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Gadgets that offer an easier life
The best gadgets don’t force you to change your established habits so you can fit them into your life. They also aren’t complicated devices that require a doctorate in high-tech just to operate. If you want your life to be easier, you need simple tools that solve a problem in an innovative way, like a smart vacuum.
This list of products ranges from bidet attachments to unique skillets, ensuring there is something here for everyone. If you’d like to infuse your life with convenience, peruse this list of affordable items to see what appeals to you.
No-brainer products that make your life easier
PetSafe Drinkwell Pet Fountain
Keep your pet hydrated with this convenient pet fountain for cats and small dogs. It holds 1 gallon of water and has a falling stream that encourages your pet to drink. The carbon filter ensures only the freshest, cleanest water fills the bowl. Sold by Amazon and PetSmart
Suprus Rechargeable Electric Arc Lighter
Matches are one-time-use items. Plus, if you’re not careful, you can burn yourself. This rechargeable lighter has a bendable neck and can light candles, stoves, grills, fireworks and more. It is ideal for camping and hiking. One charge offers up to 500 windproof lightings. Sold by Amazon
If you just want to control a few lights or electronic devices without the hassle of turning your entire house into a smart home, these plugs are for you. Whether you are at home or away on vacation, you can control appliances from your phone. If you do wish to use voice control, these plugs also work with Alexa and Google Home Assistant. Sold by Amazon
If you’ve ever misplaced an essential item, such as your keys or a phone, you know how stressful life can become in an instant. This Bluetooth tracker has a 200-foot range, so you will never have to worry about losing items in your home again. Sold by Amazon
OXO Good Grips Soap Dispensing Palm Brush
This nylon brush is contoured to fit in the palm of your hand to provide a comfortable, ergonomic cleaning experience. The handle features a non-slip grip and can be filled with dish soap, which can be dispensed with a press of a button whenever needed. Sold by Amazon, Kohl’s, Macy’s and Staples
Collapsible Stainless Steel Drinking Straws (two-pack)
If you like drinking with a straw and you also like saving the planet, you no longer have to choose between the two. This portable, collapsible straw has a keychain design, so you can bring it with you wherever you go. It is a reusable straw made of stainless steel to help reduce environmental pollution. Sold by Amazon
It’s tough to snack while working on your computer or gaming. Greasy fingers can make a mess of your keyboard or controllers. These convenient chopsticks slip onto your fingers to let you snack without getting your hands dirty. Sold by Amazon
Oster Cordless Electric Wine Bottle Opener
Uncorking a bottle of wine can be challenging, even if you are a connoisseur. This cordless bottle opener accomplishes the task effortlessly in seconds with just the push of a button. For your convenience, the purchase includes a free foil cutter as well. Sold by Amazon
Some research suggests that your keyboard is dirtier than your toilet seat. Still, cleaning it can be such a nuisance that you neglect the task. This biodegradable gel can be pressed onto nearly any uneven surface, such as a keyboard or a car vent, to remove dust and loose dirt quickly. Sold by Amazon
Masterpan Nonstick 3 Section Meal Skillet
Cook an entire meal in a single pan. This three-compartment skillet has a riveted steel handle with a silicone grip. The dishwasher-safe skillet is also oven-safe up to 350 degrees. It has a PFOA-free nonstick coating. Sold by Amazon
Luxe Bidet Non-Electric Bidet Toilet Attachment
This bidet toilet attachment can be installed quickly by a DIYer. It features two nozzles for gentle front and rear washing. Not only will you save toilet paper, but you will be cleaner and feel fresh. For peace of mind, this bidet attachment comes with an 18-month warranty. Sold by Amazon
FlexiSnakeDrain Millipede Hair Clog Tool for Drain Cleaning
Nobody enjoys a clogged drain. However, with this handy, affordable device, you no longer have to have an anxiety attack when the water stops draining. The micro hooks snag hair, not plumbing parts, to let you clear hair clogs in mere minutes. Sold by Home Depot
With its clever graphics, this 32-ounce water bottle encourages you to stay hydrated. The insulated sleeve helps keep your beverage cool, and the convenient one-click lid pops open at the press of a button. The bottle is made from BPA-free plastic. Sold by Amazon
If you love plants but find yourself constantly forgetting to water them, a self-watering globe is the perfect no-brainer product for you. This ingenious device will water your plants … even when you go on vacation. These hand-blown glass globes feature a bird design and come in a pack of three. Sold by Amazon
Kitchen Gizmo Snap N Strain Pot Strainer
This clever strainer snaps onto nearly any round pot or bowl. It is smaller than the typical strainer and is ideal for homes with compact kitchens. The strainer is made of food-grade silicone that is dishwasher-safe and suitable for temperatures up to 440 degrees. Sold by Amazon
This portable crumb bucket fits under your counter, over a drawer or cabinet and holds up to 2 quarts of food scraps. It comes with a convenient scraper, so you can just brush your countertop clean when you are done preparing food. Sold by Amazon
Drop Stop The Original Patented Car Seat Gap Filler
This best-selling item is the epitome of a simple yet great idea. The Drop Stop fills the gap between your car seat and center console to keep small items such as food and change from falling into hard-to-reach areas. Each purchase includes two fillers — one for the driver’s side and one for the passenger’s side. Sold by Amazon
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SEATTLE , July 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Milliman, Inc., a premier global consulting and actuarial firm, today released the results of its 15th annual Milliman study of universal life (UL), indexed universal life (IUL), and variable universal life (VUL) issues. The study is based on a survey of 27 UL/IUL/VUL companies and focuses on current topics that impact these products. The scope of the survey was abbreviated as Milliman will do the full comprehensive survey bi-annually.
Key findings of the study include:
- Sales in 2020, and even more so in 2021, were likely impacted by the low interest rate environment, as well as challenges triggered by the pandemic. This was especially true for UL sales, and, to a lesser extent, for IUL sales. The chart below illustrates changes to the distribution of sales (reported by survey participants) between 2020 and 2021 as of year-to-date (YTD) 9/30/21.
- Sales of combination riders on UL/IUL products continue to be strong. During YTD 9/30/21, sales of chronic illness riders as a percent of total sales were 20.4% for UL products and 48.0% for IUL products. For VUL, this number was 16.2%. During the same period, sales of policies with long-term care riders as a percent of total sales were 49.8% for UL products, 22.5% for IUL products, and 33.4% for VUL products. Currently, 100% of survey respondents market either an LTC or chronic illness rider.
- Of the 27 respondents, full underwriting of UL/IUL/VUL products is used by 26 participants, accelerated underwriting by 23 participants, and simplified issue underwriting by five participants. Twelve participants reported the use of fluid-less underwriting, but with substitute information, as needed. Under this approach, when cases fail to meet the accelerated underwriting requirements, the underwriters seek substitute information to avoid paramedical visits with lab tests.
- The use of accelerated underwriting on UL products increased due to COVID-19 for nine participants. With IUL products, the use of accelerated underwriting due to COVID-19 increased for 10 participants. The use of accelerated underwriting on VUL products increased due to COVID-19 for six participants. One participant indicated that it does not officially offer accelerated underwriting on UL products but due to COVID-19, it made some limited temporary exceptions which ended in early 2021.
The 131-page "Universal Life, Indexed Universal Life, and Variable Universal Life Issues – 2021/2022 Detailed Report" includes detailed information on product and actuarial issues, such as sales, profit measures, reserves, investments, underwriting, product design, pricing, and illustrations. It is available for purchase by visiting the Milliman website at https://www.milliman.com/en/insight/Universal-life-and-indexed-universal-life-issues-2022 or by calling Gina Ritchie at (312) 499-5605. Participating companies receive a complimentary copy of the detailed report.
Milliman is among the world's largest providers of actuarial and related products and services. The firm has consulting practices in healthcare, property & casualty insurance, life insurance and financial services, and employee benefits. Founded in 1947, Milliman is an independent firm with offices in major cities around the globe. For further information, visit www.milliman.com.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of Outset Medical, Inc. (NASDAQ: OM) between September 15, 2020 and June 13, 2022, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"), of the important September 6, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Outset Medical securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Outset Medical class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=6976 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than September 6, 2022. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually handle securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, defendants throughout the Class Period made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) defendants had "continuously made improvements and updates to Tablo over time since its original clearance" that required an additional 510(k) application; (2) as a result, Outset Medical could not conduct a human factors study on a cleared device in accordance with FDA protocols; (3) Outset Medical's inability to conduct the human factors study subjected Outset Medical to the likelihood of the FDA imposing a "shipment hold" and marketing suspension, leaving the Company unable to sell Tablo for home use; and (4) as a result, defendants' positive statements about Outset Medical's business, operations, and prospects were materially false and misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
To join the Outset Medical class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=6976 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.
No Class Has Been Certified. Until a class is certified, you are not represented by counsel unless you retain one. You may select counsel of your choice. You may also remain an absent class member and do nothing at this point. An investor's ability to share in any potential future recovery is not dependent upon serving as lead plaintiff.
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MADRID (AP) — Spain’s former king, Juan Carlos I, is planning to visit Spain again in June, the mayor of the northwestern town hosting the former monarch said Friday, signaling that the vigorous debate sparked by the former monarch’s return is unlikely to fade soon.
Juan Carlos returned to the country on Thursday for his first visit since his abrupt departure nearly two years ago amid mounting financial scandals. Dozens of cheering supporters greeted the 84-year-old as he made his first public appearance on Friday in the town of Sanxenxo, where his yacht is taking part in a three-day regatta.
The royal household said the former monarch would travel to Madrid on Monday to meet with his son, King Felipe VI, his wife Sofia and other members of his family, before returning to his “permanent and stable residence” in Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates.
On Friday, Sanxenxo Mayor Telmo Martín said Juan Carlos was already planning a second visit to to the town next month. “He confirmed to me that he is going to attend the Sailing World Championship, which starts June 10th and runs to the 18th,” he told reporters.
The former monarch’s return to Spanish soil this week – which came after Spanish and Swiss prosecutors shelved investigations involving Juan Carlos’ finances – sparked days of debate across Spain.
Members of the country’s Socialist-led government called on Juan Carlos to address the allegations of financial wrongdoing that have long dogged him.
“The public would like to receive explanations for everything that has happened,” said Justice Minister Pilar Llop.
Spanish prosecutors didn’t find evidence to take the former monarch to court because much of the alleged misbehavior, involving millions of euros (dollars) in undeclared accounts, happened when Juan Carlos had legal immunity as Spain’s king. Other acts of potential fraud fell outside the statute of limitations.
Others hailed the former monarch, who helped steer Spain back to democracy following the death of dictator Gen. Francisco Franco in 1975.
The mayor of Madrid, a member of the conservative opposition Popular Party, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, described the work carried out by Juan Carlos for Spain as “extraordinary.”
He added: “I have no problem acknowledging that work, saluting King Juan Carlos and welcoming his return.”
Juan Carlos was once one of Spain’s most respected public figures. But scandals involving Spain’s royal family began to mount in the later years of his reign, leading Juan Carlos to abdicate in 2014, ending a 39-year-long term as monarch.
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Expands Northern RI Presence
CUMBERLAND, R.I., Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Washington Trust hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony today to officially open its 25th branch location, located at 1900 Mendon Road in Cumberland, RI. Washington Trust Chairman and CEO Edward O. "Ned" Handy III was joined by Cumberland Mayor Jeffrey Mutter, Northern Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce President Liz Catucci, and other distinguished guests to celebrate the occasion.
"We're thrilled to expand our footprint in Northern Rhode Island with the opening of the Cumberland branch," said Handy. "As the nation's oldest community bank, Washington Trust takes pride in our longstanding tradition of providing outstanding service to our customers and to our communities. We look forward to working with individuals, families, businesses and nonprofits in Cumberland and the surrounding communities."
The Cumberland branch offers a full suite of banking and loan products and services to individuals and businesses through in-branch lobby and drive-up banking, as well as digital banking solutions. The Cumberland staff, led by Assistant Vice President and Branch Manager Crystal Thompson, will provide customers with banking solutions and personalized services to help them achieve their financial goals.
During the ribbon-cutting event, Handy presented Richard Telesmanick, Director of the Northern Rhode Island Food Pantry, with a $2,500 contribution to help fund the Pantry's annual food acquisition.
Washington Trust's Cumberland branch will host a Grand Opening celebration on Saturday, August 20th from 10am- 12pm. The event, which is open to the public and free-of-charge, will feature free food, giveaways, music and more. Visit washtrust.com/Cumberland for more information.
ABOUT WASHINGTON TRUST®
Founded in 1800, Washington Trust is the oldest community bank in the nation and one of the Northeast's premier financial services companies. Washington Trust offers a full range of financial services, including commercial banking, mortgage banking, personal banking and wealth management and trust services through its offices located in Rhode Island, Connecticut and Massachusetts. The Washington Trust Company is a subsidiary of Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc., (NASDAQ: WASH). Additional information on Washington Trust and its subsidiaries can be found at https://www.washtrust.com/.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vectrus, Inc., (NYSE: VEC), a leading global government services company, announced that company management will address the Stifel 2022 Cross Sector Insight Conference in Boston, on Tuesday, June 7, at 8:35 a.m. Eastern time.
A live audio webcast of the briefing will be available at https://wsw.com/webcast/stifel68/vec/1916022 and be available for replay for 90 days afterward.
For more than 70 years, Vectrus has provided critical mission support for our customers' toughest operational challenges. As a high-performing organization with exceptional talent, deep domain knowledge, a history of long-term customer relationships, and groundbreaking technical expertise, we deliver innovative, mission-matched solutions for our military and government customers worldwide. Whether it's base operations support, supply chain and logistics, IT mission support, engineering and digital integration, security, or maintenance, repair and overhaul, our customers count on us for on-target solutions that increase efficiency, reduce costs, improve readiness, and strengthen national security. Vectrus is headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colo., and includes about 8,100 employees spanning 205 locations in 28 countries. In 2021, Vectrus generated sales of $1.8 billion. For more information, visit the company's website at www.vectrus.com or connect with Vectrus on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
Mike Smith, CFA
michael.smith@vectrus.com
(719) 637-5773
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New platform works on all mobile devices and is capable of integrating with client purchasing software.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., April 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Cook & Boardman Group (C&B) is proud to announce the launch of a newly designed website and online store. The upgraded site was designed to provide a streamlined customer experience and access to thousands of quick ship products with industry-leading technical support for general contractors, architects and facility managers across the US.
The new version of the C&B website and online store contains numerous upgrades, including:
o Mobile-first design responsive to any device
o Enhanced search functionality
o Expanded resource library, including how-to videos and instruction guides
o Multi-level shopping lists
o Updated payment portal which now accepts PayPal, Google Pay, and Apple Pay
"The launch of the new website and online store enables our customers to access over 23,000 commercial door, hardware, access control and accessory products, available for quick-ship with live online chat support from a network of industry experts," noted Lance Simpson, Chief Operating Officer for C&B.
"Our customers will benefit from a modernized website that can integrate with any large customer purchasing system," explained Craig Stilwell, C&B's eCommerce Business Director. "Our model is based on efficiency throughout the process; we're providing users a streamlined experience and access to a larger catalog of products and online resources."
About The Cook & Boardman Group
C&B is the nation's largest distributor of commercial doors, frames & hardware as well as one of the largest and fastest-growing providers of integrated security solutions - including physical security, access control, wireless networking, low voltage cabling, audio/visual and managed information technology products. The company serves multi-family and non-residential markets including commercial, education, government, healthcare, office and hospitality sectors from more than 70 locations across 21 states and nationwide through its redesigned website at www.cookandboardman.com. C&B is a portfolio company of Littlejohn & Co., LLC.
About Littlejohn & Co., LLC
Littlejohn & Co., LLC is a Greenwich, Connecticut-based investment firm focused on private equity and debt investments primarily in middle-market companies. The firm seeks to build sustainable success for its portfolio companies through a disciplined approach to engineering change. For more information about Littlejohn, visit www.littlejohnllc.com.
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| 2022-04-21T19:00:48Z
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BERLIN (AP) — A blanket of hot air stretching from the Mediterranean to the North Sea is bringing much of Western Europe its first heat wave of the summer, with temperatures forecast Friday to top 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit) from London to Paris.
Experts said the unusually early heat wave was a sign of what’s to come as global warming continues, moving up in the calendar the extreme temperatures that Europe would previously have seen only in July and August.
“In some parts of Spain and France, temperatures are more than 10 degrees higher — that’s huge — than the average for this time of year,” Clare Nullis, a spokesperson for the World Meteorological Organization in Geneva, said.
In France, some 18 million people woke to heat wave alerts affecting about a third of the country Friday. Forest fire warnings were issued from the Pyrenees in the south to the Paris region.
Tourists dunked their feet in fountains near the Eiffel Tower or sought relief in the Mediterranean. A restaurant server rested under a lonely tree as the heat baked the port city of Marseille in southern France.
France has introduced numerous measures to cope with extreme summer temperatures following a deadly heat wave in 2003 that killed about 15,000 people.
On Friday, schoolchildren were allowed to stay home in the 12 French regions in the southwest and west that were under the highest alert. The government stepped up efforts to ensure nursing home residents and other vulnerable populations could stay hydrated.
Temperatures in France have mounted all week and were expected to hit over 40 C (104 F) in the country’s southwest on Friday, and in the Paris region on Saturday. Nighttime temperatures are also unusually high, and the heat is stretching to normally cooler regions in Brittany and Normandy on the Atlantic Coast.
Matthieu Sorel, a climatologist at national weather service Meteo France, told public broadcaster France-Info that temperatures are expected to break several records. He called the exceptionally early long stretch of hot weather a “marker of climate change.”
Britain’s Met Office said global warming has increased the average temperature of U.K. summers – and the likelihood of more extreme temperatures during hot spells and heat waves.
“Reaching 34 C during June is a rare, but not unprecedented, event in the historical climate records for the U.K.,” said Mark McCarthy, head of the Met Office’s National Climate Information Center. “But if it should happen this week, it would be notable that it would have occurred on three days during the last six Junes.”
Before 2017, the last three times the U.K. recorded June temperatures of 34 degrees Celsius (93.2 F) or higher were in 1947, 1957 and 1976.
Germany’s national weather service DWD predicted that the big sweat would continue over the weekend, as the heat moves eastward into central and Eastern Europe. The hot weather follows an unusually dry spring in Western Europe, with authorities ordering water to be rationed in northern Italy and parts of France.
Experts say that climate change is already affecting rainfall patterns and evaporation rates across the region, with knock-on effects for agriculture, industry and wildlife.
“Heat waves are starting earlier,” said Nullis, the U.N. weather agency spokesperson. “They’re becoming more frequent and more severe because of concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, which are at record level. What we’re witnessing today is, unfortunately, a foretaste of the future.”
She noted that extreme temperatures hit other parts of the globe in recent weeks. Nearly a third of Americanswere under some form of heat advisory this week. During months of scorching temperatures, India and Pakistan saw the mercury scrape past 50 C (122 F) in some places.
The current heat wave in Europe started almost a week ago in Spain, where temperatures reached up to 43 C (109.4F). Spanish authorities hope the weather will begin to cool again Sunday.
The intense temperatures and a lack of rain has helped fuel wildfires across Spain, taxing firefighting capacity.
Politicians and experts met Friday in Madrid to discuss ways to tackle drought and the increasing spread of deserts across the globe.
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Angela Charlton in Paris, Ciaran Giles in Madrid and Jamey Keaten in Geneva contributed to this report.
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Chairman Bennie Thompson sets stage for January 6 committee
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - On Jan 6th of 2021 thousands of Donald Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol in a violent attempt to over through the 2020 presidential Election. A special House Committee was formed to investigate the security breach.
Brookings Institution Fellow Molly Reynolds has followed the committee for months, and said Chairman Bernie Thompson has telegraphed his plan from the beginning.
“One of the things that I think is most important about Mr. Thompson’s involvement, is that as the chair of the committee, he has made clear for many months that the strategy that the committee was using was to gather as much information as possible, and then tell the world about it,” Reynolds said.
Reynolds is following the committee’s investigation, which has not yet released much evidence.
Thompson is now expected to show exhibits on several different aspects of the attack, from intelligence failures to the plan to overturn the election.
“What we’re really seeing is that, sort of the realization of that strategic choice by Mr. Thompson,” Reynolds said.
Reynolds said airing the first hearing in prime time will reintroduce the Capitol riot and those responsible to the public.
“That might capture the attention of people who maybe haven’t been paying as much attention to the ins and outs of who came in for a deposition, and who’s suing,” Reynolds said.
The final committee report is expected in the fall. The committee does not have the authority to indict anyone. That power lies with the Justice Department.
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TSX: VOYG
FRA: UCD2
NEW YORK, June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Voyager Digital Ltd. ("Voyager" or the "Company") (TSX: VOYG) (OTCQX: VYGVF) (FRA: UCD2) today announced the Company's participation in the following investor events in June 2022:
June 1st – Craig-Hallum's 19th Annual Institutional Investor Conference
June 7th – LD Micro Invitational
June 8th – Piper Sandler Global Exchange & FinTech Conference
June 21st – Lytham Partners Summer 2022 Investor Conference
June 23rd – BofA Web3 & Digital Assets Day
June 24th – BetterInvesting 70th National Convention
For more information about investor events that Voyager will be participating in, please visit www.investvoyager.com/investorrelations/events.
Voyager Digital Ltd.'s (TSX: VOYG) (OTCQX: VYGVF) (FRA: UCD2) US subsidiary, Voyager Digital, LLC, is a fast-growing cryptocurrency platform in the United States founded in 2018 to bring choice, transparency, and cost-efficiency to the marketplace. Voyager offers a secure way to trade over 100 different crypto assets using its easy-to-use mobile application. Through its subsidiary Coinify ApS, Voyager provides crypto payment solutions for both consumers and merchants around the globe. To learn more about the company, please visit https://www.investvoyager.com.
The TSX has not approved or disapproved of the information contained herein.
Voyager Digital, Ltd.
Kevin Rodriguez
Investor Relations
(212) 547-8807
krodriguez@investvoyager.com
Voyager Public Relations Team
pr@investvoyager.com
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NEW YORK, May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for NIO, MITQ, MDIA, NU, and ZNGA.
To see how InvestorsObserver's proprietary scoring system rates these stocks, view the InvestorsObserver's PriceWatch Alert by selecting the corresponding link.
- NIO: https://www.investorsobserver.com/lp/pr-stocks-lp-2/?symbol=NIO&prnumber=051720226
- MITQ: https://www.investorsobserver.com/lp/pr-stocks-lp-2/?symbol=MITQ&prnumber=051720226
- MDIA: https://www.investorsobserver.com/lp/pr-stocks-lp-2/?symbol=MDIA&prnumber=051720226
- NU: https://www.investorsobserver.com/lp/pr-stocks-lp-2/?symbol=NU&prnumber=051720226
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Flight attendant helps deliver baby midflight
Published: May. 19, 2022 at 7:03 AM CDT|Updated: 51 minutes ago
(CNN) - A flight attendant jumped into action to help a passenger deliver a baby midflight.
The baby’s mother went into an “early and unexpected” labor on a recent Frontier Airlines flight from Denver to Orlando.
The airlines said flight attendant Diana Giraldo calmly led the mother to the back bathroom and helped deliver the baby girl.
The plan was diverted to Pensacola, Florida, where paramedics were standing by at the gate to help.
The captain said the team, especially Giraldo, did a wonderful, “heroic” job.
The mother decided to give her new baby the middle name Sky.
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| 2022-05-19T12:54:44Z
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NEW YORK, June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- S&P Dow Jones Indices ("S&P DJI") will make the following changes to the S&P MidCap 400 and S&P SmallCap 600 indices:
- S&P SmallCap 600 constituent Omnicell Inc (NASD: OMCL) will replace Coherent Inc. (NASD: COHR) in the S&P MidCap 400, and Stride Inc (NYSE: LRN) will replace Omnicell in the S&P SmallCap 600 effective prior to the opening of trading on Tuesday, July 5. S&P MidCap 400 constituent II-VI Inc. (NASD: IIVI) is acquiring Coherent in a deal expected to be completed on July 1, pending final closing conditions.
- S&P SmallCap 600 constituent Southwestern Energy Co. (NYSE:SWN) will replace CDK Global Inc. (NASD:CDK) in the S&P MidCap 400, and Frontdoor Inc. (NASD:FTDR) will replace Southwestern Energy in the S&P SmallCap 600 effective prior to the opening of trading on Wednesday, July 6. Brookfield Business Partners LP (TSX: BBU.UN) is acquiring CDK Global in a tender offer expected to be completed on July 5.
- Ormat Technologies Inc. (NYSE:ORA) will replace CMC Materials Inc. (NASD:CCMP) in the S&P MidCap 400 effective prior to the opening of trading on Thursday, July 7. Entegris Inc. (NASD: ENTG) is acquiring CMC Materials in a transaction expected to be completed on July 6.
- Enhabit Inc. (NYSE:EHAB) will replace Loyalty Ventures Inc. (NASD:LYLT) in the S&P SmallCap 600 effective prior to the opening of trading on Tuesday, July 5. S&P MidCap 400 constituent Encompass Health Corp. (NYSE: EHC) is spinning off Enhabit in a transaction expected to be completed prior to the open on Friday, July 1, pending final conditions. Loyalty Ventures is no longer representative of the small-cap market space.
- Sun Country Airlines Holdings Inc. (NASD:SNCY) will replace Neenah Inc. (NYSE:NP) in the S&P SmallCap 600 effective prior to the opening of trading on Tuesday, July 5. Schweitzer-Mauduit International Inc. (NYSE: SWM) is acquiring Neenah in a transaction expected to be completed on July 1.
Following is a summary of the changes that will take place prior to the open of trading on the effective date:
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| 2022-06-29T00:08:55Z
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WASHINGTON, May 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA will provide coverage of the upcoming prelaunch, launch, and docking activities for the agency's Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) to the International Space Station. Scheduled to launch at 6:54 p.m. EDT on Thursday, May 19, OFT-2 is the second uncrewed flight for Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program.
The Starliner spacecraft will launch on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. About 31 minutes after launch, the Starliner will reach its preliminary orbit. It is scheduled to dock to the space station at 7:10 p.m. on Friday, May 20. Prelaunch activities, launch, and docking will air live on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency's website.
The spacecraft will carry more than 500 pounds of NASA cargo and crew supplies to the space station and return to Earth with nearly 600 pounds of cargo, including reusable Nitrogen Oxygen Recharge System (NORS) tanks that provide breathable air to station crew members.
OFT-2 will demonstrate the end-to-end capabilities of the Starliner spacecraft and Atlas V rocket, from launch to docking to a return to Earth in the desert of the western United States. The uncrewed flight test will provide valuable data toward NASA certifying Boeing's crew transportation system for regular flights with astronauts to and from the space station.
The deadline has passed for media accreditation for in person coverage of this launch. More information about media accreditation is available by emailing: ksc-media-accreditat@mail.nasa.gov. A copy of NASA's media accreditation policy is online.
NASA's Boeing OFT-2 coverage is as follows and all times are subject to change based on mission operations (all times Eastern):
Tuesday, May 17
Noon – Prelaunch news conference on the NASA TV public channel (or no earlier than one hour after completion of the Launch Readiness Review):
- Steve Stich, manager, NASA's Commercial Crew Program
- Joel Montalbano, manager, NASA's International Space Station Program
- Mark Nappi, vice president and program manager, Boeing Commercial Crew Program
- Gary Wentz, vice president, Government and Commercial Programs, ULA
- Will Ulrich, launch weather officer, U.S. Space Force, 45th Weather Squadron, Space Launch Delta 45
Media may ask questions in-person and via phone. Limited auditorium space will be available for in-person participation. For the dial-in number and passcode, please contact the newsroom at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida no later than noon on Tuesday, May 17, at: ksc-newsroom@mail.nasa.gov.
Wednesday, May 18
1 p.m. – NASA leadership media briefing on NASA TV, with the following participants:
- Bob Cabana, NASA associate administrator
- Janet Petro, director, NASA's Kennedy Space Center
- Kathryn Lueders, associate administrator, Space Operations Mission Directorate
- NASA astronaut Suni Williams
- NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore
- NASA astronaut Mike Fincke
Media may ask questions in-person and via phone. Limited auditorium space will be available for in-person participation. For the dial-in number and passcode, please contact the Kennedy newsroom no later than noon Wednesday, May 18, at: ksc-newsroom@mail.nasa.gov.
Thursday, May 19
6 p.m. – NASA TV launch coverage begins. NASA TV will have continuous coverage through Starliner orbital insertion.
9 p.m. (approximately) – Postlaunch news conference on NASA TV, with the following participants:
- Kathryn Lueders, associate administrator, NASA Space Operations Mission Directorate
- Steve Stich, manager, NASA's Commercial Crew Program
- Joel Montalbano, manager, NASA's International Space Station Program
- Mark Nappi, vice president and program manager, Boeing Commercial Crew Program
- John Elbon, chief operating officer, United Launch Alliance
Media may ask questions in-person and via phone. Limited auditorium space will be available for in-person participation. For the dial-in number and passcode, please contact the Kennedy newsroom no later than 8 p.m. Thursday, May 19, at: ksc-newsroom@mail.nasa.gov.
Friday, May 20
3:30 p.m. – NASA TV rendezvous and docking coverage begins
7:10 p.m. (approximately) – Docking
Saturday, May 21
11:30 a.m. – NASA TV hatch opening and welcoming remarks coverage begins
11:45 a.m. (approximately) – Hatch opening and welcoming remarks
NASA TV Launch Coverage
NASA TV live coverage will begin at 6 p.m. For NASA TV downlink information, schedules, and links to streaming video, visit:
Audio only of the news conferences and launch coverage will be carried on the NASA "V" circuits, which may be accessed by dialing 321-867-1220, -1240, -1260 or -7135. On launch day, "mission audio," countdown activities without NASA TV launch commentary, will be carried on 321-867-7135.
On launch day, a "clean feed" of the launch without NASA TV commentary will be carried on the NASA TV media channel. Launch also will be available on local amateur VHF radio frequency 146.940 MHz (K4GCC, Launch Information Service And Amateur Television System) and UHF radio frequency 444.925 MHz (N1KSC, Kennedy Space Center Amateur Radio Club), heard within Brevard County on the Space Coast.
NASA Website Launch Coverage
Launch day coverage of NASA's Boeing OFT-2 will be available on the agency's website. Coverage will include livestreaming and blog updates beginning no earlier than 6 p.m. Thursday, May 19, as the countdown milestones occur. On-demand streaming video and photos of the launch will be available shortly after liftoff. For questions about countdown coverage, contact the Kennedy newsroom at: 321-867-2468. Follow countdown coverage on our launch blog at:
Public Participation
Members of the public can register to attend this launch virtually. NASA's virtual guest program for this mission also includes curated launch resources, notifications about related opportunities or changes, and a stamp for the NASA virtual guest passport following a successful launch.
Engage kids and students in virtual and hands-on activities that are both family-friendly and educational through Next Gen STEM Commercial Crew.
Watch and Engage on Social Media
Stay connected with the mission on social media via Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram using the hashtag #Starliner. Follow and tag these accounts:
Twitter: @NASA, @Commercial_Crew, @Space_Station, @NASAKennedy
Facebook: NASA, NASACommercialCrew, ISS Facebook, Kennedy Space Center
Instagram: NASA, ISS Instagram, NASAKennedy
NASA will provide a live video feed of Space Launch Complex-41 approximately 6 hours prior to the planned liftoff of the OFT-2 mission. Pending unlikely technical issues, the feed will be uninterrupted until the prelaunch broadcast begins on NASA TV, approximately one hour prior to launch.
Once the feed is live, it will be available at:
Make sure to check out NASA en español on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube for more Spanish-language coverage on OFT-2.
Para obtener información sobre cobertura en español en el Centro Espacial Kennedy o si desea solicitar entrevistas en español, comuníquese con Antonia Jaramillo, 321-501-8425, antonia.jaramillobotero@nasa.gov.
NASA's Commercial Crew Program is delivering on its goal of safe, reliable, and cost-effective transportation to and from the International Space Station from the United States through a partnership with American private industry. This partnership is changing the arc of human spaceflight history by opening access to low-Earth orbit and the International Space Station to more people, more science, and more commercial opportunities. The space station remains the springboard to NASA's next great leap in space exploration, including future missions to the Moon and, eventually, to Mars.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Missfresh Limited (NASDAQ: MF).
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This lawsuit is on behalf of persons who purchased or otherwise acquired Missfresh securities pursuant and/or traceable to the registration statement and related prospectus issued in connection with Missfresh's June 2021 initial public offering.
Shareholders interested in acting as a lead plaintiff representing the class of wronged shareholders have until September 12, 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, Missfresh Limited issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Missfresh provided false financial figures in its registration statement and related prospectus issued in connection with the Company's June 2021 initial public offering; (2) Missfresh would need to amend its financial figures; (3) Missfresh, among other things, had lesser net revenues for the quarter ended March 31, 2021; and (4) as a result, defendants' public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times and negligently prepared.
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| 2022-09-09T11:31:18Z
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Parlance is Honored for the Second Year in a Row for Exceptional Innovation in Improving the Customer Experience
WOBURN, Mass., Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TMC, a global integrated media company, has named Parlance a winner of the 2022 Voice Technology Excellence Awards. These awards recognize vendors that are emerging as the true leaders in Voice Technology. The winning solutions provide speech and analytics engines, IVR and self-service solutions that capitalize on Natural Language Processing, Natural Language Understanding, Conversational AI, and more.
"On behalf of TMC and CUSTOMER magazine, I would like to congratulate all of the 2022 Voice Technology Excellence winners," said Rich Tehrani, CEO, TMC. "These solutions have exhibited quantifiable excellence, industry thought leadership, and market innovation over the past year, building loyalty, and delivering a customer experience that leads to repeat business."
"The business environment is changing. It's imperative that organizations stay one step ahead, to stay competitive," said Scott D'Entremont, Chief Revenue Officer, Parlance. "Parlance guarantees ROI and performance for our customers. Our voice-first solutions enable consumers to speak naturally and connect directly when they call organizations on the phone. No long hold times, no confusing menus, no numbers to press. Parlance is the very best way to answer the phone in health systems, large enterprises, higher education institutions, and public sector organizations!"
Speech-driven solutions are gaining attention from healthcare executives, as more organizations accelerate digital transformations to combat disruption brought about by COVID-19. Some recent competitors appear to have impressive technology, but Parlance has been serving health systems for much of their 25-year history and they are more than just technology. Parlance delivers a partnership with a team of tenured experts specializing in healthcare.
Parlance improves efficiency and cost savings at health systems across the country. The team's in-depth knowledge of the specific needs of the healthcare industry enables significant improvement in patient experience, as well as support staff experience. With Parlance, the calling experience is smoother and less frustrating, while agent and operator morale is also boosted. As a result, callers are no longer handled by rushed, overwhelmed agents and operators.
"Yes, we make your system work, take ownership of day-to-day performance, and guarantee ROI, but we do it with a focus on patient experience," says Cristin Shields, Director of Customer Success at Parlance, and 20-year hospital operations and patient access veteran. "Patients are not always customers, and at Parlance, we understand the intricate differences between a healthcare consumer and a customer. Patient experience matters, and we leverage intelligent speech technologies to automate, modernize, and improve the first few steps of every caller's journey as they seek care for themselves or a loved one."
PR Contact: Alexandra Karasic, info@parlancecorp.com
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| 2022-08-02T14:56:57Z
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SORTIS INCOME FUND EARNINGS
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sortis, LLC ("Sortis"), a Portland, Oregon-based alternative investment fund manager, announced that Sortis Income Fund, LLC produced a net annualized return of 10.03% during the second quarter of 2022. The Sortis Income Fund ("SIF") is an unleveraged mortgage fund that focuses on short-term, first position loans collateralized by real estate.
"Despite rising interest rates, an inflationary environment and a choppy stock market the Sortis Income Fund continues to demonstrate not only principal protection, but an above-market yield. We grew 14% in Q2 and annualized that is well over a 50% growth rate as more and more allocators and investors are discovering our Fund," said Jef Baker, SIF Managing Director.
"Being an unlevered fund in this environment allows us to provide borrowers with certainty of execution, which in turn gives us more access to loan deal flow while our levered competitors deal with tightening credit markets and upstream financial covenants. Our strong balance sheet and liquidity allow us to choose the most attractive risk-adjusted opportunities resulting in an average 63% loan-to-value on real estate loan collateral across the portfolio," added Sam Ross, SIF Managing Director.
The Sortis Income Fund and its other investment offerings are accessible via major national investment platforms or directly from Sortis at www.sortis.com.
Sortis Income Fund is an evergreen real estate loan fund offered through private placement to accredited investors. The fund is managed by Sortis, LLC. The fund has a conservative focus on holding real estate loans. Sortis, with deep roots in the Northwest, has developed a broad network over many years in banking and finance and has earned a reputation as a high-quality private lender that can execute efficiently.
Sortis, LLC is a leader in diversified alternative investment strategies focused on real estate, lending, and acquisitions. Sortis Funds include the Sortis Income Fund, The Sortis Real Estate Investment Trust, the Sortis Rescue Fund, and Sortis Opportunity Zone Funds. Operating under the principles of client focus, integrity, hard work, and creativity, Sortis, LLC provides its accredited investors with well-managed, diverse asset-based investment strategies. Learn more at www.sortis.com
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| 2022-08-03T19:53:15Z
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WILMINGTON, Del., April 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- DuPont (NYSE: DD) today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a second quarter dividend of thirty-three cents ($0.33) per share on the outstanding Common Stock of the Company (par value $0.01 per share) payable on June 15, 2022, to holders of record of said stock at the close of business on May 31, 2022.
About DuPont
DuPont (NYSE: DD) is a global innovation leader with technology-based materials and solutions that help transform industries and everyday life. Our employees apply diverse science and expertise to help customers advance their best ideas and deliver essential innovations in key markets including electronics, transportation, construction, water, healthcare and worker safety. More information about the company, its businesses and solutions can be found at www.dupont.com. Investors can access information included on the Investor Relations section of the website at investors.dupont.com.
DuPontTM and all products, unless otherwise noted, denoted with TM, SM or ® are trademarks, service marks or registered trademarks of affiliates of DuPont de Nemours, Inc
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ATLANTA, May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Home Depot®, the world's largest home improvement retailer, today reported sales of $38.9 billion for the first quarter of fiscal 2022, an increase of $1.4 billion, or 3.8 percent from the first quarter of fiscal 2021. Comparable sales for the first quarter of fiscal 2022 increased 2.2 percent, and comparable sales in the U.S. increased 1.7 percent.
Net earnings for the first quarter of fiscal 2022 were $4.2 billion, or $4.09 per diluted share, compared with net earnings of $4.1 billion, or $3.86 per diluted share, in the same period of fiscal 2021, representing a 6.0 percent increase in diluted earnings per share.
"Fiscal 2022 is off to a strong start as we delivered the highest first quarter sales in Company history," said Ted Decker, CEO and president. "The solid performance in the quarter is even more impressive as we were comparing against last year's historic growth and faced a slower start to spring this year. These results are a direct reflection of our associates' continued ability to effectively navigate a challenging and dynamic environment. I would like to thank them and our many partners for their hard work and dedication to our customers."
Fiscal 2022 Guidance
The Company raised fiscal 2022 guidance and now expects:
- Total sales growth and comparable sales growth of approximately 3.0 percent
- Operating margin of approximately 15.4 percent
- Net interest expense of approximately $1.6 billion
- Tax rate of approximately 24.6 percent
- Diluted earnings-per-share-percent-growth to be mid-single digits
The Home Depot will conduct a conference call today at 9 a.m. ET to discuss information included in this news release and related matters. The conference call will be available in its entirety through a webcast and replay at ir.homedepot.com/events-and-presentations.
At the end of the first quarter, the Company operated a total of 2,316 retail stores in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, 10 Canadian provinces and Mexico. The Company employs approximately 500,000 associates. The Home Depot's stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: HD) and is included in the Dow Jones industrial average and Standard & Poor's 500 index.
Certain statements contained herein constitute "forward-looking statements" as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements may relate to, among other things, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the related recovery on our business, results of operations, cash flows and financial condition (which, among other things, may affect many of the items listed below); the demand for our products and services; net sales growth; comparable sales; the effects of competition; our brand and reputation; implementation of store, interconnected retail, supply chain and technology initiatives; inventory and in-stock positions; the state of the economy; the state of the housing and home improvement markets; the state of the credit markets, including mortgages, home equity loans and consumer credit; impact of tariffs; issues related to the payment methods we accept; demand for credit offerings; management of relationships with our associates, potential associates, suppliers and service providers; cost and availability of labor; costs of fuel and other energy sources; international trade disputes, natural disasters, climate change, public health issues (including pandemics and quarantines, related shut-downs and other governmental orders, and similar restrictions, as well as subsequent re-openings), cybersecurity events, military conflicts or acts of war, and other business interruptions that could disrupt operation of our stores, distribution centers and other facilities, our ability to operate or access communications, financial or banking systems, or supply or delivery of, or demand for, the Company's products or services; our ability to meet environmental, social and governance (ESG) goals; continuation or suspension of share repurchases; net earnings performance; earnings per share; dividend targets; capital allocation and expenditures; liquidity; return on invested capital; expense leverage; stock-based compensation expense; commodity or other price inflation and deflation; our ability to issue debt on terms and at rates acceptable to us; the impact and expected outcome of investigations, inquiries, claims and litigation, including compliance with related settlements; the effect of accounting charges; the effect of adopting certain accounting standards; the impact of regulatory changes, including changes to tax laws and regulations; store openings and closures; guidance for fiscal 2022 and beyond; financial outlook; and the impact of acquired companies on our organization and the ability to recognize the anticipated benefits of those acquisitions.
Forward-looking statements are based on currently available information and our current assumptions, expectations and projections about future events. You should not rely on our forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to future events, risks and uncertainties – many of which are beyond our control, dependent on the actions of third parties, or are currently unknown to us – as well as potentially inaccurate assumptions that could cause actual results to differ materially from our historical experience and our expectations and projections. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those described in Part I, Item 1A, "Risk Factors," and elsewhere in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for our fiscal year ended January 30, 2022 and also may be described from time to time in future reports we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). There also may be other factors that we cannot anticipate or that are not described herein, generally because we do not currently perceive them to be material. Such factors could cause results to differ materially from our expectations.
Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and we do not undertake to update these statements other than as required by law. You are advised, however, to review any further disclosures we make on related subjects in our filings with the SEC and in our other public statements.
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US sends new military aid for Ukraine to boost momentum
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration announced Thursday it will send another $600 million in military aid to Ukraine, as the U.S. rushes more weapons to fuel Kyiv’s counteroffensive that has reclaimed large stretches of the embattled country and forced Russian troops to retreat.
The White House said it was the 21st time that the Defense Department has pulled weapons and other equipment off the shelves to deliver to Ukraine.
The package will include more of the same types of ammunition and equipment that have helped Ukrainian forces beat back the Russian forces in portions of the east and south.
“With admirable grit and determination, the people of Ukraine are defending their homeland and fighting for their future,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said.
“The capabilities we are delivering are carefully calibrated to make the most difference on the battlefield and strengthen Ukraine’s hand at the negotiating table when the time is right,” he said in a statement.
The decision to move on new aid quickly — on the heels of a nearly $2.9 billion infusion of aid and financing support announced last week and more than $3 billion announced in late August — underscore the U.S. intent to ensure that Ukraine can sustain its stunning counterattack that was launched early this month.
That most recent funding included $2.2 billion in long-term military financing announced that Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced during a visit to Ukraine last week, and a $675 million weapons package announced by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin in Europe that same day.
The $2.2 billion that Blinken announced in Kyiv is for Ukraine and 18 of its neighbors, including NATO members and regional security partners, that are potentially at risk of future Russian aggression, the U.S. said.
Moscow’s recent rout in northeast Ukraine was its largest military defeat since the withdrawal of Russian troops from areas near Kyiv more than five months ago.
The latest package of weapons systems brings the total amount of U.S. aid to Ukraine to nearly $15.9 billion since President Joe Biden took office.
U.S. officials watching the counteroffensive have been careful not to declare a premature victory, noting that Russia still has substantial troops and resources. And they are wary of what Russian President Vladimir Putin may do to turn the tide.
But U.S. leaders also have made clear that the precision weapons and rocket systems provided by the U.S. and allies — including the High-Mobility Artillery Rocket System, or HIMARS, and the High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile, or HARM — have been key to the dramatic shift in momentum.
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For one night only, Sight & Sound's new original stage production ''DAVID'' will come to life around the world – streaming live exclusively on Sight & Sound TV
LANCASTER, Pa., July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- This September, Sight & Sound® is bringing its state-of-the-art original stage production "DAVID" to screens worldwide in a special live streaming event. Broadcasting from the Sight & Sound stage in Lancaster, PA, "DAVID-Live" will take audiences inside the story of one of the Bible's most legendary figures who rose from shepherd to king after defeating the giant Goliath.
"For nearly 50 years, people from all over the world have been coming to Sight & Sound to experience the Bible coming to life on stage," said Sight & Sound's Director of Marketing & Communications Katie Miller. "We are excited to once again bring the experience of live theater to audiences wherever they are in the world."
With cameras covering the theater from every angle, including on stage and behind the curtain, audiences will have a front row seat to every spectacular moment of the show as it unfolds in real time. The live event will include a 15-minute pre-show and a 20-minute intermission, with exclusive behind-the-scenes interviews and a sneak peek at how the production was created.
"The incredible story of 'DAVID,' the shepherd boy who would eventually become the most famous King in scripture, is a story full of unexpected adventure" says Show Producer Ryan Miller. "The production explores all of the complexities of his life, and how through his triumphs and failures he persevered as a man after God's heart."
In 2020, Sight & Sound launched the online streaming platform Sight & Sound TV in response to the pandemic and as a way for audiences to still experience live theater from their homes. The company's first ever live broadcast "QUEEN ESTHER—Live," attracted viewers from more than 100 countries over Labor Day weekend that same year.
Building on the success of the first live broadcast, Sight & Sound shared "JESUS-Live" over Easter in 2021. Now, for the third time, they'll take a worldwide audience inside the story of one of the Bible's most legendary figures with "DAVID-Live."
David was a master poet, a fearless warrior, and anointed King. From still waters to shadowed valleys, David's ascent to the throne is filled with towering giants, wild animals and Philistine soldiers.
After unprecedented victories lead to devastating failures, this passionate warrior will face the biggest battle of all: the one within himself. Come alongside this young shepherd on his journey to become a man after God's own heart.
With original music inspired by the Psalms, "DAVID" is a state-of-the-art theatrical experience for the whole family. It was first released live on stage in March 2022. During the production, audiences will see one of the most legendary Bible stories as it comes to life with spectacular special effects, massive sets, and live animals.
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Live Event: Friday, Sept 2, 7 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (GMT -4)
Livestreamed encore showings:
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Sight & Sound® is a ministry on a mission to create spectacular entertainment experiences for the whole family. Since its beginning as a traveling multimedia show in 1976, Sight & Sound has inspired over 30 million people with stories of faith. Today, Sight & Sound owns and operates two live theater locations, immersing audiences in state-of-the-art original productions. A streaming television channel launched in 2020, now reaching a global audience in their homes from over 175 countries around the world. Most recently, the expansion into feature films was announced, with a first-ever theatrical release set for cinemas nationwide December 2022. For more information, visit www.sight-sound.com.
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Netflix shares drop 25% after service loses 200K subscribers
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Netflix suffered its first subscriber loss in more than a decade, causing its shares to plunge 25% in extended trading amid concerns that the pioneering streaming service may have already seen its best days.
The company’s customer base fell by 200,000 subscribers during the January-March period, according to its quarterly earnings report released Tuesday. It’s the first time that Netflix’s subscribers have fallen since the streaming service became available throughout most of the world outside of China six years ago. The drop this year stemmed in part from Netflix’s decision to withdraw from Russia to protest the war against Ukraine, resulting in a loss of 700,000 subscribers.
Netflix acknowledged its problems are deep rooted by projecting a loss of another 2 million subscribers during the April-June period.
If the stock drop extends into Wednesday’s regular trading session, Netflix shares will have lost more than half of their value so far this year — wiping out about $150 billion in shareholder wealth in less than four months.
Netflix is hoping to reverse the tide by taking steps it has previously resisted, including blocking the sharing of accounts and introducing a lower-priced — and ad-supported — version of its service.
Aptus Capital Advisors analyst David Wagner said it’s now clear that Netflix is grappling with an imposing challenge. “They are in no-(wo) man’s land,” Wagner wrote in a research note Tuesday.
Netflix absorbed its biggest blow since losing 800,000 subscribers in 2011 — the result of unveiled plans to begin charging separately for its then-nascent streaming service, which had been bundled for free with its traditional DVD-by-mail service. The customer backlash to that move elicited an apology from Netflix CEO Reed Hastings for botching the execution of the spin-off.
The latest subscriber loss was far worse than a forecast by Netflix management for a conservative gain of 2.5 million subscribers. The news deepens troubles that have been mounting for the streaming since a surge of signups from a captive audience during the pandemic began to slow.
It marks the fourth time in the last five quarters that Netflix’s subscriber growth has fallen below the gains of the previous year, a malaise that has been magnified by stiffening competition from well-funded rivals such as Apple and Walt Disney.
The setback follows the company’s addition of 18.2 million subscribers in 2021, its weakest annual growth since 2016. That contrasted with an increase of 36 million subscribers during 2020 when people were corralled at home and starved for entertainment, which Netflix was able to quickly and easily provide with its stockpile of original programming.
Netflix has previously predicted that it will regain its momentum, but on Tuesday faced up to the issues bogging it down. “COVID created a lot of noise on how to read the situation,” Hastings said in a video conference reviewing the latest numbers.
Among other things, Hastings confirmed Netflix will start crack down on the sharing of subscriber passwords that has enabled multiple households to access its service from a single account, with changes likely to roll out during the next year or so.
The Los Gatos, California, company estimated that about 100 million households worldwide are watching its service for free by using the account of a friend or another family member, including 30 million in the U.S. and Canada. “”Those are over 100 million households already are choosing to view Netflix,” Hastings said. “They love the service. We’ve just got to get paid at some degree for them.”
To stop the practice and prod more people to pay for their own accounts, Netflix indicated it will expand a test introduced last month in Chile, Peru and Costa Rica that allows subscribers to add up to two people living outside their households to their accounts for an additional fee.
Netflix ended March with 221.6 million worldwide subscribers. The subscriber downturn clipped Netflix’s finances in the first quarter when the company’s profit fell 6% from last year to $1.6 billion, or $3.53 per share. Revenue climbed 10% from last year to nearly $7.9 billion.
With the pandemic easing, people have been finding other things to do, and other video streaming services are working hard to lure new viewers with their own award-winning programming. Apple, for instance, held the exclusive streaming rights to “CODA,” which eclipsed Netflix’s “Power of The Dog,” among other movies, to win Best Picture at last month’s Academy Awards.
Escalating inflation over the past year has also squeezed household budgets, leading more consumers to rein in their spending on discretionary items. Despite that pressure, Netflix recently raised its prices in the U.S., where it has its greatest household penetration — and where it’s had the most trouble finding more subscribers. In the most recent quarter, Netflix lost 640,000 subscribers in the U.S. and Canada, prompting management to point out that most of its future growth will come in international markets.
Netflix also is trying to give people another reason to subscribe by adding video games at no extra charge — a feature that began to roll out last year.
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Justice Department to review police response to Uvalde school shooting
By Paula Reid, CNN
The Justice Department announced Sunday it will conduct a review of the law enforcement response to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, that left 19 children and two teachers dead.
“At the request of Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin, the U.S. Department of Justice will conduct a Critical Incident Review of the law enforcement response to the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, on May 24,” DOJ spokesman Anthony Coley said in a statement.
The review is a significant development as Texas officials and law enforcement have been under intense scrutiny for the way officers responded to the shooting.
The massacre, America’s deadliest school shooting since the Sandy Hook shooting in 2012, has been followed by conflicting official accounts of how it unfolded. The delayed police confrontation with the mass shooter has compounded parents’ anger, with some saying a quicker response could have saved children’s lives.
CNN has reported that the response by law enforcement in Uvalde ran contrary to commonly taught active shooter protocol, established after the Columbine school shooting of 1999, to stop the shooter as quickly as possible and even bypass helping the injured. While the gunman was inside adjoining classrooms, a group of 19 law enforcement officers stood outside the classroom in the school for roughly 50 minutes as they waited for room keys and tactical equipment, CNN has reported.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Friday that he is demanding a full accounting of what happened during the school shooting, saying he had been initially “misled” about certain information he was given by law enforcement officials leading the investigation into the attack.
“My expectation is the law enforcement leaders that are leading the investigations … they get to the bottom of every fact with absolute certainty,” the Republican governor said at a news conference in Uvalde.
The Justice Department review aims “to provide an independent account of law enforcement actions and responses that day, and to identify lessons learned and best practices to help first responders prepare for and respond to active shooter events,” said Conley, the DOJ spokesman.
“The review will be conducted with the Department’s Office of Community Oriented Policing,” he added. “As with prior Justice Department after-action reviews of mass shootings and other critical incidents, this assessment will be fair, transparent, and independent. The Justice Department will publish a report with its findings at the conclusion of its review.”
The DOJ’s announcement came the same day President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden traveled to Uvalde, where they visited a makeshift memorial to the 21 victims outside Robb Elementary School. The White House said the President and first lady will also meet community and religious leaders along with family members of the young victims during their visit to Texas.
Meanwhile, Attorney General Merrick Garland, addressing graduates at Harvard’s commencement ceremony on Sunday, spoke briefly about the massacre, saying: “As we gather today to celebrate this milestone in your life, we are also holding on to an enormous amount of grief because of yet another mass shooting at another school in our country.”
“An unspeakable act of violence has devastated families and an entire community in Uvalde, Texas. I know I speak for all of us here that our hearts are broken,” Garland said.
This story has been updated with additional details Sunday.
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| 2022-05-29T19:58:02Z
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Project designed to enhance service reliability for about 900 rural customers
READING, Pa., July 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Met-Ed, a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE), is upgrading its distribution system in York County, Pennsylvania, to help prevent or minimize the length of service disruptions, particularly during severe weather. The work includes creating a "tie" point between two power lines and installing a remote-control switch that can communicate real-time conditions on the local power network to system operators and allow them to temporarily switch customers from one line to the other to keep the lights on when utility workers must make repairs.
The upgrades are part of Met-Ed's Long Term Infrastructure Improvement Plan, a $153 million initiative to accelerate capital investments to the company's electric distribution system over five years to help ensure continued electric service reliability for customers.
"Part of our service territory in southeastern York County near the Susquehanna River is rugged and densely wooded, increasing the potential for tree-related outages," said Scott Wyman, president of FirstEnergy's Pennsylvania Operations. "The work we are doing will provide an alternative power source to feed nearly 900 customers in the New Bridgeville and Brogue areas, benefitting them by shortening the duration of service interruptions while crews work to restore power following an outage."
Scheduled to begin later this year, the project involves reconstructing a two-mile section of power line and installing a new switch enabled with supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) technology to create a common tie point between two lines in Chanceford Township, one running from New Bridgeville Road to Gipe Road, and the second from Lucky Road to Gipe Road.
The tie line will utilize SCADA to convey real-time information on current voltage and electric conditions to distribution system operators. Operators can control the SCADA switch remotely from their control center to quickly transfer customers from one circuit to the other when necessary.
Met-Ed plans to install more automated devices on the local power network in the next several years to take advantage of the SCADA switch's smart capability, which allows it to sense conditions on the system and operate automatically.
Met-Ed serves approximately 580,000 customers within 3,300 square miles of eastern and southeastern Pennsylvania. Follow Met-Ed on Twitter @Met Ed and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/MetEdElectric.
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.
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VANCOUVER, BC, June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Avino Silver & Gold Mines Ltd. (TSX: ASM) (NYSE American: ASM) (FSE: GV6), ("Avino" or "the Company") is pleased to report that at the Annual General Meeting of shareholders ("AGM") of the Company held on June 21, 2022, all resolutions proposed to shareholders were duly passed. 46,064,231 common shares of the Company, representing approximately 39.25% of the Company's issued and outstanding common shares as at the record date were voted.
The following briefly describes the matters voted upon and the outcome of the votes at the meeting:
1. Setting the Number of Directors at Four
According to proxies received and a vote conducted by a show of hands, the resolution regarding the setting of the number of Directors at four was passed as follows:
2. Election of Directors
According to proxies received and a vote conducted by a show of hands, the following directors were elected to the board of directors of the Company as follows:
3. Appointment and Remuneration of Auditors
According to proxies received and a vote conducted by a show of hands, the resolution regarding the appointment and remuneration of Manning Elliott LLP as the Company's auditors was passed as follows:
The Board of Directors appreciate the support of our shareholders.
Appointment of Peter Bojtos to Chairman of the Board
Mr. Peter Bojtos has been appointed as Chairman of the Board of Avino effective immediately. Peter has been a member of Avino's Board of Directors since June 2018. He is a Professional Engineer and Geologist with over 50 years of worldwide experience in the mining industry. He has an extensive background in corporate management and financing, as well as in all facets of the industry from exploration through the feasibility study stage to mine construction, operations and decommissioning.
Peter graduated from the University of Leicester, England in 1972, following which he worked at open-pit iron-ore and underground base-metal and uranium mines in West Africa, the United States and Canada. Following that, he worked in Toronto for Kerr Addison Mines Ltd., a Noranda Group company, in increasingly senior management and officer positions for 12 years. Following several years as CEO of various mining companies operating in the USA, Central and South America, from 1996 Peter has acted as Independent Director of numerous exploration and mining companies operating globally. In addition, he has also led a number of companies in recent years such as President of Pembridge Resources PLC that in 2019 acquired the Minto Copper Mine in Yukon.
"I am delighted to welcome Peter Bojtos as Chairman of the Board," said David Wolfin, President and CEO. "Peter's wealth of experience from every stage of mining and extensive leadership expertise will continue to be invaluable as we move forward in growth."
"In addition, we would like to say thank you to Gary Robertson, who has retired as Avino's Chairman of the Board of Directors after 12 years, and a member of the Board for 17 years. The entire team at Avino will miss his insight and conversations, and we wish Gary and his family all the best following his retirement."
"Lastly, we have great confidence in the future of Avino. Through the acquisition of La Preciosa from Coeur Mining, we had several key people join our team and they bring their unique experiences. We have the assets and, more importantly, the people to continue the path to achieving our goal of becoming an intermediate sized producer."
About Avino
Avino is primarily a silver producer from its wholly owned Avino Mine near Durango, Mexico. The Company's silver, gold and copper production remains unhedged. The Company's mission and strategy is to create shareholder value through its focus on profitable organic growth at the historic Avino Property and the strategic acquisition of mineral exploration and mining properties. We are committed to managing all business activities in a safe, environmentally responsible, and cost-effective manner, while contributing to the well-being of the communities in which we operate. We encourage you to connect with us on Twitter at @Avino and on LinkedIn at Avino Silver & Gold Mines. To view the Avino Mine VRIFY tour, please click here.
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Junction City man rushed to hospital after motorcycle entangled in barbed-wire
Published: Jul. 6, 2022 at 7:12 AM CDT|Updated: 45 minutes ago
GEARY CO., Kan. (WIBW) - A Junction City man was rushed to the hospital on Tuesday evening after his motorcycle got entangled in a barbed-wire fence following an accident.
The Geary County Sheriff’s Office says around 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 5, deputies were called to the 9000 block of J Hill Rd. with reports of a single-vehicle injury accident.
When deputies arrived, they said they learned that Alton R. Livingston, of Junction City, was headed southwest on his 2018 Indian Roadmaster left the roadway and hit a barbed-wire fence.
The Sheriff’s Office indicated that Livingston was rushed to the hospital and the bike was removed from the scene by his family.
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| 2022-07-06T12:58:31Z
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Hawks’ Capela injures right knee against Cavs, out for game
CLEVELAND (AP) — Atlanta Hawks center Clint Capela missed the second half of the play-in game against Cleveland with a right knee hyperextension. Capela was helped off the floor late in the first half. His knee bent awkwardly after he fouled Cleveland’s Evan Mobley with 30 seconds left. After Mobley tumbled backward into him, the 6-foot-10 Capela immediately grabbed his knee while writhing in pain on the floor. After he was checked by team medical personnel, Capela was helped to his feet and needed assistance walking off while barely putting any weight on his knee.
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| 2022-04-16T02:52:26Z
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HERZLIYA, Israel, June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bingo Blitz® – the Playtika® studio behind the world's #1 free-to-play social Bingo game[1] – has today announced a partnership with Meals on Wheels America, the leading charity dedicated to fighting senior hunger and isolation. The partnership will be focused specifically on the issue of loneliness as a critical health and social issue in elderly populations, a cause chosen directly by Bingo Blitz players.
Starting today, Bingo Blitz will feature dedicated content, developed in partnership with Meals on Wheels, allowing players to make an impact through gameplay. The in-game event is part of the chef feature, where players collect ingredients by playing Bingo and use them to make a wide range of dishes in the app's virtual kitchen. The game will also engage with its fans across social media and community platforms to highlight the important issue of loneliness amongst the aging population in the US.
Bingo Blitz will dedicate a total of $300,000 to the partnership with Meals on Wheels throughout 2022. A financial contribution of $200,000 will be donated directly to Meals on Wheels, and another $100,000 will be dedicated to promoting the partnership through local activations. As part of these local activations, some Bingo Blitz players will get the chance to join the game's employees in cooking and delivering meals to Meals on Wheels clients. The global community of players will also have the opportunity to write letters and to choose gifts for seniors living in isolation.
"We know that often, isolation – especially among older Americans who are homebound – is a hidden issue," said Kristine Templin, Chief Development Officer. "But loneliness is dire to seniors' health, and we need everyone to take meaningful action to address this growing issue. That's why we're so grateful to Bingo Blitz for their commitment to fighting senior isolation and hunger alongside us."
Tough times
Loneliness as a social and public health problem has gained attention in recent years. The ongoing COVID-19 epidemic, and the need for social distancing, has left many older adults increasingly isolated at a time they can no longer rely on friends and family to keep them company and to provide them with basic necessities. In many communities, Meals on Wheels has stepped in to play a critical role in bridging this gap.
The story of Ollie, 83, is illustrative. Prior to the pandemic, she relied on her local church to provide her with community and social activities. Once the pandemic began, she began to feel isolated and alone – a feeling which only grew worse as friends and family were no longer able to safely bring groceries or to drive her to appointments. Regular check-ins from Meals on Wheels volunteers have proven to be crucial in supporting her mental and physical well-being. Ollie, who worked as a cook for three decades, said that: "These folks are just so friendly, and the food is good too!" She continued, "I've lived through an awful lot in my life, but I don't think I've ever experienced something that has hurt so many people all over the world."
Making a difference
For Bingo Blitz, whose team developed engaging in-game content and challenges focused entirely on Meals on Wheels, the partnership is representative of the game's overall commitment to the fight against senior loneliness and to build communities through play. Lior Itzhak, General Manager of Bingo Blitz, comments:
"Everyone at Bingo Blitz is immensely proud to be officially partnering with Meals on Wheels America…we have always seen it as part of our mission to bring people together from all around the world to nurture a community spirit across borders. Unfortunately, there are too many people who need Meals on Wheels services. But there are also many people who have a strong desire to give back and offer help, however they can. We believe that our industry can "change the game of giving," playing a key role in encouraging that spirit of generosity and helping to build awareness of this important social cause through gaming.
About Meals on Wheels America
Meals on Wheels America is the leadership organization supporting the more than 5,000 community-based programs across the country that are dedicated to addressing senior isolation and hunger. This network serves virtually every community in America and, along with an estimated two million staff and volunteers, delivers the nutritious meals, friendly visits and safety checks that enable America's seniors to live nourished lives with independence and dignity. By providing funding, leadership, education, research and advocacy support, Meals on Wheels America empowers its local member programs to strengthen their communities, one senior at a time.
Learn more at mealsonwheelsamerica.org.
About Bingo Blitz
Bingo Blitz® is the #1 free-to-play bingo game1, with over 1 million active players per day on social networks and mobile platforms forming a large community of players from all over the world. At Bingo Blitz, we care about our players and are driven by a commitment to provide them with the highest quality product and user experience. Through exciting narratives, innovative features, and mega prizes, our mission is to reinvent the way people play Bingo. Our unique social platform and content make it fun and easy for millions of people to play and connect with each other worldwide.
About Playtika
Playtika® Holding Corp. (NASDAQ: PLTK) is a mobile gaming entertainment and technology market leader with a portfolio of multiple game titles. Founded in 2010, Playtika was among the first to offer free-to-play social games on social networks and, shortly after, on mobile platforms. Headquartered in Herzliya, Israel, and guided by a mission to entertain the world through infinite ways to play, Playtika has offices worldwide and employs over 4,000 employees.
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AUSTIN (KXAN) — A man fishing on Austin’s Lady Bird Lake caught a 64-pound smallmouth buffalo, reeling a record in along with it.
“Me and my buddy went to the lake, we were targeting carp and I ended up catching that record buffalo,” Cassady Douglas said.
Smallmouth buffalo, also known by the scientific name Ictiobus Bubalus, are typically found in Texas in large streams or rivers exclusive of the Panhandle, according to Texas Parks and Wildlife. They can be confused with carp but don’t have the barbels (the things that look like whiskers).
Smallmouth buffalo have been caught on a rod and reel by anglers exceeding 82 pounds, according to Texas Parks and Wildlife. Meanwhile, the trotline record is 97 pounds in Texas.
Douglas said he had no idea what he was going to end up with when he hooked it.
“It took me about 25 minutes to reel in the fish,” Douglas said. “I couldn’t believe how heavy it felt and I didn’t think that I was going to land it.”
Douglas has only been fishing for a few years, but said it has been a goal of his to see his name in the record book. Texas Parks and Wildlife awarded Douglas with a water body record, officially logging the weight as 64 pounds.
“I was just like ‘oh my god’ this is a buffalo fish in Lady Bird Lake and I couldn’t believe its size. We weighed it with a certified scale and submitted it,” Douglas said.
It’s the heaviest fish that’s been recorded for Lady Bird Lake. The next-biggest fish was a grass carp weighing in at 50 pounds.
“It’s so cool. It’s always been a dream,” Douglas said.
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| 2022-05-31T13:43:50Z
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NEW YORK, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- New mobile healthcare brand, Health Rover, created by and for "patients who ran out of patience", launched in November 2020 at the height of the Covid pandemic. Their mission is to make healthcare more accessible, convenient and tech driven and to drive their multispecialty line of medical services into the home and workplace in a big way.
How it started
Constructing labs out of shipping containers, Health Rover was able to mobilize quickly and provide testing services to communities in need, becoming the first contactless, automated drive thru testing center in New York State. At the time, they were the only ones offering PCR testing with 1-hour turnaround and antigen testing with 20-minute turnaround. Health Rover was so dependable that people were driving to Long Island all the way from New Jersey because it was a company they could rely on. Employers caught wind of Health Rover's expedited services and hired the team to set up on-site mobile labs for employee screenings. Following the rapid success and popularity of Health Rover's mobile testing services, they launched their at-home services and began testing in homes across New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Florida and expanded the testing to Flu, Strep, RSV and more.
What's new
Since then, the company has expanded its services to at-home Allergy Testing and Treatment as well as IV Therapy. Allergy sufferers who previously had to go to the doctor's office weekly for immunotherapy shots, can now receive treatment right at home. People looking for an energy or immunity boost can experience one of Health Rover's nutritional IV therapies at home or, even at select hotel partners such as The Surf Lodge in Montauk. In the coming months, Health Rover will be expanding its services even further with the addition of pediatrics and urgent care services, all of which can be ordered in real time through their digital platform, "Rov'Port".
"After years of working as a medical sales consultant, coupled with some poor healthcare experiences in my family life, I saw a massive need for improved medical experiences" says Health Rover Founder, Keith Brady, "sadly, I feel people have accepted that medical care today is crummy, and they live with it. My goal is to show people how much better it can be – we're hyper focused on personalization, tech, and convenience. We're building something truly unique that's not out there today and I believe we have a dynamic, one-of-a-kind vision that will take off quickly."
All of the medical services provided are ordered and monitored by the Health Rover team of seasoned medical professionals including a Primary Care doctor, Holistic Medicine specialist and Emergency Medicine Doctor. Health Rover accepts most commercial health insurances or out of pocket payment. Currently, Health Rover operates in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Florida, Pennsylvania, Washington DC, Massachusetts, Texas and California with plans of national expansion over the next couple of years.
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SANTA TERESA, New Mexico (Border Report) – The Mexican government is vowing to expand its portion of the Santa Teresa, New Mexico, port of entry in the next 15 months in anticipation of explosive growth not only in the local industry but also in the manufacturing of electric vehicle parts in Mexico.
Mexican Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard says he expects the number of commercial trucks and passenger cars using the port of entry to more than double in the next two years – from 1,500 to 4,000 vehicles per day.
“Both countries want to modernize infrastructure and facilitate the crossing of merchandise and people because in the years to come we will see important growth and we want it to be orderly and correctly planned,” Ebrard said Wednesday after touring the port and meeting with maquiladora executives in Juarez.
Juarez has more than 300 U.S.-run manufacturing plants that produce parts and goods for Fortune 500 companies in North America and Europe. Almost half of those plants are linked to the automotive industry, which is rushing to put out electrical vehicles.
“California, the No. 1 (automotive consumer) market in the United States, has decided that all of its new vehicles must be electric by 2035. What does that mean? That we must build factories to manufacture batteries, that we need to procure lithium, cobalt, copper and nickel, that we need to modify all of our industrial processes, that we need to accelerate the technology that goes hand in hand with electromobility,” Ebrard said.
The foreign minister says he recently met with U.S. automakers, and they told him they plan to bring 180 additional automotive assembly plants to Mexico to meet the demands of states, countries and consumers who want electrical vehicles.
“It’s primarily the production of engines, the accumulation and storage of (electricity), speed controls and such. This is picking up momentum (in the United States) and also in Europe, which is our second major export market for vehicles,” Ebrard said.
He didn’t say where the new plants would be located but, General Motors, for instance, has assembly plants in San Luis Potosi, Coahuila, Guanajuato, and Toluca. Regardless of location, the assembled parts must traverse border cities like Juarez or Nuevo Laredo.
Ebrard said the port expansion also caters to expected growth in Juarez factories, including the FoxConn facility just south of the Santa Teresa-San Jeronimo port of entry.
“We have very important pending investments. We have to work to procure water, energy, workers, highways, logistics, telecommunications and everything that goes with that because Mexico is getting many proposals for investment,” he said.
New Mexico Economic Development Secretary Alicia J. Keyes said she shares the Mexican foreign minister’s projections for an increase in border crossings at Santa Teresa. She said New Mexico has also made monetary commitments to modernize the port and is waiting on research and funding to bring about an expansion.
“Global trade has always been a priority for the governor of New Mexico,” Keyes told Border Report. “New Mexico has committed $50 million to the Border Connector Highway, $20 million to the (Santa Teresa) jetport, $4 million to water issues here in Santa Teresa … (and) we are working with our friends in Chihuahua and Mexico City and (the U.S.) government to request and expansion and modernization of the port of entry in Santa Teresa-San Jeronimo.”
She also echoed optimism that the tri-state region of northern Chihuahua, Southern New Mexico and West Texas can cash in on the foreseen electrical vehicle manufacturing onslaught.
“We are really seeing a lot of manufacturing coming over to the United States. In terms of electrical vehicles and cars in general and also in (industry) coming back from Asia, I do agree with Secretary Ebrard. This is our time to shine,” Keyes said. “We are definitely going to see the Santa Teresa port expand dramatically in terms of number of trucks and traffic.”
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NEW YORK, April 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Gatos Silver, Inc. ("Gatos" or the "Company") (NYSE: GATO). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888-476-6529, ext. 7980.
The investigation concerns whether Gatos and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.
On January 25, 2022, post-market, Gatos issued a press release disclosing that "[d]uring the Company's resource and reserve update process for the Los Gatos Joint Venture ("LGJV") . . . the Company concluded that there were errors in the technical report entitled 'Los Gatos Project, Chihuahua, Mexico' with an effective date of July 1, 2020 (the '2020 Technical Report'), as well as indications that there is an overestimation in the existing resource model." Accordingly, "[o]n a preliminary basis, the Company estimates a potential reduction of the metal content of CLG's mineral reserve ranging from 30% to 50% of the metal content remaining after depletion" and advised that "the mineral resource and reserve estimates in the 2020 Technical Report should not be relied upon."
On this news, Gatos' stock price fell $7.02 per share, or 68.89% percent to close at $3.17 per share on January 26, 2022.
Pomerantz LLP, with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Paris, and Tel Aviv, is acknowledged as one of the premier firms in the areas of corporate, securities, and antitrust class litigation. Founded by the late Abraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean of the class action bar, Pomerantz pioneered the field of securities class actions. Today, more than 85 years later, Pomerantz continues in the tradition he established, fighting for the rights of the victims of securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and corporate misconduct. The Firm has recovered numerous multimillion-dollar damages awards on behalf of class members. See www.pomlaw.com.
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DALLAS (KDAF) — While the hint gives it away that it’s not Jose Cuervo, which actually is only one state’s favorite tequila and that’s Alaska; who would’ve guessed that? Alaskans, that’s who.
Bet Arizona did a study to see what the most popular tequila is in each U.S. state in order to prepare for July 24 which is National Tequila Day! “Tequila is drunk straight, or in classic cocktails like the margarita, the frozen margarita, the paloma, the Mexican Mule (like a Moscow Mule, but with tequila instead of vodka) and the tequila sunrise. Blanco tequila is aged the least and believed to be the purest — but not necessarily the tastiest. It depends how and where the tequila is aged,” the publication said.
Texas actually shares its favorite tequila with 28 other states and it’s the ever-so-popular, Don Julio. “The most popular tequila in Arizona and most of the U.S. is Don Julio. It was introduced in 1942 — “1942” is also the name of one of the company’s six brands. Don Julio was founded by Don Julio González-Frausto Estrada, in Jalisco, Mexico. Don Julio, shockingly, was a distiller and not a celebrity. It is the most popular tequila in 29 states.”
Casamigos Tequila came in second with being 17 states’ favorite, followed by Patron with two states and Jose Cuervo hanging out as Alaska’s favorite.
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Men face sentencing for hate crimes in Ahmaud Arbery’s death
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Months after they were sentenced to life in prison for murder, the three white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery in a Georgia neighborhood faced a second round of criminal penalties Monday for federal hate crimes committed in the deadly pursuit of the 25-year-old Black man.
U.S. District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood scheduled back-to-back hearings to individually sentence each of the defendants, starting with Travis McMichael, who blasted Arbery with a shotgun after the street chase initiated by his father and joined by a neighbor.
Arbery’s killing on Feb. 23, 2020, became part of a larger national reckoning over racial injustice and killings of unarmed Black people including George Floyd in Minneapolis and Breonna Taylor in Kentucky. Those two cases also resulted in the Justice Department bringing federal charges.
When they return to court Monday in Georgia, McMichael, his father Greg McMichael and neighbor William “Roddie” Bryan face possible life sentences after a jury convicted them in February of federal hate crimes, concluding that they violated Arbery’s civil rights and targeted him because of his race. All three men were also found guilty of attempted kidnapping, and the McMichaels face additional penalties for using firearms to commit a violent crime.
Whatever punishments they receive in federal court could ultimately prove more symbolic than anything. A state Superior Court judge imposed life sentences for all three men in January for Arbery’s murder, with both McMichaels denied any chance of parole.
All three defendants have remained jailed in coastal Glynn County, in the custody of U.S. marshals, while awaiting sentencing after their federal convictions in January.
Because they were first charged and convicted of murder in a state court, protocol would have them turned them over to the Georgia Department of Corrections to serve their life terms in a state prison.
In a court filings last week, both Travis and Greg McMichael asked the judge to instead divert them to a federal prison, saying they won’t be safe in a Georgia prison system that’s the subject of a U.S. Justice Department investigation focused on violence between inmates.
Arbery’s family has insisted the McMichaels and Bryan should serve their sentences in a state prison, arguing a federal penitentiary wouldn’t be as tough. His parents objected forcefully before the federal trial when both McMichaels sought a plea deal that would have included a request to transfer them to federal prison. The judge ended up rejecting the plea agreement.
A federal judge doesn’t have the authority to order the state to relinquish its lawful custody of inmates to the Federal Bureau of Prisons, said Ed Tarver, an Augusta lawyer and former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Georgia. He said the judge could request that the state corrections agency turn the defendants over to a federal prison.
The McMichaels armed themselves with guns and jumped in a truck to chase Arbery after spotting him running past their home outside the port city of Brunswick on Feb. 23, 2020. Bryan joined the pursuit in his own truck, helping cut off Arbery’s escape. He also recorded cellphone video of Travis McMichael shooting Arbery at close range as Arbery threw punches and grabbed at the shotgun.
The McMichaels told police they suspected Arbery had been stealing from a nearby house under construction. But authorities later concluded he was unarmed and had committed no crimes. Arbery’s family has long insisted he was merely out jogging.
Still, more than two months passed before any charges were filed in Arbery’s death. The McMichaels and Bryan were arrested only after the graphic video of the shooting leaked online and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation took over the case from local police.
During the February hate crimes trial, prosecutors fortified their case that Arbery’s killing was motivated by racism by showing the jury roughly two dozen text messages and social media posts in which Travis McMichael and Bryan used racist slurs and made disparaging comments about Black people. A woman testified to hearing an angry rant from Greg McMichael in 2015 in which he said: “All those Blacks are nothing but trouble.”
Defense attorneys for the three men argued the McMichaels and Bryan didn’t pursue Arbery because of his race but acted on an earnest — though erroneous — suspicion that Arbery had committed crimes in their neighborhood.
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BURLINGAME, Calif., Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SquareFairy announced the release of the first easy -to-use, do-it-yourself Spanish-language website (https://SquareFairy.com/es) to prepare free California divorce papers, estimate child-support payments, and provide fair & square property division using its magical SplitFairy calculator.
Suraj Vasanth, CEO of SquareFairy, said, "We have helped hundreds of Californians save money and move forward in their lives. Someone's native language should not be a reason to deter them from using SquareFairy. We are looking to extend our services and partner with self-help, pro-bono clinics and community centers in California that assist individuals with divorce and child support needs."
Divorces involving lawyers can cost thousands of dollars, but SquareFairy has reduced the cost to prepare the initial divorce papers down to $0. Also, the spouses can share information between accounts, ensuring accurate divorce filings, which reduces paperwork errors and makes the process more collaborative and amicable.
Candice Saadian Costa, who runs Golden Gate Mediation in San Francisco and is a California licensed attorney, said, "SquareFairy is needed because it provides an easy, simple solution to a typically stressful process. And this new version extends its reach by supporting people who prefer Spanish."
About SquareFairy
SquareFairy Inc. (https://SquareFairy.com), headquartered in Burlingame, California, was founded in 2019 with the mission of helping struggling couples move forward in their lives, whether by helping them find couples therapy, financial help, or a path to an amicable divorce. Founders Suraj Vasanth and Mark Streich saw the emotional and financial toll that divorce extracts on friends, and wanted to provide ways for each person in the divorce to be treated fair and square. SquareFairy is an online service available in all counties of California.
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SquareFairy.com, available in both English and Spanish, makes it free to prepare divorce papers, using a simple question-and-answer online site, saving the cost of divorce attorneys, which average $7,000 in the U.S.
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Manatee County schools trying to fill 100 open teacher positions
MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. (WWSB) - The new school year is right around the corner and the Manatee County School District is still working hard to get more teachers into its classrooms.
Across the state, more than 9,000 teachers are needed in classrooms. In Manatee County, district leaders are facing the same woes.
“We are experiencing shortages of our employees in our school system, just like everyone else,” Manatee County School District Deputy Superintendent Doug Wagner said.
Wagner explained the district is shy by about 100 teachers along with other support staff members. However, he notes this is spread across all 50 of the county’s schools, so that means there’s a small handful missing from each campus.
All told, it’s not enough to derail any lesson plans.
“The current staff can surely pick up those students that are there as well,” he said. “So, every child will start the school with a teacher in their classroom.”
Of course, more would be better. To try to make up some of the gap, the district has been putting its best foot forward, hosting at least 15 job fairs throughout the summer trying to appeal to educators to take their career to the Suncoast.
We asked Wagner what’s driving the shortages locally, and he says much of it has to do with the location.
Manatee County has become a popular destination with more and more families moving here each year. Naturally, the new traffic brings more students onto campuses, which requires more teachers to instruct them.
“We’re seeing more of it being a need for teachers as being because people are migrating down to this part of the state more so than maybe other parts of the state,” Wagner said.
We also reached out to the Sarasota County Schools to check out its numbers, but we haven’t heard back.
If you’re interested in working for the Manatee County School District as a full or part-time teacher or as a member of the support staff, you can research openings by clicking here.
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MILWAUKEE, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ademi LLP is investigating Aerie (NASDAQ: AERI) for possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of law in its transaction with Alcon.
Click here to learn how to join the action: https://www.ademilaw.com/case/aerie-pharmaceuticals-inc or call Guri Ademi toll-free at 866-264-3995. There is no cost or obligation to you.
Ademi LLP alleges Aerie's financial outlook and prospects are excellent and yet Aerie holders will receive only $15.25 per share representing an equity value of approximately $770 million. The transaction agreement unreasonably limits competing bids for Aerie by imposing a significant penalty if Aerie accepts a superior bid. Aerie insiders will receive substantial benefits as part of change of control arrangements.
We are investigating the conduct of Aerie's board of directors, and whether they are (i) fulfilling their fiduciary duties to all shareholders, and (ii) obtaining a fair and reasonable price for Aerie.
If you own Aerie common stock and wish to obtain additional information, please contact Guri Ademi either at gademi@ademilaw.com or toll-free: 866-264-3995, or https://www.ademilaw.com/case/aerie-pharmaceuticals-inc.
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| 2022-08-23T13:49:40Z
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A county NAACP chapter in northern Alabama is calling for the resignation of a school board member and local Republican Party chairman, who says his sharing on social media of a GOP elephant logo that included KKK imagery was unintended.
The Facebook page of the Lawrence County Republican Party had included in one of its posts an image that shows a representation of a GOP elephant with three Klansmen with hoods symbolized in the legs of the logo. The image originally appeared in a Mother Jones article from 2020 entitled, "The Republican Party is Racist and Soulless."
Shanon Terry, the new chairman of the county party who said he authored the post, is a member of the county school board. The Lawrence County NAACP said in a statement that his credibility on the board "has been tainted" following the post.
"We come here today to ask Shanon Terry, we are demanding your resignation," Lawrence County NAACP President J.E. Turnbore said at a press conference on Friday. "We do not want you to govern over our children."
The county party called the sharing of the image a mistake and apologized on Facebook in a post apparently signed by Terry, according to media reports.
"I would like to offer a deep and sincere apology for a picture that temporarily appeared on this page last night. A Google search picture of a GOP elephant was used and later found to have hidden images that do not represent the views or beliefs of the Lawrence County Republican Party," the post said.
The Facebook page for the group is currently inactive. CNN has reached out to Terry for comment.
Terry told CNN affiliate WAFF on Thursday that he does not intend to resign from his school board position.
"I regret the mistake that was made, and it was just that- an unintended mistake. The image posted by me on a political Facebook page was not done with any malicious or harmful intent. Once made aware of the negative portion of the picture I immediately replaced it and followed up with an apology/explanation the next day," Terry said in a statement.
"My error was rushing to post a thank you note to the outgoing chairperson, in doing so I did not properly review a cut and paste image used in that post from an internet search for a 'GOP elephant'. I do not support or agree with any hate group agenda and certainly would not try to further their cause," he said.
The NAACP chapter said the incident should not be ignored.
"We know that the KKK in its history has been a notorious terrorist organization against African Americans and every other minority in this country," Turnbore said Friday. "We do not want any type of KKK influence in our school system anywhere in our county government."
CNN has reached out to the Lawrence County School Board for comment.
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ZUG, Switzerland, June 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Landlord Go is a revolutionary augmented reality geolocation property trading game which is the biggest of its kind in the world. Every day, it allows 6 million players to buy, sell, or even collect rent on some of the most recognizable landmarks and buildings on the planet, such as the Eiffel Tower or Empire State Building. Landlord Go has transformed the gaming landscape and a new project is set to be released: Reality NFT, powered by Golem Network's decentralized solutions. Now, engaging with premium content on Landlord Go will generate passive income for Reality NFT holders.
Golem Network is a decentralized open-source platform designed for sharing computer resources. Thanks to Golem's architecture, it has provided Reality NFT with a platform that handles backend tasks, including access to blockchain and the calculation of passive income for NFT owners, thus enabling the creation of Reality's NFT ecosystem.
"Because of its decentralized nature, the Golem Network is a natural choice when it comes to hosting gateways to the blockchain. Golem's discovery mechanism allows it to avoid centralization points which are typical for web2 solutions. As a consequence of this approach it is much easier to assure permanent access to a service hosted on Golem," said Paweł Burgchardt - Chief Product Officer at Golem Factory.
Sieciech Czajka - Senior Software Engineer at Golem Factory, added: "The Golem Network allows hosting various applications ranging from batch processing (eg. scientific calculations, rendering) to service-like backends. Once demand for calculations is rising it is really easy to scale up by ordering more providers and deploying additional instances of a service on them. We are currently working closely together with Reality NFT to help them take advantage of decentralized computing and apply this technology to strengthen their backend."
"In the course of developing the Golem platform, our R&D team has been conducting research in various areas of cryptoeconomy and mechanism design. Through this research we have amassed a substantial body of experience that we are now happy to share with our partners. Similarly as with Golem, our goal is to lay solid foundations for a sustainable economy and help Reality Games create user value," said Marcin Benke - R&D Advisor at Golem Factory.
Soon the Golem Network will present more fascinating projects. In the meantime, the company runs a contest where users can win $1500 for an NFT from OpenSea. You can find more information at realitynft.golem.network.
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Public Arts League of Salado
The Public Arts League of Salado will hold its annual “Taste of Salado” event at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, April 25.
Salado restaurants will share some of their special dishes. Salado wineries and the brewery will offer unique wines and beers to taste.
The event also will feature a silent auction and live auction.
Tickets are $30 each and are available online at www.centraltexastickets.com.
Central Texas Republican Women
Central Texas Republican Women will host awards for the CTRW Scholarship Endowment Foundation on Monday, April 25, at the Gin at Nolan Creek in Belton. Registration will start at 11 a.m. and the meeting will be called to order at 11:30 a.m. Cost is $20 and RSVP is required by Thursday, April 21. Participants may pre-pay through eventbrite.com.
Two Bell County students will be awarded $1,000 scholarships. Additionally, George Washington will make a special appearance. The special guest will be portrayed by Mark Collins, who is known nationally for his portrayal of the founding father.
For information visit www.ctrw-pac.com.
Newcomers Club
The Newcomers Club, Inc. is looking for new members and extends a warm welcome to ladies that are new (within the past three years) to Bell County and surrounding counties. The group also welcome ladies that have just retired, are recent empty nesters, or have experienced another life change within the past three years and would like to connect with other ladies. Join the fun and check out the Newcomers Club at www.bellcountynewcomers.com.
For information about joining, contact Cheryl Davis at ctdavis44@yahoo.com or 254-493-4623.
Upcoming Newcomers Club activities are: 4/18 Snack Time Mah Jongg; 4/19 Bunco; 4/20 Popcorn Bridge and Belton Museum Tour; 4/21 Meet and Greet; 4/25 Well-Read Women, Crochet and Knitting, and Monday Canasta; 4/26 Singing Bluebonnets; 4/27 Fun Lunch; and 4/28 Heritage Seekers.
Rotary Club of Belton
The Rotary Club of Belton meets at noon on Tuesdays at The Gin at Nolan Creek, 219 S. East St. in Belton.
Rotarians and guests are welcome to attend the meeting.
Temple Unit NAACP
The Temple Unit NAACP will holds its regular meetings 6-7 p.m. every fourth Monday of the month.
The meeting will take place at the old historical Temple Public Library at 101 N. Main St. in Temple.
The meeting is open to the public. For information contact Temple Unit NAACP President Bennie Walsh at 254-563-9889.
Temple Breakfast Lions Club
The Temple Breakfast Lions Club meets the first and third Thursdays of each month at the Hilton Garden Inn, 1749 Scott Boulevard in Temple. The group gathers at 7 a.m. to order breakfast and the meeting starts at 7:30 a.m. The group’s next meeting will be April 21.
Meetings also are broadcast by the Zoom online meeting platform. For information email Lmeeker53@gmail.com. Meetings are open to the public and the club is open to anyone with a heart for service.
Central Texas Tea Party
The Central Texas Tea Party will hold its monthly meeting on Tuesday at the Harris Community Center, 401 Alexander St. in Belton. A social time starts at 6:30 p.m. and the program will begin at 7 p.m.
Suzette Henry, who is running for a position with the Temple Health and Bioscience District, will inform attendees about the district. Also, Belton school board candidates will be in attendance.
The meeting is open to the public.
Bell County Democratic Women scholarship
The Bell County Democratic Women’s group is offering its annual scholarships to eligible Bell County students. Applicants must be a graduating senior attending college after graduation, a current college student or a student re-entering college.
For more information and an application, go to bellcounty.tdw.org and click on the scholarship link under the “about” section at the top of the page.
Central Texas Travel Club
The Central Texas Travel Club will meet 11 a.m. Tuesday at Johnny’s Steaks and Bar-Be-Que, 301 Thomas Arnold Road in Salado.
The meeting is open to anyone interested in travel and there are no dues or membership requirements. For more information visit the group’s Facebook page or email centraltexastravelclub@outlook.com.
National Association of Retired and Veteran Railway Employees
The National Association of Retired and Veteran Railway Employees will meet on Thursday at Sam’s Southern Eatery, 221 SW HK Dodgen Loop in Temple.
Group members will dine at noon and the business meeting will begin at 1 p.m. For more information contact Buddy Stewart at 254-657-2773 or email robmed@embarqmail.com.
Bell County Genealogical Society
The Bell County Genealogical Society will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Cotton Patch restaurant located inside the mall at 3111 S. 31st St. in Temple. The meeting is open to the public.
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Podcast Helps Local Businesses Manage Growth, Management and Marketing Strategies, Among Other Important Business Challenges and Opportunities
SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Scorpion, a leading provider of technology and services that help local businesses thrive, today announced the upcoming release of 10 new "Locally Grown" podcast episodes. Hosted by Scorpion's very own Joe Martin, vice president of content marketing; and Andrew Adams, senior manager of content strategy, "Locally Grown" is a podcast for small business owners seeking to understand how marketing and technology can help their business grow.
An array of impactful topics will usher in the next installment of episodes, offering unique insights around storefront marketing, traditional marketing, SEO, social media, growth hacking and more. Additionally, the hosts will tackle issues at the top of every business owner's mind including, how to overcome inflation, thrive in the recession and come out stronger.
"The goal of 'Locally Grown' is to provide useful information for our customers, and other local businesses looking to learn tips and tricks on digital marketing and running a small business," said Joe Martin. "With the waves of new industry tools, current events and growing competition, it's more important than ever for small businesses to capitalize on new strategies and opportunities. 'Locally Grown' is part of Scorpion's commitment to deliver new avenues of support to small businesses."
To learn more about Scorpion's "Locally Grown" podcast, visit https://www.scorpion.co/video-center/locally-grown/
Scorpion is the leading provider of technology and services helping local businesses thrive. It helps local service providers understand their unique market dynamics, maximize their marketing efforts, and delight their customers. Scorpion offers SEO, Reviews, Advertising, Email Marketing, Chat and Messaging, Social Media, Websites, Lead Management, Appointment Scheduling, and more. The company brings everything together in a way that's easy to understand and manage, blending AI and teams of real people with vertical expertise to support customers in setting, measuring, and reaching their goals.
Scorpion is headquartered in the Salt Lake City area, with offices in California, Texas, and New York. For more information, please visit https://www.scorpion.co/about-us/.
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Fight climate change from the kitchen with mouth-watering Do Good Chicken that is raised on a diet made with nutritious surplus grocery food
BEDMINSTER, N.J., May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, a new climate-forward food company, Do Good Foods, has officially launched Do Good Chicken in grocers throughout Philadelphia. The company is on a mission to change the world with products that enable people to "Do Good" with everyday purchases. Its first introduction, Do Good Chicken, is a simple, tasty, good for plate and planet option that helps fight food waste and combat climate change.
Each year, about 40% of healthy grocery food gets tossed into landfills. According to the United Nation Food and Agriculture Organization, if food waste were its own country, it would be the third largest emitter of greenhouse gases in the world. To help keep this healthy food from going to waste, Do Good Foods has partnered with grocers for a smart, impactful solution to protect our planet.
How Can Chicken Save the World?
After community donations, Do Good Foods takes healthy surplus food from grocery stores and upcycles it into nutrient-dense chicken feed that mimics a chicken's natural diet. The high quality, carbon-reduced chicken is then made available for purchase at those same markets, closing the loop and helping combat food waste. Each delicious Do Good Chicken saves approximately four pounds of surplus groceries from being thrown away, thus preventing approximately three pounds of greenhouse gases.
"Food waste is a massive problem with approximately 40% of the food we grow in the U.S. going to waste. We believe this can be solved with what we are doing at Do Good Foods by upcycling surplus grocery food, creating a closed loop system, and providing accessible great tasting chicken to consumers. We are bringing real sustainability to scale and empowering everyone to be a part of the solution" said Justin Kamine, co-CEO and co-Founder of Do Good Foods, also adding, "We're thrilled to make our first retail market Philadelphia – also home to our very first production facility – giving everyone an easy way to Do Good and start making an immediate impact on our planet right from their own kitchen."
Do Good Foods has teamed up with Philadelphia native, chef and founder of Carroll Couture Cuisine and Spice Finch, Jennifer Carroll, to provide home cooks with an easy, climate-friendly recipe using delicious Do Good Chicken, spices, herbs and fresh vegetables.
"Good food should be eaten, not wasted," says Jennifer Carroll. "As a chef, restauranter and someone who just wants to do better for the environment, it is so exciting to partner with a brand that is on a mission to help everyone – from home cooks to professional chefs – create smarter meals that make a real impact."
Not Only Good for Planet, Good for Plate Too
Do Good Chicken brings 100% natural, high-quality taste with no antibiotics, hormones, or steroids. The cage-free chickens are raised and harvested in the U.S. and available in a variety of cuts that can be grilled, baked, pan-fried, and enjoyed. Together, we can fight climate change from our kitchen.
Join the Mission, Do Some Good
For Philadelphians who give a cluck about food waste, Do Good Chicken can be found in the poultry section at select Albertsons banners (Shaw's, Safeway, Acme) and GIANT stores across the Philadelphia area. To find a retailer, visit DoGoodChicken.com and to learn more, follow @dogoodchicken on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.
About Do Good Foods:
Do Good Foods is a revolutionary climate-forward company. Our carbon-reduced food products give consumers a delicious way to fight food waste and combat climate change from their kitchen. Founded by the Kamine family, Do Good Foods has created a closed-loop system with state-of-the-art infrastructure designed to upcycle surplus grocery food (after community donations occur) into nutritious animal feed. Do Good Foods first product, Do Good Chicken, is raised using this healthy feed, can be purchased locally giving consumers an opportunity to make an immediate environmental impact and Do Good...for Plate & Planet.™
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FARMINGTON, Conn., April 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Otis Worldwide Corporation (NYSE: OTIS) Board of Directors today declared a quarterly dividend of $0.29 per share of Otis' common stock, which represents a 20.8% increase. The dividend will be payable on June 10, 2022, to shareholders of record at the close of business on May 20, 2022.
"Today's dividend increase demonstrates our commitment to disciplined capital management and our confidence in future cash flow growth," said Judy Marks, Otis Chair, CEO and President. "We have now raised the dividend by 45% since becoming a public company and will continue to drive value creation for our customers, colleagues, and shareholders."
About Otis
Otis is the world's leading elevator and escalator manufacturing, installation and service company. We move 2 billion people a day and maintain more than 2.1 million customer units worldwide, the industry's largest Service portfolio. Headquartered in Connecticut, USA, Otis is 70,000 people strong, include 41,000 field professionals, all committed to meeting the diverse needs of our customers and passengers in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. To learn more, visit www.otis.com and follow us on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook and Twitter @OtisElevatorCo.
Cautionary Statement
This release includes statements related to anticipated earnings, cash flow and dividends that constitute "forward-looking statements" under the securities laws. All forward-looking statements involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions that may cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements. Past dividends provide no assurance as to future dividends. The payment and amount of future dividends could vary significantly from past amounts due to a number of risks and uncertainties. Risks and uncertainties include: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which Otis and its businesses operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction, pandemic health issues (including COVID-19and variants thereof and the ongoing economic recovery therefrom and their effects on, among other things, global supply, demand and distribution), natural disasters and the financial condition of Otis' customers and suppliers; (2) risks associated with indebtedness; (3) challenges in the development and production of new products and services; and (4) the effect of changes in laws and regulations and political conditions in countries in which we operate, including the effect of the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, and other factors beyond our control. The above list of factors is not exhaustive or necessarily in order of importance. For additional information on identifying factors that may cause actual results to vary from those stated in forward-looking statements, see the reports of Otis on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K filed with or furnished to the SEC from time to time. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it is made, and Otis assumes no obligation to update or revise such statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable law.
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STOCKHOLM, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Oncopeptides AB (publ) (Nasdaq Stockholm: ONCO), a biotech company focused on research and development of therapies for difficult-to-treat hematological diseases, today announces that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), has announced a forthcoming public advisory meeting of the Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee (ODAC), on September 22, 2022, to discuss the benefit/risk of Pepaxto® (melphalan flufenamide).
On January 21 Oncopeptides announced that it has rescinded the October 22, 2021, letter requesting a voluntary withdrawal of the New Drug Application (NDA) of Pepaxto in the US. The decision was based on comprehensive analyses of the heterogenous overall survival data from the phase 3 OCEAN study, a head-to-head comparison with pomalidomide, as well as other relevant clinical trials. Oncopeptides initiated a dialogue with the FDA to review the data. The FDA interaction has been intensified following the recent European Medicines Agency´s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) unanimous adoption of a positive opinion recommending the European Commission to grant a full marketing authorization approval of Pepaxti® (melphalan flufenamide) in the European Union (EU).
"This is a positive turn of events, and we are pleased to get the opportunity to share our data on the benefit/risk of Pepaxto with the ODAC and the public" says Klaas Bakker, MD, PhD, Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer. "Similarly, to the EMA Scientific Advisory Group (SAG) meeting in May, we intend to share comprehensive data confirming the true heterogeneity of the overall survival result of OCEAN".
The purpose of the now scheduled ODAC meeting is to discuss the general benefit/risk profile of Pepaxto. In 2021, the purpose of the planned ODAC meeting was to have a discussion on next steps for Pepaxto including whether the indication should remain on the market while additional trial(s) are conducted. Consequently, the objective of this meeting is different than the planned ODAC in 2021.
For further information, please contact:
Rolf Gulliksen, Global Head of Corporate Communications, Oncopeptides AB (publ)
E-post: rolf.gulliksen@oncopeptides.com
Mobil: + 46 70 262 96 28
The information in the press release was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact person above, on July 20, 2022, at 15:25 (CET).
About Oncopeptides
Oncopeptides is a biotech company focused on research and development of pharmaceuticals for difficult-to-treat haematological diseases. The company uses its proprietary PDC platform to develop peptide-drug conjugated compounds that rapidly and selectively deliver cytotoxic agents into cancer cells. The first drug coming from the PDC platform, Pepaxto® (melphalan flufenamide), was granted accelerated approval in the U.S., on February 26, 2021, in combination with dexamethasone, for treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma. Due to regulatory hurdles the product is currently not marketed in the U.S. On June 23, 2022, the CHMP adopted a positive opinion recommending full approval of Oncopeptides Pepaxti® (melphalan flufenamide), in the EU in patients with triple class refractory multiple myeloma. Oncopeptides is developing several new compounds based on the PDC platform. The company is listed in the Mid Cap segment on Nasdaq Stockholm with the ticker ONCO. More information is available on www.oncopeptides.com.
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PROVO, Utah, June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE: NUS) today announced President and CEO Ryan Napierski and Chief Financial Officer Mark Lawrence will present at the Stifel Cross Sector Insight Conference on Thursday, June 9, 2022. They will participate in a fireside chat to discuss the company's Nu Vision 2025 strategy as well as opportunities and trends in the beauty and wellness space.
The company's presentation will be webcast live beginning at 3:35 p.m. ET. Those wishing to access the event can visit the Nu Skin Investor Relations page at ir.nuskin.com. The archive of the webcast will be available at this same location through Tuesday, June 23, 2022.
About Nu Skin
Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE: NUS) is a global integrated beauty and wellness company, powered by a dynamic affiliate opportunity platform. The company helps people look, feel and live their best with products that combine the best of science, technology and nature. Backed by more than 35 years of scientific research, Nu Skin develops innovative products including Nu Skin® personal care, Pharmanex® nutrition and the ageLOC® anti-aging brand which includes an award-winning line of beauty device systems. Nu Skin operates in approximately 50 markets worldwide in the Americas, Asia, Europe, Africa and the Pacific. Rhyz Inc. is the company's strategic investment arm that includes a collection of technology and manufacturing companies to support growth in the core Nu Skin business. Nu Skin is committed to sustainability, including global initiatives such as transitioning to reduced and sustainable packaging for all products by 2030. The Nu Skin Force for Good Foundation also strives to improve children's health, education and economic circumstances throughout the world. For more information, visit nuskin.com.
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KPI 360 combines multiple data sources into a single intuitive, visual dashboard so manufacturers can get actionable operating insights at all levels of a plant
WOBURN, Mass., Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SymphonyAI Industrial announced today the launch of KPI 360, an AI-driven solution that uses real-time data monitoring and prediction to help manufacturing companies view different operational data sources through a single, complete industrial intelligence dashboard that sets up in hours.
Backed by SymphonyAI's Eureka industrial AI platform, KPI 360 lets any type of user quickly set up monitoring for strategic KPIs through a visual, no-code builder interface. Leveraging SymphonyAI Industrial's proprietary domain knowledge engine, KPI 360 comes with pre-built KPIs for industrial assets and applications. The KPI 360 solution allows manufacturers to pull from data sources directly or through an application programming interface (API) such as Maximo, OSIsoft, SAP, and Siemens. These unique features make it easy to set up without a large project and maintain and expand over time without the need for any software expertise.
"KPI 360 is our first self-service product," said Dominic Gallello, CEO of SymphonyAI Industrial. "This approach enables our customers to set up everything from data pipelines to data visualization and allows everyone in a company to get a clear view of all business operations from the shop floor to the top floor. Flexibility and extensibility are built into KPI 360, so our customers can choose the visualization of their choice, link it to one or more KPIs, configure interactions with the visualizations, and change the visual appearance without writing a single line of code."
SymphonyAI Industrial, a SymphonyAI vertical, is an innovator in industrial insight, accelerating autonomous plant operations. The industry-leading Eureka AI/IoT platform and industrial optimization solutions connect tens of thousands of assets and workflows in manufacturing plants globally and process billions of data points daily, pushing new plateaus in operational intelligence.
- Digital manufacturing composable enterprise MOM/MES solutions can be operational in 90 days to connect devices, processes, people, and systems with harmonizing plant automation and control.
- Plant performance applications span asset predictive maintenance and process health and optimization, maintaining high availability of equipment, extending the life of capital assets, and reducing process variability.
- Connected worker solutions mobilize people to handle even their most complex processes with human-driven procedure and instruction support, using a combination of glasses, smartphones, tablets, and PCs.
SymphonyAI Industrial solutions provide high value to users by driving variability out of processes and optimizing operations for throughput, yield, energy efficiency, and sustainability.
SymphonyAI is building the leading enterprise AI company for digital transformation across the most important and resilient growth industries, including retail, consumer packaged goods, financial services, manufacturing, media, and IT service management. SymphonyAI businesses have many leading enterprises as clients in each of these industries. Since its founding in 2017, SymphonyAI has grown rapidly, approaching 2,000 talented leaders, data scientists, and other professionals. SymphonyAI is an SAIGroup company, backed by a $1 billion commitment from successful entrepreneur and philanthropist Dr. Romesh Wadhwani.
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Red activate slugger Votto off IL before Toronto series
By IAN HARRISON
Associated Press
TORONTO (AP) — The Cincinnati Reds activated Canadian slugger Joey Votto off the injured list before Friday’s game in Toronto against the Blue Jays. Votto grew up in Toronto but has played only nine games at Rogers Centre. Also Friday, the Reds put left-hander Ross Detwiler on the bereavement list and placed infielder Brandon Drury, outfielder Albert Almora, right-hander Joel Kuhnel and right-hander Tyler Mahle on the restricted list. Players go on the restricted list because they are unvaccinated and barred from entering Canada. The Reds selected outfielder Aristides Aquino, infielder Taylor Motter and right-hander Graham Ashcraft as substitute players. All three were previously with Triple-A Louisville.
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Manatee County CFO resigns, citing clashes with county administrator
MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. (WWSB) - Manatee County’s chief financial officer of more than 10 years has resigned, charging County Administrator Scott Hopes has interfered with her ability to do her job.
Jan Brewer’s letter is dated May 24, the day County Commissioners voted to give Hopes a $10,000 raise and extend his contract to September 2023.
In her letter, Brewer alleges Hopes directed staff to withhold information about employees to her and did not invite her to a meeting involving other members of her department. “I cannot help but be concerned that other information is being maintained in this manner as well,” she wrote.
“The exclusion of the CFO from the conversation is not healthy for the organization.”
Brewer’s letter comes on the heels of the May 24 meeting where commissioners spent more than three hours locked in a fiery discussion over Hopes’ future with the county, ignited by another alarming letter penned by the clerk and circuit court and comptroller.
In that letter, Angel Colonneso laid out a series of complaints against the county administrator referencing issues with communication, organization and fiscal responsibility.
A stream of citizens also called in or spoke in person at the meeting during a public comment session, demanding more transparency from the board. Several of them insisted the board needs to approve an investigation to see if Colonneso’s claims have merit and to ensure transparency between the county and taxpayers.
In the end, commissioners voted 4-3 vote to give Hopes another $10,000 with his contract extension, lifting his salary to $215,000 along with deferred compensation.
In her letter, Brewer said the accountability of public servants is paramount. “I came to Manatee and have lived (and thrived) by the ACE philosophy -- Accountability, Civility and Ethics. I believe the taxpayers of Manatee deserve no less from the people they are paying to handle services. My concern is to the well-being of the employees and the adherence to policies we strive to maintain.”
The county announced Thursday that Deputy Director for Budget Sheila McLean has been named interim CFO.
The text of Jan Brewer’s letter is below:
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- Strong performance for Highmark Health Plans offset challenging first quarter for Allegheny Health Network
- $150 million net loss driven by lower equity market performance
PITTSBURGH, May 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Highmark Health today announced consolidated financial results for the first three months of 2022, reporting $6.4 billion in revenue, an operating gain of $100 million, and a net loss of $150 million, which includes more than $200 million decline in equity portfolio value.
These results are due to the solid performance of most business units, notably Highmark Health Plans, driven by favorable claims, and strong results in its diversified businesses due to continued positive performance in United Concordia Dental and HM Insurance Group. Allegheny Health Network (AHN) experienced relatively flat year-over-year patient volumes and continued cost pressures related to supply chain challenges, inflation, and higher labor costs.
Highmark Health maintained a strong balance sheet with nearly $12 billion in cash and investments and net assets of nearly $10 billion as of March 31, 2022.
"Highmark Health's diversified business model is key to our financial strength and stability. The first quarter tends to be one of AHN's slower quarters financially, but this is typically balanced by strong health insurance performance during the same period. Overall, Highmark Health delivered strong financial performance for the first three months of 2022," shared Saurabh Tripathi, chief financial officer and treasurer of Highmark Health. "These strong results are driven by positive operational performance in our insurance businesses, where the addition of Highmark Wholecare strengthened our results. Our financial strength positions us well to continue investing in our Living Health model."
"Like other not-for-profit health care providers across the country, AHN is facing ongoing cost pressures related to staffing, inflation, supply chain, and continuing COVID-19-related impacts, which we are proactively addressing through our operational and enterprise strategies," explained James Rohrbaugh, chief financial officer and treasurer of AHN. "Foundational to our strategy is supporting and investing in our team members to address the current staffing challenges, including making significant financial investments in wages, benefits and incentives. Operationally, we are offering flexible work hours and hybrid positions, creating new care models and expanding the capacity of our AHN Schools of Nursing. We are confident the work we are doing supports our team members as well as the patients and communities we serve."
The Highmark Health Plans reported an operating gain of more than $150 million for the first three months of 2022, primarily driven by strong performance in the commercial and government business and favorable claims development.
Highmark's diversified businesses reported combined earnings of more than $50 million through March 31, 2022.
United Concordia Dental continues its strong performance, delivering an operating gain of $35 million for the first quarter of 2022. Highmark Health's stop loss business, HM Insurance Group (HMIG), reported an operating gain of $18 million.
enGen, formerly known as HM Health Solutions (HMHS), Highmark Health's information technology services company whose platform serves approximately 11 million lives across the country, reported strong financial results in the first quarter 2022 driven by higher platform enrollment and demand to support client projects.
AHN experienced losses before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization of $67 million for the first three months of 2022, as rising labor and supply chain costs offset stable patient volumes. It reported operating losses of about $100 million for the period ending March 31, 2022.
For the first quarter of 2022, patient volumes remained relatively flat compared to the same period of time in 2021, with a 2 percent decrease in discharges and observations, a 14 percent increase in outpatient registrations excluding vaccination appointments, a 4 percent increase in physician visits, and a 17 percent increase in emergency room visits. Births also increased nearly 7 percent across the network compared to first quarter 2021.
About Highmark Health
Highmark Health, a Pittsburgh, PA-based enterprise that employs more than 37,000 people who serve millions of Americans across the country, is the parent company of Highmark Inc., Allegheny Health Network, and enGen. Highmark Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates provide health insurance to approximately 6.8 million members in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Delaware and New York as well as dental insurance, and related health products through a national network of diversified businesses. Allegheny Health Network is an integrated delivery network comprised of 14 hospitals, more than 2,500 affiliated physicians, ambulatory surgery centers, an employed physician organization, home and community-based health services, a research institute, a group purchasing organization, and health and wellness pavilions in western Pennsylvania. enGen's dynamic ecosystem of smart automation, and technology supports and streamlines complex operations for health plans and their provider partners. Founded in 2014 as HM Health Solutions (HMHS), enGen is a wholly owned subsidiary of Highmark Health. enGen has more than 3,500 employees and works with health care plans serving 11 million members nationwide. To learn more, visit Engen.health. Lumevity, a wholly owned subsidiary of Highmark Health, helps companies transform in ways that drive direct financial benefits while improving quality and increasing employee engagement. To learn more, visit www.highmarkhealth.org.
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6 people are injured after a shooting in an Illinois residential neighborhood
By Amanda Watts, CNN
An overnight shooting in a residential part of Elgin, Illinois, has left six people injured, police said.
The shooting happened just before 2 a.m. Sunday in the 800 block of Congdon Avenue, about 40 miles northwest of Chicago.
“Preliminary information received is that this incident occurred during a gathering and appears to be an isolated incident,” Elgin police posted on Facebook.
Police did not immediately release any suspect nor arrest information.
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LOS ANGELES, May 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP ("GPM") announces that investors with substantial losses have opportunity to lead the securities fraud class action lawsuit against Playstudios, Inc. ("Playstudios" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: MYPS).
Class Period: June 22, 2021 – March 1, 2022
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: June 7, 2022
If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff of the Playstudios lawsuit, you can submit your contact information at www.glancylaw.com/cases/playstudios-inc/. You can also contact Charles H. Linehan, of GPM at 310-201-9150, Toll-Free at 888-773-9224, or via email at shareholders@glancylaw.com to learn more about your rights.
The complaint filed alleges that, throughout the Class Period, Defendants failed to disclose to investors that it was having significant problems with Kingdom Boss, would not be releasing Kingdom Boss as expected, and had not revised its financial projections to account for the issues with Kingdom Boss, and as a result, Defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.
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To be a member of the class action you need not take any action at this time; you may retain counsel of your choice or take no action and remain an absent member of the class action. If you wish to learn more about this class action, or if you have any questions concerning this announcement or your rights or interests with respect to the pending class action lawsuit, please contact Charles Linehan, Esquire, of GPM, 1925 Century Park East, Suite 2100, Los Angeles, California 90067 at 310-201-9150, Toll-Free at 888-773-9224, by email to shareholders@glancylaw.com, or visit our website at www.glancylaw.com. If you inquire by email please include your mailing address, telephone number and number of shares purchased.
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Trump search: What may come next in inquiry with legal peril
WASHINGTON (AP) — A newly released FBI document helps flesh out the contours of an investigation into classified material at former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate. But plenty of questions remain, especially because half the affidavit, which spelled out the FBI’s rationale for searching the property, was blacked out.
That document, which the FBI submitted so it could get a warrant to search Trump’s winter home, provides new details about the volume and top secret nature of what was retrieved from Mar-a-Lago in January. It shows how Justice Department officials had raised concerns months before the search that closely held government secrets were being illegally stored and before they returned in August with a court-approved warrant and located even more classified records at the property.
It all raises questions whether a crime was committed and, if so, by whom. Answers may not come quickly.
A department official this month described the investigation as in its early stages, suggesting more work is ahead as investigators review the documents they removed and continue interviewing witnesses. At a minimum, the investigation presents a political distraction for Trump as he lays the groundwork for a potential presidential run.
Then there’s the obvious legal peril.
A look at what’s next:
WHAT IS THE FBI INVESTIGATING?
None of the government’s legal filings released so far singles out Trump — or anyone else — as a potential target of the investigation. But the warrant and accompanying affidavit make clear the investigation is active and criminal in nature.
The department is investigating potential violations of multiple laws, including an Espionage Act statute that governs gathering, transmitting or losing national defense information. The other laws deal with the mutilation and removal of records as well as well as the destruction, alteration or falsification of records in federal investigations.
The inquiry began quietly with a referral from the National Archives and Records Administration, which retrieved 15 boxes of records from Mar-a-Lago in January — 14 of which were found to contain classified information. All told, the FBI affidavit said, officials found 184 documents bearing classification markings, including some suggesting they contained information from highly sensitive human sources. Several had what appeared to be Trump’s handwritten notes, the affidavit says.
The FBI has spent months investigating how the documents made their way from the White House to Mar-a-Lago, whether any other classified records might exist at the property. The bureau also has tried to identify the person or people “who may have removed or retained classified information without authorization and/or in an unauthorized space,” the affidavit states.
So far the FBI has interviewed a “significant number of civilian witnesses,” according to a Justice Department brief unsealed Friday, and is seeking “further information” from them. The FBI has not identified all “potential criminal confederates nor located all evidence related to its investigation.”
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WILL ANYONE BE CHARGED?
It’s hard to say at this point. To get a search warrant, federal agents must persuade a judge that probable cause exists to believe there’s evidence of a crime at the location they want to search.
But search warrants aren’t automatic precursors to a criminal prosecution and they certainly don’t signal that charges are imminent.
The laws at issue are felonies that carry prison sentences.
One law, involving the mishandling of national defense information, has been used in recent years in the prosecution of a government contractor who stowed reams of sensitive records at his Maryland home (he was sentenced to nine years in prison) and a National Security Agency employee who transmitted classified information to someone who was not authorized to receive it (the case is pending).
Attorney General Merrick Garland hasn’t revealed his thinking on the matter. Asked last month about Trump in the context of a separate investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol, he responded that “no person is above the law.”
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WHAT HAS TRUMP ARGUED?
Trump, irate over the records investigation, issued a statement Friday saying that he and his team have cooperated with the Justice Department and that his representatives “GAVE THEM MUCH.”
That’s at odds with the portrayal of the Trump team in the affidavit and the fact that the FBI search occurred despite warnings months earlier that the documents were not being properly stored and that there was no safe location for them anywhere in Mar-a-Lago.
A letter made public as part of the affidavit forecasts the arguments the Trump legal team intends to advance as the investigation proceeds. The May 25 letter from lawyer M. Evan Corcoran to Jay Bratt, the head of the Justice Department’s counterintelligence, articulates a robust, expansive view of executive power.
Corcoran asserted that it was a “bedrock principle” that a president has absolute authority to declassify documents — though he doesn’t actually say that Trump did so. He also said the primary law governing the mishandling of classified information doesn’t apply to the president.
The statute that he cited in the letter was not among the ones the affidavit suggests that Justice Department is basing its investigation on. And in a footnote in the affidavit, an FBI agent observed that the law about national defense information does not use the term classified information.
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WHAT HAS THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SAID?
The White House has been notably circumspect about the investigation, with officials repeatedly saying they will let the Justice Department do its job.
National security spokesman John Kirby, responding to a question this week about whether the administration would do a damage assessment about the sensitive secrets at Mar-a-Lago, responded that he didn’t want to get ahead of the FBI.
President Joe Biden appeared Friday to mock the idea that Trump could have simply declassified all the documents in his possession, telling reporters, “I just want you to know I’ve declassified everything in the world. I’m president I can do — c’mon!”
He then said he would “let the Justice Department take care of it.”
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COLUMBIA, S.C., April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As state-mandated paid medical leave (PML) programs grow around the country, Colonial Life introduces Disability Plus, an individual short-term disability product to help customers fill in coverage gaps when PML is not enough. It is currently available in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Washington.
"While state PML benefits can be helpful, some employees may need additional income protection to cover living expenses if a disability prevents them from working," said Donna Longo, assistant vice president of Product and Market Development at Colonial Life.
Sixty-three percent of households state they would feel the financial impact of a wage earner becoming disabled in six months or less.1
Disability Plus is an innovative and unique solution because there are three flexible plan options that can offer benefits during and after state program benefits end. It also includes:
- Optional health benefits available such as mental and nervous, hospital confinement and critical illness
- Guarantee issued options; no health questions asked
- Benefits for returning to work part-time
- Easy online claim submission and payment processing
1 2020 Insurance Barometer Study, LIMRA
About Colonial Life
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TNT to Televise Premier Live Golf Event Featuring Four of Past Five NFL MVPs with Coverage Beginning at 6:30 p.m. ET
Top-Ranked Wynn Las Vegas to Serve as Host of the 12-Hole Challenge for Second Time
LAS VEGAS, April 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Turner Sports' next installment of Capital One's The Match, the Sports Emmy-nominated premier live golf event series, will feature a foursome of legendary NFL quarterbacks – Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers teaming up to face Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen – with four of the past five NFL MVPs taking the course together for the first time. TNT will exclusively televise the epic 12-hole event, to be held Wednesday, June 1, with coverage beginning at 6:30 p.m. ET, from Wynn Las Vegas, the only golf course on the Las Vegas strip.
The competition will feature both previous Capital One's The Match participants paired together – seven-time Super Bowl Champion and three-time NFL MVP Brady teamed with four-time NFL MVP and Super Bowl XLV MVP Rodgers. Rodgers is coming off a win last summer alongside Bryson Dechambeau, while Brady seeks to get redemption in his third appearance in Capital One's The Match.
A pair of young superstars will be making their debut in the premier golf series: Super Bowl LIV MVP and 2018 NFL MVP Mahomes will be joined by fellow AFC signal caller and 2020 Pro Bowler Allen. Together the four elite gridiron stars have amassed an astounding 30 Pro Bowl, 86 NFL Playoff appearances and nine Super Bowl titles.
Live coverage of the match play event from the Wynn Las Vegas golf course will once again feature unprecedented access with players having open mics throughout the entire competition, including the capability to communicate directly with their competitors and the broadcast commentators. More information on the live production, including the commentator team, and additional details will be shared leading up to the event.
Capital One's The Match at Wynn Las Vegas will be held at the Wynn Golf Club, which also hosted Brooks Koepka's 5-and-3 win over DeChambeau in Capital One's The Match last November. Wynn Golf Club is a 6,722-yard, par-70 championship length golf course and is considered one of the best courses in Las Vegas. Located on the site of the legendary Desert Inn Golf Club, the golf course, designed by Tom Fazio and recently updated by his son, Logan, offers elevation changes and uncharacteristic water hazards on 12 of the Las Vegas course's 18 picturesque holes. The golf amenities at Wynn Las Vegas, a Forbes Travel Guide five-star luxury hotel, are regarded as second to none.
Turner Sports has televised five editions of Capital One's The Match, with the series serving as a platform to support various philanthropical organizations. To date, Capital One's The Match has raised nearly $33 million for various organizations and has donated nearly 17 million meals to Feeding America.
A partner since the event's inception, Capital One will return as title sponsor of Capital One's The Match. Further details about social, digital and broadcast brand integrations throughout the event will be shared in the coming weeks.
Partners also include Excel Sports Management as the tournament organizer, along with 199 Productions, Tom Brady's global multi-platform content and production company.
Turner Sports, a division of Warner Bros. Discovery, is an industry leader in the delivery of premium sports content across all platforms, widely recognized for its expansive partnerships with the NBA, Major League Baseball, the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship, the National Hockey League and, starting in 2023, the United States Soccer Federation. The Turner Sports portfolio also includes Bleacher Report, the #1 digital destination for young sports fans driving engagement and video views across all social platforms and the B/R app, with premier brands including House of Highlights, B/R Football, B/R Gridiron, B/R Kicks, B/R Betting, B/R Open Ice, B/R Walk-Off, and B/R Gaming. Turner Sports co-manages NBA Digital – comprised of NBA TV, NBA.com, NBA LEAGUE Pass, the NBA App and NBAGLEAGUE.com – as well as NCAA.com and the NCAA March Madness Live suite of products. Visit the Turner Sports online pressroom for additional press materials; follow Turner Sports on Twitter at @TurnerSportsPR.
Wynn Resorts (Nasdaq: WYNN) is the recipient of more Forbes Travel Guide Five Star Awards than any other independent hotel company in the world and in 2022 was once again honored on FORTUNE Magazine's World's Most Admired Companies list. Wynn and Encore Las Vegas consist of two luxury hotel towers with a total of 4,748 spacious hotel rooms, suites and villas. The resort features approximately 194,000 square feet of casino space, 20 signature dining experiences, 11 bars, two award-winning spas, approximately 560,000 square feet of meeting and convention space, approximately 160,000 square feet of retail space as well as two showrooms, two nightclubs, a beach club and recreation and leisure facilities, such as the recently renovated Wynn Golf Club and 18-hole, 129-acre championship golf course. For more information on Wynn and Encore Las Vegas, visit press.wynnlasvegas.com.
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NEW YORK, June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Tupperware Brands Corporation.
Shareholders who purchased shares of TUP during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
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CLASS PERIOD: November 3, 2021 to May 3, 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) Tupperware was facing significant challenges in maintaining its earnings and sales performance; (ii) accordingly, Tupperware's full-year 2022 guidance was unrealistic and/or unsustainable; (iii) all the foregoing, once revealed, was likely to have a material negative impact on Tupperware's financial condition; and (iv) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
DEADLINE: August 15, 2022 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/tupperware-brands-corporation-loss-submission-form-2/?id=28886&from=4
NEXT STEPS FOR SHAREHOLDERS: Once you register as a shareholder who purchased shares of TUP 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 15, 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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AUSTIN, Texas (NEXSTAR)— According to the nonprofit “Children at Risk,” from March 2020 through September 2021, Texas has lost 21% of child care providers.
Now, the group wants to shed light on child care deserts.
Child care deserts are defined as when the number of children who are younger than six with working parents is three times higher than licensed providers in an area.
New maps released by Children at Risk, allow you to interactively check which areas are being affected most.
There are 630 zip codes in Texas dealing with this right now. Low-income Texas families are primarily suffering from this, according to Children At Risk.
“I had to turn parents away every day,” Diana, a child care provider said. “And it’s heartbreaking because I just cannot find enough teachers.”
Children At Risk urges everyone to explore its interactive maps, and put out this call to action:
“In order to increase access to affordable high-quality child care, one policy recommendation is to mandate the enrollment of subsidy providers in the Texas Rising Star. Participating in the Texas Rising Star will help monitor the quality of care children receive and provide quality improvement resources to providers serving our most vulnerable populations.”
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| 2022-06-08T23:40:50Z
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2 bodies found in burned vehicle in California wildfire zone
YREKA, Calif. (AP) — Two bodies were found inside a charred vehicle in a driveway in the wildfire zone of a raging California blaze that is among several burning in the western U.S. amid hot, dry and gusty conditions that boost the danger that the fires will keep growing, officials said Monday.
The McKinney Fire in Northern California near the stateline with Oregon exploded in size Sunday to more than 82 square miles (212 square km) after erupting Friday in the Klamath National Forest, firefighting officials said. It is California’s largest wildfire of the year so far and officials have not determined the cause.
The vehicle and the bodies were found Sunday in the driveway of a residence near the remote community of Klamath River, the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.
The blaze cast an eerie, orange-brown hue, in one neighborhood where a brick chimney stood surrounded by rubble and scorched vehicles on Sunday. Flames torched trees along State Route 96 and raced through hillsides in sight of homes.
Firefighting crews on the ground were trying to prevent the blaze from moving toward the town of Yreka, population about 7,500, about four miles (6.4 kilometers) away as of Sunday.
A second, smaller fire in the region that was sparked by dry lightning Saturday threatened the tiny California community of Seiad. Overall, officials said about 400 structures were threatened by the two fires.
Authorities have not confirmed the extent of the damages far in the areas that have burned, saying assessments would begin when it was safe to go inside them.
A third fire, which was on the southwest end of the McKinney blaze, prompted evacuation orders for around 500 homes Sunday, said Courtney Kreider, a spokesperson with the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office.
The office said crews had been on the scene of the fire since late Saturday but by the following morning it “became active and escaped its containment line.” The childhood home of one sheriff’s deputy burned on Friday, Kreider said,
Thunderstorms that brought barrages of lightning and threatened to spark new fires in dry fuel beds in Northern California were expected to move out of the area starting Monday, forecasters said.
In northwest Montana, a fire sparked in grasslands near the town of Elmo had grown to about 17 square miles (44 square km) Sunday after advancing into forest.
Crews worked along edges of the fire, and aircraft were expected to continue to make water and retardant drops to help slow the fire’s advance, said Sara Rouse, a spokesperson for the interagency team assigned to the fire. High temperatures and erratic winds that can help fan flames were predicted, she said.
In Idaho, the Moose Fire in the Salmon-Challis National Forest has burned on more than 75 square miles (196 square km) in timbered land near the town of Salmon and was 21% contained by Sunday.
In California, Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency Saturday, allowing him more flexibility to make emergency response and recovery effort decisions and to tap federal aid.
Scientists have said climate change has made the West warmer and drier over the last three decades and will continue to make weather more extreme and wildfires more frequent and destructive.
The U.S. Forest service shut down a 110-mile (177 kilometer) section of the famed Pacific Coast trail in Northern California and southern Oregon and hikers in that area were urged to abandon their treks and head to the nearest towns.
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| 2022-08-01T15:32:54Z
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WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials are warning against overuse of the lone drug available to treat monkeypox, saying that even a small mutation in the virus could render the pills ineffective.
The Food and Drug Administration updated its guidance this week for Tpoxx, which has been prescribed to tens of thousands of patients with the virus.
In an online update, FDA officials cautioned that a single molecular change to monkeypox “could have a large impact on the antiviral activity of Tpoxx.” Since viruses are constantly evolving to overcome obstacles to infection, including drugs, regulators stressed that doctors should be “judicious” in prescribing the medication.
Meanwhile, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday said Tpoxx should no longer be given to otherwise healthy adults who are not suffering severe symptoms.
“For most patients with healthy immune systems, supportive care and pain control may be enough,” agency officials said in a statement.
The moves to scale back Tpoxx’s use follow weeks of criticism from HIV advocates and other patient groups who have urged the Biden administration to make the antiviral drug more widely available. Tpoxx is approved for the related smallpox virus, and its use against monkeypox is considered experimental and tightly controlled by federal officials.
Doctors wishing to prescribe the drug must submit an application to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, documenting their patient’s need and agreeing to track their results and any side effects. Officials have shipped 37,000 courses of the drug to physicians.
Tpoxx works by targeting a single protein found on monkeypox, smallpox and similar viruses. The FDA said this week that research in labs, animals and people suggests multiple ways in which monkeypox could develop resistance to the therapy.
The update came as federal officials on Thursday expressed cautious optimism about the trajectory of the outbreak, noting that new cases have fallen about 50% since their peak in August.
During a White House briefing, CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky attributed the decline to vaccinations, educational outreach and individuals reducing behaviors linked to spread. The vast majority of U.S. cases have been in men who have sex with men, though officials emphasize that the virus can infect anyone.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease official, noted that resistance is always a risk when using antiviral drugs.
“That’s why we’re uncomfortable when you only have a single drug,” Fauci told reporters. He added that a recently launched study of Tpoxx supported by the National Institutes of Health will track signs of mutation that could lead to resistance. The study is expected to enroll more than 500 patients across 60 U.S. sites.
Last month, the Biden administration invoked rare emergency powers to stretch the nation’s limited supply of monkeypox vaccines. And last week a separate declaration expedited the use of experimental tests for the virus.
But no changes were made to allow emergency use of Tpoxx, stoking complaints from groups representing gay and bisexual men.
The U.S. government’s national stockpile contains has more than 1.7 million courses of Tpoxx, originally manufactured for use during a potential bioterrorism attack.
The FDA approved the medication in 2018 under its “animal rule,” which allows approval based on animal data when human testing is unethical or unfeasible. Smallpox was declared eradicated in 1980 by the World Health Organization, ruling out the possibility for human studies.
Even though the drug was approved for smallpox, its effectiveness was measured in monkeys infected with monkeypox, considered a reasonable predictor of smallpox’s effect on humans. Animals receiving Tpoxx survived at higher rates than those on a placebo. But FDA officials have cautioned that results in animals must be confirmed in human testing.
“Without human trials, we don’t know if Tpoxx is beneficial for humans with monkeypox,” FDA commissioner Dr. Robert Califf told Senate lawmakers at a hearing this week.
The CDC reported last week that 3.5% of patients tracked through its Tpoxx program reported side effects, mainly headache and nausea.
The agency has only gotten back about 200 forms from physicians documenting patient’s initial symptoms and results, accounting for less than 1% of the doses shipped since the start of the outbreak.
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Tom Weiskopf, former professional golf player and winner of the 1973 British Open, has died at the age of 79, the PGA Tour announced Sunday.
Weiskopf died at his home in Montana on Saturday from pancreatic cancer, the Tour said.
Tom Weiskopf, former professional golf player and winner of the 1973 British Open, has died at the age of 79, the PGA Tour announced Sunday.
Weiskopf died at his home in Montana on Saturday from pancreatic cancer, the Tour said.
Weiskopf won on the PGA Tour 16 times between 1968 and 1982, including the 1973 British Open at Royal Troon, his one major championship. He also finished in second place at the Masters four times and tied for second at the 1976 US Open.
"The PGA TOUR is saddened at the passing of Tom Weiskopf, a towering figure in the game of golf not only during his playing career but through his accomplished work in the broadcast booth and golf course design business," Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan said in a statement.
After Weiskopf's retirement, he became an announcer and an architect of golf courses. He designed TPC Scottsdale's Stadium Course, which has hosted the WM Phoenix Open since 1987, and La Cantera, which hosted the Valero Texas Open from 1995-2009.
"Tom is leaving behind a lasting legacy in golf," Monahan's statement read. The beautiful swing he showcased during his 16 career PGA TOUR victories is still being emulated today, while his golf courses remain as testaments to his love for the game. Our hearts and deepest sympathies are with the entire Weiskopf family during this time."
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ROCKINGHAM, N.C., Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- It was announced today that Iron Horse Auction Company of Rockingham, NC is conducting an Online w/Live Bid Center Auction of NCDOT Surplus, 5 Railcars.
The Online Auction is scheduled to begin October 2, 2022 and conclude Live on October 6, 2022. The railcars are being sold for NCDOT at the Capital Yard located at 860 Capital Boulevard, Raleigh, NC 27603. They are selling regardless of price at the end of the auction.
Three of the railcars hold some historical significance as they were formerly owned by the Ringling Brothers/Barnum and Bailey Circus. These cars were dormitory cars used to transport members of the circus across the country. The remaining two cars have their own history. One car was a hospital car used by the United States Army and the fifth car was originally a baggage car.
The railcars are currently parked at the Capital Yard in Raleigh and at the Nash County Railroad Corridor. Those interested in looking at the railcars before the auction are advised to do so starting at 10:00 am on October 6th.
For further information or to view the current bids, go to www.ironhorseauction.com or call: 800-997-2248
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NEW YORK, May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- S&P Global Ratings, part of S&P Global Inc. (NYSE: SPGI) and the world's leading provider of independent credit risk research, today announced the formation of a new Decentralized Finance (DeFi) strategy group to advance S&P Global's approach to decentralized markets.
S&P Global Ratings recognizes that decentralized finance is increasingly transforming the capital markets, including an expansion in the spectrum of market participants, the creation of new asset classes, and the development of new capabilities in the execution of financial transactions. In response to these evolving dynamics and heightened client interest, Charles "Chuck" Mounts will lead this effort as Chief DeFi Officer in S&P Global Ratings and will work closely with Charles Jansen, who has been appointed as Head of DeFi Transformation.
Enabled by the combination of Distributed Ledger Technology, Blockchain and Smart Contracts, DeFi is resulting in new market frameworks that will both complement and disrupt the established primary and secondary debt capital markets, with potential implications for all credit market participants.
"Decentralized finance has the potential to redefine the financial markets in ways that have not been seen since the early days of fintech and e-commerce," noted Elizabeth Mann, Chief Financial Officer, S&P Global Ratings. "Innovation is driving these changes and as with any emerging sector, there are both significant opportunities and risks. As a provider of fundamental credit analysis and insights, we're looking to this group's wealth of knowledge about traditional capital and crypto-native markets to share our understandings of each with current and future clients."
The team is responsible for helping to advance S&P Global Ratings' approach and capabilities in the fast-moving decentralized market environment. They will build on the insights generated by the Digitalization of Markets Research lab, with a focus on bringing S&P Global's robust analytic and risk assessment capabilities forth to support both traditional institutional (TradFi) clients and the growing universe of crypto-native DeFi clients.
As Chief DeFi Officer, Chuck Mounts is responsible for driving the development of the S&P Global Ratings DeFi resources with the acceleration and institutionalization of crypto and digital assets.
In his role as Head of DeFi Transformation, Charles Jansen integrates the technical expertise and crypto ecosystem knowledge to guide the development of new products and services. Together, Chuck and Charles bring a unique combination of expertise in debt capital markets, credit risk evaluation and crypto.
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S&P Global Ratings is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI), which provides essential intelligence for individuals, companies and governments to make decisions with confidence. For more information, visit www.spglobal.com/ratings.
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New data on negative SDG contributions, methodology enhancements and additional data granularity provide a more comprehensive picture of the market
AMSTERDAM, Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Sustainable Development Investments Asset Owner Platform (SDI AOP) and Qontigo, its exclusive distribution partner, have announced significant enhancements to the SDI AOP dataset as part of the August 2022 data release. The data analyzes corporate alignment with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The latest data release introduces negative SDG contribution information to identify revenues generated by products and services that are defined as inconsistent with achieving the UN SDGs.
"Adding negative contribution data, alongside the positive contributions, is the direct result of regular exchanges with our subscribers. As this community is growing, we are integrating their feedback into the development of the data," explained James Leaton, Research Director, SDI AOP.
The approach taken to determine negative SDG contributions follows the same methodology as for the existing positive contributions. The SDI classification focuses on companies' product and service-related contributions to the SDGs based predominantly on revenues.
"An example of a negative contribution is single use plastic packaging which is not consistent with UN SDG 12 on responsible consumption and production and is the primary contributor to marine plastic pollution under UN SDG 14," stated James Leaton.
The SDI AOP works with investors to embed the UN SDGs into their investment processes and integrate SDG contributions into their portfolio management and reporting, enabling target setting and progress monitoring. Alongside the inclusion of negative contributions there were several additional enhancements including methodology refinements relating to the energy transition and built-in indicators of changes in the data.
In response to user demand, the SDI AOP will be increasing the frequency of data releases to quarterly, starting in December 2022. A fixed income mapping was also introduced, to allow users to seamlessly map their instruments to issuer level SDI data.
About SDI Asset Owner Platform
The Sustainable Development Investments Asset Owner Platform (SDI AOP) is responsible for the development and maintenance of the SDI taxonomy and guidance, SDI definitions and SDI classification methodology (www.sdi-aop.org). The SDI AOP consists of asset owners who invest in solutions which contribute to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The SDI AOP uses revenues associated with a company's products and services as starting points to classify which companies qualify as SDI.
The SDI AOP is comprised of APG, AustralianSuper, British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI) and PGGM. Its underlying data are available to the market through analytics and index provider Qontigo and can be integrated into any investment process. Currently, the SDI AOP dataset covers 8864 entities across equities and fixed income.
About Qontigo
Qontigo is a leading global provider of innovative index, analytics and risk solutions that optimize investment impact. As the shift toward sustainable investing accelerates, Qontigo enables its clients—financial-products issuers, asset owners and asset managers—to deliver sophisticated and targeted solutions at scale to meet the increasingly demanding and unique sustainability goals of investors worldwide.
Qontigo's solutions are enhanced by both our collaborative, customer-centric culture, which allows us to create tailored solutions for our clients, and our open architecture and modern technology that efficiently integrate with our clients' processes.
Part of the Deutsche Börse Group, Qontigo was created in 2019 through the combination of Axioma, DAX and STOXX. Headquartered in Eschborn, Germany, Qontigo's global presence includes offices in New York, London, Zug and Hong Kong.
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WAKEFIELD, Mass., May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Curaleaf Holdings, Inc. (CSE: CURA / OTCQX: CURLF) ("Curaleaf" or the "Company"), a leading international provider of consumer products in cannabis, today announced that members of Curaleaf's executive management team will be participating in the following investor community conferences and events during May 2022.
- AGP Virtual Spring Consumer Cannabis Conference
May 3, 2022
Joe Bayern, Chief Executive Officer of Curaleaf, will be participating in a panel titled, "Evaluating MSO Opportunities in The Northeast" hosted by Aaron Grey, AGP Equity Analyst, on May 3 at 12pm – 1pm ET.
- Canaccord Genuity 6th Annual Cannabis Conference
May 11, 2022
Boris Jordan, Executive Chairman of Curaleaf, will be participating in a fireside chat with Matt Bottomley, Canaccord Genuity Equity Analyst, on May 11 at 10:30am – 10:55am ET.
Curaleaf management will also be hosting investor meetings.
- Wolfe Research Virtual Consumer Conference
May 13, 2022
Joe Bayern, Chief Executive Officer of Curaleaf, will be participating in a panel titled, "Cannabis MSOs Panel" hosted by Greg Badishkanian, Wolfe Research Equity Analyst, on May 13 at 12:55pm – 1:25pm ET.
Curaleaf management will also be hosting investor meetings.
For more information regarding upcoming Curaleaf financial community conference and event participation as well as details to access the webcasts please visit Curaleaf's IR website at https://ir.curaleaf.com/events.
About Curaleaf Holdings, Inc.
Curaleaf Holdings, Inc. (CSE: CURA) (OTCQX: CURLF) ("Curaleaf") is a leading international provider of consumer products in cannabis with a mission to improve lives by providing clarity around cannabis and confidence around consumption. As a high-growth cannabis company known for quality, expertise and reliability, the Company and its brands, including Curaleaf and Select, provide industry-leading service, product selection and accessibility across the medical and adult-use markets. In the United States, Curaleaf currently operates in 22 states with 130 dispensaries, 26 cultivation sites, and employs over 5,600 team members. Curaleaf International is the largest vertically integrated cannabis company in Europe with a unique supply and distribution network throughout the European market, bringing together pioneering science and research with cutting-edge cultivation, extraction and production. Curaleaf is listed on the Canadian Securities Exchange under the symbol CURA and trades on the OTCQX market under the symbol CURLF. For more information, please visit https://ir.curaleaf.com.
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BELOIT, Wis., Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Regal Rexnord Corporation (NYSE: RRX)
Second Quarter Highlights
- Sales Up 52% Versus PY And Up 12% On An Organic Basis*
- Daily Orders Down 2% In 2Q Versus PY On A Pro Forma Basis
- Backlog Up Over 50% Versus Beginning of 2021; Book-To-Bill Above One For Prior 7 Quarters, Averaging 1.10 In 2021 and 1.05 In 1H 2022
- Strong Gross Margin Improvement Despite Sizable Inflationary & Supply Chain Pressures; Price/Cost Remained Positive
- Adjusted EBITDA Margin* Up 230 Basis Points Versus PY To 21.0%
- Adjusted Diluted EPS* Of $2.76 Versus $2.68 In PY; GAAP Diluted EPS Of $2.12 Versus $2.06 In PY
- Synergies From Rexnord PMC And Arrowhead Systems Transactions Slightly Ahead Of Plan
- Raising 2022 Adjusted Diluted EPS Guidance To A Range Of $10.20 To $10.80 From $10.10 To $10.70 And Revising Its GAAP EPS Guidance To A Range Of $7.01 to $7.61 From A Range Of $6.90 To $7.50
- Repurchased $70M of RRX Shares
CEO Louis Pinkham commented, "I am extremely pleased with our strong 2Q performance. While a host of supply chain and inflation-related challenges continued to confront us, our Regal Rexnord team remained focused on executing what's under our control. By continuing to embrace an 80/20 mindset and act with a sense of urgency to serve our customers, the team delivered 12% organic top line growth, which reflects strong price realization, healthy end markets, and meaningful share gains. We're continuing to build momentum in our outgrowth initiatives by raising service levels, capitalizing on our digital investments, and growing our pipeline of new and often more energy-efficient products and solutions."
"As an enterprise, we also delivered further gross margin and adjusted EBITDA margin gains, fueled by the Regal Rexnord Business System, in addition to our acquisition synergies. I am particularly pleased with our performance at Industrial Systems. Industrial's performance reflects meaningful, durable operational improvements made by that team consistently leveraging an 80/20 mindset and our LEAN tools, and I am confident this business has turned a corner operationally. I also find Commercial System's organic growth and margin performance to be noteworthy because it reflects sustainable outgrowth and mix gains underpinned by our digital initiatives, a healthy new product pipeline and market-leading service metrics."
"We did experience some temporary margin pressure in our Climate Solutions segment during the quarter, mostly due to proactive decisions we made to over-serve certain of our key customers, resulting in stronger growth but also higher costs for items such as expedited freight and supplier premiums. We do, however, see these pressures as temporary and expect our Climate segment margins to track back towards recent historic levels in the high-teens to low-20's by the fourth quarter."
Mr. Pinkham went on to comment, "Another source of strong positive momentum in our business are synergies tied to the Rexnord PMC and Arrowhead transactions. Both our integration team and our core MCS "run" team continue to execute at a high level, and we see increasing upside potential on both cost and revenue synergies versus our current targets. The Arrowhead business, which we now refer to as our Automation Solutions business unit (ASBU), is also seeing strong prospects, with a host of merger-enabled new products now under development, teeing up attractive outgrowth opportunities. We plan to update investors on our synergy targets in greater detail at our upcoming investor day, which we are hosting at the New York Stock Exchange on September 13."
Mr. Pinkham concluded, "In summing up our second quarter results, the Regal Rexnord team is continuing to deliver very strong performance. I remain confident that we still have ample opportunities ahead of us."
*Non-GAAP Financial Measurement, See Appendix for Reconciliation
Guidance Update
The Company now expects organic revenue growth at a high single digit rate, up from its prior range of mid-single digit to high single digit rate.
The Company is raising its 2022 annual guidance for adjusted earnings per share to a range of $10.20 to $10.80, from a range of $10.10 to $10.70 previously, and revising its GAAP earnings per share to a range of $7.01 to $7.61 from a range of $6.90 to $7.50.
Segment Performance
Second quarter 2022 segment results versus the prior year:
- Motion Control Solutions segment net sales were $599.3 million, an increase of 178.6%, or 6.4% on an organic basis. Primary drivers included the merger with Rexnord PMC and the acquisition of Arrowhead and, on an organic basis, broad-based growth and price realization. Adjusted EBITDA margin was 26.4% of adjusted net sales*.
- Climate Solutions net sales were $293.5 million, an increase of 14.1%, or 14.8% on an organic basis. Adjusted EBITDA margin was 17.1% of adjusted net sales*. The segment experienced several points of margin pressure due to recent strategic decisions to over-serve key customers. However, we expect margins to recover to levels more consistent with recent history by the fourth quarter.
- Commercial Systems net sales were $301.9 million, an increase of 12.1%, or 14.6% on an organic basis. Primary drivers included end market strength and share gains especially in the North America general industrial, pool and commercial HVAC markets, along with healthy price realization. Adjusted EBITDA margin was 16.5% of adjusted net sales*.
- Industrial Systems net sales were $154.7 million, an increase of 6.5%, or 9.4% on an organic basis. Primary drivers included strength and outgrowth in Americas general industrial markets, and strong price realization. Adjusted EBITDA margin was 16.2% of adjusted net sales*.
Conference Call
Regal Rexnord will hold a conference call to discuss this earnings release at 9:00 AM CT (10:00 AM ET) on Tuesday, August 2, 2022. To listen to the live audio and view the presentation during the call, please visit Regal Rexnord's Investors website: https://investors.regalrexnord.com. To listen by phone or to ask the presenters a question, dial 1.888.317.6003 (U.S. callers) or +1.412.317.6061 (international callers) and enter 9880181# when prompted.
A webcast replay will be available at the link above, and a telephone replay will be available at 1.877.344.7529 (U.S. callers) or +1.412.317.0088 (international callers), using a replay access code of 6915791#. Both replays will be accessible for three months after the earnings call.
About Regal Rexnord
Regal Rexnord Corporation is a global leader in the engineering and manufacturing of industrial powertrain solutions, power transmission components, electric motors and electronic controls, air moving products and specialty electrical components and systems, serving customers around the world. Through longstanding technology leadership and an intentional focus on producing more energy-efficient products and systems, Regal Rexnord helps create a better tomorrow – for its customers and for the planet.
Regal Rexnord is comprised of four segments: Motion Control Solutions, Climate Solutions, Commercial Systems and Industrial Systems. Regal Rexnord is headquartered in Beloit, Wisconsin and has manufacturing, sales and service facilities worldwide. For more information, visit RegalRexnord.com.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements, within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which reflect Regal Rexnord's current estimates, expectations and projections about Regal Rexnord's future results, performance, prospects and opportunities. Such forward-looking statements may include, among other things, statements about the merger with the Rexnord Process & Motion Control business (the "Rexnord PMC business") or the acquisition of Arrowhead Systems, LLC ("Arrowhead"), the benefits and synergies of the transactions described in this communication relating to the acquisitions of the Rexnord PMC business and Arrowhead (the "Transactions"), future opportunities for Regal Rexnord, and any other statements regarding Regal Rexnord's future operations, anticipated business levels, future earnings, planned activities, anticipated growth, market opportunities, strategies, competition and other expectations and estimates for future periods. Forward-looking statements include statements that are not historical facts and can be identified by forward-looking words such as "anticipate," "believe," "confident," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "plan," "may," "will," "project," "forecast," "would," "could," "should," and similar expressions. These forward-looking statements are based upon information currently available to Regal Rexnord and are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties, and other factors that could cause actual results, performance, prospects or opportunities to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, these forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results referred to in the forward-looking statements Regal Rexnord makes in this release include: dependence on key suppliers and the potential effects of supply disruptions; fluctuations in commodity prices and raw material costs; any unforeseen changes to or the effects on liabilities, future capital expenditures, revenue, expenses, synergies, indebtedness, financial condition, losses and future prospects; the possibility that Regal Rexnord may be unable to achieve expected synergies and operating efficiencies in connection with the Transactions within the expected time-frames or at all and to successfully integrate the Rexnord PMC business and Arrowhead; expected or targeted future financial and operating performance and results; operating costs, customer loss and business disruption (including, without limitation, difficulties in maintaining relationships with employees, customers, clients or suppliers) being greater than expected following the Transactions; Regal Rexnord's ability to retain key executives and employees; the continued financial and operational impacts of and uncertainties relating to the COVID-19 pandemic on customers and suppliers and the geographies in which they operate; uncertainties regarding the ability to execute restructuring plans within expected costs and timing; challenges to the tax treatment that was elected with respect to the acquisition of the Rexnord PMC business and related transactions; requirements to abide by potentially significant restrictions with respect to the tax treatment of the Rexnord PMC business which could limit Regal Rexnord's ability to undertake certain corporate actions that otherwise could be advantageous; actions taken by competitors and their ability to effectively compete in the increasingly competitive global electric motor, drives and controls, power generation and power transmission industries; the ability to develop new products based on technological innovation, such as the Internet of Things, and marketplace acceptance of new and existing products, including products related to technology not yet adopted or utilized in geographic locations in which Regal Rexnord does business; dependence on significant customers; seasonal impact on sales of products into HVAC systems and other residential applications; risks associated with global manufacturing, including public health crises and political, societal or economic instability, including instability caused by the conflict between Russia and Ukraine; issues and costs arising from the integration of acquired companies and businesses and the timing and impact of purchase accounting adjustments; Regal Rexnord's overall debt levels and its ability to repay principal and interest on its outstanding debt; prolonged declines in one or more markets, such as heating, ventilation, air conditioning, refrigeration, power generation, oil and gas, unit material handling, water heating and aerospace; economic changes in global markets, such as reduced demand for products, currency exchange rates, inflation rates, interest rates, recession, government policies, including policy changes affecting taxation, trade, tariffs, immigration, customs, border actions and the like, and other external factors that Regal Rexnord cannot control; product liability, asbestos and other litigation, or claims by end users, government agencies or others that products or customers' applications failed to perform as anticipated, particularly in high volume applications or where such failures are alleged to be the cause of property or casualty claims; unanticipated liabilities of acquired businesses; unanticipated adverse effects or liabilities from business exits or divestitures; unanticipated costs or expenses that may be incurred related to product warranty issues; infringement of intellectual property by third parties, challenges to intellectual property, and claims of infringement on third party technologies; effects on earnings of any significant impairment of goodwill; losses from failures, breaches, attacks or disclosures involving information technology infrastructure and data; cyclical downturns affecting the global market for capital goods; and other risks and uncertainties including, but not limited, to those described in the section entitled "Risk Factors" in Regal Rexnord's Annual Report on Form 10-K on file with the SEC and from time to time in other filed reports including Regal Rexnord's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. For a more detailed description of the risk factors associated with Regal Rexnord, please refer to Part I, Item 1A in Regal Rexnord's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 1, 2022 on file with the SEC and subsequent SEC filings. Shareholders, potential investors, and other readers are urged to consider these factors in evaluating the forward-looking statements and are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements included in this release are made only as of the date of this release, and Regal Rexnord undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking information contained in this release or with respect to the announcements described herein to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.
Non-GAAP Measures
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(Dollars in Millions, Except per Share Data)
We prepare financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP"). We also periodically disclose certain financial measures in our quarterly earnings releases, on investor conference calls, and in investor presentations and similar events that may be considered "non-GAAP" financial measures. This additional information is not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for our results of operations prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP.
In this earnings release, we disclose the following non-GAAP financial measures, and we reconcile these measures in the tables below to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures: adjusted diluted earnings per share, adjusted income from operations, adjusted operating margin, adjusted net sales, net debt, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA margin, adjusted bank EBITDA, adjusted net income attributable to Regal Rexnord Corporation, free cash flow, free cash flow as a percentage of adjusted net income attributable to Regal Rexnord Corporation, adjusted income before taxes, adjusted provision for income taxes and adjusted effective tax rate. We believe that these non-GAAP financial measures are useful measures for providing investors with additional information regarding our results of operations and for helping investors understand and compare our operating results across accounting periods and compared to our peers. Our management primarily uses adjusted income from operations, adjusted operating income, and adjusted operating margin to help us manage and evaluate our business and make operating decisions, while adjusted diluted earnings per share, net debt, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA margin, adjusted net sales, adjusted net income attributable to Regal Rexnord Corporation, free cash flow, free cash flow as a percentage of adjusted net income attributable to Regal Rexnord Corporation, adjusted income before taxes, adjusted provision for income taxes and adjusted effective tax rate are primarily used to help us evaluate our business and forecast our future results. Accordingly, we believe disclosing and reconciling each of these measures helps investors evaluate our business in the same manner as management.
In addition to these non-GAAP measures, we use the term "organic sales growth" to refer to the increase in our sales between periods that is attributable to organic sales. "Organic sales" to refers to GAAP sales from existing operations excluding any sales from acquired businesses recorded prior to the first anniversary of the acquisition and excluding any sales from business divested/to be exited recorded prior to the first anniversary of the exit and excluding the impact of foreign currency translation. The impact of foreign currency translation is determined by translating the respective period's organic sales using the currency exchange rates that were in effect during the prior year periods.
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DAYTON, Ohio, Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Radiance Technologies (Radiance) has been awarded a prime contract with the National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) to provide scientific and technical intelligence support services under the NOVASTAR program. The multiple-award, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract has a shared ceiling value of $4.8B and a base period of performance of five years with one six-year option period. NOVASTAR involves research, development, sustainment, and production across all of NASIC's missions and disciplines for USAF, DoD, and national level intelligence efforts, supporting the creation, evaluation, and analysis of intelligence data on foreign developments in current and future weapon systems, subsystems, and technologies.
Bill Bailey, Chief Executive Officer at Radiance, said, "We are humbled and excited to have this opportunity to continue supporting the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base community and NASIC under NOVASTAR. This is the culmination of 20 years of hard work by a lot of Radiance employee-owners with our customer, NASIC. Over those 20 years, our goal has simply been to provide NASIC the best support possible. We are honored to continue that on NOVASTAR."
About Radiance Technologies:
Radiance Technologies is an employee-owned small business prime contractor founded in 1999. Radiance has over 1000 employee-owners across the United States serving the Department of Defense, national intelligence community and other government agencies. From concepts to capabilities, Radiance leads the way in developing customer-focused solutions in the areas of cyber security, systems engineering, prototyping and integration as well as operational and strategic intelligence including scientific and technical intelligence.
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The three individuals -- Gregory Clay Leathers, Richard Paul Policz, and Robert Jeffrey Rhodes -- are all facing charges related to tampering with public records or information, tampering with or fabricating physical evidence, and obstruction, according to the complaints.
They are not charged with any wrongdoing in connection with the woman's death. CNN has reached out to the three for comment.
The three were all members of the management team at Greene County's Emergency Management Agency and allegedly agreed or conspired to "knowingly and purposefully conceal, withhold, omit, obstruct, or pervert" policy memo binders that were subject to search warrants that investigators served two years ago, according to affidavits of probable cause.
Those warrants had specified the release of "current training policy for dispatchers; any and all directives for standard operating procedures currently in place," according to the affidavits.
Earlier this month, a former 911 dispatcher told detectives of several "books of (standards operating procedures)" that were used by the management team to issue "policy memos" to the dispatchers, according to the affidavits.
The dispatchers were required to sign or initial the memos -- which the former dispatcher described as "binders" -- to signal they understood them, the affidavits show.
"She advised that these memos were related to the policies and procedures regarding Dispatcher training and the operation of the 911 Center. These statements were corroborated by several others claiming whistleblower status," according to the affidavits.
Detectives obtained another search warrant this month for the binders and received a blue binder that contained items including "clearly operational instructions to the employees in the 911 Center building."
By hiding the existence of additional policies and procedures, the three men "attempted to defraud or injure Leon Price and/or Diania Kronk by excluding potential evidence used to determine the culpability of criminal charges,' the affidavit states.
Dispatcher Leon Price was recently charged with involuntary manslaughter among other charges in connection to the death of Diania Kronk. Kronk's daughter, Kelly Titchenell, called 911 in July 2020 and when Price answered, Titchenell told him her 54-year-old mother needed to go to the hospital, according to a civil lawsuit filed by Titchenell in Pennsylvania's Western District court.
Price allegedly told Titchenell that her mother might refuse to go with emergency personnel to the hospital, the complaint said. He instructed her that before an ambulance could be dispatched, she would need to call back from her mother's house and confirm she wouldn't refuse services, filings allege.
Kronk died the next day, Titchenell told CNN.
Price allegedly acted outside the scope of his training and against policy and procedure standards at the time of the incident, according to the recent affidavits of probable cause.
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Delivering a variety of point-of-care ultrasound training and professional development opportunities for clinicians, educators, administrators, and students
ROCKVILLE, Md., Aug. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Certification Academy™, host of the 2022 POCUS World Conference, revealed more than 40 sessions available to event attendees. The theme for this year's conference, sponsored by Inteleos™, a non-profit community of medical professionals united in helping people gain the highest quality healthcare, is Imaging as Innovation: Transforming Patient Care Through Point-of-Care Ultrasound. Session highlights include:
- Integrating POCUS in Modular-Based Physician Assistant Programs: Conducted by Susan Raaymakers, this breakout session will explore the integration of POCUS into physician assistant (PA) programs, and how it is used to enhance student learning in anatomy, physiology, and clinical applications.
- Creating a Novel 3D-Printed Phantom to Simulate Ultrasound-Guided Pericardiocentesis: Conducted by Cassidy Miller, Taylor Terlizzese, and Louisa Weindruch, this breakout session will provide instructions to learners who want to create their own anatomically accurate phantom to utilize in their ultrasound guided pericardiocentesis practice.
- POCUS Changing Management of Helicopter Air Ambulance Patients: Conducted by Dr. William Krebs, this case-based breakout session will highlight ultrasound trends that are useful in critical care transport.
- Differential Diagnosis of Adnexal Masses on Ultrasound Using POCUS: Conducted by Dr. Kiran Chhabra and Suresh Kumar Chhabra, this breakout session will cover the use of POCUS in the diagnosis of adnexal masses with the use of grayscale and color Doppler aided by still images and videos.
- From the Field to ED: POCUS in Sports: Conducted by Andrew Graham, this small group discussion will focus on the impact of field ultrasound in determining appropriate return to activity stages and improving recovery times for athletes.
- Step-by-Step POCUS Training Program for Global Health: Conducted by Alicia Martin-Hirsel, this breakout session aims to empower clinicians to utilize ultrasound as a medical diagnostic tool for triage.
Pocus World attendees will be able to choose from over 40 educational sessions, networking activities, and 1-on-1 expert-led coaching sessions. Healthcare professionals, educators, administrators, and students interested in attending POCUS World can register here: https://cvent.me/E3odgm. This global virtual event will run September 16-17, 2022.
Inteleos™ is a non-profit certification organization that delivers rigorous assessments and cultivates a global community of professionals dedicated to the highest standards in healthcare and patient safety. Inteleos is the overarching governance and management organization for the American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography® (ARDMS®), the Alliance for Physician Certification & Advancement™ (APCA™), and the Point-of-Care Ultrasound Certification Academy™, which together represent over 124,000 certified medical professionals throughout the world. The Inteleos Foundation represents the philanthropic efforts for the organization.
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VANCOUVER, BC, June 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - CycurID Technologies Ltd., ("CycurID" or the "Company"), is pleased to announce their introductory Killer KYC Pricing Packages.
CycurID (pronounced "Secure ID") is a cybersecurity company that has developed a proprietary reusable Personal Identity Management System that allows for the deployment of identity-based applications and solutions that can be used in any business sector both in the digital and physical worlds.
Gord Jessop, CycurID Co-founder and COO said, "We believe that the KYC/onboarding process should be affordable for all companies regardless of their stage of development. Customer authentication and KYC should not be a cash flow killer, and we believe that many of our competitors are charging rates that are too high. With our solution, businesses do not have to invest in extra hardware or cloud servers to deploy an effective 2FA solution. Our solution requires a simple API integration: it's platform-agnostic."
CycurID pricing packages are easy to understand and extremely affordable for companies of all sizes:
- The Basic package includes: email verification, cell number verification, and liveness verification, along with biometric 2FA (which gives companies passwordless authentication and instant onboarding) all at no cost.
- The Standard package includes everything in Basic plus: Geolocation Fencing, Age Verification, Single Government Issued ID Verification, and Biometric ID verification for $49 USD per month for unlimited user checks.
- The Premium package includes everything in the Standard Package plus two Government-issued ID verifications, address verification, sanction list screening, and full audit trail capabilities (enabling businesses to access the CycurID dashboard and see who, when and what customers are accessing their platform and what checks have been run on them). The Premium Package is $99 USD per month for unlimited user checks.
"Our identity solutions go well beyond just being KYC tools," Jessop said. "Our technology will redefine how identity is used to alter the exchange of goods and services on a global basis."
For more information about CycurID's complete suite of identity solutions, visit our corporate website https://cycurid.com or contact us through our contact page here.
No Offer or Solicitation. This press release shall not constitute a solicitation of a proxy, consent, or authorization with respect to any securities or in respect of the proposed business combination. This press release shall also not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any provinces, states or jurisdictions in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.
CycurID Technologies Ltd is a privately held personal identity management and security software developer based in Vancouver, British Columbia. CycurIDTM (pronounced "Secure ID") has developed proprietary patent pending identity management and privacy software which is available via its consumer app immeTM (pronounced I'm me). CycurIDTM is registered with the Chamber of Commerce, Better Business Bureau, WorkSafe BC and with FINTRAC as Money Service Business (MSB). CycurIDTM and immeTM are Registered Trademarks of CycurID Technologies Ltd.
This release includes certain statements that may be deemed "forward-looking statements". All statements in this release, other than statements of historical facts, that address events or developments that the Company expects to occur, are forward-looking statements including without limitation, expected growth and success of the Company. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts and are generally, but not always, identified by the words "expects", "plans", "anticipates", "believes", "intends", "estimates", "projects", "potential" and similar expressions, or that events or conditions "will", "would", "may", "could" or "should" occur. Although the Company believes the expectations expressed in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future performance, and actual results may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause the actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements include regulatory actions, market prices, and continued availability of capital and financing, and general economic, market or business conditions. Investors are cautioned that any such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results or developments may differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. Forward looking statements are based on the beliefs, estimates, and opinions of the Company's management on the date the statements are made. Except as required by applicable securities laws, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements in the event that management's beliefs, estimates, opinions or other factors should change.
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Sabathia hired as special assistant to Major League Baseball
NEW YORK (AP) — Former All-Star CC Sabathia was hired as a special assistant to baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred. The 41-year-old, who retired after the 2019 season, is tasked with addressing player relations, diversity, equity and inclusion, social responsibility, youth participation and broadcasting. Sabathia will work with The Players Alliance. He is a vice president of that group’s board and is working to increase Blacks in the major leagues. He was a six-time All-Star who went 251-161 with 3,093 strikeouts for Cleveland (2001-08), Milwaukee (2008) and the New York Yankees (2009-19).
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NEW YORK, May 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Celsius Holdings, Inc. ("Celsius" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: CELH). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888-476-6529, ext. 7980.
The investigation concerns whether Celsius and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.
On March 1, 2022, Celsius disclosed that it could not timely file its 2021 annual report due to "staffing limitations, unanticipated delays and identified material errors in previous filings." Specifically, Celsius "determined that the calculation and expense of non-cash share-based compensation, related to grants of stock options and restricted stock units awarded to certain former employees and retired directors were materially understated for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2021 and three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2021." As a result, management concluded that there was a material weakness in the Company's internal controls over financial reporting.
On this news, Celsius's stock price fell sharply during intraday trading on March 2, 2022.
Pomerantz LLP, with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Paris, and Tel Aviv, is acknowledged as one of the premier firms in the areas of corporate, securities, and antitrust class litigation. Founded by the late Abraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean of the class action bar, Pomerantz pioneered the field of securities class actions. Today, more than 85 years later, Pomerantz continues in the tradition he established, fighting for the rights of the victims of securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and corporate misconduct. The Firm has recovered numerous multimillion-dollar damages awards on behalf of class members. See www.pomlaw.com.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s new moon rocket remained on track to blast off on a crucial test flight Monday, despite a series of lightning strikes at the launch pad.
The 322-foot (98-meter) Space Launch System rocket is the most powerful ever built by NASA. It’s poised to send an empty crew capsule into lunar orbit, a half-century after NASA’s Apollo program, which landed 12 astronauts on the moon.
Astronauts could return to the moon in a few years, if this six-week test flight goes well. NASA officials caution, however, that the risks are high and the flight could be cut short.
In lieu of astronauts, three test dummies are strapped into the Orion capsule to measure vibration, acceleration and radiation, one of the biggest hazards to humans in deep space. The capsule alone has more than 1,000 sensors.
Officials said Sunday that neither the rocket nor capsule suffered any damage during Saturday’s thunderstorm; ground equipment also was unaffected. Five strikes were confirmed, hitting the 600-foot (183-meter) lightning-protection towers surrounding the rocket at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. The strikes weren’t strong enough to warrant major retesting.
“Clearly, the system worked as designed,” said Jeff Spaulding, NASA’s senior test director.
More storms were expected. Although forecasters gave 80% odds of acceptable weather Monday morning, conditions were expected to deteriorate during the two-hour launch window.
On the technical side, Spaulding said the team did its best over the past several months to eliminate any lingering fuel leaks. A pair of countdown tests earlier this year prompted repairs to leaking valves and other faulty equipment; engineers won’t know if all the fixes are good until just a few hours before the planned liftoff. If Monday doesn’t pan out, the next launch attempt would be Friday.
After so many years of delays and setbacks, the launch team was thrilled to finally be so close to the inaugural flight of the Artemis moon-exploration program, named after Apollo’s twin sister in Greek mythology.
“We’re within 24 hours of launch right now, which is pretty amazing for where we’ve been on this journey,” Spaulding told reporters.
The follow-on Artemis flight, as early as 2024, would see four astronauts flying around the moon. A landing could follow in 2025. NASA is targeting the moon’s unexplored south pole, where permanently shadowed craters are believed to hold ice that could be used by future crews.
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Hightouch Expands Partnership with Databricks to Help Joint Customers Sync Data Insights with Business Tools
SAN FRANCISCO, July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hightouch, the world's leading Data Activation platform, today announced its native integration with Databricks, expanding the partnership between the two companies and providing joint customers with a seamless way to activate data in their data lakehouse. With Hightouch now available through Partner Connect, Databricks users can easily send data to strategic destinations, automate the provisioning of a Hightouch workspace, and sync the business rules defined in the lakehouse—all directly from Databricks Partner Connect.
Developers can now quickly activate the unique data models, event data, and product usage data that lives in the lakehouse to power mission-critical use cases that help business teams drive revenue, reduce churn, optimize marketing campaigns, and more. Hightouch automatically syncs relevant customer data into over 100 SaaS destinations so engineers can spend less time manually exporting static files or building custom pipelines, and more time driving strategic business value.
"Hightouch makes it trivial to pull data out of Databricks directly into the business systems that are home to business users and their workflows," explains Dr. Ernie Prabhakar, Business Data Lead at Nauto, an AI-enabled driver & fleet safety company already taking advantage of the Hightouch integration with Databricks. "With Hightouch, employees can leverage a single source of truth about our organization's data to make better mission-critical decisions when it matters most."
Databricks customers can now empower their various teams to run business-critical applications from within their data lakehouse. "With Hightouch, customers can tackle more business workflows while maintaining a single source of truth for their data," explains Steve Sobel, Global Industry Leader for Media & Entertainment at Databricks. "We are especially excited about Hightouch enhancing the Customer Data Platform capabilities for the lakehouse."
The powerful integration between Hightouch and Databricks turns the lakehouse into a Customer Data Platform (CDP) and opens new opportunities for business teams including:
- Syncing custom audiences to ad platforms for retargeting
- Empowering GTM teams with product usage data
- Sending personalized emails based on customer behavior
- Automating business processes such as invoice creation or metered billing
- and many more.
"With Partner Connect, Hightouch continues to advance the data activation category," explains Tejas Manohar, CEO and co-Founder at Hightouch. "Our extended partnership with Databricks makes it seamless for organizations to create activation workloads that immediately impact revenue, from improving ad spend to increasing marketing conversions to reducing customer churn."
Hightouch is now available in Databricks Partner Connect, so get started today.
Hightouch is the world's leading Data Activation platform, syncing data from warehouses directly into SaaS tools. In November, Hightouch announced $40M in Series B financing at a $450 million valuation led by ICONIQ Capital. Hightouch's hundreds of customers range from fast-growing startups like Plaid, Betterment, Calendly, and Lucidchart to large enterprises like AXS, Nando's, and Autotrader. For more information, visit www.hightouch.com.
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IRVINE, Calif., June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2023 Seltos is a carryover model with minor feature enhancements in the areas of noise reduction and advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) – newly added Blindspot Collision Avoidance-Rear (BCA-R) and Rear-Cross-Traffic Collision Avoidance (RCCA) to the S FWD and S AWD trim levels. This model continues to represent Kia in the Entry CUV segment with an emotional design, superior size and space, the latest safety features, advanced infotainment, and available all-wheel-drive (AWD) capability and turbo-charged performance.
Pricing1 – MSRP (excludes $1,295 destination)
Engine:
- 2.0L Atkinson 4-Cylinder: 146 hp/132 lb.-ft. of torque (LX, S, EX)
- 1.6L Turbo GDI 4-Cylinder: 175 hp/195 lb.-ft. of torque (Nightfall Edition and SX)
Fuel Economy2 – EPA-est. MPG: (city/highway/combined):
Highlighted Kia Drive Wise Advanced Driver Assistance Features3:
- Driver Attention Warning
- Blind-Spot Collision Avoidance Assist-Rear
- Rear Cross-Traffic Collision Avoidance Assist
- Safe Exit Assist
- Forward Collision Avoidance Assist:
- Smart Cruise Control
- Lane Keeping Assist:
- Lane Following Assist:
- Highway Driving Assist
Dimensions:
Kia America - about us
Headquartered in Irvine, California, Kia America continues to top automotive quality surveys and is recognized as one of the 100 Best Global Brands. Kia serves as the "Official Automotive Partner" of the NBA and offers a range of gasoline, hybrid, plug-in hybrid and electrified vehicles sold through a network of nearly 750 dealers in the U.S., including several cars and SUVs proudly assembled in America.
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1 MSRP excludes destination and handling, taxes, title, license fees, options and retailer charges. Actual prices set by retailer and may vary.
2 Based on EPA estimates. Actual mileage will vary with options, driving conditions, driving habits and your vehicle's condition. See fueleconomy.gov for more details.
3 These systems are not substitutes for proper and safe driving, parking, and/or backing-up procedures. These systems may not detect every object behind or alongside the vehicle or in the vehicle's blind spot or direction of travel. Always drive safely and use caution.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 9, 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 CyberOptics Corp. (CYBE), relating to its proposed acquisition by Nordson Corp. Under the terms of the agreement, CYBE shareholders are expected to receive $54.00 in cash per share they own. Click here for more information: https://www.monteverdelaw.com/case/cyberoptics-corp. 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 CYBE 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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Anderson sharp, Olson homers as Braves beat Padres 5-2
By RICHARD J. MARCUS
Associated Press
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Ian Anderson pitched one-run ball into the sixth inning, Matt Olson hit one of Atlanta’s three homers and the Braves beat the San Diego Padres 5-2. Anderson allowed two hits and struck out seven over 5 2/3 innings. Padres rookie starter Nick Martinez was stung by the long ball. Ozzie Albies hit a solo shot on his second pitch of the game, giving him a homer in all three games of this series so far. Olson and Marcell Ozuna also connected off Martinez, charged with four runs in five innings. Manny Piña also may have gone deep, but center fielder Trent Grisham made a sensational leaping catch at the wall.
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Dad, daughter survive lightning strike at Yankees spring training game
(WFTS) - A father and daughter are miraculously OK after being struck by lightning Saturday at a baseball game in Florida.
Ashley Moberg, 19, and her father John Moberg were attending a New York Yankees spring training game at Steinbrenner Field in Tampa. They were visiting from their hometown of Chicago.
When the game was canceled early due to a thunderstorm and sent fans running for their cars, the Mobergs found themselves standing under a tree in a parking lot, unable to find their vehicle.
“And there was a bright flash and the loud boom that I heard,” Ashley Moberg said. “The next thing I knew, I was flying out of my shoes and my ears were ringing, and my dad hit his head on the ground and then I hit the ground. I thought my dad was dead for about 10 seconds while I was lying on the pavement trying to figure out whether I had died.”
John Moberg was knocked unconscious and broke his cheekbone when he hit the ground. The necklace Ashley was wearing burned her neck.
A bystander called 911 for help. Both Ashley and John Moberg were taken to the hospital. They were discharged Monday morning, just in time to catch their flight back home to Chicago.
Before heading to the airport, they went back to the spot where they were struck by lightning to commemorate their visit with a photo, walking away with smiles and a sense of humor.
“For everyone who is asking, yes, we got superpowers, and no, we are not allowed to talk about them,” Ashley Moberg said.
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(KVEO) — Researchers discovered an oak tree within Texas Big Bend National Park that was thought to have been extinct over 10 years ago.
A lone Quercus Tardifilia tree was discovered May 25 at the national park standing at 30 feet tall, according to a news release from The Morton Arboretum.
Though in poor condition, botanical researchers were thrilled to find the lone oak tree after the specimen was believed to have perished in 2011.
The tree was first described by scientists in the 1930s.
When discovered earlier this year, the trunk of the oak was scarred by fire and showed signs of severe fungal infection.
According to scientists, a drought or fire has the potential to end its life.
Scientists are now working with the National Park Service to reduce the immediate wildfire threat to the tree, and conservationists in this collaborative are moving quickly to return to search for acorns in an attempt to propagate.
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- Collaboration to Accelerate Next-Generation Cancer Treatment -
TOKYO and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Kenji Yasukawa, Ph.D., "Astellas") and GO Therapeutics, Inc. (Co-Founder and CEO: Constantine Theodoropulos, "GO") today announced that Xyphos Biosciences, Inc., (a wholly owned subsidiary of Astellas, "Xyphos") and GO have entered into a strategic research collaboration and license agreement to develop novel Immuno-Oncology therapeutics.
GO is applying new advances in glycoproteomics to develop antibody-based cancer therapeutics that specifically target cancer cells. Xyphos holds a novel and proprietary ACCELTM technology platform that uses its convertibleCAR® (convertible Chimeric Antigen Receptor) on immune cells.
Under the terms of the agreement, the two companies will collaborate exclusively to identify novel antibodies with high affinity to two different glycoprotein targets and apply these antibodies to a range of therapeutic modalities. GO will lead the collaboration to discover high-affinity antibodies against the two targets, and Astellas will be responsible for research activities, clinical development and commercialization of the therapeutics derived from the antibodies provided by GO.
Under the terms of the agreement, Xyphos will pay GO Therapeutics US$20.5 million in upfront cash. Milestone and contingency payments could total up to another US$763 million.
"We are excited to collaborate with Astellas to develop a new class of Immuno-Oncology therapeutics," said Constantine Theodoropulos, co-founder and CEO of GO Therapeutics. "The combination of GO's targets and antibodies and Astellas' ACCEL technology promises to create a new generation of cancer treatments that have a greater therapeutic index. This will enable oncologists to increase the efficacy of antibody-based immunotherapies for solid tumors with less damage to healthy tissues."
Naoki Okamura, Chief Strategy Officer at Astellas said, "At Astellas, we have positioned Immuno-Oncology as one of the Primary Focuses of our R&D strategy. We believe that this collaboration will bring synergies between the two companies' cutting-edge research, and will ultimately lead to the development of new therapeutics for patients with great unmet medical needs."
GO Therapeutics is applying the latest advances in glycobiology to create cancer drugs that are more potent and less toxic. GO Therapeutics' cancer specific antibodies against tumor-specific antigens can be used in a multimodal approach to killing cancer, such as antibody-drug-conjugates, bispecific T-cell engagers and immune-based cell therapies. The company's scientific team includes some of the leading scientific researchers and applied biologists in glycoproteomics. GO Therapeutics is based in Cambridge, MA. For more information about the company, please visit https://gotherapeutics.com/.
Xyphos Biosciences, Inc., located at South San Francisco, Calif., is a wholly owned subsidiary of Astellas featuring ACCELTM technology, a CAR (chimeric antigen receptor) technology platform for immune cell therapies. ACCELTM technology combines a universal CAR on immune cells such as natural killer (NK) or T cells (convertibleCAR® cells) with bispecific antibody-based molecules (MicAbodies) to direct immune cell function against cancer cells. By replacing or using multiple MicAbodies according to the characteristics of the cancer cells to be attacked, convertibleCAR® cells can recognize different cancer antigens or multiple cancer antigens and attack various cancer cells. Xyphos Biosciences was launched in 2017, and the Company was acquired by Astellas Pharma in December of 2019. For more information about the company, please visit www.xyphosinc.com.
Astellas Pharma Inc. is a pharmaceutical company conducting business in more than 70 countries around the world. We are promoting the Focus Area Approach that is designed to identify opportunities for the continuous creation of new drugs to address diseases with high unmet medical needs by focusing on Biology and Modality. Furthermore, we are also looking beyond our foundational Rx focus to create Rx+® healthcare solutions that combine our expertise and knowledge with cutting-edge technology in different fields of external partners. Through these efforts, Astellas stands on the forefront of healthcare change to turn innovative science into value for patients. For more information, please visit our website at https://www.astellas.com/en.
In this press release, statements made with respect to current plans, estimates, strategies and beliefs and other statements that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements about the future performance of Astellas. These statements are based on management's current assumptions and beliefs in light of the information currently available to it and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. Such factors include, but are not limited to: (i) changes in general economic conditions and in laws and regulations, relating to pharmaceutical markets, (ii) currency exchange rate fluctuations, (iii) delays in new product launches, (iv) the inability of Astellas to market existing and new products effectively, (v) the inability of Astellas to continue to effectively research and develop products accepted by customers in highly competitive markets, and (vi) infringements of Astellas' intellectual property rights by third parties. Information about pharmaceutical products (including products currently in development) which is included in this press release is not intended to constitute an advertisement or medical advice.
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HENDERSON, Nev., June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The College of Nursing at Roseman University of Health Sciences has launched a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree program as the University continues to add in-demand degrees that bolster local, regional, and national healthcare systems and infrastructures.
Roseman's 23-month full-time, asynchronous online DNP program builds on the traditional MSN-FNP education received as an advanced practice registered nurse, with curriculum focused on evidenced-based care, quality improvement, safety, informatics, ethics, systems leadership, and access to care for populations. Roseman began accepting applications on June 1 for its inaugural cohort scheduled to start in January 2023. The program will be offered with starts in January and July.
"Today, nurses have an increasing role in patient care, as well as improving delivery systems and outcomes, that require the highest level of clinical and leadership education," said Roseman University College of Nursing Dean Brian Oxhorn, BSN, MSN, PhD. "Graduates of Roseman's DNP program will be prepared to be leaders, assuring the delivery of safe and quality healthcare."
Roseman's program comes as there is a push to move the current level of preparation necessary for advanced nursing practice from the master's degree to the doctorate-level by 2025, resulting in an increasing demand for nurses with DNP degrees. According to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), "employers are quickly recognizing the unique contribution these expert nurses are making in the practice arena, and the demand for DNP-prepared nurses continues to grow."
The addition of the DNP program builds on the Roseman's current Registered Nurse to Bachelor of Science in Nursing (RN to BSN), Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) and Master of Science in Nursing - Family Nurse Practitioner (MSN-FNP) programs to offer a seamless path to the DNP for students in all stages of their nursing careers.
About Roseman University of Health Sciences
Founded in Henderson, Nevada in 1999, Roseman University of Health Sciences is a non-profit, private institution of higher learning training the next generation of undergraduate and graduate level health care professionals that serve, collaborate, and set new standards in their communities and within their professions. With campuses in Henderson and Summerlin (Las Vegas), Nevada and South Jordan, Utah, the University is comprised of the College of Dental Medicine, offering an Advanced Education in Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics/MBA residency and Doctor of Dental Medicine program; College of Pharmacy, offering a Doctor of Pharmacy and Professional Continuing Education; College of Nursing, offering an Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing and Master of Science in Nursing/Family Nurse Practitioner and Doctor of Nurse Practice; and College of Graduate Studies offering a Master of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences and Master of Science in Biomedical Sciences. Roseman University of Health Sciences will also offer a Doctor of Medicine through its College of Medicine once it becomes accredited. More than 7,000 Roseman graduates are caring for patients, conducting research, and engaged in public health and policy in Nevada, Utah and across the country. Roseman University is regionally accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. www.roseman.edu.
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Nissan recalls over 200K pickups due to risk of rolling away
Published: Sep. 15, 2022 at 2:41 PM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
DETROIT (AP) — Nissan is recalling more than 203,000 pickup trucks in the U.S. because they can roll away unexpectedly when shifted into park.
The recall covers Frontier and Titan pickups from the 2020 through 2023 model years.
Nissan says owners should use the parking brake whenever they park their trucks.
The company says a transmission parking pawl may not engage when the trucks are shifted into park. The pawl stops the trucks from moving.
Nissan says it’s not aware of any crashes or injuries.
The company is still working on repairs.
Owners will get letters starting Nov. 1, and they’ll be notified again when a fix is available.
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Three RFPs Now Open for Qualified Researchers through NORD's Jayne Holtzer Rare Disease Research Grants Program
WASHINGTON, April 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD®) announced three new requests for proposal (RFP) for grant funding related to the following rare diseases: Autoimmune Polyglandular Syndrome Type 1 (APS-1), Levy-Yeboa Syndrome (LYS), and Megacystis Microcolon Intestinal Hypoperistalsis Syndrome (MMIHS). The NORD Jayne Holtzer Rare Disease Research Grants Program provides seed-money grants to qualified investigators for scientific and clinical research. NORD's program provides grants for the study of diseases for which there are few other sources of funding.
- With funding from the APS Type 1 Foundation, NORD is accepting applications for one grant of $50,000 for scientific and/or clinical research studies related to APS-1. Deadline for letters of intent is Tuesday, June 21. More information and to apply.
- With fundraising by the Maxwell Family, NORD is accepting applications for one grant up to $40,000 for scientific and/or clinical research studies related to LYS. Deadline for letters of intent is Tuesday, June 21. More information and to apply.
- With funding from the MMIHS Foundation, NORD is accepting applications for one grant of $30,000 for scientific and/or clinical research studies related to MMIHS. Deadline for letters of intent is Tuesday, June 21. More information and to apply.
Grants will be awarded to qualified researchers to initiate small scientific research studies or clinical trials, the results of which could be used to obtain funding from the National Institutes for Health (NIH), US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), or other funding agencies, or to attract a corporate sponsor.
"Since 1989, NORD's grants have led to the development of two FDA-approved treatments and many peer-reviewed publications. Over 200 grants have been awarded, totaling over $9 million in approved funding. The vision behind these critical study grants is to ultimately lead to new diagnostics, treatments, and cures for rare diseases," said Aliza Fink, Director, Research Programs, NORD.
To learn more or submit to the 2022 NORD Research Grants Cycle, visit the NORD website.
About the National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD)
The National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) is the leading independent advocacy organization representing all patients and families affected by rare diseases in the United States. NORD began as a small group of patient advocates that formed a coalition to unify and mobilize support to pass the Orphan Drug Act of 1983. Since then, the organization has led the way in voicing the needs of the rare disease community, driving supportive policies, furthering education, advancing medical research, and providing patient and family services for those who need them most. Together with over 300 disease-specific member organizations, more than 17,000 Rare Action Network advocates across all 50 states, and national and global partners, NORD delivers on its mission to improve the lives of those impacted by rare diseases. Visit rarediseases.org.
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Council filed an amicus brief today in Woodhull Freedom Foundation v. United States (22-5105), a challenge to the constitutionality of the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Trafficking Act of 2017 (FOSTA), currently on appeal in the DC Circuit Court of Appeals. FOSTA creates civil and criminal liability for internet service providers who allow content that "promotes or facilitates" sex trafficking. This broad and vague language has led ISPs to ban all content that could conceivably be connected to sex work, shutting down blacklist databases and making difficult for sex workers to screen clients. National Council Executive Director Andrea James said the organization supports decriminalizing sex work as "part of our effort to reimagine our communities in which people are safe and free to make their own decisions about how they earn a living." Far from stopping sex trafficking, FOSTA has made it worse by censoring communication between sex workers that kept them safe and enabled law enforcement to target predators.
The National Council represented COYOTE-RI, a sex worker advocacy organization, which conducted a survey of 260 sex workers from July to August 2022 to document the harm that FOSTA has caused. Seventy-nine percent of survey participants (N=222) report that FOSTA prevented them from using screening procedures that made them feel safe. A large majority said that FOSTA had made them scared to advocate for decriminalization – not just online but in person as well.
The National Council's Senior Legal Counsel, Catherine Sevcenko, who wrote the amicus brief, said she "was proud to help vindicate the First Amendment rights of sex workers, whose voices and expertise must be heard to find a way to end the horror of human trafficking."
Eleven other organizations that advocate for sex workers, transgender, and LGBTQUIA+ signed onto the brief.
To view the brief in its entirety, click here.
Contact:
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BROOKVILLE, N.Y., April 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Results of a newly released Long Island University Steven S. Hornstein Center for Policy, Polling and Analysis national poll revealed what Americans think about wearing masks on planes and public transportation in light of a federal court order, that stated as of April 18, 2022, the CDC's Order requiring masks on public transportation conveyances and at transportation hubs was no longer in effect.
MIXED SUPPORT (42%) ON THE REMOVAL OF MASK MANDATES ONBOARD AIRLINE FLIGHTS
Americans were asked if they supported the removal of mask mandates onboard airline flights to reduce the likelihood of contracting the coronavirus; 42% of respondents said yes. Respondents with the highest support of the mask mandate removal were Republicans (73%), followed by Independents (41%) and Democrats (21%). Support of the mask mandate removal was higher in the Midwest (48%) and South (47%) than other regions in the Northeast (33%) and Pacific (35%). Respondents age 60 and older supported the mask mandate removal at a lower rate (34%) than other age brackets. Males supported the mask mandate removal at a higher rate (46%) than females (39%).
6 OUT OF 10 AMERICANS WOULD STILL WEAR A MASK WHILE TRAVELING
National poll results found that 64% of respondents said they would still wear a mask today if traveling by plane; 63% of respondents said they would still wear a mask today if traveling on public transportation. Political beliefs played a factor in respondents' choices: 87% of Democrats said they would still wear masks on planes; 84% of Democrats said they would still wear masks on public transportation; 61% of Independents said they would still wear masks on planes; 59% of Independents said they would still wear masks on public transportation; 38% of Republicans said they would still wear masks on planes; 41% of Republicans said they would still wear masks on public transportation.
71% OF AMERICANS BELIEVE WEARING MASKS REDUCES THE LIKELIHOOD OF CONTRACTING THE CORONAVIRUS
Respondents were asked if they believe wearing face masks reduces the likelihood of contracting the coronavirus: 71% of Americans said yes; 92% of Democrats said yes; 68% of Independents/Other said yes; 46% of Republicans said yes.
HALF OF AMERICANS (53%) SAID THE WORST OF THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC IS OVER
Respondents were asked if they believe the worst of the pandemic is over. Overall, 53% of respondents said yes, the highest since June 2021 through national polls conducted by the Long Island University Steven S. Hornstein Center for Policy, Polling and Analysis. Respondents with the highest confidence level that the worst of the coronavirus pandemic is over are Republicans (70%), followed by Independents (51%) and Democrats (43%). Respondents age 18-29 believe the worst is over at the highest belief rate (58%) compared to respondents age 60 and older (47%) at the lowest belief rate. Males believe the worst is over at a higher rate (57%) than females (49%).
53% OF AMERICANS SAID THEY CURRENTLY WEAR A MASK TO AVOID CONTRACTING THE CORONAVIRUS
Respondents were asked if they were currently wearing a mask in general to reduce the likelihood of contracting the coronavirus: 53% of Americans said yes; 73% of Democrats said yes; 48% of Independents/Other said yes; 34% of Republicans said yes.
62% OF AMERICANS REMAINED CONCERNED OVER RISK OF FAMILY CONTRACTING THE CORONAVIRUS (DOWN SLIGHTLY FROM 69% IN NOVEMBER 2021)
Americans were asked how concerned they are about someone in their family becoming seriously ill from the coronavirus: 62% of respondents said they are somewhat or seriously concerned as compared to 69% in an earlier November 2021 Hornstein Center national poll. 78% of Democrats, 59% of Independents/Other, and 43% of Republicans said they are somewhat or seriously concerned.
75% OF AMERICANS ARE FULLY VACCINATED AGE 12 AND OVER (UP FROM 69% IN NOVEMBER 2021)
76% OF AMERICANS ARE FULLY VACCINATED AGE 18 AND OVER (UP FROM 71% IN NOVEMBER 2021)
90% OF AMERICANS ARE FULLY VACCINATED AGE 65 AND OVER (UP FROM 86% IN NOVEMBER 2021)
According to CDC data, 75% of Americans age 12 and over are fully vaccinated as of April 24, 2022 (up from 69% on November 16, 2021). 76% of Americans age 18 and over are fully vaccinated (up from 71% on November 16, 2021). 90% of Americans over age 65 are fully vaccinated (up from 86% on November 16, 2021), indicating a promising way forward for the most at-risk population.
CDC AUTHORIZED COVID-19 BOOSTER VACCINES
CDC guidance on COVID-19 Booster Vaccines stated that Americans eligible for a second booster shot include adults ages 50 years and older, people ages 12 years and older who are moderately or severely immunocompromised, and people who received 2 doses (1 primary dose and 1 booster) of Johnson & Johnson's Janssen vaccine. Currently, the three vaccines that are authorized and recommended to prevent COVID-19 by the CDC are Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, Moderna COVID-19 vaccine and Johnson & Johnson's Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine.
METHODOLOGY
This Long Island University Steven S. Hornstein Center for Policy, Polling, and Analysis online poll was conducted through SurveyMonkey from April 21 – 22, 2022 among a national sample of 1,584 adults ages 18 and up. Respondents for this survey were selected from over 2.5 million people who take surveys on the SurveyMonkey platform each day. Data for this week have been weighted for age and gender using the Census Bureau's American Community Survey to reflect the demographic composition of the United States. The modeled error estimate for this survey is plus or minus 2.5 percentage points.
ABOUT THE LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY STEVEN S. HORNSTEIN CENTER FOR POLICY, POLLING, AND ANALYSIS
The Long Island University Steven S. Hornstein Center for Policy, Polling, and Analysis conducts independent polling, empirical research, and analysis on a wide range of public issues. Our studies inform the public and policy makers about critical issues, attitudes, and trends shaping the world. Visit liu.edu/Hornstein for more information and results from this national poll.
ABOUT LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY
Long Island University, founded in 1926, continues to redefine higher education, providing high quality academic instruction by world-class faculty. Recognized by Forbes for its emphasis on experiential learning and by the Brookings Institution for its "value added" to student outcomes, LIU has a network of over 285,000 alumni, including industry leaders and entrepreneurs around the globe. Visit liu.edu for more information.
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Following May's AAPIHM, Proprietor Simon Kim Reflects on Distinguished Honor as the Only KOREAN STEAKHOUSE™ in the World to Receive Coveted Star Award
MIAMI, June 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- COTE Miami, one of the city's most coveted reservations since opening in 2021 in Miami's Design District, has been awarded a MICHELIN Star and the Florida Sommelier Award, in the inaugural 2022 MICHELIN Guide Florida Star Revelation, a distinction that was announced at a ceremony held in Orlando last night.
America's first KOREAN STEAKHOUSE™ conceptualized by proprietor and hospitality visionary Simon Kim and brought to life by an exceptional team - COTE's Beverage Director, Victora James, and Executive Chef David Shim- the restaurant's secret to success is providing the best meat, cooked on the best grills and paired with the best wine and spirits. As complex as it is simple, this formula earned COTE's New York City location four consecutive MICHELIN-stars since 2017, when it received its first star within 6 months of opening. Yesterday evening's award marks the brand's fifth star overall and represents COTE's steadfast dedication to consistently meet MICHELIN's stringent five-criteria rating ranging from quality of ingredients to consistency between visits.
COTE is the world's only tabletop KOREAN STEAKHOUSE™ concept to receive this distinction, and one of a select few in the country to hold a star for both locations in different cities, a source of great honor for the Seoul-born, 40-year-old entrepreneur.
"From day one, despite all of the obstacles presented with COVID-19, I bet on Miami. I was inspired by the city's unique vibe, and knew that it was on the cusp of its 'golden age.' I saw all of its culture and development – the booming arts scene, the growing dining landscape – and thought COTE needed to be part of this rise. I felt COTE's celebration of Korean heritage would allow us to add our own touch to the community," said Kim. "To be recognized in a new city by the most well respected restaurant guide in the world – MICHELIN – is unequivocally a remarkable moment for us. We are humbled by this distinguished honor and thank MICHELIN for this tremendous recognition. Worldwide gourmands, we welcome you to the magic city."
Kim, whose restaurants have amassed an impressive eight stars throughout his career, says COTE is a celebration of his heritage. An advocate for the AAPI community, Kim co-founded the dine-around gala A Taste of Asia in fall 2021, gathering dozens of restaurants to honor the diversity and vitality of New York's AAPI culture and cuisine and raising over $1.1 million for Apex for Youth, City Harvest and Madison Square Park Conservancy. This year, Kim received the ultimate distinguished honor of having been personally invited to the inauguration ceremony of Yoon Suk-Yeol, South Korea's new president, and just this spring, joined the finalist shortlist for Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year 2022 New York Award.
COTE, the carnivorous vision of proprietor Simon Kim, is the world's first KOREAN STEAKHOUSE™, blending the conviviality and interaction of Korean barbecue with the hallmarks of the classic American chophouse. The result is a unique, unforgettable dining experience, built on a foundation of the highest quality USDA Prime beef, unmatched service, an impeccable 1,200+ label wine list and a suite of classic, creative cocktails. Smokeless grills in every table, combined with premium cuts from COTE's in-house dry aging room, ensure that every morsel of steak is hot, fresh, and caramelized to perfection.
For more information about COTE NYC, visit www.cotenyc.com and for COTE Miami, visit www.cotemiami.com.
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VENTURA, Calif., April 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- At the first Earth Day in 1970, prominent environmentalists across the globe, including Earth Day founder Senator Gaylord Nelson, warned about the environmental threat of overpopulation. Californians for Population Stabilization (CAPS) is launching a nationwide campaign of two video ads to get people talking about this overlooked issue.
CAPS Executive Director Ric Oberlink said, "Large environmental groups have retreated into nests of political correctness, no longer willing to address population growth, globally or locally. David Brower, the preeminent environmentalist of the last 100 years and a member of CAPS Advisory Board, warned us, 'Overpopulation is perhaps the biggest problem facing us, and immigration is part of that problem. It has to be addressed.'"
Since that first Earth Day, world population has doubled to 8 billion, and the U.S. population has increased by two-thirds to 333 million, but most of the major environmental groups no longer talk about the problem of population growth.
"Overpopulation is the root cause of so much environmental destruction. Human activity devours open space, increases pollution levels, and drives species extinct. Habitat depletion is, by far, the largest factor in the loss of biodiversity," said Oberlink.
Along with Gaylord Nelson and David Brower, other global and environmental leaders featured on the videos include naturalist Sir David Attenborough, primatologist Jane Goodall, and the Dalai Lama.
The videos from the Let's Talk About Overpopulation on Earth Day campaign can be viewed here.
CAPS is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization. Its mission is to formulate and advance policies and programs designed to stabilize the population of California, the U.S., and the world at levels that will preserve the environment and a good quality of life for all. Learn more at capsweb.org.
Media Contact: Toby White, publicaffairs@capsweb.org.
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NEW YORK, July 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: AXSM) between December 30, 2019 and April 22, 2022, inclusive (the "Class Period"), of the important July 12, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Axsome securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Axsome class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=2221 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than July 12, 2022. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually handle securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, defendants made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Axsome's chemistry, manufacturing, and control ("CMC") practices were deficient with respect to AXS-07 and its manufacturing process; (2) as a result, Axsome was unlikely to submit the AXS-07 New Drug Application ("NDA") on its initially represented timeline; (3) the foregoing CMC issues remained unresolved at the time that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") reviewed the AXS-07 NDA; (4) accordingly, the FDA was unlikely to approve the AXS-07 NDA; (5) as a result of all the foregoing, Axsome had overstated AXS-07's regulatory and commercial prospects; and (6) as a result, Axsome's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
To join the Axsome class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=2221 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.
No Class Has Been Certified. Until a class is certified, you are not represented by counsel unless you retain one. You may select counsel of your choice. You may also remain an absent class member and do nothing at this point. An investor's ability to share in any potential future recovery is not dependent upon serving as lead plaintiff.
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Subaru Recognized for Safety, Dependability and Product Quality for Second Consecutive Year
CAMDEN, N.J., Aug. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Subaru of America, Inc. today announced that the automaker was ranked number one in Safety, Drive Performance and Service Quality, and was also top-rated amongst other automakers for Dependability, Product Quality and Overall ACSI® Score in the 2022 American Customer Satisfaction Index Survey (ACSI) Automobile Study.
The ACSI study and rankings are based on customers' opinions of their own vehicles, and results are reported on a 100-point scale. In the ACSI 2021-2022 Automotive Study of mass market vehicles, Subaru was rated as:
- #1 Brand for Safety, two years in a row
- #1 Brand for Drive Performance
- #1 Brand for Service Quality
- Top-rated for Dependability, two years in a row
- Top-rated for Product Quality, two years in a row
- Top-rated for Customer Satisfaction
"We are pleased to be recognized by the ACSI as the No. 1 automotive brand in safety, drive performance and service quality – especially because this recognition comes directly from Subaru customers," said Thomas J. Doll, President and Chief Executive Officer, Subaru of America, Inc. "We understand that safety, quality and dependability are our customer's top concerns, and we will continue to deliver the top-notch Subaru ownership experience they expect."
Developed in 1994 at the University of Michigan, ACSI is the only national cross-industry measure of customer satisfaction in the United States. The ACSI tracks more than 400 companies in 47 consumer industries across 10 economic sectors on an annual basis, and is the largest single benchmarking study in the U.S.
For more information on the ACSI and the automobile rankings, visit theACSI.org. ACSI is a registered trademark of American Customer Satisfaction LLC.
About Subaru of America, Inc.
Subaru of America, Inc. (SOA) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Subaru Corporation of Japan. Headquartered at a zero-landfill office in Camden, N.J., the company markets and distributes Subaru vehicles, parts and accessories through a network of more than 630 retailers across the United States. All Subaru products are manufactured in zero-landfill plants and Subaru of Indiana Automotive, Inc. is the only U.S. automobile manufacturing plant to be designated a backyard wildlife habitat by the National Wildlife Federation. SOA is guided by the Subaru Love Promise, which is the company's vision to show love and respect to everyone, and to support its communities and customers nationwide. Over the past 20 years, SOA and the SOA Foundation have donated more than $270 million to causes the Subaru family cares about, and its employees have logged nearly 78,000 volunteer hours. As a company, Subaru believes it is important to do its part in making a positive impact in the world because it is the right thing to do.
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DURHAM, N.C., Aug. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
Statement from Susan Estrich, spokesperson for Greg Lindberg:
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'Piling on' is what they call it when you have a weak case and what do you do? Pile on more charges – of something, from somewhere. In this case, the SEC added an even weaker case.
Only weeks ago, Greg Lindberg was released from prison because his fifth and sixth amendment rights were violated. He served 633 days in prison because of this wrongful conviction. But the government, instead of realizing its case had holes, or more likely because it does, came right back with the threat of more charges and more complaints.
So one day later, not so coincidentally, the SEC weighs in with its civil complaint after being shown millions of pages of documents to prove them wrong. They claimed no disclosure; we showed them actual disclosures. They claimed the companies weren't real; we showed them that they were. We showed them bank records to prove where the money went, and to prove that there was no private "piggybank" and that no policy holder ever lost a dime. We traced the money they couldn't trace.
When we showed them everything, they zeroed in on a handful of transactions representing less than 1.5% of that period's transaction volume across a global organization with $5.5 billion of assets under management. The SEC is bootstrapping one weak case to another, in the hope that their combined weight will count for more than they each do on their own. Mr. Lindberg intends to fight the false allegations that have been made against him, and to strengthen and support his insurance companies and the policy holders here in North Carolina.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- 5WPR, one of the largest independently-owned PR firms in the U.S., is pleased to announce their work for client CarParts.com, an e-commerce platform that offers an end-to-end solution for drivers looking for a stress-free vehicle repair and maintenance, has been announced as a finalist in the 2022 PRNews Platinum Awards in the Ecommerce Campaign of the Year category.
The nominated campaign, executed by the Consumer and Emerging Technology team, reinforced the brand's position to establish their executive leadership as visionary innovators within the industry. 5WPR launched an all-encompassing strategy focused on amplifying the company's CEO and CFO as thought leaders, while simultaneously building brand awareness among business media and retail investors.
"This recognition is a testament to the incredible client-partner relationship we have built with CarParts.com," said 5WPR CEO, Matthew Caiola. "They have allowed our team the opportunity to implement game-changing strategies that demand to be recognized in the competitive e-commerce space. We look forward to continuing our partnership, supporting their corporate communications initiatives."
For over two decades, the Platinum PR Awards have been hailed as the most coveted and competitive award in the communications space. The winners of this world-renowned recognition represent the best of the best—those that have reached the pinnacle of both innovation and industry knowledge. Winners will be unveiled at the PRNews Platinum PR Awards Gala on Wednesday, October 12, in New York City.
About 5WPR
5W Public Relations is a full-service PR agency in NYC known for cutting-edge programs that engage with businesses, issues and ideas. With more than 275 professionals serving clients in B2C (Beauty & Fashion, Consumer Brands, Entertainment, Food & Beverage, Health & Wellness, Travel & Hospitality, Technology, Nonprofit), B2B (Corporate Communications and Reputation Management), Public Affairs, Crisis Communications and Digital Marketing (Social Media, Influencer, Paid Media, SEO). Founded by Ronn Torossian nearly 20 years ago, 5W was named to Inc. Magazine's Best Workplaces 2022 list, awarded 2020 PR Agency of The Year, and brings leading businesses a resourceful, bold and results-driven approach to communication.
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NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vivera Pharmaceuticals is pleased to welcome Fabio Macciardi, M.D., Ph.D., to its Advisory Board as Neurogenetics Scientific Advisor to the Company's Biosciences Division. As an expert in neurogenetics, Dr. Macciardi will assist Vivera in the research and development of targeted genetic therapies to address the unmet needs of patients with various central nervous system (CNS) conditions.
"I am looking forward to joining Vivera as we utilize our knowledge of the human brain to develop therapeutic tools for patients with neuropsychiatric disorders," said Dr. Macciardi.
Dr. Macciardi is a Professor of Molecular Psychiatry at the University of California, Irvine (UCI), School of Medicine. Currently, he is leading research focused on analyzing the function and evolution of neurocognitive genes and their associated traits utilizing next-generation DNA and RNA sequencing methods.
The objective of Dr. Macciardi's research is to detect and characterize the role of non-coding RNAs and transposable elements (TEs) as epigenetic regulators (elements that can modify gene expression without altering the genetic code itself) in neural tissue and across neuropsychiatric disorders. His lab has already identified more than 600,000 expressed discrete TEs in the human brain as major epigenetic regulators of gene expression in neurogenesis, autism spectrum disorder (autism), schizophrenia, and Alzheimer's disease.
"We are honored to welcome Dr. Macciardi to Vivera's Advisory Board," said Paul Edalat, Chairman and CEO of Vivera. "His research has led to remarkable discoveries in the genetics field, and we are looking forward to harnessing his expertise to support our research and development initiatives."
Additionally, Dr. Macciardi's research will be particularly instrumental in the Company's drug development and licensing strategy for TABMELT, Vivera's novel patented and patent-pending sublingual drug delivery system that allows patients to take a medication by placing a tablet under the tongue. Utilizing his scientific background, Dr. Macciardi will help Vivera select medications that may better serve patients in a sublingual format.
"I welcome Dr. Macciardi to the team," said Gerald A. Maguire, M.D., D.L.F.A.P.A., Vivera's Chief Neurosciences Advisor. "Together, we will explore innovative methods to treat neuropsychiatric disorders, which could be life-changing to patients who are affected."
Vivera Pharmaceuticals is an innovative, science-driven pharmaceutical company located in Southern California. The Company has global exclusivity to license the patented and patent-pending TABMELT sublingual drug delivery system for pharmaceutical use and holds its own issued patents on ZICOH, a smart dose-controlled electronic medical device. The Company has also received a Notice of Allowance for its portable telemedicine station, MDZone. With multiple divisions, including its pharmaceutical, neurosciences, medical technology, biosciences, and advanced diagnostics divisions, Vivera Pharmaceuticals is vertically integrated with patented technology, manufacturing capabilities, and distribution for its products.
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BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon hopes to start repatriating Syrian refugees within months over objections by the United Nations and rights groups, a minister said in an interview Wednesday.
Lebanon has one of the world’s highest numbers of refugees per capita and currently hosts over 1 million Syrians who fled the decade-old conflict. Officials say the influx has cost Lebanon billions of dollars and further damaged its crippled infrastructure.
“We are serious about implementing this plan and we hope to do so within months,” Issam Charafeddine, Lebanon’s caretaker Minister of the Displaced, told The Associated Press. “This is a humane, honorable, patriotic and economic plan that is necessary for Lebanon.”
The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees and rights groups oppose involuntary repatriation to Syria and say the practice risks endangering the returning refugees.
The U.N. refugee agency in a press statement denied that it is engaged in negotiations with Beirut and Damascus on refugee returns.
“UNHCR continues to call on the government of Lebanon to respect the fundamental right of all refugees to a voluntary, safe and dignified return,” the statement read.
The United Nations estimates that 90% of Syrian refugee households live in extreme poverty. But since late 2019, poverty has worsened for both Lebanese and Syrians as the Mediterranean country continues to struggle with crippling economic crisis. Sky-rocketing fuel prices coupled with a currency collapse has meant many essential commodities are now out of reach.
In recent months, a surge of Lebanese, Syrians, and Palestinians have tried to flee cash-strapped Lebanon by sea to Europe.
The Lebanese minister on Monday presented the plan to President Michel Aoun. A committee consisting of caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, Charafeddine, six other ministers and the country’s General Security organization had been working on the proposal since March to gradually return some 1.5 million Syrian refugees from Lebanon.
Charafeddine plans to visit Syria next week to meet Local Administration and Environment Minister Hussein Makhlouf. He hopes they will agree on a concrete timeline for the plan to repatriate 15,000 Syrian refugees every month. The minister says Maklouf had told him that the Syrian government could provide temporary shelter for repatriated refugees in areas that are “entirely safe.”
“We have statistics from the Interior Ministry of the names of the displaced, where they live, and where they’re originally from, and so we would return them by neighborhood,” the minister said. He said Lebanon is willing to repatriate refugees in larger numbers if the Syrian government is able to receive them “at a later stage”.
Human rights organizations in recent reports have documented cases of arbitrary detention, enforced disappearances, and a host of human rights violations against returning refugees.
Charafeddine rejected these reports as a “fear campaign” and said the Syrian government has agreed to drop charges against former opposition fighters and political opposition.
“I was surprised that the Syrian state has eased matters a lot for returns even when it comes to security matters – even those who held weapons will get waivers,” Charafeddine told the AP.
The caretaker minister also criticized the UNHCR and donor countries for not being willing to redirect refugee aid to Syria, which he says deters refugees from returning.
“Whatever the UNHCR’s position is, we will go ahead with the plan,” he said.
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More than 700 stakeholders will be surveyed to advise on operators' response to signs of problem gambling
DENVER, July 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PointsBet, the leading sportsbook for live betting, and the National Council on Problem Gambling (NCPG) today announced the launch of a research initiative centered around responsible gambling decision making for online gambling operators.
The objective of this work is to understand how various industry, government, and clinical stakeholders would respond to various scenarios in which a fictitious online betting customer demonstrates potentially problematic gambling behavior.
"With the rapid expansion of legalized sports betting across the US, a commitment to responsible gambling today will have a direct impact on the future health of players and sustainability of the industry," said PointsBet USA CEO Johnny Aitken. "Navigating how to identify and address problem gambling is a complex and sensitive issue, and operators are regularly faced with how to best respond to customers who are exhibiting problematic gambling behavior. Through this research project, we're aiming to gain more insights on the thought process that goes into finding solutions for those impacted by problem gambling as well as better help inform operator decision making on this matter."
An anonymous and voluntary survey, designed by PointsBet in collaboration with NCPG and the Massachusetts Council on Gaming and Health, will be issued to attendees of the National Conference on Gambling Addiction & Responsible Gambling 2022. The survey will showcase three fictional customers who are demonstrating potentially problematic gambling behavior. Those who opt in will be asked to take on the role of an operator and determine the best course of action for the customer based on the observed behavior.
"Online gambling operators are required to provide various responsible gambling tools. These tools should be regularly reviewed and evaluated by stakeholders to ensure they are adequately serving customers," said Keith Whyte, Executive Director of the National Council on Problem Gambling. "Our hope is that the results of this survey will spark dialogue amongst operators as well as regulators, treatment providers, researchers, and problem gambling advocates to help inform the responsible gambling decisions that online gambling operators face."
Findings and analysis of the survey will be made available to all conference attendees and the general public in September 2022.
PointsBet is a corporate bookmaker listed on the Australian Stock Exchange with operations in Australia, the United States, Canada and Ireland. PointsBet has developed a scalable cloud-based wagering platform through which it offers its clients innovative sports and racing wagering products, advance deposit wagering on racing (ADW) and iGaming.
Based in Washington DC, the National Council on Problem Gambling is the only national nonprofit organization that seeks to minimize the economic and social costs associated with gambling addiction. If you or someone you know may have a gambling problem, contact the National Problem Gambling Helpline, which offers hope and help without stigma or shame. Call or text 1-800-GAMBLER or visit www.ncpgambling.org/chat. Help is available 24/7 – it is free and confidential.
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NEW YORK (AP) — After more than six decades of making bicycles soar, sending panicked swimmers to the shore and other spellbinding close encounters, John Williams is putting the final notes on what may be his last film score.
“At the moment I’m working on ‘Indiana Jones 5,’ which Harrison Ford — who’s quite a bit younger than I am — I think has announced will be his last film,” Williams says. “So, I thought: If Harrison can do it, then perhaps I can, also.”
Ford, for the record, hasn’t said that publicly. And Williams, who turned 90 in February, isn’t absolutely certain he’s ready to, either.
“I don’t want to be seen as categorically eliminating any activity,” Williams says with a chuckle, speaking by phone from his home in Los Angeles. “I can’t play tennis, but I like to be able to believe that maybe one day I will.”
Right now, though, there are other ways Williams wants to be spending his time. A “Star Wars” film demands six months of work, which he notes, “at this point in life is a long commitment to me.” Instead, Williams is devoting himself to composing concert music, including a piano concerto he’s writing for Emanuel Ax.
This spring, Williams and cellist Yo-Yo Ma released the album “A Gathering of Friends,” recorded with the New York Philharmonic, Pablo Sáinz-Villegas and Jessica Zhou. It’s a radiant collection of cello concertos and new arrangements from the scores of “Schindler’s List,” “Lincoln” and “Munich,” including the sublime “A Prayer for Peace.”
Turning 90 — an event that the Kennedy Center and Tanglewood are celebrating this summer with birthday concerts — has caused Williams to reflect on his accomplishments, his remaining ambitions and what a lifetime of music has meant to him.
“It’s given me the ability to breathe, the ability to live and understand that there’s more to corporal life,” Williams says. “Without being religious, which I’m not especially, there is a spiritual life, an artistic life, a realm that’s above the mundanities of everyday realities. Music can raise one’s thinking to the level of poetry. We can reflect on how necessary music has been for humanity. I always like to speculate that music is older than language, that we were probably beating drums and blowing on reeds before we could speak. So it’s an essential part of our humanity.
“It’s given me my life.”
And, in turn, Williams has provided the soundtrack to the lives of countless others through more than 100 film scores, among them “Star Wars,”“Jurassic Park,” “Jaws,” “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” “E.T.,” “Indiana Jones,”“Superman,” “Schindler’s List” and “ Harry Potter.”
“He’s lived through the better part of a century, and his music encompasses all of the events and changes of those times,” says Ma, a longtime friend. “He is one of the great American voices.”
It’s an amount of accomplishment that’s hard to quantify. Five Oscars and 52 Academy Award nominations, a number bested only by Walt Disney, is one measurement. But even that hardly hints at the cultural power of his music. A billion people might be able to instantly hum Williams’ two-note ostinato from “Jaws” or “The Imperial March” from “Star Wars.”
“I’m told that the music is played all over the world. What could be more rewarding than that?” says Williams. “But I have to say it seems unreal. I can only see what’s in front of me at the piano right at this moment, and do my best with that.”
Williams has a warm, humble, courteous manner despite his stature. He began an interview by offering: “Let me see if I can give you anything that might be useful.” All those indelible, perfectly constructed themes, he believes, are the product less of divine inspiration than daily hard work. Williams does most of his work sitting for hours at a time at his Steinway, composing in pencil.
“It’s like cutting a stone at your desk,” he says. “My younger colleagues are much faster than I am because they have electronic equipment and computers and synthesizers and so on.”
When Williams began (his first feature film score was 1958’s “Daddy-O”), the cinematic tradition of grand, orchestral scores was beginning to lose out to pop soundtracks. Now, many are gravitating toward synthesized music for film. Increasingly, Williams has the aura of a venerated old master who bridges distant eras of film and music.
“Recording with the New York Philharmonic, the whole orchestra to a person were awestruck by this gentleman at now 90 who hears everything, is unfailingly kind, gentle, polite. People just wanted to play for him,” says Ma. “They were floored by the musicianship of this man.”
This late chapter in Williams’ career is in some ways a chance to place his mammoth legacy not just in connection with cinema but among the classical legends. Williams, who led the Boston Pops from 1980 to 1993, has conducted the Berlin, Vienna and New York philharmonics, among others. In the world’s elite orchestras, Williams’ compositions have passed into canon.
“A purist may say that music represented in film is not absolute music. Well, that may be true,” says Williams. “But some of the greatest music ever written has been narrative. Certainly in opera. Film offers that opportunity — not often but occasionally it does. And in a rewarding way musically. Occasionally we get lucky and we find one.”
Williams’ enduring partnership with Steven Spielberg has, of course, helped the composer’s odds. Spielberg, who first sought out a lunch with Williams in 1972 after being captivated by his score to “The Reivers,” has called him “the single most significant contributor to my success as a filmmaker.”
“Without John Williams, bikes don’t really fly,” Spielberg said when the AFI honored Williams in 2016.
They remain irrevocably linked. Their offices on the Universal lot are just steps from one another. Along with “Indiana Jones,” Williams recently scored Spielberg’s upcoming semi-autobiographical drama about growing up in Arizona, “The Fabelmans.” The two movies make it 30 films together for Spielberg and Williams.
“It’s been 50 years now. Maybe we’re starting on the next 50,” says Williams with a laugh. “Whatever our connections will be, whether it’s music or working with him or just being with him, I think we will always be together. We’re great, close friends who have shared many years together. It’s the kind of relationship where neither one of us would ever say no to the other.”
In Spielberg’s films and others, Williams has carved out enough perfectly condensed melodies to rival the Beatles. Spielberg once described his five-note “Communication Motif” from “Close Encounters” as “a doorbell.”
“Simple little themes that speak clearly and without obfuscation are very hard to find and very hard to do,” says Williams. “They really are the result of a lot of work. It’s almost like chiseling. Move one note, change a rhythmic emphasis or the direction of an interval and so on. A simple tune can be done in dozens of ways. If you find one that, it seems like you discovered something that wanted to be uncovered.”
One thing you won’t hear from Williams is a grand pronouncement about his own legacy. He’s much more comfortable talking like a technician who tinkers until a gleaming gem falls out.
“My own personality is such that I look at what I’ve done — I’m quite pleased and proud of a lot of it — but like most of us, we always wish we might have done better,” he says. “We live with examples like Beethoven and Bach before us, monumental achievements people have made in music, and can feel very humbled. But I also feel very fortunate. I’ve had wonderful opportunities, particularly in film where a composer can have an audience of not millions of people, but billions of people.”
Williams has a number of concerts planned for the rest of the year, including performances in Los Angeles, Singapore and Lisbon. But while Williams may be stepping away from film, he remains enchanted by cinema, and the ability of sound and image, when combined, to achieve liftoff.
“I’d love to be around in 100 years to see what people are doing with film and sound and spatial, aural and visual effects. It has a tremendous future, I think,” says Williams. “I can sense great possibility and great future in the atmospherics of the whole experience. I’d love to come back and see and hear it all.”
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Whoa! Man sets state record with catching 10-foot white sturgeon, officials say
MOUNTAIN HOME, Idaho (Gray News) - Officials in Idaho say a Utah man caught a massive, 10-foot-long white sturgeon at C.J. Strike Reservoir earlier this month.
On Friday, the Idaho Fish and Game shared a picture of the monster catch, congratulating Greg Poulsen, of Eagle Mountain, Utah, for setting a new state record for white sturgeon.
The government agency said Paulsen landed the 10-foot, 4-inch monster sturgeon while fishing on Aug. 5.
According to Idaho Fish and Game, the rare fish swam past the previous record of 119.5 inches, set in 2019 by Rusty Peterson and friends.
State officials said the C.J. Strike Reservoir is in southwestern Idaho and is typically known for abundant crappie and smallmouth bass.
According to the agency, fishing for Idaho’s white sturgeon is allowed strictly on a catch-and-release basis, and they may not be removed from the water while handling.
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WALNUT CREEK, Calif., May 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Heffernan Financial Services, a division of Heffernan Insurance Brokers, announced today the launch of its newly redesigned website. Some key features of the new site include a modern design, improved functionality, and more comprehensive user experience.
The newly enhanced content focuses on highlighting Heffernan Financial Services dedication to providing advisory services to their clients. The site provides an in depth look at the company's various services – Retirement Plan Consulting, Executive Benefits and Life Insurance, and Wealth Management as well as providing easy-to-use resources for visitors. A new blog section was also built-in, allowing visitors to keep abreast on legislative updates and the markets. These resources, along with many more of the site's features, extend tools and information to individuals and business owners looking for solutions.
"We are excited about the new design of our website and hope our clients find it informative and easy to navigate," said Blake Thibault, Managing Director, Heffernan Retirement Services.
To see the site's refreshed and streamlined look and connect with a member of the financial team, visit the new website at heffgroupfs.com.
About Heffernan Financial Services
Heffernan Retirement Services is a full-service financial services firm, serving for-profit, non-profit clients, foundations and individuals with retirement plan consulting, executive benefits and life insurance as well as a holistic financial planning. The advisors of Heffernan Financial Services and Heffernan Retirement Services serve $267,207,310 in brokerage assets through LPL Financial and $5,318,545,485 in advisory assets through Global
Retirement Partners (as of 12/31/2021). Securities offered through LPL Financial, Member FINRA/SIPC. Investment advisory services are offered through Global Retirement Partners (GRP), an SEC Registered Investment Advisor. GRP, Heffernan Financial Services (HFS), Heffernan Retirement Services (HRS) and Heffernan Insurance Brokers (HIB) are separate entities from LPL Financial.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C., April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ResourceWise, the newly formed parent company of Forest2Market, Fisher International and Tecnon OrbiChem, has acquired Wood Resources International (WRI). WRI is the publisher of Wood Resource Quarterly (WRQ), a market report that tracks log, wood chip, lumber, and pellet prices on a global basis.
Effective immediately, the company will be known as Wood Resources International, a ResourceWise company. Håkan Ekström, Wood Resources International's President, will join the ResourceWise team. Terms of the acquisition, which became effective March 31, 2022, were not disclosed.
ResourceWise is a group of companies that provide data, analytics, and market insight to natural resource-based commodity markets. Currently serving the global forest products and chemical value chains, the company's mission is to expand into other commodity markets as well.
"The addition of WRI to the ResourceWise family supports our long-term objective to be the leading source of data and analytics platforms to a range of global commodity markets," said Pete Stewart, the CEO of ResourceWise. "With the acquisition of WRI, ResourceWise gains not only Ekström's more than 30 years of global forest products industry experience, but also wood fiber price data for more than 20 countries over the course of 25+ years. This data will augment the data that Forest2Market has collected in North America for 22 years, and Ekström's expertise will allow us to more robustly cover the analytics and consulting needs of our customers worldwide."
"I am looking forward to contributing my experience tracking global wood prices and forest products trade to the unmatched analytical expertise and data resources at ResourceWise," says Ekström. "International trade of forest products and wood raw materials are steadily increasing, which underscores the need for up-to-date and reliable market intelligence. Merging WRI's extensive database of global wood prices with ResourceWise's databanks and business intelligence platform positions the expanded company to be the leading source of insights in international wood product markets."
WRI joins Forest2Market and Fisher International in ResourceWise's data-driven vertical market services for the forest products value chain.
About ResourceWise
ResourceWise was founded in 2021 as a parent brand for a group of companies that provide data, analytics and insights to the forest products, pulp & paper, and chemicals industries. Our intention is to serve additional industries in the natural resources space in the future with value chain optimization and sustainability-support services. For more information, visit www.resourcewise.com.
About Wood Resources International
Wood Resources International LLC (WRI), established in 1987, is an internationally recognized forest industry consulting firm that specializes in evaluations of global forest resources, wood raw-material markets (logs, wood chips and biomass), forest products trade, wood costs outlook, and forest industry developments worldwide. In addition to consulting work, our company has tracked global wood prices through two wood market price reports, updated quarterly since the 1980's. For more information, visit www.woodprices.com.
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Florida school yearbook on hold over LGBTQ protest photos
Published: May. 11, 2022 at 5:11 AM CDT|Updated: 43 minutes ago
LONGWOOD, Fla. (AP) - Students at a central Florida high school were told they won’t get their yearbooks until they’re censored.
The principal at Lyman High School says one page is out of compliance with school board policy. It shows images of students holding rainbow flags and a “love is love” sign during a protest of Florida’s Parental Rights in Education Act, otherwise known as the “Don’t Say Gay” law.
The law signed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis bans classroom instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity in grades K through 3.
Students at the school in Longwood planned a protest at Tuesday night’s meeting of the Seminole County School Board.
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NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) will host a conference call on Tuesday, July 26, 2022 at 4:30 PM Eastern time to discuss second quarter 2022 financial results and provide a business update for the 2022 third quarter to date.
A press release with second quarter 2022 financial results will be issued at approximately 4:10 PM Eastern time on Tuesday, July 26, 2022.
Participants can join the conference by dialing 1-888-317-6003 and will be prompted to enter the code 8631266. International callers can dial 1-412-317-6061 and will be prompted to enter the code 8631266.
The call will also be webcast live from the Company's website on the investor relations page at ir.chipotle.com and registration is available at https://app.webinar.net/leVDm9BxB4o. An archived webcast will be available approximately one hour after the end of the call.
ABOUT CHIPOTLE
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (NYSE: CMG) is cultivating a better world by serving responsibly sourced, classically-cooked, real food with wholesome ingredients without artificial colors, flavors or preservatives. Chipotle had over 3,000 restaurants as of March 31, 2022, in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France and Germany and is the only restaurant company of its size that owns and operates all its restaurants. Chipotle is ranked on the Fortune 500 and is recognized on the 2022 list for Fortune's Most Admired Companies. With over 100,000 employees passionate about providing a great guest experience, Chipotle is a longtime leader and innovator in the food industry. Chipotle is committed to making its food more accessible to everyone while continuing to be a brand with a demonstrated purpose as it leads the way in digital, technology and sustainable business practices. For more information or to place an order online, visit WWW.CHIPOTLE.COM.
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| 2022-06-07T21:45:10Z
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PHOENIX (AP) — Joe Arpaio, the 90-year-old former Phoenix metro sheriff who was ousted in 2016 by voters frustrated with his headline-grabbing tactics and legal troubles, has narrowed his opponent’s lead in the race for mayor of the affluent suburb where he has lived for more than two decades.
But the former six-term Republican sheriff of Maricopa County was still trailing Wednesday in his bid to unseat Ginny Dickey, a Democrat serving her second term as mayor of Fountain Hills on the edge of the Phoenix metropolitan area.
Arpaio, who is attempting his third comeback attempt since being voted out as sheriff, said he was waiting for ballots that were dropped off at polling places on Tuesday to be counted. The race was too close to call, but he said he believes those voters will strongly support him.
“It’s going to be very close,” Arpaio predicted. “Very close.”
Dickey said she was cautiously optimistic that about her prospects of winning.
“I have been through many races before that turned around,” said Dickey, who previously served on a school board and on the Fountain Hills Town Council. “I want to wait until every single vote is counted.”
The stakes for Arpaio in the mayor’s race are far smaller than when he served as the top law enforcement officer for more than 4 million people. Now he is seeking the top leadership post in a community of about 24,000.
Arpaio was crushed by a Democratic challenger in 2016 after 24 years in office as sheriff and was convicted the next year of criminal contempt of court for disobeying a judge’s order to stop traffic patrols that targeted immigrants, though he was later pardoned by then-President Donald Trump.
Arpaio then finished third in a Republican primary for a U.S. Senate seat in 2018 and second in the GOP primary in a 2020 bid to win back the sheriff’s post.
In both of those attempts, Arpaio lost the vote in Fountain Hills.
Arpaio, a skilled political fundraiser who spent more than $12 million in his 2016 sheriff’s campaign, has shelled out $161,000 in the mayor’s race — six times the amount spent by Dickey.
Dickey said that when she first learned Arpaio was running against her, she was unsure how his candidacy would affect the race. She ultimately concluded that it didn’t change it very much except that he has a fundraising advantage and notoriety and she did not change her campaigning.
Before the federal government and the courts stripped away his immigration powers, Arpaio led 20 large-scale traffic patrols that targeted immigrants and more than 80 business raids to bust people working in the United States without permission.
While his defiant streak played well with voters for many years, Arpaio faced heavy criticism for taking on policies that he knew were controversial and racking up $147 million in taxpayer-funded legal bills.
Though he billed himself as the toughest sheriff in America, his agency botched the investigations of more than 400 sex-crimes complaints made to his office.
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| 2022-08-03T21:57:14Z
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Some emergency responders in Beech Grove, Indiana, couldn't go to the scene of a shooting at a park Sunday because they were responding to a shooting at a mall, the city's mayor said.
"Our Beech Grove EMS ... believe it or not, was not available for this incident," Mayor Dennis Buckley said at a Monday news conference. "Because our ambulances were down helping people at the Greenwood mall."
An unidentified gunman killed three people and injured two others at Greenwood Park Mall on Sunday evening. An armed witness shot and killed the assailant in that shooting, police said.
A few hours later in Beech Grove, at around 9:30 p.m., authorities responded to a report of shots fired at Don Challis Park. Beech Grove is about 11 miles from Greenwood.
"We do know that there were dozens of rounds fired in the park," Beech Grove Deputy Police Chief Tom Hurrle said.
Multiple law enforcement agencies came to the scene to assist, including the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, authorities said.
There have been 350 mass shootings this year, according to Gun Violence Archive. Like CNN, the archive defines a mass shooting as one in which four or more people are shot, not including the shooter.
When police arrived at the park they found multiple gunshot victims. At least one person was killed and three people were injured in the Sunday night shooting, Hurrle said. The three injured victims were transferred to local hospitals and are in stable condition, he said.
The suspects' vehicle is a white Toyota Camry, that may have had a window shot out, authorities said. The gunfire may have been started by two women arguing, officials said, but the investigation is ongoing.
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