened, but when I was called in the morning I was told the place was too full and that some people were trying to force their way into the tavern,” he said.
“However, we will hear what the police say about the cause of death,” Ndevu added.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A Black pastor who was arrested by white police officers while watering the flowers of a neighbor who was out of town filed a federal lawsuit alleging the ordeal violated his constitutional rights and caused lingering problems including emotional distress and anxiety.
Michael Jennings filed the lawsuit Friday night against three officers and the central Alabama town of Childersburg requesting a jury trial and seeking an unspecified amount of money.
Jennings’ lawyers held a news conference outside the Birmingham federal courthouse on Saturday to discuss the lawsuit, and the NAACP, the nation’s oldest civil rights organization, and other groups planned a rally afterward at a downtown park.
“I’m here for accountability, and I’m here for justice,” Jennings told the news conference.
The suit alleged the actions of Officers Christopher Smith and Justin Gable, Sgt. Jeremy Brooks and the city violated rights protecting against unlawful arrest and guaranteeing free speech. He cited multiple continuing problems including post traumatic stress disorder and humiliation.
Childersburg city attorney Reagan Rumsey didn’t return an email seeking comment.
Jennings, 56, was arrested in May after a white neighbor called 911 and said a “younger Black male” and gold SUV were at a house while the owners — who are friends of Jennings and had asked him to watch their home — were away.
Jennings identified himself as “Pastor Jennings” but refused to provide identification to the officers, who arrested him on a charge of obstructing government operations after a 20-minute confrontation that included raised voices on both sides.
Filed in municipal court, the charge was dismissed within days at the request of the then-police chief. Jennings’ attorneys last month released police body camera video that was obtained following a records request to the city, located 55 miles (88 kilometers) southeast of Birmingham.
Benard Simelton, president of the Alabama branch of the NAACP, said the officers who arrested Jennings did “so many things” that weren’t in line with good community policing tactics.
“These poor judgment decisions reflect poorly on the type of training the Childersburg police officers receive … if they were acting in accordance within police guidelines,” Simelton said in a statement.
While Jennings could have filed a claim against the city seeking damages, attorney Harry Daniels said that wasn’t done because the arrest was well within the time frame allowed by law for a lawsuit. | https://cw33.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/black-preacher-arrested-while-watering-flowers-sues-police/ | 2022-09-11T19:02:17Z |
Prime Day sales kick off Tuesday
Published: Jul. 11, 2022 at 11:46 AM EDT|Updated: 2 hours ago
(CNN) – Consumers worldwide are getting set for major online discounts.
Amazon’s Prime Day sales event starts Tuesday at 3 a.m. EDT and goes for 48 hours.
Discounts will be offered on many items, including electronics, home goods and toys.
Amazon’s annual event attempts to increase loyalty with its Prime subscribers and perhaps draw new shoppers into its program.
Last year’s Prime Day sales event was the largest two-day sales period for third-party sellers in Amazon’s history.
Officials say Prime Day brings in about 1 - 2% of the company’s yearly sales.
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WASHINGTON, June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Despite overall improvements to care for a heart attack, women are less likely to receive timely treatment, according to a new study in Annals of Emergency Medicine.
"Heart attack treatments have come a long way but timely access to appropriate care is still an issue, especially for female patients," said Juan Carlos Montoy, MD, PhD, assistant professor, University of California San Francisco Department of Emergency Medicine, and lead study author.
This study analyzed more than 450,000 records of patients with one of two types of heart attack, an ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), or a non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI), from 2005 to 2015 in California hospitals.
Results showed that in 2005, timely angiography occurred for 50% of male patients and 35.7% of female patients with STEMI, and 45% of males and 33.1% of females with NSTEMI. In 2015, those rates improved to 76.7% of male patients and 66.8% of females with STEMI, and 56.3% of males and 45.9% of females with NSTEMI.
Timely access to angiography is defined for this study as treatment on the day of hospital admission for STEMI patients and within three days of admission for NSTEMI patients. Angiography is a diagnostic process that involves an x-ray of dye injected into blood vessels to assess narrowing or blockage in veins or arteries.
The proportion of patients who received timely treatment increased and mortality decreased over time for men and women. However, while gaps in treatment and outcomes between genders narrowed over time, these disparities persisted over the course of the years analyzed.
It is striking that female patients received timely treatment for NSTEMI in 2015 at rates lower than males measured in 2006, the authors said. Females treated for STEMI in 2015 received timely treatment at lower rates than males did in 2010.
These disparities also exist along racial lines. The authors note that Black, Hispanic, and Asian patients were less likely as white patients to undergo timely angiography, with minimal changes over time.
"Some of the factors influencing this pronounced treatment gap are insurance status, hospital characteristics and geography," said Dr. Montoy. "But there are biases and social issues that challenge access to care and impact the treatment of women and patients of color with heart issues. These gaps should concern clinicians and patients because they can result in delayed care and lower the likelihood that some patients receive potentially lifesaving treatment."
Annals of Emergency Medicine is one of the peer-reviewed scientific journals for the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), the national medical society representing emergency medicine. Annals of Emergency Medicine is the largest and most frequently cited circulation peer-reviewed journal in emergency medicine and publishes original research, clinical reports, opinion, and educational information related to the practice, teaching, and research of emergency medicine.
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- 2nd edition of the index for 2022 from BritishAmerican Business and Bain & Company examines the strength of the transatlantic trade, business and economic relationship
- American companies cite fractured UK-EU relations, rise in business tax and shortages of skilled workers in UK as key anxieties for future British investments and the business climate
- Report highlights importance of transatlantic business relationships and the transatlantic corridor as key source of strength amid rising geopolitical and economic tensions
LONDON, July 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- US companies operating in the UK have seen their confidence in the British business environment dented by the ongoing impact of Brexit, along with anxieties over a rising corporate tax burden and increasing shortages of skilled labour, according to the latest Transatlantic Confidence Index issued today by BritishAmerican Business and Bain & Company.
The blow from Brexit to American businesses' view of the business and investment environment offered by the UK is the biggest change in the Confidence Index from the high levels shown by its launch edition last year.
The "progressive impact of the UK-EU split" is the predominant reason for a fall in sentiment seen among US firms in the index. US survey respondents cited this as one of the "most unattractive aspects of doing business in Britain", with persistent challenges over the UK-EU relationship having persisted, creating heightened political and regulatory uncertainty.
American businesses also singled out the prospect of a rising business tax burden and difficulties in attracting skilled workers as among their top concerns affecting their confidence for future investment in UK operations.
Today's report highlights that heightened concern over the UK business tax regime is likely to have been fuelled by the UK Government's controversial plan to increase the main rate of corporation tax next year from 19% to 25%.
The contentious corporation tax proposal has been thrust to the centre of political debate in the UK, with senior Conservative MPs and ministers who are vying to succeed Boris Johnson as the party's leader and the next UK Prime Minister, taking starkly opposing positions over the plan.
UK skills shortages emerged in the Confidence Index as the other key concern among US business operating in Britain. Despite the UK's post-Brexit efforts to relax its immigration framework to allow more workers to enter the country, a significant number of American firms reported ongoing labor shortages which they said cannot be met locally. The number of survey respondents with a negative view of the UK immigration and visa system outweighed those with a positive view by eight-to-one, making this the most negative overall factor in the UK business environment assessed by the Index.
However, despite these increased concerns over Brexit, taxation and skills, US businesses overall sentiment in the UK was only marginally lower than a year ago, with survey participants still reporting relatively high confidence. On a scale of 1 to 10, the average confidence rating reported fell to 7.3 for 2022, from 7.8 in 2021, while one in five respondents said their confidence in the UK is increasing. Although positive, this is fewer than in the previous edition of the Index. Last year, almost a quarter of companies expected their confidence in UK business conditions to increase over the next two to three years.
Today's report reveals that what US companies want to see from the UK is clear and that to ensure their future investments they want the British Government to look to repair its political and trade relationships with the European Union – an issue also at the forefront of the race to be the next UK Prime Minister.
Pursuing a US-UK Free Trade Agreement remains a high priority for US companies, although less notably than in the previous edition of the Index. The report finds this may reflect the current, unfavourable transatlantic political conditions for such a deal.
Instead, companies are more focused on solving the immediate problems in the transatlantic corridor without a full FTA. Specifically, companies are eager to improve business mobility and want to pursue joint initiatives around sustainability to forge new business opportunities. US companies also would like to see greater clarity around the UK's industrial strategy and support an expanded trade agenda with the rest of the world. However, the UK's "Levelling Up" agenda was not seen as a priority for attracting increased foreign direct investment from the US.
UK business confidence in the US continues to run at high levels
UK companies meanwhile have much higher confidence in the US as a place to conduct business than US companies have in the UK. One the same one-to-ten scale, UK respondents' average UK confidence rating was 8.0.
However, UK companies struggle with the US immigration system and practical barriers to business mobility. Problems associated with business mobility are seen as the most unattractive aspect of the US by UK companies, which also cited concerns over the US tax environment and political stability.
UK companies have a straightforward request from the US government: To attract future investment, they want the US to recommit to a clear trade agenda. An overwhelming majority of UK companies want the US to relaunch a comprehensive global trade agenda. They also want the US to take the lead on issues around sustainability. UK companies indicated moderated views of the Biden Administration's "worker-centric" trade policy with their detailed responses suggesting they respondents do not fully understand what the policy entails. At the same time, UK companies strongly favour US-UK trade talks continuing.
Transatlantic corridor a source of strength amid geopolitical and economic stress
Today's report emphasises the case for a strong transatlantic trade corridor between the US and UK as trusted partners, with the case for this being underlined at a time of rising geopolitical and economic stresses.
Duncan Edwards, CEO, BritishAmerican Business said: "The results from this survey illustrate that whilst overall confidence in the UK-US relationship remains very strong, transatlantic businesses operating in the United Kingdom are slightly less confident in it as a place to do business than last year. Concerns over the UK's post-Brexit relationship with the European Union, its future tax competitiveness, and perceived restrictions to labour mobility and access to talent are the driving force behind this slip in confidence.
"Addressing these concerns must be prioritised by the next Prime Minister and their Government if the UK is to stay as the leading place to do business for transatlantic investors. However, we are nonetheless encouraged to see how UK companies are taking advantage of the United States' business-friendly environment to accelerate growth and expand their business. The US government would do well to capitalize further on this high level of confidence in its market".
Jonathan Frick, partner at Bain & Company in London, said: "The business and economic partnership between Britain and America is a vital bulwark of stability. With economic stresses and recession fears rising, along with intensified geopolitical tensions, these relationships have rarely been more important. It's the importance of these connections to the UK and US, as an anchor for businesses in both countries, that led us to partner with BritishAmerican Business on this study.
"It's reassuring to see that transatlantic ties remain very strong. But the survey also highlights some important areas of concern – on both sides of the Atlantic – that both businesses and our governments should be thinking hard about, so that we can continue to bolster the transatlantic corridor to our mutual advantage."
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Notes to Editors
This is the second edition of the Transatlantic Confidence Index report issued by BritishAmerican Business and Bain & Company. The index survey measured the confidence of US companies that are active in the UK. This year, it also measured UK companies' confidence in the US. When appropriate, data from the inaugural survey are also referenced for comparison. Seventy-seven major companies responded to the survey (54 US companies and 23 from the UK). Together, they represent more than 4,000 years of activity and employ more than 288,000 people.
The respondents are based in all four nations and major regions across the UK and in all 50 US states. The respondents represent a range of sectors, including financial services, technology, healthcare, media, telecommunications, manufacturing, and others. While many factors influence confidence, our Transatlantic Confidence Index focused on overall confidence for investing and trading, short-term investment prospects, and the health of the US-UK relationship overall.
About BritishAmerican Business
BritishAmerican Business is the leading transatlantic trade association incorporating the British-American Chamber of Commerce in the US and the American Chamber of Commerce in the UK.
We are committed to strengthening the economic corridor between the United States and the United Kingdom by supporting policies and action that protect and enhance the environment for transatlantic trade and investment.
We convene and serve a growing network of companies and business leaders through networking opportunities, bespoke programming and marketing platforms.
About Bain & Company
Bain & Company is a global consultancy that helps the world's most ambitious change makers define the future.
Across 65 cities in 40 countries, we work alongside our clients as one team with a shared ambition to achieve extraordinary results, outperform the competition, and redefine industries. We complement our tailored, integrated expertise with a vibrant ecosystem of digital innovators to deliver better, faster, and more enduring outcomes. Our 10-year commitment to invest more than $1 billion in pro bono services brings our talent, expertise, and insight to organizations tackling today's urgent challenges in education, racial equity, social justice, economic development, and the environment. We earned a gold rating from EcoVadis, the leading platform for environmental, social, and ethical performance ratings for global supply chains, putting us in the top 2% of all companies. Since our founding in 1973, we have measured our success by the success of our clients, and we proudly maintain the highest level of client advocacy in the industry.
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“I will not stop:” Jackson mayor responds to state bill blocking bitcoin options for city governments
Jackson City Mayor Scott Conger’s plan to make Jackson the first city in the nation to allow bitcoin as a payment option for city employees seems to have hit a major snag, as the state senate passed an amendment to a bill prohibiting local government from “paying, compensating, awarding or remitting funds" in the form of cryptocurrency.
“(The bill) is a bit of a hurdle for us,” Conger said. “Talk about small government and not wanting government overreach. And now we have government overreach via the state government telling local governments what contracts they’re allowed to enter into.”
The amendment, added to bill SB 535 on March 4, 2022, “requires local governments to get the written approval from the treasurer of the state of Tennessee to enter into a third party contract to provide options for those payroll conversions,” Conger said.
“It’s rough,” he said, adding to his statements on twitter that the state government does not “understand the trend lines” of the value of cryptocurrency.
Conger continually reiterates the fact that he was “never intending to pay individuals directly” in bitcoin, but rather simply make it an option for city employees to utilize if they wanted.
More:City employees could see cryptocurrency payroll conversion options next year
“We were never intending to pay individuals directly,” he said. “It was going to be a third party option to do like deferred compensation. I guess they don’t like competition with traditional investment opportunities.”
Conger pitched the idea last year with the intention of allowing city employees to further diversify their incomes, as well as make Jackson more attractive to tech industries on the heels of expected industry booms following Blue Oval City and Georgia-Pacific.
“I think it’s a great opportunity for us as a city to move the conversation forward — not just in this one instance of cryptocurrency payments, but how we can look at the big picture and set our goals high as to what we want Jackson to look like in 10 years," Conger previously said.
Mumpower’s letter of rebuke, which came shortly after Conger’s interview with the New York Times regarding cryptocurrency, and shortly before the amendment was added to the state bill, warned Conger that "such direct payments could run afoul of the Fair Labor Standards Act and other state wage laws."
Mumpower alluded to the rapidly changing landscape of cryptocurrency in his letter, saying that based on "significant fluctuation in the cryptocurrency market in recent days," his office would "therefore urge you to remember your fiduciary responsibility to the citizens and to govern accordingly as you make such decisions in the future."
The amendment has passed the senate and now awaits Governor Bill Lee’s signature, as of April 5th, 2022.
Where does that leave Conger’s plan?
“We’re going to focus on education for our employees, and give them the opportunities to look at (bitcoin) themselves, and not give them a structured avenue approach that we were planning to,” Conger said. “Which would’ve made it easier for our employees, but we’ll just have to focus on the education portion.
“I will not stop. We will lead the way for bitcoin.”
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199MW Wind Project Will Serve Evergy Customers
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Scout Clean Energy (Scout), a Colorado based renewable energy developer-owner-operator, and its joint venture partner Elawan Energy, a global operator in the renewable energy industry, today announced they have completed the sale of the 199-megawatt (MW) Persimmon Creek Wind Farm (Persimmon) in western Oklahoma to Evergy, Inc (NYSE: EVRG) for a total consideration of approximately $250 million.
Michael Rucker, CEO and founder of Scout Clean Energy, said, "The Persimmon Creek Wind Farm has been a reliable source of renewable energy over the last four years making it a solid investment for Scout. We are excited to execute the sale to Evergy as it seeks to deliver carbon-free wind energy directly to their customers."
Persimmon achieved commercial operation in 2018 with 80 General Electric turbines across 17,000 acres in Dewey, Ellis and Woodward counties in Oklahoma. The renewable energy generated from Persimmon will serve customers in Evergy's service area.
"Evergy continues to tap into the Midwest's affordable, renewable energy resources to serve our customers," said David Campbell, Evergy president and CEO. "Expanding our portfolio of owned renewable generation positions us to ensure customers receive the long-term benefits of these assets."
Scout is a portfolio company of Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners (Quinbrook), a global investment manager specializing in lower carbon and renewable energy infrastructure.
"We are delighted that Evergy has agreed to purchase Persimmon from Scout which will serve Evergy's renewable energy plans well over the coming years. Persimmon was designed and constructed to a very high standard by the Scout team and this is reflected in the value achieved in this transaction," said David Scaysbrook of Quinbrook and Chairman of Scout's Board of Directors. "Quinbrook continues to support Scout's efforts as a leading renewables IPP in the US market to build a diverse and growing wind, solar, and storage portfolio which has rapidly expanded to over 15 GW in 24 states."
The sale of Persimmon Creek Wind Farm is expected to close in the first quarter of 2023 and remains subject to closing conditions, including regulatory approvals. Scout's legal advisor was McDermott Will & Emery LLP and Evergy's legal advisor on the transaction was Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP.
Persimmon Creek Wind Farm Photo
Photo Credit: Kipp Schorr
About Scout Clean Energy
Scout Clean Energy is a renewable energy developer, owner-operator headquartered in Boulder, Colorado with over 1,200 MW of operating assets. Scout is actively developing a portfolio of over 15,000 MW of onshore wind, solar PV, and battery storage projects across 24 US states. Scout has expertise in all aspects of renewables project development, permitting, power marketing, finance, construction, 24/7 operations, and asset management. Scout is a portfolio company of Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners. For more information, please - visit https://scoutcleanenergy.com/
About Evergy
Evergy, Inc. (NYSE: EVRG), serves 1.6 million customers in Kansas and Missouri. Evergy's mission is to empower a better future. Our focus remains on producing, transmitting and delivering reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy for the benefit of our stakeholders. Today, about half of Evergy's power comes from carbon-free sources, creating more reliable energy with less impact to the environment. We value innovation and adaptability to give our customers better ways to manage their energy use, to create a safe, diverse and inclusive workplace for our employees, and to add value for our investors. Headquartered in Kansas City, our employees are active members of the communities we serve.
About Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners
Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners (http://www.quinbrook.com) is a specialist investment manager focused exclusively on renewables, storage and grid support infrastructure needed to drive the energy transition n the US, UK, and Australia. Quinbrook is led and managed by a senior team of power industry professionals who have collectively invested c.USD 8.2 billion equity in energy infrastructure assets since the early 1990s, representing a total enterprise value of c.USD 28.7 billion or 19.5 GW of power supply capacity. Quinbrook has completed a diverse range of direct investments in both utility and distributed scale onshore wind and solar power, battery storage, reserve peaking capacity, biomass, fugitive methane recovery, hydro and flexible energy management solutions in the US, UK, and Australia. Quinbrook is currently developing and constructing some of the largest renewables and storage infrastructure projects ever undertaken in the US, UK and Australia.
About Elawan Energy
Elawan Energy is a global operator in the renewable energy industry with over 1.1 GW of wind, solar, and hydropower projects in operation and over 11 GW of renewable energy under development. Elawan offers integrated solutions along the green energy life circle, from the promotion, development and construction of wind farms, photovoltaic plants and hydropower plants until their operation, maintenance and sale of the green energy produced. Elawan Energy is part of the ORIX Group.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Capitol Police said Friday that officers detained seven unauthorized people in a congressional office building Thursday night and charged them with unlawful entry.
The people identified themselves as being affiliated with CBS’ “Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.
Another person familiar with the matter provided the AP with a list of nine people who had been stopped by Capitol Police. They included several producers, along with Robert Smigel, the voice behind Triumph the Insult Comic Dog.
The two people who spoke with the AP could not discuss details of the investigation publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.
The incident Thursday night followed the third public hearing by the House panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection.
Capitol Police said they received a call about a disturbance in the Longworth House Office Building around 8:30 p.m. “Responding officers observed seven individuals, unescorted and without Congressional ID, in a sixth-floor hallway,” the agency said in a statement. “The building was closed to visitors, and these individuals were determined to be a part of a group that had been directed by the USCP to leave the building earlier in the day.”
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WAYNE, Pa., July 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Argosy Private Equity ("Argosy"), a lower middle market-focused private equity firm, announces the final closing of Argosy Investment Partners VI, L.P (and its parallel fund, together "Argosy VI") at $422 million.
"This is an exciting milestone for Argosy. We are grateful for the continued support of our existing investors and for the strong interest we received from new investors, which allowed us to exceed our target fund size for Argosy VI by more than 20%," said Sarah Busch, Head of Investor Relations.
Argosy VI will continue to build on Argosy's 30-year track record of investing in U.S. based companies with motivated management teams, sustainable competitive advantages, and strong growth potential. Consistent with Argosy V, Argosy VI will focus on making control investments in niche manufacturing and business-to-business service companies with $20 to $100 million of revenue and $3 to $10 million of EBITDA.
"Argosy's brand has been built upon being disciplined investors in the lower middle market and we continue to believe in the opportunity it has to offer," said Michael Bailey, Partner. "Argosy VI will continue to execute the strategy we have built over the past three decades, and we look forward to working with the management teams we will partner with throughout Argosy VI."
With a team of 22 professionals, Argosy has invested in over 125 companies since its founding and can execute deals of varied sizes through an extensive network of partners, including senior lenders, mezzanine debt providers and equity co-investors.
"Over the last 30 years, we have developed several key differentiators that will allow us to continue executing our proven strategy," said Steve Morgenthal, Managing Director. "This includes our experienced team, a robust deal sourcing capability, a strong focus on risk mitigation, and Argosy's VAM™ – our Value Acceleration Methodology. Driven by our four full-time internal operating partners, VAM™ enables us to help our portfolio companies' leadership teams grow and professionalize their lower middle market businesses."
Winston & Strawn provided legal counsel for Argosy VI.
Argosy Private Equity, founded in 1990, specializes in providing capital and operating and financial expertise to lower middle market companies across a broad range of industries. Argosy partners with motivated management teams to invest in companies with sustainable competitive advantages and attractive growth prospects. Argosy Private Equity is a division of Argosy Capital Group, Inc. ("Argosy Capital") together with Argosy Real Estate Partners, Argosy Credit Partners, Argosy Strategic Partners and Argosy Healthcare Partners. Argosy Capital is a Registered Investment Adviser with approximately $2.7 billion of assets under management. All of the Argosy Capital funds focus on lower middle market investment strategies.
For more information on Argosy Private Equity, please visit www.argosype.com.
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Atlanta reacquires goalie Rios Novo after losing Guzan
ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta United has reacquired goalkeeper Rocco Ríos Novo for the rest of the year after a season-ending injury to Brad Guzan. The 19-year-old was picked up on loan from Club Atlético Lanús in Argentina’s Primera División. Rios Novo will get a chance to compete for the No. 1 job with Bobby Shuttleworth, who took over after Guzan ruptured his right Achilles tendon in an April 17 match against Cincinnati. Ríos Novo spent the 2021 season with Atlanta United 2, playing two games with the senior club in the CONCACAF Champions League. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/04/27/atlanta-reacquires-goalie-rios-novo-after-losing-guzan/ | 2022-04-28T03:47:46Z |
California residents who are members of federally recognized Native tribes will have their tuition and fees at University of California schools waived. The change will take place starting Fall 2022.
California residents who are members of federally recognized Native tribes will have their tuition and fees at University of California schools waived, according to a letter sent Friday.
In the letter, sent by system President Michael V. Drake to UC chancellors and also shared with CNN, Drake announced the waived tuition and fees specifically for "California residents who are members of federally recognized Native American, American Indian, and Alaska Native tribes." The move is a key part of the UC Native American Opportunity Plan, he said, aiming to make the university system more affordable and accessible for Native American students. The waived fees will apply to both undergraduate and graduate students.
"The University of California is committed to recognizing and acknowledging historical wrongs endured by Native Americans," Drake wrote. "I am hopeful that this new program will benefit our students and continue to position the University of California as the institution of choice for Native American students."
The plan will be funded through a combination of state and university financial aid programs, along with other resources, according to the letter.
For California residents of non-federally recognized tribes, tuition scholarships will be made available at a later date, Drake said.
In a jointly written op-ed that is not yet published, professors Randall Akee, Phenocia Bauerle, Paul Ong and Desi Small-Rodriguez wrote that they hope to see other land-grant universities follow UC's lead.
"The UC system is leading the way in acknowledging its place and role in educating Indigenous people," they wrote in excerpts shared with CNN by Akee. "It is our hope that this new (University of California Office of the President) program will be a call to action to other public, land-grant institutions in the US. In the absence of similar programs in other locations, the UC system as a whole will gain a significant advantage in recruiting the best and brightest AIAN students from around the country."
Only 0.8% of undergraduate students identify as American Indian or Alaska Native, according to 2016 data analyzed by the American Council on Education. According to the ACE's report, high school graduates of American Indian or Alaska Native descent enroll in college at less than half the average rate -- with only 18.8% enrolled in 2016.
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NEW YORK, June 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Attention Teladoc Health, Inc. ("Teladoc") (NYSE: TDOC) shareholders:
The Law Offices of Vincent Wong announce that a class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of investors who purchased between October 28, 2021 and April 27, 2022.
If you suffered a loss on your investment in Teladoc, contact us about potential recovery by using the link below. There is no cost or obligation to you.
ABOUT THE ACTION: The class action against Teladoc includes allegations that the Company made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) increased competition, among other factors, was negatively impacting Teladoc's BetterHelp and chronic care businesses; (ii) accordingly, the growth of those businesses was less sustainable than Defendants had led investors to believe; (iii) as a result, Teladoc's revenue and adjusted EBITDA projections for FY 2022 were unrealistic; (iv) as a result of all the foregoing, Teladoc would be forced to recognize a significant non-cash goodwill impairment charge; and (v) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
DEADLINE: August 5, 2022
Aggrieved Teladoc investors only have until August 5, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. You are not required to act as a lead plaintiff in order to share in any recovery.
Vincent Wong, Esq. is an experienced attorney who has represented investors in securities litigations involving financial fraud and violations of shareholder rights. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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FORT SMITH, Ark., July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ArcBest® (Nasdaq: ARCB) will announce its second quarter 2022 financial results prior to the opening market on Friday, July 29, 2022. A conference call with company executives will be held that day at 9:30 a.m. EDT (8:30 a.m. CDT) to discuss these results. Interested parties are invited to listen by calling (800) 891-8357.
Following the call, a recorded playback will be available through the end of the day on September 15, 2022. To listen to the playback, dial (800) 633-8284 or (402) 977-9140 (for international callers). The conference ID for the playback is 22019591.
The call is being webcast and can be accessed live on ArcBest's website at arcb.com. A replay of the webcast can be accessed at ArcBest's website through September 15, 2022.
ABOUT ARCBEST
ArcBest® (Nasdaq: ARCB) is a multibillion-dollar integrated logistics company that helps keep the global supply chain moving. Founded in 1923 and now with nearly 15,000 employees across more than 250 campuses and service centers, the company is a logistics powerhouse, fueled by the simple notion of finding a way to get the job done. Through innovative thinking, agility and trust, ArcBest leverages their full suite of shipping and logistics solutions to meet customers' critical needs, each and every day. For more information, visit arcb.com.
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The home care company's GreatCare® certification provides caregivers, staff and franchise owners with the tools they need to elevate their skills
SAN ANTONIO, April 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Caring Senior Service, a non-medical home care services franchise, is now offering caregivers, office staff and franchise owners an opportunity to advance their educational and professional development and delivery of services through the company's GreatCare® certification program.
The GreatCare® certification program challenges owners and staff to achieve milestones that prepare them to address the three most important areas of concern in senior care: quality caregivers, care solutions and active involvement.
"Proper education and training creates the foundation for an employee's understanding and performance of their job duties," said Caring Senior Service founder and CEO Jeff Salter. "By developing this catalog of tools, training and processes that support our GreatCare® methodology, we hope to encourage owners and staff to better understand their roles, improve their leadership abilities and provide the GreatCare® that Caring Senior Service has developed over the past 30 years."
Salter said the program is of particular value to the caregivers who make up the majority of Caring Senior Service's team.
"Caregivers are often under-appreciated or taken for granted in the industry," he said. "With our GreatCare® certification program, Caring hopes to show its commitment and loyalty to our caregivers by providing them the tools they need to succeed."
The program has separate tracks for the franchise agency director, the care manager and the homecare consultant. To achieve the GreatCare® Master Certification, participants must complete a progressive program that starts at the certified level, moves to the advanced level and then culminates with the master level.
Team members who have more than two years' experience can also achieve a master certification through an accelerated program path in their local office.
Caring Senior Service rolled out the initiative as part of the company's overall GreatCare® mission to give franchise owners the tools to measure how well their teams understand their roles. Staff members who complete the program are given recognition that they are experts in their field, allowed to receive merit raises and are invited to attend the national GreatCare® Master conference.
"Ultimately, the goal is to provide our clients with the best care possible," Salter said. "We could not achieve the success we've had in the home care industry without our clients' support. It's for them that we strive to create these best practices in home care."
About Caring Senior Service
Caring Senior Service is a non-medical home care services company based in San Antonio, Texas. Founded by CEO Jeff Salter in 1991, the company provides assistance to seniors, the disabled population and any adult who may need help with the tasks of everyday living such as bathing, running errands and preparing food. After adding locations throughout Texas in the 1990s, the company extended its reach through franchising in 2002. It now boasts nearly 50 locations in the United States. Its non-profit "Close the Gap in Senior Care" program started in 2021 to raise awareness of the overlooked and underserved aspects of senior care. This program was launched when Salter rode an electric bike more than 9,000 miles to each Caring Senior Service location nationwide to raise awareness of home modifications needed to avoid fall risks among the senior population. For more information on Caring Senior Service, please visit their website at https://www.caringseniorservice.com/.
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Fort Innovate™ will cross the country this summer inspiring the next generation of big thinkers
SAN ANTONIO, June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- This summer, as part of its 100th anniversary celebration, USAA is bringing Fort Innovate, a free, traveling innovation lab, to children and their families to help inspire the next generation of big thinkers.
USAA was founded in 1922 by a group of soldiers who couldn't obtain auto insurance because they were considered high risk. Leading the way with innovative thinking, they formed United Services Automobile Association (USAA) and the legacy of innovation and service to the military community has been a constant ever since.
"The spirit of innovation is what USAA was founded on and it has contributed to our sustainment and commitment to the military community for the past 100 years," said Wayne Peacock, USAA president and CEO. "Fort Innovate brings USAA's spirit, dedication and passion to communities across the country and reinforces our dedication as we head into our second century of service."
Beginning June 10 at the Children's Museum of Phoenix, Fort Innovate will stop at children's and science museums across the U.S. to teach visitors about the importance of innovation. The experience will illustrate, through hands-on exhibits, five key military innovations from the past 100 years such as night vision, virtual reality and drones that have had a profound impact on society. Additionally, visitors will learn how USAA has continued to innovate to meet the ever-changing needs of their members.
"Innovative thinking provides the opportunity to reference personal experiences to create solutions for problems," said actress, producer and singer Miranda Cosgrove, who has teamed with USAA to promote Fort Innovate. "Whether it's in STEM or the military, big ideas can come from anyone and anywhere. USAA's Fort Innovate will provide kids with a fun, educational experience that showcases this and inspires their creativity."
USAA worked with San Antonio's DoSeum Children's Museum to design the five exhibits within Fort Innovate. To complement the traveling lab, USAA is launching the USAA Innovation Sweepstakes to provide participants with the opportunity to further explore innovation and their creativity through the chance to win a trip for four to Space Camp® at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center and $50,000. Visitors to Fort Innovate can register onsite and those unable to make it in person can register at usaa.com/fortinnovate.
The full Fort Innovate tour schedule includes:
- June 10-12: Children's Museum of Phoenix
- June 17-19: The DoSeum, San Antonio
- June 24-26: Glazer Children's Museum, Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park, Tampa
- July 4: Fort Bragg July 4th Celebration
- July 8-10: Discovery Place Nature Center, Charlotte
- July 15-17: St. Louis Science Center, St. Louis
- July 22-24: Navy Pier, Chicago
- July 29-31: Intrepid Museum, New York City
- Aug. 3-4: Please Touch Museum, Philadelphia
To learn more about visiting Fort Innovate, the USAA Innovation Sweepstakes and participate in all the fun online activities, visit usaa.com/fortinnovate.
Founded in 1922 by a group of military officers, USAA is among the leading providers of insurance, banking, and investment and retirement solutions to more than 13 million members of the U.S. military, veterans who have honorably served and their families. Headquartered in San Antonio, USAA has offices in eight U.S. cities and three overseas locations and employs more than 38,000 people worldwide. Each year, the company contributes to national and local nonprofits in support of military families and communities where employees live and work. For more information about USAA, follow us on Facebook or Twitter (@USAA), or visit usaa.com.
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JERUSALEM (AP) — After barely 12 months in office, the leaders of Israel’s broad-based but severely weakened coalition government threw in the towel this week, saying they would dissolve parliament and hold new elections — the fifth in 3 1/2/ years.
Why does this keep happening?
The simplest answer is that Israel is deeply — and almost evenly — divided over whether Benjamin Netanyahu should be prime minister. But it’s also because Israel’s political system consists of an ideologically diverse array of parties that have to form alliances — and sometimes break them — to get what they want.
Here’s a look at how Israel reached this point and what comes next.
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MULTI-PARTY POLITICS
Israelis vote by party, and in the country’s 74-year history no single faction has won a majority in the 120-member parliament, known as the Knesset. So after every election, any would-be prime minister must form alliances in order to cobble together a majority of at least 61 seats.
That gives small parties outsized power. After nearly every election, attention focuses on one or more potential kingmakers and their particular demands. Thirteen parties were elected to parliament, for instance, in last year’s election. This can result in weeks of negotiations and horse-trading among various party leaders.
If no one can assemble a majority, as happened after elections in April and September 2019, the country goes back to the polls and the government remains in place as a caretaker.
Still, it shouldn’t be this hard. Nationalist and religious parties captured a majority of seats in the Knesset in each of the last four elections, if only they could agree with one another.
That’s where Netanyahu comes in.
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LOVE HIM OR HATE HIM
To his right-wing and religious supporters, Netanyahu is the “King of Israel” — an unapologetic nationalist and veteran statesman who can go toe-to-toe with world leaders, from Russia’s Vladimir Putin to U.S. President Joe Biden, shepherding Israel through its myriad security challenges.
To his opponents — including the leaders of the outgoing coalition — he is at best a crook and at worst a threat to democracy. They point to his ongoing corruption trial, his domineering style and his habit of stoking internal divisions for political gain.
Netanyahu was Israel’s longest-serving prime minister, and his Likud party came in first or a narrow second in all four elections. But he was never able to form a right-wing majority because some of his ideological allies — including former aides — refuse to partner with him.
Take Avigdor Lieberman, for example. The West Bank settler who heads a right-wing party and was long known for his fiery anti-Arab rhetoric would seem an obvious ally. But he broke with Netanyahu in 2019 and refuses to sit in a government with him or his ultra-Orthodox allies.
Lieberman even champions a bill that would bar anyone indicted on criminal charges from serving as prime minister — an attempt to end Netanyahu’s political career.
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AN UNWIELDY COALITION
Last year, after election No. 4, Netanyahu’s opponents succeeded in ousting him.
Naftali Bennett — another right-wing former Netanyahu ally — and centrist Yair Lapid cobbled together a coalition of eight political parties from across the ideological spectrum — from right-wing nationalists to advocates of Palestinian statehood, including a small Arab Islamist party.
The factions set aside their ideological differences and worked together, for a time. The government passed a budget, weathered two coronavirus waves without imposing a lockdown, improved diplomatic ties with Arab and Muslim countries, and avoided war. Bennett, as prime minister, even tried his hand at mediating between Russia and Ukraine.
But from the beginning, the government had the slimmest of majorities, and Netanyahu marshalled enormous pressure against its right-wing members, accusing them of partnering with terrorists and betraying their voters. Several right-wing members of the coalition received death threats, including Bennett.
In the end, many buckled, and Bennett’s Yamina party all but collapsed. The government lost its majority in April. This month, it failed to pass a law extending special legal status to Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank, which most Israelis view as essential.
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NEW ELECTION, SAME DIVIDE
Israelis are now expected to return to the polls as soon as October, where they will wearily confront a familiar choice.
Netanyahu is hoping for a comeback, and the Likud and its allies are expected to win more votes than they did the last time around. Some of his right-wing opponents, weakened by their association with the coalition, could lose some or all of their seats.
But it’s far too early for any reliable polling, and even if Netanyahu and his allies secure more seats, they could fall short of a majority yet again.
If that happens, it would be left to many of the same parties that formed the outgoing government to cobble together a new coalition, one that would face the same stressors as the last one.
And if neither side has enough support to form a government?
You guessed it: New elections. | https://cw33.com/news/international/ap-international/explainer-why-is-israel-always-holding-elections/ | 2022-06-23T00:10:35Z |
Ferreira scores in 2-0 Dallas win against Sounders
FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Jesus Ferreira was among the scorers for Dallas in a 2-0 victory over the Seattle Sounders. With the victory, Dallas moved to 5-1-4, while the Sounders dropped to 2-5-1.
FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Jesus Ferreira was among the scorers for Dallas in a 2-0 victory over the Seattle Sounders. With the victory, Dallas moved to 5-1-4, while the Sounders dropped to 2-5-1. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/05/07/ferreira-scores-in-2-0-dallas-win-against-sounders/ | 2022-05-08T05:07:44Z |
Video: Police smash man’s head to ground in parking arrest
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Law enforcement officials in Rhode Island are looking into the conduct of two veteran Providence police officers shown on video smashing a handcuffed man’s face into the pavement over the July 4 weekend.
State Attorney General Peter Neronha and the Providence Police Department’ Office of Professional Responsibility have opened investigations into the arrest of a man at the city’s India Point Park following a July 3 fireworks celebration, the Boston Globe reports.
Captain Stephen Gencarella and Lt. Matthew Jennette arrested Armando Rivas, 21, at around 9:30 p.m. for leaving his vehicle parked unattended in the travel lane, the newspaper reports.
Police say the officers struck Rivas in the head, handcuffed him and brought him to the ground after he resisted arrest.
But the video shows that as Rivas was handcuffed and lying face-down, one of the officers grabbed his head and smashed his face down on the pavement, the Globe reports.
Rivas was charged with disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, obstructing an officer and simple assault.
It couldn’t be immediately determined if Rivas or the two officers have lawyers. The police department and Neronha’s office didn’t respond to emails seeking comment Wednesday.
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High-speed data cards leverage Verizon's network to enable high-performance industrial and consumer applications including enterprise routers, industrial gateways, public safety, private networks and mobile computing
IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Telit, a global leader in the Internet of Things (IoT), today announces that Verizon certified its LN920 global M.2 modules for use on its mobile broadband network. Powered by the Snapdragon® X12 LTE Modem, the LN920 quickly leverages Verizon's network to enable high-throughput connectivity for industrial and consumer applications including enterprise routers, industrial gateways, public safety, private networks and mobile computing. With certification from Verizon, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), system integrators and end users gain verification and assurance that their LN920-based devices will achieve optimal performance on Verizon's network. For more information on the LN920 visit: https://www.telit.com/ln920/.
The high-speed LN920 compact M.2 (NGFF) data card is available in LTE Cat 6 and Cat 12 versions, with a smooth evolution path toward 5G technology, and supports global cellular bands between 600 MHz and 3.7 GHz, including CBRS (band 48). Ideal for both public and private LTE applications worldwide, the LN920 is certified by major regulators and Tier 1 operators in the U.S., Canada, Japan, Australia and Europe — enabling rapid development of global SKU devices.
"Verizon's nationwide LTE and 5G networks deliver reliable high-speed connectivity, critical for all IoT devices," said Shamik Basu, executive director & product head, IoT and automotive at Verizon. "Certifying Telit's LN920 data card provides our business customers the confidence that their IoT devices will achieve their performance requirements in both industrial and consumer applications."
"Designed in M.2 (NGFF) form factor, the LN920 global data cards are the natural evolution toward 5G technology," said Jitender Vohra, senior director of carrier relations, Telit. "By supporting several next-generation features such as LTE Advanced Carrier Aggregation and CBRS, the Snapdragon X12 LTE Modem-based LN920 represents the ultimate in LTE connectivity—and our collective and longstanding commitment to provide solutions that give vendors and systems designers a competitive and financial edge."
"Innovation is at the heart of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. By equipping operators and OEMs with industry leading technologies, end consumers are able to reap the benefits of best-in-class cellular connectivity," said Gautam Sheoran, vice president, product management, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. "We are excited to collaborate with Telit to power their LN920 with the Snapdragon X12 LTE Modem to give IoT devices the ability to utilize Verizon's mobile broadband network."
Both versions of the LN920 include global bands, WCDMA fallback, on-board GNSS receiver, industrial-grade operating temperature durability (-40 to +85°C) and support for Telit AppZone embedded application development environment. It also supports enhanced security features suitable for enterprise applications including secure boot and secure environment SE Linux with latest kernel 5.4 security updates.
About Telit
Telit simplifies onboarding of connected 'things' with a portfolio of enterprise-grade wireless communication and positioning modules; cellular MVNO connectivity plans and management services; edge and cloud software; and data orchestration, IoT and Industrial IoT platforms. With over two decades of pioneering IoT innovation experience, Telit delivers award-winning, secure, integrated IoT solutions for many of the world's largest enterprises, OEMs, system integrators and service providers, so they can connect and manage IoT at any scale.
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Harmful algal advisory issued for Milford Lake
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Milford Lake, the largest man-made lake in Kansas, has been placed on a warning advisory for harmful algal bloom.
Milford Lake is located in the Kansas Flint Hills, just west of Junction City. According to the Kansas Department of Health & Environment and the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, Milford Lake Zone C is on a warning level while Zones A and B are currently on a watch level advisory.
A warning status indicates that conditions are unsafe for human and pet exposure and contact with the waterbody should be avoided. A watch status means blue-green algae has been detected and harmful bloom is either present or likely to develop. People are encouraged to avoid areas of algae accumulation while keeping pets and livestock away from the water.
Blooms can move and develop quickly with wind and warm whether, so all lake visitors are advised to use caution and remain vigilant.
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LOS ANGELES, June 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Richie Greenberg, founder of the movement which succeeded in recalling San Francisco's district attorney Chesa Boudin earlier this month, has joined the effort to recall embattled Los Angeles DA George Gascon.
In Los Angeles, Greenberg is meeting with leaders of the committee undertaking the Gascon recall to provide consulting and support. Radio ads sponsored by Greenberg have played over the past week to remind voters of the looming deadline to officially qualify Gascon's recall.
"There is so much in common between Chesa Boudin and George Gascon in terms of their failures, their egregious dereliction of duty, their radical, dangerous, anti-accountability policies and the resulting voter anger," explains Greenberg. "There were many lessons learned and messaging tactics used in San Francisco with the Boudin recall which I will share with the Gascon recall committee to best position them to win in Los Angeles as well."
The George Gascon recall effort is still in the signature gathering phase which concludes July 6th. The committee has already surpassed the required number of petition signers but needs a "cushion" above that threshold to account for any number of invalid signatures that could lower the tally overall during the verification process. Speaking last Friday on local KABC talk radio, Greenberg urged listeners to get their signed petitions to the committee as soon as possible. He also had a message for other cities' voters who may be facing progressive "rogue" DA elections. "Never trust a candidate who has no actual experience in prosecuting a criminal through trial, conviction and sentencing. These 'Public Defender-turned District Attorney' candidates, or indeed any candidate backed by George Soros, must never be taken seriously. It's a recipe for disaster. Take it from us in San Francisco and now in Los Angeles."
Richie Greenberg is a political commentator, and Independent activist based in San Francisco.
Media contact: Richie Greenberg press@richiegreenberg.org
Website: GreenbergNation.com
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Trump-endorsed gubernatorial candidate sues state senator who accuses him of groping
By Andy Rose, CNN
A Republican Nebraska gubernatorial candidate accused of inappropriate physical contact by eight women is suing a state senator who is one of the accusers.
Charles Herbster filed the suit Friday against GOP state Sen. Julie Slama.
Slama was quoted in an article in the Nebraska Examiner saying that Herbster had reached up her skirt during a Republican fundraising dinner in 2019. She later issued a statement saying, “Today’s Nebraska Examiner report about Charles Herbster sexually assaulting me in 2019, when I was 22 years old, is true.”
Herbster has called the allegations in the article “100% false,” and the lawsuit says, “As a result of Defendant Slama’s false statements about him, Plaintiff has suffered grievous harm to his reputation.”
In a statement put out by his campaign Friday, Herbster added, “As set forth in my lawsuit, the false accusations and attacks on my character are part of a greater scheme calculated to try and defeat my candidacy.”
Slama’s attorney Dave Lopez told CNN on Friday evening that the senator had not yet been served with the lawsuit, but he added in a statement, “To be sure, any claim that calls into question Senator Slama’s well-corroborated account of her sexual assault by Charles Herbster would be categorically without merit and frivolous. Senator Slama will vigorously defend herself against any such lawsuit. Charles Herbster will be subject to the full scope of civil discovery if he proceeds with any legal attack against Senator Slama.”
Herbster’s run for governor is endorsed by former President Donald Trump, who is scheduled to attend a rally with Herbster in Nebraska on April 29.
During a news conference on Wednesday, Herbster told reporters he has not discussed the allegations with Trump. A Trump spokesman did not respond to CNN when asked for comment on the allegations.
Herbster has stated that since the alleged incident in 2019, Slama has met with him multiple times, sought political donations from him, received a $10,000 donation from him and even invited him to her wedding. Asked for comment about the allegations and Herbster’s response, Slama provided a statement to CNN.
“I was scared and felt obligated to meet with my attacker, Charles Herbster, because he is my constituent, a Republican mega-donor, and leading candidate for Nebraska Governor. I was terrified that in addition to sexually assaulting me, he would try to ruin my public reputation- which is exactly what he is trying to do now,” Slama has previously said.
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6 people die after storm causes Montana highway pileup
(AP) - Six people have died after a dust storm fueled by wind gusts topping 60 mph caused a pileup Friday evening on Interstate 90 in Montana, authorities said.
Twenty-one vehicles crashed and Montana Highway Patrol Sgt. Jay Nelson said authorities believe the weather was the cause.
“It appears as though there was heavy winds, causing a dust storm with zero visibility,” he said.
While the highway patrol did not have an immediate count of the number of injuries, Nelson said additional ambulances had to be called in from Billings to help.
Gov. Greg Gianforte said on Twitter: “I’m deeply saddened by the news of a mass casualty crash near Hardin. Please join me in prayer to lift up the victims and their loved ones. We’re grateful to our first responders for their service.”
The incident happened 3 miles (5 kilometers) west of Hardin. A video from The Billings Gazette showed hundreds of tractor-trailers, campers and cars backed up for miles along the two eastbound lanes of the interstate.
The dust storm’s roots can be traced back several hours, when storms popped up in central southern Montana between 1 and 2 p.m. and slowly began moving east, according to Nick Vertz, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Billings.
Those storms prompted a severe thunderstorm watch that covered Hardin and other parts of Montana from mid-afternoon until 9 p.m. Friday. Meteorologists forecasted the potential for isolated hail the size of a quarter, scattered wind gusts up to 75 mph (121 kph) and frequent lightning.
A so-called “outflow” — or a surge of wind that’s produced by storms but can travel faster than them — flew east/southeast about 30 miles (48 kilometers) ahead of the storms, Vertz said.
A 40 mph (64 kph) gust of wind was recorded at the nearby Big Horn County Airport at 4:15 p.m. The crash was reported to the highway patrol at 4:28 p.m.
By the airport weather station’s next reading at 4:35 p.m., the gusts had picked up to 62 mph (100 kph). Another reading 20 minutes later recorded a gust of 64 mph (103 kph).
The wind easily picked up dust — a product of recent temperatures into the 90s and triple digits over the last week — and reduced visibility to less than 1/4 mile (0.4 kilometers).
“If they looked up in the sky while they’re in Hardin, they probably didn’t see much of what you’d think of for a thunderstorm cloud, maybe not even much at all,” Vertz said. “It was just a surge of wind that kind of appeared out of nowhere.”
As first responders attempt to clear the wreckage, the meteorologist said they can expect to be safe from additional winds and thunderstorm activity.
“It should be a relatively clear, calm night for them,” he said.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | https://www.wibw.com/2022/07/16/6-people-die-after-storm-causes-montana-highway-pileup/ | 2022-07-16T04:40:55Z |
Number of Inductees Increases to 18 Since 2020 Program Launch
MELVILLE, N.Y., June 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, announced it is launching a new website to support Canon Legends, a program first announced in 2020 to honor and preserve the legacy and leadership of some of the most accomplished photographers of our time and former members of Canon's renowned Explorers of Light program. In addition, Canon has announced it has increased the number of Canon Legends to 18. Through this program, these true industry legends will continue to share a lifetime of knowledge and experience through a variety of public and private events and activities including in-person presentations, workshops, editorial features, tips and techniques, and collaborations with educational venues.
The inaugural class of Canon Legends include:
To honor their legacy, Canon developed the Canon Legends website, featuring iconic images created by these renowned photographers over their long and illustrious careers.
"Through its Explorers of Light program, Canon has worked with some of the most successful and iconic names in the history of photography and creating the Canon Legends program is one way we can honor and preserve their legacy," said Tatsuro "Tony" Kano, executive vice president and general manager of Canon U.S.A.'s Imaging Technologies & Communications Group. "They continue to be relevant members of our industry as mentors, teachers, and as active photographers. They offer a wealth of experience and are excited to share that knowledge with the next generation of creatives. Our hope is that the Canon Legends will provide education and support to the photographic industry, and beyond, for years to come."
All members of the Canon Legends program are former Canon Explorers of Light and were invited to join the program through a nomination committee comprised of Canon management and other photo industry experts. Each year, the committee will review the list of former Explorers of Light and nominate new members at its discretion.
Canon Legends Participate in NFT Collection
Canon announced that several members of its Canon Legends program have partnered with Immutable Image to create NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens) from a limited collection of their photographs and publish them as a collective. "The Legends Mint" will drop on OpenSea, one of the largest peer-to-peer NFT marketplaces, on June 30, 2022. The photographers are partnering with Immutable Image, which is dedicated to introducing iconic photographs – past, present, and future – to a new generation of art lovers and collectors.
About Canon U.S.A. Inc.
Canon U.S.A., Inc., is a leading provider of consumer, business-to-business, and industrial digital imaging solutions to the United States and to Latin America and the Caribbean markets. With approximately $30.6 billion in global revenue, its parent company, Canon Inc. (NYSE: CAJ), as of 2021 has ranked in the top-five overall in U.S. patents granted for 36 consecutive years† and was one of Fortune Magazine's World's Most Admired Companies in 2022. Canon U.S.A. was featured in Newsweek's Most Loved Workplaces list for 2021, ranking among the top 100 companies for employee happiness and satisfaction at work. Canon U.S.A. is dedicated to its Kyosei philosophy of social and environmental responsibility. To keep apprised of the latest news from Canon U.S.A., sign up for the Company's RSS news feed by visiting www.usa.canon.com/rss and follow us on Twitter @CanonUSA.
†Based on weekly patent counts issued by United States Patent and Trademark Office.
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MANNHEIM, Germany, June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Systems and Device Technology IISB and Park Systems invite professionals from the electronic industry to submit abstract for the 2nd International SPM Symposium on Failure Analysis and Material Testing 2022 (FAMT) July 22, 2022.
Submit here: http://www.parksystems.com/FAMT2022symposium
Submission deadline: 15 June 2022
High integration density is an ongoing challenge for the quality and reliability of device components that generates a strong demand for more sophisticated methods for failure analysis. New-engineered products need to secure a high level of reliability, sustainability, and longevity to meet the international quality standards.
"Semiconductor device fabrication has seen continuously shrinking device dimensions and higher integration density on the one hand and more complex device geometries and sophisticated 3D architectures on the other hand. The rapid evolution and short development cycles of these technologies already impose tremendous challenges on process control and even more on failure analysis for today's semiconductor research and industry. Considering emerging topics such as 2D materials and quantum devices, such tasks will even aggravate the requirements for inspection and metrology," comments Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jörg Schulze, the head of the Fraunhofer IISB.
Detection and classification of nanometer-sized material defects require characterization methods with a resolution in the nanometer range. In this symposium, the latest approaches will be presented that help industry to develop robust electronic products and support reliable operation under environmental conditions of different kinds.
"Scanning probe microscopy with its very high local resolution and its huge variety of measurement modes and flexible integration of additional characterization techniques can, therefore, play a significant role for providing both, research and industry solutions for the aforementioned key challenges. This symposium's mission is to bring you in touch with recent trends and solutions," adds Prof. Schulze.
The program will include keynote talks ranging from case studies in the semiconductor device applications, innovative methods and tools for material characterization and defect review, emerging applications in the electronic industry up to future methods for increasing line productivity, efficiency, and yield.
The symposium is going to be held as a hybrid event, on-site at IISB in Erlangen, Germany and online via Zoom platform with free access for the global audience.
More information: www.parksystems.com/FAMT2022symposium
As one of the 72 institutes and research units of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Systems and Device Technology IISB conducts contract research for industry and public authorities. Its main objective is to provide excellent research to its customers and to set technological benchmarks as one of the leading research institutions in electronic systems.
Beside its headquarters in Erlangen, Fraunhofer IISB has branches in Freiberg / Saxony. In Freiberg, the IISB is active in the Fraunhofer Technology Center High Performance Materials THM. Here, innovative semiconductor materials for microelectronics, optoelectronics, and photovoltaics are developed. The institute closely cooperates with the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and is a foundation member of the Energy Campus Nürnberg (EnCN).
IISB pursues cooperation with numerous national and international partners in joint projects and associations. To learn more about Fraunhofer IISB, please visit https://www.iisb.fraunhofer.de/
Park Systems is the fastest growing and world-leading manufacturer of atomic force microscopy (AFM) systems, with a complete range of products for researchers and engineers in the semiconductor and data storage industries, chemistry, materials, physics and life sciences. Our mission is to enable nanoscale advances for scientists and engineers solving the world's most pressing problems and pushing the boundaries of scientific discoveries and engineering innovations. Customers of Park Systems include most of the world's top 20 largest semiconductor companies and national research universities in Asia, Europe and the Americas. Park Systems is a publicly traded corporation on the Korea Stock Exchange (KOSDAQ) with corporate headquarters in Suwon, Korea, and regional headquarters in Santa Clara, California, USA, Mannheim, Germany, Beijing, China, Tokyo, Japan, Singapore, and Mexico City, Mexico. To learn more about Park Systems, please visit http://www.parksystems.com
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It’s check-in time for your financial goals
A regular review of your financial plan can keep you on track
InvestigateTV - No matter the size of your paycheck, having a plan is key to reaching your financial goals.
You might have short-term goals like a vacation or buying a car or house in the next few years. Or maybe you have long-term goals, like putting your retirement or your kids’ education.
Michael Joyce with the financial firm Agili said write down your goals and prioritize them.
“What you need to do is look at the resources that you have to get there and then come up with a plan and how are you going to make those resources reach those, both short term and long-term goals and objectives,” Joyce said.
Joyce suggested that something as simple as writing down the month you plan to make a purchase and calculating how much you need to save can help you stay on track.
If you need help making a plan or revising the one you have, there are many free tools available online. Google’s simple budget tracker or GoodBudget (free option) are just two examples that could help you meet your financial goals.
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Len Dawson, MVP of Chiefs’ first Super Bowl win, in hospice
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Len Dawson, the 87-year-old Hall of Fame quarterback who led the Kansas City Chiefs to their first Super Bowl title, has entered hospice care in Kansas City.
KMBC-TV, the Kansas City station where Dawson began his broadcasting career in 1966, confirmed Dawson is in hospice care through his wife, Linda.
The MVP of the Chiefs’ 23-7 Super Bowl victory over Minnesota in January 1970, Dawson was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1987 and received the Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award in 2012.
From Alliance, Ohio, Dawson starred at Purdue and was selected fifth overall by Pittsburgh in the 1957 NFL draft. After seeing limited time in the NFL in three seasons with the Steelers and two with Cleveland, he joined the Dallas Texans in the American Football League in 1962, reuniting with former Purdue assistant coach Hank Stram.
Dawson moved with the team to Kansas City the following season and remained the Chiefs’ starting quarterback until retiring in 1975.
In addition to his work at KMBC where he was the station’s first sports anchor, Dawson was a game analyst for NBC and the Chiefs’ radio network and hosted HBO’s “Inside the NFL” show.
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NEW YORK, May 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ever-Glory International Group, Inc. (the "Company" or "Ever-Glory") (NASDAQ: EVK), a retailer of branded fashion apparel and a leading global apparel supply chain solution provider, reported its financial results today for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022.
Mr. Yihua Kang, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Ever-Glory, said, "During the first quarter, we maintained our focus on developing the retail business through our multi-brand strategy and store network optimization initiative, while improving our wholesale business by upgrading customer portfolio and enhancing our account receivables."
"During the first quarter of 2022, our retail brands continue to attract new customers and retain existing customers by focusing on design, quality and value," Mr. Kang continued. "Following the remodeling or relocation of 50-100 stores during 2022, we operated a nationwide network of 848 stores as of March 31, 2022."
"Looking at our wholesale business, we maintained focus on upgrading customer portfolio to reduce credit risk and improve margin in light of weak micro-environment and enhancing our account receivables. Going forward, we'll implement a stricter client evaluation system and remain diligent in our account receivables collection. We believe the enduring strength of our wholesale business will support its long-term profitability." concluded Mr. Kang.
Mr. Jason Jiansong Wang, Chief Financial Officer of Ever-Glory, added, "The first quarter results, are coupled with our ability to increase operating leverage. Going forward, we remain confident in the long-term prospects of our business and we will continue implementing our margin enhancement and cost control measures to further strengthen the profitability of our business."
First Quarter 2022 Financial Results
Total sales for the first quarter of 2022 were $64.8 million, a decrease of 8.5% from $70.8 million in the first quarter of 2021. This decrease was primarily attributable to a 28.7% increase in our wholesale business and a 26.7% decrease in our retail business.
Sales for the Company's branded fashion apparel retail division decreased by 26.7% to $34.9 million for the first quarter of 2022, compared with $47.6 million for the first quarter of 2021. This decrease was primarily due to the decrease in same-store sales. The Company had 848 retail stores as of March 31, 2022, compared with 921 retail stores as of March 31, 2021.
Sales for the Company's wholesale division increased by 28.7% to $29.9 million for the first quarter of 2022, compared with $23.2 million for the first quarter of 2021. This increase was primarily attributable to increased sales in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Japan and the United States, and other European markets partially offset by decreased sales in the United Kingdom.
Total gross profit for the first quarter of 2021 decreased by 22.6% to $17.4 million, compared with $22.4 million for the first quarter of 2021. Total gross margin for the first quarter of 2022 decreased to 26.8% from 31.7% for the first quarter of 2021.
Gross profit for the retail business decreased by 34.8% to $11.7 million for the first quarter of 2022, compared with $17.9 million for the first quarter of 2021. Gross margin for the first quarter of 2022 was 33.4% compared to 37.6% for the first quarter of 2021.
Gross profit for the wholesale business increased by 25.2% to $5.7 million for the first quarter of 2022, compared with $4.6 million for the first quarter of 2021. Gross margin for the first quarter of 2022 decreased to 19.1% from 19.6% for the first quarter of 2021.
Selling expenses for the first quarter of 2022 decreased by 12.0% to $13.7 million, or 21.1% of total sales, compared with $15.5 million, or 22.0% of total sales for the first quarter of 2021. The decrease was attributable to the decreased salaries.
General and administrative expenses for the first quarter of 2022 decreased by 10.9% to $7.0 million, or 10.8% of total sales, compared with $7.9 million, or 11.1% of total sales for the first quarter of 2021. The decrease was attributable to the decreased salaries.
Loss from operations was $3.3 million for the first quarter of 2022,compared to $1.0 million for the first quarter of 2021.
Net loss attributable to the Company for the first quarter of 2022 was $5.1 million compared with $1.2 million for first quarter of 2021. Basic and diluted loss per share were $0.34 for the first quarter of 2022 compared with $0.08 for the first quarter of 2021.
Balance Sheet
As of March 31, 2022, Ever-Glory had approximately $41.7 million of cash and cash equivalents, compared with approximately $56.6 million as of December 31, 2021. Ever-Glory had working capital of approximately $42.3 million as of March 31, 2022, and outstanding bank loans of approximately $69.3 million as of March 31, 2022.
Conference Call
The Company will hold a conference call at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time on May 13, 2022(8:00 p.m. Beijing Time on May 13, 2022). Listeners can access the conference call by dialing +1-888-394-8218 or + 1-323-701-0225 and using the access code 1720370. The conference call will also be webcast live over the Internet and can be accessed at the Company's website at http://www.everglorygroup.com.
A replay of the call will be available from 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time on May 13 through 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on May 20 by calling +1-844-512-2921 or +1-412-317-6671 with pin number 1720370.
About Ever-Glory International Group, Inc.
Based in Nanjing, China, Ever-Glory International Group, Inc. is a retailer of branded fashion apparel and a leading global apparel supply chain solution provider. Ever-Glory is the first Chinese apparel Company listed on the American Stock Exchange (now named as NYSE MKT) in July 2008 and then transferred to The NASDAQ Global Market on December 31, 2015. Ever-Glory offers apparel to woman in China under its own brands "La go go", "Velwin", "idole" and "Jizhu". Ever-Glory is also a leading global apparel supply chain solution provider with a focus on middle-to-high end casual wear, outerwear, and sportswear brands. Ever-Glory services a number of well-known brands and retail stores by providing a complete set of supply chain management services, including: fabric development and design, sampling, sourcing, quality control, manufacturing, logistics, customs clearance and distribution.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this release and other written or oral statements made by or on behalf of Ever-Glory International Group, Inc. (the "Company") are "forward looking statements" within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Statements regarding future events and developments and the Company's future performance, as well as management's expectations, beliefs, plans, estimates or projections relating to the future, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of these laws. The forward looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties including, without limitation, market acceptance of the Company's products and offerings, development and expansion of the Company's wholesale and retail operations, the Company's continued access to capital, currency exchange rate fluctuation and other risks and uncertainties. The actual results the Company achieves (including, without limitation, the results stemming from the future implementation of the Company's strategies and the revenue, net income and new retail store projections set forth herein) may differ materially from those contemplated by any forward-looking statements due to such risks and uncertainties (many of which are beyond the Company's control). These statements are based on management's current expectations and speak only as of the date of such statements. Readers should carefully review the risks and uncertainties described in the Company's latest Annual Report on Form 10-K and other documents that the Company files from time to time with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable law.
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Florida attorney's new effort to provide medical supplies to residents, growing refugee population
OCALA, Fla., June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lawyer Bruce Kaster is creating a new non-profit to help raise funds for a charity organization in Odessa, Ukraine. Mr. Kaster recently witnessed first-hand the desperate situation for the people who live there, the rising numbers of refugees fleeing the fighting in other parts of the country, and an organization working tirelessly with limited resources to help them.
Mr. Kaster's family has close ties to the small German town of Kaster, which shares his family's last name. He travels there each year to help with projects to preserve the town's architecture and cultural heritage, and the idea for this new initiative came about through connections he has made in his visits.
"Many of us have wondered how we might do something worthwhile to help the suffering Ukrainian people under attack by Russia," Mr. Kaster said. "Recently my wife Sue and I raised this question with our good friends Stefan and Doris Gundlach who live in Kaster."
Stefan Gundlach had been preparing for a diplomatic assignment in the German embassy in Kiev, but the war temporarily shut down all foreign embassies in Ukraine, so he and his wife organized a private relief effort. Mr. Kaster decided that this was the perfect opportunity to help.
From Germany, he flew to Moldova, crossed the border and traveled to Odessa, which sits on the Black Sea in the southern part of Ukraine. A former Army paratrooper, Mr. Kaster was reminded of his experience in Vietnam, seeing people struggling to go about their daily lives while facing the imminent threat of war. Two Russian missiles struck the city during his visit.
While in Odessa, Mr. Kaster met the staff of "Your City," a Ukraine-based non-profit working tirelessly to dispense a wide range of medicines and other necessities to residents and to refugees – made up mostly of women and children. Many Ukrainian women must take daily medication to counteract radiation exposure from the Chernobyl nuclear meltdown that happened back in 1986. "Your City" provides that medication free of charge. Mr. Kaster established the non-profit Ukraine Relief Fund Inc. to raise money for the effort.
For more information and ways you can donate, contact Bruce Kaster or Jessica Ruiz at Kaster, Lynch, Farrar & Ball,352-622-1600 or by cell 352-895-8596.
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Robert@androvett.com
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Herman Soliz
Herman Soliz, age 75, of Belton passed from this life during the evening hours of Monday, August 15th, 2022, at Baylor Scott & White Hospital in Temple. He was born on the 8th day of October 1946 in Moody to parents Reynaldo and Maria (Sauceda) Soliz.
Herman graduated from Moody High School in the early 60’s and then attended Blinn College where he earned his associates degree in Business Management. He served during the Vietnam war where he was stationed at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage, Alaska. Herman lived and worked in Kansas and Forth Worth for many years while working for the BNSF railroad. In 2006 he retired after working for over 36 years for the railroad. Herman was a Christian and attended the Methodist Church in Moody when it was open. He was a member of the UTU railroad union. Herman was an avid sports fan and loved watching the Dallas Cowboys and Texas Rangers. He loved watching his grandkids play baseball and spending quality time together. Herman was devoted to his family and would do anything for them. He will be deeply missed by many friends and family.
He is preceded in death by his parents, and three brothers: Joe Soliz, Genaro Soliz, and Robert Soliz.
Herman leaves behind to cherish his memory his son Brandon Soliz and wife Brandi of Angleton, son Jason Soliz of Belton, brother Johnny Soliz of Texas City, sister Mary Tamez of Belton, eleven grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.
A graveside service will be held at Moody Cemetery on Tuesday, August 23, 2022 at 2 o’clock p.m. with a United States Air Force honor guard present. The family will be accepting visitors at the funeral home before the service between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.
Hewett-Arney Funeral Home of Temple is entrusted with these arrangements.
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ISLAMABAD (AP) — Heavy flooding from seasonal rains in eastern Afghanistan and neighboring parts of Pakistan left dozens of people dead overnight, according to local officials on Sunday.
Associated Press video showed villagers in the Khushi district of Logar province south of the Afghan capital of Kabul cleaning up after the flooding, their damaged homes in disarray.
Abdullah Mufaker, head of the province’s natural disaster response authority, said it was still unknown how many were killed and injured by the rising waters but that there were at least nine fatalities.
“The exact number is not clear for the time being, and the people have gone to remove the dead bodies,” he said.
Del Agha, a village elder, said the flooding was unprecedented in the history of Khushi. “It destroyed all the people’s animals, houses and agricultural lands,” he said. “People are homeless, they have been force to take refuge in the mountains.”
In neighboring Pakistan, flooding triggered by the monsoon rains killed at least 36 people, including 11 dead in areas bordering Afghanistan, according to the country’s natural disaster management authority. Rescue workers backed by the military have evacuated thousands of marooned people to safety, while more rains are expected this week in Pakistan.
The monsoon season runs from July through September.
Last week, heavy rains set off flash floods that killed at least 31 people and left dozens missing in northern Afghanistan. | https://cw33.com/news/international/ap-international/official-flooding-in-eastern-afghanistan-kills-at-least-9/ | 2022-08-21T21:26:14Z |
BOSTON, May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Married homebuilding duo, Susan and Paul Kadilak, are thrilled to announce the nomination of their show, Renovation Rekindle (NECN), for a New England Emmy in the Lifestyle category!
"Being nominated for an Emmy is such an honor," said Susan. "It is a privilege to be considered."
Each episode of Renovation Rekindle follows a single project from concept to completion, chronicling the decision points along the way and showcasing the balance between Susan's technical expertise and Paul's hands-on ability to lead each project through execution. Viewers walk away with a smile on their face and the knowledge that, with the right partner, they can make their home renovation dreams come true.
Susan and Paul, both licensed general contractors, have established themselves as an authority in the building and design industry with 5.5+ million views of their stunning work on Pinterest every month. Several years ago, they began filming their projects from start to finish, posting short clips along the way that showcase both their gorgeous designs and Paul's unique brand of quirky humor. With more than 4 million views, their relatable videos have been a source of endless information and entertainment for their 50K+ Instagram followers and led to the launch of Renovation Rekindle in 2021. The Kadilaks and their brand, Kadilak Homes, circumvented the traditional channels, airing this linear version of their home renovation show regionally, then taking it direct to their global social audience via their Renovation Rekindle app - a first-of-its-kind accomplishment.
The production team is led by Executive Producer Seanbaker Carter (Queer Eye For The Straight Guy, Swab Stories), Executive Producer Jared Morris (Craziest Restaurants in America, Swab Stories), and Supervising Producer Evan Hatten.
Susan and Paul are honored to be in consideration for this award and congratulate all the other nominees in the category. The awards will be announced at the New England Emmy Gala on June 4, 2022.
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Heat’s Lowry ruled out against Hawks with hamstring injury
By CHARLES ODUM
AP Sports Writer
ATLANTA (AP) — Miami Heat point guard Kyle Lowry has been ruled out of Sunday night’s Game 4 of the playoffs against the Atlanta Hawks due to a left hamstring strain. Lowry suffered the injury in the third quarter of Friday night’s 111-110 loss to the Hawks and did not play in the fourth quarter. Spoelstra says “You have to be smart about” the decision with the 36-year-old Lowry. Lowry absence puts Gabe Vincent in the spotlight. Hawks center Clint Capela, who has missed the first three games of the series with a right knee hyperextension, is available to play. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/04/24/heats-lowry-ruled-out-against-hawks-with-hamstring-injury/ | 2022-04-25T00:30:52Z |
The popular pasta cut, known worldwide for its angled edges and sauce-retaining surface, is now made entirely from chickpeas
NORTHBROOK, Ill., May 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Barilla, the world's leading pasta producer, announced a new pasta shape is hitting shelves nationwide: Chickpea Penne. Made with just one ingredient – chickpeas – Barilla Chickpea Penne offers a protein-powered option on the classic pasta shape that is free from any fillers or additives and no gums added.
This short, cylinder-shaped cut with angled edges is beloved around the world for its versatility that complements a wide range of flavorful dishes. The new Chickpea Penne contains 19 grams of plant protein per 3.5 oz serving and is certified gluten-free, vegan and non-GMO Project Verified.
The better for you pasta category is compiled of pasta that is derived from whole grains, whole wheat, semolina flour or veggies, as well as choices that are gluten-free and low carb. With consumers searching for alternative proteins and limiting refined foods to ensure their well-being, Legume pasta, made from dried legumes that are milled and sieved into flour, is currently the fastest growing segment in this category today (23% of segment dollars)1.
Barilla is applying its 145 years of pasta-making expertise through its line of chickpea and red lentil pastas, made with only one ingredient – chickpeas or red lentils – to bring a variety of options to pasta lovers everywhere seeking more protein and plant-based formats.
"As a leader in pasta, we understand just how much penne is adored around the globe so we're excited to give all pasta aficionados the opportunity to enjoy penne in a variety of ways," said Jean-Pierre Comte, President of Barilla Americas. "We look forward to seeing what recipes our fans create using our delicious Chickpea Penne."
The large diameter and ridges of Penne make it ideal for retaining sauces, such as arrabbiata or lemon garlic ginger on the entire surface, inside and out. Executive Chef of Barilla America, Lorenzo Boni, offers the following cooking tips for a delicious pasta meal:
- Measure, Boil, Stir: Always cook in hard boiling water with a ratio of 3 oz pasta per quart of water and start timing right when pasta hits the water. Stir straight away and then occasionally every 2-3 minutes.
- Save Your Pasta Water: Pasta water can be used to thicken your sauce and enhance sauce cling due to the starch in the pasta water.
- Use Olive Oil: When cooking, it can be beneficial to use two kinds of olive oil: a high-quality extra virgin olive oil for cooking and an aromatic option to drizzle on top for added flavor. Remember never to add oil to your water when boiling pasta.
Barilla's chickpea and red lentil pasta line is currently available in six different cuts: Chickpea Penne, Chickpea Spaghetti, Chickpea Rotini, Red Lentil Penne, Red Lentil Spaghetti and Red Lentil Rotini. While prices vary per retailer, all varieties have a suggested retail price of $3.49.
Find Barilla Chickpea Penne in select major retailers nationwide, including Kroger, Meijer, Hyvee, and Publix, as well as at Amazon.com. Retailer availability will expand throughout the summer. For a specific retailer near you, visit the product locator at www.Barilla.com.
1 Nielsen Total US XAOC Latest 52 weeks ending 4/2/2022
About the Barilla Group
Barilla is a family company, not listed on the stock exchange, chaired by brothers Guido, Luca and Paolo Barilla. It was founded by their great-grandfather, Pietro Barilla, who opened a bakery in Parma in 1877. Now, Barilla is famous in Italy and throughout the world for the excellence of its food products. With its brands – Barilla, Vero Gusto, Mulino Bianco, Pan di Stelle, Gran Cereale, Harrys, Pavesi, Wasa, Filiz, Yemina and Vesta, Misko, Voiello and Cucina Barilla – it promotes a tasty, joyful and healthy diet, inspired by the Mediterranean Diet and the Italian lifestyle.
When Pietro opened his store more than 140 years ago, his overriding aim was to make good food. Today, that principle has become Barilla's way of doing business: "Good for You, Good for the Planet," a slogan that expresses the daily commitment of the over 8,000 people who work for the company, and of a supply chain that shares its values and passion for quality.
"Good for You" means constantly improving the product offering, encouraging the adoption of healthy lifestyles and facilitating people's access to food.
"Good for the Planet" means promoting sustainable supply chains and reducing CO2 emissions and water consumption.
To learn more: www.barillagroup.com; Twitter: @barillagroup
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BEIJING, June 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A news report by China.org.cn on Hong Kong Palace Museum:
Good news: Hong Kong is welcoming its very own palace museum.
The Hong Kong Palace Museum, which is set to open to the public on July 2, is the first museum jointly established with the Palace Museum in Beijing outside the Chinese mainland.
At the opening, a total of 914 treasures from the Palace Museum will be on display, among them, 166 are first-class cultural relics classified as national treasures. The blockbuster exhibition "The Making of Masterpieces: Chinese Painting and Calligraphy from the Palace Museum" will display 35 classic works from the Jin (265-420), Tang (618-907), Song (960-1279) and Yuan (1271-1368) dynasties. This exhibition is the largest of its kind outside the Chinese mainland within the past 15 years. A range of fine Chinese ceramics from different dynasties will also be presented in Hong Kong for the first time.
Even more exciting is that the Hong Kong Palace Museum will offer exhibitions that have not been seen in the Palace Museum. For example, one of the opening exhibitions "Grand Gallop: Art and Culture of the Horse" will showcase more than 100 horse-related cultural relics from the Palace Museum and 13 renowned horse-themed artworks on loan from the Louvre Museum in France, allowing Eastern and Western civilizations to shine brightly together.
The Palace Museum has long been fascinating for people in Hong Kong. Over the years, the museum has conducted various exchanges and cooperation with the special administrative region. A host of splendid exhibitions on Qing dynasty imperial costumes, cultural relics from the Hall of Mental Cultivation in the Forbidden City, and valuable clocks and watches have been displayed in Hong Kong's museums, each attracting a sea of visitors.
Additionally, Hong Kong was once a center for the production of palace-based TV dramas, and such dramas produced on the Chinese mainland also attracted high ratings in Hong Kong. Given the rich elements from the Palace Museum shown in these dramas, it is fair to say that the museum constitutes a common cultural symbol of the two regions.
It is based on this affection for and recognition of culture that the Hong Kong Palace Museum has been jointly established and the Palace Museum has made an exception in loaning out items from its precious collection on a long-term basis. This enables Chinese people both on the Chinese mainland and in Hong Kong to jointly share and protect the cultural treasures spanning 5,000 years of history.
This year marks the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland. Having traditionally played the role of a center for international finance, shipping and trade, Hong Kong is now endowed with a new status as a center of Sino-foreign cultural and artistic exchanges. The founding of the Hong Kong Palace Museum has enriched the region's cultural heritage. Hong Kong, rooted as it is in Chinese traditions, will not only retain its allure as a vibrant metropolis where East meets West, but also play a bigger role in promoting in-depth dialogue over diverse values as well as exchanges and mutual learning among outstanding civilizations.
We are looking forward to the official opening of the Hong Kong Palace Museum, where everyone can savor the glamour of Eastern culture interpreted by a more glorious "Pearl of the Orient."
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Hong Kong Palace Museum: Narrating the charm of the Orient
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Offering In-Play Challenges and Incentives to Maximize Customer Loyalty
LAS VEGAS, May 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- EBET, Inc. (Nasdaq: EBET), a leading global provider of advanced esports wagering products and technology, announced today an agreement signed by its subsidiary Esports Marketing Technologies Ltd. with loyalty and engagement platform Captain Up. With this deal, Captain Up will provide exciting in-play challenges, achievements, and a rewards shop for EBET brands.
Captain Up creates entertaining incentives, segmented according to user behavior, that link a reward with an action. Their offerings for EBET will motivate players to collect badges, achieve trophies, progress through personalized missions, and claim daily and weekly rewards.
Advanced gamification will be incorporated into loyalty programs across EBET brands, including custom free-to-play games being developed by Incentive Games. This rewards platform and the free-to-play games will work symbiotically to deliver an enriched user experience for EBET customers. EBET seeks to amplify revenue, business growth, and customer lifetime value with the heightened engagement and retention.
Captain Up CEO Uri Admon said, "This is the future of gaming: personal journeys, gamified shopping, and dynamic challenges. We are proud to join forces with the EBET family to add layers of gamification and customization that are tailored to each user in real time."
Michael Barden, Director of Loyalty and Retention at EBET, said, "Our alliance with Captain Up is another core component in our mission to capitalize on our 'gamblification' strategy to fully maximize customer retention and engagement. Captain Up is a proven strategic partner with core technologies that allow us to create and scale a system of rewards that will further resonate with esports fans, wagerers, and gamers."
About EBET, Inc.
EBET develops award-winning, groundbreaking and engaging wagering products for bettors around the world. The company is focused on bringing better odds and technology solutions to cater to the Millennial and Gen-Z demographics. It has an expanding portfolio of intellectual property with patents pending around odds modeling simulation, an electronic sports betting exchange system, live streaming odds integration and enhancing modeling probabilities in multi-player games. EBET operates online sportsbook and casino brands Karamba, Hopa, Griffon Casino, BetTarget, Dansk777, GenerationVIP and Gogawi, which have over 1.25 million deposited customers in more than 15 countries. The company recently was awarded Esport Product of the Year at the 2021 SiGMA Europe and 2022 SiGMA Asia Awards, and its brand Karamba received SBC's award for Innovation in Casino & Gaming Entertainment. EBET, Inc. is listed on the Nasdaq under the symbol EBET (CUSIP 278700109). EBET, Inc. was previously known as Esports Technologies, Inc. The name changed on May 5, 2022, to better reflect the company's business and mission.
For more information, visit: https://ebet.gg/.
About Captain Up:
Captain Up maximizes user engagement and retention using gamification, social mechanics, and communication tools segmented across multiple channels. A suite of products enhances brand offerings with behavioral economics and machine learning. The platform offers real-time challenges, rewards, messages, and promotions tailored to match any user's preference. Captain Up is empowering brands with personal gamified marketing tools, adhering to the dynamic regulatory guidelines.
For more information, visit: https://captainup.com.
Forward-Looking Statements: This press release includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which statements involve risks and uncertainties. These statements relate to future events, future expectations, plans and prospects. You can identify forward-looking statements by those that are not historical in nature, particularly those that use terminology such as "may," "should," "expects," "anticipates," "contemplates," "estimates," "believes," "plans," "projected," "predicts," "potential," or "hopes" or the negative of these or similar terms. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable as of the date made, actual results or outcomes may prove to be materially different from the expectations expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These statements are only predictions and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors, including those discussed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including as set forth in Item 1A. "Risk Factors" in our most recently filed Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and updated from time to time in our Form 10-Q filings and in our other public filings with the SEC. The Company does not undertake any obligation to release publicly any revisions to forward-looking statements as a result of subsequent events or developments, except as required by law.
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Delivers unparalleled ease-of-use for AI-powered personalization, enabling every marketer to drive product and content recommendations on every channel
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Blueshift, the leading Smart Hub platform for intelligent customer engagement, today announced at the company's Engage 2022 conference the launch of the industry's first collection of 100+ pre-built AI Recommendations Recipes for marketers. The new recipes, together with Blueshift's industry-leading Recommendations Studio, provide unparalleled ease of use for marketers for hyper-personalized customer engagement, enabling them to recommend content, products, and offers that are based on each customer's individual behavior, as well as the behavior of similar customers.
Today's consumers demand personalization across all engagement channels and interaction touch points, and the use of AI has become key for marketers to successfully scale their efforts. In fact, studies show that marketing campaigns featuring AI recommendations are 116% more effective, driven by 22% higher click rates and 209% higher conversion rates. Over the last 12 months, marketers have hyper-personalized more than 10 billion messages using Blueshift's Recommendation Studio, which is built using patented technology. Furthermore, Blueshift customers have reported significant business results from using recommendations, including 131% higher sales and 384% higher lead volumes.
"With today's release of AI Recommendations Recipes, we are excited to bring accessible AI directly in the hands of marketers," said Manyam Mallela, Co-Founder and Chief AI Officer at Blueshift. "We are empowering a new generation of marketers who are data artists, combining the art of marketing with the power of AI and data science."
The new capabilities for AI Recommendations Recipes unveiled today empower marketers to:
- Get started quickly with 100+ pre-built AI marketing recipes: Marketers now have a great starting canvas, pre-loaded with configurations for common use cases like abandoned carts, newsletter feeds based on affinities, cross-merchandising based on the wisdom of the crowds, trending content or changes to catalogs, and more. These recipes can be easily edited to get the recommendations just right for each use case.
- Personalize each message using drag-and-drop simplicity: Once the recommendation scheme using out-of-the-box recommendation recipes have been built, marketers can use a newly released drag-and-drop interface to insert them into emails, SMS, push notifications, in-app messages, or any creatives for their campaigns. Additionally, it's easy to suppress repetitive recommendations and to include seasonal and business promotions alongside predictive content.
- Analyze and optimize with advanced reporting: New in-depth reporting on advanced recommendation analytics enables marketers to optimize campaigns by using the best-performing recommendations, while also gaining visibility into which items are being recommended to each user and which ones users are engaging with.
Retailers, ecommerce providers, and digital media and over-the-top (OTT) companies are especially poised to benefit from these new capabilities provided by AI Recommendations Recipes. For instance, retailers can design customer journeys with highly relevant content and recommendations in real time based on the shopper's affinities, search and browse activity and purchase history. Streaming service providers can use advanced AI to precisely match millions of viewers with hundreds of thousands of media content catalog items and engage them with daily content feeds that are auto optimized based on prior activity.
San Francisco-based Blueshift helps brands deliver relevant, connected experiences across every customer interaction. The Blueshift cross-channel marketing platform uses patented AI technology to unify, inform, and activate the fullness of customer data across all channels and applications. Through unified data, cross-channel orchestration, intelligent decisioning, and unmatched scale, Blueshift gives brands all the tools they need to seamlessly deliver 1:1 experiences in real-time across the entire customer journey. Blueshift has been recognized in the 2021 Deloitte Technology Fast 500™ list as one of the fastest growing technology companies in North America.
For more information visit blueshift.com.
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Giuliani associate Lev Parnas sentenced to 20 months in prison
NEW YORK (AP) — Lev Parnas, an associate of Rudy Giuliani who was a figure in President Donald Trump’s first impeachment investigation, was sentenced Wednesday to a year and eight months in prison for fraud and campaign finance crimes.
Parnas, 50, had sought leniency on the grounds that he’d cooperated with the Congressional probe of Trump and his efforts to get the leaders of Ukraine to investigate President Joe Biden’s son.
U.S. District Judge J. Paul Oetken didn’t give Parnas credit for that assistance, which came only after the Soviet-born businessman was facing criminal charges. But the judge still imposed a sentence lighter than the six years sought by prosecutors.
The judge also ordered Parnas pay $2.3 million in restitution.
Addressing the court before the sentence was announced, Parnas sobbed and apologized to people who had lost money investing in his business ventures.
“A lot that you heard is true your honor. I have not been a good person my whole life. I’ve made mistakes. And I admit it,” Parnas said. “I want to apologize to all the victims that I hurt. These are all people who are my friends, all people who trusted me, and I lied to them to further my personal agenda,” Parnas said.
The criminal case against Parnas was not directly related to his work acting as a fixer for Giuliani as the former New York City mayor connected with Ukrainian officials and lobbied them to launch an investigation of Biden’s son, Hunter.
Instead, it zeroed in on donations Parnas had illegally made to a number of U.S. politicians using the riches of a wealthy Russian as part of an effort to jump-start a legal recreational-marijuana business.
In March, Parnas also pleaded guilty to a wire fraud conspiracy, admitting that he and a partner had given investors false information about a Florida-based business, Fraud Guarantee, that promised it could protect people against fraud.
That new company hired Giuliani as a consultant at a time when some Ukrainian figures were trying to curry favor with the Trump administration, agreeing to pay him $500,000.
Charles Gucciardo, a Long Island attorney who put up the cash to pay Giuliani, told the judge during the sentencing hearing that he hoped the former mayor would return the money, since Fraud Guarantee turned out to be a fraud.
“My bet is he’s going to give me that money back,” he said, adding that he didn’t blame Giuliani, who has not been charged with any crimes in connection with the scheme.
Outside of court, Parnas said that he didn’t believe Giuliani would return the money.
“I don’t think he’ll pay him back because, as you can see, he’s gone down the path of no return. He’s just an evil man, unfortunately, and somebody that I’m very, very sad that I had to meet,” he said.
Giuliani, who was working at the time as a personal lawyer for then-President Donald Trump, has said he knew nothing about the crimes of Parnas and others.
Federal prosecutors are investigating whether Giuliani’s interactions with Ukrainian figures violated a federal law that governs lobbying on behalf of foreign countries or entities.
Parnas and a business associate, Igor Fruman, attracted attention from reporters after arranging big donations to Republican politicians, including a $325,000 donation to a political action committee supporting Trump.
An October conviction also supported a finding that he made illegal donations in 2018 to promote a new energy company.
During Parnas’ sentencing hearing, the judge also heard from other people who had lost money with him in failed business deals.
Dianne Pues said the businessman “destroyed my life” when he failed to repay money she and her husband had loaned him to produce a movie called “Anatomy of an Assassin.”
Parnas promised he would become a new person.
He made a special apology to Gucciardo, turning to face him as he spoke.
“I’d like to apologize to Mr. Gucciardo. Even though I never spent a dollar of his money. I lied to him and used our friendship. Charles, I am sorry,” he said.
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- Fans from across the world united at King's Cross to celebrate Back to Hogwarts
- Activity included live performances and photo opportunities from the LEGO® Group and Bloomsbury Publishing, and performances from cast of hit West End show Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
- Back To Hogwarts 2022 – A Look Ahead provided fans with a host of news and 'start of term' announcements
LONDON, Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- 25 years ago, J.K. Rowling introduced us to the mysterious Platform Nine and Three Quarters, the scarlet Hogwarts Express and explained the significance of an 11:00am departure in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Since then, the Harry Potter series, which has sold over 600 million copies worldwide, been translated into over 80 languages and brought to life on screen in 8 blockbuster films, has built a global community of dedicated fans.
This morning, the Wizarding World's much-loved Back to Hogwarts celebrations returned to London's King's Cross for the first time since 2019. The event, hosted by British broadcasters Vick Hope and Sam Thompson, saw hundreds of Gryffindors, Slytherins, Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs gathering to join a live countdown. The departure board, which signaled the Hogwarts Express train to Hogsmeade, was lit up and special announcements made, with the train finally 'departing' at 11:00am for another year of adventure.
Fans participated in special Wand Combat workshops (led by Paul Harris, the Wand Choreographer responsible for the instantly recognizable wand combat seen in several of the Harry Potter films) and were treated to a special version of the popular 'wand dance' by the West End cast of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.
Fans also snapped selfies with two five-foot, giant-scale book replicas of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, as well as posing for photos with impressive LEGO® Harry Potter big builds of the Hogwarts Sorting Hat and Mr. Weasley's blue Ford Anglia. For fans who dreamed of making their own journey to Hogwarts, a brand-new Hogwarts Express video booth enabled them to see themselves sitting in the very carriage graced by Harry, Ron, and Hermione! Check out passengers' content on social media by searching #BACKTOHOGWARTS. See imagery and video content from the day here.
The celebrations weren't limited to London King's Cross… Back To Hogwarts 2022 – A Look Ahead, a special YouTube presentation hosted by Vick Hope provided fans with a host of exciting start of term announcements, here's a run-down of what was revealed…
Hogwarts Legacy, launching February 10th, 2023
Hogwarts Legacy is an immersive, open-world, action role-playing-game set in the 1800s wizarding world, which puts players at the center of their own adventure.
An unexpected Hogwarts Legacy easter egg was unveiled in a side quest to castle ruins, the same ruins seen in the Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure ride at The Wizarding World of Harry Potter inside Universal Orlando Resort's Islands of Adventure. It is just one of the many references hidden in Hogwarts Legacy for eagled-eyed fans to discover.
Wizarding World fans can also link their Harry Potter Fan Club account with their Warner Bros. Games account to import their house and wand into Hogwarts Legacy. Based on the Harry Potter Fan Club's official Sorting Experience, together with the Wand Ceremony, players can bring their authentic self into Hogwarts Legacy. Linking accounts will also unlock a Beaked Skull Mask and exclusive "House Fan-Atic School Robes" in game, a special set of robes so players can represent their Hogwarts house with style.
Find out more by heading to https://www.wizardingworld.com/LegacyConnect.
There was also a look at the entrances and interiors of the house common rooms at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Starting with Slytherin's entrance hidden behind a slithering arch of a stone serpent, through the lavish Gryffindor common room set in one of the tallest towers, and the warm, brightly lit Ravenclaw lounge, to the not often seen Hufflepuff common room bathed in natural sunlight through a skylight, players will have plenty to explore in the game.
A First Glance at Harry Potter Magic Caster Wand™
Coming soon to the UK and the US is the Harry Potter Magic Caster Wand, this wand experience brings spells to life in an all-new way and will make every day magical.
With the wand and companion app, users can connect their smart home devices to create a truly immersive, multi-sensory casting experience, and can master and unlock over 50 spells for hours of interactive fun.
The wand will be available in three different designs, with a limited-edition design available exclusively for Harry Potter Fan Club members.
For more information and to stay up to date with the latest news and announcements, head to https://www.harrypottermagiccasterwand.com/.
Harry Potter: The Exhibition – 2 Brand New Venues Announced
The most comprehensive touring exhibition ever presented about the Wizarding World will be coming to Atlanta Georgia on October 21 at 200 Peachtree Street, before making its European debut in the METAStadt, Vienna Austria on December 16.
Tickets for Atlanta and Vienna will go on sale on September 28, fans who are members of the Harry Potter Fan Club will receive exclusive access to presale tickets on September 25.
Register at https://harrypotterexhibition.com/ to be the first to hear the latest news.
Harry Potter: A Forbidden Forest Experience – New Locations
Inspired by the iconic Forbidden Forest and featuring creatures from the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts series, mesmerizing lights will transform the landscape into a magical outdoor trail.
Visitors to Harry Potter: A Forbidden Forest Experience will discover some of their most favorite moments from the Forbidden Forest, encounter mystical creatures such as Hippogriffs, centaurs, unicorns, and Nifflers, and practice casting their very own spells.
The breath-taking light trail will return to Cheshire in the UK (from October 15) and arrive in Westchester, New York (from October 22) and Leesburg, Virginia (from October 29).
For more information head to https://hpforbiddenforestexperience.com/.
Harry Potter: Magic at Play – First-Look Rendering of Quidditch Skills Training
Harry Potter: Magic at Play revealed a special rendering of its Quidditch skills training games space, providing the very first look at this hands-on experience. Guests will be invited to practice the Quidditch fundamentals for various player positions including Seeker, Beater and Chaser.
This brand new, first-of-its-kind interactive experience will make its worldwide debut on November 11 at Chicago's iconic Water Tower Place. Guest of all ages will be able to climb and play their way through familiar places such as the Dursley's living room, Hogwarts classrooms and the quidditch pitch.
Visit https://harrypottermagicatplay.com/chicago/ to join the waiting list and learn about future locations.
Harry Potter: A Yule Ball Celebration – A Spellbinding Affair
'Have you ever dreamt of attending the Yule Ball? This fall, fans are invited to the unique celebratory gathering, "Harry Potter: A Yule Ball Celebration," coming to select cities across the globe, including Milan, Montreal, Houston and Mexico City.
Harry Potter: A Yule Ball Celebration is a spellbinding affair where guests will be able to participate in iconic and beloved moments inspired J.K. Rowling's magical stories and scenes from the Harry Potter film series. The experience features several Wizarding World elements and celebrates the Yule Ball moment in a whimsical, elegant way. Although not mandatory, guests are encouraged to dress up in their best formal Wizarding World attire.
With the many different offerings at the Ball, from interacting with hosts to various photo opportunities, you don't even need to know how to dance in order to partake in the experience and have fun. Throughout the event, attendees can enjoy delicious food and beverages, as well as a market featuring branded merchandise.
Tickets will become available from September 8th; fans are encouraged to sign up to the waitlist to receive early information on ticket availability by city and can follow HarryPotterYuleBallCelebration.com or @harrypotteryuleballcelebration on Facebook and Instagram for the latest news and updates.
Wizarding World Festival – A Weekend of Magical Memories Is Waiting
Wizarding World Festival - an epic celebration of Harry Potter, Fantastic Beasts and the Entire Wizarding World is coming to the U.S. in 2023.
The 3-day festival will include not-to-be-missed panel discussions, film screenings, special guest appearances, cosplay and trivia competitions, autograph signings, photo opportunities, exclusive merchandise, special announcements, and more magical experiences, all taking place in enchanting environments befitting of the magical world created by J.K. Rowling.
The Wizarding World Festival will be the ultimate fan experience, designed to ignite and engage fans from around the globe.
Further details about the Wizarding World Festival, including location and dates, will be announced soon.
Fans are invited to visit WizardingWorldFestival.com to sign up for the latest information.
Back To Hogwarts – A Look Ahead can be watched on demand here.
To stay up to date with the latest Back to Hogwarts and Wizarding World news, content and announcements, join the community of millions of members by signing up to the Harry Potter Fan Club at www.wizardingworld.com/harry-potter-fan-club, and follow along on social @harrypotterfilm and @wizardingworld.
Back to Hogwarts – King's Cross
For the first time ever, the Back to Hogwarts event at King's Cross will be live for four days and open to the public from Thursday September 1st to Sunday September 4th.
About The Wizarding World
In the years since Harry Potter was whisked from King's Cross Station onto Platform nine and three quarters, his incredible adventures have left a unique and lasting mark on popular culture. Eight blockbuster Harry Potter films based on the original stories by J.K. Rowling have brought the magical stories to life and today, the Wizarding World is recognized as one of the world's best-loved brands.
Representing a vast interconnected universe, it also includes three epic Fantastic Beasts films, Harry Potter & The Cursed Child – the multi-award-winning stage-play, state-of-the-art video and mobile games from Portkey Games, innovative consumer products, thrilling live entertainment (including four theme park lands) and insightful exhibitions.
This expanding portfolio of Warner Bros. owned Wizarding World experiences also includes Harry Potter New York – the iconic flagship store, Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter, Warner Bros. Studio Tour Tokyo, and the Platform 9 3⁄4 retail shops.
The Wizarding World continues to evolve to provide Harry Potter fans with fresh and exciting ways to engage. For the worldwide fan community, and for generations to come, it welcomes everyone in to explore and discover the magic for themselves.
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Amid High Energy Prices and Environmental Concerns, 64% of Voters, including 65% of Democrats, Believe Increased Production Can Help the World Address Climate Change
PITTSBURGH, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A nationwide poll conducted by Democratic polling firm Impact Research reveals that most Americans view natural gas as an affordable and reliable alternative to coal that will help address climate change and support increasing natural gas production. The survey was commissioned by EQT Corporation (NYSE: EQT), the largest producer of natural gas in the United States. It also found that, after hearing about natural gas's benefits, strong majorities of both parties are in favor of building new natural gas pipeline infrastructure to support increased production.
"Americans are recognizing the tremendous impact natural gas can make in our efforts to provide the world with energy security, lower energy prices and inflation and address climate change," said Toby Z. Rice, President and Chief Executive Officer of EQT. "These poll results demonstrate that Americans want more natural gas production and support the infrastructure needed to make it a reality."
The nationwide poll of registered voters found that a bipartisan majority of Americans support expanding natural gas infrastructure to reduce emissions as part of a larger, steady energy transition. Additional key findings include:
American voters favor a steady energy transition
- 65% of Americans, 67% of younger Democrats and 60% of Independents favor a steady transition to cleaner energy sources using any option currently available to keep energy affordable and reliable, even if they aren't completely renewable
- 64% of voters, including 61% of Independents and a majority of Democrats, want to see natural gas used more as a source of energy, ranking only slightly behind renewables, like solar and wind
Increased natural gas production is broadly supported by American voters
- Nearly 70% of all voters support increasing natural gas production, including 60% of Democrats and 67% of Independents
Natural gas can help reduce emissions
- 65% of Democrats and 64% of all voters believe increased production of natural gas can help the world address climate change by reducing emissions
Americans see the need for increased infrastructure
- Understanding the benefits of natural gas and that a lack of infrastructure is an obstacle to increasing natural gas production, 73% of voters, including 70% of Independents and 67% of Democrats, support building new natural gas pipelines in the United States
Voters across party lines say they would be more likely to vote for a candidate who supports an increase in natural gas production
- By a 33-point margin, voters say they are more likely to support a political candidate who supports increasing the production of natural gas, including by a 19-point margin among Democrats and a 31-point margin among Independents.
The nationwide online poll was conducted by Impact Research of 1,057 registered voters, with an additional oversample of 578 Democrats between June 2 – June 8, 2022. The margin of error for the main sample is +/- 3 and +/- 3.4 for the overall Democratic sample.
EQT Contact:
Bridget McNie
Director of Communications
412.720.4500
Bridget.mcnie@eqt.com
About EQT
EQT Corporation is a leading independent natural gas production company with operations focused in the cores of the Marcellus and Utica Shales in the Appalachian Basin. We are dedicated to responsibly developing our world-class asset base and being the operator of choice for our stakeholders. By leveraging a culture that prioritizes operational efficiency, technology and sustainability, we seek to continuously improve the way we produce environmentally responsible, reliable and low-cost energy. We have a longstanding commitment to the safety of our employees, contractors, and communities, and to the reduction of our overall environmental footprint. Our values are evident in the way we operate and in how we interact each day – trust, teamwork, heart, and evolution are at the center of all we do. To learn more, visit eqt.com.
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MIDDLETOWN, Del., May 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cogneve, Inc., a lead generation and premium SEO agency, announces its strategic partnership for Tekpon with Pro Application Tech, a team of mobile app developers, and digital marketing specialists.
In its path to becoming the leading one-stop platform for all digital needs where people can buy smart the software subscription they need and find the latest's innovations in tech, Tekpon is signing a strategic partnership with a great team of developers and visioners to continue improving the platform and to offer their users the best experience.
Moreover, with this fruitful partnership, they will be able to offer their clients a great team of developers to build their wanted apps. This mutual agreement will help both parties to accomplish their goals. Tekpon's team is following their promise to help others.
"We receive a lot of questions and demands from our clients regarding their platforms or apps. But we are not offering this kind of service. Yet sometimes, things happen for a reason. When I met the team from Pro Application Tech for the first time, I knew that we had to help them get more clients. Thus, they will retrieve this part from now on, and Tekpon will be able to help others. There is no other way to grow other than building a company based on healthy values. We will continue to rise by helping others!
Tekpon will continue to work on its product as people's digital needs change. They are not building only a software review website but a one-stop platform that will cover all businesses and users' needs to improve their work and lives.
About Tekpon
Tekpon is a software marketplace born out of the genuine desire to help people change how they consume and purchase software products and services. Behind Tekpon is a team of enthusiastic tech lovers who, above all, want to help users boost their lives and businesses with the right software. Furthermore, its mission is to help people and businesses make the right software choice. Tekpon is the solution to all your software needs. If you don't believe it, visit https://tekpon.com/
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BEIJING, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ReTo Eco-Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: RETO) (the "Company") today announced that the consortium led by the Company's subsidiary REIT Ecological Technology Co., Ltd. ("REIT Eco") has won the bid for the Longxi County Comprehensive Land Management and Logistics Zone (Yangjia River Band) EOD Project, an ecological oriented development project in Longxi County, Gansu Province, China(the "EOD Project").
Pursuant to the bidding documents, the EOD Project involves a total investment of RMB1.318 billion (approximately $195.02 million). REIT Eco and Hainan Shiyuan Tongda Private Equity Fund Management Co., Ltd. will jointly establish a project company in Longxi County, which will be responsible for the investment and financing, project management and operation, and other work required to complete the EOD Project. ReTo and the other shareholder of the project company are expected to receive an annualized return of 12% on their total investment at the end of the three year term of the EOD project.
The EOD Project mainly consists of three parts. First part includes land reclamation and supporting rural road construction, which involves a total of ten sub-projects that span 60,000 mu (approximately 9,884 acres) of land across the Longxi County. The second part involves land acquisition for the Logistics Zone (Yangjia River Band). The third part includes work on land development and municipal infrastructure construction that ensure water and electricity supply, road and communication establishment as well as drainage and other needed land leveling works.
Mr. Hengfang Li, Chairman and CEO of the Company commented, "The Company has been working for many years in the fields of comprehensive land management, soil remediation, mine ecological restoration, solid waste utilization, sewage treatment and domestic waste treatment. With our business growth, the Company strives to become a provider of leading intelligent environmental and ecological solutions and operation services in China."
About ReTo Eco-Solutions, Inc.
Founded in 1999, ReTo Eco-Solutions, Inc., through its proprietary technologies, systems and solutions, is striving to bring clean water and fertile soil to communities worldwide. The Company offers a full range of products and services, ranging from the production of environmentally-friendly construction materials, environmental protection equipment, and manufacturing equipment used to produce environmentally-friendly construction materials, to project consulting, design, and installation for the improvement of ecological environments, such as ecological soil restoration through solid waste treatment. Through its subsidiary Hainan REIT Mingde Investment Holding Co., Ltd. and Hainan Yile IoT Technology Co., Ltd., a high-tech enterprise in Hainan Province, the Company provides roadside assistance services to drivers within Hainan Province through its network of tow providers, automotive repair services and other service providers, and is also engaged in the design, development and sales of customized software solutions. For more information, please visit: http://en.retoeco.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include statements concerning plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events or performance, and underlying assumptions and other statements that are other than statements of historical facts. When the Company uses words such as "may," "will," "intend," "should," "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "project," "estimate," or similar expressions that do not relate solely to historical matters, it is making forward-looking statements. These statements are subject to uncertainties and risks including, but not limited to, the following: the Company's goals and strategies; the Company's future business development such as the implementation of the EOD Project, including its anticipated investment amount and return; product and service demand and acceptance; changes in technology; economic conditions; the growth of the construction industry in China; reputation and brand; the impact of competition and pricing; government regulations; fluctuations in general economic and business conditions in China and assumptions underlying or related to any of the foregoing and other risks contained in reports filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). For these reasons, among others, investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance upon any forward-looking statements in this press release. Additional factors are discussed in the Company's filings with the SEC, which are available for review at www.sec.gov. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly revise these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that arise after the date hereof.
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ReTo Eco-Solutions, Inc.
Angela Hu
Beijing Phone: +86-010-64827328
ir@retoeco.com or 310@reit.cc
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- Buildings are typically large contributors to a company's Scope 1 and 2 emissions, yet most organizations don't have the tools to fully understand and control the energy they consume
- Energy-management-as-a-service offering allows companies to fully account for carbon emissions down to a device level
- Product is the cornerstone of full suite of sustainability-focused solutions and services
ATLANTA, June 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In recent years, thousands of companies have voluntarily pledged to meet sustainability targets, but many of them likely lack the knowledge and the tools to properly measure progress and how to optimize their carbon and energy footprints.i Honeywell (Nasdaq: HON) is working to help solve this problem with its new Carbon & Energy Management, a carbon energy management software, that enables building owners to track and optimize energy performance against carbon reduction goals, down to a device or asset level.
Carbon & Energy Management is the centerpiece of Honeywell's new Sustainable Buildings solutions portfolio, which is ready now to help building owners and operators meet two pressing, yet often conflicting, objectives: reducing the environmental impact of buildings while optimizing indoor air quality to support occupant well-being, with the aim of helping them to meet carbon neutral goals.
Companies face increasing pressure today – from stakeholders as well as regulatory agencies – to curb energy consumption, reduce carbon emissions and create more sustainable, healthier facilities. There's an urgent reason for this: commercial buildings currently account for almost a third of global energy consumptionii and 37% of global energy-related CO2 emissions.iii While 28% of those emissions are related to building operationsiv – or the energy used to heat, cool and power the building – many building owners likely don't have device or asset level insight into energy consumption or carbon impact.
Leveraging the Honeywell Forge enterprise performance management software solution's artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) algorithms, Carbon & Energy Management autonomously identifies and implements energy conservation measures to help drive efficiency, resiliency and accountability throughout a real estate portfolio. It continuously investigates, analyzes and optimizes building performance, down to an asset-specific level, measuring critical sustainability KPIs including carbon emissions.
"The buildings industry has long worked to improve energy efficiency and reduce carbon impact, but it is imperative to make meaningful change in the near term – and that means building owners need better data about their operations," said Manish Sharma, vice president and general manager of Sustainable Buildings, Honeywell. "Given the increased awareness of and investment in sustainability, it's critical for a company to know – and to clearly communicate to stakeholders – how its facilities are optimizing energy baselines to reduce their carbon impact. We're helping customers create new metrics for success and removing the complexity of carbon management while balancing healthier spaces with our ready now solutions."
'Impact investors' want to know in specific terms what companies' carbon reduction goals are and what they're doing to meet them.v According to recent market studies, reducing a building's carbon footprint can potentially increase its commercial value.vi
Honeywell Carbon & Energy Management establishes an energy performance baseline using up to a three-year usage history, live meter data and environmental factors to determine which assets are driving energy consumption. The enterprise-level Carbon & Energy Management software provides a real-time dashboard of critical sustainability KPIs; aggregates carbon data from energy-related emission sources in a building – gas, electricity and fuel sources; reduces energy consumption using advanced building control capabilities; and reduces carbon footprint without compromising occupant well-being or comfort.
Carbon & Energy Management continuously collects 24/7 energy use data, logged at 15-minute intervals, and submeters all energy-consuming assets to collect granular consumption information. This data allows Honeywell to help customers establish a rigorously derived baseline, provides a roadmap for carbon neutral, and helps customers to execute the roadmap to help meet their carbon neutral goals. The solution allows building owners to avoid capital outlays for technology upgrades to meet sustainability reporting demands and minimize the time required to implement solutions.
Honeywell's advanced Sustainable Buildings portfolio can help meet energy efficiency goals, improve occupant well-being and change the way occupants experience a building. The portfolio aligns with Honeywell's commitment to achieve carbon neutrality in its facilities and operations by 2035, building on a track record of sharply reducing its greenhouse gas footprint as well as its decades-long history of innovation to help customers meet their environment, social and governance goals.
Honeywell Building Technologies (HBT) is transforming the way every building operates to help improve the quality of life. We are a leading building controls company with operations in more than 75 countries supported by a global channel partner network. Commercial building owners and operators use our hardware, software and analytics to help create safer, more sustainable and productive facilities. Our solutions and services are used in more than 10 million buildings worldwide.
Honeywell (www.honeywell.com) is a Fortune 100 technology company that delivers industry specific solutions that include aerospace products and services; control technologies for buildings and industry; and performance materials globally. Our technologies help aircraft, buildings, manufacturing plants, supply chains, and workers become more connected to make our world smarter, safer, and more sustainable. For more news and information on Honeywell, please visit www.honeywell.com/newsroom.
i UC San Diego Extended Studies, "COP26 and what top companies are doing to lead the way," Jennifer McEntee, April 22, 2022. [Accessed May 6, 2022]
ii International Energy Agency, "Buildings: A source of enormous untapped efficiency potential." [Accessed May 6, 2022]
iii World Economic Forum, "Why building greener is crucial to meeting Paris climate targets," Patrick Henry, November 1, 2021. [Accessed May 9, 2022]
iv World Green Building Council, "Bringing Embodied Carbon Upfront" [Accessed June 9, 2022]
v Blackrock, "Larry Fink's 2022 letter to CEOS: the power of capitalism," Larry Fink. [Accessed May 6, 2022]
vi Financial Review, "Green buildings worth more to investors," Martin Kelly, October 21, 2021. [Accessed May 6, 2022]
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Padres win 3-2 in 10 to end 10-game losing streak to Dodgers
By BERNIE WILSON
AP Sports Writer
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Austin Nola hit a sacrifice fly with one out in the 10th inning for the San Diego Padres, who won 3-2 to snap a 10-game losing streak to the rival Los Angeles Dodgers. Nola’s sac fly scored rookie CJ Abrams, who started as the automatic runner at second base and advanced on Trent Grisham’s sacrifice bunt. The Padres had been outscored 57-23 during the losing streak to the Dodgers, which dated to Aug. 24. Losing three straight series to Los Angeles late last season helped contribute to the Padres’ stunning collapse, which left them with a losing record for the 10th time in as many full seasons since 2011. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/04/23/padres-win-3-2-in-10-to-end-10-game-losing-streak-to-dodgers/ | 2022-04-24T06:16:11Z |
SAN DIEGO, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Wilshire Quinn Capital announced Thursday that its private lending fund, the Wilshire Quinn Income Fund, has provided a $16,025,000 refinance loan on two hotels in Los Angeles, California.
The first property is a four-story, 91,978 square-foot Ramada by Wyndham located near Los Angeles International Airport and adjacent to the 405 Freeway. The hotel is comprised of 167 rooms, fitness center, restaurant and bar, pool, and 209 parking spaces.
The second property is located off Wilshire Boulevard in Korea Town/Wilshire Center, and consists of 56,000 square-feet and 71 rooms. The independently owned hotel has a full restaurant and conference center, in addition to subterranean parking.
The loan was funded in eight business days after the request for capital was made.
"As liquidity continues to tighten in the capital markets and the commercial lending process becomes even more restrictive, Wilshire Quinn remains committed to providing rapid lending solutions for our clients," CEO and Chief Investment Officer Christopher Garcia said.
Wilshire Quinn, a national portfolio bridge lender and debt fund manager based out of San Diego, is well known for its quick loan closings and competitive short-term lending rates.
Since 2011, Wilshire Quinn (www.wilshirequinn.com) has provided senior debt financing ranging from $200,000 to $20,000,000 on a variety of property types, including but not limited to: non-owner-occupied residential properties, multi-family properties, condos, hotels, assisted-living facilities, entitled land, parking lots, office buildings, industrial buildings, and retail centers. Wilshire Quinn works directly with real estate owners and mortgage professionals nationwide.
Loans are made or arranged by Wilshire Quinn Income Fund, LLC pursuant to California Finance Lenders Law license #603J060. Wilshire Quinn Capital, Inc. serves as manager of the Wilshire Quinn Income Fund, LLC. The information above is deemed reliable but is not guaranteed. Nothing contained in the information above is an offer or solicitation for the purchase or sale of any security. Any such offer to purchase securities will be made only through the Private Placement Memorandum of Wilshire Quinn Income Fund, LLC.
Media Contact: Emily Mesetz, 619-872-6000, emesetz@wilshirequinn.com
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Total Revenue Grew 19.3%, Organic Revenue Grew 1.7%, and Adjusted EBITDA Grew 14.4%
DENVER, Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
Second Quarter 2022 Highlights
(Compared to second quarter 2021 unless otherwise noted)
- Total Revenue increased 19.3% to $92.2 million
- Revenue excluding the Marketing Funds1 increased 17.0% to $69.3 million, and was comprised of 1.7% organic growth2, 15.9% growth attributable to acquisitions, partially offset by 0.6% due to foreign currency movements
- Net income attributable to RE/MAX Holdings, Inc. of $5.8 million and income per diluted share (GAAP EPS) of $0.30
- Adjusted EBITDA3 increased 14.4% to $35.1 million, Adjusted EBITDA margin3 of 38.1% and Adjusted earnings per diluted share (Adjusted EPS3) of $0.68
- Total agent count increased 2.7% to 143,939 agents
- U.S. and Canada combined agent count increased 185 agents to 85,679 agents
- Total open Motto Mortgage franchises increased 22.0% to 200 offices4
Operating Statistics as of July 31, 2022
(Compared to July 31, 2021 unless otherwise noted)
- Total agent count increased 2.3% to 143,761 agents
- U.S. and Canada combined agent count decreased 183 agents to 85,524 agents
- Total open Motto Mortgage franchises increased 22.0% to 205 offices4
RE/MAX Holdings, Inc. (the "Company" or "RE/MAX Holdings") (NYSE: RMAX), parent company of RE/MAX, one of the world's leading franchisors of real estate brokerage services, and Motto Mortgage ("Motto"), the first and only national mortgage brokerage franchise brand in the U.S., today announced operating results for the quarter ended June 30, 2022.
"Our strong second-quarter results demonstrate the strength and resilience of our 100%-franchise model, particularly amid shifting housing market conditions," said Steve Joyce, RE/MAX Holdings Chief Executive Officer. "RE/MAX INTEGRA's North American regions again contributed meaningfully to both our top-line and bottom-line performance. Motto, which opened its 200th franchise during the quarter, continues to grow and RE/MAX agent count reached another record high driven by Canadian and global growth."
Joyce continued: "We have two terrific industry-leading brands, a network of experienced and productive real estate professionals, a strong balance sheet, and fantastic cash-generating ability, all of which should continue to serve us well in virtually any kind of market. We intend to leverage these strengths to actively seek the best opportunities that will support our future growth, such as our recently announced strategic initiatives. We believe that these initiatives, coupled with our strong business model, will position us well to generate profitable growth over the long term and should help mitigate the impact of additional market volatility."
Second Quarter 2022 Operating Results
Agent Count
The following table compares agent count as of June 30, 2022 and 2021:
Revenue
RE/MAX Holdings generated revenue of $92.2 million in the second quarter of 2022, an increase of $14.9 million, or 19.3%, compared to $77.2 million in the second quarter of 2021. Revenue excluding the Marketing Funds was $69.3 million in the second quarter of 2022, an increase of $10.1 million, or 17.0%, versus the same period in 2021. This increase was comprised of revenue growth of 15.9% from acquisitions, organic revenue growth of 1.7%, partially offset by 0.6% due to foreign-currency movements. Organic growth increased primarily due to Motto growth, Gadberry Group data services subscription revenue, higher event-based revenue, incremental revenue from fewer agent recruiting initiatives, partially offset by lower Broker fees. Revenue growth from acquisitions was attributable to revenue from the RE/MAX INTEGRA North American regions ("INTEGRA") acquisition completed in July 2021.
Recurring revenue streams, which consist of continuing franchise fees and annual dues, increased $7.3 million, or 20.4%, compared to the second quarter of 2021 and accounted for 62.3% of revenue (excluding the Marketing Funds) in the second quarter of 2022 compared to 60.5% of revenue in the prior-year period.
Operating Expenses
Total operating expenses were $75.3 million for the second quarter of 2022, an increase of $11.6 million, or 18.1%, compared to $63.7 million in the second quarter of 2021. Second quarter 2022 total operating expenses increased primarily due to increased selling, operating and administrative expenses as discussed below; an increase in Marketing Funds expenses and depreciation and amortization expenses primarily as a result of the INTEGRA acquisition; and a $2.5 million loss on termination of the Company's booj office lease.
Selling, operating and administrative expenses were $40.8 million in the second quarter of 2022, an increase of $2.0 million, or 5.1%, compared to the second quarter of 2021 and represented 58.9% of revenue, excluding the Marketing Funds, compared to 65.6% in the prior-year period. Second quarter 2022 selling, operating and administrative expenses increased primarily due to estimated increases in the fair value of contingent consideration liabilities, higher travel and events expenses and increased investments in technology, partially offset by lower professional fees due to lower costs associated with acquiring and integrating new companies.
Net Income and GAAP EPS
Net income attributable to RE/MAX Holdings was $5.8 million for the second quarter of 2022 compared to $5.3 million the second quarter of 2021. Reported basic and diluted GAAP income per share were $0.31 and $0.30, respectively, for the second quarter of 2022 compared to basic and diluted GAAP EPS of $0.28 each in the second quarter of 2021.
Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EPS
Adjusted EBITDA was $35.1 million for the second quarter of 2022, an increase of $4.4 million, or 14.4%, compared to the second quarter of 2021. Second quarter 2022 Adjusted EBITDA increased primarily due to contributions from the INTEGRA acquisition, partially offset by increased investments in technology and our Mortgage segment. Adjusted EBITDA margin was 38.1% in the second quarter of 2022, compared to 39.7% in the second quarter of 2021.
Adjusted basic and diluted EPS were each $0.68 for the second quarter of 2022 compared to Adjusted basic and diluted EPS of $0.64 each for the second quarter of 2021. The ownership structure used to calculate Adjusted basic and diluted EPS for the quarter ended June 30, 2022 assumes RE/MAX Holdings owned 100% of RMCO, LLC ("RMCO"). The weighted average ownership RE/MAX Holdings had in RMCO was 60.2% for the quarter ended June 30, 2022.
Balance Sheet
As of June 30, 2022, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of $118.1 million, a decrease of $8.1 million from December 31, 2021. As of June 30, 2022, the Company had $450.2 million of outstanding debt, net of an unamortized debt discount and issuance costs, compared to $452.1 million as of December 31, 2021.
Dividend
On August 2, 2022, the Company announced that its Board of Directors approved a quarterly cash dividend of $0.23 per share of Class A common stock. The quarterly dividend is payable on August 30, 2022, to shareholders of record at the close of business on August 16, 2022.
Share Repurchases and Retirement
As previously disclosed, in January 2022 the Company's Board of Directors authorized a common stock repurchase program of up to $100 million. During the six months ended June 30, 2022, 487,196 shares of the Company's Class A common stock were repurchased and retired for $11.9 million excluding commissions, at an average cost of $24.36 per share. As of June 30, 2022, $88.1 million remained available under the share repurchase program.
Outlook
The Company's third quarter and full-year 2022 Outlook assumes no further currency movements, acquisitions or divestitures.
For the third quarter of 2022, RE/MAX Holdings expects:
- Agent count to increase 1.5% to 2.5% over third quarter 2021;
- Revenue in a range of $87.0 million to $91.0 million (including revenue from the Marketing Funds in a range of $22.0 million to $24.0 million); and
- Adjusted EBITDA in a range of $30.5 million to $33.0 million.
For the full-year 2022, the Company is reducing its guidance to reflect current housing market conditions and other related macroeconomic trends. The Company expects:
- Agent count to increase 1.0% to 2.5% over full-year 2021, down from 2.0% to 4.0%;
- Revenue in a range of $354.0 million to $364.0 million (including revenue from the Marketing Funds in a range of $90.0 million to $93.0 million), down from $366.0 million to $376.0 million (including revenue from the Marketing Funds in a range of $91.5 million to $95.5 million); and
- Adjusted EBITDA in a range of $123.0 million to $128.0 million, down from $130.0 million to $135.0 million.
Webcast and Conference Call
The Company will host a conference call for interested parties on Friday, August 5, 2022, beginning at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time. Interested parties can register in advance for the conference call using the link below:
Interested parties also can access a live webcast through the Investor Relations section of the Company's website at http://investors.remaxholdings.com. Please dial-in or join the webcast 10 minutes before the start of the conference call. An archive of the webcast will be available on the Company's website for a limited time as well.
Basis of Presentation
Unless otherwise noted, the results presented in this press release are consolidated and exclude adjustments attributable to the non-controlling interest.
Footnotes:
1Revenue excluding the Marketing Funds is a non-GAAP measure of financial performance that differs from U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ("U.S. GAAP") and a reconciliation to the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP measure is as follows (in thousands):
2The Company defines organic revenue growth as revenue growth from continuing operations excluding (i) revenue from Marketing Funds, (ii) revenue from acquisitions, and (iii) the impact of foreign currency movements. The Company defines revenue from acquisitions as the revenue generated from the date of an acquisition to its first anniversary (excluding Marketing Funds revenue related to acquisitions where applicable).
3Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA margin and Adjusted EPS are non-GAAP measures. These terms are defined at the end of this release. Please see Tables 5 and 6 appearing later in this release for reconciliations of these non-GAAP measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures.
4Total open Motto Mortgage franchises includes only "bricks and mortar" offices with a unique physical address with rights granted by a full franchise agreement with Motto Franchising, LLC and excludes any "virtual" offices or BranchiseSM offices.
About RE/MAX Holdings, Inc.
RE/MAX Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: RMAX) is one of the world's leading franchisors in the real estate industry, franchising real estate brokerages globally under the RE/MAX® brand, and mortgage brokerages within the U.S. under the Motto® Mortgage brand. RE/MAX was founded in 1973 by Dave and Gail Liniger, with an innovative, entrepreneurial culture affording its agents and franchisees the flexibility to operate their businesses with great independence. Now with more than 140,000 agents in almost 9,000 offices and a presence in over 110 countries and territories, nobody in the world sells more real estate than RE/MAX, as measured by total residential transaction sides. Dedicated to innovation and change in the real estate industry, RE/MAX launched Motto Franchising, LLC, a ground-breaking mortgage brokerage franchisor, in 2016. Motto Mortgage has grown to over 200 offices across almost 40 states.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are often identified by the use of words such as "believe," "intend," "expect," "estimate," "plan," "outlook," "project," "anticipate," "may," "will," "would" and other similar words and expressions that predict or indicate future events or trends that are not statements of historical matters. Forward-looking statements include statements related to agent count; franchise sales; revenue; operating expenses; the Company's outlook for the third quarter and full year 2022; non-GAAP financial measures; housing and mortgage market conditions; strategic initiatives; growth; the strength and resilience of the Company's business model; the Company's balance sheet; the Company's cash-generating ability; the Company's ability to generate profitable growth over the long-term; and the Company's ability to mitigate the impact of market volatility. Forward-looking statements should not be read as a guarantee of future performance or results and will not necessarily accurately indicate the times at which such performance or results may be achieved. Forward-looking statements are based on information available at the time those statements are made and/or management's good faith belief as of that time with respect to future events and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual performance or results to differ materially from those expressed in or suggested by the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, (1) the global COVID-19 pandemic, which continues to pose significant and widespread risks and ongoing uncertainty for the Company's business, including the Company's agents, loan originators, franchisees and employees, as well as home buyers and sellers, (2) changes in the real estate market or interest rates and availability of financing, (3) changes in business and economic activity in general, (4) the Company's ability to attract and retain quality franchisees, (5) the Company's franchisees' ability to recruit and retain real estate agents and mortgage loan originators, (6) changes in laws and regulations, (7) the Company's ability to enhance, market, and protect its brands, including the RE/MAX and Motto Mortgage brands, (8) the Company's ability to implement its technology initiatives, (9) risks related to the Company's CEO transition, (10) fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates, and (11) those risks and uncertainties described in the sections entitled "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" in the most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and similar disclosures in subsequent periodic and current reports filed with the SEC, which are available on the investor relations page of the Company's website at www.remaxholdings.com and on the SEC website at www.sec.gov. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date on which they are made. Except as required by law, the Company does not intend, and undertakes no obligation, to update this information to reflect future events or circumstances.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
The SEC has adopted rules to regulate the use in filings with the SEC and in public disclosures of financial measures that are not in accordance with U.S. GAAP, such as revenue excluding the Marketing Funds, Adjusted EBITDA and the ratios related thereto, Adjusted net income, Adjusted basic and diluted earnings per share (Adjusted EPS) and adjusted free cash flow. These measures are derived on the basis of methodologies other than in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
Revenue excluding the Marketing Funds is calculated directly from our consolidated financial statements as Total revenue less Marketing Funds fees.
The Company defines Adjusted EBITDA as EBITDA (consolidated net income before depreciation and amortization, interest expense, interest income and the provision for income taxes, each of which is presented in the unaudited consolidated financial statements included earlier in this press release), adjusted for the impact of the following items that are either non-cash or that the Company does not consider representative of its ongoing operating performance: loss or gain on sale or disposition of assets and sublease, settlement and impairment charges, equity-based compensation expense, acquisition-related expense, gain on reduction in tax receivable agreement liability, expense or income related to changes in the estimated fair value measurement of contingent consideration and other non-recurring items.
Because Adjusted EBITDA margin omit certain non-cash items and other non-recurring cash charges or other items, the Company believes that each measure is less susceptible to variances that affect its operating performance resulting from depreciation, amortization and other non-cash and non-recurring cash charges or other items. The Company presents Adjusted EBITDA and the related Adjusted EBITDA margin because the Company believes they are useful as supplemental measures in evaluating the performance of its operating businesses and provides greater transparency into the Company's results of operations. The Company's management uses Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA margin as factors in evaluating the performance of the business.
Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA margin have limitations as analytical tools, and you should not consider these measures in isolation or as a substitute for analyzing the Company's results as reported under U.S. GAAP. Some of these limitations are:
- these measures do not reflect changes in, or cash requirements for, the Company's working capital needs;
- these measures do not reflect the Company's interest expense, or the cash requirements necessary to service interest or principal payments on its debt;
- these measures do not reflect the Company's income tax expense or the cash requirements to pay its taxes;
- these measures do not reflect the cash requirements to pay dividends to stockholders of the Company's Class A common stock and tax and other cash distributions to its non-controlling unitholders;
- these measures do not reflect the cash requirements pursuant to the tax receivable agreements;
- although depreciation and amortization are non-cash charges, the assets being depreciated and amortized will often require replacement in the future, and these measures do not reflect any cash requirements for such replacements;
- although equity-based compensation is a non-cash charge, the issuance of equity-based awards may have a dilutive impact on earnings per share; and
- other companies may calculate these measures differently so similarly named measures may not be comparable.
The Company's Adjusted EBITDA guidance does not include certain charges and costs. The adjustments to EBITDA in future periods are generally expected to be similar to the kinds of charges and costs excluded from Adjusted EBITDA in prior quarters, such as gain on sale or disposition of assets and sublease and acquisition-related expense, among others. The exclusion of these charges and costs in future periods will have a significant impact on the Company's Adjusted EBITDA. The Company is not able to provide a reconciliation of the Company's non-GAAP financial guidance to the corresponding U.S. GAAP measures without unreasonable effort because of the uncertainty and variability of the nature and amount of these future charges and costs.
Adjusted net income is calculated as Net income attributable to RE/MAX Holdings, assuming the full exchange of all outstanding non-controlling interests for shares of Class A common stock as of the beginning of the period (and the related increase to the provision for income taxes after such exchange), plus primarily non-cash items and other items that management does not consider to be useful in assessing the Company's operating performance (e.g., amortization of acquired intangible assets, gain on sale or disposition of assets and sub-lease, non-cash impairment charges, acquisition-related expense and equity-based compensation expense).
Adjusted basic and diluted earnings per share (Adjusted EPS) are calculated as Adjusted net income (as defined above) divided by pro forma (assuming the full exchange of all outstanding non-controlling interests) basic and diluted weighted average shares, as applicable.
When used in conjunction with GAAP financial measures, Adjusted net income and Adjusted EPS are supplemental measures of operating performance that management believes are useful measures to evaluate the Company's performance relative to the performance of its competitors as well as performance period over period. By assuming the full exchange of all outstanding non-controlling interests, management believes these measures:
- facilitate comparisons with other companies that do not have a low effective tax rate driven by a non-controlling interest on a pass-through entity;
- facilitate period over period comparisons because they eliminate the effect of changes in Net income attributable to RE/MAX Holdings, Inc. driven by increases in its ownership of RMCO, LLC, which are unrelated to the Company's operating performance; and
- eliminate primarily non-cash and other items that management does not consider to be useful in assessing the Company's operating performance.
Adjusted free cash flow is calculated as cash flows from operations less capital expenditures and any changes in restricted cash of the Marketing Funds, all as reported under GAAP, and quantifies how much cash a company has to pursue opportunities that enhance shareholder value. The restricted cash of the Marketing Funds is limited in use for the benefit of franchisees and any impact to adjusted free cash flow is removed. The Company believes adjusted free cash flow is useful to investors as a supplemental measure as it calculates the cash flow available for working capital needs, re-investment opportunities, potential Independent Region and strategic acquisitions, dividend payments or other strategic uses of cash.
Adjusted free cash flow after tax and non-dividend distributions to RIHI is calculated as adjusted free cash flow less tax and other non-dividend distributions paid to RIHI (the non-controlling interest holder) to enable RIHI to satisfy its income tax obligations. Similar payments would be made by the Company directly to federal and state taxing authorities as a component of the Company's consolidated provision for income taxes if a full exchange of non-controlling interests occurred in the future. As a result and given the significance of the Company's ongoing tax and non-dividend distribution obligations to its non-controlling interest, adjusted free cash flow after tax and non-dividend distributions, when used in conjunction with GAAP financial measures, provides a meaningful view of cash flow available to the Company to pursue opportunities that enhance shareholder value.
Unencumbered cash generated is calculated as adjusted free cash flow after tax and non-dividend distributions to RIHI less quarterly debt principal payments less annual excess cash flow payment on debt, as applicable. Given the significance of the Company's excess cash flow payment on debt, when applicable, unencumbered cash generated, when used in conjunction with GAAP financial measures, provides a meaningful view of the cash flow available to the Company to pursue opportunities that enhance shareholder value after considering its debt service obligations.
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You adapt to life, let us adapt to you.
NEW YORK, April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Social impact company Slick Chicks has officially launched their new line of fashionable and functional loungewear. The line was designed with accessibility in mind and is made for those with physical disabilities, chronic illnesses, or limited dexterity. Slick Chicks' loungewear products are made with accessible closures such as self-fastening patches and two-way zippers to best simplify the dressing process, because everyone deserves to feel supported by the products they wear.
These accessible closures make Slick Chicks' loungewear collection easy to take on or off no matter if you're standing, sitting, or lying down. Founder and CEO of Slick Chicks, Helya Mohammadian weighs in, "It's not as simple as putting your pants on one leg at a time for everyone. For many, this ritual is difficult and requires extra care and support. That's where Slick Chicks comes in."
"Our mission is to empower people to tackle any of life's daily challenges because we all deserve a sense of self, dignity, and independence."
Helya Mohammadian
MADE WITH ACCESSIBILITY IN MIND
Features Zippers, Self-fastening Patches, and Hook Fasteners to Aid in Accessibility
Every Slick Chicks product is designed with accessibility in mind and Slick Chicks' newest collection is no exception. Features such as two-way zippers and self-fastening patches are incorporated in the designs of their new loungewear collection to best aid in comfortability, mobility, and accessibility.
ABOUT SLICK CHICKS
On a Mission to Empower
Slick Chicks is a female-founded and run social impact company whose core mission is to empower people with the products and community they create. Their line of accessible intimates and loungewear is designed to empower those with disabilities, chronic illnesses, and limited mobility. Within the past years, their thriving company has developed partnerships with major retailers such as Target, Aerie, and JCPenney. Slick Chicks' products are now available to purchase online through these major retailers and many more.
Slick Chicks is a company that aspires to empower people, and over the years they've been serving as a platform for people with disabilities to have a voice. Founder and CEO Helya Mohammadian clarifies, "It's not just about selling a product for us — it is about being more inclusive and embracing diversity. The core identity of our brand is our purpose, the stories we share, and the lives empowered daily."
Slick Chicks' new line of loungewear aims to put people first and help to solve a real problem with a real, impactful solution.
For additional information about Slick Chicks, please visit www.slickchicksonline.com.
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Beloved consumer brands including Ted's Bulletin, Michelin Bib Gourmand Winners Federalist Pig and Honeymoon Chicken, Kramers, Sidekick Bakery, Ensemble Digital Kitchen, and more united under one hospitality banner.
WASHINGTON, June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Steve Salis, Founder & CEO of Salis Holdings, has officially launched Catalogue – a house of consumer brands that share the philosophy of elevating the everyday. Born out of the desire to create an organic connection between businesses with a shared philosophy. Catalogue is a home base for each brand, defined by its own individual identity and cult-like following. By creating this network of brands, information and ideas will be seamlessly shared to better serve Catalogue's current and future guests.
"My goal in forming Catalogue was to better centralize where these premium yet accessible brands could live" says Steve Salis. "The idea emerged as an answer to the question: what do consumers really want? And the answer was simple – we all want better. Better products, better quality, better value, better experiences. As we head into this next phase of growth, I want to focus on our expanding house of consumer brands, through the spirit of discovery, acquisition or investments, forming new partnerships and leveraging best practices across our network.
THE MISSION
Salis and his team have spent years studying what makes certain brands stand out and what inspires guest loyalty. The answer became clear and the mission has remained consistent - Catalogue aspires to make The Everyday Exceptional, Catalogue is creating the future of the consumer experience by making premium, approachable. Through the spirit of discovery, Catalogue aims to not only intrigue guests with new products and services to better their every day, but also serve as a place where brands can come to grow, create and collaborate with other unique brands.
THE BRANDS
Catalogue is redefining the idea that premium can and should be accessible, with a focus on quality, design and value, these brands make the aspirational feel approachable by offering higher standards. With sights set on further network and brand expansion, Salis and his team have plans toto to further expand their roster, which includes:
- Ted's Bulletin: A 9-unit neighborhood eatery bringing new creativity to American classics, open daily for all-day breakfast, lunch & dinner.
- Federalist Pig: A three-time Michelin Bib Gourmand winner serving up a convergence of Kansas City, Carolina and Texas-inspired BBQ, selling out daily since 2016.
- Honeymoon Chicken: A Michelin Bib Gourmand winning premium chicken brand blending funky and fancy to bring you an elevated version of the classic fried chicken everyone loves.
- Kramers: A 46-year-old cultural landmark, neighborhood gathering spot, iconic independent bookstore, versatile event space, award-winning restaurant and illustrious bar–all in one.
- Sidekick: A savory and sweet bakery & cafe serving up the best way to start your day with inventive breakfast sandwiches and treats.
- Ensemble Digital Kitchen: A hub serving menu favorites from all Catalogue restaurants in one convenient place, made in one kitchen and delivered directly to you.
THE COMMUNITY AND BEYOND
The Catalogue brand is committed to partnering with local organizations to make positive change in the communities that have always supported each brand and around the world. Ongoing and upcoming community outreach includes:
- Mary's Center: Catalogue has partnered with Mary's Center, a community health organization serving thousands of people of all ages, incomes and backgrounds in the DC metro area in a joint mission to aid in building better communities.
Salis and the Catalogue team are looking forward to bringing their unique experiences and brands to life in new locations while continuing to serve communities where these brands have already become household names. With further growth plans, there is much to look forward to over the next several years at Catalogue.
For more information about Catalogue, visit http://catalogue.co, officially launching Thursday June 6, 2022.
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Following is a statement from Jen Judson, president of the National Press Club, and Gil Klein, president of the National Press Club Journalism Institute, on the record-setting number of journalists and media workers killed so far this year in Mexico.
"Even as 2022 is far from over, Mexico has already reached the dubious distinction of having its deadliest recorded year yet for journalists, with 18 reporters and other media workers killed so far, according to figures tabulated by the human rights organization Article 19.
"Importantly, the pace of killings of journalists under President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has gone up nearly 52 percent compared to the same time period in 2018 under his predecessor, former President Enrique Peña Nieto, according to Article 19.
"López Obrador must immediately cease his verbal attacks on the press. His derogatory discourse directly contributes to shaping a culture of impunity in Mexico where corrupt officials and cartels conclude that the murders of journalists will not be investigated or prosecuted and where reporters conclude that their best self-defense is one of self-censorship.
"We further join far too many others throughout Mexico and the Western Hemisphere in mourning the August murders of the following Mexican journalists and media workers:
- On Aug. 22, Fredid Roman, who ran a local political news website "The Reality of Guerrero" and wrote a column, was shot to death inside his car in the city of Chilpancingo, according to local prosecutors in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero.
- On August 16, Juan Arjón López, founder of the Facebook-based news outlet A Qué Le Temes, was found dead in San Luis Río Colorado, in the northern Mexican state of Sonora on the U.S. border. His disappearance was reported on August 9th. One person has been arrested for his involvement in the abduction and brutal killing.
- On August 11, in the Mexican border city Cuidad Juarez in Chihuahua, four employees of Radio Switch 105.9 FM, part of the Mega Radio Group, were shot dead while broadcasting from outside a pizzeria. The victims were Allan González, the station´s announcer; Armando Guerrero, head of marketing; Lino Flores, technical operator; and Alejandro Arriaga, a security team member.
- On August 3, journalist Ernesto Méndez Pérez, director of the news outlet Periodico Tu Voz, in the state of Guanajuato, was shot dead in a bar owned by his family. He previously had reported threats and asked the Special Prosecutor's Office for Attention to Crimes against Freedom of Expression for protection.
"The López Obrader government must immediately investigate these latest killings and bring their perpetrators to justice. It's the very least that can be done for their surviving family members and other loved ones. Furthermore, the Mexican government must take seriously the threats that journalists are reporting, particularly those working in places far from Mexico City, and take significant actions to bolster the safety services it purports to offer at-risk journalists through the 'Mechanism for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders and Journalists.'"
Founded in 1908, the National Press Club is the world's leading professional organization for journalists. The Club has 3,000 members representing nearly every major news organization and is a leading voice for press freedom in the United States and around the world.
The National Press Club Journalism Institute, the Club's non-profit affiliate, promotes an engaged global citizenry through an independent and free press and equips journalists with skills and standards to inform the public in ways that inspire civic engagement.
CONTACT: Bill McCarren, 202-662-7534 for the National Press Club
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A sad realization swept over Melissa Jachim's third grade class at Walker Charter Academy earlier this spring as students learned that 105 of their chinook salmon fry, part of their Salmon in the Classroom project through the Michigan DNR, had died over the weekend. Quick to point out the correlation with nature, Jachim noted their five remaining fish were still ahead of the curve compared to salmon hatched in the wild.
"A salmon might lay about 10,000 eggs, but how many of those will actually get the chance to grow to be an adult?" Jachim asked the class, prodding their memories. "The odds are about one or two will have a full life cycle out of those 10,000. Many of them will get eaten by other fish like steelhead, or fishermen like you guys."
Salmon are not native to the Great Lakes and the reasoning behind their introduction was partly to help manage the overpopulation of a baitfish called an alewife. These fish would wash up on beaches at the end of their life cycle by the thousands.
While showing the students a picture of a shoreline full of dead alewives, Jachim asked another leading question.
"Too bad we don't have smell-o-vision," she said. "What would it smell like? Would it smell good? It would not, you would not want to play there."
"Eeeew," the class replied in unison.
About 800 miles to the southeast, students at PreEminent Charter School in Raleigh, N.C. were learning about shad, a migratory fish that spawns in freshwater but spends much of its life in saltwater. Science Teacher Gina Bobbitt partnered with the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences and the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission to host the Shad in the Classroom project.
The fish eggs arrived on a Monday and students learned to sort the live from the dead eggs, which became a daily task.
"We pulled out the eggs and fry onto petri dishes to watch their development," Bobbitt said. "I was able to pull out the digital microscope to display on the overhead so everyone could see the development."
The eggs grew to become tiny see-through fish, which students took to a park down the road from the school to release into the river to grow.
The program also provides an artistic element where students make fish prints made from grown shad molds, created by the museum. Finally, a student from North Carolina State University will lead PreEminent students in shad dissections to show what a fully grown fish looks like.
PreEminent Charter School and Walker Charter Academy are part of NHA, a charter school management company in Grand Rapids, Mich. with 98 tuition-free, public charter schools across nine states, serving more than 60,000 students in kindergarten through 12th grade.
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TUSCON, Ariz., June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nurse RaDonda Vaught received a sentence of three years' probation after being convicted of criminally negligent homicide and gross neglect of an impaired adult in an incident that occurred on Dec 26, 2017. For the nurse, this ends years of wondering whether she would spend 8 years in prison, but not the questions about the event.
Nurse Vaught erroneously gave vercuronium, a paralyzing agent, to a 75-year-old patient instead of Versed, a sedating agent, prior to a procedure. She had overridden several warnings as she accessed the medication from the pharmacy cabinet. The software system issues so many warnings, often trivial or inappropriate, that it had become routine to override them so that patient care could proceed. After administering the dose, she was called away to assist in the emergency room. Tragically, the patient died.
Hundreds of workers rallied outside the courthouse during the sentencing hearing, warning that criminalizing errors would lead to more hospital deaths because of reluctance to report errors.
Nurse Vaught immediately acknowledged her error. The hospital, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, did not, however, notify the county medical examiner of an unexpected death, but attributed it to a brain bleed. The hospital also failed to notify state or federal officials of the error or the death, though they were obligated by law to do so. The incident did not become public until an anonymous tip prompted an unannounced federal inspection almost a year later, when many serious deficiencies were found.
"The nurse was criminally charged and has a felony conviction, but what happened to hospital officials responsible for reporting and correcting hazardous conditions?" asks AAPS executive director Jane Orient, M.D. "Why can paralyzing agents even be obtained by nurses for patients getting a routine scan?"
"Threatening a nurse with a decade in prison for a terrible but unintentional error does not fix the system problems or make patients safer, but it does cause capable, dedicated people to re-think their career plans."
The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) is a national organization representing physicians in all specialties since 1943. Its motto is omnia pro aegroto (everything for the patient).
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NEW YORK, June 9, 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 January 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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ÖSTERSUND, Sweden, April 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Skanska has, as part of a joint venture with R.J. Industries, Inc., signed a contract with NYC Department of Environmental Protection to do work at its Hunts Point Wastewater Resource Recovery Facility in the Bronx, New York, USA. The total contract is worth USD 309M. Skanska's share of the contract is worth about USD 248M, about SEK 2.3 billion, which will be included in the US order bookings for the first quarter of 2022.
The contract includes the installation of cast-in-place concrete, prefabricated guardhouse and walkway bridges, electric, heating, ventilation, and plumbing, instrumentation and controls, site clearing, excavation and final landscaping.
Construction will begin in spring 2022 and is scheduled for completion in March 2026.
CONTACT:
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Brittany Felteau, Communications Director, Skanska USA, tel +1 617 574 14 85
Andreas Joons, Press Officer, Skanska AB, tel +46 (0)10 449 04 94
Direct line for media, tel +46 (0)10 448 88 99
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (WHNT) — Over 13,000 pounds of frozen meat pizza are being recalled due to the possibility of metal pieces in the food, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service.
On Sunday, Aug. 14, the USDA made the official recall for 13,099 pounds of the Home Run Inn brand of frozen pizzas, based out of Woodbridge, Illinois.
The specific products being recalled were made on June 6, 2022. The 33.5-oz packages of Home Run Inn Chicago’s Premium Pizzeria Deluxe Sausage Classic Pizza have a best-by date of Dec. 3, 2022.
These packages will also have an establishment number of “EST. 18498-A” inside the USDA mark of inspection.
According to the USDA, the problem was discovered when that distributor received consumer complaints reporting that metal had been found in the pizza. No confirmed injuries or adverse reactions have been reported so far.
The FSIS said the pizzas were sent to a distributor in Illinois and then distributed to other retailers across the country.
The agency encourages anyone who has these products in their freezers to throw them out or return them to their place of purchase. Distributors are also advised not to sell the pizzas.
Anyone with concerns or questions can contact the USDA by calling 888-674-6854 or by sending an email to its hotline. | https://cw33.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/usda-recalls-frozen-pizza-over-possible-metal-pieces/ | 2022-08-15T16:20:21Z |
Virginia Sue Bond, known as Jenny, peacefully transitioned on Tuesday June 21, 2022. A visitation will be held Wednesday, August 24, 2022 at 10:00am followed by A Celebration of Life at 10:30am at the Temple Bible Church, 3205 Oakview Drive, Temple, Texas. In lieu of flowers the family asks for memorial donations to the Parkinson’s Foundation, The American Heart Association, TBC’s missions in Africa and your local no-kill animal shelter. Condolences and remembrances can be left at CallawayJones.com and will be shared at the memorial. | https://www.tdtnews.com/obituaries/article_5ea48a0a-1ca3-11ed-bfef-5be21787e553.html | 2022-08-21T12:12:12Z |
NEW YORK, July 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Attention Unilever PLC ("Unilever") (NYSE: UL) shareholders:
The Law Offices of Vincent Wong announce that a class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of investors. This lawsuit is on behalf of all persons who purchased or otherwise acquired Unilever American Depositary Receipts between September 2, 2020 and July 21, 2021, inclusive.
If you suffered a loss on your investment in Unilever, contact us about potential recovery by using the link below. There is no cost or obligation to you.
ABOUT THE ACTION: The class action against Unilever includes allegations that the Company made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: a) in July 2020, the board of Ben & Jerry's, one of Unilever's marquee brands, passed a resolution to end sales of its ice cream in "Occupied Palestinian Territory" ; and b) this boycott decision risked adverse governmental actions for violations of laws, executive orders, or resolutions aimed at discouraging boycotts, divestment, and sanctions of Israel adopted by 35 U.S. states.
DEADLINE: August 15, 2022
Aggrieved Unilever investors only have until August 15, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. You are not required to act as a lead plaintiff in order to share in any recovery.
Vincent Wong, Esq. is an experienced attorney who has represented investors in securities litigations involving financial fraud and violations of shareholder rights. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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Man who claimed to be Polk correctional officer arrested for DUI
POLK CITY, Fla. (WWSB) - A Polk County man who claimed to be a correctional officer has been arrested for DUI.
According to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, Brandon Hayes, 20, was pulled over at 2 a.m. Tuesday morning in Lakeland. Deputies observed a white 2009 Ford Fusion, driven by Hayes, traveling 67 mph in a 45 mph zone on U.S 98 North near the I-4 eastbound ramp in Lakeland. Deputies then conducted a traffic stop.
According to the affidavit, when deputies spoke with Hayes, they smelled “the obvious impurities of an alcoholic beverage on his breath” and observed him to have “watery eyes.” Deputies also noticed an Ohio license plate on the vehicle with a 2016 registration sticker. When asked, Hayes told deputies that the vehicle had not been registered for about 10 years and had never been registered in Florida.
Hayes told deputies he had just left a bar where he had been drinking. He also said he knew he should not be driving and would not pass a field sobriety test. Deputies conducted a field sobriety test, which Hayes failed.
Hayes told deputies he is a correctional officer at Polk Correctional Institution and is a military police officer in the Army Reserve.
“I’m thankful my deputies got this drunk driver off the road before he hurt or killed someone. There is never an excuse to drink and drive. If you’ve been drinking, please don’t drive. Plan for a designated driver, call a friend or loved one, or take advantage of the many ride share opportunities available,” said Sheriff Grady Judd.
Hayes was arrested for DUI and misuse of tag to avoid registration. He was transported to the Polk County Jail and released after paying a $750 bond.
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After the Academy Awards incident between Will Smith and Chris Rock, I started wondering how many of my gentle readers have resorted to physical violence in their adult life.
In 1983, a co-worker sucker-punched me at the end of second shift and in 1999 (at a different work place) a co-worker shoved me to the ground. But so far I haven’t been in any two-way fights since childhood. (Some folks play tennis. Some folks play cornhole. Some folks play “the long game.” Bwahahahaha …)
But what about you? Have you ever slapped, punched, head-butted, butt-kicked, snatched bald-headed anyone who has run afoul of you? Do you regard it with pride or shame?
If you have a story, I hope you acted in self-defense, or to protect someone from a bully or to defend your country or at least to keep that &%5E%$# hussy from interfering with your sacred right to the last Samsung 85-inch TV on Black Friday. (“With liberty and justice and Crystal Processor 4K for all who lay hands on it first.”)
Please don’t tell me that you have instigated a family squabble at a funeral, scuffled with a conscientious police officer or manhandled an editor who didn’t use my columns often enough. (Regarding the latter, “don’t tell me” is the operative phrase. Plausible deniability and all that.)
At least tell me you were thorough with your use of force. No knocking someone into the opening of Happy Hour when you were aiming for the middle of next week. No giving someone an unsound thrashing and getting the Building Codes people involved.
For statistical purposes, I hope any hypothetical disciplinary slaps can be broken down in terms of being provoked by sass or backtalk or attitude or “that look” or at least copyright infringement. (“How dare you plagiarize and use the excuses I used on my parents.”)
I pray that you spring into action only when totally justified, Grasshopper. The world certainly has enough lowbrows who tend toward the hair-trigger mode. (As Yoda once observed, “The Jerry Springer Show is strong with this one.”)
Yes, “taking umbrage” seems to be the default value in our culture. “Them’s fightin’ words, mister” lurks in our psyche decades after its introduction in Westerns. Hey, how come no one ever announces, “Them’s huggin’ and dancin’ and singin’ ‘Kumbaya’ words, mister”?
Okay, self-restraint is harder than the Decorum Police imply. More than once when I’ve encountered an infuriating jerk, I’ve dutifully retreated to my Happy Place — only to discover that the scumbag was already there, using the American flag for a picnic blanket and groping my grandmother.
Today’s brawlers can always conjure up an excuse for their behavior, but it’s sad just how wimpy we’ve gotten since the halcyon days of chivalry, the Hatfields and McCoys or dueling. (“Defending my sister’s honor is worth a night in jail, but I ain’t getting shot at over her. I mean, she always got the most toys and let’s face it, she is sort of a flirt …”)
Taunts, challenges, unintentional slights and the ensuing donnybrooks may always be with us, but there is a glimmer of hope that social media trends may take a lot of oomph out of the animosity.
(“You say my momma is so fat her blood type is Ragu? Let me fact-check that before we do anything hasty. Your aspersion is probably missing context.”) | https://www.albanyherald.com/opinion/danny-tyree-have-you-ever-gone-all-will-smith-on-anyone/article_abad5b52-b433-11ec-b6ff-d75703f589bb.html | 2022-04-04T22:35:27Z |
GLENEAGLES, Scotland (AP) — Darren Clarke’s bid for a first senior major title wobbled as he lost his overnight two-shot lead at the Senior British Open and Paul Broadhurst pulled level at 9 under overall after the third round on Saturday.
Clarke needed a birdie on the last hole to catch Broadhurst, who posted a 4-under 66 to Clarke’s 69 at Gleneagles.
“I’ve gone out there and I’ve played nicely all day. I’ve given myself chance after chance. I’ve hit good putts,” Clarke said. “I’ve hit 17 greens leading the tournament and played lovely. At least one decided to go in at the last.”
Clarke dropped shots on the 12th and 13th holes but steadied himself to stay in contention for another trophy after winning the British Open’s Claret Jug in 2011.
“It would be pretty cool to have both of them sitting beside each other,” he said. “I would love to win the Senior Open as well as the main Open.”
But Clarke and Broadhurst face a tough final round on Sunday with New Zealand’s Steven Alker and American Jerry Kelly — both senior major champions — in a tie for third and only one behind them at 8 under.
Four-time major champion Ernie Els and three-time major winner Padraig Harrington are three strokes off the pace at 6 under, along with Colin Montgomerie, Stuart Appleby and Thongchai Jaidee.
“Just look at the leaderboard, some top names right behind me,” Broadhurst said. “I’m under no illusions, I’m going to have to go out and shoot a number tomorrow.”
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More AP golf: https://apnews.com/hub/golf and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | https://cw33.com/sports/ap-sports/clarke-broadhurst-tied-for-9-under-at-senior-british-open/ | 2022-07-24T12:31:09Z |
RICHMOND, Ind., May 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Richmond Mutual Bancorporation, Inc. (NASDAQ: RMBI) announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend on Richmond Mutual Bancorporation common stock of $0.10 per share. The cash dividend will be payable on June 16, 2022 to stockholders of record as of the close of business on June 2, 2022.
About Richmond Mutual Bancorporation, Inc.
Richmond Mutual Bancorporation, Inc., headquartered in Richmond, Indiana, is the holding company for First Bank Richmond, a community-oriented financial institution offering traditional financial and trust services within its local communities through its eight locations in Richmond, Centerville, Cambridge City and Shelbyville, Indiana, its five locations in Sidney, Piqua and Troy, Ohio and its loan production office in Columbus, Ohio.
Forward-Looking Statements
Statements in this press release that are not historical facts may be "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements often include words such as "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "estimate," and "intend" or future or conditional verbs such as "will," "would," "should," "could," or "may." Forward-looking statements, by their nature, are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results anticipated in such statements, including the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Company's credit quality and business operations, as well as its impact on general economic and financial market conditions and other uncertainties such as the extent and duration of the impact of the pandemic on public health, the U.S. and global economies, and on consumer and corporate customers, employment levels and market liquidity. In addition, forward-looking statements also are subject to legislative changes; changes in policies by regulatory agencies; fluctuations in interest rates; the risks of lending and investing activities, including changes in the level and direction of loan delinquencies and write-offs and changes in estimates of the adequacy of the allowance for loan losses; the Company's ability to access cost-effective funding; fluctuations in real estate values and both residential and commercial real estate market conditions; demand for loans and deposits in the Company's market area; changes in management's business strategies; changes in the regulatory and tax environments in which the Company operates; and other factors set forth in the Company's filings with the SEC.
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China halts climate, military ties over Pelosi Taiwan visit
BEIJING (AP) — China on Friday said it is canceling or suspending dialogue with the United States on a range of issues from climate change to military relations and anti-drug efforts in retaliation for a visit this week to Taiwan by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
The measures, which come amid cratering relations between Beijing and Washington, are the latest in a promised series of steps intended to punish the U.S. for allowing the visit to the island it claims as its own territory, to be annexed by force if necessary. China on Thursday launched threatening military exercises in six zones just off Taiwan’s coasts that it says will run through Sunday.
Missiles have also been fired over Taiwan, defense officials told state media. China opposes the self-governing island having its own contacts with foreign governments, but its response to the Pelosi visit has been unusually vociferous.
The Foreign Ministry said dialogue between U.S. and Chinese regional commanders and defense department heads would be canceled, along with talks on military maritime safety.
Cooperation on returning undocumented immigrants, criminal investigations, transnational crime, illegal drugs and climate change will be suspended, the ministry said.
China said Friday that more than 100 warplanes and 10 warships have taken part in the live-fire military drills surrounding Taiwan over the past two days, while announcing mainly symbolic sanctions against U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her family over her visit to Taiwan earlier this week.
The official Xinhua News Agency said Friday that fighters, bombers, destroyers and frigates were all used in what it called “joint blockage operations.”
The military’s Eastern Theater Command also fired new versions of missiles it said hit unidentified targets in the Taiwan Strait “with precision.”
The Rocket Force also fired projectiles over Taiwan into the Pacific, military officers told state media, in a major ratcheting up of China’s threats to attack and invade the island.
The drills, which Xinhua described as being held on an “unprecedented scale,” are China’s most strident response to Pelosi’s visit. The speaker is the highest-ranking U.S. politician to visit Taiwan in 25 years.
Dialogue and exchanges between China and the U.S., particularly on military matters and economic exchanges, have generally been halting at best. Climate change and fighting trade in illegal drugs such as fentanyl were, however, areas where they had found common cause, and Beijing’s suspension of cooperation could have significant implications for efforts to achieve progress in dealing with those issues.
China and the United States are the world’s No. 1 and No. 2 climate polluters, together producing nearly 40% of all fossil-fuel emissions. Their top climate diplomats, John Kerry and Xie Zhenhua, maintained a cordial relationship that dated back to the Paris climate accord, which was made possible by a breakthrough negotiated among the two and others.
China under Kerry’s prodding committed at last year’s U.N. global climate summit in Glasgow to working with the U.S. “with urgency” to cut climate-wrecking emissions, but Kerry was unable to persuade it to significantly speed up China’s move away from coal.
On the Chinese coast across from Taiwan, tourists gathered Friday to try to catch a glimpse of any military aircraft heading toward the exercise area.
Fighter jets could be heard flying overhead and tourists taking photos chanted, “Let’s take Taiwan back,” looking out into the blue waters of the Taiwan Strait from Pingtan island, a popular scenic spot in Fujian province.
Pelosi’s visit stirred emotions among the Chinese public, and the government’s response “makes us feel our motherland is very powerful and gives us confidence that the return of Taiwan is the irresistible trend,” said Wang Lu, a tourist from neighboring Zhejiang province.
China is a “powerful country and it will not allow anyone to offend its own territory,” said Liu Bolin, a high school student visiting the island.
His mother, Zheng Zhidan, was somewhat more circumspect.
“We are compatriots and we hope to live in peace,” Zheng said. “We should live peacefully with each other.”
China’s insistence that Taiwan is its territory and its threat to use force to bring it under its control have featured highly in ruling Communist Party propaganda, the education system and the entirely state-controlled media for more than seven decades since the sides were divided amid civil war in 1949.
Taiwan residents overwhelmingly favor maintaining the status quo of de facto independence and reject China’s demands that the island unify with the mainland under Communist control.
On Friday morning, China sent military ships and war planes across the mid-line of the Taiwan Strait, the Taiwanese Defense Ministry said, crossing what had for decades been an unofficial buffer zone between China and Taiwan.
Five of the missiles fired by China since the military exercises began Thursday landed in Japan’s Exclusive Economic Zone off Hateruma, an island far south of Japan’s main islands, Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi said. He said Japan protested the missile landings to China as “serious threats to Japan’s national security and the safety of the Japanese people.”
Japan’s Defense Ministry later said they believe four other missiles fired from China’s southeastern coast of Fujian flew over Taiwan.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Friday that China’s military exercises aimed at Taiwan represent a “grave problem” that threatens regional peace and security.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said China’s actions were in line with “international law and international practices,” though she provided no evidence.
“As for the Exclusive Economic Zone, China and Japan have not carried out maritime delimitation in relevant waters, so there is no such thing as an EEZ of Japan,” Hua told reporters at a daily briefing.
In Tokyo, where Pelosi is winding up her Asia trip, she said China cannot stop U.S. officials from visiting Taiwan. Kishida, speaking after breakfast with Pelosi and her congressional delegation, said the missile launches need to be “stopped immediately.”
China said it summoned European diplomats in the country to protest statements issued by the Group of Seven industrialized nations and the European Union criticizing the Chinese military exercises surrounding Taiwan.
Its Foreign Ministry on Friday said Vice Minister Deng Li made “solemn representations” over what he called “wanton interference in China’s internal affairs.”
Deng said China would “prevent the country from splitting with the strongest determination, using all means and at any cost.”
The ministry said the meeting was held Thursday night but gave no information on which countries participated. Earlier Thursday, China canceled a foreign ministers’ meeting with Japan to protest the G-7 statement that there was no justification for the exercises.
Both ministers were attending a meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Cambodia.
China has promoted the overseas support it has received for its response to Pelosi’s visit, mainly from fellow authoritarian states such as Russia, Syria and North Korea.
China had earlier summoned U.S. Ambassador Nicholas Burns to protest Pelosi’s visit. The speaker left Taiwan on Wednesday after meeting with President Tsai Ing-wen and holding other public events. She traveled on to South Korea and then Japan. Both countries host U.S. military bases and could be drawn into a conflict involving Taiwan.
The Chinese exercises involve troops from the navy, air force, rocket force, strategic support force and logistic support force, according to Xinhua.
They are believed to be the largest held near Taiwan in geographical terms and the closest in proximity — within 20 kilometers (12 miles) of the island.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday called the drills a “significant escalation” and said he has urged Beijing to back down.
U.S. law requires the government to treat threats to Taiwan, including blockades, as matters of “grave concern.”
The drills are an echo of the last major Chinese military drills aimed at intimidating Taiwan’s leaders and voters in 1995 and 1996.
Taiwan has put its military on alert and staged civil defense drills, but the overall mood remained calm on Friday. Flights have been canceled or diverted, and fishermen have remained in port to avoid the Chinese drills.
In the northern port of Keelung, Lu Chuan-hsiong, 63, was enjoying his morning swim Thursday, saying he wasn’t worried.
“Everyone should want money, not bullets,” Lu said.
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COLUMBIA, Mo., June 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Premier express car wash brands Club Car Wash and Rapid Express Car Wash have announced a strategic partnership between the two companies. As part of the partnership, all Rapid Express Car Wash locations will be rebranded as Club Car Wash. Located in Central and South Texas, Rapid Express Car Wash currently operates 17 express sites with 11 under the construction process and an additional 25 in development. Club Car Wash operates 67 locations across the Midwest with an additional 40 locations currently in development.
This collaboration with Rapid Express Car Wash brings Club Car Wash's express car wash portfolio to 82 operating locations with plans to reach nearly 140 locations by the end of 2022.
"Rapid Express has great locations and a terrific team and we couldn't be more excited to add them to the Club Car Wash family," said Rollie Bartels, CEO of Club Car Wash.
Under the partnership, there will be no interruption to Rapid Express Car Wash customers and their Unlimited Club members. Club Car Wash will transition all operating Rapid Express Car Wash locations to Club Car Wash branding by the end of September 2022.
"Club Car Wash has a well-established reputation in the car wash industry and an impressive operating platform. The Rapid Express Car Wash team and I are very excited to join forces with them to bring the first Club Car Wash location to Texas," said Ahmed Jafferally, CEO of Rapid Express Car Wash.
Club Car Wash currently has 67 operating locations throughout the Central United States operating in Missouri, Kansas, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, and Oklahoma.
Club Car Wash offers a full menu of wash options for a variety of customers. These offering includes a range of individual washes and monthly memberships allowing customers quality, convenience, and cost savings. All membership options include the use of free microfiber towels and high-quality vacuums.
About Club Car Wash:
Founded as Tiger Express Car Wash in 2006, the company rebranded to Club Car Wash in 2019. Currently operating more than 67 locations in Missouri, Kansas, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas. Club Car Wash is one of the largest and fastest growing express car wash companies in the Central United States. Club Car Wash has plans to scale rapidly into Wisconsin, Colorado, Arkansas, Kentucky, and Tennessee through acquisitions and new developments.
To learn more about Club Car Wash, please visit: http://www.clubcarwash.com/.
Contact:
Kendell Palmquist
Club Car Wash
kendell@clubcarwash.com
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- As part of its global Be Seen. Be Heard. campaign, The Body Shop is removing barriers for first-time voters in the U.S. through education and access.
- $1 from each sale of the brand's new 'Flex Your Power' pack will benefit civics education organization Generation Citizen.
- To help spread the word, The Body Shop is rallying Be Heard ambassadors across North America.
NEW YORK, Aug. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- This International Youth Day, The Body Shop U.S. announces bold action to drive youth voter engagement and registration across the country, ahead of the midterm elections this November.
Starting today, visitors to The Body Shop's U.S. stores and website can learn about the importance of voting in this year's elections, check their current registration status and register to vote through the brand's virtual voting hub, made possible by Impactree and TurboVote.
This effort is an extension of Be Seen. Be Heard, the global campaign from The Body Shop and the United Nations Secretary-General's Envoy on Youth focused on amplifying youth perspectives and representation in public life in more than 75 countries. The campaign was launched at the UN headquarters in May in conjunction with the extensive joint report Be Seen Be Heard: Understanding young people's political participation, which demonstrated a significant appetite for sweeping political reform from youth around across the United States and around the globe.
Young voters in the U.S. typically participate in elections at rates of 20 to 30 percent lower than older voters and routinely face structural barriers to doing so, including complicated rules about absentee voting, state-by-state ambiguities and lack of civic education.
"The Body Shop believes that youth need a seat at the table where important decisions are being made, especially rulings that directly affect them," said Hilary Lloyd, Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Responsibility for The Body Shop North America. "Over the last few years, we have been deeply inspired by how young people have flexed their political voice through direct protesting, lobbying their representatives and advocating for causes online. Now, we're proud to help amplify their voices at the ballot box."
The Body Shop U.S. is partnering with Generation Citizen, a national nonpartisan organization that equips and inspires young people to exercise their civic power, to educate and motivate young people to engage in the democratic process in this year's midterm elections and beyond.
The retailer also is launching a 'Flex Your Power Pack' made up of its skincare and body care products to encourage young activists to practice self-care and give them the confidence they need make their voice heard. The pack includes travel-size versions of the brand's bestsellers including Ginger Shampoo, Tea Tree Oil, Hemp Hand Cream and Shea Body Butter. For every pack sold, The Body Shop will donate $1 up to $25,000 to Generation Citizen to support the organization's vital work in civics education.
"We're excited to partner with The Body Shop to ensure that the most diverse generation in American history can make their voice heard and exercise the most fundamental American right, which is the right to vote," said Elizabeth Clay Roy, CEO of Generation Citizen. "Through this campaign, we hope to not only provide young people with the tools to engage in our democracy, but also to help them feel eager and empowered to do so."
To spread the word about Be Seen. Be Heard, The Body Shop is rallying 'Be Heard' ambassadors across North America who prove to their communities that you are never too young to make a difference. The list of changemakers involved include reproductive rights activist Deja Foxx, equity and climate justice organizer Larissa Crawford, sustainability and low-impact lifestyle champion Karishma Porwal, education equity advocate Marley Dias and UNICEF ambassador and actress Saara Chaudry.
Additionally, from August 12-14, 2022, The Body Shop will be sponsoring and exhibiting at the Women's Convention Event in Houston, Texas, hosted by Women's March. The conference will act as a place for women and allies to engage on issues of civic participation and bring thousands of activists together to works towards social change as it relates to reproductive healthcare, LGBTQ+ rights, environmental justice, racial justice and more. The Body Shop will be in the Social Justice City, an exhibition hall packed with feminist vendors, community groups, interactive art spaces and more. Visitors to the booth can learn more about the campaign, register to vote and check their voter registration.
For more information about The Body Shop's Be Seen. Be Heard. campaign, please visit: https://www.thebodyshop.com/en-us/about-us/activism/be-seen-be-heard/a/a00072
As a B Corp business, The Body Shop is committed to ambitious social and environmental targets. Earlier this year, it established a Youth Collective to help amplify youth voices within its own business. The Body Shop Youth Collective is formed of 10-12 people from inside and outside the business, all aged under 30. They will advise The Body Shop Executive Leadership Team with the views and voices of young people.
The Body Shop invests heavily in activism and has a dedicated activism team, focused on research and tactics, operating around the world. Long before activism was an industry buzzword, The Body Shop has pushed for change where other brands saw risks. It has mobilized its global collective and campaigned for over 20 years on issues such as the rights of indigenous peoples, animal rights, sex trafficking and the burning of the Amazon rainforest.
For more information follow @thebodyshopnorthamerica on Instagram or visit, thebodyshop.com.
Generation Citizen (GC) works to ensure that every student in the United States receives an effective action civics education, which provides them with the knowledge and skills necessary to participate in our democracy as active citizens. For more information follow @generationcitizen on Instagram or visit, generationcitizen.org.
Impactree is a purpose-driven engagement platform that empowers organizations to build and measure meaningful impact, making it easy to engage communities and drive collective action on key social and environmental causes. Impactree's user-friendly platform and tech-enabled solutions unlock the power of purpose so people and organizations can discover, share, and support meaningful action that drives positive change in the world. For more information, visit impactree.com or contact contact@impactree.com.
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WASHINGTON, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ploughshares Fund, the largest foundation singularly focused on the reduction of nuclear weapons, has awarded $565,000 in emergency grants in response to the war in Ukraine and the renewed nuclear threat from Russia.
Approved in a special meeting of the Ploughshares Fund Board of Directors in May, the grants will support regional nuclear experts who have been directly impacted by Russia's actions and will inform the global public on how to take action to lower nuclear risks.
The grants were awarded to four organizations to provide immediate funding for research and analysis in Eastern Europe, as well as longer-term educational and advocacy work that promotes disarmament as a solution to rising threats:
- The Vienna Center for Nonproliferation and Disarmament/The President and Fellows of Middlebury College will provide up to six fellowships for nuclear experts and practitioners who have had their careers disrupted because of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Fellows will be hosted by institutions in Europe to pursue research in nuclear arms control, nonproliferation, and related topics.
- The Odessa Center for Nonproliferation will convene an expert workshop to examine the implications of the invasion for nuclear arms control and nonproliferation.
- Games for Change will organize educational uses of On the Morning You Wake, a VR film about the 2018 false missile alert in Hawaii, at several events surrounding the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons' (TPNW) first Meeting of States Parties in June 2022.
- The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), in addition to its work promoting and advocating for the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), will increase its activities in Eastern Europe and deepen its partnerships with local civil society organizations in the region. It will increase awareness of nuclear threats in the wake of the invasion by positioning disarmament as a way to prevent Russian aggression and conducting research, media outreach, and educational efforts on the humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons.
"People are waking up to the frightening new reality that the risk of nuclear war is growing, and the use of nuclear weapons is highly vulnerable to human emotion, miscalculation, and error," said Dr. Emma Belcher, President of Ploughshares Fund. "The magnitude of this crisis – and with it, the opportunity for change – cannot be ignored: humanity is at an inflection point in the history of arms control and nonproliferation. This moment demands renewed engagement on the nuclear issue. How we respond today will have repercussions for decades to come."
Ploughshares Fund will make additional grants to help reduce the nuclear threat later this year.
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Lauren Billet
Communications & Marketing Manager
Ploughshares Fund
LBillet@Plougshares.org
(202) 783-4401
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VIENNA, Va., July 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Solutions By Design II, LLC (SBD), the Founding and Managing Member of Vencedor Technologies, LLC an Unpopulated Joint Venture that holds a spot on the Army ITES-3S IDIQ Contract, announced that it has been awarded the Information Technology Administrative Support Services Task Order at the United States Army Cadet Command (USACC), Fort Knox, KY for Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Information Management (C4IM) services. SBD, via Vencedor, will provide support services to the Cadet Command Knowledge Management support capabilities; Current and Future Operations; Forms, Publications and Records Management; Plans and Policy assistance; and Project Management and Integration tasks.
SBD, via Vencedor, will support the Cadet Command HQ, BDEs and Battalions with the necessary C4I administrative support required to meet its mission of selecting, educating, training, and commissioning college students to be officers and leaders of character in the Total Army; and instilling the values of citizenship, national and community service, personal responsibility, and a sense of accomplishment in high school students. "We are extremely excited to win our first Task Order under the Army ITES-3S Vehicle" said Greg Goldbach, Director, Acquisition Programs & Strategy. "To have an impact on the future military leaders that will help protect the freedoms we cherish is a true honor."
With this Task Order, Vencedor Technologies has catapulted to be the #25th Small Business and #39th overall (Small & Large) vendor on the Army ITES-3S IDIQ in terms of total obligated dollars.
ABOUT SBD: SBD specializes in IT system modernization and support as an application transformation and agile process leader. SBD leverages open-source technologies and cloud-based solutions to reduce operating costs and advance the value proposition of automated solutions. SBD also has a robust cybersecurity capability optimizing security operation centers through the use of workflow automation, technical expertise, and the use of leading-edge security tools. Bottom line, SBD delivers technically innovative, reliable, and cost-effective solutions, services, and products to our federal customers.
ABOUT VENCEDOR: Vencedor is an Unpopulated JV, comprised of seven (7) industry-leading small business members established specifically for the provision of services under the U.S. Army ITES-3S ID/IQ. Headquartered in Vienna, Virginia, Vencedor has an extensive history of delivering critical IT and mission support services to help the Department of Defense enhance the safety and security of our nation.
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BELTON — A jury trial — expected to take three weeks — set for capital murder suspect Cedric Marks on Oct. 4 will be delayed a couple of weeks since one of his standby counsels will be out of the country.
Marks, 47, has been in custody at the Bell County Jail since Feb. 3, 2019, held in lieu of bonds totaling more than $2 million.
Marks is charged with capital murder of multiple persons, a capital felony; burglary of a habitation with intent to commit a felony, a first-degree felony; tampering with evidence, a third-degree felony; and various misdemeanor charges.
Bell County District Attorney Henry Garza is seeking the death penalty for Marks in connection with the deaths of Temple residents Jenna Scott, 28, and Michael Swearingin, 32, on Jan. 3, 2019.
The delay occurred during a pretrial hearing at the Bell County 426th Judicial District Court presided by Judge Steven Duskie.
During the hearing, Duskie asked Garza and Marks — who is representing himself — if they were ready for a proposed start date of Oct. 4.
Garza and Marks both said they were ready for what they expected to be a three-week trial.
Duskie proposed that jury questionnaires and other items for the trial be prepared the week before. At that time, one of Mark’s counsel, Heidi Baier, reminded the court of her vacation time, which was scheduled before a trial date was finalized.
Baier — who appeared via Zoom call — reminded the court that she would be gone from Sept. 16 to Oct. 3.
“I’ll be back that day, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed,” she said.
Duskie said the trial date had considered the attorney’s vacation time but not for preparations before the trial.
Marks told the court that as a pro se defendant — someone representing himself — he should have last say on schedule as he was unaware of the delay and did not see a need to have all stand-by counsel. Attorneys John Gilligan and Gabrielle Green also serve in the same capacity.
Baier reminded Marks that as a capital murder suspect, all his attorneys needed to be present for the proceedings.
“I will adjust our trial date, but it will be minimal,” Duskie told Marks. “We’re looking at a trial date of the 17 or the 24 October. Once we decide the date, we will bring the panel on two separate days.”
Marks has maintained his innocence while Maya Maxwell, his alleged accomplice, told investigators that she and Marks hid Swearingin’s car in Austin to distract authorities.
Arrest affidavits in the case said the victims were killed in Austin and the bodies taken to Clearview, Okla., where the bodies were discovered in a shallow grave.
Autopsy reports listed Scott’s cause of death as homicidal violence due to multiple traumatic injuries while Swearingin was strangled. He had contusions, cuts, and abrasions on his body.
Marks was arrested on Feb. 3, 2019, and remains at the Bell County Jail.
Maxwell was arrested on Jan. 29, 2019, and charged with capital murder of multiple persons, a capital felony, and tampering with evidence, a third-degree felony. She remained at the county jail Monday on bonds totaling $750,000. | https://www.tdtnews.com/news/central_texas_news/article_093b1f9a-1774-11ed-9323-0736476f2d87.html | 2022-08-09T02:04:22Z |
GrubMarket acquires QBIX Analytics, a highly regarded data analytics and business intelligence solution provider that works with many of the most well-known global companies, to provide more comprehensive analytics products and services to food wholesalers, distributors, and foodservice providers worldwide.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- GrubMarket today announced it has completed the acquisition of San Carlos, California-based QBIX Analytics ("QBIX"), a trusted data analytics and business intelligence solution provider that specializes in implementing data solutions and performing system integrations to help customers improve sales and operational efficiencies.
Started in 2015, QBIX is managed by founders Jeff Carlson and Tim York who collectively have nearly three decades of experience helping companies make better use of their data to improve decision-making and overall company performance. Their primary product offerings span data cleansing and enrichment, data pipeline development and storage, financial modeling and analysis, automated reporting and alerting, visualization and data integrations. As an official Workday Adaptive Planning Solutions Provider, QBIX enables better FP&A and corporate performance management for clients. QBIX also partners with CaptivateIQ to enable compensation management and with Oracle Netsuite to improve best-in-class accounting and financial management. The breadth of their service offerings has enabled QBIX to identify hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue opportunities for hundreds of large-scale and well-known companies, including Microsoft, PWC, GE, Intel, IBM, and Tyson.
"We are thrilled to join the GrubMarket team. Data management has become a vital asset for effectively managing today's food supply chain, so we're excited for the opportunity to leverage our 25+ years of advanced data analytics experience to help improve the food supply chain industry. We feel our business experience combined with deep technical expertise puts us in a unique position to help further GrubMarket's mission to digitally transform this under-digitized sector. We have worked with the GrubMarket team for a while and have seen firsthand how committed they are to building out a well-integrated and industry-leading software solution to enable more streamlined eCommerce throughout the food supply chain." said Tim York, co-founder of QBIX.
According to Mike Xu, CEO of GrubMarket: "Food is a sophisticated and increasingly complex industry that has amassed huge amounts of data. Acquiring, processing and analyzing this data is paramount to the evolution and digitization of the food supply chain. Jeff, Tim and the QBIX team have a sterling reputation in the data analytics space and have worked with hundreds of top-tier customers across a wide range of industries, including agriculture, food and logistics. We're excited for QBIX to join the GrubMarket family to bring their high quality and reliable data analytics and business intelligence expertise to our ecosystem. This acquisition enables GrubMarket to further strengthen our technology capabilities and software services for our wholesale customers."
QBIX's data analytics offerings will become an addition to GrubMarket's eCommerce and software product family, which already includes the innovative and proprietary WholesaleWare software suite, the company's software-as-a-service platform that provides food industry wholesalers and distributors with seamless financial management, powerful sales and online ordering features, precise inventory management, lot traceability, grower accounting, and automated routing and logistics, as well as GrubMarket's custom branded mobile eCommerce solutions.
Founded in 2014, GrubMarket is a San Francisco-based food technology company operating in the space of food supply chain eCommerce for both business customers and end consumers, as well as providing related software-as-a-service solutions to digitally transform the American and global food supply chain. Currently, GrubMarket operates in nearly all 50 U.S. States; Ontario and British Columbia (Canada); Argentina, Chile, and Colombia (South America); India, Mexico, South Africa, and Spain, with plans to expand to the rest of the U.S., Canada, South America, and other parts of the world.
For Media Inquiries:
GrubMarket Media Team
media@grubmarket.com
(510) 556-4786
GrubMarket Inc.
1925 Jerrold Ave.
San Francisco, CA, 94124
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Valley View Estates Features 233 Sites and Close Proximity to St. Louis
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich., April 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- RHP Properties, the nation's largest private owner and operator of manufactured home communities, has announced the acquisition of Valley View Estates in Shiloh, Illinois. This expands the company's manufactured home portfolio to 15 communities in the state and brings the company's total of manufactured home communities to 309 nationwide. The announcement was made by Ross Partrich, CEO, RHP Properties.
Set on 57 acres, Valley View Estates is in a highly rated school district with Shiloh Elementary School, Shiloh Middle School, and O'Fallon High School each receiving an 8/10 rating from Great Schools. The pet friendly community features spacious home sites, a playground and streetlights throughout.
The community is nearby to St. Louis and Scott Air Force Base, which employs 13,000 people and is home to the US Transportation Command.
"RHP Properties is pleased to announce the acquisition of Valley View Estates," said Partrich. "This community was established by a local family and we are honored to carry on their tradition of excellence and service to their residents. We look forward to introducing RHP Social, our community programming that brings residents together to socialize through family friendly events such as holiday parties and barbeques to continue a true sense of community for our residents."
About RHP Properties
Founded in 1988, RHP Properties is the nation's largest privately held owner and operator of manufactured home communities with managed assets of more than $6B, including 309 manufactured home communities nationwide, totaling about 72,235 homes in 30 states.
Headquartered in Farmington Hills, Michigan, RHP Properties employs more than 1,000 professionals. For more information visit www.rhp.com.
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Man sets state record with Graysby Grouper catch
MOREHEAD CITY, N.C. (WITN/Gray News) - A man in North Carolina has set a state record when he caught a fish off of the North Carolina coast.
The North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries announced that George Dale, of Wilmington, North Carolina, caught the Graysby Grouper (otherwise known as Cephalopholis cruentata) outside of Masonboro Inlet in about 100-feet-deep water on May 31.
The agency said Dale caught the fish with a heavy jigging rod and a Penn Slammer III reel, using cut bait on a floral carbon rig with an 80-pound braid. The grouper weighed two pounds and three ounces, WITN reports.
Division of Marine Fisheries staff says in order to establish a state record, a fisher must send an application to them that they then review. The fish must be exceptionally large for North Carolina waters and within a reasonable range of the world record, which was caught off Texas in 1998 and weighed two pounds and eight ounces.
For more information on the state records of fish, go to the division’s State Saltwater Records webpage.
Copyright 2022 WITN via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | https://www.wibw.com/2022/06/06/man-sets-state-record-with-graysby-grouper-catch/ | 2022-06-06T23:53:40Z |
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