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Join us on Saturday, September 3, for all movies, in all formats, for only $3
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In partnership with the Cinema Foundation, Regal is proud to announce the inaugural National Cinema Day will take place on Saturday, September 3 at all Regal theatres. The one-day only event will feature all movie tickets for only $3, including all premium format screens.
National Cinema Day celebrates a summer of blockbuster moviegoing, inviting guests of all ages to enjoy a day at the movies at Regal. Along with special sneak peeks and exclusive previews, all movies are only $3, including the following premium screens:
- Pepsi 4DX, where the on-screen visuals of action-packed blockbusters are enhanced through special effects including motion-synchronized seats, wind, fog, rain, lightning, snow, bubbles, vibration and scents.
- ScreenX where movie fans go beyond the frame of the movie screen. This panoramic format creates an immersive, 270-degree viewing experience.
- IMAX and their most advanced theatre experience, IMAX with Laser, featuring crystal clear laser projection and next generation precision sound.
- Regal Premium Experience (RPX), which presents movies the way filmmakers intended with powerful, Dolby Atmos surround sound, bright eye-popping laser projection and theatre seats that will feature ButtKicker technology in a custom-built premium environment.
"This day is for movie lovers across the US, celebrating how movies are meant to be seen, on the big screen," stated Ken Thewes, Regal's Chief Marketing Officer. "We are excited to be a part of National Cinema Day, offering our moviegoers the opportunity to see the latest blockbusters at Regal, no matter the format, for only $3!"
For additional details, please visit National Cinema Day. To purchase tickets to this exclusive event, please visit the Regal mobile app or REGmovies.com.
Regal, a subsidiary of the Cineworld Group, operates one of the largest and most geographically diverse theatre circuits in the United States, consisting of 6,769 screens in 504 theatres in 43 states along with American Samoa, the District of Columbia, Guam and Saipan as of July 31, 2022. We believe that the size, reach and quality of the Company's theatre circuit provides its patrons with a convenient and enjoyable movie-going experience. We are committed to being "The Best Place to Watch a Movie!"
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BEIJING, Aug. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The 16th annual China Brand Festival took place from August 7 to 9 in Changsha, a city wildly popular with Chinese influencers. Organized by TopBrand Union and the China Convention Exhibition and Event Society, the festival welcomed over 2200 government officials, entrepreneurs, experts and scholars at its opening ceremony, while the total number of guests exceeded 6000.
With a special announcement, TopBrand Union launched its inaugural edition of the TopBrand Global 500, publishing the rankings at www.topbrand500.com.
Apple leads the pack, with its brand valued at USD 799.81 billion, while Microsoft, Google, Amazon and Saudi Aramco rank from second to fifth, as they are valued at USD 667.43 billion, USD 405.53 billion, USD 402.54 billion and USD 377.34 billion, respectively.
In terms of national representation, 210 brands are from the US, taking up 42% of the total and accounting for a combined value of USD 13 trillion. The second most represented country is China, with 122 brands in the top 500, which are worth USD 5.65 trillion. Japan ranks third with 42 representatives holding a combined value of USD 1.52 trillion.
The only Chinese brand in the top 10 is China National Petroleum Corporation, ranking ninth with a valuation of USD 280.28 billion. The top 20 also includes Sinopec, State Grid and Huawei, ranking 11th, 14th and 18th, respectively. Meanwhile, Taiwanese semiconductor giant TSMC is ranked 23rd, while tech leaders Tencent and Alibaba take up 29th and 30th place. The brand behind the most expensive stock on the Chinese market, Guizhou Moutai, is 64th.
The highest valued Japanese brand is Toyota, which sits at 15th place as it is worth USD 204.52 billion. It is followed by Sony, which ranks 55th, while other strong brands, such as Honda, Hitachi, Panasonic, Mitsubishi, SoftBank and Nintendo also make it into the top 500.
French brands occupy 19 spots on the list as LVMH ranks 42nd with a valuation of USD 114.89 billion. Other prominent names such as Airbus and Michelin, also find their way into the rankings.
German brands perform well as 18 of them enter the top 500, including Merck, Siemens, Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz, Allianz, BMW, Bayer and Adidas, among others.
There are also 16 established British brands which enter the elite 500, led by THG, AstraZeneca, Unilever, GlaxoSmithKline, Rio Tinto and HSBC.
The technology sector dominates the brand rankings as its representatives have a whooping total value of USD 61.13 trillion. Despite some occasional doubts, investors continue to bet on a more digital and smarter economy.
The pharmaceutical sector comes in second, with its ranked brands valued at a combined USD 18.18 trillion. It is spearheaded by the giants Pfizer, Roche, and Eli Lilly, but the positioning of most companies within the sector will likely be more closely linked to their R&D capacity in the post-pandemic era.
The oil and gas sector comes in a close third as its entries in the top 500 have a combined value of USD 17.14 trillion. It will be important to keep an eye on the potential impact of structural transformations and short-term price fluctuations in the industry.
The sample pool examined by the TopBrand Union research team includes 37164 companies, covering 47 major stock markets. The valuation methodology is vetted by an international and independent Global Expert Review Board, including over 20 thought leaders and executives. It takes into account five categories of indicators, namely: brand internationalization, brand awareness, brand management, brand reputation and core brand strength.
Prof. Wang Yong, Chairman of the Board at TopBrand Union and Secretary-General of the China Brand Festival, explains that the research and preparation for the compilation of the TopBrand Global 500 took up nearly one full year. He plans to lead his team toward making further progress in the field of brand valuation and to continue providing valuable insights into the branding industry.
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SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Marvell (NASDAQ: MRVL) today announced the details of its participation in a webinar hosted by J.P. Morgan to address how Compute Express Link™ (CXL™), an industry standard for connecting processors, accelerators and memory, will facilitate new cloud data center architectures with improved scale, flexibility and performance.
Webinar Title: Marvell's Vision for Transforming Cloud Data Centers with CXL
When: Tuesday, May 17 at 10 a.m. Pacific time/1 p.m. Eastern time
Description:
This webinar will address the fundamentals of CXL technology and its role in bringing new levels of performance to power emerging metaverse and next generation AI/ML applications in the cloud. Existing data center server architectures face multiple memory scaling challenges and lack the ability to compose resources efficiently. Silicon solutions based on CXL, an industry standard for connecting processors, accelerators and memory, will facilitate new cloud architectures with improved scale and flexibility. Marvell brings a unique perspective with the industry's most complete end-to-end data infrastructure silicon portfolio and will share its vision for how CXL will transform cloud data centers across compute, electro-optics, networking, security and storage.
Marvell Presenters:
Dan Christman - Executive Vice President, Storage Products Group
Thad Omura - Vice President, Flash Marketing
Ashish Saran - Senior Vice President, Investor Relations
J.P. Morgan Host: Harlan Sur
Semis, Semi Cap Equipment & Tech Hardware Equity Analyst
To Register: https://openexc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_P4OTmCWuSTKnaoYDhMyTkg. A video replay will be available here approximately 2-3 hours after the webinar ends.
About Marvell
To deliver the data infrastructure technology that connects the world, we're building solutions on the most powerful foundation: our partnerships with our customers. Trusted by the world's leading technology companies for over 25 years, we move, store, process and secure the world's data with semiconductor solutions designed for our customers' current needs and future ambitions. Through a process of deep collaboration and transparency, we're ultimately changing the way tomorrow's enterprise, cloud, automotive, and carrier architectures transform—for the better.
Marvell and the M logo are trademarks of Marvell or its affiliates. Please visit www.marvell.com for a complete list of Marvell trademarks. Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.
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DALLAS (KDAF) — Inside DFW got the opportunity to hang out with some pretty cool animals from Wildlife on the Move at their Critter Compound.
We got a chance to hang out with and learn from Eric Brittingham with Wildlife on the Move; alongside him were some of our favorite mammals and reptiles.
Wildlife on the Move has been around for over 15 years and its team of animal presenters has been dedicated to helping people of all ages gain some more knowledge about the natural world around and those who inhabit it.
“Our critters are animal ambassadors for their wild cousins that inhabit countries and continents from all over the world, thus allowing us the opportunity to explore culture, geography, and a variety of ecosystems,” Wildlife on the Move says. “For over a 15 years, the folks at Wildlife on the Move have traversed over 140,000 miles presenting thousands of programs to over 350,000 people, involving dozens of different animals to a wide variety of audiences.” | https://cw33.com/news/inside-dfw/inside-look-at-wildlife-on-the-move-and-its-15-years-of-serving-texas-and-beyond/ | 2022-05-27T05:45:48Z |
Lewandowski fails to score but Bayern builds Bundesliga lead
By CIARÁN FAHEY
AP Sports Writer
BERLIN (AP) — Robert Lewandowski failed to score. It didn’t matter though as others did for Bayern Munich to stretch its Bundesliga lead to nine points with a 4-1 win in Freiburg. Leon Goretzka, Serge Gnabry, Kingsley Coman and Marcel Sabitzer got the goals for Bayern to pressure second-placed Borussia Dortmund. Dortmund then slumped to a 4-1 loss at home to Leipzig. Six rounds remain. Third-placed Bayer Leverkusen defeated Hertha Berlin 2-1 to leave the visitors second from bottom on goal difference from Arminia Bielefeld, which came from behind to draw with Stuttgart 1-1. Bochum won at Hoffenheim 2-1 and last-placed Greuther Fürth drew at Eintracht Frankfurt 0-0. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/04/02/lewandowski-fails-to-score-but-bayern-builds-bundesliga-lead/ | 2022-04-02T19:13:36Z |
- H1 revenue fell 11% YoY to KRW 579.9 billion, operating profit down 37% to KRW 212.7 billion
- Decline due to drop in Q2 sales amid reduced PCR testing volume
- Sales of non-COVID products and PCR instruments increased in H1; Company launches STARlet-AIOS to strengthen sales foundation
- Seegene to expand In-life PCR campaign to help curb widespread COVID-19 transmissions and boost sales of non-COVID products to solidify revenue structure
SEOUL, South Korea, Aug. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Seegene Inc. (KQ096530), South Korea's leading molecular diagnostics company, today reported first-half (H1) revenue in 2022 of KRW 579.9 billion (USD 445.8 million), down 11 percent year-over-year. Operating profit fell 37 percent to KRW 212.7 billion.
While Seegene posted record quarterly sales of KRW 451.5 billion in the first quarter, second quarter revenue was at KRW 128.4 billion. The decline can be attributed to a drop in PCR testing volume and inventory destocking at sales channels and customer accounts.
Sales of non-COVID products, however, rose 30 percent year-over-year to KRW 69.5 billion in H1. The second quarter figure was up 21 percent from the previous quarter amid a transition to normalcy from the pandemic and increasing customer acceptance of molecular diagnostics.
As for PCR instruments, Seegene installed 850 new PCR detection systems and 491 new workstations for extraction and PCR set-up, for a combined 5,704 and 2,803 installs respectively worldwide, strengthening the foundation for global sales. Seegene also launched its fully automated PCR system, STARlet-AIOS, for syndromic testing in key European markets. The company also began its In-life PCR campaign – a global initiative that emphasizes regular testing for respiratory viruses, including COVID-19, to help curb asymptomatic and widespread transmissions. It recently partnered with a testing center in Vietnam to launch the campaign.
Seegene further strengthened the leadership team at its U.S. subsidiary, appointing a new CEO, head of scientific and medical affairs and head of research and development (R&D), this year. The company plans to establish capacity for local R&D and product manufacturing within the U.S., the world's largest molecular diagnostics market, laying a foundation for mid-to-long term growth. Seegene also plans to seek U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for key products starting next year.
"We expect to see ongoing demand for respiratory virus testing in fall and winter as the flu season starts in our key markets," said Robert Lee, Senior Vice President of Seegene's Investor Relations (IR) department. "Seegene's portfolio includes syndromic tests, including tests that can simultaneously detect COVID-19 and flu. We will use these multiplexed tests to expand our In-life PCR campaign, as well as strengthen sales of non-COVID products and STARlet-AIOS to create new PCR demand and solidify our revenue structure."
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THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn., June 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Digi-Key Electronics, which offers the world's largest selection of electronic components in stock for immediate shipment, will host a webinar in collaboration with TE Connectivity (TE) on Wednesday, June 22, at 10 a.m. CDT titled "Unleash Your Potential in Smart Building."
Buildings are becoming ever smarter with the introduction of new technologies that improve our experiences in them as we live, work and play.
The increasingly smart controls employed in buildings include the regulation of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning to help maintain a positive and healthy environment for employees and visitors, which can be vital for enhanced productivity. A key component of in-building communication systems are antennas that have been designed for a range of different wireless protocols.
Anita Lucia Costamagna, business development manager – appliances, and Mohamad Halabi, business development manager – IoT Solutions, both with TE Connectivity, will discuss the following topics:
- Technology considerations for creating a smart building ecosystem
- Market trends, challenges, and solutions in smart buildings
- Standard embedded and external antenna solutions that can enable reliable wireless connectivity
- Reliable connection solutions for HVAC applications
"The world around us is getting smarter, making it imperative to implement reliable wireless connections in smart building ecosystems," said Jeff Cleveland, director, TE business development at Digi-Key. "We're looking forward to hearing from the experts at TE Connectivity about some of the factors to consider when creating in-building communication systems that help support healthy, comfortable environments for workers and visitors."
"Technology designers and manufacturers commonly have key roles in creating long-term growth in the smart building ecosystem. They do this by choosing the right components to support their designs where usability, flexibility, power consumption, data speeds, and wireless communications are integral to their success," Halabi said. "TE brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to product design for these types of applications, and has global experts to help meet your needs, starting with this educational webinar."
To attend the webinar, submit a registration form. If you are unable to attend the live webinar, Digi-Key will send the recording after the event to those who register.
For more information about TE Connectivity and to order from their product portfolio, visit the Digi-Key website.
About Digi-Key Electronics
Digi-Key Electronics, headquartered in Thief River Falls, Minn., USA, is recognized as both the leader and continuous innovator in the high service distribution of electronic components and automation products worldwide. As the original pioneer in this space, Digi-Key provides more than 13.4 million components from over 2,300 quality name-brand manufacturers with an industry-leading breadth and depth of product in stock and available for immediate shipment. Beyond the products that drive technology innovation, Digi-Key also supports design engineers and procurement professionals with a wealth of digital solutions and tools to make their jobs more efficient. Additional information can be found at digikey.com and on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram and LinkedIn.
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Man murders 4 family members with knife, including 5-year-old, sheriff says
CASA GRANDE, Ariz. (KTVK/KPHO/Gray News) – An Arizona man has been charged with murder after he fatally stabbed four family members, including his 5-year-old niece, officials say.
According to the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office, 21-year-old Richard Wilson Jr. was charged with four counts of first-degree murder. He is being held at the Pinal County Jail on a $2.5 million bond.
The victims were identified as Wilson’s father, 47-year-old Richard Wilson; his mother, 50-year-old Ellen Otterman; his sister, 16-year-old Rudy Wilson; and his niece, 5-year-old ReNaya White, who had just started kindergarten.
The sheriff’s office said the investigation began with a 911 call from the 16-year-old sister Sunday afternoon regarding a domestic dispute at the home in Casa Grande.
During the 911 call, the sister told dispatchers that Wilson Jr. had just beaten up their mother, father, and 5-year-old niece in the house. Dispatchers said the sister was “frantic” on the phone and that audible screaming could be heard repeatedly until the call was disconnected.
“Ultimately, that cost her her life making that 911 call, and when our people arrived, she was one of the four deceased,” Pinal County Chief Deputy Matthew Thomas said.
Officials said deputies got to the home about 12 minutes later. When they arrived, they found Wilson Jr. with blood on his clothes and injuries to his right hand.
Deputies said he told them, “I’m over here, take me to jail.” When deputies asked him if anyone was inside the home, he replied, “Go check.”
Deputies entered the home and discovered the four bodies, all of which appeared to have suffered fatal stab wounds to the neck.
Records show that this was the 10th time police were called to the home in the last three years. Two of those calls were mental health-related, and two others were welfare checks.
Wanda Hamilton, a neighbor, said she is in shock hearing about the murders.
“Disbelief, this doesn’t happen out here,” Hamilton said. “I can’t believe that, not him [Wilson Jr.]. I talked to that kid all the time.”
Hamilton said the family has lived at the home for about five years. She said Wilson Jr. lived with his grandparents a few houses down, but he visited his parent’s house daily to care for their horses.
Wilson Jr.’s father was a maintenance employee for the Casa Grande Elementary School District, and ReNaya had just started kindergarten at Desert Willow Elementary School. In a statement, Superintendent Adam Leckie said the tragedy is a huge loss for the district.
“It is with profound sadness that yesterday afternoon we were made aware of the tragic deaths of one of our Desert Willow students, ReNaya White, and maintenance employee Richard Wilson. This is an incredible loss to our CGESD family and will be a difficult time for all of us. Richard worked for CGESD for the last two years. He was well-liked by his co-workers and was known to be devoted to his family. ReNaya just started kindergarten at Desert Willow and was described as a happy, energetic, curious, loving girl. They will be missed greatly by all who knew them.”
The district has made extra counseling services available for students and staff.
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Sarasota to join Team USA for international baton twirling championship
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - A Sarasota teen has been moving up fast in the baton-twirling world, but now he’s getting ready for the international stage.
Jax Scott will fly to Liverpool, England next summer to join Team USA at the 2023 International Baton Twirling Nations Cup. It is an exciting milestone in his athletic career that only started a few years ago by chance.
Scott and his mother explained that the 13-year-old fell into the sport by chance back in 2020 when the family was sifting through storage in the garage.
“I had an old baton case in the garage and during COVID we were cleaning out the garage,” Jennifer Neumann, Scott’s mother, said. “And all the kids kind of got into it and they were like what is this thing?”
Jax picked it up, gave it a whirl, and his life changed. He quickly found that he had a knack for twirling, and knew he was onto something.
“I was doing tricks that, like, most beginners aren’t able to do,” he said.
Throughout the next two years, Scott and his family took that natural talent and grew his skills until he became a serious competitor. With the help of his coaches Chris Carter and Jennifer Marcus, Scott elevated his game enough to go toe to toe with other athletes in Florida and across the country.
Scott has competed 13 times and taken home titles in at least five of those arenas, along with several other awards. His first competition was in 2020. He didn’t take home gold, but took his first steps to find his footing.
“I was, like, really nervous cause I’ve never competed on the floor in front of a bunch of people,” Scott said.
He told ABC7 that he is proud of his growth since then and wants to do his best when he joins Team USA overseas. He hopes his training and daily practices will pay off by the time the competition begins.
“My goal was just to qualify for Team USA, that’s it,” Scott said. “Winning, like, a gold medal or a silver or a bronze medal would be great, awesome.”
He typically spends two hours practicing each day, often in the parking lot of Incarnation Catholic School.
His mother is proud of not only him, but for the role model he has become for young boys. Scott had to learn how to build up some confidence to pave own his unique path in a sport with far more girls participating than boys.
“For Jax, it was definitely a scary moment to overcome,” Neumann said. “To tell someone yes, I’m a baton twirler and be ok with that and be accepted for what he does and what he loves to do.”
Scott encourages anyone interested in the sport to give it a try and not let anything get you down. All it takes is heart, and countless hours of dedicated practice to become great.
“If you’re doing a trick and you can’t catch it don’t give up,” Scott said. “If you lose, so well, it’s just a loss,” he said. “Improve by the loss.”
The family’s trip to Liverpool will be expensive, so they started a GoFundMe account to help with travel costs. If you would like to help out, you can do so by clicking here.
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Sri Lanka is facing an economic and political crisis. Here’s what you need to know
By Jessie Yeung, CNN
Sri Lanka, an island nation of 22 million, is facing an economic and political crisis, with protesters taking to the streets in defiance of curfews and government ministers stepping down en masse.
Driving the discontent is the worst economic downturn since the South Asian country gained independence in 1948, with crippling inflation sending the cost of basic goods skyrocketing.
Anger, which has been simmering for weeks, boiled over last Thursday, turning protests violent — and throwing the government into disorder.
Here’s what you need to know.
What caused the economic crisis?
Experts say the crisis has been years in the making, driven by a little bad luck and a lot of government mismanagement.
Over the past decade, the Sri Lankan government has borrowed vast sums of money from foreign lenders to fund public services, said Murtaza Jafferjee, chair of Colombo-based think tank Advocata Institute.
This borrowing spree has coincided with a series of hammer blows to the Sri Lankan economy, from both natural disasters — such as heavy monsoons — to man-made catastrophes, including a government ban on chemical fertilizers that decimated farmers’ harvests.
These problems were compounded in 2018, when the President’s dismissal of the Prime Minister sparked a constitutional crisis; the following year, when hundreds of people at churches and luxury hotels were killed in the 2019 Easter bombings; and from 2020 onwards with the arrival of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Facing a massive deficit, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa slashed taxes in a doomed attempt to stimulate the economy.
But the move backfired, instead hitting government revenue. That prompted rating agencies to downgrade Sri Lanka to near default levels, meaning the country lost access to overseas markets.
Sri Lanka then had to fall back on its foreign exchange reserves to pay off government debt, shrinking its reserves from $6.9 billion in 2018 to $2.2 billion this year. This impacted imports of fuel and other essentials, which sent prices soaring.
Topping all that, the government in March floated the Sri Lankan rupee — meaning its price was determined based on the demand and supply of foreign exchange markets.
That move appeared aimed at devaluing the currency to qualify for a loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and encourage remittances.
However, the plunging of the rupee against the US dollar only made things worse for ordinary Sri Lankans.
What does this mean for people on the ground?
For Sri Lankans, the crisis has turned their daily lives into an endless cycle of waiting in lines for basic goods, many of which are being rationed.
In recent weeks, shops have been forced to close because they can’t run fridges, air conditioners or fans. Soldiers are stationed at gas stations to calm customers, who line up for hours in the searing heat to fill their tanks. Some people have even died waiting.
One mother in the capital, Colombo, told CNN she was waiting for propane gas so that she could cook meals for her family. Others say the cost of bread has more than doubled, while auto rickshaw and taxi drivers say the fuel rations are too meager to make a living.
Some are caught in an impossible position — they have to work to feed their families, but must also queue for supplies. One street sweeper with two young sons told CNN she quietly slips away from work to join lines for food, before hurrying back.
Even members of the middle class with savings are frustrated, fearing they could run out of essentials like medicine or gas. And life is made more difficult by frequent power cuts that plunge Colombo into darkness, sometimes for more than 10 hours at a time.
What’s happening with the protests?
Protesters in Colombo took to the streets in late March, demanding government action and accountability. Public frustration and anger erupted on March 31, when demonstrators hurled bricks and started fires outside the President’s private residence.
Police used tear gas and water cannons to break up the protests, and imposed a 36-hour curfew afterward. President Rajapaksa declared a nationwide public emergency on April 1, giving authorities powers to detain people without a warrant, and blocked social media platforms.
But protests went ahead the next day in defiance of the curfew, prompting police to arrest hundreds of demonstrators.
Protests have continued in the days since, though they remained largely peaceful. On Tuesday night, crowds of student protesters surrounded Rajapaksa’s residence again, calling for his resignation.
The emergency ordinance was revoked on April 5.
What’s happening with the Cabinet?
The government’s entire cabinet was effectively dissolved on April 3 due to mass resignations by top ministers.
Some 26 cabinet ministers stepped down that weekend, including the President’s nephew, who criticized the apparent social media blackout as something he would “never condone.” Other major figures including the governor of the central bank also resigned.
Facing an administration in chaos, on Monday the President attempted a reshuffle he hoped would placate the opposition. Four ministers, including a finance minister, were appointed to temporarily run the government, while several others were handed new posts in an attempt to keep the country functioning “until a full cabinet is appointed,” according to a presidential news release.
But just a day later, the temporary finance minister quit — explaining he had only taken the position due to “multitudes of requests made,” and that he realized afterward “fresh and proactive and unconventional steps need to be taken.”
And the reshuffle failed to stop further desertions. The ruling Sri Lanka People’s Front Coalition (also known as the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna) lost 41 seats by Tuesday after members from several partner parties pulled out to continue as independent groups. The coalition was left with only 104 seats, losing its majority in parliament.
What has the government said?
President Rajapaksa issued a statement Monday but did not directly address the resignations, only urging all parties to “work together for the sake of all the citizens and future generations.”
“The current crisis is a result of several economic factors and global developments,” the statement read. “As one of the leading democratic countries in Asia, solutions should be found to this within a democratic framework.”
Later that day, when announcing the cabinet reshuffle, the President’s office released a statement saying Rajapaksa “sought the support of all the people to overcome the economic challenge faced by the country.”
Previously, Rajapaksa has said he is attempting to resolve the issue, saying in an address to the nation last month that “this crisis was not created by me.”
On April 1, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa — the President’s elder brother and a former President himself — told CNN it was wrong to say the government had mismanaged the economy. Instead, Covid-19 was one of the causes, he said.
What’s next?
Sri Lanka is now seeking financial support from the IMF and turning to regional powers that may be able to help.
During last month’s address, President Rajapaksa said he had weighed the pros and cons of working with the IMF and had decided to pursue a bailout from the Washington-based institution — something his government had been reluctant to do.
Sri Lanka has also requested help from China and India, with New Delhi already issuing a credit line of $1 billion in March — but some analysts warned that this assistance might just prolong the crisis rather than solve it.
There is still much uncertainty around what comes next; national consumer price inflation has almost tripled, from 6.2% in September to 17.5% in February, according to the country’s central bank. And Sri Lanka has to repay about $4 billion in debt over the rest of this year, including a $1 billion international sovereign bond that matures in July.
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BOSTON, Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TetraScience, the Scientific Data Cloud Company, is pleased to share its 2022 year-to-date highlights, including 111% annual recurring revenue (ARR) growth, 400% growth in the Tetra Partner Network, product and category expansion, and continued operational excellence and capital efficiency.
TetraScience is reiterating its full-year 2022 guidance of 123% ARR growth and 400% network growth as the company continues to track on a best-in-class cloud trajectory of 10x, 3x, 2x, 2x, 2x in year-over-year ARR growth.
TetraScience has added 5 new top 25 global pharma customers thus far in 2022, giving it 13 of the top 25 worldwide as it grew net new ARR by 111%. After a year-long product-market fit analysis in 2021, TetraScience's newly announced biotech business has grown 183% year-over-year. The company continues to experience significant customer expansion with no attendant customer churn and anticipates 133% net dollar retention (NDR) for full year 2022, trending toward 150% in 2023.
"As the most innovative BioPharmas aggressively seek to capitalize on their scientific data to radically accelerate and improve outcomes while dramatically lowering costs, TetraScience has become the obvious and responsible choice, and de facto industry standard," said Patrick Grady, TetraScience Chairman and CEO. "TetraScience's multi-year technology lead, unparalleled assets, and rapidly growing partner ecosystem have combined to fuel its category leadership. It's quickly becoming a competitive disadvantage to not partner with TetraScience to replatform and reengineer scientific data to facilitate revolutionary AI/ML based discovery," added Grady.
"The Tetra Partner Network is committed to collaborating widely to generate innovation and economic abundance across the life sciences technology ecosystem and create new value for joint customers," Grady said.
Thus far in 2022, TetraScience has forged partnerships with 20 of the world's most innovative companies including leading instrument vendor, Shimadzu, a global provider of analytical and testing solutions; world-leading informatics vendors PerkinElmer Informatics and BIOVIA; and Scientific Data Applications vendor Chemaxon, a chemical and biochemical software company whose products are used by more than one million scientists worldwide. In addition to leading life science vendors, TPN expanded partnerships with some of the biggest names at the nexus of life sciences and technology - including AWS Life Sciences, Deloitte, EPAM, and CTC.
TetraScience is in active discussions and/or negotiations with more than 100 additional leading Life Sciences innovators and is experiencing surging expansion across all partner categories - instruments, informatics, scientific data applications, consulting, and systems integrators - as both customers and partners recognize the unique and accelerative value of the Tetra Scientific Data Cloud™.
In response to overwhelming customer demand, TetraScience has evolved its industry data cloud to include manufacturing and quality control (QC) data as it relentlessly replatforms and reengineers the world's scientific data in its cloud to radically accelerate and improve scientific outcomes. The Tetra Scientific Data Cloud helps customers solve previously intractable scientific data problems at scale.
BioPharma organizations have attempted to unlock the full value of their scientific data for decades in order to decrease time-to-market, glean scientific insights, and gain operational efficiencies. However, legacy systems, manual processes, incomplete cloud solutions, and proprietary data formats have contributed to inflexible point-to-point integrations to thousands of primary sources and millions of data silos. Having both upstream Research and Development (R&D) and downstream manufacturing and QC data available in the Tetra Scientific Data Cloud will yield long sought-after breakthroughs in new process development efficiencies, analytical control strategy, technology transfer acceleration, and reduction of manufacturing risk.
TetraScience's best-in-class ARR and customer growth has been matched with operational excellence and best-in-class capital efficiency. TetraScience has expanded globally in 2022 while growing headcount by 250% year-over-year. Despite these investments, the company has 80% of its Q1 2021 Series B funding on its balance sheet.
With multi-year customer subscription contracts in place, zero gross churn, and high NDR, the company has excellent visibility into future revenue and cash flows. On the strength of its financial profile, and support from its venture capital backers which have more than $100 billion of assets under management, TetraScience has announced a 5-year, $500 million commitment to the ongoing development and delivery of the Tetra Scientific Data Cloud.
TetraScience is the Scientific Data Cloud company with a mission to accelerate scientific discovery and improve and extend human life. The Tetra Scientific Data Cloud™ is the only open, cloud-native platform purpose-built for science that connects lab instruments, informatics software, and data apps across the BioPharma value chain and delivers the foundation of harmonized, actionable scientific data necessary to transform raw data into accelerated and improved scientific outcomes. Through the Tetra Partner Network, market-leading vendors access the power of our cloud to help customers maximize the value of their data. For more information, please visit www.tetrascience.com
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Experiencing the tingling taboo of ASMR in real life
Leah Dolan, CNN
ASMR — short for autonomous sensory meridian response — is a physical sensation that has dominated a corner of the internet for the best part of a decade. It has a dedicated following, with more than 14 million monthly searches on YouTube, and has launched entire careers, where digital creators ever so gently release ASMR-inducing content — soap-cutting, slime-kneading and whispered role play all fall under the perplexing genre — in the hopes of gaining loyal viewers.
Usually experienced alone, in a bedroom or somewhere private (some have admitted to feeling an irrational “shame” when engaging in ASMR viewing), the rise of ASMR has been linked with our increasingly isolating digital age.
Now, a new exhibition, “Weird Sensation Feels Good: The World of ASMR,'” at the Design Museum in London seeks to take this very private and digital practice into a public and physical space.
The exhibition space features an array of prompts, from visual cues and audio clips to interactive installations that combine sound with touch, each with aim of kickstarting a physical sensation in visitors.
As someone who has never before sought out ASMR videos, or felt particularly affected when the algorithm sent them my way anyway, my expectations of an immersive exhibition dedicated to triggering this elusive bodily sensation were low. A printed visitor guide containing several disclaimers, including a warning that “it is possible to feel nothing at all” due to ASMR being “highly individual” fed my suspicion that I would leave the event cold. But I didn’t.
It felt like ASMR tapas — small bite sized introductions into different neurological activations until you found one you wanted to feast on. The abstract motion graphics, for example, though hypnotic in their infinite movements (one screen displayed an endless object being sliced apart over and over à la a Play-Doh Fun Factory machine) didn’t entertain me, let alone send my brain into a deep calm.
Dusting a microphone with a toolkit of fluffy brushes while listening to the playback, as one interactive installation instructed I do, did make me laugh — but only because I couldn’t imagine who would have such a visceral reaction to something so mundane.
And then I entered the cerebral-looking conversation pit at the room’s center: an entirely off-white carpeted lounging area made from concertinaed tubular cushions that, when lying down, seem to arch well over your head. There I stood motionless, enthralled by a video of a South Korean dog groomer meticulously beautifying a white poodle. It pacified me completely: the sound of the water running as the pup was being shampooed in a cavernous chrome sink, the soft blowing noise of the hairdryer on his coat, the delicate snipping of the crescent-shaped scissors; sculpting this animal’s fur like topiary. I can’t remember how long I stood there, only that it was until the video ended and a stranger came up and commented on my visible fascination.
“It’s a little bit like you’re in amniotic fluid, isn’t it?” said curator James Taylor-Foster outside the brain-pit. “Our main goal,” explained the architect behind the show’s design Dagnija Smilga, “was to create a public space where you feel safe, protected and calm. Therefore we used this round shape and these arms that are kind of hugging you.”
The curved pit includes a handful of nooks and crannies where visitors can sink into undisturbed. “Half of the works in the arena, you can watch on YouTube,” said Taylor-Foster. “So this exhibition is doing something else. It’s inviting you to understand these works in a different context, in a shared setting. And to understand it as part of a series of wider discourses.”
‘슈앤트리 SHU AND TREE,’ the Korean dog groomers responsible for my meditative state, have over 1.7 million YouTube subscribers. Nowhere on their profile does it mention they are ASMR creators, but their video unearthed a reaction in me. It’s a form of “unintentional ASMR” said Taylor-Foster, a subsection of the phenomenon that well precedes the current YouTube hype. The late Bob Ross — another featured artist in the exhibition — is a pivotal example of unintentional ASMR, according to Taylor-Foster, for all his softly-spoken encouragement and the sound of paintbrush bristles on canvas. Similarly, if you’ve ever fallen asleep to the BBC shipping forecast, you may be into ASMR. And all this to say if you are, there’s no shame, assures Taylor-Foster.
“The point of making an exhibition about it is to say, ‘No, it’s not weird. Not in a negative sense,'” he said. “It’s actually a part of the fabric of our lives. And by [putting on an exhibition] in a museum, we’re legitimizing it.”
“Weird sensation feels good: The World of ASMR” is open at the Design Museum in London from May 13 – October 16, 2022.
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DELRAY BEACH, Fla., April 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kolter Hospitality, a division of The Kolter Group, is pleased to announce the acquisition of the Embassy Suites by Hilton Sarasota located at 202 North Tamiami Trail in Sarasota. Located in the city's downtown district, the 18-story hotel was built in 2018 and has 180 all-suite guestrooms boasting breathtaking views of Sarasota Bay.
"This is our second hotel in Sarasota joining the Westin Sarasota, which has been a true success story. We loved the downtown feel of the Embassy Suites by Hilton Sarasota and are honored to add it to our growing portfolio of impressive hotels across Florida," said Scott Webb, President of Kolter Hospitality. "We are extremely bullish on the Sarasota market as it is ideal for both tourism and business travel, but also one of the most beautiful destinations in Florida."
Kolter Hospitality currently operates 11 hotels totaling over 1900 keys and owns and operates three hotels on Florida's west coast: The Westin Sarasota, Hyatt Place St. Petersburg, and Hyatt Place Coconut Point in Estero.
The Embassy Suites by Hilton Sarasota features 180 spacious suites in downtown Sarasota ranging from Studio to Queen and King Suites. All suites feature modern decor and luxurious furnishings, wet bars and high-speed Internet. The hotel offers 3,262 square feet of flexible meeting space, garage parking, full-service restaurant and bar, business center, fitness center, pool and complimentary breakfast. The popular Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, Ringling Fine Arts Museum, Van Wezel Performing Arts Center and Sarasota Opera House are all located within minutes of the hotel. St. Armands Circle and the powder-soft quartz sands of Lido Beach and world-famous Siesta Key Beach are just a short drive away.
Kolter Hospitality, based in Delray Beach, FL, specializes in hotel management, development and acquisitions in the hospitality sector. Kolter Hospitality's alignment of core values and a performance-based framework has enabled the organization to realize success in management, development and franchisee/partner relations which are fueled by the continued growth of its development and acquisitions pipeline. Kolter Hospitality currently operates 11 hotels totaling over 1900 keys in Boca Raton, Delray Beach, West Palm Beach, Palm Beach Gardens, Orlando, Fort Lauderdale, Estero, Sarasota, and St. Petersburg www.kolterhospitality.com.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla., June 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Adecco Group has named Caelia Chung as the 2022 CEO for One Month in the U.S. Now in its ninth year, the CEO for One Month Program develops and empowers future leaders through a life-changing, unparalleled career experience at the world's leading talent advisory and solutions company.
Chung is a rising sophomore at the University of Maryland, College Park, majoring in computer science and marketing. She currently serves as the Operations Chair for the university's prestigious Business, Society and Economy (BSE) Scholars Program and is a solo violinist and soccer player.
During the month of July, Chung will shadow the Adecco Group's U.S. senior leadership team, participating in strategic projects and key meetings, with a front-row seat to learn what it takes to run a multinational organization.
"I am simply humbled and honored to continue this journey with the Adecco Group," said Chung. "Through this exclusive experience, I am eager to learn more about myself, build my professional network and obtain vital leadership and business skills that will jumpstart my future career."
This year, over 24,000 applicants across the nation vied to become the 2022 U.S. CEO for One Month. As a part of the rigorous selection process, 10 candidates were chosen to participate in a two-day virtual leadership boot camp. Then, five outstanding candidates advanced to the final stage of the selection process – three days in New York City, where they participated in a range of activities that put their skills to the test and developed their leadership potential. The top five finalists included:
- Julia Bernhart (Smith College)
- Caelia Chung (University of Maryland, College Park)
- Brianna Martin (Warren Wilson College)
- Maxwell von Doepp (DePauw University)
- Priscilla Zhang (Northeastern University)
"This year's finalists showed incredible dedication, leadership potential and a growth mindset that will fuel them to succeed in their careers," said Joyce Russell, president of the Adecco Group U.S. Foundation, which powers the U.S. CEO for One Month Program. "After a highly competitive application process, we are thrilled to welcome Caelia to the Adecco Group as our 'CEO' and can't wait to work alongside her this summer. Not only will she ramp up her leadership skills and gain invaluable career connections, but she will have a seat at the table to provide a fresh perspective on our business."
Later this year, Chung will also have the chance to be one of 10 country finalists who will compete for the opportunity to become the Adecco Group's 2022 Global CEO for One Month.
For updates on Chung's U.S. CEO for One Month journey, follow @adeccogroupusfoundation and @ceofor1monthusa on Instagram. Learn more about the U.S. CEO for One Month Program here.
About the Adecco Group
The Adecco Group is the world's leading talent advisory and solutions company. We believe in making the future work for everyone, and every day enable more than 3.5 million careers. We skill, develop and hire talent in around 60 countries, enabling organizations to embrace the future of work. As a Fortune Global 500 company, we lead by example, creating shared value that fuels economies and builds better societies. Our culture of inclusivity, entrepreneurship and teamwork empowers our 38,000 employees. The Group is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland (ISIN: CH0012138605) and listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (ADEN).
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Elon Musk tweets making Twitter ‘fun,’ hints at buying Coca-Cola to ‘put cocaine back in’
(Gray News) - Tesla CEO Elon Musk has made headlines lately for reaching an agreement to buy Twitter for roughly $44 billion, and he has used the platform since to talk about some of his future business endeavors.
The world’s richest man tweeted Wednesday that he is planning to purchase the popular soft drink manufacturer Coca-Cola to “put the cocaine back in” the drink.
It appears others on social media would like to see this happen, with his tweet receiving more than 3.9 million likes as of Thursday afternoon.
According to the drink’s own history, Coca-Cola was originated in 1886 by Atlanta pharmacist John Pemberton. It contained cocaine in the form of an extract of the coca leaf, as cocaine was a legal and common ingredient in medicines at that time, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
The Drug Enforcement Administration Museum reports in the early 1900s, cocaine in its crude form was removed from the drink. Currently, the extract of the coca leaves, a decocainized version, is manufactured in the U.S. and used in the flavoring for Coca-Cola. The crude cocaine that is left over is used by select pharmaceutical companies for medicines.
On Wednesday, Musk also shared what appeared to be a screenshot from his own Twitter account, tweeting he was “going to buy McDonald’s and fix all of their ice cream machines.” However, he responded by tweeting, “he can’t do miracles.”
Additionally, Musk shared a tweet on free speech, tweeting, “free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy.”
The billionaire entrepreneur has urged fellow Twitter users to make the platform “maximum fun.”
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CHICAGO, Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group Inc., the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today declared a third-quarter dividend of $1.00 per share. The dividend is payable September 27, 2022, to shareholders of record as of September 9, 2022.
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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SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SVB (NASDAQ: SIVB), the financial partner for the innovation economy, will report its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2022, on Thursday, July 21, 2022, after the close of the stock market.
The Company will file its quarterly financial results with the SEC via form 8-K and issue an advisory release via newswire containing a link to its full financial results, which will be also posted on the Investor Relations section of its website at svb.com.
Conference call: Thursday, July 21, 2022, at 3:00 p.m. Pacific Time
Dial-in information: 1 (888) 330-3016 or 1 (646) 960-0828, Confirmation 5682116
Live audio webcast: A live audio webcast of the call can be accessed via SVB's investor relations website at http://ir.svb.com
Replay: An audio replay of the call will be available at http://ir.svb.com for 12 months beginning July 21, 2022
2022 Quarterly Earnings Announcements: The Company expects to release quarterly results for 2022 on the following dates, which are subject to change:
The Company expects to issue an advisory release confirming the date of each quarterly announcement and call approximately 2 weeks prior to the scheduled announcement date.
SVB Financial Group (NASDAQ: SIVB) and its subsidiaries help innovative companies and their investors move bold ideas forward, fast. SVB Financial Group's businesses, including Silicon Valley Bank, offer commercial, investment and private banking, asset management, private wealth management, brokerage and investment services and funds management services to companies in the technology, life science and healthcare, private equity and venture capital, and premium wine industries. Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, SVB Financial Group operates in centers of innovation around the world. Learn more at svb.com.
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VANCOUVER, BC, April 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - PlantX Life Inc. (CSE: VEGA) (Frankfurt: WNT1) (OTCQB: PLTXF) ("PlantX" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Portfolio Coffee Inc. ("Portfolio Coffee"), has launched a new Canadian e-commerce platform aiming to reflect the Company's ongoing rebranding efforts in line with its expansion strategy.
Portfolio Coffee's new e-commerce platform under the new domain, https://www.portfoliocoffee.store/, emulates PlantX's rebranding efforts to holistically modernize the identity of its subsidiaries in a way that echoes PlantX's core values of quality and innovation. The new e-commerce strategy, which offers a user-friendly and interactive online shopping experience, is aimed to forward Portfolio Coffee's mission of helping its customers to (re)discover coffee by offering farm-to-cup fresh, direct-trade coffee sourced from renowned farms around the world and roasted in Canada.
The decision to launch the new e-commerce platform was driven by the impact of PlantX's previous efforts to rebrand its wholly-owned subsidiary, Little West, LLC ("Little West"). After implementing PlantX's e-commerce strategy to launch its new website in April 2021, Little West has experienced growth for the 12 months after its website rebrand, compared to the 12 months prior to the rebrand. The favorable impact of the new e-commerce design is visible in Little West's month-to-month revenue growth in March 2022, compared to March 2021, when Little West reported revenues of $53,296 and $21,797, respectively, reflecting a revenue increase of 145%. Additionally, compared to March 2021, the average order value and the number of online store visits for March 2022 increased by 16% and 136%, respectively.
"We know from various market research reports that e-commerce website designs are paramount in fostering customer loyalty and boosting brand awareness," said PlantX CEO, Lorne Rapkin. "Almost 60% of all online consumers prioritize website design as the primary factor when judging a business's credibility,1 75% of consumers evaluate their opinion of an e-commerce service based on its website design alone,2 and almost 90% of online shoppers are more likely to return to a website if they have a good online user experience.3 These are just a few considerations that informed our decision to heavily invest in an e-commerce design strategy that can help PlantX and its subsidiary companies propel e-commerce impact. Needless to say, we are looking forward to experiencing the multifaceted ways in which the PlantX signature website design will help Portfolio Coffee expand."
The financial results disclosed in this press release are management prepared and have not been audited or reviewed by the Company's auditors. Unless otherwise indicated, all amounts are expressed in Canadian dollars.
As the digital face of the plant-based community, PlantX's platform is the one-stop shop for everything plant-based. With its fast-growing category verticals, the Company offers customers across North America more than 10,000 plant-based products. In addition to offering meal and indoor plant deliveries, the Company currently has plans underway to expand its product lines to include cosmetics, clothing and its own water brand — but the business is not limited to an e-commerce platform. The Company uses its digital platform to build a community of likeminded consumers and, most importantly, provide education. Its successful enterprise is being built and fortified on partnerships with top nutritionists, chefs and brands. The Company eliminates the barriers to entry for anyone interested in living a plant-based lifestyle and thriving in a longer, healthier and happier life.
Portfolio Coffee is led by an executive team with over 20 years of experience working with award winning farms through the global coffee supply chain, and roasting and retailing specialty coffees. Through its wholesale roaster, Eh Coffee Corp., Portfolio Coffee delivers exquisite, everyday specialty coffees to homes and businesses globally. Portfolio Coffee is a Toronto-based specialty coffee and tea retailer and e-commerce platform (portfoliocoffee.store) that connects customers with directly traded barista-quality beans from esteemed family farms, which are typically reserved only for coffee shops. Founded in 2016 and 2019 respectively, Eh Coffee and Portfolio Coffee work jointly to carefully consider harvest selection and best practices in warehousing, transportation and coffee grading to ensure their specialty lots maintain
The Company website is http://investor.PlantX.com/.
This press release contains "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable securities laws. All statements contained herein that are not clearly historical in nature may constitute forward-looking information. In some cases, forward-looking information can be identified by words or phrases such as "may," "will," "expect," "likely," "should," "would," "plan," "anticipate," "intend," "potential," "proposed," "estimate," "believe" or the negative of these terms, or other similar words, expressions and grammatical variations thereof, or statements that certain events or conditions "may" or "will" happen, or by discussions of strategy. The forward-looking information contained herein includes, without limitation, statements relating to the launch of Portfolio Coffee's new e-commerce platform and the business and strategic plans of the Company.
By its nature, forward-looking information is subject to inherent risks and uncertainties that may be general or specific and which give rise to the possibility that expectations, forecasts, predictions, projections or conclusions will not prove to be accurate, that assumptions may not be correct and that objectives, strategic goals and priorities will not be achieved. A variety of factors, including known and unknown risks, many of which are beyond our control, could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking information in this press release including, without limitation: the Company's ability to comply with all applicable governmental regulations including all applicable food safety laws and regulations; impacts to the business and operations of the Company due to the COVID-19 epidemic; the conflict in Eastern Europe, a limited operating history; the ability of the Company to access capital to meet future financing needs; the Company's reliance on management and key personnel; competition; changes in consumer trends; foreign currency fluctuations; and general economic, market or business conditions.
Additional risk factors can also be found in the Company's continuous disclosure documents, which have been filed on SEDAR and can be accessed at www.sedar.com. Readers are cautioned to consider these and other factors, uncertainties and potential events carefully and not to put undue reliance on forward-looking information. The forward-looking information contained herein is made as of the date of this press release and is based on the beliefs, estimates, expectations and opinions of management on the date such forward-looking information is made. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, estimates or opinions, future events or results or otherwise or to explain any material difference between subsequent actual events and such forward-looking information, except as required by applicable law.
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Hiker comes face to face with cougar
MILL CREEK, UTAH (KUTV) - A Utah man had a terrifying confrontation with a cougar Monday while hiking a trail, and he captured it all on camera.
“I saw it off about 10 feet in the bushes,” hiker Garrett Foster said. “It just jumped out at me.”
Foster said the cougar was about two feet from him.
“She jumped. Not jumped towards me, but like hurled herself towards me and was like ‘roar!’’” he said.
Foster said it was “surreal.”
“You’re by yourself in a canyon with a mountain lion. They can run up to like 50 miles an hour,” he said.
Just three days before this incident, Foster had spotted a cougar for the first time in his life. It did not come close, but it made him a little more prepared this time around.
“I picked up a rock, and I had a knife out just in case something happened. But I roared back twice, and it just took off, ran up the trail,” he said.
After two sightings in just three days, Foster said he might avoid Mill Creek Canyon for a bit, but he will be back. For now, he has some advice for anyone going out for a hike.
“Just being alert, knowing that you’re out there with some kind of wildlife at any given time even if you don’t see it, so yeah. Just be alert,” he said.
The Utah Division of Wildlife has some more advice.
If you encounter a cougar, do not run from it because it could trigger their instincts to chase. Instead, try and make yourself bigger by raising your arms and talking firmly in a loud voice while backing away slowly.
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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Federal officials say it may be necessary to reduce water deliveries to users on the Colorado River to prevent the shutdown of a huge dam that supplies hydropower to some 5 million customers across the U.S. West.
Officials had hoped snowmelt would buoy Lake Powell on the Arizona-Utah border to ensure its dam could continue to supply power. But snow is already melting, and hotter-than-normal temperatures and prolonged drought are further shrinking the lake.
The Interior Department has proposed holding back water in the lake to maintain Glen Canyon Dam’s ability to generate electricity amid what it said were the driest conditions in the region in more than 1,200 years.
“The best available science indicates that the effects of climate change will continue to adversely impact the basin,” Tanya Trujillo, the Interior’s assistant secretary for water and science wrote to seven states in the basin Friday.
Trujillo asked for feedback on the proposal to keep 480,000 acre-feet of water in Lake Powell — enough water to serve about 1 million U.S. households. She stressed that operating the dam below 3,490 feet (1,063 meters), considered its minimum power pool, is uncharted territory and would lead to even more uncertainty for the western electrical grid and water deliveries to states and Mexico downstream.
In the Colorado River basin, Glen Canyon Dam is the mammoth of power production, delivering electricity to about 5 million customers in seven states — Arizona, Colorado, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. As Lake Powell falls, the dam becomes less efficient. At 3,490 feet, it can’t produce power.
If levels were to fall below that mark, the 7,500 residents in the city at the lake, Page, and the adjacent Navajo community of LeChee would have no access to drinking water.
The Pacific Northwest, and the Rio Grande Valley in New Mexico and Texas are facing similar strains on water supplies.
Lake Powell fell below 3,525 feet (1,075 meters) for the first time ever last month, a level that concerned worried water managers. Federal data shows it will dip even further, in the most probable scenario, before rebounding above the level next spring.
If power production ceases at Glen Canyon Dam, customers that include cities, rural electric cooperatives and tribal utilities would be forced to seek more expensive options. The loss also would complicate western grid operations since hydropoweris a relatively flexible renewable energy source that can be easily turned up or down, experts say.
“We’re in crisis management, and health and human safety issues, including production of hydropower, are taking precedence,” said Jack Schmidt, director of the center for Colorado River Studies at Utah State University. “Concepts like, ‘Are we going to get our water back’ just may not even be relevant anymore.”
The potential impacts to lower basin states that could see their water supplies reduced — California, Nevada and Arizona — aren’t yet known. But the Interior’s move is a display of the wide-ranging functions of Lake Powell and Glen Canyon Dam, and the need to quickly pivot to confront climate change.
Lake Powell serves as the barometer for the river’s health in the upper basin, and Lake Mead has that job in the lower basin. Both were last full in the year 2000 but have declined to one-fourth and one-third of their capacity, respectively, as drought tightened its grip on the region.
Water managers in the basin states — Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, New Mexico and Colorado — are evaluating the proposal. The Interior Department has set an April 22 deadline for feedback.
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Associated Press writers Sam Metz in Salt Lake City contributed to this report. | https://cw33.com/news/science-technology/ap-science/in-drought-stricken-west-officials-weigh-emergency-actions/ | 2022-04-14T19:46:51Z |
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police officers will no longer be allowed to chase people on foot simply because they run away or give chase over minor offenses, the department said Tuesday, more than a year after two foot pursuits ended with officers fatally shooting a 13-year-old boy and 22-year-old man.
The new policy adheres closely to a draft policy put in place after those shootings and gives the department something it has never had: permanent rules about when officers can and can’t engage in an activity that can endanger themselves, those they’re chasing and bystanders.
“The safety of our community members and our officers remain at the core of this new foot pursuit policy,” Superintendent David Brown said in a statement announcing the policy, which will be implemented by the end of the summer. “We collaborated internally with our officers and externally with our residents to develop a policy we all have a stake in.”
Under the policy, officers may give chase if they believe a person is committing or about to commit a felony, a Class A misdemeanor such as domestic battery, or a serious traffic offense such as drunken driving and street racing that could risk injuring others.
Officers won’t be allowed to chase people on foot if they suspect them of minor offenses such as parking violations, driving on suspended licenses or drinking alcohol in public. But they will still have discretion to people who they’ve determined are committing or about to commit crimes that post “an obvious threat to any person.”
Perhaps most significantly, the policy makes clear that the days of officers giving chase just because someone tries to avoid them are over.
“People may avoid contact with a member for many reasons other than involvement in criminal activity,” the policy states.
The names of 13-year-old Adam Toledo and 22-year-old Anthony Alvarez, who were armed when they ran from police in separate March 2021 pursuits, are not mentioned in the news release announcing the policy or the policy itself. But those pursuits — particularly that of Alvarez — cast a shadow over the policy.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot demanded that the department create an interim policy after the shootings and the county’s top prosecutor harshly criticized police about the Alvarez pursuit. It also appears that the police department took pains to prohibit just that kind of foot chase.
Under the policy, the chase of Alvarez would apparently not have been allowed for two key reasons. First, when police chased him for a traffic violation they knew who he was and where he lived, Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx told reporters in March when she announced that the officers involved in the two shootings wouldn’t be charged. Second, officers are no longer allowed to chase on foot people who are suspected of the kind of minor offense that led to the chase.
The policy includes a number of circumstances in which an officer must call off a chase, including a requirement that the pursuit must end if a third party is injured and needs immediate medical attention that can’t be provided by anyone else. If officers realize they do not know exactly where they are, which is possible in a chaotic situation in which they are running through alleys and between houses, they must stop. And if they find themselves unable to communicate with other officers, whether because they drop their radios or for another reason, they must stop.
The policy also makes a point of reminding officers that they or their supervisors will not be criticized or disciplined for deciding against a foot pursuit or calling one off.
Officers are also prohibited from provoking chases, such as by employing a tactic in which they speed in their squad cars toward a group of people, stop suddenly and jump out “with the intention of stopping anyone in the group who flees.”
The city has been waiting for a policy since long before the shootings of Toledo and Alvarez.
Five years ago, the U.S. Department of Justice issued a scathing report saying that too many police chases in the city were unnecessary or ended with officers shooting people they did not have to shoot. And three years ago, a judge signed off on a consent decree that included a requirement to adopt a foot pursuit policy.
The city also had plenty of evidence about the dangers of foot pursuits, including a Chicago Tribune investigation that found that a third of the city’s police shootings from 2010 through 2015 involved someone being wounded or killed during a foot pursuit.
Police officials have denied any suggestion they have been dragging their feet, pointing out that the department has met the established deadlines.
But Chicago has not taken the lead on the issue, with other major cities such as Baltimore, Philadelphia and Portland, Oregon, already having implemented foot pursuit policies. | https://cw33.com/news/u-s-news/ap-us-headlines/chicago-police-unveil-long-awaited-foot-pursuit-policy/ | 2022-06-21T17:47:23Z |
After 15+ years of outstanding service, Sheila A. Penrose will retire from the Board
Tony Capuano, Marriott International; Jennifer Taubert, Johnson & Johnson; and Amy Weaver, Salesforce, will join McDonald's Corporation's Board of Directors
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CHICAGO, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- McDonald's Corporation (NYSE: MCD) today announced the retirement of Sheila A. Penrose from the McDonald's Board of Directors. The Company also announced the election of Tony Capuano, Marriott International; Jennifer Taubert, Johnson & Johnson; and Amy Weaver, Salesforce, to the Board. Sheila's retirement will be effective September 30 and the election of Tony, Jennifer and Amy takes effect October 1.
"For over 15 years, Sheila has been a deeply committed and highly valued member of our Board. We have all benefited from her thoughtful counsel, strong expertise and unwavering dedication to McDonald's. Through her leadership of the Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility Committee, Sheila has overseen McDonald's critical progress against our ambitious climate, responsible sourcing and diversity, equity and inclusion goals, positioning us as a leader in the industry. We are grateful for all that she has done for McDonald's and the communities we serve," said Enrique Hernandez, Jr., McDonald's Chairman of the Board. "It is a testament to this great brand, and a continuation of the rich legacy of its Board, that we are welcoming such experienced, global leaders to help steward McDonald's continued success. Each of these individuals represent the highest caliber of values-based leadership, bringing deep and varied expertise to help guide the Company."
"Sheila has been a tremendous resource for me on our Board of Directors. She's helped to spearhead our sustainability efforts and advocated on behalf of the larger role that McDonald's plays in communities around the world. I will miss her," said Chris Kempczinski, McDonald's President and Chief Executive Officer. "At the same time, I'm excited to welcome Tony, Jennifer and Amy to McDonald's. They are inspiring leaders with a demonstrated track-record leading large, complex organizations. Their experience stewarding some of the world's most respected global brands will benefit McDonald's greatly and position the Company for continued growth."
Today's appointments include:
- Anthony Capuano who serves as CEO of Marriott International, a global hospitality company with a footprint of over 8,100 properties around the world that are home to some of the most well-known and iconic brands in travel. Capuano brings deep experience in real estate and leading an organization with a significant focus on franchising and driving digital customer engagement through its Marriott Bonvoy® loyalty program. Under Capuano's leadership, the company launched "Marriott's Bridging the Gap" program, a multi-year development initiative focused on fostering a more diverse and inclusive owner and franchisee base.
- Jennifer Taubert who serves as Executive Vice President and Worldwide Chairman, Pharmaceuticals at Johnson & Johnson, the world's largest and most broadly based healthcare company. As leader of the company's largest sector, with $52 billion in worldwide sales and more than 45,000 employees, Taubert has extensive experience navigating the complexities of a global business in a highly dynamic environment. A purpose-driven leader, she has dedicated her career to healthcare and making a positive impact for people and communities on a global scale. Taubert has been named to Fortune's "Most Powerful Women" list for the past six years.
- Amy Weaver who serves as President and Chief Financial Officer of Salesforce, the leader in customer relationship management technology. A seasoned executive with extensive financial, legal and digital experience, Weaver is responsible for leading Salesforce's global finance organization. Before her appointment in 2021, she served as the company's Chief Legal Officer. Weaver has driven many of Salesforce's most strategic and operational initiatives, translating social imperatives into business successes. She also brings a deep understanding of the hospitality industry and customer experience from her time in leadership at Expedia.com, the online travel company.
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McDonald's is the world's leading global foodservice retailer with nearly 40,000 locations in over 100 countries. Approximately 95% of McDonald's restaurants worldwide are owned and operated by independent local business owners.
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Rainwater is unsafe to drink everywhere, researchers say
(CNN) - Researchers say rainwater across the globe should be considered unsafe to drink because of the presence of what are known as “forever chemicals.”
The study is based on United States environmental protection standards for levels of the thousands of chemicals that do not break down and are continuously cycled through the environment.
The study by Stockholm University and ETH Zurich University concludes there is likely no part of the world unaffected by the contamination, saying the chemicals have been found in Antarctica and the Tibetan Plateau.
Research shows the chemicals, known as PFAS, may be associated with a number of health risks, including cancer.
The lead researcher said in the industrial world, people do not often drink rainwater, but many people around the world do and expect it to be safe, and it supplies many drinking water sources.
The study was published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology.
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LPD introduces new safety tactic, increases patrols in areas with new students
LAWRENCE, Kan. (WIBW) - Lawrence Police have started a new safety tactic with increased patrols in areas with new students to educate new residents and prevent crime.
The Lawrence Police Department says starting Saturday, Aug. 6, officers will be much more visible in the Oread neighborhood and and areas of downtown and will be available through most of October. However, residents should not worry.
Officials said they are not concerned about specific criminal activity in the area. Officers are only being made available to help educate and prevent crime.
LPD noted that new students have already started to move in and prepare for the upcoming semester at the University of Kansas. Many are new to the area and some have never lived on their own before. This is why the commander at the department designed a plan to increase patrol in areas around the city to focus on preventing crime and helping the community feel safe and secure.
The Department said residents may see an officer reminding them to be safe, apply the buddy system, or designate a sober driver.
LPD said if parents are moving students into Lawrence and see an officer, they should stop and introduce themself and their young adults. Students have also been encouraged to say hello and ask for tips and tricks to stay safe.
Officials said this is all part of an effort to help students transition into living safely within the city and educate them about the importance of a personal safety plan. Officers refer to this as the SEE Initiative, which stands for Safety, Education, Enforcement.
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Presentation on Thursday, September 15th, 2022 at 11:30 AM ET
Spotlight Interview with Chairman & CEO Ian Jenks on Thursday, September 15th 2022 at 1:00 PM ET
MANCHESTER, England, Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SmartKem, Inc. (OTCQB: SMTK), a company seeking to reshape the world of electronics with a revolutionary semiconductor platform that enables a new generation of displays, sensors and logic, announced today that it will be presenting virtually at the upcoming Sequire Semiconductor Conference on Thursday, September 15th, at 11:30 AM ET. Ian Jenks, Chairman and CEO will be giving the presentation.
Additionally, Ian Jenks participated in a Spotlight Interview that will air at the conference on Thursday, September 15th, at 1:00 PM ET.
Event: SmartKem, Inc. Presentation at the Sequire Semiconductor Conference
Date: Thursday, September 15th, 2022
Time: 11:30 AM ET
Event: Sequire Spotlight Presents SmartKem, Inc.
Date: Thursday, September 15th, 2022
Time: 1:00 PM ET
Register to watch the presentation HERE. Investors can also request 1x1 meetings with SmartKem, Inc. on the event website.
Summary of Sequire Semiconductor Conference
The semiconductor industry is expected to reach $600 billion USD by the end of 2022. SRAX and Sequire are bringing together experts in manufacturing, engineering, and equipment and materials supply to learn more about this booming industry. This 1-day virtual investor event will be held via SRAX's Sequire Virtual Events platform. Nearly nine million active small-cap investors have been invited to the event, which will feature several semiconductor focused companies hosting 25 minute presentations, alongside keynotes highlighting prominent names in this space. The presenting companies will also be able to take virtual 1:1 meetings with investors of their choice.
SmartKem's OTCQB information can be found on the OTC Markets website: www.otcmarkets.com/stock/SMTK/overview
SmartKem is seeking to reshape the world of electronics with a revolutionary semiconductor platform that enables a new generation of displays, sensors and logic. SmartKem's patented TRUFLEX® inks are solution deposited at a low temperature, on low-cost substrates to make organic thin-film transistor (OTFT) circuits. The company's semiconductor platform can be used in a number of applications including mini-LED displays, AMOLED displays, fingerprint sensors and integrated logic circuits. SmartKem develops its materials at its research and development facility in Manchester, UK, and its semiconductor manufacturing process at the Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) at Sedgefield, UK. The company has an extensive IP portfolio including over 160 patents across 16 patent families. For more information, visit: www.smartkem.com and follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter @SmartKemTRUFLEX
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QUILCENE, Wash. (AP) — A woman who accidentally dropped her cellphone into the hole of an outhouse in a national forest and fell in while trying to retrieve it had to be rescued by firefighters in Washington state.
Brinnon Fire Department Chief Tim Manly said the woman, who was at the top of Mount Walker in the Olympic National Forest northwest of Seattle, had been using her phone when it fell into the toilet on Tuesday, The Kitsap Sun reported.
Manly said she disassembled the toilet seat and used dog leashes to try and get the phone and eventually used the leashes to tie herself off as she reached for it. That effort failed and she fell into the toilet headfirst.
“They didn’t work very well and in she went,” Manly said.
The woman was alone and tried to get out for 10 to 15 minutes. Reunited with her phone, she called 911, Manly said.
Responding firefighters passed her blocks to stand on to reach a harness, which they used to pull her out of the vault. The Brinnon Fire Department said the woman said she was uninjured.
She was washed down and “strongly encouraged to seek medical attention after being exposed to human waste, but she only wanted to leave,” the department said.
“I’ve been doing this for 40 years, and that was a first,” Manly said. | https://cw33.com/strange-news/ap-strange-news/woman-rescued-after-falling-in-toilet-trying-to-get-phone/ | 2022-04-23T12:20:57Z |
NEW YORK, May 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of Volta Inc. f/k/a Tortoise Acquisition Corp. II (NYSE: VLTA, VLTA-WT, SNPR) between August 2, 2021 and March 28, 2022, inclusive (the "Class Period"), of the important May 31, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Volta securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Volta class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=4819 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than May 31, 2022. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually handle securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, defendants throughout the Class Period made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Volta had improperly accounted for restricted stock units issued in connection with the Business Combination; (2) Volta had understated its net loss for third quarter 2021; (3) there were material weaknesses in Volta's internal control over financial reporting that resulted in a material error; (4) as a result of the foregoing, Volta would restate its financial statements; (5) Legacy Volta's founders would imminently exit the Company; (6) Volta's financial results would be adversely impacted; and (7) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about Volta's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
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agentinc continues to expand its reach across California and the nation
UPLAND, Calif., June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Einstein Realty, one of San Bernardino County's top producing real estate agencies has agreed to join agentinc, one of the nation's fastest growing real estate companies.
Established in 2019, agentinc offers a next-gen platform that combines shareholder opportunities, an industry leading cap, AI-powered technology, and revenue share program to generate more income and create an optimal work/life balance for its agents.
"We're excited to welcome Sal Kabir, Kerry Thomson, and their entire team of established agents to agentinc," says John McMonigle, founder agentinc. "We built the agentinc platform to attract top talent from around the world and we've been very successful in our endeavors."
Sal Kabir and Kerry Thomson bring decades of elite real estate expertise to the team at agentinc, and will continue to expand the agentinc brand and platform as the company continues to open in 50 states and 50 countries over the next 50 months.
"We took a deep-dive into the agentinc platform and it was obvious that by joining forces we could enhance our reach while also providing our hard-working agents with more financial incentives," says Sal Kabir, founder, Einstein Realty. "Kerry and I have always been dedicated to providing our team with everything they need to succeed, so this was the logical next step."
The news of Einstein Realty joining agentinc comes just weeks before agentinc launches its initial public offering.
"Several upstart real estate companies are floundering right now because they didn't build a sustainable business model," says Kerry Thomson, team leader, Einstein Realty. "John and his team masterfully created a real estate platform that benefits both the agents and the company—it's a win/win for everyone involved."
John McMonigle, who has sold over $8.5 billion as the leader of the Wall Street Journal's #1 Real Estate Team in the World, built agentinc as an alternative to the traditional brokerage model.
"We took the best aspects of the top brokerages and found a way to implement them all into one platform backed by an AI-powered tech stack and next-level lead gen partnerships," says McMonigle. "And what we have now is a real estate company that's built solely for our agents to succeed."
To join agentinc, contact Scott MacDonald at Scott@agentinc.com or 949.433.0496
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agentinc was founded in 2019 by renowned real estate executive, John McMonigle, five-time winner of Wall Street Journal's #1 Real Estate Team in the World award. agentinc's record-breaking and award-winning executive team offers agents stock awards and ground floor shareholder opportunities to expand revenue beyond the listing. With a focus on technology, networking, education, and high-impact marketing, agentinc empowers both clients and agents to achieve their ultimate real estate goals.
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Havana hotel toll rises to 30; dogs search for survivors
HAVANA (AP) — Search crews with dogs on Sunday hunted through the ruins of a luxury hotel in Cuba’s capital for survivors of a devastating explosion while officials raised the number of known dead to 30.
The Hotel Saratoga, a five-star 96-room hotel in Old Havana, was preparing to reopen after being closed for two years when an apparent gas leak ignited, blowing the outer walls into the busy, midmorning streets just a block from the country’s Capitol building on Friday.
Cuban officials on Sunday raised the known death toll to 30 from 27 even as crews continued to search for victims buried beneath piles of shattered concrete. Several nearby structures also were damaged, including the historic Marti Theater and the Calvary Baptist Church, headquarters for the denomination in western Cuba.
The church said on its Facebook page that the building suffered “significant structural damage, with several collapsed or cracked walls and columns (and) the ceiling partially collapsed,” though no church workers were hurt.
The Health Ministry said 84 people had been injured in Friday’s explosion. The dead included four minors, a pregnant woman and a Spanish tourist, whose companion was seriously injured.
The ministry on Sunday also released the names of those who died. Some 24 people remained hospitalized.
On Saturday, a representative of Grupo de Turismo Gaviota SA, which owns the hotel, said 13 of its workers remained missing. Gov. Reinaldo García Zapata said Saturday evening that 19 families had reported loved ones missing and that rescue efforts would continue.
Authorities said the cause of the explosion was still under investigation, but believed it to have been caused by a gas leak. A large crane hoisted a charred gas tanker out of the rubble Saturday.
Burials for victims have begun, according to municipal authorities. But some were still waiting for news of missing friends and relatives.
“We are hoping that something will be known about my cousin’s mother,” Angela Acosta told The Associated Press near the site of the explosion. Her relative, María de la Concepción Alard, lived in an apartment adjacent to the hotel with a black Labrador, which was rescued along with another dog Sunday.
Crews have worked to clean up streets around the hotel and by late Saturday, substantial pedestrian traffic had resumed.
“There are mothers who are without their children today,” Matha Verde, a manicurist who was walking near the Saratoga, said Sunday, when Mother’s Day was celebrated in Cuba. She said she tells women who lost their sons or daughters in the explosion that they “have to keep going.”
The explosion added to the woes of a crucial tourism industry that had been stifled by the coronavirus pandemic as well as tightened sanctions imposed by former U.S. President Donald Trump and kept in place the Biden administration. Those limited visits by U.S. tourists to the islands and restricted remittances from Cubans in the U.S. to their families in Cuba.
Tourism had started to revive somewhat early this year, but the war in Ukraine deflated a boom of Russian visitors, who accounted for almost a third of the tourists arriving in Cuba last year.
The Saratoga, which had been closed through the pandemic, was one of the elite lodgings in Havana, often hosting visiting VIPs and celebrities.
Some attention in Cuba began to shift to an official visit by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who arrived Saturday night and met with Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel on Sunday. López Obrador was wrapping up a five-country tour that began in Central America.
Díaz-Canel visited Mexico during its independence day celebrations last year. López Obrador has recently spoken out against the apparent U.S. government intention of excluding Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua from the Summit of the Americas it will host in Los Angeles in June.
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At least 18 dead in Russian missile attack on Odesa
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian missile attacks on residential buildings in the Ukrainian port city of Odesa early Friday killed at least 18 people, including two children, authorities reported, a day after Russian forces withdrew from a strategic Black Sea island.
Video of the pre-dawn attack showed the charred remains of buildings in Odesa.
The deputy head of the Ukrainian presidential office, Kirill Tymoshenko, said 18 people died, including two children. A spokesman for the Odesa regional government, Serhiy Bratchuk, said on the Telegram messaging app that another 30 had been injured.
Ukrainian news reports said the target of the missile attack was a multi-story apartment building and a recreational area.
The assault comes after Russian forces pulled out from Snake Island on Thursday, potentially easing the threat to Odesa, it was initially thought. But they kept up their push to encircle the last stronghold of resistance in the eastern province of Luhansk.
The Kremlin portrayed the pullout from Snake Island as a “goodwill gesture.” Ukraine’s military claimed it forced the Russians to flee in two small speedboats following a barrage of Ukrainian artillery and missile strikes. The exact number of troops was not disclosed.
Snake Island sits along a busy shipping lane. Russia took control of it in the opening days of the war in the apparent hope of using it as a staging ground for an assault on Odesa.
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Active listings will grow 15.0% year-over-year as the inventory recovery accelerates in 2H 2022; higher home sales prices (+6.6%) and mortgage rates (to 5.5%) add to affordability issues
SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As rising inflation and mortgage rates bring U.S. housing demand back from the 2021 frenzy, Realtor.com®'s newly-updated 2022 forecast predicts inventory will grow double-digits over 2021 and offer buyers a better-than-expected chance to find a home. Home sales will hit the second-highest level in 15 years, trailing only the 2021 pace, as rising incomes combined with higher housing costs continue to present a mixed bag of affordability issues.
The updated forecast anticipates a summer break from a feverish pace of home sales that will provide space for active listings to grow at a faster year-over-year pace than originally projected (+15.0% vs. +0.3%). Combined with returning seasonality and builders ramping up production, these trends could lead to a refresh of the housing market by as early as this fall.
"Financial conditions have shifted in a big way since the end of 2021 and the housing market is adjusting accordingly. As Americans grapple with higher prices for everyday expenses while today's buyers face housing costs that are up 50% from a year ago, recent home sales data shows some are taking a step back from the market," said Danielle Hale, Chief Economist for Realtor.com®. "Our updated 2022 forecast anticipates that demand will continue decelerating through the summer, providing breathing room for the inventory recovery to accelerate. As a result, this fall could be an opportune time to find a home – for both first-time and repeat buyers alike. Still, preparation will be key throughout 2022, as it continues to be a seller's market and asking prices remain high. For buyers who choose to wait until later in the year, take that time to assess your budget so you're set up with a strong financial footing whenever you're ready to move forward."
Realtor.com® 2022 Housing Forecast – Mid-Year Update
While Americans have faced a whirlwind of changes so far this year, a changing economic landscape is the biggest driver of updates to Realtor.com®'s 2022 housing forecast. Inflation has made a more significant and long-standing impact on real estate markets than was anticipated six months ago, and is reflected in trends like rapidly-climbing mortgage rates. Combined with record-high home listing prices and rents, home shoppers are feeling the strain on their budgets. As a result, buyer demand has been softening this Spring from its early 2022 surge.
Higher costs will continue to challenge 2022 buyers, as mortgage rates have already far surpassed Realtor.com®'s earlier prediction of 3.6% and home sale price growth year-over-year is expected to more than double its originally-forecasted pace (+6.6% vs. 2.9%). At the same time, Realtor.com®'s updated projection for year-end 2022 mortgage rates (5.5%) anticipates that rates have largely adjusted for the bulk of expected 2022 Fed hikes.
The rapid shifts in the economic landscape have some silver linings when it comes to housing affordability. With the unemployment rate near 50-year lows, employers are feeling the pressure to compete for talent, driving wage growth upwards from earlier year-over-year predictions (+3.8% vs. +3.3%). The competitive labor market may also give some buyers more negotiating power on workplace flexibility, creating more opportunities to relocate to relatively affordable housing markets. In fact, data from the first quarter of 2022 showed that 40.5% of Realtor.com® home shoppers viewed listings located outside of their current state, up from 33.4% in 2020.
Overall, the updated 2022 forecast reflects a housing market that is charting a path toward more sustainability, relative to the past two years of ups and downs. Home sales are still projected to hit a near record-high pace in 2022 despite trailing 2021 levels (-6.7%) and their original forecast (+6.6%), while the projected homeownership rate will hold roughly steady (65.6% vs. 65.8%). For many Americans, housing affordability will remain a significant obstacle as demand continues to outmatch supply, although by a smaller margin than in recent years. Buyers struggling with higher housing costs can find resources via sites like Realtor.com®, including its down payment assistance tool.
About Realtor.com®
Realtor.com® makes buying, selling, renting and living in homes easier and more rewarding for everyone. Realtor.com® pioneered the world of digital real estate more than 25 years ago, and today through its website and mobile apps offers a marketplace where people can learn about their options, trust in the transparency of information provided to them, and get services and resources that are personalized to their needs. Using proprietary data science and machine learning technology, Realtor.com® pairs buyers and sellers with local agents in their market, helping take the guesswork out of buying and selling a home. For professionals, Realtor.com® is a trusted provider of consumer connections and branding solutions that help them succeed in today's on-demand world. Realtor.com® is operated by News Corp [Nasdaq: NWS, NWSA] [ASX: NWS, NWSLV] subsidiary Move, Inc. For more information, visit Realtor.com®.
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SAN DIEGO, April 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Realty Income Corporation (Realty Income, NYSE: O), The Monthly Dividend Company®, today announced that it has closed on an amended $4.25 billion multicurrency unsecured revolving credit facility, which replaces the company's existing $3.0 billion unsecured revolving credit facility.
The capacity of the revolving credit facility can be increased to $5.25 billion with an accordion expansion feature, which is subject to obtaining lender commitments. The revolving credit facility initially matures in June 2026 and includes two six-month extensions that can be exercised at the company's option. Pursuant to the terms of the revolving credit facility, the company's current A3/A- credit ratings provide for a borrowing rate of 72.5 basis points over an adjusted SOFR rate, with a facility commitment fee of 12.5 basis points, for all-in drawn pricing of 85 basis points over the adjusted SOFR rate.
A total of 25 lenders are participating in the revolving credit facility, including Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as the Administrative Agent. Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Mizuho Bank, Ltd. and TD Bank, N.A. are serving as Joint Bookrunners. Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Mizuho Bank, Ltd., TD Bank, N.A., BofA Securities, Inc. and Regions Capital Markets are serving as Joint Lead Arrangers. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Mizuho Bank, Ltd. and TD Bank, N.A. are serving as Syndication Agents. Bank of America, N.A., Regions Bank, BNP Paribas SA, U.S. Bank National Association, The Bank of Nova Scotia and Royal Bank of Canada are serving as Documentation Agents.
Other participants in the new credit facility include Barclays Bank PLC, Citibank, N.A., Goldman Sachs Bank USA, Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A, PNC Bank, BBVA, S.A., BMO Harris Bank, N.A., Bank of New York Mellon, Citizens Bank, Credit Suisse AG, Huntington Bancshares Inc., Truist Bank, UBS AG, Associated Bank, and Comerica Bank.
"We are grateful to our lending partners for their longstanding support and loyalty. We believe that the additional financial flexibility afforded to us through the upsized revolver will allow us to continue our profitable growth journey, including internationally, while preserving ample liquidity," said Christie Kelly, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Realty Income.
About Realty Income
Realty Income, The Monthly Dividend Company®, is an S&P 500 company and member of the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats® index. We invest in people and places to deliver dependable monthly dividends that increase over time. The company is structured as a REIT, and its monthly dividends are supported by the cash flow from over 11,100 real estate properties owned under long-term net lease agreements with commercial clients. To date, the company has declared 622 consecutive common stock monthly dividends throughout its 53-year operating history and increased the dividend 115 times since Realty Income's public listing in 1994 (NYSE: O). Additional information about the company can be obtained from the corporate website at www.realtyincome.com.
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LGBTQ community concerned by stigma from monkeypox
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Monkeypox continues to spread in the U.S. and a vast majority of cases, right now are among gay and bisexual men.
However, the CDC says the virus can affect anyone, and it is spreading to others as well. Those in the LGBTQ community are at greater risk but local advocates say they have felt stigma against the community because of the disease.
Local advocates worry that will lead to misinformation and do not want to see a repeat of what happened with AIDS during the 1980′s.
Brett Hogan the director of Positive Directions, a free HIV and STD testing center in downtown Wichita, says a lot of his clientele are part of the LGBTQ community.
“They’re not your enemy. Educate yourself so you don’t get it,” Hogan said.
He has seen a lot of misinformation regarding the disease in the community and is trying to educate.
“It’s another thing that can be put on a community that is unnecessary. It never stays in one population and that is the best the biggest concern that really drives me because a lot of people say ‘oh, I’m not gay I won’t get it,’” said Hogan.
Equality Kansas’s Executive Director, Thomas Witt, says even though this disease has not significantly affected Kansas, it has affected the state’s LGBTQ community.
“When we have faced in modern public health crisis there are segments of society who look for somebody to blame. It is endless. It is predictable. It’s tiresome,” Witt said.
His concerns are that misinformation will only harm the community rather than fix the problem.
“LGBTQ people can end up getting hurt, facing even more discrimination. They will be more marginalized and none of that is how you solve a public health crisis. You overcome a public health crisis by treatments and vaccinations. Being mad at everybody and blaming others for a public health issue is not going to solve the problem,” said Witt.
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NEW YORK, May 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Alternative credentials. Untapped populations. Flexible work hours and locations. Amid ongoing labor shortages around the world, The Conference Board released a new report to help business leaders rethink strategies for finding the right talent.
The report, Navigating the Global Talent Tsunami, encourages leaders to fundamentally rethink long-held assumptions about who can do the work; where, when, and how the work gets done; and the talent acquisition function itself. The approaches offered can help businesses to identify, revisit, and overcome notions that may implicitly limit candidate searches and talent pools. Rethinking sourcing strategies will yield more candidates in the short term and more agile and diverse talent pools—and organizations—in the long term.
Insights include:
Rethink who can do the work.
- Seek skills instead of experience: Evaluate the skills the work requires and target candidates from other professions who have those skills.
- Hire for potential: Hire for qualities that are not easy to teach, rather than skills that are.
- Consider untapped populations: People with disabilities, retired seniors, college students, migrants, refugees, and the formerly incarcerated have historically been overlooked as hiring candidates. Also consider employees who have voluntarily left the organization and workers who prefer to work as independent contractors rather than full-time employees.
- Revisit traditional hiring credentials: Alternative credentials, like certificates of competency, allow organizations to consider a more diverse range of candidates, especially for hard-to-fill positions.
"Organizations willing to overcome deep-rooted beliefs about how work should be done—and who should be doing it—will have an advantage in this war for talent," said Robin Erickson, PhD, Vice President of Human Capital at The Conference Board. "Hiring from underutilized groups will not only expand the candidate pool—it will expand the diversity of thought and experience within your organization."
Rethink where, when, and how the work gets done.
- Be flexible about where work is performed: Organizations that allow for some flexibility in work location, which employees overwhelmingly want, have a competitive advantage over those that do not.
- Question when the work needs to be performed: Consider abandoning the concept of an eight-hour workday or experimenting with a permanently shortened workweek.
- Redesign job roles in ways that will expand the pool of potential candidates: Try job sharing, in which two or more people perform the work traditionally performed by one; intraorganizational employee sharing, in which one person performs work for more than one part of a single organization; or interorganizational employee sharing, in which one person performs work for more than one organization, coordinated by those organizations.
Rethink talent acquisition itself.
- Make everyone a recruiter: Companies should provide their employees with current and accurate information about job openings and qualifications, along with strong incentives to refer candidates.
- Recruit internally: Employers should dissuade managers from "hoarding" employees, clearly define potential career pathways, and tightly integrate internal and external job postings. Doing so will create highly motivated employees, preserve institutional memory, and increase employee engagement and retention.
- Realign recruiting: AI can increase the efficiency of recruitment processes, improve employment branding, bolster recruitment marketing, improve the hiring experience for both candidates and hiring managers, optimize sourcing, and enhance the quality of the candidate pool, all while driving down costs and streamlining boring and repetitive tasks.
- Reconsider salary increases: Don't rely heavily, or even exclusively, on salary to attract candidates—especially at the cost of your current employees. Instead, offer other incentives like flexible work arrangements.
The Conference Board is the member-driven think tank that delivers trusted insights for what's ahead. Founded in 1916, we are a non-partisan, not-for-profit entity holding 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt status in the United States. www.conference-board.org
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Hunting season is nearing as Central Texas communities prepare to welcome visitors.
Texas hunting and fishing licenses went on sale Aug. 15 for the 2022-23 season. Current licenses expire at the end of August, according to Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
Dove hunting season begins Thursday in Central Texas and continues until Oct. 30, then resumes Dec. 17 to Jan. 15.
“Unless conditions change drastically over the next few weeks, hunting near water will be key for opening day this year,” Owen Fitzsimmons, TPWD dove program leader, said in a news release. “Hunters will likely see larger concentrations of birds at watering holes and food sources than they have in the past due to limited resources. Agriculture production has been hit hard by drought so birds may be more reliant on native foods this September. Look for stands of common sunflower, croton, and other native annual forbs and grasses.”
Hunting for white-tailed deer begins Nov. 5 in the state’s north zone, which includes Bell County and most of Central and North Texas.
Hunters welcome
The Lampasas County Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center is prepared to welcome hunters to town by kicking off the start of deer hunting season at the Annual Hunters Welcome in November.
The welcome event will be from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 4 at the H-E-B, 705 S. Key Ave. A barbecue lunch, including a Texas-size sandwich with the fixings, chips, cookie and a drink, is $10.
The first 250 people to stop by get a goodie bag. To pre-order lunches or to coordinate delivery, contact the chamber at 512-556-5172 or email lampasaschamber@sbcglobal.net.
“Whether your local or visiting, it is always a great event to highlight the amazing hospitality Lampasas has to offer while loading up on all your hunting needs at businesses in town,” the Lampasas County chamber said in a news release. “Everything you need to make your hunting experience complete can be found in Lampasas.”
Hunting licenses
Annually, Texans purchase more than 2.7 million hunting and fishing licenses to help fund conservation efforts and recreational opportunities across the state, Texas Parks and Wildlife said.
Some of the projects made possible by license sales include fish stocking, wildlife management, habitat restoration, public hunting leases, river fishing access and Texas game wardens.
Outdoorsmen and women can purchase a variety of licenses online through the official TPWD website, by phone at 1-800-895-4248 during regular business hours or in person at more than 1,800 retailers across the state.
Hunting and fishing regulations for the 2022-23 season are available online at outdoorannual.com and on the Outdoor Annual mobile app.
For more information, visit https://tpwd.texas.gov/. | https://www.tdtnews.com/article_863c713a-2681-11ed-b336-ef2bfc389e57.html | 2022-08-28T07:28:38Z |
Google fires employee who claimed AI system had become sentient
(CNN) - Google has fired the engineer who claimed an unreleased artificial intelligence system called LaMDA has become sentient.
The company said Blake Lemoine violated employment and data security policies.
The software engineer claimed the conversation technology had reached a level of consciousness after he exchanged thousands of messages with it.
Google first put him on leave in June.
The company said it reviewed his sentient claims extensively and determined they were wholly unfounded.
Google said it takes the development of AI “very seriously” and that it’s committed to “responsible innovation.”
LaMDA stands for “language model for dialog applications.”
The wider AI community has held that LaMDA is not near a level of consciousness.
Lemoine said he is discussing his firing with legal counsel and is not available for comment.
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VANCOUVER, BC, April 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Ballard Power Systems (NASDAQ: BLDP) (TSX: BLDP) will hold a conference call on Monday, May 9th, 2022 at 8:00 a.m. Pacific Time (11:00 a.m. Eastern Time) to review first quarter 2022 operating results.
The live call can be accessed by dialing +1-604-638-5340. Alternatively, a live webcast can be accessed through a link on Ballard's homepage (www.ballard.com). Following the call, the webcast will be archived in the 'Earnings, Interviews & Presentations' area of the 'Investors' section of Ballard's website (www.ballard.com/investors).
Ballard Power Systems' (NASDAQ: BLDP; TSX: BLDP) vision is to deliver fuel cell power for a sustainable planet. Ballard zero-emission PEM fuel cells are enabling electrification of mobility, including buses, commercial trucks, trains, marine vessels, and stationary power. To learn more about Ballard, please visit www.ballard.com.
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NEW YORK, April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of AbbVie Inc..
Shareholders who purchased shares of ABBV 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.
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CLASS PERIOD: April 30, 2021 to August 31, 2021
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) safety concerns about Pfizer Inc.'s drug Xeljanz extended to Abbvie's drug Rinvoq and to other Janus kinase enzyme inhibitor drugs; (2) as a result, it was likely that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration would require additional safety warnings for Rinvoq and would delay the approval of additional treatment indications for Rinvoq; and (3) therefore, defendants' statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects lacked a reasonable basis.
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WHY GROSS LAW FIRM? The Gross Law Firm is nationally recognized class action law firm, and our mission is to protect the rights of all investors who have suffered as a result of deceit, fraud, and illegal business practices. The Gross Law Firm is committed to ensuring that companies adhere to responsible business practices and engage in good corporate citizenship. The firm seeks recovery on behalf of investors who incurred losses when false and/or misleading statements or the omission of material information by a company lead to artificial inflation of the company's stock. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and ROTTERDAM, Netherlands and SUZHOU, China, June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Harbour BioMed ("HBM", HKEX: 02142) announced that China National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) had approved the investigational new drug (IND) application to commence phase I trial of its B7H4x4-1BB bispecific antibody (HBM7008) in China. This study will evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and preliminary anti-tumor activity of HBM7008 in patients with solid tumors. It has successfully completed the dosing of first patient in the phase I trial of HBM7008 in Australia on 25 May 2022.
HBM7008 is generated from HBM's unique and innovative HBICE® platform. It is a first-in-class bispecific antibody targeting B7H4 and 4-1BB. The bispecific antibody can engage and activate T cells by 4-1BB only in B7H4 positive tumor microenvironment. B7H4 is overexpressed on a variety of solid malignancies, including breast, ovarian, endometrial, and non-small cell lung cancers. With its crosslinking-dependent specificity on tumors and potent immune modulation activity, HBM7008 has shown excellent safety profile with strong anti-tumor efficacy in the pre-clinical study, including completed response observed in the mouse tumor model.
"4-1BB is one of the most promising anti-tumor immune targets, providing new solutions for cancer treatment. As the first-in-class bispecific antibody targeting B7H4 and 4-1BB, HBM7008 is expected to lead the development of next-generation immunotherapeutics. Based on preclinical study data, we are highly confident in B7H4x4-1BB bispecific antibody. We will efficiently promote this clinical study to provide a novel, effective and safe treatment for patients, so that more cancer patients can benefit from the innovative therapeutic." said Dr. Humphrey Gardner, CMO of Harbour BioMed.
About HBM7008
HBM7008 is a bispecific antibody targeting Tumor-Associated Antigen B7H4x4-1BB that not only displays high potency in the T cell co-stimulation and tumor growth inhibition, and potentially may also translate to better safety due to its strict dependency of TAA-mediated crosslinking T cell activation. HBM7008 is one of the fully human bispecific antibodies developed from the HBICE® platform of the Company. It is the only bispecific antibody against these two targets globally. Its unique specificity on tumors and immune modulation activity makes it a promising therapeutic in PD-L1 negative or PD-1/PD-L1 resistant patients. It also has the potential to avoid 4-1BB liver toxicity risk observed in other products with the benefit of its innovative biology mechanisms and bispecific design.
About Harbour BioMed
Harbour BioMed (HKEX: 02142) is a global biopharmaceutical company committed to the discovery, development, and commercialization of novel antibody therapeutics focusing on immunology and oncology. The Company is building its robust portfolio and differentiated pipeline through internal R&D capability, collaborations with co-discovery and co-development partners, and select acquisitions.
The Company's proprietary antibody technology platforms Harbour Mice® generate fully human monoclonal antibodies in two heavy and two light chain (H2L2) format, as well as heavy chain only (HCAb) format. Building upon the HCAb antibodies, the HCAb-based immune cell engagers (HBICE®) are capable of delivering tumor-killing effects unachievable by traditional combination therapies. Integrating Harbour Mice®, HBICE® with single B cell cloning platform, our antibody discovery engine is highly unique and efficient for the development of next-generation therapeutic antibodies.
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Jackson's Sauder and Perry's Watson elementary schools get National Blue Ribbon award
Two Stark County elementary schools have been named a National Blue Ribbon School.
Sauder Elementary in the Jackson Local School District and Watson Elementary in the Perry Local School District were recognized Friday among 13 Ohio schools and 297 public and private schools nationwide with the prestigious award.
The recognition is based on a school’s overall academic performance or its progress in closing learning gaps among student subgroups.
U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona made this year’s announcement during his Road to Success Back to School bus tour.
“As our country continues to recover from the pandemic, we know that our future will only be as strong as the education we provide to all of our children,” Cardona said. “Blue Ribbon Schools have gone above and beyond to keep students healthy and safe while meeting their academic, social, emotional, and mental health needs. These schools show what is possible to make an enduring, positive difference in students’ lives.”
Stark County schools celebrate
This is the second time Watson has been named a National Blue Ribbon School and the second consecutive year a Perry Local school has been recognized with the national award. Whipple Heights Elementary earned Blue Ribbon status in 2021.
Watson, which enrolls 265 students, first received its National Blue Ribbon status in 2013.
Watson Principal Stacy Daugherty said many of the teachers and staff in the building today are the same ones who were there nine years ago.
More: Perry Local coverageDistrict breaks ground on new elementary schools.
“It just speaks to the staff of the building,” said Daughtery, who has been principal for the past eight years. “My staff go above and beyond every day.”
Sauder, which enrolls 629 students, is the third Jackson school to earn Blue Ribbon status. Jackson High School and Lake Cable Elementary earned the prestigious awards in 2009.
Sauder’s recognition is based on its exemplary academic performance. Its academic score on the Ohio School Report Cards ranked among the top five among the state's more than 3,000 schools.
“We are blessed to partner with great parents and families to educate their children,” Sauder Principal John Reindel said. “In addition to the collaboration with our families, we have a tireless staff of teachers, cooks, custodians, monitors, and many others who tirelessly work to provide our students with an environment that fosters growth and promotes learning.”
Which other Ohio schools received the National Blue Ribbon?
The National Blue Ribbon Schools Program, which began in 1982, has bestowed approximately 10,000 awards to more than 9,000 schools. Up to 420 schools may be nominated each year by top education officials.
Besides Sauder and Watson, the other Ohio schools awarded the National Blue Ribbon are:
- Canfield Village Middle School, Canfield Local School District.
- South Range Elementary School, South Range Local School District.
- Oakwood Junior High School, Oakwood City School District.
- Hicksville Elementary School, Hicksville Exempted Village.
- Olentangy High School, Olentangy Local School District.
- Lynchburg-Clay Elementary School, Lynchburg-Clay Local School District.
- Seaborn Elementary School, Weathersfield Local School District.
- Port Washington Elementary School, Indian Valley Local School District.
- Grace L Roxbury Elementary School, Solon City School District.
- Versailles Elementary School, Versailles Exempted Village.
- Isham Memorial Elementary School, Wadsworth City School District.
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Lawyers in Trump White House to appear before 1/6 grand jury
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House counsel under former President Donald Trump and his top deputy are set to appear Friday before a federal grand jury investigating efforts to undo the 2020 presidential election, a person familiar with the matter said Thursday.
Pat Cipollone was the top White House lawyer at the end of the Trump administration as Trump and outside allies pressed for ways to overturn the results of the election, culminating in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.
Cipollone vigorously resisted efforts to undo the election and has said he did not believe there was sufficient fraud to have affected the outcome of the race won by Democrat Joe Biden.
He and Patrick Philbin, a deputy White House counsel also set to appear before the grand jury, have already cooperated with a separate House committee probe investigating the Jan. 6 attack and attempts to subvert the election.
The person who confirmed their appearance before the grand jury was not authorized to discuss the matter and spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity. ABC News was first to report the appearance. Spokespeople for the Justice Department declined to comment.
The scheduled grand jury appearances underscore how Justice Department officials examining schemes to overturn the presidential contest have been seeking the cooperation of senior White House officials and advisers who opposed those efforts.
Federal prosecutors have been especially focused on a scheme by Trump allies to elevate fake electors in key battleground states won by Biden as a way to subvert the vote. They have issued subpoenas in recent weeks to multiple state Republican Party chairmen.
Portions of Cipollone’s private interview to the House Jan. 6 committee were featured prominently in hearings over the summer. Lawmakers aired video clips of him discussing a heated December 2020 meeting at the White House during which outside aides and advisers to Trump discussed a proposed executive order calling for the seizure of voting machines.
“To have the federal government seize voting machines? That’s a terrible idea for the country. That’s not how we do things in the United States,” Cipollone testified, adding, “I don’t understand why we even have to tell you why that’s a bad idea for the country.”
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SAN FRANCISCO and NEW YORK, Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- VMG Catalyst, the venture capital firm founded in July 2019, today announced the closing of Fund II at its target of $400 million, bringing the total capital raised to $650 million across both funds. The Founding Team behind VMG Catalyst includes Partners Carle Stenmark, Brooke Kiley, and Jeff Truong.
The new funding demonstrates continued enthusiasm behind VMG Catalyst's thesis that innovative software and sophisticated supply chains will define the next generation of leading brands and retailers. Through this investment lens, the firm has invested in 22 companies to date, across all investment stages. The roster includes commerce enablement companies such as mobile messaging leader Attentive, ethnic grocery delivery service Weee! Grocery, headless commerce platforms Shogun and Swell, financing provider Ampla, e-commerce analytics platform Daasity, and more.
VMG Catalyst's investment perspective stems from the VMG Partners franchise, which has invested in over 30 consumer brands since its founding in 2005. "Our deep understanding of both the voice of the customer and the pain points facing brands and retailers of all sizes allows us to invest with the conviction and speed that we believe is required in today's fast-moving commerce landscape," said Carle Stenmark, General Partner at VMG Partners and Founding Partner at VMG Catalyst. "We're excited to support the visionary entrepreneurs who are working to solve these pain points and disrupt the way we interact with products and services, and how they arrive on shelves."
"In just a few years, VMG Catalyst has become a key player in the commerce venture capital space," said Michael Mauze, General Partner at VMG Partners. "We believe the access startups gain to the deep network and expertise VMG has built over the span of 17 years investing in consumer businesses provides them with unparalleled industry insights and resources to help them scale. We see tremendous opportunity at the intersection of retail and technology and look forward to supporting the Catalyst team as they back more companies focused on powering the next generation of consumer businesses."
In an ongoing effort to bolster the VMG network of over 32,000 professionals, VMG Catalyst has been actively growing its own talent function under the leadership of Talent Partner, Brianna Rizzo. Her team works with portfolio companies to optimize recruiting, foster community and knowledge-sharing among leaders, and facilitate introductions to top brands.
As a result of these efforts, VMG Catalyst launched its inaugural Commerce Council alongside Fund II, which invests side by side with the Fund and seeks to further expand the consumer ecosystem accessible to the Fund II portfolio companies. The Commerce Council is comprised of seasoned founders, operators, and digital leaders from consumer brands.
VMG Catalyst is a venture capital firm that invests in technology that supports consumer businesses. The firm believes that innovative software and technically advanced supply chains will be the differentiating factor behind the next generation of iconic brands and retailers. VMG Catalyst leverages its access to the consumer ecosystem through the VMG Partners franchise, which was founded in 2005, to identify acute pain points and help software founders prioritize their product roadmaps. VMG's large network and strong track record of scaling consumer brands provide the Catalyst team with a unique investment perspective grounded in industry experience and allow them to facilitate connections between brands, retailers, and emerging technology companies. For more information, visit VMG Catalyst.
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NEW YORK, June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Netflix, Inc. ("Netflix" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: NFLX). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888-476-6529, ext. 7980.
The investigation concerns whether Netflix and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.
On January 20, 2022, after the market closed, Netflix reported that it "slightly overforecasted paid net adds in Q4," adding 8.3 million subscribers compared to the 8.5 million forecast. The Company also stated that, despite "healthy" retention and engagement, it only expected to add 2.5 million net subscribers during first quarter 2022, below the 4.0 million net adds in the prior year period.
On this news, Netflix's stock price fell $110.75 per share, or 21.7%, to close at $397.50 per share on January 21, 2022.
Then, on April 19, 2022, after the market closed, Netflix reported that it lost 200,000 subscribers during the first quarter of 2022, compared to prior guidance expecting the Company to add 2.5 million net subscribers. The Company cited the slowing revenue growth to four factors, including account sharing with an estimated 100 million additional households and competition with other streaming services.
On this news, Netflix's stock price fell $122.42 per share, or over 35%, to close at $226.19 per share on April 20, 2022.
Pomerantz LLP, with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Paris, and Tel Aviv, is acknowledged as one of the premier firms in the areas of corporate, securities, and antitrust class litigation. Founded by the late Abraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean of the class action bar, Pomerantz pioneered the field of securities class actions. Today, more than 85 years later, Pomerantz continues in the tradition he established, fighting for the rights of the victims of securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and corporate misconduct. The Firm has recovered numerous multimillion-dollar damages awards on behalf of class members. See www.pomlaw.com
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Pomerantz LLP
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NEW YORK, Aug. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Avid Technology Inc. (NASD:AVID) will replace Plantronics Inc. (NYSE:POLY) in the S&P SmallCap 600 effective prior to the opening of trading on Thursday, September 1. S&P 500 constituent HP Inc. (NYSE:HPQ) acquired Plantronics in a deal that closed today.
Following is a summary of the changes that will take place prior to the open of trading on the effective date:
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NEW YORK, May 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ATSG, a leading tech-enabled managed services and solutions company, announced today that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Elizabeth Kubycheck, Chief People and Brand Officer, to its 2022 Power 70 Solution Providers list. This esteemed list honors the incredible accomplishments of female leaders in the IT channel. Those named on this annual list come from all corners of the IT channel — including vendors, distributors, and solution providers whose vision, expertise, and contributions make an impact on the industry every day.
The elite women honored on this year's Power 70 Solution Providers list brought innovative concepts, strategic business planning, and comprehensive channel initiatives to life, driving professional success through leadership, advocacy, and dedication to their organizations and the entire IT channel.
As a 20+ year veteran of the technology industry and ATSG's executive leadership team, Mrs. Kubycheck has been instrumental in leading ATSG's human resource and people functions, cross-functional communications, employee engagement, and overseeing the execution of corporate initiatives to drive profitable growth. Mrs. Kubycheck has been transformational in unifying ATSG's teams across all brands, providing employees with opportunities to gain the knowledge, tools, and abilities they need to advance in the workplace. Throughout ATSG's expansive growth, Mrs. Kubycheck has worked strategically to integrate acquired teams into the ATSG family and unify the organization as a true tech-enabled managed services provider.
"Elizabeth has been instrumental in ATSG's global growth and success," said Anthony J. D'Ambrosi, CEO at ATSG. "Her comprehensive and inclusive approach to executive leadership, employee engagement, and strategic partner management, have enabled our overall mission and vision. She is the true ambassador of our ONEATSG culture; continually innovating and adapting programs and initiatives to meet the challenges in this dynamic environment. We are incredibly proud of her achievements and honored to have her contributions recognized in our industry and the channel."
"We are proud to once again recognize the remarkable leaders on this year's Women of the Channel list. Their influence, confidence, and diligence continue to accelerate channel success significantly," said Blaine Raddon, CEO of The Channel Company. "Their accomplishments will inspire others, and we look forward to witnessing their future contributions to the channel."
CRN's 2022 Women of the Channel list will be featured in the June issue of CRN Magazine and online at www.CRN.com/WOTC.
ATSG is a global leader in transformational technology solutions as a service for today's digital enterprise. Through ATSG's service portfolio of secure Digital Infrastructure, Digital Workplace, Collaboration, and Customer Experience offerings, ATSG provides Intelligent IT leveraging its comprehensive Ai2 automation platform.
Headquartered in Manhattan, New York, ATSG is a portfolio company of RunTide Capital, a private equity firm focused on building tech-enabled growth companies.
More information on ATSG is available at www.atsg.net. Like us on LinkedIn, follow us on Twitter, or become a fan on our Facebook page. #AboutATSG
The Channel Company enables breakthrough IT channel performance with our dominant media, engaging events, expert consulting and education, and innovative marketing services and platforms. As the channel catalyst, we connect and empower technology suppliers, solution providers, and end-users. Backed by more than 30 years of unequaled channel experience, we draw from our deep knowledge to envision innovative new solutions for ever-evolving challenges in the technology marketplace. www.thechannelcompany.com
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Bringing the Magic of Childhood to Children with Cancer and their Siblings September Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month
OCEANSIDE, N.Y., Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sunrise Association kicks off Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month with the announcement of actor Ken Jeong as its first-ever celebrity ambassador in the mission to bring the magic of childhood back to children with cancer and their siblings.
Ken Jeong has brought joy to audiences worldwide as an actor and comedian. He is also a medical doctor who knows the devastation caused by cancer. His wife, Dr. Tran Ho, is a breast cancer survivor. Jeong was first introduced to Sunrise when he hosted last year's Dare to Dream virtual fundraiser and helped raise over a million dollars during an emotional one-hour event. Since then, Ken has used his large social media presence to share the free services offered by the Sunrise Association to children with cancer and their siblings.
The Sunrise Association brings the magic of childhood to children with cancer and their siblings world-wide, at 11 summer day camps around the world, year-round programs, and in-hospital recreational activities. Sunrise Days Camps are the only camps in the world to offer a free, full summer day-camp experience to children with cancer and their siblings. Camps are located in New York (3 locations), Baltimore, Metro-DC, Atlanta, Israel (3 locations), greater Philadelphia, and online (Sunrise VX Virtual eXperience). For information visit http://www.sunriseassociation.org/.
The mission of the Sunrise Association is to bring back the joys of childhood to children with cancer and their siblings world-wide, through Summer Day Camps, Year-Round Programs, and In-Hospital Recreational Activities, all offered free of charge. Learn more at sunriseassociation.org.
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Premier lawsuit settlement company says applications are on the rise for individuals presently serving time for crimes they did not commit
NEW YORK, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Legal-Bay LLC, the Presettlement Funding Company, announced some good news for victims of wrongful imprisonment cases. Last month, a high-profile exoneration was granted to Muhammad Aziz, a man falsely convicted in the murder of human rights leader Malcolm X. Mr. Aziz spent two decades in prison for a crime he did not commit. He has since filed suit against the city of New York to the tune of $40MM, and experts believe the lawsuit will be found in Mr. Aziz's favor.
Numerous plaintiffs with similar cases hope to fare as well. Many claims of wrongful imprisonment are marked by false arrest, excessive force, and coerced confessions. Many of these instances have caused physical as well as lasting psychological harm to the victims. The unscrupulous police, faulted prison systems, and cities that hosted them have already been forced to pay countless millions in damages with many more cases yet to be heard.
Chris Janish, CEO commented, "Legal-Bay has been a pioneer in legal funding for wrongful conviction cases for many years now, particularly in New York and California. Our legal team knows how to evaluate these cases quickly, and in fact have obtained quick funding approvals up to $1MM for individuals who were recently released from prison and wanted to start a new life immediately."
If you or a loved one require an immediate cash advance from your wrongful imprisonment lawsuit, please visit the company's website HERE or call 877.571.0405.
Legal-Bay is currently funding loans for settlements in the following cases: unlawful incarceration, false imprisonment, wrongful conviction, prosecutorial misconduct, police brutality, false arrest, excessive force, prison rape or sexual assault, as well as all personal injury lawsuit claims.
Legal-Bay's loans for lawsuits program is designed to provide immediate cash in advance of a plaintiff's anticipated monetary award. The non-recourse cash funding—sometimes referred to as loan on lawsuit or loan for settlement—is risk-free, as the money doesn't need to be repaid should the recipient lose their case. Therefore, the settlement loan is less of a loan, and more of a cash advance.
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COVINGTON, Ky., July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Commonwealth Hotels announced today that Jean-Luc Laramie has been appointed the general manager of the Hyatt Place Portland-Old Port. Mr. Laramie brings over 15 years of hospitality experience to his new role as general manager having previously served as the general manager for the Waterman Hotel in Santa Barbara, California.
'We are excited to have Jean-Luc on board at the Portland hotel" Said Jennifer Porter, chief operating officer for Commonwealth Hotels. "His extensive general manager experience and focus on the guest experience will be key to the hotel's success."
Prior to joining The Hyatt Place Portland-Old Port, Laramie served in various leadership roles at the Hotel Chicago West Loop, the St. Jane Hotel, the James Chicago, and Kimpton Hotels. Laramie holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in hospitality management from Kendall College in Chicago, Illinois.
Commonwealth Hotels, LLC was founded in 1986 and is a proven partner in providing hotel management services with superior financial results. The company has extensive experience managing premium branded full service and select service hotels. Commonwealth Hotels currently manages 61 properties with nearly 7,600 rooms. Additional information may be found at www.commonwealthhotels.com.
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Platform offers HR teams a way to craft purpose-driven programs and track progress
SAN FRANCISCO, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BackPac today publicly launched its innovative platform that reinvents how companies deliver on diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) initiatives. BackPac not only helps companies identify DEI issues but provides the tools to track and deliver on the social impact they seek.
A recent PwC survey found that 75% of organizations say that diversity and inclusion programs are a value or priority to the company, but just 4% of organizations are succeeding at the key components of a successful D&I program. These initiatives fail because the responsibility generally relies solely on one DEIB leader within the organization. BackPac extends the reach of the DEIB leader by acting as the company's DEIB team so companies can successfully execute their DEIB initiatives.
BackPac helps HR leaders report progress on DEIB initiatives to investors, executives, and other stakeholders, as well as improve employee satisfaction scores for women and other minority groups. The company also helps attract top talent and differentiate from the competition through DEI and social impact programs. DEI initiatives are an increasingly important tool for HR executives looking to hire with nearly three-quarters stating that it's important to work for an organization that values DE&I according to a United Minds survey.
Unlike other solutions on the market, the BackPac platform brings DEIB programming, training, and management together into one cohesive solution:
- DEIB Programming – Provides tools for planning and organizing DEIB calendars, celebrating cultures, and gathering performance metrics on campaigns to report on DEI initiatives and refine strategies.
- Inclusion Training – Offers education on practical inclusion practices that employees can use in their daily life, supported with action items associated with each concept at the conclusion of training.
- Social Impact Program Management – Combines donation and volunteer management to cohesively support giving and matching programs, managing tax receipts and direct payroll deductions, organizing annual volunteer days, and tracking and reporting on volunteer programs.
- Employee Resource Group (ERG) Management – Provides tools to reduce operational tasks for ERG leaders, with a dedicated landing page for employees to engage with ERG. Also enables tracking and reporting on ERG outcomes and integrating efforts for giving and volunteering for specific ERG groups.
"While companies today appear to be putting more of a focus on DEI, most are simply going through the motions and not holding themselves accountable for truly executing on the initiatives," said Brenda Pak, BackPac co-founder and CEO. "With BackPac, we hope to equip leaders with the tools they need to drive both business results and build a purpose-driven organization – one that fosters employee cultural health and can make a difference in their neighborhoods, cities, or even global causes."
Leading mission-driven companies, such as Allbirds and Brooklyn Bedding/Helix Sleep, have adopted BackPac to support their wide-ranging DEIB initiatives.
"We have a vibrant, dynamic workforce and knew we wanted to help foster a strong culture of inclusivity with initiatives that would have local and global impact," said Evan Salisbury, Director of People Operations at Allbirds. "We needed a partner that would help us design and measure the effectiveness of these efforts and BackPac is proving to be the ideal teammate."
BackPac is the only comprehensive diversity and inclusion platform that offers companies everything they need to support their diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) initiatives. With BackPac, companies can evaluate their DEIB needs, track initiatives, and gain insights to support continuous improvement and access customized social impact-oriented steps to continue delivering on DEI promises. Founded in 2020 and based in San Francisco, BackPac counts Allbirds Inc. and Brooklyn Bedding/Helix Sleep among its customers. For more information, visit backpac.co.
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Passenger plane catches fire during takeoff in southwestern China
By Nectar Gan and CNN’s Beijing bureau
A Tibet Airlines plane caught fire after skidding off the runway in the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing on Thursday morning.
All 113 passengers and nine crew members were “evacuated safely,” the airline said in a statement. More than 40 passengers with minor injuries were taken to hospital, according to a statement from the Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport.
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) said 36 people suffered bruises and sprains during the evacuation.
“According to the flight crew, the plane experienced an anomaly during takeoff. They stopped the takeoff following the procedures,” the CAAC said. “After the plane skidded off the runway, the engine scraped the ground and caught fire. (The fire) has been extinguished.”
The flight was bound for Nyingchi in Tibet. Footage posted on Chinese social media shows flames engulfing the front of the aircraft and a plume of black smoke billowing in the sky. Another video shows passengers running from the airplane.
The cause of the accident is under investigation and flight operations at the airport have returned to normal, the airport said.
The flight schedule shows the aircraft is an Airbus A319 that had been in service with the airline for nine and a half years.
The incident came less than two months after a China Eastern Airlines jetliner carrying 132 people crashed in the mountains of southern China’s Guangxi region, killing everyone on board. Authorities are still investigating the cause of the crash.
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NEW YORK, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Mixx, a NYC-based creative agency, with a 26-year history of being a leader on the cutting edge of creativity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB), is now implementing a four-day work week for the summer months.
The shift came naturally to the agency, after The Mixx did what they do best - listened, learned and approached things differently. "We learned from the way COVID-19 impacted how our employees approached work," explains Robyn Streisand, Founder and CEO. "We made this shift in the work week to eliminate stressors and burnout and to empower our people by acknowledging that creativity doesn't always strike within the walls of an office."
Streisand has been intentional about fostering a productive team environment from the beginning. She recently spoke to LA Wire to share her thoughts on reshaping the future of work for The Mixx and society at large. The Mixx also embraces a fully hybrid work environment, off-site retreats, educational funds, home office improvement stipends and wellness benefits such as ClassPass. Most recently, The Mixx celebrated work and talent with a company-wide retreat in Miami Beach, also known as "Mixx Miami."
The Mixx joins a growing number of major organizations who've recently transitioned to a 4-day work week - including Buffer, Toshiba, Microsoft Japan, Treehouse and Basecamp. The success of the shift is well documented, with economist Juliet Schor noting that workers are "'dramatically happier,' revenue has increased and customer satisfaction scores are 'outstanding,'" in a recent speech at the TED2022 conference.
Founded in 1996, The Mixx is a certified diverse (WBENC and NGLCC) NYC-based creative agency that delivers impactful and purposeful branding, marketing, and culture and communications programs and campaigns to internal and external audiences alike. The company's bold and human-centered design approach features insight-driven and evidence-led strategy which connects brands with both new and existing audiences.
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SÃO PAULO, Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- EMBRAER S.A. (NYSE: ERJ; B3: EMBR3) releases its Second Quarter 2022 Earnings Results.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Firm order backlog ended 2Q22 at US$ 17.8 billion (+US$0.5 billion versus 1Q22). This is the highest quarter backlog post pandemic, driven by solid order activity. Recent announcement of 20 E195-E2 firm order of Porter will be included in 3Q22 backlog.
- Reported 2Q22 consolidated gross margin of 22.9% higher than 18.2% reported in 2Q21, with y-o-y improvement in most segments due to product mix, pricing increase and overall operational performance, including tax efficiencies.
- Adjusted EBIT and EBITDA were US$ 81.2 million and US$ 124.6 million, respectively, yielding Adjusted EBIT margin of 8.0% and Adjusted EBITDA margin of 12.2%.
- In 2Q22, Embraer reported Adjusted Net Income (excluding deferred taxes and special items) of US$ 39.4 million and Earnings per Share of US$ 0.40.
- Free cash flow (FCF) in 2Q22 was a surplus of US$ 91.2 million, representing a significant improvement compared to the US$ 45.1 million in FCF in 2Q21, supported by divestment of Évora's facilities and EVE's IPO offset by working capital needs and liability management strategy.
- The Company finished the quarter with net debt of US$ 1.198 billion, or US$ 0.255 billion less than 1Q22 in line with the strategy to improve our capital structure and liability management.
- We reaffirm all aspects of our 2022 financial and deliveries guidance, with no material variation.
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COO Eric Mosser will take helm of U.S. distributor for Bidi Vapor products; Niraj Patel to remain on Board of Directors
GRANT, Fla. , June 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kaival Brands Innovations Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: KAVL) ("Kaival Brands," the "Company," or "we"), the U.S. distributor of all products manufactured by Bidi Vapor, LLC ("Bidi Vapor"), which are intended for legal-age nicotine users, today announced that its Chief Executive Officer and founder, Nirajkumar Patel, will transition to Chief Science and Regulatory Officer. Eric Mosser, the Company's current Chief Operating Officer, will become President and remain COO. Mr. Mosser will serve as the Company's principal executive officer for purposes of its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Mr. Patel will remain on the Board of Directors for Kaival Brands.
The management changes follow the Company's recently announced international licensing agreement with a Philip Morris International ("PMI") affiliate, Philip Morris Products S.A. ("PMPSA") on June 13, 2022 (the "International Agreement"). The International Agreement grants to PMPSA a license of certain intellectual property rights relating to Bidi Vapor's premium electronic nicotine delivery system ("ENDS") device, the BIDI® Stick, in the U.S., as well as potentially newly developed devices, to permit PMPSA to manufacture, promote, sell, and distribute such ENDS device and newly developed devices, in international markets outside of the U.S.
"What Mr. Patel has accomplished, from initial concept to an international distribution agreement with Philip Morris is extraordinary," stated Eric Mosser, President and Chief Operating Officer. "With unwavering belief and integrity, he established himself as a true visionary within the vaping category. Mr. Patel has been both inventor and salesman, developing a product and everything that goes around it to make it successful. We have grown from a no-name brand to the No. 1-selling self-contained disposable ENDS device in the U.S based on the Nielsen retail sales data for the 52-week period ending June 4, 2022, according to a recent Goldman Sachs' Equity Research Report. We intend to scale what Mr. Patel has created into a new global brand and company. Management is dedicated to maintaining the core values of integrity, compliance and youth-access prevention that he instilled in the company. I am excited to take on the new leadership role within Kaival Brands and honored to continue Mr. Patel's vision and create sustained growth of our brand in the United States and also now internationally through our agreement with PMPSA."
The transition will allow Mr. Patel to focus on developing new products and expanding the Bidi Vapor product portfolio, which is directly related to the new agreement with PMPSA, and allow Mr. Mosser to focus on expanding sales distribution channels and increasing the revenues and profits of Kaival Brand.
"My passion for the business is in creating, designing, and delivering new products for adult tobacco users to the market," Mr. Patel said. "Mr. Mosser understands the core values, mission and goals of the Company, and I am confident he will take Kaival Brands to new levels."
The management changes are effective immediately, with roles and responsibilities to transfer over the coming weeks.
On June 24, 2022, Kaival Holdings, LLC ("KH"), the Company's controlling stockholder, and an entity owned and controlled by Mr. Patel and Mr. Mosser, exercised its right to convert its 3,000,000 shares of Series A Restricted Preferred Stock into 25,000,000 shares of the Company's Restricted Common Stock. The Board, after reviewing and discussing KH's desire to convert the Series A Preferred Stock prior to November 1, 2023, determined that there exists a justifiable reason for allowing the early conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock, namely the occurrence of the entry into the international licensing agreement with PMPSA, and approved the early conversion.
Based in Melbourne, Florida, Bidi Vapor maintains a commitment to responsible adult-focused marketing, strict youth access prevention measures and age-verification standards, as well as sustainability through its BIDI® Cares recycling program. Bidi Vapor's device, the BIDI® Stick, is a premium product made with high-quality components, a UL-certified battery and technology designed to deliver a consistent vaping experience for adult smokers 21 and over. Bidi Vapor is also adamant about strict compliance with all federal, state, and local guidelines and regulations. At Bidi Vapor, innovation is key to its mission, with the BIDI® Stick promoting environmental sustainability, while providing a unique vaping experience to adult smokers.
For more information, visit www.bidivapor.com
Based in Grant, Florida, Kaival Brands Innovations Group, Inc., is a company focused on growing and incubating innovative and profitable products into mature and dominant brands in their respective markets. Our vision is to develop internally, acquire, own, or exclusively distribute these innovative products and grow each into dominant market-share brands with superior quality and recognizable innovation. Kaival Brands and Philip Morris International Inc. are the exclusive global distributors of products manufactured by Bidi Vapor.
Learn more about Kaival Brands at www.ir.kaivalbrands.com
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BOSTON, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SimpliSafe®, maker of award-winning home security systems, today released six limited-edition yard signs, just in time for National Dog Day on August 26. The signs, which celebrate the various "protector" roles our furry friends take on, are available free of purchase beginning today at SimpliSafe.com/DogDay, while supplies last.
Not only are dogs regarded as beloved family members, but they are commonly held as the original security system, announcing when guests arrive at the door and keeping a close lookout on the homefront for unusual activity. Though, in most cases, the reality is that our furry friends carry a hefty burden and can't reliably defend the home 24/7. SimpliSafe, however, can do just that.
"As the experts in home protection, we uniquely know what it takes to protect our customers and the lives they've built," said Brenda Bynarowicz, Senior Vice President of Marketing at SimpliSafe. "Our dogs take on a lot of roles as beloved companions – playmate, alarm clock, personal trainer, therapist – but a foolproof protector isn't one of them. This campaign celebrates our dogs, as our (sort of) partners in protection. It's a fun way for us to surprise and delight not only our customers but anyone who loves dogs."
The campaign reflects SimpliSafe's newly launched visual identity, which began rolling out across channels earlier this month. The refreshed look and feel are designed to represent the values that are at the core of the brand and what it stands for, including superior safety, comprehensive protection, excellence in monitoring support and value. The new visual identity will continue to be introduced across SimpliSafe channels and creative in the coming weeks.
To redeem a sign, dog lovers can visit SimpliSafe.com/DogDay, and once received, they are encouraged to celebrate their pooch on social media by tagging @SimpliSafe and using the hashtag #PupProtected.
About SimpliSafe
SimpliSafe fundamentally changed the alarm industry, pioneering a new way to make home the safest place on earth for everyone. Founded in 2006, SimpliSafe now protects millions of people and is committed to its founding goal: to make every home secure. SimpliSafe has been coined the number one home security pick by several highly-esteemed publications and was recently awarded "Best Overall Home Security System of 2022" by U.S. News & World Report. SimpliCam, SimpliSafe, and the SimpliSafe logo are the registered trademarks of SimpliSafe, Inc. in the US and other countries.
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EVANSVILLE, Ind., March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Escalade, Inc. (NASDAQ: ESCA, or the "Company"), a leading manufacturer and distributor of sporting goods and indoor/outdoor recreational equipment, today announced that it will issue first quarter 2022 results before the market opens on Thursday, April 14, 2022.
A conference call will be held Thursday, April 14, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. ET to review the Company's financial results, discuss recent events and conduct a question-and-answer session.
A webcast of the conference call and accompanying presentation materials will be available in the Investor Relations section of Escalade's website at www.escaladeinc.com. To listen to a live broadcast, go to the site at least 15 minutes prior to the scheduled start time in order to register, download, and install any necessary audio software.
ABOUT ESCALADE
Founded in 1922, and headquartered in Evansville, Indiana, Escalade designs, manufactures, and sells sporting goods, fitness, and indoor/outdoor recreation equipment. Our mission is to connect family and friends creating lasting memories. Leaders in our respective categories, Escalade's brands include Bear® Archery; STIGA® table tennis; Accudart®; RAVE Sports®; Victory Tailgate®; Onix® Pickleball; Goalrilla™; Lifeline® fitness products; Woodplay®; Brunswick Billiards®. Escalade's products are available online and at leading retailers nationwide. For more information, visit www.escaladeinc.com
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This press release contains forward-looking statements relating to present or future trends or factors that are subject to risks and uncertainties. These risks include, but are not limited to: specific and overall impacts of the COVID-19 global pandemic on Escalade's financial condition and results of operations; the impact of competitive products and pricing; product demand and market acceptance; new product development; Escalade's ability to achieve its business objectives, especially with respect to its Sporting Goods business on which it has chosen to focus; Escalade's ability to successfully achieve the anticipated results of strategic transactions, including the integration of the operations of acquired assets and businesses and of divestitures or discontinuances of certain operations, assets, brands, and products; the continuation and development of key customer, supplier, licensing and other business relationships; Escalade's ability to develop and implement our own direct to consumer e-commerce distribution channel; Escalade's ability to successfully negotiate the shifting retail environment and changes in consumer buying habits; the financial health of our customers; disruptions or delays in our business operations, including without limitation disruptions or delays in our supply chain, arising from political unrest, war, labor strikes, natural disasters, public health crises such as the coronavirus pandemic, and other events and circumstances beyond our control; Escalade's ability to control costs; Escalade's ability to successfully implement actions to lessen the potential impacts of tariffs and other trade restrictions applicable to our products and raw materials, including impacts on the costs of producing our goods, importing products and materials into our markets for sale, and on the pricing of our products; general economic conditions; fluctuation in operating results; changes in foreign currency exchange rates; changes in the securities markets; continued listing of the Company's common stock on the NASDAQ Global Market and/or inclusion in market indices such as the Russell 2000; Escalade's ability to obtain financing and to maintain compliance with the terms of such financing; the availability, integration and effective operation of information systems and other technology, and the potential interruption of such systems or technology; risks related to data security of privacy breaches; and other risks detailed from time to time in Escalade's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Escalade's future financial performance could differ materially from the expectations of management contained herein. Escalade undertakes no obligation to release revisions to these forward-looking statements after the date of this press release.
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JAKARTA, Indonesia, Aug. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Global logistics service provider J&T Express announces the expansion of two sorting centres in Indonesia to meet growing local business demand and upgrade work environment for employees, along with a free shipping campaign for customers, in celebration of the company's seventh anniversary in the country.
Since its launch in Indonesia in August 2015, J&T Express has grown quickly to own a global network covering 13 countries across the globe, providing customers with integrated logistics solutions through intelligent infrastructure and digital logistics network.
Charles Hou, Group Vice President of J&T Express, said, "Indonesia is where we started. It is where we delivered our first parcel and made our first step in the global journey. I'm very proud for what we have achieved over the years, yet I am more grateful for the tremendous support of all the delivery men and women, our staff, our business partners and our customers. Like the nature of our business, our success is a relay. It is only made possible by the effort of every single person along the way.
To better serve the growing local market and provide better working environment for its employees, J&T Express is expanding and optimizing 70th and 71th sorting centres, respectively in East Java and Kalimantan, the areas with high business volumes, according to Robin Lo, CEO of J&T Express Indonesia.
To meet the rising demand of delivery services, the two upgraded sorting warehouses in the city of Madiun and Banjarmasin each covers an area of about 20,000 square meters with a building area of more than 12,000 square meters. Starting operation in November and December, respectively, the sorting centres' processing volume are expected to double with the use of automatic sorting machines in the future.
Meanwhile, J&T Express has launched the "Stop Bayar Ongkir" (Stop Pay Shipping Fee) program on August 20 as part of the anniversary celebration to show gratitude to its customers in Indonesia. The terms and conditions of the "Stop Bayar Ongkir" program can be accessed through the Indonesia official website at www.jet.co.id.
Robin Lo said, "This is one of the few times we have held a delivery fee promotion for customers, although with a different scale. We noticed that delivery services have now become a necessity for the communities. For this reason, on this occasion, we launched a 100% free delivery program as a form of appreciation to our customers who have supported J&T Express over the last seven years and contributed to building J&T into a major delivery service provider in Indonesia."
J&T Express also celebrated its fourth anniversary in Vietnam and Malaysia in July and August, respectively, launching similar programs to show appreciation for customer support.
About J&T Express
J&T Express is a global logistics service provider with leading express delivery businesses in Southeast Asia and China, the largest and fastest-growing market in the world. Founded in 2015, J&T Express' network spans thirteen countries, including Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Cambodia, Singapore, China, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Mexico, Brazil and Egypt. Adhering to its "customer-oriented and efficiency-based" mission, J&T Express is committed to providing customers with integrated logistics solutions through intelligent infrastructure and digital logistics network, as part of its global strategy to connect the world with greater efficiency and bring logistical benefits to all.
Group official website: www.jtexpress.com
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SHANGHAI, Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The 15th Pujiang Innovation Forum 2022 opened in China's financial hub Shanghai on August 27. With the theme of "Low Carbon: A New Mission for Global Innovation", the forum will focus on underpinning low-carbon development through technological innovation, establishing a sound economic and technological system for green, low-carbon and circular development, and deepening global cooperation in low-carbon technology to jointly draw a new blueprint for global sustainable development.
This year, more than 230 experts from international organizations, top universities, scientific research institutions,think tanks, companies and more than 40 academicians from nearly 30 countries and regions participated in the event online and offline.
Pujiang Innovation Forum was jointed founded by the Ministry of Science and Technology and Shanghai Municipal People's Government in 2008. Focusing on the theme of innovation, it has become an important platform for promoting global cooperation in science, technology and innovation by pooling global ideas and enabling scientific and technological innovation.
At the opening ceremony, "INNOMATCH", a matchmaking platform for global technology supply and demand was officially launched, which aims to gather global innovation resources, address the innovation needs of enterprises, and build a two-way fast track for the transformation of scientific and technological achievements.
At the plenary meeting held later, Borge Brende, president of the World Economic Forum, said that technology is key to mitigating climate change and this is why China's commitment to promoting green technology solutions is amazing.
During this forum, a number of reports and cooperation agreements were released such as The 2022 "Ideal City" Global High-level Scientist Analysis Report and Low&Net Zero Carbon Related Science and Technology, and Prospective Analysis of Application Scenarios.
At the Regional & Urban Forum held on Aug. 28, the National Innovation Center par Excellence (NICE) signed contracts with six international companies, including ARaymond Company of France and DuPont Company of the United States, to jointly promote global innovation and high-quality, integrated green development.
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SUZHOU, China, and ROCKVILLE, Md., May 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ascentage Pharma (6855.HK), a global biopharmaceutical company engaged in developing novel therapies for cancers, chronic hepatitis B (CHB), and age-related diseases, today announced that its seven clinical abstracts selected by the 2022 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, of which six were selected for presentations and one was selected for publication-only, have been published on the ASCO's website. These abstracts are related to seven clinical studies of the company's five novel drug candidates, including the third-generation tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI), olverembatinib (HQP1351); the Bcl-2 inhibitor, lisaftoclax (APG-2575); the MDM-p53 inhibitor, alrizomadlin (APG-115); the ALK/ROS1/FAK inhibitor, APG-2449; and the dual Bcl-2/Bcl-xL inhibitor, pelcitoclax (APG-1252).
The ASCO Annual Meeting showcases cutting-edge research in clinical oncology, state-of-the-art advancements in cancer therapies, and is the world's most influential scientific gathering of the oncology community. This year's ASCO Annual Meeting will take place both online and in-person (McCormick Place; Chicago, IL) on June 3–7, 2022.
"We are proud to be able to present the clinical development progress on Ascentage Pharma's five novel drug candidates at the ASCO Annual Meeting, one of the world's most prominent scientific gatherings in oncology," said Dr. Yifan Zhai, Chief Medical Officer of Ascentage Pharma. "These results highlight the rapid progress in our drug discovery and clinical development, as well as our capability in global innovation. We are now accelerating our clinical programs globally in the hope of benefitting more patients around the world."
These abstracts to be presented at this year's ASCO Annual Meeting are as follows:
Promising antitumor activity of olverembatinib (HQP1351) in patients with tyrosine kinase inhibitor- (TKI-) resistant succinate dehydrogenase- (SDH-) deficient gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST).
Format: Poster Discussion
Abstract: #11513
Time:Sun, June 5, 2022 | 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM CDT / Mon, Jun 6, 2022 | 12:30 AM – 2:00 AM Beijing Time
Track: Sarcoma
Highlights:
- This is an open-label, multicenter Phase Ib/II study designed to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics (PK) and antitumor activity of olverembatinib in Chinese patients with locally advanced or metastatic GIST whose disease was resistant or failed to respond to imatinib or other TKIs.
- As of January 30, 2022, 39 patients had been enrolled. Olverembatinib was administered orally once every other day (QOD) in 28-day repeated cycles. After 3 patients were treated at 20 mg, other patients were randomly allocated in a 1:1:1 ratio to 30, 40, and 50 mg regimens.
- Efficacy Results:
- In the 8 patients with KIT wild-type GIST, 6 were confirmed as SDH-deficient: 2 had partial responses (PRs), 1 patient's tumor shrunk by 35.9% and lasted for 16 cycles, and another patient's tumor shrunk by 54.2% at the first evaluation. 4 patients had stable disease as the best response for 2, 6, 14, and 36 cycles.
- 31 patients had KIT or PDGFRA mutations, 13 had stable disease for at least 2 cycles as the best response, 8 withdrew early, and 10 had progressive disease before Cycle 3. - A total of 36 (92.3%) patients experienced treatment-emergent adverse events, most of which were mild or moderate. Common treatment-related adverse events (≥ 20%) included increased leukocyte (59.0%) and neutrophil (46.2%) counts, anemia (20.5%), constipation or asthenia (35.9% each), hyperuricemia (25.6%), hypoalbuminemia (23.1%), and elevated aspartate aminotransferase (AST) or alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (20.5% each).
- Conclusions: olverembatinib was well tolerated and showed antitumor activity in patients with TKI-resistant SDH-deficient GIST. These promising findings warrant further investigation.
A phase Ib/II study of lisaftoclax (APG-2575), a novel BCL-2 inhibitor (BCL-2i), in patients (pts) with relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma (R/R CLL/SLL).
Format: Poster Presentation
Abstract: #7543
Time: Sat, Jun 4, 2022 | 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM CDT / Sat, Jun 4, 2022 | 9:00 PM – 12:00 AM Beijing Time
Track: Hematologic Malignancies—Lymphoma and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
Highlights:
- The aim of this multicenter, open-label study was to evaluate the safety, antitumor activity, PK, and pharmacodynamics (PD) of lisaftoclax in Chinese patients with R/R CLL/SLL.
- As of January 25, 2022, 45 patients had been enrolled. Lisaftoclax was administered orally once daily at 3 dose cohorts (400, 600, or 800 mg) in 28-day cycles, with 15 patients in each cohort.
- Lisaftoclax monotherapy demonstrated favorable safety profiles in all three dose cohorts, and no dose-limiting toxicity (DLT) was observed during the Phase I study.
- The risk of tumor lysis syndrome (TLS) in patients on daily dose ramp-up was extremely low, which was consistent with the observations of the Phase I study. The median duration of treatment was 7 cycles and the objective response rate (ORR) in patients with R/R CLL/SLL was 68.29%.
- BCL-2i lisaftoclax was well tolerated up to 800 mg/day. There were no significant new or unmanageable safety findings. The recommended Phase II dose (RP2D) of lisaftoclax was determined as 600 mg. Lisaftoclax may offer a treatment alternative for patients with R/R CLL/SLL, with a daily ramp-up schedule that may be more convenient and "user friendly".
Phase Ib/II study of BCL-2 inhibitor lisaftoclax (APG-2575) safety and tolerability when administered alone or combined with a cyclin-dependent kinase 4/6 (CDK4/6) inhibitor in patients with estrogen receptor-positive (ER⁺) breast cancer or advanced solid tumors
Format: Poster Presentation
Abstract: #TPS1122
Time: Mon, Jun 6, 2022 | 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM CDT / Mon, Jun 6, 2022 | 9:00 PM – 12:00 AM Beijing Time
Track: Breast Cancer—Metastatic
Highlights:
- This global multicenter, open-label, dose-escalation and dose-expansion study assessed the safety of lisaftoclax monotherapy in patients with histologically or cytologically confirmed advanced solid tumors that have progressed on standard therapy, and the safety and efficacy of lisaftoclax in combination with the CDK4/6 inhibitor palbociclib in physiologically postmenopausal women with ER+/ HER2- metastatic breast cancer that has progressed or relapsed after treatment with a CDK4/6 inhibitor.
- This trial consists of two parts:
- A Phase Ib dose-escalation phase using a standard 3+3 design to determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of lisaftoclax as a single agent in patients with solid tumors, as well as both the MTD and RP2D of lisaftoclax when combined with palbociclib in women with ER+/HER2- metastatic breast cancer.
- The Phase II part of this study is a signal-seeking expansion of lisaftoclax at the RP2D combined with palbociclib in women with ER⁺/HER2 metastatic breast cancer. This phase is conducted using Simon's Minimax two-stage design. The primary objective for the Phase II part is to determine clinical benefit response rate, and secondary efficacy endpoints include ORR, duration of response (DOR), time to response, and progression-free survival.
- Patient enrolment for this study is currently ongoing.
Newly updated activity results of alrizomadlin (APG-115), a novel MDM2/p53 inhibitor, plus pembrolizumab: Phase 2 study in adults and children with various solid tumors.
Format: Poster Discussion
Abstract: #9517
Time: Mon, June 6, 2022 | 4:30 PM-6:00 PM CDT / Tue, June 7, 2022 | 5:30 AM-7:00 AM Beijing Time
Track: Melanoma/Skin Cancers
Highlights:
- This US/Australian multicenter trial evaluated the safety, tolerability, PK, PD, and antitumor activity of alrizomadlin in combination with pembrolizumab in patients with advanced solid tumors.
- As of November 3, 2021, 130 patients had been enrolled in the Phase II study. Alrizomadlin was orally administered QOD at the RP2D of 150 mg in combination with intravenously administered pembrolizumab. This study consists of 6 cohorts: PD-1/PD-L1-refractory melanoma (n=44), non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC, n=26), ATM-mutant solid tumors (n=18), liposarcoma (n=17), urothelial cancer (n=13), and malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour (MPNST, n=12).
- Efficacy Results:
- In the 38 efficacy evaluable (EE) patients with melanoma progressed on PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors, the confirmed ORR was 13% (2 complete responses [CRs]+3PRs/38EEs). In the cutaneous and uveal melanoma sub-cohorts, confirmed ORRs were 24% (2CRs+2PRs/17EEs) and 9% (1PR/11EEs), respectively.
- In the MPNST cohort, the clinical benefit rate, defined by PR, CR and stable disease (SD) of > 4 cycles, was 40% (4 SDs/10 EEs).
- The PD-1/PD-L1-refractory NSCLC, urothelial, and liposarcoma cohorts each reported 1 confirmed PR.
- Common treatment-related adverse events (TRAEs; ≥ 10%) of any grade were nausea, thrombocytopenia, vomiting, fatigue, decreased appetite, diarrhea, neutropenia, and anemia.
- Conclusions: alrizomadlin, combined with pembrolizumab, was well tolerated and demonstrated preliminary antitumor activity in multiple tumor types and may restore antitumor effects in patients with cancer resistant or intolerant to immuno-oncologic (I-O) drugs.
First-in-human phase I results of APG-2449, a novel FAK and third-generation ALK/ ROS1 tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI), in patients (pts) with second-generation TKI-resistant ALK/ROS1 non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) or mesothelioma.
Format: Poster Presentation
Abstract: #9071
Time: Mon, June 6, 2022, 8:00 AM-11:00 AM CDT / Mon, June 6, 2022, 9:00 PM-12:00 AM, Beijing Time
Track: Lung Cancer - Non-Small Cell Metastatic
Highlights:
- This dose-escalation and dose-expansion study was designed to assess the safety, tolerability, RP2D, PK, PD, and efficacy of APG-2449 in patients with second-generation TKI-resistant ALK/ROS1+ NSCLC or mesothelioma.
- As of December 30, 2021, 84 Chinese patients with NSCLC or mesothelioma enrolled were treated with APG-2449 at doses ranging from 150 to 1,500 mg. APG-2449 was administered orally once daily on a 28-day cycle using a "3+3" dose escalation design.
- 4 PRs were observed in 14 ALK+ patients resistant to second-generation TKIs treated at the RP2D. Among 8 patients with brain metastases, 1 CR and 3 PRs were observed intracranially. In 10 TKI-naïve patients, the ORR was 80% (ALK+, 6/8; ROS1+, 2/2) and the disease control rate (DCR) was 100%.
- In addition, AGP-2449 demonstrated a favorable safety profile. The preliminary biomarker data showed decreased FAK phosphorylation in peripheral blood mononuclear cells and increased IFN-γ levels in serum after multiple doses of APG-2449.
- Conclusions: APG-2449 has a favorable safety and PK profile. Preliminary efficacy was observed in patients whose disease was resistant to second-generation or TKI-naïve. Biomarker data indicated potential target engagement on FAK and the immunomodulatory effects of APG-2449.
Updated study results of pelcitoclax (APG-1252) in combination with osimertinib in patients (pts) with EGFR-mutant non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
Format: Poster Presentation
Abstract: #9116
Time: Mon, June 6, 2022, 8:00 AM-11:00 AM CDT / Mon, June 6, 2022, 9:00 PM-12:00 AM, Beijing Time
Track: Lung Cancer - Non-Small Cell Metastatic
Highlights:
- In preclinical models, the dual Bcl-2/Bcl-xL inhibitor pelcitoclax enhanced the antitumor effects of osimertinib. A report presented at the 2021 World Conference on Lung Cancer (WCLC) demonstrated that the combination of pelcitoclax and osimertinib at the RP2D was safe, with preliminary efficacy observed in some patients whose disease failed prior osimertinib or other third-generation EGFR-TKI treatments.
- After the RP2D was determined to be pelcitoclax 160 mg per week plus osimertinib 80 mg QD, patients were enrolled into 3 expansion cohorts of 20 patients each: Cohort 1 included those with disease resistant to third-generation EGFR-TKIs; Cohort 2 included those who were osimertinib-naïve, EGFR-sensitive or with T790M-positive mutations; and Cohort 3 (EC-3) included those with the EGFR exon 20 insertion mutation.
- As of January 6, 2022, 61 Chinese patients had been treated with pelcitoclax plus osimertinib. Among the 20 efficacy evaluable patients in EC-2, 17 PRs (85%) were observed. The median (range) time to response was 1.4 (1.2-7.0) months, and the median DOR was not reached. The DOR rate at 9 months after first response was 71.4% (95% CI 25.8-92.0). Among the 7 patients who had brain metastases at baseline in EC-2; 2 CRs and 3 PRs were observed intracranially.
- Conclusions: pelcitoclax plus osimertinib was well tolerated and showed comparable efficacy in TKI-naïve patients. Further randomized control trials are warranted to elucidate the role of pelcitoclax when combined with osimertinib.
First-in-human study of pelcitoclax (APG-1252) in combination with paclitaxel in patients (pts) with relapsed/refractory small-cell lung cancer (R/R SCLC).
Format: Publication-Only
Abstract: #e20612
Highlights:
- The primary aim of this study carried out in the US was to determine the safety and preliminary efficacy of pelcitoclax combined with paclitaxel in patients with R/R SCLC. Patients received pelcitoclax IV infusion on Days 1, 8, and 15 plus paclitaxel 80 mg/m on Days 1 and 8 of a 21-day cycle.
- The primary endpoint of the Phase Ib part of this study was to characterize the safety and tolerability of the combination. The primary endpoint of the Phase II part was the ORR of pelcitoclax at the RP2D plus paclitaxel.
- As of December 20, 2021, 28 patients had been enrolled. The RP2D of pelcitoclax was determined to be 240 mg. 5 of 20 evaluable patients reported PR, the ORR was 25%, and no DLT was reported.
- Conclusions: weekly treatment with pelcitoclax at 240 mg in combination with paclitaxel at 80 mg/m2 demonstrated favorable tolerability and modest antitumor activity in patients with R/R SCLC.
About Ascentage Pharma
Ascentage Pharma (6855.HK) is a globally focused biopharmaceutical company engaged in developing novel therapies for cancers, chronic hepatitis B, and age-related diseases. On October 28, 2019, Ascentage Pharma was listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited with the stock code 6855.HK.
Ascentage Pharma focuses on developing therapeutics that inhibit protein-protein interactions to restore apoptosis, or programmed cell death. The company has built a pipeline of eight clinical drug candidates, including novel, highly potent Bcl-2, and
dual Bcl-2/Bcl-xL inhibitors, as well as candidates aimed at IAP and MDM2-p53 pathways, and next-generation tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs). Ascentage Pharma is also the only company in the world with active clinical programs targeting all three known classes of key apoptosis regulators. The company is conducting more than 50 Phase I/II clinical trials in the US, Australia, Europe, and China. Olverembatinib, the company's core drug candidate developed for the treatment of drug-resistant chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), was granted Priority Review status and a Breakthrough Therapy Designation (BTD) by the Center for Drug Evaluation (CDE) of the China National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) and is already approved for the indication. In addition, olverembatinib was also granted an Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) and a Fast Track Designation (FTD) by the US FDA, and an Orphan Designation by the EU. To date, Ascentage Pharma has obtained a total of 15 ODDs, 2 FTDs, and 2 Rare Pediatric Disease (RPD) designations from the US FDA and 1 ODD from the EU for four of the company's investigational drug candidates. Ascentage Pharma has been designated for multiple Major National R&D Projects, including five National Major New Drug Discovery and Manufacturing projects, one New Drug Incubator status, four Innovative Drug Programs, and one Major Project for the Prevention and Treatment of Infectious Diseases.
Leveraging its robust R&D capabilities, Ascentage Pharma has built a portfolio of global intellectual property rights and entered into global partnerships with numerous renowned biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies and research institutes such as UNITY Biotechnology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Mayo Clinic, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Merck, AstraZeneca, and Pfizer. The company has built a talented team with global experience in discovering, developing, launching, and commercializing innovative drugs and is setting up world-class commercial manufacturing and Sales & Marketing teams. One pivotal aim of Ascentage Pharma is to continuously strengthen its R&D capabilities and accelerate its clinical development programs, in order to fulfil its mission of addressing unmet clinical needs in China and around the world for the benefit of more patients.
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Official: Meadows had been warned of possible 1/6 violence
WASHINGTON (AP) — A former White House official told the House committee investigating the Capitol riot that President Donald Trump’s chief of staff, Mark Meadows, had been advised of intelligence reports showing the potential for violence, according to just-released transcripts.
Cassidy Hutchinson, a special assistant in the Trump White House, told the committee “there were concerns brought forward” to Meadows before the storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, but it was unclear what Meadows did with that information.
“I just remember Mr. Ornato coming in and saying that we had intel reports saying that there could potentially be violence on the 6th,” Hutchinson said, presumably referencing Anthony Ornato, a senior Secret Service official. “And Mr. Meadows said: ‘All right. Let’s talk about it.’”
The filing late Friday is the latest in a long legal fight over the extent to which Meadows, whose proximity to Trump has made him a key target of House Democrats, can be forced to cooperate with the committee’s investigation. Meadows has handed over thousands of text messages, but he has refused to sit for an interview, has argued that he is immune from having to testify by virtue of his White House position, and has sued the committee.
The filing seeks a court ruling in the committee’s favor that Meadows has no valid basis to refuse to testify. It says the committee has refined the scope of its request to focus on seven specific topics, including testimony about communication with Congress before Jan. 6, 2021; White House plans to replace the leadership of Justice Department so the department could pursue Trump’s bogus claims of election fraud; and efforts to create alternate, or fake, slates of state electors who could change the outcome of the vote of the 2020 election that Democrat Joe Biden won.
The committee released excerpts of testimony from multiple witnesses it has interviewed, including Hutchinson. Besides describing warnings of potential violence provided to Meadows, Hutchinson revealed how the White House counsel’s office cautioned against plans to enlist fake electors in states, including in meetings involving Meadows and Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani.
The filing also includes new text messages that Meadows turned over, including several from House Republicans who were pushing the former North Carolina congressman to act. Meadows’ close friend, Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, suggests in a late text on Jan. 5, 2021 — the day before Congress was due to certify Biden’s victory — that Vice President Mike Pence “should call out all electoral votes that he believes are unconstitutional as no electoral votes at all.”
Meadows texted back in the early hours of Jan. 6: “I have pushed for this. Not sure it is going to happen.” Pence ultimately resisted the overwhelming pressure from Trump and his allies and did not attempt to object to Biden’s certification.
Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., was texting Meadows as early as Dec. 26, 2020: “Mark, just checking in as time continues to count down. 11 days to 1/6 and 25 days to inauguration. We gotta get going!”
In the texts released by the committee, Perry encouraged Meadows to talk to Jeffrey Clark, an assistant attorney general who was sympathetic to Trump’s bogus claims of election fraud. A week later, on Jan. 3, Clark attended a meeting at the White House with Trump, where the prospect of elevating Clark to the role of acting attorney general was discussed — but adamantly resisted by Justice Department officials, who threatened to resign, and White House lawyers. Trump ultimately backed down.
Hutchinson said Meadows talked “frequently” to Clark, and Hutchinson recalled Clark’s presence at the White House and “his frequent outreach and communications.”
In another interview released by the committee Friday, former Justice Department official Steven Engel, then the head of the Office of Legal Counsel, said Clark had suggested that the department provide a legal opinion to Pence regarding the vice president’s authority to object to the certification of the presidential election. Engel said he told Clark that was “absurd” and reminded him that Pence’s role was a ceremonial one as president of the Senate.
The testimony released Friday also reinforced how certain Republicans in Congress were deeply involved in White House discussions about overturning the election in the months leading to the deadly insurrection.
Hutchinson, for instance, described several calls involving Meadows and members of the far-right House Freedom Caucus in late November and early December in which participants discussed what Pence’s role could be on Jan. 6, besides the ceremonial role he was required to play.
On those calls, according to Hutchinson, were representatives from Trump’s legal team, including Giuliani, Jenna Ellis and Sidney Powell, as well as Jordan and Perry.
Meadows’ lawsuit asked a judge to invalidate two subpoenas that he received from the committee, alleging they were “overly broad and unduly burdensome.” The suit accused the committee of overreaching by subpoenaing Verizon for his cellphone records.
After the complaint was filed, the House committee sent a contempt of Congress charge against Meadows to the full House, where it passed on a near-party-line vote. It was the first time the chamber had voted to hold a former member in contempt since the 1830s.
While an earlier contempt referral against former Trump adviser Steve Bannon resulted in an indictment, the Justice Department has been slower to decide whether to prosecute Meadows.
Any criminal case against Meadows would be more complex than that presented against Bannon, in part because Meadows was a White House chief of staff and because he had begun to cooperate with the committee, even providing documents to the nine-member panel.
Meadows’ attorney, George Terwilliger, has previously defended his client by noting that due to Meadows’ willingness to turn over records, he should not be compelled to appear for an interview. Terwilliger did not immediately return an email seeking comment about the latest disclosures.
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The concept of “parking” loses most of its mystique as you get past the giddy days of a freshly minted driver’s license and shoulder the responsibilities of adulthood.
Where “parking” once meant steamy windows at Inspiration Point, it comes to mean drudgery, unpleasant surprises and keeping your “Spidey sense” in overdrive while navigating.
When I Googled “I hate parking lots,” a high percentage of the conversational threads focused primarily on drivers’ concerns for their pristine vehicles — and the “dings” and arrows of outrageous fortune.
One of the dangers indirectly involves butterflies. A butterfly can flap its wings on the other side of the world and cause dozens of abandoned shopping carts to stalk your unsuspecting vehicle. The danger is magnified if the cart has ever held a paperback or DVD of Stephen King’s “Christine” — it gets delusions of grandeur.
Don’t get me started on the inconsiderate sluggards who abandoned the carts in the first place. What good does it do them to shop at the health food store (for example) if it’s such an ordeal to follow a task through to completion? (“You mean I have to get the capsules all the way onto my tongue? And then swallow? Don’t they have people hired to do that for me?”)
Car-to-car damage is another area of concern. My 2010 Altima is showing its age, so I am not so much concerned about being on the receiving end of scuffs and scratches. But my nerves stay on red alert from the prospects of damaging someone else’s conveyance and dealing with all the hassle of police reports, insurance and moral dilemmas. (Should I skedaddle without leaving a note or listen to a meltdown such as “That sweet, innocent bumper was the only thing I had to remind me of my fifth husband?”)
Aren’t you sick of tight squeezes? If I’m paying attention, suck in my gut and go limp, I can usually get in or out of my car without banging into anything. But what about families with a backseat full of impetuous children? If the parents don’t sedate the kids before they arrive, it’s a door-swinging episode of “Wham! Bam!” without a hint of “Thank you, ma’am.”
I could certainly unleash a few uncivil words on the civil engineers who read the entrails of salamanders and divine the “optimal” width for parking spaces. Or maybe it’s more a mixture of mathematics and philosophy, as in crossing calculus with “How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?”
Apparently, these designers think you’re supposed to exit your vehicle via an ejector seat. But most people who could afford an ejector seat are going to be hanging out at Casino Royale, not Bubba’s Bait Basement.
Let’s not forget the scourge known as pedestrians. Even without the distraction of cellphones, they are oblivious to traffic as they come meandering, skipping, stumbling, cartwheeling out of the stores and offices. They’re certainly clueless about the presence of their impulsive young children. (“Oh, did I bring you?”) Yeah, I’m talking to you, lady. The dangling umbilical cord should’ve been your first clue.
Ah, maybe I’m being too judgmental. Perhaps I should walk a mile in the shoes of those who have roused my ire.
That’s half the distance I must walk to the front door after securing a “safe” parking spot far from the demolition derby. Sigh. | https://www.albanyherald.com/opinion/danny-tyree-the-perils-of-parking/article_93952a62-c267-11ec-a15c-0793b9993460.html | 2022-04-24T01:51:17Z |
VANCOUVER, BC, May 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Thinkific Labs Inc. ("Thinkific" or "the Company") (TSX: THNC), a leading cloud-based software platform that enables entrepreneurs and established businesses of all sizes to create, market, and sell online learning products, will participate in the CIBC Technology and Innovation Conference on May 25 and 26 in Toronto, Ontario.
Greg Smith, CEO and Co-Founder of Thinkific, and Corinne Hua, CFO will discuss the Company's platform and strategy on May 25th from 2:15 to 2:45pm ET.
Thinkific (TSX: THNC) makes it simple for entrepreneurs and established businesses of any size to scale and generate revenue by teaching what they know. Our platform gives businesses everything they need to build, market, and sell online courses and other learning products, and to run their business seamlessly under their own brand, on their own site. Thinkific's 50,000+ active creators earned hundreds of millions of dollars in direct course sales while teaching tens of millions of students. Thinkific is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, with a distributed team.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Ja Morant had 21 points and nine assists in his return from soreness in his right knee, Dillon Brooks scored 23 points and the Memphis Grizzlies routed the New Orleans Pelicans 141-114 on Saturday night to tie the 2012-13 franchise record for victories in a season at 56.
After missing nine games, Morant played almost 27 minutes as the second-seeded Grizzlies got their starting lineup back together in preparation for the postseason. They will close the regular season at home against Boston on Sunday night.
Morant had not played since he was injured in a loss at Atlanta on March 18.
“Being out there with my team is something I’ve been waiting on since March 19,” Morant said, referring to the day after his injury. “I was finally able to do that. Excited to be out there. Had a lot of fun. Just preparing for this stretch we’re about to go on in the playoffs.”
Brandon Clarke added 20 points for Memphis, making all 10 of his field goal attempts. Ziaire Williams had 19 points, and Desmond Bane had 18. Bane was 6 of 7 on the night, including making all four 3-point attempts. The Grizzlies shot better than 60% through three quarters. They snapped a two-game losing streak.
CJ McCollum led New Orleans with 16 points but was 6 of 17 from the field. Willy Hernangomez added 15 points and 10 rebounds, and Jaxson Hayes had 13 points.
“It was a tough night. Tough night for CJ. Tough night for me. Tough night for our group,” Pelicans coach Willie Green said.
“It just felt like they were more ready than use,” Hayes added. “They came out aggressive. Got up into us and just kind of pressured us the whole game. It was hard to get anything going.”
Trying to secure the ninth seed for the play-in tournament, the Pelicans played without scoring leader Brandon Ingram. He’s missed his second straight game because of hamstring tightness.
Memphis dominated through the middle stages. By the end point of the third quarter, the lead had reached 39, and Memphis was shooting 64% overall and 60% from 3-point range, connecting on 15 of 25 from distance. Memphis scored a franchise-record 55 points in the third quarter, giving the Grizzlies a 119-80 lead heading into the fourth.
Memphis was 20 of 26 shooting in the third, making 7 of 10 from 3-point range and handing out 16 assists in the period alone. Pelicans coach. Green said the third quarter was a bad sign, but more of a continuation of problems for New Orleans throughout the night.
“The whole game we could have been better,” Green said. “The third quarter was by far our worst.”
For Memphis, which did not play well in a loss last Thursday to Denver, the performance was a return to style the Grizzlies played before the two-game losing streak. And with a full complement of starters
“All we need to do is attention to detail, know player personnel and give effort,” Brooks said.
GOOD DILLON THE VILLAIN
Brooks, who has been known to jaw with referees and opponents while playing his physical style of defense, seemed to play a little looser Saturday night, even smiling at times, particularly after the Grizzlies built the insurmountable lead. “I’m trying to smile more so I don’t get too upset out there and (officials) start T-ing me up,” Brook said.
TIP-INS
Pelicans: Started 0 of 7 from outside the arc. … G Devonte’ Graham did not grab a rebound and still needs one for 600 in his career. … Trey Murphy III, who leads rookies in 3-point shooting percentage at 38.4%, was 1 of 3 from outside the arc. … C Jonas Valanciunas, who was in foul trouble most of the game, was limited to six minutes, scoring eight points and grabbing only one rebound. … McCollum who was 2 for 11 midway through the third, had 10 points in the period.
Grizzlies: Entered the game second in scoring at 115.4 a game. The franchise has never finished in the top 5 in scoring. … Are 30-0 when reaching 120 points. … While setting the franchise record for points in a quarter with 55 in the third, Memphis also set franchise marks for field goals in a period (20) and assists (16).
UP NEXT
Pelicans: Host Golden State on Sunday night.
Grizzlies: Host Boston on Sunday night.
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TAMPA, Fla., Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Immunologix Laboratories announced today that Dr. Corinna Fiorotti has been appointed Chief Commercial Officer. An experienced science and business leader, Dr. Fiorotti assumed responsibilities on August 1, 2022 and will oversee all aspects of Immunologix Laboratories commercial function, including business development, marketing, and commercial growth
"We are fortunate to have someone of Dr. Fiorotti's caliber and experience step up to lead the commercial operation, including the business development team, at Immunologix" said Michael Anderson, President and CEO. "Corinna is strategically positioned for the role of CCO as she has a deep understanding of our business from both the scientific and business points of view and brings a strong track record of business success. As a member of our unique Translational Sciences team at Immunologix for the past 2 years, Dr. Fiorotti has built an in-depth understanding of our services and the market. She is a strong communicator who is customer focused and possesses operational and leadership capabilities to successfully execute on the company's strategy and growth plans"
Dr. Fiorotti holds a Ph.D. in Microbiology and Immunology and has worked in drug development for 19 years, with combined experience from both Sponsor and CRO organizations. She therefore brings a comprehensive perspective to the business development endeavors at Immunologix and is uniquely positioned to serve as CCO.
Fiorotti said, "I am honored and excited to lead the commercial team at Immunologix Laboratories. It is a privilege to be part of an organization that delivers such high caliber bioanalytical and biomarker services and innovative scientific solutions to our clients to help them bring lifesaving therapies to patients. Immunologix has an exceptional scientific team that is truly passionate about the work we do. Our culture is built around a commitment to high quality science for our clients and providing scientific growth opportunities for our staff. We are an organization led by purpose, to make a positive, meaningful impact on the client projects that we support and thereby to improving the lives of patients."
Founded in 2012, Immunologix Laboratories is a contract research organization located in Tampa FL that offers GLP and GCP compliant laboratory capabilities focused on ligand binding-based bioanalysis specializing in pharmacokinetic, immunogenicity, and biomarker assays in support of preclinical and clinical studies. Immunologix Translational Sciences Division provides dedicated scientific resources to advise, develop, and implement scientific strategies and practical solutions for innovator development programs.
Name: John Ryan
Job Title: Executive Director, Business Development
Email address: jryan@immunologixlabs.com
Website: https://www.immunologixlabs.com/
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SOUTHFIELD, Mich., Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The world has seen a noticeable increase in dangerous heat waves, severe droughts, storm surges, massive floods, and unusual amounts of snowfall in recent years. As the planet continues to get warmer, changing weather patterns are causing extreme conditions, leading scientists to link these events to climate change.
Since the onset of monsoon season this July, Pakistan has been suffering from the effects of record-breaking rainfall across several cities. 60% more rain than normal in just three weeks has resulted in continued flash floods and landslides and, as of August 5, more than 540 people have died, as well as over 24,800 livestock. In Balochistan alone, at least 150,000 people are in need of humanitarian assistance, with 18 out of 26 districts declared calamity-hit areas. 36,680+ homes and 1,520 miles of roads have also been damaged, displacing hundreds of families and leaving them in need of food, clean water, shelter, and medical care.
Helping Hand for Relief and Development (HHRD) is providing immediate relief through Food Packages (Flour, Rice, Lentils, Sugar, Salt, Cooking Oil, and more); Dignity Packages (Tarps, Mosquito Nets, Water Containers, Kitchen Sets); Shelter Home Kits (Bamboo, Roofing Materials, Doors, Windows, Tarps); and Mobile Medical Services with fully-equipped pharmacies, free medicine, and doctors. In addition to these urgent life-saving essentials for thousands of families in need, HHRD will be supporting rehabilitation efforts in the months to come.
HHRD is registered as an International NGO (INGO) in Pakistan and currently supports 10,000+ orphans, 1,600+ children with disabilities, 900+ annual water projects, and more. Additional long-term programs provide empowerment and support each year to 500,000+ through In-Kind Gifts, 2,500+ through Skills Development & Livelihood, 750+ through Education, 22,000+ through Healthcare & Nutrition, 20,000+ through Physical Rehabilitation, 250,000+ through Seasonal Programs, and more.
To learn more and to donate, please visit www.hhrd.org/PakistanFloods.
Ranked one of the highest-rated charities by Charity Navigator for over ten years, donating to Helping Hand USA means ensuring donations go directly to those who need it most. To donate please visit www.hhrd.org or call 1-888-808-4357 (HELP). HHRD is a non-profit 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt organization. Tax ID# 31-1628040
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THIEVES NX created as tribute to esports team's championship win
PLANO, Texas, June 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In the summer of 2021, 100 Thieves cemented their place in esports history with a championship title three years in the making. As 100 Thieves' luxury automotive partner, Lexus created a customized NX to commemorate their victory. The THIEVES NX, unveiled in a new video yesterday, features the first generative artwork leveraging championship gameplay data.
The CHAMPION PRINT on the THIEVES NX will be familiar to 100 Thieves fans, as it mirrors their signature geo-print, yet Lexus' version gives it an entirely new spin. The CHAMPION PRINT is more than just a tribute to the team's victory; it's a map of how they got there.
To create a graphic representation of 100 Thieves' championship win, Lexus input the raw player data into a generative design tool created especially for the project. Player actions and movements from the team's 11 winning playoff matches are represented by lines, nodes and curves. Each win is outlined in reflective red ink and etched with a designated top player name.
"We felt the best way to commemorate our partner's tremendous championship win was to build a one-of-a-kind THIEVES NX which was inspired by the team's winning journey," said Vinay Shahani, vice president of Lexus marketing. "The intuitive and tech-forward features of the Lexus NX make it the perfect canvas and co-conspirator for this type of creative venture."
The THIEVES NX, a 2022 NX 350 F SPORT Handling AWD, is customized with 100 Thieves-themed embossed headrests, floor and cargo mats, puddle lamps, door sills and ambient illumination. Its connected and technology upgrades include Lexus Interface with available 14-inch touchscreen display; available Intuitive Parking Assist with Automatic Braking; and Drive Connect trial with Cloud Navigation, including Google points-of-interest (POI) data, Intelligent Assistant, including Hey Lexus and Destination Assist.
"I can't think of a more fitting way to celebrate our championship win than our own exclusive Lexus NX," said Matthew "Nadeshot" Haag, founder and CEO of 100 Thieves. "We can't wait to drive the THIEVES NX around L.A. and show it off to our fans at events."
Redesigned from the inside out, the all-new 2022 Lexus NX ushers in Lexus' next chapter, with bold design, connected-driving feel, intuitive technology, electrification and unmatched craftsmanship. For more information on the all-new 2022 Lexus NX, visit www.lexus.com/nx.
About Lexus
Lexus' passion for brave design, imaginative technology, and exhilarating performance enables the luxury lifestyle brand to create amazing experiences for its customers. Lexus began its journey in 1989 with two luxury sedans and a commitment to pursue perfection. Since then, Lexus has developed its lineup to meet the needs of global luxury customers in more than 90 countries. In the United States, Lexus vehicles are sold through 244 dealers offering a full lineup of luxury vehicles. With six models incorporating Lexus Hybrid Drive, Lexus is the luxury hybrid leader. Lexus also offers eight F SPORT models, one F performance model and one F model. Lexus is committed to being a visionary brand that anticipates the future for luxury customers.
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MIRAMAR, Fla., Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Spirit Airlines today announced its operational performance ranked among the industry best in the two-month period following when Spirit's peak summer schedule went into effect on June 5. The carrier also set a company record for its highest-ever completion factor performance for the month of July.
"These great results are among the best in the industry and are due to the relentless dedication of our Spirit Family. Our team rose to the occasion to serve record numbers of summer travelers and work through industry challenges to deliver a high value experience for our Guests," said John Bendoraitis, Spirit Airlines Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer.
Summary of Spirit's operational performance from June 5 – August 5:
- Operated more than 44,000 domestic and international flights
- Delivered a completion factor of 99.2% that ranked No. 3 in the U.S. industry; outperformed all major legacy airlines; included 25 days of 100 percent completion factor; and set a new company record for the month of July
- 77.5% of flights arrived within 14 minutes of scheduled arrival time, which is the standard "A14" industry metric, and ranked No. 4 in the U.S.
- Launched new Albuquerque (ABQ) and Boise (BOI) stations during this period, and Reno (RNO) flights started August 10
Results are based on Spirit's data compared to major and regional U.S. airlines. Official monthly performance results are published in the Department of Transportation's Air Travel Consumer Reports. Spirit's company record for July completion factor omitted July 2020, which was a reduced schedule due to the industry-wide drawdown during that period.
Additional Recognition
Spirit was recognized by Forbes as one of America's Best Employers for Diversity 2022 for its active efforts to create and celebrate a diverse workplace environment. The carrier also won "Best Airport Innovation" in the 2021 APEX/IFSA Awards for its groundbreaking self-bag drop system with biometric photo matching, which speeds up the check-in process and reduces face-to-face contact. Spirit also recently received the FAA's "Aviation Maintenance Technician Diamond Award of Excellence" for the fourth consecutive year.
About Spirit Airlines:
Spirit Airlines (NYSE: SAVE) is committed to delivering the best value in the sky. We are the leader in providing customizable travel options starting with an unbundled fare. This allows our Guests to pay only for the options they choose — like bags, seat assignments and refreshments — something we call À La Smarte®. We make it possible for our Guests to venture further and discover more than ever before. Our Fit Fleet® is one of the youngest and most fuel-efficient in the U.S. We serve destinations throughout the U.S., Latin America and the Caribbean, and are dedicated to giving back and improving those communities. Come save with us at spirit.com.
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DALLAS (KDAF) — Friday, June 3, is National Donut Day! Time to rejoice for this iconic morning staple.
To celebrate, Dunkin’ is giving away free donuts. If you purchase any beverage from Dunkin’ today, you will get one of the following donuts for free:
- Frosted
- Glazed
- Filled
- Sprinkled
‘The hardest part will be choosing which Dunkin’ sip you’ll enjoy that day, and which donut you’ll pair it with,’ officials said in a news release.
Dunkin’ officials also say the fun doesn’t stop there. If you are following them on Instagram or TikTok, officials say they will be posting special National Donut Day content ‘donut fans, celebrating the fun and excitement donuts uniquely inspire.’ | https://cw33.com/news/local/heres-how-you-can-get-a-free-donut-from-dunkin-on-national-donut-day/ | 2022-06-03T17:08:16Z |
NEW YORK, Sept. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NYSARC Columbia County Chapter ("NYSARC") confirmed today that the firm experienced a data incident in July 2022 and will issue notices to affected individuals and relevant state and federal agencies about the incident.
On July 19, 2022, NYSARC Columbia County Chapter ("NYSARC") detected irregular activity on their systems that was consistent with a typical ransomware attack. Out of an abundance of caution, NYSARC immediately began to remediate the situation including disconnecting systems, engaging data security and privacy experts, contacting law enforcement, and simultaneously beginning an investigation. Due to the complexity of the attack, the investigation is still ongoing; however, out of an abundance of caution, NYSARC is providing this notice.
Based on the information NYSARC generally collects and maintains, names, addresses, date of birth, social security number, and/or other state identification number may potentially be involved. Limited health information for clients may also be impacted. However, the investigation is ongoing and specific details as to what categories of information were involved are not yet available. Note that this describes general categories of information collected and maintained by NYSARC, and it likely includes categories that are not relevant to each individual. As soon as NYSARC is able, individual notification letters will be mailed to affected individuals with further details.
Upon becoming aware of the Incident, NYSARC immediately implemented measures to further improve the security of their systems and practices. NYSARC worked with a leading privacy and security firm to aid in their investigation and response, and is reporting this incident to relevant government agencies. NYSARC also implemented additional security protocols designed to protect their network, email environment, and systems.
The investigation is ongoing and the identities of individuals who were individually affected, if any, is not yet known. However, out of an abundance of caution,NYSARC encourages individuals to remain vigilant against incidents of identity theft and fraud, to review account statements and explanation of benefits forms, and to monitor free credit reports for suspicious activity and to detect errors. Under U.S. law, individuals are entitled to one (1) free credit report annually from each of the three major credit reporting bureaus. Additional information and resources are outlined below.
Moreover, information regarding identity theft, fraud alerts, security freezes, and the steps an individual can take to protect personal information may be obtained by contacting the consumer reporting agencies, the Federal Trade Commission, or the appropriate state Attorney General. The Federal Trade Commission can be reached at: 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20580; www.identitytheft.gov; 1-877-ID-THEFT (1-877-438-4338); and TTY: 1-866-653-4261. The Federal Trade Commission also encourages those who discover that their information has been misused to file a complaint with them. Individuals can obtain further information on how to file such a complaint by calling 1-877-438-4338. Individuals should file a police report if they are a victim of identity theft or fraud. To file a report with law enforcement for identity theft, an individual will likely need to provide some proof that they have been a victim.
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Judge: Regulators wrong to ban beer label that had naked man
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (AP) — A federal judge says North Carolina regulators were wrong to reject a beer label that featured a silhouette of a naked man standing next to a campfire. The owners of Maryland-based Flying Dog Brewery argued that the North Carolina Alcohol Beverage Control Commission violated their First Amendment rights by rejecting the label for its Freezin’ Season Winter Ale. The commission had said the label was in “bad taste,” but later allowed the beer to be sold. Flying Dog proceeded with the lawsuit anyway. A judge ruled in favor of the craft brewery last week, finding that the regulation was vague and overbroad. The judge ordered the state to remove the regulation. | https://localnews8.com/news/ap-national-business/2022/05/17/judge-regulators-wrong-to-ban-beer-label-that-had-naked-man/ | 2022-05-18T01:42:56Z |
Manatee County Sheriff’s Office warning of computer pop-up scam
Published: Sep. 1, 2022 at 11:55 AM EDT|Updated: 24 minutes ago
MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. (WWSB) - Manatee County Sheriff’s officials are saying they’ve seen multiple fraud reports involving a computer pop-up add.
So far, the department has seen seven fraud cases where victims received a pop-up message appearing to be from Microsoft saying their computer has been compromised and to call.
The scammer tells the victim to pay in gift cards to have it removed. No agency or business will ever ask you to pay in gift cards.
If you receive this message, close it out and contact law enforcement.
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The contribution to GDP in 2031 from the metaverse could be $3 trillion if adoption begins in 2022, according to economists from Analysis Group
BOSTON, May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Economic experts at Analysis Group, one of the largest international economics consulting firms, released a report suggesting that if metaverse adoption and impact evolves similarly to mobile technology, it could contribute 2.8% to global gross domestic product (GDP) in the 10th year after adoption begins. If started in 2022, adoption of the metaverse over the next 10 years could lead to a $3-trillion contribution to global GDP in 2031. Like mobile technology, the metaverse is expected to have far-reaching applications, with the potential to transform a wide range of economic sectors such as education, health care, manufacturing, job training, communications, entertainment, and retail.
The analysis, https://www.analysisgroup.com/metaverse, adapts research on previous breakthrough technologies to draw inferences about the potential adoption process and economic impact of the metaverse. The metaverse, which is still in its formative stages, is envisioned to comprise an expansive network of digital spaces enabled by developing technologies such as augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and mixed reality (MR).
The analysis centers on measuring the potential economic impact of the metaverse if it were to evolve like prior successful technologies in terms of the rate of adoption by users and the impact on GDP. The researchers selected mobile technology as an appropriate analog because of similarities to the metaverse in the way it combined existing and nascent innovations to fundamentally alter global technological and economic landscapes.
The team drew from academic literature on the development cycles for innovative technologies and on publicly available data for the deployment and adoption of mobile technology over a number of years to assess direct, indirect, and catalytic or stimulative impacts. These factors are important for GDP, including job creation, business growth, and economic development.
The study was authored by Analysis Group Managing Principal Laurits Christensen and Manager Alex Robinson, who were supported by a team of economists. Funding was provided by Meta.
To learn more about Analysis Group's capabilities, visit AnalysisGroup.com.
About Analysis Group:
Analysis Group is one of the largest international economics consulting firms, with more than 1,000 professionals across 14 offices in North America, Europe, and Asia. Since 1981, we have provided expertise in economics, finance, health care analytics, and strategy to top law firms, Fortune Global 500 companies, and government agencies worldwide. Our internal experts, together with our network of affiliated experts from academia, industry, and government, offer our clients exceptional breadth and depth of expertise.
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The strategic partnership strengthens PNY's position as a global provider of electronic solutions for high-growth markets with real-world AI solutions from SmartCow for industry-leading smart city development
MÉRIGNAC, France and ST. JULIANS, Malta, June 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, PNY Technologies, a global supplier of components and solutions for the artificial intelligence, HPC, Data centre and professional visualisation markets, and SmartCow, an AI engineering company specialising in video analytics and AIoT devices, announced a strategic partnership to bring AI smart city solutions and support development throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa and India.
For more than 35 years, PNY has been a leader in the artificial intelligence market through strong partnerships with innovative technology companies, such as NVIDIA. Through this partnership, PNY will gain access to streamlined, comprehensive smart city infrastructure and AI applications and hardware from SmartCow, enabling PNY to strengthen its position as a global provider of artificial intelligence solutions and accelerate the digital transformation of cities globally. In addition to its technical expertise, PNY also provides partners with an unprecedented level of pre-sales and logistical support to help them better understand the solutions.
"Small and large urban cities are changing, giving way to smart cities. Finding a suitable partner to support the networking for all our smart cities projects is mission-critical for executing this type of work at scale," said Jérôme Bélan, CEO at PNY Technologies. "In practice, smart city implementation is complicated and demands certain requirements. SmartCow immediately stood out as the best partner given its rich experience in building smart city applications, with expertise in both hardware and software. Working with its technologies leveraging both 5G and edge computing will provide us with an optimal network and real-time interconnectivity between urban elements, individuals, connected objects and public authorities, enabling us to bring our developments to life to benefit cities across the globe."
Unlike other smart city solutions, the offerings from PNY and SmartCow are proven to perform optimally while reducing complexities and development time.
"SmartCow's mission is to develop an ever-growing AIoT ecosystem that simplifies and improves the lives and work of individuals and organisations around the world," said Ravi Kiran, CEO and founder of SmartCow. "Technology can multiply possibilities and deliver solutions that benefit everyone. "We are excited to be developing additional AI projects and building more smart cities for our clients, alongside the PNY team. Our AI algorithms, intelligence systems and resulting insights help PNY customers make informed decisions and build systems that enable productive, useful, safe and healthy lifestyles."
Smart City Solutions from SmartCow:
- SmartCam: This AI-enabled camera has the ability to control object detection, sensor fusion, traffic analysis, and trajectory tracing algorithms that are essential for the next-generation's workload. Based on the NVIDIA Metropolis software, SmartCam leverages the powerful capabilities of NVIDIA Jetson artificial intelligence platforms, the leading platform for autonomous machines and embedded applications. Compact and robust, SmartCam can be deployed indoors to monitor production lines or even study customer habits (e.g. measuring consumer traffic at certain times). It can also be used outdoors, to detect security breaches, (e.g. identifying firearms in airports, train stations, and ports), and monitor road traffic.
- Apollo Development Kit: This artificial intelligence development kit allows developers to create and build applications that transform everyday life including digital transformation of conference rooms and self-service counters in airports. Apollo will enable users to create conversational edge computing applications. It features the NVIDIA Jetson Xavier NX GPU, which includes several SDKs such as Embedded Riva, JetPack and DeepStream, to enable seamless evaluation of AV AI models rather than activating peripherals and to ensure successful system integration.
- CityStation: This AIoT platform can measure the weather and atmospheric conditions of a defined area. CityStation is also a video analytics processor capable of running powerful artificial intelligence models on real-time video streams from 5MP or 4K in-car cameras. With its unmatched processing performance, CityStation is the ultimate solution for smart city applications. It can monitor air quality, weather conditions, traffic, face and object recognition and security investigations (forensics). This makes it the ultimate solution for smart cities, aerospace and defence applications, as well as industrial environments requiring support for extreme temperatures. This device allows a large amount of data to be collected in the city by combining camera and software (data is displayed in a dashboard).
About PNY Technologies:
For over 35 years and thanks to strong partnerships with technology innovation companies as NVIDIA, PNY represents a real success story of a company leading the EMEA Graphics, HPC and AI computing market.
Providing engineers, researchers and visualization clients with cutting-edge NVIDIA Professional Vizualisation, NVIDIA TESLA and NVIDIA DGX solutions, PNY understands the needs of its clients, offering professional technical support and a constant commitment to customer satisfaction.
PNY proposes a full spectrum of GPUs and SSDs but also complete Servers for compute, storage and network certified for all VDI, HPC and AI environments.
Headquartered in New Jersey (USA), Bordeaux (FR) and Dubai (UAE), PNY maintains facilities in North America, EMEA, India and Asia.
For more information, please visit, https://www.pny.com/en-eu/, and join the conversion on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.
About SmartCow:
Established in 2016, SmartCow is an end-to-end AI engineering company that builds hardware and software products for AI applications used by the defence industry, in smart cities and industry 4.0. Strategic partners include NVIDIA and PNY. The company is located in Malta, India and Taiwan and is expanding to Italy, France and Singapore.
For more information, please visit www.smartcow.ai, and join the conversation on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.
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HiddenLayer's Synaptic Adversarial Intelligence (SAI) team will explore and uncover the ML/AI threat landscape
AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- HiddenLayer, the developer of a unique security platform that safeguards the machine learning models enterprise organizations use behind their most important products, today announced the formation of its Synaptic Adversarial Intelligence (SAI) team to raise awareness surrounding the threats facing machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) systems.
The SAI's primary mission is to educate data scientists, MLDevOps teams, and cyber security professionals on how to evaluate the vulnerabilities and risks associated with ML/AI so they can make more security-conscious implementations and deployments. The insights gathered by the SAI team are leveraged to conduct risk assessments and generate intelligence reports that expose the adversarial ML threat landscape. Collectively, the multidisciplinary cyber security experts and data scientists have many decades of experience in cyber security and deep backgrounds in malware detection, threat intelligence, reverse engineering, incident response, digital forensics, and adversarial machine learning.
Until recently, most adversarial ML/AI research has focused on the mathematical aspect, making algorithms more robust in handling malicious input. Now security researchers are increasingly exploring ML algorithms and how models are developed, maintained, packaged, and deployed, hunting for weaknesses and vulnerabilities across the broader software ecosystem. They have uncovered a number of new attack techniques and, in turn, developed a greater understanding of how practical attacks are performed against real-world ML implementations.
"Alongside our commitment to increasing awareness of ML security, we will also actively assist in the development of countermeasures to thwart ML adversaries through the monitoring of deployed models, as well as providing mechanisms to allow defenders to respond to attacks," said Tom Bonner, Senior Director of Adversarial Machine Learning Research at HiddenLayer. "There has been a tremendous effort from several organizations, such as MITRE and NIST, to better understand and quantify the risks associated with ML/AI. We look forward to working alongside these industry leaders to broaden the pool of knowledge, define threat models, drive policy and regulation, and most critically, prevent attacks."
Please keep an eye on Twitter and LinkedIn where SAI team members will regularly share their insights into adversarial machine learning and provide recommendations on how organizations can harden their security postures.
HiddenLayer helps enterprises safeguard the machine learning models behind their most important products with a comprehensive security platform. Only HiddenLayer offers turnkey AI/ML security that does not add unnecessary complexity to models and does not require access to raw data and algorithms. Founded in March of 2022 by experienced security and ML professionals, HiddenLayer is based in Austin, Texas, and is backed by cybersecurity investment specialist firm Ten Eleven Ventures. For more information, visit www.hiddenlayer.com and follow us on LinkedIn or Twitter.
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Fried foods and ‘revenge travel’: Indulgence is back
By Lilit Marcus, CNN
This week in travel: an upside-down train, the meaning of “revenge travel” and the world’s greatest fried foods.
Trending travel
“Revenge travel” sounds menacing, but the trendy phrase actually describes people splurging on big vacations now that many Covid restrictions have been dropped. Longer times away, first-class upgrades and bucket list destinations are all excellent cures for FOMO.
Here’s more about what it is and who’s doing it. And we’ve got some ideas for your next big trip: A cruise to Antarctica or an Australian adventure, for starters.
While more and more countries open to tourism, a few have remained all but closed during the pandemic.
One of those holdouts was Japan, but there’s hope on the horizon. The country announced this week that it will experiment with a few small tour groups in May as a test to see how a full reopening could go later this year. The government floated the number of around 50 tourists for the trial.
This week, four countries moved into the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s “high” risk category for travel, including a tourism favorite in Africa.
Dollars to doughnuts
Chimichangas or calamari? Why not both?
This roundup of the world’s most delicious fried foods will have you rethinking your weekend menu — or possibly impulse buying an air fryer online at 3 a.m. (Not that we’ve ever done anything like this.)
Prefer meat dishes to fried dough?
“Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy” recently paid a visit to Umbria, where locals consume the country’s highest per capita amount of pork. Wild boar ragu, anyone?
Tune in Sunday as Tucci sets out to explore how Italian immigration has transformed the food scene in his adopted hometown of London.
People, pedestrians and personalities
London’s long-awaited Elizabeth Line train (a.k.a. Crossrail) got a visit from its namesake this week. Ninety-six-year-old Queen Elizabeth II appeared at Paddington Station to inaugurate the new transit line and wore bright yellow for the big day.
Meanwhile, the Czech Republic unveiled the world’s longest suspension footbridge on May 13. The aptly named SkyBridge 721 is 721 meters long (about 2,365 feet). Austrian blogger Victoria Fellner summed up her experience on the bridge with the word “queasy.”
If you’ve ever dreamed about moving to Italy and buying one of those one-euro houses, Francesco Curione may be able to help. The “007 of lost Italian documents” can help unearth proof of a long-unknown ancestor and help those who qualify secure Italian citizenship. Grazie mille!
Riding the rails
Wuppertal, Germany, is home to the Schwebebahn, a suspended train that looks like it’s upside down. Not only are its glass-and-metal cars great for sightseeing, the train once transported a celebrity elephant.
Transit lovers, take note: Jerusalem will be getting a cable car. Israel’s highest court approved the controversial plan this week, with construction to begin imminently. Once the car is complete, visitors will be able to travel from west Jerusalem to the Old City in just four minutes.
In case you missed it
Most people walk down Rome’s Spanish Steps.
But this guy decided to drive a Maserati.
Planning some US domestic travel this summer?
The CDC advises getting a Covid test as close to departure time as possible.
What would happen if a squid and a yacht had a baby?
Its name is “Zion.”
The best travel beauty bags
It’s hard enough to get all your favorite beauty and skincare products in travel sizes without thinking about the right container to store them in. Luckily, our partners at CNN Underscored, a product reviews and recommendations guide owned by CNN, have a list of fashionable and functional makeup-artist-approved cosmetic bags.
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SAVANNAH, Ga., June 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hargray Fiber announced it has begun expansion of the company's ultra-fast, state-of-the-art, all-fiber Internet network into residential neighborhoods in Rincon, GA. The company began serving businesses in Georgia in 2010, and the expansion into residential areas is part of Hargray Fiber's long-term goal to bring the most advanced and fastest Internet available anywhere in the world to more than 500,000 homes and businesses across the United States by 2027.
Hargray Fiber's Southeast President, Ashley Phillips, stressed the importance of the company's investment in consumers and the broader local community. "We are headquartered nearby, in Savannah, so expanding our high-speed internet to families in the outlying neighborhoods is extra special. We are committed to providing previously underserved communities with the high-speed connectivity that is essential for families, businesses, and local economies so we can see them continue to thrive," said Phillips.
Featuring gigabit download and upload speeds, Hargray Fiber will bring ten times more speed to consumer doorsteps at a time when fast, reliable Internet is becoming increasingly critical to modern households. "More and more, we see households where multiple bandwidth-intensive activities occur simultaneously and many consumers' Internet connections just aren't up to the task," added John Robertson, Savannah Region General Manager. "The Hargray Fiber network solves that problem."
For many consumers, the Internet touches every facet of daily life. Remote work, telehealth, and virtual learning all require robust, reliable connections. A 2021 study by Deloitte indicated that 55% of U.S. households include one or more remote workers, and 43% include at least one household member attending virtual classes.
Hargray Fiber has begun construction in Rincon. For more information, visit https://residential.hargray.com/hargrayfiberexpansion.
Hargray Fiber is an Internet service provider based in Savannah, GA that operates a more than 2,000 route mile fiber network serving business, enterprise, and residential customers in a wide range of communities throughout the Midwest and Southeastern United States, including Savannah, Pooler, Macon, and Valdosta. Hargray Fiber belongs to the Clearwave Fiber family of brands, serving cities across the Midwest and Southeast regions of the United States.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Monday that a high school football coach who knelt and prayed on the field after games was protected by the Constitution, a decision that opponents said would open the door to “much more coercive prayer” in public schools.
The court ruled 6-3 for the coach with the conservative justices in the majority and the liberals in dissent. The case was the latest in a line of rulings for religious plaintiffs.
The case forced the justices to wrestle with how to balance the religious and free speech rights of teachers and coaches with the rights of students not to feel pressured into participating in religious practices. The liberal justices in the minority said there was evidence that Bremerton (Washington) High School Coach Joseph Kennedy’s prayers at the 50-yard-line had a coercive effect on students and allowed him to incorporate his “personal religious beliefs into a school event.”
Dissenting Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote that the decision “sets us further down a perilous path in forcing states to entangle themselves with religion.”
But the justices in the majority emphasized that the coach’s prayers came after the games were over and at a time when he wasn’t responsible for students and was free to do other things.
The coach and his attorneys at First Liberty Institute, a Christian legal group, were among those cheering the decision. Kennedy said in an interview that his first reaction was one of pure joy.
“Just like in all my football games I just threw my arms up, you know, ‘touchdown,’” he said. He described the seven years since the dispute began as tough on his family but “absolutely worth it.”
Justice Neil Gorsuch, writing for the majority in the ruling, declared, “The Constitution and the best of our traditions counsel mutual respect and tolerance, not censorship and suppression, for religious and nonreligious views alike.
Gorsuch noted that the coach “prayed during a period when school employees were free to speak with a friend, call for a reservation at a restaurant, check email, or attend to other personal matters” and “while his students were otherwise occupied.”
It would be wrong to treat everything public school teachers and coaches say and do as speech subject to government control, he wrote. If that were the case, “a school could fire a Muslim teacher for wearing a headscarf in the classroom or prohibit a Christian aide from praying quietly over her lunch in the cafeteria,” he wrote.
He closed by writing that: “Respect for religious expressions is indispensable to life in a free and diverse Republic—whether those expressions take place in a sanctuary or on a field, and whether they manifest through the spoken word or a bowed head.”
The decision continues a pattern in which the court has ruled in favor of religious plaintiffs. Last week the court ruled that Maine can’t exclude religious schools from a program that offers tuition aid for private education, a decision that could ease religious organizations’ access to taxpayer money.
In dissent, Sotomayor wrote Monday that players “recognize that gaining the coach’s approval may pay dividends small and large, from extra playing time to a stronger letter of recommendation to additional support in college athletic recruiting.” And she said “some students reported joining Kennedy’s prayer because they felt social pressure to follow their coach and teammates.”
Sotomayor was joined in her dissent by Justices Stephen Breyer and Elena Kagan.
Paul Clement, the attorney who argued the case on behalf of Kennedy, said in a statement that the decision would allow the coach “to finally return to the place he belongs – coaching football and quietly praying by himself after the game.”
Kennedy now lives in Florida, and it was unclear when — or if — he might move back across the country to Washington state for a part-time job that had paid him less than $5,000. He said in the interview that he is in Florida to help his father-in-law but his family remains in Washington and it was never his intention to remain in Florida permanently. He said his lawyers and the school district would need to work things out for him to return to coaching.
He started coaching at the school in 2008 and initially prayed alone on the 50-yard line at the end of games. Students started joining him, and over time he began to deliver a short, inspirational talk with religious references. Kennedy did that for years and also led students in locker room prayers. The school district learned what he was doing in 2015 and asked him to stop out of concerns the district could be sued for violating students’ religious freedom rights.
He stopped leading students in prayer in the locker room and on the field but wanted to continue kneeling and praying on the field himself after games. The school asked him not to do so while still “on duty” as a coach after the games. When he continued, the school put him on paid leave. The head coach of the varsity team later recommended he not be rehired because, among other things, he failed to follow district policy.
In a statement, the Bremerton School District and its attorneys at Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, said the decision undermines the separation required by the Constitution. The school district said in a statement that it had “followed the law and acted to protect the religious freedom of all students and their families.”
Rachel Laser, the head of Americans United, said the decision “opens the door to much more coercive prayer in our public schools” and undermines the religious freedom of students.
The school district’s attorney, Richard Katskee, said it is studying the decision and considering its next steps.
Three justices on the court — Breyer, Kagan and Justice Samuel Alito — attended public high schools, while the other six attended Catholic schools.
The case is Kennedy v. Bremerton School District, 21-418. | https://cw33.com/sports/ap-sports/supreme-court-sides-with-coach-who-sought-to-pray-after-game/ | 2022-06-28T08:32:52Z |
Nonprofit serving children with life-threatening conditions and their families now operating nationwide, providing in-person Adventures and at-home activities to offer hope, happiness, and healing
Inaugural Adventure at Texas Schlitterbahn Waterparks Aug. 13-14 part of National Expansion Celebration
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Once a localized, regional nonprofit, A Kid Again is thrilled to announce its national expansion, now serving more than 9,000 families in communities in all 50 states – an impact on 46,000 individuals.
Nationwide, more than 1.5 million children have a life-threatening condition like cancer, heart conditions, Cerebral Palsy, sickle cell disease, cystic fibrosis and more. That means 1.5 million kids and their families face endless doctor's visits, surgeries, treatments, medical bills, and the emotional toll of chronic illness.
That's why the nonprofit A Kid Again was founded, to bring hope, happiness, and healing to kids with life-threatening conditions and their families. This is done through year-round, cost-free Adventures at regional locations like amusement parks, zoos, sporting events, museums, and other family-friendly entertainment venues – making A Kid Again the only childhood disease nonprofit that focuses on group recreational therapy and support for the entire family, not just the child with the illness.
A Kid Again has experienced exponential growth. In 2019, A Kid Again was only operating in two states. When A Kid Again pivoted to offering at-home and virtual Adventures during the COVID-19 pandemic, this shift made it possible to serve families across the U.S. In fact, A Kid Again has tripled in the number of families served in the past two years alone.
Origins and Impact
A Kid Again was founded in 1995 in Columbus, Ohio by Kathy Derr, Poe Timmons and Jeffrey Damron. Each of the founders hoped that providing communal, interactive, ongoing Adventures would create a reprieve for families from the everyday difficulties posed by hospital visits, chemotherapy and other treatments.
"When I, along with Poe and Jeffrey, founded A Kid Again in 1995 as a way to remember my son, Christopher, I could not have envisioned us growing to serve families across the country," said Derr, founder of A Kid Again and current director of family engagement. "Every day, we hear from the families we serve about how being part of A Kid Again is such a bright spot in their lives, which are often consumed with worry and medical appointments. It is my vision that every family who has a child with a life-threatening condition can be part of A Kid Again."
Families who enroll with A Kid Again can take advantage of programming in a variety of ways, including:
- In-person Adventures at regional venues including amusement parks, zoos, sporting events, museums, and other family-friendly entertainment venues
- At-home Adventures-in-a-Box, which are fun kits delivered to provide families with activities to do at home or when children are in the hospital
- Streaming Adventures and Virtual Entertainment delivered through A Kid Again's private gaming network and other online platforms
The impact of a Kid Again cannot be overstated:
- 90% of families said A Kid Again Adventures have strengthened their family during difficult times
- 94% of families had an experience that was otherwise not possible
- 97% of kids had a unique experience and a chance to feel special
- 85% of our families reported enhanced feelings of hope
- 90% of kids said they feel greater acceptance by others and fear the public eye less
"A Kid Again is an amazing organization as it not only gives my warrior child a chance at 'normal' childhood experiences, it gives his siblings the chance too," said A Kid Again parent Jessica Wilhoit from the Southwest Ohio Chapter. "We often don't try certain activities due to not wanting to lose the cost when our child with the medical condition may need to leave quickly. But A Kid Again gives our family the chance to try various activities without the financial stress, so we are all able to enjoy the experiences."
Future Growth and National Expansion Celebration
"We are thrilled to celebrate this milestone of serving families in all 50 states, but our work isn't stopping here," said Carrie Maun-Smith, A Kid Again National Board Chair. "We have a vision for serving as many children with life-threatening conditions nationwide as possible, and our team, volunteers, board members and corporate partners across the country are working tirelessly to make that vision a reality."
One of these partners is Cedar Fair Entertainment Company, which operates 17 amusement and water park properties across the U.S., and A Kid Again Rides and Slides Adventures in A Kid Again Chapters and markets – marking some of the most popular Adventures the organization hosts each year. Cedar Fair has provided free tickets and meals, plus has covered the cost of t-shirts and other souvenirs for the entire family.
A Kid Again is celebrating its national expansion with its inaugural Rides & Slides Adventure in the state of Texas, being held August 13-14 at Cedar Fair Schlitterbahn Waterparks in New Braunfels and Galveston.
More information about A Kid Again can be found at www.AKidAgain.org.
A Kid Again is a national organization with a mission to foster hope, happiness and healing for children with life-threatening health conditions and their families. The organization provides cost-free, consistent, year-round activities that create meaningful shared experiences and joy-filled memories. A Kid Again is operating in all 50 states, growing and enrolling families, and providing support resources and connections to help families cope with the challenges of raising children with difficult medical journeys. With more than 1.5 million children across the United States suffering from life-threatening conditions, A Kid Again is committed to reaching as many of these impacted families as possible. For more information about A Kid Again, please visit www.AKidAgain.org.
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188 acres of land earmarked for industrial development is situated near the newly announced $17B Samsung semiconductor plant
HUTTO, Texas, June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Titan Development ("Titan") and the City of Hutto, TX ("Hutto"), announced today Titan's purchase of 'Hutto Mega TechCenter,' from the City of Hutto. This land acquisition, which closed on May 26, 2022, will be developed into Titan's newest industrial park in Hutto, and follows Titan's strong successes in industrial assets in Texas and across the Southwest.
Situated near State Highway 130, a toll road from North Austin to San Antonio, Titan and Hutto realized early on the opportunity for this prime location to grow into an industrial hub for companies looking to expand or move into close proximity to Austin. In October 2017, Titan Development broke ground on Innovation Business Park and fully developed it in less than three years. Following this success, Titan purchased an additional 100 acres to expand the industrial park and has continued to meet the demands of the industry through successful development. Also demonstrating the area's industrial boom is Samsung's announcement in late 2021 that it is building a $17 billion semiconductor factory in the neighboring city of Taylor. Several other major technology companies are in the advanced approval stages to potentially develop multibillion dollar facilities in Hutto.
Joe Iannacone, Austin-based Senior Vice President at Titan, said, "We are excited to be developing new industrial properties at this very attractive location in Hutto. We anticipate this new industrial park will help meet the increasing demand by high-tech companies and suppliers to locate in the greater Austin area. Our new tenants Ovivo Inc. and Kval Inc. in Titan's Innovation Business Park, also located in Hutto, are a testament to the city's appeal as a light industrial manufacturing hub."
Hutto Mega TechCenter is located just south of Highway 79, adjacent to Hutto's 450-acre mega site. The master site plan for this 188-acre industrial park, which is zoned as Light Industrial, includes buildings ranging from 200,000 to 1,000,000+ square feet.
Hutto Economic Development Corporation (EDC) Chairman Mike Arismendez commended the expansion of Titan's impressive footprint in Hutto, noting how well it fits within the Hutto EDC's vision of advancing growth and opportunity. Hutto and its EDC are focused on cultivating a progressive environment for tech-focused and light industrial businesses, among others.
"We're thrilled with the success current developers and businesses such as Titan are already seeing here, as well as the continued growth and prosperity Hutto will enjoy in the coming years," Arismendez said. "Hutto is strategically building a culture in which area businesses support each other's needs, their customers, and perhaps most importantly the Hutto community."
Bob Farley, the city's economic development director, pointed to Hutto's numerous advantages for developers and prospects, including being a transportation hub in an established, thriving community, and having an extensive amount of prime land available for development. The value of Hutto's most active economic development prospects currently run the gamut from a few hundred million dollars to well over $1 billion and more than 2,000 jobs, he said.
About Titan Development
Titan Development is a leading Southwest full-service development and real estate investment firm with proven returns, via diversified asset classes across varied geographic markets. Titan has completed more than $2.5 billion in project cost since the firm was formed in 1999. Titan Development has a wealth of real estate development experience in many asset classes including private equity fund investment and management, and has offices in Austin, TX, and Albuquerque, NM.
Titan Development recently closed its third fund, Titan Development Real Estate Fund III (TDREF III) at $122 million in May 2022, continuing its successful strategy of focusing on multifamily and industrial investing in secondary and tertiary markets. Titan's previous fund, TDREF II, raised $95 million and has committed 100% of the fund to 13 projects. Titan's inaugural fund, TDREF I, raised $112 million and invested in a variety of real estate asset classes.
To learn more, please visit www.titan-development.com.
Media Contacts:
Lisa Baker
Lambert
lbaker@lambert.com
603.868.1967
Amy Calderon
Titan Development
acalderon@titan-development.com
505.917.5303
About the City of Hutto
The City of Hutto is a full-service, home-rule municipality operating under a Council-Manager form of government. Nearly 40,000 people call this fast-growing community home. Located in the strong Austin-area jobs market, Hutto has been recognized as one of the safest cities in Texas, a top place to raise a family, and appealing to young couples. From its agricultural roots to its progressive economic development, the City of Hutto is focused on providing a strong quality of life for decades to come.
To learn more, please visit www.huttotx.gov/edc.
Media Contact:
Allison Strupeck
allison.strupeck@huttotx.gov
512.759.4059
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BOGOTA, Colombia, July 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ecopetrol S.A. (BVC: ECOPETROL; NYSE: EC) announces the discovery of a natural gas accumulation in the Uchuva-1 exploratory well in the Tayrona Block, drilled in Colombian deep waters, in which Petrobras acts as operator with a 44.4% stake and Ecopetrol with a 55.6% stake.
This gas discovery is aligned with Ecopetrol's 2040 energy transition strategy and increases the prospects for developing a new exploration and production frontier in the northern Colombian Caribbean.
The contractor will continue the activities in the Tayrona Block with the objective of validating the dimensions of the new gas accumulation.
Ecopetrol is the largest company in Colombia and one of the main integrated energy companies in the American continent, with more than 18,000 employees. In Colombia, it is responsible for more than 60% of the hydrocarbon production of most transportation, logistics, and hydrocarbon refining systems, and it holds leading positions in the petrochemicals and gas distribution segments. With the acquisition of 51.4% of ISA's shares, the company participates in energy transmission, the management of real-time systems (XM), and the Barranquilla - Cartagena coastal highway concession. At the international level, Ecopetrol has a stake in strategic basins in the American continent, with Drilling and Exploration operations in the United States (Permian basin and the Gulf of Mexico), Brazil, and Mexico, and, through ISA and its subsidiaries, Ecopetrol holds leading positions in the power transmission business in Brazil, Chile, Peru, and Bolivia, road concessions in Chile, and the telecommunications sector. This press release contains business prospect statements, operating and financial result estimates, and statements related to Ecopetrol's growth prospects. These are all projections and, as such, they are based solely on the expectations of the managers regarding the future of the company and their continued access to capital to finance the company's business plan. The realization of said estimates in the future depends on the behavior of market conditions, regulations, competition, and the performance of the Colombian economy and the industry, among other factors, and are consequently subject to change without prior notice.
This release contains statements that may be considered forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All forward-looking statements, whether made in this release or in future filings or press releases, or orally, address matters that involve risks and uncertainties, including in respect of the Company's prospects for growth and its ongoing access to capital to fund the Company's business plan, among others. Consequently, changes in the following factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ materially from those included in the forward-looking statements: market prices of oil & gas, our exploration, and production activities, market conditions, applicable regulations, the exchange rate, the Company's competitiveness and the performance of Colombia's economy and industry, to mention a few. We do not intend and do not assume any obligation to update these forward-looking statements.
For more information, please contact:
Head of Capital Markets
Tatiana Uribe Benninghoff
Email: investors@ecopetrol.com.co
Head of Corporate Communications
Mauricio Téllez
Email: mauricio.tellez@ecopetrol.com.co
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Media mogul Jimmy Lai appeals to UN over Hong Kong cases
HONG KONG (AP) — Lawyers for Hong Kong media mogul and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai are asking the United Nations to investigate his imprisonment and multiple criminal charges as “legal harassment” that punish him for speaking out. The publisher of the now-defunct Apple Daily newspaper is one of the most prominent activists arrested in Hong Kong’s crackdown on virtually all political criticism. It included another journalist arrested Monday who worked for a number of local outlets and at a university. Lai’s counsel appealed to U.N. special rapporteurs to address his case. U.N. special rapporteurs are empowered to seek information from government agencies and possibly real steps to end violations. | https://localnews8.com/news/ap-national-business/2022/04/11/media-mogul-jimmy-lai-appeals-to-un-over-hong-kong-cases/ | 2022-04-11T09:54:17Z |
French investigators open probe of ‘serious incident’ on Air France flight
By Dalal Mawad, Camille Knight and Gregory Wallace, CNN
French aviation safety investigators have opened a probe after an Air France Boeing 777 airplane approaching Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport was involved in a “serious incident,” according to BEA, the French bureau that investigates air crashes and aviation safety.
In an audio recording of air traffic control that French officials say is of the incident, a pilot says, “the airplane was just kind of out of control.”
The incident happened on Tuesday, April 5, according to a BEA tweet that reported “instability of flight controls on final, go-around, hard controls, flight path oscillations.”
The BEA did not give CNN further details as to what caused the incident or why it qualified as “serious,” adding that it had to wait for the end of the investigation. The tweet said the agency is analyzing flight data from the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder, known as the black back boxes.
But it authenticated an audio recording posted online of communication between the flight’s pilot and the control tower.
The recording was edited to isolate the flight’s audio and posted online by the privately run, aviation-focused website AIRLIVE, which tells CNN it had direct access to recordings of Paris Charles de Gaulle’s Air Traffic Control.
What’s heard in the recording
In the recording, a voice that is apparently a pilot is heard saying “stop, stop” as an alarm sounds in the cockpit.
“I’ll call you back, I’ll call you back,” the male voice is heard telling air traffic controllers, who instruct him to “stop approach … immediately.”
The pilot is then heard reporting to controllers the decision to abandon the landing.
“We went around following a problem with commands. The airplane was just kind of out of control,” the voice is heard saying. “We are ready to resume final approach with radar guidance. Give us time to manage the situation, then guide us with tailwind.”
One passenger’s description
As the plane was approaching the airport, there were “two or three sudden jolts,” passenger Pierre-Loïc Jacquemin told CNN’s French affiliate BFMTV.
“There were people shouting in the cabin” at the time of the incident, he said.
“Afterwards, the plane came back up. We circled for 10 minutes above the airport, and the second attempt was really gentle. We weren’t jostled like the first one,” the passenger added.
Flight came from JFK International
The nearly seven-hour Air France flight 11 from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport was aboard a French-registered Boeing 777 aircraft, according to tracking data from the aviation websites FlightAware and FlightRadar24, which shows the 17-year-old plane landing after the second attempt.
Boeing spokesman Paul Lewis referred questions about the incident to the BEA.
As a US-manufactured aircraft, an official investigation into the incident would involve the participation of the US National Transportation Safety Board.
The board has appointed an official to participate in the French-led investigation, NTSB spokesman Peter Knudson told CNN. He said the French BEA has been in touch with the NTSB.
This development does not necessarily mean officials from the NTSB will physically travel to Paris.
The US Federal Aviation Administration also did not have an immediate comment on the incident.
Air France did not immediately respond to CNN’s request for comment, and it’s unclear how many people were aboard the flight when the incident occurred.
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Multi-center study to evaluate safety and efficacy of S.M.A.R.T. RADIANZ™ Vascular Stent System via Radial Access
MIAMI LAKES, Fla., July 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cordis, a global leader in cardiovascular technologies, today announced the start of the RADIANCY pre-market clinical study in Europe. It is a prospective, multi-center, single-arm study to assess the safety and efficacy of the S.M.A.R.T. RADIANZ™ Vascular Stent System intended for treatment of lesions in the iliac, superficial femoral, or proximal popliteal arteries via radial artery access through 30-day follow up.
The first procedure was performed by Dr. Mercedes Guerra, Chief of Angiology, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at the University Hospital of Guadalajara in Spain, using the BRITE TIP RADIANZ™ Guiding Sheath and SABERX RADIANZ™ PTA Balloon Catheter to facilitate delivery of the S.M.A.R.T RADIANZ™ self-expanding stent in an iliac lesion.
Upon completion of the procedure, Dr. Guerra said, "My colleagues and I are pleased to have the opportunity to perform the first case in this significant clinical study. We applaud Cordis for pursuing the technological innovation to meet the need for radial access solutions in lower extremity interventions. We look forward to contributing our findings to the global endovascular community as part of the RADIANCY clinical study."
The RADIANCY study, led by Principal Investigator Raphaël Coscas MD, PhD, Professor of Vascular Surgery at Ambroise Paré Hospital in France, is planned to enroll 159 patients at approximately 15 sites across seven European countries. "The RADIANCY study initiation marks a new course for the future management of patients with Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) by expanding their treatment options from current conventional femoral to radial access," Professor Coscas said.
Professor Coscas also highlighted the era of practice evolution in this space, "As the gold-standard approach in coronary interventions, radial is in its exciting inception phase for PAD and offers unequivocal patient-centric advantages in terms of early mobility and comfort, critical in both in-patient and out-patient practice settings."
The S.M.A.R.T. RADIANZ™ Vascular Stent System, specifically engineered for radial access, was approved for use in the United States by the FDA earlier this year, and successful first-in-human procedures were performed in June 2022 by Dr. Jihad Mustapha, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Endovascular Intervention at Advanced Cardiac & Vascular Centers (ACV) for Amputation Prevention, in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Dr. George Adams, Cordis Chief Medical Officer, said, "Cordis is committed to developing tools to treat complex PAD patients. Understanding the real-world, 10-year S.M.A.R.T.® Vascular Stent System data combined with the innovation of a radial approach allows the interventionalist to treat PAD safely, efficaciously, and cost effectively. Mirroring this innovation with research and a strong educational program to advance the field is truly at Cordis' core."
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CAUTION: Federal (USA) law restricts this device to sale by or on the order of a physician.
The S.M.A.R.T. RADIANZ™ Vascular Stent System is NOT CE marked and not yet available for sale in Europe and other countries. In Europe, the S.M.A.R.T. RADIANZ™ Vascular Stent System is exclusively for clinical investigations. CORDIS, Cordis LOGO, S.M.A.R.T., S.M.A.R.T. RADIANZ, SABERX RADIANZ, BRITE TIP RADIANZ and Radianz Radial Peripheral System are trademarks of Cordis and may be registered in the US and/or in other countries. ©2022 Cordis. All Rights Reserved.
About Cordis
Cordis is a worldwide leader in the development and manufacturing of interventional vascular technology with a more than 60-year history of pioneering breakthrough cardiovascular technologies to treat millions of patients. With a reputation for clinical acumen, training, and service, Cordis established a legacy of innovation in high-quality and less-invasive cardiovascular products and built a strong global footprint with operations in more than 70 countries around the world.
About the RADIANCY Clinical Study
RADIANCY is a prospective, multi-center, single-arm study to assess safety and efficacy of the S.M.A.R.T. RADIANZ™ Vascular Stent System intended for treatment of lesions in the iliac, superficial femoral or proximal popliteal arteries via radial artery access through 30-day follow up when used with the BRITE TIP RADIANZ™ Guiding Sheath and SABERX RADIANZ™ PTA Balloon Catheter. Both the stent and balloon are specifically engineered with a rapid exchange design and improved shaft pushability to optimize radial access delivery, and deployment. The study plans to enroll 159 subjects approximately 15 investigational sites in seven European countries.
About the Products
Cordis' Radianz Radial Peripheral System™ is purposely engineered to deliver exceptional outcomes and a high level of patient satisfaction with tools optimized for radial access and treatment – including the first and only self-expandable stent indicated for iliac lesions with a radial delivery system. The portfolio includes BRITE TIP RADIANZ™ Guiding Sheath, the first multi-segmented thin-walled guiding sheath specifically designed to optimize lower-extremity lesion access from a radial approach. SABERX RADIANZ™ Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty (PTA) Dilatation Catheter features the most clinically comprehensive radial peripheral PTA size matrix to facilitate broader treatment of lesions. S.M.A.R.T. RADIANZ™ Vascular Stent System treats iliac, superficial femoral artery, and proximal popliteal lesions from the radial approach. It is the first radial peripheral self-expanding stent indicated for iliac lesions.
Media contact:
Margaret-Sarah Alexander
Vice President, Head of Global Strategic Marketing
margaretsarah.alexander@cordis.com
m. 203-297-4182
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Freeze Warning issued May 21 at 3:57AM MDT until May 21 at 9:00AM MDT by NWS Pocatello ID
…LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED…
* WHAT…For the Freeze Warning, sub-freezing temperatures as low
as 30 expected.
* WHERE…Lower Snake River Plain including Pocatello, Blackfoot,
and American Falls for the Freeze Warning.
* WHEN…Until 9 AM MDT this morning.
* IMPACTS…Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other
sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor
plumbing.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent
freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should
be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that have
in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above-
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THOMASVILLE -- The Southwest Georgia Regional Commission will host its 22nd annual Housing Conference Tuesday from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. at Southern Regional Technical College in Thomasville.
Several presenters will be a part of the conference to provide information and resources, and participants will leave with information that can be utilized immediately. The theme for the conference is "If you are a community leader, city or county, a homeowner, or a potential homeowner, you don’t want to miss this event."
Sponsorships by Georgia Power and Georgia ACT will allow participants to attend at no cost. Registration can be completed online at the Southwest Georgia Regional Commission’s planning website: www.swgrcplanning.org. Early registrants are eligible for a gift.
The conference is sponsored by the Southwest Georgia Housing Task Force, the Georgia Department of Community Affairs, and the Southwest Georgia Regional Commission. For more information, call Barbara Reddick at (229) 522-3552 or visit breddick@swgrc.org online.
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First Responders Get the Mission-Critical Connectivity they Require on America's Public Safety Network and Now Save 25% for their Family on America's Most Reliable 5G Network1
DALLAS, Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
What's the news? AT&T* is delivering 'FirstNet and Family,' a simplified experience that gives America's first responders the best of 2 networks – public safety's FirstNet® network and the AT&T commercial network – to keep their worlds connected. Public safety gets mission-critical, always-on priority connectivity on FirstNet, and beginning August 9 their family members get to save 25% on eligible unlimited wireless plans2 on the AT&T commercial network – all on a single account.
Why is this important? For those who dedicate their lives to serving their communities, many only see the badge, the firehose, or the stethoscope; but first responders are also moms and dads, husbands and wives, daughters and sons. As public safety's partner, we're ensuring they have the best customer experience for their entire household, while also delivering on the best connectivity required for their professional operations and familial commitments. With FirstNet and Family, getting the right kind of connectivity (whether a first responder on FirstNet or a family member on AT&T) is easier and more inclusive while helping take care of the family with significant savings.
Today, more than 21,800 agencies and organizations – accounting for 3.7 million connections3 – use FirstNet, Built with AT&T to stay mission-ready. We've seen significant growth in FirstNet because the public safety community recognizes commercial networks aren't designed – and are not subject to the rigorous level of oversight and accountability by the federal government – to properly handle the specific and niche demands of first responders. They were built to meet the broad needs of the general population (the family). And that's why public safety has FirstNet.
How is FirstNet better than commercial networks for first responders? FirstNet is the only network built with and for America's first responders. Created following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, FirstNet is providing first responders with superior security, truly dedicated coverage and capacity when they need it and unique benefits they can't get anywhere else. It is the only network that gives first responders always-on priority and preemption. Every day. Around the clock. No matter where in the U.S. the emergency is happening. This is revolutionary. And it's essential because we can't predict when or where emergencies are going to happen. With FirstNet, the public safety community never has to waste critical time dialing codes or asking for permissions. Because when seconds matter, you don't have time to wait for network access.
What will service be like for my family? Our mission is to be the best connectivity provider in America, whether you're at home, work or on the move. And with 3 plan options under Unlimited Your WaySM, families can pick the perfect plan for each member on the account and get a 25% off discount. All plans include unlimited talk, text and data, as well as AT&T 5G access and AT&T ActiveArmorSM mobile security4 – a free app to help you block spam calls and more.
AT&T 5G is fast, reliable, secure. Currently reaching more than 277 million people in more than 18,000 cities and towns in the U.S., we continue to invest in expanding 5G to give families across the country unique experiences, faster speeds and capacity to do more of the things they like.
How else can first responders and their families save? Whether you're shopping at one of our 5,000+ retail stores or online, we're committed to delivering public safety the capabilities they need with the affordability they require:
- New to FirstNet? Individual first responders can also get 50% off 3 months of FirstNet service when they purchase a new FirstNet Ready® smartphone.5
- Don't be late! First responders and family members can also save big on the latest smartwatches: Buy Apple Watch and get Apple Watch SE on us6; or buy an eligible Samsung Galaxy Watch4 Series and get one free.7
- Time for an upgrade? Check out the latest FirstNet Ready® device offers here.
Where can I find more information? Members of the public safety community and their families can move to 'FirstNet and Family' by shopping at one of our 5,000+ retail stores or online. To learn more about the value FirstNet and Family is bringing to the public safety community, check out FirstNet.com, and click here for more FirstNet news.
What people are saying:
Jeff McElfresh
COO, AT&T
"It's an honor to deliver FirstNet, the only network built with and for public safety. This vital work helping keep the brave people on the front lines connected in any emergency has also transformed our operations from communications provider into a true public safety company. And of course, our nation's first responders also have family lives. So we're proud to offer them the convenience of FirstNet and Family, a single solution that delivers the best wireless experience for both their critical mission at work and loved ones at home."
Ron Brooks
Executive Director, National Narcotics Officers Associations' Coalition
"The National Narcotics Officers Associations' Coalition represents about 65,000 officers nationwide. And when our members stressed the need for a streamlined experience for managing their family's wireless needs in conjunction with their service on the FirstNet network, we were able to work directly with the FirstNet team at AT&T to address these concerns. The care and engagement by the team reinforced that FirstNet is the best option for our officers, despite numerous offerings available to public safety, because it is truly built with first responders."
1 Most Reliable 5G Network based on nationwide GWS drive test data. GWS conducts paid drive tests for AT&T and uses the data in its analysis. AT&T 5G requires compatible plan and device. 5G not available everywhere. Visit att.com/5Gforyou for details.
2 Requires a FirstNet Unlimited smartphone plan line of service (min $39.99/mo.) and an AT&T Unlimited plan line of service (min. $75/mo. before discounts). AT&T may slow data speeds on consumer lines if the AT&T network is busy.
3 As of Q2 2022
4 Compatible device for 5G, and AT&T ActiveArmor app access. Download of app req'd. Some mobile security features are not avail. while roaming internationally.
5 Ltd. time offer. Available only to verified FirstNet public safety entities for Subscriber Paid User lines of service. Req's new line. Credits start w/in 3 bills. If svc cancelled, credits stop & device balance due. Device must use a FirstNet SIM. $45 Activation Fee, Add'l fees, taxes, charges & other restr's apply. See offer details. See offer details.
6 Limited time. Select devices only. Avail. only to verified elig. Subscriber Paid Users with an elig. linked consumer wireless account or a FirstNet and Family account. Req's new line & min. $329.99 per device on installment plan. Well-qualified customers only. Up to $330 off after monthly credit applied over term of installment plan (starts w/in 3 bills). If svc cancelled, device balance due. If svc. on other lines cancelled w/in 90 days credits stop. $30 Activ./Upgrade, add'l fees, taxes, & restr's apply. See offer details.
7 Ltd time. Select devices only. Avail. only to verified elig. Subscriber Paid Users with an eligible linked consumer wireless account or a FirstNet and Family account. Req's new line & min. $ 299.99 per device on installment plan. Well-qualified customers only. Get 2nd elig. watch for $0 after monthly credit applied over term of installment plan. If svc cancelled, device balance due. If svc. on other lines cancelled. $30 activation/upgrade, add'l fees, taxes & other charges, & restr's apply. See offer details.
*About AT&T
We help more than 100 million U.S. families, friends and neighbors connect in meaningful ways every day. From the first phone call 140+ years ago to our 5G wireless and multi-gig internet offerings today, we @ATT innovate to improve lives. For more information about AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T), please visit us at about.att.com. Investors can learn more at investors.att.com.
©2022 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. FirstNet and the FirstNet logo are registered trademarks and service marks of the First Responder Network Authority. All other marks are the property of their respective owners.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky., Aug. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- USA Cares (usacares.org) is honored to announce it has received a $20,000 grant from the Disabled Veterans National Foundation (DVNF) to reduce factors contributing to veteran suicide. This funding will provide military families with life-changing financial assistance with housing, food, utilities, and other essential bills.
"The support we have received from DVNF over the years has provided significant relief for the veterans and military families we serve," said Trace Chesser, President/CEO of USA Cares. "DVNF's Capacity Building grants are vital to enhancing the efforts of veteran service organizations like USA Cares, and we are grateful and honored to be selected to receive this funding to further the impact of our mission."
Joseph VanFonda (USMC Sgt.Maj. Ret.), EO of the Disabled Veterans National Foundation said, "We are very excited to continue our capacity building relationship with USA Cares. Our veterans need all the resources available to them, and USA Cares provides wonderful training that will create long term stability while improving their quality of life."
USA Cares is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization whose mission is to provide post-9/11 military veterans, service members, and their families with emergency financial assistance and post-service skills training that will create a foundation for long term stability. Our services improve the quality of life of veterans and their families and reduce potential factors that contribute to veteran suicide.
Disabled Veterans National Foundation exists to provide critically needed support to disabled and at-risk veterans who leave the military wounded—physically or psychologically—after defending our safety and our freedom.
DVNF achieves this mission by:
- Offering direct financial support to veteran organizations that address the unique needs of veterans, and whose missions align with that of DVNF.
- Providing supplemental assistance to homeless and low-income veterans through the Health & Comfort program and various empowerment resources.
- Providing an online resource database that allows veterans to navigate the complex process of seeking benefits that they are entitled to because of their military service, as well as additional resources they need.
- Serving as a thought leader on critical policy issues within the veteran community and educating the public accordingly.
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NEW ORLEANS, July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Former Attorney General of Louisiana Charles C. Foti, Jr., Esq. and the law firm of Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC ("KSF") are investigating the proposed sale of Meridian Bioscience, Inc. (NasdaqGS: VIVO) to SD Biosensor, Inc. and SJL Partners LLC. Under the terms of the proposed transaction, shareholders of Meridian will receive only $34.00 in cash for each share of Meridian that they own. KSF is seeking to determine whether this consideration and the process that led to it are adequate, or whether the consideration undervalues the Company.
If you believe that this transaction undervalues the Company and/or if you would like to discuss your legal rights regarding the proposed sale, you may, without obligation or cost to you, e-mail or call KSF Managing Partner Lewis S. Kahn (lewis.kahn@ksfcounsel.com) toll free at any time at 855-768-1857, or visit https://www.ksfcounsel.com/cases/nasdaqgs-vivo/ to learn more.
To learn more about KSF, whose partners include the Former Louisiana Attorney General, visit www.ksfcounsel.com.
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WATERTOWN, Mass., June 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lyra Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: LYRA), a clinical-stage therapeutics company leveraging its proprietary XTreo™ platform to enable precise, sustained and local delivery of medications to the ear, nose and throat (ENT) passages and other diseased tissues, today announced that it has issued an equity-based award pursuant to its 2022 Inducement Award Plan to its Executive Chairman, Harlan W. Waksal, M.D. The inducement grant was approved by a majority of the Company's independent directors and was made as a material inducement to Dr. Waksal's acceptance of employment with Lyra in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4) as a component of his employment compensation. The inducement grant consisted of a non-qualified stock option to purchase an aggregate of 953,002 shares of the Company's common stock. The inducement grant is subject to the terms and conditions of the award agreement covering the performance stock option grant and the Company's 2022 Inducement Award Plan.
Lyra Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage therapeutics company leveraging its proprietary XTreo™ platform to enable precise, sustained, local delivery of medications to diseased tissues not accessible with conventional therapeutic approaches. Lyra's XTreo™ platform is comprised of a biocompatible mesh scaffold, an engineered elastomeric matrix and a versatile polymer-drug complex. The company's current pipeline of therapeutics target tissues deep in the ear, nose and throat passages and are designed to deliver continuous drug therapy for up to six months following a single non-invasive, in-office administration. Lyra has two product candidates in late-stage development for CRS, a highly prevalent inflammatory disease of the paranasal sinuses which leads to debilitating symptoms and significant morbidities: LYR-210, for surgically naïve patients, is being evaluated in the ENLIGHTEN Phase 3 clinical program, and LYR-220, for patients who have recurrent symptoms despite surgery, is being evaluated in the BEACON Phase 2 clinical trial. These two product candidates are designed to treat the estimated four million CRS patients in the U.S. that fail medical management each year. For more information, please visit www.lyratherapeutics.com and follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements contained in this press release that do not relate to matters of historical fact should be considered forward-looking statements, including statements our pipeline and development of product candidates, including LYR-210 and LYR-220, the progress and timing of clinical trials, and the anticipated success of leveraging the XTreo™ platform. These statements are neither promises nor guarantees, but involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that may cause the company's actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, the following: the fact that the company has incurred significant losses since inception and expects to incur losses for the foreseeable future; the company's need for additional funding, which may not be available; the company's limited operating history; the fact that the company has no approved products; the fact that the company's product candidates are in various stages of development; or the fact that the company may not be successful in its efforts to identify and successfully commercialize its product candidates; the fact that clinical trials required for the company's product candidates are expensive and time-consuming, and their outcome is uncertain; the fact that the FDA may not conclude that certain of the company's product candidates satisfy the requirements for the Section 505(b)(2) regulatory approval pathway; the company's inability to obtain required regulatory approvals; effects of recently enacted and future legislation; the possibility of system failures or security breaches; effects of significant competition; the fact that the successful commercialization of the company's product candidates will depend in part on the extent to which governmental authorities and health insurers establish coverage, adequate reimbursement levels and pricing policies; failure to achieve market acceptance; product liability lawsuits; the fact that the company relies on third parties for the manufacture of materials for its research programs, pre-clinical studies and clinical trials; the company's reliance on third parties to conduct its preclinical studies and clinical trials; the company's inability to succeed in establishing and maintaining collaborative relationships; the company's reliance on certain suppliers critical to its production; failure to obtain and maintain or adequately protect the company's intellectual property rights; failure to retain key personnel or to recruit qualified personnel; difficulties in managing the company's growth; effects of natural disasters, terrorism and wars (including the developing conflict between Ukraine and Russia); the fact that the global pandemic caused by COVID-19 could adversely impact the company's business and operations, including the company's clinical trials; the fact that the price of the company's common stock may be volatile and fluctuate substantially; significant costs and required management time as a result of operating as a public company and any securities class action litigation. These and other important factors discussed under the caption "Risk Factors" in the company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on May 10, 2022 and its other filings with the SEC could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements made in this press release. Any such forward-looking statements represent management's estimates as of the date of this press release. While the company may elect to update such forward-looking statements at some point in the future, it disclaims any obligation to do so, even if subsequent events cause its views to change.
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Supporting Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems (NGIS) and NASA's Artemis program, Solstar Space will develop the WiFi Access Points that will be utilized for communications aboard HALO.
SANTA FE, N.M., July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Solstar Space (Solstar), the company making persistent in-orbit communications available, and Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC), announced Solstar will provide the Wireless Access Points that will be used on NASA's Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO) module planned for launch in 2024.
"Persistent connectivity is crucial for space-based operations. The Solstar wireless access point will be mounted inside the HALO module and will be smaller than a laptop. It will provide a WiFi network for connectivity that will support astronaut communications with ground control, the lunar surface, and spacecraft, while also supporting payload integration, experiments, and more. It will securely connect WiFi-enabled components including computers and IoT sensors, creating a collection of space-based networked devices," says Mark Matossian, Co-Founder, Solstar Space Company. "Future space-hardened units could be developed for surface of the moon operations, and used on rovers and habitation units," continues Matossian.
Solstar is providing a mission critical component of the HALO module. Providing reliable connectivity for NASA's crew and the devices used aboard HALO is essential to the safety and success of this first module of the Lunar Gateway. Solstar has spaceflight-proven communications technologies that have been demonstrated on three previous launches on Blue Origin New Shepard and UP Aerospace spaceflights.
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Solstar Space is the leading commercial space-based connectivity company pioneering the use of persistent communications services for all types of on-orbit assets including satellites, space stations, launch vehicles, and more. We provide an internet connection between spacecraft and Earth-based payload managers, satellite operators, and enable communications for crewed missions in sub-orbit, LEO, and cis-lunar and lunar surface operations.
Our fast, reliable services, space-tested routers, WiFi access points and hotspots, and space-based satellite data relays are being developed to deliver on-orbit connectivity and are supported by 24/7 customer care. These devices are installed on satellites and spacecraft prior to launch to keep crew, spacecraft, and Earth-based satellite operations teams connected. Visit https://www.solstarspace.com.
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Fund VI Closes with $4.3 Billion and Surpasses $3.0 Billion Target
Inaugural Growth Fund Closes at its Hard Cap with $1.1 Billion and Surpasses $750 Million Target
NEW YORK, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Arsenal Capital Partners ("Arsenal"), a leading private equity firm that specializes in investments in industrial growth and healthcare companies, announced today that it has completed fundraising for two new funds, totaling $5.4 billion in capital commitments.
Arsenal Capital Partners VI LP (together with its parallel funds, "Fund VI") closed with $4.3 billion in capital commitments, well exceeding its $3.0 billion target of limited partner commitments and well above the size of its $2.4 billion predecessor fund. In addition, Arsenal Capital Partners Growth LP (together with its parallel funds, the "Growth Fund") closed with $1.1 billion in capital commitments at its hard cap and exceeded its $750 million target of limited partner commitments.
"We are extremely grateful for the support from and relationships with our long-time investors," said Terry Mullen, Managing Partner of Arsenal. "We achieved a gratifying, high re-up rate from our existing institutional investors, who on average increased their commitments by 59% from the previous fund, and we are delighted to have attracted an exceptional group of new investors that will further bolster our market-leading institution."
Over its 22-year history, Arsenal has built a leading private equity institution with two market-leading franchises in the industrials and healthcare sectors. Within its two focus sectors, Arsenal aims to create highly valuable, technology- and innovation-rich, growth companies that are strategically important to their markets. Arsenal's team of more than 85 professionals and 55 senior advisors combines specialized investment, industry, and operating expertise into one integrated and balanced team to provide differentiated strategic insights, combine diverse perspectives, and leverage expert capabilities.
"The success of these fundraises reflects the strength of our market-leading franchises and our track record of building strategically valuable businesses. We and our investors see exciting opportunities to invest in technology- and innovation-rich companies in the industrial and healthcare sectors," commented Jeff Kovach, Managing Partner of Arsenal. "Moreover, investors have acknowledged the depth of our domain and technical expertise that provides Arsenal the access, relevance, and credibility to compete and win in our target markets."
Fund VI will focus on investments in industrials and healthcare businesses with proven technologies and solutions positioned to deliver high performance and value-add to their customers. The Growth Fund will execute a similar strategy in the same markets but pursue investments in next generation, emerging technology businesses poised to apply innovation to generate very high growth. In both of these funds, Arsenal will apply its high-impact company building capabilities to help businesses achieve significant organic growth and facilitate strategic acquisitions to extend their offerings and to solidify leadership positions in their respective markets.
Patricia Grad, Partner and Head of Investor Relations of Arsenal, added, "We are grateful for this global group of institutions and individuals who have supported our firm and greatly appreciate the collaborative dialogue that we had with them as we crafted these investment opportunities, particularly our debut Growth Fund. We look forward to deepening and strengthening our partnerships with our investors for years to come."
Fund VI and the Growth Fund's investor base is comprised of leading public and corporate pension plans, family offices, endowments and foundations, and financial institutions, including The University of California's Office of the Chief Investment Officer (UC Investments), California State Teachers' Retirement System, California Public Employees' Retirement Systems, affiliates of APG Asset Management, The Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, affiliates of IIP A/S, and Minnesota State Investment Board.
Kirkland & Ellis LLP served as legal counsel for Arsenal, Fund VI, and the Growth Fund.
About Arsenal Capital Partners
Arsenal Capital Partners is a leading private equity firm that specializes in investments in industrial growth and healthcare companies. Since its inception in 2000, Arsenal has raised institutional equity investment funds totaling over $10 billion, completed more than 250 platform and add-on acquisitions, and achieved more than 30 realizations. The firm works with management teams to build strategically important companies with leading market positions, high growth, and high value-add. For additional information, please visit www.arsenalcapital.com.
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NEW BRITAIN, Conn., May 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- 3BL Media has named Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE: SWK) to its annual 100 Best Corporate Citizens ranking, recognizing outstanding environmental, social and governance (ESG) transparency and performance among the 1,000 largest U.S. public companies.
This is Stanley Black & Decker's third year being named to the 100 Best Corporate Citizens ranking coming in at #71 overall and #6 in the Capital Goods Industry.
"At Stanley Black & Decker, we believe it is our role in society to be a force for good, and we are honored to be recognized with other companies who share in our vision to support our communities, employees and customers," said Stanley Black & Decker CEO Jim Loree. "This recognition is a testament to our 60,000 employees whose work ethic is deeply rooted in our purpose – For Those Who Make the World. We are committed to combating climate change and empowering makers."
The 100 Best Corporate Citizens ranking is based on 155 ESG factors in eight pillars: climate change, employee relations, environment, finance, governance, human rights, stakeholders and society and ESG performance.
Using a methodology developed by 3BL Media, all Russell 1000 Index companies are researched by ISS ESG, the responsible investment research arm of Institutional Shareholder Services. There is no fee for companies to be included in 100 Best Corporate Citizens.
To compile the ranking, corporate data and information is obtained from publicly available sources only, rather than questionnaires or company submissions. Companies have the option to verify data collected for the ranking at no cost. Data and information used in the 2022 edition of the 100 Best Corporate Citizens ranking is from March 19, 2021 to March 18, 2022.
"Achieving the transformational targets in the Paris Agreement and UN Sustainable Development Goals in this decisive decade will require companies to truly embed ESG into the core of their business," said Dave Armon, CEO of 3BL Media. "The 100 Best Corporate Citizens of 2022 are answering the call by demonstrating the societal and bottom-line value of leadership and transparency around ESG topics. They are setting ambitious goals, outlining robust strategies for achieving them, disclosing data to measure progress, and accounting for all stakeholders in business decisions."
Stanley Black & Decker's purpose – For Those Who Make the World – helped launch a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) strategy that tied the company's purpose with the United Nations' 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. The strategy focuses the company's efforts on three key pillars: empowering makers, innovating with purpose and creating a more sustainable world. While the company always had a deep commitment to CSR, the strategy, born in 2017, was reflective of the company's broader ambition to help be a force for good.
By 2030, Stanley Black & Decker plans to enable 10 million creators and makers to thrive in a changing world, innovate our products to enhance the lives of 500 million people, and be carbon positive in its global operations, meaning its carbon capture is greater than its carbon emissions. Stanley Black & Decker also aims to build a culture where inclusiveness is a reflex, not an initiative and all employees feel valued, heard and positioned to succeed.
Earlier this month, Stanley Black & Decker released the company's second consolidated ESG report. Building on the company's commitment to provide transparency of its ESG data, Stanley Black & Decker's annual ESG Report serves as a comprehensive resource highlighting the company's dedication to its sustainability, social impact and governance goals, with an emphasis on addressing climate impacts and elevating diversity, equity & inclusion (DE&I).
To learn more about the company's ESG efforts, visit: https://ir.stanleyblackanddecker.com/news-events/press-releases/news-details/2022/Stanley-Black--Decker-Releases-Second-Annual-ESG-Report-Growth-With-Purpose/default.aspx.
For access to the complete 100 Best Corporate Citizens of 2022 ranking and methodology visit: https://100best.3blmedia.com/.
About Stanley Black & Decker
Headquartered in the USA, Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE: SWK) is the world's largest tool company operating nearly 50 manufacturing facilities across America and more than 100 worldwide. Guided by its purpose – for those who make the world – the company's more than 60,000 diverse and high-performing employees produce innovative, award-winning power tools, hand tools, storage, digital tool solutions, lifestyle products, outdoor products, engineered fasteners and other industrial equipment to support the world's makers, creators, tradespeople and builders. The company's iconic brands include DEWALT®, BLACK+DECKER®, CRAFTSMAN®, STANLEY®, CUB CADET®, HUSTLER® and TROY-BILT®. Recognized for its leadership in environmental, social and governance (ESG), Stanley Black & Decker strives to be a force for good in support of its communities, employees, customers and other stakeholders. To learn more visit: www.stanleyblackanddecker.com
About the 100 Best Corporate Citizens Ranking
The 100 Best Corporate Citizens debuted in 1999 in Business Ethics Magazine and appeared annually in Corporate Responsibility Magazine for many years. 3BL Media has managed the ranking since 2018. To compile the ranking, each company in the Russell 1000 Index is ranked according to its transparency and performance on 155 environmental, social and governance factors.
About 3BL Media
3BL Media's unrivaled distribution platforms and TriplePundit Brand Studio promote the environmental, social, governance (ESG) initiatives of leading companies, private equity firms, nonprofits and NGOs to a global audience. Learn more here.
Stanley Black & Decker Media Contacts:
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Senior Manager, Public Relations
Lindsay.Fennell@sbdinc.com
(724) 205-0640
Laura Prugh
Public Relations
Laura.Prugh@sbdinc.com
(251) 404-4362
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LOS ANGELES, June 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP ("GPM") announces that investors with substantial losses have opportunity to lead the securities fraud class action lawsuit against Spero Therapeutics, Inc. ("Spero" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: SPRO).
Class Period: October 28, 2021 – May 2, 2022
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: July 25, 2022
If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff of the Spero lawsuit, you can submit your contact information at www.glancylaw.com/cases/spero-therapeutics-inc/. You can also contact Charles H. Linehan, of GPM at 310-201-9150, Toll-Free at 888-773-9224, or via email at shareholders@glancylaw.com to learn more about your rights.
The complaint filed alleges that, throughout the Class Period, Defendants failed to disclose to investors that: (1) the data submitted in support of the Tebipenem HBr NDA were insufficient to obtain FDA approval; (2) accordingly, it was unlikely that the FDA would approve the Tebipenem HBr NDA in its current form; (3) the foregoing would necessitate a significant workforce reduction and restructuring of Spero's operations; and (4) as a result, Defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.
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To be a member of the class action you need not take any action at this time; you may retain counsel of your choice or take no action and remain an absent member of the class action. If you wish to learn more about this class action, or if you have any questions concerning this announcement or your rights or interests with respect to the pending class action lawsuit, please contact Charles Linehan, Esquire, of GPM, 1925 Century Park East, Suite 2100, Los Angeles, California 90067 at 310-201-9150, Toll-Free at 888-773-9224, by email to shareholders@glancylaw.com, or visit our website at www.glancylaw.com. If you inquire by email please include your mailing address, telephone number and number of shares purchased.
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NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ClaimsFiler, a FREE shareholder information service, reminds investors that they have until November 1, 2022 to file lead plaintiff applications in a securities class action lawsuit against Kohl's Corporation (NYSE: KSS), if they purchased the Company's securities between October 20, 2020 and May 19, 2022, inclusive (the "Class Period"). This action is pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.
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About the Lawsuit
Kohl's and certain of its executives are charged with failing to disclose material information during the Class Period, violating federal securities laws.
On May 19, 2022, the Company disclosed disappointing 1Q2022 fiscal results including net sales growth and earnings per share below analyst expectations, as well as a cut to its full year earnings forecast, due to "macro headwinds related to lapping last year's stimulus and an inflationary consumer environment." Then, on May 20, 2022, Macellum Advisors GP, LLC, "a long-term holder of nearly 5% of the outstanding common shares of Kohl's," issued a statement addressing "[t]his quarter's extremely disappointing results," which it attributed to a "flawed strategic plan and an inability to execute," and that "the current Board appears to have withheld material information from shareholders about the state of Kohl's in the lead-up to this year's pivotal annual meeting," which "suggests to us a clear breach of fiduciary duty."
On this news, shares of Kohl's declined $5.84 per share, or 12.97%, to close at $39.20 per share on May 20, 2022.
The case is Shanaphy v. Kohl's Corporation, et al., No. 22-cv-01016.
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DILLARD -- The city of Sasser has been awarded a $162,500 Drinking Water State Revolving Fund loan by the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority (GEFA) board of directors.
The loan will finance replacing manual-read water meters with an automatic meter reading system. This project will reduce leaks, increase billing accuracy, and improve meter reading efficiency.
The city will pay 0.07% interest on the 15-year loan. The loan will finance a conservation project, which qualifies for a reduced interest rate. The city is eligible for principal forgiveness up to $73,125.
The DWSRF provides low-interest loans for infrastructure projects that deliver safe, affordable drinking water. These projects conserve and improve water resources and facilitate economic development. The program is jointly funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the state of Georgia.
GEFA offers a reduced interest rate for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects at water and wastewater treatment plants, landfills, and municipal solid waste facilities; water conservation projects in the areas of water loss and end-use water efficiency; and nonpoint source pollution control projects.
The Georgia Environmental Finance Authority, headquartered in Atlanta, provides financing for a variety of energy, land and water projects. Since 1985, GEFA has approved financial commitments totaling more than $5 billion to local governments, businesses, and nonprofit organizations. For more information, visit gefa.georgia.gov, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, or Flickr.
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Achieves Top ISS ESG QualityScore Rating for Environmental and Social Disclosures
~40% of Wholly-Owned Multifamily Portfolio is Green Certified (LEED® or equivalent)
JERSEY CITY, N.J., July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Veris Residential, Inc. (NYSE: VRE), a forward-thinking, environmentally- and socially-conscious REIT that primarily owns, operates, acquires, and develops Class A multifamily properties, today announced that it has further advanced its mission of being a responsible, sustainable, inclusive, and equitable member of the built environment while continuing to generate long-term value for shareholders.
As a result of the company's enhanced environmental, social and governance (ESG) efforts, including the introduction of new, more sustainability-focused policies at the corporate and property levels, and enriched environmental and sustainability disclosures, for June 6, 2022, Veris Residential has earned a QualityScore rating of "1" for both Environmental and Social disclosures, up from 9 and 8, respectively, since October 2020, from Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS). The ISS QualityScore measures the depth and extent of a company's ESG disclosures relative to its industry peer group and is designed to help investors monitor the ESG risks in their portfolio companies. Scores are provided on a scale from 1 to 10, with 10 being the highest risk rating.
Mahbod Nia, Chief Executive Officer of Veris Residential, said, "I am incredibly proud Veris Residential has earned sector-leading ISS ESG QualityScore ratings among our peer group from an independent third party with a data-driven scoring approach to measuring corporate environmental and social disclosures. These scores are a testament to the hard work our team has put into weaving ESG considerations into the fabric of our company. We recognize there is still much more to be done, and are excited to continue our journey toward a more sustainable future that positively impacts our properties, our people, and our planet while creating value for our shareholders."
Veris Residential today also announced that sustainability addendums to lease agreements have been signed for more than 20% of its residential portfolio, and nearly 40% of its wholly-owned multifamily portfolio is now Green Certified (LEED® or equivalent), up from 33% just two months ago, as a result of the company's 313-unit property, RiverHouse 9 at Port Imperial, earning LEED® Silver certification. Veris Residential undertook the following improvements at the property to meet certification criteria, including:
- optimized energy performance in common areas and individual metering in apartments
- installed LED lighting throughout common areas and Energy Star appliances in apartments
- ensured that more than 50% of the property's roof is planted live green to enable mitigation of heat island effects and support stormwater management best practices
- used sustainably sourced raw materials for new construction
- improved indoor air quality measures to protect the health of residents and employees, including the use of ionization technology in clean air devices installed in elevator cabs to reduce airborne contaminants
- installed electric vehicle charging stations and ample bicycle storage to promote resident use of alternative transportation and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
In addition to RiverHouse 9, other Veris Residential properties that recently achieved Green Certification, include The Capstone, which was awarded LEED® Silver certification in January 2022, and Portside I and Portside 2, which earned Energy Star scores of 95 and 98, respectively, in April 2022.
Karen Cusmano, Senior Vice President, Head of Sustainability and ESG at Veris Residential, said, "I am pleased that Veris Residential's unwavering efforts to reduce our carbon footprint have been independently recognized by ISS, LEED® and Energy Star. Measuring and seeking to mitigate the impact our buildings and operations have on the environment is critical to the future of our company and our planet, which is why we have committed to continuing to increase green-certified buildings across our portfolio."
Veris Residential's 2021 Environmental Social Governance report, which outlines the company's plans for achieving its ESG goals, and more information on its commitment to making a positive impact, is available online here.
About Veris Residential, Inc.
Veris Residential, Inc. is a forward-thinking, environmentally- and socially-conscious real estate investment trust (REIT) that primarily owns, operates, acquires, and develops holistically-inspired, Class A multifamily properties that meet the sustainability-conscious lifestyle needs of today's residents while seeking to positively impact the communities it serves and the planet at large. The company is guided by an experienced management team and Board of Directors and is underpinned by leading corporate governance principles, a best-in-class and sustainable approach to operations, and an inclusive culture based on equality and meritocratic empowerment. For additional information on Veris Residential, Inc. and our properties available for lease, please visit verisresidential.com.
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US Army private admits plotting attack on military unit
NEW YORK (AP) — A U.S. Army private from Kentucky pleaded guilty Friday to charges that he plotted to murder members of his unit in an attack that he planned to carry out in 2020 on behalf of a group that promotes extreme violence to bring about the demise of Western civilization, authorities said.
Ethan Phelan Melzer, 24, of Louisville, Kentucky, entered the plea in Manhattan federal court. Sentencing was set for Jan. 6, when he could face up to 45 years in prison after pleading guilty to trying to murder U.S. military service members, seeking to support terrorists and illegally transmitting national defense information.
In court papers, federal authorities say Melzer was already a member of a radical violent group known as the Order of Nine Angles, or 09A, before joining the Army in December 2018. According to a criminal complaint, the group is an anarchist group founded in the United Kingdom and now operating around the world, including in the U.S.
Authorities said he had sought to earn a self-initiation into 09A through violence as a street-level drug dealer after shooting a marijuana dealer in the arm in January 2017 near his Louisville apartment.
In one defense court filing, attorneys wrote that Melzer denies belonging to the group and told law enforcement after his arrest that his online claims of membership in the group were “bluster — falsities designed to impress the people he was communicating with online.” The defense filing said that although Melzer had some curiosity about 09A, he believed it was “weird” and “pretty much a cult” and its beliefs were “polar opposite” of his own.
In a release Friday, authorities said he joined the military to infiltrate its ranks on behalf of the group that espouses neo-Nazi, anti-Semitic and Satanic beliefs and encourages its members to infiltrate the military to gain training, commit acts of violence and identify like-minded individuals so they can try to subvert the military from within.
Although he had joined 09A in 2017 or earlier, he began consuming propaganda from multiple extremist groups including the Islamic State on encrypted online forums after he was deployed to Italy in October 2019 as a member of the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, the release said.
It said his actions resulting in the charges occurred in part after the Army told him in early May 2020 that he would be reassigned to a unit that would be deployed overseas to guard an isolated and sensitive military installation.
After weeks of training including classified briefings in which he learned the importance and sensitivity of his new assignment, Melzer immediately began passing the information he learned to members of 09A as he proposed and planned a deadly attack on his fellow service members, authorities said.
They said Melzer planned to join co-conspirators to carry out a “jihadi attack” that would cause a “mass casualty” event and had told others that an attack would “essentially cripple” the unit’s “fire-teams.”
In his communications, Melzer told his co-conspirators that he was willing to die for terrorist goals, concluding that he “would’ve died successfully,” according to court documents.
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DUBLIN, Calif., Aug. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TriNet (NYSE: TNET), a leading provider of comprehensive human resources for small and medium-size businesses (SMBs), today announced the addition of award-winning actor and musician Riz Ahmed as a speaker at TriNet PeopleForce 2022. The three-day, award-winning conference taking place September 13-15 will feature distinguished leaders from the worlds of business, public policy, science, social justice, sports, entertainment, media and more. The live event will take place at the Theater at City Tech in downtown Brooklyn, NY, and virtually from anywhere.
"Riz Ahmed is a supremely talented and creative individual who continues to evolve as an artist. He is a true tour de force," said Michael Mendenhall, SVP, CMO and CCO at TriNet. "Beyond being an incredible performer, his activism continues to promote diversity, equity and inclusion on an international scale. We could not be more excited to hear his unique story of inspiration and success be told at TriNet PeopleForce."
Ahmed is a critically acclaimed actor, writer, producer, musician and entrepreneur. He is best known for his Emmy-winning role in the HBO miniseries "The Night Of" and Oscar nominated performance in Sound of Metal. He recently won an Oscar for his short film "The Long Goodbye," based on his hip-hop album by the same name. He recently founded Left Handed Films, the production company responsible for "The Long Goodbye," as well as the multi Oscar nominated documentary 'FLEE.' As a musician, he has performed at Glastonbury Festival five times, won an MTV video music award, and won critical acclaim. Alongside his work as a performer and producer, Ahmed has been an outspoken advocate for diversity and inclusion in film and TV.
TriNet PeopleForce 2022 will provide entrepreneurs and SMB leaders with three days of outstanding speakers and dynamic sessions that will focus on this year's conference theme: passion, purpose and perseverance.
Registration and previously announced speakers can be found at peopleforce.TriNet.com.
For a look at TriNet PeopleForce 2021, visit: PeopleForce 2021 | TriNet
About TriNet
TriNet (NYSE: TNET) provides small and medium-size businesses (SMBs) with full-service HR solutions tailored by industry. To free SMBs from HR complexities, TriNet offers access to human capital expertise, benefits, risk mitigation and compliance, payroll, all enabled by industry leading technology capabilities. TriNet's suite of products also includes services and software-based solutions to help streamline workflows by connecting HR, Benefits, Employee Engagement, Payroll and Time & Attendance. From Main Street to Wall Street, TriNet empowers SMBs to focus on what matters most—growing their business and enabling their people. TriNet, incredible starts here. For more information, visit TriNet.com or follow us on Twitter.
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NEW YORK, May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Investing.com, the world's largest financial markets platform with 44 language editions and users in 136 countries, has launched its InvestingPro premium service which offers retail investors enhanced financial tools at an affordable price, empowering them to more effectively compete with institutional investors.
Investing.com introduces InvestingPro following its acquisition of Finbox earlier this year, a platform that provides accurate, up-to-date information on publicly traded companies around the world, including the largest repository of valuation models and risk metrics available online. As the predecessor of InvestingPro, Finbox partnered with S&P Market Intelligence to cover over 60,000 companies globally and will now utilize the Investing.com platform to empower retail investors across the globe with access to the same data relied upon by the world's biggest investment banks and money managers.
Founded in 2007, Investing.com has skyrocketed in a relatively short time, now ranked the top financial website worldwide, according to both Alexa and SimilarWeb, in addition to ranking in the top two sites globally for crypto reach. Investing.com's primary mission is to provide retail investors with the tools and data they need to make better investing decisions.
"By launching our premium service, Investing.com has taken its latest step to arm the retail investor with the indispensable resources to be as competitive as possible in the financial markets, serving to level the playing field in this sector," said Omer Shvili, CEO of Investing.com. "Whether it be free access through Investing.com or affordable access through InvestingPro, we hope our users continue to increasingly take advantage of these game-changing tools."
The new InvestingPro service, with pricing starting at $19.99 per month, offers a host of premium investor tools such as "Fair Value Estimates" which use sophisticated financial modeling technology to put a stock's fair value at investors' fingertips, "Health Checks," a "Peer Compare" feature, and much more.
Following the acquisition, InvestingPro is widely expanding the reach of Finbox's toolkit. After purchasing its domain name for $2.45 million in December 2012, Investing.com's traffic has skyrocketed from 50 million pageviews per month in 2013, to 400 million in 2016, to more than 4 billion today. Investing.com offers real-time data, quotes, charts, financial tools, breaking news, and analysis across 250 exchanges around the world. In addition to the global stock markets, Investing.com covers commodities, cryptocurrencies, world indices, bonds, funds, ETFs, and world currencies. It offers quick access to world-class financial tools, covering over 200,000 financial instruments.
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Authorities investigating the apparent drowning death of a senator in Paraguay say signs point to an accidental trip-and-fall followed by drowning, but emphasize the investigation remains open as they await the results of a toxicology report.
Paraguayan authorities found the body of Sen. Zulma Ramona Gómez Cáceres, 61, in the Acaray Lake Sunday morning next to her country house located in Ciudad del Este, in the Alto Paraná department.
“All signs point to an accidental event,” prosecutor Cinthia Leiva, who oversees the investigation into the senator’s death, said in an interview with a local radio station Monday morning.
Pablo Lemir, the coroner who examined the senator’s body, said that there were “no signs of either a fight, nor defense, nor anything of the sort,” and there was no evidence of any “blows to the face.”
The injuries located in Gómez’s bodies “are compatible with a fall,” Lemir said.
The water around the dock where Gómez apparently drowned has a depth of some seven to eight meters (23 to 26 feet), Leiva said.
For now, “the cause of death has all the characteristic of an asphyxiation,” Lemir said, adding that the results of the toxicology report would likely be available within the next three weeks.
The senator from the Authentic Liberal Radical Party (PLRA) had taken a mattress to the dock of the country home on Saturday night and told family members she wanted to be alone.
“She was in the habit of going to sleep there in the dock,” Leiva said. “She told her granddaughter she wanted to reflect, she wanted to think.”
At around 2:30 a.m., family members were not able to locate the senator and alerted authorities.
Danel Rojas López will be sworn-in to take over Gómez’s seat in the Senate on Thursday.
“We would like to be guided by what the investigation that has already been carried out says. Anyone can have an accident, right?” Sen. Fernando Lugo, the vice president of the Senate, told journalists on Monday. “It’s profoundly painful for the Senate, for the PLRA and surely also for her family.” | https://cw33.com/news/international/ap-international/paraguay-senator-drowning-appears-accidental-officials-say/ | 2022-08-01T23:19:07Z |
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