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Pilot Pen's STEM Authenticated™ Erasable FriXion ColorSticks invites pen users to help them support STEM education
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- This back-to-school season, Pilot Corporation of America (Pilot Pen) and its line of erasable FriXion pens – the first and only pens to earn STEM Authenticated™ status from STEM.org – is excited to announce its "FriXion for Good" campaign. The campaign is inspired by the science that powers thermo-sensitive, erasable FriXion, and is designed to benefit STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) students and supports STEM education.
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From August 3 through November 8, 2022, Pilot will donate 25 percent of the profits (up to $50,000) from every purchase of the FriXion ColorSticks 10-packs sold at Walmart, Target, and other retailers nationwide, and of the FriXion ColorSticks 16-pack sold on Amazon, to Girls Who Code. If 7,143 people were to erase with FriXion pens at the same time it would generate one million degrees of heat. Pilot is also encouraging consumers to join the movement and help generate "FriXion for Good" by writing and erasing with FriXion. Pilot invites FriXion fans to help achieve this goal and to get involved by sharing on Instagram how they use their FriXion pens and including #FriXionForGood. For each #FriXionForGood hashtag used in an in-feed post on Instagram and TikTok through November 8, 2022, Pilot will donate $5, up to an additional $10,000, for a total potential donation of $60,000 to Girls Who Code.
"At Pilot, we are passionate about STEM education, and are proud to be able to help empower STEM students. FriXion writes smoothly and the innovative, thermo-sensitive ink disappears from the page at 140 degrees Fahrenheit with the heat-generated from erasing friction," said Ariann Langsam, Vice President of Marketing for Pilot Pen. "So, if 7,143 people erase with FriXion pens and support #FriXionForGood, they will generate one million degrees for good in support of Girls Who Code."
In addition to the "FriXion for Good" campaign, Pilot also supports STEM education by providing a collection of free downloadable lesson plans developed in partnership with STEM.org. These lessons and accompanying demonstration videos are led by celebrated science educator and TikTok sensation, Phil Cook (@ChemTeacherPhil). They are designed to help bring STEM concepts to life in fun and engaging ways for students in grades K-12. The lesson plans empower educators and students to conduct STEM experiments on everything from thermo-sensitivity to covalent bonds in the classroom or at home utilizing FriXion's unique, thermo-sensitive erasable ink properties. FriXion is an economical and accessible way to bring STEM principles to life.
STEM education is an area of increasing focus among parents and educators, as competency in these areas are strong indicators of future career success. STEM education not only encourages analytical and critical thinking skills and provides the building blocks for innovation and creative problem-solving. Studies also show that kids who are exposed to STEM concepts from a young age are more likely to show interest in pursuing STEM careers. This is important as STEM-related jobs are projected to grow at a much higher rate than non-STEM jobs in the coming years.1
FriXion erasable products are available in a variety of styles and options, including capped and retractable gel pens, fine and bold point marker pens, as well as neon and pastel highlighters, with premium erasable products ideal for students and anyone who enjoys mistake free writing.
To learn more about "FriXion for Good", visit FriXionSTEM.com. Also, follow Pilot Pen on social media for more information at Facebook.com/PilotPen or @PilotPenUSA on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok.
ABOUT PILOT CORPORATION OF AMERICA
Pilot Pen offers superlative writing instruments renowned for quality, performance, cutting-edge technology and consumer satisfaction. Widely acknowledged as an innovator, Pilot was first to introduce Americans to fine-point writing, and currently maintains the top share position in the gel, rolling ball and erasable pen categories. Pilot's line of acclaimed products includes the G2 Gel Ink, Precise V5/V7 Rolling Ball and FriXion Erasable pen lines, as well as Acroball Advanced Ink Ball Point pens and the ergonomic Dr. Grip family of products. Pilot Pen manufactures and distributes from its state-of-the-art facility in Jacksonville, Florida; its parent company is the oldest and largest manufacturer of writing instruments in Japan. For more: www.pilotpen.us.
ABOUT GIRLS WHO CODE
Girls Who Code is an international nonprofit organization working to close the gender gap in technology, and leading the movement to inspire, educate, and equip young women with the computing skills needed to pursue 21st-century opportunities. Since launching in 2012, Girls Who Code has reached 450,000 girls through our in-person programming and we have nearly 90,000 college-aged alumni. We have sparked culture change through marketing campaigns and advocacy efforts, generating 13 billion engagements globally. In 2018, the organization was named the #1 Most Innovative Non-Profit on Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies list.
Follow the organization on social media @GirlsWhoCode.
ABOUT STEM.ORG
Founded in 2001, STEM.org Educational Research™ (SER) is the longest continually-operating, privately held STEM education research and credentialing organization in America. Through an extensive collaborative effort, SER has worked closely with pedagogical researchers, an international coalition of educators, administrators, NGO's and schools to establish a trusted set of STEM benchmarks. The resources and proven best-practices of this initiative have led to the world's original and most recognized, blockchain-secured algorithmic STEM credentialing framework: STEM.org Accredited™ for Programs, STEM.org Certified™ for People, and STEM.org Authenticated™ for Products.
1 https://www.bls.gov/emp/tables/stem-employment.htm
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Twitter adopts ‘poison pill’ measure that could thwart Elon Musk’s takeover bid
By Clare Duffy, CNN Business
Twitter’s board of directors has adopted a limited-term shareholder rights plan called a “poison pill” that could make it harder for Elon Musk to acquire the company.
The “poison pill” provision, announced in a press release Friday, preserves the right for Twitter shareholders other than Musk to acquire more shares of the company at a relatively inexpensive price, effectively diluting Musk’s stake. The provision will be triggered if Musk (or any other investor) acquires more than 15% of the company’s shares. Musk currently owns around 9% of Twitter’s shares.
The move marks an effort by Twitter’s board to wrest back some control in the deal after Musk’s stunning acquisition offer. The poison pill — a corporate anti-takeover defense mechanism — won’t necessarily stop Musk’s bid in its tracks, but it could make buying the company more expensive or force Musk to the negotiating table with the board.
“The Rights Plan will reduce the likelihood that any entity, person or group gains control of Twitter through open market accumulation without paying all shareholders an appropriate control premium or without providing the Board sufficient time to make informed judgments and take actions that are in the best interests of shareholders,” the company said in its statement.
Musk did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The Tesla and SpaceX CEO on Thursday offered to acquire all the shares in Twitter he does not own for $54.20 per share, valuing the company at $41.4 billion. That represents a 38% premium over the closing price on April 1, the last trading day before Musk disclosed that he had become Twitter’s biggest shareholder, and an 18% premium over its closing price Wednesday. The deal offer came 10 days after Musk first disclosed that he had become Twitter’s largest shareholder (he has since been eclipsed by Vanguard Group).
The offer capped off a whirlwind 10-day period during which Musk revealed he had become the company’s largest shareholder, accepted a position on the board only to ditch it, and tweeted throughout about how Twitter may be dying and should consider eliminating the “w” from its name, among other suggestions.
The company now appears to be prepping for what could be a drawn-out acquisition drama.
Wedbush analyst Dan Ives called the poison pill a “predictable defensive measure” by Twitter’s board and added, “we believe Musk and his team expected this poker move.” Ives also noted there is a risk that Twitter’s plan could get challenged by Musk or other shareholders in court, which could put the board in the position of defending that the plan was in the best interest of shareholders.
Even so, there seem to be sincere doubts about whether Musk, a successful but sometimes erratic entrepreneur who ended up in hot water with regulators in 2018 after falsely suggesting that he had secured funding to take Tesla private, is serious about moving forward with the deal.
Despite being the richest man in the world, there are questions about how he would come up with the cash to finance the nearly $42 billion deal. Musk himself admitted in an interview Thursday that closing a deal would be challenging, saying, “I’m not sure I’ll actually be able to acquire it.”
Twitter’s stock fluctuated a bit Thursday but remained mostly flat, closing around $45, well below Musk’s offer price of $54.20 per share. The lack of enthusiasm — unusual after a takeover offer — suggests investor skepticism about the deal going through.
Twitter’s poison pill plan will stay in effect for one year, the board said. More details about the plan are expected to come in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which is not yet publicly available.
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The leading GOTS-certified organic, nontoxic mattress company is honoring Labor Day with big savings for the whole family.
CHAGRIN FALLS, Ohio, Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Starting today, Naturepedic is kicking off an early celebration of Labor Day where customers can enjoy 20% off all mattresses and bedding items online at www.naturepedic.com, (at checkout), and in store. With no interest financing available via PayPal and Affirm this is the perfect time to get the best organic bedding upgrade for the whole family.
From crib to ultimate luxury, Naturepedic's full line of organic mattress and bedding products combine comfort, safety and innovation while at the same time being environmentally conscious.
Popular items include their cutting-edge Breathe Safe™ breathable baby crib mattresses and the 2-in-1 Organic Kids Mattress, winner of the Good Housekeeping 2021 Parenting Awards which features a smooth, waterproof surface on one side, meant for children who are still potty-training, along with a luxurious, quilted finish on the other side, so it can be flipped as your child ages.
Also for adults, the acclaimed EOS Classic Organic Mattress, which was recognized with the distinguished seal of the Good Housekeeping 2022 Bedding Awards as the "Cutting Edge Customization" winner. Its customizable options to suit the unique sleep preferences of you and your partner, ranging from ultra-plush to extra-firm, together with the ability to change layers over time mean you never need to replace the mattress!
For over 15 years, Naturepedic has taken the lead in the organic mattress industry, ensuring all their products are certified organic by GOTS and certified nontoxic by MADE SAFE. They have eliminated questionable materials and chemicals found in most conventional mattresses, such as flame retardant chemicals and barriers, polyurethane foam, vinyl and formaldehyde, while meeting and exceeding the highest level of certifications available in the marketplace. Additionally, Naturepedic donates one percent (or more) of their annual gross income from mattress sales to approved nonprofits dedicated to environmental causes through their partnership with 1% For the Planet.
For media inquiries and more information, please contact Gisselle Chollett at giselle@adinnyc.com or 917.386.7116.
Since 2003, Naturepedic has been on a mission to protect the lives of families through safer, healthier organic-based products that have a positive impact on the environment. A brand with purpose, transparency and ethical practices, Naturepedic is the recipient of many certifications and is highly respected by numerous health and environmental organizations (https://www.naturepedic.com/certifications) and is an EPA Green Power Partner. Since its inception, Naturepedic has been a consistent and generous advocate and supporter of NGO's and nonprofits advocating for "Right to Know" about what is in the products that people bring into their homes.
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MOORESVILLE, N.C., Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lowe's Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW) announced today it has agreed to sell $1.0 billion of 4.400% Notes due 2025, $1.25 billion of 5.000% Notes due 2033, $1.5 billion of 5.625% Notes due 2053 and $1.0 billion of 5.800% Notes due 2062 (collectively, the "Notes"). Lowe's plans to use the net proceeds from the sale of the Notes for general corporate purposes. Closing is expected to occur on September 8, 2022, subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
Barclays Capital Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering.
This offering was made under an effective registration statement on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell, a solicitation to buy or an offer to purchase any securities. Any offers to sell, or solicitations to buy, will be made solely by means of a prospectus and related prospectus supplement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. A copy of the prospectus and related prospectus supplement for this offering may be obtained from Barclays Capital Inc., c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, Telephone: 888-603-5847, Email: barclaysprospectus@broadridge.com; Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, 200 West Street, New York, New York 10282-2198, Attention: Prospectus Department, Telephone: 866-471-2526, Email: Prospectus-ny@ny.email.gs.com; U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., 214 N. Tryon Street, 26th Floor, Charlotte, North Carolina 28202, Attention: Credit Fixed Income, Telephone: 1-877-558-2607; or Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, 608 2nd Avenue South, Suite 1000, Minneapolis, MN 55402, Attention: WFS Customer Service, Telephone: 1-800-645-3751, Email: wfscustomerservice@wellsfargo.com.
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NEW YORK, June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Advertising Division (NAD) of BBB National Programs determined that RGF Environmental Group, Inc., manufacturer of RGF Air Purification Devices, can make certain general efficacy claims, including that the REME HALO air purifier "provides whole home and building purification."
However, NAD recommended that the advertiser discontinue claims that:
- The REME HALO air purifier provides "total indoor air purification";
- The REME HALO air purifier "kills up to 99% of bacteria, mold and viruses";
- The REME HALO air purifier "reduces sneeze germs by 99% in the time a sneeze can reach three feet"; and
- The REME HALO is "designed to eliminate sick building syndrome risks by reducing odors, air pollutants, VOCs (chemical odors), smoke, mold, bacteria and viruses," as well as the nearly identical claim for the GUARDIAN QR+ device.
NAD also recommended that the advertiser discontinue certain claims relating to the safety of the emissions generated by the RGF devices.
The claims at issue were challenged by Synexis LLC, a manufacturer of competing air purification devices. Synexis challenged advertising by RGF for its REME HALO, REME MARINER, REME ATS, and Guardian QR+ air purification devices, which are intended to optimize the Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) within building environments, including homes and public spaces. IAQ is determined by the levels of toxic gases, particulates, microbial contaminants (such as mold, bacteria, and viruses), and other pollutants that can exist in the air and on surfaces.
"Total Indoor Purification" Claims
Regarding the advertiser's claim that the REME HALO air purifier provides "total indoor air purification," NAD determined that consumers may reasonably take away the message that the device provides and maintains a continuous, complete, and 100% pollutant-free environment. While the advertiser submitted evidence as to the general efficacy of its devices, NAD noted that the advertiser did not submit evidence to support a "total indoor purification" message.
Accordingly, NAD recommended that RGF discontinue the claim that the REME HALO offers "Total Indoor Air Purification," as well as the related implied claims that RGF's test results are reflective of real-world results that would support a claim of "total" purification or that RGF's technology can purify the totality of a home or building space by ridding indoor air of 100% of contaminants.
"Whole Home" Claims
In contrast to a standalone air purifier placed in a particular room, both the REME HALO and the Guardian QR+ are typically installed in the ducting or through HVAC systems and are characterized as "whole home" air purifiers.
NAD determined that the claims that "REME HALO® provides whole home and building purification" and "Whole Home Air Purification System…Kills Bacteria and Viruses on Surfaces and In The Air…Patented Technology, Third-Party Tested, Validated and Proven" reasonably convey the message that the devices are generally effective.
NAD also concluded that the claim that the GUARDIAN QR+ line is "proactive and sends ionized aggressive advanced oxidizers into the room to destroy the pollutants at the source, in the air and on surfaces" reasonably conveys a message about the devices' advertised mechanism of action.
After examining the evidence, NAD concluded that these general efficacy claims were supported. NAD noted that RGF provided extensive testing and analyses of its products, conducted by many well-credentialed third-party laboratories and academic researchers, which yielded consistent results over many years demonstrating an improvement in indoor air quality. Further, NAD found that a significant number of the studies submitted were performed in consumer-relevant or real-world conditions.
Accordingly, NAD determined that RGF has a reasonable basis for such claims, as well as the related implied claim that RGF's test results are reflective of real-world results.
"99%" and Sneeze Germ Claims
Regarding the claim that the REME HALO "Kills up to 99% of bacteria, mold and viruses," NAD noted that the claim appears in a standalone context where a reasonable takeaway is that the device kills up to 99% of all bacteria, mold, and viruses in a given space. Another reasonable takeaway is that the "99%" is a reference to the range of types of "bacteria, mold and viruses" that the REME HALO can eliminate.
After reviewing the advertiser's evidence NAD determined that neither message was adequately supported and recommended that the claim be discontinued.
NAD noted that nothing in its decision precludes the advertiser from making truthful and non-misleading claims about the range of bacteria, mold, and viruses its devices are capable of killing or the quantity of bacteria, mold, and viruses able to be killed in a given space.
NAD also recommended that the advertiser discontinue claims that:
- The REME HALO "Reduces sneeze germs by 99% in the time a sneeze can reach three feet," and
- The Guardian QR+ "Kills 99% of Sneeze Germs Within 3 Feet."
NAD found that the advertiser's supporting evidence was flawed and, further, that some of the advertising conveys a message through imagery that the RGF devices would "instantly" kill sneeze germs during the sneeze, a message that did not fit with testing that measured the effect at longer time intervals.
Health Benefit Claims
NAD determined that the message reasonably conveyed in the challenged advertising is that the RGF devices are more than simply "designed to eliminate" the risks associated with Sick Building Syndrome, but that they eliminate or neutralize those risks. NAD found that the evidence did not support that message.
Therefore, NAD recommended that the advertiser discontinue:
- The claim that REME HALO is "designed to eliminate Sick Building Syndrome risks by reducing odors, air pollutants, VOCs (chemical odors), smoke, mold, bacteria and viruses";
- The claim that GUARDIAN QR+ device is "designed to eliminate sick building syndrome risks by neutralizing odors, air pollutants, VOCs (chemical odors), smoke, mold, bacteria and viruses"; and
- The implied claim that RGF has conducted studies that establish that its devices eliminate the risks associated with sick building syndrome and work throughout a whole home.
NAD noted that nothing in its decision precludes the advertiser from making truthful and non-misleading claims about the devices' efficacy with respect to any of the individual risk factors associated with Sick Building Syndrome.
Safety Claims
Regarding the advertiser's claim that the GUARDIAN QR+ unit creates "an Advanced Oxidation Plasma consisting of Ionized Hydro-peroxides, Super oxide ions and Hydroxide ions. All are friendly oxidizers," NAD determined that consumers may reasonably infer that RGF's technology does not produce any undesirable or "unfriendly" substances such as ozone. Because it was not demonstrated that the RGF devices were "ozone-free," NAD recommended that the advertiser discontinue the claim that its devices create "friendly oxidizers."
NAD also recommended that the advertiser discontinue the claim that "There is no known case of hydroperoxides ever creating a health risk." NAD noted that while it may be an accurate statement and nothing in the record indicated that hydroperoxides do create health risks, the level of certainty with which this claim is expressed conveys an unsupported message that hydroperoxides have been exhaustively studied to the point of ruling out any single adverse health effect.
NAD noted that nothing in its decision precludes the advertiser from making truthful and non-misleading claims regarding the proven safety of its devices and the emissions they generate.
Finally, during the proceeding, the advertiser permanently discontinued several challenged express and implied claims. Therefore, NAD did not review these claims on the merits.
In its advertiser statement, RGF stated that it "will comply with NAD's recommendations." Further, while the advertiser expressed disappointment with NAD's conclusion regarding the message conveyed by its "friendly oxidizers" claim it stated that it will "take the NAD's recommendations into account in future advertising and agrees to comply with the NAD's recommendations with respect to any of its advertising still in use at present.
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Stark County roundup: News from around the Canton region
Lecture at Mount Union
ALLIANCE – Michael Crawford, the chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer for Hall of Fame Resort & Entertainment Co., will speak at the Heffern Lecture at 7 p.m. Thursday at the University of Mount Union Brush Performance Hall as part of the university’s Lecture Series.
Tickets are free, though required. Visit www.mountunion.edu/lecture-series to order tickets.
Free family fun fest
CANTON – ArtsinStark will present All Together Now, a free family fun fest, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Cultural Center for the Arts, 1001 Market Ave. N, with food trucks and free activities.
Featured performers will be magician Rick Smith Jr., storyteller Lindsay Bonilla from World of Difference, The Amazing Giants Strawberry Circus and West African dance by Djapo Cultural Arts Institute. For more information, visit https://artsinstark.com/events/.
Brass quintet at Centennial Plaza
CANTON – A Canton Symphony brass quintet will perform at downtown’s Centennial Plaza from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sept. 11. The event is free, and had been rescheduled from July 17 due to inclement weather.
9/11 Memorial Climb set
CANTON – The Canton Fire Department will hold a 9/11 Memorial Climb at the McKinley National Memorial, 800 McKinley Monument Drive NW, on Sept. 11 to honor the 343 firefighters who died 21 years ago during the terrorist attacks.
All first responders and members of the community are welcome to participate.
The ceremony will begin at 8 a.m. with remembrances from honored guests. A climb at 8:46 a.m. will commemorate the ascent first responders made to reach the victims of the attack after hijackers aboard American Airlines Flight 11 crashed a plane into the north tower of the World Trade Center.
Foodbank fundraiser at Hall of Fame
CANTON – The Taste of the Pro Football Hall of Fame benefiting the Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank will be from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Sept. 13 at the Pro Football Hall of Fame, 2121 George Halas Drive NW.
Attendees can meet Hall of Famers Isaac Bruce, Steve Largent and Randall McDaniel. For tickets, visit https://e.givesmart.com/events/r8s/.
Ice cream social Saturday
CARROLLTON – An ice cream social will be held from 2 to 3 p.m. Saturday behind the McCook House Museum, 15 S. Lisbon St.
To make reservations, call 330-437-4715 or 330-627-3345. Donations will be appreciated.
Gun safety program Tuesday
DOVER – The Dover Public Library, 525 N. Walnut St., will offer a program titled "Gun Safety 101" at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Community Room.
Carl Bell, a hunter education instructor for the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, will address gun safety in general, as well as specific safety precautions to be observed in the field and in the home. This is an introduction to gun safety, not a formal course that leads to obtaining a hunting license in Ohio.
To register, call the library at 330-343-6123 or visit www.doverlibrary.org.
Bike show and swap meet
HARTVILLE – The Classic Bike Show and Swap Meet will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday through Saturday outside in a designated area at the Hartville MarketPlace and Flea Market, 1289 Edison St. NW.
The event showcases antique and classic bicycles, motorbikes and motor scooters.
Canton Carnival of Wheels
JACKSON TWP. − The annual Canton Carnival of Wheels will be held 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 11 on the campus of Stark State College, at 6200 Frank Ave. NW.
All net proceeds benefit Stark State’s Automotive Technology Scholarship Fund. The show exhibits an array of old and new vehicles from cars to trucks, motorcycles or anything that runs on wheels. The vehicle participation fee is $10.
In addition, law enforcement from Jackson Township, Stark County and Canal Fulton will stage K-9 demonstrations by their trained police dogs. There will be food, a 50/50 drawing, a silent auction, engine valve cover car racing for adults, Hot Wheels racing for kids, and the presentation of awards.
Spectators will be admitted free, and free parking is available on paved lots. Visit www.cantoncarnivalofwheels.com for more information.
Lake Township FISH banquet
LAKE TWP. – Lake Township FISH will hold its annual banquet Sept. 13 at The Hartville Kitchen.
All proceeds from the ticket sales and silent auction will go to Lake Township FISH. Buy dinner tickets, $25 per person, at https://tinyurl.com/bdfy85fx. Doors will open at 5 p.m., the meal will be served at 6 p.m., and the program will begin at 7 p.m. Magician and illusionist Rick Smith Jr. will entertain.
For more information, call 330-877-1845 or email info@laketownshipfish.org.
Yankee Peddler Festival is three weekends
LAWRENCE TWP. – The Yankee Peddler Festival will be 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday and Sept. 11, 17-18 and 24-25 at Clay's Park Resort, 12951 Patterson St. NW.
The festival portrays life between 1776 and 1825 and features artisans, crafters, food, demonstrations and entertainment such as magicians, puppets, cloggers and musicians. For more information and to buy tickets, visit https://www.yankeepeddlerfestival.com/.
Constitution Week in Louisville
LOUISVILLE – Louisville will celebrate Constitution Week Sept. 12-18.
The Mayor’s Breakfast will be at 8 a.m. Sept. 12 at Christ United Methodist Church, 600 E. Gorgas St. The speaker will be Congressman Bill Johnson. The cost is $5, and reservations are required.
The Community Banquet/Mini Queen Pageant will be held at Paradise United Church of Christ at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 14. The 2022-23 Queen and Ambassadors will be crowned, and the Louisville Rotary Citizen of the Year will be revealed. Dinner will be served ($18), and reservations are required.
State Rep. Scott Oelslager, R-North Canton, will speak at the commemoration at 1 p.m. Sept. 16 at Louisville Middle School, 1300 S Chapel St. The Rotary Grand Parade will begin at 2 p.m. Sept. 18.
For tickets to the breakfast and dinner, call 330-495-7219 or email louisvilleconstitutiontown@gmail.com.
Motown sounds at Lions Lincoln Theatre
MASSILLON – The Motown Sounds of Touch will perform in concert from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday at the Lions Lincoln Theatre, 156 Lincoln Way E.
Ticket prices are VIP seating $35; main floor $30; balcony $25; wheelchair/companion $25. For information or tickets, visit www.lionslincolntheatre.org.
Master Rain Gardener Certification course offered
MASSILLON – The Stark Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD) will present a Master Rain Gardener Certification course at 10 a.m. on six Thursdays, Sept. 15 through Oct. 13.
The $25 cost includes a metal certification sign for graduates to display. This course will provide step-by-step training to design and install your own rain garden to manage runoff, improve water quality, and keep pollution out of streams, rivers and waterbodies.
For more information, visit www.starkswcd.org or call 330-451-7645. To register, visit the SWCD office 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday with payment by check or exact cash.
Fundraiser for the Roxy Theatre
MINERVA – The second annual "The Cars are the Stars: A Night at the Roxy" car show will be 4 to 9 p.m. Saturday on North Market Street.
The event featuring rare and high-end vehicles benefits the historic Roxy Theatre. There will be food, beverages and live music. For more information, call 330-868-7979 or email denise.freeland@minervachamber.org.
Historical society celebration
NAVARRE − The Navarre-Bethlehem Township Historical Society, 123 High St., will have a celebration Saturday to thank the community for keeping it running during its 50 years.
The three museums will be open noon to 5 p.m. and refreshments will be available. Guests can view display tables with information about the historical society and pictures for the community to help identify.
At 11:30 a.m., those who want to do a walking tour of Canal Street and learn the history of how three towns became one, Navarre, will meet at the Loew/Define Building on the corner of Market and Canal streets and walk the mile to the Historical Society’s complex. All events are free, and the public is welcome.
'Anything Goes’ in North Canton
NORTH CANTON – The North Canton Playhouse, 525 Seventh St. NE, will present the musical “Anything Goes” on Friday and Saturday, and Sept. 11, Sept. 16, 17 and 18.
Friday and Saturday performances are at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday performances are at 2:30 p.m. For more information or tickets, visit https://www.northcantonplayhouse.com or call the box office at 330-494-1613.
Orchestra at Petros Lake Park
PERRY TWP. – The Canton Symphony Orchestra will perform a free concert at 7:30 tonight at Petros Lake Park, 3519 Perry Drive SW. Bring a chair or blanket for seating.
Community Parade and Oktoberfest
PERRY TWP. – The township’s Community Parade and Oktoberfest will be Saturday.
The parade will begin at 11:30 a.m. with the Oktoberfest following from noon to 4 p.m. at Hartwick Park (next to the Perry High School tennis courts). View parade details at www.perrytwp.com.
The Oktoberfest will feature live entertainment by the Funkology Band, pumpkin decorating, free inflatables, arts, crafts, face painting, vendors, and food and beverages, as well as displays from the Perry administration and Police, Fire, and Road departments.
Carryout ham dinner Sept. 11
WILMOT – The Wilmot Fire and Rescue ham dinner on Sept. 11 will be curbside carryout only from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Drive up to the front of the Fire Department, 204 Mill St., and someone will bring meals to your vehicle. Dinners are $10 each and include ham, scalloped potatoes, green beans, applesauce, coleslaw and dinner roll. Dessert will not be provided.
Delivery within the village is available; call 330-359-5995. All proceeds benefit Wilmot Fire and Rescue, a volunteer department. | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/2022/09/04/stark-county-roundup-news-from-around-the-canton-region/65419838007/ | 2022-09-04T10:13:56Z |
NEW YORK, Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Yext, Inc..
Shareholders who purchased shares of YEXT during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
CONTACT US HERE:
https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/yext-class-action-lawsuit/?id=30478&from=4
CLASS PERIOD: March 4, 2021 to March 8, 2022
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) Yext's revenue and earnings were significantly deteriorating because of, among other things, poor sales execution and performance, as well as COVID-19 related disruptions; (ii) accordingly, Yext was unlikely to meet consensus estimates for its full year fiscal 2022 financial results and fiscal 2023 outlook; and (iii) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
DEADLINE: August 16, 2022 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/yext-class-action-lawsuit/?id=30478&from=4
NEXT STEPS FOR SHAREHOLDERS: Once you register as a shareholder who purchased shares of YEXT during the timeframe listed above, you will be enrolled in a portfolio monitoring software to provide you with status updates throughout the lifecycle of the case. The deadline to seek to be a lead plaintiff is August 16, 2022. There is no cost or obligation to you to participate in this case.
WHY GROSS LAW FIRM? The Gross Law Firm is nationally recognized class action law firm, and our mission is to protect the rights of all investors who have suffered as a result of deceit, fraud, and illegal business practices. The Gross Law Firm is committed to ensuring that companies adhere to responsible business practices and engage in good corporate citizenship. The firm seeks recovery on behalf of investors who incurred losses when false and/or misleading statements or the omission of material information by a company lead to artificial inflation of the company's stock. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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NEW YORK, April 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Weiss Law is investigating possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of law by the board of directors of SailPoint Technologies Holdings, Inc. ("SailPoint" or the "Company") (NYSE: SAIL), in connection with the proposed acquisition of the Company by Thoma Bravo. Under the terms of the merger agreement, the Company's shareholders will receive $65.25 in cash for each share of SailPoint common stock owned. The transaction is valued at approximately $6.9 billion.
If you own SailPoint shares and wish to discuss this investigation or have any questions concerning this notice or your rights or interests, visit our website:
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Weiss Law
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Weiss Law is investigating whether (i) SailPoint's board of directors acted in the best interests of Company shareholders in agreeing to the proposed transaction, (ii) the $65.25 per-share merger consideration adequately compensates SailPoint's shareholders, and (iii) all information regarding the sales process and valuation of the transaction will be fully and fairly disclosed. Notably, at least one analyst set a price target for the Company of $75 per share, $9.75 above the per-share merger consideration.
Weiss Law has litigated hundreds of stockholder class and derivative actions for violations of corporate and fiduciary duties. We have recovered over a billion dollars for defrauded clients and obtained important corporate governance relief in many of these cases. If you have information or would like legal advice concerning possible corporate wrongdoing (including insider trading, waste of corporate assets, accounting fraud, or materially misleading information), consumer fraud (including false advertising, defective products, or other deceptive business practices), or anti-trust violations, please email us at stockinfo@weisslawllp.com
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Adults with myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) in the AOC 1001 Phase 1/2 MARINA™ clinical trial can receive continuity of care as part of MARINA-OLE™
Preliminary assessment of safety, tolerability and key biomarkers from Phase 1/2 MARINA trial on track for Q4 2022
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Avidity Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: RNA), a biopharmaceutical company committed to delivering a new class of RNA therapeutics called Antibody Oligonucleotide Conjugates (AOCs™), today announced that it has commenced enrolling patients from the Phase 1/2 MARINA™ study into a Phase 2 open-label extension study (MARINA-OLE™) of AOC 1001 in adults with myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1). All patients enrolled in the randomized, placebo-controlled MARINA™ clinical trial with AOC 1001 are eligible to enroll in MARINA-OLE.
DM1 is an underrecognized, progressive and often fatal neuromuscular disease. It primarily affects skeletal and cardiac muscle with multiple organ involvement and can be highly variable with respect to severity, presentation, and age of onset. There are currently no disease-modifying treatments for people living with DM1.
"The initiation of the MARINA-OLE study marks our continued progress with AOC 1001, the first AOC in clinical development. We are pleased to provide patients in the MARINA trial with the opportunity to receive AOC 1001 on an ongoing basis," said Steve Hughes, M.D., chief medical officer. "We look forward to the preliminary assessment from the Phase 1/2 MARINA trial as well as the long-term data from the MARINA-OLE study to provide further insight into the treatment of DM1 as well as future AOC treatments for rare diseases."
AOC 1001, Avidity's lead program utilizing its AOC platform, is designed to address the root cause of DM1 by reducing levels of DMPK, the disease-related mRNA. AOC 1001 consists of a proprietary monoclonal antibody that binds to the transferrin receptor 1 (TfR1) conjugated with a small interfering RNA (siRNA). The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and European Medicines Agency (EMA) have granted Orphan Designation for AOC 1001 and the FDA has granted AOC 1001 Fast Track Designation.
About the Phase 2 MARINA-OLE™ Study
MARINA-OLE™ is an open-label, multi-center study designed to evaluate the long-term safety and tolerability of AOC 1001 in DM1 patients who were previously enrolled in the MARINA Phase 1/2 study. This study will continue to evaluate the safety, tolerability, PK, PD, and efficacy of AOC 1001 in patients that enrolled in the randomized, placebo-controlled, Phase 1/2 MARINA clinical study. Patients who enroll in the MARINA-OLE study will receive quarterly doses of AOC 1001 regardless of whether they received active treatment or placebo in the MARINA study. The total duration of active treatment with AOC 1001 in the MARINA-OLE is approximately 24 months. Once patients have completed active treatment, there will be a 9-month safety follow-up period. Avidity may extend active treatment beyond 24 months at a future timepoint. For more information on this study click here or visit http://www.clinicaltrials.gov and search for NCT05479981.
About the Phase 1/2 MARINA™ Trial
The MARINA™ trial is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, Phase 1/2 clinical trial expected to enroll approximately 44 adults with DM1. The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the safety and tolerability of single and multiple ascending doses of AOC 1001 administered intravenously. The MARINA trial will begin to assess the activity of AOC 1001 across key biomarkers, including spliceopathy, an important biomarker for DM1, and knockdown of DMPK mRNA. Though the Phase 1/2 trial is not powered to assess functional benefit, it will explore the clinical activity of AOC 1001 including measures of mobility and muscle strength as well as patient reported outcomes and quality of life measures. Patients have the option to enroll in MARINA-OLE, an open label extension study, at the end of the post-treatment period. In the fourth quarter of 2022, Avidity plans to conduct a preliminary assessment of safety, tolerability and key biomarkers in approximately half of the study participants in the MARINA study. For more information on this study click here or visit http://www.clinicaltrials.gov and search for NCT05027269.
About AOC 1001
AOC 1001, Avidity's lead product candidate utilizing its AOC platform, is designed to address the root cause of DM1 by reducing levels of a disease-related mRNA called DMPK. AOC 1001 consists of a proprietary monoclonal antibody that binds to the transferrin receptor 1 (TfR1) conjugated with a siRNA targeting DMPK mRNA. In preclinical studies, AOC 1001 successfully delivered siRNAs to muscle cells, resulting in durable, dose-dependent reductions of DMPK RNA across a broad range of muscles including skeletal, cardiac, and smooth muscles. AOC 1001 is currently in Phase 1/2 development with the ongoing MARINA™ trial in adults with DM1. Patients in the MARINA study are eligible to enroll in the MARINA-OLE™ study. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and European Medicines Agency (EMA) have granted Orphan Designation for AOC 1001 and the FDA has granted AOC 1001 Fast Track Designation.
About Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1
Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is an underrecognized, progressive and often fatal disease caused by a triplet-repeat in the DMPK gene, resulting in a toxic gain of function mRNA. The disease is highly variable with respect to severity, presentation and age of onset, however all forms of DM1 are associated with high levels of disease burden and may cause premature mortality. DM1 primarily affects skeletal and cardiac muscle, however patients can suffer from a constellation of manifestations including myotonia and muscle weakness, respiratory problems, fatigue, hypersomnia, cardiac abnormalities, severe gastrointestinal complications, and cognitive and behavioral impairment. Currently, there are no treatments for patients living with DM1.
About Avidity Biosciences
Avidity Biosciences, Inc.'s mission is to profoundly improve people's lives by delivering a new class of RNA therapeutics – Antibody Oligonucleotide Conjugates (AOCs™). Avidity's proprietary AOCs are designed to combine the specificity of monoclonal antibodies with the precision of oligonucleotide therapies to target the root cause of diseases previously untreatable with RNA therapeutics. Avidity is on track to have three programs in clinical development by the end of 2022. The company's lead product candidate, AOC 1001, is designed to treat patients with myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1). AOC 1001 is currently in Phase 1/2 development with the ongoing MARINA™ trial and MARINA-OLE™ in adults with DM1. The next programs in the company's advancing and expanding pipeline are AOC 1044, the lead of three programs for the treatment of DMD, and AOC 1020, designed to treat people living with FSHD. Avidity anticipates both programs will enter the clinic by the end of 2022. Avidity is also broadening the reach of AOCs beyond muscle tissues through both internal discovery efforts and key partnerships as the company continues to deliver on the RNA revolution. Avidity is headquartered in San Diego, CA. For more information about our science, pipeline and people, please visit www.aviditybiosciences.com and engage with us on LinkedIn and Twitter.
Forward-Looking Statements
Avidity cautions readers that statements contained in this press release regarding matters that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements. These statements are based on the company's current beliefs and expectations. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding: the timing of enrolling patients or commencing MARINA-OLE™; generating and assessing MARINA™ trial data; generating key biomarker data from the MARINA trial; the potential for the MARINA study and the MARINA-OLE to inform the development path for DM1 as well as future treatments for other diseases using AOCs; the potential of AOC 1001 to safely and effectively treat patients with DM1; the tolerability of AOC 1001 in patients; and the broad potential of AOCs to treat rare and serious diseases. The inclusion of forward-looking statements should not be regarded as a representation by Avidity that any of these plans will be achieved. Actual results may differ from those set forth in this press release due to the risks and uncertainties inherent in the business, including, without limitation: Avidity is early in its development efforts; Avidity's approach to the discovery and development of product candidates based on its AOC platform is unproven, and the company does not know whether it will be able to develop any products of commercial value; potential delays in the commencement, enrollment and completion of clinical trials; disruption to its operations from the COVID-19 pandemic; the success of its preclinical studies and clinical trials for the company's product candidates; the results of preclinical studies and early clinical trials are not necessarily predictive of future results; Avidity's dependence on third parties in connection with preclinical testing and product manufacturing; unexpected adverse side effects or inadequate efficacy of its product candidates that may limit their development, regulatory approval and/or commercialization, or may result in recalls or product liability claims; and other risks described in prior press releases and in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Avidity cautions readers not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof, and the company undertakes no obligation to update such statements to reflect events that occur or circumstances that exist after the date hereof. All forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement, which is made under the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Investor and Media Contact:
Kath Gallagher
kath.gallagher@aviditybio.com
(858) 401-7900
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90% of Encora's Employees Now Work in a Country Certified as a Great Place To Work®
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Sept. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Encora, a global next-gen product engineering provider, today announced its offices in Costa Rica, Colombia, Bolivia, Peru, Bolivia, Mexico, Brazil, and India have all been certified by Great Place to Work® (GPTW™). With its most recent recognitions in India, 90% of Encora's employees now work in a country where they're certified as a Great Place to Work®. Encora offices in Costa Rica, Peru, Bolivia and Colombia received certification for the first time. Offices in Mexico are celebrating 14 consecutive years as a certified office, and Brazilian offices are celebrating 11 consecutive years.
"Encora is dedicated to helping our clients create competitive advantage through accelerated technology innovation," says Venu Raghavan, President and CEO, Encora. "The only way to accomplish this is to create an environment where employees are happy, feel safe, and are provided opportunities to grow and express their individuality. It is a great honor to be recognized by GPTW® and to have received such positive feedback from our global employee base."
GTPW™ certifications are a result of an anonymous survey of employees who have worked at Encora for more than three months. GPTW™ validates a company's organizational culture to determine whether its employees consider it a consistently good place to work. According to Great Place to Work® Institute research, employees in certified companies are 93% more likely to be happy in their jobs; the chances of receiving fair pay and promotion opportunities are doubled, and there is a significant increase in the quality of leadership.
Encora was awarded GPTW certifications in each country due to its global commitment to its caring and inclusive workplace culture, in accordance with the Great Place to Work® Institute. The company has grown from 2,400 employees to more than 7,400 worldwide in the past three years and has evolved its practices to ensure its culture positively adapts alongside its growth. Encora supports its global culture by developing inspiring learning & development opportunities and partnerships, launching new tools and platforms to keep team members engaged and connected to the brand and their colleagues, delivering improved employee benefits such as flexible and remote work, and investing in tools to improve processes and daily work. Most of all, Encora has worked to build a culture where people feel safe, respected, empowered and motivated to be their best selves.
Additionally, Encora's Mexico office has earned other important awards from the Great Place to Work® Institute over the past year, including Best CEO in Mexico and Best Workplace for Women in Mexico.
For more information on Encora's commitment to creating a positive workplace culture and recognitions from Great Place to Work®, visit https://www.encora.com/about.
Headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, and backed by private equity firm Advent International, Encora is the preferred innovation partner to some of the world's leading technology companies. It provides Next-Gen services like Predictive Analysis, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, IoT, Cloud, and Test Automation. Encora has deep cluster vertical capabilities in HealthTech, FinTech, HiTech, IAM & Cybersecurity, Digital Commerce, EdTech, Supply Chain & Logistics, Telecom and other specialized industries. Encora is an established leader in outsourced product development services and nearshore software engineering services that specializes in innovation acceleration for leading-edge technology companies. Encora's nearshore capabilities allow clients to utilize a team of 3,400+ talented engineers working within no more than a three-hour time difference to cut back on lag time to improve communication and collaboration. Clients can also take advantage of increased cybersecurity and stability with Latin America ranking high in IP protection. Language, location, and business culture are also more easily aligned through Encora's nearshore offerings. With over 7,400 associates in 40+ offices and innovation labs across U.S., Mexico, Costa Rica, Brazil, Colombia, Bolivia, Peru, Canada, India, and Asia Pacific, Encora's global talent pool, micro-industry vertical expertise and proprietary agile engineering capabilities enable clients to improve their speed to impact. For more information, please visit www.encora.com.
Great Place to Work® is the global authority on workplace culture. Since 1992, it has surveyed more than 100 million employees worldwide and has used this information to define that a great workplace is built on trust. The Trust Index© employee survey provides leaders with the necessary feedback, results and reports that enable the company to make data-driven decisions. Everything they do is driven by the mission to build a better world by helping every organization become a great place to work for everyone.
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- City of Toronto Social Bond wins Social Bond of the Year, Local Authority/Municipality category – BMO Joint-Lead Manager
- World Bank Sustainability Bond wins Sustainability Bond of the Year, Supranational category – BMO Joint-Lead Manager
- City of Vancouver Sustainability Bond wins Sustainability Bond of the Year, Local Authority/Municipality category – BMO Joint Bookrunner
TORONTO, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - The City of Toronto Social Bond, the World Bank Sustainability Bond, and the City of Vancouver Sustainability Bond were recognized today by Environmental Finance's 2022 Bond Awards in the categories of Social Bond of the Year – Local Authority/Municipality, Sustainability Bond of the Year – Supranational, and Sustainability Bond of the Year – Local Authority/Municipality. BMO Financial Group (BMO) acted as Joint-Lead Manager on the City of Toronto and World Bank bond issuances, and Joint Bookrunner on the City of Vancouver Sustainability Bond issuance.
The City of Toronto's Social Bond is the city's second Social Bond, following on their inaugural issue in June 2020 – the first-ever Social Bond from a Canadian Government issuer – which BMO also led. The Social Bond, issued under Toronto's Social Debenture Framework, is part of a program to promote positive socioeconomic outcomes, from affordable housing and access to essential infrastructure and services, to socioeconomic advancement and empowerment.
The World Bank Sustainability Bond is an $8 billion 2-year and 7-year Dual-Tranche Fixed-Rate Global Sustainability Bond launched in April 2021. The World Bank has been issuing sustainable development bonds in the international capital markets for over 70 years to fund programs and activities that achieve a positive impact. BMO is proud to be a joint lead-manager on this issuance. World Bank bonds are aligned with the Sustainability Bond Guidelines published by the International Capital Market Association and support the financing of a combination of green and social projects, programs, and activities.
The inaugural City of Vancouver Sustainability Bond was the first Sustainability Bond from a Canadian governmental issuer. Proceeds of the bond are supporting eligible projects such as green buildings, renewal and upgrade of the main sewer and a fire hall, street and bridge infrastructure, an accessibility program to provide access to essential services, a climate emergency response program and a seawall maintenance program.
"As Joint-Lead Manager we're pleased with the recognition the City of Toronto Social Bond, the World Bank Sustainability Bond, and the City of Vancouver Sustainability Bond have received from Environmental Finance," said Jonathan Hackett, Head, BMO Sustainable Finance. "These transactions are leading examples in sustainable financing that we believe will act as a catalyst to others as they explore social and sustainability labeled financing and BMO is excited to be a leader working with our clients in this space -- one that so closely aligns with our Purpose to Boldly Grow the Good, in business and life."
BMO is a recognized sustainability leader
Carbon neutral in its own operations since 2010, BMO announced its Climate Ambition in March 2021 with a commitment to deploy $300 billion in sustainable lending and underwriting to companies pursuing sustainable outcomes by 2025. BMO is focused on being its clients' lead partner in their transition to a net zero world and, since December 2019, has completed green and sustainability-linked loans for companies in a range of sectors, with targets including decarbonization, diversity & inclusion, and health and safety. To support clients' pursuit of opportunities driven by the increasing momentum of the global economy's shift in production and consumption of energy, in 2021 BMO established a dedicated Energy Transition Group and the BMO Climate Institute.
BMO's leadership on sustainability has been recognized by the Wall Street Journal's 100 Most Sustainably Managed Companies in the World, Corporate Knights' Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations, Dow Jones Sustainability Indices World Index, and Ethisphere Institute's list of the World's Most Ethical Companies.
For more information on BMO's commitment to a sustainable future, please visit the bank's latest Sustainability Report. To learn more about sustainable finance at BMO click here. For BMO's climate ambition, visit its Climate page.
About BMO Financial Group
Serving customers for 200 years and counting, BMO is a highly diversified financial services provider - the 8th largest bank, by assets, in North America. With total assets of $1.02 trillion as of January 31, 2022, and a team of diverse and highly engaged employees, BMO provides a broad range of personal and commercial banking, wealth management and investment banking products and services to more than 12 million customers and conducts business through three operating groups: Personal and Commercial Banking, BMO Wealth Management and BMO Capital Markets.
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Leading pre-settlement funding firm can approve cases within 24-48 hours in what is expected to be the busiest summer funding period since pre-pandemic
NEWARK, N.J., April 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Legal-Bay LLC, The Pre Settlement Funding Company, announces that they are prepared for a spike in lawsuit loan funding requests. All trends point toward a brisk return to this particular market, with settlement loan applications at levels not seen since before Covid. Legal-Bay's experienced staff is standing by to process the high number of applications and provide a quick turnaround time, usually in less than 48-hours once all documents have been received.
Summertime can be grueling for plaintiffs who find themselves without resources, especially as kids are getting out of school and parents need money for camp, vacations, and family activities. Legal-Bay understands the need for extra cash this time of year, and is prepared to assist plaintiffs obtain the funds that will help them get back to living their lives.
Chris Janish, CEO of Legal-Bay, commented, "As Memorial Day approaches, we are already seeing a rise in car accident filings. Once summer truly gets underway, even more people will be on the road, unfortunately leading to more accidents and subsequent lawsuits. We're here to help our plaintiffs in any way we can, even if it's just by getting some money to families trying to have a fun summer."
If you're a plaintiff involved in any active lawsuit and need an immediate cash advance against an impending lawsuit settlement, please visit Legal-Bay HERE or call toll-free: 877.571.0405.
Legal-Bay is a leader in settlement loan services with some of the lowest rates in the industry. Any new clients that have an existing lawsuit and need cash now can apply for loan settlement funding. Legal-Bay funds all types of loans for lawsuits including personal injury, car, truck, or boat accidents, and more.
Legal-Bay's presettlement funding programs are designed to provide immediate cash in advance of a plaintiff's anticipated monetary award. The non-recourse law suit loans are risk-free, as the money doesn't need to be repaid should the recipient lose their case. Therefore, the lawsuit loans aren't really loans, but rather a cash advance.
To apply right now, please visit the company's website HERE or call toll-free: 877.571.0405 where agents are standing by.
Contact: Chris Janish, CEO
Email: info@Legal-Bay.com
Ph.: 877.571.0405
Website: www.Legal-Bay.com
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NEW YORK, July 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Juan Monteverde, founder and managing partner of the class action firm Monteverde & Associates PC (the "M&A Class Action Firm"), a national securities firm rated Top 50 in the 2018-2021 ISS Securities Class Action Services Report and headquartered at the Empire State Building in New York City, is investigating La Jolla Pharmaceutical Co. (LJPC), relating to its proposed acquisition by Innovia, Inc. Under the terms of the agreement, LJPC shareholders are expected to receive $6.23 in cash per share they own. Click here for more information: http://monteverdelaw.com/case/la-jolla-pharmaceutical-co. It is free and there is no cost or obligation to you.
We are a national class action securities litigation law firm that has recovered millions of dollars and is committed to protecting shareholders from corporate wrongdoing. We were listed in the Top 50 in the 2018-2021 ISS Securities Class Action Services Report. Our lawyers have significant experience litigating Mergers & Acquisitions and Securities Class Actions. Mr. Monteverde is recognized by Super Lawyers as a Rising Star in Securities Litigation in 2013, 2017-2019, an award given to less than 2.5% of attorneys in a particular field. He has also been selected by Martindale-Hubbell as a 2017-2021 Top Rated Lawyer. Our firm's recent successes include changing the law in a significant victory that lowered the standard of liability under Section 14(e) of the Exchange Act in the Ninth Circuit. Thereafter, our firm successfully preserved this victory by obtaining dismissal of a writ of certiorari as improvidently granted at the United States Supreme Court. Emulex Corp. v. Varjabedian, 139 S. Ct. 1407 (2019). Also, in 2019 we recovered or secured six cash common funds for shareholders in mergers & acquisitions class action cases.
If you own common stock in LJPC and wish to obtain additional information and protect your investments free of charge, please visit our website or contact Juan E. Monteverde, Esq. either via e-mail at jmonteverde@monteverdelaw.com or by telephone at (212) 971-1341.
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NEW YORK, June 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX).
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This lawsuit is on behalf of persons and entities that purchased or otherwise acquired Netflix common stock or call options, or sold put options, between January 19, 2021 and April 19, 2022, inclusive.
Shareholders interested in acting as a lead plaintiff representing the class of wronged shareholders have until July 5, 2022 to petition the court. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
According to a filed complaint, Netflix, Inc. issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Netflix was exhibiting slower acquisition growth due to, among other things, account sharing by customers and increased competition from other streaming services; (2) the Company was experiencing difficulties retaining customers; (3) as a result of the foregoing, the Company was losing subscribers on a net basis (4) as a result, the Company's financial results were being adversely affected; and (5) as a result of the foregoing, Defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially false and/or misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
Jakubowitz Law is vigorous in pursuit of justice for shareholders who have been the victim of securities fraud. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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For the first time since its release, bourbon lovers across the country will be able to win a chance to purchase the limited-edition expression
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Aug. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- George Garvin Brown was the first to seal his whisky, Old Forester, in a glass bottle in 1870. To commemorate his birthday, the First Bottled Bourbon annually releases a limited edition, vintage-dated expression: Birthday Bourbon. Hand selected by Master Distiller Chris Morris, this small batch bourbon offers a unique character and flavor profile that will never be replicated.
The September 2nd release marks the 22nd limited edition expression, but this year's celebration will look different than years past. For the first time, Old Forester's Birthday Bourbon will be available to purchase through a sweepstakes running from August 24, 2022 through August 31, 2022. This gives people nationwide the opportunity to win the right to purchase the most coveted expression of Old Forester.
Because of the new policy, no Birthday Bourbon bottles will be sold at the distillery on September 2.
Prize winners will be notified via e-mail on September 2, 2022.
"Birthday Bourbon holds a special place among Old Forester's limited-releases, celebrating the legacy of the Brown family," Morris said. "We're excited to open up the opportunity for bourbon lovers all over the country to get their hands on this beloved bourbon."
- Color: Dark amber with orange highlights
- Aroma: Begins with caramelized orange peel and cherry fruit softened with vanilla bean, graham cracker atop rich layers of toasted and charred oak brightened with a touch of cedar
- Taste: Subtle fruit flavor transitions into sweet roasted coffee with hints of dark chocolate and a dash of cocoa with toasted and charred seasoned oak character
- Finish: Smooth and light with velvety coffee and mocha notes with lingering dark chocolate character
The suggested retail price is $149.99.
For more information on how to enter the sweepstakes and additional rules and regulations, please visit www.oldforester.com/birthday-bourbon-sweepstakes/.
For 152 years, Brown-Forman Corporation has enriched the experience of life by responsibly building fine quality beverage alcohol brands, including Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey, Jack Daniel's & Cola, Jack Daniel's Tennessee Honey, Jack Daniel's Tennessee Fire, Gentleman Jack, Jack Daniel's Single Barrel, Finlandia, Korbel, el Jimador, Woodford Reserve, Old Forester, Herradura, New Mix, Sonoma-Cutrer, Chambord, BenRiach, GlenDronach, Slane, and Fords Gin. Brown-Forman's brands are supported by over 4,800 employees and sold in more than 170 countries worldwide. For more information about the company, please visit https://www.brown-forman.com/.
Old Forester is Brown-Forman's founding brand, founded in 1870 by George Garvin Brown. Brown believed Old Forester was so pure and consistent that he sealed it, signed it, and pledged, "There is nothing better in the market."
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This week in travel: Mask mandates and tourist tax
By Maureen O’Hare, CNN
The US mask mandate for planes and public transportation has been struck down, Venice is introducing an entry fee for tourists, and Chicago O’Hare International Airport is getting an $8.5 billion makeover.
Here are the big stories in travel this week.
Masks and mayhem
Canceled flights. Understaffed airports. Soaring car rental costs. Despite restrictions easing and Covid rates settling, it’s set to be a challenging summer for travel.
Added to that, there’s the ongoing saga of the US transportation mask mandate.
A federal judge ruled Monday that the government’s mask mandate for airplanes and public transport was unlawful, but two days later, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that it had asked the Department of Justice to appeal the ruling.
Three major US airlines have announced they’ll be letting some passengers previously banned for mask violations back on their flights. Here’s everything you need to know about the new US mask rules (for now).
Meanwhile, video has emerged that appears to show former heavyweight boxing champ Mike Tyson hitting a fellow airplane passenger.
Airport makeover
Chicago O’Hare International Airport was for decades the world’s busiest airport, but became notorious for congestion and poor customer satisfaction. A new $8.5 billion makeover is set to transform this huge Midwestern hub.
The current holder of the “world’s busiest airport” by passenger traffic title is Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International.
Tourism dollars
Global travel and tourism GDP could be back to 2019 levels by next year, says a hopeful new forecast by the World Travel and Tourism Council.
It also reckons tourism will be a driving force for the global economic recovery, creating one in three of all new jobs. Some US airlines are also expecting record revenue.
In Venice, however, some of those tourism dollars will come from a new €10 entry fee (about $11) that will be introduced next year. It will be the first city in the world to introduce an entry fee. However, Wales and Edinburgh are some of the other European destinations considering a tax on tourists.
The CDC has overhauled its travel warning list, meaning many countries that previously carried a “do not travel” advisory are now simply “be up to date with your Covid-19 vaccines before visiting.”
Future of cruising
Our new Monthly Ticket series continued this week with a look at the world’s most incredible cruise ship cabins. We’re talking $200,000 mattresses, cashmere bedding, hot tubs, in-suite slides and TVs so large they’re home cinema level.
And after a couple of choppy years for the industry, we took a look at the comeback of cruising.
Unusual airlines
Did you know that the restaurant chain Hooters once had its own airline, complete with tank-topped “Hooters girls”? Or that a Florida airline named Smokers Express tried to offer passengers on-board steaks and burgers with a side of free cigarettes?
Then there’s Pet Airways, also based out of Florida (why is it always Florida?), which was dedicated to cats and dogs (our tips on pet passports here). Find out more in our roundup of unusual airlines that really existed.
No sand? No problem
Panama’s Bocas Bali resort had everything — except for a beach. So they built one, 90 feet (27 meters) long and, unusually for sandy shores, over water.
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WASHINGTON D.C. -- As America braces for a heat wave heading into the Fourth of July holiday weekend, American Humane, the country’s first national humane organization, is reminding all dog owners that hot dogs belong on the grill, not in your car.
Leaving a pet in a parked vehicle can be life-threatening in hot weather. Even when it’s a comfortable 70 degrees outside, temperatures inside a parked car can soar to dangerous levels in just minutes — exposing animals to serious risks of discomfort, illness and even death.
Heat exposure affects animals differently than humans and not only inside of hot cars. Dogs and other pets can quickly become dehydrated and overheated in just a matter of minutes while taking a walk or by just simply playing outside.
By following the simple tips below, owners can ensure that their pet keeps cool during the dog days of summer:
-- Never leave your pet alone in a vehicle. Leaving a pet in a car for even a short time can have a deadly outcome. If you see a distressed dog inside a parked car on a warm day, immediately call your local animal control or law enforcement for help and stay with the animal until help arrives.
-- Adjust exercise and walking schedules to cooler parts of the day. During hot summer months, even regular exercise can be dangerous for pets – and you may have to switch up your routine for walks to take place in the morning or the evening.
-- If it’s too hot for your hand, it’s too hot for their paws. Before taking your dog out on a walk, touch the surface of the sidewalk or street with the back of your hand. If the ground is too hot to touch for more than five seconds, this will also be the case for your pet.
-- Ensure that your pets have access to shade and fresh water at all times while outdoors at home. Temperatures in your yard can increase to dangerous levels in just a few hours, and heat stroke can become a serious issue.
-- Familiarize yourself with the signs of heat stroke. This can include excessive panting, dark or bright red tongue and/or bleeding of the gums, lethargy, stumbling, seizures, bloody diarrhea or vomit, and even coma.
-- Learn to check your dog for possible dehydration. Gently pinch the skin over your dog’s shoulder, pull the skin away from its body, and then release it. The skin will slide right back into place if your dog is properly hydrated, but it will remain “tented” or return very slowly if your dog is dehydrated.
-- Offer your dog a bowl of cool water to drink in small servings. If your dog swallows a significant amount of water in a short period of time, it could get sick and end up vomiting.
-- Provide temporary relief to an overheated animal by applying cool (not icy) water on your pet’s skin with either a bath, hose or sponge until medical assistance can be reached.
-- If your pet showed signs of heat stroke but has been cooled and now appears fine, do not assume that all is well. Internal organs, such as the liver, kidneys and the brain, are all affected by extreme body temperature elevation, so seek veterinary assistance as soon as possible.
Summer with your pets can be a picnic if you follow these simple tips and remember that hot dogs belong on the grill, not in your car!
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Death toll in Kentucky hits 26 amid renewed flood threat
HINDMAN, Ky. (AP) — The number of deaths from massive flooding in Kentucky climbed to 26 on Sunday and several dozen people remained missing amid the threat of more heavy rain.
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said on NBC’s “Meet The Press” that the death toll had risen by one since Saturday from last week’s storms.
Beshear has said the number would likely rise significantly and it could take weeks to find all the victims. As many as 37 people were unaccounted for, according to a daily briefing from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
On top of that, more flash flooding was possible in portions of Appalachia on Sunday and Monday as the latest storms roll through, the National Weather Service said. Rainfall rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour were possible in some of the same areas that were inundated last week.
A dozen shelters were open for flood victims in Kentucky with 388 occupants on Sunday, according to FEMA.
Beshear said state police were taking calls from worried people who can’t locate loved ones due to spotty cell phone service.
“We still can’t get into some areas to check on people,” Beshear said. “We’re doubling our National Guard. We’re going to work to go door to door, work to find, again, as many people as we can. We’re even going to work through the rain. But the weather is complicating it.”
Among the stories of survival that continue to emerge, a 17-year-old girl whose home in Whitesburg was flooded Thursday put her dog in a plastic container and swam 70 yards to safety on a neighbor’s roof. Chloe Adams waited hours before she and her dog, Sandy, were rescued by a relative in a kayak.
“My daughter is safe and whole tonight,” her father, Terry Adams, said in a Facebook post. “We lost everything today … everything except what matters most.”
On an overcast morning in downtown Hindman, about 200 miles (322 kilometers) southeast of Louisville, a crew cleared debris piled along storefronts. Nearby, a vehicle was perched upside down in Troublesome Creek, now back within its debris-littered banks.
With the threat of more rain, workers toiled nonstop through mud-caked sidewalks and roads.
“We’re going to be here unless there’s a deluge,” said Tom Jackson, who is among the workers.
Jackson was with a crew from Corbin, Kentucky, where he’s the city’s recycling director, about a two-hour drive from Hindman.
His crew worked all day Saturday, and the mud and debris were so thick that they managed to clear one-eighth of a mile of roadway. The water had rushed off the hillsides had so much force that it bent road signs.
“I’ve never seen water like this,” Jackson said.
In Knott County, Teresa Perry Reynolds’ home was inundated with water and mud. She and her husband would have taken refuge in their 44-foot travel trailer, but it was swamped by the floodwater.
“I have the clothes on my back,” she said Saturday when asked what they could salvage.
They found her husband’s wallet after searching a day and a half. It was left behind as they escaped the fast-rising water Thursday and went to a neighbor’s house. A team of volunteers hauled debris out of her house Saturday.
She and her husband are staying with friends. She’s a retired teacher and her husband is a retired school administrator.
“All I know is I’m homeless and I’ve got people taking care of me,” she said.
The rain let up early Friday after parts of eastern Kentucky received between 8 and 10 1/2 inches (20-27 centimeters) over 48 hours. About 13,000 utility customers in Kentucky remained without power Sunday, poweroutage.us reported.
President Joe Biden declared a federal disaster to direct relief money to more than a dozen Kentucky counties.
Last week’s flooding extended to West Virginia, where Gov. Jim Justice declared a state of emergency for six southern counties, and to Virginia, where Gov. Glenn Youngkin also made an emergency declaration that enabled officials to mobilize resources across the flooded southwest portion of the state.
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Associated Press writer John Raby contributed to this report from Charleston, West Virginia.
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DURHAM, N.C., June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Rewriting the Code (RTC), a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting college and early career women with a passion for technology, announced a partnership with Goldman Sachs that provides $1,500,000 to fund and launch the RTC Women in Tech Fund.
Goldman Sachs will also provide funding of $1,000,000 to support mentorships, programming, and education for the RTC community. The RTC Women in Tech Fund is invested in college undergraduates that are within four semesters of graduation, are pursuing a computing-related major, and can demonstrate financial need.
"I am thrilled to be taking the next step in our partnership with RTC, Black Wings and Latinas de RTC. This initiative is supplementary to various mentorship programs we host with them, and will provide financial support to women in technology who need assistance in completing their degrees, ultimately leading to increased representation of women in the industry," said Rob Fuentes, global head of Digital Talent Acquisition and co-head of Engineering Hispanic/Latinx Network at Goldman Sachs.
Grant options include:
- Emergency Mini-Grants up to $599 to help students overcome short-term obstacles to their progress.
- Bridge Grants up to $3,000 to overcome potentially catastrophic financial hurdles or access critical resume building opportunities.
- RTC Academic Grants up to $10,000 to cover tuition and expenses for the final credits to degree completion.
"Goldman Sachs' generous grant will position Rewriting the Code to appropriately seed and launch RTC's Women in Tech Fund," added Sue Harnett, Founder & President of Rewriting the Code. "The Fund supports RTC students who are experiencing financial hardships that impact their ability to focus on, and complete their computing degrees. Increasing the number of women and intersectional women in tech, requires a holistic approach including mentorship, educational programming, community building and financial support. Access to financial support will allow the women of RTC to exhale and focus on completing their degree."
This financial partnership is an extension of an existing partnership RTC has had with Goldman Sachs since 2019 when two RTC members interned at Goldman Sachs the year prior and introduced Managing Director Elizabeth Byrnes to the RTC community and its impact on women in technology focused jobs. This resulted in a Talent Acquisition partnership for both employees and interns that has doubled in size year over year. In early 2020, Rob Fuentes championed the Engineer Match program to include career development for both male and female identifying engineers and will lead the RTC Women in Tech Fund partnership moving forward.
For more information, please visit: www.rewritingthecode.org/womenintechfund
Rewriting the Code is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that has developed a community of exceptional college and early career women with a passion for technology. RTC empowers women to become the next generation of engineers and tech leaders by providing community, industry education, professional and personal development, and hands-on experience through partnership with companies across North America.
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is a leading global financial institution that delivers a broad range of financial services across investment banking, securities, investment management and consumer banking to a large and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and individuals. Founded in 1869, the firm is headquartered in New York and maintains offices in all major financial centers around the world.
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Net Sales Growth Accelerates, with all Business Segments posting Strong Results
Company Reaffirms Adjusted EPS Guidance for the Year
BURLINGTON, Mass. and FRISCO, Texas, July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. (NASDAQ: KDP) today reported strong results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2022 and raised its full-year net sales guidance to low-double-digit growth, from the previous high-single-digit range. The Company also reaffirmed its guidance for full year Adjusted EPS growth in the mid-single-digit range.
Commenting on the announcement, Chairman and CEO Bob Gamgort stated, "Our strong results reflect the flexibility and resilience of our business and the capability of our team to execute with excellence. We successfully recovered from supply chain disruptions in coffee and non-carbonated beverages, implemented additional pricing to offset inflation and continued to accelerate growth across our broad portfolio, leading to another quarter of strong market share performance. We remain confident that our "all-weather" business model will enable us to deliver in the ongoing volatile macro environment."
Incoming CEO Ozan Dokmecioglu added, "I am pleased with the continued strength of our business and remain confident in our ability to deliver our plans for the second half of this year. I look forward to assuming the role of CEO and partnering with our talented team to drive value creation through the successful execution of our strategic plan."
Second Quarter Consolidated Results
Net sales for the second quarter of 2022 increased 13.2% to $3.55 billion, compared to $3.14 billion in the year-ago period and, on a constant currency basis, net sales increased 13.5%. This strong performance reflected balanced growth in all segments, with both pricing and volumes up in the quarter. Driving the consolidated net sales growth was favorable net price realization of 10.4% and higher volume/mix of 3.1%, reflecting modest volume elasticity impacts in the quarter.
KDP in-market performance in the Liquid Refreshment Beverages (LRB) category remained exceptionally strong in the quarter, with retail dollar consumption2 advancing 9.9% and market share growing or holding across 92% of the Company's cold beverage portfolio, largely reflecting strength in CSDs3, premium unflavored water, coconut water, seltzers, teas, apple juice, vegetable juice and fruit drinks. This performance was driven by Dr Pepper, Sunkist, Canada Dry, A&W and Squirt CSDs, CORE Hydration, Vita Coco, Polar seltzers, Snapple, Hawaiian Punch and Mott's.
In coffee, retail dollar consumption of single-serve pods manufactured by KDP increased 3.8% in IRi tracked channels, led by higher pricing in both partner and KDP owned and licensed brands, with stronger growth registered in untracked channels. Coffee Systems net sales in the quarter advanced approximately 9%, reflecting the early completion of the Company's coffee recovery program, which enabled KDP to begin to restore inventory levels to partners and customers. KDP manufactured share in the quarter remained strong at 81.8%.
GAAP operating income in the second quarter of 2022 decreased 22.1% to $572 million, compared to $734 million in the year-ago period, primarily reflecting higher gross profit, driven by the strong and balanced net sales growth and productivity, more than offset by the unfavorable year-over-year impact of items affecting comparability and broad-based inflationary pressures and supply chain disruption.
Adjusted operating income declined slightly in the quarter to $832 million, or 23.4% as a percent of net sales, reflecting Adjusted gross profit growth of 10%, offset by inflationary pressures in transportation, warehousing and retail labor, each of which increased on a rate basis in the quarter.
GAAP net income in the second quarter of 2022 decreased 51.3% to $218 million, or $0.15 per diluted share, compared to $448 million, or $0.31 per diluted share, in the year-ago period. This performance reflected the decline in GAAP operating income and the unfavorable year-over-year impact of items affecting comparability, which more than offset the benefits of a lower effective tax rate and reduced interest expense.
Adjusted net income in the quarter advanced 3.3% to $554 million, driven by the benefits of the lower effective tax rate and reduced interest expense, partially offset by the slight decline in Adjusted operating income. Adjusted diluted EPS in the quarter increased 2.6% to $0.39, compared to $0.38 in the year-ago period.
Operating cash flow in the second quarter of 2022 totaled $676 million and free cash flow totaled $599 million, primarily reflecting the increase in operating cash flow and slightly lower capital expenditures.
During the quarter, the Company repurchased approximately 2.5 million KDP shares for a total cost of $87.6 million, at an average price per share of $34.51. The company has $3.9 billion remaining under its share repurchase authorization expiring on December 31, 2025.
Second Quarter Segment Results
Coffee Systems
Net sales for the second quarter of 2022 increased 8.5% to $1.20 billion, compared to $1.10 billion in the year-ago period and, on a constant currency basis, net sales increased 9.1%. The constant currency net sales growth was driven by a 5.8% increase in net price realization and a 3.3% increase in volume/mix, reflecting the benefits of modest elasticities and the early completion of the Company's coffee recovery program, which enabled KDP to begin to rebuild retailer and partner inventories and restore customer service levels.
The higher net price realization of 5.8% in the quarter was driven by pod and brewer pricing actions taken late in 2021 and during the second quarter of 2022. The volume/mix increase of 3.3% reflected pod volume growth of 4.7%, partially offset by a brewer volume decline of 4.2%, reflecting comparison to the strong 29% brewer growth in the year-ago period.
GAAP operating income in the second quarter of 2022 decreased 11.3% to $315 million, compared to $355 million in the year-ago period, largely reflecting the lag in timing between higher net price realization and broad-based inflation, continued elevated costs associated with the coffee recovery program, a slight increase in marketing investment and the unfavorable year-over-year impact of items affecting comparability. Partially offsetting these factors was the benefit of productivity. Adjusted operating income decreased 8.4% to $369 million and, on a percent of net sales basis, totaled 30.9%.
Packaged Beverages
Net sales for the second quarter of 2022 increased 12.8% to $1.69 billion, compared to $1.50 billion in the year-ago period and, on a constant currency basis, net sales increased 12.9%. This strong and balanced net sales performance was driven by higher net price realization of 11.0% and increased volume/mix of 1.9%, reflecting modest volume elasticities and continued strong in-market execution.
The strong net sales performance reflected broad-based strength across the portfolio, led by CSDs, CORE Hydration, Snapple, Polar seltzers, Vita Coco, Mott's and Hawaiian Punch.
GAAP operating income in the second quarter of 2022 decreased 11.1% to $232 million, compared to $261 million in the year-ago period, primarily reflecting the lag in timing between higher net price realization and broad-based inflation and higher marketing investment, partially offset by productivity and the favorable year-over-year impact of items affecting comparability. Adjusted operating income decreased 14.5% to $247 million and, on a percent of net sales basis, totaled 14.6%.
Beverage Concentrates
Net sales for the second quarter of 2022 increased 22.7% to $460 million, compared to $375 million in the year-ago period and, on a constant currency basis, increased 22.9%. This strong and balanced performance was driven by higher net price realization of 19.2%, including favorable timing related to trade accruals versus year-ago, and favorable volume/mix of 3.7%, reflecting modest volume elasticities.
Total shipment volume versus year-ago increased 3.5% in the quarter, led by increases in Canada Dry and Dr Pepper. Bottler case sales volume in the quarter were essentially even with the year-ago period.
GAAP operating income in the second quarter of 2022 increased 27.1% to $324 million, compared to $255 million in the year-ago period, primarily reflecting the strong net sales performance and lower marketing, partially offset by broad-based inflation and the slightly unfavorable year-over-year impact of items affecting comparability. Adjusted operating income increased 27.6% to $327 million and, on a percent of net sales basis, totaled 71.1%.
Latin America Beverages
Net sales for the second quarter of 2022 increased 26.5% to $210 million, on both a reported and constant currency basis, compared to net sales of $166 million in the year-ago period. This strong and balanced performance was driven by higher net price realization of 14.5% and increased volume/mix of 12.0%, reflecting modest volume elasticities and strong in-market execution. Leading the net sales growth were Peñafiel, Clamato, Squirt and Mott's.
GAAP operating income in the second quarter of 2022 increased 38.9% to $50 million, compared to $36 million in the year-ago period, reflecting the strong growth in net sales, productivity and a slightly favorable year-over-year impact of items affecting comparability which, taken together, more than offset broad-based inflationary pressures, particularly elevated logistics costs, and increased marketing investment. Adjusted operating income increased 35.1% to $50 million and, on a percent of net sales basis, totaled 23.8%.
KDP Acquisition
During the quarter, KDP announced an agreement to acquire the global rights to Atypique, a highly unique non-alcohol, ready-to-drink cocktail brand in the emerging and fast-growing non-alcohol cocktail segment in Canada. This new platform complements KDP's strong and successful ready-to-drink alcohol portfolio in Canada and provides the Company with new growth opportunities in an exciting, new category.
KDP 2022 Guidance
KDP raised its guidance for 2022 constant currency net sales growth to the low-double-digit range and reaffirmed its guidance for Adjusted EPS growth in the mid-single-digit range. The Company continues to expect Adjusted EPS growth in the second half of the year to reach the high-single-digit range, driven largely by the fourth quarter.
Investor Contacts:
Steve Alexander
T: 972-673-6769 / steve.alexander@kdrp.com
Chethan Mallela
chethan.mallela@kdrp.com
Media Contact:
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About Keurig Dr Pepper
Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) is a leading beverage company in North America, with annual revenue approaching $13 billion and approximately 27,000 employees. KDP holds leadership positions in soft drinks, specialty coffee and tea, water, juice and juice drinks and mixers, and markets the #1 single serve coffee brewing system in the U.S. and Canada. The Company's portfolio of more than 125 owned, licensed and partner brands is designed to satisfy virtually any consumer need, any time, and includes Keurig®, Dr Pepper®, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters®, Canada Dry®, Snapple®, Bai®, Mott's®, CORE® and The Original Donut Shop®. Through its powerful sales and distribution network, KDP can deliver its portfolio of hot and cold beverages to nearly every point of purchase for consumers. The Company is committed to sourcing, producing and distributing its beverages responsibly through its Drink Well. Do Good. corporate responsibility platform, including efforts around circular packaging, efficient natural resource use and supply chain sustainability. For more information, visit www.keurigdrpepper.com.
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
Certain statements contained herein are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of applicable securities laws and regulations. These forward-looking statements can generally be identified by the use of words such as "outlook," "guidance," "anticipate," "expect," "believe," "could," "estimate," "feel," "forecast," "intend," "may," "plan," "potential," "project," "should," "target," "will," "would," and similar words. Forward-looking statements by their nature address matters that are, to different degrees, uncertain. These statements are based on the current expectations of our management, are not predictions of actual performance, and actual results may differ materially.
Forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including the factors disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent filings with the SEC. We are under no obligation to update, modify or withdraw any forward-looking statements, except as required by applicable law.
NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
This release includes certain non-GAAP financial measures including Adjusted operating income, Adjusted net income, Adjusted diluted EPS, free cash flow and financial measures presented on a constant currency basis, which differ from results using U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). These non-GAAP financial measures should be considered as supplements to the GAAP reported measures, should not be considered replacements for, or superior to, the GAAP measures and may not be comparable to similarly named measures used by other companies. Non-GAAP financial measures typically exclude certain charges, including one-time costs that are not expected to occur routinely in future periods. The Company uses non-GAAP financial measures internally to focus management on performance excluding these special charges to gauge our business operating performance. Management believes this information is helpful to investors because it increases transparency and assists investors in understanding the underlying performance of the Company and in the analysis of ongoing operating trends. Additionally, management believes that non-GAAP financial measures are frequently used by analysts and investors in their evaluation of companies, and their continued inclusion provides consistency in financial reporting and enables analysts and investors to perform meaningful comparisons of past, present and future operating results. The most directly comparable GAAP financial measures and reconciliations to non-GAAP financial measures are set forth in the appendix to this release and included in the Company's filings with the SEC.
To the extent that the Company provides guidance, it does so only on a non-GAAP basis and does not provide reconciliations of such forward-looking non-GAAP measures to GAAP due to the inability to predict the amount and timing of impacts outside of the Company's control on certain items, such as non-cash gains or losses resulting from mark-to-market adjustments of derivative instruments, among others.
KEURIG DR PEPPER INC.
RECONCILIATION OF CERTAIN NON-GAAP INFORMATION
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The company reports its financial results in accordance with U.S. GAAP. However, management believes that certain non-GAAP financial measures that reflect the way management evaluates the business may provide investors with additional information regarding the company's results, trends and ongoing performance on a comparable basis.
Specifically, investors should consider the following with respect to our financial results:
Adjusted: Defined as certain financial statement captions and metrics adjusted for certain items affecting comparability.
Items affecting comparability: Defined as certain items that are excluded for comparison to prior year periods, adjusted for the tax impact as applicable. Tax impact is determined based upon an approximate rate for each item. For each period, management adjusts for (i) the unrealized mark-to-market impact of derivative instruments not designated as hedges in accordance with U.S. GAAP that do not have an offsetting risk reflected within the financial results, as well as the unrealized mark-to-market impact of our Vita Coco investment; (ii) the amortization associated with definite-lived intangible assets; (iii) the amortization of the deferred financing costs associated with the DPS Merger; (iv) the amortization of the fair value adjustment of the senior unsecured notes obtained as a result of the DPS Merger; (v) stock compensation expense and the associated windfall tax benefit attributable to the matching awards made to employees who made an initial investment in KDP; (vi) non-cash changes in deferred tax liabilities related to goodwill and other intangible assets as a result of tax rate or apportionment changes; and (vii) other certain items that are excluded for comparison purposes to prior year periods.
For the second quarter of 2022, the other certain items excluded for comparison purposes include (i) restructuring and integration expenses related to significant business combinations; (ii) productivity expenses; (iii) costs related to significant non-routine legal matters; (iv) the loss on early extinguishment of debt related to the redemption of debt; (v) incremental costs to our operations related to risks associated with the COVID-19 pandemic; (vi) the gain on the sale of our investment in BodyArmor; (vii) the gain on the settlement of our prior litigation with BodyArmor, excluding recoveries of previously incurred litigation expenses which were included in our adjusted results; (viii) losses recognized with respect to our equity method investment in Bedford as a result of funding our share of their wind-down costs and (ix) foundational projects, which are transformative and non-recurring in nature.
For the second quarter of 2021, the other certain items excluded for comparison purposes include (i) restructuring and integration expenses related to significant business combinations; (ii) productivity expenses; (iii) costs related to significant non-routine legal matters; (iv) the loss on early extinguishment of debt related to the redemption of debt; (v) incremental costs to our operations related to risks associated with the COVID-19 pandemic; and (vi) gains from insurance recoveries related to the February 2019 organized malware attack on our business operation networks in the Coffee Systems segment.
Costs related to significant non-routine legal matters relate to the antitrust litigation. Incremental costs to our operations related to risks associated with the COVID-19 pandemic include incremental expenses incurred to either maintain the health and safety of our front-line employees or temporarily increase compensation to such employees to ensure essential operations continue during the pandemic.
We believe removing these costs reflects how management views our business results on a consistent basis.
Constant currency adjusted: Defined as certain financial statement captions and metrics adjusted for certain items affecting comparability, calculated on a constant currency basis by converting our current period local currency financial results using the prior period foreign currency exchange rates.
For the second quarter and first six months of 2022 and 2021, the supplemental financial data set forth below includes reconciliations of adjusted and constant currency adjusted financial measures to the applicable financial measure presented in the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for the same period.
KEURIG DR PEPPER INC.
RECONCILIATION OF NET CASH PROVIDED BY OPERATING ACTIVITIES TO FREE CASH FLOW
(UNAUDITED)
Free cash flow is defined as net cash provided by operating activities adjusted for purchases of property, plant and equipment, proceeds from sales of property, plant and equipment, and certain items excluded for comparison to prior year periods. For the first six months of 2022 and 2021, there were no certain items excluded for comparison to prior year periods.
KEURIG DR PEPPER INC.
RECONCILIATION OF SIGNIFICANT COVID-19 RELATED EXPENSES
(UNAUDITED)
The following table sets forth our reconciliation of significant COVID-19-related expenses. However, employee compensation expense and employee protection costs, which impact our SG&A expenses and cost of sales, are included as the COVID-19 item affecting comparability and are excluded in our Adjusted financial measures. In addition, reported amounts under U.S. GAAP also include additional costs, not included as the COVID-19 item affecting comparability, as presented in tables below.
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Customers are invited to shop for special deals and discounts at Natural Grocers, June 17 – 19th
LAKEWOOD, Colo., June 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Natural Grocers®, the largest family-operated organic and natural grocery retailer in the U.S., invites its customers to enjoy special Father's Day promotions, June 17-19th.
Natural Grocers is celebrating all the dads out there with deals, meals, gift-ideas, and a perfect summer giveaway throughout the month of June, but customers can enjoy additional promotions over Father's Day weekend.
DEALS, MEALS, GIFT-IDEAS AND GIVEAWAYS WITH NATURAL GROCERS
The month of June is associated with the sounds and smells of summer. It also holds the day we've collectively dedicated to celebrating fatherhood. Natural Grocers honors dads and non-traditional father-figures this month, while celebrating the kick-off to summer with plenty of savings and special offerings.
- June 3 – 25: All customers can save up to 49% in body care, grocery, fridge and freezer departments.[i]
- June 17 – 19: Customers can enjoy additional Father's Day deals and gifts over the weekend. With savings up to 39% off, these Always Affordablesm treats and snacks are even more economical.[ii]
{N}POWER® FAMILY PERKS
Members of {N}power, Natural Grocers' free loyalty program, will have access to additional Father's Day promotions[iii] on groceries and gifts throughout the store, including:
- June 17-19: 10% off all Craft Beer Selections (6 pack) at select Natural Grocers locations with The Cottage. Click HERE to find a Cottage location near you.[iv]
- June 19: {N}power® members will receive a FREE Epic® Snack Strip or Primal® Strip (meatless vegan jerky). Limit 1 per {N}power account, while supplies last.[v]
- Monthly {N}Power Meal Deals: {N}power members can enjoy discounts on quality ingredients for an affordable dinner on the grill or chill out with some smoothies. [vi]
{N}POWER SWEEPSTAKES WITH SOLARAY®
Take your wellness journey out on the open road this summer with Natural Grocers and Solaray. They're partnering up throughout the month of June to give away a limited-edition customized Solaray Bean Trailer to one lucky {N}power member.[vii]
- {N}power members who buy any (2) Solaray products in a single transaction between June 1 - June 30, 2022, will be automatically entered to win.
- {N}power members can also enter to win online.
GIFT OF NUTRITIONAL COACHING + $5 COUPON
For those looking for one more gift idea for dad, (or themselves) Natural Grocers invites its customers to book a FREE, one-hour in-person, phone or video nutritional health coaching session and earn a $5 Natural Grocers coupon.[viii]
- Book a session with a Nutritional Health Coach.
- Sign up to join {N}power here: www.naturalgrocers.com/join
- Follow Natural Grocers on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter for recipes, tips, local events and discount reminders.
- For media requests and/or press inquiries, please contact media@naturalgrocers.com.
ABOUT NATURAL GROCERS BY VITAMIN COTTAGE
Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. (NYSE: NGVC) is an expanding specialty retailer of natural and organic groceries, body care products, and dietary supplements. The products sold by Natural Grocers must meet strict quality guidelines and may not contain artificial colors, flavors, preservatives or sweeteners, or partially hydrogenated or hydrogenated oils. The Company sells only USDA-certified organic produce and exclusively pasture-raised, non-confinement dairy products, and free-range eggs. Natural Grocers' flexible smaller-store format allows it to offer affordable prices in a shopper-friendly, clean, and convenient retail environment. The Company also provides extensive free science-based Nutrition Education programs to help customers make informed health and nutrition choices. The Company, founded in 1955, has 162 stores in 20 states. Visit www.NaturalGrocers.com for more information and store locations.
[i] Offers are available from 06/03/22 to 06/25/22 and are redeemable only for in-store customer purchases at participating stores. Quantity limited to stock on hand, no rainchecks. Unless otherwise noted, all discounts are on regular prices, cannot be redeemed for store credit or cash and cannot be combined with other offers. Pricing excludes taxes and is subject to change without notice. Natural Grocers reserves the right to correct errors. Void where prohibited by law.
[ii] Offers are available for in store purchases at participating Natural Grocers stores from 06/17/22 to 06/19/22. Quantity limited to stock on hand; no rainchecks. Natural Grocers reserves the right to correct errors. Void where prohibited by law.
[iii] {N}power® offers are available only to registered members and are subject to program terms and conditions available at www.naturalgrocers.com/npower. Natural Grocers' loyalty program is free to join and offers exclusive discounts, digital coupons, rewards benefits, and other members-only features. To join {N}power, visit www.naturalgrocers.com/join or text 'organic' to 72345.
[iv] Offer available only to {N}power members, for in store purchases at participating Natural Grocers stores. Quantity limited to stock on hand; no rainchecks.
[v] Limit 1 per {N}power account. In-store only. Quantity limited to stock on hand; no rainchecks. This offer has been pre-loaded to{N}power accounts. Natural Grocers reserves the right to correct errors. Void where prohibited by law.
[vi] Limited time offer available to {N}power members only through 6/30/22. Enter phone number at checkout to redeem. Visit www.naturalgrocers.com/mealdeals for details.
[vii] NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. Open only to legal respondents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia, 18 years or older. Must be an {N}power member to enter. Void where prohibited by law. Natural Grocers employees, including members of their households, are not eligible for this offer. Sweepstakes starts on 6/1/2022 and ends on 6/30/2022. For official rules, complete details and alternative method of entry, visit www.naturalgrocers.com/sweepstakes. Sponsor: Vitamin Cottage Natural Food Markets, Inc.
[viii] No purchase necessary. Coupon is redeemable only for in-store purchases at participating Natural Grocers stores. Promotion subject to change without notice. Natural Grocers reserves the right to correct errors. Void where prohibited by law. Minimum $5 purchase required to redeem coupon.
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PRAGUE, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vendavo, the global leader in B2B pricing and selling solutions, has announced the official re-opening of its Czech Republic office in Prague.
Located in the Luxembourg Plaza, just minutes from downtown Prague, the new office is a hub for collaboration and innovation and will house a mix of Vendavo's Engineering, Customer Experience, Services, Customer Operations, HR, IT, and Finance teams. An employee-only ribbon cutting ceremony is scheduled for September 20, 2022, to celebrate the grand re-opening.
"Over the last few years, businesses across the globe have faced unparalleled economic uncertainty. At Vendavo we're growing fast, investing in our employees, creating jobs, and fostering community, despite the economic disruption," said Bruno Slosse, Chief Executive Officer at Vendavo. "This is a win-win for Vendavo and our Czech Republic workforce. We are thrilled to welcome the team to the new office and celebrate Vendavo's commitment to economic restoration."
Innovative startups, established technology companies, and investors have their eyes on Prague as a potential technology giant. Vendavo has a long-standing commitment to the Czech Republic market and aims to attract Prague's top tech talent.
"The talent coming out of Prague is unmatched. Our passionate people, leading products, and empowering culture make Vendavo a great option for anyone looking to build their career in the tech space," said Kristin Thielking, Chief People Officer at Vendavo.
With more than 240 Czechia-based employees, Vendavo continues to expand its Czech Republic footprint and has additional offices in Hradec Králové and Ostrava.
Vendavo's AI-embedded pricing and sales solutions power the shift to digital commerce for the world's most demanding B2B companies, unlocking value, growing margin, and accelerating revenue. With the Vendavo SaaS commercial excellence platform and our best-in-class CPQ and price optimization solutions, our customers develop dynamic customer insights and execute optimal pricing strategies that maximize margin, boost sales effectiveness, and improve customer experience. Vendavo has global offices in Denver, Stockholm, Bangalore, and Prague. For more information, please visit https://www.vendavo.com.
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NASA puts Artemis moon rocket through crucial paces ahead of launch
By Ashley Strickland, CNN
The NASA Artemis I mega moon rocket may face another attempt at its crucial prelaunch ground test as early as next week, according to NASA officials.
Engineers are putting the 322-foot-tall (98-meter-tall) Artemis I rocket stack, including NASA’s Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft, through its final paces on the launchpad at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. They encountered a hydrogen leak issue on Thursday.
The crucial test, known as the wet dress rehearsal, simulates every stage of launch without the rocket leaving the launchpad. This process includes loading propellant, going through a full countdown simulating launch, resetting the countdown clock and draining the rocket tanks.
The team was able to load supercold propellant into the SLS rocket’s core stage tanks but “encountered a liquid hydrogen leak on the tail service mast umbilical that prevented the team from completing the test,” according to the agency.
“After troubleshooting it, the team decided to knock it off for the day because when you have hydrogen leaks, and you have ambient oxygen out there, you only need an ignition source to close the fire triangle. So it was a flammability risk,” Mike Sarafin, Artemis mission manager at NASA headquarters, said during a Friday news conference.
Technicians collected data, drained the tanks and ensured that the rocket remained safe and stable. Despite the leak, the team was able to work through a number of critical test items during the third attempt.
“The mega moon rocket is fine,” Sarafin said. “All the issues that we’re encountering are procedural and lessons learned.”
Now, the test team continues to assess how to address the leak. Troubleshooting began Friday morning.
The team “will look at these particular areas that we think could be the issue, how we get access to them” and determine a pathway forward, said Charlie Blackwell-Thompson, Artemis launch director for NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems program, during a Friday news conference.
In the meantime, the team is getting ready for the next potential opportunity at another wet dress rehearsal attempt on April 21, the earliest time the team is comfortable with, Sarafin said. The Artemis team is working closely with SpaceX because the Crew-4 launch is expected to take place at a nearby launchpad on April 23.
Sarafin did not disclose the exact plan for keeping the run-through on track, given that only 24 hours have passed since the leak, but he said the team is looking into options that are “readily accessible.”
“We hope that here’s something that is fairly straightforward and needs to be adjusted or is easily resolved, and we can do that at the pad and do it in fairly short order,” Sarafin said. “And then there are a couple of more invasive options, and we’ve got to weigh those against a whole host of considerations that include putting additional stress on the vehicle.”
The longer the rocket remains on the launchpad, the more it’s subjected to wind and other stressors while exposed to the elements — not to mention the strain induced by repeated tests. That could determine when the stack will be rolled back into the Vehicle Assembly Building at the space center.
Testing ambitious missions
When asked if it’s possible for Artemis I to launch without completing certain aspects of a full test, the team said it would have to reach an acceptable level of risk. But the ground and flight test programs are not complete, so the team hasn’t reached that consideration yet, Sarafin said.
The point of the wet dress rehearsal is to learn about issues that can be corrected before being forced to abort a launch attempt, and it’s something that the Apollo and shuttle programs faced as well, Blackwell-Thompson said.
There were about five or six fuelings, or wet dress rehearsals, of the first shuttle before launch, she said. And the shuttle only had a single stage, whereas the SLS rocket has a core and an upper stage that must be fueled with supercold propellant, which makes the process even more complex.
Sarafin said the team occasionally speaks with personnel who worked on the previous programs, comparing the challenges of physics, fluid dynamics, thermodynamics, supercold temperatures, structural stresses and flammability hazards.
“History has shown it’s been a challenge for pretty much anybody that’s done anything of this magnitude,” Sarafin said.
The results of the wet dress rehearsal will determine when the uncrewed Artemis I will launch on a mission that goes beyond the moon and returns to Earth. This mission will kick off NASA’s Artemis program, which is expected to return humans to the moon and land the first woman and the first person of color on the lunar surface by 2025.
“But there’s no doubt in my mind that we’ll finish the test campaign and we will be ready to go fly,” Blackwell-Thompson added.
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State-of-the-Art Training Center Aims to Unlock the Potential of Any Athlete
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Athletic Republic, the premier destination for individualized, sport-specific training backed by science, is set to open its newest location in Knoxville with a VIP event on June 24. Located in Walker Springs Plaza at 8425 Kingston Pike, the innovative training center focuses on one's metabolic, neurologic, and muscular systems in order for athletes both to maximize their abilities and better understand their bodies.
As a way to introduce themselves to the community, Athletic Republic Knoxville will host a VIP and Media Reception on Friday, June 24, with a Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony taking place at 5:30 pm. The new training center will also hold a Grand Opening Public House event on Saturday, June 25, offering residents and guests complimentary training sessions, facility tours, athlete showcase and giveaways.
Athletic Republic Knoxville is owned by local entrepreneur Adam Scott. Athletic Republic perfectly matched Adam's desired business structure and personal interests. After graduating from the University of Tennessee, Adam worked successfully for a local sport agency firm in which he was responsible for recruiting, onboarding, and assisting athletes as they adjusted to the pro sports world. Adam also brings to the table a substantial amount of experience in the franchise space, as he owned and operated a franchise that worked on behalf of small to medium-sized businesses by making shipping more convenient and affordable. Additionally, Adam currently owns a women's resale apparel franchise with two stores in Louisville, Kentucky, and a third in Knoxville. Adam is highly involved in the Knoxville sport community, serving as the head coach of his nine-year-old daughter's softball team, and enjoys playing ice hockey and golf in his free time. Adam's business impressive acumen and passion for athletics makes him the prime candidate to bring Athletic Republic to Knoxville.
"My main goal with Athletic Republic is to help athletes in reaching the potential they are capable of," said Adam. "No matter their goal or age, Athletic Republic has the tools and resources to assist them in realizing their full ability. Helping others attain what they are looking to achieve athletically is the ultimate reward for us here at Athletic Republic."
Athletic Republic offers state-of-the-art sports training that unlocks the potential of any athlete, helping them perform at their best. The brand's use of science-based protocols and specialized equipment have helped nearly two million athletes of all ages achieve their goals, by improving their speed, power, agility, strength, and stability. Athletic Republic conducts functionality testing through their Plyo Press Power Quotient (3PQ), video running analysis on their famous AR High-Speed Running Treadmill, and full-body assessments to identify each athlete's strengths and weaknesses to pinpoint where the emphasis of their training should focus on. Utilizing their revolutionary Athlete Information Management System, or AIMS, Athletic Republic can monitor and quantify improvements achieved by the athletes, and show how they compare against the average produced by athletes throughout the network.
"Adam and his family are the quintessential example of what we look for in our partners at Athletic Republic," said CEO Charlie Graves. "Adam not only has an impressive background in various aspects of sport business, but also a passion for athletics. He and his team are eager to provide unmatched customer service to their Knoxville community. We're extremely grateful to break into this new market with such an impressive franchise partner."
Founded by the late John Frappier in 1990, the innovative sports training concept was derived from practices used by the Soviet Union to expand the threshold of athletic performance. After being introduced to a multitude of physiological and training principles used by the Soviets in 1986 for the United States National Team during the Goodwill Games, John was inspired to bring these innovative ways to America. The Athletic Republic founder formed a team of sports medicine professionals and athletic trainers to implement these practices in the United States.
Athletic Republic Knoxville is open Monday through Saturday and available for private training and team training. For more information on Athletic Republic Knoxville, please visit www.knoxville.athleticrepublic.com or call 865-855-FAST.
About Athletic Republic
Athletic Republic is the nation's premier destination for individualized, sport-specific training. With technologically advanced equipment, Athletic Republic tracks and showcases the improvements an athlete experiences through their training regimen. The brand is the leading sports performance franchisor, with over 80 training centers and nearly two million athletes trained in the program. It is the preeminent option for individualized, sport-specific training for athletes of all ages and abilities who seek to improve their speed, power, stability, agility and stamina. For more information, visit www.athleticrepublic.com.
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Police: ‘Fat Leonard’ from Navy bribery scandal escapes house arrest in San Diego
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The military contractor who pleaded guilty to orchestrating the “Fat Leonard” corruption scandal and was under house arrest in San Diego is now on the run after cutting off his GPS monitoring ankle bracelet over the weekend, federal authorities said.
Supervisory Deputy U.S. Marshal Omar Castillo said Leonard Glenn Francis removed the tracker Sunday, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported.
After police officers found Francis’ home empty, the San Diego Regional Fugitive Task Force and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service began a high-profile search, the newspaper reported.
Castillo said neighbors witnessed U-Haul moving trucks coming to and from Francis’ home in the days before his escape.
Francis was arrested in San Diego in 2013 and pleaded guilty in 2015 to offering $500,000 in bribes to Navy officers. In exchange, the officers passed him classified information and even went so far as redirecting military vessels to ports that were lucrative for his Singapore-based ship servicing company.
Prosecutors say Francis and his company overcharged the U.S. military by more than $35 million for its services.
Francis has been on house arrest since at least 2018 and under the supervision of a federal agency that monitors defendants who are out of custody until sentencing. He was set to be sentenced at the end of month.
Francis’ defense attorney, Devin Burstein, declined to comment to the Union-Tribune on Monday.
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READING, Pa., July 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pennsylvania Electric Company (Penelec), a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE), has hired 16 graduates of Power Systems Institute (PSI), the company's award-winning, two-year educational program that helps prepare the next generation of line and substation workers for FirstEnergy's 10 electric utility companies.
The new employees include 10 lineworkers who are recent graduates of the PSI training partnership with Edinboro University's Porecco College in Erie, Pennsylvania. In addition, six new substation electricians graduated from the PSI program at Penn Highlands Community College in Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
"Our Power Systems Institute develops top-quality, well-educated men and women for the electric utility industry," said Scott Wyman, president of Pennsylvania Operations. "We look forward to these graduates joining our workforce to help continue providing safe and reliable electric service for our customers."
The new line employees with their work location and hometowns are:
- Altoona Service Center – Thomas Beyer Jr, Nanty Glo; Jonathan Lee, Knox; Camden Mattocks, Titusville; Benjamin Nutt, Clarendon
- Indiana Service Center – Cody Bailey, Corry; Dakota Chase, Sugar Grove
- Johnstown Service Center – Ryan Bumbarger, Somerset; Marc Reddy, Erie
- Montrose Service Center – Ryan Bartholomew, Towanda; Zane Neubert, Towanda
The new substation employees with their work location and hometowns are:
- Clearfield Cervice Center – Justin Bezek, Johnstown; Alex Capitos, Houtzdale; Zachary Whitcomb, Johnstown
- Lewistown Service Center – Connor Faltz, McVeytown
- Oil City Service Center – Aaron Fenchak, Mineral Point; Jacob Kriebel, St. Petersburg
The PSI curriculum for line employees requires two and a half days each week spent at Porecco College completing academic course work, with the remainder of the week spent at a Penelec training facility in Erie. The PSI curriculum for substation employees requires a half week spent at Penn Highlands Community College completing academic course work, with the rest of the week spent at a FirstEnergy facility in Pennsylvania. All students focus on safe work practices and procedures in the electrical environment. The graduates earned an associate of applied science degree in Electric Utility Technology.
Since the program's inception, FirstEnergy has hired more than 2,400 line workers and substation personnel who completed PSI programs in Maryland, West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
For information about how to enroll in the PSI program, call 1-800-829-6801, or visit www.firstenergycorp.com/psi.
Penelec serves approximately 585,000 customers within 17,600 square miles of northern and central Pennsylvania. Follow Penelec on Twitter @Penelec and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/PenelecElectric.
FirstEnergy is dedicated to integrity, safety, reliability and operational excellence. Its 10 electric distribution companies form one of the nation's largest investor-owned electric systems, serving customers in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, West Virginia, Maryland and New York. The company's transmission subsidiaries operate approximately 24,000 miles of transmission lines that connect the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions. Follow FirstEnergy online at www.firstenergycorp.com and on Twitter @FirstEnergyCorp.
Editor's Note: Photos of FirstEnergy's Power Systems Institute training program are available for download on Flickr.
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The monito del monte, an endearing mouselike creature that lives in the forests of Patagonia, races vertically up trees, covering a meter of bark per second, to feast on insects and summer fruits ripening high in the canopy.
But it's the monito's ability to slow down its bodily functions to survive the region's harsh winters that has fascinated scientists, such as biologist Roberto Nespolo, a professor who studies animal metabolism at the Austral University of Chile.
Once the weather turns cold, the bug-eyed monito builds a mossy nest in a tree hollow. Cozying up with four to eight fellow monitos, it settles in for the winter. There, the tiny marsupial enters what Nespolo described as a deathlike torpor, and its heart rate drops from 200 beats per minute down to 2 or 3 beats per minute. In this inactive state, it conserves energy, only taking a breath every three minutes. Its blood stops circulating.
"I got interested (in the monito) because of the amazing capacity of this marsupial to reduce (its) metabolism and save about 95% of energy during torpor," said Nespolo via email. His work is featured in the new CNN Original Series "Patagonia: Life on the Edge of the World."
"That's what we measured ... in the laboratory. Now we could replicate those measurement(s) in the wild, and found that this capacity is even greater. Monitos could hibernate at zero degrees (Celsius), without any harm to their tissues!"
Nespolo has made it his life's work to understand how these diminutive creatures of South America's southwestern tip pull off this feat, something that could help us better understand human metabolism and perhaps even help us come up with solutions for long-haul space travel. Space agencies say that if humans want to make it to Mars, figuring out how to induce hibernation in astronauts could be the best way to save mission costs, reduce the size of spacecraft and keep crew healthy.
"Natural hibernators have a number of physiological adaptations that permit them to almost stop metabolism, without injuries, and to wake up weeks later perfectly," he said.
"So many colleagues are seeking to identify those mechanisms to be applied either for potential human hibernation, or also for medical applications such as organ preservation."
The monito is a zoological curiosity in more ways than one.
Like kangaroos and koalas, it's a marsupial that raises its young in pouches. However, the monito is more closely related to its Australian brethren than other marsupials, such as opossums, that live in the Americas -- something that's long puzzled scientists.
Scientists consider the two species of monito (Dromiciops gliroides and D. bozinovici) to essentially be living fossils -- part of a lineage called Microbiotheria that's ancestral to Australian and American marsupials, making them the sole living representative of an animal group long thought extinct.
As a "relict species," the monito acts as a window into the past that can help scientists understand how they have survived for so long, Nespolo's research has suggested.
The temperate forest habitat where the monito lives is shrinking, but Nespolo is confident that the tiny creature, whose direct ancestors once roamed Earth's ancient supercontinent Gondwanaland, will continue to thrive.
"I'm hopeful for the monito because they're very resilient. They are able to adapt to change as long as their habitat still exists," Nespolo said in the CNN Original Series.
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Publication wrote: "it might be a good move for investors to take a bit of an interest in Advanced Container Technologies Inc (OTCMKTS:ACTX)"
CORONA, Calif., Aug. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Advanced Container Technologies, Inc (Ticker: ACTX), announced that it was featured in Top News Guide. The publication wrote, "Following a key announcement from the company yesterday, it might be a good move for investors to take a bit of an interest in Advanced Container Technologies Inc (OTCMKTS:ACTX)."
The report noted that ACTX stock is above the 20-Day and 50-Day Moving averages of $0.60 and $0.63 respectively. However, the stock is trading below the 200-Day moving average of $0.99.
The independent news report also referenced a recent ACTX press release, which discussed how GrowPods could help farmers expand into new markets by cultivating fruits and vegetables profitably throughout the year.
GrowPods are hydroponic modular farms that can be located almost anywhere, and can replace approximately 1-acre of farmland in a pesticide-free, automated, and controlled setting.
"The addition of one or two GrowPods is going to allow farmers to move into profitable fruits or vegetables which offer higher margins throughout the year," Top News Guide reported.
"Most high-margin crops grow quickly and almost always command significant demand throughout the year."
"We are pleased that GrowPods are receiving national attention," said Douglas Heldoorn, CEO of Advanced Container Technologies, Inc. "GrowPods offer a way for farmers to cultivate high-quality crops and create new revenue streams, year-round," he added. "With so many small family farmers struggling, GrowPods offer a way to quickly begin growing high-margin ultra-clean crops that can usually command significantly higher prices at retail."
For more information on Advanced Container Technologies or GrowPods, call: (951) 381-2555 or visit: www.advancedcontainertechnologies.com or www.growpodsolutions.com.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Klein Law Firm announces that a class action complaint has been filed on behalf of shareholders of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) alleging that the Company violated federal securities laws.
This lawsuit is on behalf of all persons or entities that purchased or otherwise acquired shares of Amazon common stock between July 30, 2021, and April 28, 2022, inclusive.
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: September 6, 2022
No obligation or cost to you.
Learn more about your recoverable losses in AMZN:
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CLASS ACTION CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that Amazon.com, Inc. made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: 1) defendants knew or recklessly disregarded that the Company's infrastructure and fulfillment network investments substantially outpaced demand; 2) those investments were a massive, self-imposed, undue drain on Amazon's financial condition; 3) contrary to defendants' public statements and undisclosed to investors, defendants had already implemented cutbacks to Amazon's fulfillment capacity by July 2021; and 4) as a result of defendants' misrepresentations and omissions, Amazon's common stock traded at artificially inflated prices during the class period.
WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU AS A SHAREHOLDER: If you have suffered a loss in Amazon you have until September 6, 2022 to petition the court for lead plaintiff status. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you purchased Amazon securities during the relevant period, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket fees.
HOW TO PROTECT YOUR FINANCIAL INTERESTS: For additional information about the AMZN lawsuit, please contact J. Klein, Esq. by telephone at 212-616-4899 or click this link: https://www.kleinstocklaw.com/pslra-1/amazon-com-inc-loss-submission-form-2?id=31340&from=4.
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The Eckert-Mauchly Award is widely known as the computer architecture community's most prestigious award.
LOS ALAMITOS, Calif., June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The IEEE Computer Society (IEEE CS) and the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) have named Professor Mark Horowitz as the 2022 recipient of the ACM/IEEE CS Eckert-Mauchly Award. An IEEE and ACM Fellow, Horowitz is a professor with a joint appointment in the Departments of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Stanford University, and is being recognized "for contributions to microprocessor memory systems."
Prof. Horowitz has made numerous contributions to computer architecture and to the architecture of computer memory systems. Highlights of his accomplishments include:
- He was one of the first to identify the processor-DRAM interface as a key bottleneck that required architecture and circuit optimization. With Mike Farmwald he pioneered high-bandwidth DRAM interfaces. Modern DRAM interfaces such as SDDR and LPDDR were strongly influenced by his techniques.
- His deep insights at the intersection of architecture and circuits have profoundly influenced the field. He demonstrated the growing importance of wire delay in systems and large memories through his landmark paper, "The Future of Wires" in 2001. He also foresaw the eventual end of Dennard Scaling and was an early champion of the importance of energy efficiency in processors. As a result, he has led research on different approaches for achieving efficiency and predicted the rise of hardware accelerators.
- He pioneered work in Smart Memories, realizing that sometimes adding a little functionality to a memory can greatly improve an application's energy efficiency. Many of today's domain-specific architectures build on this concept.
During the 1980s, Horowitz developed quantitative methods for optimizing emerging microprocessor cache memory systems. While it is hard to imagine now, during that period it was not possible to generated memory traces that included the operating system. He worked with Anant Agarwal and Dick Sites to develop ATUM, a tool that, for the first time, enabled the collection of large address traces which included the operating system and multiprogramming effects. Using this data allowed them to create a much more accurate analytical cache model. Using the insights gained from these tools, he developed MIPS-X, the first processor with an on-chip instruction cache. He then extended this work to develop performance-optimal multi-level cache hierarchies with Steven Przybylski. The work that Prof. Horowitz did in the 1980s led to the multi-level, on-chip cache architecture that is found in almost every computer today.
Horowitz co-founded Rambus in 1990 with Mark Farmwald to pioneer high-bandwidth DRAM interfaces. This work was the first to identify future systems would need fewer DRAM chips, but more memory bandwidth, which meant that the DRAM chip interface was the key bottleneck that required architecture and circuit optimization. Modern DRAM interfaces such as SDDR and LPDDR were strongly influenced by many of the techniques pioneered by Rambus. Horowitz, with his colleagues at Rambus and his students at Stanford, also developed much of the signaling technology found in today's modern high-bandwidth memory interfaces.
Parallelism is another avenue for processor efficiency, but that raised the question of how to keep caches consistent in large machines. In the 1990s, Horowitz was also a major contributor to the DASH and FLASH projects, which explored scalable methods for implementing cache coherency using directories rather than snooping protocols. Today almost all cache-coherent multiprocessors rely on such directory mechanisms either within or across multicores.
Horowitz's contributions always build on a deep and strong understanding of CMOS circuits. His landmark paper with Ron Ho, "The Future of Wires," published in 2001, shows the growing importance of wire delay in all systems and particularly in large memories. These insights led to the Smart Memories design, which employed local memories placed with processor tiles, avoiding long wires. Smart Memories demonstrated that it was possible to configure memory as well as processors in a machine and was the first to support distributed shared memory as well as transactional memory. Several of the new domain-specific architectures rely on structures pioneered in the Smart Memories project.
There is no individual who has had a larger influence on the memory architecture of modern computers. A modern multi-core processor has multiple SDDR memory channels – a legacy of Horowitz's work at Rambus and using many circuit techniques he developed. The same processor has a multi-level on-chip cache hierarchy based on the architecture and designs that Horowitz pioneered in the 1980s.
Horowitz will receive the Eckert-Mauchly Award during the ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA), to be held in New York City, June 18t – 22. The Eckert Mauchly Award will be presented on June 21.
The Eckert-Mauchly Award was initiated in 1979 and comes with a US $5,000 prize. The award was named for John Presper Eckert and John William Mauchly, who collaborated on the design and construction of the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC), the pioneering large-scale electronic computing machine that was completed in 1947.
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DALLAS (KDAF) — The Lone Star State is earning national accolades once again, this time it’s the Texas State Railroad that is in the spotlight.
Tripadvisor has awarded the railroad a Travelers’ Choice 2022 Award. According to their website, Travelers’ Choice awards are given to accommodations, attractions and restaurants that consistently earn great reviews from travelers and are ranked within the top 10% of properties on Tripadvisor.
“We are honored to be recognized as a 2022 Tripadvisor Travelers’ Choice Winner,” Amy Parady, Director of Business Development for the TSR, said in a news release. “Our guests are our number one priority! Many guests come to experience a vintage train ride as it is a unique outing; however, we strongly believe they will return because of our customer service. Our team is firmly committed to providing the best experience possible.”
For more about the Texas State Railroad, visit Tripadvisor. | https://cw33.com/news/local/tripadvisor-awards-texas-state-railroad-a-travelers-choice-award/ | 2022-07-21T18:58:16Z |
Professional driver dies from injuries in crash at Great Bend track
GREAT BEND, Kan. (KWCH) - The Mid-West Drag Racing Series (MWDS) confirmed the death of a professional driver following a crash Friday night in Great Bend.
The Mid-West Drag Racing Series (MWDRS) said Ronnie Hobbs, of west Texas, died after he lost control of his car and crashed during qualifying at the MWDRS Great Bend Nationals at SRCA Dragstrip.
“The loss of Ronnie Hobbs is a huge blow to us and the drag racing world and everybody affected by it,” said Keith Haney, founder and owner, MWDRS. “He was a total advocate for MWDRS, period. Just a tremendous loss. He was doing what he loved, that’s for sure. He really loved drag racing. Not that that makes it any easier or any better. All of us at the MWDRS offer our deepest condolences to Ronnie’s family, friends, and fans.”
Out of respect for all of the racers and the Hobbs family, the remainder of the racing weekend in Great Bend was canceled.
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States boost child care money as congressional effort stalls
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Difficulties in finding affordable child care cost Enoshja Ruffin her job three years ago. The mother of six was let go from her position as a counselor for kids with cerebral palsy after she missed three shifts because she had trouble finding babysitters.
After three months on a waiting list, though, she placed her children in a day care center whose cost was covered by government subsidies and the center’s financial assistance program.
“Had I not gotten financial help, I would not be successful. I would not have a degree. I would just be another statistic,” said Ruffin, 28, of Utica, New York, who was able to take college classes while her kids were in day care. She now works as an organizer for the liberal political group Citizen Action.
Democrats in Washington had big ambitions this year to boost child care subsidies nationally as part of a broad domestic spending bill. But with those plans stalled because of a lack of bipartisan support, some states moved ahead with plans of their own.
New York lawmakers passed a state budget in the spring that calls for it to spend $7 billion to make child care more affordable over the next four years.
The legislation will double previous state support for government subsidies that help families shoulder part or all of their child care costs. Eligibility will be expanded to more middle-income families. Under the new rules, a family of four with an annual household income of up to $83,250 will be eligible for subsidies.
New Mexico last spring raised income eligibility for subsidies to the highest level of any state. A family of four with an annual household income of up to $111,000 can now qualify for at least some government aid. Until June 2023, New Mexico will also waive child care copays, which saves families $400 to $900 per month, based on their income level.
Rhode Island lawmakers passed a state budget last month that provides a one-time tax credit of $250 per child to help pay for child care, nearly doubles the number of seats available in government-funded prekindergarten programs, and provides subsidies for child care workers.
All those steps were intended to address an affordability challenge. In 2019, child care centers in the U.S. charged an average of $406 per week for children under 18 months old, $315 per week for children ages 18-35 months and $289 per week for 3- to 5-year-olds.
Ronora James, a child care provider based in Rochester, New York, said she lost staff to fast-food restaurants that offer competitive wages.
Child care workers made an average hourly wage of $13.22 in the U.S. in May 2021, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The minimum wage in New York ranges from $13.20 to $15 per hour, depending on the part of the state.
“People have to go where the money is to survive, and that is an issue for us,” James said.
“In New York City, we have some of the highest minimum wages in the country, but a minimum wage worker has to work 26 weeks at a minimum wage to pay for the child care for their family,” New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, said Monday at an event promoting the state’s child care investments. “That’s asking too much of our families.”
Although child care has seen increasing bipartisan support in recent years, some Republican leaders are cautious about expanding government aid.
“I support steps to create more quality, accessible and reliable child care options, especially as costs continue to rise,” said New York’s GOP Assembly Minority Leader William Barclay in a statement. “However, as we’ve seen repeatedly in state programs, the level of spending and how funds are distributed must be closely monitored. Too often, state-run programs spiral out of control and fail to provide the intended services. Despite the governor’s lofty promises, we can’t allow that to happen here.”
New York’s legislation also increased state reimbursements to child care providers, which the industry said was necessary to help centers remain financially viable.
Since January 2020, the number of center- and family-based child care facilities in the state has shrunk by about 1,326, according to Pete Nabozny, policy director at The Children’s Agenda. Most of those programs are operated by women and people of color, he said.
Some New York lawmakers say they want to eventually make child care freely available as early as kindergarten. Sen. Jessica Ramos and Assemblymember Sarah Clark, both Democrats, said they hope to get support in the state’s next legislative session for more changes, including expanding eligibility even more and boosting pay for providers.
“I think child care is one of the few places where it’s hard to fix one piece of it. You have to fix the whole system at one time. I’m hoping we can continue to build on what we’ve done so far and do more,” Clark said.
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Maysoon Khan is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues. Follow Maysoon Khan on Twitter.
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ByHeart's Randomized, Controlled and Double-Blind Clinical Trial Proved Both Easy Digestion and More Efficient Growth Driven by the formula's Patented Protein Blend, Which Comes Closest to Breast Milk of Any in the Infant Formula Market
NEW YORK, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ByHeart, the next-generation baby nutrition company dedicated to setting a new standard for infant nutrition, today announced the publication of an article in the Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition entitled, "Effects of a novel high-quality protein infant formula on energetic efficiency and tolerance: a randomized trial." The article highlights data that ByHeart's formula closes the gap between infant formula and breast milk on important outcomes in both growth and easy digestion - a significant and historic breakthrough within this category.
"Breast milk is the gold standard of infant nutrition, and we are better equipped than ever before to leverage the tremendous advancements in breast milk research to create infant formulas that come closer to breast milk, and offer babies both functional nutrition and highest quality, cleanest ingredients," said ByHeart Co-Founder and CEO Ron Belldegrun. "It is incumbent upon infant formula manufacturers to ensure that product innovation and research keeps up with science – for the benefit of babies' future health."
ByHeart, which launched to the commercial market in March 2022, began development of its first infant formula in 2016 and identified the biggest gap between breast milk and other infant formulas on shelf: the protein blend. ByHeart's formula recipe was informed by breast milk research and pediatric nutrition science that demonstrates protein's role in driving all-in-one benefits including easy digestion, immune support, brain and gut health, less spit up, and softer stools. ByHeart recognized the necessity of rewriting the infant formula recipe to develop a first of its kind high-quality protein blend that includes the two key proteins in breast milk – alpha-lactalbumin and lactoferrin – and features an 80:20 whey to casein ratio (incorporating partially hydrolyzed whey), as well as being the first in the US to include organic, grass-fed whole milk (versus skim milk used by other formulas on shelf). ByHeart's protein blend gets closest to breast milk of any formula in the market and drives easy digestion benefits to baby without the use of 'filler' ingredients like corn syrup, maltodextrin, palm oil or soy like so many other "gentle" formulas on shelf.
The company's randomized, double-blind controlled clinical trial, the only one run by a new infant formula entrant in recent years, and the largest by a new infant formula brand in over 25 years, assessed the impact of this protein blend, and evaluated infant growth, safety and tolerance, including healthy, singleton, term infants, enrollment age ≤ 14 days. The national, multi-site clinical trial, which ran for 6 months with over 300 babies, compared ByHeart's formula to both commercial infant formula and a human breast milk reference arm.
"I am extremely proud of the thoroughness of design and execution of this study, as we went well above the industry standard," explained Dr. Bruce German, an author of the study and a distinguished professor of Food Science and Technology at the University of California, Davis. "The fact that the study was done at all – let alone by a new brand - is also notable, as almost all changes to infant formula these days are done through ingredient additions, thus avoiding a comprehensive trial such as this one."
ByHeart's clinical data demonstrated improved parent-reported gastrointestinal tolerance and more efficient growth with less daily formula and protein intake, supporting that their novel formula may reduce the metabolic burden of protein overfeeding associated with infant formula. ByHeart's trial showed that the formula's composition resulted in more efficient growth, demonstrating the high-quality of the ingredients:
- Mean daily weight gain velocity (g/d) between trial enrollment and 24 weeks was 26.7 (SD = 5.2) in the ByHeart (SF) group and 26.1 (SD = 4.7) in the Commercial Formula (CF) group.
- Formula intake by weight (oz/kg/d) was estimated to be lower in the SF group (-0.33 oz/kg/d, 95 CI: -0.66, -0.01, p=0.05) than in the CF group, for a decreased protein intake in the SF group of -0.13 g/kg/d (95 CI: -0.26, 0.00, p= 0.05) compared to the CF group
- Energetic efficiency per oz/mL of formula was 14.0% (95 CI: 8.3%, 19.7%), 13.0% (95 CI: 6.0%, 20.0%), and 18.1% (95 CI: 9.4%, 26.8%) higher for weight, length, and HC, respectively, in SF group compared to CF group.
- The combination of the essential and conditionally essential amino acids was greater in the SF group compared to the CF group (p = 0.048)
ByHeart's formula also demonstrated better tolerance (easy digestion) with less spit-up and softer stools, with significantly fewer mean number of spit-ups over time in the SF group compared to the CF group (p= 0.01), and a mean stool consistency softer in the SF group compared to the CF group (mean score difference 0.39, 95 CI 0.27, 0.52, p<0.001). This clinical data shows that infants fed ByHeart's formula exhibit similar outcomes to breastfed infants compared to those fed a commercial formula, with ByHeart's formula offering significant benefit to both digestion and efficient growth in healthy term infants.
Dr. Devon Kuehn, ByHeart's Chief Medical Officer and a neonatologist whose team oversaw the trial's analysis and the development of the published manuscript, explained, "ByHeart was bold in rewriting the recipe for infant formula, and even more progressive as the only new entrant in years to run our own clinical trial in order to provide the reassurance that parents deserve when choosing a product to feed their babies. Infant formula needs real innovation, and it's vital that the category is held to a standard of new research – for every formula on the market – so that can we can effectively evolve infant nutrition. We were proud to be awarded publication of this data by the Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, as it represents a significant leap forward for the nutrition provided by easy to digest infant formula."
About ByHeart
Founded in 2016, based in New York City with manufacturing facilities in Pennsylvania, ByHeart is a next generation baby nutrition company dedicated to empowering parents with choices for a better feeding future. ByHeart is the first new infant formula manufacturer to be registered with the FDA in over 15 years, and the ByHeart's next generation easy to digest infant formula is produced in their own facility, driven by nutritional excellence and a farm-to-formula verified™ quality program. For more information on ByHeart, visit https://byheart.com/.
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Allē Double Point Promotion Encourages Consumers to See the JUVÉDERM® Difference
IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Allergan Aesthetics, an AbbVie company (NYSE: ABBV), invites consumers to experience the JUVÉDERM® difference. The JUVÉDERM® Collection of Fillers is the number one selling collection of dermal fillers on the market and offers the largest portfolio of fillers specifically designed for different areas of the face to address key patient concerns, enabling a customized treatment approach.1 Injectable dermal fillers are highly sought-after treatments among consumers who are looking to address key signs of aging or to simply accentuate what is already naturally theirs.
Right now, consumers can earn double points in Allē, Allergan Aesthetics' loyalty rewards program, when treated with two or three syringes from the JUVÉDERM® Collection of Fillers during the same visit. Allē points can be redeemed for future Allē-eligible treatments or products. The promotion runs through Friday, September 30, 2022. Allē members can also use the Allē Flash program to determine if they are eligible for additional savings.
"We estimate that in the U.S., 20 million consumers are interested in receiving treatment with a dermal filler in the next two years.2 We help support and grow the filler market while ensuring that all consumers who are interested in talking to their specialist about treatment with the JUVÉDERM® Collection of Fillers have access to education and the product. Recently, we launched a YouTube channel to provide deeper patient education and it has more than five million views since launch," said Carrie Strom, Global President Allergan Aesthetics. "The JUVÉDERM® Collection of Fillers is the number one chosen dermal filler collection in the U.S. and approved for all skin tones.1, 3-5 We are excited to share our passion for the JUVÉDERM® Collection of Fillers with consumers through this limited time offer. We invite them to talk to their specialist and experience the JUVÉDERM® difference for themselves."
The JUVÉDERM® difference is achieved with a wide range of minimally invasive treatment options that provides instant results that are long-lasting and natural-looking.6-12 Additionally, the JUVÉDERM® Collection of Fillers' VYCROSS® technology is the number one chosen dermal filler technology worldwide.1 As the number one chosen dermal filler collection worldwide, JUVÉDERM® boasts the top chosen fillers for cheeks (JUVÉDERM® VOLUMA® XC), lower face wrinkles and folds (JUVÉDERM® Ultra Plus XC and JUVÉDERM® VOLLURE® XC), lips (JUVÉDERM® Ultra XC and JUVÉDERM® VOLBELLA® XC), and perioral lines (JUVÉDERM® VOLBELLA® XC).1
"I use the full JUVÉDERM® Collection of Fillers to achieve optimal aesthetic outcomes for my patients," said Dr. Deborah Sherman, board certified, fellowship trained ophthalmic plastic surgeon and master injector. "As one of the longest standing filler manufacturers in the industry, it's a brand I trust due to the years of clinical studies and safety data available to help me feel confident in the product I'm offering to my patients. Even the JUVÉDERM® syringe itself is innovative – it's the first and only certified ergonomic syringe that helps minimize hand fatigue so I can comfortably treat patients all day long. JUVÉDERM® enables me to offer my patients a suite of premium products that deliver smooth, natural-looking, and long-lasting results6-12 so my patients keep coming back time and again."
About the JUVÉDERM® Double Points Promotion
Consumers can experience the JUVÉDERM® difference while earning double points in Allē towards a future JUVÉDERM® or other Allē eligible treatment when treated with two or three syringes from the JUVÉDERM® Collection of Fillers during the same visit through Friday, September 30, 2022. Consumers who take the challenge and experience the JUVÉDERM® difference will be treated with products that are:
- Long-Lasting: JUVÉDERM® Ultra Plus XC and JUVÉDERM® VOLLURE® XC are the longest-lasting dermal fillers FDA approved to treat moderate to severe facial wrinkles and folds.7,8 Plus, with optimal treatment, JUVÉDERM® VOLUMA® XC can last up to two years in the cheeks, two times longer than any other hyaluronic acid (HA) cheek filler.13-15
- Natural Looking and Feeling: Specific to lip treatment, both JUVÉDERM® Ultra XC and JUVÉDERM® VOLBELLA® XC provide natural-looking and natural-feeling results.6, 10
- Instant Results: The full collection of JUVÉDERM® Fillers offers immediate results, from lips and lines to cheeks and chin.6-12
- Minimally Invasive: Every HA filler product in the JUVÉDERM® Collection of Fillers is FDA approved to be safe and effective. HA is a naturally occurring substance that delivers volume to the skin. JUVÉDERM® is a non-surgical option that contains a modified form of HA.
Consumers are encouraged to enroll in Allē to unlock access to the current promotion, subject to applicable program terms and conditions. Allē is the first and only loyalty program in the aesthetics market to also offer consumers the ability to earn points on over 40 non-Allergan Aesthetics treatments and brands. To learn more about Allē, visit Alle.com.
For more information on the JUVÉDERM® Collection of Fillers, visit Juvéderm.com, follow @JUVÉDERM on Instagram and subscribe to the JUVÉDERM® Collection of Fillers channel on YouTube.
About Allergan Aesthetics
At Allergan Aesthetics, an AbbVie company, we develop, manufacture, and market a portfolio of leading aesthetics brands and products. Our aesthetics portfolio includes facial injectables, body contouring, plastics, skin care, and more. Our goal is to consistently provide our customers with innovation, education, exceptional service, and a commitment to excellence, all with a personal touch. For more information, visit www.AllerganAesthetics.com.
About AbbVie
AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas: immunology, oncology, neuroscience, eye care, virology, women's health and gastroenterology, in addition to products and services across its Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn.
JUVÉDERM® Injectable Gel Fillers Important Information
APPROVED USES
JUVÉDERM® VOLUMA® XC injectable gel is for deep injection in the cheek area to correct age-related volume loss and for augmentation of the chin region to improve the chin profile in adults over 21.
JUVÉDERM® VOLUX™ XC injectable gel is for deep injection to improve moderate to severe loss of jawline definition in adults over the age of 21.
JUVÉDERM® VOLLURE® XC, JUVÉDERM® Ultra Plus XC, and JUVÉDERM® Ultra XC injectable gels are for injection into the facial tissue for the correction of moderate to severe facial wrinkles and folds, such as nasolabial folds. JUVÉDERM® VOLLURE® XC injectable gel is for adults over 21.
JUVÉDERM® Ultra XC injectable gel is also for injection into the lips and perioral area for lip augmentation in adults over 21.
JUVÉDERM® VOLBELLA® XC injectable gel is indicated for injection into the lips for lip augmentation and correction of perioral lines, and for injection into the undereye hollows to improve the appearance of undereye hollows in adults over the age of 21.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION
Are there any reasons why I should not receive any JUVÉDERM® formulation?
Do not use these products if you have a history of multiple severe allergies or severe allergic reactions (anaphylaxis), or if you are allergic to lidocaine or the Gram-positive bacterial proteins used in these products, or if you have had previous allergic reactions to hyaluronic acid fillers.
What warnings should my doctor advise me about?
- One of the risks with using dermal fillers is the unintentional injection into a blood vessel. The chances of this happening are very small, but if it does happen, the complications can be serious and may be permanent. These complications, which have been reported for facial injections, can include vision abnormalities, blindness, stroke, temporary scabs, or permanent scarring of the skin. Most of these events are irreversible.
- The use of dermal fillers where skin sores, pimples, rashes, hives, cysts, or infections are present should be postponed, as this may delay healing or make skin problems worse.
- The effectiveness of removal of any dermal filler has not been studied.
What precautions should my doctor advise me about?
- JUVÉDERM® VOLBELLA® XC should only be injected into undereye hollows by doctors who have completed the necessary training for this treatment area. To find a doctor, visit Juvederm.com/find-a-specialist. Doctors who complete the training will be listed with a symbol
- The safety of these products for use during pregnancy or while breastfeeding has not been studied
- The safety of JUVÉDERM® VOLUMA® XC has not been studied in patients under 35 years or over 65 years for cheek augmentation, or under 22 years and over 80 years for chin augmentation. The safety of JUVÉDERM® VOLUX™ XC, JUVÉDERM® VOLLURE® XC and JUVÉDERM® VOLBELLA® XC has not been studied in patients under 22 years, and the safety of JUVÉDERM® Ultra Plus XC and JUVÉDERM® Ultra XC has not been studied in patients under 18 years
- The safety and effectiveness of treatment with JUVÉDERM® products in anatomical regions outside of their approved uses have not been established in clinical studies
- If you have a history of excessive scarring (thick, hard scars) or pigmentation disorders, treatment in these patients has not been studied and may result in additional scars or changes in pigmentation
- If you are planning other procedures including laser treatments or a chemical peel, there is a possible risk of inflammation at the treatment site if these procedures are performed closely before or after JUVÉDERM® injectable gel treatment
- Tell your doctor if you are on therapy used to reduce your body's natural defense system (such as steroids, chemotherapy, and medicines to treat autoimmune diseases, HIV, and AIDs), as these may increase your risk of infection; and medications that can prolong bleeding (such as aspirin, ibuprofen, or other blood thinners), as these may result in increased bruising or bleeding at the injection site
- Minimize strenuous exercise, exposure to extensive sun or heat, and alcoholic beverages within the first 24 hours following treatment, as these may cause temporary redness, swelling, and/or itching at the injection site
- JUVÉDERM® VOLUMA® XC was not studied in patients with significant loose skin of the chin, neck, or jaw
- The effect of JUVÉDERM® VOLUMA® XC injection into the chin on facial hair growth has not been studied
- Patients who experience skin injury near the site of JUVÉDERM® VOLUMA® XC injection may be at a higher risk for adverse events
- Tell your doctor if you have already been injected with dermal fillers in the same area as the one(s) you are about to be treated for. This information helps your doctor decide when and whether you should get treatment
What are possible side effects of treatment?
The most commonly reported side effects with JUVÉDERM® injectable gels were redness, swelling, pain, tenderness, firmness, lumps/bumps, bruising, discoloration, and itching. For JUVÉDERM® VOLBELLA® XC, dryness was also reported.
These side effects are consistent with other facial injection procedures, and most will resolve with time. Your doctor may choose to treat side effects persisting over 30 days with antibiotics, steroids, or hyaluronidase (an enzyme that breaks down hyaluronic acid).
As with all skin injection procedures, there is a risk of infection.
To report a side effect with any product in the JUVÉDERM® Collection, please call the Allergan® Product Support Department at 1‑877‑345‑5372. Please also visit Juvederm.com or talk to your doctor for more information.
Products in the JUVÉDERM® Collection are available only by a licensed physician or properly licensed practitioner.
References
- Allergan Data on File, Filler Situational Analysis, 2020.
- Allergan Data on File, Filler Situation Analysis, 2021.
- Allergan Data On File JUVÉDERM® Ultra XC Directions for Use 2020.
- Allergan Data On File JUVÉDERM® Ultra Plus XC Directions for Use 2020.
- Allergan Data On File JUVÉDERM® VOLLURE® XC Directions for Use 2020.
- Allergan Data On File JUVÉDERM® Ultra XC Patient Label 2020.
- Allergan Data On File JUVÉDERM® Ultra Plus XC Patient Label 2020.
- Allergan Data On File JUVÉDERM® VOLLURE® XC Patient Label 2020.
- Allergan Data on File JUVÉDERM® VOLUMA® XC Patient Label 2020.
- Allergan Data on File JUVÉDERM® VOLBELLA® XC Patient Label 2020.
- Allergan Data on File JUVÉDERM® VOLUMA® XC Patient Label 2020.
- Allergan Data on File JUVÉDERM® VOLUX™ XC Patient Label 2022.
- Allergan Data On File JUVÉDERM® VOLUMA® XC Directions for Use 2020.
- RESTYLANE® LYFT™ IFU May 2020.
- RESTYLANE® Contour IFU June 2021.
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(NEXSTAR) – A college baseball pitcher in Texas has been suspended for four games after tackling an opposing player during a game on Wednesday.
The pitcher, identified as Owen Woodward of Weatherford College, had just given up a home run to Josh Phillips of North Central Texas College during a game at Weatherford. When Phillips rounded third, Woodward charged from the mound and slammed the baserunner, knocking him off his feet.
Footage of the incident was shared to Twitter on Wednesday afternoon by @TexasCollegeBSB. The video shows Phillips’ teammates immediately run to the field after the attack while officials rush to break up the players.
“Oh, oh my! Oh no! That was out of nowhere,” a commentator can be heard saying.
Phillips then appears to jog towards home plate. It was not immediately clear if he was injured.
The game was called off after the incident. Both teams were forced to forfeit, the Associated Press reported.
Woodward’s punishment was handed down by the North Texas Junior College Athletic Conference on Thursday, according to the AP. The conference also suspended several other team members and a few assistant coaches from Weatherford, along with all players and coaches from North Central Texas College who stepped on the field — including Phillips, the outlet reported.
In addition, Weatherford College had said Woodward faces possible expulsion. The school’s police department is investigating.
“We are shocked and disappointed at what happened in our game today,” said Weatherford assistant athletic director and head baseball coach Jeff Lightfoot in a statement shared by the athletic department. “We do not condone this type of behavior. We have worked hard to build a program with the highest of standards. We are completely embarrassed by this incident, and we apologize to North Central Texas College and the fans of WC baseball. This type of behavior cannot be tolerated.”
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VENICE, Calif., Aug. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CareRev, a marketplace platform that empowers healthcare professionals to take control of their careers, announced former Amazon and Amazon Web Services executive Patty Bedard as its first Chief People Officer. Bedard will be responsible for building strategies and processes to drive employee engagement and retention among CareRev's internal employees and the network of healthcare professionals who use CareRev's app to work when and where they want.
"At this moment in time, it is critical that we come together to support healthcare professionals with resources that not only allow them to advance their careers on their own terms, but also provide care in their local communities where their expertise is most needed," said Bedard. "I believe one of CareRev's strongest assets is our internal team working to disrupt the traditional healthcare staffing model and empower our professionals. Ensuring our team is given the best possible employee experience means we can continue to deliver on our mission to provide nurses the flexibility and independence they need to take control of their careers, care for their neighbors, and make an impact on the health of their communities."
Prior to joining CareRev, Bedard was Head of Executive Development at Amazon, where she led talent management initiatives and introduced development strategies for the leadership team. She also served as Head of Strategy & Operations for AWS Educate, where she is internationally known for establishing Amazon Web Services' global initiative to provide educational opportunities to students looking to develop career skills as they entered the workforce.
At CareRev, Bedard will spearhead the development and implementation of long-term strategies and policies to bolster hiring, training, professional development and continuing education, and diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in support of CareRev's employees and network of healthcare professionals. Bedard is particularly focused on continuing to leverage data-driven metrics and quality measures to strengthen these initiatives. Bedard joins CareRev's growing leadership team alongside several key executive hires in recent months.
"I couldn't be more thrilled to welcome Patty to the team. Her ingenuity when it comes to employee engagement and her passion for improving the lives of healthcare workers shines through," said Will Patterson, CEO of CareRev. "One of Patty's many strengths lies in leading impressive professional development and employee education programs that we are initiating at CareRev. I'm honored to work alongside Patty and our other qualified leaders across the company."
CareRev is a marketplace platform that empowers clinical professionals to take control of their careers. CareRev provides a direct line between healthcare facilities and local clinical talent, cutting out the middleman and enabling professionals to work where and when they want. Together, we're building the local, resilient, flexible healthcare workforce of the future. CareRev serves over 32 major metropolitan areas nationwide at over 70 hospitals and health systems, and over 540 outpatient centers and skilled nursing facilities. More than 22,000 clinical professionals (and growing!) are included in CareRev's network. For more information, visit www.carerev.com or follow us on LinkedIn.
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HOUSTON, Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AirNet Technology Inc., formerly known as AirMedia Group Inc. ("AirNet" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: ANTE), today announced changes in its board of directors (the "Board") and management.
Change in Management
Ms. Dan Shao ("Ms. Shao"), the spouse of Mr. Herman Man Guo ("Mr. Guo"), has been appointed as the Company's chief executive officer to replace Mr. Guo, effective from September 9, 2022. Mr. Guo has resigned as chief executive officer of the Company for personal reasons, effective from September 9, 2022. Mr. Guo's resignation did not result from any disagreement with the Company on any matter relating to the Company's operations, policies or practices. Mr. Guo will continue to serve as the chairman of the Board and interim chief financial officer of the Company.
Ms. Shao has served as a managing director of Air Media International (S) Pte Ltd, a company wholly owned by Ms. Shao, and as a managing director of Air Joy Media Private Limited, a subsidiary of AirNet, since December 2013 and November 2019, respectively. In addition, she has served as an executive director of Multiway International Consultancy Pte Ltd. since November 2020 and as a business development director at Elmwood Group Pte Ltd since August 2021. Ms. Shao worked at Shandong Hongzhi Advertising Co. Ltd. from December 2004 to December 2006, and at Sun Television Cybernetworks Enterprise Ltd. from January 2003 to November 2004. Ms. Shao graduated with a bachelor's degree from the University of International Business and Economic in July 2003 and received a master's degree from National University of Singapore in June 2019.
Change in Board of Directors
The Board has also nominated and appointed Ms. Shao as a director of the Board, effective from September 9, 2022.
Upon the effectiveness of Ms. Shao's appointment, the Board will consist of six directors, including three independent directors.
Forward-Looking Statements
This announcement contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "will," "expects," "is expected to," "anticipates," "aim," "future," "intends," "plans," "believes," "are likely to," "estimates," "may," "should" and similar expressions. The Company may also make written or oral forward-looking statements in its reports filed with, or furnished to, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, in its annual reports to shareholders, in press releases and other written materials and in oral statements made by its officers, directors or employees to third parties. Forward-looking statements are based upon management's current expectations and current market and operating conditions, and involve inherent risks and uncertainties, all of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond the Company's control, which may cause its actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Further information is included in the Company's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. All information provided in this announcement is as of the date of this announcement, and the Company does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required under law.
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Dozens of high-water rescues were underway midday Monday -- amid more than 450 such pleas since the prior night -- as greater Dallas faces the threat of more flooding caused by sudden, climate crisis-fueled storms that have stunned parts of Texas afflicted by "flash drought."
Flood warnings for Dallas and Tarrant counties continue until 4 p.m. CT (5 p.m. ET) Monday, the National Weather Service said. Over 4 million Texans in Dallas, Fort Worth and Arlington are covered by the warnings, which note inundation of flood-prone places, including rivers and streams, is ongoing or imminent.
Hundreds of traffic accidents also have been reported, according to the Dallas Police Department, which has responded to rescue calls along with the Fort Worth Fire Department and Dallas Fire-Rescue, the agencies said via social media and spokespeople.
Nearly 15 million people from northeastern Texas into northern Louisiana and far southern Arkansas are covered by flood watches from the same system that unleashed heavy rain and flash floods this weekend in parts of the Southwest.
Parts of Dallas got an entire summer's worth of rain between Sunday afternoon and Monday morning, with over 10 inches, according to the National Weather Service. That rate is only expected once in 100 years, on average. Dallas also got over 3 inches of rain in just one hour overnight -- a roughly a 1-in-50-year rainfall rate, according to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration estimates.
"I've never experienced anything like this in my entire life," said Brittany Taylor, who moved to her Dallas apartment just two days before Monday morning's flooding left most of her belongings ruined by the flood.
Taylor woke up around 3 a.m. to the sound of the torrential rain and couldn't fall back asleep owing to the sound of leaking, she told CNN.
"All the cardboard boxes started collapsing, so a lot of my belongings started crashing into the water. I lost a lot of my stuff," she said, adding her renter's insurance doesn't cover flood losses.
Fast-rising water trapped vehicles around 3 a.m. on Interstate 30 in Dallas, said Cassondra Anna Mae Stewart, who took video of the dark, watery scene.
"I was able to back up on a ramp to get off the highway," she said. "I took an alternate route home ... although most streets are flooded down there as well."
Around that time, "trained weather spotters reported major flash flooding ongoing across Dallas with numerous roads and cars submerged, including Interstate 30 at Interstate 45 near downtown Dallas," according to a flash flood warning statement issued at 3:21 a.m.
Two to 4 inches more of rain is possible by midafternoon Monday in places that already got 10 inches between midday Sunday and midday Monday, radar and rain gauge reports indicate. "Additional flash flooding in the immediate Dallas/Fort Worth area may result in life threatening flash flooding," the Weather Prediction Center warned.
Some places could reach a foot or more of rain in 24 hours before the event ends, which would stretch the frequency into the 1-in-500-year range.
Other major cities in Monday's flood watch zone include Austin, Texas, and Shreveport, Louisiana. The region is under a moderate -- Level 3 of 4 -- risk of excessive rainfall. Rainfall rates of 2 to 3 inches per hour have been observed as storms move slowly across the area, creating the potential for up to 3 to 5 inches of rainfall.
A sign of 'climate whiplash'
The Dallas-area deluge comes in concert with a "flash drought" that has developed over this extremely dry year across Texas. Exceptional drought -- the highest designation -- is present over Dallas and Tarrant counties and blankets more than a quarter of the state.
"Over the last half-year, rainfall deficits of 8 inches to locally over a foot have affected areas of central Texas near and south of Dallas/Ft. Worth to the Gulf Coast," the Drought Monitor summary said Thursday.
But those rainfall deficits will be essentially erased after Monday in Dallas, though large deficits will still remain for other areas of Texas.
Human-caused climate change has increased the potential for this sort of weather whiplash, in which dramatic swings in periods of drought and high precipitation can occur more often.
A larger share of precipitation in recent years has come during "intense single-day events," and the likelihood of sudden shifts from severe drought to heavy rain will become more common on a warming planet, scientists say. Indeed, nine of the top 10 years for extreme one-day precipitation events have occurred since 1996.
Rainfall over land has become more frequent and more intense with every degree of warming since the 1980s. It's because warmer air can hold more water, causing storms like Hurricane Harvey, which hit Texas in 2017, to not only produce storm surges and damaging winds but also cause more intense inland deluges.
Monday's rainfall has pushed this month to the third-wettest August on record for the Dallas-Fort Worth area, with more than 7 inches in all so far -- the most rainfall seen in the month since 1915.
Ahead of the Texas flooding, rain persisted Sunday in parts of Arizona and New Mexico following floods in prior days in parts of the Southwest.
In Utah, hikers Friday were "swept off their feet" in Zion National Park by a flash flood. Search and rescue team members were working to find a missing hiker near the Virgin River, the park said Saturday.
In New Mexico, about 160 people had to shelter in place for several hours at Carlsbad Caverns National Park Saturday because of flash flooding, the City of Carlsbad said in a Facebook post.
The park was closed Sunday, the National Park Service said. "Maintenance crews will begin to assess and clean debris from the roadway," the National Park Service added.
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TigerConnect makes first appearance on the Inc. 5000, Ranking No. 3297 with three-year revenue growth of 160 percent.
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TigerConnect, maker of healthcare's most powerful clinical collaboration platform, today announced that it has been named to the annual Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies. This prestigious honor follows a period of 3-year revenue growth, a strategic investment from Vista Equity Partners, and appointment of a new president in the first half of 2022.
"We are thrilled to be recognized by Inc. magazine as one of the fastest-growing private companies in America," said Brad Brooks, co-founder and CEO of TigerConnect. "This honor is a testament to the hard work and dedication of our entire team. As we continue to scale our business and expand our reach, we remain focused on our mission of providing best-in-class healthcare communication solutions that radically improve the way care is delivered."
TigerConnect has helped thousands of health systems of all sizes increase care team collaboration and expedite decision-making while improving patient outcomes and reducing costs. The company continues to deliver innovation across the TigerConnect portfolio — which includes cloud-based clinical communications, physician scheduling, and patient engagement, while modernizing its nurse alarm management and event notification solution — to further enable providers to deliver better, safer patient care.
"TigerConnect's inclusion on the Inc 5000 list is further evidence of the growing demand for our communication platform in the healthcare industry," said Melissa Bell, president of TigerConnect. "We look forward to continued success as we help our customers deliver better care to their patients."
Companies on the 2022 Inc. 5000 are ranked according to percentage revenue growth from 2018 to 2021. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2018. They must be U.S.-based, privately held, for-profit, and independent—not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies—as of December 31, 2021. (Since then, some on the list may have gone public or been acquired.) The minimum revenue required for 2018 is $100,000; the minimum for 2021 is $2 million. As always, Inc. reserves the right to decline applicants for subjective reasons. Growth rates used to determine company rankings were calculated to four decimal places. The top 500 companies on the Inc. 5000 are featured in Inc. magazine's September issue. The entire Inc. 5000 can be found at http://www.inc.com/inc5000.
The world's most trusted business-media brand, Inc. offers entrepreneurs the knowledge, tools, connections, and community to build great companies. Its award-winning multiplatform content reaches more than 50 million people each month across a variety of channels including websites, newsletters, social media, podcasts, and print. Its prestigious Inc. 5000 list, produced every year since 1982, analyzes company data to recognize the fastest-growing privately held businesses in the United States. The global recognition that comes with inclusion in the 5000 gives the founders of the best businesses an opportunity to engage with an exclusive community of their peers, and the credibility that helps them drive sales and recruit talent. The associated Inc. 5000 Conference & Gala is part of a highly acclaimed portfolio of bespoke events produced by Inc. For more information, visit www.inc.com.
TigerConnect transforms healthcare with the industry's most widely adopted clinical collaboration platform – uniquely modernizing how doctors, nurses, care teams, patients, and data connect. With solutions spanning care communication, patient engagement, scheduling, alarm notifications, nurse call, and more, TigerConnect accelerates productivity, reduces costs, and improves patient outcomes, safely and securely. Trusted by more than 7,000 healthcare organizations for user-friendly yet enterprise-ready solutions, TigerConnect delivers 99.99% verifiable uptime for more than 10 million messages each day. To learn more about TigerConnect, visit www.tigerconnect.com.
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Donation to Assist Those in Need in War-Torn Region
WARRENVILLE, Ill., July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Performance Health, a leader in consumer healthcare and the largest global manufacturer and distributor of products to the rehabilitation, physical therapy, and sports medicine markets, has donated 4 truckloads of medical supplies to those in need in Ukraine. A core mission of Performance Health is to help people live their best and they are committed to do their part to help the war-torn country.
"At Performance Health, we are a company of people who value people. Our hearts and support go out to the people of Ukraine. We know that this donation is needed and will be used to assist many that are hurting," said Joy Gallo, Chief Procurement Officer, Performance Health.
As part of the $500,000 donation, Performance Health is partnering with Vector, their global logistics supplier. Vector is part of an ongoing effort to support Ukraine by supplying critical supplies through customer partnerships of product and financial donations. In addition, a Ukranian businessman placed several financial donations to help offset the logistical costs of the transporting the medical donations.
The containers of supplies total more than 120 pallets were picked up from the Performance Health Indianapolis Distribution Center, shipped to Chicago, and then flown to Ukraine. The Ukraine Embassy partnered with the project to charter the plane, due to the need for the products to be shipped. The plane took several trips to deliver all the products.
Once in the country, the first priority of the donations is the Ukraine military with the remainder going to local Ukraine hospitals. The medical supplies include arm slings, hand sanitizer, disinfectant wipes, nitrile gloves, masks and more.
This donation is a continuation of efforts to support Ukraine. Back in March this year, Performance Health announced that they do not manufacture or have direct suppliers in Russia or Belarus. In addition, they no longer purchase raw materials either directly or indirectly from Russia. Their teams actively worked to source alternative suppliers for raw materials.
Headquartered in Warrenville, Illinois, with significant operations in Akron, Ohio, Performance Health is a leader in consumer healthcare and the largest global manufacturer and distributor of products to the rehabilitation, physical therapy, and sports medicine markets. The company's products are sold to leading healthcare facilities and practitioners such as physical therapists, athletic trainers, and chiropractors, and direct to consumers across all key brick-and-mortar and online retail channels. Its market-leading brands include THERABAND, Cramer, Sammons Preston, Medco and Roylan. More information is available at www.performancehealth.com.
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Arizona state senator slammed for Buffalo shooting comments
PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Senate on Monday opened an ethics investigation into a firebrand Republican member who tweeted inflammatory comments about last weekend’s racist attack at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket that left 10 people dead.
The referral of Sen. Wendy Rogers of Flagstaff to the Ethics Committee was in lieu of the immediate expulsion that Democratic lawmakers were planning, GOP Majority Leader Rick Gray said. Due process considerations require no less than an ethics investigation, he said.
But Democrats were furious, noting that Rogers was just censured in March for a repeated series of tweets and statements that embraced white nationalism and called for violence.
Despite a bipartisan 24-3 vote on the Republican plan to open an ethics committee review that could lead to an expulsion, censure or reprimand, Democrats failed to get any Republicans to back their motion to expel Rogers.
On Saturday, as news of the mass shooting by a white suspect who had posted a racist screed on the internet and driven about 200 miles (322 kilometers) to a primarily Black neighborhood in Buffalo, Rogers tweeted “Fed boy summer has started in Buffalo.”
Many in both parties took that tweet to mean that Rogers was blaming the attack on the federal government, especially in light of Rogers’ history of embracing conspiracy theories and posting of racist tropes.
Republican leaders of the Senate tried to get in front of the controversy Monday morning, putting out a statement condemning the violence and “all hate speech that has served as an inspiration for these kinds of heinous crimes.”
Without naming Rogers, the statement said “words have consequences, and while we believe in our first amendment rights of free speech, we denounce any and all extremist rhetoric that has fueled these horrendous acts.”
Only three members voted not to open the ethics probe, including Rogers and Republican Sen. Warren Petersen, who said he hadn’t even heard of the controversy when he walked onto the Senate floor. Republican Sen. Kelly Townsend, who is challenging Rogers in the GOP primary after redistricting put both in the same district, also opposed the ethics probe.
Townsend said Rogers’ comments were an embarrassment to the state and the Republican Party and added to the pain of the families of those killed in Buffalo.
“But she has a right to make them,” Townsend said. “I have to defend a person’s right to say ugly things. That’s why the First Amendment exists. It doesn’t exist for the kind words — it exists for the ugly words.”
Rogers issued a statement after the vote slamming Democrats for what she said was an effort to divide Republicans, and said her now-deleted tweet was misinterpreted.
“Sadly, my comment was taken completely out of context and became a false narrative that’s now the focal point of a firestorm created by certain race-obsessed members of the media,” Rogers statement said.
The hours-long debate in the Senate over what to do about Rogers devolved into a fracas, with Republicans accusing Democrats of trying to make political hay and Democrats accusing GOP members of a pattern of dodging uncomfortable discussions about race relations by shutting down any debate on the issue.
Republican Sen. Sonny Borrelli called it an example of cancel culture from Democrats who dislike Rogers and her brand of politics. Others agreed that Rogers’ words were being used against her.
“This is not an expellable offense,” Republican Sen. Michelle Ugenti-Rita said. “The Ds are politicizing it.”
She called it a dangerous precedent to consider expelling or even censuring a member for their tweets or comments.
GOP Sen. J.D. Mesnard, who was House speaker when a member was expelled in 2018 after a series of sexual misconduct allegations, said hearings and an ethics committee process were imperative.
“This is the equivalent of a legislative execution,” Mesnard said of the motion to expel Rogers. “That’s why due process and an ethics process and investigation is so critical.”
Democrats pointed to Rogers’ previous problems, which started the month she was sworn into office in 2021 when a staffer accused her of bullying and other unprofessional conduct, and the March 2022 censure, which also was approved by a 24-3 vote with three members not present. Townsend was absent, but said she would have voted yes.
“How many times do you allow your children to get out of hand before you provide the opportunity for discipline,” Democratic Sen. Theresa Hatathlie said. “Discipline is a teaching moment. That is something we have already had.”
Democratic Sen. Martin Quezada said much the same, and accused GOP members of “kicking the can down the road,” by not taking immediate action.
He said Rogers’ tweets needed no investigation, and those and her history were all that was in play.
“Now there’s a track record, now there’s a pattern of behavior,” Quezada said. “We haven’t heard any effort to defend those actions. And my assumption is because there is no defense to those actions.”
Rogers made no comment on the floor of the Senate where the other members spent hours discussing her.
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KNAACK Cart Armour™ combined with the recently introduced PLANZBOARD™ offers a mobile command and control center for more users; Cart Armour™ family of products now includes seven unique models
ITASCA, Ill., Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- KNAACK®, the trusted leader in tool storage and jobsite security, announces the addition of two new KNAACK Cart Armour™ models for Suncast® carts to round out its family of products. The KNAACK Cart Amour product line, a patented mobile jobsite storage solution for light duty carts, was developed to protect tools from theft and damage. The secure interlocking steel paneling design system encapsulates mobile utility carts to protect contents from being stolen, while also preventing tools from falling from the cart and being damaged. First introduced to fit Rubbermaid® Carts, the Cart Armour™ product line has expanded to now support Suncast® carts, offering those users the Legendary Tan KNAACK protection. With the addition of Suncast® compatible models, the Cart Armour™ product family now includes seven unique models.
The Cart Armour™ combined with the recently introduced KNAACK PLANZBOARD, a multi-functional, mobile planning station built for jobsites, provides a secure mobile home base to collaborate with teams throughout the day for enhanced productivity.
"On large jobsites, tradesmen and general contractors need a home base to gather tools and meet with teams throughout the day," Sang Oh, Senior Product Manager at KNAACK. "The KNAACK Cart Amour™ combined with PLANZBOARD, provides a comprehensive central location for everything needed to plan and execute a productive day."
KNAACK Cart Armour™ and PLANZBOARD Creates All-in-One Mobile Planning Station
The KNAACK PLANZBOARD can easily be installed on the Cart Armour™ enabled utility carts in less than 15 minutes. It transforms the standard utility cart into an adjustable and versatile mobile planning station that can be used as a table, drawing/plans reviewing station, or bulletin board for meetings. The KNAACK Cart Armour™ and PLANZBOARD combined provide teams everything that is needed in a mobile solution.
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KNAACK, a WernerCo brand, is the industry leader of jobsite storage equipment, including storage chests, field stations, rolling work benches and hand tool boxes. KNAACK products are designed and built to the highest standard. Well beyond traditional tool storage and security, KNAACK innovation takes jobsite protection to the next level. KNAACK products are manufactured in Crystal Lake, Illinois. For more information, visit www.knaack.com.
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Knicks rout Magic 118-88 with help from Barrett, Toppin
By DICK SCANLON
Associated Press
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — RJ Barrett scored 27 points, Obi Toppin matched his career high with 20 and the New York Knicks routed the Orlando Magic 118-88. Toppin and Alec Burks scored 12 points each in a 37-point third quarter for the Knicks, who made 12 of their first 13 shots in the period. Burks finished with 19 points and seven rebounds, and Immanuel Quickley had his first triple double, contributing 20 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists in 34 minutes off the bench. Moritz Wagner led Orlando with 18 points and nine rebounds in the Magic’s sixth straight loss. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/04/03/knicks-rout-magic-118-88-with-help-from-barrett-toppin/ | 2022-04-04T04:30:14Z |
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — State senators are staying silent on how they will vote in South Dakota’s first-ever impeachment trial next week, as they weigh whether to remove Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg for his conduct surrounding a 2020 fatal car crash.
The Associated Press asked each of the 35 members of the Republican-controlled Senate whether they had made a decision on the two impeachment charges that will be argued starting Tuesday. None of the 20 who responded said they had reached a decision. Most likened themselves to jurors or judges who must give a fair hearing in an ordeal that has fractured the state’s Republican Party and galvanized public opinion.
“Everybody’s keeping an objective mind and going into it with their eyes wide open,” said Republican Sen. Erin Tobin.
It will take 24 senators, or two-thirds, to convict Ravnsborg, a first-term Republican who isn’t seeking reelection, on either of two articles of impeachment: committing crimes that caused the death of pedestrian Joseph Boever and malfeasance afterward.
The circumstances surrounding the two-day trial may have already tipped some senators as they review crash investigation files and material from the House impeachment investigation. Ravnsborg’s defense hasn’t submitted any documents, so everything they have looked at likely works in the prosecution’s favor.
“It would be hard for anyone to look at that information and not come to a conclusion,” said Republican Sen. Michael Rohl. “We haven’t seen a defense.”
Rohl said he hasn’t made up his mind. Most of his questions are for Ravnsborg, who has not said whether he will testify.
Other senators have had less time to do their homework on the crash investigation. Republican Sen. Ryan Maher said he is already “agitated” because he will have to take a two-day break from running a new business to spend long hours in a Senate chamber likely baking in the summer heat. Lawmakers usually meet during the winter months, making air conditioning or cooling ventilation unnecessary.
“It’s going to be hot and we’re just going to sit there and sweat,” Maher said.
He said he did not know how he would vote, but said if Ravnsborg is convicted, he would probably vote to bar him from holding any future state office “just because he’s wasting my time now when he should have resigned.”
Other senators said they were looking forward to a trial as a public reckoning over crash details that have emerged in fits and starts in the 21 months since Ravnsborg struck Boever as he drove home from a Republican gathering.
Ravnsborg has said he did not know he killed a man until he returned to the crash site the next day and discovered Boever’s body. He initially told a 911 dispatcher he was in the middle of the road and hit “something.” He later said he thought he hit a deer or other animal and has insisted that neither he nor a sheriff who came to the scene could find what was hit in the dark. Investigators said they doubted some of Ravnsborg’s statements.
“I am going to try and understand what really happened,” Republican Sen. Arthur Rusch said in an email. “How did he get on the shoulder — how did he not see Mr. Boever — how did he not see his face in his windshield. How did neither the AG or the sheriff see the body when they walked right by it.”
During the House impeachment investigation, Ravnsborg’s defense centered on the constitutional grounds for impeachment and whether the two traffic misdemeanors, to which he pleaded no contest last year, were any reason to impeach him. He has also charged that Gov. Kristi Noem “politically weaponized” the crash to drive him from office.
Noem pressed the impeachment process along. After her administration argued for his removal, impeachment squeaked out of the House by a single vote. In the Senate, where it would require a two-thirds majority to convict Ravnsborg, lawmakers have usually been on the same page with the governor.
The political realities will certainly bear on senators’ minds, said Jon Schaff, a political science professor at Northern State University.
“One would have to be naive to conclude that there’s not at least some political element going on,” he said. “What do constituents think and what does the governor think?”
Republican Sen. V.J. Smith said he has been careful not to comment on the trial out of fairness, even as dozens of people in his community have asked him about it. But he said he’s reminded of Boever’s death every time he passes the spot where he died on U.S. Highway 14.
“It never really leaves you,” he said. “We’re all looking for closure of a tragic situation.” | https://cw33.com/news/politics/ap-politics/south-dakota-senators-silent-on-ag-impeachment-vote/ | 2022-06-16T22:20:20Z |
All-Star Pitcher joins #TeamBioSteel roster of authentic athlete partners supporting their game with Clean. Healthy. Hydration.
NEW YORK, July 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - BioSteel Sports Nutrition Inc. ("BioSteel") today announced an all-star addition to #TeamBioSteel with the signing of Alek Manoah, pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays. A strong advocate for BioSteel, Manoah knows the importance of clean hydration to elite play on the mound. Manoah will be promoting BioSteel through events, social media, trade marketing, and more as he continues to support his daily hydration routine with the brand's lineup of zero sugar sports drinks.
As BioSteel continues expand its roster of elite athlete partners, Manoah joins the brand's team of other superstar athlete partners that includes Patrick Mahomes, Connor McDavid, Luka Dončić and Christen Press. With each partnership, BioSteel advances its mission of delivering premium Clean. Healthy. Hydration. to athletes, fans and sports communities around the world.
"I've been drinking BioSteel since my collegiate playing days, and I'm excited to now partner with a brand and product that's been hydrating me throughout my career," said Manoah. "As we head into the second half of the season, I look forward to having the support of a hydration product that's free of sugar and other harmful ingredients so I can be my best both on and off the field."
"Authenticity is the most important aspect of all of our athlete partnerships, and with Alek drinking the product for years and having his own unique BioSteel story, we're thrilled to now have him formally join our #TeamBioSteel roster," said John Celenza, Co-Founder of BioSteel. "Clean hydration is critical to not only athletes, but to fans at home too, and we look forward to working with Alek to introduce our zero sugar hydration products to his fans and community."
Founded in 2009 by Celenza and business partner and NHL veteran Michael Cammalleri, BioSteel has achieved a reputation for being the hydration product of choice for athletes and consumers looking for a zero-sugar alternative. The brand is committed to using premium ingredients, maintaining product transparency, and delivering essential electrolytes needed to support physical activity. Each electrolyte-packed sports drink comes in an eco-friendly 16.7 fl oz Tetra Pak, and the range of flavors includes Blue Raspberry, Mixed Berry, Peach Mango, Rainbow Twist and White Freeze to keep athletes and health-conscious consumers hydrated throughout the day.
BioSteel products are available across North America and globally with select retail partners or direct to consumers online through www.biosteel.com.
BioSteel is a North American beverage brand committed to delivering premium Clean. Healthy. Hydration. to consumers and athletes across the globe. Each BioSteel sports drink is sugar-free and comes in an eco-friendly Tetra Pak filled with premium ingredients, natural flavors and essential electrolytes needed to support physical activity. Perfect for everyone from health and environmentally conscious consumers to world class athletes, BioSteel hydration products are currently readily available across North America, globally with select retail partners and direct to consumers online through www.biosteel.com.
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What is the best bread slicer?
Whether it’s breakfast, brunch, lunch or dinner, a fresh slice of bread goes perfectly with nearly any meal. Getting that uniform slice is not the easiest task to accomplish, especially if the bread is homemade.
Bread slicers should be easy to use and allow you to slice bread in a variety of thicknesses. The top pick is Kitchen Seven Bamboo Bread Slicer With Crumb Tray. This quality item has a fold-flat design for easy storage. To learn more about the features you’ll find in a quality bread slicer, keep reading.
What to know before you buy a bread slicer
How a bread slicer works
For the purpose of this article, we will be focusing on manual bread slicers. Interestingly, these units don’t actually slice bread — this is done by you. Instead, they serve as a guide so you know where to place your knife before cutting each piece to get slices of uniform size. Ultimately, to get the most out of a manual bread slicer, it takes a little bit of practice and some skill with a bread knife.
Loaves of bread are not all the same size
From baguettes to boules, bread is baked in a variety of shapes and sizes. If you plan on slicing your homemade bread, be certain the slicer you’re considering will accommodate the bread you make. If you’re purchasing your bread at a bakery, you’ll need to purchase loaves that fit comfortably in the slicer you already own.
What to look for in a quality bread slicer
Slice thickness
Most bread slicers are manufactured so you have a few options when it comes to the thickness of your slice. In single-slice models, you adjust the bread slicer before using it so all slices are of uniform thickness.
In other models, some parts of the slicer have narrow spacing while others have wider spacing. In these types of bread slicers, you need to be aware of where the spacing changes and adjust accordingly to have uniform slices on the whole loaf of bread.
Included knife
Often, when you purchase a bread slicer, you’ll also get a knife. The best models have a built-in storage spot for that knife so it’s always where you need it to be.
Crumb tray
When you slice bread, you make crumbs. If you’d like to keep your work area neat and clean, look for a bread slicer that has a tray beneath the cutting area to catch the crumbs.
Materials
For the most part, bread slicers are made out of either plastic or wood.
Plastic: While plastic bread slicers are more affordable and easier to clean than their wooden counterparts, they’re not as durable. Consequently, a plastic bread slicer may need to be replaced sooner than a wooden model, so its overall value may be diminished. Additionally, plastic bread slicers are more prone to slipping during use, so it’s important to purchase a model that has non-slip feet or pads on the bottom.
Wood: Wooden bread slicers are more durable than plastic bread slicers, especially when manufactured using hardwood. They’re better equipped to survive an errant knife stroke. On the downside, wooden models are more expensive and require greater care when cleaning, since it’s not advisable to get wood wet.
Ease of storage
It’s rare to find a bread slicer that doesn’t fold flat or disassemble so it can be stored flat, which makes most models easy to store.
How much you can expect to spend on a bread slicer
If you’re watching your budget, you can get a plastic bread slicer for less than $20. A quality wooden model, on the other hand, costs $20-$40.
Bread slicer FAQ
What’s the best type of knife for cutting fresh bread?
A. When cutting fresh bread, you need a long knife with a serrated edge. This type of knife can saw through the bread without applying much downward pressure, which could squish the loaf. For an even cleaner cut, consider using an electric knife.
I’m using a serrated knife, but I’m still not getting a good, smooth slice. Do you have any tips?
A. First, don’t push down, let the serrated edge gradually saw through the bread. Second, watch the angle of the knife from above to make sure it stays perpendicular to the bread. Lastly, use the full length of the knife when sawing.
I can’t seem to cut through the bottom crust. Is something wrong with my bread slicer?
A. No. If anything, it’s your knife. If you’re having a hard time cutting through the bottom layer of crust, consider purchasing a serrated knife that has a slight curve to it so it’s easier to get to that bottom crust.
What’s the best bread slicer to buy?
Top bread slicer
Kitchen Seven Bamboo Bread Slicer With Crumb Tray
What you need to know: This attractive bamboo bread slicer allows you to easily cut a loaf of bread into uniform slices of three different sizes.
What you’ll love: The unit features a designated spot for the knife, while the large crumb tray ensures you won’t have a mess when you’re done. When it’s time to put the bread slicer away, it folds flat for convenient storage.
What you should consider: The included knife is a little short for this device.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top bread slicer for the money
Eon Concepts Bread, Toast and Bagel Slicer
What you need to know: The compact, space-saving design of this bread slicer makes it a good choice for small kitchens.
What you’ll love: Simple operation bolstered by an affordable price makes this a desirable unit for any family. Because of its design, it allows you to slice bread in five different thicknesses.
What you should consider: This model is best for smaller loaves of bread.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Kitchen Naturals Premium Bamboo Foldable Bread Slicer
What you need to know: If you’re a sandwich connoisseur, this premium bread slicer is the perfect tool for turning a loaf of homemade artisan bread into uniform slices.
What you’ll love: This model features a thicker slice designed for making French toast. It comes with convenient extras including a bamboo butter spreader, a storage bag and a guide book.
What you should consider: This bread slicer is a higher-priced option.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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IPLOOK's FWA solution enables Connect to deliver fast and reliable 4G LTE Connectivity to Residential and Enterprise Customers while significantly lowering TCO
HONG KONG, April 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- IPLOOK Technologies, the leader in end-to-end mobile network solution, announced it has been selected by Connect, one of the leading Wireless Internet Service Providers (WISPs) in Liberia, to deploy 4G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) solution, delivering ultra-fast connections and rich customer experience for residentials and enterprises.
In the highly competitive Liberia market, the region has the demand for high-bandwidth services. As one of the leaders in telecommunications, Connect is committed to bringing state-of-the-art internet and intranet services to Liberia's people at a competitive price. After a range of full-scale and trusted validation, IPLOOK was successfully selected to deploy the full turnkey 4G mobile network solution, that will provide high-speed broadband service to areas where fiber is unavailable or very expensive to build.
With IPLOOK's help, Connect delivered a fast and reliable LTE network offering to residential and enterprise customers, that will usher in a new phase of growth. Connect expects to significantly upgrade its 5G network in the near future and develop more advancing network services to better meet the requirements from its customers.
"Connect Services Liberia is an instant high-speed wireless broadband internet provider, that allows you to get connected anywhere you go," said Jubran El Ayan, CTO of Connect. "We've selected IPLOOK as it is the best company capable of fulfilling our requirement for a scalable EPC (4G core network) platform. Moreover, they are pragmatic, flexible and with timely manner for service."
"IPLOOK is honored to become the trusted partner of Connect. Our flexible FWA solution enables Connect to rapidly roll out 4G services to address their customers' needs and win in the marketplace. In the future, we will continue to support the upgrade of 5G network," said Frank Li, Sales Director in MENA Region at IPLOOK Technologies.
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E-mail: info@iplook.com
About Connect Services Liberia
Connect seeks to keep delivering the latest broadband services in the field, preserving a true competitive advantage and meeting all customer expectations. Being connected with people, whenever and wherever they are in the fast-paced world, inspired Connect to deliver an extensive line-up that comprises Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS), high quality high-speed wireless broadband access as well as data center and hosting solutions.
About IPLOOK
Established in 2012, IPLOOK Technologies is a leading vendor of 4G/5G networking solutions, offers a complete line of products for mobile operators, mobile virtual operators, service providers, enterprises and industrial markets. We help build, expand and optimize your networks to fulfill the growing connectivity needs, with a dramatically lower cost of ownership.
Reach out more at https://www.iplook.com/. Follow IPLOOK on LinkedIn @IPLOOK Technologies
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Naasón Joaquín García, the leader of Mexican megachurch La Luz del Mundo, who had been facing child rape and other charges, admitted just days before trial that he sexually abused three girls, California state prosecutors said.
García, 53, pleaded guilty Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court to two counts of forcible oral copulation involving minors and one count of a lewd act upon a child who was 15. He had faced jury selection Monday in his trial on charges that included child rape and human trafficking to produce child pornography.
Garcia, leader of a church founded by his grandfather that has 5 million worldwide followers, was considered the “apostle” of Jesus Christ who could lead worshippers to salvation. Prosecutors said he wielded his spiritual influence to have sex with several female followers.
“García used his power to take advantage of children,” Attorney General Rob Bonta said in a statement. “He relied on those around him to groom congregants for the purposes of sexual assault. Today’s conviction can never undo the harm, but it will help protect future generations.”
The guilty plea was an abrupt turn of events from the vigorous denials by his lawyers and ardent support from the Guadalajara-based church that is also known by its English name, The Light of the World. The church and Garcia’s lawyers did not immediately comment on the guilty plea.
Garcia faces up to 16 years and eight months in prison when sentenced Wednesday. He remains jailed on $90 million bail.
Garcia was arrested in 2019 and charged along with two women followers who were accused of helping facilitate the abuse.
In addition to facing his accusers at trial, Garcia was also facing the prospect of having to challenge one of his accomplices.
Alondra Ocampo, who had pleaded guilty and admitted to helping find his victims and participate in the abuse, was poised to testify against him.
Attorney Fred Thiagarajah, who represents the former church youth group leader, said Ocampo would have been the star witness who could corroborate the testimony of victims and provide context for the prosecutor’s case.
“She actively recruited and groomed girls for him,” Thiagarajah said. “She would target girls and bring them into his inner fold. She was tasked with sexualizing these girls and facilitating their abuse.”
Ocampo told girls that if they rebuffed the wishes and desires of “the apostle,” they were going against God, according to the charges.
She encouraged girls to wear skimpy outfits and dance for Garcia, who then “gave them a speech about a king having mistresses and stated that an apostle of God can never be judged for his actions,” the charges stated.
Ocampo told three girls that Garcia would be pleased to receive nude selfies of them and she even orchestrated pornographic photo shoots of them touching each other that she said would be sent to Garcia.
Garcia thanked the girls for the photos, according to court documents.
Another female co-defendant who was a member of the church, Susana Medina Oaxaca, 27, pleaded guilty Friday to assault likely to cause great bodily injury, a misdemeanor.
Attorney Pat Carey said Oaxaca had faced up to 10 years in prison if convicted at trial and the guilty plea was in her best interests.
“It was also a relief to put a 3-year process behind her rather than endure a lengthy jury trial, 98% of which involved evidence that had nothing to do with her,” Carey said in an email.
Garcia had previously pleaded not guilty to 19 counts that included forcible rape of a minor and unlawful sexual intercourse. A judge had thrown out four counts of extortion and sentencing enhancements for great bodily injury for lack of evidence.
Ocampo, 39, was charged with many of the same counts as Garcia — as well as additional charges. She pleaded guilty to three counts of contact with a minor for a sexual offense and one count of forcible sexual penetration involving four accusers. She will serve four years in prison under the agreement with prosecutors, Thiagarajah said.
Defense lawyers had said prosecutors were operating under a far-fetched legal theory that Garcia used spiritual coercion for sexual pleasure.
“Prosecutors have repeated ad nauseum their novel theory that the majority of crimes charged in this case occurred not because of physical restraint, physical force, or fear of physical force but because the complaining witnesses had no other choice but to comply because they were under the complete mental and spiritual thrall of Mr. Garcia and the La Luz Del Mundo Church,” defense attorney Alan Jackson wrote in a court filing. “It is a fantasy seemingly invented out of whole cloth.”
Prosecutors said the victims were essentially brainwashed by Garcia and felt they would be ostracized by the insular church community if they didn’t submit to his desires. In denying a defense motion to dismiss the case, a judge said Garcia used religion as “invisible handcuffs” to exploit his victims.
Garcia’s grandfather founded the Guadalajara-based fundamentalist Christian church in 1926.
The church has tried to cultivate a law-abiding, hard-working image in Mexico — where it counts about 1.8 million followers. Its male members favor suits and short hair, and female members wear veils that cover their hair and modest dresses. There are about 1 million U.S. members.
Garcia took over as “apostle” after his father, Samuel Joaquín Flores, died in 2014.
Flores was also the subject of child sex abuse allegations in 1997, but authorities in Mexico never filed criminal charges.
Ocampo said she was sexually abused by Flores, Thiagarajah said.
Ocampo had faced a lot of pressure from the church community and her own family when she turned on Garcia, Thiagarajah said. Ocampo’s mother said she doesn’t believe her and accused her of working for Satan.
“This church is a very dark institution,” Thiagarajah said. “The scope of the abuse this guy has committed on women and children is staggering and it’s been going on for generations.” | https://cw33.com/news/international/ap-international/mexican-megachurch-leader-pleads-guilty-in-la-to-sex-abuse/ | 2022-06-04T19:48:28Z |
DALLAS, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Seconds count when communicating during urgent events, and the ability to navigate quickly and easily within a mass notification platform is crucial. This ease of use is accomplished by both the application design and meeting of accessibility standards that allow all users, regardless of disability, to easily navigate through, read and understand every element of the application.
Already well-known and award-winning for its ease of use, RedFlag's latest refresh continues its commitment to be the easiest-to-use platform on the market. This update includes enhanced navigation and interface design to support accessibility and improve natural pathways for users.
"The user experience is always at the forefront of our discussions. Updating our interface to encapsulate feedback, align with enhanced design practices and meet additional accessibility standards is a practice we do regularly," said Neal Guilliotti, Head of Product and Delivery at Pocketstop. "This design refresh enables users to have greater visibility to all of the functions within RedFlag, ensuring they navigate seamlessly and more efficiently so no time is wasted – even from less experienced users."
Specifically, this release standardizes application sections with intuitive groupings and layers, as well as adds shortcuts for new messages and support. An optimized color palette and refreshed design meets accessibility standards. These changes ensure users can quickly navigate and draft messages, as well as get assistance.
"The update is much more user friendly and has a better flow, allowing me to create messages even faster than before," said Luis Rivas, Aviation Safety Coordinator and RedFlag user.
To see more details on the refresh, schedule a walkthrough of the platform here.
Pocketstop is a communication software solutions company who empowers companies to create personalized, automated messages designed to provide rapid ROI, backed by the industry's best support at a cost customers can afford. For more information, visit https://pocketstop.com.
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CINCINNATI, July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Alpine Power Systems is excited to announce that Battery Technology Inc. (BTI) is now a part of the Alpine Family, after an asset purchase. This is Alpine's 23rd acquisition under their current ownership. BTI will merge with Alpine's Critical Power Division that has been servicing customers since 1963.
Since 1988, Battery Technology Inc. has been a premier critical power company headquartered in Ohio. BTI's service technicians, sales, and administrative associates will be joining Alpine's team. BTI services many large customers nationally and will compliment Alpine's best-in-class critical power solutions including Battery Systems, Chargers, UPS Systems, PDU's, Generators, and Testing Equipment to customers across the U.S.
Jon Centella, Alpine's Vice President of Critical Power Sales, says "The addition of BTI's talented and industry experienced associates will allow us to better serve our customers while also helping us grow within Ohio and beyond."
Scott DeClaire, Alpine's Vice President of Operations, says "BTI's service team has a tremendous reputation in our industry. Having BTI join forces with Alpine allows us to continue providing unparalleled service to the market."
Alpine Power Systems, established in 1963, is an independent B2B global solution provider specializing in critical power, telecom, cable, and motive power solutions. Alpine has expanded operations to become one of the largest independent organizations in our industry. Alpine is a dynamic and growing family business supplying numerous Fortune 1000 companies. Alpine Power Systems is ISO 9001 Quality, ISO 14001 Environmental, & ISO 45001 Health & Safety Certified.
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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi’s capital city is grappling with multiple water problems — too much on the ground after heavy rainfall in the past week, and not enough safe water coming through the pipes for people to use.
Parts of Jackson were without running water Tuesday because flooding exacerbated longstanding problems in one of two water-treatment plants. The city of 150,000 had already been under a boil-water notice for a month because the Health Department found cloudy water that could cause digestive problems.
“They are making it impossible for us to do business in Jackson, Mississippi,” restaurant owner Derek Emerson told The Associated Press on Tuesday. Emerson and his wife, Jennifer, own the upscale Walker’s Drive-In. He said they have been spending $300 a day for bottled water in the past month.
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said late Monday that he’s declaring a state of emergency for Jackson’s water system, and he issued the proclamation Tuesday. The state will try to help resolve problems by hiring contractors to work at the treatment plant, which was operating at diminished capacity with backup pumps after the main pumps failed “some time ago,” Reeves said.
Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba said Jackson’s water system is troubled by short staffing and “decades of deferred maintenance.”
Lumumba is Democrat and was not invited to the Republican governor’s Monday night news conference — another indication of tension between two politicians who are often at odds.
Like many cities, Jackson faces more water system problems that it can afford to fix. Its tax base has eroded the past few decades as the population decreased — the result of mostly white flight to suburbs that began after public schools integrated in 1970. The city’s population is now more than 80% Black, with about 25% of its residents living in poverty.
Low water pressure left some people unable to take showers or flush toilets and officials said the low pressure caused concern for firefighting. Those who did have water flowing from the tap were told to boil it to kill bacteria that could make them sick.
“The water is not safe to drink, and I’d even say it’s not safe to brush your teeth with,” the state health officer, Dr. Dan Edney, said Monday.
Jackson schools held classes online Tuesday, and some restaurants closed. Jackson State University brought in temporary restrooms for students, and Jackson State football coach Deion Sanders said the water crisis left his players without air conditioning or ice at their practice facility. In a video that one of his sons posted to social media, Sanders — also known as Coach Prime — said he wanted to move players into a hotel so they could shower.
“We’re going to find somewhere to practice, find somewhere that can accommodate every durn thing that we need and desire to be who we desire to be, and that’s dominate,” Sanders said. “The devil is a lie. He ain’t going to get us today, baby.”
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters Tuesday that the federal government is prepared to help Mississippi respond to the water crisis.
“We stand ready and we are eager to assist further as soon as we receive an official request from the state,” she told reporters aboard Air Force One. She said the state has not asked FEMA for help with trucking in drinking water, and declined to say why.
“I cannot speak for the state of Mississippi. You would have to ask them,” she said. Jean-Pierre said White House officials have been in contact with local officials and the state Health Department, but had no details about calls between President Joe Biden and local or state officials.
Reeves said the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency will start distributing both drinking water and non-potable water, and he activated the National Guard to help.
The problems at the water treatment plant came after the city appeared to largely avoid widespread flooding from a Pearl River swollen by days of heavy rain. One home was flooded Monday but the mayor said the water did not rise as high as expected. Earlier projections showed about 100 to 150 buildings in the Jackson area faced the possibility of flooding.
The National Weather Service said the Pearl River crested Monday at about 35.4 feet (10.8 meters). That is short of the major flood stage level of 36 feet (10.97 meters). Parts of Jackson flooded in 2020 after the river rose above that level.
Jackson has two water-treatment plants, and the larger one is near a reservoir that provides most of the city’s water supply. The reservoir also has a role in flood control.
The mayor said low water pressure could last a few days.
“What I liken it to is if you were drinking out of a Styrofoam cup, someone puts a hole in the bottom of it, you’re steady trying to fill it while it’s steady running out at the bottom,” Lumumba said.
Jackson has longstanding problems with its water system. A cold snap in 2021 left a significant number of people without running water after pipes froze. Similar problems happened again early this year, on a smaller scale.
Lumumba said last week that fixing Jackson’s water system could cost $200 million. That is more than two times the $75 million the whole state is receiving to address water problems as part of a bipartisan infrastructure bill.
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VANCOUVER, BC, June 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Minerva Intelligence Inc. (TSXV: MVAI) ("Minerva" or "the Company"), an artificial intelligence software company focused on building decision support tools for climate risk, mineral exploration and mining, is pleased to announce the monthly sales results of its AI software DRIVER for the month of May 2022.
DRIVER software is licensed on an annual recurring basis, allowing Minerva to build and maintain customer relationships as well as a reliable revenue stream. Minerva offers three license levels for end-user clients of varying size, as well as an upgradable limited-term Proof-of-Concept license. The table below has been simplified from the last release based on investor feedback.
Minerva CEO Scott Tillman commented "I would like to thank our partnerships and business development team who are bringing in leads from around the world and are progressing deals through our sales pipeline. Our team is actively evolving our sales process to focus on direct to license sales rather than Proof-of-Concept to License. While this resulted in slightly lower sales in May, we expect increased activity for the rest of the year and we look forward to sharing these monthly updates as we continue to sell more Proof of Concepts and Licenses."
DRIVER is Minerva's proprietary AI product developed to service the mineral exploration and mining industry by helping them better evaluate drill data to pinpoint superior drill targets, understand geometallurgical domains, and conduct more thorough, rapid, accurate 3D modeling. DRIVER combines cloud processing capabilities with Minerva's proprietary machine learning technology to automatically evaluate the spatial continuity present in geological numeric data. DRIVER automatically creates 3D models of all aspects of the dataset within a matter of minutes, and automatically identifies and catalogues the important zones of interest. These insights are incredibly valuable for exploration, metallurgy, environmental protection, and mining. Minerva's partnership and business development team is targeting qualified leads at mining, mineral exploration and mineral streaming companies around the world.
Minerva is also pleased to announce that it will be attending the 2022 PDAC conference in Toronto, Ontario, Canada June 13th to 15th. The DRIVER team has booked over 50 demonstrations with interested parties at the conference. The demonstrations will be held at Minerva's booth #601.
More information on DRIVER can be found on Minerva's DRIVER homepage, www.minervaintelligence.com/DRIVER
Minerva Intelligence Inc. is an artificial intelligence software company based in Vancouver, Canada, with a subsidiary office in Darmstadt, Germany. Their software is helping decision makers better understand the earth. Minerva's applications focus on the search for critical metals and for climate risk mitigation; however, its proprietary AI software has application in diverse industries and domains. Minerva's common shares are currently listed on the TSX Venture Exchange (symbol MVAI). For further details, please refer to their website www.minervaintelligence.com or follow Minerva on Twitter or LinkedIn.
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Customer Analytics Technologies, Q2 2022 analyst report recognizes SAS as a leader in customer analytics technology solutions
CARY, N.C., June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SAS is one of only three leaders among top customer analytics technology providers evaluated in The Forrester Wave™: Customer Analytics Technologies, Q2 2022 report. In an evaluation encompassing three groups of criteria ("current offering," "strategy" and "market presence") SAS Customer Intelligence 360 had the highest "current offering" score of the 12 "most significant" vendors and received the highest scores possible in 19 criteria total.
"We believe that to be included as a leader in this evaluation speaks to the continued importance that SAS places on analytical innovation and operationalization, as well as creating and delivering customer-level insight to all departments within organizations around the globe," said Jonathan Moran, Head of MarTech Solutions Marketing at SAS.
SAS received the highest possible scores in the following:
In the Current Offering category:
Three out of four Customer data management criteria:
- Breadth of customer data
- Data preparation and transformation
- Data enrichment
Seven out of 12 Analytics criteria:
- Dynamic customer segmentation
- Customer propensity analysis
- Next best experience analysis
- Product recommendation
- Text analytics/NLP
- Image/video/speech analysis
- Customized analyses
Two out of three Action and Activation criteria:
- Decisioning
- Optimization
One of two Usability criteria:
- Data visualization and dashboards
Both Governance and ethics criteria:
- Model Monitoring
- Privacy and ethics
In the Strategy category criteria of:
- Supporting Products and Services
- Partner Ecosystem
In the Market Presence category criteria of:
- Revenue
- Number of customers
Advanced analytics for today's world
In today's marketing landscape, analytics are crucial to achieving the holistic and detailed understanding of customers that is necessary to create a cohesive customer experience. As native advanced analytics capabilities become commonplace, SAS® Customer Intelligence 360 differentiates by providing both advanced analytics that offer a robust 30,000-foot view, as well as granular insights into customer behavior.
"In today's world, brands are overloaded with marketing technology — think 30 to 50 to even 100+ solutions. The task of delivering a cohesive, consistent customer experience can become costly and nearly impossible if you aren't orchestrating it centrally," added Mr. Moran.
"At SAS, we're embedding best-in-class customer analytics and customer data platform capabilities directly into our martech solution in order to create complete customer understanding," he continued.
"The result for our customers is the ability to deliver a more agile, immersive customer experience and to run a more efficient business."
Innovative capabilities for modern marketing
Marketing channels traditionally operate independently of one another. However, as these channels migrate to differing SaaS solutions, the customer experience muddles, and revenue suffers accordingly.
SAS Customer Intelligence 360 offers a solution that powers a unified customer journey with sophisticated analytics.
When every marketing channel has its own orchestration, data, content, agenda, and integrations, IT may struggle to keep up with the move to disparate SaaS solutions, making traditional independent operation a roadblock to progress. SAS Customer Intelligence 360 offers a solution through unified data management and customer analytics capabilities.
A Leader in real-time interaction management per The Forrester Wave™: Real-Time Interaction Management, Q2 2022, SAS offers a customer state service that monitors and updates a unified customer profile based on changing signals across the entire business. This profile informs multiple user types and personas and will impact engagement actions across departments. This ability to see customer profiles in action empowers our clients to pave a smooth path for customers, no matter where they interact with the brand, enhancing reputation and revenue.
To learn more, visit SAS Customer Intelligence.
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y., Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Acurx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACXP) ("Acurx" or the "Company"), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing a new class of antibiotics for difficult-to-treat bacterial infections, announced today certain financial and operational results for the quarter ended June 30, 2022.
Highlights of, and certain events subsequent to, the second quarter of 2022 include:
- Enrollment continues in the Company's ongoing Phase 2b clinical trial of patients with C. difficile Infection (CDI);
- Due to slower than expected enrollment, the Company has added several clinical trial sites and anticipates up to 30 clinical trial sites will participate in the Phase 2b clinical trial;
- The Company has continued its R&D collaboration with Leiden University Medical Center (Holland) to further evaluate the mechanism-of-action of Acurx's inhibitors against the DNA pol IIIC enzyme, which is the bacterial target of our antibiotic product pipeline for the systemic treatment (IV and oral) of other gram-positive bacterial infections.
- The Company has now completed certain portions of its laboratory study at the University of Houston comparing the killing effect of ibezapolstat to vancomycin, fidaxomicin and metronidazole using both in vitro and ex vivo analyses. Certain results were presented at Anaerobe 2022, the Anaerobe Society of America annual scientific conference and results demonstrated that ibezapolstat has favorable killing kinetics compared to vancomycin to treat C. difficile infection at standard and high bacterial concentrations, supporting continued development of a potential first-in-class antibiotic to treat C. difficile Infection.
- The Antimicrobial Resistance Conference (September 7-8, 2022);
- ID Week (October 19-23, 2022); and
- C. Diff Foundation Conference (November 3-4, 2022).
Second Quarter 2022 Financial Results
The Company ended the second quarter on June 30, 2022, with cash totaling $9.1 million compared to $13.1 million as of December 31, 2021.
Research and development expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2022 were $0.9 million compared to $0.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2021. The increase is due to Phase 2b trial related costs and an increase in consulting costs primarily related thereto. For the six months ended June 30, 2022, research and development expenses were $1.7 million versus $0.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021. The increase is due primarily to Phase 2b trial related costs and an increase in consulting costs related thereto.
General and administrative expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2022 were $1.7 million compared to $3.9 million for the three months ended June 30, 2021. The decrease was primarily due to a decrease in professional fees and share-based compensation related to the Company's initial public offering consummated in June 2021. For the six months ended June 30, 2022, general and administrative expenses were $3.6 million versus $5.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021. The decrease is primarily attributable to a decrease in professional fees and stock-based compensation primarily related to the Company's initial public offering, partially offset by an increase in legal and insurance costs.
The Company reported a net loss of $2.6 million or $0.26 per diluted share for the three months ended June 30, 2022 compared to a net loss of $4.0 million or $0.57 per diluted share for the three months ended June 30, 2021, and a net loss of $5.3 million or $0.52 per share for the six months ended June 30, 2022, compared to a net loss of $5.5 million or $0.79 per diluted share for the six months ended June 30, 2021 for the reasons previously mentioned.
The Company had 10,263,202 shares outstanding as of June 30, 2022.
Conference Call
As previously announced, David P. Luci, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Robert G. Shawah, Chief Financial Officer, will host a conference call to discuss the results and provide a business update as follows:
About Ibezapolstat
Ibezapolstat is a novel, orally administered antibiotic being developed as a Gram-Positive Selective Spectrum (GPSS™) antibacterial. It is the first of a new class of DNA polymerase IIIC inhibitors under development by Acurx to treat bacterial infections. Ibezapolstat's unique spectrum of activity, which includes C. difficile but spares other Firmicutes and the important Actinobacteria phyla, appears to contribute to the maintenance of a healthy gut microbiome.
The Company successfully completed Phase 1 and Phase 2a clinical trials of ibezapolstat. The Phase 2a trial demonstrated 100% clinical cure and 100% sustained clinical cure in patients with C. difficile Infection (CDI), along with beneficial microbiome changes during treatment including overgrowth of Actinobacteria and Firmicutes phylum species while on therapy and new findings which demonstrate potentially beneficial effects on bile acid metabolism. Acurx is currently enrolling patients in its Phase 2b 64-patient, randomized (1-to-1), non-inferiority, double-blind trial of oral ibezapolstat compared to oral vancomycin, a standard of care to treat CDI.
In June 2018, ibezapolstat was designated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a Qualified Infectious Disease Product (QIDP) for the treatment of patients with CDI and will be eligible to benefit from the incentives for the development of new antibiotics established under the Generating New Antibiotic Incentives Now (GAIN) Act. In January 2019, FDA granted "Fast Track" designation to ibezapolstat for the treatment of patients with CDI. The CDC has designated C. difficile as an urgent threat highlighting the need for new antibiotics to treat CDI.
About Acurx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Acurx Pharmaceuticals is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing new antibiotics for difficult to treat infections. The Company's approach is to develop antibiotic candidates that target the DNA polymerase IIIC enzyme and its R&D pipeline includes antibiotic product candidates that target Gram-positive bacteria, including Clostridioides difficile, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), vancomycin resistant Enterococcus (VRE) and drug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae (DRSP).
To learn more about Acurx Pharmaceuticals and its product pipeline, please visit www.acurxpharma.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
Any statements in this press release about our future expectations, plans and prospects, including statements regarding our strategy, future operations, prospects, plans and objectives, and other statements containing the words "believes," "anticipates," "plans," "expects," and similar expressions, constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors, including: whether ibezapolstat will benefit from the QIDP designation; whether ibezapolstat will advance through the clinical trial process on a timely basis; whether the results of the clinical trials of ibezapolstat will warrant the submission of applications for marketing approval, and if so, whether ibezapolstat will receive approval from the FDA or equivalent foreign regulatory agencies where approval is sought; whether, if ibezapolstat obtains approval, it will be successfully distributed and marketed; and other risks and uncertainties described in the Company's annual report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, and in the Company's subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Such forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release, and Acurx disclaims any intent or obligation to update these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of such statements, except as may be required by law.
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Legacy skincare brand introduces new facial cleansers for the first time in 130-year history
with launch of three new hydration-packed products and empowering brand platform
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Albolene, the legacy skincare brand and consumer staple across generations, today announced the launch of its new line of hydration-packed facial cleansers. Designed to leave skin soft and nourished, without irritation or dryness, the new products include: a Hydrating Cleansing Balm, a Hydrating Daily Cleanser and a Hydrating Micellar Milk Cleanser.
For over a century, Albolene has delivered proven effectiveness in gently cleansing and moisturizing skin, serving as a skincare staple from bathroom medicine cabinets to professional stage makeup kits. Fans spanning generations, gender, makeup use, skin types and lifestyles have turned to Albolene as the go-to in their skincare routine, a trusted sidekick no matter how they use their skin as a canvas for self-expression. Now the brand continues building on its legacy through a new line of cleansers developed with simple, clean formulas, and empowers new generations of skincare enthusiasts with the perfect foundation to showcase their boldness everyday.
With formulas to cleanse the skin at every level, Albolene's hydrating cleansing line includes:
- Hydrating Cleansing Balm: A makeup remover that offers the same efficacy found in Albolene's original Moisturizing Cleanser in a solid balm texture that gently dissolves all traces of makeup. With a formula enhanced with shea butter and jojoba oil to improve softness and glow, the Hydrating Cleansing Balm is able to melt away makeup without the need for harsh scrubbing. Size: 6 oz.; MSRP: $14.99
- Hydrating Daily Cleanser: With a moisture-rich and gentle cleansing formula, the Hydrating Daily Cleanser delivers superior cleansing and maximum hydration even for sensitive skin. It blends five unique moisturizers including hyaluronic acid to maximize hydration and softness, while locking in moisture even as makeup is removed. Size: 10 oz.; MSRP: $14.99
- Hydrating Micellar Milk Cleanser: The Micellar Cleansing Milk utilizes micelle technology to effortlessly capture and lift away dirt, oil and makeup without stripping the skin of its natural oils. Featuring a moisture-rich formula with soothing aloe combined with high levels of Vitamin C found in coconut milk, the Hydrating Micellar Milk Cleanser helps maintain skin elasticity and flexibility, and prevents wrinkles, sagging skin and age spots. Size: 10 oz.; MSRP: $14.99
Developed with dermatologists, all three products are 100% paraben, fragrance and soap-free, and are non-comedogenic, non-drying and gentle on sensitive skin.
"While the skincare category has made significant strides to transform how our culture defines what's beautiful, there remains opportunity to push for more inclusive and holistic definitions," said Tyler Smith, Albolene Marketing Lead for Bridges Consumer Healthcare. "Albolene continues to champion all forms of self-expression. No matter if you feel that your most beautiful self is bare-faced fresh out of a shower or in a full face of makeup ready for a night out, we want to empower our consumers to live confidently in their skin and use our cleansers as a nourishing foundation to show off their authentic selves."
A recent clinical study comparing the Hydrating Micellar Milk Cleanser to top makeup removal competitors demonstrated that Albolene's new formula ranked #1 in overall makeup removal, was up to 3x more effective at removing waterproof makeup and offered over 4x better moisturization. A UV makeup and advanced facial imaging technology evaluation also showed that Albolene's Hydrating Micellar Milk Cleanser delivered superior makeup removing capabilities compared to the #1 micellar makeup remover brand. A series of blind consumer home tests revealed that nine out of ten consumers preferred the Albolene Micellar Milk Cleanser over their current makeup removal product, with nine out of ten consumers also stating it's perfect for even sensitive skin1.
Joining Albolene's 'OG' Moisturizing Cleanser — which is also undergoing a packaging rebrand next year — the new line of hydrating cleansers is now available for purchase on Amazon and will be in select retailers later this fall.
For more information and to find where to buy Albolene products, please visit www.albolene.com and share how you use Albolene to create your #FoundationForBoldness by tagging @albolenebeauty.
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About Albolene
Founded in 1885, Albolene is a classic skincare brand and favorite across generations. Leveraging over 130 years of skincare expertise, Albolene lives its commitment to being Always for Everyone by prioritizing simple, effective ingredients that support holistic skin health for all textures of skin, ages, types of makeup use and lifestyles.
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VALDOSTA — A Tifton resident was sentenced to 12 1/2 years in prison resulting from his role in actively trafficking large quantities of heroin into south-central Georgia from sources in metro Atlanta.
Joshua Gannon Deanda, 24, was sentenced to serve 150 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release by U.S. District Judge Hugh Lawson after previously pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute heroin. There is no parole in the federal system.
“Repeat felons caught distributing deadly opioids will be held accountable for their criminal actions, which gravely harm people and the overall well-being of our communities,” U.S. Attorney Peter D. Leary said in a news release. “Federal, state and local agencies successfully stopped the flow of narcotics into south-central Georgia from this active illegal drug pipeline. Their continued good work is making a difference.”
“This poly-drug trafficker brazenly continued his drug trafficking activities despite having a prior felony conviction,” Special Agent in Charge of the DEA Atlanta Field Division Robert J. Murphy said. “Hopefully this arrest will send a clear message to him and others who may choose to follow this same perilous path: DEA and its law enforcement partners will relentlessly pursue and ultimately prosecute drug traffickers.”
According to court documents, DEA agents worked with a Cooperating Source in October 2020 that named Deanda as a courier and distributor of a large shipment of drugs from Atlanta to Tifton containing one or two kilograms of heroin and approximately two kilograms of methamphetamine. Under investigation, Deanda was monitored on Nov. 5, 2020, traveling from his home in Tifton to Atlanta, where he stopped for a short period of time. On his return trip to Tifton, Monroe County Sheriff’s Office deputies attempted to pull Deanda over for a traffic violation at a weigh station on Interstate 75. Deanda briefly stopped his vehicle, but he did not exit the vehicle when commanded. Instead, he drove away.
During the pursuit, Deanda reached speeds in excess of 100 mph. Monroe County Sheriff’s Office deputies conducted a maneuver to stop Deanda’s vehicle, which collided with several objects and stopped. Deanda and a passenger fled the scene but were later apprehended.
Agents and investigators found two semiautomatic guns inside Deanda’s wrecked vehicle, both stolen at different times out of Tift County. A search of the nearby area where Deanda fled resulted in agents finding a bag containing 267.4 grams of pure methamphetamine, a digital scale, packaging materials, a black tray and an extended capacity magazine. The top bullet in the extended magazine matched the ammunition that was seized from the Glock pistol inside of Deanda’s vehicle.
Agents also found various cellphone photos and text messages corroborating the found contraband and illegal drug trafficking activities.
Agents subsequently executed a search warrant at Deanda’s residence, finding a block of 350.97 grams of heroin. Additional quantities of heroin and methamphetamine were found, along with a handgun, a sawed-off shotgun and an SKS-type semi-automatic rifle with an obliterated serial number.
Deanda has a prior felony conviction and had an active warrant for his arrest at the time of the incident.
The case was investigated by the DEA and the Mid-South Narcotics Task Force, with assistance from the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office. Assistant U.S. Attorney Alex Kalim prosecuted the case. | https://www.albanyherald.com/local/tifton-man-sentenced-to-prison-for-trafficking-heroin/article_452abaf0-f58d-11ec-ad26-27946837d388.html | 2022-06-26T21:38:40Z |
LAKEMONT, Ga., June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Great Outdoors Fund (TGOF) facilitated a public-private partnership to improve recreation access and infrastructure on the Chattahoochee National Forest in Georgia. The project kicked off with the partners transforming a decommissioned campground into a quality recreation area where people can picnic and enjoy themselves while visiting Oakey Mountain OHV Area anytime between sunrise and sunset.
TGOF forged the partnership between the USDA Forest Service, Georgia Recreational Trail Riders Association (GARTRA), and Yamaha Motor Corporation which provided funding from its Outdoor Access Initiative (OAI). Yamaha also encouraged its employees, companywide, to participate in the six (6) volunteer workdays scheduled through the last Saturday in June.
The project started with the Forest Service and GARTRA committing money and volunteer services to repurpose the decommissioned campground. TGOF was then able to secure funding from Yamaha's OAI which the Forest Service further leveraged by acquiring a Recreational Trail Program (RTP) grant from Georgia Department of Natural Resources. The additional funding grew the size and scope of the project to include trail maintenance, parking improvements, a new loading ramp, and interpretive educational kiosks throughout the area.
"We are excited to welcome an increasing number of visitors to national forests. These trends enable us to provide equitable and high-quality access and safe recreation opportunities to evermore members of the public," said Michelle Mitchell, Director of Recreation, Heritage, and Volunteer Services for the Forest Service's Southern Region. "Volunteers and partnerships help maintain the public's lands and foster a sense of shared stewardship in communities. These benefits are all components of this project and top priorities for us. We appreciate Yamaha, The Great Outdoors Fund, and all of the individual volunteers who made this success possible!"
"My family and I, along with other people that visit Oakey Mountain, specifically asked the Forest Service to repurpose and reopen this area," said GARTRA's President Bill Shilling. "So, we're delighted to see the investment of money, time, and energy to help clear the brush and install new infrastructure which is all compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)."
"We continue to see a huge funding gap to maintain or enhance our outdoor spaces," said TGOF Founder Lori McCullough. "It's estimated there is more than $100 billion in backlog maintenance, nationwide, which is why public-private partnerships like this are critical to ensuring people of all ages and abilities can access and enjoy our great outdoors."
"It was important to have a project like this, in Georgia, where we could put the funding from the Yamaha Outdoor Access Initiative together with our corporate commitment to volunteerism and give our employees an opportunity to give their time and energy into a local riding area," said Mike Martinez, President of Motorsports at Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A. "Our ongoing partnership with The Great Outdoors Fund is a case study in public-private enterprises benefitting public outdoor spaces to ensure access for motorized recreation for generations to come."
"There are so many benefits to being outside," McCullough noted. "And it's up to us to steward these lands, ensuring that future generations can enjoy them as much as we have."
To support these types of projects or TGOF's mission, please visit thegreatoutdoorsfund.org.
For more information about Yamaha's Outdoor Access Initiative, go to: http://www.YamahaOAI.com
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VANCOUVER, BC, July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Uranium Royalty Corp. (NASDAQ: UROY) (TSXV: URC) ("URC" or the "Company") announces that it has published its annual information form, management's discussion and analysis, and annual consolidated financial statements for the year ended April 30, 2022, which are available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and EDGAR at www.sec.gov.
As at April 30, 2022, the Company had approximately C$132 million in cash, marketable securities and physical uranium holdings.
Physical uranium holdings at April 30, 2022 were 1,448,068 pounds U3O8, which were acquired by URC at a weighted average cost of US$41.19 per pound. Based on the most recent daily spot price published by TradeTech LLC of US$47.00 on July 26, 2022, the net realizable value of such holdings has increased by approximately US$8 million since the balance sheet date.
The Company also recorded an increase in the fair value of its short-term investments of approximately C$16 million during the year ended April 30, 2022. The carrying value of the short-term investments was C$51.8 million as of April 30, 2022.
During the three months and year ended April 30, 2022, the Company distributed 2,518,916 and 6,175,771 common shares pursuant to its previously announced at-the-market equity program through the facilities of the TSX Venture Exchange ("TSX-V") and NASDAQ for net proceeds of approximately C$13 million and C$34 million, respectively.
Management Update
The Company is pleased to announce the appointment of Katherine Arblaster as Vice President, Environmental, Social, and Governance and Yong-Jae Kim as General Counsel, effective June 20, 2022 and July 7, 2022, respectively. The Company's Board of Directors has authorized and approved a grant of 25,000 incentive stock options each to Ms. Arblaster and Mr. Kim. The stock options are exercisable at a price of C$3.26 per share in the case of Ms. Arblaster and C$2.88 per share in the case of Mr. Kim, being the closing price of the Company's shares on the TSX-V on June 17, 2022 and July 6, 2022, respectively, for a period of five years from the date of grant. The stock options are subject to the terms of the Stock Option Plan and the approval of the TSX-V.
About Uranium Royalty Corp.
Uranium Royalty Corp. (URC) is the world's only uranium-focused royalty and streaming company and the only pure-play uranium listed company on the NASDAQ. URC provides investors with uranium commodity price exposure through strategic acquisitions in uranium interests, including royalties, streams, debt and equity in uranium companies, as well as through holdings of physical uranium. The Company is well positioned as a capital provider to an industry needing massive investments in global productive capacity to meet the growing need for uranium as fuel for carbon-free nuclear energy. URC has deep industry knowledge and expertise to identify and evaluate investment opportunities in the uranium industry. The Company's management and the Board include individuals with decades of combined experience in the uranium and nuclear energy sectors, including specific expertise in mine finance, project identification and evaluation, mine development and uranium sales and trading.
Forward Looking Statements
Certain statements in this news release may constitute "forward-looking information." Forward-looking information includes statements that address or discuss activities, events or developments that the Company expects or anticipates may occur in the future. When used in this news release, words such as "estimates", "expects", "plans", "anticipates", "will", "believes", "intends" "should", "could", "may" and other similar terminology are intended to identify such forward-looking information. Statements constituting forward-looking information reflect the current expectations and beliefs of the Company's management. These statements involve significant uncertainties, known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors and, therefore, actual results, performance or achievements of the Company and its industry may be materially different from those implied by such forward-looking statements. They should not be read as a guarantee of future performance or results, and will not necessarily be an accurate indication of whether or not such results will be achieved. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from such forward-looking information, including, without limitation, risks inherent to royalty companies, uranium price volatility, risks related to the operators of the projects underlying the Company's existing and proposed interests and those other risks described in filings with Canadian securities regulators and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. These risks, as well as others, could cause actual results and events to vary significantly. Accordingly, readers should exercise caution in relying upon forward-looking information and the Company undertakes no obligation to publicly revise them to reflect subsequent events or circumstances, except as required by law.
Neither the TSX-V nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in policies of the TSX-V) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
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(NEXSTAR) — Starting Wednesday, Subway is giving customers the chance to get 50% off sandwiches for one month starting Sept. 1 — but spots are limited. Here’s how it works.
The Subway Footlong Pass is $15 and will only be sold to 10,000 rewards members, Subway says. Pass holders will be able to get 50% off one footlong sub one time per day through September.
The average price for a footlong sub depends on toppings and locations.
Subway’s pass joins the likes of Taco Bell’s Taco Lover’s Pass, launched last year, which let users get one taco per day with a $5-$10 monthly subscription. Likely because they are often so hard to obtain, when fast food and fast casual chains announce subscription or unlimited passes they generate a lot of buzz.
Among the most famous restaurant passes is Olive Garden’s Never Ending Pasta Pass, which offers buyers nine weeks of unlimited pastas for $100. The sought-after item hasn’t been available since 2019, however.
Another legendary pass is McDonald’s Gold Card, which grants free food for life to the lucky few who managed to get their hands on one.
Sales of Subway’s Footlong Pass start at 8 a.m. ET August 24 and end at 7:59 a.m. ET August 26, and are available while supplies last. | https://cw33.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/get-50-off-subway-sandwiches-for-1-month-heres-how/ | 2022-08-24T00:20:08Z |
- Simulated Reality allows users to view and engage with 3D objects in a fully virtual environment – without the need for bulky wearables
- Visitors to Dimenco's booth will see how Simulated Reality 3D display technology will usher in video calling in the Metaverse
- Dimenco is partnering with Nvidia at Siggraph to drive immersive Simulated Reality from anywhere with CloudXR, a groundbreaking technology built on the NVIDIA RTXTM platform
- Join us between the 9th and 11th August at the Vancouver Convention Centre, Booth #433
VANCOUVER, BC and VELDHOVEN, The Netherlands, Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Four years ago, Dimenco introduced the world to Simulated Reality (SR) technology. Now, the market leader in light field 3D display technology is bringing its award-winning spatial SR Pro display to Siggraph 2022, to demonstrate how Simulated Reality will revolutionize video calling.
With Built on SR™, the highly advanced 3D spatial display technology, the Dimenco SR Pro Display allows users to view and engage with virtual 3D objects, as well as providing the immersive presence of the person they are talking to. Visitors to Dimenco's Simulated Reality Connectivity demo will be able to experience the immersion of a 'real-world' conversation – all in a fully virtual environment and without the need for a bulky HMD (head-mounted display) or other wearables.
The new SR Pro Display was recently granted a CES 2022 Innovation Award in the Virtual and Augmented Reality Category - and for the first time, those at Siggraph will have the chance to experience the digital world brought to life between the 9th and 11th August at the Vancouver Convention Centre, Booth #433.
"The Dimenco Simulated Reality technology is a significant step in enabling true data immersion for a myriad of users. We at NVIDIA are very excited to be working with Dimenco in using NVIDIA CloudXR to stream immersive content to the Simulated Reality solution and to help change the human-data interaction dynamic."
Greg Jones – Director, Global Business Development/Product Management, XR at NVIDIA
Dimenco has partnered with Nvidia at Siggraph, making it possible to drive immersive SR experiences from anywhere with CloudXR.
The combination of CloudXR with NVIDIA RTX Virtual Workstation (vWS) software makes it possible to scale XR capabilities throughout enterprises, providing seamless augmented, virtual and Simulated Reality experiences - comparable to the most robust tethered configurations.
Celebrated Parisian 3D Artist Dedouze will be joining the Dimenco team at their Siggraph booth, demonstrating his spatial art skills using the powerful GreasePensil tool in Blender.
His instantly recognizable pastel color palette and enlightening demonstration videos have garnered an impressive following across various social channels. Make sure to stop by at Dimenco booth #433 for a unique giveaway (while supplies last).
Demonstration: Wild Capture Digital Human Solutions for Houdini Users Wild Capture will showcase the compatibility of its Cohort, volumetric video virtual crowd building and digital fashion technology with Houdini. Wild Capture has used Houdini to optimize and simulate their world-class digital humans. Dimenco will provide its SR Pro Display technology to demonstrate how Wild Capture's volumetric content can be used with various Houdini assets for impressive results. Where: Houdini HIVE Lounge, Room 208, West Hall - Level 2 Date/Time: Tuesday, August 9 and Wednesday, August 10, 2022 (during Expo Hall hours)
Dimenco's proprietary spatial technology empowers monitor, laptop, tablet, smartphone, and other device manufacturers with the ability to incorporate SR visualization functionality into their product lines. One of the first globally available examples is Spatial Labs, implemented in the latest concept D laptop by Acer. Utilizing the Built-on SR™ display technology, at the Dimenco booth visitors can experience first-hand the 'Simulated Reality' laptop commercially released to consumers.
Dimenco unites hardware, software, and technology to deliver fast, rich, and natural three-dimensional experiences – with no wearables required. We've developed and produced a range of innovative own brand products with our Built-on SR technology, in addition to helping OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) take the leap from ordinary to extraordinary technology production.
Our mission is to push boundaries and achieve the dream of simulated reality – one of the world's biggest developments in 3D. Our open approach to the possibilities of spatial computing will result in totally new ways of interacting and experiencing your display, exceeding all expectations and delivering a real-world presence to virtual objects. Surpassing industry standards, Dimenco is truly redefining the future of display technology and has already welcomed the first consumer products Built on SR technology to the market.
Dimenco has led the spatial visualization market since 2010 and has its origins in Royal Philips Electronics. Headquartered in Veldhoven, The Netherlands, Dimenco is a privately held company. Learn more at https://www.dimenco.eu.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department said Tuesday that classified documents were “likely concealed and removed” from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate as part of an effort to obstruct the federal investigation into the discovery of the government records.
The FBI also seized 33 boxes containing more than 100 classified records during its Aug. 8 search of Mar-a-Lago and found classified documents stashed in Trump’s office, according to a filing that lays out the most detailed chronology to date of months of strained interactions between Justice Department officials and Trump representatives over the discovery of government secrets.
The filing offers yet another indication of the sheer volume of classified records retrieved from Mar-a-Lago. It shows how investigators conducting a criminal probe have focused not just on why the records were improperly stored there, but also on the question of whether the Trump team intentionally misled them about the continued, and unlawful, presence of the top secret documents.
The timeline laid out by the Justice Department made clear that the extraordinary search of Mar-a-Lago came only after other efforts to retrieve the records had failed, and that it resulted from law enforcement suspicion that additional documents remained inside the property despite assurances by Trump representatives that a “diligent search” had accounted for all of the material.
It also included a picture of some of the seized documents bearing clear classification markings, perhaps as a way to rebut suggestions that whoever packed them or was handling them could have easily failed to appreciate their sensitive nature.
The photo shows the cover pages of a smattering of paperclip-bound classified documents — some marked as “TOP SECRET//SCI” with bright yellow borders, and one marked as “SECRET//SCI” with a rust-colored border — along with whited-out pages, splayed out on a carpet at Mar-a-Lago. Beside them sits a cardboard box filled with gold-framed pictures, including a Time magazine cover.
Though it contains significant new details on the investigation, the Justice Department filing does not resolve a core question that has driven public fascination with the investigation — why Trump held onto the documents after he left the White House and why he and his team resisted repeated efforts to give them back. In fact, it suggests officials may not have received an answer.
During a June 3 visit to Mar-a-Lago by FBI and Justice Department officials, the document states, “Counsel for the former President offered no explanation as to why boxes of government records, including 38 documents with classification markings, remained at the Premises nearly five months after the production of the Fifteen Boxes and nearly one-and-a-half years after the end of the Administration.”
That visit to Mar-a-Lago, which came weeks after the Justice Department issued a subpoena for the records, receives substantial attention in the document and appears to be a key investigative focus.
Though Trump has said he had declassified all of the documents at Mar-a-Lago, his lawyers did not suggest that during the visit and instead “handled them in a manner that suggested counsel believed that the documents were classified,” according to the document.
FBI agents who went there to receive additional materials were given “a single Redweld envelope, double-wrapped in tape, containing the documents,” the filing states.
That envelope, according to the FBI, contained 38 unique documents with classification markings, including five documents marked confidential, 16 marked secret and 17 marked top secret.
During that visit, the document says, Trump’s lawyers told investigators that all the records that had come from the White House were stored in one location — a Mar-a-Lago storage room — and that “there were no other records stored in any private office space or other location at the Premises and that all available boxes were searched.”
After that, though, the Justice Department, which had subpoenaed video footage for the property, “developed evidence that government records were likely concealed and removed from the Storage Room and that efforts were likely taken to obstruct the government’s investigation.” The filing does not identify the individuals who may have relocated the boxes.
In their August search, agents found classified documents both in the storage room as well as in the former president’s office — including three classified documents found not in boxes, but in office desks.
“That the FBI, in a matter of hours, recovered twice as many documents with classification markings as the ‘diligent search’ that the former President’s counsel and other representatives had weeks to perform calls into serious question the representations made in the June 3 certification and casts doubt on the extent of cooperation in this matter,” the document states.
It says, “In some instances, even the FBI counterintelligence personnel and DOJ attorneys conducting the review required additional clearances before they were permitted to review certain documents.”
The investigation began from a referral from the National Archives and Records Administration, which recovered 15 boxes from Mar-a-Lago in January that were found to contain 184 documents with classified markings, including top secret information.
The purpose of the Tuesday night filing was to oppose a request from the Trump legal team for a special master to review the documents seized during this month’s search and set aside those protected by claims of legal privilege. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon is set to hear arguments on the matter on Thursday.
Cannon on Saturday said it was her “preliminary intent” to appoint such a person but also gave the Justice Department an opportunity to respond.
On Monday, the department said it had already completed its review of potentially privileged documents and identified a “limited set of materials that potentially contain attorney-client privileged information.” It said Tuesday that a special master was therefore “unnecessary.”
In a separate development, the Trump legal team has grown with the addition of another attorney. Chris Kise, Florida’s former solicitor general, has joined the team of lawyers representing Trump, according to two people familiar with the matter who were not authorized to discuss the move by name and spoke on condition of anonymity. Kise did not return messages seeking comment. | https://cw33.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/classified-docs-likely-concealed-and-removed-from-mar-a-lago-feds-say/ | 2022-08-31T11:10:49Z |
– FDA Fast Track Designation and European Commission Orphan Medicinal Product Designation Underscore the Significant Need for New Treatment Options for MDS –
NEWTON, Mass., July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: KPTI), a commercial-stage pharmaceutical company pioneering novel cancer therapies, today announced new regulatory designations for eltanexor, a novel oral, Selective Inhibitor of Nuclear Export (SINE) investigational compound being studied for the treatment of myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS): (i) the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted fast track designation for the development program of eltanexor as monotherapy for the treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory intermediate, high-, or very high-risk MDS; (ii) the European Commission (EC) adopted the Committee for Orphan Medicinal Products (COMP) opinion to designate eltanexor as an orphan medicinal product for the treatment of MDS in the European Union (EU). Karyopharm also received orphan drug designation from the FDA in January 2022. MDS are a group of diseases characterized by ineffective production of the components of the blood due to poor bone marrow function with a risk of progression to acute myeloid leukemia.
Karyopharm is currently investigating eltanexor in an ongoing open-label Phase 1/2 study in patients with relapsed/refractory MDS. Previously, Karyopharm reported initial data from the Phase 1 portion of this study evaluating single-agent eltanexor in patients with hypomethylating agent (HMA)-refractory MDS.
Approximately 15,000 people in the U.S.1 and 14,000 people in the EU2 are expected to be diagnosed with intermediate-to-high risk MDS in 2022. HMAs are the current standard of care for newly diagnosed, higher-risk MDS patients. However, only 40-60% of patients respond, with these responses typically lasting less than two years.3 The prognosis in HMA-refractory disease is poor, with a median overall survival of four to six months.4,5 There are currently no approved therapies for HMA- refractory MDS.
"These recent designations from the FDA and EC reinforce eltanexor's potential to improve clinical outcomes for patients with relapsed/refractory MDS," said Richard Paulson, President and Chief Executive Officer of Karyopharm. "We are dedicated to advancing our ongoing clinical trials and remain committed to bringing eltanexor to these patients and their families as a new treatment option."
Fast track is a process designed by the FDA to facilitate the development and expedite the review of drugs to treat serious conditions and fill an unmet medical need. The purpose is to get important new drugs to the patient earlier. Fast Track addresses a broad range of serious conditions. Once a drug receives Fast Track designation, early and frequent communication between the FDA and the drug company is encouraged throughout the entire drug development and review process.
Orphan Medicinal Product Designation is granted by the EC to promote the development of drugs that target rare (less than 5 in 100,000 people across the EU), seriously debilitating and/or life-threatening diseases, and are expected to provide a significant benefit over existing authorized treatments. Orphan designation qualifies a company for certain incentives that apply across all stages of drug development, including the potential for ten years of market exclusivity following marketing approval, fee reductions, and eligibility for orphan drug grants.
About Eltanexor
Eltanexor (KPT-8602) is an investigational novel SINE compound that functions by binding with, and inhibiting, the nuclear export protein, XPO1, leading to the accumulation of tumor suppressor proteins in the cell nucleus. This reinitiates and amplifies their tumor suppressor function and is believed to lead to the selective induction of apoptosis in cancer cells, while largely sparing normal cells.
In preclinical models, eltanexor has a broad therapeutic window with minimal penetration of the blood brain barrier and, therefore, has the potential to serve as another SINE compound for cancer indications. Following oral administration, animals treated with eltanexor show lower percentage of body weight loss and improved food consumption than animals similarly treated with selinexor. This allows more frequent dosing of eltanexor, enabling a longer period of exposure than is possible with selinexor.
Eltanexor is an investigational medicine and has not been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration or any other regulatory agency.
About Karyopharm Therapeutics
Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: KPTI) is a commercial-stage pharmaceutical company pioneering novel cancer therapies. Since its founding, Karyopharm has been the industry leader in oral Selective Inhibitor of Nuclear Export (SINE) compound technology, which was developed to address a fundamental mechanism of oncogenesis: nuclear export dysregulation. Karyopharm's lead SINE compound and first-in-class, oral exportin 1 (XPO1) inhibitor, XPOVIO® (selinexor), is approved in the U.S. and marketed by the Company in three oncology indications and has received regulatory approvals in various indications in a growing number of ex-U.S. territories and countries, including Europe and the United Kingdom (as NEXPOVIO®) and China. Karyopharm has a focused pipeline targeting multiple high unmet need cancer indications, including in multiple myeloma, endometrial cancer, myelodysplastic syndromes and myelofibrosis. For more information about our people, science and pipeline, please visit www.karyopharm.com, and follow us on Twitter at @Karyopharm and LinkedIn.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements include those regarding the ability of selinexor or eltanexor to treat patients with multiple myeloma, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, solid tumors and other diseases and expectations related to future clinical development and potential regulatory submissions of selinexor or eltanexor. Such statements are subject to numerous important factors, risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond Karyopharm's control, that may cause actual events or results to differ materially from Karyopharm's current expectations. For example, there can be no guarantee that Karyopharm will successfully commercialize XPOVIO; that regulators will grant confirmatory approval in the European Union based on the BOSTON study in adult patients with multiple myeloma; or that any of Karyopharm's drug candidates, including selinexor and eltanexor, will successfully complete necessary clinical development phases or that development of any of Karyopharm's drug candidates will continue. Further, there can be no guarantee that any positive developments in the development or commercialization of Karyopharm's drug candidate portfolio will result in stock price appreciation. Management's expectations and, therefore, any forward-looking statements in this press release could also be affected by risks and uncertainties relating to a number of other factors, including the following: the risk that the COVID-19 pandemic could disrupt Karyopharm's business more severely than it currently anticipates, including by negatively impacting sales of XPOVIO, interrupting or delaying research and development efforts, impacting the ability to procure sufficient supply for the development and commercialization of selinexor or other product candidates, delaying ongoing or planned clinical trials, impeding the execution of business plans, planned regulatory milestones and timelines, or inconveniencing patients; the adoption of XPOVIO in the commercial marketplace, the timing and costs involved in commercializing XPOVIO or any of Karyopharm's drug candidates that receive regulatory approval; the ability to obtain and retain regulatory approval of XPOVIO or any of Karyopharm's drug candidates that receive regulatory approval; Karyopharm's results of clinical trials and preclinical studies, including subsequent analysis of existing data and new data received from ongoing and future studies; the content and timing of decisions made by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and other regulatory authorities, investigational review boards at clinical trial sites and publication review bodies, including with respect to the need for additional clinical studies; the ability of Karyopharm or its third party collaborators or successors in interest to fully perform their respective obligations under the applicable agreement and the potential future financial implications of such agreement; Karyopharm's ability to enroll patients in its clinical trials; unplanned cash requirements and expenditures; development or regulatory approval of drug candidates by Karyopharm's competitors for products or product candidates in which Karyopharm is currently commercializing or developing; and Karyopharm's ability to obtain, maintain and enforce patent and other intellectual property protection for any of its products or product candidates. These and other risks are described under the caption "Risk Factors" in Karyopharm's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2022, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on May 5, 2022, and in other filings that Karyopharm may make with the SEC in the future. Any forward-looking statements contained in this press release speak only as of the date hereof, and, except as required by law, Karyopharm expressly disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
XPOVIO® and NEXPOVIO® are registered trademarks of Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. Any other trademarks referred to in this release are the property of their respective owners.
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PITTSBURGH, June 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I thought there should be a way to prevent vehicle damage caused by falling chunks of ice or wind-blown debris during a hailstorm," said an inventor, from Greeley, Colo., "so I invented the HAILIMITATOR. My design would help to maintain the current condition of the parked vehicle."
The invention protects a parked vehicle during a hailstorm or other inclement weather. In doing so, it helps to prevent dents, chips and other damage. It also ensures that the cover remains securely in place and it provides added peace of mind. The invention features a durable design that is easy to apply and use so it is ideal for vehicle owners. Additionally, it is producible in design variations and a prototype is available.
The original design was submitted to the Denver sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-DNV-347, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368.Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif., Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kinecta Federal Credit Union proudly hosted its 13th Annual Backpack Distribution event at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson on Sunday, August 7. By providing backpacks filled with school supplies, Kinecta will help 846 underserved students grades 3-12 get off to a great 2022-2023 school year prepared for academic success.
"We are proud to be hosting Kinecta's 13th Backpack Distribution Event to help make going back to school a little brighter for children in need," said Latrice McGlothin, Executive Director, Kinecta Community Foundation. "We thank our members, employees, supporters and the community for their donations."
This Backpack Drive Distribution event supports children through the following organizations in Southern California: Al Wooten Jr. Youth Center, East Side Riders Bike Club, Environmental Charter School, GRYD Foundation, Los Angeles Police Department Southeast Division, Parents of Watts, Richstone Family Center, St. Albert the Great, Thomas House Family Shelter, Verbum Dei High School, Watts/Century Latino Organization, and others.
Kinecta launched the Backpack Drive in 2010 and has helped nearly 6,000 students in need. This year, Kinecta members, employees and the public donated new backpacks and school supplies by bringing them to a Kinecta branch or donating through Kinecta's Backpack Drive Amazon Wish List from July 5 through July 31. A second distribution event will be held on August 24, 2022 to distribute backpacks and supplies to organizations in Rochester, New York.
During 2021, Kinecta, its subsidiaries, and employees donated over $880,000 to charitable causes, volunteered over 5,100 hours, and participated in over 225 community events. To learn more about Kinecta's community outreach programs and activities, visit kinecta.org/community
About Kinecta Federal Credit Union
Kinecta Federal Credit Union is the country's 35th largest credit union, with assets of $6.6 billion and over 270,000 member-owners. Its 800+ employees serve members from 32 credit union-owned branches, a variety of specialty offices, and highly responsive call centers on both coasts. Banking the Southern California area for more than 80 years, with recent expansion into New York, New Jersey, and Northern California, Kinecta offers its members a full range of financial products through the Credit Union and its subsidiaries, Kinecta Wealth Management and Kinecta Insurance Services. Kinecta has been recognized by the Mortgage Bankers Association as a recipient of its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Residential Leadership Award, and received the Best of Show award granted by the Credit Union National Association (CUNA) Technology Council. Daily Breeze readers have named Kinecta a top credit union for the past 11 years in the South Bay area of Los Angeles. Kinecta supports its communities in a variety of ways, by giving back through the Kinecta Community Foundation as well as serving as the official financial services partner of the LA Galaxy, and sponsor of the Rochester Americans and Rochester Red Wings. To learn more about Kinecta, visit kinecta.org.
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SAN FRANCISCO , June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The SkillUp Coalition, a national collaboration of nonprofits, training providers and employers, today announced the launch of a newly re-designed platform to better support America's workers on their upskilling journeys. This includes a fully updated training program catalog, local and national employer connections to jobs offering on-the-job training, and free weekly career coaching.
With over 850,000 users supported since launching in July 2020, SkillUp dedicated time in early 2022 to reflect and evaluate user experience based on worker feedback, market research, and the evolving workforce ecosystem. By leveraging job seekers' voices to drive impactful change, SkillUp has prioritized improving, simplifying, and personalizing its platform to better connect workers to comprehensive and quality services.
"SkillUp is working to support the greater good at scale by being both data-driven and heart-led," says Executive Director, Steven Lee. "We have vetted feedback from thousands of SkillUp users, as well as leveraged behavioral metrics from tens of thousands of Skillup.org visitors to develop our new experience. By putting information into the hands of workers, we promote a sense of agency, respect and ownership, which drives both career and personal fulfillment."
SkillUp's new user experience includes:
- A focus on in-demand, gateway jobs, i.e. jobs that are attainable without a 4-year degree, pay a good wage, and unlock paths to high growth careers.
- A fully re-designed training program catalog, connecting workers to career pathways in five industries (business, medical, information technology, skilled trades and supply chain & logistics) with over 400 vetted programs. Training program partners undergo a rigorous program analysis considering their wraparound services, completion rates, length of programs, and post-program placement rates.
- A fresh, highly visual user interface as well as new functionality including sorting and filtering by cost, program duration, format (online, hybrid, local), highest graduation rates, location, industry and more.
- Quick links to "Earn & Learn" jobs, providing workers with opportunities to connect to employers who offer jobs with training opportunities, offer full-time benefits, and have committed to helping employees grow professionally.
- Easy access to free weekly group coaching hosted in partnership with InsideTrack, as well as financial & life resources.
To date, SkillUp has helped hundreds of thousands of workers, including Brooklyn-based Samia, who was able to find training programs in the IT industry. "I knew what I needed to do was tap into my passion which is technology, but I didn't know what kind of technical careers were available to me," says Samia when talking about her upskilling journey. "SkillUp has shown me how to leverage the skills I already had so that I can find the right IT career for me."
Worker and participant voice is central to every decision SkillUp makes, including product and design, resource selection and partner alignment. SkillUp has assembled a worker advisory board that consists of workers at various stages of their career, education, and development journeys. This body helps inform, guide, and influence all SkillUp services and outreach.
To learn more about the SkillUp Coalition and to see the new platform, please visit www.skillup.org. If you're a training provider, employer, technology & service provider, or nonprofit interested in joining the Coalition, please visit www.skillup.org/partners.
Founded in July 2020, SkillUp Coalition is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that connects workers with the right tools, resources, and support so they can make confident career shifts, find quality living-wage jobs, and position themselves for promising career growth. The SkillUp ecosystem provides career exploration, training & employer connections, career coaching, and resources to support workers at any stage of their career journey.
The coalition brings together over 75 leading organizations including training and education providers, technology developers, policymakers, employers, and philanthropies. In addition to its national reach, SkillUp operates LevelUp local partnerships in the Bay Area, Los Angeles, Florida, Louisiana, Northern Nevada, Philadelphia, New York City, and Ohio. Since its founding less than 2 years ago, SkillUp has connected over 850,000 workers to career and training support throughout the country.
SkillUp proudly advocates for an affordable, equitable, upskilling ecosystem that ensures every worker has high opportunity employment. For more information, please visit www.skillup.org or follow on Twitter, Facebook, or LinkedIn.
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Leading Pork Rind Brand Once Again Supports St. Christopher Truckers Relief Fund By Including Consumers in this Year's Cause Campaign
DALLAS, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In Southern Recipe's Annual Truck Driver Appreciation Week campaign, the brand will once again shine a light on the truck driving industry and support St. Christopher Truckers Relief Fund (SCF) with a $7,500 donation. Bringing awareness to the often under-celebrated truck driving community has been a passion of Southern Recipe's for more than a decade. Further amplifying SCF's work and advocacy for truck drivers, from August 1st through September 18th, consumers are invited to enter to win weekly prize packs across the social space @SouthernRecipe and at SouthernRecipe.com.
Through this year's cause campaign, Southern Recipe will honor the more than 3.5 million hard working truck drivers in our country. On average, these dedicated unsung heroes of the industry travel nearly 400 billion miles each year. Southern Recipe's Truck Driver Appreciation Week celebration invites fans to enter to win weekly prize packages, all featuring food and non-food items that could be found in the cab of a truck. The conversation around each prize goes beyond the traditional prize pack, with items carefully selected from actual truck drivers who have a passion for the road. In doing so, the brand hopes to bring the community closer to the people behind the wheel, and truck drivers closer to the brand's consumers
"There's not a day that goes by that we take our truck drivers for granted. In the midst of a challenging time for many industries, they're still moving forward and keeping our grocery stores stocked," shares Mark Singleton, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Southern Recipe and Rudolph Foods. "We've been celebrating these important road heroes for more than a decade now, with the help of our incredible charity partner: St. Christopher Truckers Relief Fund. These men and women literally help fuel our families with food and comfort."
"It's important to us to support our road warriors and let them know that they're not alone when they're out on the road," said Shannon Currier, Director of Philanthropy and Development at St. Christopher Truckers Relief Fund. "We love partnering with brands like Southern Recipe who help us educate consumers about this important segment of the workforce. This year's cause campaign is a great way to help everyone know just a little more about truckers' daily struggles and passion for the profession, too."
Members of the trucking community and consumers across America are encouraged to celebrate Truck Driver Appreciation Week with Southern Recipe and SCF across the social space at SouthernRecipe.com and @SouthernRecipe.
About Southern Recipe
Southern Recipe Pork Rinds is a wholly owned division of Rudolph Foods Company, Inc., and is one of the world's largest suppliers of branded and private-label snack products, including the world's largest manufacturer of pork rinds. With plants in Ohio, Georgia, Texas, Mississippi and California, Southern Recipe is solely dedicated to providing its customers with the best quality products and the highest levels of customer service at the best price.
About St. Christopher Truckers Development and Relief Fund
The St. Christopher Truckers Development and Relief Fund (SCF) is a 501(c)(3), truck driver charity that helps over-the-road/regional semi-truck drivers and their families when an illness or injury, occurring within the last year, has caused them to be out of work. The SCF is also working to provide programs that will benefit professional drivers and the trucking industry.
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Agents Can Record, Retrieve and Retain Calls While on Desktop or Mobile Device
OMAHA, Neb., Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Senior Market Sales® (SMS) has unveiled a full-featured business phone solution to help insurance agents comply with a new Medicare regulation requiring the recording of phone calls that are part of the chain of a beneficiary's enrollment into a Medicare Advantage or Part D Plan.
The solution from SMS, one of the industry's premier insurance marketing organizations (IMOs), goes beyond just satisfying the call-recording compliance requirement – it also provides additional capabilities that many independent agents don't have today, including video conferencing, text messaging and voicemail transcription. Most notably, the mobile application gives agents flexibility to sell compliantly from virtually anywhere. SMS will provide the phone solution at no cost to SMS-contracted agents this Medicare Annual Election Period (AEP).
"This is the most full-featured solution we've seen in the industry," said Bob Harding, SMS Chief Technology Officer and First Vice President. "Agents will be able to record calls whether working from a desktop or a mobile device, and they can set it up to ring on their desktop, landline and mobile phone all at once. With the SMS solution, agents should never miss a call or be tethered to a desk."
Dwane McFerrin, SMS' Senior Vice President, Med Solutions, said that SMS immediately jumped on finding a solution when the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published the regulations on May 9, 2022, so that agents could comply by the Oct. 1 deadline and for their busiest season, AEP, which is Oct. 15 through Dec. 7. SMS partnered with Phone.com, a unified communications service provider known for being HIPAA compliant and having easy-to-use APIs – features that allowed for quick integration with SMS' Lead Advantage Pro® lead-to-enrolment tool.
"It was important to us to provide a solution that would allow agents to continue doing business the way they prefer. The solution could not be cumbersome and slow them down," McFerrin said. "Through our partnership with Phone.com, we're able to deliver a solution that not only empowers the agent to continue their daily process, but also possibly allows them to work even more efficiently because of the additional functionalities it offers."
The phone solution will be integrated with SMS' proprietary Lead Advantage Pro tool in mid-September. Lead Advantage Pro's other integrations – such as with Medicare.gov's Blue Button – and other features help agents work more easily, efficiently and accurately, by eliminating manual tasks, allowing for online quoting and applications and corralling the entire sales process into one platform.
"Lead Advantage Pro's integration with Phone.com gives agents even more power, more flexibility and more efficiencies, wherever they're working," McFerrin said. "Agents using Lead Advantage Pro can call and record within the tool with a single click."
Calls on SMS' call-recording solution can be retained for 10 years, fulfilling CMS requirements.
SMS also is providing call recording through its Medicare Insurance Direct® solution, along with an exciting new feature that will allow agents to execute telephonic enrollments with voice signature. Voice signature will be a game changer for agents who sell over the phone, McFerrin said, because it will eliminate the need to email or log into websites. Call recording and voice signature will both be available in Medicare Insurance Direct this AEP.
"We've been able to provide solutions that will help agents do more than just comply with a regulation," McFerrin said. "These solutions will help agents work more efficiently and present a more professional presence to clients and prospects. We look forward to helping agents make this AEP their best yet."
Agents can learn more about the call-recording solution at www.SeniorMarketSales.com/CallRecording.
Senior Market Sales® (SMS) represents top Medicare Supplement, Medicare Advantage, annuity, life, long-term care, and travel insurance carriers in all 50 states. More than 70,000 independent insurance agents rely on SMS for proprietary technology, competitive insurance products, and expert training and service to help them leverage their time, make more money, and put their business in a position of distinction. Founded in 1982, SMS is headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska. In 2020, SMS joined the Alliant Insurance Services family of companies. Visit www.SeniorMarketSales.com or call 1.800.786.5566 for more information.
Agents should note that none of the information provided by SMS in regard to these technology solutions should be taken as legal advice, or as a guarantee that use of any particular technology will fulfill their regulatory or contractual requirements. Agents are responsible for understanding all call-recording obligations that are applicable to them, and for ensuring that they are using SMS technology solutions in a manner that will allow them to meet those obligations. The solution provided by SMS is not the only option available for management of call recording obligations.
Contact: Dan Trumblee
Assistant Vice President, Divisional Director, Communications & Creative Services
Senior Market Sales®
402.343.3689
Dtrumblee@SeniorMarketSales.com
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NEW YORK, Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: BCLI), a leading developer of cellular therapies for neurodegenerative diseases, announced today that it will hold a conference call to update shareholders on financial results for the second quarter, ended on June 30, 2022, and provide a corporate update, at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time on Monday, August 15, 2022.
BrainStorm's Chief Executive Officer, Chaim Lebovits, will present a corporate update after which participant questions will be answered. Joining Mr. Lebovits to answer investment community questions will be Ralph Kern, MD, MHSc, President and Chief Medical Officer, Stacy Lindborg, PhD, Executive Vice President and Chief Development Officer, David Setboun, PharmD, MBA, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, and Alla Patlis, CPA, MBA, Interim Chief Financial Officer.
Participants are encouraged to submit their questions in advance of the call by sending them to: q@brainstorm-cell.com. Questions should be submitted by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, August 11, 2022.
The investment community may participate in the conference call by dialing the following numbers:
Participant Numbers:
Toll Free: 888-506-0062
International: 973-528-0011
Participant Access Code: 955552
Webcast URL: https://bit.ly/3cXwQkt
Those interested in listening to the conference call live via the internet may do so by using the webcast link above or by visiting the "Investors & Media" page of BrainStorm's website here and clicking on the conference call link.
The replay of the conference call can be accessed by dialing the numbers below, and will be available for 14 days.
Replay Numbers:
Toll Free: 877-481-4010
International: 919-882-2331
Replay Passcode: 46290
About Brainstorm Cell Therapeutics Inc.
Brainstorm Cell Therapeutics Inc. is a leading developer of innovative autologous adult stem cell therapeutics for debilitating neurodegenerative diseases. The Company holds the rights to clinical development and commercialization of the NurOwn® technology platform used to produce autologous MSC-NTF cells through an exclusive, worldwide licensing agreement. Autologous MSC-NTF cells have received Orphan Drug designation status from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Brainstorm has completed a Phase 3 pivotal trial in ALS (NCT03280056); this trial investigated the safety and efficacy of repeat-administration of autologous MSC-NTF cells and was supported by a grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM CLIN2-0989). Brainstorm completed under an investigational new drug application a Phase 2 open-label multicenter trial (NCT03799718) of autologous MSC-NTF cells in progressive multiple sclerosis (MS) and was supported by a grant from the National MS Society (NMSS).
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Statements in this announcement other than historical data and information, including statements regarding future NurOwn® manufacturing and clinical development plans, constitute "forward-looking statements" and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics Inc.'s actual results to differ materially from those stated or implied by such forward-looking statements. Terms and phrases such as "may," "should," "would," "could," "will," "expect," "likely," "believe," "plan," "estimate," "predict," "potential," and similar terms and phrases are intended to identify these forward-looking statements. The potential risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, Brainstorm's need to raise additional capital, Brainstorm's ability to continue as a going concern, the prospects for regulatory approval of Brainstorm's NurOwn® treatment candidate, the initiation, completion, and success of Brainstorm's product development programs and research, regulatory and personnel issues, development of a global market for our services, the ability to secure and maintain research institutions to conduct our clinical trials, the ability to generate significant revenue, the ability of Brainstorm's NurOwn® treatment candidate to achieve broad acceptance as a treatment option for ALS or other neurodegenerative diseases, Brainstorm's ability to manufacture, or to use third parties to manufacture, and commercialize the NurOwn® treatment candidate, obtaining patents that provide meaningful protection, competition and market developments, Brainstorm's ability to protect our intellectual property from infringement by third parties, heath reform legislation, demand for our services, currency exchange rates and product liability claims and litigation; and other factors detailed in Brainstorm's annual report on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q available at http://www.sec.gov. These factors should be considered carefully, and readers should not place undue reliance on Brainstorm's forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements contained in this press release are based on the beliefs, expectations and opinions of management as of the date of this press release. We do not assume any obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect actual results or assumptions if circumstances or management's beliefs, expectations or opinions should change, unless otherwise required by law. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements.
For more information, visit the company's website at www.brainstorm-cell.com.
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PITTSBURGH, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "We thought there could be an easier way to collect and dispose of leaves and other yard debris," said one of two inventors, from Olympia, Wash., "so we invented the LEAF BAG. Our design would save time and effort and it would eliminate the need to struggle with traditional plastic yard bags."
The patent-pending invention provides an improved bag for collecting yard debris. In doing so, it prevents the bag from folding over or collapsing. It also increases convenience and safety and it reduces hassles and strain. The invention features a practical design that is easy to load, lift and carry so it is ideal for homeowners, landscapers, etc. Additionally, it is producible in design variations and a prototype is available.
The original design was submitted to the Seattle sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-FED-2395, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The prosecutor seeking to sentence Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz to death let the facts speak for themselves as he presented his case: terrifying witness accounts; heartrending statements from parents and spouses; chilling surveillance videos; gruesome autopsy and crime scene photos; and, as a capstone, Thursday’s jury walk-through of the three-story building where it happened, bloodstains and Valentine’s Day cards still clinging to the floors.
Lead prosecutor Mike Satz, the 80-year-old former Broward County state attorney, then rested his case against the defendant who murdered 14 students and three staff members at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14, 2018.
Cruz’s attorneys repeatedly objected that Satz’s case went beyond what was legally allowable or necessary and was aimed primarily at inflaming the jurors’ emotions — objections that were denied by Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer.
There was never any doubt Satz would be able to prove the killings were “cold, calculated and premeditated,” that Cruz’s actions were “heinous, atrocious or cruel” and “created a great risk to many persons ” and four other aggravating circumstances listed in Florida law that make him eligible for a possible death sentence. But Satz also had to give them heft as they must, in the jurors’ unanimous opinion, “outweigh” the mitigating factors the defense will soon present.
“I didn’t think there were any surprises, but what surprises could there have been?” said Bob Jarvis, a law professor at Nova Southeastern University in suburban Fort Lauderdale. “The jurors knew walking in what Cruz had done. … The question that kept running through my mind was, ‘Was it too much?’”
“He did a fantastic job,” said David S. Weinstein, a Miami criminal defense attorney and former prosecutor. “He has built a case that I think has given the jury more than enough to find these aggravating factors and was not over-the-top at all.”
After a one-week break, the sides will spend a week without the jury arguing before Judge Scherer over what evidence Cruz’s defense can present about how his birth mother’s drinking and drug abuse during pregnancy affected his brain and whether defects can be seen on scans.
Jennifer Zedalis, a University of Florida law professor, said such arguments over fetal alcohol syndrome scans go back 20 years.
“Brain scans, MRIs, we can learn from them — the argument will be over whether the evidence reaches a the standard of relevance and reliability to be permitted,” Zedalis said. She said if the evidence’s admissibility is borderline, she would expect the judge to side with Cruz’s lawyers as appellate courts have said “a defendant on trial for his life deserves wide latitude.”
Cruz, 23, pleaded guilty in October to 17 counts of first-degree murder; the trial is only to decide whether the former Stoneman Douglas student is sentenced to death or life without parole. Once they begin deliberating, likely several weeks from now, the jury will take separate votes for each victim. For each death sentence, the jury must be unanimous or the sentence for that victim is life.
After Scherer rules, lead defense attorney Melisa McNeill is expected to give her opening statement Aug. 22 and then she and her team will present their case.
“That’s when the trial really begins,” Jarvis said.
Instead, they are expected to focus on his life, starting with his birth mother’s addictions; his severe emotional and behavioral problems that began in preschool and the holes in his treatment; his adoptive father’s death when he was 5; his adoptive mother’s death three months before the shootings; his alleged sexual abuse at the hands of a “trusted peer”; that he was an immature 19-year-old; and the bullying he endured from his brother and his brother’s friends.
McNeill and her team are unlikely to downplay the severity of Cruz’s actions — they have conceded in court several times that the murders were horrible and wiped away tears during some parents’ statements about their dead child.
The defense will argue, “If you send him to death, you are ignoring all of that and that is just wrong,” Jarvis said.
Weinstein said the defense has a tough task. The jurors all swore they could vote for either death or life, based on the evidence. Even if the defense can prove some mitigating factors, he said, it will be difficult for those to outweigh 17 people murdered in cold blood.
“I don’t think you can paint a picture of Cruz as sympathetic, that he’s not as bad as what the prosecution has said,” Jarvis said. “Instead, they have to show that he is a victim, that he fell through the cracks, that society failed him from the outset. …Society created this monster and failed to stop this monster.”
Weinstein said the prosecution will argue if the death penalty “is not appropriate in this circumstance, why do we have it? What could happen that’s possibly any more egregious than this?” | https://cw33.com/news/u-s-news/ap-us-headlines/parkland-shooters-prosecutor-had-bloody-facts-on-his-side/ | 2022-08-07T19:03:51Z |
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom threatened Monday to impose mandatory water restrictions if residents don’t use less on their own as a drought drags on and the hotter summer months approach.
Newsom raised that possibility in a meeting with representatives from water agencies that supply major cities including Los Angeles, San Diego and the San Francisco Bay Area. The Democratic governor has avoided issuing sweeping, mandatory cuts in water use and instead favored giving local water agencies power to set rules for water use in the cities and towns they supply.
January through March typically is when most of California’s annual rain and snow falls, but this year those months were the driest in at least a century.Despite calls for conservation, the state’s water use went up dramatically in March — 19% compared to the same month in 2020 — and now Newsom is considering changing his approach.
“Every water agency across the state needs to take more aggressive actions to communicate about the drought emergency and implement conservation measures,” Newsom said in a statement.
California is in its third year of drought and virtually all areas of the state are classified as either in severe or extreme drought. Due to low water levels in state reservoirs, the state is releasing only a limited amount of water from its supplies.
Newsom last summer called on Californians to voluntarily reduce their water use by 15% by doing things like taking five-minute showers and avoiding baths, only running the washing machine and dishwasher with full loads and limiting water use for cleaning outdoor areas. Water used for farming isn’t counted.
Several local water officials present in the meeting said the tone was positive and focused on how all of the agencies can work together to promote conservation.
“From our perspective it works best when local water managers deal with local water supply conditions, but we’re trying to support the state, we’re trying to support the governor as best we can,” said Ed Stevenson, general manager for the Alameda County Water District.
The district gets about 40% of its water from state supplies. It’s water use is down about 7% since Newsom called for voluntary conservation.
San Diego County Water Authority, meanwhile, hasn’t needed any water from state supplies since July partly because it relies on a mix of other sources including a desalination plant, said board Chairman Gary Croucher. But he said the district still has a role to play in responding to the drought. The authority is made up of 24 water agencies including the city of San Diego, where water use is down 1.3% since Newsom called for savings.
“If anybody wants to say that we’re independent and we’re okay just by ourselves, they’re fooling themselves. We really need to work together as a group of collaborators,” he said.
How soon Newsom could impose mandatory restrictions if conservation doesn’t improve wasn’t clear. Spokesperson Erin Mellon said the administration would reassess conservation progress in just “a few weeks.” She didn’t offer a metric the administration would use to measure success.
Newsom has already moved to force more conservation from local water districts. The state water board will vote Tuesday whether to ban watering of decorative grass and to force local agencies to boost conservation efforts.
After the last drought, the state required water districts to submit drought response plans that detail six levels of conservation based on available supply. Newsom has asked the board to require those districts move into “Level 2″ of their plans, which assumes a 20% water shortage.
Each district can set its own rules, and they often include things like further limiting water use for outdoor purposes and paying people to install more efficient appliances. They must include a communication plan to urge conservation.
If approved those restrictions would take effect June 10. Water agencies that don’t comply could be fined $500 per day, as could businesses or other institutions that continue to water ornamental grass, said Edward Ortiz, a spokesperson for the water board.
Last week while touring a water recycling plant in Los Angeles County, Newsom spoke about better communicating the need for water conservation with the state’s 39 million people. He’s included $100 million in his budget for drought messaging.
The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, the state’s largest water wholesaler, has adopted sweeping water restrictions for cities that rely primarily on state supplies. Starting June 1, the local agencies must limit lawn watering to one day per week, set volumetric limits on water use or face fines.
In the meeting, District General Manager Adel Hagekhalil said he told Newsom it would help if some of the state money for conservation could be used to help local districts step up enforcement to curb water waste.
“I appreciate that (Newsom) really wants to work with us,” Hagekhalil said.
During the last drought, in 2015 former Gov. Jerry Brown issued a mandatory 25% cut in the state’s overall water use, and the state water board set requirements for how much each water district had to cut based on their existing use; districts with higher water use were asked to cut more. Water agencies could be fined up to $10,000 per day if they didn’t comply.
The state water board has imposed some statewide restrictions such as banning people from watering their lawns for 48 hours after rainstorms and sprinklers from running onto sidewalks.
Broadly, the state needs to be thinking about how to set California up to better deal with drought, said Dr. Newsha Ajami, a water expert at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory who studied conservation messaging during the last drought.
“We need to have a long-term strategy for how we are going to deal with these more frequent hotter, drier droughts that we are experiencing and actually do things when we are not in the drought,” she said.
Attendees at the private meeting also included representatives from the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, East Bay Municipal Utility District, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, Valley Water, the Association of California Water Agencies, California Urban Water Agencies and the California Municipal Utilities Association. | https://cw33.com/news/u-s-news/ap-u-s-headlines/californians-could-see-mandatory-water-cuts-amid-drought/ | 2022-05-24T19:27:15Z |
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NEW YORK, June 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Moore Kuehn, PLLC, a securities law firm located on Wall Street, is investigating potential claims involving directors and officers of Plug Power Inc. (NASDAQ: PLUG) regarding possible breaches of fiduciary duties related to whether insiders caused their companies to make false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose, among other things, that:
(1) Plug Power would be unable to timely file its 2020 annual report due to delays related to the review of classification of certain costs and the recoverability of the right to use assets with certain leases; (2) Plug Power was reasonably likely to report material weaknesses in its internal control over financial reporting; and (3) certain officers or directors made substantial Plug Power stock sales while in possession of material nonpublic information.
Plug Power has now acknowledged that its financial results beginning with fiscal year 2018 were incorrect and need to be restated. Investors in Plug Power who have lost money should contact Moore Kuehn
On March 16, 2021, Plug Power announced that it will restate its previously issued financial statements for fiscal years 2018 and 2019 and its quarterly filings for 2019 and 2020 due to errors in accounting and in particular how non-cash items were being calculated. On this news, PLUG shares fell 10% in extended market trading. On March 2, 2021, the Company announced that it would not be able to timely file its annual report for the year ended December 31, 2020 because it was completing a "review and assessment of certain costs with regards to classification between Research and Development versus Costs of Goods Sold, the recoverability of right of use assets associated with certain leases, and certain internal controls over those and other areas." Plug Power further stated that it "is possible that one or more of these items may result in charges or adjustments to current and/or prior period financial statements." The market was stunned by this development, with shares falling 7% on March 2, 2021, and continuing to fall approximately 19.4% over three consecutive trading sessions to close at just $39.30 per share on March 5, 2021.
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CHICAGO (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo didn’t dominate the way he usually does.
That didn’t stop the Bucks from clinching yet another division championship and making it look easy in the process.
Brook Lopez scored a season-high 28 points and Milwaukee overcame a rather quiet performance from Antetokounmpo to secure its fourth straight Central Division title with a 127-106 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Tuesday night.
The defending NBA champion Bucks haven’t been on a run like this since Don Nelson’s teams won seven consecutive division titles in the 1980s. They took control early and came away with an easy win even though DeMar DeRozan scored 40 for Chicago.
“You should probably take a quick minute just to appreciate (it),” coach Mike Budenholzer said. “Winning anything in this league is hard. We talk about it all the time in film sessions and practices, how hard it is to win a game. To win a division means something.”
Antetokounmpo, trying to overtake LeBron James and Joel Embiid in a tight race for his first scoring title, finished with 18 points, nine rebounds and seven assists. But the two-time MVP started slow and spent most of the fourth quarter on the bench after picking up his fifth foul.
Lopez had his best performance after missing most of the season because of a back injury. Khris Middleton scored 19 points.
“For me, it’s just continuing to find that rhythm and get more in sync with everyone,” said Lopez, who missed 67 games because of the injury. “Going out there playing hard, trying to do what you can and kind of pushing yourself to the limit — make yourself work. So come playoff time you have that confidence to go out there and do whatever you need to do.”
Grayson Allen and Bobby Portis added 13 points apiece as the Bucks completed a four-game season sweep of the Bulls.
Chicago clinched its first playoff appearance since 2017 with Cleveland losing to Orlando. The Bulls are sixth in the Eastern Conference, a game behind Toronto with three to play.
“For us to make the jump that we made, to be in a position to be able to compete in the playoffs, is definitely great,” DeRozan said. “It gives us an opportunity to further our season and play for something bigger.”
DeRozan did all he could to carry Chicago, with two-time All-Star Zach LaVine sidelined because of ongoing soreness in his left knee.
Patrick Williams added 18 points. Nikola Vucevic struggled, going 3 of 19 and scoring seven points. He did draw loud cheers when he knocked Allen to the floor early in the fourth quarter, delighting fans angry about Allen’s hard foul earlier this season on Chicago’s Alex Caruso that resulted in a broken wrist.
But the Bulls once again lost to an elite opponent. They are a combined 2-20 against the top four teams in the East and West.
Vucevic hit a corner 3-pointer for Chicago just before the halftime buzzer and DeRozan made a jumper in the opening seconds of the third to cut it to 58-48.
Milwaukee regrouped and pushed the lead to 21, only to have the Bulls get within 10 again late in the third. Two free throws by Antetokounmpo in the closing minute of the quarter and a 3 from the top by Jrue Holiday made it 96-80 before DeRozan hit jumper to cut the margin to 14 heading to the fourth.
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Bucks: Though Budenholzer took issue with Vucevic’s takedown, saying it “crossed a line,” Allen shrugged it off. “I think he was trying to make a play on the ball,” he said. Vucevic, who got a dead-ball technical, insisted he was simply swiping at the ball and wasn’t trying to deliver a hard foul on Allen.
Bulls: PG Lonzo Ball experienced another setback in his recovery from surgery for a torn meniscus in his left knee, raising more doubt about whether he will play again this season. Ball felt some discomfort after he tried to ramp up activities again following a 10-day pause, coach Billy Donovan said. Donovan said the next step will probably be a “meeting of the minds” in the next day or two. And the possibility of Ball missing the remainder of the season is “on the table.” Ball has not played since Jan. 14. … Donovan said he didn’t necessarily get the sense that LaVine will need to miss a chunk of games, though his status for Wednesday’s matchup with Boston was in question.
UP NEXT
Bucks: Host the Boston Celtics on Thursday.
Bulls: Host the Celtics on Wednesday.
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Global Flooring Manufacturer Explores Commercial and Residential Design Themes
ATLANTA, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Interface®, a worldwide commercial flooring company and global leader in sustainability, today shares its mid-year Design Trend Index, which details the impact of world-changing events over the past two years on design. The report highlights the emphasis on people-focused interiors and the need for spaces that adapt to end users. It discusses five overarching themes that will continue to inform the design of commercial and residential spaces.
Identified by design experts at Interface and FLOR®, the company's specialty brand, these trends reflect a growing need for comfort, flexibility and understanding as the world experienced enormous change over the last few years. The transformation of design trends speaks to how human behaviors and experiences have and will shape interiors.
The mid-year trends featured in the index include:
- Creating Calm: The stress of the pandemic resulted in a desire for quieter, calming spaces, which can be achieved through the integration of warmer hues, curved shapes, wood tones, soft pastels and nature-inspired tones.
- Biophilic Design is Better: The last few years highlighted the importance of mental and physical wellbeing and how physical spaces play a role in wellness. Consequently, designers are interested in integrating aspects of biophilic design or connecting humans to nature by incorporating natural elements into a space.
- Flexible Design: Today, it's beneficial to have adaptable spaces – both at home and in the office. This means interiors should be flexible, so they transform to meet changing needs. Designers achieve this by intentionally creating areas to serve multiple purposes. In the home, this might look like a space for work where you can also workout.
- Return of Retro: Retro design trends are back again, from wood panels to soft pastel palettes and bold, eclectic patterns. This growing trend is reflected in fashion, interiors and music, prompting feelings of nostalgia.
- Innovating Sustainability: Low-carbon design is trending as the impacts of climate change become more visible, resulting in a wave of innovation. Designers are looking to lower the carbon footprints of their spaces without sacrificing style. Thankfully, manufacturer innovations make this possible as they look to use more sustainable materials – from recycled plastics to bio-based materials and beyond.
"The design industry continues to embrace human-centered strategies, especially biophilic design, which emphasizes the connection between people and the natural world," said Katherine Cohen, Head of Creative and Merchandising at FLOR and Interface. "We're seeing a collective movement toward interiors that respond to our needs and to our wellbeing, with the goal of creating safe spaces that adapt and evolve with us."
The full Interface Design Trend Index can be found here.
About FLOR
FLOR®, the premium design brand of Interface®, has brought high-end area rugs to homes, offices, and every space between since 2003. FLOR carpet tiles are beautiful, easy to install, and responsibly sourced. Our customizable designs are engineered for high-traffic spaces, from family rooms to conference rooms. For more information, visit FLOR.com.
About Interface
Interface, Inc. is a global flooring company specializing in carbon neutral carpet tile and resilient flooring, including luxury vinyl tile (LVT) and nora® rubber flooring. We help our customers create high-performance interior spaces that support well-being, productivity, and creativity, as well as the sustainability of the planet. Our mission, Climate Take Back™, invites you to join us as we commit to operating in a way that is restorative to the planet and creates a climate fit for life.
Learn more about Interface at interface.com and blog.interface.com, our nora brand at nora.com, our FLOR® brand at FLOR.com, and our Carbon Neutral Floors™ program at interface.com/carbonneutral.
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NUTLEY, N.J., June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Eisai Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Tokyo, CEO: Haruo Naito, "Eisai") announced today a total of seven poster presentations including the latest data on its in-house discovered orexin receptor antagonist lemborexant (product name: DAYVIGO® CIV) will be given at the 36th annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies (SLEEP 2022), to be held from June 4 to June 8, 2022, in Charlotte, NC.
Major poster presentations include the results of a subgroup analysis of the Phase III 304 clinical study on the effect of lemborexant treatment in older adults with insomnia and objectives of short sleep which is characterized by sleeping fewer than six hours (Posters #171 and #172).
"DAYVIGO continues to serve as an important asset to Eisai's neurology portfolio and we look forward to presenting the findings from several analyses at this year's SLEEP Meeting," said Ivan Cheung, Eisai Inc., Senior Vice President, President Neurology Business Group, Eisai Co., Ltd. "Insomnia can lead to daytime consequences; fatigue, difficulty concentrating and irritability, 1, 2 and causes distress or impairs functioning in social and occupational settings.3 Eisai remains committed to our pursuit of helping people suffering from insomnia to help address unmet medical needs."
SLEEP 2022 Presentations
Please note, the poster presentation time is 5:15 PM – 7:15 PM on Monday, June 6 with odd numbered poster presentations taking place from 5:15 PM – 6:15 PM and even numbered poster presentations from 6:15 PM – 7:15 PM.
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About Lemborexant (product name: DAYVIGO®)
Lemborexant, an orexin receptor antagonist, is Eisai's in-house discovered and developed small molecule that inhibits orexin neurotransmission by binding competitively to the two subtypes of orexin receptors (orexin receptor 1 and 2). Fast on/off receptor kinetics of lemborexant to orexin receptors may influence lemborexant's potential to facilitate improvements in sleep onset and maintenance with minimal morning residual effects. It has been approved for the treatment of insomnia in over 10 countries including Japan, the United States and countries in Asia.
About Eisai Co., Ltd.
Eisai Co., Ltd. is a leading global pharmaceutical company headquartered in Japan. Eisai's corporate philosophy is based on the human health care (hhc) concept, which is to give first thought to patients and their families, and to increase the benefits that health care provides to them. With a global network of R&D facilities, manufacturing sites and marketing subsidiaries, we strive to realize our hhc philosophy by delivering innovative products to target diseases with high unmet medical needs, with a particular focus in our strategic areas of Neurology and Oncology.
Leveraging the experience gained from the development and marketing of a treatment for Alzheimer's disease, Eisai aims to establish the "Eisai Dementia Platform." Through this platform, Eisai plans to deliver novel benefits to those living with dementia and their families through constructing a "Dementia Ecosystem," by collaborating with partners such as medical organizations, diagnostic development companies, research organizations, and bio-ventures in addition to private insurance agencies, finance industries, fitness clubs, automobile makers, retailers, and care facilities. For more information about Eisai Co., Ltd., please visit https://www.eisai.com.
About Eisai Inc.
At Eisai Inc., human health care (hhc) is our mission and is the shared purpose that connects us to those we serve creating a network of powerful relationships that enables us to identify, understand and work to address the needs of people throughout their lives. We boldly push past the boundaries of science and aim to deliver life-changing therapies and health-related solutions that matter to people and society. We bring together science, technology and real-world expertise to pursue a world free from cancer, Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative diseases.
Everything we do is guided by the simple principle that patients and their families come first, and we have a responsibility to listen to and learn from them.
Eisai Inc. is the U.S. pharmaceutical subsidiary of Tokyo-based Eisai Co., Ltd. The company's presence in the U.S. includes three discovery centers as well as commercial, clinical development and global demand organizations. To learn more about Eisai, please visit us at www.eisai.com/US and follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn. For more information on our work in neurology, please visit the Eisai U.S. Neurology LinkedIn page.
INDICATION FOR DAYVIGO
DAYVIGO (lemborexant) is an orexin receptor antagonist indicated for the treatment of adult patients with insomnia, characterized by difficulties with sleep onset and/or sleep maintenance.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION
CONTRAINDICATIONS
DAYVIGO is contraindicated in patients with narcolepsy.
WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS
Central Nervous System (CNS) Depressant Effects and Daytime Impairment:
DAYVIGO can impair daytime wakefulness. CNS depressant effects may persist in some patients up to several days after discontinuing DAYVIGO. Prescribers should advise patients about the potential for next-day somnolence.
Driving ability was impaired in some subjects taking DAYVIGO 10 mg. Risk of daytime impairment is increased if DAYVIGO is taken with less than a full night of sleep remaining or at a higher than recommended dose. If taken in these circumstances, patients should not drive or engage in activities requiring mental alertness.
Use with other classes of CNS depressants (e.g., benzodiazepines, opioids, tricyclic antidepressants, alcohol) increases the risk of CNS depression, which can cause daytime impairment. Dosage adjustments of DAYVIGO and concomitant CNS depressants may be necessary when administered together. Use of DAYVIGO with other insomnia drugs is not recommended. Patients should be advised not to consume alcohol in combination with DAYVIGO.
Because DAYVIGO can cause drowsiness, patients, particularly the elderly, are at a higher risk of falls.
Sleep Paralysis, Hypnagogic/Hypnopompic Hallucinations, and Cataplexy-Like Symptoms: Sleep paralysis, an inability to move or speak for up to several minutes during sleep-wake transitions, hypnagogic/hypnopompic hallucinations, including vivid and disturbing perceptions can occur with DAYVIGO. Prescribers should explain these events to patients.
Symptoms similar to mild cataplexy can occur with DAYVIGO and can include periods of leg weakness lasting from seconds to a few minutes, can occur either at night or during the day, and may not be associated with identified triggering event (e.g., laughter or surprise).
Complex Sleep Behaviors: Complex sleep behaviors, including sleep-walking, sleep-driving, and engaging in other activities while not fully awake (e.g., preparing and eating food, making phone calls, having sex), have been reported to occur with the use of hypnotics such as DAYVIGO. Events can occur in hypnotic-naïve and hypnotic-experienced persons. Patients usually do not remember these events. Complex sleep behaviors may occur following the first or any subsequent use of DAYVIGO, with or without the concomitant use of alcohol and other CNS depressants. Discontinue DAYVIGO immediately if a patient experiences a complex sleep behavior.
Patients with Compromised Respiratory Function: The effect of DAYVIGO on respiratory function should be considered for patients with compromised respiratory function. DAYVIGO has not been studied in patients with moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Worsening of Depression/Suicidal Ideation: Incidence of suicidal ideation or suicidal behavior, as assessed by questionnaire, was higher in patients receiving DAYVIGO than placebo (0.3% for DAYVIGO 10 mg, 0.4% for DAYVIGO 5 mg, and 0.2% for placebo).
In primarily depressed patients treated with hypnotics, worsening of depression and suicidal thoughts and actions (including completed suicides) have been reported. Suicidal tendencies may be present in such patients and protective measures may be required. Intentional overdose is more common in this group of patients; therefore, the lowest number of tablets that is feasible should be prescribed at any one time.
The emergence of any new behavioral sign or symptom of concern requires careful and immediate evaluation.
Need to Evaluate for Comorbid Diagnoses: Treatment of insomnia should be initiated only after careful evaluation of the patient. Reevaluate for comorbid conditions if insomnia persists or worsens after 7 to 10 days of treatment. Worsening of insomnia or the emergence of new cognitive or behavioral abnormalities may be the result of an unrecognized underlying psychiatric or medical disorder and can emerge during the course of treatment with sleep-promoting drugs such as DAYVIGO.
ADVERSE REACTIONS
The most common adverse reaction (reported in 5% of patients treated with DAYVIGO and at least twice the rate of placebo) with DAYVIGO was somnolence (10% for DAYVIGO 10 mg, 7% for DAYVIGO 5 mg, 1% for placebo).
DRUG INTERACTIONS
CYP3A Inhibitors: The maximum recommended dose of DAYVIGO is 5 mg no more than once per night when co-administered with weak CYP3A inhibitors. Avoid concomitant use of DAYVIGO with strong or moderate CYP3A inhibitors.
CYP3A Inducers: Avoid concomitant use of DAYVIGO with moderate or strong CYP3A inducers.
USE IN SPECIFIC POPULATIONS
Pregnancy and Lactation: There is a pregnancy exposure registry that monitors pregnancy outcomes in women who are exposed to DAYVIGO during pregnancy.
Healthcare providers are encouraged to register patients in the DAYVIGO pregnancy registry by calling 1-888-274-2378. There are no available data on DAYVIGO use in pregnant women to evaluate for a drug-associated risk of major birth defects, miscarriage, or adverse maternal or fetal outcomes.
There are no data on the presence of lemborexant in human milk, the effects on the breastfed infant, or the effects on milk production. Infants exposed to DAYVIGO through breastmilk should be monitored for excess sedation.
Geriatric Use: Exercise caution when using doses higher than 5 mg in patients ≥65 years old.
Renal Impairment: Patients with severe renal impairment may experience an increased risk of somnolence.
Hepatic Impairment: The maximum recommended dose of DAYVIGO is 5 mg in patients with moderate hepatic impairment. DAYVIGO is not recommended in patients with severe hepatic impairment. Patients with mild hepatic impairment may experience an increased risk of somnolence.
DRUG ABUSE AND DEPENDENCE
DAYVIGO is a Schedule IV-controlled substance.
Because individuals with a history of abuse or addiction to alcohol or other drugs may be at increased risk for abuse and addiction to DAYVIGO, follow such patients carefully.
For more information about DAYVIGO, see full Prescribing Information.
References:
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2. Roth T. Insomnia: definition, prevalence, etiology and consequences. J Clin Sleep Med. 2007;3(5 Suppl):S7–S10.
3. National Institute of Public Health. Sleep disorders practice guidelines - for the proper usage of sleeping medications and the withdrawal: insomnia medical manual aiming for breaking through (available in Japanese only).
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BEIJING, April 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fang Holdings Limited (NYSE: SFUN) ("Fang" or the "Company"), a leading real estate Internet portal in China, today announced that it received a notice from NYSE Regulation indicating that NYSE's Listings Operations Committee agreed to provide the Company with an additional trading period through May 17, 2022, subject to reassessment on an ongoing basis, to complete and file the Company's annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2020 (the "2020 Form 20-F") and current report on Form 6-K for the half year ended June 30, 2021 (the "2021 Semi-Annual Financial Information", collectively with the 2020 Form 20-F, the "Delayed Filings") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and any subsequent delayed filings pursuant to the NYSE's late filer rules outlined in Section 802.01E of the NYSE Listed Company Manual.
The Company has been in ongoing cooperation and correspondence with the NYSE on the late filing issue. NYSE Regulation notified the Company that the NYSE will closely monitor the Company's progress with its interim milestones submitted to the NYSE. Failure to achieve these interim milestones could result in accelerated trading suspension prior to the end of the May 17, 2022 trading period. In addition, in the event that the Company does not complete its Delayed Filings and any subsequent delayed filings with the SEC by the end of the maximum 12-month cure period on May 17, 2022, the NYSE will move forward with the initiation of suspension and delisting procedures.
About Fang
Fang operates a leading real estate Internet portal in China in terms of the number of page views and visitors to its websites. Through its websites, Fang provides primarily marketing, listing, leads generation and financial services for China's fast-growing real estate and home furnishing and improvement sectors. Its user-friendly websites support active online communities and networks of users seeking information on, and value-added services for, the real estate and home furnishing and improvement sectors in China. Fang currently maintains approximately 70 offices to focus on local market needs and its website and database contains real estate related content covering 658 cities in China. For more information about Fang, please visit http://ir.fang.com.
Safe Harbor Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Such forward-looking statements are made under the "safe harbor" provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements other than statements of historical fact in this announcement are forward-looking statements, including but not limited to, the results of the winding-up petition and application for appointment of provisional liquidators. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "will," "expects," "is expected to," "anticipates," "aim," "future," "intends," "plans," "believes," "are likely to," "estimates," "may," "should" and similar expressions, and include, without limitation, statements regarding Fang's future financial performance, revenue guidance, growth and growth rates, market position and continued business transformation. Such statements are based upon management's current expectations and current market and operating conditions, and relate to events that involve known or unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, all of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond Fang's control, which may cause its actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Potential risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, the impact of Fang's business development strategies, the Fang's ability to continue as a going concern in the future, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the impact of current and future government policies affecting China's real estate market. Further information regarding these and other risks, uncertainties or factors is included in Fang's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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New site reinforces commitment to New England market and accommodates workforce growth
WESTFIELD, Mass., July 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- All Energy Solar, a solar installation leader in Massachusetts, recently completed the process of moving the local office from Chicopee to Westfield. The relocation will accommodate solar workforce expansion at the company, as well as to better serve customers within Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
The move was fueled by a year of gains for All Energy Solar during which the company took on a record number of solar installations and has added on crews to fulfill customer demands. The company is also considering adding a second New England office, though plans on the location have not yet been solidified.
"The previous building in Chicopee served us well, but our needs and workforce have changed since we first opened up shop there and it was time to think about relocating," said Michael Allen, All Energy Solar's co-founder and chief executive officer. "Once we opened up to the idea of moving out of the building, going to a new city also became a possibility."
The Westfield building is about twice the size of the previous space and serves as a home base for a team of sales and operations professionals including project managers, engineering and service technicians, electricians, and installers. The new facility will provide All Energy Solar with much-needed space to continue to expand the company's local footprint.
"We are excited about our new, larger location in Westfield," said Brian Allen, president and co-founder of All Energy Solar. "The new space better accommodates our growing team and the equipment they need to continue providing industry-leading service and support to our customers. The additional space will also offer the opportunity for further expansion into more markets and services."
All Energy Solar has served the Massachusetts market since 2011 and has grown to provide residential and commercial solar installation services to several midwest states, in addition to Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Earlier this year, the company reported completing its 6,000th solar panel installation project and hiring its 200th employee.
Discover a variety of solar career opportunities: https://www.allenergysolar.com/careers/
Learn more about All Energy Solar: https://www.allenergysolar.com/our-company/
All Energy Solar provides a full-service solar energy integration experience for residential, commercial, agricultural, and government customers looking to make the transition to solar energy. With industry-leading certifications and full electrical and building licenses, All Energy Solar installs quality solar power systems at competitive prices and monitors and maintains the systems after installation. To learn more, visit www.allenergysolar.com.
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ANDOVER, Mass., June 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TransMedics Group, Inc. ("TransMedics") (Nasdaq: TMDX), a medical technology company that is transforming organ transplant therapy for patients with end-stage lung, heart, and liver failure, today announced that on June 1, 2022, TransMedics granted non-qualified stock options to purchase an aggregate of 35,000 shares of its common stock to three employees as a material inducement for each employee's entry into employment with TransMedics. The options were approved by the Compensation Committee of the TransMedics Board of Directors and were granted in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4) and pursuant to the TransMedics Group, Inc. Inducement Plan.
TransMedics granted non-qualified stock options to three new employees to purchase 35,000 shares of TransMedics' common stock in the aggregate. The stock options were granted with a per share exercise price of $28.12, the closing price of the common stock on the Nasdaq Global Market on the date of grant. Twenty-five percent of the shares subject to each option will vest on the first yearly anniversary of the date of the employee's start of employment, with the remainder vesting in equal monthly installments over the subsequent three year period, subject to the employee's continued service with the Company through the applicable vesting date. The options have a 10-year term and are subject to the terms of the TransMedics Group, Inc. Inducement Plan.
About TransMedics Group, Inc.
TransMedics is the world's leader in portable extracorporeal warm perfusion and assessment of donor organs for transplantation. Headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts, the company was founded to address the unmet need for more and better organs for transplantation and has developed technologies to preserve organ quality, assess organ viability prior to transplant, and potentially increase the utilization of donor organs for the treatment of end-stage heart, lung, and liver failure.
Investor Contact:
Brian Johnston
332-895-3222
Investors@transmedics.com
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — After mass shootings killed and wounded people grocery shopping, going to church and simply living their lives last weekend, the nation marked a milestone of 1 million deaths from COVID-19. The number, once unthinkable, is now an irreversible reality in the United States — just like the persistent reality of gun violence that kills tens of thousands of people every year.
Americans have always tolerated high rates of death and suffering — among certain segments of society. But the sheer numbers of deaths from preventable causes, and the apparent acceptance that no policy change is on the horizon, raises the question: Has mass death become accepted in America?
“I think the evidence is unmistakable and quite clear. We will tolerate an enormous amount of carnage, suffering and death in the U.S., because we have over the past two years. We have over our history,” says Gregg Gonsalves, an epidemiologist and professor at Yale who, before that, was a leading member of the AIDS advocacy group ACT UP.
“If I thought the AIDS epidemic was bad, the American response to COVID-19 has sort of … it’s a form of the American grotesque, right?” Gonsalves says. “Really — a million people are dead? And you’re going to talk to me about your need to get back to normal, when for the most part most of us have been living pretty reasonable lives for the past six months?”
Certain communities have always borne the brunt of higher death rates in the United States. There are profound racial and class inequalities in the United States, and our tolerance of death is partly based on who is at risk, says Elizabeth Wrigley-Field, a sociology professor at the University of Minnesota who studies mortality.
“Some people’s deaths matter a lot more than others,” she laments. “And I think that’s what we’re seeing in this really brutal way with this coincidence of timing.”
In Buffalo, the alleged shooter was a racist bent on killing as many Black people as he could, according to authorities. The family of 86-year-old Ruth Whitfield, one of 10 people killed there in an attack on a grocery store that served the African American community, channeled the grief and frustration of millions as they demanded action, including passage of a hate crime bill and accountability for those who spread hateful rhetoric.
“You expect us to keep doing this over and over and over again — over again, forgive and forget,” her son, former Buffalo Fire Commissioner Garnell Whitfield, Jr., told reporters. “While people we elect and trust in offices around this country do their best not to protect us, not to consider us equal.”
That sense — that politicians have done little even as the violence repeats itself – is shared by many Americans. It’s a dynamic that’s encapsulated by the “thoughts and prayers” offered to victims of gun violence by politicians unwilling to make meaningful commitments to ensure there really is no more “never again,” according to Martha Lincoln, an anthropology professor at San Francisco State University who studies the cultural politics of public health.
“I don’t think that most Americans feel good about it. I think most Americans would like to see real action from their leaders in the culture about these pervasive issues,” says Lincoln, who adds that there is a similar “political vacuum” around COVID-19.
The high numbers of deaths from COVID-19, guns and other causes are difficult to fathom and can start to feel like background noise, disconnected from the individuals whose lives were lost and the families whose lives were forever altered.
With COVID-19, American society has even come to accept the deaths of children from a preventable cause. In a recent guest column published in The Advocate newspaper, pediatrician Dr. Mark W. Kline pointed out that more than 1,500 children have died from COVID-19, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, despite the “myth” that it is harmless for children. Kline wrote that there was a time in pediatrics when “children were not supposed to die.”
“There was no acceptable pediatric body count,” he wrote. “At least, not before the first pandemic of the social media age, COVID-19, changed everything.”
There are many parallels between the U.S. response to COVID-19 and its response to the gun violence epidemic, says Sonali Rajan, a professor at Columbia University who researches school violence.
“We have long normalized mass death in this country. Gun violence has persisted as a public health crisis for decades,” she says, noting that an estimated 100,000 people are shot every year and some 40,000 will die.
Gun violence is such a part of life in America now that we organize our lives around its inevitability. Children do lockdown drills at school. And in about half the states, Rajan says, teachers are allowed to carry firearms.
When she looks at the current response to COVID-19, she sees similar dynamics. Americans, she says, “deserve to be able to commute to work without getting sick, or work somewhere without getting sick, or send their kids to school without them getting sick.”
“What will happen down the line if more and more people get sick and are disabled?” she asks. “What happens? Do we just kind of live like this for the foreseeable future?”
It’s important, she says, to ask what policies are being put forth by elected officials who have the power to “attend to the health and the well-being of their constituents.”
“It’s remarkable how that responsibility has been sort of abdicated, is how I would describe it,” Rajan says.
The level of concern about deaths often depends on context, says Rajiv Sethi, an economics professor at Barnard College who has written about both gun violence and COVID-19. He points to a rare but dramatic event such as an airplane crash or an accident at a nuclear power plant, which do seem to matter to people.
By contrast, something like traffic deaths gets less attention. The government this week said that nearly 43,000 people had died on the nation’s roads last year, the highest level in 16 years. The federal government unveiled a national strategy earlier this year to combat the problem.
Even when talking about gun violence, the Buffalo shooting has gotten a lot of attention, but mass shootings represent a small number of the gun deaths that happen in the United States every year, Sethi says. For example, there are more suicides from guns in America than there are homicides, an estimated 24,000 gun suicides compared with 19,000 homicides. But even though there are policy proposals that could help within the bounds of the Second Amendment, he says, the debate on guns is politically entrenched.
“The result is that nothing is done,” Sethi says. “The result is paralysis.”
Dr. Megan Ranney of Brown University’s School of Public Health calls it a frustrating “learned helplessness.”
“There’s been almost a sustained narrative created by some that tells people that these things are inevitable,” says Ranney, an ER doctor who did gun violence research before COVID-19 hit. “It divides us when people think that there’s nothing they can do.”
She wonders if people really understand the sheer numbers of people dying from guns, from COVID-19 and from opioids. The CDC said this month that more than 107,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in 2021, setting a record.
Ranney also points to false narratives spread by bad actors, such as denying that the deaths were preventable, or suggesting those who die deserved it. There is an emphasis in the United States on individual responsibility for one’s health, Ranney says — and a tension between the individual and the community.
“It’s not that we put less value on an individual life, but rather we’re coming up against the limits of that approach,” she says. “Because the truth is, is that any individual’s life, any individual’s death or disability, actually affects the larger community.”
Similar debates happened in the last century about child labor laws, worker protections and reproductive rights, Ranney says.
An understanding of history is important, says Wrigley-Field, who teaches the history of ACT UP in one of her classes. During the AIDS crisis in the 1980s, the White House press secretary made anti-gay jokes when asked about AIDS, and everyone in the room laughed. Activists were able to mobilize a mass movement that forced people to change the way they thought and forced politicians to change the way they operated, she says.
“I don’t think that those things are off the table now. It’s just that it’s not really clear if they’re going to emerge,” Wrigley-Field says. “I don’t think giving up is a permanent state of affairs. But I do think that’s where we’re at, right at this moment.”
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Woman arrested after assaulting reported thief
PARIS, Texas (KXII) - A young woman was arrested after assaulting a man accused of stealing from her Tuesday evening.
Paris Police said they responded to a theft around 6:30 p.m. and met with the victim in the 2700 block of Lamar Avenue. They said Carolina Isabel Hernandez, 18, of Paris, reported that a man in the gym across the street had stolen her cell phone and social security card. They said the female then claimed she was going to assault the suspect with a knife and drove toward the gym.
Officers said they followed her to the gym and observed Hernandez chasing the reported suspect through the gym with a knife. The assaulted man said Hernandez had assaulted him with a metal bar.
Hernandez was arrested and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
Police said she was booked and later placed in the Lamar County Jail.
They added the theft remains under investigation.
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- A great feat for a Korean haircare company to win this award at the biggest cosmetics trade show in North America
- Selected as the winner after being shortlisted as one of the four finalists based on five parameters including innovation and growth potential
- The K-Wave started in the entertainment industry and now expands to the beauty scene
LAS VEGAS, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MODAMODA is standing tall as the winner of the 'Cosmoprof North America Award 2022' held in Las Vegas in the US. The biocosmetics company, MODAMODA (CEO, AidenBae) announced on the 13th (12th, local time) that it had come top in the hair category of the Cosmoprof North America Award.
Cosmoprof Las Vegas is the world's biggest beauty industry expo being held at the Las Vegas Convention Center from the 12th. MODAMODA showcased its Pro-Change Black Shampoo and a range of new products which apply the natural browning process of plants to the darkening of gray hair.
The Pro-Change Black Shampoo, MODAMODA's signature product, nominated as one of the top four finalists from over 1,170 cosmetic brands from around the world, was selected as the final winner in a hair care sector at Cosmoprof Las Vegas.
The Cosmoprof Award is the most prestigious and recognized in the world of beauty, and selects the best products in each category including skincare, hair care, nail care, and make-up, based on the criteria of innovation, and marketability, marketing impact, brand-building potential, and probrand-buildingtivating relationships. Winning this award is expected to place MODAMODA firmly on the map of the global haircare market as a 'rising star'.
MODAMODA debuted in the US market in June last year after seven-plus years of joint develop seven-plusProfessor Haishin Lee of the Chemistry Department at KAIST ((Korea Advanced Institute of Science). The Pro-Change Black Shampoo is based on polyphenols with natural darkening properties derived from plants and has attracted worldwide attention. The product worldwide darkens white or gray hair without using irritating hair-dye chemicals or pigments.
Aiden Bae, the CEO of MODAMODA, commented, "Due to the prolonged COVID-19 situation, this is the first event where we've been able to meet with global buyers face-to-face. We feel honored and pleased to receive this prestigious award on our debut," adding "More and more buyers are visiting our stand after hearing news of the award. I also feel proud to be able to showcase the outstanding technology of a Korean startup to the wider world." He further noted, "The K-Wave started in the entertainment industry led by BTS (K-pop), Bong Jun-ho (K-movies), and the Squid Game (K-drama), and we are now witnessing its expansion into the beauty arena. Through continuing research and development, MODAMODA will further endeavor to become the leader of K-Beauty in the global market."
In the meantime, MODAMODA has completed all essential registration and certification procedures, including the US FDA VCRP registration, clinical tests by certified agencies in the US, and WERCSmart – the rigorous product safety verification system required by major retail channels. MODAMODA is now in high gear for an expansion into the North American and worldwide markets.
About MODAMODA
MODAMODA is a global hair-care company established in April 2021 using proprietary technology based on a patented ingredient for darkening hair. Through joint development with Professor Haeshin Lee of KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science), MODAMODA launched its functional hair coloring product 'MODAMODA Pro-Change Black Shampoo' in the US in June 2021. The Pro-Change Black Shampoo is a natural product, free from hair-dye chemicals and tar-based pigments. It is based on the principle of polyphenols attached to the surface of hair cuticles undergoing 'natural browning' when they come into contact with oxygen in the air. When it was launched, the product received rave reviews from consumers who needed to treat their gray or white hair caused by aging. Over 3.2 million bottles have been sold to date. A series of post-launch live shows on home shopping channels in Korea had record sell-outs. This product is now available in the US, Japan, Taiwan, as well as Southeast Asian markets.
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Comprehensive platform within Oracle Cloud HCM gives HR and business leaders tools to support employee success with new solutions for listening, communication, productivity, and engagement
AUSTIN, Texas, April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Oracle today announced Oracle ME, a complete employee experience platform to help organizations increase employee engagement and ensure employee success. Part of Oracle Fusion Cloud Human Capital Management (HCM), Oracle ME enables HR and business leaders to streamline communications across the organization, increase productivity by guiding employees through complex tasks, and improve talent retention by developing a more supportive and trusted environment at work.
The events over the past two years have changed the game for the global workforce – people's expectations for what they want and need from their employers have evolved. According to the most recent Oracle AI@Work study, 85 percent of the global workforce are not satisfied with their employer's support for their careers, and 87 percent believe their organization should be doing more to listen to the needs of its workforce. This has put increasing pressure on organizations to prioritize the employee experience, but without truly understanding the needs of individual workers, it's difficult for HR and business leaders to design workplace experiences that support their employees through their careers and help them thrive personally and professionally. Personal priorities are driving professional decisions and workers are looking for guidance on how to succeed in their careers while balancing personal demands.
"Employees want to feel heard, empowered, and part of a culture they believe in. To meet these expectations, organizations need to step up and design experiences that meet the unique needs of their talent – or risk losing them to competitors that do," said Yvette Cameron, senior vice president of global product strategy, Oracle Cloud HCM. "Part of designing better experiences involves seeing employees as unique individuals with their own needs, goals, and ways of getting things done. Oracle ME is all about converging workers' information, critical insights, workflows, and preferences with a technology-enabled solution to give each individual something they can call 'my experience'. It's the only complete employee experience platform focused on understanding the 'me' behind every worker, providing organizations new ways to listen to, communicate with, support, and develop their hybrid workforce."
Oracle ME delivers a better way to work by providing contextual and guided experiences that strengthen workplace relationships and allow employees to provide continuous feedback with their managers. Oracle ME also enables managers to track and act on real-time employee sentiment, while helping HR teams deliver personalized employee communications and support their entire workforce with direct access to the tools they need, when they need them. Oracle ME includes the following Oracle Cloud HCM solutions:
- Oracle Touchpoints is a new employee listening solution that helps managers strengthen relationships with their employees and better support workforce wellbeing and success. Natively developed within Oracle Cloud HCM, Oracle Touchpoints allows managers to regularly capture, track, and act on employee sentiment to build trust with their teams and promote an inclusive work environment. Managers get continuous employee insights through pulse surveys and receive recommended next actions to take, such as scheduling check-ins, providing feedback, or celebrating moments that matter. The employee engagement center within Oracle Touchpoints allows employees to take an active role in their success and satisfaction by providing a single place to define and organize topics for check-ins, review meeting history, provide ongoing feedback, and access suggested actions.
- Oracle HCM Communicate is a new employee outreach solution that allows HR teams to design, send, monitor, and measure the impact of communications. Built directly into Oracle Cloud HCM, HCM Communicate is connected to an organization's workforce data, making it easy for HR teams to create and target personalized communications to groups with highly specific characteristics. For example, HR teams can send a message to workers in a specific city or country who are within two years of employment and enrolled in a particular training course. With HCM Communicate, HR teams can also measure engagement with the content through open rate analysis and seamlessly send follow ups or set up ongoing campaigns to drive more effective and engaging communications.
- Oracle Journeys is a workflow solution that simplifies complex tasks with step-by-step processes and personalized guidance that helps employees navigate personal, professional, administrative, and operational activities, including onboarding, returning to work safely, growing career opportunities, managing team compensation, or opening a new facility. New enhancements help employees make informed decisions by surfacing personally relevant instructions, training, and analytics along their guided digital journey. Oracle Journeys can be extended to include workflow actions and resources from other Oracle and third-party applications to deliver guidance for different business needs across the organization.
- Oracle Connections is an interactive workforce directory and organization chart that fosters collaboration and increases opportunities for inclusion and internal mobility by making it easier for employees to search for and connect with others across the organization. Employees can import their LinkedIn profiles, record video introductions, highlight their unique skills and accomplishments, and share feedback on each other's walls to better learn about one another and grow their professional network.
- Oracle HR Help Desk is a service request management solution that makes it easy for all workers to get the answers they need and for HR to effortlessly track cases without the risk of sensitive data getting into the wrong hands. Employees can search for content, securely submit inquiries, and open help tickets through multiple channels including Oracle Digital Assistant, SMS, email, and social platforms.
- Oracle Digital Assistant is an HR chatbot that provides a conversational interface for employees to get immediate answers to questions and easily complete transactions directly through voice or text. HR teams can deploy Oracle Digital Assistant quickly to support over 90 prebuilt transactions and can extend the solution to support new processes or requirements.
Oracle ME is an open platform that extends across the Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications Suite. It also connects to and automates processes with third-party systems and works across multiple channels such as email, SMS, web browser, collaboration tools, and video conferencing. HR teams and business leaders can easily manage changes within Oracle ME to adjust to the changing work environment without the need for IT support, making it easier to deliver employee experiences that reflect a company's unique culture.
"Oracle ME is the birth of a new category. Everyone has an answer to Employee Experience these days, but Oracle is taking the conversation a step further," said Jason Averbook, industry analyst, co-founder and CEO of Leapgen. "What we've treated as a luxury when it comes to personalized support and workforce communication is now a necessity. Oracle is meeting modern employee expectations and then some - and they're not calling it a nice-to-have. Proactive listening, contextual guidance, and personalized communication is exactly what the workforce needs and deserves, and Oracle ME delivers."
"One of the keys to creating a positive experience for our employees and managers is helping them take control of their information and their teams. With Oracle solutions like HR Help Desk, Digital Assistant, and Experience Design Studio we've been able to help managers complete common tasks like employee transfers in a fraction of the time it took before. Now, they get more time back to focus on adding value to the company," said Gareth Abreu, Principal Technology Delivery Manager, HCM, at The Co-op. "We're very excited about Oracle's ongoing efforts to improve employee experience with innovations like Journeys and the entire Oracle ME platform, which will continue to drive the success of our workforce and, therefore, our business."
"It's exciting to see platforms like Oracle ME enter the market and help businesses navigate some of the most important workforce challenges to-date. You can't solve problems you don't know about, so it's important for organizations to ask their employees how they're feeling. That's the first step to building trust within the workforce," Tim Sackett, president of HRUTech.com. "The next step—and arguably the most important—is to use what they say in strategic decisions so that they feel heard. Every employee is an individual, and to keep them engaged in your organization you need to treat them that way."
To learn more about Oracle ME, please visit: http://oracle.com/employee-experience/
To learn more about Oracle Touchpoints, please visit: http://oracle.com/human-capital-management/employee-experience/touchpoints/
To learn more about Oracle HCM Communicate, please visit: http://oracle.com/human-capital-management/employee-experience/communicate/
Oracle offers integrated suites of applications plus secure, autonomous infrastructure in the Oracle Cloud. For more information about Oracle (NYSE: ORCL), please visit us at oracle.com.
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RUIDOSO, N.M., Aug. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading fire litigation firm Singleton Schreiber filed a lawsuit against PNM Resources (PNM) alleging the utility company is responsible for the McBride Fires which were ignited by its poorly maintained electric wires. The lawsuit also names the utilities' vegetation management contractor, Trees, Inc.
The complaint was filed on behalf of dozens of plaintiffs who owned property in and near Ruidoso, New Mexico. Plaintiffs' property was destroyed when the 6,000+ acre fire tore through the area earlier this year.
According to the complaint, high winds pushed a pine tree onto PNM's utility lines, which caused an electrical fault that ignited dry vegetation and debris. As it was PNM's duty to manage these utility lines, easements and other right of way issues, PNM is accused of completely failing in its obligation to maintain its equipment. The resulting disaster caused tens of millions of dollars' worth of damage in Lincoln County alone according to the assessor's office.
- Failing to properly inspect and report hazardous vegetation in and around PNM facilities;
- Failing to properly repair, maintain, install and operate facilities in and around hazardous vegetation;
- Failing to properly protect facilities from tall trees which were often rooted in shallow soils, on a steep slope or in close contact with electric conductors;
- Failing to perform timely inspections as well as identify and deal with trees, brush and vegetation;
- Failing to follow the National Electric Safety Code and industry standards for vegetative management;
- And much more.
"The list of ways PNM Resources mismanaged this entire process is extensive, egregious, and ultimately dangerous," said Gerald Singleton, Managing Partner of Singleton Schreiber. "Had PNM followed standard procedure, this horrific fire would never have occurred. Their negligence in managing their equipment, facilities and the vegetation which fueled this nightmare is unforgivable."
According to the complaint, PNM failed to comply with the standards applicable to electric utilities in the State of New Mexico, including those set out at New Mexico Administrative Code§ 17.9.560.13, and National Electric Safety Code 214, amongst others.
"PNM's failure to abide by state laws during repairs, construction and maintenance put the public at risk," said Singleton Schreiber's Vern Payne, the Former Chief Justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court. "Making matters worse, they were made aware of these dangerous conditions and their subsequent behavior actually contributed to the size and spread of this fire."
The case is Dennis R. Pyle, et al. v. PNM Resources, Trees, Inc., County of Bernalillo Second Judicial District Court, Case No. D-202-CV-8478111.
With more than 100 employees and offices throughout the western United States, Singleton and his team have represented more than 10,000 victims of utility fires and has recovered approximately $1 billion in settlements and verdicts for its clients. The firm currently represents thousands of victims of the numerous fires in New Mexico, California, and Oregon. For more information, please visit https://singletonschreiber.com/mcbride-fire-lawyer/.
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AP Health Writer (AP) — Johnson & Johnson rode sales of the cancer treatment Darzalex and other key drugs to a better-than-expected second quarter, but exchange rates again pinched the health care giant’s 2022 forecast.
After trimming its forecast in April citing exchange rates, the company did so again Tuesday to a range below analyst expectations. Johnson & Johnson, which brings in nearly half of its sales from outside the United States, said foreign exchange rates delivered a $1.5 billion hit to sales in quarter.
The strong U.S. dollar is nearing parity with the euro for the first time in decades, and that can affect sales for companies that do a lot of international business. They have to convert those sales into dollars when they report earnings.
A stronger dollar decreases the value of those sales. It also gives foreign products a price edge in the United States.
J&J said Tuesday that it now expects adjusted earnings of $10 to $10.10 per share this year, down from the $10.15 to $10.35 it forecast in the spring.
Wall Street had been expecting earnings of $10.19 per share, according to FactSet.
In the second quarter for J&J, sales of the blood cancer treatment Darzalex jumped 39% to nearly $2 billion. Sales of J&J’s one-shot COVID-19 vaccine, which debuted last year, totaled $544 million, with only $45 million coming from the United States.
U.S. regulators in May strictly limited who can receive Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine due to the ongoing risk of rare but serious blood clots. That came a month after J&J said it was suspending sales projections for the vaccine, from which it doesn’t intend to profit.
Outside pharmaceuticals, which make up J&J’s biggest business, sales slipped for the company’s medical device and consumer health segments but grew slightly when not counting exchange rates.
J&J said last fall it will split off its consumer health business, which sells Band Aids and beauty products, into a separate, publicly traded company. That will allow the world’s largest maker of health care products to focus on pharmaceuticals and medical devices.
Chief Executive Officer Joaquin Duato told analysts on Tuesday that the company was on track to complete the separation next year.
Overall, J&J’s quarterly profit plunged 23% to $4.81 billion in the second quarter compared with last year’s quarter, when earnings jumped as hospitals and the rest of the health care industry recovered from the initial impact of the pandemic.
Adjusted earnings per share totaled $2.59 and sales grew 3% to $24.02 billion.
Industry analysts expected earnings of $2.54 per share on $23.77 billion in revenue.
Shares of the New Brunswick, New Jersey, climbed about 1% to $176 Tuesday morning, while broader indexes also rose slightly.
The stock price has risen about 2% so far this year while the Dow Jones industrial average, of which J&J is a member, has dropped about 14%.
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STAMFORD, Conn., June 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ReneSola Ltd ("ReneSola Power" or the "Company") (www.renesolapower.com) (NYSE: SOL), a leading fully integrated solar project developer, today announced that it was awarded 20-year Index Renewable Energy Credit (REC) contracts for two solar projects.
20 MW solar and 2 MW battery storage project in Massena, New York: On June 2, 2022, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority ("NYSERDA") selected ReneSola Power's 22 MW "Roosevelt Solar" project in Massena, New York to be one of 22 projects as part of the State's largest land-based renewable energy projects in history. ReneSola Power was awarded a 20-year index REC contract as part of the state's renewable program in an effort to reach New York's goals to exceed 70% renewables by 2030 and zero emissions by 2040 as required by Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act[1].
20 MW solar project in Wilmington, Illinois: On May 12, 2022, the Illinois Commerce Commission ("ICC") awarded a 20-year index REC contract to ReneSola Power's 20 MW utility-scale solar project in Wilmington, Illinois as part of the state commitment to double investment in renewable energy towards its goal of 40% renewable energy by 2030 and 50% by 2040.
The new REC program in Illinois and the existing program in New York are laying the groundwork for what the future of renewable energy could look like across the United States. They are great examples of how states can meet their aggressive Renewable Portfolio Standard targets, and at the same time create jobs and economic benefits to local communities.
Mr. Yumin Liu, Chief Executive Officer of ReneSola Power, commented, "We are very excited and honored that our two utility-scale solar projects in New York and Illinois were awarded REC contracts. The solar industry continues to benefit from the accelerating green energy transition to fight climate change. Our projects are in line with our environmental, social and governance practices, that is, not only will it contribute to state-level renewable energy targets but it will also make an impact to the local communities by creating jobs."
About ReneSola Power
ReneSola Power (NYSE: SOL) is a leading global solar project developer and operator. The Company focuses on solar power project development, construction management and project financing services. With local professional teams in more than 10 countries around the world, the business is spread across number of regions where the solar power project markets are growing rapidly and can sustain that growth due to improved clarity around government policies. The Company's strategy is to pursue high-margin project development opportunities in these profitable and growing markets; specifically, in the U.S. and Europe, where the Company has a market-leading position in several geographies, including Poland, Hungary, Minnesota and New York. For more information, please visit www.renesolapower.com.
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CHICAGO, June 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Chris McGee has joined AArete, a global management and technology consulting firm, as Managing Director. Chris will lead AArete's global Financial Services Consulting practice and partner with financial services organizations to drive growth and boost competitiveness by optimizing their digital capabilities, risk management and cybersecurity solutions, strategic cost reduction initiatives, regulatory compliance procedures, and M&A strategies. "Chris brings a depth of experience to our financial services practice. His focused approach to delivering exceptional client service will help us propel this fast-growing segment of our firm. He is making immediate contributions and I am thrilled to welcome him to the team," said Loren Trimble, CEO of AArete.
Chris brings nearly 20 years of experience across the Financial Services sector including retail, commercial, corporate and investment banking, capital markets, securities, investment and wealth management, insurance, and fintech. "I'm excited to be joining AArete during a time of growth," said Chris. "I look forward to leveraging my experience to help financial services organizations and their people realize their potential, achieve their business goals, and deliver operational excellence." Chris has a strong track record of partnering with executive leaders to drive strategic change across global organizations and solve complex operating model challenges that create sustainable results.
Prior to joining AArete, Chris was a Global Director and Team Leader at Gartner, partnering with financial services firms on client-centric innovations. He has also served as a Director in PwC's U.S. Advisory Financial Services Practice where he led management and risk consulting engagements with multidisciplinary teams primarily supporting global firms to shape enterprise solutions. He has managed global initiatives for clients including strategic business, digital, and technology transformations, as well as risk management, compliance, and regulatory remediation programs.
Chris earned an Executive Master of Business Administration from Columbia Business School and holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance and Marketing from Fairfield University's Dolan School of Business.
About AArete
AArete is a global management and technology consulting firm specializing in strategic profitability improvement, digital transformation, and advisory solutions. Our cross-industry solutions are powered through modern technology, market intelligence and big data to drive purposeful change and actionable outcomes. We work across all industries and business functions to optimize profits in a compressed timeframe. AArete humanizes data by translating numbers into actionable insights, helping clients make better decisions and standing by their side to foster change with confidence, empathy, and purpose. For more information, visit www.aarete.com or follow us @AArete on LinkedIn and Twitter.
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Strategic hires position telehealth company for growth.
MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Advanced Recovery Specialists (advancedrecover.com), a telehealth leader in patient-first, non-narcotic, multimodal care, announced today the expansion of its leadership team. Between October 2021 and July 2022 the company has hired seven key professionals to join the organization, positioning the Edina, Minn.-based company to expand its reach and continue to achieve rapid growth.
Joyce David joined Advanced Recovery Specialists as an area vice president on June 27, 2022. David was previously a regional sales director for Advanced Rx Management. In her new role she will lead the sales team in the Midwest which will play a vital role in accelerating the company's success through increased business and revenue generation. Previously, she owned and operated her own imaging centers throughout the Midwest and has served as a business development director for a 100-plus physician Orthopedic practice. She has a track record for growing markets month-over-month by double-digit percentages. David also serves as advisory board member for the Elgin Community College Radiology Program; board member for A Salute to Our Heroes; committee chair and director for Go Red for Women, Kane County; court advocate for Domestic Violence Organizations, Northern Illinois; and is a member of the Kane County Medical Manager Association and the McHenry County Medical Manager Association.
Dr. Kevin Parker, DC joined Advanced Recovery Specialists as a regional sales manager on July 25, 2022. Based in Dallas, Parker will be responsible for business development in the region. He has been in the healthcare field as a clinical provider, distributor, entrepreneur, consultant, and sales executive for more than 17 years. He has extensive experience in spine, Orthotics, Orthopedics, post-surgical recovery, and rehabilitation. Parker is a strong advocate for non-opiate, non-narcotic alternatives for those suffering from chronic pain and has been involved in new product development, patient study groups, and medical device equipment launches in the United States. He has strong relationships in the healthcare industry and experience recruiting high-level distributors and associates as a sales executive. He previously held positions with Precision Medical Products and Ottobock.
TJ Brickey joined Advanced Recovery Specialists as a brand ambassador on July 1, 2022. Brickey is based in Detroit and most recently served as senior business development manager for Detroit Medical Devices. In his role, he will be responsible for growing the company's brand through new and expanded relationships with distributors and other key partners across the United States. With more than 25 years of experience, Brickey has built a vast network in the medical industry. In previous roles, he worked with Detroit Medical Center, Zynex, CarboFix Orthopedics, Skeletal Dynamics, and Exactech.
David Zaugg joined the Advanced Recovery Specialists team as senior director of operations on July 25, 2022. His responsibilities include managing supply chain logistics, data warehousing, NetSuite support, billing operations, continuum of care customer service, and sales support. He has more than 12 years of experience in supply chain and operations and a proven history of managing technology initiatives and team development. Zaug most recently served in procurement management for an oil and gas industry firm, managing a budget of more than $180 million. He previously served as vice president of operations for Precision Medical Products.
Bruce Capagli was hired as chief operating officer, joining the Advanced Recovery team on April 1, 2022. Capagli has more than 20 years of experience in the industry including roles as both chief financial officer and chief operating officer. He recently led the implementation of NetSuite for Precision Medical Products and will be leading implementation of both NetSuite and data warehousing for Advanced Recovery Specialists. Capagli was featured in Forbes for his role in the implementation of NetSuite and use of data analytics at Precision Medical Products. He is a NetSuite by Oracle Reference Partner and User Advisory Board (UAB) member. He is also co-founder and serves as a board member for Secyre Inc, Which Spot Inc, and Supply Cloud LLC.
Christopher Borsa joined Advanced Recovery in November 2021 as vice president of sales. Located in Las Vegas and with more than 30 years of industry experience, Borsa will focus on sales and business development. As a C-level executive and entrepreneur, Mr. Borsa has been associated with identifying groundbreaking technologies and leading them to market. He has held senior executive positions in major healthcare organizations with extensive experience in sales, marketing, and operations. Borsa's expertise consists of building, recruiting, and leading high-performing sales teams at Kyphon, Medtronic-Spine, ATEC Spine, and Pacira Bioscience. He previously served as the founder and CEO of PracticeDx™, a physician practice business management platform focused on tracking and measuring ROI for surgical procedures, insurance payors, and referral performance. PracticeDx was acquired by Larson Financial in 2017.
Dominic D'Arpino was hired in October of 2021 as an area vice president, based in the Advanced Recovery Specialists Arizona office. He has more than 20 years of experience in the medical device industry with the majority of that time in the Orthopedic space. In his role, D'Arpino will identify, recruit and develop the Advanced Recovery Specialists sales team and contribute to shaping the future of the organization. D'Arpino has a breadth of experience that includes business ownership and roles within distributor, manufacturer, and importer fields. Most recently he served as the senior sales director for the Western United States for Handicare USA.
Advanced Recovery Specialists Chief Executive Officer Nick Schwarzrock said, "We are delighted that these seven world-class professionals have joined our team. Our business is on an exciting growth trajectory and each of these individuals will play a pivotal role in our long-term growth and success. Not only are they leaders in their particular professional fields, they also have the intangibles and track records that make them excellent team players. This will provide significant synergies for our leadership as we look to the future."
Advanced Recovery President Doug Jones added, "We are building momentum and writing new chapters in the telehealth industry saga. We have worked extremely hard to identify and recruit 'A' players to our leadership team with the understanding that people are our most important asset. I'm genuinely enthused by what all of our new colleagues are bringing to the table."
Advanced Recovery Specialists, a leader in the telehealth industry, has developed a multi-modal approach to recovery offering non-narcotic solutions utilizing remote patient monitoring to bridge gaps in the continuum of care. The company provides physicians with the technology to adjust their patients' recovery plan in a patient-first telehealth platform.
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Family-owned, international self storage company acquires new property in Nampa, ID.
NAMPA, Idaho, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- StorageMart adds to its Idaho portfolio with the acquisition of the Stor-All Self Storage company. The acquisition brings 128,293 total net rentable square feet which includes 845 drive-up self storage units and will begin transitioning to operate under StorageMart management effective immediately.
This acquisition in Nampa will receive the standard StorageMart renovations to ensure the brand's promise of easy, clean storage is being met. Upgrades to the property will include enhanced LED lighting, as well as the installation of an Open Tech Gate, offering renters contactless entry onto the property through the "StorageMart Unlocked" app.
"This acquisition has been a long time coming, but we are very excited to finally add Nampa to our portfolio. The Idaho area is rich with opportunities to bring the StorageMart promise of easy, clean storage to the local community, and it came at just the right time." Alex Burnam, Director of Acquisitions.
About StorageMart: Dedicated to providing clean, well-lit storage units, and friendly customer service, StorageMart is the largest family operated self storage company in the world and has been led by the Burnam family for four generations. Through the "Store it Forward'' charitable giving program, StorageMart gives back to the many communities it calls home. Find out more at https://www.storage-mart.com.
Contact: Sarah Little
573.449.0091
Sarah.Little@storage-mart.com
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BERLIN (AP) — The German government is considering backtracking on plans for consumers to pay a surcharge on natural gas amid mounting criticism that the money could flow to highly profitable energy companies, officials said Friday.
The surcharge of 2.4 euro cents per kilowatt hour was announced two weeks ago and could cost the average household several hundred euros (dollars) a year. About half of German households use natural gas for heating, some also for cooking. The measure is due to take effect in October and is aimed at rescuing importers slammed by Russian cutbacks tied to the war in Ukraine.
Energy companies that previously relied on Russian gas are now scrambling to find alternative supplies, often having to pay considerably more due to sharply increased global prices while not being able to pass on all the difference to their customers due to fixed-price contracts. Others, though, have made higher profits from the higher prices.
The German government says the surcharge distributes the cost fairly among all gas users and helps prevent a collapse of major energy companies that could trigger a domino effect across the market.
But opposition politicians and consumer groups blasted the plan and even Economy Minister Robert Habeck acknowledged this week that some companies “that have made a lot of money” stood to profit from it. He told a meeting of business leaders Thursday that while those companies were legally entitled to claim a share of the surcharge, it was “not morally right” for them to do so and pledged to review the plan.
Habeck’s spokeswoman, Katharina Grave, said it would be “sensible” for companies to voluntarily refrain from accepting money resulting from the surcharge. German utility company RWE and fossil fuel giant Shell have already said they will shoulder the higher purchase costs themselves.
“On the other hand we are checking whether there can be arrangements that make it harder for profitable companies (to receive money),” said Grave.
Government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit said Chancellor Olaf Scholz supported those efforts.
“Now we first need to try to rule out in a legally sound way that this can happen,” he told reporters in Berlin. | https://cw33.com/business/ap-business/ap-german-government-reconsiders-gas-surcharge-after-backlash/ | 2022-08-27T11:12:08Z |
Bell County reported one new death due to COVID-19 on its dashboard Monday, raising the toll to 899 as cases remain low.
Megan Mackiewics, epidemiologist with the Bell County Public Health District, said was a woman in her 40s was the latest resident to die from the coronavirus.
Five new cases of COVID-19 were reported by the health district Monday for a total of 58 active cases, four more than previously reported.
The county’s incidence rate went up to 15.98 cases per 100,000 residents in the county.
Of the 47,490 cases reported since the pandemic started, 46,533 have recovered, and 899 people died.
The health district’s dashboard showed Trauma Service Area L had 15 of the 1,119 available hospital beds in the area taken up by COVID-19 patients. The service area covers about 512,799 residents in Bell, Coryell, Hamilton, Lampasas, Milam, and Mills counties.
School cases
Belton, Temple and Salado independent school districts reported no cases of the virus.
Killeen ISD reported one student case on its dashboard.
Vaccinations, testing
Several places in Temple offer vaccinations and testing, including CVS, Walgreens, Walmart, the Veterans Administration Hospital, and the Baylor Scott & White Medical Center and clinics.
Free at-home test kits are available at covidtests.gov. Tests are limited to four per household and are shipped through the U.S. Postal Service. | https://www.tdtnews.com/news/coronavirus/article_e593e70a-c4e6-11ec-9340-d78c1188a43b.html | 2022-04-26T01:38:08Z |
HOUSTON, June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Callon Petroleum Company (NYSE: CPE) ("Callon" or the "Company") today announced that, subject to market and other conditions, it intends to offer $600 million aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes due 2030 (the "notes") in a private offering that is exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").
The net proceeds from the offering, together with borrowings under the senior secured revolving credit facility, are expected to be used to redeem all $460.2 million of the Company's existing 6.125% Senior Notes due 2024 ("2024 Notes") and all $319.7 million of the Company's existing 9.00% Second Lien Senior Secured Notes due 2025 ("Second Lien Notes"). The redemption price of the 2024 Notes is equal to 101.531% of the aggregate principal amount outstanding, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the applicable redemption date. The redemption price of the Second Lien Notes is equal to 100.000% of the aggregate principal amount outstanding, plus an applicable make-whole premium (resulting in a redemption price which we estimate, as of the date hereof, would be approximately 106.5%), plus accrued and unpaid interest to the applicable redemption date. This announcement is not an offer to purchase or a solicitation of an offer to sell the 2024 Notes or the Second Lien Notes, and it does not constitute a notice of redemption of the 2024 Notes or the Second Lien Notes.
The notes and the related guarantees to be offered have not been registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws and unless so registered, the notes and the related guarantees may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. The notes and the related guarantees are being offered only to persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act and outside the United States pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act.
This press release is being issued pursuant to Rule 135(c) under the Securities Act, and is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy the notes or any other securities and shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy, or a sale of, the notes and the related guarantees or any other securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale is unlawful.
About Callon Petroleum Company
Callon Petroleum Company is an independent oil and natural gas company focused on the acquisition, exploration and development of high-quality assets in the leading oil plays of South and West Texas.
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward Looking Statements
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For further information contact:
Kevin Smith
Director of Investor Relations
Callon Petroleum Company
ir@callon.com
(281) 589-5200
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Russia deploys hypersonic missiles to its Baltic exclave
MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian military said Thursday that it has deployed warplanes armed with state-of-the-art hypersonic missiles to the country’s Kaliningrad region, a move that comes amid soaring tensions with the West over Moscow’s action in Ukraine.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said three MiG-31 fighters with Kinzhal hypersonic missiles arrived at the Chkalovsk airbase in the Baltic Sea enclave as part of “additional measures of strategic deterrence.”
The ministry said the warplanes will be put on round-the-clock alert.
A video released by the Defense Ministry showed the fighters arriving at the base but not carrying the missiles, which were apparently delivered separately.
The deployment of Kinzhal missiles to Kaliningrad as Russia’s campaign in Ukraine nears the sixth-month mark appeared intended to showcase the Russian military’s capability to threaten NATO assets. The region borders NATO members Poland and Lithuania.
Moscow has strongly criticized the deliveries of Western weapons to Ukraine, accusing the U.S. and its allies of fueling the conflict.
The Russian military says the Kinzhal has a range of up to 2,000 kilometers (about 1,250 miles) and flies at 10 times the speed of sound, making it hard to intercept. Russia has used the weapon to strike several targets in Ukraine.
Kaliningrad’s location has put it in the forefront of Moscow’s efforts to counter what it described as NATO’s hostile policies. The Kremlin has methodically bolstered its military forces there, arming them with state-of-the-art weapons, including precision-guided Iskander missiles and an array of air defense systems.
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MINNEAPOLIS, April 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - RBC Global Asset Management (U.S.) Inc. ("RBC GAM") today announced the launch of the RBC China Equity Fund ("the Fund") for U.S. investors looking for investment opportunities in China.
The RBC China Equity Fund aims to invest in businesses across a full spectrum of industries and sectors in China. The Fund is actively managed by Siguo Chen, Portfolio Manager, and Mayur Nallamala, Senior Portfolio Manager & Head of Asian Equities, both of whom are members of the RBC GAM's Asian Equity team in Hong Kong and employees of RBC Global Asset Management (Asia) Limited.
The Fund's investment team looks to invest in Chinese companies with reliable management and track records in risk management and capital allocation. The Fund is expected to invest primarily in common stocks, but may also invest in depositary receipts. This may include securities that trade in local Chinese, Hong Kong, or other exchanges and securities that trade in Renminbi ("RMB"), the official currency of China.
RBC's Asian Equity team has launched a total of 16 new funds across the globe from 2019-2021, and the RBC China Equity Fund will be the team's first mutual fund available to U.S. investors.
"We are excited to launch RBC GAM's first mutual fund that provides U.S. investors with the ability to invest in some of the most attractive companies in China," said Ms. Chen, who is lead manager of the Fund. "This strategy draws on the track record and expertise of our Asian Equity team as we aim to deliver positive outcomes to our clients."
The investment process of the RBC China Equity Fund is primarily based on fundamental research and RBC GAM's fund managers will assess the economic outlook for China and relevant markets, including expected growth, market valuations and economic trends, to position the fund. As part of the investment process, RBC GAM takes environmental, social and governance ("ESG") factors into account through an integrated approach within the investment team's fundamental investment analysis framework.
The RBC China Equity Fund is available in Class I, Class A, and Class R6 shares. The identifiers for the shares are listed below.
More information about RBC GAM's U.S. mutual funds can be found at https://us.rbcgam.com/mutual-funds/default.fs
Royal Bank of Canada is a global financial institution with a purpose-driven, principles-led approach to delivering leading performance. Our success comes from the 88,000+ employees who leverage their imaginations and insights to bring our vision, values and strategy to life so we can help our clients thrive and communities prosper. As Canada's biggest bank, and one of the largest in the world based on market capitalization, we have a diversified business model with a focus on innovation and providing exceptional experiences to our 17 million clients in Canada, the U.S. and 27 other countries. Learn more at rbc.com.
We are proud to support a broad range of community initiatives through donations, community investments and employee volunteer activities. See how at rbc.com/community-social-impact.
RBC Global Asset Management (RBC GAM) is the asset management division of Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) and includes money managers BlueBay Asset Management and Phillips, Hager & North Investment Management. RBC GAM is a provider of global investment management services and solutions to institutional, high-net-worth and individual investors through separate accounts, pooled funds, mutual funds, hedge funds, exchange-traded funds and specialty investment strategies. The RBC GAM group of companies manage approximately $580 billion in assets and have approximately 1,500 employees located across Canada, the United States, Europe and Asia.
BEFORE INVESTING, YOU SHOULD CAREFULLY CONSIDER A FUND's INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES, RISKS, CHARGES, AND EXPENSES. THIS AND OTHER INFORMATION IS IN THE PROSPECTUS, WHICH YOU CAN VIEW HERE: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1272950/000119312522012493/d200657d485apos.htm. PLEASE READ THE PROSPECTUS CAREFULLY BEFORE INVESTING.
INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS SUBJECT TO COMPLETION OR AMENDMENT. A REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATING TO THESE SECURITIES HAS BEEN FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION BUT HAS NOT YET BECOME EFFECTIVE. THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD NOR MAY OFFERS TO BUY BE ACCEPTED PRIOR TO THE TIME THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT BECOMES EFFECTIVE. THIS COMMUNICATION SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO BUY OR THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY NOR SHALL THERE BE ANY SALE OF THESE SECURITIES IN ANY STATE IN WHICH SUCH OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL PRIOR TO REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION UNDER SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY SUCH STATE.
AN INDICATION OF INTEREST IN RESPONSE TO THIS ADVERTISEMENT WILL INVOLVE NO OBLIGATION OR COMMITMENT OF ANY KIND.
Mutual fund investing involves risk. Principal loss is possible. China Risk. Investing in securities economically tied to China may subject the Fund to a higher degree of risk of loss than investing in other countries or groups of countries because of the risks associated with, among other things, adverse securities markets, negative foreign currency rate fluctuations and social, political, regulatory, economic or environmental instabilities and natural disasters. The economy, industries, and securities and currency markets of China are particularly vulnerable to the region's dependence on exports and international trade and increasing competition from Asia's other low-cost emerging economies. Political, diplomatic, or regional conflicts, including the imposition of tariffs or other trade barriers by the U.S. or foreign governments on exports from China, may also have an adverse impact on Chinese issuers. In addition, currency fluctuations, currency convertibility, interest rate fluctuations and higher rates of inflation as a result of internal social unrest or conflicts with other countries have had, and may continue to have, negative effects on the economies and securities markets of Greater China. The government of the People's Republic of China ("PRC") exercises significant regulatory control over the economy in Mainland China, and may at any time alter or discontinue economic reforms. Taiwan and Hong Kong do not exercise the same level of control over their economies as does the PRC with respect to Mainland China, but changes to their political and economic relationships with the PRC could adversely impact the Fund's investments in Taiwan and Hong Kong. Investing Through Stock Connect Risk. Investing in China A Shares through the Shanghai-Hong Kong and Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect ("Stock Connect") program is subject to trading, clearance, settlement, and other procedures, which could pose risks to the Fund. Trading through Stock Connect is subject to market-wide trading volume and market cap quota limitations, each of which may restrict or preclude the Fund's ability to invest in A Shares through Stock Connect. A primary feature of Stock Connect is the application of the home market's laws and rules applicable to investors in A Shares. Therefore, the Fund's investments in Stock Connect A Shares are generally subject to PRC securities regulations and listing rules, among other restrictions. Additionally, restrictions on the timing of permitted trading activity in A Shares, including the imposition of local holidays in either Hong Kong or Mainland China and restrictions on purchasing and selling the same security on the same day, may subject the Fund to the risk of price fluctuations of China A Shares at times when the Fund is unable to add to or exit its position. RMB Risk. The Fund may be subject to the risk of insufficient amounts of RMBs for the Fund to remain fully invested in Chinese equities. The Chinese government heavily regulates the domestic exchange of foreign currencies and RMB exchange rates in China, which may adversely affect the operations and financial results of the Fund's investments in China. Foreign and Emerging Markets Risk. The Fund invests in foreign securities, which involve greater volatility and political, economic, and currency risks, and differences in accounting methods. These risks may be greater in emerging markets. Non-Diversified Fund Risk. The Fund is non-diversified, which means it may concentrate its assets in fewer individual holdings than a diversified fund. Therefore, the Fund is more exposed to individual security volatility than a diversified fund. ESG Strategy Risk. The Fund's consideration of ESG factors could cause it to perform differently compared to funds that do not take ESG factors into account. These risks are described more fully in the prospectus.
RBC Global Asset Management (U.S.) Inc. is the Adviser for the RBC Funds. The Fund is sub-advised by RBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited. The RBC Funds are distributed by Quasar Distributors, LLC. Securities are offered through RBC Wealth Management, a division of RBC Capital Markets, LLC, member NYSE/FINRA/SIPC.
NOT FDIC INSURED. NO BANK GUARANTEE. MAY LOSE VALUE.
RBC Global Asset Management (U.S.) Inc. is a federally registered investment adviser founded in 1983. RBC Global Asset Management is the asset management division of Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) and comprises the following affiliates, all of which are indirect wholly owned subsidiaries of RBC: RBC Global Asset Management (U.S.) Inc., RBC Global Asset Management Inc., RBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited, RBC Global Asset Management (Asia) Limited, and BlueBay Asset Management LLP.
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- Benign Paranoia Shares Secrets From Over a Dozen Thought Leaders
- Tips From Thomas Von Hessen (NYC fire Commissioner on 9/11), Don Hayden (Former President of Global Pharmaceuticals, Bristol-Myers Squibb), and Jack Welch (Former CEO of G.E.), Among Others
NEW YORK, May 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Best-selling author and marketing icon Sander A. Flaum has just released his latest book, Benign Paranoia: The Sixth Sense That Keeps Leaders Ahead of the Pack https://amzn.to/39fgAZZ. After rising to the top in the business world, Sander saw (early in 2022) that there were common traits that successful business people shared. These traits all neatly fell under the umbrella term best described as Benign Paranoia (BP). For example, if you possess Benign Paranoia, you are always worried about the future, and do what you can to plan for it. In addition to advice and case studies, each chapter of Benign Paranoia concludes with a BP quiz allowing readers to rate their own BP IQ.
"To write the book I spoke to over a dozen friends and close colleagues (all acknowledged thought leaders) who shared their secrets for employing Benign Paranoia, and how using it helped determine their success. Even though they worked in different areas (e.g., public service, big pharma, entrepreneurial start-ups and professional services) they all embrace Benign Paranoia," says Sander.
Five Tips From Benign Paranoia Leaders
- You can never just rest.
- You need to be unsatisfied with the status quo.
- You must be able to pivot in a nanosecond.
- You must always be scanning ahead for trouble.
- Fear is a great motivator.
Sander A. Flaum is a pharmaceutical marketing icon who introduced six blockbuster brands to the market, including Aleve and Flomax. Each exceeded $2 billion in sales. He founded and runs the award-winning NYC branding consultancy Flaum Navigators https://flaumnavigators.com/ and is a best-selling author whose book The 100 Mile Walk recounts his journey with his Buddhist entrepreneur son Jonathan and how he saw business differently than his big pharma marketing father. Other business and personal growth books penned by Sander Flaum include: The Stutter Steps; Boost Your Career; Big Shoes: How Successful Leaders Grow into New Roles, and The Best Thing That Could Ever Happen To You.
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Justices rule against detained immigrants seeking release
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has ruled against immigrants who are seeking their release from long periods of detention while they fight deportation orders.
In two cases decided Monday, the court said that the immigrants, who fear persecution if sent back to their native countries, have no right under a federal law to a bond hearing at which they could argue for their freedom no matter how long they are held.
The justices also ruled 6-3 to limit the immigrants’ ability to band together in court, an outcome that Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote “will leave many vulnerable noncitizens unable to protect their rights.”
In recent years, the high court has taken an increasingly limited view of immigrants’ access to the federal court system under immigration measures enacted in the 1990s and 2000s.
“For a while, it seemed like the court was going to push back a bit. In extreme cases, it would interpret a statute to allow for as much judicial review as possible,”said Nicole Hallet, director of the immigrants rights clinic at the University of Chicago law school. “Clearly now, the court is no longer willing to do that.”
The immigrants who sued for a bond hearing are facing being detained for many months, even years, before their cases are resolved.
The court ruled in the cases of people from Mexico and El Salvador who persuaded Homeland Security officials that their fears are credible, entitling them to further review.
Their lawyers argued that they should have a hearing before an immigration judge to determine if they should be released. The main factors are whether people would pose a danger or are likely to flee if set free.
Sotomayor wrote the court’s opinion in one case involving Antonio Arteaga-Martinez, who had previously been deported to Mexico. He was taken into custody four years ago, and won release while his case wound through the federal courts. His hearing on whether he can remain in the United States is scheduled for 2023.
But Sotomayor wrote that the provision of immigration law that applies to people like Arteaga-Martinez simply doesn’t require the government to hold a bond hearing.
The court, however, left open the issue of the immigrants’ ability to argue that the Constitution does not permit such indefinite detention without a hearing.
Justice Samuel Alito wrote the court’s opinion holding that federal judges can only rule in the case of the immigrants before them, not a class of similarly situated people.
Sotomayor dissented from that decision, joined by Justices Stephen Breyer and Elena Kagan. She wrote that the ability to join together in a class was especially important for people who have no right to a lawyer and “are disproportionately unlikely to be familiar with the U.S. legal system or fluent in the English language.”
The cases are Johnson v. Arteaga-Martinez, 19-896, and Garland v. Aleman Gonzalez, 20-322.
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Spanish club Zaragoza set to be bought by Inter Miami owners
MADRID (AP) — Second-division Spanish soccer club Real Zaragoza says it is set to be purchased by a group of foreign investors led by two of the owners of Inter Miami. Zaragoza says a “diverse group of investors” have agreed to purchase a 51% stake in the club. It says the group includes brothers Jorge and José Mas Santos. They own Inter Miami along with David Beckham. The takeover is pending on Zaragoza not being relegated to the third division this season and the approval of the purchase by Spanish authorities. Zaragoza was once a regular in Spain’s top division until it was relegated in 2013. | https://localnews8.com/news/2022/04/08/spanish-club-zaragoza-set-to-be-bought-by-inter-miami-owners/ | 2022-04-08T16:37:43Z |
Novel L2 protocol, created in collaboration with dcSpark, delivering EVM capabilities to non-EVM blockchains, expands into Algorand
GEORGE TOWN, Grand Cayman, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Milkomeda, a novel Layer 2 project built to enhance user experience, developer traction, and delivering the next generation of inter-blockchain interoperability for leading Layer 1 ecosystems, has today announced the launch of their A1 Rollup on Algorand Public Testnet.
Milkomeda enables thousands of Ethereum developers to expand their horizons by building on top of the most popular non-EVM blockchains which were unapproachable to them until now. This is thanks to the fact that Milkomeda empowers these alternative L1 chains with EVM capabilities, thereby streamlining the process for the developers to start creating smart contracts and dApps immediately.
Milkomeda brings novel UX to the table for end users, providing them the ability to take advantage of well known dApps originally from Ethereum in the ecosystems they value most. As a result, they gain the benefits of a drastically improved selection of DeFi applications and other use cases that enrich their day-to-day experience of using blockchain.
Initially, the Milkomeda protocol launched (as a sidechain) on Cardano, and now with this new step forward, is releasing its latest innovations on Algorand. Through an EVM-based rollup, both existing Milkomeda and Algorand users will have access to completely new experiences which have never been possible before.
Along with Algorand, Milkomeda is also preparing to expand into more blockchains in the future. This will provide each ecosystem with novel EVM capabilities, thereby making them even more compelling to developers globally.
Milkomeda is backed by investors such as Arrington Capital, Solana Capital and Coinbase. To learn more, visit milkomeda.com.
Milkomeda delivers EVM compatibility to the leading Layer 1 ecosystems by offering the most popular smart contracting language, Solidity, while enhancing inter-blockchain interoperability, user experience, and developer traction, all at the Layer 2 level. Learn more at milkomeda.com.
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Updates Stakeholders on Commitments to Economic Inclusion, Community Development, Human Capital, and Sustainability
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (Nasdaq: HBAN) has issued its 2021 Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Report, which highlights how Huntington helps people reach their goals, provides businesses with the resources to grow, and works to create prosperous and resilient communities.
The 2021 ESG Report provides a comprehensive review of Huntington's progress on performance dimensions that drive sustainable, long-term value for all its stakeholders as well as the impact of its focus on community economic development, equity, and environmental sustainability.
"Our ESG efforts are aligned with our purpose of looking out for our colleagues, our customers and the communities we serve," said Steve Steinour, chairman, president, and CEO. "Our values are the catalyst for our service and performance culture at Huntington. We are committed to delivering an exceptional customer experience, remaining deeply connected to our communities, and providing our colleagues with a fulfilling professional career. We remain focused on our ESG efforts and are inspired by the role we can play in the lives of all we serve."
In 2016, Huntington launched its strategic commitment to ESG best practices to provide increased transparency and accountability around our long-held pledge to promote corporate social responsibly, prudent risk management, and strong financial results.
Huntington's commitment to continually improving the enterprise integration of ESG strategic frameworks is reflected in this year's report that details enhanced board and executive governance structures alongside new product and program investments, maturing metrics, and a growing effort toward impact-based reporting.
"Our governance actions outlined in this report guide us on our path to being a top-tier performing bank, creating long-term value for all of our stakeholders," said Dave Porteous, Lead Director, Huntington Board of Directors. "Our board appreciates the importance of aligning our business objectives and the success of our consumer, business and community partners in the context of shared, sustainable prosperity."
This is Huntington's sixth ESG report and includes its second-year reporting to the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) standards for Commercial Banks and Consumer Finance, and third annual reporting to the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) framework.
Notable progress in ESG related focus areas includes:
Driving Investments and Economic Growth in Communities: Huntington's commitments to providing financial education, serving the underbanked, and expanding economic inclusion programs provide a platform to help reduce poverty and drive economic opportunity for all.
- Introduced an industry leading five-year $40 billion Community Plan, to address economic, social, environmental, and racial equity challenges
- Advanced access to banking services providing for customers and communities with 26.2% of our branches located in low-to-moderate income neighborhoods
- Assisted nearly 3,000 families in mortgage distress through the Home Savers Program
- Volunteered 28,500 colleague service hours across more than 1,100 non-profit organizations
- Grew access to capital for small businesses as the No. 1 originator of SBA 7(a) loans (by number) in our region for the thirteenth consecutive year
- Expanded our Fair Play banking philosophy with new products that look out for our customers financial wellbeing
Cultivating a Diverse Workforce and Governance Structure: Huntington is committed to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in its workforce, as well as doing business with a diverse supplier base.
- Achieved 47% diversity on Huntington board of directors
- Attained 68% total workforce diversity, and 45% diversity in middle and executive management
- Implemented a bank-wide minimum wage increase to $19 per hour effective January 1, 2022
- Attained average base pay for women colleagues with the same job titles as men at 99% of that paid to men, and the average base pay for racially diverse colleagues with the same job titles as non-racially diverse colleagues at 99% of that paid to non-minorities
- Increased our total spend with diverse suppliers to 21.3%, exceeding our goal of 18%, supporting over 3,675 jobs and $472 million in U.S. GDP contribution
Serving as a Steward of the Environment: Huntington is committed to the transition to a low-carbon economy. We are taking meaningful actions in our own business and encourage our suppliers, customers, partners, and communities to do the same.
- Achieved CDP's A- climate change rating as part of our ongoing sustainability commitment
- Reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 35% since 2017 benchmark
- Shifting 50% of electricity usage to renewable sources by 2035
- Completed 80 new ENERGY STAR certifications for our buildings
- Developed an exploratory roadmap for achieving a net-zero carbon future
- Invested in dedicated leadership roles including our Climate Risk Director and Environmental Strategy & Sustainability Director, to guide climate risk and climate change transition support for all stakeholders
- Joined the Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF) to align with industry risk management standards
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Republicans on Thursday will settle a nine-way primary in a reconfigured congressional district in Nashville they are hoping to flip, while Democrats will choose their nominee for governor in what could be a history-making bid to topple the GOP incumbent.
Two of three Democratic candidates for governor would be the state’s first Black Democratic nominee for that office; the third is a physician running for political office for the first time, spurred by Republican Gov. Bill Lee’s hands-off response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Lee is running unopposed and would have a strong advantage in a general election in a state that has not elected a Democrat to statewide office since 2006.
Redrawn congressional districts helped put Tennessee among the states where Republicans hope to flip a seat in a push to reclaim control of the U.S. House, providing the main drama in Tennessee’s Thursday primaries. Tennessee holds the only statewide elections nationally that day.
Nashville’s 5th Congressional District drew heavy interest from Republicans after GOP state lawmakers carved Democratic-tilted Nashville into three districts, favoring their party in each seat. The longtime incumbent in the 5th District, Democratic U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper, decided to retire, saying there was “no way” he could win reelection under the new redistricting maps. The new district favored Republican Donald Trump over Democrat Joe Biden by 12 percentage points in 2020.
In the other two Nashville-area districts, the Republican incumbents don’t have primary opponents. The new maps weight their districts in their favor.
In the 5th, state Sen. Heidi Campbell has no opponent in her Democratic primary and will take on the Republican winner in November. Two Democrats face off in the new 6th District, which includes more of Nashville, where Republican U.S. Rep. John Rose has a huge fundraising edge.
There is also a full slate of state legislative primary races. Additionally, Thursday is general election night for many local contests. The highlight of those is in Shelby County — which encompasses Memphis — where Republican District Attorney Amy Weirich faces a challenge from Democratic civil rights lawyer Steven Mulroy.
At least in Nashville, anyone who turns on a TV is more likely to see ads for a Republican running for the 5th Congressional District than a candidate for anything else.
Competing TV attacks — mostly run by generically named outside groups with mega-wealthy donors — are trying to sow doubt about the conservative resumes of the three top fundraising Republican candidates: former Tennessee House Speaker Beth Harwell, retired Tennessee National Guard Brig. Gen. Kurt Winstead and Maury County Mayor Andy Ogles.
Fellow GOP candidate Jeff Beierlein, who flew Black Hawk helicopters in the Army, bought TV ad time to decry the mudslinging. Other candidates in the race are Geni Batchelor, a retired small-business owner; former state legislative staffer Tres Wittum; Natisha Brooks, who runs a home-school academy; Timothy Lee, a paramedic; and Stewart Parks, a real estate businessman.
The election marks the first time voters get a say over a seat that had been subject to months of Republican political brokering.
Political infighting over the carefully crafted district — it meanders through six counties — led the state Republican Party to boot three candidates off the ballot, including Trump’s pick, former State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus. One of the booted candidates, video producer Robby Starbuck, is attempting a write-in campaign.
The governor, meanwhile, can relax on primary night. He avoided a Republican challenge. The last governor to enjoy an unopposed primary was Democratic Gov. Ned McWherter in 1990, said Tennessee legislative historian Eddie Weeks.
Democrats will be sorting out who will face Lee in November. Memphis City Councilmember JB Smiley Jr. or Memphis community advocate Carnita Atwater would be the first Black Democratic nominee for governor in the state’s history. Critical-care physician Jason Martin, who lives in Nashville, joined the race as a prominent critic of Lee’s pandemic response. Martin has decidedly outraised and outspent the next-highest fundraiser, Smiley.
Weeks said he could not find an African American nominee for governor, Democrat or Republican, in state history. Yet, he noted that in 1876, William Yardley, an African American Knoxville official later elected to the county court, ran as an independent when the Republican Party declined to nominate a candidate for governor. Democratic Gov. James Davis Porter won reelection that year.
Tennessee had a Black Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate as recently as 2020.
Lee, meanwhile, defeated a Democratic opponent by 21 percentage points in 2018. He goes into November with a huge fundraising edge and the power of incumbency. | https://cw33.com/news/politics/ap-politics/gop-eyes-nashville-seat-for-flip-dems-vie-to-face-governor/ | 2022-08-04T21:55:51Z |
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