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Unique Cell Architecture Increases Energy Density of LFP Chemistry
Stuart, Fla., June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Advanced Cell Engineering (ACE), a developer and licensor of next-generation high energy density battery cell technology, has filed a patent application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for its very large format (VLF) cell. The patent filing represents a key milestone in the company's "Project Magnus," in which ACE will finalize cell design and chemistry for a highly efficient, 1-meter cell-to-pack prismatic cell. This is ACE's fourth patent application in the last six months.
The VLF cell, when coupled with ACE's patented Advanced LFP (lithium iron phosphate) chemistry, will enable EV manufacturers to build vehicles offering greater range. Advanced LFP offers significantly higher energy density in any cell format than the existing LFP offerings on the market today. When used in the VLF cell, ACE's Advanced LFP technology will achieve even greater energy density thanks to the cell's very efficient design.
"We're relentlessly focused on driving the EV battery market forward. Today's LFP technology has an energy density of about 160 Wh/kg, while our patented Advanced LFP chemistry has an energy density of up to 200 Wh/kg. The unique architecture of a new 1-meter VLF cell will increase energy density even further - to about 250 Wh/kg. ACE's technology will reduce battery costs and increase EV range - something that's important to both EV makers and drivers," said Tim Poor, president of Advanced Cell Engineering.
ACE's VLF battery cell will reduce the size, weight, and complexity of an EV's battery system. Today's EVs contain thousands of small cells assembled into a number of modules, which are in turn assembled into a battery pack. The ACE VLF cell will eliminate the need for the module structure by integrating 80-100 1-meter prismatic cells directly into the battery pack which is then installed into a vehicle's chassis. ACE expects the cell design to be available for licensing in early 2023.
About Advanced Cell Engineering:
Advanced Cell Engineering develops and licenses advanced lithium-ion battery cell technologies for the electric vehicle industry. The higher energy density of ACE's Advanced LFP battery technology will transform the EV industry by offering significantly longer range in a safe, cost-effective cell. ACE's team leverages unparalleled experience in developing and commercializing innovative battery technologies. For more information visit https://www.advancedcellengineering.com/
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Believes That a Massive Number of Shares Voted Against the Re-Election of Incumbent Directors and Against Approval of Executive Compensation
BATON ROUGE, La., June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Prescience Point Capital Management LLC ("Prescience Point"), a research-focused, catalyst-driven investment firm that beneficially owns approximately 6.7% of the outstanding common stock of MiMedx Group, Inc. ("MDXG" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: MDXG), has issued a statement, calling upon the Company to report the preliminary results of its annual meeting of shareholders, held earlier today.
Eiad Asbahi, Founder and Managing Partner of Prescience Point, stated:
"We find it extremely suspect that, while MiMedx stated during the annual meeting proceedings that director nominees Phyllis Gardner and James Bierman were re-elected, the Company has not taken the usual step of promptly releasing the preliminary voting results to all shareholders."
"In the interest of full transparency, we call upon MiMedx to immediately release the preliminary voting results of the annual meeting, so that the public can see whether the Board and management have lost the confidence of the Company's shareholder base."
"We believe MiMedx is delaying the release of the preliminary vote tally because these results will reveal widespread shareholder discontent. Based on our discussions with shareholders after the annual meeting, we believe the vote tally will show that a majority of the shares held by non-affiliated, non-institutional holders were voted AGAINST the Company's incumbent director nominees, and AGAINST the Company's executive compensation-based "say-on-pay" proposal."
"If, as we believe, the unaffiliated portion of MiMedx's shareholder base is truly unified in its discontent with the status quo, we are hopeful that this will be the catalyst for the Board and management to begin to operate MiMedx in the best interests of ALL shareholders, and put the Company on a more positive and constructive path."
Disclaimer
This material does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any of the securities described herein in any state to any person. In addition, the discussions and opinions in this press release are for general information only and are not intended to provide investment advice. All statements contained in this press release that are not clearly historical in nature or that necessarily depend on future events are "forward-looking statements," which are not guarantees of future performance or results, and the words "anticipate," "believe," "expect," "potential," "could," "opportunity," "estimate," and similar expressions are generally intended to identify forward-looking statements. The projected results and statements contained in this press release that are not historical facts are based on current expectations, speak only as of the date of this press release and involve risks that may cause the actual results to be materially different. Certain information included in this material is based on data obtained from sources considered to be reliable. No representation is made with respect to the accuracy or completeness of such data, and any analyses provided to assist the recipient of this presentation in evaluating the matters described herein may be based on subjective assessments and assumptions and may use one among alternative methodologies that produce different results. Accordingly, any analyses should also not be viewed as factual and also should not be relied upon as an accurate prediction of future results. All figures are unaudited estimates and subject to revision without notice. Prescience Point disclaims any obligation to update the information herein and reserves the right to change any of its opinions expressed herein at any time as it deems appropriate. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
About Prescience Point Capital Management
Prescience Point Capital Management is a private investment manager that employs forensic investigative techniques to unearth significant mispricing in global markets. It specializes in extensive investigations of difficult-to-analyze public companies in order to uncover significant elements of the business that have been overlooked or ignored by others.
Prescience Point manages private funds on behalf of its clients and principals and takes positions both long and short in support of its research. Prescience Point invests across a broad set of equities that it believes have abnormally large disparities between what their underlying businesses are intrinsically worth and what their securities sell for. The firm was founded by investor Eiad Asbahi in 2009 and is headquartered in Baton Rouge, LA. Prescience Point Capital Management is a registered investment advisor with the State of Louisiana. Follow @PresciencePoint.
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Reimagined Tool Available in English and Spanish Features New Content and Adds Accessibility for Neurodiverse Users
TEMPE, Ariz. and ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Norton, a consumer Cyber Safety brand of NortonLifeLock (NASDAQ: NLOK), and National PTA, the oldest and largest child advocacy association in America, today announced enhancements to The Smart Talk, a family-focused online safety tool, to further champion inclusivity and provide families with the resources they need to live their digital lives safely and empower children to become responsible digital citizens.
"We're proud to partner with National PTA to reimagine The Smart Talk and reach even more families with cybersecurity education and training that honors the ways they communicate best," said Kim Allman, Head of Corporate Responsibility and Government Affairs at NortonLifeLock. "We all know technology is a ubiquitous part of life – especially for kids' educational and social development, made so apparent with remote learning during the pandemic – and as our children and their use of devices grows, we want to empower parents as they navigate those Cyber Safety discussions with their children at every stage."
Young children are increasingly joining and using social media platforms. A recent NortonLifeLock survey conducted by The Harris Poll found that 52% of parents of 5-8-year-olds and 72% of parents of 9-12-year-olds allow their children to have their own social media accounts, despite most networks regulating use to those 13 and older. It has never been more important to help families have open dialogues about online safety and device usage.
Since 2015, Norton and National PTA have collaborated on The Smart Talk. The free, interactive online resource that lets families set healthy tech limits together has been reimagined with key updates that champion inclusivity, including:
- Updates based on real feedback from focus groups to help ensure the tool works for families from all different backgrounds, beliefs and abilities.
- Availability of the tool in Spanish, translated by native Spanish speakers.
- Changes to help make the tool more accessible for neurodiverse users.
The relaunched tool also includes content and user experience improvements, including:
- Content addressing newer technology and platforms, such as TikTok and other emerging apps.
- Tailored content so that kids get different and more age-appropriate questions.
- Modules for families to choose specific areas and key topics to focus on.
"Norton and PTA share a commitment to empowering families with the tools and education they need to maintain their digital safety," said Anna King, President of National PTA. "We look forward to helping many more families keep up with technology while staying safe as a result of our new, reimagined 'The Smart Talk,' which has been transformed based on extensive research and feedback to be a more inclusive, engaging and helpful resource."
For more information about the updates to The Smart Talk, visit https://thesmarttalk.org/#/.
About NortonLifeLock Inc.
NortonLifeLock Inc. (NASDAQ: NLOK) is a global leader in consumer Cyber Safety, protecting and empowering people to live their digital lives safely. We are the consumer's trusted ally in an increasingly complex and connected world. Learn more about how we're transforming Cyber Safety at NortonLifeLock.com.
About National PTA
National PTA comprises millions of families, students, teachers, administrators, and business and community leaders devoted to the educational success of children and the promotion of family engagement in schools. PTA is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit association that prides itself on being a powerful voice for all children, a relevant resource for families and communities, and a strong advocate for public education. Membership in PTA is open to anyone who wants to be involved and make a difference for the education, health, and welfare of children and youth. For more information, visit PTA.org.
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PEACHTREE CORNERS, Ga., May 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Custard Companies is excited to announce the celebration of 60 years of successful growth and service by its founding company, Custard Insurance Adjusters, Inc.
A local anniversary celebration, that included employees, client-partners, and CIA supporters, was held on April 28th & 29th at the company's corporate headquarters in Peachtree Corners, Georgia.
Custard Insurance Adjusters, Inc. was established in April of 1962 by founder, A. R. "Rick" Custard in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Currently with 250+ locations nationwide, as well as opening its own TPA company, Riverwood Claims Management, Custard has grown to be the largest privately held Independent Adjusting company in the United States.
Corporate Executives, employees and clients alike will join in on the 60-year celebration with numerous activities and events planned throughout the year.
SVP of Operations and son of company founder, Rick W Custard, remarks "It is truly amazing to celebrate such a significant milestone. This anniversary is special, not only for the current team, but also for all the former CIA employees whose hard work and persistence made this company what it is today. Looking ahead, we continue to add talent at all levels of the organization and build new relationships with client-partners. Quality work and excellence in customer service will always be our main focus. Even while growing into the national organization that we are today, we strive to maintain the feel of the family business that Mr. Custard started 60 years ago."
Custard also expressed his gratitude for longstanding CIA supporters, stating, "We want to give a big thank you to all our client-partners, both past and present. CIA has been fortunate to work with some great supporters throughout the past 60 years and looks forward to strengthening these relationships going forward. We could not have reached this milestone without you."
For more information on the Custard Companies, including Custard Insurance Adjusters, Inc. please contact:
R W Custard,
SVP - Operations
Custard Insurance Adjusters, Inc.
T: 770-263-6800
www.custard.com
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ConnectDER Designed and Manufactured Solution Simplifies the Installation for Siemens' High-power EV Home Charger
WASHINGTON, July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ConnectDER, a company enabling consumers to decarbonize their homes by easily adding new electric service capacity, will supply Siemens with a proprietary plug-in adapter for electric vehicle chargers. The new device will enable electric vehicle (EV) owners to charge EVs by connecting chargers directly through the meter socket, a convenient and efficient location available on every home. By bypassing a home's electric service panel, the adapter will save an estimated 60 to 80 percent of the charger installation cost by avoiding the need for electric panel upgrades.
Based on ConnectDER's innovative sensing and controlling adapter platform, this wholly new EV home-charging technology will be designed and manufactured by ConnectDER exclusively for Siemens. By allowing for a simple, 15-minute EV charger install, the technology eliminates the need for complex and prohibitively expensive installations. Nearly half of US home panels would need upgrades to allow the installation of a typical Level 2 charger, typically a 7-11kW device requiring 40-60 Amps on a 240V line. This is a major roadblock for EV adoption, especially for low-and moderate-income homeowners. The adapter will be offered exclusively through Siemens.
"Siemens invests in initiatives that help the world embrace electrified transportation, and we are pleased to partner with ConnectDER on this important effort," said Chris King, senior vice president of strategic partnerships, Siemens. "While the EV industry continues to show explosive growth, to meet critical net-zero carbon emission goals like we have at Siemens, we must remove obstacles to broader adoption. ConnectDER's innovative solution to simplify home EV charging helps overcome these challenges and we are excited to work with its team to rapidly roll out this product."
Whit Fulton, CEO of ConnectDER said: "We are very excited to partner with Siemens, obviously one of the strongest and most storied electrical infrastructure providers on the planet. If we're going to meet ambitious decarbonization targets, we simply must accelerate the adoption of EVs -- the installation of EV chargers is a huge part of that equation. This technology saves homeowners thousands of dollars in electrical costs and will help make the move to electric vehicles considerably easier."
Siemens is a global leader in EV charging solutions, and its procurement of ConnectDER's meter adapter technology is the latest in the company's strategic plan to meet growing EV demand and increase transportation electrification job opportunities at all levels in the United States. Siemens eMobility solutions include AC and DC chargers deployed in all 50 states that range from in-home chargers to depots to charging infrastructure systems that power electrified bus lines in some of the largest cities in the country. According to a recent report by Juniper Research, home EV charging integration is expected to grow by some 390% over the next five years. Largely driven by lower cost and convenience, the market for home chargers is expected to exceed $16 billion in 2026, up from $3.4 billion in 2021. However, the pace of EV growth has left electricians and homeowners struggling to keep up and to find cost-effective solutions for integrating into older homes.
Another recent survey, identifies the average age of an American home at about 40 years, with homes in the Northeast averaging over 60 years. Most of those homes were built when the demand for electric service rarely exceeded 100 Amps. According to energy research firm, Pecan Street, service panel upgrades are frequently required to support the additional energy demand of new electric products like EVs, heat-pumps, and other smart appliances, representing a $100 billion impediment to residential electrification and the energy transition. ConnectDER's innovative meter adapter platform helps bridge that gap, especially for underserved low and moderate income populations that more frequently live in older homes.
About Siemens
Siemens Smart Infrastructure (SI) is shaping the market for intelligent, adaptive infrastructure for today and the future. It addresses the pressing challenges of urbanization and climate change by connecting energy systems, buildings and industries. SI provides customers with a comprehensive end-to-end portfolio from a single source – with products, systems, solutions and services from the point of power generation all the way to consumption. With an increasingly digitalized ecosystem, it helps customers thrive and communities progress while contributing toward protecting the planet. With around 70,000 employees worldwide, Siemens Smart Infrastructure has its global headquarters in Zug, Switzerland, and its U.S. corporate headquarters in Peachtree Corners, Georgia, USA.
Siemens Corporation is a subsidiary of Siemens AG, a technology company focused on industry, infrastructure, transport, and healthcare. From more resource-efficient factories, resilient supply chains, and smarter buildings and grids, to cleaner and more comfortable transportation as well as advanced healthcare, the company creates technology with purpose adding real value for customers. By combining the real and the digital worlds, Siemens empowers its customers to transform their industries and markets, helping them to transform the everyday for billions of people. Siemens also owns a majority stake in the publicly listed company Siemens Healthineers, a globally leading medical technology provider shaping the future of healthcare. In addition, Siemens holds a minority stake in Siemens Energy, a global leader in the transmission and generation of electrical power. Siemens has been supporting the industries and creating the infrastructure forming the backbone of America's economy for more than 160 years, with 40,000 employees, 17,000 suppliers, and customers in all 50 states and Puerto Rico. In fiscal 2020, Siemens Group USA generated revenue of nearly $20 billion.
About ConnectDER [ kuh-nek-ter ]
ConnectDER's mission is to accelerate society's clean energy transition through the electrification of everything. ConnectDER's innovative products are used by the largest electric power utilities and solar installers throughout the United States, simplifying and accelerating the integration of Distributed Energy Resources with the grid. For more information, check out connectder.com.
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DICK'S Sporting Goods Reports First Quarter Results
Published: May. 25, 2022 at 7:30 AM EDT|Updated: 1 hours ago
Comparable store sales declined 8.4%
Net sales of $2.7 billion increased 41% versus the first quarter of 2019
Delivered earnings per diluted share of $2.47 and non-GAAP earnings per diluted share of $2.85, reflecting pre-tax income as a percentage of net sales of 12.3%
Exchanged $100 million aggregate principal amount of convertible senior notes and unwound the corresponding portion of the convertible bond hedge and warrants for a combination of cash and shares, ending the first quarter with cash and cash equivalents of approximately $2.3 billion
Updates full year 2022 outlook to reflect the impact of evolving macroeconomic conditions
PITTSBURGH, May 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- DICK'S Sporting Goods, Inc. (NYSE: DKS), the largest U.S. based full-line omni-channel sporting goods retailer, today reported sales and earnings results for the first quarter ended April 30, 2022.
Quarterly Dividend
On May 24, 2022, the Company's Board of Directors authorized and declared a quarterly dividend in the amount of $0.4875 per share on the Company's Common Stock and Class B Common Stock. The dividend is payable in cash on June 24, 2022 to stockholders of record at the close of business on June 10, 2022.
Full Year 2022 Outlook
The Company's Full Year Outlook for 2022 is presented below:
Conference Call Info
The Company will host a conference call today at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time to discuss the first quarter results. Investors will have the opportunity to listen to the earnings conference call over the internet through the Company's website located at investors.DICKS.com. To listen to the live call, please go to the website at least fifteen minutes early to register, download, and install any necessary audio software. For those who cannot listen to the live webcast, it will be archived on the Company's website for approximately twelve months.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
In addition to reporting the Company's financial results in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"), the Company reports certain financial results that differ from what is reported under GAAP. These non-GAAP financial measures include non-GAAP income before income taxes, consolidated non-GAAP net income, non-GAAP earnings per diluted share, non-GAAP diluted shares outstanding, and net capital expenditures, which management believes provides investors with useful supplemental information to evaluate the Company's ongoing operations and to compare with past and future periods. Management believes that adjusting interest expense and share dilution related to the convertible senior notes and convertible bond hedge is useful to investors because it provides a more complete view of the economics of the transaction. Management also uses certain non-GAAP measures internally for forecasting, budgeting, and measuring its operating performance. These measures should be viewed as supplementing, and not as an alternative or substitute for, the Company's financial results prepared in accordance with GAAP. The methods used by the Company to calculate its non-GAAP financial measures may differ significantly from methods used by other companies to compute similar measures. As a result, any non-GAAP financial measures presented herein may not be comparable to similar measures provided by other companies. A reconciliation of the Company's non-GAAP measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures are provided below and on the Company's website at investors.DICKS.com.
New Accounting Pronouncement
The Company adopted a new accounting pronouncement in the first quarter of 2022, which impacted the accounting treatment for convertible debt with cash conversion features, such as the Convertible Senior Notes. The standard required that the Company eliminate the non-cash debt discount and related interest expense from its Convertible Senior Notes, which decreased their annualized interest rate from 11.6% to 3.9%. The new standard also required earnings per diluted share to assume share conversion of the entire amount of shares underlying the Convertible Senior Notes as of the beginning of the period presented using the if-converted method. The Company adopted the standard under the modified retrospective approach and therefore, will not revise prior periods. The Company does not expect the net effect of these changes will materially impact its full year 2022 GAAP earnings per diluted share and is reflected in its fiscal 2022 outlook.
Forward-Looking Statements Involving Known and Unknown Risks and Uncertainties
This release contains forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements can be identified as those that may predict, forecast, indicate or imply future results or performance and by forward-looking words such as "believe", "anticipate", "expect", "estimate", "predict", "intend", "plan", "project", "goal", "will", "will be", "will continue", "will result", "could", "may", "might" or any variations of such words or other words with similar meanings. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties and change based on various important factors, many of which may be beyond the Company's control. The Company's future performance and actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements should not be relied upon by investors as a prediction of actual results. Forward-looking statements include statements regarding, among other things, the Company's future performance, including 2022 outlook for earnings, sales, and capital expenditures; share repurchases and dividends; and the expected impact of the new accounting pronouncement discussed in the preceding section.
Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in any forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: the impact on our business, operations and financial results due to the duration and scope of COVID-19, including the impact due to disruptions in our or our vendors' supply chains and due to restrictions imposed by federal, state, and local governments in response to increases in the number of COVID-19 cases in areas in which we operate; challenging macroeconomic conditions, including inflationary pressures and supply chain constraints, due to COVID-19, the conflict in Ukraine, or otherwise and the effectiveness of measures to mitigate such impact; changes in consumer discretionary spending; investments in omni-channel growth not producing the anticipated benefits within the expected time-frame or at all; risks relating to vertical brands and new retail concepts; investments in business transformation initiatives not producing the anticipated benefits within the expected time-frame or at all; the amount devoted to strategic investments and the timing and success of those investments; inventory turn; changes in the competitive market and competition amongst retailers, including an increase in promotional activity; changes in consumer demand or shopping patterns and the ability to identify new trends and have the right trending products in stores and online; weather-related disruptions and seasonality of the Company's business; changes in existing tax, labor, foreign trade and other laws and regulations, including those imposing new taxes, surcharges, or tariffs; increasing labor costs; limitations on the availability of attractive retail store sites; unauthorized disclosure of sensitive or confidential customer information; website downtime, disruptions or other problems with the eCommerce platform, including interruptions, delays or downtime caused by high volumes of users or transactions, deficiencies in design or implementation, or platform enhancements; disruptions or other problems with information systems; increasing direct competition from vendors, and increasing product costs due to various reasons, including foreign trade issues, currency exchange rate fluctuations, and increasing prices for raw materials due to inflation; our ability to hire and retain quality teammates, including store managers and sales associates; the loss of key personnel; and developments with sports leagues, professional athletes or sports superstars.
For additional information on these and other factors that could affect the Company's actual results, see the risk factors set forth in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), including the most recent Annual Report filed with the SEC on March 23, 2022. The Company disclaims and does not undertake any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement in this press release, except as required by applicable law or regulation. Forward-looking statements included in this release are made as of the date of this release.
About DICK'S Sporting Goods, Inc.
DICK'S Sporting Goods (NYSE: DKS) creates confidence and excitement by personally equipping all athletes to achieve their dreams. Founded in 1948 and headquartered in Pittsburgh, the leading omnichannel retailer serves athletes and outdoor enthusiasts in more than 850 DICK'S Sporting Goods, Golf Galaxy, Field & Stream, Public Lands, Going Going Gone! and Warehouse Sale stores, online, and through the DICK'S mobile app. DICK'S also owns and operates DICK'S House of Sport and Golf Galaxy Performance Center, as well as GameChanger, a youth sports mobile app for scheduling, communications, live scorekeeping and video streaming.
Driven by its belief that sports make people better, DICK'S has been a longtime champion for youth sports and, together with its Foundation, has donated millions of dollars to support under-resourced teams and athletes through the Sports Matter program and other community-based initiatives. Additional information about DICK'S business, corporate giving, sustainability efforts and employment opportunities can be found on dicks.com, investors.dicks.com, sportsmatter.org, dickssportinggoods.jobs and on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Contacts:
Investor Relations: Nate Gilch, Senior Director of Investor Relations DICK'S Sporting Goods, Inc. investors@dcsg.com (724) 273-3400
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- Hyundai's first full electric high-performance model IONIQ 5 N to be launched in 2023
- Hyundai Motor today premieres two high-performance concepts — RN22e and N Vision 74
- RN22e and N Vision 74 embody Hyundai N Brand's high-performance vision of electrification, though not confirmed for commercial production
BUSAN, South Korea, July 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hyundai Motor's high-performance N sub-brand is revealing its electrification vision to demonstrate the company's commitment to future-focused zero-emissions technologies. RN22e and N Vision 74 are inspirational examples of N's electrification vision.
Experience the interactive Multichannel News Release here: https://www.multivu.com/players/English/9068651-hyundai-motors-n-brand-unveils-high-performance-ev-concepts-rn22e-n-vision-74/
"RN22e and N Vision 74 play an important role in the strategic development of our entire product lineup, especially our electrified, high-performance vehicles," said Thomas Schemera, Executive Vice President and Head of Customer Experience Division at Hyundai Motor Company. "Rolling labs represent the continuous development of our most advanced technologies."
"In just seven years, Hyundai N has become the fastest evolving performance brand," says Till Wartenberg, Vice President of N Brand Management & Motorsport Sub-Division at Hyundai Motor Company. "N is moving forward to set new standards in sustainable high performance."
Introducing RN22e and N Vision 74
RN22e offers racetrack-ready performance by refining and optimizing Hyundai's market-leading E-GMP and packaging it in an IONIQ 6-based streamliner design. As Hyundai N's first rolling lab based on E-GMP, RN22e shows the electrified N brand's vision and direction while opening the possibility of a high-performance EV model in the future.
Inspired by Hyundai Motor's heritage, N Vision 74 is a high-performance hydrogen fuel cell hybrid rolling lab that underlines the company's leadership in sustainable performance technology. N Vision 74 is inspired by both technology and design, rooted in N's sustainable vision announced in 2015 and Hyundai's passion for high performance since 1974.
"N Vision 74's future-oriented design reflects the respect and appreciation we have for the dedication and passion that went into the Pony Coupe concept," said SangYup Lee, Executive Vice President and Head of Hyundai Design Center.
History and Future of Hyundai rolling labs
In 2012, Hyundai embarked on Project RM to showcase its expertise in developing new technology and innovation. N will also stay true to its philosophy in the era of electrification.
As the initial big step, Hyundai Motor's first electric N, IONIQ 5 N will hit the global market in 2023. More details about the first EV N will be unveiled later.
More information can be found at: http://globalpr.hyundai.com
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Association marks 'Back-to-School Week' with program funding for PTAs and season seven launch of its Notes from the Backpack podcast
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- This week, National PTA is marking its annual Back-to-School Week celebration to support families, teachers, administrators and PTA leaders as the new school year gets underway. National PTA is sharing information and resources on social media using #PTABackToSchool and at PTA.org/BackToSchool to help make this a healthy, safe and impactful school year. The association is also launching the seventh season of its Notes from the Backpack podcast.
"Our goal during Back-to-School Week is to share important information, resources and expertise to help build strong partnerships between families and schools and help support families, teachers, administrators and PTA leaders' success all year long," said Anna King, president of National PTA. "There could not be a more urgent time for families, educators and schools to work together for all of our nation's students and promote learning environments where students feel safe, supported and ready to learn."
Throughout Back-to-School Week, National PTA will share resources to help PTA and school leaders plan their school year, engage their school community and support students and families. Among the resources for PTA leaders, is our new online learning community, Thrive, which features engaging, short leadership development courses and new initiative, Membership Mania, for local PTA leaders to connect with one another, gain access to resources and strengthen membership together. Among the resources to support students and families, National PTA and Future of Privacy Forum have launched resources to help parents and guardians learn more about the steps they can take to protect the privacy of their child's education record.
As part of the association's efforts to support families, schools and PTAs in the new school year, National PTA is offering over $600K to help PTAs host programs for families in the areas of digital safety, STEM, literacy, healthy lifestyles and the arts. The application period is now open. By answering only a few questions, PTAs can be eligible for $1,000 or $2,500 in program funding. The deadline to submit applications is Sept. 27 at 5 p.m. EDT. PTAs can learn more about the funding opportunities and apply at PTA.org/Grants.
Season seven of National PTA's Notes from the Backpack podcast will launch Sept. 14 and will feature episodes on supporting kids through transitions, facing math anxiety and harnessing the power of parent advocacy to help you navigate through the school year. Episodes are available to stream at PTA.org/BackpackNotes.
"PTA's role is more important than ever as we connect parents, teachers and administrators and support critical school and family needs," added Nathan R. Monell, CAE, National PTA executive director. "Through our Back-to-School Week, podcast, programs, advocacy and other initiatives all year round, we remain committed to ensuring that our families and schools have the tools to best support every student's learning, development and success."
Office Depot is the presenting sponsor of National PTA's Back-to-School Week. Additional support for the week comes from BAND, a free group communication app. The companies are Proud National PTA Sponsors. Xplora, a smartwatch designed to provide kids with a safe onboarding to the digital world, is also a supporting sponsor of the week.
National PTA® comprises millions of families, students, teachers, administrators, and business and community leaders devoted to the educational success of children and the promotion of family engagement in schools. PTA is a registered 501(c) (3) nonprofit association that prides itself on being a powerful voice for all children, a relevant resource for families and communities, and a strong advocate for public education. Membership in PTA is open to anyone who wants to be involved and make a difference for the education, health and welfare of children and youth. For more information, visit PTA.org.
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A must-read for all, Wheelwright shares how to decrease your taxes and increase your wealth
TEMPE, Ariz., July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Tom Wheelwright, CPA, renowned author, tax expert and the CEO of WealthAbility, is releasing another best-selling book on July 12th titled The Win-Win Wealth Strategy: 7 Investments the Government Will Pay You to Make, available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and anywhere books are sold.
The Win-Win Wealth Strategy teaches readers how to build the financial futures they deserve. Readers will transform how they think about building wealth by discovering tax-effective investing strategies that will fatten their wallets while making the world a better place. Everyone, rich or not, has equal access to these incentives if they simply understand how to use them.
"The tax code is full of incentives that are meant to guide your investments and provide significant returns for both you and the world we live in," said Wheelwright. "The Win-Win Wealth Strategy will change the game for seasoned investors and novices alike, just as my first bestseller, Tax-Free Wealth, did a decade ago."
Using research from fifteen countries and deep analysis into government incentives that are available to every taxpayer, The Win-Win Wealth Strategy provides insight on investing in:
- Business
- Real Estate
- Technology R&D
- Sustainable Energy
- Insurance
- Agriculture
- Retirement Savings
The book features a foreword penned by Robert Kiyosaki, the author of bestseller Rich Dad, Poor Dad, and has garnered endorsements from industry leaders such as Farnoosh Torabi and Josh Jalinski. Learn more at https://wealthability.com/.
About Tom Wheelwright
Tax and wealth expert Tom Wheelwright is a CPA, CEO of WealthAbility®, Rich Dad Advisor, entrepreneur, international speaker, the bestselling author of Tax-Free Wealth. Wheelwright is the CPA for Robert Kiyosaki (Rich Dad Poor Dad) and has spoken on stage on every continent to over 100,000 entrepreneurs, small business owners and investors. He hosts two popular podcasts: The WealthAbility® Show with Tom Wheelwright CPA and The WealthAbility® for CPAs Show.
Wheelwright helps people achieve their financial dreams faster by permanently and legally reducing their taxes. Wheelwright is a contributor to Entrepreneur, Worth, Newsweek and Inc. and his work has been seen in Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post and on FOX and Friends, Marketplace / NPR, ABC NewsRadio, and hundreds of other media outlets.
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Mother, boyfriend missing after abandoning children on camping trip, deputies say
ANDERSON COUNTY, S.C. (WHNS/Gray News) - Authorities in South Carolina are investigating a situation where a couple left behind three children during a recent camping trip.
WHNS reports the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office is searching for Courtney Taylor and her boyfriend, Eric Elrod, who were last seen leaving Cemetery Island on Lake Hartwell on Monday, where her three children were abandoned.
Deputies said around 3:45 p.m., three children between the ages of 12 and 15 years old were found stranded on the island by a passing boater.
The children told authorities they were camping with their mother and her boyfriend when the two reportedly left the children on the island to get water but never returned.
Deputies said they do not believe Taylor is in danger, but they have been unable to contact her. Elrod is wanted on a charge of distributing methamphetamine.
The sheriff’s office reports the child abandonment case remains under investigation and urged anyone with further information to contact 864-260-4405 regarding case number 2022-08094.
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ATLANTA, July 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Captain Planet Foundation (CPF), through its Planeteer Alliance Program, is hosting the Blue Climate Action Summit Series July 29-31. This training event will gather young climate heroes to restore and protect oceans, lakes and rivers across the globe and expands on work CPF has done for the last six years in training 3,000+ young changemakers from 90+ countries. The BCAS Series includes nine youth-led, in-person summits and a global virtual summit hosted from Atlanta; Youth ages 10-25 are invited to join for free.
The in-person, youth-led summits will be hosted in Lake Tahoe, California; Discovery Bay, Jamaica; Nairobi, Kenya; Kisumu, Kenya; NSW, Australia; Lagos, Nigeria; Lima, Peru; Merida, Mexico; and New Delhi, India. The global virtual summit will be available twice across the weekend to accommodate global time zones.
The Blue Climate Action Summit Series is a collaborative effort of CPF's Planeteer Alliance and the organizers of the Kenya-based Nam Lolwe Youth Summit (NALYS), founded in 2021 by three Planeteers, with the goal of reconnecting youth to their natural spaces and empowering them to take action to preserve 'blue' resources.
"It's incredibly mind-blowing to see the NALYS model replicated across the globe with the help of the Planeteer Alliance," said Michelle Muchilwa, 17, co-founder of NALYS. "We're happy to create a summit model that emphasizes a connection to place and empowers young people to create change within their communities no matter where they live."
For more information about the Blue Climate Action Summits, visit https://bit.ly/blueclimate.
Based on the critically-acclaimed animated series Captain Planet and the Planeteers, CPF was co-founded in 1991 by media mogul Ted Turner and executive producer Barbara Pyle. Now in its 31st year, this US-based NGO works collaboratively to engage and empower young people to be problem solvers for the planet. More than 1.6 million children have directly participated in CPF's programs, which have funded 3,250+ projects, impacting 10.5 million youth. CPF's operating programs include: Project Learning Garden, offering 550+ U.S. schools with onsite, edible, learning laboratories; Project Hero, a web-based learning platform for K-12 students to save locally threatened and endangered species & ecosystems; and Planeteer Alliance, a global network of young people who are putting their passion and impatience for change into ACTION for the planet.
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DALLAS (KDAF) — Attorneys Serving the Community hosted an event benefitting the Bridge Breast Network.
The Bridge Breast Network saves lives by providing access to diagnostic and treatment services for breast cancer to low-income, uninsured and underinsured individuals.
Here’s a quick look at who they are and what they aim to do:
“The Bridge Breast Network saves lives by providing access to diagnostic and treatment services for breast cancer to those who are low income, uninsured and underinsured individuals. We have had the opportunity to assist a large number of persons throughout north Texas with a difficult and, often, frightening part of their lives.”
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Pentagon contractors go looking for software flaws as foreign hacking threats loom
By Sean Lyngaas, CNN
A year-long Pentagon pilot program found an array of software vulnerabilities at dozens of defense contractors as Russian and Chinese hackers continue to try to steal sensitive data from the US defense industrial base.
The goal of the “Vulnerability Disclosure Program” (VDP) is to find and fix flaws in the email programs, mobile devices and industrial software used by Pentagon contractors before malicious hackers can take advantage of the vulnerabilities.
“We really wanted to focus on those smaller defense contractors that may not have all the budgets and resources,” said Melissa Vice, interim director of the Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center’s DOD Vulnerability Disclosure Program. The Pentagon declined to identify the participating contractors, or the exact software that was probed.
VDPs, in which vetted cyber specialists scour systems for flaws and report them internally, are common practice in the private sector. The Pentagon has been running a VDP since 2016, but the goal is to permanently expand the program to defense contractors following the pilot.
There is plenty of impetus. A week before Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February, the FBI and other US agencies warned that Kremlin-backed hackers had acquired sensitive information on the development of US weapons by breaching American defense contractors over the last two years.
Meanwhile, a separate suspected Chinese hacking operation has breached multiple US defense contractors, CNN reported in December.
The National Security Agency, which is charged with helping protect defense contractors from hacking, is investigating both of the Russian and Chinese spying efforts.
Forty-one companies participated in the VDP pilot program for defense contractors. Some defense contractors in the pilot program were unaware that certain IT systems were publicly accessible until researchers pointed them out, Vice said.
But an estimated 300,000 companies comprise the US defense industrial base, according to Vice. Her next step is to figure out how to get regular funding for the program, and perhaps how to automate it so that many more contractors can participate.
“This is … a long-term look at how we can take that defense-in-depth layering and extend that umbrella of protection over the defense industrial base,” Vice told CNN.
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Jackson Township hires two superintendents
The Repository
Jackson Township trustees
Tuesday meeting
ACTION: Hired superintendents for two new positions in the Public Works Department.
DISCUSSION: Michael Danner was approved as park superintendent at a yearly salary of $70,000, effective June 1, 2022. He was already working in the department as park fleet and grounds maintenance superintendent and the new position incorporates some of the same tasks and duties.
Michael Ryan is a new hire and will take the position of recreation superintendent at a yearly salary of $70,000, effective Aug. 13.
The trustees restructured the department to include the two superintendent positions assigning each separate sets of duties.
OTHER ACTIONS:
- Approved a sponsorship agreement of $4,800 with Krugliak, Wilkins, Griffiths and Dougherty law firm in Massillon for a future event at the amphitheater.
- Approved the amphitheater concession facility agreement with SoL Harris/Day architecture with costs not to exceed $27,285.
- Authorized the purchase of a Cues Sewer Inspection System from MTech for $61,013.
- Authorized the School Resource Officer Memorandum of Understanding with Jackson Local Schools for the next school year.
- Approved an agreement with Bates Brothers Amusement Co. for the 2023 Community Celebration.
- Authorized a letter of support for the Nobles Pond Drainage District, which is applying for a grant to fix some drainage issues.
- Set the dates and times for the annual Haunted Hayride for 7 to 10 p.m. Oct. 22.
UP NEXT: Meet at 5 p.m. Aug. 23 at town hall.
Patricia Faulhaber | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/jackson/2022/08/10/jackson-township-hires-two-superintendents/65398355007/ | 2022-08-10T14:35:26Z |
HOUSTON, July 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Talos Energy Inc. (NYSE: TALO) ("Talos" or the "Company") today announced that Robin Fielder will participate in a one-on-one fireside chat with Jeff Robertson of Water Tower Research. The fireside chat will be broadcast live on July 13, 2022 at 10:00 AM Central Time and will focus on the Company's carbon capture and sequestration business, Talos Low Carbon Solutions. The session is expected to run for approximately 30-60 minutes and is open to all individuals who register.
Investors who are interested in listening may register through Water Tower Research using the following link: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_qOvuO9aSQESASBrEX0GT4Q.
ABOUT TALOS ENERGY
Talos Energy (NYSE: TALO) is a technically driven independent exploration and production company focused on safely and efficiently maximizing long-term value through its operations, currently in the United States and offshore Mexico, both upstream through oil and gas exploration and production and downstream through the development of future carbon capture and storage opportunities. As one of the Gulf of Mexico's largest public independent producers, we leverage decades of technical and offshore operational expertise towards the acquisition, exploration and development of assets in key geological trends that are present in many offshore basins around the world. With a focus on environmental stewardship, we are also utilizing our expertise to explore opportunities to reduce industrial emissions through our carbon capture and storage initiatives along the U.S. Gulf Coast and Gulf of Mexico. For more information, visit www.talosenergy.com.
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Veteran David Kelley said his service dog, Bert, helped him regain a life that is not controlled by the PTSD he suffered after serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Veteran David Kelley said his service dog, Bert, helped him regain a life that is not controlled by the PTSD he suffered after serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
ALBANY — When disabled veteran David Kelley left his Lee County home for Jacksonville, Fla., to train with his therapy dog, Bert, a pure-bred English Labrador, he was taking “22 or 23 medications” to help him deal with post-traumatic stress disorder associated with his military service during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
By the time Kelley and Bert returned home three weeks later, Kelley “got rid of” all of his medications but one.
“It’s all about the bond,” Kelley said Saturday as he and Bert took part in the Mental Health Awareness Community Fair at Mount Zion Baptist Church.
That bond between man and animal has, Kelley said, changed his life dramatically.
“My wife told me after about 45 days with Bert: ‘You’re the man I fell in love with again,’” Kelley said. “You can’t imagine how good it feels to get to be a dad again to my kids, not just a father.”
Kelley, who doesn’t talk about his military service, said a VA counselor at the Navy Hospital in Jacksonville mentioned the K-9s for Warriors program during a counseling session, but he had no immediate interest. But after “nearing my wits end, praying hard and in a very dark place,” Kelley started doing his homework. He reached out to the organization.
“They asked me questions about my life and my lifestyle,” Kelley, who notes he and his family are homesteading on land in Lee County, said. “Then they matched me with a dog, and it turned out to be the perfect one. Except for when I go hunting or to a very few places where animals are not allowed, we go everywhere together.
“Bert and I are so in tune, if I start to have a nightmare, he knows it and wakes me up. He senses the tension, sits on my chest and licks my face. I always wake up before I actually have the nightmare. That’s such a blessing.”
Kelley, who said he and his family raise dairy cows, chickens and goats on their homestead, has been deemed “unemployable” by the VA. Even so, thanks to Bert and the love of his family, he’s in a good place now.
“I went from a very dark place to getting my life back,” he said. “Bert played a big part in that. He’s my friend; he’s got my back.”
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NEW YORK, June 20, 2022 (PR Newswire)-- Attorney Advertising-- Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman, LLC notifies investors that a class action lawsuit has been filed against Unilever PLC ("Unilever" or the "Company") (NYSE: UL) and certain of its officers, on behalf of all persons and entities that purchased, or otherwise acquired Unilever American Depository Receipts ("ADRs") between September 2, 2020 and July 21, 2021, inclusive (the "Class Period"). Such investors are encouraged to join this case by visiting the firm's site: www.bgandg.com/ul.
This class action seeks to recover damages against Defendants for alleged violations of the federal securities laws.
The complaint filed in this class action alleges that throughout the Class Period, Defendants made false and misleading statements and failed to disclose that in July 2020, Ben & Jerry's board passed a resolution to end sales of its ice cream in "Occupied Palestinian Territory" as well as the risks attendant to the board's decision. Additionally, Unilever's s description of its legal risks was materially false and misleading because Unilever acknowledged that complying with all applicable laws and regulations was important but omitted to discuss Ben & Jerry's boycott decision, which 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 ("Anti-BDS Legislation").
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VMFH Launches Madrona Health, a new specialty pharmacy, with Confluence Health
SEATTLE and TACOMA, Wash., Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Virginia Mason Franciscan Health (VMFH) and Confluence Health announced the creation of Madrona Health, LLC, a new joint venture to expand specialty pharmacy services across the Pacific Northwest. This unique partnership will increase access to vital specialty medicines for patients with rare or complex conditions in areas that are typically underserved.
"Virginia Mason Franciscan Health is excited to partner with Confluence Health on this important initiative and I am grateful to the dedicated team who helped make it a reality, especially Dr. Peter Rutherford," said Ketul J. Patel, CEO of Virginia Mason Franciscan Health.
Madrona Health, previously known as VMFH Georgetown Specialty Pharmacy, currently serves 11 hospitals, several cancer centers, and hundreds of clinic sites across the country. Partnering with Confluence Health, Madrona Health will expand its services to North Central Washington, including Confluence Health's two hospitals and other care sites. VMFH and Confluence Health will own and operate the entity as a 50-50 joint venture serving their combined communities. Madrona Health will be licensed in Washington, Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Montana, and Arizona, and will supply vital medicine to patients throughout the West, whether at home or during seasonal travel through a mail-order service. Madrona Health's service strives to reduce the burden on both patients and providers in obtaining specialty medications.
"Through innovative and strategic partnerships, VMFH continues to expand access to care throughout the Pacific Northwest. Working together with Confluence Health, Madrona Health will increase access to essential specialty medication for the patients who need it most, while bringing two dynamic organizations together in collaboration around the needs of our patients," added Patel.
"Madrona Health is built on the mutual respect and shared values of our two organizations. It is crucial that our patients in North Central Washington have access to life-saving medications, and we look forward to working with Virginia Mason Franciscan Health to ensure our patients receive the most advanced level of care and support," commented Dr. Andrew Jones, CEO of Confluence Health.
Specialty pharmacies offer an advanced level of support needed to provide patients with a broader range of services than traditional pharmacies, dispensing medications that treat complex or rare conditions such as cancer, HIV/AIDS, and other chronic conditions. These drugs require intensive clinical monitoring and are often high cost.
To facilitate the complex monitoring requirements, Madrona Health will work in tandem with health care providers, such as Confluence Health, to access patients' existing medical records to ensure a seamless experience. The Madrona Health model is designed to work closely with patients to manage their medication supply with refill reminders, help navigating insurance coverage, clinical support, and other tools for success.
Virginia Mason Franciscan Health (VMFH) works to expand access to care and improve the health of communities by building on the strength of more than 300 sites of care, eleven top-tier hospitals, 18,000 team members, and over 5,600 physicians and advance practice providers. VMFH delivers world-class clinical excellence from basic health needs to the most complex, highly specialized care. By bringing together the best and brightest healthcare minds in the region along with a commitment to investing in innovation, VMFH delivers the most advanced therapies and technologies for patients alongside some of the country's most prestigious experts and hospitals. VMFH is home to the Bailey-Boushay House, the first skilled-nursing and outpatient chronic care management program in the United States designed specifically to meet the needs of people with HIV/AIDS, and the Benaroya Research Institute, an internationally recognized center for autoimmune disease research. Additionally, VMFH is committed to addressing health care disparities by caring for the most vulnerable in the community, including the poor and underserved, by providing more than $300 million in community benefits, subsidies, or reduced-cost healthcare and programs. Learn more at www.vmfh.org.
Confluence Health serves the largest geographic region of any healthcare system in Washington State, covering over 12,000 square miles of Okanogan, Grant, Douglas, and Chelan counties. Confluence Health is one of only two locally-lead healthcare systems in the state with the purpose of maintaining availability and access to high-quality, cost-effective healthcare services for North Central Washington. The Confluence Health Board of Directors provides governance for Confluence Health, the Clinic, Central Washington Hospital, and Wenatchee Valley Hospital, and includes nine community board members and six physician board members.
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MORRIS PLAINS, N.J., July 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Weichert, Realtors has named Bill Scavone to the position of president. Scavone will continue to also serve in his present role as president of Weichert Real Estate Affiliates. Scavone will be responsible for leading Weichert's two largest residential real estate companies into the future. In this new role, he will assume responsibility for all functional departments within both companies, including sales, recruiting and operations.
Scavone is an 18-year veteran with Weichert Real Estate Affiliates where he has held the positions of franchise sales leader, COO and president. In his most recent role, Bill has led WREA through its fastest period of growth achieving material increases in Net Franchises, Gross Commission Income and Profit.
During his tenure, WREA has earned the distinction of being named to Entrepreneur Magazine's Top 500 Franchises for eighteen consecutive years and the Franchise Business Review's Top 200 Franchises for the past seven years. Scavone was individually recognized in Swanepoel's Power 200 and RIS Media's Newsmaker List in 2019 thru 2022.
"Bill has earned the respect of his peers and partners as a visionary, inspirational and trustworthy industry leader," said Aram Minnetian, president & COO, Weichert Companies. "In his new role, he will leverage the combined expertise, systems/tools, best practices and resources from both residential real estate companies to ensure that our franchise owners and sales associates achieve a leadership position in their market areas and grow their respective businesses."
The leadership appointment comes at an important time for Weichert as the company is poised to launch a new vision and progressive plan designed to accelerate its business success and long-term competitiveness. Dubbed Weichert REimagined, the plan's overriding objective is to rethink, redefine and recreate how Weichert delivers the industry's leading residential real estate experience to sales associates and customers. The plan includes a modern, aspirational vision for the iconic real estate services company and is specifically designed to take advantage of Weichert's strengths, while resolving the major challenges that face the industry.
Since 1969, Weichert, Realtors has grown from a single office into one of the nation's leading providers of homeownership services by putting its customers first. A family of full-service real estate and financial services companies, Weichert helps customers buy and sell both residential and commercial real estate and streamlines the delivery of mortgages and home and title insurance. Weichert leverages its customer website, www.weichert.com, one of the most visited real estate websites in the nation, to help families and individuals realize the dream of homeownership through quick and easy access to listing information and the services of its real estate professionals nationwide. Like other family-owned and -operated businesses, Weichert enjoys greater public trust according to several national surveys. For more information, Weichert's customer service center can be reached at 1-800-USA-SOLD.
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BC coach Jerry York retires; most NCAA hockey wins ever
By JIMMY GOLEN
AP Sports Writer
BOSTON (AP) — Boston College hockey coach Jerry York said Wednesday that he is retiring. The Hockey Hall of Famer has won five NCAA championships and the most games in college hockey history. The 76-year-old York told his coaches and players that it seemed to be the right time after 28 years in Chestnut Hill and 50 in coaching overall. He said he is ready to spend more time traveling with his wife, Bobbie, and watch his grandchildren’s hockey, lacrosse, and soccer games. York led Bowling Green to the 1984 NCAA title and then four more at BC. His 1,123 victories are the most ever. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/04/13/bc-coach-jerry-york-retires-most-ncaa-hockey-wins-ever/ | 2022-04-14T04:00:47Z |
NAPLES, Fla., May 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pro Music Rights ("PMR"), one of the world's largest music licensing companies, is pleased to announce that it has granted the well-known video service TikTok a license that will allow its users to create videos which include music from Pro Music Rights' extensive repertoire. The agreement will enable TikTok to offer PMR's more than 2,500,000 works to its users. Jake P. Noch, CEO of Pro Music Rights, said that he is very pleased to enter into the relationship with TikTok. "I think that TikTok is a wonderful platform and will be an outstanding online venue to expand the audience for our music, since it is routinely used by millions all over the world," said Mr. Noch.
About Pro Music Rights, Inc. (ProMusicRights.com)
Pro Music Rights is the 5th ever formed public performance rights organization (PRO) in the United States. Its licensees include such notable companies as TikTok, iHeart Media, Triller, Napster, 7Digital, Vevo, & hundreds of others. Pro Music Rights controls an estimated market share of 7.4% in the United States and that represents over 2,500,000 works that feature notable artists such as A$AP Rocky, Wiz Khalifa, Pharrell, Young Jeezy, Juelz Santana, Lil Yachty, MoneyBaggYo, Larry June, Trae Pound, Sause Walka, Trae Tha Truth, Sosamann, Soulja Boy, Lex Luger, Lud Foe, SlowBucks, Gunplay, OG Maco, Rich The Kid, Fat Trel, Young Scooter, Nipsey Hussle, Famous Dex, Boosie Badazz, Shy Glizzy, 2 Chainz, Migos, Gucci Mane, Rich The Kid, Young Dolph, Trinidad James, Fall Out Boy, & countless others. For more information, please visit promusicrights.com.
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Launches New Anker 757 PowerHouse, The World's Longest-lasting Portable Power Station
BELLEVUE, Wash., April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Anker, the world's #1 mobile charging brand1, today launched the Anker 757 PowerHouse, the world's most advanced and longest-lasting portable battery generator.
World's Longest-Lasting Battery
- Over 3,000 full charging cycles without noticeable reduction in capacity - 6 times the industry average
- 50,000-hour rating on all electronic components - 5 times the industry average • 5-year warranty - 3 years longer than the industry average
"When we introduced the first portable power station to the market seven years ago, we never knew how popular this category would become," said Steven Yang, CEO of Anker Innovations. "The Anker 757 PowerHouse represents a new class of portable battery generators far beyond basic wattage metrics. From its high-power output and multiple connections to Anker's proprietary fast charging technology and long-lasting battery materials, this is a product that's been designed from the ground up to deliver consistent power for years and years."
Longer Battery Life Span
The Anker 757 PowerHouse is powered by a Lithium Iron Phosphate (LiFePO4) battery like those used in modern long-range electric vehicles. LiFePO4 batteries have longer life spans and offer improved discharge and charge efficiency compared to Lithium Ion.
The battery in the Anker 757 PowerHouse is rated to last at 100 percent capacity for up to 3,000 full charging cycles, 6 times the industry average.
Durability to Go the Distance
The Anker 757 PowerHouse was built using an automotive-grade aluminum alloy that is corrosion and temperature resistant, providing unmatched durability.
Anker's new portable power station was also developed using industrial design standards, meaning every electronic component is rated at 50,000 hours of life expectancy. This is 5 times the industry average.
Best-in-class Warranty
The Anker 757 PowerHouse offers an unprecedented 5-year full device warranty, 3 years longer than the industry average.
Fast and Flexible Recharge Options
Unlike other Power Stations in the market that require multiple hours to recharge, the Anker 757 PowerHouse can be charged from zero capacity to over 80 percent in just 1 hour. The rapid recharge is possible through HyperFlash technology, a bi-directional inverter that draws power from the standard AC plug at faster speeds.
The 757 also integrates Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) for faster and more efficient solar recharging. According to Anker lab test data, the 757 can recharge from 0% to 80% with maximum input power with as little as 3.6 hours of direct sunlight.
Endless Energy Using the Sun
The Anker 757 will be compatible with the soon-to-be-launched, Anker 625 Solar Panel. These Monocrystalline panels will provide up to 100W of power, but three solar panels can also be connected to deliver up to 300W of power, charging the Anker 757 PowerHouse up to 80 percent in just 3.6 hours.
Safer Alternative to Generators
Portable power stations, like the Anker 757 PowerHouse, are a much safer option than traditional generators as they don't require fuel to run and don't produce carbon monoxide. This means the Anker 757 PowerHouse can be used indoors to power critical items during a power outage or other natural disaster relief efforts.
Anker 757 Product Specifications:
- 6*AC Outlets (Total 1500W output power/1229Wh capacity)
- 1x USB C 100W Port
- 1x USB C 60W Port
- 4x USB A Ports (12W Each)
- 1x Car Port (120W Max)
- AC Input: 1000W
- Can be used as a UPS Power Supply
- Max Solar Power Input: 300W
- Dimensions/Weight: 46.3 x 23.9 x 28.8 cm / 18.2 x 9.4 x 11.3 in -- 19.9 kg / 43.8 lb
Anker 625 Solar Panel Specifications:
- Integrated USB-C port delivers 15W of direct power
- XT-60 Output: 100W (can be combined for up to 300Ws)
- USB-A Output: 1x USB-A 12W
- USB-C Output: 1x USB-C 15W
- Dimensions: 525 x 470 x 85 mm (Folded); 1446 x 525 x 45 mm (Unfolded) • Weight: 5kg / 11lbs
Price & Availability
The Anker 757 will be available for pre-order today in the United States on Anker.com with a special earlybird discount. It will be available for general retail purchase beginning May 9 on Anker.com and Amazon.com for $1,399.
Additional press materials, including product images, can be found at https://bit.ly/Anker757
Anker's launch event for the new Anker 757 PowerHouse begins today at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zesgfeYmF38
About Anker Innovations
Anker Innovations is a global leader in charging technology and a developer of unique, consumer electronic products that support premium audio, mobile entertainment, and the emerging smart home space. This innovation is being led by its six key brands: Anker, AnkerWork, eufy, Nebula, Soundcore and now, AnkerMake. More information on Anker Innovations and its various brands can be found at anker.com.
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1 Data source: Euromonitor International (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., measured in terms of retail sales value in 2020, based on research conducted in 11-2021. Brands are defined as mobile charging brands if more than 75% of their retail sales are contributed by mobile phone charging products. Mobile phone charging products include chargers, wireless chargers, power banks, and charging cables, and these accessories can also be used for other consumer electronics devices.
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BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union lawmakers on Thursday said that Hungary’s nationalist government is deliberately trying to undermine the bloc’s democratic values and they deplored the failure of the 26 other EU countries to take action that would bring the country back into line.
In a resolution that passed in a 433-123 vote, with 28 abstentions, the parliamentarians raised concerns about Hungary’s constitutional and electoral systems, judicial independence, possible corruption, public procurement irregularities, LGBTQ+ rights, as well as media, academic and religious freedoms.
The vote is the latest in a series of showdowns between the EU’s institutions and Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government in Budapest. The European Commission is expected to announce on Sunday that it is prepared to suspend payments of some EU money to Hungary.
The French Greens parliamentarian who chaperoned the resolution through the assembly, Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield, said that “for the first time, an EU institution is stating the sad truth, that Hungary is no longer a democracy.”
In the text, the lawmakers condemned “the deliberate and systematic efforts of the Hungarian Government to undermine the founding values of the Union.”
The vote is highly symbolic in that it sets Hungary apart from other EU countries in its alleged failure to uphold values enshrined in the EU treaty like “respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities.”
But the vote, which came during a plenary session in Strasbourg, France, doesn’t impose any penalty on Orban’s government, nor does it bind other EU countries into taking any particular action.
In their resolution, the lawmakers said that the Hungarian government — which Orban characterizes as an “illiberal democracy” — has become “a hybrid regime of electoral autocracy.” In part, they blame EU member countries for this, for turning a blind eye to possible abuses.
Delbos-Corfield said that Orban and the ruling Fidesz party “have put their time and effort into tearing apart the fabric of democracy and ripping up the rule of law instead of supporting their citizens.”
“The costs for Hungarian citizens are clear: They are having their rights removed and opportunities undermined, all while their state is stripped apart by autocrats and oligarchs,” she said in a statement.
Lawmakers opposing a report that contains the resolution said that it contains “subjective opinions and politically biased statements, and reflects vague concerns, value judgements and double standards.”
Hungary has long been on a collision course with its European partners. It has routinely blocked joint statements, decisions and events. These range from high-level NATO meetings with Ukraine to an EU vote on corporate tax and a common EU position on an Israeli-Palestinian cease-fire.
The government in Budapest has opposed some EU sanctions against Russia, notably a freeze on the assets of Russia’s Orthodox Church patriarch, as well as energy-related measures against Moscow.
Members of the EU’s executive branch, the European Commission, are holding a meeting in Brussels on Sunday, when they are expected to announce a cut in part of Hungary’s EU funding unless it takes action to end its democratic backsliding.
In a document shared at the commission on July 20, Budget Commissioner Johannes Hahn said that suspending around 70% of the funding in some EU programs, notably related to public contract procurement, “can be considered proportionate.” It’s unclear how much money that would involve.
A full suspension of EU funds is unlikely. Any action must be approved by the member countries, and this requires a “qualified majority,” which amounts to 55% of the 27 members representing at least 65% of the total EU population.
Some lawmakers have expressed concern that if the far right wins elections in Italy on Sept. 25 it could be difficult to establish that majority. | https://cw33.com/business/ap-business/ap-eu-lawmakers-assail-hungary-for-attacking-democratic-values/ | 2022-09-15T15:00:38Z |
A celebration of inclusion and diversity within the interior design community
PITTSFIELD, Mass., Sept. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Shade Store, the leader in customer window treatments, has returned as the exclusive window treatment partner to The Kaleidoscope Project, a non-profit 501C3 organization dedicated to providing multi-platform opportunities to designers and artists in the black, indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) communities. The Shade Store collaborated with participating designers to bring hand-crafted custom window treatments into each of their spaces in the 2022 iteration of The Kaleidoscope Project Showhouse, the full transformation of the 1906 Tyler Street Firehouse in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
To continue its mission of celebrating diversity in design, The Kaleidoscope Project also has a focus on sustainability, where the four participating designer firms reimagined the old firehouse into a 4-unit residence. Each unit features unique designs that reinvigorate the building while still maintaining its historic integrity. Inspired by the unique array of architectural details, The Shade Store worked directly with each designer to execute their concepts across a variety of spaces with unparalleled attention to detail and premium custom-made window treatments. The reimagined firehouse includes Roman Shades, Roller Shades, Woven Wood Shades, and Drapery in materials from The Shade Store's in-stock collection of 1,300+ styles as well as designer-supplied C.O.M. fabrics.
"We're excited to be working with this extremely talented group of designers," said Ian Gibbs, Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer of The Shade Store. "Each designer brought such a unique perspective to the project, and it has been amazing to see, and help execute, what they have come up with for the window treatments. We are proud to be a part of an endeavor that showcases this talent and has such a positive impact on the community."
Participating designers include Everick and Lisa Brown of Everick Brown Interior Design, Denise Gordon, Tanya Lewis and Marilyn W. LaVergne of Austin Gray Design Group, Virginia Toledo of Toledo Geller, and Rasheeda Gray of Gray Space Interiors.
"This has been the most challenging project of my 30-year career, as we started with just a shell of the building," said Amy Lynn Schwartzbard, Founder of the Kaleidoscope Project. "Being a part of this amazing work has made all the sweat and tears worth it. The window treatments are beyond extraordinary, and truly brings the designs to life. This is a proud moment."
For more information about The Kaleidoscope Project, please visit https://www.thekaleidoscopeproject.com.
About The Kaleidoscope Project
Founded in 2020 by designer Amy Lynn Schwartzbard, The Kaleidoscope Project was created to show the true colors of the under-acknowledged talent within the BIPOC creative design industry. The Kaleidoscope Project aims to amplify their voices, to create a more representational view of our design trades and the world in which we live and create. The Kaleidoscope Project aims to foster welcoming and inclusive spaces that reflect a broader design narrative.
The Kaleidoscope Project combines design and opportunity with art, style, culture, sustainability, restoration, and media to engage the interests of a wide range of community groups, consumers, and furnishings industry manufacturers. thekaleidoscopeproject.com
About The Shade Store
The Shade Store is a premium custom window treatment company with a rich heritage in luxury textiles and interior design. Its exclusive collection of more than 1,300 in-stock fabrics and materials provides customers with an unparalleled amount of style and customization options. Every window treatment is proudly handcrafted in the USA, hung and tested for quality assurance and ships free in 10 days or less. With 125+ showrooms nationwide, The Shade Store offers a complete range of in-person and virtual design services for consumers and design-trade clientele, including swatches, complimentary professional window measurements and photo rendering. Additionally, the company is an advocate for environmental sustainability: For every purchase made, the company provides the 'Gift of Shade' by planting a tree in partnership with the Arbor Day Foundation. For more information about The Shade Store, please visit http://www.theshadestore.com.
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NEW YORK, June 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of IonQ, Inc. (NYSE: IONQ).
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Shareholders interested in acting as a lead plaintiff representing the class of wronged shareholders have until August 1, 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, IonQ, Inc. issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) IonQ had not yet developed a 32-qubit quantum computer; (2) the Company's 11-qubit quantum computer suffered from significant error rates, rendering it useless; (3) IonQ's quantum the computer is not sufficiently reliable, so it is not accessible despite being available through major cloud providers; (4) a significant portion of IonQ's revenue was derived from improper roundtripping transactions with related parties; and (5) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were the materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
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WYNNEWOOD, Pa., July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Citizens, law enforcement agencies, community groups and local officials in over 16,000 communities from all 50 states, U.S. territories and military bases worldwide will join forces on August 2nd to mark the 39th Annual National Night Out (NNO) – a police-community partnership event sponsored by the National Association of Town Watch (NATW). Nationally, millions of people are expected to participate in NNO this year.
National Night Out 2022 corporate partners are AT&T/FirstNet, Starbucks, Ring, Academy Sports + Outdoors, Renewal by Andersen and Associa.
"Cities and towns are excited to get the NNO party started," said National Night Out creator, Matt Peskin, "Local coordinators are anxious to showcase their strong relationships with neighbors and first-responders. National Night Out is a celebration of neighborhoods who work year round to build safer, more caring communities."
National Night Out will feature thousands of block parties, cookouts, parades, potlucks, festivals, ice cream socials, neighborhood visits by first responders, flashlight walks and neighborhood meetings.
National Night Out is designed to:
- Heighten crime prevention awareness;
- Generate support for, and participation in, local anticrime programs;
- Strengthen neighborhood spirit and police-community partnerships;
- Send a message to criminals letting them know that neighborhoods are organized and fighting back.
For more information, visit natw.org.
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Jon Batiste had the most Grammy Award nominations and his five wins outpaced everyone, yet he somehow seemed the biggest surprise on a joyous night for music that washed away some of the bad tasteleft by the Oscars a week earlier.
Batiste’s “We Are” won the prestigious album of the year award Sunday over music heavyweights like Tony Bennett, Billie Eilish, Taylor Swift and Ye, who changed his name from Kanye West. Batiste ended his dance-filled performance of “Freedom” during the show by jumping on Eilish’s table.
Silk Sonic won four Grammys, including song and record of the year for the duo’s smooth soul hit, “Leave the Door Open.” Olivia Rodrigo’s three awards included best new artist. Foo Fighters, Chris Stapleton and CeCe Winans also won three each.
Yet Batiste captured the mood of a night where, despite some somber moments, the live performance skills of music’s best artists were on full display after COVID-19 had put much of the concert industry on pause.
“I was having such a good time,” Batiste said backstage after the show, describing the moment when Lenny Kravitz announced his best album victory. “I was hanging with my family, when my name came and the ‘We Are’ title was said by Lenny — such a full circle moment because we played together when I was 16. It was surreal.”
The versatile Batiste, music director on Stephen Colbert’s “Late Show,” also won Sunday for his song “Cry,” the video for “Freedom” and his work with Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross on the soundtrack for “Soul.”
Kravitz had performed “Are You Gonna Go My Way” in a duet with H.E.R., his guitar skills and wardrobe unchanged since the song came out in 1993.
H.E.R. was still on a high backstage when she relived the moment.
“I watched Lenny growing up,” she said. “I literally studied all his videos of his performances. He’s one of the reasons why I wanted to play guitar.”
While sometimes-awkward performance partnerships have become a Grammy Award signature, Sunday’s show featured mostly sparkling performances by artists on their own. BTS high-stepped their way through “Butter,” rapper Nas fronted a big band, Rodrigo and Eilish powerfully channeled youthful angst, Stapleton delivered a bluesy version of “Cold” and Brandi Carlile, introduced by the formidable duo of Joni Mitchell and Bonnie Raitt, lived up to the challenge.
“I think we’re all having a great time,” host Trevor Noah said.
The show was a clear contrast to the bad vibes from the Oscars a week earlier, which will forever be remembered for Will Smith smacking comedian Chris Rock after taking offense at one of his jokes.
There were a few quick references to that moment at the Grammys. Noah said that “we’ll be keeping names out people’s mouths,” a reference to Smith’s profane order to Rock not to talk about Smith’s wife. Questlove, onstage Sunday to present an award, said he trusted that people will keep their distance from him. The maker of the “Summer of Soul” film, which won a Grammy Sunday, received an Oscar last week moments after the Slap.
In a more ham-fisted exchange during the untelevised portion of the Grammys, actor LeVar Burton told the audience to “remain in your seat and keep your hands to yourself” in introducing comic Nate Bargatze, who came onstage wearing a helmet.
The Academy Awards had also decided against giving time on its show to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy last week, even as some actors had advocated for it. The Grammys on Sunday played a special message from the wartime leader, who soberly reminded the audience that “our musicians wear body armor instead of tuxedos.”
His taped message was followed by a John Legend performance of “Free,” with accompaniment from three Ukrainian artists — a musician, singer and poet.
The Grammys also paid tribute to Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, who died a week ago while on tour. The band had been booked to play the Grammys. Eilish wore a shirt with Hawkins’ face as she performed her Grammy-nominated song, “Happier Than Ever.”
The Foo Fighters won Grammys for best rock performance, song and album — the latter for a record-setting fifth time in the category.
Bruno Mars made history as half of Silk Sonic with Anderson .Paak. He tied Paul Simon as the only artist to win record of the year three times. Mars won with his own “24K Magic” in 2018 and in duet with Mark Ronson on “Uptown Funk” in 2016.
The victory for “Leave the Door Open” in song and record of the year was a mild upset in a year where Rodrigo’s “Drivers License” was ubiquitous and Eilish was bidding for her third straight record of the year following “bad guy” and “Everything I Wanted.”
.Paak was giddy following Silk Sonic’s fourth award of the night, telling the Las Vegas audience that drinks were on him.
“We are really trying our hardest to remain humble at this point,” .Paak said. “But in the industry, we call that a clean sweep.”
Bennett won in the traditional pop vocal album category for a staggering 14th time, this year with duet partner Lady Gaga. Now 95 and retired from performing because of Alzheimer’s disease, he introduced a Gaga performance via taped message.
The Grammys paid tribute to behind-the-scenes concert tour employees who had been largely out of work during the pandemic, inviting four of them on to introduce performances by Eilish, Stapleton, H.E.R. and Carrie Underwood. The show also spotlighted artists in more specialized categories like gospel and bluegrass by having them perform before commercial breaks from the roof of the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. It was the first time the Grammys, which had been delayed due to rising COVID-19 cases, was held outside Los Angeles or New York.
The location change allowed rap artist Baby Keem to enjoy a hometown Grammy in best rap performance for his collaboration, “Family Ties,” with cousin Kendrick Lamar.
“This is a dream,” he said.
Rodrigo, who starred in the “High School Musical” television series, thanked her parents for letting her follow dreams that briefly included being an Olympic gymnast. Alongside song, record and album of the year, best new artist is considered among the Grammys’ four most prestigious awards.
After some pre-show handwringing that included cancelling a planned performance by Ye due to some of his concerning online behavior. Ye wasn’t on hand to pick up either of the two Grammys he shared in on Sunday.
Mitchell won a best historical album Grammy for a project tracing her early work, while late Beatle George Harrison was honored for the 50th anniversary box of “All Things Must Pass.”
Louis C.K. won an award for best comedy album, five years after several women accused him of sexual misconduct.
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Associated Press Jonathan S. Landrum and Andrew Dalton in Las Vegas contributed to this report. | https://cw33.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/batiste-joyful-performances-highlight-grammy-awards/ | 2022-04-04T13:39:20Z |
The Senate Judiciary Committee will investigate whether former President Trump’s Justice Department attempted to use the Manhattan U.S. attorney’s office to prosecute his critics and protect his allies, the panel’s chairman said.
“These reported claims indicate astonishing and unacceptable deviations from the Department’s mission to pursue impartial justice, which requires that its prosecutorial decisions be free from political influence,” Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) wrote in a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland.
Durbin cites a New York Times report detailing allegations from a new book by Geoffrey Berman, the former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York who served for two years under Trump and had previously volunteered on his 2016 campaign and transition team.
Berman has said that Trump appointees pressured the office to go after Trump’s critics and to shield Trump and his allies — and has argued that he worked to resist those efforts.
Berman has alleged he was fired by former U.S. Attorney General William Barr because his work was a threat to Trump’s reelection chances and that Trump’s Justice Department pushed him to indict Gregory Craig, the White House counsel for former President Obama, even after the Manhattan office found no reason to charge him.
On a media tour ahead of his new book’s release, Berman has also said he was pressured to criminally investigate former Secretary of State John Kerry.
Durbin noted that Berman “contends that Department officials pressured his office to remove references to President Trump from the charging document for Michael Cohen, his personal lawyer, as well as later attempts by Attorney General Barr himself to reverse Mr. Cohen’s conviction and stop related investigations entirely.”
The allegations “compound the already serious concerns” about Barr’s 2020 efforts “to replace Mr. Berman with a Trump loyalist,” Durbin wrote.
Trump fired Berman in 2020 after he refused to resign.
Durbin, in the letter to Garland, requested a number of documents and communications between the Justice Department and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, saying that “if accurate, Mr. Berman’s claims indicate multiple instances of political interference in the Department’s investigative and prosecutorial decisions.”
Berman’s new book, “Holding the Line,” is scheduled for publication Tuesday. | https://cw33.com/hill-politics/senate-to-investigate-alleged-trump-meddling-in-federal-prosecutors-office/ | 2022-09-14T15:16:50Z |
Contrast Secure Code Platform and Contrast Serverless recognized for enabling developers to find and fix security defects 17x faster and improve the operational efficiencies
LOS ALTOS, Calif., May 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Contrast Security (Contrast), the leader in code security that empowers developers to secure-as-they code, has been named a 2022 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards gold winner in the Serverless category for its Contrast Serverless Application Security solution as well as a gold winner in the Application Security category for its Contrast Secure Code Platform. Organized by Cybersecurity Insiders, the Cybersecurity Excellence Awards is an annual competition honoring individuals and companies that demonstrate excellence, innovation and leadership in information security. Contrast was awarded based on the strength of the nomination and a popular vote from members of the cybersecurity community.
"We congratulate Contrast for the recognition as a Gold award winner in the Serverless category and a Gold award winner in the Application Security category of the 2022 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards. With over 900 entries in more than 250 award categories, the 2022 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards program is highly competitive. All winners reflect the very best in innovation and excellence in tackling today's urgent cybersecurity challenges," said Holger Schulze, CEO of Cybersecurity Insiders.
The Contrast Secure Code Platform is the only unified security platform built to get secure code moving through the entire development pipeline and continuously protect across the complete software lifecycle. Contrast Serverless is designed specifically for cloud-native and serverless application development and focuses on providing security earlier in the software development lifecycle, with three primary features - dynamic scanning, resource mapping, and open-source code scanning. By using context-based static and dynamic engines, Contrast's solutions empower developers to automatically detect security vulnerabilities directly within customers' environments in order to validate and prioritize alert test results for remediation.
"It is an honor to receive two Gold Cybersecurity Excellence Awards for our Serverless Security solution as well as our Contrast Secure Code Platform," said Steve Wilson, Chief Product Officer at Contrast Security. "If an organization is looking to get ahead of their competition and secure their applications so that they are better protected against attacks, they must invest in solutions that enable developers to detect and remediate serious security vulnerabilities easily and quickly today."
To learn more about Contrast's Platform Solutions, please visit https://www.contrastsecurity.com/platform.
About Contrast Security:
Contrast Security secures the code that global business relies on. It is the industry's most modern and comprehensive Code Security Platform, removing security roadblock inefficiencies and empowering enterprise developers to write and release secure application code faster. Embedding code analysis and attack prevention directly into software with instrumentation, the Contrast platform automatically detects vulnerabilities while developers write code, eliminates false positives, and provides context-specific how-to-fix guidance for easy and fast vulnerability remediation. Doing so enables application and development teams to collaborate more effectively and to innovate faster while accelerating digital transformation initiatives. This is why a growing number of the world's largest private and public sector organizations rely on Contrast to secure their applications in development and extend protection to cloud and on-premise applications in production.
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SINGAPORE, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bonanza Goldfields Corp. (OTC:BONZ) is pleased to announce that Marvion™️ will be releasing an exclusive series of Hybrid-DOTs for the new movie The Audition by Phoenix Waters Productions, after the sellout of 2,000 Forensic Psychologist Hybrid-DOTs ("h-DOTs") on Marvion™️ MetaStudio.
Bizhan Tong, Director and Producer of The Audition commented, "I am delighted to be working on the release of 'The Audition' and tell an exciting genre movie with an incredible international cast. Similarly, I am thrilled following the commercial success of 'Forensic Psychologist' h-NFTs and my partnership with Marvion on the upcoming 'Tape' to further showcase how DOTs can become an effective avenue for investors and content creators in the film financing space, by releasing a series of exclusive never-before-seen DOTs to celebrate the release of 'The Audition' as well as fund its sequel to shoot next year."
For more information on Marvion™️ and its h-DOT offerings, please visit www.marvion.media.
About BONZ
Bonanza Goldfields Corporation is a Las Vegas based mining and mineral exploration company, exploring gold and silver properties located in Goldfield, Tonopah and Comstock Mining Districts of Nevada, and the Chloride Mining District of Arizona.
The group is building an ecosystem and a metaverse for the media and entertainment industry that implements and adopts blockchain and NFT technologies, through mergers and acquisitions.
About Marvion™️
Marvion is a metaverse technology company in the media and entertainment industry, focusing on movies, drama, animation, comics, music, and games that provide content and entertainment to adults and children alike. Although most media and entertainment content are digital in nature today, they exist in the real world as intangible assets, such as intellectual property, licenses and contractual rights, with intrinsic value.
Marvion applies blockchain and NFT technologies as tools to disrupt and improve the existing media and entertainment industry and its current practices. The technology underpinning NFTs (non-fungible tokens) has multiple functional use cases, some of which have the power to transform our societies, and some of which may be subject to regulations. Marvion uses NFT technology solely to create a legally-binding digital ownership token (DOT) to both tangible and intangible media and entertainment assets, which our analysis suggests would functionally fall outside any regulatory perimeter.
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About Hybrid DOT (h-DOT)
A h-DOT is an integrated, best in class, digital ownership token (DOT) that contains a smart contract that can execute transactions and also contains the specific legal terms of the intellectual property ownership, license and/or rights. Each Hybrid DOT (h-DOT) contains the following:
- A copy of the SPA for the purchase of the master license.
- Evidence or warranty of ownership of the relevant intellectual property.
- Ownership of the sub-license detailing the rights of the h-DOT holder.
- Image/video/music or other file depending on what the asset is.
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NEW YORK, July 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for AMC, F, DB, AFIB, and LVS.
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Family says Ava, Amy Jones to move out of the ICU
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Nickerson basketball star Ava Jones and her mother Amy, who have been hospitalized in Louisville, Ky. for two weeks after being hit by a car while standing on a sidewalk, will move out of the intensive care unit this week. The news comes from Kate Honas, the sister of Amy and Ava’s aunt.
Honas wrote on Facebook that Ava is moving out of ICU on Wednesday and that Amy could be transferred Thursday. They’re both due to continue receiving care at the University of Louisville’s Frazier Rehab Center. Honas wrote that the family hopes Ava and Amy can return to Kansas to continue rehabilitation within the next few weeks. They are using money donated to the family via GoFundMe to cover the eventual return to Kansas.
Ava, Amy, Ava’s father Trey and her younger brother were all hit by a vehicle driven by 33-year-old Michael Hurley, who admitted to police that he had taken hydrocodone and was too tired to make a turn. Trey was killed in the crash and Ava’s brother sustained minor injuries. Ava and Amy were initially hospitalized in critical condition and had been on ventilators before beginning to breathe on their own last week.
The family was in Louisville for Ava’s summer basketball tournament. Her older brother Hunter, who wasn’t involved in the crash, said Ava is expected to make a full recovery while Amy will improve but not fully recover.
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MONETT, Mo., Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. (NASDAQ: JKHY), a leading, well-rounded provider of technology solutions and payment processing services primarily for the financial services industry, today announces results for the fourth quarter and full fiscal year ended June 30, 2022.
Fiscal year summary:
- GAAP revenue increased 11% and GAAP operating income increased 19% for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2022 compared to the prior fiscal year.
- Non-GAAP adjusted revenue increased 9% and non-GAAP adjusted operating income increased 13% for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2022 compared to the prior fiscal year.1
- GAAP EPS was $4.94 per diluted share for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2022, compared to $4.12 for the prior fiscal year.
- Cash at June 30, 2022 was $48.8 million and $51.0 million at June 30, 2021.
- Debt related to the revolving credit line was $115 million at June 30, 2022 and $100 million at June 30, 2021.
Fourth quarter summary:
- GAAP revenue increased 7% and GAAP operating income increased 8% for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2022 compared to the prior-year fiscal quarter.
- Non-GAAP adjusted revenue increased 8% and non-GAAP adjusted operating income increased 13% for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2022 compared to the prior-year fiscal quarter.1
- GAAP EPS was $1.10 per diluted share for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2022, compared to $1.04 in the prior-year fiscal quarter.
Full-year fiscal 2023 guidance:
- GAAP revenue $2,080 million to $2,087 million
- GAAP EPS $5.05 to $5.09
- Non-GAAP revenue $2,045 million to $2,052 million2
1 See tables below reconciling non-GAAP financial measures to GAAP.
2 See tables below reconciling fiscal year 2023 GAAP to non-GAAP guidance.
3 See tables below on page 12 reconciling Net Income to non-GAAP EBITDA.
Operating Results
Revenue, operating expenses, operating income, and net income for the three months and fiscal year ended June 30, 2022, as compared to the three months and fiscal year ended June 30, 2021, were as follows (all dollar amounts in this section are in thousands, except for per share amounts):
- Services and support revenue increased for fourth quarter fiscal 2022 primarily driven by growth in cloud processing revenue of 12.3% and increased implementation fee revenue, partially offset by a decrease in deconversion fees of $3,009. Processing revenue increased for the fourth quarter fiscal 2022 primarily driven by growth in Jack Henry digital revenue of 31.3%, and increased card processing revenue. Other increases were in payment processing and remote capture and automated clearinghouse (ACH) fee revenues.
- Services and support revenue increased for fiscal 2022 primarily driven by growth in cloud processing revenue of 12.0% and an increase in deconversion fees of $32,644. Other increases were in implementation fee and software usage fee revenues. Processing revenue increased for fiscal 2022 primarily driven by growth in card processing of 8.1%. Other increases were in Jack Henry digital, remote capture and ACH fee, and payment processing revenues.
- For fourth quarter fiscal 2022, core segment revenue increased 8%, payments segment revenue increased 5%, complementary segment revenue increased 9%, and corporate and other segment revenue increased 22%. Non-GAAP adjusted core segment revenue increased 9%, non-GAAP adjusted payments segment revenue increased 5%, non-GAAP adjusted complementary segment revenue increased 10%, and non-GAAP adjusted corporate and other segment revenue increased 21% (see revenue lines of segment break-out tables on page 5 below).
- For fiscal 2022, core segment revenue increased 10%, payments segment revenue increased 10%, complementary segment revenue increased 11%, and corporate and other segment revenue increased 14%. Non-GAAP adjusted core segment revenue increased 8%, non-GAAP adjusted payments segment revenue increased 9%, non-GAAP adjusted complementary segment revenue increased 9%, and non-GAAP adjusted corporate and other segment revenue increased 13% (see revenue lines of segment break-out tables on page 6 below).
Operating Expenses and Operating Income
- Cost of revenue increased for fourth quarter fiscal 2022 primarily due to higher costs associated with our card processing platform commensurate with related increases in revenue, operating licenses and fees, and personnel costs. Cost of revenue increased for fiscal 2022 primarily due to higher costs associated with our card processing platform commensurate with related increases in revenue, personnel costs, and operating licenses and fees.
- Research and development expense increased for fourth quarter and fiscal 2022 primarily due to higher personnel costs (net of capitalized personnel costs).
- Selling, general, and administrative expense increased for the fourth quarter fiscal 2022 primarily due to higher personnel costs and travel expenses. Selling, general, and administrative expense increased for fiscal 2022 primarily due to higher personnel costs and travel expenses, a smaller gain on sale of assets in the current fiscal year, and an increase in deconversion costs in line with the associated increase in deconversion revenues.
Net Income
- Effective tax rates for the fourth quarter of fiscal years 2022 and 2021 were 21.8% and 19.7%, respectively. Effective tax rates for fiscal years 2022 and 2021 were 23.2% and 21.7%, respectively.
- The Company repurchased 1.25 million shares of common stock during fiscal 2022 and 2.80 million shares of common stock during fiscal 2021. Common stock repurchases during fiscal 2022 contributed $0.02 to diluted earnings per share for the fourth quarter fiscal 2022 and $0.05 for the full fiscal year. Common stock repurchases during fiscal 2021 contributed $0.04 to diluted earnings per share for the fourth quarter fiscal 2021 and $0.07 for the full fiscal year.
4 Operating margin is calculated by dividing operating income by revenue.
Impact of Non-GAAP Adjustments
The table below shows our revenue and operating income (in thousands) for the three months and fiscal year ended June 30, 2022 compared to the three months and fiscal year ended June 30, 2021, excluding the impacts of deconversion fees and acquisitions, divestitures, and gain/loss.
The tables below show the segment break-out of revenue and cost of revenue for each period presented, as adjusted for the items above, and include a reconciliation to non-GAAP adjusted operating income presented above.
The table below shows our GAAP to non-GAAP guidance for fiscal year ended June 30, 2023. Non-GAAP guidance excludes the impacts of deconversion fee revenue.
Balance Sheet and Cash Flow Review
- At June 30, 2022, cash and cash equivalents decreased to $48.8 million from $51.0 million at June 30, 2021.
- Trade receivables totaled $348.1 million at June 30, 2022 compared to $306.6 million at June 30, 2021.
- The Company had $115 million of borrowings at June 30, 2022 and $100 million at June 30, 2021.
- Total deferred revenue increased to $402.2 million at June 30, 2022, compared to $395.6 million a year ago.
- Stockholders' equity increased to $1,381.6 million at June 30, 2022, compared to $1,319.3 million a year ago.
* See tables on page 8 for Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities and on page 12 for Return on Average Shareholders' Equity. Tables reconciling the non-GAAP measures Free Cash Flow and return on invested capital (ROIC) to GAAP measures are also on page 12. See Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information below for definition of Free Cash Flow and ROIC.
The following table summarizes net cash from operating activities:
The following table summarizes net cash from investing activities:
The following table summarizes net cash from financing activities:
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) is the term used to refer to the standard framework of guidelines for financial accounting in the United States. GAAP include the standards, conventions, and rules accountants follow in recording and summarizing transactions in the preparation of financial statements. In addition to reporting financial results in accordance with GAAP, we have provided certain non-GAAP financial measures, including adjusted revenue, adjusted operating income, adjusted segment income, adjusted cost of revenue, adjusted operating expenses, non-GAAP earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (non-GAAP EBITDA), free cash flow, and return on invested capital (ROIC).
We believe non-GAAP financial measures help investors better understand the underlying fundamentals and true operations of our business. The non-GAAP financial measures adjusted revenue, adjusted operating income, adjusted segment income, adjusted cost of revenue, and adjusted operating expenses presented eliminate one-time deconversion fees, acquisitions, divestitures, and gain/loss, all of which management believes are not indicative of the Company's operating performance. Such adjustments give investors further insight into our performance. Non-GAAP EBITDA is defined as net income attributable to the Company before the effect of interest expense, taxes, depreciation, and amortization, adjusted for net income before the effect of interest expense, taxes, depreciation, and amortization attributable to eliminated one-time deconversion fees, acquisitions and divestitures, and gain/loss. Free cash flow is defined as net cash from operating activities, less capitalized expenditures, internal use software, and capitalized software, plus proceeds from the sale of assets. ROIC is defined as net income divided by average invested capital, which is the average of beginning and ending long-term debt and stockholders' equity for a given period. Management believes that non-GAAP EBITDA is an important measure of the Company's overall operating performance and excludes certain costs and other transactions that management deems one time or non-operational in nature; free cash flow is useful to measure the funds generated in a given period that are available for debt service requirements and strategic capital decisions; and ROIC is a measure of the Company's allocation efficiency and effectiveness of its invested capital. For these reasons, management also uses these non-GAAP financial measures in its assessment and management of the Company's performance.
Non-GAAP financial measures used by the Company may not be comparable to similarly titled non-GAAP measures used by other companies. Non-GAAP financial measures have no standardized meaning prescribed by GAAP and therefore, are unlikely to be comparable with calculations of similar measures for other companies.
Any non-GAAP financial measures should be considered in context with the GAAP financial presentation and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for GAAP measures. Reconciliations of the non-GAAP financial measures to related GAAP measures are included.
COVID-19 Impact and Response
Since its outbreak in early calendar 2020, COVID-19 has rapidly spread and continues to represent a public health concern. The health, safety, and well-being of our employees and customers is of paramount importance to us. In March 2020, we established an internal task force composed of executive officers and other members of management to frequently assess updates to the COVID-19 situation and recommend Company actions. We offered remote working as a recommended option to employees whose job duties allowed them to work off-site, and we suspended all non-essential business travel. As of August 15, 2022, the majority of our employees were continuing to work remotely either full time or in a hybrid capacity. We have announced that our official return-to-office date is September 6, 2022, though employees have been permitted to voluntarily return to the office since May 2, 2022. Individual decisions on returning to the office will be manager-coordinated and based on conversations with specific teams and departments. A large number of our employees have requested to remain fully remote or participate in a hybrid approach where they would split their time between remote and in-person working. While our business travel is normalizing, we do not expect it to return to pre-pandemic levels and continue to encourage a cautious approach to business travel activities.
Customers
We work closely with our customers who are scheduled for on-site visits to ensure their needs are met while taking necessary safety precautions when our employees are required to be at a customer site. Delays of customer system installations due to COVID-19 have been limited, and we have developed processes to handle remote installations when available. We expect these processes to provide flexibility and value both during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Even though a substantial portion of our workforce has worked remotely during the outbreak and business travel has been limited, we have not yet experienced significant disruption to our operations. We believe our technological capabilities are well positioned to allow our employees to work remotely without materially impacting our business.
Financial impact
Despite the changes and restrictions caused by COVID-19, the overall financial and operational impact on our business has been limited and our liquidity, balance sheet, and business trends remain strong. We experienced positive operating cash flows during fiscal 2022, and we do not expect that to change in the near term. However, we are unable to accurately predict the future impact of COVID-19 due to a number of uncertainties, including further government actions; the duration, severity and recurrence of the outbreak, including the onset of variants of the virus; the effectiveness of vaccines against new variants; the development and effectiveness of treatments; the effect on the economy generally; the potential impact to our customers, vendors, and employees; and how the potential impact might affect future customer services, processing and installation-related revenue, and processes and efficiencies within the Company directly or indirectly impacting financial results. We will continue to monitor COVID-19 and its possible impact on the Company and to take steps necessary to protect the health and safety of our employees and customers.
Quarterly Conference Call
The Company will hold a conference call on August 17, 2022; at 7:45 a.m. Central Time and investors are invited to listen at www.jackhenry.com. A webcast replay will be available approximately one hour after the event at ir.jackhenry.com/events-and-presentations and will remain available for one year.
About Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.®
Jack Henry (NASDAQ: JKHY) is a well-rounded leading provider of technology solutions primarily for the financial services industry. We are an S&P 500 company that serves approximately 7,850 clients nationwide. We provide core innovative solutions to community and regional banks; core industry-leading solutions to credit unions of all sizes; and non-core highly specialized solutions to financial institutions of every asset size, as well as diverse corporate entities outside of the financial services industry. With a heritage that has been dedicated to openness, partnership, and user centricity for more than 40 years, we are well-positioned as a driving market force in future-ready digital solutions and payment processing services. We empower our clients and consumers with the human-centered, tech-forward, and insights-driven solutions that will get them where they want to go. Are you future ready? Additional information is available at www.jackhenry.com.
Statements made in this news release that are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Because forward-looking statements relate to the future, they are subject to inherent risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those discussed in the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including the Company's most recent reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q, particularly under the heading Risk Factors. Any forward-looking statement made in this news release speaks only as of the date of the news release, and the Company expressly disclaims any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether because of new information, future events or otherwise.
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EL SEGUNDO, Calif., May 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mattel163 is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the classic Phase 10 card game with the biggest-ever globe-trotting event in Phase 10: World Tour, the Phase 10 Mobile game, introducing new phases, special action cards, and monthly events.
Players can join the "Birthday Tour" event from May 31 through June 21. Full of twists and turns for a limited time new update, players will travel around the world by car, playing to collect vehicle upgrades, postcards that unlock rewards, and special Lucky Draw cards to earn prizes, all while meeting other global players and making friends as you travel together.
"Fans can expect the game to keep evolving as we continue to develop new modes of play for Phase 10: World Tour," said Phase 10 creator Ken Johnson. "We've collected feedback from fans over the years, and have used that knowledge to develop new ways of playing the Phase 10 game, and I hope its popularity will continue to grow for both the physical game and the mobile app."
"Phase 10 has remained a beloved source of entertainment and fun across generations, and the 40th anniversary celebration is one of the biggest events of the year for Mattel163," said Amy Huang, CEO of Mattel163. "We're very excited to be part of the journey and Phase 10 Mobile will evolve to provide more personalized and localized in-game experience in countries across the world, allowing global players to enjoy the fun and love of making a phase."
In 1982, 22-year-old Ken Johnson created the classic rummy-style Phase 10 card game, in the basement of his parents' Detroit home.
Phase 10: World Tour is available in over 100 countries on both iOS and Android, and has amassed tens of millions of players around the world. It's always a good time to take 10; download Phase 10: World Tour on the App Store or Google Play now and take 10 for yourself!
About Mattel163
Mattel163 is a joint venture between global toy giant Mattel and Chinese internet giant NetEase. Founded in 2017, Mattel163 employs over 200 talented people with offices in Los Angeles, Shanghai, and Hangzhou. Focusing on connecting the world through play, we develop and publish mobile games based on iconic Mattel IPs and our own original creations.
Mattel163 has more than 250 million players around the world, and is growing! We believe that games are about creativity and connectivity that should evolve with technology and culture. Our current game portfolio includes UNO!™ Mobile, Phase 10: World Tour, Skip-Bo™ Mobile, and more to come very soon.
Media Contact
Roxy Xuan
Mattel163 PR
Roxy.xuan@mattel163.com
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ÖSTERSUND, Sweden, April 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Skanska has, as part of a joint venture with R.J. Industries, Inc., signed a contract with NYC Department of Environmental Protection to do work at its Hunts Point Wastewater Resource Recovery Facility in the Bronx, New York, USA. The total contract is worth USD 309M. Skanska's share of the contract is worth about USD 248M, about SEK 2.3 billion, which will be included in the US order bookings for the first quarter of 2022.
The contract includes the installation of cast-in-place concrete, prefabricated guardhouse and walkway bridges, electric, heating, ventilation, and plumbing, instrumentation and controls, site clearing, excavation and final landscaping.
Construction will begin in spring 2022 and is scheduled for completion in March 2026.
CONTACT:
For further information please contact:
Brittany Felteau, Communications Director, Skanska USA, tel +1 617 574 14 85
Andreas Joons, Press Officer, Skanska AB, tel +46 (0)10 449 04 94
Direct line for media, tel +46 (0)10 448 88 99
This and previous releases can also be found at www.skanska.com.
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Forest Service officials are hitting a pause on prescribed fires after a New Mexico burn escaped containment
By Paradise Afshar and Christina Maxouris, CNN
The US Forest Service is hitting a pause on prescribed fire operations in all the system’s lands across the US because of “extreme wildfire risk conditions,” Chief Randy Moore announced Friday.
The news follows a meeting federal officials had earlier in the day with the governor of New Mexico, where a prescribed fire escaped containment last month and has since grown to more than 300,000 acres.
During the pause on those operations, the Forest Service will conduct a 90-day review of protocols, practices and the decision support tools ahead of the operations planned for the fall, the chief said.
“Our primary goal in engaging prescribed fires and wildfires is to ensure the safety of the communities involved. Our employees who are engaging in prescribed fire operations are part of these communities across the nation,” Moore said. “The communities we serve, and our employees deserve the very best tools and science supporting them as we continue to navigate toward reducing the risk of severe wildfires in the future.”
Prescribed fires are often used to manage vegetation, reduce hazardous fuels near residential communities, minimize the spread of pest insects and diseases, improve habitat for threatened and endangered species and recycle nutrients, according to the Forest Service. They’re also essential tools in helping reduce the threat of extreme fires in the future.
The chief said prescribed fires go as planned in 99.84% of cases, but in “rare circumstances, conditions change, and prescribed burns move outside the planned project area and become wildfires.”
A New Mexico prescribed fire becomes a wildfire
In New Mexico, the Hermits Peak Fire began as a prescribed fire on April 6, but unexpected, powerful winds “caused multiple spot fires to spread outside of the project boundary,” according to the interagency reporting website InciWeb.
The blaze eventually combined with the Calf Canyon Fire, which started April 19 and its cause is under investigation.
The flames, burning near Gallinas Canyon, have torched more than 303,000 acres and were roughly 40% contained Friday, according to InciWeb.
It is the largest fire in New Mexico history and has forced thousands of people to evacuate their homes since last month.
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham praised the forest service’s decision.
“While we’re clear about the long-term importance of carefully studied and well-managed prescribed burns as tools to improve forest management, it is critical that federal agencies update and modernize these practices in response to a changing climate, as what used to be considered extreme conditions are now much more common,” the governor said. “The situation unfolding in New Mexico right now demonstrates without a doubt the grave consequences of neglecting to do so.”
The Forest Service carries out an average of 4,500 prescribed fire projects each year, its chief said, adding “extensive planning occurs” before each one.
“Landscapes are analyzed for prescribed fire treatments and the effects on community well-being, vegetation, hydrology, threatened and endangered species and other values,” Moore said. “Extensive standard operating procedures to authorize prescribed fires include developing and coordinating a burn plan, site preparation, public notifications, weather and forecast monitoring and validation before a decision is made to go ahead.”
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Athlete of the Week: Davin Luce, Bonneville Baseball
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) - In his last two starts, our Sermon Service and Electric Athlete of the Week has pitched 13.0 innings, allowed zero walks and struck out 25 batters. Our Athlete of the Week is Davin Luce.
If there's an athlete you think we should feature in this segment, we want to hear from you! Send us your recommendations to sports@localnews8.com. | https://localnews8.com/sports/local-sports/2022/04/13/athlete-of-the-week-davin-luce-bonneville-baseball/ | 2022-04-14T02:21:50Z |
Lawsuit alleges PacifiCorp failed to safely maintain equipment
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On August 22, Frantz Law Group filed a lawsuit in Sacramento Superior Court against PacifiCorp on behalf of 13 plaintiffs who suffered loss of life, serious property loss, or other damages as a result of the McKinney Fire in Siskiyou County. The father of Theresa Cogan, one of the plaintiffs represented by Frantz Law Group, died in the fire as he tried to escape. PacifiCorp has admitted to the California Public Utilities Commission that one of its transmission lines was involved in the fire.
"It's alleged that John Cogan died because PacifiCorp failed to safely maintain its equipment in an area that it knew or should have known was highly susceptible to fire," said James P. Frantz, on behalf of the plaintiffs.
"After two decades of massive wildfires in California that have killed more than 100 people, destroyed more than 35,000 structures and upended thousands of lives, the legal requirements that public utilities are required to follow in order to prevent causing dangerous wildfires are not being adhered to," said Frantz. "In the McKinney Fire, we are alleging that PacifiCorp failed to maintain its electrical equipment, resulting in the wrongful death of John Cogan as well as significant property damages to numerous clients."
About the Frantz Law Group
Frantz Law Group is a nationally recognized law firm that has specialized experience in representing victims of wildfires caused by the negligence of public utility companies and has represented and/or currently represents over 9,000 victims against various utility companies. For more information, please visit https://www.frantzlawgroup.com/
Media Contact: mckinneyfireinfo@gmail.com
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Osaka wants go easy on herself entering clay season
By TALES AZZONI
AP Sports Writer
MADRID (AP) — Former No. 1 Naomi Osaka enters the clay-court season with the goal of not being too hard on herself. Osaka made the final in Miami last month and will be playing as a wild-card entry when the Madrid Open begins on Thursday. The 24-year-old Osaka says she is “trying to embrace my mistakes compared to the previous years as well, so I’m not that hard on myself.” The four-time Grand Slam champion says she is telling herself ”not to be mad” if she makes a mistake or doesn’t do what she was expected to do. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/04/27/osaka-wants-go-easy-on-herself-entering-clay-season/ | 2022-04-27T23:45:25Z |
Health Net Assisting Members in Mariposa County During State of Emergency
SACRAMENTO, Calif., July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In response to Gov. Gavin Newsom's declared state of emergency in Mariposa County, Health Net is providing special assistance to ensure its members affected by the ongoing wildfire have access to essential prescription medications and other healthcare services to help them cope with grief, loss, stress or trauma.
- During evacuations, members in Mariposa County affected by the wildfire can obtain an emergency supply from the drug store where they originally filled their prescription.
- If their drug store is closed, members can call Health Net at 1-800-400-8987 for assistance.
Health Net members can also call MHN for coping support. MHN can offer referrals to mental health counselors, local services, or phone consultations. These services can help members cope with grief, stress, or trauma related to the wildfires. MHN operates their hotline 24 hours a day, seven days a week and can be reached at 1-800-227-1060.
If members cannot reach their primary care provider during a declared state of emergency, Health Net provides access to telehealth services at no cost. To make an appointment, members should reference the back of their Health Net ID card for more information on how to access telehealth services. Members can find this same information by registering with and logging on to HealthNet.com
Doctors and nurse practitioners can call Health Net at 1-800-641-7761 for help with:
- Emergency prescription refill guidelines
- Escalating approvals to reduce approval turnaround times
- Approval for out-of-network treatments when in-network resources are unavailable
Depending on how long the members need additional assistance, Health Net may take additional steps to ensure its members have access to necessary healthcare services as necessary.
At Health Net, we believe every person deserves a safety net for their health, regardless of age, income, employment status or current state of health. Founded in California more than 40 years ago, we're dedicated to transforming the health of our community, one person at a time. Today, Health Net's 2,600 employees and 90,000 network providers serve 3 million members. That's nearly 1 in 12 Californians. We provide health plans for individuals, families, businesses of every size and people who qualify for Medi-Cal or Medicare — Coverage for Every Stage of Life™. Health Net also offers access to substance abuse programs, behavioral health services, employee assistance programs and managed health care products related to prescription drugs. We offer these health plans and services through Health Net, LLC and its subsidiaries: Health Net of California, Inc., Health Net Life Insurance Company and Health Net Community Solutions, Inc. These entities are wholly owned subsidiaries of Centene Corporation (NYSE: CNC), a Fortune 25 company that offers affordable and high-quality products to nearly 1 in 15 individuals across the nation. For more information, visit www.HealthNet.com.
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Lake Local school board approves contract with classified staff
The Repository
LAKE LOCAL BOARD OF EDUCATION
Monday meeting
KEY ACTION: Authorized a contract with pay raises for the Lake Local Education Association classified staff.
DISCUSSION: The board approved a new contract effective for two years starting July 1 through and including June 30, 2024. Staff members will receive 1.5% raises each year. Their health insurance contributions will remain at 18% a year for the next two years.
OTHER ACTION:
- Held the monthly Hartville Lion’s Club, Uniontown Lion’s Club and the Lake Board of Education recognition program. The following students and staff were recognized: Gavin Sobieski and Madelyn Henley, third grade, Audrey Goebelt and Connor Garvey, fifth grade; Taylor Domer and Trevor Miller eighth grade; Camille Smith and Ryan Moorhead 12th grade. Plus, they awarded Ali DeGeorge as Teacher of the Month; Kim Keim as Bus Driver of the Month and Megan Moore as Volunteer of the Month.
- Approved the graduating class (289 students) of 2022 upon its completion of academic requirements and verification. Graduation is scheduled for May 28 at the Blue Streak Stadium.
- Approved student handbooks for the 2022-2023 school year for Lake Primary, Lake Elementary and Lake Middle/High School.
- Approved student fees for the 2022-2023 school year.
- Accepted the following donations: $139,650 from The Hartville Area Community Charity Trust Fund for Brian’s Park; and $5,000 from Steve and Kay Mitchell for Performing Arts Summer Camp (PASS).
UP NEXT: Meets 6 p.m. May 16 at Lake Elementary cafetorium.
— Patricia Faulhaber | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/2022/04/19/lake-local-school-board-approves-contract-classified-staff/7365974001/ | 2022-04-19T17:57:09Z |
Withdraws from its CFPB approval order to facilitate change
SAN JOSE, Calif., June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Payactiv, Inc., a certified B Corp and the leader in Earned Wage Access (EWA), announced the elimination of EWA access fees, making several of Payactiv's delivery options, including ACH, completely free.
Payactiv had previously waived its fees in 2020 during the onset of the COVID-19 global pandemic, and now, by eliminating access fees entirely, the company is creating another watershed moment and making EWA even more accessible for the millions of working Americans in need of relief in the current economic climate.
"Timely access to earned wages is the safest way for millions of American workers to meet livelihood needs without fees and penalties from other liquidity options. With additional zero cost EWA options, the bar has been raised again for the emerging EWA industry." said co-founder and CEO Safwan Shah. "To rapidly offer these additional zero-cost options, we opted to withdraw from the company-specific 2020 CFPB Approval Order," added Shah.
While the withdrawal does not impact Payactiv's offerings, it allows the company to eliminate access fees without delay. Payactiv has worked cooperatively with the CFPB over the last several years, including by addressing the CFPB's feedback in early 2021 to state that it "has an Approval Order from CFPB" in lieu of describing itself as "CFPB-Approved." Payactiv appreciates the opportunity to have worked with the CFPB on the Approval Order, and looks forward to further efforts to advance the industry.
Payactiv is the creator of EWA and a leading provider in the industry today. By announcing yet another avenue for free access to its EWA, Payactiv continues to disrupt the industry it created, establishing a new level of service for those who rely on Earned Wage Access to navigate their financial lives. In addition to EWA, it offers gas and prescription discounts, savings options, and powerful budgeting tools. Consumers will also continue to have access to optional expedited delivery methods for a voluntary fee when needed.
Payactiv will make the improved fee structure available to all new and existing clients in the third quarter of 2022 and expects most employers to transition to the new model within 2022.
Payactiv, a Public Benefit Corporation and Certified B Corp, provides workers on-demand access to earned but unpaid wages. This approach eliminates the expense of payday loans, bank overdrafts, and late fees workers would otherwise resort to for liquidity. The company's holistic financial-wellness platform offers a suite of financial services that includes savings and budgeting tools, bill payment, and financial-health measurement. Payactiv is the winner of the American Business Awards Company of the Year for Financial Services award, the Innovative Payments Association's Consumer Champion award, a Finovate winner and finalist, and the recipient of numerous best-in-class awards in both FinTech & HRTech. Visit www.payactiv.com.
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US pools close, go without lifeguards amid labor shortage
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Manager Ashley Ford strode the perimeter of one of Indianapolis’ five open swimming pools, monitoring kids as they jumped off a diving board or careened into the water from a curved slide. Four lifeguards, whistles at the ready, watched from their tall chairs stationed around the water.
With a dozen of the city’s pools shuttered due to a lifeguard shortage, families sometimes line up more than an hour before the one at Frederick Douglass Park opens, Ford said. Many days, it reaches capacity.
A national lifeguard shortage exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic has prompted communities such as Indianapolis to cut back on pools and hours. In other spots around the United States, swimming areas go without attendants.
That’s left some Americans with fewer or riskier options, even as a significant part of the nation endures a second heat wave in as many weeks. Public health experts say the risk of drowning decreases significantly when lifeguards are present.
“That’s my biggest thing, is making everybody safe,” Ford said.
The American Lifeguard Association estimates the shortage impacts one-third of U.S. pools. Bernard J. Fisher II, director of health and safety at the association, expects that to grow to half of all pools by August, when many teenage lifeguards return to school.
“It is a disaster,” Fisher said.
Summer shortages aren’t unusual, but U.S. pools are also dealing with the fallout from earlier in the pandemic, when they closed and lifeguard certification stopped, Fisher said. Starting pay lags behind many other jobs, though some cities are ramping up incentives.
Indy Parks and Recreation has 100 lifeguards on staff this year when normally it would have double that, said Ford, who was worked for the agency for 20 years. Even as lifeguards from closed neighboring pools bulk up the open facilities, pools in Indianapolis must still close for an hourlong lunch and cleaning break each day.
When a local pool is not open, young people may go swimming in places without lifeguards, Fisher said. That can result in more drownings, which disproportionately affect people of color. In the U.S., Black people under 29 are 1.5 times more likely to drown compared with white Americans of the same age, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
About 330,000 people enroll the American Red Cross’ lifeguarding course annually. That figure shrank, as many pools shuttered due to the pandemic, but is now rising, Jenelle Eli, senior director of media relations for the American Red Cross said in a statement to The Associated Press.
Indy Parks requires its lifeguards to pass a course in which they swim 100 yards, tread water for a minute without using their hands and retrieve a 10-pound object from the bottom of a pool. Starting pay is $15 per hour, up from $13 an hour earlier this year. Those who stay through the season will receive a $100 retention bonus, Boyd said.
“I’ve tried to get some of my friends that want to get a summer job and want to have money in their pockets,” said second-year lifeguard Donald Harris, 17. “They’ve just said lifeguarding isn’t for them.”
At Indiana’s state parks, lifeguards are paid $11 an hour. All of the state’s 37 facilities remain open, but some operate on limited hours, said Terry Coleman, director of the Division of Indiana State Parks. Many Indiana state parks additionally have shallow swimming areas without lifeguards, Coleman said.
“We’re looking at potential incentives for maybe the 2023 recreation season, but nothing in stone yet,” he said.
In Maine, several state parks started the season without lifeguards, and visitors are informed at the park entrance when no lifeguard is on duty, said Jim Britt, spokesperson for the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. The state pays lifeguards about $16 an hour.
“It’s a concern,” Britt said. “There’s no two ways about it. We want lifeguards to be there and to be on duty.”
Chicago, which boasts one of the nation’s largest aquatic programs — 77 public pools and 22 beaches that serve a population of nearly 2.75 million — pushed opening day for pools back to July 5 from June 24.
“Chicago families rely on our park programs during the summer, so we are not giving up,” Chicago Park District Superintendent Rosa Escareño said in a news release.
Escareño attributed the scarcity in part to “mass resignation” — referring to post-pandemic labor shortages.
Chicago Park District pays $15.88 hourly and is now offering bonuses of $600, up from $500 in May, to new hires who stay through the summer. It also relaxed residency requirements, meaning applicants do not have to live in the city.
One cause for applicant hesitation unrelated to the pandemic may be a lifeguard sexual abuse scandal that rocked Chicago Park District last year.
Escareño said the organization has since strengthened its accountability and reporting systems.
“I think right now, the most important thing is to ensure that we open safely, and that we place the greatest priority on safety, not just the safety of our residents, but also the safety of our employees,” she said.
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Associated Press reporter David Sharp in Portland, Maine, contributed to this report. Savage reported from Chicago. She and Rodgers are corps members for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues.
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Greenpeace activists tried to block a Russian oil tanker heading to Norway
By Amy Cassidy and Anna Cooban, CNN Business
Norwegian police arrested seven Greenpeace activists on Monday after they chained themselves to a Russian oil tanker to try to prevent it docking at a port in Norway operated by Exxon.
The Ust Luga — loaded with Russian jet fuel worth $116 million — was on its way to Slagentangen port, about 53 miles south of the capital Oslo, when activists chained themselves to its anchor, Aud Hegli Nordø, a spokesperson for Greenpeace Nordic, told CNN.
The Slagen oil terminal is owned by Esso, a subsidiary of US oil giant ExxonMobil.
In a bid to block the tanker from docking, seven Greenpeace activists set off in boats across the Oslo Fjord waters and chained themselves to the anchor, said Nordø.
All were taken into police custody, in addition to several activists from climate action group Extinction Rebellion who joined the blockade, a spokesperson for Greenpeace confirmed to CNN. The ER activists were later released.
The Ust Luga is now docked in Slagen, according to tracking site Marine Traffic.
“The fact that our government still allows the import of Russian fossil fuels in the current situation is unfathomable,” Frode Pleym, head of Greenpeace Norway, said in a statement to CNN.
“I am shocked that Norway operates as a free port for Russian oil, which we know finances [Russian President Vladimir] Putin’s warfare.”
The Ust Luga tanker is registered in Hong Kong, according to Marine Traffic.
The vessel is operated by Russian gas producer Novatek, according to shipping data provider Lloyd’s List Intelligence. Novatek’s CEO and major shareholder is the oligarch Leonid Mikhelson, who CNN has previously reported as having close ties to Putin.
“The transport of oil from Russia is not itself a violation of the sanctions that currently apply in the EU or in Norway,” Ane Haavardsdatter Lunde, a communications adviser for Norway’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told CNN in a statement. “The Norwegian authorities therefore have no legal basis to stop a delivery such as this.”
“In areas outside the scope of the sanctions, it is the Government’s view that each company must independently decide which actions it will take beyond those that comply with the existing legislation,” she added.
Greenpeace is also demanding Esso cancel its contracts with Russia.
A spokesperson for ExxonMobil told CNN in a statement that deliveries of Russian fuel to Norway “are fulfilling contracts that were in place prior to the invasion.”
“We have not made any new purchases of Russian products since the invasion, and there are no plans for future purchases,” she said.
“We are fully complying with all sanctions, and we support the internationally coordinated efforts to bring Russia’s unprovoked attack to an end,” the spokesperson added.
A raft of energy companies exited Russia after President Vladimir Putin ordered troops into Ukraine in late February. BP, Shell and Norwegian state oil company Equinor have stopped trading Russian oil or entering into new contracts.
Exxon, which had been operating in Russia for more than 25 years, pledged to pull out of its Sakhalin-1 venture — a vast oil and natural gas project located off Sakhalin Island in the Russian Far East.
— Mark Thompson contributed to this report.
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THE WOODLANDS, Texas, July 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Huntsman Corporation (NYSE: HUN) has published its 2021 corporate sustainability report titled, "Brightening the Horizon: Enabling Sustainability," on its website at Huntsman.com/sustainability. The interactive HTML report highlights many of the ways Huntsman products offer critical solutions to today's most pressing sustainability challenges.
"As a chemical manufacturer and solutions provider, Huntsman's sustainability journey starts within our own operations. However, the impact our products have toward enabling a carbon-neutral society tells a much bigger story," said Brittany Benko, Senior Vice President of Environmental, Health, Safety and Manufacturing Excellence and Corporate Sustainability Officer for Huntsman. "Our solutions make homes and buildings more energy efficient, reduce fuel demand for transportation on the ground and in the sky, enable alternative energy solutions, increase the durability of materials to reduce waste, and make our customers' processes more energy and water efficient. In a word, we are enabling sustainability."
Highlights from the report include:
- 55% collective progress on Huntsman's near-term Horizon 2025 targets
- 65% improvement in water usage in water-stressed areas
- 40% reduction in overall emissions intensity rate since 2019
- 750 million tons of lifetime emissions avoided each year through our innovative emissions-reducing solutions
New to the 2021 Sustainability Report, Huntsman discloses against the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), further improving the quality of its disclosures in accordance with both the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) frameworks. Limited assurance has been provided by a third party for operational greenhouse gas emissions (Scope 1 and Scope 2) and water consumption.
About Huntsman:
Huntsman Corporation is a publicly traded global manufacturer and marketer of differentiated and specialty chemicals with 2020 revenues of approximately $6 billion. Our chemical products number in the thousands and are sold worldwide to manufacturers serving a broad and diverse range of consumer and industrial end markets. We operate more than 70 manufacturing, R&D and operations facilities in approximately 30 countries and employ approximately 9,000 associates within our four distinct business divisions. For more information about Huntsman, please visit the company's website at www.huntsman.com.
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Award Reinforces Gong's Market Leadership and Differentiation as the Most Valuable Platform for Revenue Teams
PALO ALTO, Calif., Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Gong, the Reality Platform™ leveraging artificial intelligence to transform go-to-market teams, has been named to the Forbes 2022 Cloud 100, the definitive ranking of the top 100 private cloud companies in the world. This is the third straight year Gong has been named to the list, which is published annually by Forbes in partnership with Bessemer Venture Partners and Salesforce Ventures.
"Gong's momentum, as evident in our triple-digit YoY ARR growth in Q2 of this year, reflects the value our Reality Platform delivers to help sales teams achieve optimal performance and close more deals, which is critical in today's economic climate," said Gong CEO Amit Bendov. "As we've expanded our platform's capabilities, more companies are standardizing on Gong for all of their revenue strategy, execution, and operations, and we're accelerating our progress. We're excited to be named on the 2022 Forbes Cloud 100 as it demonstrates Gong's commitment to creating raving fans and recognizes our incredible people and culture."
For the seventh straight year, the Cloud 100 reviews submissions from hundreds of cloud startups and private companies each year. The Cloud 100 evaluation process involved ranking companies across four factors: market leadership (35%), estimated valuation (30%), operating metrics (20%), and people & culture (15%). For market leadership, the Cloud 100 enlists the help of a judging panel of public cloud company CEOs who assist in evaluating and ranking their private company peers.
"The companies of the Cloud 100 list represent the best and brightest private companies in this fast-growing sector," said Alex Konrad, senior editor at Forbes. "Every year, it gets more difficult to make this list — meaning even more elite company for those who do. Congratulations to each of the 2022 Cloud 100 honorees."
"The public markets may be in turmoil, but the private valuations of the Cloud 100 continue to rise. All of the 2022 Cloud 100 honorees, again, have reached the $1 billion valuation milestone, and the average Cloud 100 valuation has skyrocketed to $7.4 billion," said Mary D'Onofrio, partner at Bessemer Venture Partners. "Despite the market correction in 2022, our confidence in the cloud economy continues to grow—today over 70% of the 2022 Cloud 100 Honorees have reached or exceeded $100 million in annual recurring revenue making them cloud Centaurs. An additional 10% of the list is expected to hit this milestone by the end of the year, furthering our conviction that this year's honorees truly represent the best cloud companies globally."
"Great companies are born out of all environments, and it's exciting to see the continued momentum in the cloud sector," said Alex Kayyal, Managing Partner, Salesforce Ventures. "The companies on this list have gone through a rigorous selection process, and join an esteemed alumni list of Cloud 100 companies. As the need for digital transformation continues to drive innovation and efficiencies across industries, we can look to these companies as the absolute best in cloud computing."
The Forbes 2022 Cloud 100 and 20 Rising Stars lists are published online at www.forbes.com/cloud100. Highlights of the list appear in the August/September 2022 issue of Forbes magazine.
About Gong
Gong unlocks reality to help people and companies reach their full potential. The Reality Platform™ autonomously empowers customer-facing teams to take advantage of their most valuable assets – customer interactions, which the Gong platform captures and analyzes. Gong then delivers insights at scale, enabling revenue and go-to-market teams to determine the best actions for repeatable winning outcomes. More than 3,000 innovative companies like Morningstar Inc., Paychex, LinkedIn, Shopify, Slack, SproutSocial, Twilio, and Zillow trust Gong to power their business reality. For more information, please visit www.gong.io.
Bessemer Venture Partners
Bessemer Venture Partners helps entrepreneurs lay strong foundations to build and forge long-standing companies. With more than 135 IPOs and 200 portfolio companies in the enterprise, consumer and healthcare spaces, Bessemer supports founders and CEOs from their early days through every stage of growth. Bessemer's global portfolio includes Pinterest, Shopify, Twilio, Yelp, LinkedIn, PagerDuty, DocuSign, Wix, Fiverr and Toast and has $19 billion of regulatory assets under management. Bessemer has teams of investors and partners located in Tel Aviv, Silicon Valley, San Francisco, New York, London, Boston, Beijing and Bangalore. Born from innovations in steel more than a century ago, Bessemer's storied history has afforded its partners the opportunity to celebrate and scrutinize its best investment decisions (see Memos) and also learn from its mistakes (see Anti-Portfolio).
About Forbes
Forbes champions success by celebrating those who have made it, and those who aspire to make it. Forbes convenes and curates the most influential leaders and entrepreneurs who are driving change, transforming business and making a significant impact on the world. The Forbes brand today reaches more than 150 million people worldwide through its trusted journalism, signature LIVE and Forbes Virtual events, custom marketing programs and 47 licensed local editions in 80 countries. Forbes Media's brand extensions include real estate, education and financial services license agreements.
Salesforce Ventures
Salesforce Ventures helps enterprising founders build companies that reinvent the way the world works. Since 2009, we've invested in and partnered with more than 400 of the world's most tenacious enterprise software companies from seed to IPO, including Airtable, Databricks, DocuSign, Guild Education, Hopin, monday.com, nCino, Snowflake, Snyk, Stripe, Tanium, and Zoom. Salesforce Ventures leverages our decades of expertise in the cloud and our long-term relationships with key decision-makers at thousands of businesses around the world to give our portfolio companies an unfair advantage, help them build credibility, and accelerate growth. Salesforce Ventures has invested in more than 25 countries with offices all over the world including in San Francisco, Irvine, New York, London, Tokyo, and Sydney. Follow @SalesforceVC and learn more at http://www.salesforceventures.com.
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The companies have partnered together to create a custom bracelet in support of the fertility community.
MIAMI, June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SMP Pharmacy and Little Words Project have partnered together to create a fertility Hope Bracelet and spark larger conversations around fertility by creating community. The Hope Bracelet was made to inspire courage and positivity for those that need it while going through fertility treatments. Every new patient who places their full order of fertility medications through SMP Pharmacy will receive a Hope Bracelet in their medication package to help encourage them through their fertility journey.
"SMP Pharmacy understands that the fertility journey can be difficult. We want to support our patients and make the experience a little brighter in any way we can," says SMP Pharmacy CEO, Pam Schumann. "Little Words Project is the perfect partner to spread this message and aid in creating a community that can rally together to lift each other up during an emotional journey. We're excited that we can help facilitate that."
Designed by women who have been there, both Pam and Little Words Project founder, Adriana Carrig, have gone through the IVF process. They understand that no two journeys are alike, and as such, Little Words Project and SMP Pharmacy want to support all those on a path to parenthood. The Hope Bracelet is meant to be a reminder to never lose hope on your journey, and that hope is always with you, and so is SMP Pharmacy and Little Words Project.
"After going through IVF personally, it means so much to me to bring more awareness to a topic that affects so many women in partnership with SMP," says Little Words Project founder, Adriana Carrig. "It's so important to talk about infertility and support those who are navigating their paths to parenthood. My wish is that this bracelet gives hope to so many individuals who are embarking on their infertility journey."
The Fertility Hope Bracelet will be distributed by SMP Pharmacy within their patient's medication deliveries. Once a patient has the bracelet, they can register it on The Little Words Project website. When a patient feels ready, they can pass on their bracelet to someone else on their fertility journey and track it via the website. The intention is to foster community amongst those on their path to parenthood and spread hope across the community.
For more information, visit https://littlewordsproject.com/pages/register-smp-pharmacy or go to @smppharmacy or @littlewordsproject on Instagram.
About Little Words Project
Little Words Project® aims to inspire and encourage people to be kind to themselves and to pay that kindness forward, one bracelet at a time.
About SMP Pharmacy
With nearly two decades of pharmaceutical and patient care experience, we understand that one approach does not fit all. That's why we provide custom solutions for a seamless, convenient experience from beginning to end. At SMP Pharmacy, we lead with compassion and integrated technologies to give you the results you want with the dedicated care you need.
Contact: Casey Tarnas, Casey@smppharmacy.com
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YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia, June 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Finance Ministers and Health Ministers of the world's 20 largest economies agree to establish a ground-breaking pandemic fund to help the world better prevent, prepare for and respond to future pandemics.
Indonesian Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin and Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati co-chaired the 1st G20 Joint Finance and Health Ministers' Meeting (JFHMM), during which G20 member states agreed to the establishment of a Financial Intermediary Fund (FIF) for Pandemic Preparedness, Prevention, and Response (PPR) under the trusteeship of the World Bank and technical guidance of the WHO.
"I am pleased to announce a commitment of over USD 1.1 billion has been secured for the Financial Intermediary Fund for pandemic PPR." Minister Mulyani said. Indonesia commits to contribute USD 50 million, Singapore USD 10 million, the United States USD 450 million, the European Union USD 450 million, Germany Euro 50 million (USD 52.7 millions) and Wellcome Trust £10 million (USD 12.3 million). G20 member states also highlighted that the fund would be inclusive in nature and allow access middle to low income countries to utilize it.
The JFHMM conclusion will also be discussed at the next Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors' (FMCBG) Meeting next month and to be followed up at the next Joint Finance-Health Task Force (JFHTF) meeting.
Indonesian Health Minister Budi empasized that the G20 JFHTF has made progress in discussing further the idea of FIF establishment that was first introduced during 2021 Italian G20 presidency. "I am confident that we will achieve concrete results by October, which includes the establishment of the FIF and coordinating platform collaboration," Minister Budi said.
Two meetings also agree on the universal verification of COVID-19 vaccine certificates, health protocols to ease global mobility, and the expansion of the Global Manufacturing and Research Hub for PPR, especially the production of vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics to take place in developing countries.
WHO Director General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, World Bank, GAVI, CEPI, The Global Fund and The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation attended the meeting. Dr. Tedros said that FIF must also be coherent with other global health initiatives. "This platform should be built on the experience of the ACT Accelerator, the Pandemic Influenza Framework and other mechanisms. This is an important focus of the G20 health track under Minister Budi's leadership," he said.
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CHICAGO, Aug. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today launched Bitcoin Euro and Ether Euro futures.
"The launch of these new futures contracts builds on the strong growth and deep liquidity we have seen in our existing U.S. dollar-denominated Bitcoin and Ether futures contracts," said Tim McCourt, Global Head of Equity and FX Products, CME Group. "Our new Bitcoin Euro and Ether Euro futures will provide institutional clients, both within and outside the U.S., with more precise and regulated tools to trade and hedge exposure to the two largest cryptocurrencies by market cap."
Bitcoin Euro and Ether Euro futures contracts will be sized at five bitcoin and 50 ether per contract. These new contracts will be cash-settled, based on the CME CF Bitcoin-Euro Reference Rate and CME CF Ether-Euro Reference Rate, which serve as once-a-day reference rates of the euro-denominated price of bitcoin and ether.
These new futures contracts will be listed on and subject to the rules of CME.
For more information on this product, please visit https://www.cmegroup.com/cryptocurrencies#explore-our-cryptocurrency-products.
As the world's leading derivatives marketplace, CME Group (www.cmegroup.com) enables clients to trade futures, options, cash and OTC markets, optimize portfolios, and analyze data – empowering market participants worldwide to efficiently manage risk and capture opportunities. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, energy, agricultural products and metals. The company offers futures and options on futures trading through the CME Globex® platform, fixed income trading via BrokerTec and foreign exchange trading on the EBS platform. In addition, it operates one of the world's leading central counterparty clearing providers, CME Clearing.
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DETROIT, July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- This July, Meridian of Michigan kicked off a new partnership with three local health providers to put brand new shoes on children and adults who receive their COVID-19 vaccine.
As the coronavirus and new emerging variants remain a very real threat in Michigan, people continue to test positive, and residents continue to be hospitalized. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends everyone ages six months and older get vaccinated against COVID-19. To thank community members for getting vaccinated against COVID-19, the "Shots for Shoes" campaign will provide eligible Meridian members with a gift card for a new pair of shoes.
"At Meridian, we believe it's vital to protect the health of our members and local communities by ensuring the vaccine is accessible in convenient locations where members feel safe and heard," said Dr. Kay Judge, Meridian's Chief Medical Officer. "We believe this is one way to overcome vaccine hesitancy, while also identifying other needs members may have like food and housing because health is more than just about healthcare."
Meridian members ages six months or older who receive any dose of the COVID-19 vaccine (1st, 2nd, or booster) are eligible to receive a shoe store gift card from Shoe Dept. or Famous Footwear. Members can schedule their vaccinations at participating providers at Wayne County Healthy Communities (WCHC) in Hamtramck, Family Health Center in Kalamazoo, or Great Lakes Bay Health Centers in Saginaw. Walk-in appointments will also be accepted.
"As a Federally Qualified Health Center, our mission is to provide community members with healthcare services regardless of their ability to pay," said Dr. Raouf Seifeldin, Chief Medical Officer at WCHC. "We focus on addressing social determinants of health including transportation, interpretation, food resources, and more. We serve an underserved community with a low socioeconomic status. Therefore, being able to provide gift cards for shoes to those who have trouble purchasing basic necessities is fundamental. Ultimately, we do not want patients to have to choose between seeing a doctor or purchasing food and clothing. We want to work towards alleviating these barriers by providing patients with 'one-stop shop' access to a variety of different healthcare services."
"Shots for Shoes" runs through the end of the month. Gift cards will be mailed to members the end of the campaign.
Meridian has served Michigan residents since 1997 across its Medicaid, Medicare, and Marketplace plans. These efforts to get everyone vaccinated reinforce the company's long-standing commitment to supporting the whole-health of its local communities.
Meridian in Michigan provides government-sponsored managed care services to families, children, seniors, and individuals with complex medical needs primarily through Medicaid (Meridian), Medicare Advantage and Medicare Prescription Drug Plans (Wellcare), Medicare-Medicaid Plans (MeridianComplete), and the Health Insurance Marketplace (Ambetter from Meridian). Meridian is a wholly owned subsidiary of Centene Corporation, a leading healthcare enterprise committed to helping people live healthier lives. For more information about Meridian, please visit mimeridian.com.
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NEW YORK, June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Natera, Inc..
Shareholders who purchased shares of NTRA 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.
CLASS PERIOD: This lawsuit is on behalf of a class of all persons and entities who purchased or otherwise acquired Natera common stock between February 26, 2020, and April 19, 2022, inclusive.
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) the Company's non-invasive prenatal test, Panorama, was not reliable and resulted in high rates of false positives; (2) the Company's screening test for kidney transplant failure, Prospera, did not have superior precision compared to competing tests; (3) as a result of defendants' false and misleading claims about Natera's technology, the Company was exposed to substantial legal and regulatory risks; (4) Natera relied upon deceptive sales and billing practices to drive its revenue growth; and (5) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' statements about the company's business, operations, and prospects lacked a reasonable basis.
DEADLINE: June 27, 2022 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/natera-inc-loss-submission-form/?id=28865&from=4
NEXT STEPS FOR SHAREHOLDERS: Once you register as a shareholder who purchased shares of NTRA 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 June 27, 2022. There is no cost or obligation to you to participate in this case.
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(KXAN) — From sun to water to poop, renewable energy comes in a variety of forms.
David Yeomans, the chief meteorologist at Nexstar’s KXAN in Austin, explores renewable energy sources and why switching to them is so essential — including how, eventually, animal poop could help us use fewer resources.
You may be wondering: What is renewable energy and why are some energy sources renewable and some aren’t? As Yeomans explains in the video above, fuels like coal, natural gas and petroleum will eventually run out. Otherwise known as fossil fuels, these materials are drilled out from the Earth and are made up of the buried remains of ancient plants and animals.
But waste from animals is in never-ending supply. And it’s already being used for fuel.
As explained by the Texas A&M University AgriLife Extension, animal waste has many properties that make it amenable to power production, though some drawbacks also exist. When manure is used to make energy, the product is called biogas.
According to A&M’s Texas Animal Manure Management Issues page, biogas could eventually be produced on smaller scales and more immediately. For instance, farms or other animal facilities could recycle waste on-site and in real-time. | https://cw33.com/news/could-animal-poop-power-your-home/ | 2022-07-06T18:55:39Z |
VALENCIA, Calif. , June 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Valencia Technologies Corporation, a privately held company, today announced that it has completed the world's first commercial implantation of eCoin® in Sarasota, FL. The surgery was performed by Dr. Kristie Greene, a leader in the female pelvic medicine space. eCoin® received premarket approval (PMA) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in March 2022, making it the first and only FDA approved implantable tibial neurostimulator indicated for the treatment of urge urinary incontinence (UUI).
"The first successful commercial implantation of eCoin marks the culmination of years of hard work by our team, representing a significant milestone for Valencia and the field of UUI treatment," said Stacy Chambliss, Chief Executive Officer. She added, "We believe more patients will be served with greater satisfaction using our eCoin solution compared to the existing treatment options for UUI."
Chief Commercial Officer, Jerry Schloffman, added, "As pioneers in implantable tibial neuromodulation, we embrace the responsibility that comes with being first. Working with innovators like Dr. Greene, we are committed to a patient-centric experience focused on quality and outcomes."
"When I learned about eCoin, I was excited to have an additional option particularly for those who were happy with percutaneous tibial nerve modulation, and for individuals who wanted to avoid general anesthesia with sacral neuromodulation surgery or patients not desiring intradetrusor Botox. Immediately, it seemed a natural fit for my practice," stated Dr Kristie Greene, a urogynecologist in Sarasota, Florida who performed the first post-FDA approval eCoin® implant procedures. "My patients were equally excited when they learned about eCoin. Furthermore, it became a more attractive option once they learned that it was done with local anesthesia only."
eCoin® is a coin-sized neurostimulator implanted subcutaneously in the lower leg during a minimally invasive, outpatient procedure utilizing local anesthetic. eCoin® is the first implantable tibial nerve stimulator approved by the FDA. The eCoin® device contains a primary battery and once programmed, automatically delivers intermittent stimulation to the tibial nerve to reduce UUI symptoms.
Physicians interested in offering eCoin® therapy to their patients may register for eCoin® Physician Certification online using the eCoin® physician website at professionals.eCoin.us Patients are encouraged to visit Valencia's patient website at www.eCoin.us for more information about this novel therapy for UUI.
Valencia Technologies Corporation ("Valencia") is a private medical technology company located in Valencia, California. The company designed and manufactured its eCoin® device for the treatment of urge urinary incontinence (UUI). Learn more about Valencia at www.valenciatechnologies.com or the eCoin® device at www.eCoin.us.
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The network with the #1 ranked charter school in Texas (per U.S. News & World Report's 2022 rankings) continues the effort to offer its acclaimed K-12 curriculum to students across the state.
AUSTIN, Texas, June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Two new campuses from one of the top charter school networks in the nation are coming to Texas.
BASIS Cedar Park and BASIS Cedar Park Primary will be the BASIS Charter School network's 38th and 39th schools nationwide, bringing the total number of campuses in Texas to fourteen.
"This is exciting news for all of the communities we serve in central Texas," said Andrew Freeman, the Executive Director of BASIS Texas Charter Schools. "We're right on schedule as we continue to offer our incredible curriculum to more and more students in Texas every year."
BASIS Cedar Park Primary and BASIS Cedar Park will both open in the fall of 2023 and offer grades K – 9 in the first year to hundreds of students in each grade – "we're trying to meet a lot of demand in this part of Texas, particularly for the primary grades," said the founding Head of School of BASIS Cedar Park and BASIS Cedar Park Primary, Roberto Ramirez, who has been with BASIS Charter Schools as an educator and Head of School for more than a decade.
"BASIS Cedar Park will welcome one new grade level each school year, until it reaches full growth as a grades 6-12 campus during the 2026-27 school year," Ramirez said.
"We've been talking about building new schools in Cedar Park for years," said BASIS.ed Texas CEO Dr. Peter Bezanson. "In the wake of the excellent rankings for many of our schools in U.S. News & World Report this spring, it's fantastic to announce that our Cedar Park locations are in fact opening in 2023, and that a veteran BASIS educator like Roberto will lead these campuses."
Dr. Bezanson continued, "Now, as our students and families enjoy summer vacation, we're building another high-achieving school community in Texas. Like our other BASIS Texas Charter Schools in San Antonio, Fort Worth, Austin, and Pflugerville, BASIS Cedar Park and BASIS Cedar Park Primary will soon be among the top performing schools in the world!"
"While we will soon start construction on BASIS Cedar Park and BASIS Cedar Park Primary, we'll also soon begin filling student seats for the 2023-24 school year with our initial Open Enrollment period this fall," said Head of School Ramirez. "Open enrollment is when we encourage families to apply so they have a much better chance, indeed the best chance, to get a seat. In addition, in the coming months we'll offer tours, information sessions, and answer every last question that prospective families have."
Specific Open Enrollment dates will be announced closer to fall 2022. In the meantime, interested families can sign up for an interest list to learn more information about the campuses and the network, view progress on the new school building, explore the BASIS Charter School Curriculum, or find any other information at: https://enrollbasistx.com/cedarpark/.
"The new school building will be incredible," Executive Director Freeman said. "It's a ground-up build, comprising both campuses, which will be two stories and together include 78,000 square feet. It will include kindergarten specific classrooms; AP science labs; two large multi-purpose rooms; a full gymnasium; a theater; outdoor play space; and all of the usual BASIS Texas Charter School amenities. This is truly an exciting project for families in the area. And the best part: the beautiful building will have one of the nation's top curriculums being taught inside!"
The schools will be located on a ten-acre parcel near the northwest corner of North Lakeline Boulevard and West Park Street in Cedar Park, in zip code 78613.
As Dr. Bezanson alluded to above, BASIS Texas Charter School students and educators are still celebrating the recent U.S. News & World Report 2022 state and national rankings, which were published this spring. In the rankings, BASIS San Antonio – Shavano Campus – the only BASIS Texas Charter School eligible for the esteemed publication's rankings this year – was the top non-selective school in the state of Texas, and #8 in Texas overall. It was also the #25 STEM school in the United States, and the #17 public charter school in the nation. Finally, in the publication's overall rankings, which ranked 17,843 schools nationwide, BASIS Shavano ranked #77 in the United States.
The BASIS Charter Schools network is among the best in the United States, whether assessed by national rankings across myriad publications, OECD/PISA scores, AP Exam scores, college admissions, merit aid earned, or any other measure. Our passionate and knowledgeable Subject Expert Teachers serve students in kindergarten through grade 12 using the STEM-inspired, liberal arts-focused BASIS Charter School Curriculum. Our acclaimed program—founded in 1998 and cultivating excellence every school year since—educates students at the highest international levels, preparing them to be participants, not spectators, in the 21st century global workforce. Starting in fall 2022, the BASIS Charter Schools network will celebrate its 25th academic year of serving students, and will do so at 37 public charter school campuses serving more than 22,000 students in Arizona, Louisiana, Texas, and Washington, D.C.
For more information, please visit basisedtx.com, enrollBASIStx.com, basised.com, or basisschools.org.
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SINGAPORE, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- China Online Education Group ("51Talk" or the "Company") (NYSE: COE), a global online education platform with core expertise in English education, today announced that the audit committee of its board of directors and the board of directors have approved the dismissal of PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong Tian LLP ("PwC") as its independent registered public accounting firm and the engagement of Marcum Bernstein & Pinchuk LLP ("MBP") as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm. MBP will be engaged to audit the annual consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries (the "Group") filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022.
This transition was not the result of any disagreements or unresolved matters with PwC ,the incumbent auditor of the Company, and there are no matters with respect to this transition that need to be brought to the attention of the Company's shareholders.
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About China Online Education Group
China Online Education Group (NYSE: COE) is a global online education platform with core expertise in English education. The Company's mission is to make quality education accessible and affordable. The Company's online and mobile education platforms enable students to take live interactive English lessons on demand. The Company connects its students with a large pool of highly qualified teachers that it assembled using a shared economy approach, and employs student and teacher feedback and data analytics to deliver a personalized learning experience to its students.
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A long time ago I watched a documentary about poet Emily Dickenson’s life and writings. One thing that I never forgot about that film is that she lived at a time when death was regrettably common — and therefore the subject of many of her poems.
“How are you doing?” is a polite way of introducing ourselves to each other now. But as I learned in that documentary, this greeting during Dickinson’s times meant, “Are you healthy and well and going to be with us tomorrow?”
Until modern times, dying commonly affected all age groups. Women died during child birth. Children died from a variety of maladies. The rich as well as the poor suffered tragedy and loss almost equally.
Haider Warraich, the doctor who wrote “Modern Death: How Medicine Has Changed End of Life,” explained in an interview that in the 1800s in Boston or London, people died mostly of three things: injuries, infections or some type of nutritional deficiencies.
“Really,” he said, “death was a very binary event — and it was very sudden. For example, before the advent of medical technology, if someone had a heart attack or if someone had some type of abnormal heart rhythm such as ventricular tachycardia, they would almost certainly die, in many cases instantaneously, sometimes even in their sleep.”
Warraich said that dying today is no longer an “instantaneous flash event,” but a “phase of our life.”
New technologies enable people to live longer even if they have chronic diseases, so they are in and out of hospitals — as my dad was the past five months. Today we’ve become disconnected from death, Warraich said. We’ve moved death from our homes and communities to hospitals and nursing homes — where four of five Americans now die.
When my father’s father died at only 34 in 1937, he died in his own bed of streptococcus, now easily cured with penicillin, and was laid out in the parlor of his house.
We’d hoped my father would meet his end peacefully in his own home. After repeated visits to the hospital and skilled nursing facilities, we brought him home and hired our own care. We celebrated his 89th birthday at his home a few weeks ago in epic fashion. A glorious event, it was attended by the large extended family he and my mother produced.
When his time finally came, he was back in the hospital, but he was surrounded by his family and his wife of nearly 66 years.
As advances in technology change the way we live and die, we are becoming fearful of death — yet it’s something every one of us is going to experience. I’m honored to say that my sisters and mother and I fully embraced my dad’s life and supported him with everything we had in his last painful months. Knowing he’s at peace now quells the hurt of watching him suffer so much for so long.
I believe he is in Heaven now, reunited with his parents, and I believe I will see him again. I will wait patiently for that grand reunion.
“How are you doing?” is the question of the moment.
I wish you the very best if you are in your end stage of life now or caring for someone you love who is — as you navigate the challenges of dying in modern times.
Tom Purcell is a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review humor columnist. Email him at Tom@TomPurcell.com.
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Nationwide celebration showcases job opportunities and domestic clean energy security
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- During a time of historic legislative action that will turbocharge the domestic clean power industry, the American Clean Power Association today kicked off American Clean Power Week. This annual celebration of wind, solar, energy storage, and transmission recognizes the many ways that homegrown, affordable, and reliable clean energy is building a better future for the United States.
Experience the full interactive Multichannel News Release here: https://www.multivu.com/players/English/9075151-american-clean-power-week-2022/
This year's theme for the week is "Building the Clean Energy Economy," highlighting clean energy technologies through numerous in-person and virtual events with elected officials, industry leaders, and members of the public across the country.
"With the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, there couldn't be a better time to celebrate the transformational role of clean energy in building a better America," said Heather Zichal, ACP CEO. "American Clean Power Week demonstrates how clean energy creates good-paying jobs – along with economic and health benefits – for Americans in red, blue, and purple states. Throughout the week, ACP and our member companies will highlight the work being done across the country to build our clean energy economy and educate the public on the benefits this homegrown industry will continue to bring to our country across the next decade."
During American Clean Power Week, cities and states across the country will be recognizing the week through official proclamations, local and state leaders will be presented with Clean Power Champion Awards, and ACP member companies will highlight the benefits their projects bring to their communities through public events and education campaigns. Throughout the week the American Clean Power Association will be cataloging events live on its website.
Land-based wind, offshore wind, solar, transmission, and energy storage are key climate solutions that will help meet our national carbon-free power goals by 2035 while providing good-paying jobs to Americans across the country.
The clean energy industry employs nearly 443,000 Americans – and is poised to more than double the workforce. The renewable energy industry has invested more than $412 billion in the U.S. economy and local communities, and $600 billion of additional investment will be made as a result of the Inflation Reduction Act.
"From Hawaii to West Virginia, the people we serve tell us they want to see us meet their needs with energy that's affordable, that creates jobs in their communities, and that preserves their environment," said Craig Cornelius, ACP Board Chair and CEO of Clearway Energy Group. "The most historic climate and clean energy legislation to ever make its way through Congress will make it possible to deliver on those goals. We're proud to be a part of our country's growing clean energy workforce and celebrate American Clean Power Week by shining light on how it impacts everyday Americans."
Monday, August 15: The American Energy Transformation – The Inflation Reduction Act is a monumental shift in the county's clean energy future. The IRA is estimated to add an additional 525-550 gigawatts of clean power projects built from 2022-2030, which will bring enough clean energy online to power every American home by 2030. This will mean lower consumer energy prices across the board for Americans with annual average savings around $1,000 per household.
Tuesday, August 16: Community Investment and Job Creation – Clean power drives investment into local economies and creates good paying jobs employing nearly 443,000 Americans across the country. With the passage of the IRA the clean energy workforce will more than double, adding another 550,000 jobs to the American workforce, employing nearly 1 million Americans by 2030. Renewables energy projects provide states and localities with critical revenue that allows communities the ability to plan and invest in their future. Clean power projects pay an estimated $1.3 billion in state and local taxes providing enough new income to repair roads, invest in schools, and fund essential services.
Wednesday, August 17: Energy Transition for All – The energy transition is an unparalleled opportunity to create a better future for everyone by offering economic growth and opportunities for investment and innovation, alongside greater access to clean and affordable energy. The clean power industry has a broad range of programs that are working to increase the participation of diverse and underrepresented populations in the industry. The industry is also proud to employ veterans in the wind and solar sectors at rates 50% and 33% respectively higher than the national average.
Thursday, August 18: Reliability and Energy Security – Renewable energy is a reliable and increasing source of homegrown power for Americans across the country. Renewable energy sources are essential to the country's electricity mix, consistently providing a significant portion of American electricity. Grids across America would not be able to meet today's demand without renewables.
Friday, August 19: Building a Better Future – Clean power is building a better future for our planet. Transitioning to zero-carbon energy sources – like land-based wind, offshore wind, and solar – will help drive the clean energy economy forward while also benefiting our planet by reducing the carbon pollution produced by conventional generation sources.
During this week, ACP will also recognize elected officials and leaders across the country with Clean Power Champion Awards for their critical work in advancing clean energy.
The Clean Power Champion Awards are conferred to elected officials that have propelled the clean energy industry forward through policy and leadership. The 2022 Champion Award winners advocated for onshore wind, offshore wind, solar, energy storage, and transmission and helped support clean, homegrown, and reliable energy that will power our country and economy.
This year's recipients include, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Sen. Thomas Carper (D-DE), Sen. Michael Crapo (R-ID), Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT), Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM), California State Senator Robert M. Hertzberg (D-Van Nuys), Rep. Steven Horsford (D-NV), Texas State Representative Donna Howard (D-Austin), Rep. Bill Keating (D-MA) , Rep. David Rouzer (R-NC), Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Rep. Deborah Ross (D-NC), Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC), Rep. Paul Tonko (D-NY) and Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR).
- 442,900+ jobs supported in the clean energy workforce.
- $412 billion invested in wind, solar and energy storage projects.
- Total operating capacity: 211,406 MW – 58 million homes can be powered by clean energy in the U.S.
- $1.3 billion paid annually in state and local taxes.
- $1.4 billion in annual payments to landowners, farmers, ranchers.
- 413,382,000 metric tons of CO2 avoided – equivalent to taking 89 million cars off the road.
Passing the IRA means that by 2030 -
- There will be enough clean energy to power every home in America by 2030.
o There will be three times more clean energy on the electric grid. - The average American can expect to deposit over $1000 per year in energy savings by 2030.
- The IRA pays up to $14,000 for new appliances in your home, including heat pumps, hot water heaters, and induction stoves – which immediately start reducing energy costs and increasing savings.
- New clean energy projects will create $17 billion in state and local revenues for new schools, roads, and projects in local communities.
- The IRA is expected to catalyze $600 billion dollars in private investment into the grid through 2030.
- The clean energy workforce will more than double, adding another 550,000 jobs to American workforce, employing nearly 1 million Americans by 2030.
- Our air will be 40% cleaner by 2030 thanks to the greenhouse-gas emissions avoided by renewables, energy efficiency, and electrification.
- The IRA will catalyze billions to be invested in new, domestic manufacturing plants, creating new jobs for over 150,000 American workers to produce homegrown clean energy.
For a complete list of American Clean Power Week events, please click here.
About ACP: American Clean Power is the voice of the clean power industry that is powering America's future, providing cost-effective solutions to the climate crisis while creating jobs, spurring massive investment in the U.S. economy and driving high-tech innovation across the nation. We are uniting the power of America's renewable energy industry to advance our shared goals and to transform the U.S. power grid to a low-cost, reliable and renewable power system. Learn more about the benefits clean power brings to America at www.cleanpower.org and follow us on Twitter @USCleanPower, Facebook and LinkedIn.
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CHICAGO, April 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ZONETICS announces today it has established headquarters in 1871, Chicago's prestigious entrepreneurial technology hub. ZONETICS, launched by TestZone™, a trusted provider of health security solutions, signed a two-year lease at 222 W. Merchandise Mart Plaza and plans to create 100 area jobs in the next three-to-five years.
"We are pleased to join ZONETICS in announcing Chicago as its headquarters," said Michael Fassnacht, President & CEO, World Business Chicago, Chief Marketing Officer, City of Chicago. "The company is well-positioned for success at 1871, a globally top rated business incubator. This pro Chicago decision is another great example that Chicago is where big ideas are being incubated and accelerated."
ZONETICS is developing a powerful AI platform to provide companies, organizations, and event planners with predictive and real-time health threat data and management tools. The platform creates proprietary insights allowing ZONETICS' public health experts to provide hyper-local health threat intelligence to allow their clients to create their own new normal.
"A strategic Health Security Intelligence program is now imperative for any event venue, business or school and needs to become the new normal for organizations of all sizes," says Mike Reed, PhD, co-founder, and Chief Science Officer, ZONETICS. "Chicago is the perfect city and 1871 the perfect location to headquarter our business. The city's well-known resilience in the face of adversity and its focus on tech startups resonates strongly with us. When an organization or a city faces public health threats, our platform provides access to data and expert tools that help predict and manage these threats to minimize economic disruption and provide business continuity."
About ZONETICS
For more information connect on LinkedIn or visit www.testzonedx.com/zonetics.
About TestZone
TestZone, Inc. is a global health security company at the forefront of the science that provides universities and businesses with multi-layered turnkey health security screening programs to identify health threats quickly and take action to mitigate spread. Founded by a group of recognized leading experts in medical science and public health, TestZone creates customizable onsite solutions that combine screening, behavioral and IT systems to make spaces safer. For more information connect on LinkedIn or visit https://www.testzonedx.com/.
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CAMERON — Services for Elizabeth Anna Egger, 87, of Cameron and formerly of Clarence, N.Y., will be 10 a.m. Friday at Marek-Burns-Laywell Funeral Home in Cameron.
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CAMERON — Services for Elizabeth Anna Egger, 87, of Cameron and formerly of Clarence, N.Y., will be 10 a.m. Friday at Marek-Burns-Laywell Funeral Home in Cameron.
Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery in Cameron.
Mrs. Egger died Thursday, Aug. 25, at a Temple hospital.
She was born Feb. 15, 1935, in Brooklyn, N.Y., to John and Violet Milligan Fannin. She married John A. Egger on Aug. 31, 1957. She worked as an executive secretary and was a homemaker.
Survivors include her husband of Cameron; three sons, John Egger of Cameron, William “Bill” Egger of Cookeville, Tenn., and David Egger of Belton; a daughter, Jean Carolus of Bemus Point, N.Y.; 13 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. | https://www.tdtnews.com/obituaries/article_26770452-28e5-11ed-9062-ab4e46d7ea87.html | 2022-08-31T09:04:34Z |
BREA, Calif., July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Envista Holdings Corporation ("Envista") announced today an extension and expansion of their commercial partnership with dentalcorp Holdings Ltd., Canada's largest DSO, network of dental practices.
Since dentalcorp's founding in 2011, Nobel Biocare, an Envista company, and dentalcorp have invested resources to expand implant treatment capabilities to each of dentalcorp's 500+ supported practices. Together, Nobel Biocare and dentalcorp have trained hundreds of clinicians and created a network that offers the latest tooth replacement solutions from Nobel Biocare. This partnership extension further strengthens dentalcorp's ability to provide the highest quality of care to its patients.
Amir Aghdaei, CEO Envista, said, "We are thrilled to be dentalcorp's preferred dental implant provider. Implants are one of the fastest growing segments in dentistry and dentalcorp is a well-respected and growing provider of dental implant treatments. We look forward to strengthening our partnership with this leading DSO. dentalcorp's focus on supporting clinicians at every step in their professional career aligns well with Envista's purpose of partnering with dental professionals to improve lives. This partnership further accelerates our journey to digitize, personalize, and democratize the dental industry.
"Patients are looking for more specialized care from their trusted oral health care provider and Nobel Biocare is a leading innovator of implant-based dental restorations," says Guy Amini, President, dentalcorp. "Our teams work every day to advance every aspect of our patients' oral health and well-being and when looking at implant partners, Nobel Biocare stood out for its delivery of next-level support with an unmatched commitment to our success."
Through this partnership, Nobel Biocare will offer unparalleled support to dentalcorp's network of over 1,500 dentists, will help enable dentalcorp's fast-paced expansion, and will improve access to best-in-class dental implant treatment services for Canadians.
Envista is a global family of more than 30 trusted dental brands, including Nobel Biocare, Ormco, DEXIS, and Kerr united by a shared purpose: to partner with professionals to improve lives. Envista helps its customers deliver the best possible patient care through industry-leading dental consumables, solutions, technology, and services. Our comprehensive portfolio, including dental implants and treatment options, orthodontics, and digital imaging technologies, covers a wide range of dentists' clinical needs for diagnosing, treating, and preventing dental conditions as well as improving the aesthetics of the human smile. With a foundation comprised of the proven Envista Business System (EBS) methodology, an experienced leadership team, and a strong culture grounded in continuous improvement, commitment to innovation, and deep customer focus, Envista is well equipped to meet the end-to-end needs of dental professionals worldwide. Envista is one of the largest global dental products companies, with significant market positions in some of the most attractive segments of the dental products industry. For more information, please visit www.envistaco.com.
About Nobel Biocare
Part of the Envista family, Nobel Biocare is a world leader in the field of innovative implant-based dental restorations. Our goal is to empower dental professionals to give quality of life back to their patients.
This philosophy is built on over 65 years of continuous innovation, all stemming from Per-Ingvar Brånemark's ground-breaking discovery of osseointegration in 1952. Since then, we've helped our customers treat millions of patients with our science-backed and forward-looking solutions. Nobel Biocare supports its customers through all phases of professional development, offering world-class training and education along with practice support and patient information materials. The company is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. Production takes place at four sites located in the United States, Sweden and Japan. Products and services are available in over 80 countries through subsidiaries and distributors.
Our company's portfolio offers solutions from single tooth to fully edentulous indications with dental implant systems (including key brands NobelActive and NobelParallel and ceramic implant NobelPearl*) a comprehensive range of high-precision individualized prosthetics and CAD/CAM systems (NobelProcera), digital solutions for treatment planning and guided surgery (NobelClinician and DTX Studio suite) as well as biomaterials.
About dentalcorp
dentalcorp is Canada's largest and one of North America's fastest-growing network of dental practices, committed to advancing the overall well-being of Canadians by delivering the best clinical outcomes and unforgettable experiences. dentalcorp acquires leading dental practices, uniting its network in a common goal: to be Canada's most trusted healthcare network. Leveraging its industry-leading technology, know-how and scale, dentalcorp offers professionals the unique opportunity to retain their clinical autonomy while unlocking their potential for future growth. To learn more, visit dentalcorp.ca
Contact
Stephen Keller
Vice President, Investor Relations
Envista Holdings Corporation
200 S. Kraemer Blvd., Building E
Brea, CA 92821
Telephone: (714) 817-7000
Fax: (714) 817-5450
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PITTSBURGH, April 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I thought there could be a better way to cool the air between the bed sheets for a more restful sleep," said an inventor, from Plainfield, Ill., "so I invented the SLEEP ASSISTANT. My design would eliminate the need to run ceiling fans or central air conditioning while sleeping."
The patent-pending invention provides an effective way to supply cool air between a bed mattress and sheets. In doing so, it offers a cost-effective solution for cool air delivery. As a result, it enhances comfort while sleeping and it helps to reduce sweating in warm environments. The invention features a user-friendly design that is easy to install and use so it is ideal for households.
The original design was submitted to the Chicago sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-CHK-160, 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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CHARLESTON, S.C., April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Bank of South Carolina Corporation (Nasdaq: BKSC) announced unaudited earnings of $1,464,106 or $0.26 and $0.26 basic and diluted earnings per share, respectively, for the quarter ended March 31, 2022 – a decrease of 19.11% from earnings for the quarter ended March 31, 2021 of $1,810,075, or $0.33 and $0.32 basic and diluted earnings per share. Annualized returns on average assets and average equity for the three months ended March 31, 2022 were 0.88% and 11.24%, respectively, compared with March 31, 2021 annualized returns on average assets and average equity of 1.37% and 13.26%, respectively.
Fleetwood S. Hassell, President of the Bank of South Carolina, stated, "Less fee income from mortgage activity, diminishing fees from the PPP program, and razor thin margins have adversely impacted our first quarter bottom line. In spite of a changing rate environment and 40-year high inflation, loan demand seems to be improving and our reserve for loan losses is strong. Much of this has been anticipated, and we budgeted for the first quarter accordingly. Our challenge moving forward remains to deploy our excess liquidity into higher yielding assets. With recent Federal Reserve announcements, we believe higher rates are to be anticipated, which should improve our yield on loans, daily liquidity, and the reinvestment of maturing securities in our portfolio. We are pleased to be ahead of our profit plan to date."
The following table shows the balance sheet and income statement highlights:
About Bank of South Carolina Corporation
The Bank of South Carolina Corporation is the holding company of The Bank of South Carolina ("The Bank"). The Bank is a South Carolina state-chartered bank with offices in Charleston, North Charleston, Summerville, Mt. Pleasant, and the West Ashley community and has been in continuous operation since 1987. Our website is www.banksc.com. Bank of South Carolina Corporation currently trades its common stock on the NASDAQ stock market under the symbol "BKSC".
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BOSTON, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Boston Hemp Inc. is pleased to announce the launch of this fall's biggest hit, Pumpkin Spice concentrates. By launching seasonal concentrates Boston Hemp Inc. becomes the first hemp dispensary in the country to offer Delta-8 THC, HHC and THC-O products filled with the delightful fall flavor profiles of cinnamon, cardamom and pumpkin. The new products will be released to the public September 1, 2022.
Concentrates have become popular with the hemp crowd who heat the wax and then inhale the vapors and smoke. By doing so a nice body high and a euphoric feeling are had by the user. This process is known as dabbing.
Boston Hemp Inc.'s collection of concentrates or waxes are known to be the best in the hemp market. They are always striving to offer the best and most potent products on the market. With the unique offering of pumpkin spice concentrates Boston Hemp Inc. continues their tradition of innovation.
Boston Hemp Inc. is the nation's premier hemp dispensary. They offer a collection of premium products including flower, concentrates, edibles and vapes. They offer their products for sale on-line at www.BostonHempInc.com. They ship nationwide and all over the world. Their products are also available at their retail location and corporate headquarters in Hanover, Massachusetts. For retail inquiries please contact Kevin Coyle at Kevin@BostonHempire.com or by way of cell at 508-846-6628.
Source: Boston Hemp Inc.
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AUSTIN (KXAN) — At 12 years old, Deep Hayer is already gearing up for college at Austin Community College.
“His understanding of life was much more mature than his peers,” said Rosie Hayer, his mother.
At a young age, Deep’s parents noticed his maturity and his love for learning. In the first grade, he was reading at a seventh-grade level.
“He was going to school and it wasn’t challenging for him,” said his father, Roger Hayer.
That love for reading and wanting to soak in as much knowledge as possible led him to his next goal in life, going to college.
“If I am not getting a challenge now, then why not go to a college?” Deep said. “I just feel like it is going to be going to school, and it is going to be a lot harder for sure, but at the same time you are learning still.”
Deep said he’s motivated by setting goals and working hard, a quality he got from his parents. He likes to point out advice his dad gave him at an early age.
“We would have conversations all the time and lessons, and he would say time on task beats talent every time, and I really connected with that,” Deep said.
He has big goals, and they’re going to keep him close to home.
“After I am done with ACC I want to transfer to (University of Texas),” Deep said. “That has always been my dream. I have dreamed of going there from a young age.”
While he is looking forward to classes at ACC, he said leaving middle school and skipping high school was not an easy decision.
“I was skeptical at first, I am going to be missing out on something,” Deep said.
But after laying out the pros and cons, he decided he had nothing to lose.
“I think I am up for the challenge, and with a little bit of help from my parents, I can definitely achieve that goal,” Deep said.
Deep will begin classes in May. | https://cw33.com/news/at-12-years-old-this-texas-kid-is-headed-to-college/ | 2022-04-05T18:17:06Z |
In collaboration with Eastman and WWP Beauty, onTop brings its innovative Renewal Oil Cream with molecular-recycled packaging to Chinese consumers
KINGSPORT, Tenn., July 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- onTop cosmetics has launched its Renewal Oil Cream, the first of its four core facial cream products to feature packaging made from Eastman Cristal™ Renew copolyester with 50% certified recycled content.* onTop cosmetics is the first Chinese beauty brand to use Cristal Renew, a sustainable resin powered by Eastman's molecular recycling technologies. This industry-leading skin care packaging is the result of the close collaboration between onTop's value chain partners — WWP Beauty and molecular recycling pioneer Eastman.
"onTop strives for light packaging, which is part of the attitude toward sustainability," said Emma Ni, onTop CEO. "We actively seek out light, beautiful and eco-friendly solutions for formulas and packaging. Based on this mission, we chose to make sustainable packaging out of Eastman Cristal Renew for our newly launched cream product. Our efforts, however small, are aimed at reducing consumption and environmental impact and finally making the earth 'lighter.'"
onTop worked with WWP Beauty to develop the primary packaging for version 2.0 of its Renewal Oil Cream, recognized by Mintel as an "Innovative Product" in January 2022. Mintel cites the product's oil-cream texture that enables the addition of lipids such as ceramide 2, phytosterols and fatty acids to nourish skin. The formulation also utilizes Topnatrol, a patented emulsifying technology based on natural active ingredients rather than synthetic emulsifiers.
For the onTop Renewal Oil Cream, WWP Beauty saw an opportunity to design packaging as innovative as the product inside. The company was looking for sustainable packaging that would take its skin care product to the next level. Eastman's Cristal Renew, made with molecular recycling technology that uses plastic waste as feedstock instead of fossil resources, fit the bill. These technologies break down plastic waste to its fundamental building blocks and use them to create new, high-performance materials. As a result, Cristal Renew offers brands the same level of performance and design freedom they have come to expect from Eastman's resins for luxury cosmetic packaging. It also delivers significant environmental benefits, including landfill diversion and reduced greenhouse gas emissions.
For WWP Beauty, the collaboration with Eastman and onTop provides a platform to demonstrate how the brand can help its customers harness the latest material innovations to elevate the sustainability of its products.
"Working with customers to create a space where we can bring sustainable, innovative beauty products to customers on a global scale is at the heart of what we do," said WWP CEO Jennifer Adams. "This collaboration with onTop and Eastman is a landmark step for WWP Beauty in our journey to advance sustainability in the beauty industry."
The recycled content in Eastman Renew products carries International Sustainability & Carbon Certification (ISCC Plus), providing brands with the transparency and trustworthiness that come from independent, third-party verification of recycled-content claims.
"We are excited to be part of this product launch with onTop and WWP Beauty and thrilled to see how Cristal Renew is enhancing the sustainability of such an innovative product," said Tara Cary, cosmetics and personal care packaging market manager for Eastman. "In introducing its Renewal Oil Cream to the market, onTop is leading the industry in sustainability for Chinese consumers."
Visit WWPbeauty.com to experience how the company helps brands bring sustainable products to life. More information on Cristal Renew and Eastman's sustainable solutions for cosmetic packaging can be found at eastman.com/cristal.
*The recycled content is achieved by allocating the recycled waste plastic to Cristal Renew using a mass balance process certified by ISCC.
Jacob Teetzmann
The Tombras Group
+1 (423) 494.3673
jteetzmann@tombras.com
Founded in 1920, Eastman is a global specialty materials company that produces a broad range of products found in items people use every day. With the purpose of enhancing the quality of life in a material way, Eastman works with customers to deliver innovative products and solutions while maintaining a commitment to safety and sustainability. The company's innovation-driven growth model takes advantage of world-class technology platforms, deep customer engagement, and differentiated application development to grow its leading positions in attractive end markets such as transportation, building and construction, and consumables. As a globally inclusive and diverse company, Eastman employs approximately 14,000 people around the world and serves customers in more than 100 countries. The company had 2021 revenues of approximately $10.5 billion and is headquartered in Kingsport, Tennessee, USA. For more information, visit www.eastman.com.
As a new, clean beauty pioneer, onTop launched its first skin care product line in 2021, enabling consumers to discover TOP true beauty with a new angle: LESS FOR MORE. Instead of asking more and adding more, being brave to reduce is the new power. The brand redefines "Clean + Beauty" by developing innovative formulas and packaging to make sure the products are safe to use, easy to absorb and a joy to the skin. onTop sets up a higher standard than the industry average and follows a list of "Say No List" ingredients to safeguard product safety and environmental protection.
WWP Beauty is committed to developing future-focused, sustainable solutions for the global beauty industry through close collaboration, exceptional agility, and unparalleled scale. The company's full-service offering of formula, packaging, and accessories, paired with their in-house manufacturing capabilities allow them to stand out as the source for everything beauty. Through a worldwide team of beauty experts that spans across North America, EMEA, and APAC, WWP Beauty offers its customers global support at the local level. To learn more, visit our website at www.wwpbeauty.com.
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As of midnight April 5, the 2022 legislative session officially came to a close. The last few days of the session brought several bills to the floor for consideration as we worked tirelessly to ensure we completed our legislative agenda. As always, there was no shortage of hot topics up for debate, including tax reform, health care, education, and public safety. Below I have taken the liberty of outlining a quick highlight of our last few days under the Gold Dome.
Tax Reform: Sine Die made history as we passed House Bill 1437, the Georgia Tax Reduction and Reform Act of 2022. This bill is a step in the right direction where our income tax policy is concerned. The bill is expected to save Georgians an estimated $1 billion annually beginning in 2024. Stipulations of this legislation include:
· Eliminates personal income tax brackets, replacing them with a single, flat rate of 5.49%;
· Tax rate would gradually decrease each year until it reaches 4.99% under certain circumstances;
· Eliminates the current standard deductions;
· Increase the personal exemptions to $12,000 for single and head of household taxpayers;
· Increases exemptions to $18,500 for joint filers which gradually increases through 2030;
· Increases the amount of earned income allowed to be included in the retirement income exemption to $5,000;
· Creates a $10,000 cap for state and local taxes allowed to be deducted.
Health Care: House Bill 1013 also known as the Mental Health Parity Act, will make it much easier for Georgians to gain mental health care coverage as it requires coverage to the same degree as physical care coverage. Stipulations of the bill include:
· Authorizes work force development initiatives for mental and behavioral health professionals;
· Enhances resources and tools for frontline responders and communities;
· Allows state agencies to collect important data to evaluate the effectiveness of changes.
HB 1013 was signed by Governor Kemp on April 4 and will go into effect this year.
In continuation of these efforts, we also passed Senate Bill 610. This bill seeks to improve how we fund programs that support Georgians who are enrolled in Medicaid, including individuals living with disabilities and those who struggle with mental health conditions. SB 610 instructs the Department of Community Health to submit waiver requests to the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services to allow private mental health institutions to qualify for Medicaid reimbursement.
Veterans Support: The House passed Senate Bill 87, the Senator Jack Hill Veterans’ Act, to provide an avenue for Georgians to donate to college scholarships to our veteran community. Under the bill, taxpayers would have the opportunity to use a portion of their income tax return to make a voluntary contribution to the Technical College System of Georgia Foundation. These funds will allow TCSG to expand its efforts to support veterans, suffering service-connected disabilities, who are seeking technical degrees.
Public Safety: We are pleased to continue support of our Law Enforcement officers through the passage of Senate Bill 361. This bill, also known as the Law Enforcement Strategic Support Act, or LESS Crime Act, would establish a tax credit for Georgians who make contributions to 501(c)(3) law enforcement foundations that support local police departments across the state. Further, taxpayers would be allowed a 100 percent income tax credit for qualified donations to law enforcement foundations.
Our fight to END IT continued through the passage of Senate Bill 461. SB 461 would add human trafficking-related crimes to the list of crimes that are not eligible under law for an unsecured judicial release, meaning these criminals could not be released from jail without paying bond. Under the legislation, human trafficking offenses would only be bailable before a Superior Court judge, which would make human trafficking offenses equal to other severe crimes within Georgia.
House Bill 1188 will keep dangerous child predators behind bars for a longer period of time. The bill clarifies that under Georgia code, each act of child molestation and sexual exploitation must be charged as separate crimes. This bill will also make it a crime for any high-risk sex offender to access or use a commercial social networking website to communicate or gather information about a person who the offender believes is under 16 years old and make it illegal for these individuals to impersonate a minor.
We also passed Senate Bill 441, the Criminal Records Responsibility Act, which will work to close loopholes in our criminal justice system. The main portion of this legislation would task the Criminal Case Data Exchange Board to set statewide standards for the courts as they submit, maintain, and preserve criminal records, as well as improve the electronic transmission of vital criminal data between state and local agencies.
Stand with Ukraine: The passage of Senate Bill 562 further demonstrates our commitment to stand with Ukraine by prohibiting companies that are owned or operated by the governments of Russia or Belarus from working with our state government. Under this bill, any company that submits a bid or proposal for a state contract would be required to certify that it is not owned, operated or affiliated with these governments.
Budget News: We are pleased that we did complete our only constitutional obligation of passing a balanced budget. Set at $30 billion, House Bill 911 has been sent to Gov. Kemp for his final signature into law. Among top budget items are allocations toward mental health care initiatives, pay increases for our educators, work force incentives to ensure the future of our economic health. Because the budget is so in-depth and deserves more attention than given in a paragraph, we will be sending a full budget update in the coming weeks.
While this is a brief overview of legislation addressed, there are many more bills to cover. Please be on the lookout for future updates as we delve further into the issues we addressed this session. In the meantime, if you need anything at all, please feel free to reach out to our office. Thank you for allowing me the opportunity to serve our home under the Gold Dome. It is the honor of a lifetime to do so. May God bless you and yours and continue to bless the great state of Georgia. | https://www.albanyherald.com/opinion/bill-yearta-a-wrap-up-of-the-2022-session-under-the-gold-dome/article_72a02588-bb45-11ec-9586-3f2bf84ca050.html | 2022-04-14T09:08:30Z |
Company Expands to Myrtle Beach Metro Area
DOTHAN, Ala., Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Construction Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: ROAD) (the "Company"), a vertically integrated civil infrastructure company specializing in the construction and maintenance of roadways across five southeastern states, today announced that it has acquired Southern Asphalt, Inc., headquartered in Conway, South Carolina. As a result of the acquisition, the Company added two hot-mix asphalt plants and more than 200 employees in the Myrtle Beach, South Carolina metro area.
Fred J. (Jule) Smith, III, the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer, said, "We are pleased to extend our footprint into eastern South Carolina with today's transaction. Horry County and the larger Myrtle Beach metro area are among the fastest-growing markets in the nation, resulting in opportunities to bid on an attractive mix of public and commercial projects. We welcome a talented and experienced workforce to our team, and we look forward to operating in this dynamic region of South Carolina."
About Construction Partners, Inc.
Construction Partners, Inc. is a vertically integrated civil infrastructure company operating across five southeastern states, with 59 hot-mix asphalt plants, 14 aggregate facilities and one liquid asphalt terminal. Publicly funded projects make up the majority of its business and include local and state roadways, interstate highways, airport runways and bridges. The majority of the Company's public projects are maintenance-related. Private sector projects include paving and sitework for office and industrial parks, shopping centers, local businesses and residential developments. To learn more, visit www.constructionpartners.net.
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Rick Black
Dennard Lascar Investor Relations
ROAD@DennardLascar.com
(713) 529-6600
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- More than half of patients treated with SPEVIGO® (spesolimab-sbzo) injection, for intravenous use showed no visible pustules one week after receiving treatment
- Spesolimab is a monoclonal antibody that inhibits interleukin-36 (IL-36) signaling
RIDGEFIELD, Conn., Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Boehringer Ingelheim announced today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved SPEVIGO, the first approved treatment option for generalized pustular psoriasis (GPP) flares in adults. SPEVIGO is a novel, selective antibody that blocks the activation of the interleukin-36 receptor (IL-36R), a key part of a signaling pathway within the immune system shown to be involved in the cause of GPP.
"GPP flares can greatly impact a patient's life and lead to serious, life-threatening complications," said Mark Lebwohl, M.D., lead investigator and publication author, and Dean for Clinical Therapeutics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Kimberly and Eric J. Waldman Department of Dermatology, New York. "The approval of SPEVIGO is a turning point for dermatologists and clinicians. We now have an FDA-approved treatment that may help make a difference for our patients who, until now, have not had any approved options to help manage GPP flares."
Distinct from plaque psoriasis, GPP is a rare and potentially life-threatening neutrophilic skin disease, which is characterized by flares (episodes of widespread eruptions of painful, sterile pustules). In the United States, it is estimated that 1 out of every 10,000 people has GPP. Given that it is so rare, recognizing the signs and symptoms can be challenging and consequently lead to delays in diagnosis.
"This important approval reflects our successful efforts to accelerate our research with the aim to bring innovative treatments faster to the people most in need," said Carinne Brouillon, Member of the Board of Managing Directors, responsible for Human Pharma, Boehringer Ingelheim. "We recognize how devastating this rare skin disease can be for patients, their families and caregivers. GPP can be life-threatening and until today there have been no specific approved therapies for treating the devastating GPP flares. It makes me proud that with the approval of SPEVIGO we can now offer the first U.S. approved treatment option for those in need."
In the 12-week pivotal Effisayil™ 1 clinical trial, patients experiencing a GPP flare (N=53) were treated with SPEVIGO or placebo. After one week, patients treated with SPEVIGO showed no visible pustules (54%) compared to placebo (6%).
In Effisayil™ 1, the most common adverse reactions (≥5%) in patients that received SPEVIGO were asthenia and fatigue, nausea and vomiting, headache, pruritus and prurigo, infusion site hematoma and bruising, and urinary tract infection.
"GPP can have an enormous impact on patients' physical and emotional wellbeing. With the FDA approval of this new treatment, people living with GPP now have hope in knowing that there is an option to help treat their flares," said Thomas Seck, M.D., Senior Vice President, Medicine and Regulatory Affairs, Boehringer Ingelheim. "SPEVIGO represents Boehringer Ingelheim's commitment to delivering meaningful change for patients living with serious diseases with limited treatment options."
About SPEVIGO
SPEVIGO is indicated for the treatment of GPP flares in adults. SPEVIGO is contraindicated in patients with severe or life-threatening hypersensitivity to spesolimab-sbzo or to any of the excipients in SPEVIGO. Reactions have included drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS).
What is SPEVIGO?
SPEVIGO is a prescription medicine used to treat generalized pustular psoriasis (GPP) flares in adults. It is not known if SPEVIGO is safe and effective in children.
Important Safety Information
Do not receive SPEVIGO if you have had a severe or life-threatening allergic reaction to spesolimab-sbzo or any of the ingredients in SPEVIGO.
What is the most important information I should know about SPEVIGO?
SPEVIGO may cause serious side effects, including:
- Infections. SPEVIGO may lower the ability of your immune system to fight infections and may increase your risk of infections. Your healthcare provider should check you for infections and tuberculosis (TB) before starting treatment with SPEVIGO and may treat you for TB before you begin treatment with SPEVIGO if you have a history of TB or have active TB. Your healthcare provider should watch you closely for signs and symptoms of TB after treatment with SPEVIGO. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you have an infection or have symptoms of an infection, including:
- Allergic reactions and infusion-related reactions. Serious allergic reactions may happen during or after your infusion of SPEVIGO. If you have a serious allergic reaction, your healthcare provider will stop treatment with SPEVIGO. If you have an infusion-related reaction, your healthcare provider will stop your SPEVIGO infusion and treat your symptoms and may restart SPEVIGO at a slower infusion rate. Tell your healthcare provider or get emergency medical help right away if you get any of the following symptoms during or after your infusion of SPEVIGO:
Before you receive SPEVIGO, tell your healthcare provider about all of your medical conditions, including if you:
- have an infection that does not go away or that keeps coming back.
- have TB or have been in close contact with someone with TB.
- have recently received or are scheduled to receive an immunization (vaccine). You should not receive live vaccines after treatment with SPEVIGO.
- are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. It is not known if SPEVIGO can harm your unborn baby.
- are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed. It is not known if SPEVIGO passes into your breast milk. Talk to your healthcare provider about the best way to feed your baby during treatment with SPEVIGO.
Tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements.
What are the most common side effects of SPEVIGO:
- feeling tired or weak
- nausea and vomiting
- headache
- itching or itchy bumps
- a collection of blood under the skin at the infusion site or bruising
- urinary tract infection
These are not all of the possible side effects of SPEVIGO. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects.
You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA. Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch or call 1-800-FDA-1088.
For more information, please see Prescribing Information and Medication Guide.
CL-SPG-100001 09.01.2022
About generalized pustular psoriasis (GPP)
GPP is a rare, heterogenous and potentially life-threatening neutrophilic skin disease, which is clinically distinct from plaque psoriasis. GPP is caused by neutrophils (a type of white blood cell) accumulating in the skin, resulting in painful, sterile pustules all over the body. The clinical course varies, with some patients having a relapsing disease with recurrent flares, and others having a persistent disease with intermittent flares. While the severity of GPP flares can vary, if left untreated they can be life-threatening due to complications such as sepsis and multisystem organ failure. This chronic, systemic disease has a substantial quality of life impact for patients and increased healthcare burden. GPP has a varied prevalence across different geographical regions and more women are affected than men.
GPP flares can lead to hospitalization with serious complications, including heart failure, renal failure and sepsis, and the unpredictability and severity of these flares greatly affect a person's quality of life.
Boehringer Ingelheim Immunology: Pioneering Science, Inspired By Patients
Living with fibrotic and inflammatory diseases greatly impacts patients' lives emotionally and physically. These patients are our guides, partners, and inspiration as we redefine treatment paradigms. As a family-owned company, we can plan long-term. Our goal is to discover and develop first-of-their-kind therapies. With a deep understanding of molecular pathways, we are pioneering scientific breakthroughs that target, repair, and prevent many fibrotic and inflammatory diseases. By building on long-term external collaborations, we strive to bring treatment breakthroughs to patients in the shortest time. We won't rest until we can give people the chance to live the lives they want.
Boehringer Ingelheim
Boehringer Ingelheim is working on breakthrough therapies that improve the lives of humans and animals. As a leading research-driven biopharmaceutical company, the company creates value through innovation in areas of high unmet medical need. Founded in 1885 and family-owned ever since, Boehringer Ingelheim takes a long-term perspective. Around 52,000 employees serve more than 130 markets in the three business areas, Human Pharma, Animal Health, and Biopharmaceutical Contract Manufacturing. Learn more at www.boehringer-ingelheim.com.
CONTACTS:
US: Chris Wahlers
Email: Christopher.wahlers@boehringer-ingelheim.com
Phone: (203)-798-4375
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BERLIN, Sept. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Zendure, a fast-growing clean energy tech start-up, is unveiling SuperBase V, the new benchmark for portable home energy systems, at the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin.
SuperBase V is the industry's first system with semi-solid state batteries and is customizable with a capacity of 6.4 kWh to 64 kWh. With its 120V/240V dual-voltage output and support for solar panels and EV charging, SuperBase V sets a new standard for whole-home energy management. This SBV system can be charged to 6.6kWh using a satellite expansion module for solar power paired with AC outlet power in just one hour, making the energy system exceptionally flexible, versatile, and capable–use scenarios range from smart home to electric vehicle charging, camping, and off-grid use.
"The rising cost of energy, recent natural disasters, grid failures, and lack of energy access are becoming a critical concern for communities around the world," said Bryan Liu, CEO & Founder of Zendure. "When people and communities are without power, even for a day, it's not just the comforts and conveniences of modern life that are lost, rather energy is about survival and connection. Zendure is offering a solution that delivers energy security and long-term cost savings."
- Industry's First Semi-Solid State Battery Featuring 6.4 to 64kWh Capacity
- The First Home Energy Storage Solution with Built-In 120V/240V Dual Voltage
- The First Plug-And-Play Home Energy System
- 6.6kWh Maximum Recharge In Just One Hour
- Expandable with Battery Units and the Fastest 3,000W Solar Input
- Seamless UPS With 3,800W-7,600W AC Output
- Smart Home Panel With EV Outlets Up to 12,000W of Power Distribution
- Voice Control With Alexa or Google Home
Standard features include support for public charging stations and for electric vehicles with Level 2 charging, as well as independent RV output from the optional Satellite Batteries. Additional batteries and solar panels allow all users to fully enjoy economic benefits while securing their home energy with a customized solution.
Zendure's SuperBase V will be available for purchase by end of September on Kickstarter. IFA visitors will be able to see SuperBase V in person at Zendure's booth (#229 in Hall 3.2). The company will have the power station, a solar panel, and two Satellite Battery modules for a live demonstration.
About Zendure
Zendure is one of the fastest growing Clean Energy Tech start-ups based in the technology hubs of Silicon Valley in the USA and the Greater Bay Area in China. Zendure's goal is to make energy accessible anywhere, anytime, and to democratize the latest energy technology to power on-grid and off-grid lifestyles alike in a clean and affordable way. To learn more visit Zendure.com
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Published: May. 4, 2022 at 5:00 AM CDT|Updated: 48 minutes ago
WYNYARD, UK, May 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
First Quarter 2022 Highlights
Net loss attributable to Venator of $3 million compared to $21 million in the prior year period
Adjusted EBITDA of $57 million compared to $49 million in the prior year period
Net cash used in operating activities of $86 million and free cash flow of $(103) million includes a primary working capital cash use of $87 million attributable to higher accounts receivables
Diluted loss per share of $0.03 and adjusted diluted earnings per share of $0.06
Compared to the fourth quarter of 2021, average TiO2 selling prices increased 12% in local currency, mitigating cost pressures, and TiO2 sales volumes increased 15%
Received $85 million cash in settlement with Tronox on April 25, 2022
Venator Materials PLC ("Venator") (NYSE: VNTR) today reported first quarter 2022 results with revenues of $659 million, net loss attributable to Venator of $3 million, adjusted net income attributable to Venator of $6 million and adjusted EBITDA of $57 million.
Simon Turner, President and CEO of Venator, commented:
"I am very pleased with our first quarter results, we are managing inflationary cost pressures well through our customer tailored price initiatives and cost mitigation actions. Demand for our products was strong across all our businesses and sectors and we expect this to continue. We increased production from our TiO2 manufacturing facilities during the first quarter; however, inventory volumes are at seasonally low levels, which had the effect of constraining sales volumes.
"On April 25, we successfully resolved a multi-year legal dispute with Tronox and received $85 million in cash. We intend to use a portion of the proceeds to reduce our debt and remain focused on strengthening our business and positioning Venator for success."
Segment Analysis for 1Q22 Compared to 1Q21
Titanium Dioxide The Titanium Dioxide segment generated revenues of $510 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022, an increase of $96 million, or 23%, compared to the same period in 2021. The increase was primarily due to a 29% increase in average local currency selling prices, which we implemented to recover higher costs of energy, raw materials, and shipping, and a 1% favorable impact of mix and other, partially offset by a 6% unfavorable impact from foreign currency translation, primarily as a result of the Euro weakening against the U.S. Dollar, and a 1% decrease in sales volumes compared to the same period in the prior year.
Adjusted EBITDA for the Titanium Dioxide segment was $49 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022, an increase of $9 million, or 23%, compared to the same period in 2021. The increase was primarily attributable to the increase in average selling price outpacing our increase in costs of raw materials, energy, and shipping.
Performance Additives The Performance Additives segment generated revenues of $149 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022, an increase of $10 million, or 7%, compared to the same period in 2021. The increase primarily resulted from a 20% increase in average local currency selling price, which we implemented to recover higher costs of energy, raw materials and shipping, and a 1% increase in mix and other, partially offset by a 5% decrease in sales volumes, primarily driven by decreases in volumes in our functional additives and timber treatment businesses, and a 4% unfavorable impact from foreign currency translation primarily as a result of the Euro weakening against the U.S. Dollar. In addition, 5% of the decrease was due to lost revenue from our water treatment business, which we sold in the second quarter of 2021 and which accounted for approximately $6 million of revenue in the first quarter of 2021.
Adjusted EBITDA for the Performance Additives segment was $20 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022, a decrease of $3 million, or 13% compared to the same period in 2021. The decrease in adjusted EBITDA was primarily related to higher raw materials, energy and shipping costs, partially in excess of our increases in average selling price.
Corporate and other
Corporate and other represents expenses which are not allocated to our segments. Losses from Corporate and other were $12 million in the three months ended March 31, 2022 or $2 million lower than the same period in 2021. The decrease was primarily as a result of a reduction in general and administrative expense and the favorable impact of foreign exchange rates.
Tax Items We recorded income tax expense of nil and $5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and March 31, 2021, respectively. Our adjusted effective tax rate was 35% for both the three months ended March 31, 2022 and the same period in 2021.
Our income taxes are significantly affected by the mix of income and losses in the tax jurisdictions and valuation allowances in certain jurisdictions in which we operate. In 2022, we expect to see an adjusted effective tax rate of approximately 35%. We continue to expect our adjusted effective tax rate in the long-term will be approximately 15% to 20%.
Liquidity and Capital Resources As of March 31, 2022, we had $284 million of total liquidity, including cash and cash equivalents of $46 million (excluding cash received in the Tronox settlement) and $238 million of availability under our existing asset-based revolving credit facility. At the end of the first quarter, net debt was $908 million compared to $798 million as of December 31, 2021.
On April 25, 2022 we received $85 million cash in settlement with Tronox to resolve a multi-year legal dispute. We intend to utilize a portion of these proceeds to reduce our debt.
Primary working capital was a cash use of $87 million in the first quarter 2022. This was attributable to higher accounts receivables resulting from increased seasonal sales volumes and higher average selling prices.
Year to date, capital expenditures totaled $17 million. We expect total capital expenditures in 2022 to be approximately $85 to $95 million.
Earnings Conference Call Information
We will hold a conference call to discuss our first quarter 2022 results on Wednesday, May 4, 2022 at 8:00 a.m. ET.
In order to facilitate the registration process, you may use the following link to pre-register for the conference call. Callers who pre-register will be given a unique PIN and separate call-in number to gain immediate access to the call and bypass the live operator. To pre-register, please go to:
Webcast Information The conference call will be available via webcast and can be accessed from the company's website at venatorcorp.com/investor-relations.
Replay Information The conference call will be available for replay beginning May 4, 2022 and ending May 11, 2022.
Upcoming Conferences
During the second quarter of 2022, a member of management is expected to present at Deutsche Bank's 13th Annual Global Materials Conference on June 8, 2022 and BMO's Chemical and Packaging Summit on June 22, 2022. A webcast of the presentations, if applicable, along with accompanying materials will be available at venatorcorp.com/investor-relations.
About Venator Venator is a global manufacturer and marketer of chemical products that comprise a broad range of pigments and additives that bring color and vibrancy to buildings, protect and extend product life, and reduce energy consumption. We market our products globally to a diversified group of industrial customers through two segments: Titanium Dioxide, which consists of our TiO2 business, and Performance Additives, which consists of our functional additives, color pigments and timber treatment businesses. Based in Wynyard, U.K., Venator employs approximately 3,500 associates and sells its products in more than 110 countries.
Cautionary Statement Concerning Forward-Looking Statements Certain statements contained in this press release constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward- looking statements represent Venator's expectations or beliefs concerning future events, and it is possible that the expected results described in this press release will not be achieved. These forward looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which are outside of Venator's control, that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results discussed in the forward looking statements, including the impacts and duration of the global outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global economy and all aspects of our business, including our employees, customers, suppliers, partners, results of operations, financial condition and liquidity, global economic conditions, our ability to maintain sufficient working capital, our ability to access capital markets on favorable terms, the costs associated with the closure of our Pori facility and execution of our business improvement programs and initiatives, our ability to realize financial and operational benefits from our business improvement plans and initiatives, changes in raw material and energy prices, interruptions in raw materials and energy, industry production capacity and operating rates, the supply demand balance for our products and that of competing products, pricing pressures, technological developments, legal claims by or against us, changes in government regulations, including increased manufacturing, labeling and waste disposal regulations and the classification of TiO2 as a carcinogen in the EU, management of materials resulting from our manufacturing process, including the ability to develop commercial markets in the regions that we manufacture and our ability to dispose of these materials if necessary, the impacts of increasing climate change regulations, geopolitical events, cyberattacks and public health crises.
Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it is made, and, except as required by law, Venator does not undertake any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. New factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for Venator to predict all such factors. When considering these forward looking statements, you should keep in mind the risk factors and other cautionary statements in Venator's filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, including Venator's Annual Reports on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2021 and its Quarterly Report on Form Form 6-K for the quarter ended March 31, 2022. The risk factors and other factors noted therein could cause its actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward looking statement.
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Fortriator Insurance offers more value to customers and passive income for agents.
DALLAS, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A new independent insurance technology (insurtech) agency is launching and aims to improve consumers' negative sentiment toward insurance.
Over the past two years, the insurance industry has become more digital than ever, largely in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Simultaneously, customers became unsatisfied and confused about their policies and coverage, according to the 2022 J.D. Power U.S. Property Claims Satisfaction Study. The study found that property claim satisfaction fell to a five-year low, with customer repairs being completed in an average of 18 days, up from three days in 2021.
Fortriator Insurance is changing that with a mission to "Go Against the Status Quo." The independent agency's disruptive, tech-forward approach to property and casualty insurance is part of its nationwide expansion. The agency offers a white glove experience, ultimately giving customers more value faster, at a cheaper cost, and with a more lucrative opportunity for agents. Customers will enjoy 24/7 customer support and faster, more accurate insurance quotes.
The insurtech agency developed the name Fortriator to illustrate its commitment to customers' satisfaction and agents' success. The moniker is a combination of the words "fortress" and "gladiator," reflecting the two primary ways the agency seeks to better serve its customers.
Agents will enjoy reduced workloads because of smarter technology, access to advanced training, and active support. This is all made possible by Fortriator equipping its network of independent agents with its proprietary technology and systems, which were developed to save agents time and allow wider market access to more than 100 carriers nationwide.
"Your home is more than your castle: it's your fortress — the place where your family should feel safest and most loved," said Zack Farris, Fortriator founder, and CEO. "When your home is damaged by a coverable threat, we'll fight against all odds to ensure that you're fairly compensated and your home is made whole, safe, and fully livable again."
Fortriator's "industry-disrupting software" reduces time from quoting to binding, allowing agents to provide a quicker and simpler customer experience. The company's headquarters are at 3122 Nealy Way in Longview, TX 75605. Learn more at www.fortriator.com or call 682-267-8787.
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Grants Provide Youth Programs, Social Services, and Community Initiatives with Critical Financial Assistance and Educational Resources
PASO ROBLES, Calif., May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- JUSTIN Vineyards & Winery today announced its most recent class of Community Grants recipients includes 14 nonprofit organizations, plus additional schools in California's North San Luis Obispo County. JUSTIN, part of The Wonderful Company family of brands owned by Stewart and Lynda Resnick, will award a total of $252,500 in grants, of which $50,000 has been directed towards K–12 schools in the community. Since its launch in 2013, JUSTIN Community Grants have funded over 232 projects and supported over 151 teachers and 39 schools, totaling nearly $1.2 million.
The Community Grants program is a central component of JUSTIN's mission to support its neighbors and employees in their efforts to make Paso Robles a better place to live, work, and play, now and for generations to come. JUSTIN has a long-standing commitment to the community and continues to foster sustainable farming in Paso Robles Wine Country.
"We're humbled by the quality of applications we receive every year and strive to help our neighbors make an even bigger impact by giving them the resources they need to accomplish their goals," said Molly Scott, director of grower and community relations at JUSTIN. "The Community Grants program was created to support grassroots, community-led nonprofit organizations and schools to help drive meaningful change. We're proud to be part of the great work taking place, and it's important to us to collaborate with others to make a difference here at home."
JUSTIN believes that investing in education is an investment in the future and has allocated a portion of the Community Grants to schools in order to provide wide-ranging support for teachers to fund projects and initiatives that help students to learn and thrive. From musical instruments and graphing calculators to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) materials and innovative virtual field trips, the grants help fund classroom supplies and educational opportunities for students in North San Luis Obispo County.
Grant recipients are focused on strengthening youth programs, social services, and strategic community investments. The funds help support organizations working tirelessly to provide lifelong opportunities and programs to empower youth and transitional social services. From job skills training and preventative dental care to mental wellness and therapy services, the Community Grants program is open to all focus areas. Organizations that receive grants are selected by a committee of employees who volunteer annually to identify organizations that provide projects and services directly benefiting local communities.
"With the support of the JUSTIN Community Grant, The Link Family Resource Center will continue to bring our highly valued Family Advocate services through the summer months," said Lisa Fraser, executive director, The Link Family Resource Center. "Historically, this time of year, families need extra support with basic needs, parent education resources, and help with meeting the costs of summer activities for their children and teens. Thank you, JUSTIN, for making your generous contribution possible."
Some of the 2021–2022 grant recipients include:
- Affordable Housing Paso Robles: Provide interview skills, resume building, job application, college planning, computer skills, personal finance, and career exploration services through the YouthWorks program, supporting 225 youths ages 14 to 16 after school, five days a week.
- Central Coast LINK: Reach an additional 51 monolingual Spanish-speaking and Mixteco families with children and support 149 current households.
- Studios on the Park Inc.: Provide creative learning experiences to 3,000 elementary-grade students, supporting 50 classes per semester, 100 classes per year, and an average of 30 students per class.
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of San Luis Obispo County: Provide mentoring and case management to an additional 20 at-risk youths.
- Court Appointed Special Advocates of San Luis Obispo County, Inc. (CASA): Pair five foster children with their own CASA volunteer.
For more information, please visit www.justinwinegrants.com.
About JUSTIN Vineyards & Winery
Located in Paso Robles, JUSTIN Vineyards & Winery was founded in 1981 and is known for crafting world-class wines using Bordeaux grape varieties, including the iconic ISOSCELES blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, and Merlot. The vineyard estate, located at 11680 Chimney Rock Road, features a Tasting Room, luxury five-star accommodations at the JUST Inn, and a restaurant – making it one of the few wineries on the Central Coast to offer all three options. In September 2018, a new second location, the JUSTIN Downtown Tasting Room, opened, introducing an expansive wine-tasting bar, lounge, and a full dining room that's situated prominently on the square along Downtown City Park in the heart of Paso Robles. In addition to its stellar hospitality, JUSTIN consistently receives top honors around the world, establishing itself as a leader in new-world Bordeaux-style winemaking. JUSTIN wines are available through discerning fine-wine retailers and restaurants throughout the United States, or directly from the winery via JUSTIN's Tasting Rooms, online store, or to members of the exclusive JUSTIN Wine Society wine club. To discover more about JUSTIN, visit www.justinwine.com.
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RALEIGH, N.C., May 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Millennia (the "Company"), a leader in patient payment and patient engagement for hospitals, health systems, medical groups and specialty practices is excited to announce the launch of Millennia Access, a unified patient experience platform that streamlines the scheduling, intake, registration and pre-payment process.
Patients' needs and expectations of their healthcare experience continue to rise, especially with the massive growth of digital technology and convenience. According to a study conducted by Redpoint Global, 80% of consumers said they prefer to use digital communications with their healthcare providers. However, many providers today have not solved the issues with their front-end patient access and engagement process, leading to missed appointments, incomplete patient information, claim denials, missed payments, and patient and staff frustration.
Millennia has continued to enhance the technology and overall user experience for patient access and engagement. Hundreds of provider locations across the country are already leveraging the Millennia Access product for their patients to quickly and easily engage in a fully digital experience. This is critical as providers need to be able to let their patients know up front what services they are eligible for, what the cost will be and what options they will have to make payments. The Millennia Access product not only provides this but is unique in that it allows the provider to retain that information from the front end and connect it directly into their billing system for quick and easy follow-up and a more streamlined collections process after the visit.
It all starts with scheduling and a simple way for the patient to search for the specialty, provider, location, and time that works best for their schedule. This experience is fully customized to align with any specific provider rules and preferences. Millennia Access sends additional reminders and messaging to prepare the patient for their appointment. This includes virtual intake and pre-service questionnaires and consents. Millennia also expanded the solution to address key revenue cycle tasks including verifying patient insurance coverage, managing self-pay declarations, and providing pre-service estimates that meet the requirements of The No Surprises Act.
Patients also expect a simple and safe appointment experience. Millennia Access provides virtual and mobile check-in, waiting boards, automated and on-demand messaging, and real-time data and worklists for staff. All of this helps to improve the experience by reducing the total time spent at the appointment while increasing overall throughput for the provider.
This fully digitized process from scheduling through the day of the appointment not only creates tremendous efficiencies for the provider but also the simplicity and convenience that patients want and expect. Early patient adoption of the solution is critical to the overall experience and the results for the client. One client in particular was still working in a paper-only registration prior to installing Millennia Access. Within the first day of launching, 92% of patients completed the entire registration process digitally before they even arrived to the facility.
"More than ever before, it's critical for providers to engage the patient early and often to build credibility and trust so they feel comfortable and confident in the process," said Tom Ormondroyd, CEO of Millennia. "Millennia Access is the unified platform and technology solution that connects patients and providers from the beginning to bring simplicity and transparency to the process. We take on the manual and often tedious tasks of scheduling, intake, eligibility, registration and payments so the provider and patient can focus on care."
For more information about Millennia Access and the full suite of products and solutions, please visit www.Millenniapay.com/solutions.
About Millennia: Millennia is how healthcare providers engage with their patients – from the first appointment to the final payment. It means a better experience for your patients and more revenue for your organization. Founded in 2012, Millennia provides technology-driven patient pay and engagement solutions for more than 1,700 provider locations in 43 states, supporting over 40 million patient interactions every year. Millennia supports clients across all care settings including acute care, post-acute, medical groups and specialty practices. To learn more, visit Millenniapay.com.
Media contact: Chris Garnett, cgarnett@millenniapay.com
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First of five facilities to open in fourth quarter of 2022 in Pennsylvania
LOS ANGELES, June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- HPC Industries LLC and Macquarie Group's Commodities and Global Markets group (Macquarie) have formed a joint venture to produce recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET). Under the name Circularix, the venture's plans include building and operating five recycling facilities across the U.S. with a total annual production capacity of more than 275 million pounds of rPET resin. The first facility, located in Hatfield, PA, is expected to be operational by December 2022. Leon Farahnik is chairman and CEO of Circularix. Alex Delnik, former CEO and founder of Verdeco Recycling, will serve as president and Chief Operating Officer. In addition to its investment as a partner in the joint venture, Macquarie is assisting Circularix with project debt, equipment finance, FX hedging and other risk management solutions to support its future growth.
"Consumer brands are struggling to meet their sustainability goals as current rPET supply is unable to scale as needed," Farahnik said. "Our move into rPET production is the beginning of a major and much-needed capacity expansion in the United States, and we are excited to continue playing an important role in the plastics recycling industry by uniting our experience with Macquarie's."
Macquarie is a leading provider of risk management, market access and capital and financing solutions to the petrochemicals industry and has played a leading role in environmental product markets, sustainable infrastructure and the waste sector around the world for more than 15 years. Macquarie formed its Sustainable Waste Solutions team in 2020 to provide finance and growth capital solutions to clients in the waste sector, with a focus on helping facilitate the transition to a circular economy.
Ben Glover, Executive Director in Macquarie's Specialized and Asset Finance division, said: "We are delighted to support our clients in delivering the practical infrastructure needed to expand production capacity for post-consumer recycled materials. Ventures such as Circularix are a key part of the supply chain that will drive more post-consumer material back into higher value recycled packaging markets."
About HPC Industries LLC: HPC Industries LLC, based in Los Angeles, is a management corporation founded with a commitment to sustainability and a circular economy. Its chairman, Leon Farahnik, is a leader and innovator in post-consumer plastics recycling with more than 40 years in the plastic industry. HPC has established and operated numerous pioneering operations and facilities including CarbonLITE Recycling, which Farahnik developed into the world's largest recycler of plastic beverage bottles. More information: Circularix.com.
About Macquarie Group: Founded in 1969, Macquarie Group is a global financial services group and employs over 18,000 people in 33 markets. Commodities and Global Markets (CGM), an operating group of Macquarie, has more than 40 years of partnering with our clients to provide capital and financing, risk management, market access, and physical execution and logistics solutions across commodities, financial markets and asset finance sectors. For further information, visit www.macquarie.com.
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Injured Utah little leaguer recovering, has call with coach
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — A Little League World Series player who seriously injured his head when he fell out of his top bunk in dorms at the world series complex has FaceTimed with his coach and continues to improve, the coach said Friday.
Mark Ence, the manager for Snow Canyon, Utah, said he told his 12-year-old player, Easton Oliverson, that he loved him and Easton said he loved the coach back.
“It was great to hear his voice,” Ence said.
Easton has been recovering in the hospital since the accident Monday. His MRI on Wednesday night came back normal, he has begun walking and walked to the bathroom on his own Friday morning, Ence said.
“I’m not familiar with the recovery process of that sort of injury,” Ence said. “But he definitely is improving and the family wanted to let everyone know that they are grateful for the thoughts and prayers and they feel like the prayers are working.”
Ence spoke with reporters hours before Utah, representing the Mountain Region, played its first game of the tournament against Tennessee from the Southeast Region.
With Easton’s condition improving so quickly, his father, Jace will be back in the dugout to resume his role as an assistant coach. In addition, Easton’s brother Brogan was added to the team’s roster.
“You’re allowed to have 14 on a roster,” Ence said. “We had 13 and we were able to get Easton’s little brother Brogan to come and be with our team, so he arrived yesterday. The family is extremely excited. I think it’s going to be huge for the family in terms of the healing process to have Brogan be there.”
The coaching staff and parents have worked to keep the players’ attention on the upcoming games and enjoying the Little League World Series experience.
“Being kids they bounce back pretty quick. They’ve enjoyed it here and stayed busy,” Ence said. “It’s definitely been more stressful for the parents, but the kids are doing great.”
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Jake Starr is a journalism student at Penn State.
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High court rules against government on Medicare drug reimbursement
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Wednesday that the federal government improperly lowered drug reimbursement payments to hospitals and clinics that serve low-income communities, a reduction that cost the facilities billions of dollars.
The high court ruled unanimously in a case involving payments for drugs, largely for cancer, that are used by Medicare patients in hospital outpatient departments. The Biden administration had stood by a Trump administration decision to reduce the payments.
The government had said that the hospitals and clinics, because of their special status serving low-income communities, are able to buy the drugs at a deep discount. The government said reimbursing the hospitals, called 340B hospitals, at the same rate as other hospitals that pay more created an incentive for the hospitals to overprescribe the drugs or prescribe more expensive drugs. It said that lowering the reimbursement would also save Medicare beneficiaries money in co-payments because those are linked to reimbursement rates.
Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote for the court that “absent a survey of hospitals’ acquisition costs” the Department of Health and Human Services “may not vary the reimbursement rates for 340B hospitals. HHS’s 2018 and 2019 reimbursement rates for 340B hospitals were therefore contrary to the statute and unlawful.”
The case before the justices involved Medicare, which provides health insurance for nearly 60 million people age 65 and older or people with certain disabilities. Under Medicare, health care providers get reimbursed by the government for expenses including drugs used in hospital outpatient departments.
Hospitals had been getting reimbursed at a rate based on the average price of the drugs. But in 2018 the Trump administration said that 340B hospitals and clinics, which serve low-income communities, would be reimbursed at a lower rate. That’s because 340B hospitals and clinics are entitled to discounts from drug manufacturers that let them buy drugs at a lower cost. The administration cut the reimbursement rate by nearly 30%, an annual decrease to 340B hospitals and clinics of about $1.6 billion.
Affected hospitals sued and a federal judge initially ruled for them, but that decision was reversed by an appeals court.
The case is American Hospital Association v. Becerra, 20-1114.
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Nonprofit Aims to Grant 100 Wishes Each Day During Peak Summer Season
PHOENIX, July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- From July 1 to Aug. 31, Make-A-Wish has a goal to grant 100 wishes each day with help from its "Summer of Wishes FUNdraising Challenge." The challenge encourages online streamers and content creators to join the growing list of celebrities who have rallied their online followings in support of Make-A-Wish. Influencers who are interested in participating can set up a fundraising page through Tiltify to help grant life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses during the organization's busiest wish granting season.
Although summer is a time for rest and relaxation for many, wish kids and their families continue to fight against their critical illnesses, taking an exhausting and traumatic toll. A wish helps entire families find relief from that traumatic stress and experience transformative joy. In fact, in a recent study, 9 out of 10 wish alumni say their wish made them feel more joyful, confident and hopeful for the future, while the same number of wish parents say their child's emotional well-being improved with a wish.
Participants in the "Summer of Wishes FUNdraising Challenge" can either donate directly to Make-A-Wish or host their own virtual fundraiser, allowing them to invite friends, family and followers to make financial donations. Either way, these efforts will make a huge splash in the lives of children with critical illnesses, their families, and everyone involved in granting their wish. Participants will join the growing community of renowned content creators and supporters who have hosted virtual fundraisers and livestreams in support of Make-A-Wish in the past.
Make-A-Wish plans every wish with one goal: to transform the life of a child with a critical illness. Care and attention are given to every detail, and each donation supports wish-granting needs and empowers the kids Make-A-Wish serves, bringing them hope for today – and tomorrow.
For more information about Make-A-Wish and to join the "Summer of Wishes FUNdraising Challenge," visit wish.org/summerofwishes.
About Make-A-Wish
Make-A-Wish creates life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses. Headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, Make-A-Wish is the world's leading children's wish-granting organization, operating in every community in the United States and in nearly 50 countries worldwide. Together with generous donors, supporters, staff and more than 24,000 volunteers across the U.S., Make-A-Wish delivers hope and joy to children and their families when they need it most. Make-A-Wish aims to bring the power of wishing to every child with a critical illness because wish experiences can help improve emotional and physical health. Since 1980, Make-A-Wish has granted more than 520,000 wishes worldwide; more than 350,000 wishes in the U.S. and its territories alone. For more information about Make-A-Wish America, visit wish.org.
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Sixteen years in the making, GoodWheat™ pasta redefines the pasta category with one simple ingredient as consumers seek to amp up nutrition without sacrificing taste
DAVIS, Calif., June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pasta-lovers seeking to add fiber to their diets without sacrificing taste will soon be boiling over with joy with today's debut of GoodWheat™ pasta, a superior, single-ingredient noodle that delivers better nutrition and unmatched taste. Developed by Arcadia Biosciences, Inc.® (Nasdaq: RKDA), a producer and marketer of plant-based health and wellness products, GoodWheat is an innovative and healthy addition to the pasta category, marking the company's continued expansion into better-for-you food and wellness products.
GoodWheat pasta's five varieties – penne, spaghetti, fettuccine, elbows and rotini – are now available in select retailers nationwide, for $3.99 (SRP) for a 12-oz. package. Each pasta type is also sold in both 3-packs and 6-packs on Amazon, as well as variety packs in 3- and 6-packs.
"It's no secret that Americans love pasta, but until now, families have had to choose between traditional pastas that deliver on taste but aren't typically strong in nutritional content and 'healthier' veggie-based pastas that offer nutrition but are lacking in taste and texture," said Laura Pitlik, Arcadia's chief marketing officer. "With GoodWheat, parents can feel good about serving a crowd-pleasing meal to their families – even the kids will love the amazing taste and benefit from the nutrition – taking dinners from blah to brava!"
GoodWheat pasta contains four times the fiber of regular pasta – with 8g per serving versus 2g in regular wheat pasta – a significant health benefit for the 60 percent of U.S. adults[1] who are seeking to increase their fiber intake to improve their digestive health, cardiovascular health, weight management and more. GoodWheat pasta is also rich in prebiotic fiber to support gut health and immunity.
The health benefits of GoodWheat pasta extend far beyond fiber; it also has 9g of protein per serving, which is about 25 percent higher than most traditional pastas[2]. GoodWheat pasta has the market's trusted Non-GMO certification, is certified kosher and is USA Farm Grown, a key product attribute for those seeking transparent sourcing. GoodWheat also consists of one simple ingredient, in contrast to other common pasta brands which use enriched wheat flour and add ingredients such as xanthan gum.
"Our proprietary, premium wheat has been carefully cultivated over the last 16 years, culminating in a great tasting pasta with zero questionable ingredients," added Pitlik. "GoodWheat pasta supports the efforts of parents working to nourish their families with simple, clean and natural products. The food we eat plays a significant role in our health, and we believe our next-generation wheat will positively impact the wellbeing of people who want to enjoy a better-for-you pasta worthy of even the best Bolognese."
In recent taste tests, GoodWheat performed significantly better than a leading veggie pasta and equal to a leading traditional pasta, a testament to its superior wheat grain which is harvested and milled into high-quality wheat flour. Cooked to perfection in 11-17 minutes, GoodWheat pasta is always al dente, and never bland, gummy or mushy.
Arcadia – whose portfolio of consumer nutrition, health and wellness brands also includes Zola® coconut water, ProVaultTM, SoulSpringTM, Saavy Naturals® – is focused on growing its dynamic consumer products in on-trend categories. GoodWheat pasta is the first product the company is introducing to the market made with its proprietary wheat grain. Visit eatgoodwheat.com to learn more, and follow GoodWheat on Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and TikTok @eatgoodwheat.
Sixteen years in the making, GoodWheat™ is a unique, breakthrough, better-for-you wheat, with nothing added and nothing taken away. Our wheat is USA Farm Grown and milled, and our pasta is Non-GMO Project Verified and kosher certified. GoodWheat pasta is the first product introduced by Arcadia to the market using our proprietary wheat grain. Learn more at eatgoodwheat.com and follow us on social media @eatgoodwheat on Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and TikTok.
With origins as a trailblazing developer of science-based approaches to enhancing the quality and nutritional value of crops and food ingredients, Arcadia Biosciences (Nasdaq: RKDA) is now a producer of innovative, plant-based food, beverage and body care products, including GoodWheat™, Zola® coconut water, ProVaultTM, SoulSpringTM, and Saavy Naturals®. The company's growing number of offerings are designed to enhance quality and health benefits in an array of consumer product categories. For more information, visit www.arcadiabio.com.
1 Source: 2021 Food & Health Survey IFIC May 2021
2 The leading traditional pasta brands have 7g protein per serving.
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TULSA, Okla., Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ClearSign Technologies Corporation (Nasdaq: CLIR) ("ClearSign" or the "Company"), an emerging leader in industrial combustion and sensing technologies that improve energy, operational efficiency and safety while dramatically reducing emissions, today provides an update on operations for the second quarter ended June 30, 2022.
"We have made significant headway this quarter in both major product lines, including sales development and advancing our technology," said Jim Deller, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer of ClearSign. "Progress on existing projects has been good, with the timeline of our largest project accelerating and a significant follow on order received; we have greatly increased proposal and sales activity and expect to make further announcements soon; and finally we have approval to return to China in person and look forward to continuing our development there."
Recent strategic and operational highlights during and subsequent to the second quarter of 2022 include:
Received Follow On Purchase Order for California Refinery Multi Heater Project: The order is to proceed with the next phase in the previously announced twenty burner project for a California refinery and is for the purchase of four burners for testing, the multi burner test and other ancillary items. The timing and scope of this order is due to the acceleration of the project timeline. The engineering and computer modelling for this project has been completed and the remaining timeline for this project has been accelerated. The Company expects an additional purchase order for the manufacture and supply of the remaining sixteen burners during the fourth quarter of this year.
Announced an Enclosed Oxidizer Sale to Canada Based Hydrogen Technology Production Company: The company closed a sale of a ClearSign Core™ enclosed oxidizer for installation in a pilot scale hydrogen production plant. The Canadian customer is developing a breakthrough technology for the production of clean hydrogen.
Announced the Appointment of Energy Industry Veteran Gary DiElsi to the Board of Directors: Mr. DiElsi is a seasoned energy executive with a broad background of over 40 years of experience from private equity, major global enterprises, smaller industrial companies, and startup ventures, including both turnaround and growth situations. He is filling the open position from which Bruce A. Pate stepped down from.
Closed an underwritten public offering of Common Stock and Full Exercise of Purchase Right Granted to clirSPV LLC: The Company closed an offering of 4,186,000 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $1.11 per share. The total offering included 546,000 shares issued pursuant to the full exercise of the underwriter's over-allotment option. Gross proceeds to ClearSign from this offering were approximately $4,646,460 before deducting underwriting discounts, commissions and other offering expenses. As a result of the Company's underwritten public offering completed on June 1, 2022, and pursuant to their Purchase Right, clirSPV LLC purchased its entire allotment of 1,591,594 shares for net proceeds of approximately $1,740,000 to the Company. ClearSign intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for working capital, research and development, marketing and sales, and general corporate purposes.
Awarded Grant from Department of Energy to Develop a Hydrogen Fueled Ultra Low NOx Process Burner: The Company was awarded a government grant through the Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) program with the Department of Energy. The goal of this project is to develop ultra-low NOx hydrogen burner technology which will enable the adoption of hydrogen fuel for industrial heating, leading to reductions in the industrial emissions of both carbon dioxide and nitrogen oxides. The project and funding are in phases. The initial funding amount is approximately $250,000 and the project will last six months starting at the end of June. If needed, and upon completion of the Phase 1 work, the Company will be able to submit a follow-up proposal to continue the development work with a Phase 2 grant. Phase 2 grant funding can be up to $1.6 million for a two-year duration.
Cash and cash equivalents were approximately $9,007,000 on June 30, 2022.
There were 37,951,559 shares of the Company's common stock issued and outstanding as of August 1, 2022.
The Company will be hosting a call at 5:00 PM ET today. Investors interested in participating on the live call can dial 1-866-372-4653 within the U.S. or 1-412-902-4217 from abroad. Investors can also access the call online through a listen-only webcast at https://app.webinar.net/ky4KLm5LgR2 or on the investor relations section of the Company's website at http://ir.clearsign.com/overview.
The webcast will be archived on the Company's investor relations website for at least 90 days and a telephonic playback of the conference call will be available by calling 1-877-344-7529 within the U.S. or 1-412-317-0088 from abroad. Conference ID #3932241. The telephonic playback will be available for 7 days after the conference call.
About ClearSign Technologies Corporation
ClearSign Technologies Corporation designs and develops products and technologies for the purpose of improving key performance characteristics of industrial and commercial systems, including operational performance, energy efficiency, emission reduction, safety and overall cost-effectiveness. Our patented technologies, embedded in established OEM products as ClearSign Core™ and ClearSign Eye™ and other sensing configurations, enhance the performance of combustion systems and fuel safety systems in a broad range of markets, including the energy (upstream oil production and down-stream refining), commercial/industrial boiler, chemical, petrochemical, transport and power industries. For more information, please visit www.clearsign.com.
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SAN ANTONIO, Sept. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pursuant to Section 9-610 of the Uniform Commercial Code, GEMCAP SOLUTIONS, LLC, as servicer and attorney-in-fact for secured party GEMCAP HOLDINGS, LLC (the "Secured Party"), will hold a secured party public sale to the highest and best bidder for cash, with reserve, will be conducted telephonically by the Secured Party on Wednesday, September 28, 2022 at 12:00 p.m. Central Standard Time (the "Public Sale"). Qualified Bidders (defined below) may attend the Public Sale telephonically.
The Secured Party is conducting the Public Sale to foreclose the security interest held by the Secured Party in and to substantially all of the personal property assets of BEDFORD VENTURES, INC., a California corporation (the "Borrower"), including, without limitation, (i) inventory ("Inventory"), (ii) intellectual property, including, but not limited to the following trademarks and trade names: ACTIVE, ACTIVE COMPOSITE, ACTIVE RIDE SHOP, TRIANGLE DESIGN; the following domain name: www.activerideshop.com; and the Borrower's customer list (collectively, the "Intellectual Property"), (iii) accounts receivable, (iv) trade fixtures, and (v) equipment and machinery (collectively, the "Collateral").
The Secured Party is conducting the Public Sale to foreclose the lien and security interest held by the Secured Party in and to the Collateral. At the Public Sale, all of Borrower's right, title and interest in and to the Collateral will be sold "as is" and "where is" and the Secured Party shall make no representation or warranty, either express or implied, relating to title, use, quiet enjoyment, possession, merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, completeness, condition or the like, all of which are hereby disclaimed, in the sale or disposition of the Collateral. In addition, the Collateral is being sold (i) free and clear of Secured Party's liens and any subordinate security interests, and (ii) without recourse to Secured Party, its attorneys and representatives. The Public Sale of the Collateral, if made, shall be to the highest and best bidder.
The Secured Party reserves the right to adjourn or cancel the Public Sale.
In order to participate in the bidding process, each person or entity (a "Potential Bidder") must deliver to the undersigned (i) an executed confidentiality agreement in form and substance acceptable to Secured Party, (ii) current financial statements of the Potential Bidder or other evidence acceptable to Secured Party that will show the financial ability of the Potential Bidder to purchase the Collateral, (iii) a completed and executed Asset Purchase Agreement in the form provided by Secured Party, and (iv) a deposit in an amount equal to ten percent of the bid amount which will be held in escrow. A Potential Bidder that complies with the foregoing requirements shall be deemed a "Qualified Bidder". Those Qualified Bidders participating at the Public Sale shall be provided with the telephone number and passcode to attend the Public Sale and shall be given the opportunity to bid on a competitive basis.
At the Public Sale, each of the Inventory and the Intellectual Property will be offered for sale in separate lots and the Collateral will be offered as a single lot. At the conclusion of the Public Sale, the successful bidder(s) must pay the final bid amount in full by a wire transfer of funds to the Secured Party. The Secured Party reserves the right to credit bid on any or all of the Collateral at the Public Sale. The Secured Party reserves the right to reject all bids, adjourn or cancel the Public Sale.
For further details regarding the Collateral, obtaining the confidentiality agreement and the form asset purchase agreement, and information regarding the Public Sale, you may contact GemCap Solutions, LLC, 9901 I.H. 10 West, Suite 800, San Antonio, TX 78230 Attn: David Ellis, or by telephone at (310) 494-1437.
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Hosted at their cocktail bar and distillery, Romero served their premixed Cuba Libre cocktail in a custom 264-gallon glass.
CALGARY, AB, July 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - On July 7, 2022, Romero Distilling Company (Romero) became the verified GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ holder for the Largest Cuba Libre Cocktail. Surpassing the previous record-holder of 132 gallons, Romero more than satisfied the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ attempt with a 264-gallon Cuba Libre Cocktail.
As Western Canada's premier craft rum producer, Romero is dedicated to continuous improvement through determination, hard work and innovation. Romero uses top-quality Canadian ingredients, including molasses and glacier-fed water from the Rockies to craft their rums and cocktails. All of the distilling equipment Romero uses is also Canadian-made.
The distiller has perfected a dark, amber, and spiced rum that are all distilled in copper pot stills and mature in once-used Kentucky bourbon barrels.
"Romero's GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ Largest Cuba Libre Cocktail, which filled the four-foot cubed glass, was made with the perfect ratio of Romero's award-winning rum, lime juice and cola," says co-owner, Tom Romero. "By using quality locally-sourced ingredients, we have not only made the world's Largest Cuba Libre Cocktail, but also quite possibly the most delicious one yet."
"As the only rum-driven distillery in Western Canada, Romero has afforded many, including myself, the unique opportunity to enjoy quality, locally-crafted rum," says Romero Ambassador and WWE Hall of Famer, Bret Hart. "Whether you are enjoying a bottle of their award-winning dark rum or visiting Romero's prohibition-inspired cocktail bar, you can always count on a luxurious experience."
Romero is built on a rich and mostly untold history of rum-running during Prohibition from the Blairmore Hotel in the Crowsnest Pass. People that are interested in learning more about their rich history are encouraged to visit their cocktail bar in Calgary, Alberta at Suite 300, 688 Heritage Drive SE.
For more information regarding Romero visit romerodistilling.com.
Romero Distilling Co., headquartered in Calgary, AB is a luxury Canadian rum producer, building on the largely untold history of rum-running in the west. Using glacier-fed water that originates on the eastern slopes of the Canadian Rockies and Canadian molasses, Romero is dedicated to continuous improvement through determination, hard work and innovation. The Romero Distilling label can be found at liquor stores across Alberta, British Columbia, Connecticut and soon more retailers across the USA, in addition to their online shop. For more information, please visit romerodistilling.com or check out our social media. Facebook: @romerodistilling, Instagram: @romerodistilling.
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NASA collaboration results in ultralight automotive brakes expected to change the standard for price, performance, safety, and sustainability
SANTA ROSA, Calif., July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Developed in partnership with NASA, and highly anticipated within the automotive industry, Orbis Brakes has announced the launch of its Periodic Wave™ disc brake line, expected to shake up the category.
Although considered the most important part of any car or truck, brakes have not seen a significant disruption since the introduction of carbon-ceramic brakes 20 years ago. Orbis had been pioneering a design innovation that would cool brakes more efficiently when a NASA engineer offered his agency's heat-dissipation expertise. The partnership resulted in the patented Periodic Wave™ disc brake, which uses advanced aerodynamics to provide superior surface cooling, reduce dangerous brake fade, and extend vehicle range and fuel efficiency.
"This is a collaboration of some of the smartest people on the planet," says Orbis co-CEO and co-Founder Marcus Hays. "We decided from the beginning that it wasn't innovation unless it produced real-world results, and that's exactly what we've done."
Lighter, cooler, and vastly more efficient, Orbis Brakes are slated to deliver the kind of market disruption carbon-ceramic brakes couldn't: racetrack performance at consumer prices. Its first product, the NextWave, is an innovative superlight disc brake rotor and pad expected to retail at a fraction of comparable performance brakes. The EcoWave is an environmentally-driven high-performance replacement brake rotor and pad priced to compete with entry-level brakes. The company will also be introducing LightWave, the lighter, cooler, high-performance replacement rotor, monoblock caliper, and vented pad, and CarbonWave, the world's first integral wheel and brake, delivering the lowest unsprung weight in the industry.
While performance, safety, and price are key values in any braking equation, Orbis Brakes have added another revolutionary advantage: lower environmental impact. The Orbis brake weighs 50% less on average than conventional cast iron brakes, reducing the energy needed to manufacture them by half and lowering carbon consumption across the supply chain. A global upgrade to Periodic Wave brakes could remove billions of pounds of Co2 from the atmosphere.
Made from 100% recyclable iron, the unique design also dramatically reduces brown emissions, the particulate matter from brakes, tires, and road surfaces that is considered exponentially more toxic than tailpipe emissions and is expected to become a major environmental issue in coming years. Next month, Europe will be including brake pad pollution for the first time in issuing its Euro 7 regulatory mandates.
Industry analysts expect high-performance and commercial vehicle owners to be a prime audience for the Orbis upgrade, as well as the fast-growing number of electric car owners looking for aftermarket products that share their high-efficiency, low-emission values.
Orbis Brakes plans launch the NextWave Q3 2022, and EcoWave Q1 2023, and is currently taking pre-orders at orbisbrakes.com
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"There's about to be a new name in lightweight, high-performance brakes: Orbis."
"The result is the new Periodic Wave Disc Brake Rotor, said to rival the best performance aftermarket brakes available today."
"Ideal for the Tesla Plaid crowd"
"Configured to replace conventional rotors and calipers inside any manufacturer's wheel."
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chance@orbisbrakes.com
Marcus Hays
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Maine Capitol Police screener Craig Donahue was returning from his lunch break when he heard a "loud thud" and the sound of metal rolling.
Lucky for Donahue, he narrowly missed being hit Friday afternoon by a large "sleeve-like object" that likely fell from a plane near the Maine State House.
"It probably would have left a pretty good mark," Donahue said Tuesday morning on CNN's "New Day." "It was maybe 7 to 8 pounds falling from the sky, unannounced, and it would have been a pretty good wake-up call."
The cylinder was about 7 inches by 5 inches with grease all over it, according to Donahue, and he wasn't the only one who saw its dismount from the sky.
Two other people saw the object fall around 12:30 p.m. near the capitol building in Augusta, according to a Maine Department of Public Safety news release. No injuries were reported.
The object "landed at a high velocity, approximately 6 to 8 feet" from Donahue, he said.
When he picked it up, he thought: "Holy Cow, this thing is heavy," he said on "New Day."
He took the cylinder inside and reported the incident to the Augusta State Airport and the Federal Aviation Administration, he said.
The Maine Department of Public Safety said in a news release that the FAA is "attempting to locate the source of the part which is likely from a large airliner on an international route."
In a statement to CNN on Tuesday morning, an FAA spokesperson said, "The FAA is aware of the report and is investigating."
Correction: An earlier version of this story gave the wrong day for when the object fell out of a plane. It was Friday.
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PHILADELPHIA and NEW YORK, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- FS KKR Capital Corp. (NYSE: FSK) announced today plans to release its second quarter 2022 results after the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Monday, August 8, 2022.
FSK will host a conference call at 9:00 a.m. (Eastern Time) on Tuesday, August 9, 2022, to discuss its second quarter 2022 results. All interested parties are welcome to participate and can access the live conference call by registering here. Participants are requested to register a day in advance or at a minimum 15 minutes before the start of the call. Once registered, they will receive the dial-in numbers and their unique PIN number. When they dial in, they will input their PIN and be placed into the call. The conference call will also be webcast, which can be accessed from the Investor Relations section of FSK's website at www.fskkradvisor.com under Events.
An investor presentation of financial information will be available by visiting the Investor Relations section of FSK's website, under Presentations after the market close on Monday, August 8, 2022.
A replay of the call will be available beginning shortly after the end of the call by visiting the Investor Relations section of FSK's website, under Events or by using the following URL: https://edge.media-server.com/mmc/p/izvj43qh.
FSK is a leading publicly traded business development company (BDC) focused on providing customized credit solutions to private middle market U.S. companies. FSK seeks to invest primarily in the senior secured debt and, to a lesser extent, the subordinated debt of private middle market companies. FSK is advised by FS/KKR Advisor, LLC. For more information, please visit www.fskkradvisor.com.
FS/KKR Advisor, LLC (FS/KKR) is a partnership between FS Investments and KKR Credit that serves as the investment adviser to FSK.
FS Investments is a leading asset manager dedicated to helping individuals, financial professionals and institutions design better portfolios. The firm provides access to alternative sources of income and growth, and focuses on setting industry standards for investor protection, education and transparency. FS Investments is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA with offices in New York, NY, Orlando, FL and Leawood, KS.
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Jacobs far from his best in 1st 100 race since Olympic gold
SAVONA, Italy (AP) — Italian sprinter Marcell Jacobs has competed in his first 100-meter race since becoming Olympic champion. He won a meeting in Savona despite a sub-par performance as he returns from an illness. Jacobs impressed in the heats to win his seminal in 9.99 seconds but didn’t seem his usual powerful self in the final. He still won with a time of 10.05. The 27-year-old was scheduled to compete at the Kip Keino Classic earlier this month but he was hospitalized in Kenya with suspected food poisoning. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/05/18/jacobs-far-from-his-best-in-1st-100-race-since-olympic-gold/ | 2022-05-18T17:03:33Z |
Managed solution lets users browse the web or access SaaS applications without exposing enterprise data to risk; providing highly advanced security for native browsers, while ensuring user productivity
TEL AVIV, Israel, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Perception Point, a leading provider of advanced threat prevention across digital channels, announced today the release of Perception Point Advanced Browser Security, a new web security solution which adds enterprise-grade security to native Chrome and Edge browsers. Perception Point Advanced Browser Security fuses patented browser security technology powered by Hysolate, a next-gen web isolation platform acquired by Perception Point in March 2022, and Perception Point's unmatched multi-layer detection engines. This combination delivers the unprecedented ability to isolate, detect and remediate all malicious threats from the web, including phishing, ransomware, malware, APTs, and more, while also securing access to sensitive corporate apps via an isolated, trusted Chrome or Edge browser - preventing data loss (DLP) by design on both managed and unmanaged endpoints.
Perception Point Advanced Browser Security can be simply deployed via a browser extension or a light agent on PC or Mac, and is easily managed from the cloud. There are no added cloud infrastructure or data center expenses.
Customers deploying the solution will experience fewer breaches and prevent data loss, while also providing their users with a better user experience as they will have the freedom to browse the web, use the SaaS applications that they require, and access privileged corporate apps, confidently, securely, and without added latency.
Perception Point customers also receive a fully managed Incident Response service that manages all incidents and optimizes detection engines. This all-included service drastically reduces the need for SOC team resources, reducing the time required to mitigate web-borne attacks by up to 75%.
"Our customers want to be able to leverage the latest standard browsers while significantly upgrading their web security to include better, deeper, and earlier threat detection, built-in data loss prevention, and strong threat isolation, all of which dramatically reduce the attack surface," said Tal Zamir, CTO of Perception Point and former founder and CTO of Hysolate. "Perception Point Advanced Browser Security transforms the security of organizations' Chrome and Edge browsers, while supporting full compatibility with the web and the Microsoft and Google ecosystems, all without changing the way people work and without slowing them down."
With the availability of Perception Point Advanced Browser Security, Perception Point has significantly advanced its overall product offering to become a one-stop-shop for isolating, detecting and remediating all threats across the organization's top attack vectors - email, web browsers, and cloud collaboration apps. This wide coverage consolidates multiple point solutions, and adds significant value by merging data from multiple sources to deliver unmatched security and advanced threat protection along with a seamless user experience and enterprise manageability.
"Digitization, hybrid work models, and the shift to SaaS and web-based applications have made the browser a prime target for attackers who use malicious websites and file downloads to breach organizations," said Yoram Salinger, CEO, Perception Point. "In parallel, malicious insiders and third parties can easily extract data from web-based enterprise apps which lack the necessary security controls. With the addition of Perception Point Advanced Browser Security, customers of all sizes can now protect their web browsers alongside email and other cloud collaboration apps from one platform, designed to provide the accuracy, speed and scale they require to reduce breaches, lower total cost of ownership, and provide the best user experience."
For more information about Perception Point Advanced Browser Security, see here.
About Perception Point
Perception Point is a Prevention-as-a-Service company for the fastest and most accurate next-generation detection and response to all attacks across email, cloud collaboration channels, and web browsers. The solution's natively integrated incident response service acts as a force multiplier to the SOC team, reducing management overhead, improving user experience and delivering continuous insights; providing proven best protection for all organizations.
Deployed in minutes, with no change to the enterprise's infrastructure, the patented, cloud-native and easy-to-use service replaces cumbersome legacy systems to prevent phishing, BEC, spam, malware, Zero-days, ATO, and other advanced attacks well before they reach end-users. Fortune 500 enterprises and organizations across the globe are preventing content-borne attacks across their email, web browsers, and cloud collaboration channels with Perception Point.
To learn more about Perception Point, visit our website, or follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.
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SoccerFest, Music, Baseball, Veterans Parade and Fireworks Among the Scheduled Activities
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- With its 23 miles of pristine world-famous beaches, Daytona Beach is a great place to visit any time of the year, but the destination will shine especially bright on the upcoming July 4th holiday. From an inaugural two-day soccer and music festival held at Daytona International Speedway to concerts, a baseball game, a veterans parade and fireworks, visitors will find just what they are looking for to celebrate the Independence Day holiday weekend.
For the first time in history, a professional soccer field, at a cost of more than $1 million, will be built in the infield at Daytona International Speedway to host Daytona SoccerFest, which will feature a series of matches on July 2-3:
- Reigning Colombian champion Deportivo Cali vs. rival America De Cali
- The Legends Game with all-time best players from the Americas and Europe
- Orlando Pride vs. Racing Louisville FC in a regular season National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) match
The soccer festival will also feature a trio of high-energy, full-length concerts by Puerto Rican music sensation and Latin Grammy Award winner Rauw Alejandro, famous American rapper Chance the Rapper and Latin artist Adassa, who recently starred in Disney's "Encanto." There is also a fireworks show following the conclusion of the Orlando Pride-Racing Louisville FC match on Sunday night, July 3.
Visitors will discover plenty of options for even more fireworks shows in the Daytona Beach Area. The Daytona Tortugas, Single-A affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball, will face off against the St. Lucie Mets in a Florida State League game on Monday, July 4 with post-game fireworks scheduled after the final out.
The Daytona Beach Bandshell, the scenic amphitheater located on the north end of the Boardwalk amusement area overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, will host four concerts between July 1-4:
- The Boss Project – A Bruce Springsteen Tribute (July 1)
- Boxers and Southern Cross – Simon & Garfunkel and Crosby Stills Nash and Young Tributes (July 2)
- US Bee Gees – A Bee Gees Tribute (July 3)
- Alter Eagles – A tribute to The Eagles (July 4
Fireworks are scheduled on July 2 & 4 after the concerts at 9:45 p.m. General admission is free, guests may be bring their own chair. VIP reserved tickets are $10 each night.
Both the City of Ormond Beach and the City of Port Orange will provide fireworks with their July 4th celebrations. City Center Park in Port Orange will host a 4th of July Spectacular between 5:30 p.m. – 9 p.m. with the live band Chrome 57', food trucks, a corn hole tournament and kids' zone. Fireworks will be set off at 9 p.m.
City of Ormond Beach will host an Independence Day Celebration between 8 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. with music, food and fireworks, which will begin at 9 p.m.
The second annual Fourth of July Veterans Parade will be staged on Main Street at 10 a.m. and pay tribute to veterans and first responders. Organized by the Marine Corps League Daytona, the parade's lineup will feature nearly 30 local military organizations, as well as combat veterans, and the city's police and fire departments.
To view all the events happening in the Daytona Beach Area on July 4th Weekend, visit www.daytonabeach.com
Experience endless adventures in this eclectic destination that offers the perfect, beach base camp from which to explore the greater Daytona Beach area and all Central Florida. Choose thrilling activities or embrace the tranquility of days spent on 23 miles of world-famous white-sand beaches. With more than 12,000 rooms, and a variety of meeting hotels and unique spaces, the destination has accommodations for meetings and groups of all sizes and budgets. Learn more at DaytonaBeach.com. #LoveDaytonaBeach
Andrew Booth, Daytona Beach Area Convention and Visitors Bureau
abooth@daytonabeach.com | (386) 255-0415, ext. 125
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FREEPORT, Maine, Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Berenson Freeport Associates announced the grand opening and ribbon-cutting of the newly-expanded Lindt Chocolate Store, including new counter service at the Lindt Chocolate Bar.
"This new Lindt Chocolate Store and Lindt Chocolate Bar is a beacon for customers from Main Street into Freeport Village Station. The beautiful new store design reflects the unique passion and distinctiveness of premium chocolate, created by Lindt Master Chocolatiers since 1845," stated Alfred R. Yebba, of Berenson Freeport Associates, owners of Freeport Village Station.
Representatives of Lindt & Sprüngli (USA) Inc., headquartered in Stratham, NH, were joined by members of the Freeport business and tourism community for the ribbon-cutting celebration.
"We are excited to announce the grand reopening of the Lindt Chocolate Store at Freeport Village Station. Customers can explore an extraordinary assortment of Lindt Chocolate and enjoy new offerings including Lindt Crema Gelata, hand-crafted chocolate bark, and a variety of chocolate coffee drinks," said Patrick Diggelmann, Vice President, Retail, E-Commerce, B2B at Lindt USA. "The new and improved Lindt Chocolate Store at Freeport Village Station is the only one in the U.S. offering all of these sweet treats under one roof."
VIP guest, Slugger, the Portland Sea Dogs' Director of Crowd Entertainment and baseball's hardest-working mascot, made a special appearance to help cut the ribbon and officially bark open the new Lindt Chocolate Store and Lindt Chocolate Bar. "You have to taste it to believe it," barked Slugger.
Freeport Village Station's newly-expanded line-up includes: Lindt Chocolate, L.L. Bean Outlet, Old Navy Outlet, Carter's, Oshkosh B'Gosh, Famous Footwear Outlet, Brooks Brothers Factory Store, Francesca's, Oakley Vault, Talbots Outlet, Coach Outlet, sunglass hut, Claire's, AT&T, The Kitchen Store Outlet, Skechers (Opening Soon), and Freeport Market - a local makers market featuring high quality, unique goods from new & established makers. Please visit: onefreeportvillagestation.com.
Lindt & Sprüngli has been enchanting the world with chocolate for over 175 years. The traditional Swiss company with its roots in Zurich is a global leader in the premium chocolate sector. Today, Lindt & Sprüngli produces quality chocolates at its 11 factories in Europe and the USA. Its products are sold by 31 subsidiaries and regional offices, in around 500 of its own shops, as well as via a network of more than 100 independent distributors around the globe. With more than 14,000 employees, the Lindt & Sprüngli Group reported sales of CHF 4.59 billion in 2021.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo., June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Seramount has selected Shook, Hardy & Bacon among its list of "Best Law Firms for Women" in 2022 and included the firm in its Hall of Fame. This national recognition, which Shook has earned for a dozen years, highlights the firm's commitment to the support, development, retention and promotion of women attorneys.
"At Shook we are intentional day in and day out in supporting and advancing the careers of women attorneys," said Shook Chair Madeleine McDonough. "We believe legal teams who bring a variety of backgrounds and experiences to the table develop the best solutions for our clients."
McDonough is serving her second term as chair of the premier trial firm which has grown, under her leadership, to more than 530 attorneys in 18 offices. The firm welcomed a Hartford office earlier this year, and New York and St. Louis offices were added last year to best serve clients. The firm's Executive Committee is composed of 45 percent women lawyers and women hold key leadership positions in a variety of practice areas including Shook's renowned Product Liability Litigation Practice, which is co-led by Alicia Donohue and Hildy Sastre. Shook's Chicago, Orange County and Tampa offices are all managed by women lawyers. Earlier this year, Shook announced its new class of partners and more than half were women who practice in Shook's core areas across the country.
"Our Best Law Firms for Women continue to improve in many critical areas," said Subha V. Barry, president of Seramount. "Representation of women managing partners has increased significantly and we've seen progress for multicultural women lawyers at every level. Our firms recognize the importance of recruiting and retaining this important talent pool and have developed the family-friendly benefits to prove it. All of these combined are important steps toward parity."
To speak to a Shook attorney, contact Shook Media Relations Manager Heather McMichael, 816.389.0419, hmcmichael@shb.com.
Founded in 1889, Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. has 18 offices in the United States and London, with attorneys and professional staff serving clients in the health, science and technology sectors in areas ranging from product liability defense and business litigation to intellectual property prosecution and litigation, environmental and toxic tort, privacy and data security and regulatory counseling.
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Reimagined two-story Taco Bell Defy opens in the Midwest – here’s what makes it unique
(Gray News) – Taco Bell is taking things to new heights – literally. In partnership with Border Foods, the company launched in Minnesota its first Taco Bell Defy store.
The two-story building features several drive-thru lanes, all with different functions – for pre-orders on the app, delivery drivers and the traditional drive-thru.
But what really makes this location unique is the innovative technology to transport Taco Bell menu items straight from the kitchen to customers.
The new fast-food restaurant uses an elevated kitchen and vertical lift to deliver food in the drive-thru lanes for a faster, contactless experience.
According to Border Foods, the new Taco Bell uses digital check-in screens for mobile orders and two-way audio and video technology services for customers to talk to team members on the second floor.
“Taco Bell Defy embodies the innovative, entrepreneurial spirit of Minnesota businesses and franchisees,” said Lee Engler, co-founder and CEO of Border Foods. “It is a creative, technological solution for a faster, contactless experience for as many Taco Bell fans as possible and is poised to be the future of quick-service dining.”
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HOUSTON, May 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In its latest report, Sustainable Debt Finance: Trends and Opportunities in an Area of Accelerated Growth, Vinson & Elkins has identified several areas for consideration as parties look to tap into the growth of sustainable finance in an evolving regulatory world.
The report draws on the market insights of experienced Vinson & Elkins attorneys with extensive knowledge of Green Bonds, Green Loans, and other activity-based and behavior-based sustainability linked debt instruments. Highlights and key considerations from the report include the following:
- Currently, no global consensus exists on how to classify projects qualifying for green financing; however, the Green Bond Principles (GBP) provide a non-exhaustive list of eligible green categories. While the GBP and Green Loan Principles (GLP) are the main principles guiding the green debt markets, other organizations have developed and are in the process of developing their own methods for evaluating the "greenness" of a debt instrument, including the Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI).
- Since determining whether a bond is 'green' depends on the eligibility of the project to which it relates, not the eligibility of an issuer, companies across varying industries can participate in the green bond market if the use of proceeds meets certain eligibility criteria. In 2021, investments in the energy sector made up roughly a third (35%) of all green uses of proceeds, followed by low carbon buildings (30%), and green transportation (18%).
- Sustainable finance is not limited to only environmental matters, and there is a growing market for Social Bonds and Social Loans. Funds targeting unemployment, Covid-19 and other initiatives to improve the lives of a target population are expanding in use. The market will continue to evolve in the coming years and look for guidance from Social Bond Principles (SBP).
- Sustainability-linked debt: sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) and sustainability-linked loans (SLLs) are providing more companies with the ability to create additional shareholder value and tap into the growing sustainable finance market. The use-of-proceeds flexibility in these instruments provides new opportunities for companies to demonstrate their ESG credentials.
- The European Union (EU) has taken notable steps to create a cohesive path forward for sustainable financing. The EU Taxonomy Regulation sets out a framework establishing a minimum criteria for an investment to qualify as 'environmentally sustainable'. These regulations may have implications for U.S. companies if European market participants begin seeking corresponding reporting and disclosures from U.S. company investments and/or shift their investment to companies that provide such disclosures.
"Our clients are increasingly looking at financing with sustainability in mind, and in doing so they are creating more opportunities to access capital on more favorable terms by using available sustainable finance tools," said Sarah Morgan, partner, Vinson & Elkins. "Sustainable debt instruments benefit companies, investors and lenders in a myriad of ways, such as attracting new market participants and using the flexibility in these instruments to finance new projects."
"As availability of 'green investments' and 'green finance' increases in a variety of forms across a growing number of sectors, these instruments will garner more attention from regulators," said Caitlin Snelson, senior associate, Vinson & Elkins. "Working closely with clients we are helping them understand the need for increased compliance with benchmarks and guidelines. Sustainable finance rules are increasing, and navigating this evolving regulatory landscape is where we help drive value."
For more insights and to read the full report click here.
About Vinson & Elkins
For more than 100 years, Vinson & Elkins has provided deep experience in handling transactions, investments, projects, and disputes worldwide. The firm is a trusted adviser to clients in the most important industrial and digital industries.
Learn more by visiting www.velaw.com or follow us on Twitter @VinsonandElkins or connect with us on LinkedIn.
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FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — A respected snake researcher who had been making significant discoveries about the species since childhood has died after being bitten by a timber rattler.
William H. “Marty” Martin died Aug. 3 after being bitten the day before by a captive snake on the property at his home in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, according to his wife, Renee Martin.
Martin, who was 80 years old, continued to make arduous mountain hikes to document and count snake populations in remote sites, said Joe Villari, who manages the Bull Run Mountains Preserve in northern Virginia and would accompany Martin on his outings there.
“He was in his 80s, and he was hard to keep up with,” said Villari, who made it a point to join Martin on his semiannual treks to remote mountain dens where the snakes would live.
John Sealy, a rattlesnake researcher from Stokesdale, North Carolina, who knew Martin for more than 30 years, said Martin was perhaps the foremost authority on timber rattlers, a species he studied since childhood.
As a boy, Martin found a population of timber rattlers in the Bull Run Mountains that was previously unknown, and convinced a herpetologist to come out and verify the find.
Sealy said Martin was known throughout the community of snake experts for his field work and research, and his ability to find and document a species that makes itself hard to find.
“They’re extremely secretive animals,” he said.
Deaths from snakebites are extremely rare; the Centers for Disease Control estimates they account for about five fatalities annually in the U.S.
Dan Keyler, a toxicology professor at the University of Minnesota and an expert on snakebites, said a second snakebite can be more dangerous than a first for some people and rattlesnakes can be more dangerous if they grow to a size that allows them to inject more venom. Age can also be a factor in a person’s susceptibility.
Martin had been bitten before in his career, but recovered.
Villari said timber rattlers tend to be docile, avoid human contact and often won’t bite even if they’re accidentally stepped on.
“They save their venom for their prey,” he said. | https://cw33.com/news/ap-top-headlines/respected-snake-researcher-dies-from-rattlesnake-bite/ | 2022-08-13T18:32:32Z |
Partnership Will Offer Employees of Yankees Organization Access to NYDIG's Bitcoin Savings Plan
NEW YORK, July 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NYDIG, a leading bitcoin company, today announced a multi-year partnership with the New York Yankees to become the team's official Bitcoin Payroll Platform. The deal aligns the world's most iconic sports franchise with the most trusted name in Bitcoin by offering employees of the Yankees organization access to NYDIG's Bitcoin Savings Plan (BSP).
BSP is a workplace benefit that allows for employees to convert a portion of their paycheck to bitcoin via the NYDIG platform. As part of a NYDIG Bitcoin Savings Plan offered by a participating employer, employees do not pay any transaction fees nor any fees for secure bitcoin storage. Today, dozens of leading companies across a wide range of industries are offering a Bitcoin Savings Plan benefit to attract and retain the best talent.
NYDIG research shows that 36% of employees under 30 said they would be interested in allocating a portion of their pay to bitcoin. Nearly 1 in 3 of those employees said that when choosing between two identical jobs at different employers, they would choose an employer that helped them get paid in bitcoin.
NYDIG's Bitcoin platform is built to the highest regulatory, operational, and governance standards. It is used by companies and institutions of all sizes, from small businesses to the Fortune 500.
"We're proud to partner with our hometown team and an iconic sports franchise, the Yankees, to further our mission of bringing bitcoin to all," said Kelly Brewster, chief marketing officer at NYDIG. "NYDIG is committed to helping our clients realize the full potential of bitcoin while providing the service and standards that have made our name synonymous with trust. For employees of the Yankees and beyond, the opportunity to allocate a small slice of their paycheck to a Bitcoin Savings Plan can be one of the most efficient ways to save bitcoin, and the dollar-cost averaging can smooth out the bumps along the way. We commend the Yankees for understanding the competitive opportunities and the value of providing bitcoin options for their organization."
"We are always looking for innovative ways to expand and improve our employee experience," said Aryn Sobo, Yankees Vice President, Human Resources, Employment & Labor Law. "NYDIG made it easy to add Bitcoin to our roster of benefits, and we look forward to leveraging the NYDIG platform to offer this opportunity to our employees."
About NYDIG
NYDIG is a bitcoin company powering a more inclusive economic system. Delivering technology and financial services to businesses in a broad range of industries, its full-stack bitcoin platform is built to the highest security, regulatory, and operational standards. NYDIG is the gateway to a new era of financial products that make bitcoin more accessible for all. Learn more at nydig.com, or connect on LinkedIn and Twitter.
About the New York Yankees
Founded in 1903, the New York Yankees are the most successful and popular team in Major League Baseball history, having won 27 championships while appearing in 40 World Series. The club plays its home games at Yankee Stadium, which is one of New York City's most-frequented tourist destinations and home to numerous non-baseball events, including college football's Pinstripe Bowl. As a result of their on-field accomplishments and iconic interlocking "NY" logo, the Yankees are among the most recognized brands in the world.
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10-Year Marketing Leader Joins eHealth Senior Leadership Team
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- eHealth, Inc. (Nasdaq: EHTH) (eHealth.com), a leading online private health insurance marketplace, today announced the appointment of Michelle Barbeau as Chief Marketing Officer.
"We are extremely pleased with the high caliber of executives joining our company to work side-by-side with the experienced eHealth veterans who lead our business," says eHealth CEO Fran Soistman. "Ms. Barbeau's knowledge of healthcare, omni-channel engagement, and consumer marketing is extremely valuable as we begin a countdown to the Annual Enrollment Period in October."
"eHealth helps millions of people easily find the right high quality, most affordable health insurance plan for their needs," says Ms. Michelle Barbeau. "I'm thrilled to join such an exciting organization that takes an innovative approach to continuously expand and improve the consumer experience."
Ms. Barbeau is a proven leader with a wealth of experience in the healthcare industry. She comes to eHealth from Ableto, a provider of virtual mental health services, where she led their marketing and communications strategy with a focus on designing personalized experiences that drive loyalty and high ROI. Prior to this, she served four years as a Vice President at UnitedHealthcare, where she transformed a team focused on employer and individual member engagement. She also served eight years in marketing management roles at General Mills.
About eHealth
eHealth, Inc. (Nasdaq: EHTH) operates a leading health insurance marketplace at eHealth.com and eHealthMedicare.com with technology that provides consumers with health insurance enrollment solutions. Since 1997, we have connected more than eight million members with quality, affordable health insurance, Medicare options, and ancillary plans. Our proprietary marketplace offers Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement, Medicare Part D prescription drug, individual, family, small business, and other plans from approximately 200 health insurance carriers across fifty states and the District of Columbia.
Media inquiries:
pr@ehealth.com
Investor Relations Contact:
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Coalition begins its second year emboldened with over 100 members and launching new initiatives to create a more accessible and welcoming outdoors
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Together Outdoors (TO), a coalition committed to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in all aspects of the outdoor recreation experience, commemorated its first anniversary with a look back at a year of progress, and a look ahead at new efforts to make the outdoors more accessible and welcoming for everyone.
More than 100 organizations joined TO in its first year, with an initial focus on educating coalition members on the history of exclusionary practices in the outdoors and the challenges that remain for members of under-represented groups who seek to enjoy America's outdoor spaces. TO's debut learning tool was an eight-module online training program for outdoor companies, nonprofits, and land management agencies. Topics included insights into, and best practices for, hiring and retaining a diverse workforce, implementing DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) at all levels of the organization, and improving accessibility for the disabled.
"Together Outdoors was born as the result of outdoor industry leaders asking how they could help provide education and drive desperately needed change. TO's first year was one of reflection, strategic planning and learning," said Coalition Lead Gerry Seavo James. "With the support of our funders, member organizations, Governance Council, and Advisory Council, we have built a solid foundation and developed effective programs to help make the great outdoors great for everyone. We are proud of everything Together Outdoors has accomplished in its first year and are excited for what's to come." Read more of Gerry's reflections on TO's first year here.
Together Outdoors' new efforts build upon 12 months of work made possible by foundational and multi-year support from THOR Industries and the guidance of our Advisory Council and Governance Councils.
TO's next phase is focused on helping members put what they've learned into practice, as well as launching more tools and programs to support its vital mission and to provide ways for the general public to become involved with the coalition's efforts.
Together Outdoors' new initiatives include:
Resource Hub Beta Launch – This innovative online database provides a wealth of curated information about building an outdoor community where everyone belongs. These materials include books, articles, research papers, videos, podcasts, and toolkits. Additionally, the hub includes a directory of inclusion-related outdoor organizations, a grant opportunity directory, and the ability to host web-based training programs. The platform will be launched as a Beta with user feedback providing the basis for upgrades and improvements.
Inclusive Spaces Program – Together Outdoors, in partnership with the Trust for Public Land, is piloting a program to help recreation space operators and public land management agencies improve accessibility and inclusion in their spaces. Findings from the pilot program, conducted in the Chattanooga, TN region, will be used to develop best practices in every area of outdoor space operation, including the design of physical facilities, staff trainings, storytelling, and language used in printed materials and signage.
Branding and Merchandise – Together Outdoors is pleased to unveil its new logo, which visually conveys the coalition's message of accessibility and inclusion. The new online store offers logoed clothing that allows people to show their support for TO and a more accessible and welcoming outdoors for all people.
Grant Program – TO recently debuted a grant program designed to support organizations on the front lines of building a more accessible and welcoming outdoor ecosystem thanks to support from THOR Industries and Winnebago Industries. To help offset the history of exclusion of marginalized communities in the grant-making process, TO's criteria will give priority to individuals from those communities, as well as organizations run by members of those groups.
See more commentary and reflection from coalition members and partners below and here.
"The first year of Together Outdoors was an impactful bringing together of many insightful voices throughout the outdoor landscape," said Danica Carey, Seirus Innovation, Director of Marketing Operations. "Now moving into their second year, I am very hopeful that the strong leadership of Gerry James supported by the team at ORR will be able to continue to grow this network of resources and collaboration. There is great foundation here for the community building needed to bring forward the cultural shift that is crucial for all of us to thrive into the future."
"We are proud to serve on the Together Outdoors Governance Council, which has allowed Brunswick Corporation a distinct opportunity to work collaboratively with our peers across the outdoor industry to promote our shared goals of ensuring equitable access to our public lands and waters," said Lee Gordon, Vice President of Communications and Public Affairs for Brunswick Corporation.
"Together Outdoors' mission to celebrate and share the joys and experiences found in the great outdoors with communities from different walks of life, experiences, and backgrounds is just the first step toward creating a more inclusive and welcoming outdoor recreation space," said Kevin Williams, Vice President of Marketing at the National Marine Manufacturers Association and Together Outdoors Governance Council Member. "As we celebrate our one-year anniversary, this milestone marks the exciting next step in nurturing an environment where all are welcome and we look forward to continuing our partnerships with leaders across diverse spaces, members of the LGBTQIA+ community, and historically marginalized people to create a better, more inclusive outdoor space."
Together Outdoors is an initiative administered under the auspices of ORR that nurtures an environment where all people have access to welcoming outdoor recreation experiences. We pursue this work through engagement, partnership, and education across all segments of the outdoor community.
Outdoor Recreation Roundtable is the nation's leading coalition of outdoor recreation trade associations representing the $689 billion outdoor recreation economy. ORR focuses on the growth of outdoor recreation by building a better environment for the sustainable growth of outdoor recreation businesses and driving a broader understanding of the value of the outdoor recreation economy. Our membership includes national outdoor trade association members, business entities, nonprofit organizations, and universities — serving more than 110,000 businesses and representing America's boating, fishing, RVing, biking, hiking, camping, hunting, ATVing, diving, horseback, and skiing communities among many more.
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MIAMI, June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cano Health, Inc. ("Cano Health" or the "Company") (NYSE: CANO), a leading value-based primary care provider and population health company, today announced additional details regarding its 2022 Investor Day and its participation in an upcoming investor conference:
- Cano Health 2022 Investor Day in New York, NY on Tuesday June 7, 2022, from 9:30 AM ET until 1:00 PM ET. Participants are encouraged to pre-register for the event using the following link.
- Jefferies Healthcare Conference in New York, NY on Wednesday, June 8, 2022, at 4:00 PM ET.
A live webcast of each presentation will be available on the day of the event on Cano Health's investor relations website at investors.canohealth.com. A replay of the webcast will be available under the "Events & Presentations" section of the Company's investor relations website following the completion of the event.
About Cano Health
Cano Health (NYSE: CANO) is a high-touch, technology-powered healthcare company delivering personalized, value-based primary care to nearly 270,000 members. With its headquarters in Miami, Florida, Cano Health is transforming healthcare by delivering primary care that measurably improves the health, wellness, and quality of life of its patients and the communities it serves. Founded in 2009, Cano Health has more than 4,000 employees, and operates primary care medical centers and supports affiliated providers in nine states and Puerto Rico. For more information, visit canohealth.com or investors.canohealth.com.
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Dyversity joins Doner Partners Network to meaningfully expand multicultural marketing services spanning advertising, research & analytics, shopper, content production, media, XM, Influencer and PR
TORONTO, April 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Stagwell (NASDAQ: STGW) today announced the acquisition of Dyversity Communications, a leading multicultural full-service marketing agency in depth, breadth, and size based in Canada. Dyversity specializes in Chinese and South Asian communications, with additional expertise in over 20 other languages including Filipino, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish.
The acquisition rapidly scales the Doner Partners Network's multicultural capabilities across its Canadian assets – namely DonerNorth, Veritas, and Meat & Produce (M&P) – by adding best practices for existing clients and doubling down on more progressive ways to centralize multicultural insights and expertise as part of the offering. The Doner Partners Network (DPN) is one of four integrated networks within Stagwell that bridge complementary specialist marketing services for powerful collaborations across client work.
"I am so honoured to welcome Dyversity into our Network and learn from their expertise," says Krista Webster, Vice-Chair of DPN and President & CEO of Veritas Communications and M&P. "Dyversity's team were pioneers in spearheading growth in the burgeoning ethnic markets in Canada, at a time when few considered it. Now, they are the leader in one of the fastest growing segments in North America. As a challenger network with offices all over the world united by a mission to transform marketing, it only makes sense for Stagwell to bring Dyversity into the mix."
Dyversity has a storied history in Canada with over two decades of award-winning work servicing all sectors from banking and telecommunications to consumer-packaged goods and real estate. With over 30 experts, Dyversity provides clients 360-degree marketing services, including strategy, creative, research & analytics, and traditional and digital media.
As part of the Doner Partners Network, Dyversity Founder Albert Yue, will continue leading the agency as CEO and focus on setting the pace for multicultural marketing in Canada with the added support of a best-in-class global network.
"I am so proud of growing Dyversity into Canada's largest and longest standing ethnic marketing agency, but that still accounts for a very modest number of Canadian brands' total marketing spend," says Yue. "I knew when I met Krista and the Stagwell team that we could take this agency to an even more special place together. With their wind in our sails, this will be a game changer for cultural marketing overall."
"As the Industry continues to demand more diversity in communications, it wasn't going to be satisfactory to me to 'lip service' our promise to clients with temporary solutions," added Webster. "We needed a true change agent embedded in our network and Dyversity was the best fit in terms of caliber of clients and agency culture."
In collaboration with other award-winning Stagwell agencies within Canada like DonerNorth and Veritas, Dyversity is well-positioned to drive multicultural marketing success as a key feature for the country's leading blue-chip brands. Additionally, the agency will now benefit from Stagwell's engineering and technology talent, numbering over 1200 worldwide, as well as original SaaS and DaaS products supporting marketing transformation within the Stagwell Marketing Cloud.
"We're eager to welcome Dyversity to Stagwell as we continue to evolve our offering of transformational marketing services," added Mark Penn, Chairman and CEO, Stagwell. "Dyversity sets a high bar for excellence in multicultural insights that aligns with our data-driven approach to shaping culture through the work we do for brands."
Once Dyversity establishes itself within DPN Canada, Webster says the opportunity to scale expertise into the US through Doner and the Stagwell global network is on the horizon.
About Doner Partners Network. Doner Partners Network is mix of award-winning US, Canadian and UK based B2C and B2B marketing agencies within Stagwell that are the best-in-class in the cities they originate – from Toronto to LA, New York to London, Detroit to Minneapolis. Agencies include Doner, DonerNorth, Yamamoto, Veritas, Meat & Produce and KWT Global.
About Stagwell
Stagwell is the challenger network built to transform marketing. We deliver scaled creative performance for the world's most ambitious brands, connecting culture-moving creativity with leading-edge technology to harmonize the art and science of marketing. Led by entrepreneurs, our 10,000+ specialists in 34+ countries are unified under a single purpose: to drive effectiveness and improve business results for their clients. Join us at www.stagwellglobal.com.
For more information, please contact:
Brandon Dixon
347-636-5807
pr@stagwellglobal.com
Bora Caglayan
647-920-2201
caglayan@veritasinc.com
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6100 Merriweather Class-A Trophy Office Building is Now 97% Leased
COLUMBIA, Md., June 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Howard Hughes Corporation® (NYSE: HHC) today announced that CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield (CareFirst), the largest not-for-profit health plan in the Mid-Atlantic region, has leased 80,000 square feet of office space in 6100 Merriweather in Downtown Columbia®. CareFirst selected Downtown Columbia as the location for its first major "spoke" office as part of the company's regional expansion strategy. The lease brings the Class-A trophy office building to 97% leased and continues to demonstrate the appeal of Downtown Columbia as a destination for companies seeking the benefits of the city's strong job market, with access to an educated workforce, quality lifestyle and proximity to the employee bases of Washington, D.C., and Baltimore.
"We are thrilled that CareFirst has selected Downtown Columbia as they expand to meet the demands of today's workforce and align talent attraction and retention with company growth," said Greg Fitchitt, President of the Columbia region for The Howard Hughes Corporation. "The demand for office space in Downtown Columbia continues to grow as leading companies seek quality office buildings in highly amenitized mixed-use environments, integrated into open green spaces with urban walkability."
CareFirst's expansion into Downtown Columbia reflects the growing trend of companies transitioning to a "hub-and-spoke" office model, maintaining a centralized location while introducing regional "spokes" or satellite offices in the cities where target employees want to live. Today's paradigm shift has employees setting the pace and dictating where companies want to be located as they follow the educated workforce moving to communities that offer professional success along with shorter commutes and a higher quality of life. Both companies and employees are gravitating towards this trend for the flexibility and growth opportunities it provides.
"The new Downtown Columbia office marks an important milestone in CareFirst's future-ready workforce strategy," said Angela Celestin, Chief Human Resources Officer for CareFirst. "To create the right work-life balance, we continually evaluate the needs of our mobile, hybrid workforce while providing an environment where our employees can perform at their best. This culture of health approach to our workspaces allows us to lean into innovative solutions supporting accessibility and environmental sustainability as we expand to offices in different regions and communities."
At 6100 Merriweather, a 12-story building offering 320,000 square feet of signature office space, CareFirst's new office comprises full floors on levels 3 and 4 and parts of levels 1 and 2. CareFirst joins a roster of leading companies in the building including Tenable, one of the fastest growing cybersecurity software companies; Advarra, the premier provider of IRB, IBC and compliance consulting services for clinical research; Ames Watson, a privately held investment management firm; and Insperity, a human resources and business solutions provider. Downtown Columbia is attracting companies with brand-new facilities and top-of-the-line safety features, all set within a truly connected "live-work-play" ecosystem centered around health, wellness, and community.
"Downtown Columbia has experienced dynamic growth over the past few years, with nearly two million square feet of new development in the Merriweather District," said Fitchitt. "Following the strong leasing velocity demonstrated by Juniper, the Merriweather District's first residential product, we broke ground on Marlow, marking the district's largest multifamily to date at 510,000 square feet and solidifying its next phase of growth. Marlow places tenants in the center of the Merriweather District's walkable neighborhood with its exciting retail, innovative office space, range of housing options, and restaurants such as Busboys & Poets which has become an anchor for the ongoing extensive programming and community events in Color Burst Park."
CareFirst's new office announcement follows HHC's recently announced plans to invest approximately $325 million in the Lakefront District, launching the next phase of Downtown Columbia's rejuvenation. New development will include a state-of-the-art medical office building, housing options and retail offerings, all exemplifying the "city in a garden" aesthetic vision of Columbia's founder James Rouse.
At full build-out, the redevelopment of Downtown Columbia will include 14 million square feet of new development on 391 acres of land. The Merriweather District will make up 4.9 million square feet of the total mixed-use development, concentrated on 35 acres set within the 100 acres of forests, streams, and restored wetlands, with the storied music venue Merriweather Post Pavilion anchoring the cultural vibrancy of the growing district.
CareFirst will design and custom-build their office workplace interiors in 2023 and open in January 2024.
CareFirst was represented in the transaction by Phil Leibow and Mike Sullivan from JLL. Howard Hughes was represented by Alex Hancock and Patrick Crilley from Transwestern.
More information on leasing in the Merriweather District and at 6100 Merriweather, which has 10,000 square feet of office plus additional retail space remaining for lease, can be found at officesatdtc.com/6100-merriweather.
About Downtown Columbia®
A development of The Howard Hughes Corporation®, Downtown Columbia is located at the center of Columbia, MD, one of the first master planned communities in the U.S. founded by legendary developer James W. Rouse in 1967. Conveniently located between Washington, DC and Baltimore, Columbia comprises 14,000 acres including ten completed residential villages and a deep pipeline of commercial development opportunities within its downtown. The underdeveloped core of Columbia became the subject of an extensive five-year process that culminated with the passage by the Howard County government of the Downtown Columbia Plan in 2010, a guide to creating a vital area in which residents can live, shop, work, entertain, exercise, and enjoy cultural opportunities in an enriched natural setting. At full buildout, the redevelopment of Downtown Columbia will include three new and reconfigured neighborhoods—Merriweather District®, Lakefront District and Central District featuring more than 14 million square feet of residential, office, hotel, retail, cultural, and public uses including public parks, trails and more. Among its numerous rankings citing safety and outstanding lifestyle, Columbia was recently ranked by WalletHub as the #1 City in America offering a high-paying job and top quality of life.
About The Howard Hughes Corporation®
The Howard Hughes Corporation owns, manages, and develops commercial, residential, and mixed-use real estate throughout the U.S. Its award-winning assets include the country's preeminent portfolio of master planned communities, as well as operating properties and development opportunities including: the Seaport in New York City; Downtown Columbia®, Maryland; The Woodlands®, The Woodlands Hills®, and Bridgeland® in the Greater Houston, Texas area; Summerlin®, Las Vegas; Ward Village® in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi; and Douglas Ranch in Phoenix, Arizona. The Howard Hughes Corporation's portfolio is strategically positioned to meet and accelerate development based on market demand, resulting in one of the strongest real estate platforms in the country. Dedicated to innovative placemaking, the company is recognized for its ongoing commitment to design excellence and to the cultural life of its communities. The Howard Hughes Corporation is traded on the New York Stock Exchange as HHC. For additional information, visit www.howardhughes.com.
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Media Contacts:
The Brand Guild
Sofia Royce, 352-328-1489
Associate Vice President, PR
Sofia@thebrandguild.com
The Howard Hughes Corporation
Cristina Carlson, 646-822-6910
Senior Vice President, Head of Corporate Communications
cristina.carlson@howardhughes.com
For HHC Investor Relations
John Saxon, 281-929-7808
Chief of Staff
john.saxon@howardhughes.com
Carlos Olea, 281-475-2143
Chief Financial Officer
carlos.olea@howardhughes.com
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Fast-growing diagnostic lab uses Shadowbox to interface with clinicians in minutes instead of months
SAN DIEGO, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Shadowbox, a leading innovator in healthcare automation solutions, is excited to announce that HealthTrackRx, the nation's leading PCR laboratory, has selected Shadowbox to automate Electronic Health Records ("EHR") and Lab Information Management Systems ("LIMS") interoperability with their clinician customers, expanding their approach beyond traditional integration options.
"Shadowbox tech makes sense," said Guhan Raghu, HealthTrackRx Chief Operating Officer. "We can set up a practice in a few minutes and the clinician can start ordering immediately. Orders are not only processed faster, they are also accurate and complete because the patient information is securely sourced from the patient chart in the clinic EHR. The increased velocity, higher volume of clean claims, and reduced cost significantly improves our bottom line while aiding in client retention."
Shadowbox is a patented, HIPAA compliant application that connects web-based EHRs with other healthcare applications to automate workflow and streamline the exchange of sensitive patient information. Shadowbox simplifies the lab ordering process by providing a lab-branded application that automates the real-time transfer of complete patient data as part of an electronic order.
"There's no silver bullet when it comes to interoperability, but this is a massive step in getting information exchanges set up quickly," said Mr. Raghu. "This is especially important as it relieves pressure on our IT team, allowing them to focus on other priorities instead of repeatedly burning time on sequential 6-month clinic-by-clinic integration projects."
"We are especially proud of our partnership with HealthTrackRx," said Greg Stein, Shadowbox CEO. "We have expanded our product offering to meet the needs of HealthtrackRx and their customers, rigorously testing and enhancing the functionality of our platform to improve its utility."
Shadowbox is a ground-breaking, patented integration and automation platform built for healthcare. By powering a browser with security, AI, and user-driven cross-application connections, Shadowbox offers instant integration and automation across the healthcare ecosystem. For more information see www.shadowbox.com.
HealthTrackRx is the nation's leading PCR-based infectious disease laboratory, delivering industry-leading testing turnaround times to clinicians nationwide. For more than 20 years, the company has mobilized accurate clinical decisions through advances in pathogen testing, antimicrobial stewardship, and value-based care programs. HealthTrackRx is among a limited number of labs in the U.S. granted FDA Emergency Use Authorization for Molecular Laboratory Developed (LDT) COVID-19 Authorized Test. For more information, visit HealthTrackRx at healthtrackrx.com and LinkedIn.
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The Coldwell Banker brand retained more than $869 million in sales volume and welcomed four new companies in Q2 2022
MADISON, N.J., Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The real estate brand that has been guiding people home since 1906, Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC, an Anywhere Real Estate Inc. (NYSE: HOUS) brand, reported growth milestones in the second quarter of 2022 by extending company agreements that account for more than $869 million in sales volume. In the first half of the year the Coldwell Banker brand assisted several existing Coldwell Banker franchisees in finding successors to transition their business, thus retaining approximately $965 million in brand sales volume.
Coldwell Banker welcomed the following four new affiliated companies to the Gen Blue network in Q2 2022; three of the four companies grew their business by diversifying their Coldwell Banker affiliation and opened a commercial franchise:
- Coldwell Banker Platinum One, Latham, Md.
- Coldwell Banker Commercial Seaboard McMillan, Florence, S.C.
- Coldwell Banker Commercial Grass Roots Realty, Grass Valley, Calif.
- Coldwell Banker Commercial Griffith & Blair, Topeka, Kan.
Additionally, since its launch in 2020, Coldwell Banker has welcomed 27 companies to the brand through its Inclusive Ownership (IO) program, a program created to help increase representation of People of Color, women, LGBTQ+ and veteran entrepreneurs in the real estate industry. Coldwell Banker affiliated companies that have joined through the IO program and have been affiliated for at least one year have seen a 244% increase in agent growth and an exponential increase in sales volume growth.
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"I am so proud of the immense effort and drive our Coldwell Banker network continues to demonstrate each quarter. It is because of the countless leaders within our network that Coldwell Banker remains a top globally recognized brand within the industry. We pride ourselves in the extensive offerings we provide to our affiliated companies through innovated products and technology, networking events, training and education and the most recognized advertising in the industry. For this, we're happy to see that our affiliates continue to see us as a valuable partner in their business."
Liz Gehringer, president of Coldwell Banker Affiliate Business and COO of Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC
If you are interested in adding the Coldwell Banker brand to power your business visit https://www.coldwellbanker.com/franchising
About Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC
Powered by its network of over 100,000 affiliated sales professionals in approximately 2,200 offices across 40 countries and territories, the Coldwell Banker® organization is a leading provider of full-service residential and commercial real estate brokerage services. The Coldwell Banker brand prides itself on its history of expertise, honesty and an empowering culture of excellence since its beginnings in 1906. Coldwell Banker Real Estate is committed to providing its network of sales professionals with the tools and insights needed to excel in today's marketplace and is known for its bold leadership and dedication to driving the industry forward. The brand was named among the 2022 Women's Choice Award® Most Recommended brands for customer experience and overall quality. Blue is bold and the integrity and values of Coldwell Banker give the Gen Blue network an unbeatable edge. Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC fully supports the principles of the Fair Housing Act and the Equal Opportunity Act. Each office is independently owned and operated. To join Coldwell Banker Real Estate and unlock the possibilities of Gen Blue®, please visit www.coldwellbanker.com/join.
About AnywhereSM
Anywhere Real Estate Inc. (NYSE: HOUS) is on a mission to empower everyone's next move. Home to some of the most recognized brands in real estate – Better Homes and Gardens® Real Estate, CENTURY 21®, Coldwell Banker®, Corcoran®, ERA®, and Sotheby's International Realty® – the AnywhereSM portfolio includes franchise and brokerage operations as well as national title, settlement, and relocation companies and nationally scaled mortgage origination and underwriting joint ventures. Supporting approximately 1.5 million home transactions in 2021, Anywhere is focused on simplifying, digitizing, and integrating the real estate transaction for all consumers, no matter where they may be in their home buying and selling journey. With innovative products and technology, Anywhere fuels the productivity of its approximately 196,200 independent sales agents in the U.S. and approximately 136,400 independent sales agents in 118 other countries and territories. Recognized for eleven consecutive years as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies, Anywhere has also been designated a Great Place to Work four years in a row, named one of LinkedIn's 2022 Top Companies in the U.S., and honored by Forbes as one of the World's Best Employers 2021.
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