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- Interim data from SUNRISE trial in four pediatric patients showed detectable levels of ALB-2A biomarker demonstrating site-specific gene insertion and protein expression
- Two of four patients demonstrated increasing ALB-2A levels over time, indicating expansion of edited hepatocytes carrying the corrective gene
- Proprietary manufacturing process, mAAVRx, has shown 15- to 30-fold yield increase over standard transfection processes
LEXINGTON, Mass., Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- LogicBio® Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: LOGC), a clinical-stage genetic medicine company, today reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2022, and provided business updates, including early clinical data from its ongoing SUNRISE trial evaluating LB-001 in pediatric patients with severe methylmalonic acidemia (MMA).
"We are excited to continue to see GeneRide® demonstrating its ability to precisely knock in the correct version of a gene with a single intravenous infusion—a significant milestone in the field of genetic medicine," said Fred Chereau, president and chief executive officer of LogicBio. "Additionally, LogicBio's proprietary mAAVRx™ process has continued to show significant improvement in production yields. As quality and cost of goods in genetic medicine manufacturing remain a key priority, we intend to leverage mAAVRx for our development candidates and as a potential source for business development collaborations."
Interim SUNRISE Phase 1/2 Results
SUNRISE is a first-in-human, open-label, multi-center, Phase 1/2 clinical trial designed to assess the safety, tolerability, and preliminary efficacy of a single intravenous infusion of LB-001 in pediatric patients with MMA. LB-001 is designed to non-disruptively knock-in a corrective copy of the methylmalonyl-CoA mutase (MMUT) gene into the albumin locus to drive lifelong therapeutic levels of MMUT expression in the liver. LB-001 is based on the company's proprietary GeneRide technology, which uses homologous recombination, a natural DNA repair process, to enable precise editing of the genome without the need for exogenous nucleases and promoters that have been associated with an increased risk of immune response and cancer. Detection of the technology-related biomarker albumin-2A (ALB-2A) in the serum indicates MMUT gene integration and MUT protein expression. Increasing levels of ALB-2A suggest the expansion of the edited cells over time.
The Phase 1/2 interim results include safety and efficacy data from four patients treated with a single intravenous infusion of LB-001 at dose level 5e13 vg/kg. The first two patients dosed were in the three to 12 years old age group and experienced no drug-related serious adverse events (SAEs). As previously disclosed, the third and fourth patients, who were in the six months to two years old age group, each experienced a drug-related SAE, categorized as thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA). The TMA events have resolved, and both patients remain in the study. Based on dialogue with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the SUNRISE protocol was amended to include enhanced monitoring measures, including frequent testing for complement activation, a characteristic of TMA, as well as the use of a complement inhibitor in the event there are laboratory findings indicating a potential or imminent TMA. Additionally, prior to the TMA event, the fourth patient experienced a grade 1 drug-related SAE that was categorized as cytokine release syndrome and necessitated an additional day in the hospital post-dosing.
In addition to safety and tolerability, SUNRISE is designed to evaluate preliminary efficacy through biomarkers such as ALB-2A, a technology-related biomarker, as well as several others related to the disease itself, including methylmalonic acid, methylcitric acid, fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21) and propionate oxidation. ALB-2A has been detected in the serum of all four patients, which indicates site-specific integration of the MMUT gene. In two of the four patients, increasing levels of ALB-2A were seen over time, indicating selective advantage. Selective advantage enables edited hepatocytes carrying the corrective gene to survive and reproduce better than the endogenous mutated hepatocytes and to ultimately repopulate a part or whole of the diseased liver. The disease-related biomarkers, including methylmalonic acid, methylcitric acid, propionate oxidation and FGF-21, were variable and do not show a clear trend to date.
"These early results from the first four pediatric patients treated with LB-001 validate the proof of mechanism for our novel GeneRide genome editing technology," said Dr. Daniel Gruskin, chief medical officer of LogicBio. "The interim data suggest that a single systemic administration of LB-001 can lead to precise insertion of a corrective copy of the MMUT gene in the patient's hepatocytes. While the increase in ALB-2A is a promising sign, based on an analysis of preclinical and clinical data generated to date, we believe that significant additional time would be needed to determine clinical efficacy. I would like to thank the patients, their families, and the investigators who are participating in this ground-breaking trial. We look forward to continuing to better understand the biochemical and clinical effect of our genome editing therapy."
The company plans to continue observing the four patients through the long-term follow-up study to the SUNRISE trial where efficacy parameters will continue to be measured per protocol. As previously disclosed, the company expects to dose the next patient in the SUNRISE trial in the third quarter.
Recent Business Highlights:
- In May, the FDA lifted the clinical hold on LogicBio's Investigational New Drug Application (IND) for LB-001, allowing patient enrollment to resume in the Phase 1/2 SUNRISE trial in pediatric patients with MMA.
- In May, LogicBio presented four abstracts highlighting the company's GeneRide® technology in preclinical hereditary tyrosinemia type 1 (HT1) models and optimized adeno-associated virus (AAV) manufacturing processes at the American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy (ASGCT) 2022 Annual Meeting in Washington D.C.
- As part of the ASGCT presentations, LogicBio highlighted mAAVRx, its new proprietary manufacturing process. mAAVRx is an improved transient transfection of suspension cells, which has shown a 15- to 30-fold increase in vector yields compared to standard upstream processes.
Second Quarter 2022 Financial Results:
Three Months Ended June 30, 2022 and 2021
- Revenue: Revenue for the quarter ended June 30, 2022 consisted of $3.2 million in collaboration and service revenue recognized under our April 2021 agreements with CANbridge Care Pharma Hong Kong Limited (CANbridge) and Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited (Daiichi Sankyo). Revenue for the quarter ended June 30, 2021 consisted of $0.8 million in collaboration and service revenue related to our arrangements with CANbridge, Daiichi, and our agreement with Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (Takeda).
- R&D Expenses: Research and development expenses for the quarter ended June 30, 2022 were $4.8 million, compared to $7.3 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2021. The decrease of approximately $2.4 million was primarily due to a decrease of $1.2 million in LB-001 external development and manufacturing costs incurred during second quarter 2021 to start up the LB-001 SUNRISE clinical trial and a $1.0 million decrease in other research and development costs primarily related to one-time intellectual property costs that occurred as a result of entering into the April 2021 collaboration agreement with CANbridge.
- G&A Expenses: General and administrative expenses were $3.3 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2022, compared to $3.8 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2021. The decrease of approximately $0.5 million was primarily driven by a decrease of approximately $0.5 million in professional service fees as we brought more professional work in-house through key hires made during 2021.
- Net Loss: Net loss for the quarter ended June 30, 2022 was $5.0 million or $0.15 per share, compared to a net loss of $10.5 million, or $0.33 per share, for the quarter ended June 30, 2021.
- Cash Position: As of June 30, 2022, we had cash and cash equivalents of $38.8 million as compared to $53.5 million as of December 31, 2021. As of June 30, 2022, we had 32,962,733 shares outstanding.
- Financial Guidance: Based upon our current operating plan, we believe that our $38.8 million in cash and cash equivalents as of June 30, 2022 will enable us to fund our operating expenses and capital expenditure requirements into the second quarter of 2023.
About LogicBio Therapeutics
LogicBio® Therapeutics is a clinical-stage genetic medicine company pioneering genome editing and gene delivery platforms to address rare and serious diseases from infancy through adulthood. The company's genome editing platform, GeneRide®, is a new approach to precise gene insertion harnessing a cell's natural DNA repair process potentially leading to durable therapeutic protein expression levels. The company's gene delivery platform, sAAVy™, is an adeno-associated virus (AAV) capsid engineering platform designed to optimize gene delivery for treatments in a broad range of indications and tissues. The company's proprietary manufacturing process, mAAVRx™, aims to overcome one of the current limitations of AAV manufacturing by improving yields and product quality. The company is based in Lexington, MA. For more information, visit www.logicbio.com, which does not form a part of this release.
About LB-001
LB-001 is an investigational, first-in-class, single-administration, genome editing therapy for early intervention in methylmalonic acidemia (MMA) using LogicBio®'s proprietary GeneRide® drug development platform. GeneRide technology utilizes a natural DNA repair process called homologous recombination that enables precise editing of the genome without the need for exogenous nucleases and promoters that have been associated with an increased risk of immune response and cancer. LB-001 is designed to non-disruptively insert a corrective copy of the methylmalonyl-CoA mutase (MMUT) gene into the albumin locus to drive lifelong therapeutic levels of MMUT expression in the liver, the main site of MMUT expression and activity. LB-001 is delivered to hepatocytes intravenously via liver-targeted, engineered recombinant adeno-associated virus vector (rAAV-LK03). Preclinical studies found that LB-001 was safe and demonstrated transduction of hepatocytes, site-specific genomic integration, and transgene expression. LB-001–corrected hepatocytes in a mouse model of MMA demonstrated preferential survival and expansion (selective advantage), thus contributing to a progressive increase in hepatic MMUT expression over time. LB-001 resulted in improved growth, metabolic stability, and survival in MMA mice. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted fast track designation, rare pediatric disease designation and orphan drug designation for LB-001 for the treatment of MMA. In addition, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) granted orphan drug designation for LB-001 for the treatment of MMA.
About Methylmalonic Acidemia (MMA)
Methylmalonic acidemia (MMA) is a rare and life-threatening genetic disorder affecting approximately 1 in 50,000 newborns in the United States. In the most common form of MMA, a mutation in a gene called methylmalonyl-CoA mutase (MMUT) prevents the body from properly processing certain fats and proteins. As a result, toxic metabolites accumulate in the liver, in muscle tissue and in the brain. Symptoms include vomiting, lethargy, seizures, developmental delays and organ damage. There is no approved medical therapy addressing the underlying cause of the disease. To manage the symptoms, patients go on a severely restrictive, low-protein, high-calorie diet, often through a feeding tube. Even with aggressive management, these patients often experience life-threatening metabolic crises that can require recurrent hospitalizations and cause permanent neurocognitive damage. Because of this risk for irreversible damage, early intervention is critical, and newborns are screened for MMA in every state in the United States.
Forward-Looking Statements
Statements in this press release regarding LogicBio®'s strategy, plans, prospects, expectations, beliefs, intentions and goals are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended, including but not limited to statements the potential of the GeneRide® platform; the potential of LB-001, including its ability to lead to precise insertion; our ability to leverage mAAVRxTM for our development candidates or any potential business development collaborations; the potential expansion of edited cells and timing thereof; the amount of time necessary to demonstrate clinical efficacy; and the anticipated timing of when we expect to dose the next patient. The terms "believe," "look forward," "future," "intend," "designed," "potential," "suggests," "plans," "expects" and similar references are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. Each forward-looking statement is subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such statement, including the risk that existing preclinical and/or clinical data may not be predictive of the results of ongoing or later preclinical and/or clinical results; the risk that we may not be successful in efforts to leverage our technologies for business development or otherwise; risks associated with management and key personnel changes and transitional periods; the actual funding required to develop and commercialize product candidates, including for safety, tolerability, enrollment, manufacturing or economic reasons; the timing and content of decisions made by regulatory authorities; the actual time it takes to initiate and complete preclinical and clinical studies, including the actual time it takes to demonstrate clinical efficacy; the competitive landscape; changes in the economic and financial conditions of LogicBio. Other risks and uncertainties include those identified under the heading "Risk Factors" in LogicBio's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 and other filings that LogicBio may make with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in the future. These forward-looking statements (except as otherwise noted) speak only as of the date of this press release, and LogicBio does not undertake, and specifically disclaims, any obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this press release.
Investor Contact:
Stephen Jasper
Gilmartin Group
(858) 525-2047
stephen@gilmartinir.com
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Berry & Company Public Relations
(212) 253-8881
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-Limited-Time Hatch Chile Menu Options Available Starting August 17, 2022 at All Texas Locations-
SAN ANTONIO, Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Launching August 17, 2022, for the first time in the company's history and in celebration of Hatch Chile season, Taco Cabana is offering all-new Hatch Chile Smoked Pulled Pork menu options at all Taco Cabana Texas locations. Guests can enjoy Tacos for $3.19, a three-pack of Street Tacos served with Hatch Chile Ranch for $4.99, a Breakfast Bowl for $5.49 and a Crunchy Burrito served with Hatch Chile Ranch and tortilla chips for $8.59. Items are available for a limited-time only and while supplies last.
Following the launch of Taco Cabana's Margarita Headquarters, guests 21 years of age or older can enjoy the perfect complement to the new Hatch Chile food items - a refreshing frozen margarita with a kick, the all-new $4 Hatch Chile Margarita. The spicy tequila beverage will be this season's rotating flavor offered alongside Taco Cabana's 12 permanent margarita options at $3 each all-day, every day.
"Hatch Chile season in Texas is a tradition, one that Texans look forward to every year. For the first time in Taco Cabana's 40+ year history, we wanted to celebrate Hatch season with an exciting new Hatch Chile platform showcasing both food and beverage items," said Ulyses Camacho, Taco Cabana's Chief Operating Officer. "We're introducing a Hatch Chile Breakfast Bowl, a Crunchy Burrito made with tortilla strips and adding to our recent Margarita Headquarters launch, a one-of-a-kind Hatch Chile Margarita. Guests can also enjoy Hatch Chile flavors with Taco Cabana favorites like street tacos and tacos served on our warm flour tortillas made daily in-restaurant." said Camacho.
Taco Cabana's limited-time Hatch Chile menu options can be ordered in-restaurant, via online ordering for front counter and curbside pick-up, in the drive-thru or by mobile order when using the MY TC!® App or TacoCabana.com. For more information on Taco Cabana's menu items, please visit TacoCabana.com.
Taco Cabana, a subsidiary of YTC Enterprises, LLC, was founded in 1978. The brand specializes in Tex-Mex-inspired food including enchiladas, fajitas, quesadillas, flautas, tacos, flour tortillas and a selection of made-from-scratch salsas and sauces. Restaurants feature open-display cooking, a selection of bottled beer and signature tequila margaritas, patio dining, drive-thru windows, curbside pick-up, delivery and catering. As of August 1, 2022, Taco Cabana operates 143 company-owned restaurants in Texas. For more info, visit www.tacocabana.com.
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With expansion on hold, College Football Playoff settles in
By DAN GREENSPAN
Associated Press
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — As college football tries to navigate unprecedented upheaval, the status quo holds with the College Football Playoff that crowns its national champion. CFP executive director Bill Hancock says he does not believe major changes are coming any time soon after a proposal to expand to a 12-team playoff was abandoned in February. He expects the playoff will keep its four-team format through the end of its current contract. | https://localnews8.com/news/2022/04/19/with-expansion-on-hold-college-football-playoff-settles-in/ | 2022-04-20T01:56:15Z |
Majority of US renters saw price hike in the past year, study says
Published: Aug. 16, 2022 at 9:31 AM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
(CNN) - Renters in the U.S. are facing more worries about paying for housing.
Nearly 60% of people were hit with a rent increase during the past year, according to a study from Freddie Mac.
Just 38% of those renters said they saw an increase in take-home pay.
The study also found higher housing costs and inflation have altered the plans for many potential home buyers.
Nearly three-quarters of renter households who were planning to buy a home say that’s become more out of reach over the past year.
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The Iconic Haircare Brand Launches 'Hairdressers United' to Combat Bullying
NEW YORK, June 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hairdressers have the power to not only transform hair, but also to transform lives. Often considered trusted confidants and unofficial therapists, salon professionals' talents go beyond cuts and color. But, do we ever think about the mental health journey of the pros behind the chair? Redken, the No.1 professional haircare brand in the US*, recently conducted a survey that revealed a staggering 100 percent of hair stylists had been bullied in the past. To help educate and uplift hairdressing as a welcoming environment for the LGBTQ+ community in the industry, Redken is partnering with the inspiring It Gets Better non-profit organization to launch a new initiative – Hairdressers United: Stand Together Against Bullying – kicking off this Pride Month.
As a diverse industry made up of individuals from all walks of life, emerging hair stylists, especially those who identify as LGBTQ+, faced challenges in finding acceptance and only started feeling embraced upon finding a home within the hair pro community. Since its inception in 1960, Redken has focused its efforts on educating and empowering hairdressers to be the best in the industry by equipping them with the tools and knowledge needed to excel in their career. The brand is now taking their dedication to education to a new level by working with hair professionals to make salons a safe space for LGBTQ+ people, and a haven for all hairdressers to find a community and purpose. Through the brand's partnership with It Gets Better, Redken will activate its family of over one million salon professionals to inspire others to explore the welcoming hairdressing profession.
"At Redken, hairdressing is our passion and we believe in the power of the salon and the sense of community it can create for both hair stylists and clients," says Shane Wolf, Global President, Professional Products Division at L'Oréal. "We knew we had to share this message of hope, not only with our community, but with anyone out there experiencing bullying who might also find a home in this industry. Partnering with the It Gets Better Project to spread that message will help support millions of young people worldwide."
Together, Redken and It Gets Better will embark on a mission to spread the message that everyone can feel safe, authentic and empowered in the hairdressing community, while evolving the hairdressing industry's LGBTQ+ inclusion practices and inspiring consumer allyship. Redken will utilize the It Gets Better unique education modules to upskill salon professionals with a training certification – allowing salons to become a Redken Certified Safe Space Salon, welcoming both clients and stylists to a space that positively influences their journey with empathy and understanding.
As part of the Hairdressers United program, Redken is also inviting stylists to share their personal stories on social media and inspire others to share theirs tagging #ItGetsBetter and #RedkenHairdressersUnited.
As Redken kicks off this new partnership with It Gets Better, the brand is excited to continue to grow its efforts with the organization, educating and inspiring both stylists and consumers to join their global mission of inclusivity and community. Consumers can learn more about this exciting initiative and what they can do to support the cause at redken.com/hairdressersunited.
*Based on 2021 edition of Kline's Salon Hair Care Global Series, among brands selling shampoos, conditioners, hair color, hair styling and hair texturizing products
For over 60 years, Redken has been a leader in the professional salon industry, empowering professionals and consumers to achieve healthy hair transformations with confidence. Founded by Paula Kent, a woman who believed in the power of science, Redken was the first company to take a scientific approach to hair, defined as the right balance of protein, moisture and supported by an acidic pH, which remains the alpha and omega of haircare to this very day. All Redken products are made with the highest quality ingredients, and tested by salon professionals to ensure maximum efficacy, for every hair type and texture and every hair need. Based in New York City, Redken supports the expertise of salon professionals with principle-based education, cutting edge technologies rooted in protein-science, and a portfolio of products including Shades EQ – the #1 demi-permanent hair color on the market – for maximum versatility and flexibility for clients of all hair types and hair textures.
To learn more, visit Redken.com or Instagram.com/Redken.
It Gets Better Project is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that strives to uplift, empower and connect LGBTQ+ youth around the globe. Created in 2010 as the result of one of the most successful viral campaigns in YouTube's history, the It Gets Better Project provides critical support and hope to LGBTQ+ youth around the world by leveraging the power of media to reach millions of people each year. The project has expanded its origins in storytelling and media to include educational resources through It Gets Better EDU and reaches 18 countries outside of the U.S. through It Gets Better Global.
The project has garnered support from President Joe Biden, former President Barack Obama, and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, along with numerous celebrities, including Kelly Clarkson, Gabrielle Union, Zachary Quinto, Mj Rodriguez, Josie Totah, and Gigi Gorgeous. More than 750,000 people have taken the It Gets Better pledge to share messages of hope and speak up against intolerance. Please visit www.itgetsbetter.org for more information, and join the conversation on TikTok, Instagram and Twitter at @ItGetsBetter; Facebook.com/ItGetsBetterProject; and YouTube.com/ItGetsBetterProject.
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ON TRACK TO OPEN 100 STORES IN 2022
DUBLIN, Calif., July 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ross Stores recently opened 21 Ross Dress for Less® ("Ross") and eight dd's DISCOUNTS® stores across 12 different states in June and July. These new locations are part of the Company's plans to add approximately 100 new stores – 75 Ross and 25 dd's DISCOUNTS – during fiscal 2022.
"These recent openings reflect our ongoing commitment to expanding our two chains," said Gregg McGillis, Group Executive Vice President, Property Development. "This summer, we expanded our presence in our largest markets of California, Florida, and Texas, and also added locations in newer states, including North Carolina for dd's as well as Ohio for Ross. Looking ahead, we remain confident in our ability to grow to at least 2,900 Ross Dress for Less and 700 dd's DISCOUNTS locations over time."
Together, Ross Dress for Less and dd's DISCOUNTS currently operate a total of 1,980 locations in 40 states, the District of Columbia, and Guam.
Ross Stores, Inc. is an S&P 500, Fortune 500, and Nasdaq 100 (ROST) company headquartered in Dublin, California, with fiscal 2021 revenues of $18.9 billion. Currently, the Company operates Ross Dress for Less® ("Ross"), the largest off-price apparel and home fashion chain in the United States with 1,669 locations in 40 states, the District of Columbia, and Guam. Ross offers first-quality, in-season, name brand and designer apparel, accessories, footwear, and home fashions for the entire family at savings of 20% to 60% off department and specialty store regular prices every day. The Company also operates 311 dd's DISCOUNTS® in 21 states that feature a more moderately-priced assortment of first-quality, in-season, name brand apparel, accessories, footwear, and home fashions for the entire family at savings of 20% to 70% off moderate department and discount store regular prices every day. Additional information is available at www.rossstores.com.
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LAKE WALES, Fla., April 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Florida's Natural Growers is pleased to announce Mr. Christopher Groom has been selected as the company's new Chief Executive Officer, effective January 1, 2023. Groom, the current Chief Operating Officer of Florida's Natural Growers (FNG), will succeed Dr. Robert Behr as CEO. In this role, Groom will work closely with the Florida's Natural management staff and Board of Directors to uphold the cooperative's long-standing legacy in Florida citrus.
Since 2011, Groom has been instrumental to the growth and success of Florida's Natural. He has held many roles within the organization: starting as a marketing executive, moving on to become Vice President of Sales and Marketing, and being named Chief Operating Officer in 2019. Through these roles he has demonstrated a passion for the brand, commitment to his colleagues, and a drive to deliver excellence for stakeholders. As CEO, Groom will be responsible for driving growth and sustaining the cooperative's financial and operational excellence.
"Chris is a valued member of the organization's management staff, keeping the business focused on growth," said Behr. "I am confident Chris' knowledge of the cooperative and passion for the industry will help the organization continue to grow and create value for customers, consumers and co-op members."
Behr has been with the cooperative for the past 27 years, leading the company as CEO since 2015. He will remain in his role through the end of 2022, assisting Groom with the transition. Under Behr's leadership, Florida's Natural Growers has transformed as a premier marketer of citrus products, with leading brands recognized globally for superior taste and quality.
"Bob and I share a deep passion for the Florida Citrus Industry, as well as the belief that people matter most in business," said Groom. "I am honored to continue the legacy Bob has built and know the lessons and values I've learned from him will continue to guide the business for many years to come."
About Florida's Natural Growers
First formed in 1933, Florida's Natural Growers, a division of Citrus World, Inc., is a cooperative of fourteen grower organizations representing hundreds of individual growers owning nearly 60,000 acres of citrus in Florida. Its flagship brand, Florida's Natural®, is found worldwide. The cooperative is based in Lake Wales, the heart of the Florida citrus growing region.
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Mobile Social Competition Gaming Leader Honored for Mobile Gaming Industry Impact and Silicon Valley Leadership
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AviaGames, creator of the award-winning "Bingo Tour" app and Pocket7Games social competition platform, today announced it has been inducted into Women in Games as the organization's newest corporate ambassador. Women in Games is a not-for-profit organization shaping the future of the games industry with a focus on fairness and equality for all. It works in partnership with its network of professionals, individual and corporate ambassadors, like AviaGames, to make equality a reality and empower women in the global gaming ecosystem.
"AviaGames has already shown real commitment to diversifying games, and the team there has created the Pocket7Games platform with that goal in mind," said Marie-Claire Isaaman, Women in Games CEO.
AviaGames today also announced CEO and Founder Vickie Chen is being recognized among the 100 most influential women in Silicon Valley. The Silicon Valley Business Journal Women of Influence Awards honors the 2022 class of outstanding women with strong records of innovation in their fields, outstanding performance in their businesses and a clear track record of meaningful community involvement. Chen has also been selected as a finalist in the Entrepreneur of the Year category for Women in IT Awards USA – a prestigious award recognizing women, allies and organizations for their outstanding contributions to the technology industry.
"We are honored to be recognized by and supporting organizations focused on advancing diversity and the roles of women, said Vickie Chen, CEO and founder, AviaGames. "There are very clear synergies between AviaGames' mission and Women in Games' ideology – the importance of diversity in people and perspective. It's an exciting time in the industry and Silicon Valley to be a part of a company moving the needle when it comes to inclusivity and bringing to market technology innovation designed to bring a more diverse range of people together to play the games they love."
In addition to the recent company and executive milestones, AviaGames is also being honored for its mobile game development and creativity. Its popular multiplayer tournament title, "Bingo Tour" was named a gold winner in the 'Mobile Game – Casual' category of the 2022 NYX Game Awards, a program that recognizes, celebrates and honors creative excellence in the international video game industry. "Bingo Tour" puts a fresh twist on a timeless classic by augmenting the classic Bingo format and adding multiplayer capabilities.
AviaGames is committed to building the ultimate all-in-one, skill-based social competition platform that uniquely leverages data to learn its users' interests, skills and preferences for an unmatched experience. Leveraging proprietary algorithms and AI-powered technology to understand its player base, AviaGames delivers sophisticated matchmaking functionality to match players at similar skill levels for competitions. In addition, AviaGames operates in full compliance with regional and industry laws and guidelines to ensure a safe mobile gaming and social platform for all. AviaGames has an install base of more than 15 million users, has hosted over one billion tournaments and awarded more than $714 million in cash prizes to its players.
About AviaGames, Inc.
Founded in 2017 by Vickie Chen and Ping Wang, AviaGames is a mobile, skill-based gaming company and publisher of Pocket7Games, a unified gaming platform. The platform features 15+ unique games linked to a single membership and wallet, allowing players to seamlessly switch among casino, puzzle, action, card, math and brain games. AviaGames is committed to providing an inclusive competition platform where everyone can play, make money, and have fun. To date, AviaGames has awarded more than $714 million in cash prizes to its players. Select titles are available as individual apps for download, including Bingo Clash, Bingo Tour, Cooking Clash, 21 Gold, Yatzy Craze, and Match 'n Flip.
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INDIANAPOLIS, June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Multifamily investment firm Gray Capital has closed on their acquisition of Club Meridian Apartments, a 406-unit property located in Okemos, MI just east of Lansing, MI.
Gray Capital intends to make strategic upgrades at the property, including siding and asphalt repairs, pool upgrades, re-painted balconies, new signage, and other exterior enhancements to boost the curb appeal of the property. Additionally, interior renovations like modern appliances, new flooring, and upgraded countertops will significantly increase the value of the asset and elevate its position in the rental market.
"Club Meridian is already a well-maintained property, and this solid foundation will allow us to dedicate our resources to those renovations and improvements that are most important to residents and the quality of the property itself," says Spencer Gray, President and CEO of Gray Capital.
George Tikijian, Hannah Ott, and Cameron Benz of the Indianapolis Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the transaction, with Gray Capital representing itself.
Club Meridian is the second property within Gray Capital's $100 million multifamily investment fund, The Gray Fund, (http://gray.fund) and follows the acquisition of Indianapolis apartment property Stonybrook Commons one month prior.
The acquisition of Club Meridian and Stonybrook Commons in 2022 adds to Gray Capital's $600+ million in assets under management and more than $1 billion in commercial real estate projects to date since its founding in 2015. For more information, please visit www.GrayCapitalLLC.com .
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Which Florastor probiotics are best?
Like any supplement, picking probiotics can be an intimidating task. The Florastor brand of probiotics is one of the best on the market. They use good ingredients and are available at fair prices.
The best Florastor probiotic is the Florastor Daily Probiotic Supplement for Men and Women — 100 Capsules. This all-around probiotic comes in smaller boxes if you’d like to try them out before committing to such a large quantity.
What to know before you buy a Florastor probiotic
CFUs and strains
The colony-forming units of a Florastor probiotic are the living bacteria contained in a single dose. These are the most important things to consider when choosing a probiotic. CFUs can number anywhere between 5 and 400 billion.
Any given Florastor probiotic will also use any combination of bacteria strains in the dose. There are dozens of different strains available, all of which are meant to target different health problems.
Who it’s for
Some Florastor probiotics can be taken by anyone, but others are specifically crafted for men, women or children.
- Men: Men’s Florastor probiotics typically include extra ingredients targeted toward improving heart and prostate health.
- Women: Women’s Florastor probiotics typically include extra ingredients for improving immune systems, reproductive systems and sometimes mood.
- Children: Children’s Florastor probiotics usually target immune systems, but the biggest difference is in their CFU count. Children’s probiotics include the lowest amount of CFUs possible to avoid accidentally flooding their system with too much bacteria.
Forms
Florastor probiotics usually take one of three forms. The most common is a simple capsule, like any pill, though these capsules can range in sizes depending on what it contains. Powdered forms are next most common, whether available in a bottle or individual sachets. You can also open capsules and treat them like powders. Finally, some Florastor probiotics come in chewable forms.
What to look for in a quality Florastor probiotic
Living bacteria
Florastor probiotics need to include living cultures to be effective, nonliving bacteria won’t do you any good. Before purchasing make sure to locate confirmation that it contains living bacteria and make sure to properly store it to avoid killing the living bacteria early. Also, make sure to avoid taking Florastor probiotics after the expiration date as this means the bacteria are no longer living.
Side effects
Like any supplement or medication, there’s a risk of side effects when taking Florastor probiotics. These side effects usually relate to digestive systems and can be anything from a little bloating to some constipation or diarrhea. These side effects are usually only present the first few days or occasionally a week. If they persist, stop taking your Florastor probiotic and contact your doctor.
How much you can expect to spend on a Florastor probiotic
Florastor probiotics are available in all manner of quantities and forms, making the price-per-dose the cost to concern yourself with. Typically, a Florastor probiotic can be found for roughly $.50 to $1.25 per dose with most costing around $.75.
Florastor probiotic FAQ
Does it matter when and how I take a Florastor probiotic?
A. Yes, it does. Probiotics should be taken at the same time every day to help your body best regulate its bacteria. There’s some inconsistency with whether or not you should take your probiotic with food or on an empty stomach. For the best results follow the directions included with the Florastor probiotic you select.
Do I need to refrigerate my Florastor probiotic or not?
A. That depends on a few factors like what kind of probiotic your Florastor probiotic uses. Your Florastor probiotic will directly state what kind of storage method it requires to remain effective. Make sure to follow those directions or you could end up with an ineffective or potentially dangerous Florastor probiotic.
What are the best Florastor probiotics to buy?
Top Florastor probiotic
Florastor Daily Probiotic Supplement for Men and Women — 100 Capsules
What you need to know: This Florastor probiotic covers all the bases and comes in a huge 100 count quantity to keep per-dose costs down.
What you’ll love: If the 100 count is too much you have the option to try out the smaller 54 or 30 count versions instead. The capsules are entirely vegetarian and can be opened up to mix the powder in with your drinks instead of being swallowed whole.
What you should consider: This Florastor probiotic is supposed to have a shelf life of around one year, but some consumers reported receiving bottles with expiration dates within a few months.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top Florastor probiotic for the money
Florastor Select Gut Boost Daily Prebiotic and Probiotic Supplement — 30 Capsules
What you need to know: This Florastor probiotic includes prebiotics as well to cover multiple bases in one capsule.
What you’ll love: The prebiotic and probiotic combo can do wonders for your digestive health and intestinal flora. This probiotic and prebiotic supplement is also resistant to most common antibiotics and can be used simultaneously. It includes no animal products, gluten or lactose.
What you should consider: A few consumers reported receiving damaged boxes that contained bottles with broken caps and broken seals. Some consumers also disliked the larger capsule size.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Florastor Kids Daily Probiotic Supplement — 20 Sachets
What you need to know: This box of Florastor probiotic for kids is an excellent way to improve your children’s digestive health.
What you’ll love: The box contains 20 sachets of probiotic powder that are fruit-flavored to help them go down easier with picky kids. Like Florastor probiotics for adults, the powder contains no animal products or gluten. They can be used in conjunction with many common antibiotics.
What you should consider: Even with the fruity flavoring, many children won’t enjoy drinking this Florastor probiotic. Some parents won’t appreciate that fructose is one of the ingredients.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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Parent Company, Radio Systems Corporation®, acquires Invisible Fence of Central Florida and Invisible Fence of Volusia and Flagler Counties, all are authorized independent dealerships, in an expansion effort to support more pet owners.
LAKELAND, Fla., Aug. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Invisible Fence® Brand, a pioneer in the pet containment industry, announce they are expanding their service area in Florida, effective August 11th, 2022.
Invisible Fence of Central Florida and Invisible Fence of Volusia and Flagler Counties have been authorized, full-service dealerships of genuine Invisible Fence products and services since 1986 with collectively more than 15,000 satisfied human customers, as well as the endorsement of neighborhood veterinarians.
Invisible Fence of Volusia and Flagler Counties will be rolling into Invisible Fence of Central Florida and will continue to serve and be committed to improving the way The Villages, Gainesville, Ocala, Orlando, Lakeland, Clermont, Sebring pet owners live with their four-legged family members.
"Our mission is to keep dogs and cats safe at home, and the Central Florida team is passionate about working hard to ensure pet safety. We're excited to join forces with them and change the way people live with their pets." Said Ed Hoyt, Senior Director of Invisible Fence.
Acquiring Invisible Fence of Central Florida and Invisible Fence of Volusia and Flagler Counties is Radio System Corporation's 28th acquisition in 22 months. The company recently acquired Invisible Fence of Middle Tennessee and Invisible Fence of Maryland now having a footprint that covers over 240 communities across the U.S. and Canada.
"We're eager to expand our direct services in Central Florida. We'll be able to extend our customer service hours and offer new and innovative solutions while providing the same high-level attention to the customers of The Villages, Gainesville, Ocala, Orlando, Lakeland, Clermont, Sebring have come to expect." Said Hoyt.
Invisible Fence offers the premier dog fence on the market including professional installation, Perfect Start™ Plus Training, and exclusive Boundary Plus® Technology. Highly recommended by veterinarians, dog trainers, animal behaviorists, and other pet experts, Invisible Fence offers pet fences that can be customized for clients' unique needs.
Invisible Fence of Central Florida will continue to champion pet welfare in the local community through local animal shelter donations, adoption events, and the Project Breathe™ Program.
For additional information or questions, customers can call 1-800-578-3647 or visit InvisibleFence.com, and follow Invisible Fence of Central Florida on Facebook.
Invisible Fence pioneered the pet containment industry in 1973, making it their mission to provide safe boundaries inside and outside of the home. The Radio Systems Corporation® owned company predominantly sells pet containment, avoidance and access solutions across the U.S. and Canada. In addition to offering award-winning products like Boundary Plus® Technology, Authorized Dealers provide professional installation, Perfect Start™ Plus Training and integrated solutions that have protected more than three million pets to date. Invisible Fence also founded the Project Breathe™ Program in 2006, donating more than 32,000 pet oxygen masks to fire departments and first responders. For more information on Invisible Fence or to find a local dealer, visit InvisibleFence.com or follow the company on Facebook.
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Which Thunderbolt 3 dock is best?
Thunderbolt 3 is an exciting technology that streamlines connectivity by delivering impressive bandwidth and charging capabilities over a single cable. It uses the USB-C physical connector, and a wide selection of docking stations support it. In some cases, the docks are backward-compatible with 5-gigabit or 10-gigabit USB connections, but they’re generally engineered to take advantage of the high-speed standard.
The Cable Matters Hybrid 107044 is the best Thunderbolt 3 docking station for most people because it has plenty of ports and is one of the most reliable models.
What to know before you buy a Thunderbolt 3 dock
If your laptop offers Thunderbolt 3
If you’ve recently bought a midrange or high-end laptop, you’re probably in the clear. One of the popular Intel Evo certification requirements for ultraportables is that the laptop must support the Thunderbolt 4 bus. If your laptop has a USB-C port, check if it uses Thunderbolt 3 or 4 or if it’s limited to slower USB 3.1 speeds.
How much charging power do you need
The majority of laptops require 100 watts of Power Delivery or less, with many able to charge at full speed with only around 60-80 watts. Although they’re somewhat rare, a select few laptops demand over 100 watts. Nonetheless, high-powered business laptops sometimes require as much as 130 watts to charge at full speed. If you get a docking station that can’t quite put out enough power for your laptop, you’ll have slower charging speeds or even a discharging battery when your laptop has a high workload.
What to look for in a quality Thunderbolt 3 dock
USB expansion ports
All docking stations have USB ports. It’s up to you to get one that has the number you need. They usually have a Thunderbolt 3 or 4 data pass through in addition to two to six USB-A ports.
Integrated charging
Generally speaking, docking stations plug into the wall via a wall wart with a DC barrel plug. You’ll sometimes need to supply your own power via an external charging brick. If that describes your situation, look for a USB-IF certified USB-C charger.
External monitor support
Support for additional monitors usually comes in a DisplayPort or HDMI connectors on full-size docking stations. Note that some laptops don’t have the processing power to drive more than one external display. In contrast, others (in particular, M1 MacBooks) are limited to a single secondary monitor due to technical reasons. In those cases, consider a docking station or USB-C hub with a DisplayLink chipset inside. This novel chipset takes the load off the graphics processor and allows for multiple monitors with greater compatibility.
How much you can expect to spend on a Thunderbolt 3 dock
You can spend as little as $40 on a capable USB-C hub, but docking stations that take full advantage of the Thunderbolt protocol will run you $150-$350.
Thunderbolt 3 dock FAQ
Do Thunderbolt 3 docks work with standard USB-C?
A. In some cases, they are backward-compatible. However, this varies from dock to dock and results in significantly lower bandwidth and reduced features. If your laptop only supports USB 3.1 over the Type-C port, but you want to future-proof your setup, make certain that the Thunderbolt dock you choose will work with standard USB 3.1 bandwidth.
What is USB-C Power Delivery?
A. The Power Delivery protocol supplements the USB-C standard that allows for high-wattage charging and data transfer over a single port. Thunderbolt 3 maxes out at 100 watts. Thunderbolt 4 theoretically maxes out at 240 watts, although there aren’t any chargers or laptops that approach that power.
What’s the best Thunderbolt 3 dock to buy?
Top Thunderbolt 3 dock
Cable Matters Hybrid 107044 Thunderbolt 3 Dock
What you need to know: It sports a wide variety of ports and works with the biggest range of laptops in real-world tests.
What you’ll love: Its long list of expansion ports includes pairs of HDMI and DisplayPort connections that allow for dual 4K displays. It delivers up to 96 watts using the Power Delivery protocol, enough for most modern laptops. Most importantly, it’s particularly reliable and supports most notebook PCs.
What you should consider: It can’t charge the most power-hungry laptops at full speed and only supports a single external monitor on the newest M1 MacBooks.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top Thunderbolt 3 dock for the money
UtechSmart 15 in 1 Docking Station
What you need to know: This is an especially full-featured docking station with interesting inclusions such as an SSD enclosure.
What you’ll love: It has the USB ports, SD card readers and Ethernet jack you’d expect from a competent Thunderbolt docking station, but it doesn’t stop there. You can outfit it with an M.2 solid-state drive for high-speed storage above and beyond what an SD card offers. There’s even a special graphics controller chip inside that offloads the graphics workload to the CPU and enables up to four external displays. The DisplayLink graphics controller even makes this feature work on computers like M1 MacBooks, which don’t normally support more than one external monitor.
What you should consider: You’ll need a 100-watt USB-C charger to make it work, and it doesn’t include one.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Dell WD19TB Thunderbolt Docking Station
What you need to know: Consider this high-powered Dell docking station if your laptop requires more than 100 watts to charge at full speed.
What you’ll love: While it’s for Dell’s most power-hungry laptops, it works with most models that require up to 130 watts of Power Delivery. It has a pair of DisplayPort outputs and Thunderbolt 3 and 10-gigabit USB-C data passthrough. It even has both a combination headset jack and a separate audio line out, which are managed by an internal audio processor that helps to get the job done without the interference and CPU hogging that sometimes comes with integrated laptop audio.
What you should consider: It costs quite a bit, especially in light of its relatively low port selection.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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NEW YORK, June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Spero Therapeutics, Inc..
Shareholders who purchased shares of SPRO during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
CONTACT US HERE:
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CLASS PERIOD: October 28, 2021 to May 2, 2022
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) the data submitted in support of the New Drug Application ("NDA") for the Company's product candidate, Tebipenem HBr, were insufficient to obtain approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA"); (ii) accordingly, it was unlikely that the FDA would approve the Tebipenem HBr NDA in its current form; (iii) the foregoing would necessitate a significant workforce reduction and restructuring of Spero's operations; and (iv) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
DEADLINE: July 25, 2022 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/spero-therapeutics-inc-loss-submission-form/?id=28180&from=4
NEXT STEPS FOR SHAREHOLDERS: Once you register as a shareholder who purchased shares of SPRO during the timeframe listed above, you will be enrolled in a portfolio monitoring software to provide you with status updates throughout the lifecycle of the case. The deadline to seek to be a lead plaintiff is July 25, 2022. There is no cost or obligation to you to participate in this case.
WHY GROSS LAW FIRM? The Gross Law Firm is nationally recognized class action law firm, and our mission is to protect the rights of all investors who have suffered as a result of deceit, fraud, and illegal business practices. The Gross Law Firm is committed to ensuring that companies adhere to responsible business practices and engage in good corporate citizenship. The firm seeks recovery on behalf of investors who incurred losses when false and/or misleading statements or the omission of material information by a company lead to artificial inflation of the company's stock. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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Florida lawmakers will target Disney’s special district, DeSantis says
THE VILLAGES, Fla. (WCTV/Gray) - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says lawmakers kicking off a special session Tuesday at the state capital to consider a new congressional map will also look at terminating special districts in the state established before 1968, WCTV reported.
Those include the Reedy Creek Improvement District, which has allowed Walt Disney World to govern itself since moving into Florida more than 50 years ago, DeSantis said at a press conference in The Villages.
The Florida Legislature established the special district in 1967. Reedy Creek acts “with the same authority and responsibility as a county government,” according to its website.
“Disney is in control of everything from construction zoning, building codes and fire department services to controlling its own electricity, roads and water,” according to an analysis by Forbes. Terminating the special district would surrender that control to county and state governments.
The move comes after DeSantis has publicly clashed with Disney over legislation curbing discussion of sexual and gender orientation in Florida public schools, a measure critics call the “Don’t Say Gay” bill.
The company initially remained silent on the legislation but after pushback from employees issued a statement saying the bill should never have been passed.
“We are dedicated to standing up for the rights and safety of LGBTQ+ members of the Disney family, as well as the LGBTQ+ community in Florida and across the country,” the statement read.
The law bans classroom instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity in kindergarten through third grade or at any grade level in a manner that is not age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate.
Critics argue the law’s language, particularly the phrases “classroom instruction” and “age-appropriate,” could be interpreted so broadly that discussion in any grade could trigger lawsuits, creating a classroom atmosphere where teachers would avoid the subjects entirely.
The governor and his allies have repeatedly described the rules as reasonable, saying children should learn about sexual orientation and gender identity from their parents, not in schools.
They point to polls showing most people in Florida support the restriction on instruction for younger students.
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Smart Meter's iBloodPressure Can Help Reduce the More than 795,000 Americans that Suffer from Strokes Each Year by Tracking Measurements in Real Time
TAMPA, Fla., May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Smart Meter, continues to lead the way in the remote patient monitoring (RPM) sector because of its superior cellular-enabled devices and robust data. During Stroke Awareness Month, Smart Meter wants to remind patients and providers that high blood pressure, which can lead to strokes, can be controlled, but it must be measured on a regular basis in order to spot trends and make diet and lifestyle adjustments.
According to the American Stroke Association1, nearly half of American adults have high blood pressure or hypertension (measurements higher than 120/80), but many don't even know it and that is why it is called the "silent killer." Actually, the risk of stroke increases at blood pressure levels above 115/75 mm Hg, and high blood pressure (BP) is the most important modifiable risk factor for stroke, associated with 54% of episodes of stroke worldwide2.
In a recent article from the Mayo Clinic, its staff advised that "home monitoring can help you keep tabs on your blood pressure, make certain your lifestyle changes are working, and alert you and your doctor to potential health complications. Talk to your doctor about home monitoring before you get started."3
Providing at-risk patients with an easy way to measure their blood pressure at home is the key to developing a habit of testing. Smart Meter can provide the technology needed to help improve outcomes.
"With Smart Meter's reliable and easy-to-use iBloodPressure® monitor, patients are more likely to test frequently, giving their healthcare professional real-time insight into current blood pressure readings, said Casey Pittock, Smart Meter's CEO. "We have seen firsthand the positive impact on patient outcomes when our cellular-enabled iBloodPressure monitor is used in a remote patient monitoring (RPM) program."
The iBloodPressure is one of Smart Meter's most popular devices because it features a 4/5G cellular connectivity via the secure and reliable AT&T IoT network. Once the patient has tested using the iBloodPressure system, the results are transmitted immediately to a provider, with no syncing or pairing required by the patient.
About Smart Meter, LLC
Now serving more than 100,000 patients, Smart Meter is the leading supplier of cellular-enabled virtual care technologies that include the iGlucose®, iBloodPressure®, iPulseOx®, iScale®, and SmartRPM™ cloud platform, as well as data, and services. Smart Meter's remote patient monitoring solutions are recognized as the standard for the RPM industry and are regarded for their high patient retention and satisfaction. The unique combination of reliable health data, patient-friendly devices, and platform integrations enable and enhance RPM, CCM, Employee Wellness, Population Health, and Telehealth programs for more than 300 RPM distribution partners across the United States. For more information, visit SmartMeterRPM.com
1High Blood Pressure and Stroke | American Stroke Association
2Blood Pressure Control and Primary Prevention of Stroke: Summary of the Recent Clinical Trial Data and Meta-Analyses - PMC (nih.gov)
310 ways to control high blood pressure without medication - Mayo Clinic
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DALLAS (KDAF) — Well, May has officially arrived and maybe on Sunday you take a couple of minutes to listen to Beyonce’s hit album, Lemonade, as it is National Lemonade Day on May 1.
Maybe not in the mood for Beyonce? That’s okay, a glass of lemonade can brighten any day. Freshly squeezed lemons, water, sugar and whatever else you decide to add can make a quality lemonade.
Maybe you want to sip on something made by the pros, if that’s the case, we checked out Foursquare’s list of the best spots for a lemonade around Dallas!
- Nammi Truck
- Hook Like & Sinker, located in McKinney
- Burger House
- The Great Outdoors
- Steel City Pops
- True Food Kitchen
- Liberty Burger, located in Inwood
- Flying Horse Cafe
- Pie Tap
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The European Space Agency terminated its cooperation with Russia to launch Europe's first planetary rover, the agency's chief said Tuesday.
Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, and ESA were collaborating on a mission involving the European ExoMars Rover, designed to look for signs of life on Mars.
The rover's September 2022 launch was initially suspended in March, just weeks after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Now, the ESA Council has officially cut ties with Roscosmos on this joint project as a result of the war in Ukraine and ongoing sanctions, ESA's Director General Josef Aschbacher wrote Tuesday on Twitter.
There will be more details shared about the future of the mission on July 20, he said.
The ESA has been considering working more closely with NASA moving forward since it became clear the agency needed "to sever" its ties with Russia, Aschbacher said.
"Geopolitically, it is clear that we need to sever our ties with Russia, and this decision has been made by the member states," Aschbacher previously told CNN. "So yes, it's really unfortunate for all the science and technology and the engineers who have been working on this for four decades. But there is no other choice to make."
The rover was originally scheduled to launch in July 2020, but the pandemic pushed back the launch window.
ExoMars is also known as Rosalind Franklin, a revered scientist who aided in the decoding of DNA's molecular structure, according to the ESA.
Part of the rover's mission includes drilling holes up to 6.6 feet (2 meters) to collect samples for onboard analysis. ExoMars is expected to travel multiple kilometers during its mission and is capable of moving between 164 and 328 feet (50 and 100 meters) per Martian day, which is just under an hour longer than Earth's 24 hours, according to NASA.
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ALPHARETTA, Ga., July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Avanos Medical, Inc. (NYSE: AVNS) will webcast its conference call discussing financial results and business highlights for the second quarter 2022 on Tuesday, August 9 at 9 a.m., ET. The company will issue a news release detailing its results before the market opens that same day.
The conference call will be hosted by Joe Woody, chief executive officer, and Michael Greiner, senior vice president and chief financial officer.
To join the live conference call, dial 877-240-5772 in the United States. A simultaneous webcast of the call and a related presentation will be accessible via the Investors section of the Avanos Medical website, https://avanos.investorroom.com/.
A replay of the conference call will be available August 10 at noon ET by dialing 877-344-7529 in the United States and entering passcode 8164434. It will be available for one week. A replay of the webcast also will be accessible in the Investors section of the website, approximately one hour following the completion of the conference call.
About Avanos Medical, Inc.
Avanos Medical (NYSE: AVNS) is a medical device company focused on delivering clinically superior breakthrough solutions that will help patients get back to the things that matter. Headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia, Avanos is committed to addressing some of today's most important healthcare needs, such as reducing the use of opioids while helping patients move from surgery to recovery. Avanos develops, manufactures and markets its recognized brands in more than 90 countries. For more information, visit www.avanos.com and follow Avanos Medical on Twitter (@AvanosMedical), LinkedIn and Facebook.
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NEW YORK, July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Klein Law Firm announces that a class action complaint has been filed on behalf of shareholders of Unilever PLC (NYSE: UL) alleging that the Company violated federal securities laws.
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.
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: August 15, 2022
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CLASS ACTION CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that Unilever PLC 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.
WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU AS A SHAREHOLDER: If you have suffered a loss in Unilever you have until August 15, 2022 to petition the court for lead plaintiff status. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you purchased Unilever securities during the relevant period, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket fees.
HOW TO PROTECT YOUR FINANCIAL INTERESTS: For additional information about the UL lawsuit, please contact J. Klein, Esq. by telephone at 212-616-4899 or click this link: https://www.kleinstocklaw.com/pslra-1/unilever-plc-loss-submission-form?id=29929&from=4.
ABOUT KLEIN LAW FIRM
J. Klein, Esq. represents investors and participates in securities litigations involving financial fraud throughout the nation. The Klein Law Firm is a boutique litigation firm with experience in a wide range of areas including securities law, corporate finance and commercial litigation. Since 2011, our experienced attorneys have achieved superior results for our clients with a personalized focus. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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Musovski scores decisive goal as LAFC defeats Cincinnati 2-1
CINCINNATI (AP) — Danny Musovski’s game-winning goal led Los Angeles FC to a 2-1 victory over Cincinnati. After the victory, LAFC moved to 6-1-1, while Cincinnati fell to 2-5-1.
CINCINNATI (AP) — Danny Musovski’s game-winning goal led Los Angeles FC to a 2-1 victory over Cincinnati. After the victory, LAFC moved to 6-1-1, while Cincinnati fell to 2-5-1. | https://localnews8.com/news/2022/04/24/musovski-scores-decisive-goal-as-lafc-defeats-cincinnati-2-1/ | 2022-04-25T04:22:09Z |
BENSALEM, Pa., June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Law Offices of Howard G. Smith announces that investors with substantial losses have opportunity to lead the securities fraud class action lawsuit against Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc. ("Innovative Industrial Properties" or the "Company") (NYSE: IIPR).
Class Period: May 7, 2020 – April 13, 2022
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: June 24, 2022
Investors suffering losses on their Innovative Industrial Properties investments are encouraged to contact the Law Offices of Howard G. Smith to discuss their legal rights in this class action at 888-638-4847 or by email to howardsmith@howardsmithlaw.com.
The complaint filed alleges that, throughout the Class Period, Defendants failed to disclose to investors: (1) that the Company's focus is to be a cannabis company lender rather than a real estate investment trust; (2) that the true values of the Company's properties are significantly lower than Innovative Industrial Properties represents; (3) existential issues in its top customers; (4) that as a result, its top customers may not be able to continue making payments to the Company, which would face significant issues replacing these customers; and (5) as a result, Defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.
To be a member of the class action you need not take any action at this time; you may retain counsel of your choice or take no action and remain an absent member of the class action. If you wish to learn more about this class action, or if you have any questions concerning this announcement or your rights or interests with respect to the pending class action lawsuit, please contact Howard G. Smith, Esquire, of Law Offices of Howard G. Smith, 3070 Bristol Pike, Suite 112, Bensalem, Pennsylvania 19020, by telephone at (215) 638-4847, toll-free at (888) 638-4847, or by email to howardsmith@howardsmithlaw.com, or visit our website at www.howardsmithlaw.com.
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(NEXSTAR) – Following months of anticipation, and just a week before payments were set to begin again, President Joe Biden has extended the student loan payment pause.
Former President Trump first enacted the temporary pause on scheduled payments and stopped interest from accruing on federal student loans at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. The pause essentially froze $1.6 trillion in debt for the roughly 40 million Americans with federal student loans.
Trump and Biden have since extended the pause seven times, meaning regular payments haven’t been made on those loans and interest hasn’t accrued (except for those borrowers who decided to opt-out of the pause) in nearly two and a half years.
Now, following Biden’s extension announced Wednesday, the payment freeze will remain in effect through the end of December.
Biden said Wednesday this is the last time payments will be put on pause.
When payments do resume on January 1, your payment could be smaller than it currently is, and not just because you may receive debt relief.
The Department of Education has proposed a new income-driven repayment plan to cap monthly payments on loans used for undergraduate education at 5% of your discretionary income (the amount of money you have left over after paying necessary expenses), down from the 10% mark currently in place.
To protect borrowers with less discretionary income, the plan states that anyone making roughly the equivalent of $15 an hour or less won’t have to make a monthly payment.
The proposed rule could also forgive student loan balances for borrowers who had an original balance of $12,000 or less after 10 years. The Education Department says the plan would also prevent interest from growing on a borrower’s balance as long as they are making their monthly payments, even if their payment is $0.
The Biden administration is currently proposing a rule to allow the Education Department to create this income-driven repayment plan. It’s unclear when it could take effect. | https://cw33.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/student-loan-payment-pause-will-officially-end-when-will-repayment-resume/ | 2022-08-25T00:44:25Z |
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create an accessory for monitoring a person's or pet's body temperature while outside or in a car during hot or cold weather," said an inventor, from Mesa, Ariz., "so I invented the HEAVENLY ANGEL VEST. My design would provide an alert to any potential hazard scenarios and it could enhance safety for the wearer."
The patent-pending invention provides an improved way to monitor body temperature in extreme hot or cold conditions. In doing so, it offers a warning if the temperature posed a potential hazard. As a result, it helps to prevent heat- or cold-related injuries and it provides added protection and peace of mind. The invention features an effective design and it can be worn by children, adults and pets.
The original design was submitted to the Tuscon sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-TUC-425, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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Investor call scheduled on Thursday July 28, 2022 at 4:30 p.m. ET
LOS ANGELES, July 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- B. Riley Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ: RILY) today announced it will release financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2022 shortly after market close on Thursday July 28, 2022.
Senior management will hold an investor call to discuss these financial results at 4:30 p.m. Eastern (1:30 p.m. Pacific) followed by a question-and-answer period hosted by Bryant Riley and Tom Kelleher, Co-Chief Executive Officers, and Phillip Ahn, CFO and COO.
Investors may access the live broadcast and archived recording at ir.brileyfin.com/events-and-presentations.
About B. Riley Financial
B. Riley Financial is a diversified financial services platform that delivers tailored solutions to meet the strategic, operational, and capital needs of its clients and partners. Through its affiliated subsidiaries, B. Riley provides end-to-end, collaborative financial services across investment banking, institutional brokerage, private wealth and investment management, financial consulting, corporate restructuring, operations management, risk and compliance, due diligence, forensic accounting, litigation support, appraisal and valuation, auction, and liquidation services. For more information, please visit www.brileyfin.com and follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Attention Amazon.com, Inc. ("Amazon") (NASDAQ: AMZN) 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 or entities that purchased or otherwise acquired shares of Amazon common stock between July 30, 2021, and April 28, 2022, inclusive.
If you suffered a loss on your investment in Amazon, 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 Amazon includes allegations that the Company made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: 1) defendants knew or recklessly disregarded that the Company's infrastructure and fulfillment network investments substantially outpaced demand; 2) those investments were a massive, self-imposed, undue drain on Amazon's financial condition; 3) contrary to defendants' public statements and undisclosed to investors, defendants had already implemented cutbacks to Amazon's fulfillment capacity by July 2021; and 4) as a result of defendants' misrepresentations and omissions, Amazon's common stock traded at artificially inflated prices during the class period.
DEADLINE: September 6, 2022
Aggrieved Amazon investors only have until September 6, 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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Vincent Wong, Esq.
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Tel. 212.425.1140
E-Mail: vw@wongesq.com
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Historic Pocatello Indian sign to be relit at new location on Main Street on May 25
POCATELLO, Idaho (KIFI) - Historic Downtown Pocatello’s Main Street will soon be lit up with an important piece of local history.
The historic neon Pocatello Indian sign has been installed at 359 Main Street, just one block away from the historic Chief Theater neon sign.
The new home for the neon Indian sign is a school district-owned building that currently houses the district’s career technical programs, namely the First Responders Academy, which includes EMT, firefighting and law enforcement.
The Pocatello/Chubbuck School District 25 is partnering with Relight the Night, Historic Downtown Pocatello, and the Pocatello-Chubbuck Chamber of Commerce to host a ribbon-cutting and relighting ceremony in conjunction with the season kick-off for Revive at 5 on Wednesday, May 25. The ribbon-cutting and relighting ceremony will begin promptly at 6:00 p.m. | https://localnews8.com/news/pocatello/2022/05/05/historic-pocatello-indian-sign-to-be-relit-at-new-location-on-main-street-on-may-25/ | 2022-05-05T18:17:33Z |
Local UPS store owner donates thousands of books to Manatee County
LAKEWOOD RANCH, Fla. (WWSB) - A local U-P-S store owner Mike Hornyak donated 1,707 books to the books for kids in Manatee County.
The donation helps over 4,000 students in Manatee County and between three locations in Lakewood Ranch, they have collectively gathered a little over $2,000.
UPS asked customers to round up their change as a donation to the program and the money from the donations is going to be used to buy books for kids.
“I wanted everyone to know that we are a part of this community,” Hornyak said.
33 boxes arrived at the UPS store filled with books and all the books were sent out to schools across Manatee County for students to use.
UPS collects donations all year long to help the Toys for Tots literary program.
Copyright 2022 WWSB. All rights reserved. | https://www.mysuncoast.com/2022/05/26/local-ups-store-owner-donates-thousands-books-manatee-county/ | 2022-05-27T00:21:13Z |
NEW YORK, May 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Compass, Inc. (NYSE: COMP), a leading technology-enabled residential real estate brokerage, today announced that management will present at the 17th Annual Needham Technology & Media Conference on Monday May 16, 2022. The virtual Fireside Chat is scheduled to begin at 2:15 p.m. ET.
Both live and replay versions of the presentation will be available under the Events & Presentations section on the Compass Investor Relations website, https://investors.compass.com.
About Compass
Founded in 2012, Compass is the largest residential real estate brokerage in the United States.1 The technology-enabled brokerage provides an end-to-end platform that empowers its residential real estate agents to deliver exceptional service to seller and buyer clients. The platform includes an integrated suite of cloud-based software for customer relationship management, marketing, client service, brokerage services and other critical functionality, all custom-built for the real estate industry. Compass agents utilize the platform to grow their business, save time and manage their business more effectively. For more information on how Compass empowers real estate agents, one of the largest groups of small business owners in the country, please visit www.Compass.com.
1 T. Velt, "RealTrends 500: The Rise of Compass," RealTrends, Online, HW Media, 3/25/2022, https://www.realtrends.com/realtrends-500-the-rise-of-compass/.
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Highlights
- Assays achieved expected grades over entire core length of 354 metres: 0.24% nickel including 15 metres of 0.39% nickel and 6 metres of 0.57% nickel
- Confirmed same mineralogy as Company's flagship Crawford Project
- Reid property has larger geophysical footprint than Crawford
- Crawford resource update expected to be released by July 6, 2022
TORONTO, June 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Canada Nickel Company Inc. ("Canada Nickel" or the "Company") (TSXV: CNC) (OTCQX: CNIKF) announced today assay results at its Reid property, where two drill holes have been completed as part of its regional exploration program. Drilling was highlighted by hole REI21-02 which intersected 354 meters of 0.24% nickel and includes 15 meters of 0.39% nickel and 6 meters of 0.57% nickel. Mineralogy completed on samples from these holes confirmed that they contain the same heazlewoodite-pentlandite-awaruite minerals as Crawford.
Mark Selby, Chair and Chief Executive Officer said, "We are very pleased with our drilling on the Reid target. The assay results from the second hole achieved expected grades over 354 metres and contains a core of higher grade mineralization of 15 metres of 0.39% nickel, and the first hole intersected a PGM zone similar to that at Crawford.
We are continuing to drill Reid as we highlight the resource potential of this target with a larger geophysical footprint than our original Crawford discovery. Additionally, we are looking forward to the release of our updated resource estimate for Crawford expected to be released by July 6, 2022."
The Reid Property is located just 16 kilometres southwest of Crawford and contains an ultramafic target that measures 3.3 kilometres north-south by 2.1 kilometres east-west based on the total magnetic intensity ("TMI") (see Figure 1). Hole REI-22-02 collared on dunite in the SE corner of the target, and was drilled to the NW. It remained in dunite for a total length of 354 metres grading 0.24% nickel, with a higher-grade section near the bottom of the hole intersecting 0.39% nickel over 15 metres (see table 1A). The hole ended in mineralized dunite, and the contact is open to the north.
REI22-01 collared on dunite in the same setup, drilling towards the south contact where the magnetic anomaly is at its highest. The hole transitioned from dunite to a sequence of peridotite-pyroxenite-gabbro similar to that seen at Crawford. The pyroxenite in the sequence yielded 1.6g/t Pt+Pd over 4.5 metres (see Table 1B) similar in grade and thickness to PGM zone at Crawford.
Mineralogy completed on samples from these holes confirmed that they contain the same heazlewoodite-pentlandite-awaruite minerals as Crawford.
As of June, drilling at Reid resumed with a helicopter supported program that will test the extent of the anomaly.
Canada Nickel also announces that it has agreed to issue 100,000 common shares pursuant to the terms of an exploration agreement relating to the Company's Crawford Project and 34,200 common shares pursuant to the settlement of certain matters with a third party service provider. These issuances are subject to the prior approval of the TSX Venture Exchange.
The common shares described in this news release will be subject to a statutory four-month hold period from the date of issuance under applicable securities laws.
Edwin Escarraga, MSc, P.Geo., a "qualified person" as defined by National Instrument 43-101, is responsible for the on-going drilling and sampling program, including quality assurance (QA) and quality control (QC). The core is collected from the drill in sealed core trays and transported to the core logging facility. The core is marked and sampled at 1.5 metre lengths and cut with a diamond blade saw. Samples are securely shipped for analysis to SGS Burnaby (Canada) and SGS Callao (Peru). All ISO/IEC 17025 accredited labs. Analysis for precious metals (gold, platinum and palladium) are completed by Fire Assay while analysis for nickel, cobalt, sulphur and 17 other elements are performed using a peroxide fusion and ICP-OES analysis. Certified standards and blanks are inserted at a rate of 3 QA/QC samples per 20 core samples making a batch of 60 samples that are submitted for analysis.
Stephen J. Balch P.Geo. (ON), VP Exploration of Canada Nickel and a "qualified person" as is defined by National Instrument 43-101, has verified the data disclosed in this news release, and has otherwise reviewed and approved the technical information in this news release on behalf of Canada Nickel Company Inc.
Canada Nickel Company Inc. is advancing the next generation of nickel-sulphide projects to deliver nickel required to feed the high growth electric vehicle and stainless steel markets. Canada Nickel Company has applied in multiple jurisdictions to trademark the terms NetZero NickelTM, NetZero CobaltTM, NetZero IronTM and is pursuing the development of processes to allow the production of net zero carbon nickel, cobalt, and iron products. Canada Nickel provides investors with leverage to nickel in low political risk jurisdictions. Canada Nickel is currently anchored by its 100% owned flagship Crawford Nickel Sulphide Property in the heart of the prolific Timmins-Cochrane mining camp. For more information, please visit www.canadanickel.com.
Mark Selby, Chair and CEO
Phone: 647-256-1954
Email: info@canadanickel.com
This press release contains certain information that may constitute "forward-looking information" under applicable Canadian securities legislation. Forward looking information includes, but is not limited to, drill results relating to the Crawford Nickel Sulphide Property, the potential of the Crawford Nickel Sulphide Property, timing of economic studies and mineral resource estimates, the ability to sell marketable materials, strategic plans, including future exploration and development results, and corporate and technical objectives. Forward-looking information is necessarily based upon a number of assumptions that, while considered reasonable, are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors which may cause the actual results and future events to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information. Factors that could affect the outcome include, among others: future prices and the supply of metals, the future demand for metals, the results of drilling, inability to raise the money necessary to incur the expenditures required to retain and advance the property, environmental liabilities (known and unknown), general business, economic, competitive, political and social uncertainties, results of exploration programs, risks of the mining industry, delays in obtaining governmental approvals, failure to obtain regulatory or shareholder approvals, and the impact of COVID-19 related disruptions in relation to the Company's business operations including upon its employees, suppliers, facilities and other stakeholders. There can be no assurance that such information will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such information. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information. All forward-looking information contained in this press release is given as of the date hereof and is based upon the opinions and estimates of management and information available to management as at the date hereof. Canada Nickel disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.
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MOSCOW (AP) — Russians on Friday began voting in the country’s first election since the Kremlin sent troops into Ukraine on Feb. 24.
Voters are casting ballots to elect more than 31,000 officials, legislators and local council members across the country’s 82 regions.
Many opposition politicians have been barred from running in the three-day vote that takes place both at polling stations and online.
Previous use of online voting in last year’s parliamentary election has drawn allegations of vote fraud from the Kremlin’s political foes. Opposition members also were critical of the voting being extended to three days instead of one day in the past, arguing that the new rules make it more challenging to monitor the election.
While some prominent Russian opposition politicians have been jailed or barred from running in the vote, over a 100 independent candidates are running for municipal councils in Moscow.
Municipal councils, the lowest level of local governance with little real powers, have become important battlegrounds for opposition politicians cut off from competing in national races. | https://cw33.com/news/international/ap-international/ap-russians-begin-voting-in-regional-elections/ | 2022-09-10T16:29:01Z |
Facing Trump-backed primary challenger, Congressman Bob Gibbs announces retirement
Republican Congressman Bob Gibbs announced Wednesday morning he will drop his bid for re-election.
"I have had the honor of serving the people of Ohio’s 18th, then 7th Congressional District since 2011," he said in a statement issued by his office. "In that time, I helped reform federal water resources project policy, made clean water utilities more affordable for low-income communities, lowered taxes and red tape for millions of American families and businesses, and fought for a cleaner, safer Lake Erie. I am proud of this work and am grateful for the opportunity to do it on behalf of Ohioans."
Before he announced his retirement, Gibbs faced four Republican primary challengers, including Max Miller who has been endorsed by former President Donald Trump.
Gibbs has represented most of Stark County since 2013.
The 7th Congressional District has been reshaped following the census and will encompass Medina and Wayne counties, and parts of Holmes and Cuyahoga counties after this year.
This report will be updated.
Reach Robert at (330) 580-8327 or robert.wang@cantonrep.com. Twitter: @rwangREP. | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/2022/04/06/congressman-bob-gibbs-retire/9482327002/ | 2022-04-06T14:09:14Z |
TSX.V:EU
OTCQB:ENCUF
www.encoreuranium.com
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - enCore Energy Corp. ("enCore" or the "Company") (TSXV: EU) (OTCQB: ENCUF) today announced a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Circuit of the District of Columbia issued an opinion in a case brought by the Oglala Sioux Tribe against the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The Oglala Sioux Tribe had challenged the NRC's decision to grant Powertech Uranium (USA), Inc. (Powertech), a wholly-owned subsidiary of enCore Energy Corp. (enCore), a license to extract uranium at its Dewey Burdock In-Situ Recovery ("ISR") Uranium Project in South Dakota. Today the panel ruled that the NRC's actions were lawful, affirming its decision to issue the license to Powertech.
To view the Opinion, which may be appealed by the Oglala Sioux Tribe, please visit: https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/internet/opinions.nsf/E4FBC75E78CE05F08525889900538B63/$file/20-1489-1958435.pdf
The Company's 100% owned Dewey Burdock Project is an in-situ recovery ("ISR") uranium project located in the Edgemont uranium district, South Dakota and is comprised of 12,613 surface acres and 16,962 net mineral acres. In December 2020, the Company filed an amended and restated NI 43-101 compliant independent Technical Report and Preliminary Economic Assessment ("PEA")2.
Initial capital expenditures are estimated at $31.7 million. The Dewey Burdock Project is forecast to produce 14.3 million pounds of U3O8 over its 16 years of production and the projected cash flows of the Dewey Burdock Project are expected to be positive in the second year of production, two years after the commencement of construction.
The Dewey Burdock PEA resulted in a pre-income tax NPV of $171.3 million at a discount rate of 8% and an IRR of 55% compared to a post-income tax NPV of $147.5 million at a discount rate of 8% and an IRR of 50%. The Dewey Burdock PEA post-income tax calculations do not include a corporate level assessment of income tax liabilities; taxes have only been calculated at the Dewey Burdock Project level. The estimate of income tax at the corporate level is subject to a number of additional considerations that have not been factored in when calculating income taxes at the project level, including, but not limited to, the capital structure to finance the Dewey Burdock Project, which has not yet been determined and loss carry forwards available at the corporate level.
The Dewey Burdock PEA estimated uranium prices of $55/lb U3O8, direct cash operating costs of $10.46 per pound of production and royalties and local taxes (excluding property tax) of $5.15 per pound of production. The total pre-income tax cost of uranium production is estimated to be $28.88 per pound of production. Income taxes are estimated to be $3.39 per pound of production.
Details of the assumptions and parameters used with respect to the Dewey Burdock PEA, including information on data verification, are set out in the "NI 43-101 Technical Report Preliminary Economic Assessment, Dewey-Burdock Uranium ISR Project, South Dakota, USA", dated December 22, 2020, with an effective date of December 3, 2019, by Yovich, M., PE and S. Cutler, PG, a copy of which is available under the Company's profile at www.sedar.com. The Dewey Burdock mineral resource estimate includes resources in the measured, indicated and inferred classes. However, Yovich and Cutler (2020) concluded the resources in the inferred class are considered too speculative geologically to have the economic considerations to be included in the PEA. The Dewey Burdock PEA is preliminary in nature; there is no certainty that the Dewey Burdock PEA will be realized. Mineral resources that are not mineral reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability.
William Paul Goranson, P.Eng. Chief Executive Officer, Director and a Qualified Person under NI 43-101, has approved the technical disclosure in this news release.
With approximately 90 million pounds of U3O8 estimated in the measured and indicated categories and 9 million pounds of U3O8 estimated in the inferred category1, enCore is the most diversified in-situ recovery uranium development company in the United States. enCore is focused on becoming the next uranium producer from its licensed and past-producing South Texas Rosita Processing Plant by 2023. The South Dakota-based Dewey Burdock project and the Wyoming Gas Hills project offer mid-term production opportunities, with significant New Mexico uranium resource endowments providing long-term opportunities. The enCore team is led by industry experts with extensive knowledge and experience in all aspects of ISR uranium operations and the nuclear fuel cycle. enCore is committed to engaging and working with local communities and indigenous governments to create positive impact from corporate developments.
NEITHER THE TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE NOR ITS REGULATION SERVICES PROVIDER (AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED IN THE POLICIES OF THE TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE) ACCEPTS RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THIS RELEASE.
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WILMINGTON, Ohio, June 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Silver Airways pilots, represented by the Airline Professionals Association – Teamsters Local 1224 (APA 1224), today announced that they have ratified a Pay and Retention Letter of Agreement that provides for significant pay increases and retention bonuses.
Ninety-six percent of the pilots who cast ballots voted in favor of the agreement, which went into effect on June 1.
"With our recent expansion into cargo operations and increased hiring across all segments of our industry, we recognized that significant improvements were necessary in order for Silver Airways to remain competitive in attracting and retaining pilots," said Don Welch, APA 1224 Executive Council Chairman and Silver Airways Captain. "We worked alongside our management team at Silver Airways to implement a multi-pronged approach. Not only to attract new talent, but also to retain existing pilots through increased pay rates, a quarterly retention bonus and upgraded incentives."
Under the newly signed agreement, first officers received a 20 percent pay raise and captain pay was increased by 28 percent, which is now at the top of the regional airline industry. In addition to bonuses already provided for under the contract, if certain conditions are met over the next five years, eligible pilots could receive added retention and upgrade bonuses of up to $80,000 or more.
While some of the bonuses will expire at the end of 2023, the increased pay rates have been incorporated into the current collective bargaining agreement, which becomes amendable in late 2025. The Silver Airways 2022 Pay and Retention Letter of Agreement can be found here.
"I congratulate Silver Airways and the pilots on the ratification of this agreement," said Joe Muckle, APA 1224 President. "Silver Airways has demonstrated that its pilots are critically important to the company and these pay improvements are necessary for its growing operation."
"Silver Airways is clearly committed to its pilots and understands the benefits such an agreement can contribute to the potential for future growth," said Greg Unterseher, Teamsters Airline Division Deputy Director. "It is good to see a collaborative effort in negotiating and implementing changes that directly benefit both the company and its workforce."
The Airline Professionals Association, Teamsters Local 1224 represents the flight deck crewmembers of ABX Air, Cape Air, Horizon Air, Omni Air, and Silver Airways.
CONTACT: Amanda Bledsoe
937-382-0201 ext. 8790
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KATY, Texas, Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc. (the "Company" or "Academy") (Nasdaq: ASO) announced today that its Board of Directors declared a cash dividend with respect to the fiscal quarter ended July 30, 2022 of $0.075 per share of the Company's common stock. The dividend is payable on October 13, 2022, to stockholders of record as of the close of business on September 15, 2022.
About Academy Sports + Outdoors
Academy is a leading full-line sporting goods and outdoor recreation retailer in the United States. Originally founded in 1938 as a family business in Texas, Academy has grown to 263 stores across 17 states. Academy's mission is to provide "Fun for All" and Academy fulfills this mission with a localized merchandising strategy and value proposition that strongly connects with a broad range of consumers. Academy's product assortment focuses on key categories of outdoor, apparel, sports & recreation and footwear through both leading national brands and a portfolio of private label brands. For more information, visit www.academy.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These forward-looking statements are based on Academy's current expectations and are not guarantees of future performance. You can identify these forward-looking statements by the use of words such as "outlook," "guidance," "believes," "expects," "potential," "continues," "may," "will," "should," "could," "seeks," "projects," "predicts," "intends," "plans," "estimates," "anticipates" or the negative version of these words or other comparable words. The forward-looking statements include, among other things, statements regarding the payment of the dividend, including the timing and amount thereof, share repurchases, the Company's expectations regarding its future performance, and the Company's future financial condition to support future dividend growth and are subject to various risks, uncertainties, assumptions, or changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict or quantify. Actual results may differ materially from these expectations due to changes in global, regional, or local economic, business, competitive, market, regulatory and other factors, including ongoing inflation and continued increases in interest rates, many of which are beyond Academy's control. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements are set forth in Academy's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), including the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K, under the caption "Risk Factors," as may be updated from time to time in our periodic filings with the SEC. Any forward-looking statement in this press release speaks only as of the date of this release. Academy undertakes no obligation to publicly update or review any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise, except as may be required by any applicable securities laws.
Media inquiries:
Elise Hasbrook, Vice President Communications
281.253.8200
elise.hasbrook@academy.com
Investor inquiries:
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281.646.5362
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Melaleuca donates to Idaho Foodbank to support Idahoans in need
POCATELLO, Idaho (KIFI) – Melaleuca employees and the Melaleuca Foundation donated $12,500 to the Idaho Foodbank for the purchase of food in Southeast Idaho.
These funds will provide food for up to 50,000 meals.
Melaleuca employees raised more than $34,000 to address food insecurity in Southeast Idaho, and these funds were matched by the Melaleuca Foundation. In addition to the donation to the Idaho Foodbank, Melaleuca also used these funds to support two of the Foodbank’s food distribution partners – The Salvation Army in Idaho Falls and Community Food Basket in Idaho Falls.
“We are grateful for the kindness and generosity of Melaleuca employees,” said Kia Shaw, Eastern Branch Manager for the Idaho Foodbank. “This donation from employees and the Melaleuca Foundation will make a significant impact in the lives of Idahoans who are facing food insecurity.”
If you or someone you know needs food assistance, go to The Idaho Foodbank’s Food Assistance Locator. | https://localnews8.com/news/idaho/2022/04/12/melaleuca-donates-to-idaho-foodbank-to-support-idahoans-in-need/ | 2022-04-12T16:44:14Z |
Acquisition Extends Attack Path Management Platform Through Addition of Continuous Control Monitoring Innovator
HERZLIYA, Israel, June 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- XM Cyber, leader in hybrid cloud security, announced today the acquisition of Cyber Observer, an innovator in Continuous Controls Monitoring (CCM) and Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM). This marks the latest growth milestone for XM Cyber in a year that has found the company significantly increasing its leadership position in the cybersecurity industry.
Organizations are evolving more quickly than ever before, influenced by increased regulation, competition, and customer expectations. Traditional risk management approaches are no longer cost-effective and cannot provide the coverage or speed required in a dynamic digital environment. By combining XM Cyber's market-leading attack path management with Cyber Observer's continuous control monitoring, security teams will be able to see both their cyber exposures along with how their existing security controls and detection and response tools can react to these threats at any given moment, reflecting the true risk to the business.
Cyber Observer's platform will be integrated into XM Cyber's, enabling a universal, continuous view of the exposures and weaknesses that put critical assets at risk, as well as the security control gaps that fail to prevent attacks. It will also automate compliance validation and reporting for key standards like ISO, NIST, GDPR, SWIFT and PCI, amongst others.
"Even as awareness of cybersecurity risk continues to grow, attackers are thriving and routinely exploiting attack paths that can be used to move laterally through an enterprise network," said Noam Erez, co-founder and CEO, XM Cyber. "Our goal is to give security teams the ability to easily understand and correct their security posture on a continuous basis, including weaknesses, exposures and compensating security controls across the full internal and external attack surface covering on-prem, cloud and SaaS systems. This acquisition is not an isolated event, but just the latest step in our strategy to provide the most comprehensive and proactive security posture management platform on the market."
Schwarz Group is the fourth largest retailer in the world and a growing force in cloud computing. The company has grown rapidly in the digital space in recent years with its creation of a European cloud. In November 2021, Schwarz acquired XM Cyber as its cyber arm. Since then, XM Cyber has extended its portfolio of solutions, expanded its workforce globally, and increased its customer base. Schwarz's strong financial stability and broad digital vision are a force multiplier for growth and innovation.
"Cyber Observer's patented continuous control monitoring capabilities are a perfect complement to XM Cyber's award-winning hybrid cloud security platform," said Shimon Becker, co-founder and CEO, Cyber Observer. "We are excited about this opportunity and look forward to working with the XM Cyber team to deliver the first end-to-end continuous cyber security posture management solution supporting both cloud and on-premises coverage."
Features of the combined solution will include:
- The ability to identify and fix security control gaps that attackers can leverage to compromise critical assets
- Continuous control validation for cybersecurity tools (in the cloud and on-premises) that are well-configured and functioning
- Expanded attack path prioritization with automated remediation of security control gaps and misconfigurations
- Continuous compliance validation with standards like ISO, NIST, PCI, SWIFT, GDPR and others
- Automated compliance reporting for multiple domains and devices
- Security Operations Center (SOC) efficiency that flags and prioritizes key alerts that are correlated across multiple security products, bundled with continuous analytics that provide alerts on deviation from normal behavior
XM Cyber is a leading hybrid cloud security company that is changing the way innovative organizations approach cyber risk. Its attack path management platform continuously uncovers hidden attack paths to businesses' critical assets across cloud and on-prem environments, enabling security teams to cut them off at key junctures and eradicate risk with a fraction of the effort. Many of the world's largest, most complex organizations choose XM Cyber to help eradicate risk. Founded by top executives from the Israeli cyber intelligence community, XM Cyber has offices in North America, Europe, and Israel.
Cyber Observer is a continuous end-to-end cybersecurity posture management platform. The platform reduces business losses and audit costs by leveraging technology that performs ongoing monitoring and auditing using Continuous Controls Monitoring. Cyber Observer integrates dozens of the most popular security tools: On-premises Security Posture Management (AD, FW, EPS…etc.), SaaS Security Posture Management (Office 365, ServiceNow, BitSight…etc.) and Cloud Security Posture Management (AWS, Azure, Google – CSPM) into a single intuitive interface that enables organizations to continuously monitor, manage and maintain alignment with their cyber security posture, cybersecurity best practices, secure business critical assets, and comply with regulatory frameworks.
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Mark Prindle
Fusion PR
mark.prindle@fusionpr.com
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Location Brings Sanctuary's Southeast Florida Dispensary Total to Four
APOPKA, Fla., June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sanctuary Medicinals today announced the opening of its ninth medical cannabis dispensary in Florida.
Located just 10 miles southwest of the recently opened West Palm Beach location, Sanctuary Greenacres will be holding its Grand Opening celebration on June 10. As the third operational Sanctuary dispensary in Palm Beach County, Greenacres brings the number of Sanctuary locations in Florida to nine, four of which are in southeast Florida. Formerly a bank, the 3,000-square-foot dispensary underwent a full renovation executed by Vantage Builders. Situated on the westbound side of Lake Worth Rd., Sanctuary Greenacres is located near the center of the city in the Poinciana Plaza complex and just to the east of Florida's Turnpike.
"As the summer begins, our Florida expansion efforts are really getting into gear," said Jason Sidman, CEO of Sanctuary Medicinals. "Greenacres brings our complement of southeast Florida dispensaries to four, and the next opening will finally get the Sanctuary Florida location count into double digits."
Sanctuary is continuing to extend its footprint further south, reaching patients across much of Saint Lucie, Martin and Palm Beach counties while offering increased access to its ever-expanding menu of products. With pectin fruit chews and new flower strains now on shelves, Sanctuary's product development efforts will extend to hash, full-spectrum edibles and more in the coming months.
"It's nice to leverage the momentum gained from opening in West Palm Beach into the launch of Greenacres" said Bill Dewar, Chief Operating Officer. "Three of our next five planned openings are in this region, so we're excited to start the summer on the right foot and continue building from there," Dewar added.
A Grand Opening event will be held Friday, June 10, and Sanctuary Greenacres will be keeping its usual hours of operation from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Patients can stop in and shop throughout the day, and all registered patients will receive a 40-percent discount. Additionally, first-time guests are eligible for a 50 percent new-customer discount at any Sanctuary Medicinals Florida location. The company will also be returning Tacos Veracruz and DJ Duss from the West Palm Beach Grand Opening celebration, with both the food truck and music beginning at 4:30 p.m. and concluding at 7:30 p.m. For more information, please visit sanctuarymed.com.
Sanctuary Medicinals is a vertically integrated, multi-state cannabis company with operations in Florida, New Hampshire and Massachusetts. The company was also recently awarded a provisional retail license in New Jersey. Sanctuary is rapidly expanding into new markets, bringing its high-quality, award-winning products, including flower, vapes, concentrates and edibles, to patients and consumers across multiple states, with a steadfast commitment to creating positive impact in the communities in which it operates.
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Appoints Daniel Ninivaggi as Chairman of the Board
LORDSTOWN, Ohio, May 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lordstown Motors Corp. (Nasdaq: RIDE), ("Lordstown Motors"), an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of electric light duty trucks focused on the commercial fleet market, announced today that at its annual meeting of stockholders, Joseph B. Anderson, Jr., Laura J. Soave and Angela Strand were elected as independent directors. Mr. Anderson and Ms. Soave are new directors, and each has extensive experience in the global automotive industry. Incumbent director Ms. Strand is joining the Compensation Committee, Mr. Anderson will serve as a member of the Audit Committee and Ms. Soave will serve on the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board of Directors.
The Board of Directors has also combined the roles of Chairman of the Board and CEO and current CEO, Daniel A. Ninivaggi, will serve in this capacity, effective following the annual meeting. David T. Hamamoto, a current independent director and Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board, will serve as lead independent director, also effective following the annual meeting.
Mr. Anderson brings decades of experience in manufacturing and operations leadership positions, primarily in the global automotive industry. He currently serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of TAG Holdings, LLC, a company owning several manufacturing, service and technology-based companies, which he founded in 2001. Prior to that, Mr. Anderson served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Chivas Industries, LLC, a manufacturer of interior trim products and lighting assemblies principally for the automotive industry, and as President and Chief Executive Officer of Composite Energy Management Systems, Incorporated, an automotive parts manufacturing company. Mr. Anderson also served in various operational roles at General Motors Corp. ("GM"). Before joining GM, Mr. Anderson served in the military for 13 years, including his service as a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army, and is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point. Mr. Anderson currently serves on the board of directors of or an advisor to various industry organizations and previously served on the board of directors of several New York Stock Exchange companies, including Rite Aid Corporation, from April 2006 to April 2019, and as the chairman of each of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago-Detroit Branch and the U.S. Department of Commerce Manufacturing Council.
Ms. Soave has over 20 years of marketing and brand experience, primarily in the automotive industry. She currently serves as the Chief Brand Officer of CrossCountry Mortgage, a retail mortgage lender. From April 2018 to January 2021, Ms. Soave served as Executive Vice President, Marketing & Merchandising of Icahn Automotive Group, LLC, an aftermarket parts distribution and service company. Prior to that, Ms. Soave served as Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing & Communications Officer of Federal-Mogul Holdings, Corp., an $8 billion automotive supplier (subsequently acquired by Tenneco), from September 2014 to April 2018. Ms. Soave's additional marketing and brand experience includes roles with Ford Motor Company, Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., Chrysler Group, LLC and Gerson Lehrman Group. Ms. Soave currently serves on the board of directors of K&N Engineering, a global manufacturer of automotive performance filtration products, and the Walsh College Foundation.
"We are truly excited to have Joe and Laura join our Board. Each has deep and relevant automotive and executive experience and will make valuable contributions to Lordstown as we bring the Endurance to market and reposition the company," said Daniel A. Ninivaggi, Lordstown Motors CEO. "On behalf of the entire Board, I'd also like to express my sincere appreciation to retiring directors, Michael Gates and Martin J. Rucidlo, for their service and many contributions on the Board."
"Dan and his team have made significant progress in the transition to a scalable business model, starting with the Endurance launch and the partnership with Foxconn, and these appointments reflect both the progress and Board's confidence in Dan and his management team," said Angela Strand, outgoing Board Chairwoman.
About Lordstown Motors Corp.
Lordstown Motors is an electric vehicle (EV) innovator developing high-quality, light duty commercial fleet vehicles, with the Endurance all electric pick-up truck as its first vehicle being launched in the Lordstown, Ohio facility. Lordstown Motors has corporate, engineering, research and development facilities in Lordstown, Ohio, Farmington Hills, Mich. and Irvine, Calif. For additional information, visit http://www.lordstownmotors.com/.
Forward Looking Statements
This release includes forward looking statements. These statements are made under the "safe harbor" provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements may be identified by words such as "feel," "believe," "expects," "estimates," "projects," "intends," "should," "is to be," or the negative of such terms, or other comparable terminology. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts. Such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements contained herein due to many factors, including, but not limited to: the need to raise substantial additional capital to execute our business plan, achieve our production targets for the Endurance in 2022 and beyond, to continue ongoing operations and remain a going concern, and our ability to raise such funding on a reasonable timeline and with suitable terms; the cost and other impacts of litigation, regulatory proceedings, investigations, claims and availability of insurance coverage and/or adverse publicity including with respect to the matters raised by the March 24, 2022 stockholder letter, which may have a material adverse effect, whether or not successful or valid, on our liquidity position, business prospects and ability to obtain financing; our limited operating history and our ability to execute our business plan, including through our relationship with Foxconn; our ability to raise sufficient capital in order to invest in the tooling that we expect will enable us to eventually lower the Endurance bill of materials cost, continue design enhancements of the Endurance and fund any future vehicles we may develop; the rollout of our business and the timing of expected business milestones, including our ability, together with Foxconn as applicable, to complete the engineering of the Endurance, and conversion and retooling of the Lordstown facility, to establish and maintain appropriate supplier relationships, to successfully complete testing, homologation and certification, and to start production of the Endurance in accordance with our projected timeline; supply chain disruptions, inflation and the potential inability to source essential components and raw materials, including on a timely basis or at acceptable cost, and their consequences on testing, production, sales and other activities; our ability to obtain binding purchase orders and build customer relationships; our ability to deliver on the expectations of customers with respect to the pricing, performance, quality, reliability, safety and efficiency of the Endurance and to provide the levels of service and support that they will require; our ability to conduct business using a direct sales model, rather than through a dealer network used by most other OEMs; the effects of competition on our ability to market and sell vehicles; our inability to retain key personnel and to hire additional personnel; the ability to protect our intellectual property rights; the failure to obtain required regulatory approvals; changes in laws or regulatory requirements or new or different interpretations of existing law; changes in governmental incentives and fuel and energy prices; the impact of health epidemics, including the COVID-19 pandemic, on our business; cybersecurity threats and compliance with privacy and data protection laws; failure to timely implement and maintain adequate financial, information technology and management processes and controls and procedures; and the possibility that we may be adversely affected by other economic, geopolitical, business and/or competitive factors, including the direct and indirect effects of the war in Ukraine. In addition, the transactions entered into with Foxconn are subject to risks and uncertainties. No assurances can be given that Lordstown Motors and Foxconn will successfully implement the contract manufacturing agreement, jointly develop additional EVs for launch through the joint venture or otherwise achieve the expected benefits of their business relationship. If we are unable to maintain our relationship with Foxconn or effectively manage outsourcing the production of the Endurance to Foxconn, we may be unable to ensure continuity, quality, and compliance with our design specifications or applicable laws and regulations, which may ultimately disrupt and have a negative effect on our production and operations. The success of the joint venture depends on many variables, such as technology, innovation, adequate funding, supply chain and other economic conditions, competitors, customer demand and other factors that impact new vehicle development, many of which are not within the parties' control. If we are unable to develop new vehicles for ourselves and potentially other OEM customers, our business prospects, results of operations and financial condition may be adversely affected. We will need additional funding to execute our 2022 business plan and achieve scaled production of the Endurance. As we seek additional sources of financing, there can be no assurance that such financing would be available to us on favorable terms or at all. Our ability to obtain additional financing in the debt and equity capital markets is subject to several factors, including market and economic conditions, the significant amount of capital required, the fact that our bill of materials cost is currently, and expected to continue to be, substantially higher than our anticipated selling price, uncertainty surrounding regulatory approval and the performance of the vehicle, meaningful exposure to material losses related to ongoing litigation and the SEC investigation, our performance and investor sentiment with respect to us and our business and industry, as well as our ability to successfully implement our arrangements with Foxconn. Additional information on potential factors that could affect the financial results of the Company and its forward-looking statements is included in its most recent Form 10-K and subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. Any forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made, and Lordstown Motors undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this release.
Contacts:
Investors
Carter W. Driscoll, CFA
IR@lordstownmotors.com
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Colleen Robar
313.207.5960
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- Acquisition is expected to accelerate the development of Ginkgo's innovative horizontal synthetic biology platform
- Expect integration of Zymergen's complementary automation, software, and data science tools as well as biological assets to significantly enhance the capacity, capabilities, and efficiency of Ginkgo's platform for its diverse customer base and enable new growth opportunities across many end markets
- Zymergen's core technical team is expected to help fill significant planned hiring by Ginkgo across its cell engineering, automation, digital technology, and data teams, accelerating scaling efforts while minimizing incremental run-rate operating expenses following integration of the acquisition
- Ginkgo's platform serves customers across industries as an enabling platform and Ginkgo will support Zymergen's plans to evaluate strategic alternatives for their Advanced Materials and Drug Discovery businesses
- Zymergen stockholders will own 5.25% of the pro forma combined company following the transaction
BOSTON and EMERYVILLE, Calif., July 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Ginkgo Bioworks (NYSE: DNA) — the leading horizontal platform for cell programming — and the biotechnology company Zymergen (Nasdaq: ZY) announced they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Ginkgo will acquire Zymergen in an all-stock transaction that values Zymergen at an approximately $300 million market capitalization. Under the terms of the agreement, which have been unanimously approved by the boards of directors of both companies, Zymergen stockholders will receive a fixed exchange ratio of 0.9179 Ginkgo shares for each Zymergen share, representing 5.25% pro forma ownership of Ginkgo following the transaction.
This transaction brings together two highly complementary organizations that share the vision that biology can transform a wide range of industries including manufacturing, agriculture, and medicine. Ginkgo plans to integrate Zymergen's core automation and software technologies for scaling strain engineering capacity into its Foundry, including Zymergen's machine learning and data science tools for exploring known and unknown genetic design space. Ginkgo customers will also benefit from the expansion of Ginkgo's library of biological assets ("Codebase") following the transaction.
The agreement announced today represents Ginkgo's largest acquisition to date and is expected to significantly enhance Ginkgo's platform by integrating strong automation and software capabilities as well as a wealth of experience across diverse biological engineering approaches. Ginkgo is a horizontal platform, serving customers across industries rather than producing its own products, and will support Zymergen's plans to evaluate strategic alternatives for their Advanced Materials and Drug Discovery businesses, which have established valuable product pipelines and rapid prototyping capabilities. Additionally, Zymergen will continue its standalone cost restructuring initiatives, including headcount reductions and program rationalization. Finally, the addition of Zymergen personnel is expected to help fill planned hiring by Ginkgo as it scales the platform. Taken together, Ginkgo expects these actions to minimize incremental run-rate operating expenses in connection with the combination once integration is completed.
"We have always had incredible respect for the Zymergen team and the strength of the technologies that they have built for cell programming," said Jason Kelly, CEO and co-founder of Ginkgo Bioworks. "We are thrilled to integrate Zymergen's capabilities into our Foundry, which we expect to accelerate the growth of our platform as we continue to deliver on our mission to make biology easier to engineer for our customers, helping us drive down the costs of cell programming as we invest in scale. We can't wait to welcome Zymergen's technical teams, who will support our scaling objectives."
"At Zymergen, our team has built a world class and innovative technology platform which will complement Ginkgo's cell programming capabilities," said Jay Flatley, Chairman and Acting CEO of Zymergen. "We're excited about the opportunities created by combining our technologies to accelerate Ginkgo's platform development to better serve customers, promote Zymergen's public benefit purpose, and achieve our shared vision of sustainability and a world built on biology. The transaction also represents a compelling opportunity for our stockholders to participate in the future growth and upside potential of the combined company."
The transaction is expected to be completed by the first quarter of 2023, subject to approval by Zymergen's stockholders, receipt of regulatory approvals, and satisfaction or waiver of other closing conditions.
Allen & Company LLC is serving as financial advisor and Ropes & Gray LLP is serving as legal advisor to Ginkgo. Cowen and Company, LLC is serving as financial advisor and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP is serving as legal advisor to Zymergen.
Ginkgo will host a conference call beginning at 8:30 AM Eastern Time today to discuss this announcement. A webcast of the conference call can be accessed at https://investors.ginkgobioworks.com.
Zymergen will host a conference call beginning at 5:00 PM Eastern Time, 2:00 PM Pacific Time today to discuss this announcement as well as additional business updates. A webcast of the conference call can be accessed at https://investors.zymergen.com.
Ginkgo is building a platform to enable customers to program cells as easily as we can program computers. The company's platform is enabling biotechnology applications across diverse markets, from food and agriculture to industrial chemicals to pharmaceuticals. Ginkgo has also actively supported a number of COVID-19 response efforts, including K-12 pooled testing, vaccine manufacturing optimization and therapeutics discovery. For more information, visit www.ginkgobioworks.com.
Zymergen is a biotech company that designs and produces molecules, microbes and materials for diverse end markets. We partner with nature to make better products, a better way, for a better world. For more information visit www.zymergen.com.
In connection with the proposed transaction between Zymergen and Ginkgo, Ginkgo intends to file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a registration statement on Form S-4 that will include a proxy statement of Zymergen and that also constitutes a prospectus of Ginkgo. Each of Zymergen and Ginkgo may also file other relevant documents with the SEC regarding the proposed transaction. This document is not a substitute for the proxy statement/prospectus or registration statement or any other document that Zymergen or Ginkgo may file with the SEC. The definitive proxy statement/prospectus (if and when available) will be mailed to stockholders of Zymergen. INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT, PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS THAT MAY BE FILED WITH THE SEC, AS WELL AS ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS TO THESE DOCUMENTS, CAREFULLY AND IN THEIR ENTIRETY IF AND WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN OR WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION. Investors and security holders will be able to obtain free copies of the registration statement and proxy statement/prospectus (if and when available) and other documents containing important information about Zymergen, Ginkgo and the proposed transaction, once such documents are filed with the SEC through the website maintained by the SEC at http://www.sec.gov. Copies of the documents filed with the SEC by Zymergen will be available free of charge on Zymergen's website at https://investors.Zymergen.com or by contacting Zymergen's Investor Relations department by email at investors@Zymergen.com. Copies of the documents filed with the SEC by Ginkgo will be available free of charge on Ginkgo's website at https://investors.ginkgobioworks.com or by contacting Ginkgo's Investor Relations department by email at investors@ginkgobioworks.com.
Zymergen, Ginkgo, their respective directors and certain of their executive officers and other employees may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from Zymergen's stockholders in connection with the proposed transaction. Information regarding the persons who may, under the rules of the SEC, be deemed participants in the solicitation of Zymergen's stockholders in connection with the proposed transaction, including a description of their direct or indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, will be set forth in the proxy statement/prospectus when it is filed with the SEC. Information about the directors and executive officers of Zymergen, including a description of their direct or indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, is set forth in Zymergen's proxy statement for its 2022 annual meeting of shareholders, which was filed with the SEC on April 20, 2022, and Zymergen's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, which was filed with the SEC on March 30, 2022. Information about the directors and executive officers of Ginkgo, including a description of their direct or indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, is set forth in Ginkgo's proxy statement for its 2022 annual meeting of shareholders, which was filed with the SEC on April 26, 2022, and Ginkgo's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, which was filed with the SEC on March 29, 2022. Other information regarding the participants in the proxy solicitation and a description of their direct and indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, will be contained in the proxy statement/prospectus and other relevant materials to be filed with the SEC regarding the proposed transaction when such materials become available. Investors should read the proxy statement/prospectus carefully when it becomes available before making any voting or investment decisions. You may obtain free copies of these documents from Zymergen or Ginkgo using the sources indicated above.
This communication is not intended to and shall not constitute an offer to buy or sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy or sell any securities, or a solicitation of any vote or approval, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. No offering of securities shall be made, except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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NEW YORK, April 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Grab Holdings Limited ("Grab" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: GRAB). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888-476-6529, ext. 7980.
The investigation concerns whether Grab and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.
In December 2021, Grab went public through a special-purpose acquisition company ("SPAC") merger, emphasizing the Company's dramatic growth in the food delivery, digital payments, ride-hailing and financial services areas through its "super app." The Company highlighted a purportedly significant opportunity for further growth in the firm's core businesses in Southeast Asia and other regions. Then, on March 3, 2022, Grab announced its first quarterly earnings report as a public company. Among other items, the Company reported a 44% revenue decline from the same period in the prior year, along with a loss of $3.6 billion for the year. Grab's management blamed the results on the Company's need to increase spending in order to offer higher commissions to attract drivers and greater incentives to users and partners.
On this news, Grab's stock price fell $1.95 per share, or 37.28%, to close at $3.28 per share on March 3, 2022.
Pomerantz LLP, with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Paris, and Tel Aviv, is acknowledged as one of the premier firms in the areas of corporate, securities, and antitrust class litigation. Founded by the late Abraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean of the class action bar, Pomerantz pioneered the field of securities class actions. Today, more than 85 years later, Pomerantz continues in the tradition he established, fighting for the rights of the victims of securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and corporate misconduct. The Firm has recovered numerous multimillion-dollar damages awards on behalf of class members. See www.pomlaw.com
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SHENZHEN, China, July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A news report by Shenzhen Daily:
Agreements for 40 projects with a total investment of over 60 billion yuan (US$8.944 billion) were signed at the 2022 Guangming Investment Promotion Conference held Wednesday at the Tian'an Yungu International Convention Center in Guangming District.
The projects cover various fields including biomedicine, new materials, intelligent manufacturing, new energy, financial services as well as scientific research institutions.
As a pilot zone for the comprehensive national science center of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA), Guangming is committed to developing itself into a hub of innovation, a pioneer in science-powered economy, and a settlement for innovative talents.
"Guangming is now in a golden period for development and construction, which contains precious opportunities for investment and growth," said Cai Ying, district mayor of Guangming, in a speech delivered at the conference. "We sincerely invite entrepreneurs from across the world to share with us the scientific dividends and join us to create a better future for Guangming."
At the conference, policies aimed to improve the district's industrial space and support various industries were presented, including manufacturing, financing, commercial and service industries, and software and information service industries, as well as eight emerging strategic industries and five future industries.
A plan to attract talents to the Guangming Science City was also unveiled. The plan consists of 20 measures that include programs to cultivate young talents in science and technology, outstanding engineers, as well as entrepreneurs who are also experts in science and technology.
According to the conference, Guangming will provide 40,000 more public housing apartments and 68,800 more school seats for compulsory education by 2025.
Foshan Tongtaisheng Precision Electromechanical Technology Co. Ltd., a precision machinery and automation equipment manufacturing enterprise founded in 2012 in Foshan, will locate its research headquarters in Guangming.
"We choose Guangming because of the advantages that Guangming Science City offers in innovation, research and development, talent attraction, economic growth and industrial policies," said Wang Yangxi, vice general manager of the company, adding that the excellent ecological environment of Guangming will also help the company attract more talents.
Hengmei Optoelectronics Co. Ltd. (HMO), an upstream enterprise of Guangming-based display maker TCL CSOT, will build a manufacturing base for polaroid, optical functional films and other products in a TCL CSOT industrial park. "An ultra-high-resolution display industrial cluster has taken shape in Guangming," said Tan Zhimin, vice general manager of HMO. "The district also has an advantage in its industrial policies, which will help enterprises to reduce cost. We're confident about our future development in Guangming."
Jiang Su Honghui Energy Engineering Co. Ltd. is an engineering company that provide services to high-end industries, such as semiconductor, biomedicine and new energy. According to Liu Yunyan, executive general manager of the company, they have decided to invest in Guangming because the district is accelerating the construction of a pilot zone for the comprehensive national science center of the GBA, and also because Guangming is a young district. "Guangming has advantages in its educational resources, medical services and the number of high-end talents. The higher education institutions in the district, such as the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology and Chinese Academy of Sciences, are also useful resources to help us improve our research ability," said Liu.
Thus far, industrial clusters in the fields of ultra-high-resolution displays, new materials and intelligent sensors have been formed in Guangming. Currently, the district is home to more than 78,000 enterprises, including 1,735 industrial enterprises above designated size, seven enterprises with an annual output of over 10 billion yuan, 50 with an annual output over 1 billion yuan, 26 listed companies and 1,703 national high-tech enterprises.
This is a Shenzhen Daily report:
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PITTSBURGH, May 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I thought there could be a better way to keep a paint can opener and a putty knife handy while working on various projects," said an inventor, from Riverdale, Ga., "so I invented the PAINTER'S PAL. My design eliminates the need to carry, store and maintain separate tools."
The patent-pending invention provides a multi-use handheld tool for painters, contractors, etc. In doing so, it ensures that a putty knife is readily available for use. It also enables the user to easily open a can of paint or compound. As a result, it increases efficiency and convenience. The invention features a practical design that is easy to use so it is ideal for painters, contractors, trade workers, do-it-yourselfers, etc. Additionally, it is producible in design variations and a prototype model is available upon request.
The original design was submitted to the Atlanta sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-ALL-2820, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Prologis, Inc. (NYSE: PLD), the global leader in logistics real estate, today announced that Tim Arndt, chief financial officer, will participate in two conferences in New York City:
- Barclays 2022 Global Financial Services Conference at the New York Hilton Midtown on Monday Sept. 12, at 10:30 a.m. ET.
- BofA Securities 2022 Global Real Estate Conference at the Conrad New York Downtown on Tuesday, Sept. 13, at 1:25 p.m. ET.
Prologis' presentations will broadcast live via audio webcast and can be accessed on https://ir.prologis.com/events-and-presentations.
ABOUT PROLOGIS
Prologis, Inc. is the global leader in logistics real estate with a focus on high-barrier, high-growth markets. As of June 30, 2022, the company owned or had investments in, on a wholly owned basis or through co-investment ventures, properties and development projects expected to total approximately 1.0 billion square feet (95 million square meters) in 19 countries. Prologis leases modern logistics facilities to a diverse base of approximately 5,800 customers principally across two major categories: business-to-business and retail/online fulfillment.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
The statements in this document that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about the industry and markets in which we operate as well as management's beliefs and assumptions. Such statements involve uncertainties that could significantly impact our financial results. Words such as "expects," "anticipates," "intends," "plans," "believes," "seeks," and "estimates," including variations of such words and similar expressions, are intended to identify such forward-looking statements, which generally are not historical in nature. All statements that address operating performance, events or developments that we expect or anticipate will occur in the future—including statements relating to rent and occupancy growth, development activity, contribution and disposition activity, general conditions in the geographic areas where we operate, our debt, capital structure and financial position, our ability to form new co-investment ventures and the availability of capital in existing or new co-investment ventures—are forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Although we believe the expectations reflected in any forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, we can give no assurance that our expectations will be attained and, therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed or forecasted in such forward-looking statements. Some of the factors that may affect outcomes and results include, but are not limited to: (i) national, international, regional and local economic and political climates; (ii) changes in global financial markets, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates; (iii) increased or unanticipated competition for our properties; (iv) risks associated with acquisitions, dispositions and development of properties; (v) maintenance of real estate investment trust status, tax structuring and changes in income tax laws and rates; (vi) availability of financing and capital, the levels of debt that we maintain and our credit ratings; (vii) risks related to our investments in our co-investment ventures, including our ability to establish new co-investment ventures; (viii) risks of doing business internationally, including currency risks; (ix) environmental uncertainties, including risks of natural disasters; (x) risks related to the current coronavirus pandemic; and (xi) those additional factors discussed in reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by us under the heading "Risk Factors." We undertake no duty to update any forward-looking statements appearing in this document except as may be required by law.
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Abacus.AI has been recognized for its achievements and developments in artificial intelligence
SAN FRANCISCO, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Abacus.AI, the first end-to-end Artificial Intelligence (AI)/Machine Learning (ML) platform, announced that it has been named to the 2022 CB Insights AI 100 List of Most Promising AI Startups, an annual list of the 100 most promising AI companies in the world.
Utilizing the CB Insights platform, the CB Insights team picked 100 private market vendors from a pool of over 7,000 companies, including applicants and nominees. Vendors were chosen based on factors including R&D activity, proprietary Mosaic Scores, market potential, business relationships, investor profiles, news sentiment analysis, competitive landscape, team strength, and tech novelty. They also reviewed thousands of analyst briefings submitted by applicants.
Abacus.AI has been specifically recognized within the ML platforms category, featuring companies that are developing tools to support AI development.
This recognition comes at an exciting time for Abacus.AI as they had been recognized the week prior in the Forbes AI 50, a list of the top 50 private companies in North America that are utilizing AI to transform the future.
Forbes' fourth annual 50 AI list, produced in partnership with Sequoia Capital, features the most compelling companies based on their utilization of AI technologies. Forbes assessed hundreds of submitted entries from the U.S. and Canada. From these submitted entries, their venture capital (VC) partners applied an algorithm that identified more than 120 companies with the highest quantitative scores. The top 50 companies were then hand-picked by a panel of expert AI judges.
"Over the course of the decade, there has been a significant paradigm shift in AI. Our interactions with AI have exponentially increased and companies have begun to see its efficiency in common enterprise use-cases. The challenge, of course, is looking for ways to seamlessly integrate AI within their products in a swift and cost-effective manner," said Bindu Reddy, Co-founder and CEO of Abacus.AI. "We still have a long way to go but I'm exceptionally proud of the progress of the Abacus.AI team in building a unified end to end platform that enables organizations to fully realize their AI, machine learning, and deep learning needs. It is a true honor and privilege to earn recognition from Forbes and CB Insights and stand alongside some of my industry peers."
Abacus.AI is the world's first autonomous cloud AI platform that handles all aspects of machine and deep learning at an enterprise scale. They provide customizable, end-to-end autonomous AI services that can be used to set up data pipelines, specify custom machine learning transformations, and train, deploy, and monitor models.
Abacus.AI specializes in several use-case specific workflows including churn prediction, personalization, forecasting, NLP, and anomaly detection. The company features a world-class research team that has invented several neural architecture search methods that can create custom neural networks from datasets based on a specific use-case. Abacus.AI has been adopted by world-class organizations, several of which are Fortune 500 companies.
CB Insights builds software that enables the world's best companies to discover, understand, and make technology decisions with confidence. By marrying data, expert insights, and work management tools, clients can manage their end-to-end technology decision-making process with CB Insights. To learn more, please visit www.cbinsights.com.
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FALLS CHURCH, Va., July 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT), a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE:GD), announced today that it was awarded the Europe-Wide Information Technology and Enterprise Network (EITEN) contract by the 764th Enterprise Sourcing Squadron at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. The single-award, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract (IDIQ) has a total ceiling of $908 million with a five-year base period and a three-year option.
GDIT will support IT and network systems operated by the U.S. Air Forces in Europe. Individual task orders will encompass modernizing and supporting existing infrastructure, networks, systems, operations and maintenance, cybersecurity, as well as managing new requirements and emerging technology. Services will take place at various facilities in Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, Turkey, and the rest of Europe.
"This contract will equip airmen across Europe with the knowledge, tools and data they need to mobilize and operate at any place and any time," said Brian Sheridan, senior vice president for GDIT's Defense Division. "Consolidating multiple mission-critical services under a single contract will also allow for greater speed, flexibility and accessibility of IT services needed across the region."
General Dynamics is a global aerospace and defense company that offers a broad portfolio of products and services in business aviation; ship construction and repair; land combat vehicles, weapons systems and munitions; and technology products and services. General Dynamics employs more than 100,000 people worldwide and generated $38.5 billion in revenue in 2021. More information about General Dynamics Information Technology is available at www.gdit.com. More information about General Dynamics is available at www.gd.com.
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Freedom Express is Known for their Luxury travel trailers and RVs that are Loaded with Amenities
LEXINGTON, N.C., Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The founders of Country Roads RV Center are proud to announce that they have been an authorized dealer for the Coachmen Freedom Express line of RVs for 8 years.
To learn more about Country Roads RV Center, please visit https://www.crrvc.com/freedom-express-rv-dealer/.
As a company spokesperson noted, since Country Roads RV Center opened its doors in 2008 the company has strived to offer only the highest quality, 5th wheels, travel trailers, and toy haulers.
Now, as one of the largest dealers in the state, Country Roads RV Center has grown to offer a full service and parts department. The family-owned and operated dealership strives to give their customers the most enjoyable experience possible.
"Our mission is to provide high-quality new and used RVs to our customers. At the same time, we understand that travel trailers, 5th wheels, and motorhomes are not created equally. Because of this, we do a thorough analysis of new product lines we carry prior to making the decision to place them in our inventory," the spokesperson noted, adding that after reviewing the Sandpiper makes and models, it was an easy decision to add these outstanding RVs to their lineup of products.
Freedom Express makes the Ultra Light series and the Liberty/Maple Leaf Edition.
The Freedom Express 252RBS is a roomy couples floor plan that has a full outside kitchen. Theater seating allows for great relaxation directly across from the TV. A residential 60x80 queen bed finishes out the bedroom.
The Freedom Express 324RLDSLE takes the size up a notch for couples. A rear living plan with 3 slides gives you extra elbow room and extra space for overnight guests. Theater seating and a sleeper sofa in the living area.
As one of the largest dealers in the state, Country Roads RV Center carries many different lines of 5th Wheels, Travel-Trailers, and Toy Haulers, as well as a full service and parts department. Family-owned and operated, they strive to give their customers the most enjoyable experience possible. For more information, please visit https://www.crrvc.com.
Country Roads RV Center
2609 Enterprise Road
Lexington, NC 27295
(336) 775-2100
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NEW YORK, Aug. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
If you own shares in any of the companies listed above and
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Weiss Law is investigating possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of law by the board of directors of Meridian Bioscience, Inc. (NASDAQ: VIVO), in connection with the proposed acquisition of VIVO by SD Biosensor, Inc. ("SDB") and SJL Partners LLC ("SJL"). Under the merger agreement, VIVO shareholders will receive $34.00 in cash for each share of VIVO stock owned, leaving SDB owning approximately 60% and SJL owning approximately 40% of Meridian. If you own VIVO shares and wish to discuss this investigation or your rights, please call us at one of the numbers listed above or visit our website: https://www.weisslaw.co/news-and-cases/vivo
Weiss Law, a national shareholders' rights law firm, is investigating possible false and misleading statements, accounting and reporting practices and breaches of fiduciary duty and violations of the federal securities laws by the Board of Directors and certain Company officers of Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) concerning NFLX growth and customer retention, leading to a significant stock price drop after NFLX revealed in April that it had lost more than 200,000 subscribers. If you own NFLX shares and wish to discuss this investigation or your rights, please call us at one of the numbers listed above or visit our website: https://www.weisslaw.co/news-and-cases/nflx
Weiss Law is investigating possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of law by the board of directors of VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW), in connection with the proposed acquisition of VMW by Broadcom Inc. ("Broadcom"). Under the terms of the merger agreement, VMW shareholders will receive $142.50 in cash or 0.2520 shares of Broadcom common stock for each VMW share owned, representing implied per-share merger consideration of approximately $283.62 based upon Broadcom's August 11, 2022 closing price of $545.43. If you own VMW shares and wish to discuss this investigation or your rights, please call us at one of the numbers listed above or visit our website: https://www.weisslaw.co/news-and-cases/vmw
Weiss Law is investigating possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of law by the board of directors of CareMax, Inc. (NASDAQ: CMAX), in connection with the proposed transaction with Steward Health Care System ("Steward"). Upon completion of the transaction, CMAX will pay $25 million in cash and issue 23.5 million shares of CMAX's Class A common stock to the equity holders of Steward. If you own CMAX shares and wish to discuss this investigation or your rights, please call us at one of the numbers listed above or visit our website: https://www.weisslaw.co/news-and-cases/cmax
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NEW YORK, Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of LifeStance Health Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: LFST).
To receive updates on the lawsuit, fill out the form:
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This lawsuit is on behalf of all purchasers of LifeStance common stock pursuant and/or traceable to the documents issued in connection with LifeStance's June 10, 2021 initial public stock offering.
Shareholders interested in acting as a lead plaintiff representing the class of wronged shareholders have until October 11, 2022 to petition the court. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
According to a filed complaint, LifeStance Health Group, Inc. issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) the number of virtual visits clients were undertaking utilizing LifeStance Health was decreasing as the COVID-19 lockdowns were being lifted, thereby flatlining LifeStance Health's out-patient/virtual revenue growth; (ii) the percentage of in-person visits clients were undertaking utilizing LifeStance Health was increasing as the COVID-19 lockdowns were being lifted, thereby causing LifeStance Health's operating expenses to increase substantially; (iii) LifeStance Health had lost a large number of physicians due to burn-out and, as a result, its physician retention rate had fallen significantly below the 87% highlighted in the initial public offering's registration statement, and LifeStance Health had been expending additional costs to onboard new physicians who were less productive than the outgoing physicians they were replacing; and (iv) as a result, LifeStance Health's business metrics and financial prospects were not as strong as the initial public offering's registration statement represented.
Jakubowitz Law is vigorous in pursuit of justice for shareholders who have been the victim of securities fraud. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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Blue Jays extend manager Charlie Montoyo through 2023
By IAN HARRISON
Associated Press
TORONTO (AP) — The Toronto Blue Jays have extended manager Charlie Montoyo’s contract through the 2023 season. The 13th manager in Blue Jays history, and the first from Puerto Rico, Montoyo has a 190-194 record through three seasons with Toronto. He led Toronto to a wild-card playoff berth in the expanded playoffs that followed the pandemic-shortened 2020 regular season, but the Blue Jays were swept by eventual AL champion Tampa Bay in the opening round. Toronto went 91-71 last year and the AL wild card by one game. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/04/01/blue-jays-extend-manager-charlie-montoyo-through-2023/ | 2022-04-01T18:08:27Z |
PITTSBURGH, June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "Many people require vision correction glasses and there is a growing population of people who require home oxygen and nasal cannula. I wanted to create a more comfortable way to wear glasses and support nasal cannula," said the inventor, from Dallas, Texas, "so I invented the NASAL CANNULA SUPPORT. My design would reduce stress on your ears and it provides secure placement of the nasal cannula for maximal effect."
The invention provides an improved way to support a nasal cannula when wearing eyeglasses. In doing so, it eliminates the common problems associated with the cannula and glasses sharing space behind the ear of the wearer. This unique design ensures that the cannula tubing remains properly in place using the frame of the prescription or stylish eyeglasses. The invention features an effective design that is easy to wear and use so it is ideal for hospital and home environments. It can be produced with many creative design variations while still maintaining the basic functionality.
The original design was submitted to the Houston sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-MHO-130, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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Tiger Woods says he’s planning to play the Masters
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Two words can go a long way when Tiger Woods is behind them.
No one would have been surprised if Woods never played golf again after a car crash in Los Angeles that damaged his right leg so badly he said doctors raised the prospect of amputation. Out of the public eye for nine months, Woods sent hopes soaring last November with a video of him swinging the club with a simple message, “Making progress.”
And here he is at Augusta National, making a Monday practice round feel like Sunday at a major because of the gallery, walking the steep slopes, swinging well and making it clear he has every intention of playing in the Masters.
Does he think he can win?
Woods offered the shortest answer of his press conference: “I do.”
He said Tuesday he is planning to play and thinks he can win. Never mind that it will be 508 days from the last time he played a tournament where he had to walk, or that he returns to this Masters with screws and rods still holding the bones in place in his right leg.
Woods also is 46. He would be the oldest Masters champion by three weeks over Jack Nicklaus.
The biggest question is how he holds up over 18 holes for four straight days. Woods walked 18 holes last week — his first big test — during a scouting trip with 13-year-old son Charlie (including a stop at the Par 3 course).
He played the back nine on Sunday, the front nine on Monday.
Woods plans nine more for Wednesday and then it’s “game time.” He is to tee off at 10:34 a.m. Thursday with Louis Oosthuizen and Joaquin Niemann.
“I can hit it just fine. I don’t have any qualms about what I can do physically from a golf standpoint,” Woods said. “Walking is the hard part. This is normally not an easy walk to begin with. Now given the conditions that my leg is in, it gets even more difficult.
“Seventy-two holes is a long road and it’s going to be a tough challenge,” he said. “And a challenge that I’m up for.”
That might be the biggest reason Woods is even at Augusta National for more than the sushi and miso-glazed cod and Wagyu beef that defending champion Hideki Matsuyama put on the menu for the champions-only dinner Tuesday night.
If he never plays — if he never wins — Woods said he is satisfied with what he has achieved.
“I think 82 is a pretty good number,” Woods said. “And 15 is not too bad, either.”
His 15 majors are second only to Jack Nicklaus and his 18, the gold standard in golf. He is tied with Sam Snead for the PGA Tour career record with 82 wins.
So why keep coming back? What else is there to prove?
“I love competing,” Woods said. “And I feel like if I can still compete at the highest level, I’m going to. And if I feel like I can still win, I’m going to play.”
“I don’t show up to an event unless I think I can win it. So that’s the attitude I’ve had,” he said. “There will be a day when it won’t happen, and I’ll know when that is.”
Shortly after he spoke, the starting times were released. Woods is helped by being part of the early-late rotation, meaning he will have some 22 hours between rounds.
Otherwise, Tuesday was mostly a wash. Woods wasn’t planning on anything more than working on the range, anyway, and even that worked in his favor. Heavy storms moved over Augusta about the time he finished his work, and the course was closed the rest of the day.
As long as Woods has been part of Masters lore — Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer once predicted he would win more green jackets than both of them combined (10) — the reality is rust from no serious competition and a body that has endured at least 10 surgeries to both legs and his back.
But he’s planning to play, and that feels like enough. For now.
“I think that the fact that I was able to get myself here to this point is a success,” Woods said. “And now that I am playing, now everything is focused on, ‘How do I get myself into the position where I’m on that back nine on Sunday with a chance?’ Just like I did a few years ago.”
That was 2019, his fifth Masters title that followed four surgeries the previous five years on his lower back.
“How many comebacks has he had?” Jordan Spieth asked in wonderment.
There was the return from reconstructive knee surgery after his 2008 U.S. Open victory. He won seven times worldwide the following year. There was a return to No. 1 following the implosion in his personal life, and before the back surgeries.
Nothing compares with this one, mainly because of the walking involved on a leg so badly damaged that Woods spent three months in a hospital bed before advancing to a wheel chair, crutches, a compression sleeve and still the occasional limp.
“It’s amazing if you think about where he was at a year ago to now,” Spieth said. “I don’t know how many people — if anybody — could be out here. And this is not an easy walk. So to be out here and not to throw his age in the mix, but I don’t think that helps much for that recovery.
“But is anybody surprised?”
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ABC is bringing actress Hilary Swank and the writer of the 2015 Oscar-winning film “Spotlight” together for a new drama about a journalist working in Alaska.
The Thursday series “Alaska” headlines a fall schedule announced Tuesday that also includes an hourlong celebrity version of “Jeopardy!” and leans heavily on returning favorites.
Swank will play Eileen Fitzgerald, described as a “recently disgraced” reporter who leaves a high-profile New York life behind to seek personal and professional redemption up north. The creator is Tom McCarthy, who wrote the film about the Boston Globe’s investigation of sexual abuse by Catholic priests.
Craig Erwich, ABC entertainment president, calls it a brave show for this era.
“Telling stories about journalists as heroes is something that’s going to get a lot of conversation,” Erwich said in an interview Tuesday. “It’s a very optimistic look at the profession.”
“The Rookie: Feds,” a spinoff of ABC’s “The Rookie,” also earned a spot on the network’s fall schedule. Niecy Nash-Betts stars as the oldest newcomer in the FBI academy in the series set for Tuesday night.
“Jeopardy!” will be paired with a celebrity edition “Wheel of Fortune” on Sunday nights. ABC said a host for the show will be named at a later date.
In perhaps providing a blueprint for a broadcast network in a world where streaming services are ascendant, ABC is emphasizing live and unscripted programming in the new season. Aside from its Wednesday night comedy lineup and three dramas on Thursday, scripted shows account for only three of 16 prime-time hours the rest of the week.
“American Idol” will return in midseason, while ABC has said the “Dancing With the Stars” franchise is moving to Disney+. The long-running celebrity dance contest will cede its time slots on ABC to a combination of reality series “Bachelor in Paradise” and NFL Monday night games.
“ABC is a network that is very much about community,” Erwich said. “Whether it’s bringing people together through the power of live events, we bring people together to watch family sitcoms, dramas with heroes at the center. We really think that’s an opportunity, not just for broadcast television, but it’s a place where ABC excels.”
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Media Writer David Bauder reported from New York, and Television Writer Lynn Elber reported from Los Angeles. | https://cw33.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/abc-tries-something-brave-drama-with-journalist-as-hero/ | 2022-05-17T20:13:29Z |
The video production agency has more than 30 awards and recognitions in a span of six years
BOISE, Idaho, June 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Video production and creative marketing agency Front Runner Films received a Telly Award for its work on the Global Mentorship Initiative (GMI) branded content video. This award marks Front Runner's ninth Telly Award in four consecutive years. The recognition confirms the agency's commitment to delivering high-quality, award-winning brand content and corporate videos.
View a complete list of Front Runner's work: frontrunnerfilmsllc.com/watch-our-work
The Telly Award is the world's largest video and television content honor. Over 11,000 global entries were submitted to this year's edition. After winning gold and silver Telly Awards in 2021, Front Runner returned for 2022 to again place top-three in a category. The agency was awarded second runner-up for its work with Global Mentorship Initiative—a non-profit organization that provides guidance and business skills to college students through online mentorship. It is Front Runner's first honor in the 'General – Not-for-Profit' category.
"Front Runner is very thankful to The Telly Awards Judging Council for the recognition. The competition is robust, with new submissions entering every year. We are honored to be acknowledged for delivering excellent content for our clients and their audiences," said Front Runner's CEO, Tyler Nimmons.
Front Runner used a combination of on-site cameras and remote technology to capture over six hours of interviews featuring mentors and students in the US and globally. The production effort incorporated studio settings and VFX to visually bring the stories to life. "The producer Brandon Freeman and lead editor Grant Osman produced an award-winning product, and they will be able to have that recognition forever. Well done to those two individuals and everyone who played a role in the project," says Nimmons.
"Front Runner did an amazing job on our brand video," said GMI's chief operating officer Chad Fuller. "We needed something fresh and compelling in telling who we are and what we do. It was wonderfully done, and we are very pleased with the results. Congratulations to Front Runner for their award."
Front Runner has received over 30 awards since its establishment in 2016. In previous years, the agency won a gold Telly Award for its work with GameAbove Capital and silver Telly awards across six categories for clients, ADP WorkMarket, Ballet Idaho, Dress for Success, and Harness Lead. Front Runner's awards list includes:
- Ava Awards
- Davey Awards
- dotComm Awards
- Idaho Advertising Federation Rockies Awards
- MarCom Awards
- The Communicator Awards
- The Telly Awards
- Vega Digital Awards
Front Runner has operations in Boise, Los Angeles, and Ypsilanti / Ann Arbor. To inquire about video marketing needs, visit frontrunnerfilmsllc.com/contact.
Front Runner Films is an award-winning multi-video production and marketing agency that produces visually impactful and rich content. Starting in 2016 in Los Angeles, California, Front Runner has worked on video projects of all types, including corporate, television, digital & social, and short documentaries. Front Runner is part of GameAbove Entertainment, a CapStone Holdings, Inc. company. frontrunnerfilmsllc.com
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NEW YORK, Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mind Medicine (MindMed) Inc. (NASDAQ: MNMD), (NEO: MMED), (the "Company" or "MindMed"), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel products to treat brain health disorders, today announced that members of MindMed's management team will participate in the Canaccord Genuity 42nd Annual Growth Conference, to be held in Boston, MA, August 8-11, 2022.
Canaccord Genuity 42nd Annual Growth Conference
Format: In-person presentation and scheduled one-on-one investor meetings
Date: Wednesday, August 10, 2022
Time: 11:00 a.m. ET
Location: Boston, MA
Webcast Link: https://wsw.com/webcast/canaccord76/mnmd/2453508
A replay of the webcast will be available in the "News & Media" section of MindMed's website for 90 days following the presentation.
MindMed is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel products to treat brain health disorders, with a particular focus on psychiatry, addiction, pain and neurology. Our mission is to be the global leader in the development and delivery of treatments that unlock new opportunities to improve patient outcomes. We are developing a pipeline of innovative drug candidates, with and without acute perceptual effects, targeting the serotonin, dopamine and acetylcholine systems.
MindMed trades on NASDAQ under the symbol MNMD and on the Canadian NEO Exchange under the symbol MMED.
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– Acquires Four Properties for $164 Million within Prime Infill Southern California Submarkets –
– Year-to-Date Investments Total $774 Milliacquon –
LOS ANGELES, June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc. (the "Company" or "Rexford Industrial") (NYSE: REXR), a real estate investment trust focused on creating value by investing in and operating industrial properties located throughout infill Southern California, today announced the acquisition of four industrial properties for an aggregate purchase price of $163.8 million. The purchases were funded using a combination of cash on hand, the Company's line of credit and units in the Company's operating partnership ("OP Units").
"These investments, acquired through off-market transactions, reflect our team's ability to leverage its regional sharpshooter advantage and value-add expertise within infill Southern California, the nation's lowest-supply and highest-demand industrial market. Our proprietary market access positions the Company to drive favorable cash flow growth as we capitalize upon our information advantage to accretively grow beyond our current portfolio comprising 39 million square feet of industrial properties, representing a 2% market share," stated Howard Schwimmer and Michael Frankel, Co-Chief Executive Officers of the Company. "Our year-to-date investments total $774 million, of which over 85% were acquired through off-market or lightly marketed transactions. With over $600 million of additional investments under contract or accepted offer, plus a breadth of value-add internal growth initiatives under-way, we are well positioned with a low-leverage balance sheet to drive superior long-term shareholder value."
In May and June, through off-market transactions, the Company acquired:
- 2020 South Central Avenue, Compton, located within the LA – South Bay submarket for $10.8 million, or $110 per land square foot. The 2.3 acre industrial-zoned land site contains a fully occupied 30,233 square foot single tenant building, leased at rent estimated to be approximately 60% below current market rates. Upon lease expiration, the Company plans to redevelop the site by constructing a 45,000 square foot Class-A industrial building. The initial 3.5% unlevered cash yield is projected to grow to an unlevered stabilized cash yield on total investment of 5.5%. According to CBRE, the vacancy rate in the 219 million square foot LA – South Bay submarket was 0.6% at the end of the first quarter 2022.
- 14200-14220 Arminta Street, Panorama City, located within the LA – San Fernando Valley submarket for $90.2 million, or $451 per square foot. The 200,000 square foot Class-A building situated on 8.5 acres is leased long-term to a credit tenant at rent estimated to be approximately 35% below current market rates. The investment generates an initial 2.8% unlevered cash yield on total investment, growing over time by 3.25% contractual annual rent increases. The purchase was completed using $24.5 million of cash and 954,000 OP Units at a value of $68.84 per unit, which are redeemable by the seller on a one-to-one basis for shares of the Company's publicly traded common stock. According to CBRE, the vacancy rate in the 181 million square foot LA – San Fernando submarket was 0.5% at the end of the first quarter 2022.
- 1172 Holt Boulevard, Ontario, located within the Inland Empire – West submarket for $17.8 million, or $404 per square foot. The 44,000 square foot Class-A building was built in 2021 and is situated on 2.1 acres of land adjacent to the Company's recently purchased 1154 Holt Boulevard site. The property is leased to a single tenant at rent estimated to be approximately 35% below current market rental rates. Upon lease expiration, the Company intends to drive accretive cash flow growth through re-leasing at market rates. The investment generates an initial 2.5% unlevered cash yield that is projected to grow to an unlevered stabilized cash yield on total investment of 4.1%. According to CBRE, the vacancy rate in the 321 million square foot Inland Empire - West submarket was 0.1% at the end of the first quarter 2022.
- 1500 South Raymond Avenue, Fullerton, located within the North Orange County submarket for $45.0 million, or $143 per land square foot. The 7.2-acre industrial-zoned site contains a recently shuttered hotel that will be redeveloped into a Class-A warehouse totaling approximately 138,500 square feet with excess land for trailer/outdoor storage. The high visibility property has freeway frontage with immediate on/off ramp access. The investment is projected to generate a 4.8% unlevered cash yield on total investment upon stabilization. According to CBRE, the vacancy rate in the 115 million square foot North Orange County submarket was 0.9% at the end of the first quarter 2022.
About Rexford Industrial
Rexford Industrial creates value by investing in, operating and redeveloping industrial properties throughout infill Southern California, the world's fourth largest industrial market and consistently the highest-demand, lowest supply market in the nation. The Company's highly differentiated strategy enables internal and external growth opportunities through its proprietary value creation and asset management capabilities. Rexford Industrial's high-quality, irreplaceable portfolio comprises 322 properties with approximately 38.8 million rentable square feet occupied by a stable and diverse tenant base. Structured as a real estate investment trust (REIT) listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker "REXR," Rexford Industrial is an S&P MidCap 400 Index member. For more information, please visit www.rexfordindustrial.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws, which are based on current expectations, forecasts and assumptions that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual outcomes and results to differ materially. Forward-looking statements relate to expectations, beliefs, projections, future plans and strategies, anticipated events or trends and similar expressions concerning matters that are not historical facts. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "may," "will," "should," "expects," "intends," "plans," "anticipates," "believes," "estimates," "predicts," or "potential" or the negative of these words and phrases or similar words or phrases which are predictions of or indicate future events or trends and which do not relate solely to historical matters. While forward-looking statements reflect the Company's good faith beliefs, assumptions and expectations, they are not guarantees of future performance. For a further discussion of these and other factors that could cause the Company's future results to differ materially from any forward-looking statements, see the reports and other filings by the Company with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, and the Company's most recent Form 10-Q. The Company disclaims any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement to reflect changes in underlying assumptions or factors, of new information, data or methods, future events or other changes.
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MONTREAL, June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Dollarama Inc. (TSX: DOL) ("Dollarama") announced that the nominees listed in its management proxy circular dated April 19, 2022 were elected as directors of Dollarama at the annual meeting of shareholders held earlier today. The detailed results of the vote for the election of directors are set out below.
Dollarama is a recognized Canadian value retailer offering a broad assortment of consumable products, general merchandise and seasonal items both in-store and online. Our 1,431 locations across Canada provide customers with compelling value in convenient locations, including metropolitan areas, mid-sized cities and small towns. Select products are also available, by the full case only, through our online store at www.dollarama.com. Our quality merchandise is sold at select fixed price points up to $5.00.
Dollarama also owns a 50.1% interest in Dollarcity, a growing Latin American value retailer. Dollarcity offers a broad assortment of consumable products, general merchandise and seasonal items at select, fixed price points up to US$4.00 (or the equivalent in local currency) in 358 conveniently located stores in El Salvador, Guatemala, Colombia and Peru.
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ZURICH, June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Chubb Limited (NYSE: CB) will hold its second quarter earnings conference call on Wednesday, July 27, 2022, at 8:30 a.m. Eastern.
The company expects to issue its second quarter earnings release and financial supplement after the market closes on Tuesday, July 26, 2022. These documents will be available on the company's investor website at investors.chubb.com.
The earnings conference call will be available via live webcast at investors.chubb.com or by dialing 800-458-4121 (within the United States) or 313-209-6672 (international), passcode 2366321. Please refer to the Chubb website under Events and Presentations for details. A replay will be available after the call at the same location. To listen to the replay, click here to register and receive dial-in numbers.
About Chubb
Chubb is the world's largest publicly traded property and casualty insurance company. With operations in 54 countries and territories, Chubb provides commercial and personal property and casualty insurance, personal accident and supplemental health insurance, reinsurance and life insurance to a diverse group of clients. As an underwriting company, we assess, assume and manage risk with insight and discipline. We service and pay our claims fairly and promptly. The company is also defined by its extensive product and service offerings, broad distribution capabilities, exceptional financial strength and local operations globally. Parent company Chubb Limited is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: CB) and is a component of the S&P 500 index. Chubb maintains executive offices in Zurich, New York, London, Paris and other locations, and employs approximately 31,000 people worldwide. Additional information can be found at: www.chubb.com.
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Valhallan Makes Its Arrival to the Esports Industry Known, Pursuing Aggressive Growth, Plans Global League Expansion Starting with the U.K.
HOUSTON, June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- New esports franchise concept Valhallan announced today its acquisition of the North American Esports League (NAEL), the largest youth (under 15 years old) esports league with more than 100 total teams. The move establishes Valhallan as a leader in youth esports, bringing its exclusive training program and arenas together with high-profile tournament play.
Valhallan plans to build on the NAEL's growth and introduce the league in major markets across the globe, including the launch of the United Kingdom Esports League (UKEL) in the coming months. Valhallan, the NAEL, the UKEL and future international leagues will combine to create Valhallan Holdings (VHH).
The NAEL was founded to create an opportunity for age-appropriate gamers to play against each other in an interactive, competitive environment. Teams play in-person and have pro-style tournaments to showcase their talents. The league hosts events throughout the year, with major events including the Summer and Winter World Series. Players currently compete in Fortnite, Overwatch, Rocket League and Valorant, with more games coming soon. The NAEL and UKEL will continue to welcome teams from LAN centers, clubs, schools, and other organizations and incoming Valhallan teams.
"The acquisition of the NAEL and our global league expansion plans are exciting opportunities for Valhallan, our franchise owners, our gamers and their families and the entire esports industry," said David Graham, chief executive officer of Valhallan and its parent company FranchiCzar. "Valhallan can now offer esports players an established, high-profile platform to compete and test their skills with the best esports training and arenas available. We're continuing to build on the growth of the esports industry with the goal of giving players everything they need to realize their potential."
Given the rapid adoption of the franchise concept, with 13 agreements already finalized within the company's first month of franchising, Valhallan is actively seeking potential franchise owners across major markets in the U.S. and the U.K. The initial investment for a Valhallan franchise is approximately $52,950 to $201,400 in the U.S. Prospective franchisees in the U.K. can contact Valhallan for pricing information.
More information on Valhallan and how to inquire about franchise opportunities nationwide is available at valhallan.com/franchise in the U.S. and valhallan.com/franchise-uk in the U.K.
Valhallan brings education, life skills, and inclusive competition to the world of esports while providing a path to esports business ownership to entrepreneurs. Based in Houston, TX, the Valhallan team has years of experience building platforms, curricula, training systems and franchise brands – including several team members with esports industry experience.
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$15 million will scale Year Up's growth, allowing it to reach ten times more young adults annually by 2030
$10 million will be endowed to provide scholarships to Year Up participants in honor of former Year Up President and current Board member Garrett Moran
NEW YORK, Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Year Up, a workforce development nonprofit committed to ensuring equitable access to economic opportunity, education, and justice for young adults, announced it has received a transformative $25 million gift from The Meg and Bennett Goodman Family Foundation.
The donation allows Year Up to scale its programs in ways that will deliver major impacts, including achieving its goal of reaching ten times more young adults annually by 2030 than it does today.
Year Up serves young adults from under-represented communities and provides them with training and other resources, as well as connecting them to a nationwide network of employers that are increasingly in need of skilled, diverse talent.
Bennett Goodman said: "Our foundation's primary mission is to improve social mobility. Matching diverse talent to opportunity is the quickest path to sharing economic prosperity. Connecting more young adults to impactful jobs builds careers and communities."
"We are grateful for Meg and Bennett's generous support of our mission to close the Opportunity Divide in this nation. Their gift will allow us to serve thousands more young adults who deserve access to opportunity and economic mobility," said Year Up Founder and CEO Gerald Chertavian. "This transformative gift will make a difference across the nation for years to come as we continue building and improving our organization, while helping to build inclusive and diverse pipelines of talent to the nation's leading employers."
The gift includes two parts: a $15 million grant to fund innovative pilot programs allowing Year Up to be more flexible, responsive, and sustainable; and $10 million that will be endowed in perpetuity in honor of former Year Up President and current Board Member Garrett Moran. The "Garrett Moran Scholars" initiative will provide funding for 40 young adults selected annually who have shown significant leadership potential.
In May 2022, the federally-sponsored Pathways for Advancing Careers and Education (PACE) evaluation of Year Up showed that $1 spent on Year Up produced a $2.46 return to society. The study found that over a seven-year study period, young adults assigned to Year Up earned $8,000 more per year compared with a control group — the largest sustained impact on earnings reported to date for a workforce program tested in a randomized controlled trial.
About Year Up Inc.
Year Up is a national 501(c)3 workforce development organization committed to ensuring equitable access to economic opportunity, education, and justice for all young adults—no matter their background, income, or zip code. Year Up utilizes a high-expectations, high support model where students learn in-demand technical and professional skills and apply them during a corporate internship. Year Up has served more than 36,000 young adults across 19 geographies since its founding in 2000 and has been voted one of the "Best Non-Profits to Work For" by The NonProfit Times. To learn more, visit http://www.yearup.org, and follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and TikTok.
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Lauren Peachey
lpeachey@yearup.org
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Heat-related sickness is top of mind today for many people around the world not used to coping with extreme heat. When the body's temperature rises faster than it can cool itself, damage to the brain and other vital organs can occur -- even death.
Here are the key signs of heatstroke and other heat illness and how to respond. We have also included tips on how to prevent becoming ill in the first place.
Heat rash symptoms and how to treat
Excessive sweating can create an irritating heat rash on the skin that often appears as reddish clusters of pimples or small blisters, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The rash is typically found on the upper chest and neck, under the breasts and in the groin area, and in elbow creases, the CDC said.
The mildest form, miliaria crystallina, shows up as tiny, clear, fluid-filled bumps that break easily. A rash called "prickly heat" occurs deeper in the skin and causes "small, inflamed blister-like bumps and itching or prickling in the affected area," according to the Mayo Clinic. They can also fill with pus.
The least common form, miliaria profunda, attacks the deepest layer of the skin and causes firm, itchy pimples that look like goose bumps, the Mayo Clinic said.
Once you have a heat rash, keep the area dry. Don't use creams and ointments, as warm, moist skin can block pores and make the rash worse, the CDC said. Wear loose cotton clothing and move to a cooler, less humid environment. Use a fan to circulate the air and take frequent breaks.
Heat cramp symptoms and how to treat
As the heat continues to affect the body, muscle cramps or spasms may appear in the arms, legs and belly, the CDC said. Rest and drink fluids such as water or a sports drink every 10 to 15 minutes. Eat a snack, but avoid salt tablets.
If you or your loved one has heart problems or is on a low sodium diet, get medical help right away. Also seek medical help if the cramps do not resolve within an hour.
Heat exhaustion symptoms and how to treat
Feeling dizzy or lightheaded or fainting after suddenly rising from a seated or prone position can be an early sign of heat exhaustion, the CDC said. Sit down in a cool place and slowly sip cool water, juice or a sports drink.
If you start to get a headache, nausea and weakness you could be progressing to heat exhaustion. Other signs are irritability, heavy sweating and thirst, a higher body temperature and decreased urination.
Get out of the heat and call for medical help, making sure someone stays with you at all times until that help arrives, the CDC advised. Remove unnecessary clothing, along with shoes and socks. Continue to take frequent sips of cool water. Try to use cold compresses, an ice bath or fans to cool down.
Heatstroke symptoms and how to treat
The most serious form of heat sickness -- heatstroke -- is a medical emergency. Call 911 immediately. If treatment if delayed, heatstroke can be fatal.
Signs of heatstroke include confusion, slurred speech, seizures and loss of consciousness. A person can profusely sweat or they might instead have hot and dry skin. Their body temperature will be very high, and can climb "to 106°F (41°C) or higher within 10 to 15 minutes," the CDC said.
Quickly remove all unnecessary clothing. Immediately apply an ice bath, if possible. Soak the remaining clothing with cool or icy water and place ice packs or cold, wet cloths on the head, neck, armpits and groin areas, the CDC advised.
Who's most at risk
Children and the elderly are at highest risk from the heat, according to the CDC. Children often can't tell adults when they are thirsty, and the body's ability to flag thirst to the brain declines as we age.
Being obese also raises your risk, as does having heart disease, a mental illness or drinking alcohol. People who have poor circulation or who are already dehydrated, perhaps from prescription medications, are also at higher risk.
10 ways to prevent heatstroke
The good news is there are ways you can protect yourself and your loved ones from becoming sick from the heat. Here are 10 of the top tips experts recommend.
1. Learn the signs of dehydration: There are many signals your body sends to tell you that you are in need of fluids, according to the Cleveland Clinic.
You can have a dry mouth or a dry cough. You can have a slight headache or feel fatigued. Constipation is a key clue, as is a dark-colored urine -- a well-hydrated body pees a pale, clear color. Your feet may swell or you may have a loss of appetite but still crave sugar.
2. Drink fluids even when not thirsty: Dehydration creeps up fast. Fight back by drinking cool fluids such as water as often as possible. Carry a water bottle with you throughout the day.
3. Wear sunscreen: Sunburned skin cannot regulate the body's temperature as readily.
4. Limit sweating: Pay attention to humidity in addition to rising temperatures. Higher levels of humidity cause the body to sweat and lose precious fluids.
5. Wear loose, lightweight clothing: Tight-fitting clothes trap heat to the body, as do darker colors. Strive to wear very loose clothing that allows air to circulate, the CDC said.
6. Avoid alcohol: Alcohol is dehydrating, so while it may appear you are wetting your whistle, you are actually leaching moisture from your body.
7. Say "yes" to fans: Keep air moving inside and out to help cool down the body. Out and about? Take a bamboo folding hand fan with you and don't be shy to use it.
8. Take a lot of breaks: Be sure to let yourself acclimate to high temperatures before you start any outdoor exercise or activity and take periodic breaks from the heat.
9. Eat hydrating foods: Why not whittle your waistline and stay hydrated at the same time? Veggies such as cucumber, iceberg lettuce, celery, radishes, tomatoes, green peppers, cauliflower, spinach, broccoli and baby carrots have few calories and are all at least 90% water by weight. Add fruits such as watermelon, cantaloupe, grapefruit, strawberries and star fruit to the list as well.
10. Avoid dehydrating foods: Excess protein can be dehydrating, studies have found. So can salty snacks and excess sugar, which studies say causes thirst, obesity and metabolic imbalances.
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HAYWARD, Calif., April 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: UCTT), today announced the Company will release its first quarter 2022 financial results on Wednesday, April 27, 2022, after market close and will host a conference call and webcast the same day.
On February 23, 2022, the Company announced its first quarter 2022 outlook and expected revenue in the range of $580.0 to $630.0 million. UCT now expects first quarter 2022 revenue to be between $560.0 and $570.0 million.
The recent China government mandated COVID lockdown policy affected UCT's production schedule at its Shanghai facility. Additionally, the grounding of all Boeing 737-800 aircraft, due to the recent China Eastern Airlines accident, impacted UCT's ability to receive and send materials from China. The Company is actively engaged with its customers and suppliers to mitigate disruption.
The conference call and webcast will take place at 1:45 p.m. PT and can be accessed by dialing 1-844-826-3034 or 1-412-317-5179. No passcode is required. A replay of the call will be available by dialing 1-877-344-7529 or 1-412-317-0088 and entering the confirmation code 9474156. The Webcast will be available on the Investor Relations section of the Company's website at http://uct.com/investors/events/.
About Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc.
Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. is a leading developer and supplier of critical subsystems, components, parts, and ultra-high purity cleaning and analytical services primarily for the semiconductor industry. Under its Products division, UCT offers its customers an integrated outsourced solution for major subassemblies, improved design-to-delivery cycle times, design for manufacturability, prototyping, and high-precision manufacturing. Under its Services Division, UCT offers its customers tool chamber parts cleaning and coating, as well as micro-contamination analytical services. Ultra Clean is headquartered in Hayward, California. Additional information is available at www.uct.com.
Contact:
Rhonda Bennetto
SVP Investor Relations
rbennetto@uct.com
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Rep. Peter Meijer (R-Mich.), who voted last year to impeach former President Trump, is projected to lose his primary Tuesday to Trump-backed challenger John Gibbs.
Gibbs’s victory is a major win for Trump, who vowed to exact revenge on any Republican who broke with him over his false claim that 2020 election was stolen or in the wake of the attack on the Capitol.
Meijer, a first-term congressman, was one of 10 House Republicans who voted last year to impeach the former president for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.
Gibbs, a former assistant Housing and Urban Development secretary, won Trump’s endorsement last year. While the former president is certain to celebrate the win as his own victory, it also puts him on the same side as top Democratic officials who sought to boost Gibbs in the race.
Michigan’s 3rd Congressional District has become more competitive, giving Democrats a chance at flipping it this year.
The Republican primary attracted the attention of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), which spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on ads highlighting Trump’s endorsement of Gibbs.
It’s a strategy that Democrats have employed in other races as part of an effort to elevate Republican candidates that they believe could have a harder time winning in November.
The spending by the DCCC drew fierce criticism from Meijer, who accused Democrats of ignoring “certain moral limits” in politics.
“If successful, Republican voters will be blamed if any of these candidates are ultimately elected, but there is no doubt Democrats’ fingerprints will be on the weapon,” Meijer wrote in a recent essay posted online.
Of the 10 House members who voted to impeach the former president, four are retiring, one lost a primary and one advanced to the general election. The others are facing voters on Tuesday or later this month. | https://cw33.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/meijer-republican-who-impeached-trump-defeated-in-primary/ | 2022-08-03T12:42:44Z |
Earth Day started on a college campus. Here's why that's important
You may be surprised to learn that Earth Day started on a college campus. First celebrated in 1970, the origins of this annual celebration of sustainability go back to 1969, amid a revolution that saw generational challenges to language, sexuality, hairstyle and dress codes, geopolitics, and art (oh, the music!).
It started in Wisconsin — home to the "Wisconsin Idea" of accessible and impactful public higher education. That’s when U.S. Sen. Gaylord Nelson, a Democrat, helped promote the 1970 celebration with help from Pete McCloskey, a Republican U.S. representative from California. (Please note the refreshingly bipartisan effort!)
Nelson and McCloskey sought the help of activist Denis Hayes to organize an environmentally focused "teach in" event for spring of 1970, when faculty across the country would focus their day's teaching on environmental issues.
At this time, the Cuyahoga River burned regularly and Rachel Carson's book "Silent Spring," about the ravages of DDT, hastened the inclusion of environmental concerns within those previously mentioned generational revolutions.
More:Commentary: Teach children to care for nature
For 52 years — 53 this year — colleges have been observing and celebrating Earth Day on its convenient date between spring break and final exams to maximize student involvement. But the movement has grown beyond campuses to include K-12 schools, corporations and municipalities of all sizes around the world.
What started here in the Midwest, is now a global celebration of life and sustainability.
As such, Kent State University at Stark cannot wait to return to celebrating Earth Day this year with our community — you. On April 24, we will open our campus to show the excitement that our students, faculty, staff and administration possess when it comes to learning, teaching and researching about our Earth and its environs.
But, just between us, we celebrate Earth Day every day at Kent State Stark. Faculty in our science and social science programs — biological sciences, geography, earth sciences, sociology, English, history, business — research and teach the various ways by which we impact Earth’s plants and animals daily.
These departments combine to form our environmental studies program that has our students working on issues, such as energy, water access and quality, climate change (prehistoric and contemporary), historic environmental movements, environmental ethics, sustainable foodways and many others.
What's more, our campus infrastructure — including, but not limited to a wind turbine, solar panels, a greenhouse, vegetable gardens, water wells, wetland, solar system and geologic time scale walks, and computer software, like geographic information systems — supports student research on these issues and gives them a hands-on experience to learn about the fragility of planet Earth.
Student organizations, such as Geodes, BioClub, EnviroKents, SCRUBS, and others, also work to promote a healthier planet by cleaning streams, going on field trips to the Lake Erie Islands, and promoting sustainable nutrition. Our Science and Nursing Building is LEED Silver-certified due to its lessened impact on resources with the use of large windows for light and solar panels for heated water and electricity.
We don't do this to look good or to show off an ivory tower. Our students come to Kent State Stark to experience these degree programs and to eventually work and thrive here. They take advantage of our faculty and resources to care for, work for and educate about our Northeast Ohio environment.
We want to share our work, and that of our students with you. Soon, they will be leaders in our community's efforts toward sustainability.
There's a reason Earth Day started on a college campus. After all, when it comes to the environment, there’s always so much more to learn, to discover, and to grow.
Chris W. Post is a professor of geography and coordinates the Stark Campus’s geography and environmental studies programs. He advises the EnviroKents student organization and oversees Flash’s Food Garden, which grows food for those in need throughout the Stark Campus community.
If you go
What: Kent State University at Stark, 6000 Frank Ave. NW, Jackson Township, will host a free Earth Day celebration. The family friendly event will included environmental educational activities, nature walks, scavenger hunt, games, crafts, mock fossil digs, entertainment and giveaways.
When: 1 to 4 p.m. April 24
Where: Campus Center and pond and wetlands area
More details: www.kent.edu/stark/earth-day-celebration. For more details on the environmental studies program, go to: www.kent.edu/stark/environmental-studies. | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/opinion/columns/guest/2022/04/17/earth-day-started-college-campus-heres-why-thats-important-kent-state-stark-chris-post/7287180001/ | 2022-04-17T14:02:42Z |
Two men rescued after truck is swept away by flood waters in Alabama
Published: Apr. 15, 2022 at 6:41 AM CDT|Updated: 27 minutes ago
LAWRENCE COUNTY, Ala. (WAFF/Gray News) - Two men had to be rescued after their truck was swept from the roadway by flood waters on Thursday in Alabama.
Deputies with the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office and volunteer firefighters responded to a 911 call and made contact with the men who were sitting on the hood of their truck, WAFF reported. The truck had been swept away by flood waters.
The Morgan County Rescue Squad arrived, and a trained swift water rescue diver stabilized the vehicle with a tow line. The men were then assisted to safety.
The vehicle was removed from the water by the towing company.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sole surviving member Carl Palmer, in association with the Estates of his bandmates Keith Emerson & Greg Lake, has announced the much-anticipated WELCOME BACK MY FRIENDS- THE RETURN OF EMERSON LAKE & PALMER Tour. Launching on Friday, November 18th, 2022 at the 2300 ARENA in Philadelphia, PA, the tour will actually reunite ELP LIVE ON STAGE through modern technology.
After exploring the idea of a Hologram tour in detail, Palmer opted for what he felt was a more honest approach using live footage of Keith and Greg on massive video walls alongside Carl (and his band) playing LIVE on stage. The voice and instrumentation of Greg Lake and the unmistakable keyboard mastery of Keith Emerson will be mixed with Palmer's onstage live drumming to magically reunite ELP once again.
Emerson and Lake passed away nine months apart in 2016, leaving Palmer to carry on the band's enormous musical legacy. "About five years ago I explored the idea of trying to reunite the band using digital holograms," said Carl Palmer. "We were able to use just the camera shots of Keith and Greg, with the sterling audio tracks of their performances resulting in a combination of film and onstage performance that brings back the magic of ELP."
Here is what music fans can expect:
RETURN OF ELP SIZZLE REEL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2pYeyJCykc
After establishing themselves in bands such as The Nice, King Crimson, and The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, ELP was formed in early 1970 as one of rock's first (and biggest) supergroups. With record sales of over 50 million and decades of sold-out tours through the 1970s and again in the 1990s, The tour will coincide with the new BMG box set of classic ELP hit singles pressed on vinyl with reproductions of the original picture sleeves. BMG now controls ELP's catalog.
The tour is being launched with the full approval of the Emerson and Lake Estates. WELCOME BACK MY FRIENDS- THE RETURN OF EMERSON LAKE & PALMER will start in the US during Fall 2022 and eventually play all over the world where ELP toured throughout its career.
SEE THE TOUR DATES AND ACCESS TICKETS AT
www.carlpalmer.com OR www.emersonlakepalmer.com
TICKETS WILL BE ON SALE SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2022
MORE DATES TO BE ANNOUNCED
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Chinos collection combines comfortable construction with durability for everyday wear
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- True Classic, the leading direct-to-consumer premium menswear brand, today announced the launch of its Chinos collection. Starting today, True Classic Chino pants and shorts can now be paired with your favorite True Classic tees and polos.
Following the success of its recent activewear launch and expansion into international markets, True Classic is adding the Chinos collection to its wardrobe. The Chinos collection is an extension of the brand's casual and modern menswear line known for its soft and buttery fabrics, intentional fit, and versatility.
The new collection includes pants and shorts in five colorways, ranging in sizes from 30-42. The pants ($49.99) and the shorts ($32.99) are versatile and can easily be dressed up or dressed down, letting men easily transition their style from day to night. Thoughtful utility features include side entry pockets and a back button pocket.
"As we continue to expand, men's comfort and confidence remain at the forefront of everything we do," said Ryan Bartlett, True Classic's co-founder and CEO. "We are constantly looking at men's fashion and how we can make it better, while keeping it affordable."
True Classic's new Chino collection is now available for purchase at www.trueclassic.com.
Founded in 2019, with headquarters in Los Angeles, True Classic is a direct-to-consumer premium menswear company reimagining functional yet fashionable basics and accessories for the modern man. The company offers ultra-soft, fitted tees, crews, v-necks, and long-sleeves that are intentionally designed to fit all men's body types. True Classic's mission is to make men look good and feel good while inspiring them to do good. For additional information, please visit www.trueclassic.com.
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Make Your Reference List Innovative, Compelling and Memorable for Prospective Employers
DETROIT, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The job and reference experts at Allison & Taylor, The Reference Checking Company offer 4 effective ways to stand out from other job applicants and improve your chances of landing the job you want.
Most people are all well aware of the importance of a resume when seeking new employment. Less known is the power of a well-crafted reference list that serves as a powerful "mini resume."
Here is a format created that will surely enhance a job applicant's chances for a job offer.
https://www.allisontaylor.com/sample-references.asp
It is critically important that you select your potential references with care and ensure your references speak to your strengths and the expertise you demonstrated when you worked with them.
- It allows you to showcase your abilities and achievements with former employers, and to tie that expertise in with the key job elements sought by prospective new employers.
- It allows you to choose a diverse number of references, each of whom will (ideally) be able to support different areas of expertise on your behalf.
- When offered to a potential employer, e.g., at the close of an interview, a well-crafted reference document will make a powerful and proactive statement on your behalf.
- You should provide your references with a recap of your skills that tie into the employment criteria identified by a prospective employer(s). This will best ensure that your references will provide exactly the feedback you would wish to share with potential new employers.
Here is a format created by Allison & Taylor, The Reference & Credential Checking Company that captures the criteria outlined above. This is in an editable, downloadable format.
https://www.allisontaylor.com/sample-references.asp
By choosing a group of references that is both supportive and diverse, you will be presenting employers with a more representative sampling of your overall attributes - and enhancing your prospects of gaining new employment.
Critical when seeking a job or promotion. Consider checking and validating your former employment references. Don't lose a promotion or job opportunity due to mediocre or bad job references.
JobReferences.com, powered by Allison & Taylor, The Reference Checking Company will call your former employer to obtain your references, document the results and provide a report to you.
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PERTUIS, France (AP) — Muslim headscarves took center stage in France’s presidential campaign Friday amid far-right candidate Marine Le Pen’s push to ban them in the country with western Europe’s largest Muslim population.
Both she and rival Emmanuel Macron, facing a tightly contested April 24 runoff, were confronted by women in headscarves who asked why their clothing choices should be caught up in politics. Macron wouldn’t ban religious clothing, but he has overseen the closure of several mosques and Islamic groups. And many Muslims feel the presidential campaign has unfairly stigmatized their faith.
At a farmers’ market in the southern town of Pertuis, a woman in a blue-and-white head covering approached Le Pen as the candidate weaved past fishmongers and vendors to greet supporters.
“What is the headscarf doing in politics?” the woman asked.
Le Pen defended her position, calling the headscarf a “uniform imposed over time by people who have a radical vision of Islam.”
“That’s not true,” countered the woman. “I started to wear the veil when I was an older woman … For me it is a sign of being a grandmother.” The woman noted that her father had served in the French military for 15 years.
Le Pen’s opposition to the headscarf has encapsulated what her critics say makes her dangerous to French unity, by stigmatizing millions of French Muslims. Le Pen would also slash immigration and wants to outlaw ritual slaughter, which would restrict French Muslims’ and Jews’ access to kosher and halal meat.
Macron too debated a woman in a Muslim headscarf on Friday in a lively exchange on broadcaster France-Info. He sought to distance himself from Le Pen by saying he would not change any laws, but defended an existing ban on headscarves in schools as part of France’s secular principles.
The woman, Sara El Attar, said she had felt insulted by previous comments by Macron where he’d suggested that headscarves destabilize relations between men and women.
French women “have been castigated these recent years for a simple scarf, without any leader deigning to denounce this injustice,” she said. And she repeated the argument that many veiled women in France make: That people mistakenly think they’re veiled not through personal choice, but because men make them wear headscarves.
Macron sought to defend his record. “For me personally, the question of the headscarf is not an obsession,” Macron said.
But critics say his government stoked prejudice against Muslims by cracking down on what it has claimed are efforts by some Muslims to carve out spaces in France for stricter interpretations of Islam. The government has gone after some schools, mosques and Islamic associations.
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Follow AP coverage of France’s elections at https://apnews.com/hub/french-election-2022 | https://cw33.com/news/ap-top-headlines/french-presidential-campaign-spotlights-muslim-headscarves/ | 2022-04-16T00:56:42Z |
More than 11,500+ bidders from 58 countries registered to bid on items from 640+ consignors
FORT WORTH, Texas, July 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Ritchie Bros.' latest Fort Worth, TX auction brought together 11,500+ bidders from 58 countries to compete for 4,200+ items, generating US$59+ million in gross transaction value.
Approximately 90% of the equipment in the July 19 – 21, 2022 auction was sold to U.S. buyers, including 42% sold to Texans, while the remaining 10% was purchased by international buyers from as far away as Australia, India, and Singapore.
"Ritchie Bros. is transforming its live events to celebrate our customers and partners. Last week in Texas, we held an onsite customer appreciation day, an industry association meeting, and a fantastic auction in Fort Worth," said Chuck Roberson, Regional Sales Manager, Ritchie Bros. "With more than 11,000 bidders, we saw a lot of competition online and onsite, resulting in a strong pricing for most asset categories, especially construction-related equipment."
Equipment items and trucks were sold for more than 640 owners, including a complete dispersal for Bradford Boring, LLC, a drilling contractor based in Oklahoma.
"We are very pleased with the results and look forward to working with Ritchie Bros. again," said Scott Bradford, Owner of Bradford Boring. "It's great that we were able to bring our items to Ritchie Bros.' yard in Oklahoma City, selling virtually in a cost-effective and efficient way, while getting the benefits of the big buying audience Fort Worth attracts."
- 2020 Vermeer D100X140III directional drill – US$430,000
- 2009 Grove GMK5130-2 130-ton 10x6x10 all-terrain crane – US$320,000
- 2016 Caterpillar 160M3 AWD motor grader – US$280,000
- 2008 Vermeer T755III tracked trencher – US$250,000
- 2012 Caterpillar D8T dozer – US$207,500
- Gross Transaction Value: US$59+ million
- Bidders: 11,500+ from 58 countries
- Items sold: 4,200+
- Consignors: 640+
"Our next Fort Worth event in September is going to be special, with our very first Ritchie Bros. Energy Day, which will feature thousands of oil & gas specific assets stored onsite and at offsite locations in Midland, TX; and Oklahoma City, OK," said Kelly Kittson, Director, Strategic Accounts & leader of the Ritchie Bros. Energy team. "If you have equipment to sell, contact us as soon as possible so we can start marketing your equipment to the world."
Ritchie Bros. has dozens of upcoming events on its auction calendar at rbauction.com, including a Rocky Mountain Regional Event with 3,200+ items on August 3 – 4; Tipton, CA and North Franklin, CT Timed Auctions on August 10 and 16; and a three-day event in Houston, TX on August 23 – 25. The company also sells items weekly through its online marketplaces at IronPlanet.com, GovPlanet.com, Marketplace-E, and Ritchie List.
About Ritchie Bros.
Established in 1958, Ritchie Bros. (NYSE: RBA) (TSX: RBA) is a global asset management and disposition company, offering customers end-to-end solutions for buying and selling used heavy equipment, trucks and other assets. Operating in a number of sectors, including construction, transportation, agriculture, energy, mining, and forestry, the company's selling channels include: Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers, the world's largest industrial auctioneer offering live auction events with online bidding; IronPlanet, an online marketplace with weekly featured auctions and providing the exclusive IronClad Assurance® equipment condition certification; Marketplace-E, a controlled marketplace offering multiple price and timing options; Ritchie List, a self-serve listing service for North America; Mascus, a leading European online equipment listing service; Ritchie Bros. Private Treaty, offering privately negotiated sales; and sector-specific solutions GovPlanet, TruckPlanet, and Ritchie Bros. Energy. The Company's suite of solutions also includes Ritchie Bros. Asset Solutions and Rouse Services LLC, which together provides a complete end-to-end asset management, data-driven intelligence and performance benchmarking system; SmartEquip, an innovative technology platform that supports customers' management of the equipment lifecycle and integrates parts procurement with both OEMs and dealers; plus equipment financing and leasing through Ritchie Bros. Financial Services. For more information about Ritchie Bros., visit RitchieBros.com.
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Maryland becomes 2nd US state to ban cat declawing
(Gray News) - It is now illegal to declaw cats in the state of Maryland after Gov. Larry Hogan signed the bill into law Thursday.
While several cities around the U.S. have a declaw ban in place, Maryland is only the second state to ban the procedure. New York became the first in 2019.
The law prohibits any veterinary practitioners from performing declawing procedures on a cat unless the procedure is “necessary for a therapeutic purpose.”
The bill states that anyone who violates the law is subject of a fine up to $1,000.
According to the Humane Society of the United States, declawing is an inhumane practice that involves the amputation of the last bone of each toe, which would be equivalent to removing a human’s fingers at the last knuckle.
“Too often, people think that declawing is a simple surgery that removes a cat’s nails—the equivalent of having your fingernails trimmed. Sadly, this is far from the truth,” the Humane Society’s website reads. “It is an unnecessary surgery that provides no medical benefit to the cat. Educated pet parents can easily train their cats to use their claws in a manner that allows everyone in the household to live together happily.”
The new law in Maryland takes effect Oct. 1.
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NEW YORK, June 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Portland General Electric Co. (NYSE: POR) will replace Digital Turbine Inc. (NASD: APPS) in the S&P MidCap 400, and Digital Turbine will replace Tivity Health Inc. (NASD: TVTY) in the S&P SmallCap 600 effective prior to the opening of trading on Wednesday, June 29. Stone Point Capital LLC is acquiring Tivity Health in a deal expected to be completed on June 28. Digital Turbine is more representative of the small-cap market space.
Following is a summary of the changes that will take place prior to the open of trading on the effective date:
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The state's largest dental insurance company celebrates legacy of quality service and community engagement
SHERWOOD, Ark., Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Delta Dental of Arkansas turns 40 this month. What started as a two-person, two-room office on August 2, 1982, in downtown Little Rock has grown into Arkansas' largest dental insurance provider over the years, serving more than 800,000 Arkansans today.
"We've officially reached middle age," said Dave Hawsey, Vice President, Marketing, at Delta Dental. "But you know what they say about 40 being fabulous. We've established a legacy that goes beyond providing quality insurance. We're proud to be known as a committed business and philanthropy partner who creates healthy smiles, healthy lives and healthy communities in Arkansas."
The company will celebrate its 40th anniversary on August 17 with an in-office party, a staff lunch and special employee surprises.
Delta Dental of Arkansas began on August 2, 1982, when President and CEO Earl Gladden and his wife, Grace, opened a two-room office in downtown Little Rock. Within its first year of business, the couple met its goal of signing 400 dentists. Today, Delta Dental operates the state's largest network of participating dental providers with more than 1,100 dentists.
The company serves more than 4,000 Arkansas-based businesses, 800,000 Arkansans and 2.4 million Americans nationwide. The initial staff of two has grown to more than 210 employees who work in the company's 65,000-square-foot headquarters building in Sherwood.
Through its Delta Dental of Arkansas Foundation, launched in 2008, Delta Dental provides resources and grant funding for oral health education and dental disease prevention and treatment to underinsured and underserved Arkansans. In the mid-2010s, it also funded a 7-year, $7 million community water fluoridation project, delivering optimally fluoridated water to 90 percent of Arkansans—higher than the national average. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the company provided more than $27.4 million in relief funding to network dentists, clients and local partners, spreading smiles during tumultuous and uncertain times.
For its longtime impact, Delta Dental has won numerous awards and recognitions, such as the 2014 "Arkansas Business of the Year" Award and the distinction of being named one of the annual "Best Places to Work" in Arkansas for 10 consecutive years.
1983: Signs its first major, statewide client with 4,000 members.
2000: Earl Gladden retires. Ed Choate succeeds him as President and CEO.
2004: After several office moves, constructs permanent headquarters building at 1513 Country Club Road in Sherwood.
2007: Starts offering individual/family insurance in addition to group insurance plus vision coverage.
2008: Launches the Delta Dental of Arkansas Foundation to provide statewide support to communities and nonprofit organizations for oral health education and dental disease prevention and treatment.
2008: Starts offering coverage for implants as one of the first dental insurance companies in the nation.
2011: In response to Act 197 of the Arkansas Legislature, pledges to fund the community water fluoridation of all Arkansas water systems serving 5,000 or more residents. The 7-year, $7 million project results in the delivery of optimally fluoridated tap water to more than 90% of Arkansans, higher than the national average of 75%.
2014: Wins "Arkansas Business of the Year" Award, Category III, presented by the Arkansas Business Publishing Group.
2016: Synthesizes the company core values into 4 concepts: Act with Integrity; Focus on Community; Respect People, and Provide World-Class Service.
2017: Wins contract to become one of the two benefits providers of the Arkansas Medicaid dental program.
2018: Implements first-ever Medicare Advantage product.
2020: Provides more than $27.4 million in direct COVID-19 relief funding to network dentists, business clients, members and community partners.
2021: Ed Choate retires. Kristin Merlo succeeds him as President and CEO. She's only the third chief executive in the company's 40-year history.
2022: Named one of the "Best Places to Work" in Arkansas for the 10th consecutive year in the annual survey conducted by Arkansas Business Publishing Group, making Delta Dental one of only two Arkansas businesses with that distinction.
2005-2010: 5-time annual Bronze or Silver winner of Governor's Family-Friendly Employer/ Governor's Work-Life Balance Award, presented by Arkansas Department of Human Services
2013-2022: 10-time annual winner of Best Places to Work in Arkansas Award, presented by the Arkansas Business Publishing Group
2014 Arkansas Business of the Year" Award, Category III, presented by the Arkansas Business Publishing Group
2017: Outstanding Foundation (Delta Dental of Arkansas Foundation), presented by the Association of Fundraising Professionals, Arkansas Chapter
Delta Dental of Arkansas is the largest dental benefits provider in the state, helping more than 800,000 Arkansans keep their smiles healthy through commercial and Medicaid coverage. As a not-for-profit company, Delta Dental is committed to improving the oral health of Arkansans through the philanthropic efforts of its Foundation, which donated more than $3 million to support oral health education initiatives in the last three years. For more information, visit www.deltadentalar.com/.
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BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Cabinet approved legislation Wednesday that ensures basic protective measures against the coronavirus pandemic are continued during the fall and winter when more virus cases are expected.
The presentation of the rules — which also include the new obligation to wear N95-type face masks during all long-distance travel by train and bus as well as on planes — coincided with the publication of photos showing the chancellor and German Economy Minister Robert Habeck flying to Canada earlier this week without wearing masks.
The pictures triggered strong public criticism of an alleged double standard for politicians and regular people. Currently, medical face masks are mandatory on planes and public transport though N95-style masks are recommended.
Justice Minister Marco Buschmann and Health Minister Karl Lauterbach told reporters that the specific pandemic rules that apply to the German air force, which operates government flights, were met and that everyone on the flight, which also included German business leaders and reporters, took a PCR test before boarding the plane.
Still, the justice minister conceded that “politically, I would recommend to us as a federal government that we apply the same rules everywhere that apply elsewhere.”
“Because otherwise, of course, the feeling arises that you’re willing to impose something on the citizens that you don’t want to impose on yourself,” Buschmann added. “And that’s why I can also understand to some extent that there’s so much talk about it.”
In addition to the mandatory use of N95-type masks during long-distance travel, the new measures, which will apply from Oct. 1 to April 7, will also include a nationwide obligation to wear masks in and test before accessing hospitals, nursing homes and similar institutions with vulnerable people.
Beyond that, Germany’s 16 states will have the authority to adopt their own rules depending on how severely the virus affects their areas. State governments could decide to require masks on local public transportation, in schools for students in the fifth grade and up, and at public indoor events. If the virus spreads widely again, the number of people at public events can be limited and testing can be demanded.
The justice minister stressed that there would be no more lockdowns or school closures no matter how the pandemic develops during cold-weather seasons.
“Students were certainly the group that suffered the most in the pandemic … especially in terms of exercising their right to education, especially in terms of school closures,” Buschmann said. “And that’s why I’m also glad that we were able to quickly agree that the instrument of school closures is therefore completely disproportionate.”
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Multi-Failure Detection System with Custom Autoresponse for 3D Prints
- Detects 14 failures including warping, layer shift, and more
- 5-second detection powered by SQUINT™ (Subpixel QuinlyVision Technology)
- Correction Wizard™ suggests fixes and allows operators to set custom automated responses (pause, notify, ignore) for each failure type
- Open source; compatible with any printer/camera; minimal system and bandwidth required; runs on any device
VANCOUVER, BC, June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - 3DQue Systems Inc. announced today that its state-of-the-art QuinlyVision failure detection system is ready for live testing on 3DQue's Discord.
Packed with cutting-edge features, QuinlyVision sets itself apart with AutoCorrect3D™, to detect, automatically respond, and suggest solutions to 14 common print failures. By combining AI failure recognition with object tracking, photogrammetry, and subpixel analysis, QuinlyVision detects issues in seconds, even in low-light conditions. Get peace of mind with customizable auto response options, a built-in troubleshooting guide, 24/7 unlimited supervision, and secure remote access.
"The excitement of bringing an innovation to life is tempered by fear that the print will fail. Existing technology focuses on detection, not correction. Our goal is to provide an elegant solution to simplify failure correction by having QuinlyVision do the legwork - pinpointing the problem, automatically taking action, and providing suggestions to prevent future failures." Co-founder and CEO of 3DQue, Steph Sharp.
Getting consistently high-quality 3D prints requires a delicate interplay of design, calibration and slicing. Determining what went wrong, why, and how to fix it can be a time consuming process of trial and error, as over 90,000 members of the "fixmyprint" subreddit can attest.
By classifying failures and how they develop over time, the built-in Correction Wizard pinpoints root causes such as hardware, slicing, or model issues. It provides detailed troubleshooting information right on the dashboard.
Like text autocorrect, QuinlyVision's powerful algorithm diagnoses the problem and suggests possible solutions, saving time and frustration. Autoresponse goes even further, allowing different actions (pause, notify, or ignore) for each failure type, allowing printers to self-correct the moment an issue is detected.
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Services for Anne Bernice Donahue, 76, of Temple will be 11 a.m. Wednesday in the Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Killeen.
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Services for Anne Bernice Donahue, 76, of Temple will be 11 a.m. Wednesday in the Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Killeen.
Ms. Donahue died Tuesday, Aug. 9, at a local care facility.
She was born June 11, 1946, in Anaheim, Calif., to Louis and Marjorie Monks Criger. She served in the Marine Corps from 1965 to 1967.
Visitation will be 5-6 p.m. Tuesday at Hewett-Arney Funeral Home in Temple. | https://www.tdtnews.com/obituaries/article_02e03394-20f5-11ed-b1ad-7bdbd3d3eacd.html | 2022-08-21T07:10:11Z |
NFT Launch Continues Orange Comet's Expansion Into International Markets; First Drop Scheduled for October 2022
LOS ANGELES, June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Orange Comet, Inc., a premium NFT (Non-Fungible Token) creative media and Web3 experience company today announced its continued global expansion with a worldwide, multi-year partnership with Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide, a leading professional wrestling organization based in Mexico City, Mexico, with fans around the world. The initial drop will take place in October 2022.
The NFT partnership coincides with the 30th anniversary of Lucha Libre AAA in 2022, with special Triplemanía XXX pay-per-view events taking place throughout the year. The first NFT drop will coincide with the final Triplemanía XXX deathmatch event of 2022 on October 15 in Mexico City where a mask will fall.
"We're honored that Orange Comet's next advancement in the global NFT marketplace is with such a deep-rooted phenomenon as Lucha Libre AAA," said Dave Broome, CEO, Orange Comet. "Luchadores are important cultural symbols with diverse, rich histories, incredible stories, and most of all passion for their sport and their fans. Our NFT collection will hold this passion and dedication as the top priority."
"Orange Comet is one of the most trusted names in sports NFTs and we're thrilled to be partnering with them on creative, vibrant new ideas for Lucha Libre AAA and our incredible fanbase," said Dorian Roldan, General Manager of Lucha Libre AAA. "Bringing luchadores to the metaverse has never been done before and we're looking forward to seeing the reaction from our audiences around the globe."
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Orange Comet is a premium content creation company focused on producing high quality and disruptive NFT digital collectibles and Web3 experiences. The Company's team brings together some of the world's leading and award-winning media creators, producers, and artists to partner with the biggest brands, IP and talent across music, sports, arts and entertainment. By blending super-creative content and game-changing technology, our mission is to create groundbreaking NFT experiences for the passionate fan bases of our clients, simultaneously unlocking new levels of interest, engagement and revenue. Co-founded by Hollywood veteran producer, Dave Broome, NFL Hall of Famer Kurt Warner and Grammy award-winning music icons Gloria and Emilio Estefan, Orange Comet is powered by a passionate group of people that believe the future of all entertainment and media is on the verge of major disruptive change through a variety of blockchain experiences. Dedicated to blockchain sustainability, Orange Comet runs on green servers and builds a carbon-negative solution in the NFT space, including partnering with eco-conscious blockchains. Our collective diversity in background, expertise and industries, works to help our clients shape their businesses for the emerging Metaverse of opportunities that awaits. For more information, visit us at OrangeComet.com, as well as on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
ABOUT LUCHA LIBRE AAA WORLDWIDE
Considered as the top leading Mexican company in Lucha Libre production and promotion, with a presence of 30 years in the entertainment industry, AAA was founded in 1992 by Antonio Peña Herrada. AAA produce international events in several countries including México, United States, Canada, Colombia and Japan. Among the innovative milestones of the franchise are the animated movie "Sin Límite de Tiempo"; and the videogame known as "La Lucha Libre Héroes del Ring" or its most recent partnership with Garena´s Battle Royale game "Free Fire" and Amazon´s Alexa Division for a Lucha Libre AAA Skill. AAA as a Live Touring company has more than 450 events a year, generating more than 260 hours of content for a captive and recurrent audience, with more than 400M viewers and enthusiasts tuning AAA shows on FITE, Pro Wrestling TV, TBS´s SPACE Channel, TV Azteca, MultimediosTV, Facebook Watch, Meta Quest, Oculus TV, YouTube and PLUTO TV. Bardhal, USG, Charlie Group, are blue chip sponsor brands present in Lucha Libre AAA. For more info please visit www.luchalibreaaa.com.
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10-Point Open Source and Software Supply Chain Security Mobilization Plan Released with Initial Pledges Surpassing $30M
WASHINGTON , May 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Linux Foundation and the Open Source Software Security Foundation (OpenSSF) brought together over 90 executives from 37 companies and government leaders from the NSC, ONCD, CISA, NIST, DOE, and OMB to to reach a consensus on key actions to take to improve the resiliency and security of open source software.
Open Source Software Security Summit II, is a follow-up to the first Summit held January 13, 2022 that was led by the White House's National Security Council. Today's meeting was convened by the Linux Foundation and OpenSSF on the one year after the anniversary of President Biden's Executive Order on Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity.
The Linux Foundation and OpenSSF, with input provided from all sectors, delivered a first-of-its-kind plan to broadly address open source and software supply chain security. The Summit II plan outlines approximately $150M of funding over two years to rapidly advance well-vetted solutions to the ten major problems the plan identifies. The 10 streams of investment include concrete action steps for both more immediate improvements and building strong foundations for a more secure future.
A subset of participating organizations have come together to collectively pledge an initial tranche of funding towards implementation of the plan. Those companies are Amazon, Ericsson, Google, Intel;, Microsoft, and VMWare, pledging over $30M. As the plan evolves further more funding will be identified, and work will begin as individual streams are agreed upon.
This builds on the existing investments that the OpenSSF community members make into open source software. An informal poll of our stakeholders indicates they spend over $110M and employ nearly a hundred full-time equivalent employees focused on nothing but securing the open source software landscape. This plan adds to those investments.
KEY QUOTES
Jim Zemlin - Executive Director, Linux Foundation: "On the one year anniversary of President Biden's executive order, today we are here to respond with a plan that is actionable, because open source is a critical component of our national security and it is fundamental to billions of dollars being invested in software innovation today. We have a shared obligation to upgrade our collective cybersecurity resilience and improve trust in software itself. This plan represents our unified voice and our common call to action. The most important task ahead of us is leadership."
Brian Behlendorf - Executive Director, Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF): "What we are doing here together is converging a set of ideas and principles of what is broken out there and what we can do to fix it. The plan we have put together represents the 10 flags in the ground as the base for getting started. We are eager to get further input and commitments that move us from plan to action."
Atlassian
Adrian Ludwig, Chief Trust Officer
"Open source software is critical to so many of the tools and applications that are used by thousands of development teams worldwide. Consequently, the security of software supply chains has been elevated to the top of most organizations' priorities in the wake of recent high-profile vulnerabilities in open source software. Only through concerted efforts by industry, government and other stakeholders can we ensure that open source innovation continues to flourish in a secure environment. This is why we are happy to be participating in OpenSSF, where we can collaborate on key initiatives that raise awareness and drive action around the crucial issues facing software supply chain security today. We're excited to be a key contributor to driving meaningful change and we are optimistic about what we can achieve through our partnership with OpenSSF and like-minded organizations within its membership."
Cisco
Eric Wenger, Senior Director, Technology Policy, Cisco Systems
"Open source software (OSS) is a foundational part of our modern computing infrastructure. As one of the largest users of and contributors to OSS, Cisco makes significant investments in time and resources to improve the security of widely-used OSS projects. Today's effort shows the stakeholder community's shared commitment to making open-source development more secure in ways that are measurable and repeatable."
Dell
John Roese, Dell Technologies CTO
"Never before has software security been a more critical part of the global supply chain. Today, in a meeting led by Anne Neuberger [linkedin.com], Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber and Emerging Technology, Dell and my Open Source Security Foundation colleagues committed our software security expertise to execute the Open Source Software Security Mobilization Plan. Dell's best and brightest engineers will engage with peers to develop risk-based metrics and scoring dashboards, digital signature methodologies for code signing, and Software Bill of Materials (SBoM) tools – all to address the grand challenge of open-source software security. This is an excellent example of the leadership Dell provides to proactively impact software security and open-source security solutions, and reinforces our commitment to the open-source software community, to our supply chain and to our national security."
Ericsson
"Ericsson is one of the leading promoters and supporters of the open source ecosystem, accelerating the adoption and industry alignment in a number of key technology areas. The Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) is an industry-wide initiative with the backing of the Linux Foundation with the objective of improving supply chain security in the open source ecosystem.
"As a board member of OpenSSF, we are committed to open source security and we are fully supportive of the mobilization plan with the objective of improving supply chain security in the open source ecosystem. Being an advocate and adopter of global standards, the initiatives aim to strengthen open source security from a global perspective."
GitHub
Mike Hanley, Chief Security Officer
"Securing the open source ecosystem starts with empowering developers and open source maintainers with tools and best practices that are instrumental to securing the software supply chain. As home to 83M developers around the world, GitHub is uniquely positioned and committed to advance these efforts, and we've continued our investments to help developers and maintainers realize improved security outcomes through initiatives including 2FA enforcement on GitHub.com and npm, open sourcing the GitHub Advisory Database, financial enablement for developers through GitHub Sponsors, and free security training through the GitHub Security Lab.
"The security of open source is critical to the security of all software. Summit II has been an important next step in bringing the private and public sector together again and we look forward to continuing our partnerships to make a significant impact on the future of software security."
Google
Eric Brewer, VP of Infrastructure at Google Cloud & Google Fellow
"We're thankful to the Linux Foundation and OpenSSF for convening the community today to discuss the open source software security challenges we're facing and how we can work together across the public and private sectors to address them. Google is committed to supporting many of the efforts we discussed today, including the creation of our new Open Source Maintenance Crew, a team of Google engineers who will work closely with upstream maintainers on improving the security of critical open source projects, and by providing support to the community through updates on key projects like SLSA, Scorecards; and Sigstore, which is now being used by the Kubernetes project. Security risks will continue to span all software companies and open source projects and only an industry-wide commitment involving a global community of developers, governments and businesses can make real progress. Google will continue to play our part to make an impact."
IBM
Jamie Thomas, Enterprise Security Executive
"Today, we had the opportunity to share our IBM Policy Lab's recommendations on how understanding the software supply chain is key to improving security. We believe that providing greater visibility in the software supply chain through SBoMs ( Software Bill of Materials) and using the Open Source Software community as a valuable resource to encourage passionate developers to create, hone their skills, and contribute to the public good can help strengthen our resiliency. It's great to see the strong commitment from the community to work together to secure open source software. Security can always be strengthened and I would like to thank Anne Neuberger today for her deep commitment and open, constructive, technical dialogue that will help us pave the way to enhancing OSS security. "
Intel
Greg Lavender, Chief Technology Officer and General Manager of the Software and Advanced Technology Group
"Intel has long played a key role in contributing to open source. I'm excited about our role in the future building towards Pat's Open Ecosystem vision. As we endeavor to live into our core developer tenants of openness, choice and trust – software security is at the heart of creating the innovation platforms of tomorrow."
Melissa Evers, Vice President, Software and Advanced Technology, General Manager of Strategy to Execution
"Intel commends the Linux Foundation in their work advancing open source security. Intel has a history of leadership and investment in open source software and secure computing: over the last five years, Intel has invested over $250M in advancing open-source software security. As we approach the next phase of Open Ecosystem initiatives, we intend to maintain and grow this commitment by double digit percentages continuing to invest in software security technologies, as well as advance improved security and remediation practices within the community and among those who consume software from the community."
JFrog
Stephen Chin, Vice President of Developer Relations
"While open source has always been seen as a seed for modernization, the recent rise of software supply chain attacks has demonstrated we need a more hardened process for validating open-source repositories. As we say at JFrog, 'with great software comes great responsibility', and we take that job seriously. As a designated CNA, the JFrog Security Research team constantly monitors open-source software repositories for malicious packages that may lead to widespread software supply chain attacks and alerts the community accordingly. Building on that, JFrog is proud to collaborate with the Linux Foundation and other OpenSSF members on designing a set of technologies, processes, accreditations, and policies to help protect our nation's critical infrastructure while nurturing one of the core principles of open source – innovation."
JPMorgan Chase
Pat Opet, Chief Information Security Officer
"We are proud to have worked with Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) and its members to create the new Open Source Software Security Mobilization Plan, This plan will help to address security issues in the software supply chain which is critical to making the world's software safer and more secure for everyone."
Microsoft
Mark Russinovich, CTO, Microsoft Azure
"Open source software is core to nearly every company's technology strategy. Collaboration and investment across the open source ecosystem will strengthen and sustain security for everyone. Microsoft's commitment to $5M in funding for OpenSSF supports critical cross-industry collaboration. We're encouraged by the community, industry, and public sector collaboration at today's summit and the benefit this will have to strengthen supply chain security."
OWASP Foundation
Andrew van der Stock, Executive Director
"OWASP's mission is to improve the state of software security around the world. We are contributing to the Developer Education and Certification, as well addressing the Executive Order for improving the state and adoption of SBOMs. In particular, we would like to see a single, consumable standard across the board."
Mark Curphey (founder of OWASP) and John Viega (author of the first book on software security), Stream Coordinators
"We're excited to see the industry's willingness to come together on a single 'bill of materials' format. It has the potential to help the entire industry solve many important problems, including drastically improving response speed for when major new issues in open source software emerge."
SAP
Tim McKnight, SAP Executive Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer
"SAP is proud to be a part of the Open Source Software Security Summit II and contribute to the important dialogue on the topic of Open Source software security.
"SAP is firmly committed to supporting the execution of the Open Source Software Security Mobilization Plan and we look forward to continuing our collaboration with our government, industry, and academic partners."
Sonatype
Brian Fox, CTO of Sonatype and stewards of Maven Central.
"It's rare to see vendors, competitors, government, and diverse open source ecosystems all come together like they have today. It shows how massive a problem we have to solve in securing open source, and highlights that no one entity can solve it alone. The Open Source Software Security Mobilization Plan is a great step toward bringing our community together with a number of key tactics, starting with securing OSS production, which will make the entire open source ecosystem stronger and safer."
Wipro
Andrew Aitken, Global Head of Open Source
"Wipro is committed to helping ensure the safety of the software supply chain through its engagement with OpenSSF and other industry initiatives and is ideally suited to enhance efforts to provide innovative tooling, secure coding best practices and industry and government advocacy to improve vulnerability remediation.
"As the only global systems integrator in the OpenSSF ecosystem and in line with its support of OpenSSF objectives, Wipro will commit to training 100 of its cybersecurity experts to the level of trainer status in LF and OpenSSF secure coding best practices and to host training workshops with its premier global clients and their developer and cybersecurity teams.
"Further, Wipro will increase its public contributions to Sigstore and the SLSA framework by integrating them into its own solutions and building a community of 50+ contributors to these critical projects."
KEY BACKGROUND
Three Goals of the 10-Point Plan
- Securing Open Source Security Production
- Improving Vulnerability Discovery and Remediation
- Shorten ecosystem Patching Response Time
The 10-Point Plan Summarized (available in full here)
- Security Education Deliver baseline secure software development education and certification to all.
- Risk Assessment Establish a public, vendor-neutral, objective-metrics-based risk assessment dashboard for the top 10,000 (or more) OSS components.
- Digital Signatures Accelerate the adoption of digital signatures on software releases.
- Memory Safety Eliminate root causes of many vulnerabilities through replacement of non-memory-safe languages.
- Incident Response Establish the OpenSSF Open Source Security Incident Response Team, security experts who can step in to assist open source projects during critical times when responding to a vulnerability.
- Better Scanning Accelerate discovery of new vulnerabilities by maintainers and experts through advanced security tools and expert guidance.
- Code Audits Conduct third-party code reviews (and any necessary remediation work) of up to 200 of the most-critical OSS components once per year.
- Data Sharing Coordinate industry-wide data sharing to improve the research that helps determine the most critical OSS components.
- SBOMs Everywhere Improve SBOM tooling and training to drive adoption.
- Improved Supply Chains Enhance the 10 most critical OSS build systems, package managers, and distribution systems with better supply chain security tools and best practices.
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Saints add a big playmaker along with depth in NFL draft
By LES EAST
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METAIRIE, La. (AP) — The New Orleans Saints tried to balance quality and quantity while addressing pressing needs in the NFL draft. They wrapped up their first draft under new head coach Dennis Allen when they selected Appalachian State linebacker D’Marco Jackson in the fifth round and Air Force defensive tackle Jordan Jackson in the sixth round Saturday. That came after they kicked things off Thursday by moving up five spots in the first round to select Ohio State wide receiver Chris Olave at No. 11. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/04/30/saints-add-a-big-playmaker-along-with-depth-in-nfl-draft/ | 2022-05-01T04:52:23Z |
CINCINNATI, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bob Jacobs, former Chief Brand Officer for the Americas for Volvo Cars, has joined the Advisory Board at Cincinnati based EV infrastructure company EdgeEnergy. Bob led the turnaround of the iconic auto brand and repositioned it for an electrified future. He also spent 6 years leading market and guest experience for the Sheraton and Westin Brands at Starwood Hotels after spending more than 20 years with consumer products giant Procter and Gamble where he led marketing for brands like Crest, Pampers, and Duracell in both the U.S. and Western Europe.
"I am thrilled to join the innovative team at EdgeEnergy," says Bob. "This solution is how we are going to extend fast charging solutions to edge-of-grid locations across the U.S. and globally. Now we can deploy the infrastructure we need faster and at a lower cost and get the U.S. to our EV adoption goals."
"We are excited to welcome Bob to our team," says Greg York President and Founder of EdgeEnergy. "Bob's experience in creating great customer experience around iconic brands and his knowledge around the EV industry from leading the brand redevelopment of one of the world's leading auto makers as they shift to electric vehicles will be very valuable to us as we scale EdgeEnergy into the largest providers of charging infrastructure solutions in the U.S. and beyond."
About EdgeEnergy: EdgeEnergy is the maker of EdgeEV a power source that allows for the installation of EV Fast Chargers in edge-of-grid locations using existing single-phase power infrastructure. This innovation creates the opportunity to expand EV Charging infrastructure into rural and remote areas of America and solves the greatest barrier to EV adoption - range anxiety.
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Practical webinar enables CPAs, accountants and tax professionals to quickly get up to speed on changes that will impact individual and business planning in 2023
RADNOR, Pa., Aug. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Surgent Accounting & Financial Education, a division of KnowFully Learning Group, today announced a new online CPE course that covers changes to the tax code included in the Inflation Reduction Act, which just passed the House and is on its way to President Biden's desk for his signature. Airing live on Tuesday, August 16 with subsequent dates throughout August, "Summary and Analysis of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IR22)" will provide a deep dive into all aspects of legislation that will impact tax planning for both individual and business clients.
Surgent's experts closely watched the ups and downs of various tax legislation proposals introduced throughout 2022 with a commitment to launch a course as soon as the bill became law. The final legislation addresses climate change, the high cost of prescription drugs and attempts to lower the deficit by $300 billion.
"As is our practice, we at Surgent are bringing you all the pertinent tax provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act," said Nick Spoltore, Surgent's vice president of strategic content development. "We understand that accounting and finance professionals will, of course, look to us for the particulars on the corporate minimum book tax, stock buy-back provisions, and increased IRS funding. This sweeping legislation, though, also brings about welcome changes to prescription caps for Medicare beneficiaries, healthcare subsidies, clean energy, and many other wide-reaching topics."
A panel of Surgent faculty will provide detailed information professionals can begin to apply to their practices right away, with topics including:
- 15% corporate tax
- 1% tax on the repurchase of corporate stock
- Enhancement of IRS services
- Prescription drug pricing reform, including drug price negotiation
- Maximum out-of-pocket cap for Medicare beneficiaries
- Extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies for certain individuals
- Clean energy and efficiency incentives for individuals
- Energy Efficient Home Improvement Credit
- Energy Efficient Commercial Buildings Deduction (Section 179D)
- Extensions, increases, and modifications of the New Energy Efficient Home Credit
- Clean Vehicle Credit and credit for previously owned clean vehicles
- Qualified Commercial Clean Vehicles
- Transfers of certain credits to an unrelated transferee
- Increase in Research Credit against payroll tax for small businesses
"Many in the accounting and finance industry remained doubtful that any tax legislation would be enacted in 2022, but our team stayed on top of it in order to be the first to introduce the kind of timely course our learners expect from Surgent," said Liz Kolar, Surgent's executive vice-president. "When professionals deepen their knowledge, they not only gain a competitive edge, they make a bigger impact for their clients."
In addition to this CPE webinar, Surgent is also updating its 2023 curriculum to reflect the changes to the federal tax code that will soon go into effect.
"Our customers can certainly rest assured that they'll be given a treatment of this new law that is both comprehensive and engaging so that they can effectively and immediately look after their own interests and those of their clients," said Spoltore.
The two-hour course is worth two CPE credits. Learn more about and register for the new webinar here.
Surgent Accounting & Financial Education, a division of KnowFully Learning Group, is a provider of the high-impact education experiences that accounting, tax and financial professionals need throughout their careers. For most of the company's 35-year history, Surgent has been a trusted provider of the continuing professional education (CPE), continuing education (CE) and skill-based training that professionals need to maintain their credentials and stay current on industry changes. More recently, Surgent became one of the fastest-growing certification exam review providers, offering adaptive learning-based courses that help learners pass accounting and finance credentialing exams faster. Learn more at Surgent.com.
The KnowFully Learning Group provides continuing professional education, exam preparation courses and education resources to the accounting, finance and healthcare sectors. KnowFully's suite of learning solutions helps learners become credentialed, satisfy required credit hours to maintain credentials, and stay informed on the latest trends and critical changes in their industries over the course of their careers. The company provides exam preparation and continuing education for accounting, finance, and tax professionals under the Surgent Accounting & Financial Education brand. KnowFully's healthcare education brands include CME Outfitters, CE Concepts, PharmCon, The Rx Consultant, ChiroCredit, IA Med, Psychotherapy.net and American Fitness Professionals & Associates. For more information, please visit KnowFully.com.
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Industrial software company adds templates and expands connectivity to leading data lakes and warehouses with HighByte Intelligence Hub version 2.4
PORTLAND, Maine, June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- HighByte®, an industrial software company, today announced the release of HighByte Intelligence Hub version 2.4 that enables users to scale data operations projects faster with less effort across a wider range of connections. The release introduces several new features, including instance and input templates, custom conditions, global functions, and parameters that enable users to define common, reusable components within the Intelligence Hub to improve its speed of deployment and maintainability. The latest release also includes new native connections to leading data lakes, warehouses, and sources, including Amazon S3, Amazon Redshift, Microsoft Azure Blog Storage, and Modbus.
"The Intelligence Hub will enable us to simplify our data architecture, making our data both easier to manage and more accessible to a wider audience through a unified namespace," said Hayden Lovett, Global CI Engineer Specialist at Scholle IPN. Now part of SIG, Scholle IPN is a global leader in innovative sustainable packaging solutions. "With the new templating capabilities and custom conditions in the Intelligence Hub, we can rapidly create and manage modeled performance and OEE data for our machines. The ability to merge data from many sources will make new use cases possible, like precisely measuring how quickly machine issues are resolved and who performed them. It's a powerful tool."
According to ESG's April 2022 The State of DataOps survey sponsored by HighByte, 97% of organizations face data integration challenges. One of the most common integration challenges is the inability to apply automation to processes or workflows, as reported by 28% of respondents.
New components available in the latest release of HighByte Intelligence Hub—like templates and event-based flows—help address these challenges for companies working with industrial data. HighByte Intelligence Hub is an Industrial DataOps software solution that enables manufacturers and other industrial companies to merge, prepare, and deliver modeled industrial data to and from IT systems without writing or maintaining code.
To learn more about the release and see a live demonstration of the software, please register for the webinar, "More Data, Less Clicks: Automate Your Industrial Data Operations with Templates and Event Flows," on June 29, 2022 at 11:00 AM ET.
- Read more about HighByte Intelligence Hub version 2.4
- Download The State of DataOps eBook
- Join the free trial program
HighByte is an industrial software company in Portland, Maine USA building solutions that address the data architecture and integration challenges created by Industry 4.0. HighByte Intelligence Hub, the company's award-winning Industrial DataOps software, provides modeled, ready-to-use data to the Cloud using a codeless interface to speed integration time and accelerate analytics. Learn more at https://www.highbyte.com.
HighByte is a registered trademark of HighByte, Inc.
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HARTFORD, Conn., July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRTS) today reported preliminary assets under management of $155.4 billion as of June 30, 2022. The decrease from March 31, 2022 primarily reflected market depreciation and net outflows in open-end funds and retail separate accounts, partially offset by positive net flows in institutional accounts. In addition, the company provided services to $3.0 billion of other fee-earning assets, which are not included in assets under management.
About Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.
Virtus Investment Partners (NASDAQ: VRTS) is a distinctive partnership of boutique investment managers singularly committed to the long-term success of individual and institutional investors. We provide investment management products and services from our affiliated managers, each with a distinct investment style and autonomous investment process, as well as select subadvisers. Investment solutions are available across multiple disciplines and product types to meet a wide array of investor needs. Additional information about our firm, investment partners, and strategies is available at virtus.com.
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CHICAGO, July 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Enova International (NYSE: ENVA), a leading financial technology company powered by machine learning and artificial intelligence, today announced the company's second quarter 2022 financial results will be released after the market close on Thursday, July 28, 2022.
Enova will host a conference call to discuss its results at 4 p.m. Central Time / 5 p.m. Eastern Time the same day. The live webcast of the call can be accessed at the Enova International Investor Relations website at http://ir.enova.com, along with the company's earnings press release and supplemental financial information.
The U.S. dial-in for the call is 1-855-560-2575 (1-412-542-4161 for non-U.S. callers). Please ask to join the Enova International call. A replay of the conference call will be available until August 4, 2022, at 10:59 p.m. Central Time / 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time, while an archived version of the webcast will be available on the Enova International Investor Relations website for 90 days. The U.S. dial-in for the conference call replay is 1-877-344-7529 (1-855-669-9658). The replay access code is 3569902.
About Enova
Enova International (NYSE: ENVA) is a leading financial technology company providing online financial services through its artificial intelligence and machine learning powered lending platform. Enova serves the needs of non-prime consumers and small businesses, who are frequently underserved by traditional banks. Enova has provided more than 7 million customers with over $40 billion in loans and financing with market leading products that provide a path for them to improve their financial health. You can learn more about the company and its brands at www.enova.com.
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DALLAS (KDAF) — Grab the kiddos and get out of the house to enjoy some much-needed quality time this week or weekend! North Texas is filled to the brim with all sorts of kid and family-friendly activities around town!
There’s no better time like the present to get a jump start on making some fond/core memories with your little ones. Thursday, August 11 is National Son and Daughter Day!
NationalToday says, “National Son and Daughter Day is a time to go ahead and spoil the kids a little. Be a grandparent ahead of time for a day, and remind the kids that through all the ascents and descents of mayhem and joy, and however they’ve turned out so far, they’re the greatest loves of your life.”
A report from Family Destinations Guide says these are some of the best kid-friendly things to do around Dallas!
- Dallas World Aquarium
- Dallas Arboretum
- McKinney Avenue Trolley
- Perot Museum of Nature and Science
- Take a picnic or throw some ball over at Kylde Warren Park
- Check out Reunion Tower
- Take a swim or ride some bikes at White Rock Lake
- Six Flags Over Texas
- Dallas Museum of Art
- The Wild Detectives
For more on this amazing list, click here! | https://cw33.com/news/local/top-kid-friendly-things-to-do-in-dallas/ | 2022-08-11T21:09:33Z |
EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Aug. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Neopets today began updating individuals through its communication channels regarding a data incident that may have affected players' information. Neopets previously communicated about this incident to players on July 21, 2022, and August 1, 2022. This notice provides details about the incident, our response, and available resources. Additional information about this incident is also available on our website www.neopets.com.
On July 20, 2022, Neopets was alerted to activity indicating unauthorized access by a third party to our IT systems. We took immediate steps to shut down further access to the affected systems and we have not seen any unauthorized activity since that time. We also launched an investigation assisted by a leading forensics firm and engaged with law enforcement. On August 10, 2022, Neopets determined that the event resulted in unauthorized access to, and in some cases, download of, player personal information.
After our investigation, we have determined that for past and present Neopets players, affected information may include the data provided when registering for or playing Neopets, including name, email address, username, date of birth, gender, IP address, Neopets PIN, hashed password, as well as data about a player's pet, game play, and other information provided to Neopets. For players that played prior to 2015, the information also could have included non-hashed, but inactive, passwords. This information appears to have been accessed and potentially downloaded between January 3-February 5, 2021, or July 16-19, 2022.
We do not store users' government issued identification numbers, bank account information, or payment card information.
Neopets is committed to safeguarding our players' personal information. As part of our ongoing commitment to the safety and privacy of the Neopets' player information in our care, we have reset players' passwords and are working on adding multi-factor authentication to better safeguard your account access. We have also enhanced the protection of our systems, including by further strengthening our network monitoring, authentication, and system protection.
If you used your Neopets password on other websites, we recommend that you change your passwords for those accounts as well. In general, it is a good idea to use different passwords across different applications and choose strong passwords.
In addition to changing your passwords, we recommend you do the following:
- While we are not aware of any misuse of your information, it is always a good practice to remain vigilant against threats of identity theft or fraud, and to regularly review and monitor your account statements and credit history for any signs of unauthorized transactions or activity. If you ever suspect that you are the victim of identity theft or fraud, you can contact your local police.
- Additionally, it is always a good idea to be alert for "phishing" emails by someone who acts like they know you or are a company that you may do business with and requests sensitive information over email, such as passwords, government identification numbers, or bank account information.
If you have questions regarding this notice, we invite you to reach out to us through our normal support channels with any questions or concerns you might have regarding this incident or the security of your account. Additional information about this incident is also available on our website www.neopets.com.
Launched in 1999, Neopets.com has been the most popular virtual pet site for the past two decades. Through a variety of mini-games, an expansive world to discover, a burgeoning community, and a robust virtual economy, players can explore, interact and engage with other Neopians in the lore and storied history of Neopia. The Neopets Community, like the game itself, is distinct, bold, and energetic, and enhances the overall experience of Neopets.com. To learn more about Neopets, please follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube.
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Aitana Allen-Perez, of California and Moshammet Jarin of Florida, join a list of high potential scholarship winners
The non-profit organization awards outstanding students pursuing a degree in the areas of science, technology, engineering, the Arts, and mathematics (STEAM)
MIAMI, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Louis Hernandez Jr.'s Foundation For A Bright Future is a 501(C)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting the needs of underrepresented and underprivileged children through education, healthcare, arts, and youth leadership development, has awarded the Global Scholarship to Aitana Allen-Perez, 18, of California, and Moshammet Jarin, 18, of Florida.
The charitable organization founded by high-performing, technology focused private equity firm, Black Dragon Capital's℠ Chairman and CEO, Louis Hernandez Jr., has provided financial aid to underserved students in science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM) related fields since 2019.
"I know first-hand the unique social and economic pressures children face from underprivileged and underserved communities. For A Bright Future Foundation was established to provide all aspiring young people with equal access to higher education to help them become productive members of our global community and position them to give back to the communities they were raised in. Both Aitana and Moshammet's have incredibly inspirational stories and I admire their dedication and performance academically in a very challenging life circumstance. We are very proud to support them in their support of higher education" said Louis Hernandez Jr., Founder and Chairman of the Board, For A Bright Future Foundation.
Aitana Allen-Perez will be attending the University of California, Los Angeles to pursue a bachelor's degree in Diagnostics. Aitana's true passion is being able to help others through science. Although her interest in STEM came from her participation in her high school's Honors Biomedical Sciences program, it is her active involvement in the Wheelchair Dancers Organization that truly kindled her desire to build a career that revolves around evaluating and finding solutions for impairments in the human body. She has participated in multiple programs and internships and her efforts paid off as she obtained two Biotechnology certificates last May.
"I quickly comprehended the importance of inclusivity; I've grown to advance other marginalized communities, like the homeless, sick children, and COVID-19 workers. My interactions have influenced me to want to continue to provide care, happiness, and assistance for underrepresented populations, but eventually as a medical leader," says Allen-Perez.
Moshammet Jarin is pursuing a bachelor's degree in Mathematics at the University of Florida. Despite facing the challenge of a language barrier after moving from Bangladesh to the United States, Jarin's passion for learning remained intact. She earned a merit AICE Diploma from the University of Cambridge and finished at the top of the class. She loves mathematics because it is the universal language and acknowledges its necessity in everyday life. Jarin wants to hone her skills so that she can build a career focused on creating a better future for society.
"Imagine how much more I will be able to accomplish and give back to my community if my resources were not so limited. Winning this scholarship will contribute greatly to this future." says Jarin.
"For A Bright Future Foundation addresses issues that make it more challenging for underprivileged and underrepresented groups to have an equal chance to access education that could change their life for the better. We are inspired to see so many young people who are eager to contribute to their communities and build a bright future for themselves and their loved ones. The reality is that education opens many doors for the future and I am confident that Aitana and Moshammet will achieve many successes," said Susie Hernandez, Board Member and Chair of the Scholarship Committee, For A For A Bright Future Foundation
The Foundation receives an overwhelming number of applications every year. Through a careful filtering process and the leadership of the Scholarship Committee, the most deserving high potential children are awarded scholarships. I would like to thank the Scholarship Committee Chair Susie Hernandez, for her incredible work and the committee listed below who spent hours reviewing and discussing applications. Without these incredible individuals volunteering their time and energy, we wouldn't be able to run this program successfully," said Gina Rogoto, Director of Operations, For A Bright Future Foundation.
Scholarship selection team includes:
- Debbie Hernandez, Parks and Recreation Supervisor, City of Hayward
- Jennifer Oddo, Senior Director, Corporate Marcomm & Strategic Operations
- Lauren Matteis, Principal, Stonebrae School
- Marcela Arregui Reyes, Director, Transition Program for Pediatric Diabetes, University of California, San Francisco
- Dr. Melissa Hernandez, Professor, Northern Arizona University
- Patrick McDonald King, Chief Operating Officer, EV Connect
We also would like to thank the operational team led by Gina Rogoto, director of operations, for their incredible efforts to source candidates across the country and facilitate the process.
To learn more or support For A Bright Future educational programs please visit our donation page at www.forabrightfuturefoundation.org/donate-today.
Contact:
Gina Rogoto
Director of Operations
Louis Hernandez Jr.'s Foundation For A Bright Future
Email: gmr@forabrightfuturefoundation.org
About Louis Hernandez Jr.'s Foundation For A Bright Future
Louis Hernandez Jr.'s Foundation For a Bright Future is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization dedicated to supporting the needs of underrepresented and underprivileged children through education, healthcare, the arts, and youth leadership development. Our initiatives provide equal opportunity for all children to have the tools and opportunities to fulfill their life goals and become constructive members of our global community. Learn more at www.forabrightfuturefoundation.org.
For more information: https://www.forabrightfuturefoundation.org/ or follow @FABrightFuture_ on Twitter and Instagram.
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DALLAS (KDAF) — Eating healthy is the wave these days as it is most days, but making sure our gluten intake is low could be something to give a try; while some might have a choice in this matter, those that deal with Celiac disease don’t have one.
Today we’re going to be focusing on why people have to eat gluten-free as it is National Celiac Disease Awareness Day on Tuesday, September 13. NationalToday says, “Celiac disease reportedly affects one percent of all Americans, so this observance can help spread valuable information. Spread the word!”
We wanted to make sure if you have to eat a gluten-free diet or want to see how it does for you and your health, that you can find some delicious options around town. There’s no need to sacrifice flavor or deliciousness, so here’s a look at Tripadvisor’s list of the best gluten-free friendly restaurants in Dallas:
- rise n°1
- Kenny’s Wood Fired Grill
- Celebration
- Pappas Bros. Steakhouse
- Al Biernat’s
- Truluck’s Ocean’s Finest Seafood & Crab
- Meso Maya Comida y Copas
- Saint Martin’s Wine Bistro
- The Woolworth
- Eatzi’s Market & Bakery
Be sure to click here for more from Tripadvisor’s list. | https://cw33.com/lifestyle/food-and-drink/check-out-the-best-gluten-free-friendly-restaurants-in-dallas-according-to-tripadvisor/ | 2022-09-13T15:26:12Z |
The latest results will be presented at THE BATTERY SHOW in Detroit, USA, September 13-15, 2022 and Battery Safety Summit, October 12-14, 2022
KOBE, Japan, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Integral Geometry Science Inc. (https://www.ig-instrum.co.jp/), a Japanese deep tech imaging startup, releases an innovative inspection system, which will enable battery manufacturers to detect products having ignition risks with higher-precision. The system is applied with a theory of inverse problem, developed by Professor Kenjiro Kimura of Kobe University Japan, for the first time in applied mathematics history.
Storage batteries are used in many fields for the purpose of storing energy generated. Storage batteries are applied to aging tests before shipment, and only good batteries are distributed in the market. However, accidents such as ignition have occurred though batteries pass these safety tests. One of the causes of these accidents is that the electric current density inside the storage battery is spatially non-uniform, and the degree of this non-uniformity gradually increases as the battery is recharged and discharged. A sophisticated good/failure discrimination system is essentially required to eliminate theses batteries with non-uniform electric current density distribution.
Our visualization system can visualize and evaluate the spatial distribution of electric current density inside batteries by using measurement data of spatial distribution of the magnetic field outside the ones, which is originated from internal electric current flows.
The key technology and theory of this visualization system is an analytical solution of the inverse problem, that is to derive the electric current density distribution inside a storage battery from the measured data of the spatial distribution of the magnetic field. We have firstly derived its analytical solution. When nondestructive-testing based on this theory, although electric current is applied during measurement, level of the electric current is very low compared to the practical level of intrinsic battery power, and has no effect, so storage batteries that are determined to be good in terms of the spatial uniformity of electric current density distribution can be shipped as is.
Many manufacturers of vehicle-mounted storage batteries have used our visualization system, and we have contributed to the analysis of many failure locations and good/fail decisions (Figure 1). As a result of visualization, self-discharge points are brightly indicated.
Visualization of abnormalities about spatial distribution of electric current density caused by cycle degradation (Figure 2) and Li-NMR analysis by dismantling inspection have confirmed electrode degradation and metal precipitation at failure points (Figure 3).
- Future
When this next-generation pre-shipping quality control system based on electric current distribution visualization technology is introduced as a safety test, risks in the battery business are reduced and storage batteries with more safety assurance must be distributed. We will participate in an exhibition in the U.S. (THE BATTERY SHOW, dates : September 13-15, location : Suburban Collection Showplace, Novai, MI, booth number : #1250 / Battery Safety Summit, online, October 12-14, 2022).
- References
- Shogo Suzuki, Hideaki Okada, Kai Yabumoto, Seiju Matsuda, Yuki Mima, Noriaki Kimura, and Kenjiro Kimura, "Non-destructive visualization of short circuits in lithium-ion batteries by amagnetic field imaging system", Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 60 056502(2021).
- Seiju Matsuda, Shogo Suzuki, Kai Yabumoto, Hideaki Okada, Yuki Mima, Noriaki Kimura, Kenjiro Kimura, "Real-time imaging of the electric conductivity distribution inside a rechargeable battery cell, Electrochemistry", Vol. 89, No. 5, 2021.
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Dr. William Albright specializes in breast and body contouring procedures
SAN ANTONIO, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The results are IN! Alamo Plastic Surgery was voted #1 Best Plastic Surgery in San Antonio for the second year in a row. Alamo Plastic Surgery is extremely grateful to their patients and SA Current readers for taking the time to vote. To celebrate and show their appreciation, the team announced weekly giveaways for our patients. Dr. Albright looks forward to another year of providing exceptional service and results!
A native of San Antonio, Dr. Albright has practiced plastic surgery for over ten years. He attended medical school at University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, graduating with top honors. He was then accepted into an extremely competitive six-year integrated plastic surgery program at Penn State. After graduating as Chief Resident, he worked as a clinical professor at the University of Iowa for three years and has had additional surgery training in Brazil.
To quote a recent review, "Albright, Albright, Albriiiiight..the Matthew McConaughey of surgeons! And by that I mean an all around amazing human being who whole heartedly cares about each and every client…Let me just start by saying if I could give this practice a million stars I would!
A leading board-certified plastic surgeon, Dr. Albright consistently delivers life-changing plastic surgery experiences and outcomes for his patients. Alamo Plastic Surgery specializes in breast augmentation, breast lift, tummy tuck, and mommy makeovers. Our mission is to provide incredible results through patient education, empowerment, and exceptional surgical techniques.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. (Nasdaq: IAS), a global leader in digital media quality, announced today that Lisa Utzschneider, CEO, will participate in a fireside chat at the Oppenheimer 25th Annual Technology, Internet & Communications Conference on Wednesday, August 10th at 11:35 a.m. ET. The fireside chat will be available via live webcast and archived replay on the IAS investor relations website: https://investors.integralads.com/
About Integral Ad Science
Integral Ad Science (IAS) is a global leader in digital media quality. IAS makes every impression count, ensuring that ads are viewable by real people, in safe and suitable environments, activating contextual targeting, and driving supply path optimization. Our mission is to be the global benchmark for trust and transparency in digital media quality for the world's leading brands, publishers, and platforms. We do this through data-driven technologies with actionable real-time signals and insight. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in New York, IAS works with thousands of top advertisers and premium publishers worldwide. For more information, visit integralads.com .
Investor Contact:
Jonathan Schaffer / Lauren Hartman
ir@integralads.com
Media Contact:
press@integralads.com
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BETHESDA, Md., Aug. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CULTA, Maryland's top producer of craft cannabis, today announced a partnership with Old Pal. Founded in 2018, Old Pal is a multi-state cannabis lifestyle brand that's focused on offering quality products and trusted consistency. The company focuses on value and targets consumers that are specifically looking for high-quality, fairly priced cannabis products.
"Old Pal has a proven track record of making cannabis accessible and we're excited to find new partners to serve every need of the Maryland medical patient community," said Allison Siegel, CEO at CULTA. "We believe our fresh flower and their easy-to-dose design are a winning combination."
Currently available in eight states, including Maryland, Old Pal focuses primarily on producing high-quality, beautiful cannabis at a price point that isn't cost-prohibitive to the general public. Once the Old Pal founders began to feel pushed out of a market that was only getting more expensive, the concept of Old Pal's always affordable flower was officially born.
"Our partnership with CULTA is the first time our cannabis will be available to medical cannabis patients in Maryland," said Rusty Wilenkin, CEO at Old Pal. "Through this partnership, Maryland patients will have exclusive access to Old Pal's flower and our Ready to Roll packs are a great introduction to our ethos."
As part of the Old Pal x CULTA partnership, CULTA will release a 14g Ready to Roll bag. These convenient packs have everything a medical patient needs to roll their own cannabis. Each kit will include 14g of high-quality, pre-ground cannabis, hemp rolling papers, and a crutch. The packs are resealable so patients can keep their medication fresh and are available in indica, sativa, and hybrid. And, true to the Old Pal mission statement, the Ready to Roll bags are competitively priced.
"This is actually my favorite Old Pal product," said Wilenkin. "So it only makes sense that this is the product we'd go to market with in Maryland. Our pre-ground flower is great for so many reasons. The flower is coarsely ground and easy to use, especially for patients with arthritis since there's no need to use a grinder. We're excited for new patients in Maryland to try our products."
Beginning in August, medical patients can find Old Pal products at CULTA's Baltimore dispensary, in addition to various partner dispensaries throughout Maryland.
In addition to Old Pal, CULTA has ongoing strategic partnerships with other popular companies in the cannabis space, including Cookies and Robhots, and is constantly seeking new opportunities for growth in their partnership vertical.
Born in 2015, CULTA is Maryland's premier craft quality producer of cannabis flower and cannabis extracts. We are proud and passionate cultivators, scientists, activists, musicians and global citizens. We believe in the power of cannabis to heal and for cannabis to be the catalyst for a long overdue conversation about drug reform. For many who have quietly battled chronic conditions with cannabis, it is more than a plant, it's life saving medicine and a lifestyle. To learn more, please visit www.Culta.io.
Old Pal is a multi-state lifestyle cannabis brand focused on providing value to consumers by offering quality products and trusted consistency. The brand is available through superior and dependable production and distribution through strategic partnerships within the industry. With the incorporation of culture-focused design and marketing, Old Pal has defined a much-needed new space within the industry; curating an accessible lifestyle beyond cannabis culture via brand efforts and soft goods line, Old Pal Provisions.
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- Advances Hillenbrand's long-term growth strategy into key end market of recycling
- Highly complementary technologies to Coperion branded products
- Enhances offering of complete recycling solutions and provides compelling cross-selling opportunities
- Expected to be accretive to Adj. EPS within first full year and deliver double-digit ROIC by year three
BATESVILLE, Ind., Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hillenbrand, Inc. (NYSE: HI) announced today it has completed the acquisition of Herbold Meckesheim GmbH (Herbold) for an enterprise value of approximately €79 million.
"The successful completion of the Herbold Meckesheim acquisition is another meaningful step that delivers on our commitment to grow as a world-class industrial company, execute our strategy to deliver long-term shareholder value, and accelerate our efforts to support a more sustainable future," said Kim Ryan, President and CEO of Hillenbrand. "By leveraging Herbold's key technologies, we have an opportunity to strengthen our leadership position in the recycling industry and expand our offerings across the entire recycling value chain."
Based in Meckesheim, Germany, Herbold is a leader in recycling systems, specializing in key process steps such as washing, separating, drying, shredding, and pulverizing. With annual revenue of more than €50 million, Herbold is highly complementary to the equipment and solutions offered under the Coperion brand.
Herbold joins the Coperion and Rotex brands as part of Hillenbrand's Advanced Process Solutions (APS) segment. The APS segment is focused on highly engineered industrial processing solutions and aftermarket parts and services for a variety of end markets and applications.
Hillenbrand (NYSE: HI) is a global industrial company operating in over 40 countries with over 10,000 associates serving a wide variety of industries around the world. Guided by our Purpose — Shape What Matters For Tomorrow™ — we pursue excellence, collaboration, and innovation to consistently shape solutions that best serve our associates, customers, communities, and other stakeholders. Hillenbrand's portfolio includes brands such as Coperion, Milacron Injection Molding & Extrusion, and Mold-Masters, in addition to Batesville. To learn more, visit: www.Hillenbrand.com
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Here is the key point: Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance or events, and actual results or events could differ materially from those set forth in any forward-looking statements. Any number of factors, many of which are beyond our control, could cause our performance to differ significantly from what is described in the forward-looking statements. These factors include, but are not limited to: risks related to the Russian Federation's invasion of Ukraine (referred to herein as the "Ukraine War") and resulting geopolitical instability and uncertainty, which could have a negative impact on our ability to sell to, ship products to, collect payments from, and support customers in certain regions, in addition to the potential effect of supply chain disruptions that could adversely affect profitability; the impact of contagious diseases such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the escalation thereof due to variant strains of the virus and the societal, governmental, and individual responses thereto, including supply chain disruption, loss of contracts and/or customers, erosion of some customers' credit quality, downgrades of the Company's credit quality, closure or temporary interruption of the Company's or suppliers' manufacturing facilities, travel, shipping and logistical disruptions, domestic and international general economic conditions, such as inflation, exchange rates and interest rates; loss of human capital or personnel, and general economic calamities; increased costs, poor quality, or unavailability of raw materials or certain outsourced services and supply chain disruptions; increasing competition for highly skilled and talented workers as well as labor shortages; the risk of business disruptions associated with information technology, cyber-attacks, or catastrophic losses affecting infrastructure; risks that the integration of Milacron disrupts current operations or poses potential difficulties in employee retention or otherwise affects financial or operating results; the ability to recognize the benefits of the acquisition of Milacron or any other acquisition or disposition, including potential synergies and cost savings or the failure of the Company or any acquired company to achieve its plans and objectives generally; impairment charges to goodwill and other identifiable intangible assets; competition in the industries in which we operate; impacts of decreases in demand or changes in technological advances, laws, or regulation on the revenues that we derive from the plastics industry; our reliance upon employees, agents, and business partners to comply with laws in many countries and jurisdictions; the impact of incurring significant amounts of indebtedness and any inability of the Company to respond to changes in its business or make future desirable acquisitions; the ability of the Company to comply with financial or other covenants in its debt agreements; global market and economic conditions, including those related to the financial markets; our level of international sales and operations; cyclical demand for industrial capital goods; the dependence of our business units on relationships with several large customers and providers; the impact to the Company's effective tax rate of changes in the mix of earnings or tax laws and certain other tax-related matters; involvement in claims, lawsuits and governmental proceedings related to operations; uncertainty in the United States political and regulatory environment or global trade policy; adverse foreign currency fluctuations; labor disruptions; and the effect of certain provisions of the Company's governing documents and Indiana law that could decrease the trading price of the Company's common stock. Shareholders, potential investors, and other readers are urged to consider these risks and uncertainties in evaluating forward-looking statements and are cautioned not to place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements. For a more in-depth discussion of these and other factors that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in forward-looking statements, see the discussions under the heading "Risk Factors" in Part I, Item 1A of Hillenbrand's Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2021, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on November 17, 2021, and in Part II, Item 1A of Hillenbrand's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2022, filed with the SEC on August 3, 2022. The forward-looking information in this release speaks only as of the date hereof, and we assume no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information.
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Dunkin’ lawsuit: Woman suing on claims of severe burns after drive-thru coffee spill
DELRAN, N.J. (KYW) - A New Jersey woman is suing a major coffee chain after a morning coffee run left her with severe burns.
Samantha Picklo said she ordered three cups of coffee and a couple of wake-up wraps that morning. She pulled up past the drive-thru window, and a worker came outside with her coffee tray.
“As he tried to pass it to me, before I could even take it from him, I watched as the extra-large cup of coffee just fell forward,” Picklo said. “And then the other two fell right on me.”
Paramedics prepared to take Picklo to the hospital while a police officer interviewed store workers.
“I never felt such a pain in my life,” Picklo said.
She said she spent three days recovering in the Jefferson Burn Center.
Picklo’s attorney Paul D’Amato claims the lawsuit is the first of its kind in the nation because it focuses on the coffee cup tray and not just on the coffee’s temperature.
“All the industry has to do is have a holder that has higher sides and is more secure,” D’Amato said.
He says they’re also looking into who makes Dunkin’s coffee trays and adding them to the lawsuit.
“Her goal, as well as her husband’s goal, is to prevent this from happening to other people in the future,” D’Amato said.
The lawsuit is seeking an unspecified amount of money for what Picklo said she went through after the quick coffee run led to months of challenges.
“There’s a constant pain, and I have PTSD almost,” Picklo said.
In the 1990s, a woman sued McDonald’s after she was severely burned by hot coffee. That woman received nearly $3 million.
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PITTSBURGH, Aug. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a reusable and biodegradable bandage option that can be used to comfortably cover cuts or other wounds," said an inventor, from Olympia, Wash., "so I invented the TEARLESS. My design could help to reduce the impact of disposable bandages on landfills."
The invention provides a reusable design for bandages. In doing so, it eliminates the need to use an adhesive to secure the bandage in place. As a result, it could enhance comfort and it could help to reduce skin irritation. The invention features an eco-friendly design that is easy to use so it is ideal for households and healthcare settings. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the Seattle sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-FED-2393, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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JOHANNESBURG, April 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sasol has published its production and sales performance metrics for the nine months ended 31 March 2022 on the Company´s website at www.sasol.com, under the Investor Centre section:
Sasol is continuing to manage the consequences of the heavy rainfall and accompanying floods experienced in KwaZulu-Natal and assess the impact on the business. We are supporting our employees and communities during this challenging period. The situation has resulted in a force majeure declaration on the export of certain chemical products and our Q4 FY22 volume outlook could be impacted subject to the extent of infrastructure damage and the timing of the recovery and restoration of key infrastructure and utilities.
We will update the market of any material impacts in due course.
OIL HEDGING UPDATE
Sasol has made significant progress in deleveraging its balance sheet through a combination of asset divestments, operational actions and now more supportive pricing. Despite this improvement, leverage remained above target levels at 31 December 2021 along with ongoing volatility and unprecedented uncertainty about the macro outlook.
On this basis the hedging programme has been kept in place to mitigate downside pricing risks and ensure that Sasol can execute its strategy with confidence. Given Sasol's improved financial position the oil hedge cover ratio for financial year 2023 was reduced to ~40% compared to the ~69% in financial year 2022. This includes of 80% of total Synfuels synthetic crude oil production and 90% of Sasol's share of Oryx production.
On the back of the recent increase in oil prices as a result of the Russia/Ukraine conflict, Sasol has progressed the implementation of the financial year 2023 hedging strategy and has now executed 85% of the oil hedging mandate. This uses zero costs collars to provide downside protection below ~ US$63,03 per barrel together with a higher cap of ~ US$91,62 per barrel.
In line with Sasol's risk management policy, as the balance sheet continues to deleverage and so is able to absorb more downside risk the hedge cover ratios are expected to decrease further.
The Company will however continue to update the market on any changes to our financial risk management positions in our quarterly market disclosures.
For further information, please contact:
Sasol Investor Relations,
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GRAPHIC: Boy, 12, burned over half his body in science experiment explosion
HIGHLANDS, N.C. (WLOS) - A 12-year-old North Carolina boy and his mother have a long road to recovery after they were both badly burned when a science experiment exploded.
Barrett McKim, 12, is hospitalized at the Burn Center in Augusta, Georgia, after a science experiment he was working on exploded. He now has second- and third-degree burns on half of his body.
His father, Kyle McKim, says the fiery accident happened Thursday at the family’s Highlands, North Carolina, home.
“It involved a Bunsen burner, and he was using a number of things. Alcohol was in the mix there, and somehow in that process, that got ignited and kinda blew up and back into his face,” Kyle McKim said. “Fortunately, he was wearing protective glasses, which certainly helped, but he was wearing a synthetic shirt, which ended up being a real contributor in the fire staying and trying to get that off, as it kind of melted away.”
Barrett’s mother, Caroline McKim, was also badly burned while trying to save her son.
“Caroline, although she’s yet to believe it, she is a hero, and I think is a lot of the reason that Barrett’s alive,” Kyle McKim said.
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Barrett and his mother have a long road to recovery. Both have already undergone at least one surgery, and more are expected. However, the journey has been made easier by a supportive family. The boy’s uncle, Stephen Schlautman, set up a GoFundMe to help out.
“I have never been through a tragedy like this, but I can only imagine the cost and expense. I think everything that we can do would help,” Schlautman said.
Kyle McKim, who has rarely left his son’s hospital bedside, is happy Barrett is still alive and overwhelmed by the outpouring of support.
“We’re very grateful the Lord protected him and he’s alive. We continue to pray for healing for his little body and for his future. We know God has a real purpose for him,” he said.
The family is expected to spend several weeks in the hospital, if not months.
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NEW YORK, May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Klein Law Firm announces that a class action complaint has been filed on behalf of shareholders of Homology Medicines, Inc. (NASDAQ: FIXX) alleging that the Company violated federal securities laws.
Class Period: June 10, 2019 to February 18, 2022
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: May 24, 2022
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Learn more about your recoverable losses in FIXX:
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Homology Medicines, Inc. NEWS - FIXX NEWS
CLASS ACTION CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that Homology Medicines, Inc. made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) the Company had overstated the efficacy and risk mitigation of its lead product candidate, HMI-102; (ii) accordingly, it was unlikely that the Company would be able to commercialize HMI102 in its present form; and (iii) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU AS A SHAREHOLDER: If you have suffered a loss in Homology you have until May 24, 2022 to petition the court for lead plaintiff status. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you purchased Homology securities during the relevant period, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket fees.
HOW TO PROTECT YOUR FINANCIAL INTERESTS: For additional information about the FIXX lawsuit, please contact J. Klein, Esq. by telephone at 212-616-4899 or click this link: https://www.kleinstocklaw.com/pslra-1/homology-medicines-inc-loss-submission-form?id=27267&from=4.
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The system ranked No. 1 in the nation on the 2022 list
ARLINGTON, Texas, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- For the eighth year in a row, Texas Health Resources has placed No. 1 on Fortune's list of Best Workplaces in Health Care™.
"We are proud to be recognized during our 25th anniversary year for having built an organization where our team members can do their best work," said Carla Dawson, chief people officer, Texas Health. "Teamwork, respect, caring and integrity are all hallmarks of our workplace culture."
The Fortune rankings are based on the responses of more than 800,000 employees working in the healthcare industry across the country. According to the Great Places to Work® survey, 85% of the ranking is centered on employees' work experiences of trust and reaching their full potential within the organization. The remaining 15% is an assessment of employees' daily experiences of innovation, values and effectiveness of leadership.
The Best Workplaces in Health Care™ ranking is among numerous other recognitions Texas Health has earned as a great place to work. In 2022 alone, Texas Health was named to the Companies That Care® list by PEOPLE magazine and Great Place to Work®; ranked as one of Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For®; received the Business Group on Health Best Employers: Excellence in Health & Well-Being Award; and was named to the Best Workplaces in Texas™ list.
Texas Health Resources is a faith-based, nonprofit health system that cares for more patients in North Texas than any other provider. With a service area that consists of 16 counties and more than 7 million people, the system is committed to providing quality, coordinated care through its Texas Health Physicians Group and 29 hospital locations under the banners of Texas Health Presbyterian, Texas Health Arlington Memorial, Texas Health Harris Methodist and Texas Health Huguley. Texas Health access points and services, ranging from acute-care hospitals and trauma centers to outpatient facilities and home health and preventive services, provide the full continuum of care for all stages of life. The system has more than 4,200 licensed hospital beds, 6,400 physicians with active staff privileges and more than 26,000 employees. For more information about Texas Health, call 1-877-THR-WELL, or visit www.TexasHealth.org.
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Initiative to test biofuels represents another major milestone in company's decarbonization strategy, with AIDAprima from AIDA Cruises becoming first larger-scale cruise ship to be bunkered with blend of marine biofuel, made from 100% sustainable raw materials
GENOA, Italy, July 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A few weeks after announcing a new decarbonization function, Costa Group – Europe's leading cruise operator with its two companies, Costa Cruises and AIDA Cruises, and part of Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL;NYSE: CUK), the world's largest cruise company – today announced it will start testing biofuel aboard one of its AIDA Cruises ships, another major step forward in its ongoing sustainability effort.
As part of its carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions reduction efforts, and with Dutch biofuel pioneer GoodFuels as its partner on the project, AIDAprima on July 21 became the first larger-scale cruise ship to be bunkered with a blend of marine biofuel, which is made from 100% sustainable raw materials, such as waste cooking oil, and marine gas oil (MGO), during its layover in Rotterdam. AIDAprima is currently sailing on seven-day voyages from Rotterdam to popular destinations in Western Europe and to Norway from/to Hamburg.
The current project represents an important milestone in Costa Group's decarbonization strategy, which includes testing technologies and processes to improve the efficiency of the existing fleet.
With the successful start of biofuel usage, the initiative aims to demonstrate that gradual decarbonization is possible, even on ships already in service. At the same time, a key prerequisite for using biofuels is that it can become widely available on an industrial scale and at marketable prices.
In addition to the use of biofuels, Costa Group's efforts include the installation of the first fuel cell on board a cruise ship (AIDAnova) and the commissioning of what is currently the cruise industry's largest battery storage system with a capacity of 10 megawatt hours on board AIDAprima. Costa Group is also focusing on the expansion and increased use of shore power in ports where the shore-side infrastructure is available.
Costa Group had previously tested the use of regenerated biofuels in marine diesel engines together with research partners at the University of Rostock. Now that the first rollout has taken place in regular ship operations, the cooperation with GoodFuels will be developed on a long-term basis.
With several short-, medium- and long-term strategic initiatives, Costa Group is making an active contribution towards achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the European Green Deal decarbonization objectives.
Over the years, Costa Group has been leading sustainable innovation in the global cruise industry by steadily pioneering advanced technologies on board its new and existing ships. The company was the first to introduce liquefied natural gas (LNG) propulsion – the most advanced fuel technology available to reduce emissions – with four ships already in service in the Costa Group fleet. The majority of Costa Group ships are equipped with shore power capabilities to be zero emissions in ports where the technology is available.
Overall, Carnival Corporation continues its ongoing energy efficiency investment program and efforts to reduce fuel consumption, including over $350 million invested in energy efficiency improvements since 2016, along with the company's fleet optimization strategy and design of more efficient itineraries. Together, these ongoing efforts are expected to drive a 10% reduction in fuel consumption per available lower berth day (ALBD) in the company's first full year of guest cruise operations compared to 2019, along with a 9% reduction in carbon emissions per lower berth distance traveled.
As part of its longer-term sustainability plan and vision, Carnival Corporation has committed to significant investments to achieve its 2030 sustainability goals and 2050 aspirations, which incorporate six critical sustainability focus areas overall. These areas include climate action; circular economy; sustainable tourism; good health and well-being; diversity, equity and inclusion; and biodiversity and conservation.
Among these priorities, the company has committed to reducing carbon emission intensity by 20% from its 2019 baseline by 2030, supporting its efforts and aspirations to achieve net carbon-neutral ship operations by 2050. Overall, the company's highest responsibility and top priority is compliance, environmental protection and the health, safety and well-being of its guests, the people in the communities its ships visit, and its shipboard and shoreside personnel.
More information on the company's sustainability efforts is available at www.CarnivalSustainability.com.
About Carnival Corporation & plc
Carnival Corporation & plc is one of the world's largest leisure travel companies with a portfolio of nine of the world's leading cruise lines sailing to all seven continents. With operations in North America, Australia, Europe and Asia, its portfolio features Carnival Cruise Line, Princess Cruises, Holland America Line, Seabourn, P&O Cruises (Australia), Costa Cruises, AIDA Cruises, P&O Cruises (UK) and Cunard.
Additional information can be found on www.carnivalcorp.com, www.carnival.com, www.princess.com, www.hollandamerica.com, www.seabourn.com, www.pocruises.com.au, www.costacruise.com, www.aida.de, www.pocruises.com and www.cunard.com.
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SYDNEY, June 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kazia Therapeutics Limited (NASDAQ: KZIA; ASX: KZA), an oncology-focused drug development company, is pleased to announce final data from its phase II study of paxalisib as first line therapy in patients with glioblastoma (NCT03522298).
The data is the subject of a poster presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO), which is being held in Chicago, IL, from 3-7 June 2022.
Key Points
- The study recruited 30 patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma and unmethylated MGMT promotor status, a genetic profile which confers primary resistance to temozolomide, the only existing FDA-approved drug treatment for first line treatment.
- 60mg once daily was identified as the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) and selected for future studies.
- Median overall survival (OS) in the intent-to-treat (ITT) population (n=30) was 15.7 months (11.1 – 19.1), which compares very favourably to the figure of 12.7 months historically reported with temozolomide in this patient group.[1]
- In the modified ITT (mITT) population (n=27), which includes only those patients evaluable for efficacy, OS increased to 15.9 months (12.8 – 19.1).
- Median progression-free survival (PFS) in the ITT population was 8.6 months (6.6 – 10.2), using the more precise mRANO criteria, representing a substantial increment over the comparable figure of 5.3 months associated with temozolomide.
- The safety profile of paxalisib was highly consistent with previous clinical studies: hyperglycaemia, oral mucositis, and skin rash were among the most common drug-related toxicities.
Kazia CEO, Dr James Garner, added "The new data presented today at ASCO provides a more complete picture of trial, and also includes some informative sensitivity analyses. In the mITT population, which excludes non-evaluable patients, survival improves from 15.7 months to 15.9 months. Using the more precise mRANO criteria, PFS improves from 8.4 to 8.6 months. The directionality of these analyses gives us greater confidence in the efficacy signals observed and appear encouraging for future development. We are immensely grateful to the investigators and patients whose hard work and engagement has ensured the success of this trial."
Summary of Paxalisib Data in Comparison to Temozolomide (existing standard of care)
Clinical Trial Design
The phase II study of paxalisib was an adaptive trial, conducted in two stages. The first stage sought to determine the most appropriate dose in newly diagnosed patients. The second stage was intended to provide additional information on dosing and to seek a preliminary efficacy signal in order to de-risk transition to a larger, pivotal study.
Consistent with these objectives, the primary objective of the study was to evaluate the safety and tolerability of paxalisib in patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma. The secondary objectives included typical pharmacokinetic parameters, and efficacy endpoints including overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS).
The phase II study was conducted in 30 patients at six centres in the United States. It was a single arm study in which all patients received paxalisib as a monotherapy. As such, all data must be interpreted in the context of historical comparators. Specifically, Kazia has referred to the pivotal study of temozolomide, the only existing FDA-approved drug for this patient population. Such comparisons are always inexact, and this study was not designed either to precisely quantify the benefit associated with paxalisib or to demonstrate statistical significance. Rather, these are among the objectives of the ongoing GBM AGILE pivotal trial.
Summary of Abstracts
POSTER SESSION – Central Nervous System Tumors
June 5, 2022 – 8am
Abstract 2047 - Paxalisib in patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma with unmethylated MGMT promoter status: Final phase 2 study results.
PY Wen, J de Groot, JD Battiste, SA Goldlust, D Damek, JS Garner, J Friend , J Simpson, A Olivero, T Cloughesy.
The poster presentation can be accessed here.
About Kazia Therapeutics Limited
Kazia Therapeutics Limited (NASDAQ: KZIA; ASX: KZA) is an oncology-focused drug development company, based in Sydney, Australia.
Our lead program is paxalisib, a brain-penetrant inhibitor of the PI3K / Akt / mTOR pathway, which is being developed to treat glioblastoma, the most common and most aggressive form of primary brain cancer in adults. Licensed from Genentech in late 2016, paxalisib commenced recruitment to GBM AGILE, a pivotal study in glioblastoma, in January 2021. Seven additional studies are active in various forms of brain cancer. Paxalisib was granted Orphan Drug Designation for glioblastoma by the US FDA in February 2018, and Fast Track Designation for glioblastoma by the US FDA in August 2020. In addition, paxalisib was granted Rare Pediatric Disease Designation and Orphan Designation by the US FDA for DIPG in August 2020.
Kazia is also developing EVT801, a small-molecule inhibitor of VEGFR3, which was licensed from Evotec SE in April 2021. Preclinical data has shown EVT801 to be active against a broad range of tumour types and has provided compelling evidence of synergy with immuno-oncology agents. A phase I study commenced recruitment in November 2021.
For more information, please visit www.kaziatherapeutics.com or follow us on Twitter @KaziaTx.
This document was authorized for release to the ASX by James Garner, Chief Executive Officer, Managing Director.
Forward-Looking Statements
This announcement may contain forward-looking statements, which can generally be identified as such by the use of words such as "may," "intend," "potential," "prospective," or other similar words. Any statement describing Kazia's future plans, strategies, intentions, expectations, objectives, goals or prospects, and other statements that are not historical facts, are also forward-looking statements. Such statements are based on Kazia's expectations and projections about future events and future trends affecting our business and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements, including risks and uncertainties associated with clinical trials and product development and the impact of global economic conditions. These and other risks and uncertainties, are described more fully in Kazia's Annual Report, filed on form 20-F with the SEC, and in subsequent filings to SEC. Kazia undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, except as required under applicable law. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which apply only as of the date of this announcement. Actual results could differ materially from those discussed in this announcement.
[1] ME Hegi et al. (2005) N Engl J Med. 352:997-1003
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