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More than 11,500+ bidders from 58 countries registered to bid on items from 640+ consignors
FORT WORTH, Texas, July 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Ritchie Bros.' latest Fort Worth, TX auction brought together 11,500+ bidders from 58 countries to compete for 4,200+ items, generating US$59+ million in gross transaction value.
Approximately 90% of the equipment in the July 19 – 21, 2022 auction was sold to U.S. buyers, including 42% sold to Texans, while the remaining 10% was purchased by international buyers from as far away as Australia, India, and Singapore.
"Ritchie Bros. is transforming its live events to celebrate our customers and partners. Last week in Texas, we held an onsite customer appreciation day, an industry association meeting, and a fantastic auction in Fort Worth," said Chuck Roberson, Regional Sales Manager, Ritchie Bros. "With more than 11,000 bidders, we saw a lot of competition online and onsite, resulting in a strong pricing for most asset categories, especially construction-related equipment."
Equipment items and trucks were sold for more than 640 owners, including a complete dispersal for Bradford Boring, LLC, a drilling contractor based in Oklahoma.
"We are very pleased with the results and look forward to working with Ritchie Bros. again," said Scott Bradford, Owner of Bradford Boring. "It's great that we were able to bring our items to Ritchie Bros.' yard in Oklahoma City, selling virtually in a cost-effective and efficient way, while getting the benefits of the big buying audience Fort Worth attracts."
- 2020 Vermeer D100X140III directional drill – US$430,000
- 2009 Grove GMK5130-2 130-ton 10x6x10 all-terrain crane – US$320,000
- 2016 Caterpillar 160M3 AWD motor grader – US$280,000
- 2008 Vermeer T755III tracked trencher – US$250,000
- 2012 Caterpillar D8T dozer – US$207,500
- Gross Transaction Value: US$59+ million
- Bidders: 11,500+ from 58 countries
- Items sold: 4,200+
- Consignors: 640+
"Our next Fort Worth event in September is going to be special, with our very first Ritchie Bros. Energy Day, which will feature thousands of oil & gas specific assets stored onsite and at offsite locations in Midland, TX; and Oklahoma City, OK," said Kelly Kittson, Director, Strategic Accounts & leader of the Ritchie Bros. Energy team. "If you have equipment to sell, contact us as soon as possible so we can start marketing your equipment to the world."
Ritchie Bros. has dozens of upcoming events on its auction calendar at rbauction.com, including a Rocky Mountain Regional Event with 3,200+ items on August 3 – 4; Tipton, CA and North Franklin, CT Timed Auctions on August 10 and 16; and a three-day event in Houston, TX on August 23 – 25. The company also sells items weekly through its online marketplaces at IronPlanet.com, GovPlanet.com, Marketplace-E, and Ritchie List.
About Ritchie Bros.
Established in 1958, Ritchie Bros. (NYSE: RBA) (TSX: RBA) is a global asset management and disposition company, offering customers end-to-end solutions for buying and selling used heavy equipment, trucks and other assets. Operating in a number of sectors, including construction, transportation, agriculture, energy, mining, and forestry, the company's selling channels include: Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers, the world's largest industrial auctioneer offering live auction events with online bidding; IronPlanet, an online marketplace with weekly featured auctions and providing the exclusive IronClad Assurance® equipment condition certification; Marketplace-E, a controlled marketplace offering multiple price and timing options; Ritchie List, a self-serve listing service for North America; Mascus, a leading European online equipment listing service; Ritchie Bros. Private Treaty, offering privately negotiated sales; and sector-specific solutions GovPlanet, TruckPlanet, and Ritchie Bros. Energy. The Company's suite of solutions also includes Ritchie Bros. Asset Solutions and Rouse Services LLC, which together provides a complete end-to-end asset management, data-driven intelligence and performance benchmarking system; SmartEquip, an innovative technology platform that supports customers' management of the equipment lifecycle and integrates parts procurement with both OEMs and dealers; plus equipment financing and leasing through Ritchie Bros. Financial Services. For more information about Ritchie Bros., visit RitchieBros.com.
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National Institute of Building Sciences convened second executive roundtable to discuss digital transformation of the U.S. built environment
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) has developed an implementation and launch plan for the U.S. National Building Information Management (BIM) Program. The aim: To achieve a new level of industrial efficiency through digitalization.
An overview of the launch plan recently was presented to industry leaders at an executive roundtable to accelerate ongoing efforts from innovative and forward-thinking organizations.
A critical issue in the U.S. construction industry is its low level of digitalization, which prevents it from transforming lifecycle work processes to be more efficient, less expensive, more resilient, and safer to build and maintain. The U.S. National BIM Program expands upon existing and ongoing work of the NIBS BIM Council as well as various other initiatives in the industry.
"Many national and international initiatives focus on BIM standardization to support digital transformation throughout the entire life cycle of designing, constructing, and operating the built environment," says Stephen T. Ayers, FAIA, Interim CEO of NIBS. "The U.S. National BIM Program will be successful through collaboration between the public and private sectors and across the diversity of project stakeholders, namely owners, designers, constructors, suppliers, vendors, and other involved parties."
To aid in the implementation and launch of the U.S. National BIM Program, AEC subject matter expert Johnny Fortune joined NIBS in June. Fortune serves as Director of the National BIM Program. Fortune said next steps include securing resources and establishing workgroups to operationalize different aspects of the plan.
U.S. National BIM Program Background
NIBS began the planning process for the U.S. National BIM Program last year, meeting and working with industry leaders. Since then, many volunteers and NIBS staff members have worked to develop the implementation plan, which includes key activities and an estimated budget for the first five years.
The construction industry employs more than seven million people to create or renovate nearly $1.4 trillion in buildings, infrastructure, and other built assets each year.
But the industry has yet to enjoy the productivity improvements of the digital age, averaging only 1% productivity growth in the past 20 years.
About the NIBS BIM Council
The BIM Council has focused on capturing the requirements of U.S. building owners to document best practices and provide guidance on the adoption of digital technology to increase productivity and performance. Examples include the United States National CAD Standard (NCS), National BIM Standard-United States (NBIMS-US), National BIM Guide for Owners (now a Draft Standard with ASHRAE), and Construction to Operations Building information exchange (COBie) Specification. For more information, visit the Building Information Management Council.
About NIBS
National Institute of Building Sciences brings together labor and consumer interests, government representatives, regulatory agencies, and members of the building industry to identify and resolve problems and potential issues around the built environment. NIBS is a non-profit, non-governmental organization. For more information, visit nibs.org or follow @bldgsciences on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
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Bradford Clark Freeman, believed to be the last surviving original member of the historic World War II parachute infantry regiment of the US Army known as Easy Company, died Sunday in Columbus, Mississippi. He was 97.
Freeman died at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle, according to an obituary posted by Lowndes Funeral Home and Crematory.
Known to his friends as Mr. B., Freeman was a freshman at Mississippi State when World War II began, according to the obituary. He volunteered for the paratroopers and "on February 5, 1944, he went into Foreign Service with 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division," the obituary said.
As a mortarman for Easy Company, he jumped in the D-Day Normandy invasion, per the obituary.
He also fought in Operation Market-Garden and was part of the defense of Bastogne, Belgium, during the Battle of the Bulge, where he was wounded, the obituary read.
After rejoining his unit, he participated in the occupations of Berchtesgaden and Austria, according to the obituary.
The story of Easy Company was depicted in the HBO miniseries "Band of Brothers," based on the New York Times bestseller by Stephen Ambrose.
After the war, Freeman returned to his hometown Caledonia, Mississippi, where he married Willie Louise Gurley and worked as a mail carrier for 32 years, the obituary read.
In May 2021, Columbus Air Force Base presented a challenge coin to Freeman on behalf of Gen. Mark Milley as a "thank you for your service to your country and for being a hero," the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, according to a statement at the time.
Freeman is survived by a sister, two daughters, four grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren, according to the obituary.
"Our dad was always astounded that a country boy from Mississippi was able to see so many places and meet so many interesting people," the obituary states.
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AAF Suncoast to host inaugural Paws for Purpose event this weekend
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - This weekend Suncoast residents can support veterans and service dogs at the inaugural Paws for Purpose event from 8am to 1pm at the Sarasota Farmers Market.
AAF Suncoast is partnering with My Service Dog’s Place, non-profit that provides refuge for all Veterans, Military Service Members, Law Enforcement Officers, Fire Fighters, Blue Star, Silver Star & Gold Star families, including their service dogs.
To kick off July 4th weekend visitors can meet Sarasota’s leading professionals in advertising and media while creating memories that last a lifetime with your four-legged best friend. Photographer Maria Lyle will be offering patriotic pet portraits to help raise funds for a new state-of-the-art kennel facility benefitting My Service Dog’s Place, as well as to support the programming of AAF Suncoast.
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Expansion will bring internet speeds up to 2 Gbps to Sussex County, Delaware
EDINBURG, Va., June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Glo Fiber, powered by Shenandoah Telecommunications Company ("Shentel") (Nasdaq: SHEN), announced plans to build a 100% fiber network in Sussex County, DE. Engineering and network design work are currently underway, and construction will ramp up in early 2023 to deliver an all-fiber choice for high-speed, reliable service to over 21,000 homes and businesses in the County. This will be Glo Fiber's first project in Delaware, continuing their extension of high-quality fiber-based network and services to communities in the Mid-Atlantic region.
"It will be good for the residents and businesses of Sussex County, and other parts of Delaware, to have a selection of broadband vendors for Internet services," said Dwayne Kilgo, Director of Information Technology, Sussex County.
Glo Fiber provides multi-gigabit internet access, streaming TV, and phone service in the Mid-Atlantic region, with optional wall-to-wall Wi-Fi service that allows customers to connect anywhere in their home or business. Using Wi-Fi 6 technology, customers can enjoy faster speeds, higher performance, and better support for multiple devices throughout the home with the assurance of advanced protection and automatic updates.
"Any time we expand to a new state or region it's exciting," said Chris Kyle, Vice President of Industry Affairs and Regulatory. "The County staff at Sussex County have been fantastic to work with and are eager to have a competitive fiber provider come to their area. This expansion will continue to grow the Glo brand in new markets where residents and businesses alike will reap the benefits of having access to our state-of-the-art fiber product."
Using Shentel's 7,600-mile regional fiber network, Glo Fiber can ensure high speeds, low latency, and fair pricing. The company has earned a reputation for providing outstanding local customer service across its markets, including the growing list of communities in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia.
Glo Fiber offers three tiers of symmetrical, high-speed internet access, streaming TV, and unlimited local and long-distance phone service. Glo TV service is delivered via an app and is compatible with Apple TV, Amazon's Fire Stick and many smart TVs with embedded streaming software. Glo internet pricing is all-inclusive with no additional fees or surcharges, excluding taxes. To check the status of their neighborhood and receive updates, interested residents can pre-register at www.glofiber.com and businesses can pre-register at www.glofiberbusiness.com.
For more information about Shentel, please visit www.shentel.com or call 1-800-SHENTEL (1-800-743-6835).
About Glo Fiber
Glo Fiber (Glo) provides next-generation fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) multi-gigabit broadband internet access, live streaming TV, and digital home phone service powered by Shentel (Nasdaq: SHEN). Glo provides the fastest available service to residents leveraging XGS-PON, a state-of-the-art technology capable of symmetrical internet speeds up to 10 Gbps.
About Shenandoah Telecommunications
Shenandoah Telecommunications Company (Shentel) provides broadband services through its high speed, state-of-the-art cable, fiber-optic and fixed wireless networks to customers in the Mid-Atlantic United States. The Company's services include: broadband internet, video, and voice; fiber-optic Ethernet, wavelength and leasing; and tower colocation leasing. The Company owns an extensive regional network with over 7,600 route miles of fiber and over 220 macro cellular towers. For more information, please visit www.shentel.com.
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POKROVSK, Ukraine (AP) — Echoing down the corridors of eastern Ukraine’s Pokrovsk Perinatal Hospital are the loud cries of tiny Veronika.
Born nearly two months prematurely weighing 1.5 kilograms (3 pounds, 4 ounces), the infant receives oxygen through a nasal tube to help her breathe while ultraviolet lamps inside an incubator treat her jaundice.
Dr. Tetiana Myroshnychenko carefully connects the tubes that allow Veronika to feed on her mother’s stored breast milk and ease her hunger.
Before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in late February, three hospitals in government-controlled areas of the country’s war-torn Donetsk region had facilities to care for premature babies. One was hit by a Russian airstrike and the other had to close as a result of the fighting ‒ leaving only the maternity hospital in the coal mining town of Pokrovsk still operating.
Myroshnychenko, the site’s only remaining neonatologist, now lives at the hospital. Her 3-year-old son divides the week between staying at the facility and with his father, a coal miner, at home.
The doctor explains why it’s now impossible to leave: Even when the air-raid sirens sound, the babies in the hospital’s above-ground incubation ward cannot be disconnected from their lifesaving machines.
“If I carry Veronika to the shelter, that would take five minutes. But for her, those five minutes could be critical,” Myroshnychenko says.
Hospital officials say the proportion of births occurring prematurely or with complications has roughly doubled this year compared to previous times, blaming stress and rapidly worsening living standards for taking a toll on the pregnant women still left in the area.
Russia and Moscow-backed separatists now occupy just over half the Donetsk region, which is similar in size to Sicily or Massachusetts. Pokrovsk is still in a Ukrainian government-controlled area 60 kilometers (40 miles) west of the front lines.
Inside the hospital’s maternity wards, talk of the war is discouraged.
“Everything that happens outside this building of course concerns us, but we don’t talk about it,” Myroshnychenko said. “Their main concern right now is the baby.”
Although fighting in the Dontesk region started back in 2014, when Russia-backed separatists began battling the government and taking over parts of the region, new mothers are only now being kept in the hospital for longer periods because there’s little opportunity for them to receive care once they have been discharged.
Among them is 23-year-old Inna Kyslychenko, from Pokrovsk. Rocking her 2-day-old daughter Yesenia, she was considering joining the region’s massive evacuation westward to safer areas in Ukraine when she leaves the hospital. Many essential services in government-held areas of the Donetsk region — heat, electricity, water supplies — have been damaged by Russian bombardment, leaving living conditions that are only expected to worsen as the winter grows near.
“I fear for the little lives, not only for ours, but for all the children, for all of Ukraine,” Kyslychenko said.
More than 12 million people in Ukraine have fled their homes due to the war, according to U.N. relief agencies. About half have been displaced within Ukraine and the rest have moved to other European countries.
Moving the maternity hospital out of Pokrovsk, however, is not an option.
“If the hospital was relocated, the patients would still have to remain here,” said chief physician Dr. Ivan Tsyganok, who kept working even when the town was being hit by Russian rocket fire.
“Delivering babies is not something that can be stopped or rescheduled,” he noted.
The nearest existing maternity facility is in Ukraine’s neighboring Dnipropetrovsk region, a 3 1/2 hour drive along secondary roads, a journey considered too risky for women in late-term pregnancy.
Last week, 24-year-old Andrii Dobrelia and his wife Maryna, 27, reached the hospital from a nearby village. Looking anxious, they talked little as doctors carried out a series of tests and then led Maryna to the operating room for a C-section. Tsyganok and his colleagues hurriedly changed their clothes and prepared for the procedure.
Twenty minutes later, the cries of a newborn baby boy, Timur, could be heard. After an examination, Timur was taken to meet his father in an adjoining room.
Almost afraid to breathe, Andrii Dobrelia tenderly kissed Timur’s head and whispered to him. As the newborn calmed down on his father’s chest, tears came to Andrii’s eyes.
As the war reaches the six-month mark, Tsyganok and his colleagues says they have a more hopeful reason to stay.
“These children we are bringing into the world will be the future of Ukraine,” says Tsyganok. “I think their lives will be different to ours. They will live outside war.” ___ Follow AP’s coverage of the war in Ukraine at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine | https://cw33.com/health/ap-health/on-ukraines-front-line-a-fight-to-save-premature-babies/ | 2022-08-21T21:25:01Z |
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MONTRÉAL, Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - CGI (TSX: GIB.A) (NYSE: GIB) announced today that it intends to enter into a private agreement with CDPQ for the purchase for cancellation of 938,914 of its Class A subordinate voting shares ("Class A Shares") held by CDPQ for a price of $106.51 per Class A Share, which represents a discount to the closing price on July 29, 2022 of the Class A Shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange ("TSX").
The transaction will be made in connection with the periodic portfolio rebalancing of CDPQ. Once completed, CDPQ will continue to hold approximately 22.5 million Class A Shares, representing approximately 9.5% of CGI's total outstanding shares.
"Once again this year, CGI produced excellent results for its shareholders and this repurchase of shares is an opportunity to monetize a portion of our investment to the benefit of our depositors" said Kim Thomassin, Executive Vice-President and Head of Québec at CDPQ. "Following this transaction, CDPQ will continue to be one of the main shareholders of CGI, and we intend to remain so to support the long-term growth of this information technology leader."
"This transaction is consistent with our value creation strategy and is immediately accretive to our shareholders," said Julie Godin, Co-Chair of the Board, CGI. "CGI has the strength and capital resources to execute on our Build and Buy profitable growth strategy given our strong balance sheet and excellent cash generation, combined with $2.3 billion of cash readily available at the end of June 2022."
A favourable decision was obtained from the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) to exempt CGI from the issuer bid requirements under applicable securities legislation. The transaction will be entered into at a discount, in accordance with the decision of the AMF, and is expected to be entered into later today and settled on August 2, 2022.
The share repurchase will be made under CGI's normal course issuer bid ("NCIB"), the renewal of which was announced on February 2, 2022. Under the NCIB, CGI is authorized to repurchase up to 18,781,981 Class A Shares by February 5, 2023. The NCIB allows for purchases outside the facilities of the TSX by private agreements pursuant to exemption orders issued by securities regulators. As at July 29, 2022, CGI had repurchased 5,088,959 Class A Shares under its current NCIB.
Information regarding the share repurchase, including the number of Class A Shares purchased for cancellation and aggregate price paid, will be available on the SEDAR website at sedar.com following the completion thereof. CGI will not issue any additional press release in respect of this share repurchase.
Founded in 1976, CGI is among the largest independent IT and business consulting services firms in the world. With 88,500 consultants and professionals across the globe, CGI delivers an end-to-end portfolio of capabilities, from strategic IT and business consulting to systems integration, managed IT and business process services and intellectual property solutions. CGI works with clients through a local relationship model complemented by a global delivery network that helps clients digitally transform their organizations and accelerate results. CGI Fiscal 2021 reported revenue is $12.13 billion and CGI shares are listed on the TSX (GIB.A) and the NYSE (GIB). Learn more at cgi.com.
At CDPQ, we invest constructively to generate sustainable returns over the long term. As a global investment group managing funds for public retirement and insurance plans, we work alongside our partners to build enterprises that drive performance and progress. We are active in the major financial markets, private equity, infrastructure, real estate and private debt. As at December 31, 2021, CDPQ's net assets totalled CAD 419.8 billion. For more information, visit cdpq.com, follow us on Twitter or consult our Facebook or LinkedIn pages.
CDPQ is a registered trademark owned by Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and licensed for use by its subsidiaries.
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This press release contains "forward-looking information" within the meaning of Canadian securities laws and "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and other applicable United States safe harbours. All such forward-looking information and statements are made and disclosed in reliance upon the safe harbour provisions of applicable Canadian and United States securities laws. Forward-looking information and statements include all information and statements regarding CGI's intentions, plans, expectations, beliefs, objectives, future performance, and strategy, as well as any other information or statements that relate to future events or circumstances and which do not directly and exclusively relate to historical facts. Forward-looking information and statements often but not always use words such as "believe", "estimate", "expect", "intend", "anticipate", "foresee", "plan", "predict", "project", "aim", "seek", "strive", "potential", "continue", "target", "may", "might", "could", "should", and similar expressions and variations thereof. These information and statements are based on our perception of historic trends, current conditions and expected future developments, as well as other assumptions, both general and specific, that we believe are appropriate in the circumstances. Such information and statements are, however, by their very nature, subject to inherent risks and uncertainties, of which many are beyond the control of CGI, and which give rise to the possibility that actual results could differ materially from our expectations expressed in, or implied by, such forward-looking information or forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include but are not restricted to: risks related to the market such as the level of business activity of our clients, which is affected by economic and political conditions, additional external risks (such as pandemics, armed conflict and inflation) and our ability to negotiate new contracts; risks related to our industry such as competition and our ability to attract and retain qualified employees, to develop and expand our services, to penetrate new markets, and to protect our intellectual property rights; risks related to our business such as risks associated with our growth strategy, including the integration of new operations, financial and operational risks inherent in worldwide operations, foreign exchange risks, income tax laws and other tax programs, our ability to negotiate favourable contractual terms, to deliver our services and to collect receivables, the reputational and financial risks attendant to cybersecurity breaches and other incidents, and financial risks such as liquidity needs and requirements, maintenance of financial ratios, and changes in creditworthiness and credit ratings; as well as other risks identified or incorporated by reference in this press release, in CGI's annual and quarterly MD&A and in other documents that we make public, including our filings with the Canadian Securities Administrators (on SEDAR at www.sedar.com) and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (on EDGAR at www.sec.gov). For a discussion of risks in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, see Pandemic risks in section 10.1.1. of our annual MD&A and section 8.1.1. of our quarterly MD&A. Unless otherwise stated, the forward-looking information and statements contained in this press release are made as of the date hereof and CGI disclaims any intention or obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking information or forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable law. While we believe that our assumptions on which these forward-looking information and forward-looking statements are based were reasonable as at the date of this press release, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking information or statements. Furthermore, readers are reminded that forward-looking information and statements are presented for the sole purpose of assisting investors and others in understanding our objectives, strategic priorities and business outlook as well as our anticipated operating environment. Readers are cautioned that such information may not be appropriate for other purposes. Further information on the risks that could cause our actual results to differ significantly from our current expectations may be found in the section titled Risk Environment of CGI's annual and quarterly MD&A, which is incorporated by reference in this cautionary statement. We also caution readers that the above-mentioned risks and the risks disclosed in CGI's annual and quarterly MD&A and other documents and filings are not the only ones that could affect us. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial could also have a material adverse effect on our financial position, financial performance, cash flows, business or reputation.
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Court: 70-year-old indicted on capital murder charges in Alabama church triple slaying
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - An Alabama grand jury has indicted a 70-year-old man on capital murder charges in the fatal shootings of three people at a church potluck dinner in June, according to court records made public Friday.
The Jefferson County grand jury indicted Robert Findlay Smith this week in connection with the June 16 shootings of Walter “Bart” Rainey, 84, of Irondale; Sarah Yeager, 75, of Pelham; and Jane Pounds, 84, of Hoover, al.com reported.
Police responded June 16 to a report of an active shooter at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Vestavia Hills, a wealthy suburb of Birmingham. About 25 people, including Smith, had gathered late that afternoon for a “Boomers Potluck” dinner. He had previously attended some worship services and at least one of the previous potluck dinners there, authorities said.
Jefferson County prosecutors on Thursday presented the case to the grand jury, which returned indictments against Smith.
“Smith has been indicted for capital murder for killing two or more people,’′ District Attorney Danny Carr told al.com Friday. “It is still very early in the prosecution of this case. We will be working closely with the families of those who lost their lives that terrible day ... as we progress toward holding Smith accountable.”
Smith is being represented by attorneys Emory Anthony and Moses Stone. Anthony did not immediately return a telephone call seeking comment. Stone’s telephone listing went unanswered. Smith remains without bond in the Jefferson County Jail. A trial date has not yet been set.
Smith was seated alone at the dinner when a longtime church member approached him and invited him to sit with others at a table, said the Rev. Doug Carpenter, who founded the church in 1973 and retired in 2005. Smith refused the offer, but then pulled out a handgun and shot three people, authorities and reports said.
A church member rushed the gunman, struck him with a chair and held him until officers arrived, according to police.
Rainey was pronounced dead on the scene. Yeager and Pounds were taken to a hospital where they later died.
Authorities said they have not yet identified a motive in the slayings.
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Economist: Alex Jones, his company worth up to $270 million
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and his company Free Speech Systems are worth up to $270 million, an economist testified Friday to a jury trying to determine if Jones should have to pay punitive damages to the family of a 6-year-old killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings.
The same jury ordered Jones to pay Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis $4.1 million in compensation for defamation. Punitive damages are determined as a separate issue, and the parents want to punish Jones for a decade of pushing false hoax claims that they say led to a decade of trauma and abuse from the Infowars host’s followers.
Bernard Pettingill, who was hired by the plaintiffs to study Jones’ net worth, said records show that Jones withdrew $62 million for himself in 2021, when default judgments were issued in lawsuits against him.
“That number represents, in my opinion, a value of a net worth,” Pettingill said. “He’s got money put in a bank account somewhere.”
The money that flows into Jones’ companies eventually funnels its way to him, said Pettingill, who added that he has testified in approximately 1,500 cases during his career.
“He is a very successful man,” Pettingill said, calling Jones a “maverick” and “revolutionary” for finding ways to monetize his online messaging.
While the $4.1 million award Thursday was less than the $150 million the parents sought, it marked the first time Jones has been held financially liable for repeatedly claiming that the deadliest school shooting in U.S. history was a hoax perpetrated to try to bring about tighter gun restrictions.
Mark Bankston, an attorney for parents Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, whose 6-year-old son Jesse was among 20 children and six educators killed in the school attack in Newtown, Connecticut, insisted that the $4.1 million compensation award wasn’t a disappointment and warned that they would be trying to punish Jones in the next phase.
“We aren’t done yet,” Bankston said Thursday. “After tomorrow, he’s going to owe a whole lot more.”
Jones still faces two other defamation lawsuits from Sandy Hook families in Texas and Connecticut that put his personal wealth and media empire in jeopardy.
Jones — who was in the courtroom briefly Friday but left before Pettingill’s testimony — told jurors earlier this week that any award over $2 million would “sink us.” And a week ago, his company Free Speech Systems, which is Infowars’ parent company, filed for federal bankruptcy protection.
Lawyers for the family suing Jones contend that Jones has tried to hide evidence of his true wealth and have sued him claiming he’s tried to hide money in various shell companies.
During his testimony, Jones was confronted with a memo from one of his business managers outlining a single day’s gross revenue of $800,000 from selling vitamin supplements and other products through his website, which would approach nearly $300 million in a year. Jones called it a record sales day.
Jones, who has portrayed the lawsuit as an attack on his First Amendment rights, conceded during the trial that the attack was “100% real” and that he was wrong to have lied about it. But Heslin and Lewis told jurors that an apology wouldn’t suffice and called on them to make Jones pay for the years of suffering he has put them and other Sandy Hook families through.
The parents told jurors about how they’ve endured a decade of trauma, inflicted first by the murder of their son and what followed: gun shots fired at a home, online and phone threats, and harassment on the street by strangers. They said the threats and harassment were all fueled by Jones and his conspiracy theory spread to his followers via his website Infowars.
A forensic psychiatrist testified that the parents suffer from “complex post-traumatic stress disorder” inflicted by ongoing trauma, similar to what might be experienced by a soldier at war or a child abuse victim.
Throughout the trial, Jones has been his typically bombastic self, talking about conspiracies on the witness stand, during impromptu press conferences and on his show. His erratic behavior is unusual by courtroom standards, and the judge has scolded him, telling him at one point: “This is not your show.”
The trial has drawn attention from outside Austin as well.
Bankston told the court Thursday that the U.S. House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol has requested records from Jones’ phone that Jones’ attorneys had mistakenly turned over to the plaintiffs. Bankston later said he planned to comply with the committee’s request.
Last month, the Jan. 6 committee showed graphic and violent text messages and played videos of right-wing figures, including Jones, and others vowing that Jan. 6 would be the day they would fight for Trump.
The committee first subpoenaed Jones in November, demanding a deposition and documents related to his efforts to spread misinformation about the 2020 election and a rally on the day of the attack.
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Bipartisan compromise bill would restore abortion rights
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of senators is pushing compromise legislation to restore abortion access in the wake of the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, a long shot effort to put a majority of the Senate on the record opposing the decision.
While the bill is not expected to pass — and is unlikely to even get a vote — the legislation introduced by two Republicans and two Democrats on Monday is intended to send a signal to state legislatures and the public that a majority of the Senate supports codifying Roe, even if they can’t get the necessary 60 votes to pass it in the 50-50 Senate.
“We still think there is utility in showing there is a bipartisan majority that would want to codify Roe,” even though the bill doesn’t have enough votes, said Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia, who introduced the legislation with Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona and Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska.
The legislation would prohibit most state regulations that prevent abortion access before fetal viability, generally considered to be around 24 weeks. It would allow state restrictions after that point, as long as the mother’s life is protected. It would also protect access to contraception, an issue after Justice Clarence Thomas suggested in a concurring opinion to the decision overturning Roe that decisions guaranteeing access to contraception and other rights may need to be revisited.
The bipartisan bill is narrower than legislation preferred by most Democrats — passed by the House but blocked by Senate Republicans — that would have protected abortion rights and expanded them beyond what was allowed in the landmark 1972 Roe v. Wade decision. Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, Collins and Murkowski all voted against that bill despite opposition to the overturning of Roe.
Kaine said he felt like Democrats “left votes on the table” after that effort. He said he was encouraged by a new law designed to reduce gun violence that passed the House and Senate after horrific shootings in Texas and New York.
“There were not 60 votes either” for that legislation until members decided that inaction was no longer an option, he said.
Democrats would need 10 Republican votes to overcome a filibuster and get a bill through the 50-50 Senate, but only Collins and Murkowski have publicly backed abortion rights.
By overturning Roe, the court has allowed states to enact strict abortion limits, including many that had previously been deemed unconstitutional. The ruling is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half of the states.
Already, a number of GOP-controlled states have moved quickly to curtail or outlaw abortion, while states controlled by Democrats have sought to champion access. Voters now rank abortion as among the most pressing issues facing the country, a shift in priorities that Democrats hope will reshape the political landscape in their favor for the midterm elections.
The support of Kaine and Sinema, a moderate, comes as some activists have accused President Joe Biden and other top Democrats of failing to respond forcefully enough to the decision.
Kaine said there is an increased sense of urgency since the June decision, and suggested he or others may go to the floor at some point and request a vote, an effort that is unlikely to succeed but could call attention to the bill as majorities of Americans say they disagree with the Supreme Court decision.
“People are paying attention to it,” Kaine said.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | https://www.wibw.com/2022/08/02/bipartisan-compromise-bill-would-restore-abortion-rights/ | 2022-08-02T01:28:22Z |
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill on Friday to dissolve the private government Walt Disney World controls on its property in the state, punishing the entertainment giant for opposing a new law that critics call “Don’t Say Gay.”
The move is expected to have huge tax implications for Disney and further sour the relationship between the Republican-led government and a major political player whose theme parks have transformed Orlando into one of the world’s most popular tourist destinations.
For DeSantis, the attack on Disney is the latest front in a culture war waged over policies involving race, gender and the coronavirus, battles he has harnessed to make himself one of the most popular Republicans in the country and a likely 2024 presidential candidate.
The law would eliminate the Reedy Creek Improvement District, as the 55-year-old Disney government is known, as well as a handful of other similar districts by June 2023. The measure does allow for the districts to be reestablished, leaving an avenue to renegotiate the future of the deal that allows the company to provide services such as zoning, fire protection, utilities and infrastructure.
DeSantis said Friday that the company would end up paying more taxes than it currently does and that the law isn’t expected to cause tax increases for residents around Disney. He gave no additional details.
The dispute began with Disney’s criticism of a new law barring instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade as well as instruction that is not “age appropriate or developmentally appropriate.” DeSantis and his fellow Republicans have defended the law as reasonable, saying that parents, not teachers, should be discussing such topics with children.
Under mounting pressure, Disney eventually said it would suspend political donations in the state and that it would support organizations working to oppose the new law.
“You’re a corporation based in Burbank, California, and you’re gonna marshal your economic might to attack the parents of my state,” DeSantis said Friday before signing the bill into law at a ceremony in Hialeah Gardens. “We view that as a provocation, and we’re going to fight back against that.”
The governor has hammered Disneyfor coming out against the bill, portraying the company as a purveyor of “woke” ideology that injects inappropriate subjects into children’s entertainment. In a fundraising pitch sent out this week, DeSantis told supporters, “It took a look under the hood to see what Disney has become to truly understand their inappropriate influence.”
Republican Rep. Randy Fine, sponsor of the bill to eliminate the Disney district, has said Disney is a guest in the state and that Floridians are not interested in the company’s California values.
“You kick the hornet’s nest, things come up,” Fine told lawmakers in the GOP-controlled statehouse this week.
Democrats have slammed the Disney measure as petty retaliation, warning that homeowners could face tax bills if they have to absorb costs from the company, though details are far from clear.
“The devil is in the details and we don’t yet today have the details,” said Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings, whose county is partially home to Disney World. He added it would be “catastrophic for our budget” if the county had to assume the costs for public safety at the theme park resort.
Disney is one of Florida’s biggest private employers, last year saying it had more than 60,000 workers in the state. It is not immediately clear how the company or local governments around its properties would be affected if the district was dissolved.
The creation of the Reedy Creek Improvement District, and the control it gave Disney over 27,000 acres (11,000 hectares) in Florida, was a crucial element in the company’s plans to build near Orlando in the 1960s. Company officials said they needed autonomy to plan a futuristic city along with the theme park. The city never materialized, however; instead, it morphed into the Epcot theme park.
The company is a major political player in Florida, as well as the rest of the country. The Walt Disney Co. and its affiliates made more than $20 million in political contributions to both Republicans and Democrats in the 2020 campaign cycle, the most recent year for which figures are available, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, which tracks such spending.
That same year, Disney-related entities funneled $10.5 million to the America First Action committee, which supports Republican former President Donald Trump. Disney also contributed $1.2 million to support Democratic President Joe Biden’s campaign. | https://cw33.com/business/ap-business/disney-government-dissolution-bill-signed-by-desantis/ | 2022-04-23T12:08:54Z |
As Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy tells it, when Russia invaded 100 days ago, no one expected his country to survive. World leaders advised him to flee.
“But they didn’t know us,” he said in a late-night video address in April when the war hit its 50th day. “And they didn’t know how brave Ukrainians are, how much we value freedom.”
He could have been speaking about himself. No one knew how a 44-year-old man who had catapulted himself from the world of entertainment into the presidency would respond to an invasion by Russia’s giant army.
His response has been forceful — and compellingly public. Zelenskyy has led his country in mounting an unexpectedly fierce resistance. Every night, he rallies Ukrainians to the fight with a video address on social media. There have been 100 so far – one for each day of the war — in nightly reminders that he has not fled, that Ukraine has indeed survived.
His actor-trained voice can be soothing, a deep, confidential almost-whisper as he looks directly into the camera. Or forceful, rising in moral outrage as he condemns the most recent Russian atrocities and insists that those responsible will be punished.
As the days and weeks have ticked by, his unshaven face has grown a dark beard. He has lost his boyish looks. The puffiness from sleepless nights as Russian troops marched on the capital was replaced by new resolve when the invasion stalled.
From the start of the war he has dressed in various shades of army green, appearing most often in a simple T-shirt. The impression he leaves is clear: He’s fresh from the fight and about to get back to it.
A tireless and skilled communicator, Zelenskyy has spoken by video link to the United Nations, British Parliament, U.S. Congress and about two dozen other parliaments around the world, as well as to the Cannes Film Festival and America’s Grammy Awards. Rarely if ever has a man without a tie addressed so many VIPs. He also has given interviews to journalists. He held a news conference in the safety of the Kyiv subway.
But his nightly video address has been his favored channel for informing and inspiring his fellow citizens.
He often begins with an exuberant greeting to Ukrainians as “the free people of a brave country” or “the invincible people of our great country.” He invariably ends with a defiant “Glory to Ukraine.”
He tells them of the world leaders he has spoken with during the day and his efforts to get those leaders to send more and better weapons, to inflict ever more punishing sanctions on Russia.
He speaks to his fellow Ukrainians’ anger and pain from the devastation of the country, the untold deaths. “My heart breaks from what Russia is doing to our people,” he said on March 16 after Russian bombs killed hundreds sheltering in a theater in Mariupol.
He salutes their courage and says he never gets tired of thanking all those fighting to determine the future of Ukraine. That the country did not fall within days as Russia expected, he said on April 14, was because millions of Ukrainians “made the most important decision of their life – to fight.”
He also has tried to reach a Russian audience, as on April 1 when he switched from Ukrainian into Russian to urge Russians to keep their sons away from the war.
“We do not need new dead people here,” he said. “Take care of your children so they do not become villains, do not send them to the army. Do whatever you can to keep them alive. At home.”
In his video address Friday marking the 100 days, Zelenskyy said many words and numbers are associated with the war, but “there are three words for which we have been fighting for a hundred days after eight years: ‘peace,’ ‘victory,’ ‘Ukraine.’ Glory to Ukraine!”
In justifying the invasion, Russian President Vladimir Putin says he is saving Ukraine from the “drug addicts and neo-Nazis” of Zelenskyy’s government. He has ignored Zelenskyy’s calls for a meeting.
Back in June 2019, shortly after Zelenskyy was elected president, Putin was asked why he hadn’t congratulated the new Ukrainian leader. In a condescending response, Putin seemed to write off the actor-turned-president.
“Well, it’s one thing to play someone and another to be someone,” Putin said. “The important thing is to have the courage and the character to take responsibility. He hasn’t shown his character yet.”
For 100 nights, that character has been shown to Ukrainians and the world. And to Putin. | https://www.tdtnews.com/news/article_06d5a056-e37e-11ec-865c-9fa05ad603ac.html | 2022-06-04T01:58:15Z |
Acuña returns, Wright dominant again, Braves beat Cubs 5-1
By PAUL NEWBERRY
AP Sports Writer
ATLANTA (AP) — Ronald Acuña Jr. went 1 for 5 with two stolen bases in his return to the Braves lineup, but it was Kyle Wright who claimed a starring role, pitching three-hit ball over a career-high seven innings to give Atlanta a 5-1 win over the Cubs. The struggling Braves took two of three from Chicago for their first series win of the season. Wright improved to 3-0, striking out eight while walking four. Austin Riley and Dansby Swanson hit solo homers off former Braves pitcher Drew Smyly. Adam Duvall provided some insurance with a two-run shot against Ethan Roberts in the eighth. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/04/28/acuna-returns-wright-dominant-again-braves-beat-cubs-5-1/ | 2022-04-29T03:45:25Z |
VANCOUVER, BC, July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - The Yumy Candy Company Inc., (CSE: TYUM) ("Yumy" or the "Company") Canada's first publicly traded low sugar, plant-based confectionery company, is pleased to announce that is has entered into an agreement with Active Marketing Group, (AMG) an established sales and marketing agency with over 30 years of experience and valued relationships with retail buyers in the Unites States of America. AMG works with some of Americas largest chains such as Walmart Inc., Walgreen Company, Target Corporation, Costco Wholesale Corporation, CVS Pharmacy, 7-Eleven Inc., Kroger and Amazon.com amongst many other major retail players.
AMG consists of industry professionals with specific experience in the CPG space previously operating and running large companies that are key items in the Snack and Confectionery aisles today. The group has worked with The Hershey Company for over 11 years, meeting valued buyers and industry contacts directly applicable to Yumy's desired sales channels. AMG is very selective with the brands they represent, as they a proven track record exponentially growing their partnered companies and building brands into new territories. Yumy's proven past record in Canada has allowed it to partner with one of Americas top distribution groups.
By entering into the agreement, Active Marketing Group and Yumy Candy will work together throughout its expansion into the United States. AMG will include the Yumy brand in their portfolio of selected brands and perform sales outreach direct to buyers on behalf of the company. "We are very excited about this partnership as our goal to expand to the US is finally coming to fruition. With Active Marketing having such established partnerships with all the major players across both brick and mortar and ecommerce, the marketing group will be able to expedite our growth plan immensely, in a much shorter amount of time." States Erica Williams, Chief Executive Officer of The Yumy Candy Company. "By gaining an established and well-connected broker in the industry for over 30 years, we trust our product and brand will be getting into the right hands."
The Yumy Candy Company has established itself as a household name in many large retailers across Canada and has been preparing for the US launch to meet demand for many health-conscious consumers. Mintel reports that "56% of U.S. consumers who were limiting their sugar intake were doing so because of future health concerns. Now, with the increased health concerns surrounding Covid-19, 30% of U.S. internet users say that "low sugar" has become more important to them, and 55% of U.S. adults want to limit sugar in their diet." The company has already received inquiries from multiple US consumers and retail buyers expressing interest in their products up until this point.
Active Marketing has already begun setting up key strategic meetings with retail buyers and will begin presenting the Yumy Candy products for listings. The company is in process of listing the Yumy products with a designated product distributors, to maximize the product availability to retail partners across the US.
The Yumy Candy is an affordable health-conscious low-sugar plant-based confectionery company based in Vancouver, British Columbia and it has developed a portfolio of healthier gelatine-free candies made from non-GMO ingredients with proprietary recipes. All of its products are free of gelatin, soy, gluten, nuts, dairy, eggs, sugar alcohols, artificial sweeteners and genetically modified organisms.
Except for the statements of historical fact, this news release contains "forward-looking information" within the meaning of the applicable securities legislation. The information in this news release about future plans and objectives of the Company, are forward-looking information. This forward-looking information is based on reasonable assumptions and estimates of management of the Company at the time it was made, and involves known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking information. Such factors include, among others: general business, economic and social uncertainties; local and global market and economic uncertainties arising in respect of the COVID-19 pandemic; litigation, availability of key product ingredients, legislative, environmental and other judicial, regulatory, political and competitive developments; the ability to effectively expand manufacturing and production capacity; the ability to obtain retail partners to distribute Company products, the success of market initiatives and the ability to grow brand awareness; the ability to attract, maintain and expand relationships with key strategic vendors; our ability to predict consumer taste preferences; delay or failure to receive regulatory approvals; the sufficiency of our cash to meet liquidity needs; those additional risks set out in the Company's public documents filed on SEDAR at www.sedar.com; and other matters discussed in this news release. Accordingly, the forward-looking statements discussed in this release may not occur and could differ materially as a result of these known and unknown risk factors and uncertainties affecting the Company. Although the Company believes that the assumptions and factors used in preparing the forward-looking statements are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on these statements, which only apply as of the date of this news release, and no assurance can be given that such events will occur in the disclosed time frames or at all. Except where required by law, the Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward- looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
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TORONTO, June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nuula, a fintech company focused on providing small businesses with the tools and the capital they need to succeed, today announced that it is partnering with OneVest to launch an integrated Wealth Management feature within the Nuula app designed to serve the needs of entrepreneurs.
Small business owners are typically solely responsible for their own wealth management. From retirement, to investing, to planning for major life events, they do not have the benefit of employer programs. Furthermore, wealth management is complicated by the fact that often small business owners' wealth is tied solely to their business. According to Forbes, one third of small business owners do not have a retirement savings plan at all.
Nuula is launching a new wealth management service to give small business owners a way to help diversify their wealth, and plan for critical milestones in their lives like retirement, buying a home, or expanding their family.
Nuula chose OneVest because it provides a highly competitive private wealth management service that offers a straightforward goals-based approach that can be matched to the risk profile, age and stage of the entrepreneur, in addition to flexible access to capital, all of which are critical to small business owners.
Nuula users will now be able to fund an investment account, set goals, and track their progress. What is more, the feature provides users with a fully automated, activity managed, goals-based investment experience, personalized to them.
"Private wealth management – a service typically reserved for high-net-worth individuals – is now available to small business owners and entrepreneurs on the Nuula app," said Mark Ruddock, CEO at Nuula. "Small business owners can easily invest towards clear goals like retirement and avoid the risks implicit in having all of their capital tied up in their business. The solution is fully integrated within Nuula, so our customers can manage their business and their investments in one place. We want to empower small business owners to be successful in all aspects of their lives and helping them build wealth is an important part of that."
"OneVest, embedded into the Nuula app, provides a simple way for users to design smarter investment portfolios aligned to what matters to them," said Amar Ahluwalia, Co-founder, and CEO at OneVest. "We are excited to partner with Nuula and bring small business owners and entrepreneurs an effortless way for them to grow their investments while reducing risk."
Nuula's wealth management service will allow small businesses to set specific investment goals and milestones; watch the performance of their investments, which are actively managed and automatically rebalanced on their behalf; and potentially benefit from sophisticated investment solutions that are comprised of unique asset classes and investment strategies.
Nuula will be announcing additional features and partnerships in the coming months.
About Nuula
Nuula is building the future of small business success. Launched in 2021, Nuula is a financial services and technology company focused on serving the small to medium-sized business community. Nuula provides real-time data and analytics, allowing businesses to manage their cash flow, monitor their credit ratings and user reviews, and more. To learn more about Nuula, visit www.nuula.com.
About OneVest
OneVest is a financial technology company on a mission to reinvent wealth management. The company offers an embedded Wealth-as-a-Service (WaaS) platform that allows any enterprise to offer personalized investment portfolios via a simple API. OneVest manages all the complexities of providing cutting-edge wealth management for enterprises. OneVest is backed by notable investors including Luge Capital, OMERS Ventures, AAF Management, FJ Labs, NAventures, Panache Ventures and Harvest Venture Partners. For more information, please visit www.onevest.com.
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Transformative Mixed-Use development is largest in Summit County history
KEYSTONE, Colo., Aug. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Concord Summit Capital, LLC ("Concord Summit") arranged $232.5 million of total construction financing for the Kindred Resort, a mixed-use development directly adjacent to the Keystone Ski Mountain River Run Gondola. Concord Summit sourced a $140 million senior construction loan, $55.47 million in CPACE financing, and a commitment for $30 million of preferred equity investment for the project. Rounding out the capital stack is a $7 million Co-General Partner investment from Pure Development.
The project will transform the base of Keystone, America's fourth most-visited ski resort, providing a best-in-class hotel, a new ski school, several new dining options, a private ski club, and 95 luxury residential condo units. The Kindred Resort hotel will be the first of its kind in Keystone, offering modern luxury ski-in-ski-out experience. The 107-key luxury hotel will be managed by Rock Resorts, a subsidiary of Vail Resorts.
The development team is a joint venture between three experienced and well-connected Summit County locals in Scott Russell, Shervin Rashidi, and Ryan Geller, and the institutional development expertise of Denver-based Pure Development. Pre-construction work is underway with an estimated completion in 2025.
Concord Summit Capital's Managing Director Peter Goergen sourced the financing on behalf of the borrowers.
"The Kindred development team has been terrific to work with. This project required years of work on behalf of the county, Vail Resorts, capital partners, the development team, and countless other stakeholders. Congratulations to all parties involved," Goergen said.
"We couldn't be more satisfied with the perseverance and leadership of Peter and CSC, and fully appreciate the team that helped complete the construction financing," said Scott Russell, Kindred's Managing Partner. "The complexity of this type of development requires a sophisticated partner that has relationships, knowledge, and support to complete the capital stack. We look forward to working with CSC again on our next project."
"We're fortunate to work with capital partners that have a deep understanding of real estate, possess the vision to focus on what's important in a transaction, and are masters at executing," Goergen added. "Kindred will transform the guest, owner, and skier experience in Keystone, and we're grateful to have played a role in that story."
PCL Construction is the project's general contractor and OZ Architecture led the design efforts.
Concord Summit Capital is a leading intermediary between sponsors and providers of capital for commercial real estate debt and equity financing. CSC provides three independent services across its investment platform. The Concord Summit Capital Advisory Team provides fee-based advisory services for debt and equity transactions for commercial real estate capitalizations, ranging from $3 million to $1 billion. The Advisory Team has arranged over $23 billion of debt, structured financing, and equity. The Concord Summit Capital Investment Team acquires distressed assets and non-performing loans from all banks and financial institutions across the nation. The Concord Summit Capital Fund Team invests in commercial real estate debt and equity structures in transactions ranging from $2 million to $35 million.
To get in touch, please contact Peter Goergen at pgoergen@concordsummit.com or 434-270-5249. For more details, please see www.ConcordSummit.com
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COVID-19 symptoms can linger for many weeks, CDC study says
(CNN) - A new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said people who had COVID-19 could still struggle with symptoms up to a year later.
The agency said at least 14% of people who had the respiratory disease still had symptoms three months after getting it.
The symptoms could be a headache, a runny nose, a sore throat, as well as loss of smell, taste or hair. Some could even struggle with fatigue, chills or fever.
More than 8% had symptoms six months later, and about 2% a year later.
The study said some dealt with heart, lung, gastrointestinal or joint pains a year after the initial sickness.
The CDC said they saw these results in people who were severely sick as well as those who had it mildly or were asymptomatic.
About 5,500 people are enrolled in the ongoing study, including about 4,000 who tested positive for the disease.
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Pilot Pen's STEM Authenticated™ Erasable FriXion ColorSticks invites pen users to help them support STEM education
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- This back-to-school season, Pilot Corporation of America (Pilot Pen) and its line of erasable FriXion pens – the first and only pens to earn STEM Authenticated™ status from STEM.org – is excited to announce its "FriXion for Good" campaign. The campaign is inspired by the science that powers thermo-sensitive, erasable FriXion, and is designed to benefit STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) students and supports STEM education.
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From August 3 through November 8, 2022, Pilot will donate 25 percent of the profits (up to $50,000) from every purchase of the FriXion ColorSticks 10-packs sold at Walmart, Target, and other retailers nationwide, and of the FriXion ColorSticks 16-pack sold on Amazon, to Girls Who Code. If 7,143 people were to erase with FriXion pens at the same time it would generate one million degrees of heat. Pilot is also encouraging consumers to join the movement and help generate "FriXion for Good" by writing and erasing with FriXion. Pilot invites FriXion fans to help achieve this goal and to get involved by sharing on Instagram how they use their FriXion pens and including #FriXionForGood. For each #FriXionForGood hashtag used in an in-feed post on Instagram and TikTok through November 8, 2022, Pilot will donate $5, up to an additional $10,000, for a total potential donation of $60,000 to Girls Who Code.
"At Pilot, we are passionate about STEM education, and are proud to be able to help empower STEM students. FriXion writes smoothly and the innovative, thermo-sensitive ink disappears from the page at 140 degrees Fahrenheit with the heat-generated from erasing friction," said Ariann Langsam, Vice President of Marketing for Pilot Pen. "So, if 7,143 people erase with FriXion pens and support #FriXionForGood, they will generate one million degrees for good in support of Girls Who Code."
In addition to the "FriXion for Good" campaign, Pilot also supports STEM education by providing a collection of free downloadable lesson plans developed in partnership with STEM.org. These lessons and accompanying demonstration videos are led by celebrated science educator and TikTok sensation, Phil Cook (@ChemTeacherPhil). They are designed to help bring STEM concepts to life in fun and engaging ways for students in grades K-12. The lesson plans empower educators and students to conduct STEM experiments on everything from thermo-sensitivity to covalent bonds in the classroom or at home utilizing FriXion's unique, thermo-sensitive erasable ink properties. FriXion is an economical and accessible way to bring STEM principles to life.
STEM education is an area of increasing focus among parents and educators, as competency in these areas are strong indicators of future career success. STEM education not only encourages analytical and critical thinking skills and provides the building blocks for innovation and creative problem-solving. Studies also show that kids who are exposed to STEM concepts from a young age are more likely to show interest in pursuing STEM careers. This is important as STEM-related jobs are projected to grow at a much higher rate than non-STEM jobs in the coming years.1
FriXion erasable products are available in a variety of styles and options, including capped and retractable gel pens, fine and bold point marker pens, as well as neon and pastel highlighters, with premium erasable products ideal for students and anyone who enjoys mistake free writing.
To learn more about "FriXion for Good", visit FriXionSTEM.com. Also, follow Pilot Pen on social media for more information at Facebook.com/PilotPen or @PilotPenUSA on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok.
ABOUT PILOT CORPORATION OF AMERICA
Pilot Pen offers superlative writing instruments renowned for quality, performance, cutting-edge technology and consumer satisfaction. Widely acknowledged as an innovator, Pilot was first to introduce Americans to fine-point writing, and currently maintains the top share position in the gel, rolling ball and erasable pen categories. Pilot's line of acclaimed products includes the G2 Gel Ink, Precise V5/V7 Rolling Ball and FriXion Erasable pen lines, as well as Acroball Advanced Ink Ball Point pens and the ergonomic Dr. Grip family of products. Pilot Pen manufactures and distributes from its state-of-the-art facility in Jacksonville, Florida; its parent company is the oldest and largest manufacturer of writing instruments in Japan. For more: www.pilotpen.us.
ABOUT GIRLS WHO CODE
Girls Who Code is an international nonprofit organization working to close the gender gap in technology, and leading the movement to inspire, educate, and equip young women with the computing skills needed to pursue 21st-century opportunities. Since launching in 2012, Girls Who Code has reached 450,000 girls through our in-person programming and we have nearly 90,000 college-aged alumni. We have sparked culture change through marketing campaigns and advocacy efforts, generating 13 billion engagements globally. In 2018, the organization was named the #1 Most Innovative Non-Profit on Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies list.
Follow the organization on social media @GirlsWhoCode.
ABOUT STEM.ORG
Founded in 2001, STEM.org Educational Research™ (SER) is the longest continually-operating, privately held STEM education research and credentialing organization in America. Through an extensive collaborative effort, SER has worked closely with pedagogical researchers, an international coalition of educators, administrators, NGO's and schools to establish a trusted set of STEM benchmarks. The resources and proven best-practices of this initiative have led to the world's original and most recognized, blockchain-secured algorithmic STEM credentialing framework: STEM.org Accredited™ for Programs, STEM.org Certified™ for People, and STEM.org Authenticated™ for Products.
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Prestigious International Annual Awards Program Honors Standout AI and Machine Learning Solutions and Companies
NEW YORK, June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Devron, the leader in data science for distributed and private data, today announced that it has been selected as the winner of the "Best AI Solution for Big Data" award in the fifth annual AI Breakthrough Awards program conducted by AI Breakthrough, a leading market intelligence organization that recognizes the top companies, technologies, and products in the global Artificial Intelligence (AI) market today.
Devron's federated machine learning platform enables data science teams to build and train superior AI models and predictive analytics on distributed data without the cost and risk of centralization. Instead of bringing the data to the model, it brings the model to the data—training algorithms where the data resides. It also bypasses certain regulatory, data sovereignty, and privacy limitations by eliminating the need to move data from its source.
Analyst firm Gartner forecasts that by 2025, 80% of the largest global organizations will have participated at least once in federated machine learning to create more accurate, secure, and environmentally sustainable models.
With Devron's solution, data science teams no longer need to waste time, effort, or money centralizing data, significantly reducing ETL efforts, lead times, and infrastructure overhead. They also no longer need to wait to gain access to data or worry about anonymizing or redacting sensitive information.
Devron enables private and public sector organizations to be more effective and competitive, such as through understanding and responding to customer behaviors, identifying and reducing risk, and pinpointing operational inefficiencies. Devron's underpinning technology and capabilities are also seen as key to cross-organizational and jurisdictional solutions such as those highlighted in the initiative recently launched by the US and UK governments to combat money laundering.
"Our mission is to facilitate smarter business decisions. We do this by empowering data science teams to focus on answering important business questions instead of moving mountains of information," said David Murray, Chief Business Officer of Devron. "By unlocking access to more data, data science teams can build better models and realize superior insights faster. We are proud and honored to receive this recognition of the value of our technology."
"Traditional AI development requires data to be duplicated, moved, and centralized before AI models can be trained and value can be derived," said James Johnson, managing director of AI Breakthrough. "Devron has established a new AI and data science paradigm to address this challenge, helping companies realize the full potential of AI while setting a new standard for data privacy. Devron's innovative platform considers the nature of data today, uncovering untapped innovation and business value in distributed data. We congratulate Devron on being our choice for the 'Best AI Solution for Big Data' award."
The mission of the AI Breakthrough Awards is to honor excellence and recognize the innovation, hard work, and success in a range of AI and machine learning-related categories, including AI platforms, Deep Learning, Smart Robotics, Business Intelligence, Natural Language Processing, industry-specific AI applications, and many more. This year's program attracted more than 2,950 nominations from over 18 countries worldwide.
Devron is an advanced data science and machine learning technology company that unlocks trapped value and exposes hidden business insights without compromising data privacy. Its innovative federated machine learning platform enables data scientists to keep their datasets where they reside without duplicating and centralizing data. Backed by a consortium of institutional investors, led by Tiger Global and including FinTech Collective, Afore Capital, and Essence Venture Capital, the business was founded by a former undercover CIA intelligence officer, Kartik Chopra. Devron is headquartered in New York City. For more information, visit www.devron.ai.
Part of Tech Breakthrough, a leading market intelligence and recognition platform for global technology innovation and leadership, the AI Breakthrough Awards program is devoted to honoring excellence in Artificial Intelligence technologies, services, companies, and products. The AI Breakthrough Awards provide public recognition for the achievements of AI companies and products in categories including AI Platforms, Robotics, Business Intelligence, AI Hardware, NLP, Vision, Biometrics, and more. For more information, visit AIBreakthroughAwards.com.
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ST. LOUIS, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Whistle, the leading Employee Loyalty platform, announced today the launch of Whistle Payments, a patent pending technology giving people managers a new set of tools to manage employee payments and budgets, while eliminating the hidden fees and waste in the current gift card and incentive payment industry.
"In a hyper competitive work environment, companies are looking for new ways to improve Employee Loyalty. Giving managers an easy way to buy a remote team member lunch, set up a recurring wellness budget, or just send an ad-hoc bonus payment when someone is going through a stressful experience – these are all powerful mechanisms to help people feel more engaged in their work experience, "said Drew Carter, CEO and Co-founder of Whistle. "This is a win for employees and businesses alike because it makes the administration of employee budgets for meals, travel, bonuses, and wellness programs easy to manage, saving both time and money."
Whistle payment accounts can be set up in minutes allowing people managers to immediately start having impact with their teams. Whistle payments makes it easy to:
- Instantly send payments to employees through virtual and physical cards that integrate seamlessly with mobile wallets.
- Set up recurring employee budgets to support individual needs for wellness, learning and other employee programs.
- Create temporary budgets for travel or ad-hoc expenses that can only be used for appropriate spending categories.
- Analyze spending data to gain new insights to drive better business outcomes.
- Integrate incentive payments with other employee programs like learning, social advocacy or culture building.
- Reduce administrative and accounting headaches through an intuitive and easy-to-manage platform.
- Send payments through existing company communication tools like Microsoft Teams and Slack
"Companies are struggling with employee loyalty and Whistle Payments is one of the tools we have built that can immediately impact business outcomes such as retention," said Andrew Hrdlicka Whistle Payments Lead and company co-founder. "It's pretty clear from our research that current tools and traditional engagement strategies are not working – in part because most companies are all using the same outdated tools. Whistle is a modern tool for modern times."
Over the past few months several Whistle clients started pilots with Whistle Payments, including Room Ready, a leading AV technology and services company who gave 100 people in the organization $100 each to donate to their favorite not-for-profit so each employee could impact the cause they care most about. "Instead of a big check for one organization, our company contributed to 53 different organizations across the region. And because we have real time access to the spending data, we are aligning more of our community giving efforts to support what our employees care most about." Said Aaron McArdle, CEO of Room Ready "In a matter of days Whistle has transformed how we think about supporting our employees and community. It's a win for our employees, company and community."
Whistle Payments is already attracting media attention and was recently named by CIO Review as one of the 10 most promising payment solution providers of 2022.
For more information about Whistle and how companies are using Employee Payments, go to www.wewhistle.com or contact media@wewhistle.com. Sign up for free at app.wewhistle.com/setup.
Whistle helps companies create Employee Loyalty. From better onboarding to employee payments, remote team engagement to learning experiences - the Whistle platform integrates the key elements that create Employee Loyalty and better business outcomes.
Simple. Easy. Just Whistle.
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Mid-week travel is the key for college-bound students looking to save on flights
LOS ANGELES, July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As college students prepare to return to campus for the upcoming fall semester, CheapAir.com has released its 2022 Back-to-School Airfare Study. Taking a look at 70 colleges and universities across the United States, the study analyzed how expensive back-to-school flights are this year compared to 2021, based on the timeframe of their first day of classes. The study also offers insights to help students get the best deal.
The study revealed that overall airfare costs for college students returning to campus are up approximately 23% from last year. The top five colleges with the largest airfare spikes on average compared to 2021 include:
- University of Washington up 49%, resulting in an average increase of $123 per ticket
- Oregon State up 48%, resulting in an average increase of $138 per ticket
- University of California, Los Angeles up 37%, resulting in an average increase of $85 per ticket
- University of Southern California up 36%, resulting in an average increase of $109 per ticket
- University of Utah up 35%, resulting in an average increase of $102 per ticket
See the full ranking list of all 70 colleges and universities here.
While back-to-school airfare has increased this year, there are a few ways students can find cost savings, such as:
- Catching a mid-week flight: Tuesday and Wednesday flights offer the best deals on average, especially when compared to departing on a Sunday.
- Booking an early morning or late-night flight: Due to lack of demand, these flights are often cheaper. Early morning flights are also statistically more likely to depart on time.
- Comparing alternative airports: If a university is serviced by more than one airport, sometimes a larger market airport that is a bit farther away can save students a significant amount of money.
For additional information and the full ranking list of the 70 U.S. colleges and universities with the highest airfare increases, check out the full CheapAir.com 2022 Back-to-School Study.
Headquartered in California, CheapAir.com is powered by a team of 50 travel enthusiasts who use cutting-edge technology and superior customer service to simplify the way people shop for travel. Our proprietary airfare shopping engine provides an easy-to-understand view of flight and fare options from across the web, to make trip planning easy and joyful. Only CheapAir provides full apples-to-apples comparisons so you can see and book across different airlines and different flights, not just the lowest fares, but also the best value flights based on quality, comfort, and inflight amenities. For expert travel advice, deals and inspiration, connect with us on Facebook or Twitter.
CEO Jeff Klee started CheapAir.com in 1989 from his college dorm room after getting a crash course in the airline industry while planning a backpacking trip through Europe on a student's budget. CheapAir.com still takes a creative approach to helping travelers to find the best trips. Along with its sister company, AmTrav for Business Travelers, CheapAir has helped over five million people buy plane tickets with confidence.
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SÃO PAULO, April 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In accordance with paragraph 4 of Article 157 of Law No. 6,404/1976 and CVM Resolution No. 44/21, Itaú Unibanco Holding S.A ("Itaú Unibanco" or "Company") informs its stockholders and the general market that, in line with the Material Fact disclosed on May 11, 2017 and in accordance with the Announcement to the Market disclosed on November 08, 2021, after obtaining the required approvals, it acquired, as of today, for approximately R$ 8 billion, an equity interest of 11.36% in the total capital of XP Inc., a company incorporated in the Cayman Islands and listed on Nasdaq, as provided for in the Stock Purchase Agreement and Other Covenants, entered into on May 11, 2017.
Itaú Unibanco clarifies that this transaction does not cause any change in the corporate governance of XP Inc. Additionally, this operation is not expected to have any significant impact on the Company's current fiscal year results.
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PALM BEACH, FL, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Airlines are rebounding from COVID in a large way. According to IATA (International Air Transport Association) North America, for example, is expected to continue to be the strongest performing region returning to profitability in 2022. Supported by the large US domestic market and the re-opening of international markets, including the North Atlantic, net profit is forecast to be $8.8 billion in 2022. Airlines are cutting costs and trying to also increase revenues, and one way to increase is to listen to the demands of passengers for more nutritious foods on flights… and this has given way to the rise of the In-Flight Catering Market. Another report from ReportLinker added that In-flight catering service relates to the provision of meals and other food to passengers that are present on the flight. The catering service is contracted by a catering group run by the airline or any other catering contractor or by a hotel`s catering group. In-flight catering service is considered to be a critical service provided by airline companies to passengers, for enhancing their overall travel experience, and thereby gain greater share of the market. While a majority of airline carriers typically offer bread roll; vegetable or salad; fish, chicken, or beef; and a dessert, others provide more specific meals, including religious diets, medical diets, meals for babies and infants, and various types of cultural diets. Amid the COVID-19 crisis, the global market for In-Flight Catering Services estimated at US$19.7 Billion in the year 2022, is projected to reach a revised size of US$22.4 Billion by 2025, registering a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.6% over the analysis period. Europe represents the largest regional market for In-Flight Catering Services, accounting for an estimated 27.1% share of the global total. The market is projected to reach US$5.7 Billion by the close of the analysis period. Active companies in the markets this week include: Pangea Natural Foods Inc. (OTCPK: PNGAF) (CSE: PNGA), Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV), JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ: JBLU), Air Canada (OTCQX: ACDVF) (TSX: AC), American Airlines Group Inc. (NASDAQ: AAL).
The global market for in-flight catering services is driven by booming air travel and the corresponding increase in passenger traffic, and enhanced focus on choice, quality and consistency supported by innovation in bringing about the best quality meals on-board. The market is mainly being driven by the robust increase in the number of people travelling by air globally for tourism and business, increase in non-stop and long-haul flights, and improving global economy. While traditionally the aviation industry benefited from business travels, rise in number of air travelers on leisure/pleasure trips, international tourism, growth in student travel under student exchange programs, global sports meets and growing popularity of medical tourism are also contributing to the significant increase in air traffic and hence fueling demand for airline catering. Fast paced urbanization and resultant increase in migrant population is also driving increased passenger traffic between major business centers and towns, representing a major growth driver for the inflight catering services market.
Pangea Natural Foods Inc. (OTCPK: PNGAF) (CSE: PNGA) BREAKING NEWS: PANGEA EXPANDS MUNCHIE MIX DISTRIBUTION WITH BRITISH AIRWAYS PARTNERSHIP - Pangea Natural Foods Inc. ("Pangea" or the "Company"), a natural food company, is pleased to announce a partnership with British Airways to distribute the Pangea Munchie Mix to their network of global flights.
Headquartered in the United Kingdom, British Airways is the United Kingdom's flagship airline with a fleet of over 230 airplanes. As a global carrier, British Airways operates one of the largest fleets of any airline in the world, serving 13 domestic United Kingdom destinations and 192 international destinations in 76 countries.
Pangea's Munchie Mix, the Company's newest addition to its line of GMO-free products, will be available to business class passengers of British Airways flights. This is the Company's second airline partnership, following an announcement that Pangea Munchie Mix will be available on Air Canada's (TSX: AC) fleet of airplanes.
The Company's Munchie Mix is a superfood rich snack made with dried cranberries, yogurt chips, roasted cashews, almonds and pumpkin seeds. The Company manufactures the Munchie Mix, along with their Plant-Based Patties and Old Fashioned Ghee in-house at their Vancouver Lower Mainland facility. The Company's facility has been approved by both the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
"We are excited to work with one of the world's leading airlines to introduce the Pangea Munchie Mix into British Airways' fleet of planes." says Pangea CEO Pratap Sandhu, "Whether a traveler is waiting in an airport lounge or on a long-haul global flight, the Munchie Mix is a high-protein, healthy mix that will solve a passenger's snack cravings."
To date, the Company offers its other products, the Pangea Plant-Based Patties and Old Fashioned Ghee via their online website and through over 250 retail outlets across Canada and the United States. CONTINUED… Read this full release and more news for Pangea Natural Foods at: https://www.pangeafood.com/ Other recent developments in the airlines industry include:
Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) recently reported its second quarter 2022 financial results were: Strong quarterly net income of $760 million, Record quarterly net income, excluding special items, of $825 million; Record quarterly operating revenues of $6.7 billion; Cash provided by operations of $1.9 billion; and Liquidity of $17.4 billion, well in excess of debt outstanding of $10.5 billion.
Bob Jordan, Chief Executive Officer, stated, "We are very pleased to report all-time record quarterly revenues and net income, excluding special items, representing a significant milestone in our pandemic recovery. Travel demand surged in second quarter, and thus far, strong demand trends continue in third quarter 2022. As anticipated, we experienced inflationary pressures and headwinds from operating at suboptimal productivity levels in second quarter, which we expect will continue in second half 2022; however, our fuel hedge continues to provide significant protection against higher jet fuel prices. Barring significant unforeseen events and based on current trends, we expect to be solidly profitable for the remaining two quarters of this year, and for full year 2022.
JetBlue Travel Products, a subsidiary of JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ: JBLU), recently announced the expansion of its Insider Experience program for JetBlue Vacations packages to Nassau, Bahamas. The Insider Experience is currently included, free of charge, in all JetBlue Vacations flight + hotel packages to Aruba, Cancún, Montego Bay and Punta Cana, making Nassau the fifth destination to offer customers traveling to these destinations unique concierge services.
Launched in 2020, the Insider Experience program extends JetBlue's service in-destination, putting customers in the trusted hands of local experts to assist them throughout their entire journey with exclusive benefits including airport meet-and-greet, free airport transfers, concierge services, and 24/7 problem solving with an in-destination Insider. Since its inception, over 75,000 customers have already taken advantage of this unique offering.
Air Canada (TSX: AC) (OTCQX: ACDVF) recently provided the following update on its operational improvement initiatives implemented in response to the challenges the global airline industry has encountered emerging from the pandemic.
"At Air Canada, we know how much our customers value travel and their reliance on us to transport them safely, comfortably and without disruption. This is always our goal and we share with them their disappointment that, coming out of the pandemic, the global industry faltered due to the unprecedented challenges of restarting after a two-year, virtual shutdown," said Michael Rousseau, President and Chief Executive of Air Canada.
"Earlier this summer, I committed on behalf of everyone at Air Canada that we would do everything possible to restore our company's industry leading standards of customer care. Among other things, this included innovation at the airport, operational changes and significant schedule adjustments and today these are yielding demonstrable improvement in the metrics that matter most to our customers. While I am very satisfied with the progress to date, and I thank our employees for their unrelenting efforts, we all continue to work hard on behalf of our customers to complete our recovery."
American Airlines Group Inc. (NASDAQ: AAL) recently announced its investment in ZeroAvia, a leader in hydrogen-electric, zero-emission aviation. In addition to the investment, a memorandum of understanding provides American the opportunity to order up to 100 engines from ZeroAvia's hydrogen-electric powertrain development program. The engines are intended to power regional jet aircraft with zero emissions.
"Our investment in ZeroAvia's emerging hydrogen-electric engine technology has the potential to play a key role in the future of sustainable aviation," said Derek Kerr, American's Chief Financial Officer. "We are excited to contribute to this industry development and look forward to exploring how these engines can support the future of our airline as we build American Airlines to thrive forever."
ZeroAvia is working to achieve certain type certifications of its innovative propulsion technology that will pave the way for the engines to be incorporated into the regional jet market in the future. The ZA2000-RJ powertrain is anticipated to enable passengers to fly in zero-emission regional jets as early as the late 2020s.
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Industry Experts Featured for Seminars; Hot Restaurant Trend Ghost Kitchens Spotlighted; Workforce Solutions Highlighted; Texas Restaurant Awards All Part of July 9-11 Lineup
AUSTIN, Texas, June 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Texas Restaurant Show (formerly TRA Marketplace), presented by the Texas Restaurant Association (TRA), is set for July 9-11, 2022, in Dallas, Texas. A full schedule awaits the more than 5,000 restaurateurs and industry experts expected to attend, including a compelling slate of education seminars. Twin emphases on timeliness and relevance define the education offerings, covering topics ranging from workforce solutions to ghost kitchens, growing through capital investment, diversity, inclusion, and bias (DIBs), and so much more.
Underscoring the industry's critical role in Texas' economy, the conference will also feature a bipartisan slate of leaders from our local, state, and federal government, including a conference keynote from Texas Governor Greg Abbott. The largest restaurant industry trade show in the Southwest, the Texas Restaurant Show is estimated to bring more than $2 million in revenue to Dallas-area businesses.
Festivities kick off Saturday, July 9 with pre-conference education, including the Capital Investment Bootcamp presented by the TRA and VRA Partners offering exclusive insights from industry experts to guide attendees through the process of franchising, becoming a franchisor, or growing a brand through capital investment, and a Diversity, Inclusion, and Bias (DIBs) Workshop led by renowned speaker and consultant James Pogue.
On Sunday, July 10, the Show floor officially opens with 500+ industry exhibit booths and back-to-back education offerings highlighted by an employment workshop from the Texas Workforce Commission; Protecting Your Business From the Unexpected; a Keynote Fireside Chat featuring Norman Abdallah of Gordon Ramsay North America, moderated by TRA President & CEO Emily Williams Knight, Ed.D.; the popular You're Going to Need a Drink for This, Part II, in which three hospitality attorneys discuss hot-button issues over cocktails the audience enjoys along with them; and Ghost and Virtual Kitchens: What's Next?
The education panels keep coming on Monday, July 11, and will include The Workforce Crunch, Part I: Immigration Reform for the Restaurant Industry; Can You Beat the Chef Who Beat Bobby Flay?, a lively conversation with McAllen Chef Larry Delgado, the only chef to triumph over Bobby Flay in Season 29 of Beat Bobby Flay; the Show Keynote: Texas Governor Greg Abbott; Dishing on Delivery, analyzing an increasingly important off-site revenue source for restaurants; and the ProStart Champion Management and Culinary Team Exposition, featuring the national champs from Ben Barber Innovation Academy, which is located in the Dallas area.
The full schedule featuring complete panel descriptions follows below.
THE 2022 TEXAS RESTAURANT SHOW EDUCATION SCHEDULE
Diversity, Inclusion, and Bias (DIBs) Workshop
July 9, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
James Pogue (JP Enterprises), renowned speaker and consultant on diversity and inclusion, believes that sustained change takes root through deep, engaging, challenging, and yes sometimes uncomfortable conversations. A regular speaker at TRA events, James has "scratched the surface" with our members over the years. Now, attendees can take a dive into the 1/2 day No-Nonsense Experience (NNE).
In this 3-hour workshop, participants will be introduced to the Diversity, Inclusion, and Bias (DIBs) Model, which undergirds much of JP Enterprises' work. Additionally, James will review the DIBs Assessment and why it is so critical to organizational and individual growth, exploring a few of the top biases in the workplace.
Attendees will be challenged to make meaning out of the session, see how you may apply concepts to your business, and commit to taking action.
The TRA is pleased to offer this pre-conference session at no charge, and space is limited. Register today to secure your seat.
Capital Investment Bootcamp
July 9, 10:30 a.m.-4 p.m.
Are you looking to expand your brand? Perhaps grow it for a future acquisition transaction? Or maybe with the fast-casual sector growing at such a rapid rate, you're interested in becoming a franchisee operator or expanding your franchise portfolio? Then you do not want to miss this Capital Investment Bootcamp pre-conference session.
This day-long workshop presented by VRA Partners and the TRA features key operators and capital investment firms providing insights into each area of franchising your brand, becoming a franchisee/expanding your franchise portfolio, and using capital investment to grow and expand your brand. Included in the lineup are Scott Diviney (Chicken Salad Chick), Chris Aslam (Rock Strategic), Tom Kutcher (Capital Spring), David Cary (Morgan Stanley), Sanjeev Khanna (GS Dallas Group), and Chris Reilly, Tyler McCrary, & Mark Loeffler (all of VRA Partners).
Starting at 10:30 a.m. with an introductory session, lunch will be provided, during which Scott Diviney will discuss his experience growing the Chicken Salad Chick brand. Then the group will break out into specialized sessions focused on franchising, being a franchisee, and using capital investment to grow your brand. Next, the group will come back together to wrap things up and discuss what next steps you should pursue based on your area of interest. The day will close with an exclusive cocktail reception at 4 p.m. courtesy of 99 Proof Partners, during which you can connect with potential investment partners to fuel your dreams and endeavors.
Space is limited for this incredible pre-conference event, so register today to secure your seat.
Sourcing, Hiring, and Managing Employee Chargebacks: TWC Employment Workshop
July 10, 10:45 a.m.-11:45 a.m.
The COVID-19 pandemic has taught us that the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) and their 28 Workforce Solutions offices are a critical partner in the process of sourcing, hiring, and managing the unemployment insurance processes. Free resources like mytexascareer.com and workintexas.com connect those seeking employment and employers. The TRA has also worked closely with TWC to ensure that training resources and childcare support were made available at critical points in the pandemic. Most recently, the TRA and TWC collaborated to streamline the COVID-related chargeback appeals process.
This session, presented by representatives of TWC and Workforce Solutions, will address these resources and walk you through the new COVID-related chargeback process, ensuring you are aware of and access all the tools available to you as an employer.
Protecting Your Business From the Unexpected
July 10, 11 a.m.-12 p.m.
Insurance is one of those expenses you aren't excited to pay, until you actually need it. TRA's Restaurant Insurance Solutions works to not only provide members with access to the best available insurance at the best price, but also to provide resources and information to help you plan for the unexpected, often avoiding the need to file an insurance claim.
Alec Knight, TRA's Director of Insurance, will discuss with our partners Higginbotham Insurance (Preferred Insurance Broker Partner), Texas Mutual Insurance (Preferred Worker's Compensation Partner), and United Healthcare (Preferred Health Insurance Partner) the best strategies to ensure you are adequately protected, even for the unforeseeable.
Keynote Fireside Chat: Norman Abdallah of Gordon Ramsay North America
July 10, 12 p.m.-1 p.m.
As one of the original celebrity chefs, Gordon Ramsay is a global brand, from the chef himself to his cookbooks, culinary competition shows, and more. With the arrival of Gordon Ramsay North America (GRNA) to Dallas in 2021, the brand made its home in Texas. At the helm of this new venture is CEO Norman Abdallah, previously CEO of Del Frisco's Restaurant Group and Chairman of Triple Tap Ventures LLC (Alamo Drafthouse Cinema).
Join TRA President & CEO Emily Williams Knight, Ed.D. as she sits down with Norman for a fireside chat to discuss this new venture, the experience of introducing GRNA to the U.S. during a pandemic, and what's next for this household name.
Customer Feedback and Data: the Fuel to Drive Your Business
July 10, 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
We so often use our gut in this industry — how much salt or spice to add to a recipe, when to introduce new items or raise prices — but when it comes to the big decisions, and even the small ones, having data to guide and support our decision-making process is critical in the post-pandemic world. Data doesn't guarantee success, but our chances are much better when we take into account the feedback from our customers and industry trend data to support our gut instincts.
Join TRA Chief Operating Officer Joe Monastero, OSI as he moderates a panel of the industry's leading customer feedback and trend data collection and analysis companies to discuss the new paradigm for our industry, and pick up a few tips on how data truly is the fuel to drive your business.
Maximizing Your Money: Making Today's Tech Work for You
July 10, 1:45 p.m.-2:45 p.m.
The last two years have produced a plethora of technology solutions, everything from flow-through code order and pay-to employee management and retention, to inventory management. What's the "perfect set-up"? Just as restaurant concepts are unique, so are the suite of solutions an operator needs to manage their business as efficiently as possible, ensuring strong operations and maximizing savings to improve their bottom line.
Join TRA's tech experts for a panel discussion on what today's restaurant technology solutions map looks like, how to choose the right solutions for your business, and how each software solution should integrate with others to create a strong operational environment. Bryan Solar (Square for Restaurants) will moderate the discussion featuring Ellis Winstanley (Axial Shift), Stevan Premutico (me&u), and Bobby Higdon (Heartland).
You're Going to Need a Drink for This, Part II
July 10, 2:45 p.m.-3:45 p.m.
They're back! Three hospitality lawyers and three cocktails will highlight what's trending in our industry. Continuing from last year's inaugural and highly enjoyed education session, John Gessner (Carrington, Coleman, Sloman & Blumenthal, LLP), Alicia Voltmer (Greenberg Traurig LLP), and Angelo Amador (National Restaurant Association) will address the key issues facing our industry, what you as an operator need to know, and how to prepare for it.
As each speaker discusses their topic, a cocktail will be served that highlights a trend in the craft cocktail world and makes each topic a bit easier to engage with and discuss. Bottoms up!
Ghost and Virtual Kitchens: What's Next?
July 10, 3 p.m.-4 p.m.
Expanding your brand through virtual kitchens, or taking on a new revenue stream as a ghost kitchen, has been an ever-expanding trend in our industry. In the almost 7 years since the first ghost kitchen opened, various models of operation have emerged, and one thing is certain: Ghost and virtual kitchens are not a fad, and in fact have supported an explosion of new concepts.
Carl Orsbourn, co-author of "Delivering the Digital Restaurant," leads a panel discussion of experts from the ghost and virtual kitchen world to discuss what's next.
The Workforce Crunch, Part I: Immigration Reform for the Restaurant Industry
July 11, 10:45 a.m.-11:45 a.m.
More than one-quarter of restaurant and foodservice employees are immigrants. Immigration reform is an especially important topic as we address the unprecedented workforce shortage challenging our industry. Hear TRA partners FWD.US and Monty & Ramirez LLP discuss today's immigration environment and the options and opportunities we may champion for the future.
Melissa Stewart, TRA Senior Executive Director, State Regions, will moderate this panel discussion on where we are, where we are headed, and what we can expect in the near future.
Can You Beat the Chef Who Beat Bobby Flay?
July 11, 11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
McAllen Chef and TRA State Board Member Larry Delgado (Delgado Collective) was the only contestant in Season 29 of Beat Bobby Flay to take on the renowned chef and beat him in "Last Man Grilling." Chef Robert Hale (Texas Beef Council) discusses this experience with Larry while he demonstrates the carne asada recipe with which he beat Bobby Flay.
After tasting Chef Delgado's delicious, winning dish, ask yourself, "Could you beat the chef who beat Bobby Flay?"
Show Keynote: Governor Greg Abbott
July 11, 12:15 p.m.-1 p.m.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott was a critical partner to the foodservice industry during the COVID-19 pandemic and the 87th Texas Legislative Sessions. His support on alcohol to-go, grocery and bulk food waivers, pandemic liability protections, and $180 million in hospitality and tourism recovery grants empowered our industry's survival and helped us to begin rebuilding much sooner than most states. Join us to hear a keynote from Governor Abbott about what's next for our economy and how we can continue to work together to ensure Texas remains the best state to start and grow a restaurant.
After the keynote, TRA PAC members may visit with Governor Abbott during a meet n' greet in the TRA PAC Lounge. The TRA PAC Lounge is a booth reserved for TRA PAC contributors to unwind, learn, and network with our state's top officials.
Dishing on Delivery
July 11, 12:45 p.m.-1:45 p.m.
While once an ancillary revenue source, post-pandemic pick-up and delivery are core to a restaurant's income strategy. Delivery in particular continues to evolve, especially with the third-party delivery bill TRA passed during the 87th Texas Legislative Session. What's the best way to manage delivery for your business today—go it alone, work with one or more third-party providers, or both?
Ben Knorr, TRA Partner and Sponsor Development Manager, will moderate a panel discussion with TRA partners Favor and UberEats, plus Delgado Collective owner and TRA State Board member Jessica Delgado on today's delivery best practices and what each operator should be thinking about when evolving their off-premise revenue strategy.
The Future of Fast Casual
July 11, 1:15 p.m.-2:15 p.m.
With fast-casual dining continuing to grow market share each quarter at a pace five-times greater than full-service and fine-dining establishments, it is clear that limited service fast-casual is currently dominating the foodservice space. The shift is not surprising, especially with off-premise growing at 20%+ year over year. Will this trend hold, and just how many new brands can the space accommodate, given the use of ghost and virtual kitchens to rapidly expand a brand geographically?
Joe Monastero, TRA Chief Operating Officer, will moderate a panel of fast-casual giants, including Geoff Alexander (Wow Bao), Clay Dover (Velvet Taco), and Carin Stutz (Native Foods) to discuss the current climate in fast-casual and what the future of this market segment may look like and how it will impact the rest of the industry.
ProStart Champion Management and Culinary Team Exposition
July 11, 1:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
The Texas Restaurant Foundation's Texas ProStart program is one of the largest high school culinary and hospitality management initiatives in the U.S. Each year, more than 40 teams compete for the title of State Champions and the opportunity to compete at the annual National ProStart Invitational in Washington, DC. The 2022 State Champions for culinary and management came from Ben Barber Innovation Academy in the Dallas area. They went on to place 1st in management and 4th in culinary at nationals this past May.
Come watch the students of Ben Barber's culinary and management teams exhibit their management project and demonstrate recipes from the management team's concept, which you'll be among the first to taste.
The Workforce Crunch, Part II: Leveraging Tech to Hire, Train, and Retain Employees
July 11, 2 p.m.-3 p.m.
Our industry is facing a once-in-a-lifetime labor crisis rife with challenges, from sourcing and hiring employees to retaining them amidst a rash of job-ghosting. With predictions that 1 in 5 Americans will change jobs in the coming year, it is more critical than ever to have an effective employee recruitment, onboarding, and retention strategy.
Ben Knorr, TRA Partner and Sponsor Development Manager, will lead a panel discussion with Brian Medina (Self Opportunity), Tanner Rasmussen (Workstream), and Ellis Winstanley (Axial Shift) to discuss best practices and strategies to address the workforce crunch.
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Now in its 85th year, the Texas Restaurant Show dazzles visitors with stunning and interactive displays, state of the science products and equipment, cutting edge technology and the very latest news and trends from more than 400 exhibitors, and advice from dynamic industry leaders. This multi-faceted event also brings together Texas' restaurant industry and their patrons for a party with a purpose, the Lone Star Bash featuring the Texas Restaurant Awards, to benefit the programs and initiatives of the Texas Restaurant Foundation, the 501(c)(3) workforce development arm of the TRA. The Texas Restaurant Show brings restaurateurs, owner/operators, chefs, and other key hospitality influencers together to connect, learn, and create the industry's future. Lear more at https://txrestaurantshow.com.
Formed in 1937, the Texas Restaurant Association (TRA) serves as the advocate and indispensable resource for the foodservice industry in Texas. As a leading business association, the TRA represents the state's $70 billion restaurant industry, which comprises approximately 50,000 locations and a workforce of 1.3 million employees. Along with the Texas Restaurant Foundation, the workforce development arm of the TRA, the association proudly continues to protect, advance, and educate a growing industry as the TRA enters its 85th anniversary year. For more information, please visit www.txrestaurant.org.
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TULSA, Okla., May 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ClearSign Technologies Corporation (Nasdaq: CLIR) ("ClearSign" or the "Company"), an emerging leader in industrial combustion and sensing technologies that improve energy, operational efficiency and safety while dramatically reducing emissions, today announced that it is proposing to sell shares of its common stock in an underwritten public offering. All of the shares in the underwritten public offering are to be sold by ClearSign. ClearSign intends to grant the underwriter a 30-day option to purchase an additional 15% of the shares of common stock offered in the public offering at the public offering price, less the underwriting discount. ClearSign intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for working capital, research and development, marketing and sales, and general corporate purposes. The final terms of the offering will depend on market and other conditions at the time of pricing, and there can be no assurance as to whether or when the offering may be completed, or as to the actual size or terms of the offering.
Newbridge Securities Corporation is acting as the sole book-running manager of the offering.
The shares described above are being offered by ClearSign pursuant to a shelf registration statement previously filed with and subsequently declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). A preliminary prospectus supplement relating to the offering has been filed with the SEC and is available on the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov. A final prospectus supplement describing the terms of the offering will be filed with the SEC. The offering will be made only by means of the prospectus supplement and the accompanying base prospectus, as may be further supplemented by any free writing prospectus and/or pricing supplement that the Company may file with the SEC. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any of the securities described herein, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction. Copies of the preliminary prospectus supplement, and accompanying base prospectus relating to this offering, may be obtained from Newbridge Securities Corporation, Attn: Equity Syndicate Department, 1200 North Federal Highway, Suite 400, Boca Raton, FL 33432, email: syndicate@newbridgesecurities.com, telephone: (877) 447-9625.
About ClearSign Technologies Corporation
ClearSign Technologies Corporation designs and develops products and technologies for the purpose of improving key performance characteristics of industrial and commercial systems, including operational performance, energy efficiency, emission reduction, safety and overall cost-effectiveness. Our patented technologies, embedded in established OEM products as ClearSign Core™, and ClearSign Eye™ and other sensing configurations, enhance the performance of combustion systems and fuel safety systems in a broad range of markets, including the energy (upstream oil production and down-stream refining), commercial/industrial boiler, chemical, petrochemical, transport and power industries. For more information, please visit www.clearsign.com.
Cautionary note on forward-looking statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements regarding the proposed public offering and the intended use of proceeds from the offering. The offering is subject to market and other conditions and there can be no assurance as to whether or when the offering may be completed or as to the actual size or terms of the offering. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially, including those risks disclosed in the section "Risk Factors" included in the preliminary prospectus supplement filed with the SEC on May 26, 2022. ClearSign cautions readers not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. The Company does not undertake, and specifically disclaims any obligation, to update or revise such statements to reflect new circumstances or unanticipated events as they occur.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Blockworks' Digital Asset Summit (DAS) returns for its fourth year — this time, to The Glasshouse in New York City on Sept. 13-14, 2022. A record number of investors will be attending, as governments and institutions alike recognize the impact and maturation of digital assets.
"Institutional involvement hasn't slowed down despite the market crash," said Blockworks' co-founder Michael Ippolito. "Today we're seeing more interest from everyone from BlackRock to bulge brackets, and everyone in between."
DAS: NYC will bring together financial institutions, family offices, financial advisers, investment banks, crypto protocols, exchanges, RIAs, hedge funds, prime brokers, venture capitalists and other industry professionals to discuss how digital assets can evolve and be recognized as a macro asset.
More than 700 institutions and 300 funds representing $800 billion in assets under management will be in attendance to hear from over 100 speakers, including:
- Fidelity, Director of Global Macro
- JPMorgan, Head of Onyx Digital Assets & Blockchain Launch
- FTX, Head of Ventures
- Morgan Stanley, Head of Emerging Markets Equity
- Apollo Global Management, Head of Digital Asset Strategy
- State Street Digital, Vice President
- Circle, Vice President of Finance, Treasury and Corporate Development
- Compound Labs, Founder
- dYdX, Founder
The past two years of sold-out attendance and the industry's rapid growth prompted Blockworks to expand the topics covered during the two-day conference, which include:
- Crypto's Institutional Lending Market
- Institutional Access to DeFi
- Bailouts: Crypto's Financial Crisis
- Security and Risk Management: Taking a Step Back to Move Forward
- Navigating Regulatory Uncertainty
- The State of Crypto Market Structure: Liquidity, Arbitrage & Security
Through fireside chats, panels and networking opportunities—including an exclusive dinner for VIP guests and speakers and an after-party open to all attendees—guests will have access to unparalleled insights shared by leaders from both traditional finance and the crypto ecosystem.
Thanks to the Diamond Sponsors for making this event possible: Ava Labs, Circle, Fireblocks, Ledger, OKX and Solidus Labs. Emerald Sponsors include Abra, Algorand, Copper.co, Lukka and Matrixport. Platinum Sponsors include: Amberdata, Bequant, BlockFi, Blockware Solutions, Bloomberg, Bullish, Chainalysis, Chainge Finance, Crypto.com, Davis Wright Tremaine, Elliptic, Eventus, EY, Figment, Gemini, Kaiko, Kiln, LMAX, Maple Finance, Membrane, Merkle Science, Metamask Institutional, Nansen, Perkins Coie, Prime Trust, SFOX, SOMA.finance, Taxbit, and TradeStation. Gold Sponsors include: Allnodes, Apifiny, Arkhivist, B2C2, BingX, Blockfills, Bosonic, CME Group, Compound Treasury, Crystal Blockchain, ErisX, FTI Consulting, Ledgible, MantraDAO, NAV, Realio, The Tie, TRM Labs and Withum.
Blockworks is a financial media brand that delivers breaking news and premium insights about digital assets to millions of investors. Blockworks is the host of the Digital Asset Summits (DAS), the leading conferences for institutional investors looking at digital assets.
Contact:
Julie Muroff
Events@blockworks.co
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GREELEY, Colo., June 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- JBS USA Lux S.A. ("JBS USA") today announced the pricing of three series of senior unsecured notes for an aggregate principal amount of $2.5 billion. These notes consists of (i) $500.0 million aggregate principal amount of 5.125% senior notes due 2028 (the "2028 notes"), (ii) $1,250 million aggregate principal amount of 5.750% senior notes due 2033 (the "2033 notes") and (iii) $750.0 million aggregate principal amount of 6.500% senior notes due 2052 (the "2052 notes" and together with the 2028 notes and the 2033 notes, the "Notes"). JBS USA initially intended to issue three series of notes, each in a benchmark size, in an expected aggregate principal amount of approximately $1.5 billion. The sale of the Notes is expected to close on June 21, 2022, subject to customary closing conditions.
JBS USA intends to use the net proceeds from this offering to pay the tender consideration for any and all of the 6.750% Senior Notes due 2028 (the "JBS USA 2028 Notes") and up to $600.0 million of the 6.500% Senior Notes due 2029 (the "JBS USA 2029 Notes" and together with the JBS USA 2028 Notes, the "Tendered Notes"), issued by JBS USA, tendered in connection with an offer to purchase and consent solicitation that was announced separately today. JBS is expected to use the remaining proceeds for general corporate purposes, including the repayment of certain debt.
This press release is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell or buy the Notes or the Tendered Notes. Any offer to purchase the Tendered Notes will be made solely on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in a separate offer to purchase and consent solicitation that will be directed to holders of the Tendered Notes. There shall not be any sale of the Notes in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such jurisdiction.
The Notes and the guarantees will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, any U.S. persons (as defined in Regulation S of the Securities Act) absent registration under the Securities Act, or pursuant to an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. The Notes will be offered only to "qualified institutional buyers" under Rule 144A of the Securities Act or, outside the United States, to persons other than "U.S. persons" in compliance with Regulation S.
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about JBS S.A.'s perspectives and expectations, are forward-looking statements. The words "expect," "believe," "estimate," "intend," "plan" and similar expressions, when related to JBS S.A. and its subsidiaries (including JBS USA) and affiliates, indicate forward-looking statements. These statements reflect the current view of management and are subject to various risks and uncertainties. These statements are based on various assumptions and factors, including general economic, market, industry and operational factors. Any changes to these assumptions or factors may lead to practical results different from current expectations. Forward-looking statements relate only to the date they were made and JBS USA undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they were made.
JBS USA Lux S.A. is one of the world's largest producers of beef, pork, chicken and packaged food products. In terms of daily production capacity, JBS USA Lux S.A. is among the leading beef producers and the second-largest pork and chicken producer in the United States. In Australia, JBS USA Lux S.A. is the leading producer of beef, lamb and packaged foods. JBS USA Lux S.A. prepares, packages and delivers fresh, value-added and branded beef, pork, chicken, and lamb products to customers in more than 150 countries on six continents. JBS USA Lux S.A. is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of JBS S.A., the largest protein company and the largest food company in the world in terms of net revenue.
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BRISTOW, Va., June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MurLarkey® Distilled Spirits is excited to announce that its first bourbon release, MurLarkey Birthright™ Straight Bourbon Whiskey, has won the Double Gold medal at the 13th Annual New York International Spirits Competition.
The NYISC is recognized as one of the most respected and influential international spirits competitions in the industry. This year, over 1400 spirits from around the world competed in a blind tasting judged by top spirits buyers. Birthright received a 96 rating and Double Gold honors, a unanimous decision by the NYISC panelists.
"It's been an amazing year and I'm incredibly proud of our team and give special thanks to Head Distiller Kevin Szady and Master Distiller George "Papi" Zwetkow," said Tom Murray, MurLarkey CEO. "First Salsa takes Gold and Best of Category at ADI, and now Birthright takes Double Gold at NYISC no less. Both amazing accomplishments, and to do it with two radically different spirits is a true testament to the skilled magic of MurLarkey."
Earlier this year, MurLarkey Papi's Salsa Borracha Whiskey earned a Gold Medal in the American Distilling Institute's 2022 International Spirits Competition. The judges noted the whiskey's "incredible flavor construction" and how the corn whiskey spirit "tastes so much like actual salsa."
"From our first sips, we all loved the profile of Papi's Salsa Borracha Whiskey," said Jim Larkin, MurLarkey COO. "It is a spirit like no other. We are honored to be awarded Gold and Best of Category by the ADI judges for this truly unique and delicious spirit."
MurLarkey has now won at least Gold in international competition in five categories: Vodka (Divine Clarity Vodka), Gin (Imagination Gin), Aged Whiskey (Smokehouse Whiskey), Flavored Whiskey (Papi's Salsa Borracha Whiskey), and Bourbon (Birthright™ Straight Bourbon Whiskey), an achievement to our knowledge no other craft distillery can claim.
Since 2016, MurLarkey has continued to challenge convention, producing a broad array of handcrafted, award-winning spirits and RTDs. Using only the finest, all-natural ingredients, MurLarkey spirits are produced to uncompromising standards.
MurLarkey is currently distributed by Virginia ABC and Breakthru Beverage Group. For more information about MurLarkey, product spec sheets, or press ready photos, contact Nicole Murray at nicole@murlarkey.com or visit www.murlarkey.com.
CONTACT:
Josh Luckenbaugh
MurLarkey Distilled Spirits, Inc.
(571) 284-7961
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According to statistics annually compiled by Germany Trade & Invest (GTAI), the number of FDI projects bounced back significantly last year, nearly reaching pre-corona levels. American companies led the way.
BERLIN, May 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- (GTAI) – 1806 international companies set up shop in Germany in 2021 in the form of greenfield investments. That's the main result of this year's GTAI Foreign Direct Investment Report.
The number of projects was up 7% over 2020, rebounding almost fully to the 1851 in the final pre-corona year 2019.
"Our numbers show a fundamental recovery in foreign direct investment in Germany from the low in 2020," says Germany Trade & Invest CEO Robert Hermann. "Investment amounts were comparatively modest due to a number of factors, but international companies' interest in being part of Europe's largest economy has persisted through the coronavirus pandemic."
The GTAI FDI report is based on data from Germany's 16 regional states, which in most cases doesn't include amounts to be invested. The overall volume, however, is expected to be well in excess of EUR 7 billion. And it doesn't include the massive expansion projects first announced in 2022 by Intel and Northvolt, which will be worth at least EUR 17 billion and EUR 4 billion respectively.
The largest number of business expansions (254) originated from the United States, reflecting Germany's continuing excellent reputation among American business people.
67% of FDI projects came from Europe, with FDI from the UK (+36%), the Netherlands (+36%), Denmark (+29%) and France (+24%) recording significant gains. By contrast, the number of projects from China and other parts of Asia declined.
"Both of those developments undoubtedly reflect the restrictions of travel, particularly over long distances, to which businesses continued to be subject in 2021," explains Hermann.
19% of FDI projects came in the ICT sector, followed by business and financial services (15%) and consumer goods (12%).
More information: https://www.gtai.com/gtai-fdi-reports
Germany Trade & Invest (GTAI) is the economic promotion agency of the Federal Republic of Germany. GTAI supports German companies setting up in foreign markets, promotes Germany as a business location and assists foreign companies setting up shop in Germany.
Contact:
Jefferson Chase
Senior Manager, Communications
Germany Trade & Invest
Friedrichstraße 60
10117 Berlin
+49 30200099170
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As the majority investor in a new fiber-to-the-premises Internet provider, Oak Hill will partner with Omni Fiber to accelerate the deployment of fiber-based broadband networks in the Midwest.
CINCINNATI and MENLO PARK, Calif., July 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Oak Hill Capital ("Oak Hill") today announced that it formed a new fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) provider, Omni Fiber ("Omni" or the "Company"), to bring to market a new option for high-speed Internet service in small and mid-sized markets in the Midwest that have historically been underserved by the large phone and cable companies.
Oak Hill's $250 million commitment to Omni Fiber out of its latest flagship fund, Oak Hill Capital Partners VI, will fund new network construction to bring state-of-the-art fiber Internet, TV, and phone services to homes and businesses in communities across the Midwest, with initial projects in the states of Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Michigan.
"We are thrilled to partner with Oak Hill and are excited to provide high-quality Internet access options to small and medium communities across the Midwest," said Darrick Zucco, Omni Fiber CEO. "Oak Hill's investment will spur our growth to help bridge the digital divide and establish competitive choice by providing hundreds of thousands of households access to our future-proof, 100% fiber-optic network. We look forward to establishing and maintaining excellent service quality as we support our new customers and communities for years to come."
Omni Fiber will offer affordable, symmetrical speeds of up to 2 Gbps to homes and businesses in small and mid-sized towns in the Midwest where current high-speed options are limited. Omni will deliver what customers expect from their Internet service provider: fast Internet speeds, reliability, complete in-home coverage, and best-in-class local customer service. Omni will not require contracts for residential customers and promises no hidden fees, no data caps, no installation fees, and a 30-day money-back guarantee. With Oak Hill's investment in the Company, Omni will not need to rely on grants or subsidies from federal, state, or local governments to build its network.
Oak Hill is an experienced investor in the FTTP space, and Omni Fiber's executive team has over 80 years of combined experience in building and growing fiber networks. Oak Hill's current broadband investments that enable increased fiber access across the U.S. include MetroNet, one of the nation's largest independently owned, 100 percent fiber optic network providers; Vexus Fiber, an expanding provider in Texas, New Mexico and Louisiana; GoNetspeed in the Northeast; Race Communications in California; and Greenlight Networks in upstate New York.
"We believe that reliable, high-speed access to the Internet represents a fundamental catalyst for economic growth and equal opportunity for all Americans, from small towns to big cities," said Scott Baker, Partner at Oak Hill. "We have enjoyed strong relationships with Omni's founding executive team – Darrick Zucco, Steve Gable, Brian Ross and Andres Tovar – for many years. We are excited to formally launch our new partnership with this outstanding team as the Company builds and introduces its fiber network across the Midwest."
About Oak Hill
Oak Hill is a longstanding private equity firm focused on the North America middle-market. Oak Hill applies a specialized, theme-based approach to investing in the following dedicated industry sectors: Media & Communications, Industrials, Services, and Consumer. The Firm implements a highly systematic approach to theme development, proactive origination, and value creation in partnership with management to build franchises of lasting value. Since 1986, Oak Hill and its predecessors have raised approximately $20 billion of initial capital commitments and co-investments, invested in approximately 100 companies, and completed more than 300 add-on acquisitions representing an aggregate enterprise value at acquisition of over $60 billion. For more information, please visit www.oakhill.com.
About Omni Fiber
Founded in 2022, Ohio-based Omni Fiber provides 100% fiber-optic broadband Internet, TV and phone services to residential and business customers in the Midwestern United States. Omni Fiber offers symmetrical speeds of up to 2 Gbps, no-hidden fees, no data caps, Premium Wi-Fi included, local customer service, and competitive pricing. For more information, please visit www.omnifiber.com.
Oak Hill Media Contact:
Dawn Dover
dawn.dover@kekstcnc.com
Omni Fiber Media Contact:
John Barnes
john.barnes@omnifiber.com
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VANCOUVER, BC, June 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- HPIL Holding (the "Company") (OTC: HPIL) announces that it will be having a shareholders meeting on June 9th at 2:PM PST to give the shareholders a complete in depth explanation and plan on the current business status and its moving forward plans. The discussions will be about the following:
- Apogee Dynamics status update and its new plans in the EV market.
- Humm Token www.hummtoken.com and its confirmed launch date along with its ongoing business model.
- World Gaming Group and the launch of "Solomons Revenge" www.solomonsrevenge.com this month along with discussing its future plans on new game development.
- World Gaming Group and "ZIPPA" www.zippa.gg and why the delay that will ultimately separate itself from any competition and its confirmed launch date.
- Explaining the legal settlements that are now complete.
- Future funding.
- What the growth plans are for 2022-2023.
"We continue to Wait for the responses from the OTC in regards to when Pink Status will occur as we have done all we can including having all the filings up to date and this has been the toughest of all trying to explain to the shareholders why so long and I understand the frustration, however it is out of our hands", said Stephen Brown CEO.
HPIL next conference call will be on June 9th, 2022 Conference call link: https://www.hpilholding.ca/ Safe Harbor: This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (The "Act"). In particular, when used in the preceding discussion, the words "pleased," "plan," "confident that," "believe," "expect," or "intend to," and similar conditional expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Act and are subject to the safe harbor created by the Act. Such statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties and actual results could differ materially from those expressed in any of the forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, market conditions, general acceptance of the Company's products and technologies, competitive factors, the ability to successfully complete additional financings and other risks described in the Company's SEC reports and filing.
For more information:
www.hpilholding.ca
Contact: Stephen Brown, CEO, info@hpilholding.ca, Ph: (778) 819-1956
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ATLANTA, July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pye-Barker Fire & Safety, headquartered in Atlanta, GA, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Bender & Modlin Fire Sprinkler, Inc. The acquisition further strengthens Pye-Barker's presence in Jacksonville, Florida and the surrounding markets of northeast Florida and southeast Georgia.
Bender & Modlin Fire Sprinkler is a full-service fire sprinkler company specializing in commercial and industrial fire sprinkler and protection systems. Allen Bender and Terry Modlin founded Bender & Modlin together in 1999 after a combined 50-year career as sprinkler contracting managers. Bender & Modlin is an active member of the National Fire Protection Association, and supporter of the F.A.S.T. Apprenticeship Program and the National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies.
"Terry Modlin and I are thrilled to now be a part of the Pye-Barker family and to be moving to a new season in the evolution of our company. From the first meeting with Pye-Barker, it's been evident that this is the right move. The process has been seamless, and we're excited about the future for our customers and employees," said Allen Bender, President of Bender & Modlin. "We have a great personal relationship with the Pye-Barker management team, and all of us at Bender & Modlin Fire Sprinkler feel that we now have a genuine partner who has our best interest at heart."
"Bender & Modlin has a well-deserved reputation for consistently putting their customer first by recommending and building the most efficient and effective fire sprinkler systems in the industry," said Bart Proctor, CEO of Pye-Barker. "Their focus on the customer is unmatched and they're a great group of people to work with. I couldn't be happier that we are joining forces."
Bender & Modlin will retain its name, leadership, and knowledgeable employees.
About Pye-Barker Fire & Safety
Pye-Barker Fire & Safety, founded in 1946, is the leader in fire protection and life safety, with more than 120 locations and 3,000 team members. It is a full-service company offering all the necessary specialties including portable extinguishers, restaurant fire suppression, special hazard systems, fire sprinklers, fire alarms, and security. Pye-Barker invests heavily in providing the best-in-class training for its team while offering industry competitive benefits and is rapidly expanding its national footprint.
Contact:
Chuck Reimel
VP of Business Development, Pye-Barker Fire & Safety
(910) 612-6252
creimel@pyebarkerfire.com
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Idaho Field of Heroes Memorial returns in Pocatello
POCATELLO, Idaho (KIFI) - The Idaho Field of Heroes Memorial is set to return to Pocatello for the 18th year in a row.
The memorial will be held at Century High School’s soccer fields from Friday, May 27, until Memorial Day, May 30.
“We hope that everyone will find some time during their Memorial Day weekend to stop by and pay tribute to the men and women who have died while serving our country,” Bannock County Veteran Services Coordinator and event organizer Melissa Hartman said. “This is a great way for the whole family to honor and remember the sacrifices our fallen soldiers made for all of us.”
Nearly 7,000 markers are placed in the field to represent every service member who died in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. An additional 96 markers will represent the service members with an Idaho connection who have died since 9/11.
Volunteers are needed between Monday, May 23 and Thursday, May 26 to help set up the markers and again for take-down on Tuesday, May 31. People interested in volunteering are encouraged to show up at the field during daylight hours on the days listed. Volunteer groups larger than ten should contact volunteer coordinator Dani Oneida at Danielle.oneidafohm@gmail.com or call (208) 643-9289.
For the first time since the Field of Heroes Memorial began in 2004, organizers and volunteers are repainting the markers, giving them a fresh look and new life. White paint was supplied by donors, including one anonymous donation of nearly $4,000.
The event will kick off with a dedication ceremony at 10:00 a.m. Friday. The field will then be open to the public 24 hours a day until the closing ceremony at 6:00 p.m. Monday.
The annual Run to Remember is scheduled for 8:30 to 11:00 a.m. on May 28. Those interested can register at the track at 8:00 a.m. that morning for a $10 donation that goes towards the cost of setting up the memorial. The first 100 people to register will receive a free goodie bag and T-shirt sponsored by Concentrix.
Organizers are looking for local talent of all ages to participate in the USO Show on Saturday, May 28 at 2:00 p.m. Singers, dancers, musicians, poets, and actors are wanted to make a patriotic-themed talent show the whole family can enjoy. Registration will be open until all the performance slots are filled.
Full schedule of events:
Friday, May 27
- 10:00 a.m. – Dedication Ceremony
- 6:00 p.m. – Youth Ceremony
- 7:00 p.m. – Flag Folding Ceremony
- Saturday, May 28
- 8:00 a.m. – Run to Remember registration opens
- 8:30-11:00 a.m. – Run to Remember
- 11:00-2:00 p.m. – Children’s Activities (sponsored by Primary Care Specialists)
- 2:00 p.m. – USO Show
- 3:30 p.m. – Stasia Acrobats
- 7:00 p.m. – Flag Folding Ceremony
Sunday, May 29
- 6:00 p.m. – Special Musical Event w/ Shawn Barnby & Friends
- 7:00 p.m. – Flag Folding Ceremony
- 8:00 p.m. – Silent Wounds Candlelight Vigil
- Monday, May 30 (Memorial Day)
- 5:45 p.m. – POW*MIA Thunder Run Tribute
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Participants to gain access to innovative thinking, and marketing resources to drive business growth
NEW YORK, April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- R/GA, the company that designs businesses and brands for a more human future, announced the launch of its Make/Good for Businesses - a first-of-its-kind pro bono initiative committed to helping close the racial wealth gap. According to Axios, 2-3% of private equity funds go towards BIPOC-owned and led businesses. The Make/Good for Businesses initiative is designed to champion change by investing in BIPOC entrepreneurs by providing them access to a wide range of services across branding, marketing, and digital strategy to drive the growth and acceleration of each company.
"The Make/Good for Businesses program allows us to offer our expertise for greater impact towards reducing racial inequalities and issues that underrepresented entrepreneurs and communities face. I'm incredibly proud of our commitment to address these issues by doing what we do best," said Sean Lyons, Global Chief Executive Officer.
Make/Good for Businesses welcomes Black, Indigenous, Latine, Asian and underrepresented entrepreneurs in Argentina, Brazil, Germany, the U.K. and U.S. to apply to the program. Call for applications will run from April 12th, 2022, to April 26th, 2022. The final selection will be announced in June. R/GA will provide the selected applicants with the company's innovative thinking and access to R/GA's creatives, strategists, technologists, designers, and consultants to help them develop and scale their businesses over a twelve-month period.
"Owning a business is one of the most effective tools for closing the racial wealth gap for Black, Indigenous, and people of color. While it takes many barriers to grow a business, BIPOC entrepreneurs still lack substantial access to services and resources and need more help to overcome these disparities. R/GA'ers from our global network have committed to providing their time and support to BIPOC entrepreneurs to have the best opportunity to build sustainable, long-term wealth. We will offer the group entrepreneurs in our communities the same services and resources we offer our clients while embedding sustainable practices and solutions internally and externally," said Bayyina Black, Global Sustainability and Impact Director.
Last year, Make/Good for Businesses conducted a pilot program over the course of 18 months, and provided creative and operational services to 10 BIPOC businesses in Austin, Berlin, London, and New York. As one significant result of the pilot, Berlin-based nonprofit Founderland was awarded a $700K+ grant from Google, which ultimately led the organization to hire 10 new employees, and scale operations.
For more information about Make/Good For Businesses, please visit: Make/Good.
About R/GA
R/GA is a global digital product, and marketing innovation company, part of The Interpublic Group of Companies (NYSE:IPG), with 15 offices across the United States, Europe, South America, and Asia-Pacific. We help brands and businesses define, connect with and create more human futures. We offer services across brand design and consulting, communication, experience, health, media, relationship design and ventures. For more information about R/GA, please visit rga.com.
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Pilot Aims to Identify and Measure Root Causes of CO2 Emissions Along George Washington Bridge Corridor
NEW YORK, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- GridMatrix is deploying its real time traffic analytics software along the George Washington Bridge as a part of a pilot program with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the Transit Tech Lab. As of June 3rd, GridMatrix's software is analyzing feeds from existing cameras at intersections in Fort Lee, New Jersey and along the West Side Highway in Manhattan, the primary arterial roadways feeding the bridge.
Transportation planners and traffic engineers from the Port Authority are using GridMatrix's cloud-based software platform to study vehicular and pedestrian traffic congestion, quantify signal light performance, and proactively identify hazardous road conditions at deployment locations. Critically, GridMatrix aims to help the Port Authority identify and measure root causes of CO2 emissions and gasoline consumption across the world's busiest bridge and along the New York metro region's heavily trafficked roadways.
The Port Authority was the first transportation agency to embrace the 2018 Paris Climate agreement and first to commit to net zero emissions by 2050. The engagement's primary goal is to help the Port Authority accelerate its progress and meet its environmental goals.
Nick D'Andre, GridMatrix's CEO, said: "It's a privilege to partner with the Port Authority in pursuit of its broader sustainability goals. Implementing GridMatrix's software on the region's most critical transportation infrastructure is a step toward those goals - both in America's largest city and one of its coastal population centers most vulnerable to climate change. These are the actions we must take today if we're going to achieve tomorrow's emissions reduction targets and keep global average temperatures from warming beyond 1.5℃."
GridMatrix's deployment is being implemented as part of the Partnership for New York City's Transit Tech Lab 2022 Recovery & Environmental Sustainability Challenges. GridMatrix was invited as 1 of 10 companies from a global pool of nearly 150 candidates to showcase their solutions in partnership with a regional transportation agency. Participating agencies include the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and NJ TRANSIT.
GridMatrix's award winning software platform for real-time traffic analytics combines edge data from existing roadway sensors and cloud-based data sources to eliminate urban traffic congestion, accidents, and emissions. GridMatrix's software is universally compatible with both existing sensors such as cameras, radar, and loops, as well as emerging sensing technologies such as LiDAR.
The Intelligent Transportation Society of America has recognized GridMatrix's software as a leading new solution for sustainable and resilient infrastructure.
GridMatrix is headquartered in San Francisco and was co-founded in 2021 by a group of former Apple engineering and operations colleagues. The GridMatrix team brings over 100 years of experience and 22 patents in both hardware and software product development to the company's solutions.
GridMatrix's mission is to evolve existing transportation infrastructure in cities globally as they embrace advances in autonomous, connected, electric, and shared mobility technologies.
More information about GridMatrix is available at www.gridmatrix.com.
CONTACT: info@gridmatrix.com
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CALGARY, AB, July 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Canadian Pacific (TSX: CP) (NYSE: CP) is proud to become the first freight rail company in North America to participate in the United Nations (UN) Global Compact, a voluntary leadership platform for the development, implementation and disclosure of socially responsible business practices. Launched in 2000, the UN Global Compact is the largest corporate sustainability initiative in the world, with more than 15,000 participating companies in over 160 countries.
"CP's participation in the UN Global Compact marks an important milestone as we advance our commitments and position as a sustainability leader in the rail industry," said Keith Creel, CP's President and Chief Executive Officer. "CP is proud to join thousands of other companies globally committed to sustainable and responsible business action."
CP is committed to aligning our strategies and operations with ten universally accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption and taking action in support of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. CP will continue to demonstrate measurable impact on these goals through periodic updates and annual reporting to the UN Global Compact.
CP recently received the 2022 World Finance Sustainability Award for Most Sustainable Company in Transportation. This marks the third consecutive year that World Finance has recognized CP for its longstanding commitment to implementing sustainability measures across the organization. Additionally, Corporate Knights has recognized CP as the top-rated freight transport company in Canada's 'Best 50 Corporate Citizens' for 2022.
Note on forward-looking information
This news release contains certain forward-looking information and forward-looking statements (collectively, "forward-looking information") within the meaning of applicable securities laws. Forward-looking information includes, but is not limited to, statements concerning expectations, beliefs, plans, goals, objectives, assumptions and statements about possible future events, conditions, and results of operations or performance. Forward-looking information may contain statements with words or headings such as "will", "anticipate", "believe", "expect", "plan", "should", "commit" or similar words suggesting future outcomes.
This news release contains forward-looking information relating to CP's participation in the UN Global Compact and the actions that CP intends to take in support of UN Sustainable Development Goals.
The forward-looking information contained in this news release is based on current expectations, estimates, projections and assumptions, having regard to CP's experience and its perception of historical trends, and includes, but is not limited to, expectations, estimates, projections and assumptions relating to: the fuel efficiency of railways and CP's operations; the impacts of existing and planned capital investments; North American and global economic growth; commodity demand growth; agricultural production; commodity prices and interest rates; performance of our assets and equipment; applicable laws, regulations and government policies; the availability and cost of labour on the timelines anticipated and with the capabilities required, as well as the availability and cost of services and infrastructure; the satisfaction by third parties of their obligations to CP; the anticipated impacts of the novel strain of coronavirus (and the disease known as COVID-19) and its variants; and capital investments by third parties. Although CP believes the expectations, estimates, projections and assumptions reflected in the forward-looking information presented herein are reasonable as of the date hereof, there can be no assurance that they will prove to be correct. Current conditions, economic and otherwise, render assumptions, although reasonable when made, subject to greater uncertainty.
Undue reliance should not be placed on forward-looking information as actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by forward-looking information. By its nature, CP's forward-looking information involves inherent risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward looking information, including, but not limited to, the following factors: changes in business strategies; general North American and global economic, credit and business conditions; risks associated with agricultural production, such as weather conditions and insect populations; the availability and price of energy commodities; the effects of competition and pricing pressures, including competition from other rail carriers; industry capacity; shifts in market demand; changes in commodity prices; uncertainty surrounding timing and volumes of commodities being shipped; inflation; geopolitical stability; changes in laws, regulations and government policies, including regulation of rates; changes in taxes and tax rates; potential increases in maintenance and operating costs; changes in fuel prices; disruption in fuel supplies; uncertainties of investigations, proceedings or other types of claims and litigation; labour disputes; changes in labour costs and labour difficulties; risks and liabilities arising from derailments; transportation of dangerous goods; timing of completion of capital and maintenance projects; currency and interest rate fluctuations; exchange rates; effects of changes in market conditions and discount rates on the financial position of pension plans and investments; trade restrictions or other changes to international trade arrangements; the effects of current and future multinational trade agreements on the level of trade among Canada and the U.S.; climate change and the market and regulatory responses to climate changes; anticipated in-service dates; success of hedging activities; operational performance and reliability; regulatory and legislative decisions and actions; public opinion; various events that could disrupt operations, including severe weather events, such as droughts, floods, avalanches and earthquakes, and cybersecurity attacks, as well as security threats and governmental response to them, and technological changes; acts of terrorism, war or other acts of violence or crime or risk of such activities; insurance coverage limitations; material adverse changes in economic and industry conditions, including the availability of short and long-term financing; the pandemic created by the outbreak of COVID-19 and its variants and resulting effects on economic conditions, the demand environment for logistics requirements and energy prices, restrictions imposed by public health authorities or governments, fiscal and monetary policy responses by governments and financial institutions, and disruptions to global supply chains. The foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive. These and other factors are detailed from time to time in reports filed by CP with securities regulators in Canada and the United States. Reference should be made to "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Forward-Looking Statements" in CP's annual and interim reports on Form 10-K and 10-Q.
The forward-looking information contained in this news release is made as of the date hereof. Except as required by law, CP undertakes no obligation to update publicly or otherwise revise any forward-looking information, or the foregoing assumptions and risks affecting such forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
About Canadian Pacific
Canadian Pacific is a transcontinental railway in Canada and the United States with direct links to major ports on the west and east coasts. CP provides North American customers a competitive rail service with access to key markets in every corner of the globe. CP is growing with its customers, offering a suite of freight transportation services, logistics solutions and supply chain expertise. Visit cpr.ca to see the rail advantages of CP. CP-IR
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MELBOURNE, Australia and LONDON and NEW YORK, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TGI Sport, the global sports technology, media, and marketing company, has acquired the industry-leading virtual media solutions provider Interregional Sports Group (ISG), the company announced today. The move brings another new dimension to TGI's best-in-class capabilities and expertise across the next wave of live sports advertising and media. This acquisition deepens the leadership team with virtual media's foremost experts and pioneers. Further, it accelerates TGI's overall transformation into a technology-led, full-service global media and marketing agency. Bruin Capital and Quadrant Private Equity jointly own TGI Sport. The deal is the first since Bruin backed the company in 2021.
TGI Sport's Global CEO Martin Jolly said, "We are thrilled about this acquisition because it is emblematic of how we plan to grow TGI going forward. Instantly, our business enters a new sector - one that many believe is the future of live sports media and advertising. We do so with leading-edge capabilities and expertise. In addition, Tony and Simon are highly respected within our industry and will profoundly impact our organization far beyond leading ISG's development. Ultimately, our core business is stronger."
ISG was formed in 2015 by Tony Ragan and business partner Simon Burgess. Since, it has become a market leader in the rights sales, content creation, and distribution of virtual media through live sporting events for clients, including Serie A, La Liga, and Formula 1. The company's head office is in London. ISG also operates a Milan-based, state-of-the-art innovation lab for all its virtual media production, data analysis, client services & technology systems testing. Burgess and Ragan will now lead "ISG powered by TGI Sport" under Jolly and will also work closely with the Board.
Last spring, Bruin Capital took on joint ownership of TGI Sport, partnering with Australia-based Quadrant Private Equity (Quadrant). The vision was to accelerate TGI's evolution into an elite global agency, with proprietary media technologies as its core competencies. The addition of ISG expands the company's global presence and puts more resources against its parallel advertising (PADS) LED perimeter technology and hardware. PADS is being utilized across four continents by organizations such as UEFA, MLS, NZ Rugby, Rugby Australia, Liga MX, AS Monaco FC, and many more premier sporting codes.
"We are delighted to be able to add Tony, Simon, and the ISG team to the TGI and Bruin family," said George Pyne, Bruin Capital Founder/CEO. "They are very smart, effective specialists who we believe in and will have the full gamut of Bruin's global resources to push the business forward."
"This is a hugely exciting time for us," explains ISG's joint founder Tony Ragan. "We now have the opportunity to build on the success of the last seven years and accelerate the development of ISG into a truly global player," he added.
"This step up with Bruin and TGI will allow us to grow faster, stronger, and more boldly," adds Simon Burgess, ISG co-CEO and founder, "as the commercial and operation pioneers in virtual media, our knowhow both operationally and commercially can be significantly leveraged by the expanded group's talent, relationships and fiscal firepower...things are going to get really compelling for rights holders, media buyers and brands."
About TGI Sport: TGI Sport is a global leader in sports technology, media, and marketing, connecting sports entities and fans worldwide. The combined operations span North America, South America, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand, and its teams support around 3,500+ events annually. TGI Sport has built relationships with many of the world's leading sporting organizations, including UEFA, FIFA, CONCACAF, CONMEBOL, Mediapro, Major League Soccer, US Soccer, Ligue National de Rugby, ECB, ICC, FC Barcelona, Manchester United FC, Liverpool FC, and Juventus FC. TGI's businesses include TLA Worldwide, QMS NZ, and Sportsmate.
About ISG Interregional Sports Group (ISG) is the leader in virtual media solutions in sport. The company focuses on regionalising broadcast technology and implementing revenue strategies for some of the world's biggest sports rights-holders including the top European football competitions and the world's leading motor-racing championship. From its head office in London and operational centre in Milan, ISG provides its clients with virtual media solutions that incorporate integrated data systems, analytics and activation. Via its relationship with Italy's Liga Serie A, ISG delivers the largest and most technologically advanced, integrated virtual media sports service in the world, to all 20 Serie A clubs.
About Bruin Capital: Bruin Capital (www.bruincptl.com) is an international investment and operating company founded by George Pyne @GFPyne. Bruin specializes in working with capital partners and management teams to build best-in-class, global technology, sports, media, entertainment, and marketing companies. Bruin companies operate across five continents with 2100 employees working out of 34 offices. Bruin investors include The Jordan Company, CVC Capital Partners, Rock Ventures, NNS Chaired by Nassef Sawiris, and a prestigious group of family investment funds.
About Quadrant Private Equity: Quadrant Private Equity was first established in 1996 (firstly as Quadrant Capital) and is a leading Sydney-based mid-market private equity firm investing in companies in Australia and New Zealand. Quadrant Private Equity has raised $7 billion and 12 funds since inception. Its latest funds, QPE No. 7 and Quadrant Growth Fund 2, have $1,240 million and $530 million in equity commitments respectively for private equity investment Quadrant has extensive investment experience, having led over 80 investments in the past 11 funds (with 60 exits) across a range of sectors including retail, healthcare, media, consumer foods, financial services, eCommerce and other sectors.
Contact: Scott Novak 917 699-4142
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BENGALURU, India and SAN JOSE, Calif., June 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On the occasion of World Music Day, Hiver, a Bengaluru-based SaaS startup, launched a music video highlighting their work-meets-play culture. The entire music video - including lyrics, vocals, instrumentals, and videography - has been created by Hiver's in-house talent.
Organised by the French Ministry of Culture for the first time in 1982, World Music Day provides a platform that not only celebrates professional musicians, but also provides support to budding musical talent. With the day growing in popularity, even businesses are beginning to now recognise and encourage the musical talents of their teams.
The music video was shot in the Hiver office and showcases the company's non-formal work culture. The lyrics of the song place emphasis on Hiver's value system - simplicity, and work-life balance, amongst others. It also talks about the brand's journey so far and how Hiver is focused on building a world class product.
Niraj Ranjan Rout, CEO and Co-founder of Hiver, is an avid guitar player himself and believes: "Music is very close to our hearts here at Hiver. Its universality allows our diverse team to connect with each other more profoundly. We've seen that having impromptu jamming sessions at work have not only brought us closer as a team, but have also helped our employees de-stress and nurture their creativity."
Speaking on creating the campaign, Charu Gupta, Director of Brand & Content Marketing, Hiver said: "At Hiver, we believe it's important to learn more about and recognise the talents of our employees. Jamming sessions in the office have allowed them to pursue their passions outside of work, while still being at work. We have these sessions often and this time for World Music Day, the team has created an original song about the brand."
About Hiver:
Hiver is a Gmail-based customer service solution that helps teams across the organisation collaborate on shared inboxes like services@, orders@, support@. It's the most frictionless, natural way for teams to handle customer email communication as it works from Gmail. It helps teams collaborate better and make sure all queries are answered on time by the right people.
To know more, visit www.hiverhq.com
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New industry-leading ADS Engineering & Technology Center to add jobs, and expand state-of-the-art capabilities in
materials science, manufacturing technologies and stormwater and onsite septic wastewater management
solutions
HILLIARD, Ohio, Aug. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. (ADS) (NYSE: WMS), a leading provider of innovative water management solutions in the stormwater and onsite septic wastewater industries and the largest plastic recycler in North America, today announced plans to invest a total of approximately $65 million in Hilliard, Ohio, near the company's existing headquarters. This investment will fund the development of a nearly 110,000-square-foot industry-leading Engineering & Technology Center.
"The ADS Engineering & Technology Center will be the most advanced stormwater engineering center in the world dedicated to product engineering, material science –– including recycled plastics –– and manufacturing technologies. This new facility will accelerate our development of products designed to capture, convey, store and treat our most precious resource: water," said ADS President and CEO Scott Barbour. "In this new center, our team of engineers, scientists, and technicians will build sustainable solutions that utilize recycled plastics to improve quality of life in communities across North America."
The company plans to break ground in October at a 17-acre site at Lyman Drive and Davidson Road. The site is located west of ADS' Trueman Blvd. headquarters and will have a frontage on I-270. Barbour said the new facility is expected to open in late 2023.
"Clean water is critical to our economy and quality of life, and with talent from Ohio, ADS is not only protecting our water supply but also strengthening its position as the largest plastic recycler in North America," said Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine. "The new, cutting-edge facility that ADS is bringing to Ohio will advance technologies that preserve our natural resources and improve our environment while creating 200 new jobs in Hilliard."
The expansion to ADS' engineering and technology operations at the center will allow the company to consolidate all of the current product development and testing operations and manufacturing engineering development into one central location. It will include:
- A product development lab focused on the full range of a product's life cycle including:
- A hydraulics lab that supports ADS' water treatment businesses including separation, traditional filtration, and low-impact development filtration.
- An advanced technology lab for manufacturing and engineering prototyping.
- Materials science laboratories providing:
The Ohio Tax Credit Authority also announced today it will provide ADS with tax credit assistance to continue the company's expansion in Hilliard. In return, the company must invest at least $10.8 million into the project, retain 322 existing jobs currently in Hilliard, and create 200 new jobs that would result in $20 million of new payroll to the state. All told, ADS plans to invest approximately $65 million in construction and equipment for the new engineering center.
ADS also received significant assistance from JobsOhio, Ohio's unique private economic development corporation, and One Columbus, its regional economic development partner, in site selection and connecting ADS with the appropriate economic development and city partners to ensure successful completion of the project.
"ADS is an Ohio-headquartered company that is an industry leader in stormwater solutions and plastics recycling in the North American market," said JobsOhio President and CEO J.P. Nauseef. "These new, state-of-the-art labs will develop innovations that will sustain our environment, reduce plastic in our landfills, and create high-demand jobs in the Columbus Region."
"ADS has proudly called Hilliard its home for two decades. The development of its new Engineering & Technology Center demonstrates the company's continued investment and commitment to our city," said Hilliard City Manager Michelle Crandall. "ADS is an ideal corporate citizen as a top employer, leader in sustainability and community partner. We look forward to supporting the company's growth over the coming years."
Barbour said the building and property will facilitate LEED Silver certification and be a showpiece for ADS employees, customers and investors.
"As the largest plastics recycler in North America, utilizing LEED building techniques supports our commitment to sustainability and advances progress to meeting ADS' 10-year sustainability goals," said Barbour. "The design of this facility will also enable safe observation of the exciting products and technologies that make ADS the world's leading stormwater and on-site septic wastewater solutions provider."
Advanced Drainage Systems is a leading manufacturer of innovative stormwater and onsite septic wastewater solutions that manages the world's most precious resource: water. ADS provides superior drainage solutions for use in a wide variety of markets and applications including commercial, residential, infrastructure, and agriculture. ADS delivers tremendous service to its customers with the industry's largest company-owned fleet, an expansive sales team, and a vast manufacturing network of approximately 70 manufacturing plants and 38 distribution centers. ADS is the largest plastic recycling company in North America, ensuring over half a billion pounds of plastic is kept out of landfills every year. Founded in 1966, ADS' water management solutions are designed to last for decades. To learn more, visit the company's website at www.adspipe.com.
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian officials say they are struggling to establish the truth surrounding an explosion in a prison that killed dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war captured by the Russians following the fall of Mariupol.
Ukraine’s human rights chief, Dmytro Lubinets, told The Associated Press he has tried to establish a direct link with his Russian counterpart in order to arrange a joint visit to the prison in Olenivka, a town in eastern Ukraine held by Russian-backed separatists.
“Dialogue is when there is a conversation between two parties. At this moment, this is an official request from me, which remains unanswered,” Lubinets said.
Separatist authorities and Russian officials say 53 Ukrainian POWs were killed and a further 75 were wounded Friday in the blast that ripped through a building at the prison. Both sides have blamed the other for the attack, saying it was premeditated with the aim of covering up atrocities.
Moscow opened a probe, sending a team to the site from its Investigative Committee, the country’s main criminal investigation agency. The state-run RIA Novosti agency claimed that fragments of U.S.-supplied precision High Mobility Artillery Rocket System rockets were found at the site.
The Ukrainian military, however, denied conducting any rocket or artillery strikes in Olenivka, and it accused the Russians of attacking the prison to cover up the torture and execution of Ukrainians there.
“Based on the analysis of the photos and videos that we have access to, we can say that it was an explosion from the inside of this barrack,” Lubinets said.
He said images from the scene show damage to only one building and not all the windows were blown out — something he says would not be possible if the complex was shelled.
Ukraine has appealed to the United Nations and to the International Committee of the Red Cross for help in investigating the blast and to find out more about the condition of the injured.
ICRC spokesman Oleksandr Vlasenko told the AP that the organization was currently negotiating with the Russians regarding visiting Olenivka. ICRC staff want to see everyone held there, make sure those wounded in the blast get proper medical treatment, and look at the bodies of the dead.
Russian officials on Saturday issued a list of the Ukrainian soldiers they said who had been killed or wounded in the attack, but the Ukrainians say they have been unable to verify the list while there is no access for the ICRC.
More than 2,400 soldiers from the Azov Regiment of the Ukrainian national guard and other military units defending the city of Mariupol surrendered under orders from Ukraine’s military in May.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called upon the U.N. and the Red Cross, which acted as guarantors during the withdrawal of the Ukrainian military from the giant Azovstal steel mill in Mariupol, to preserve the lives of Ukrainian prisoners of war.
Olena Tolkachova, who is in charge of support services for the Azov Regiment, said she had received little information about the fate of the captured soldiers.
“According to the terms (of the withdrawal), the International Committee of the Red Cross had to visit our POWs every week and check the conditions of our soldiers. They were supposed to provide contact with relatives,” she said.
She said she believed the ICRC had only visited the prison once and she only discovered this from the Russian media. The support service is in touch with the ICRC seeking information about those who were killed or wounded in Olenivka.
“They do not give specific answers. They cannot explain to us why they cannot get there,” Tolkachova said, adding that relatives are desperate to know what happened to their loved ones and are calling every number they can find for any shred of information.
Vlasenko of the Red Cross said negotiations with the Russians are delicate.
“Any leak of information can be harmful. We inform about our actions only when they have taken place,” he added.
Russia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday declared Ukraine’s Azov Regiment a terrorist organization, a designation that could lead to terror charges against some of the captured fighters. Tolkachova said up to 1,000 soldiers from the Azov Regiment alone are currently in Russian captivity and the attack at Olenivka has raised concerns that no one can guarantee their safety.
“They were simply blown up. And this public execution, which was shown all over the world, isn’t that enough for the world to understand that they are in mortal danger?” Tolkachova said.
Lubinets hoped that at least the process of returning the bodies of those killed in Olenivka will begin soon.
“I can only hope that the principles of humanitarian law remain among the Russian Federation’s leaders,” Lubinets said.
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Susie Blann contributed to this report.
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MISSION, Texas, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Rio South Texas is located where Texas, Mexico, and the Gulf of Mexico all meet. It is a region where a bi-national ecosystem facilitated by the Unites States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) allows manufacturing companies to benefit from the best of what both the U.S and Mexico have to offer. The region's multimodal logistics infrastructure facilitates trade swiftly and cost-effectively, be it by truck, train, barge, ship, or airplane, placing Rio South Texas at the heart of the North American supply chain. And with SpaceX operations at Starbase, Texas located in the region, in the future, even the sky may no longer be the limit. Rio South Texas's young bi-national manufacturing workforce over 300,000 individuals enjoys access to various industry certified skills development programs at local technical schools, community colleges, private institutions of higher education, and public universities. In other words, Rio South Texas is rich in resources and potential for manufacturing companies looking to solidify or expand their North American operations.
The region's year-round sunny and warm weather not only reduces the risk of seasonal supply chain disruptions, but also offers the opportunity to tap into different sources of energy. Rio South Texas enjoys an abundance of traditional and green energy sources, such as the continued development of natural gas, wind, and solar energy resources. Texas is the United States' leader in wind power generation, is ranked 2nd in the country for installed solar capacity, and the Rio South Texas makes a significant contribution to this success. So, with a multiplicity of energy sources to choose from, manufacturing companies have access to different ways to fuel their operations all year-round.
Blessed by geography, situated at the multi-modal nexus of the continental supply-chain, and rich in human and energy resources, Rio South Texas region offers North American manufacturing companies big and small a wealth of solutions for their manufacturing and distribution needs.
If you are looking to manufacture products in North America for North America, take a look at what Rio South Texas has to offer. Our team at COSTEP would be glad to assist you, so please visit us at www.costep.org or connect with us at @COSTEP to learn more.
Contact: Matt Ruszczak, +1.956.682.6371, info@costep.org
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Sleek, Compact Device offers 7,000 puffs and a rechargeable battery for long-lasting satisfaction
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla , June 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- QR Joy ("QR" or "the Company"), the premier retail manufacturer of the popular Fume disposable vape devices, has introduced its most powerful, longest-lasting vape device yet.
The Fume Unlimited comes pre-loaded with 14mL of e-liquid in 17 classic and exotic flavors, including icy, fruity, sweet, and more. Its 400mAh rechargeable battery ensures that vape enthusiasts will be able to enjoy every one of the 7,000 puffs Fume Unlimited has to offer.
"Vape enthusiasts love unique flavors and want to be able to enjoy every last drop of e-liquid in their devices," said the president of QR Joy. "Packed with loads of flavor and a handy USB-C charging port, Fume Unlimited offers virtually endless vape satisfaction in a sleek, pocket-sized package."
QR Joy teased Fume Unlimited at the 2022 Alternative Products Expo in Medellin, Colombia, in late May, and will officially unveil its new powerhouse at the CHAMPS Chicago Show June 7-9.
QR Joy is a Florida-based corporation renowned for patented electronic cigarette devices of the highest quality and most tantalizing flavors. With multi-million dollar brands such as Fume, a global success with consumers built on extensive market research, QR-Joy focuses on what customers want. QR Joy's years of industry experience, combined with a process that stresses continuous improvement, results in a best-in-class vape product that competes globally. There's guaranteed excellence inside when the QR Joy name is on the label. For more information, visit www.FumeVapors.com.
Fume, an authentic QR Joy product available in over 30 smooth and delicious flavors, is the vape industry's most sought-after product. Built with the consumer in mind, Fume disposable vapes' sleek design, medical-grade technology, and increased puff capacity quickly cornered the mult-million-dollar vape market. Today, the Company boasts one of the largest consumer bases in the vaping industry, due in no small part to its cadre of innovative and popular products, including the Fume Extra, Fume Ultra, Fume Infinity, and Fume Mini. With Fume continuing to corner the market, America's vaping pastime is poised to be renamed "fuming." For more information, visit www.FumeVapors.com.
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PENSACOLA, Fla., Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Regenative Labs, a leading HCT/P manufacturer, and AAPC, the nation's largest medical coding, training, and certification association, are pleased to announce a strategic healthcare compliance collaboration. By combining AAPC's medical training and credentialing expertise with Regenative Labs' human tissue allografts, together both organizations will support the pioneering of the first Wharton's jelly allografts to be assigned a Q code and be approved for application directly to a defect using a syringe.
"This is an important step in furthering the mission of educating providers and elevating healthcare outcomes and we're proud to be a part of it," shared AAPC CEO, Bevan Erickson.
Regenative Labs received approval from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to cover CoreText™ and ProText™, the first Wharton's jelly allograft products recognized as a 361 HCT/P by CMS regulated under 21CFR 1271.10, establishing a new Level II HCPCS code Q4246 "CoreText or ProText, per cc." According to CMS, both solutions provide the extracellular matrix needed for the infiltration, attachment, and proliferation of cells required to repair damaged tissue. They are typically used for muscle and cartilage tears and help repair damaged tissue due to wounds and tissue defects and are applied directly to the defect using a syringe.
Regenative Labs, now seeking to collaborate to further HCT/P compliance, recognizes the value AAPC brings to the healthcare industry as the world's leading healthcare association, with more than 200,00 members and 30+ years of supporting healthcare professionals, providers, payers, and health systems
AAPC will deliver healthcare providers important coding resources, including full skeletal illustrations and applicable DX codes for Regenative Labs Wharton's jelly allografts products for specialties, including Orthopedics, Pain Management, Podiatry, and Rheumatology. In addition, AAPC will create a customized web-based training module to ensure providers understand how to utilize more specific homologous applications with current DX codes to support accurate procedural reimbursement for these products.
"We look forward to the clarity this collaboration will bring to the market allowing proper documentation of homologous use applications," said Regenative Labs CEO Tyler Barrett.
Regenative Labs firmly believes that no other organization understands coding regulations and documentation requirements better than AAPC, leading AAPC to be the right partner for this important project.
About AAPC: AAPC's mission is to advance the business of healthcare by providing professional training, industry-standard certifications, and comprehensive solutions to individuals and organizations across medical coding, billing, auditing, compliance, and practice management. As the most trusted source for driving accuracy, profitability, and peace of mind, AAPC helps healthcare organizations reach the full potential of their revenue cycle. Learn more at AAPC's website: www.aapc.com
About Regenative Labs: Regenative Labs produces regenerative medicine products to address the root cause of a patient's conditions using Wharton's Jelly innovations rather than masking the pain with other treatments. Regenative Labs works closely with scientists, physicians, hospitals, and surgery centers to constantly monitor and improve patient progress and outcomes for new product development. Formed by veteran industry professionals familiar with daily challenges of innovations in healthcare, the company provides effective, non-addictive, non-invasive options for patients. Regenative Labs has a laser-focused, expert product research and development team which follows FDA guidelines of minimal manipulation for homologous use. The company adheres to AATB and FDA guidelines. Learn more at Regenative's website: www.regenativelabs.com
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LeafHouse Financial Earns DALBAR Honors for 5th Straight Year
MARLBOROUGH, Mass., July 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- LeafHouse Financial, an independent, discretionary investment manager to the retirement industry was recently awarded DALBAR's 3(38) Certification. The Certification evaluates the qualifications, capabilities and services provided by an investment manager to determine if they meet the requirements of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act ("ERISA") section 3(38), that permits qualified investment managers to be appointed as fiduciaries to manage assets of retirement plans.
"We are pleased to complete the DALBAR Certification for the 5th year in a row. LeafHouse aims to help advisors and plan sponsors make an informed decision when hiring us as a 3(38) investment manager. DALBAR is an unbiased leader in these types of certifications for the financial community", says Dallas Villarreal, LeafHouse CCO & Sr. Operations Manager.
Evaluations consist of background checks of all key personnel, evaluation of potential conflicts of interest, reasonableness of arrangements and contracts, scope of work performed, adequacy of insurance protection and use of generally accepted investment theory.
LeafHouse Financial is an experienced, national discretionary investment manager and consultant for all types of retirement plans. LeafHouse acts in both a 3(21) and 3(38) fiduciary capacity for a multitude of private and public retirement plans that range from start-up to large institutions across the U.S. LeafHouse manages $15,453,585,811 as of December 31, 2021. LeafHouse developed proprietary technology that is designed to prudently select, evaluate, and monitor investments that are solely in the best interests of plan participants and their beneficiaries.
The firm is an independent and flexible fiduciary that aims to provide the maximum level of protection at a low cost to avoid conflicts of interest. LeafHouse integrates technology and industry knowledge aiming to provide a layer of protection to plan sponsors. As we work to uphold the fiduciary standard, our aim is to wholly align our interests with those of our clients.
LeafHouse is an investment adviser registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Registration does not imply a certain level of skill or training. More information about LeafHouse's investment advisory services can be found in its Form ADV Part 2, which is available upon request.
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BOSTON, July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Analysis Group, one of the largest international economics consulting firms, announces 23 promotions to managing principal, principal, and vice president, and welcomes a new senior advisor, two vice presidents, and 11 academic affiliates.
"The dedication, collaborative spirit, and intellectual rigor these consultants bring to bear is evident in their many contributions on behalf of our clients. Among other achievements, they have assessed the appropriateness of class certification in antitrust matters and commercial disputes, developed clinical and real-world evidence for novel treatments of serious diseases, analyzed complex financial matters, evaluated health care policies, and expanded our data science capabilities," said Martha S. Samuelson, CEO and Chairman of Analysis Group. "In addition, we are excited to announce our affiliation with several renowned academic and industry experts, who are widely recognized leaders in fields such as consumer behavior, accounting, finance, policy, energy, health care, and technology."
New Affiliates
Marguerite Brackley – an independent consultant – is board certified in internal medicine and an expert in patient and medical safety. Her deep knowledge of clinical trial management includes clinical events committees and safety event reviews, as well as pharmacovigilance, post-market processes, field actions, and risk management. She has consulted on these issues to medical device, diagnostic, and pharmaceutical companies for over a decade. Dr. Brackley's expert experience includes providing medical insight, post-market surveillance, and pharmacovigilance expertise in complex legal matters, in which she has submitted expert reports and testified at deposition; supporting legal teams in their review and understanding of complex medical and epidemiological issues; and reviewing medical records, complaints, and regulatory submissions. She has provided safety oversight and medical review expertise in clinical studies, and developed processes for clinical trial adjudication and data safety monitoring boards. In addition, Dr. Brackley has created strategies for developing and optimizing medical safety groups in the medical device, diagnostic, and pharmaceutical industries, including processes, procedures, organizational structure, implementation, and rollout. Earlier in her career, as a vice president and medical safety officer at Boston Scientific, she provided safety oversight and safety vigilance throughout the product life cycle and was involved in strategic decision making across all products worldwide. Prior to her roles in industry, Dr. Brackley completed a residency in internal medicine. She is a member of the American Medical Association, the Massachusetts Medical Society, and the Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society.
Susan Christoffersen – Dean, William A. Downe BMO Chair, and Professor of Finance, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto – is a finance expert whose research focuses on mutual funds, hedge funds, and the role of financial institutions in capital markets. She has been retained as an expert in litigation matters to address topics such as mutual fund market timing and trading strategy issues. She has published in a number of finance journals, and her work has been cited in The New York Times, the International Herald Tribune, Bloomberg News, and The Wall Street Journal. Professor Christoffersen has received grants from Canada's Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, the Montreal Financial Mathematics Institute, and the Quebec Research Funds, as well as research awards from Q Group, the Bank of Canada, the BSI Gamma Foundation, INQUIRE, and the Swiss Finance Institute. Prior to joining the faculty at the University of Toronto, she held positions at McGill University, Copenhagen Business School, and the Department of Finance Canada.
Robert Conway – an independent consultant – is an expert on complex technical accounting, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, and corporate governance, with 40 years of experience in public accounting. His litigation experience includes preparing expert witness reports, assisting counsel with case strategy, and testimony. Prior to his consulting career, Mr. Conway was the regional associate director of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) in Orange County and Los Angeles. At the PCAOB, he inspected audits of the Big Four firms, focusing on revenue recognition, business combination accounting, the valuation of identifiable intangible assets, and impairment testing of goodwill and identifiable intangibles. Mr. Conway has also been the senior professional practice director at CNM, a technical accounting advisory firm, and an audit partner at KPMG, where he served for 26 years. He is the author of The Truth About Public Accounting: Understanding and Managing the Risks the Auditors Bring to the Audit, and he has led a number of corporate seminars on accounting and auditing issues, including at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Edward J. Fox – W.R. and Judy Howell Director, JCPenney Center for Retail Excellence, and Professor of Marketing, SMU Cox School of Business – is a marketing expert whose research focuses on retail pricing, promotion, and assortment management, as well as the quantitative modeling of consumer shopping behavior to address retail competition and marketing channel issues. He frequently estimates models using customer-level data to identify the drivers of shopping behavior and to make shopping and spending predictions, which can then be used by retail decision makers to improve store performance. Professor Fox has consulted to retailers and other companies on marketing management, strategy, and quantitative decision making. His clients have included ACME Markets, Genuardi's Family Markets, Softspikes, Arcis Golf, and Reliant Rehabilitation. He has also filed an expert report on behalf of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in a retail antitrust case. Professor Fox's research has addressed topics such as dynamic pricing, demand estimation using transaction data, competitive issues in retailing, consumer spending behavior across retail formats, and recapturing lost customers. His articles have been published in journals such as Marketing Science, the Journal of Marketing Research, the Journal of Marketing, Management Science, Operations Research, and the Journal of Retailing. He is frequently quoted in the media on retail marketing and consumer buying behavior, and he has spoken at numerous retail industry conferences and trade association meetings.
Matthew Gentzkow – Landau Professor of Technology and the Economy, Stanford University– is an expert in applied microeconomics, empirical industrial organization, and political economy, with a focus on the media, technology, retail, and health care industries. He studies the economic forces driving the creation of media products; competition in media markets; the changing nature and role of media in the digital environment; and the effects of media on education, ideological diversity, and civic engagement. His work has examined the welfare effects of social media networks and how information is disseminated online. Professor Gentzkow's research has also involved the analysis of complex datasets of consumer purchases to study consumer product pricing, consumer brand preferences, and brand price premiums. He has presented his work to the US Department of Justice (DOJ), FTC, and Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
Professor Gentzkow has published in numerous prominent economic journals and has appeared frequently in major media such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, The Washington Post, and NPR. His awards include the John Bates Clark Medal, given by the American Economic Association (AEA) to the American economist under 40 judged to have made the most significant contributions to economic thought and knowledge. He is a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and a member of its Industrial Organization Program steering committee, and a senior fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research. Professor Gentzkow has received a fellowship and grants from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, as well as various grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
Matthew Grennan – Associate Professor of Economic Analysis and Policy, and Faculty Co-director, Robinson Life Science, Business, and Entrepreneurship Program, Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley – is an expert in economic analysis and policy specializing in the application of empirical industrial organization models to public policy and competitive strategy issues in health care markets. Additional topics he has researched include the interaction between negotiated prices and competition in business-to-business markets; innovation, regulation, and the adoption of new technologies; the ways in which regulatory and competitive forces shape innovation and market outcomes; and how the information available to market participants affects policy and strategy decisions. His work has been funded by the NSF and published in journals such as American Economic Review, Health Affairs, the Journal of Political Economy, The RAND Journal of Economics, and Management Science. Prior to joining the Haas School, Professor Grennan was on the faculties of The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Toronto. He is a member of the Academy of Management, the AEA, and The Econometric Society; a faculty research fellow at the NBER; and a senior fellow at the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics.
Lynne Kiesling – Co-director, Institute for Regulatory Law and Economics, and Research Professor, College of Engineering, Design and Computing at the University of Colorado Denver – is an expert in energy and regulatory economics, energy history, energy market design, and technology in the development of energy markets, with a particular interest in the electricity industry. Her research focuses on electricity policy and market design issues related to regulation and technological change; the economics of smart grid technologies; and the interaction of market design and innovation in the development of retail energy markets, products, and services. Professor Kiesling has provided expert testimony in proceedings before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the California Public Utilities Commission, the Illinois Commerce Commission, and the New York Public Service Commission. She teaches at economics workshops for regulators, and lectures to academic, industrial, and regulatory groups about regulatory policy, institutional change, and the economic analysis of electric power market design. Professor Kiesling is the author of two books and numerous articles, book chapters, policy studies, and public interest comments. She serves on the Electricity Advisory Committee for the US Department of Energy, as well as the Academic Advisory Council for the UK Institute of Economic Affairs. Previously, Professor Kiesling was a visiting associate professor at Carnegie Mellon University and held positions in the economics departments of Purdue University and Northwestern University.
Jonathan R. Macey – Sam Harris Professor of Corporate Law, Corporate Finance, and Securities Law, Yale University; Professor, Yale School of Management – is a finance expert whose research and writings focus on corporate governance, corporate finance, and banking and financial institution regulation. He has served as an expert in cases involving corporate governance and corporate control – in particular, matters involving piercing the corporate veil and breach of fiduciary duty across various industries. Professor Macey is the author or coauthor of many books, including Macey on Corporation Laws and two leading casebooks: Cases and Materials on Corporations Including Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies and Banking Law and Regulation. He has published over 100 articles in major law reviews and journals, including The Banking Law Journal and The Journal of Law and Economics, and has served on numerous journal editorial boards. Professor Macey's op-eds have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, the Los Angeles Times, and The National Law Journal, among other publications. His awards include a Ph.D. honoris causa from the Stockholm School of Economics. Prior to joining the Yale faculty, Professor Macey was the J. DuPratt White Professor of Law and director of the John M. Olin Program in Law and Economics at Cornell Law School, and a professor of law and business at Cornell's Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Business. He has served as a professor of law at The University of Chicago Law School and as a visiting professor of law at Harvard Law School.
Kevin R. Powers – Founder and Director, Master's Degree in Cybersecurity Policy and Governance Program, Boston College; Assistant Professor of the Practice, Boston College Law School and Carroll School of Management at Boston College – specializes in data privacy and cybersecurity policy and law. In his work, he draws on more than 20 years of combined legal, business, data privacy and security, national security, law enforcement, military, and academic experience. Professor Powers has served as an analyst and attorney for the DOJ, the US Navy, the US Department of Defense, and a number of law firms, and as general counsel for an international software company. He regularly consults to government and private entities on data privacy and security programs; cybersecurity audits and assessments; cybersecurity strategies, risk, compliance, and frameworks; incident planning and response; and government investigations. Professor Powers created and oversees courses and certificates for Boston College's graduate cybersecurity programs, including the Data Privacy: GDPR & HIPAA professional certificate program, and the Cybersecurity Policy: Privacy and Legal Requirements course. He is a member of the Boston College Law School Business Advisory Council and has provided expert commentary regarding cybersecurity, data privacy, and national security concerns for a wide variety of media outlets. Prior to joining Boston College, Professor Powers taught courses at the US Naval Academy. Previously, he was the panel lead for the Collegiate Working Group for the US Department of Homeland Security's National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education. Professor Powers is a research affiliate at the MIT Sloan School of Management.
Mark S. Robbins – President and CEO, Kodiak Strategic Consultants, LLC – is a pharmaceutical and biotech executive with over 40 years of broad-based industry experience. In his role at Kodiak Strategic Consultants, he consults to a diverse group of pharmaceutical and biotech companies on clinical, regulatory, business development, and licensing issues. Dr. Robbins served as a CEO in residence at the University of Minnesota's Office for Technology Commercialization and co-founded several biotech ventures. He is actively involved with a number of startups, including GigaMune, Neuropharma Meds, and Diastol Therapeutics. He served as the COO of Bullet Biotechnology, regulatory strategic advisor to GigaGen, and acting CEO of GigaMune, all of which have focused on novel immunotherapies targeting cancer and autoimmune diseases. Dr. Robbins has served as an expert in multiple antitrust matters, intellectual property (IP) cases, and contract disputes, and provided testimony at deposition, trial, and arbitration. Prior to his consulting career, he held several senior-level positions at brand and generic pharmaceutical companies, where he was responsible for the development of regulatory and clinical strategies that led to numerous new drug application (NDA), biologics license application, and abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) approvals by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). He has conducted analyses in therapeutic areas that include cardiology, oncology, endocrine/metabolic, women's health, infectious diseases, radiology, and nuclear medicine and diagnostics. In addition, Dr. Robbins has experience assisting biotech startups with strategy and financing. He holds adjunct professorships in pharmacology at the University of Minnesota Medical School and the University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy, and his work has been published in numerous peer-reviewed scientific journals. Dr. Robbins serves on the Antitrust Council of the Minnesota State Bar Association.
Eric Sun – Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, and (by courtesy) Health Research and Policy Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine; Anesthesiologist, Stanford University Medical Center – is an anesthesiologist and health economist with expertise in perioperative and pain medicine, population health, and public health policy. His research explores issues of health through clinical and economic lenses, and has examined topics such as the influence of drug and physician pricing on medical outcomes; physicians' responses to payment program incentives; the economics of medical innovation, including the value of new technologies to patients and society; and methods for lowering the use of opioids in pain management. From 2019 to 2020, he served as a senior health economist on the President's Council of Economic Advisers. Dr. Sun coauthored the book Health and Wealth Disparities in the United States, and cowrote the chapter "Do We Need the FDA? Improving the Regulation of Pharmaceutical Products" in Regulation vs. Litigation: Perspectives from Economics and Law. He has published articles in The American Journal of Managed Care, the Annals of Internal Medicine, Forum for Health Economics & Policy, Health Affairs, JAMA, JAMA Internal Medicine, the Journal of Health Economics, and The New England Journal of Medicine, among other journals. He is an associate editor of Anesthesia and Analgesia and Anesthesiology. Dr. Sun's committee memberships have included serving on the Committee on Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines for Prescribing Opioids for Acute Pain of the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine.
New Senior Advisor
Daniel J. Slottje joined the firm in January, and has deep experience in both academia and economic consulting. An emeritus professor of economics at Southern Methodist University, he has been working in litigation consulting for more than three decades in senior positions with several international firms. He has worked with many leading law firms, testifying at deposition and trial in hundreds of prominent matters. An economist and a statistician, Professor Slottje is an expert in the fields of labor economics, consumer demand, industrial organization, and statistics and econometrics, allowing him to bring a unique perspective and skill set to his consulting assignments. He has published more than 150 journal articles and more than a dozen books, and has been ranked among the world's top three scholars in applied econometrics based on his publishing record in the field. Professor Slottje is a member of the AEA, the American Statistical Association, and The Econometric Society.
New Managing Principals
Jee-Yeon Lehmann specializes in applying microeconomics, econometrics, and statistical methods to complex litigation and non-litigation matters in the areas of antitrust and competition, labor and employment, and health care. In antitrust and competition matters, she has evaluated market definition, market power, and competitive dynamics, and analyzed class certification, liability, and damages issues in cases involving allegations of price-fixing, monopolization, and other anticompetitive conduct. Dr. Lehmann has extensive experience in labor market antitrust matters involving allegations of no-poach and wage-fixing agreements in a variety of industries, including technology, media, manufacturing, and health care. In the area of health care, she frequently supports biostatisticians and epidemiologists in analyzing clinical trial, laboratory testing, registry, claims, and adverse events data in product liability litigations and patent and licensing disputes involving pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and chemical products.
Divya Mathur specializes in the application of microeconomics, statistics, and econometrics to complex litigation matters, government and regulatory investigations, and consulting engagements in the areas of antitrust and competition, class certification, IP, and complex commercial damages. She has served as an expert witness, collaborated with academic and industry experts, led consulting teams, and supported attorneys and other stakeholders in all phases of litigation. Dr. Mathur has worked on behalf of the DOJ and the FTC, and consulted to firms in numerous industries, including technology, media, telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, consumer products, financial services, manufacturing, and chemicals.
New Principals
Rene Befurt specializes in applying marketing research methods to litigation matters and strategic business problems. His work developing empirical studies – such as survey experiments, choice exercises, and consumer usage and perception surveys – has been applied to measure variables of interest in a wide variety of industries. Dr. Befurt has served as an expert witness and testified at deposition and trial in numerous survey matters, and has assisted academic affiliates in survey conceptualization and administration, as well as the evaluation of survey studies. His work spans numerous practice areas, including patent infringement, trademark disputes, consumer disclosures, product liability, false advertising, brand reputation, and sampling.
Brian J. Ellman specializes in the application of microeconomics, statistics, and financial analysis to complex commercial litigation matters and government investigations. He has worked on behalf of the DOJ and FTC, and has consulted to law firms in litigation and regulatory matters involving antitrust and competition, drug safety and product liability, IP, data breaches, and general commercial damages issues. Mr. Ellman has conducted market analyses and assessments of competitive effects in major antitrust matters, as well as for proposed and executed mergers. He has also conducted statistical analysis, market research, and other economic analyses to evaluate the appropriateness of class certification in antitrust and commercial disputes, and to assess liability and damages. Mr. Ellman's expertise in matters involving the pharmaceutical and medical device industries includes analyzing therapeutic markets and competitive dynamics; assessing evidence of causal associations in product liability suits; and conducting statistical analyses of market surveillance, clinical trial, and observational study data to evaluate the comparative effectiveness, safety, and dosing patterns of different treatments across a variety of therapeutic categories. He has published articles on a wide range of topics, including the assessment of causation and harm in data breach litigation, the appropriate analysis and interpretation of post-marketing surveillance data in product liability cases, and the economics of biosimilar drugs.
Kevin Gold specializes in applying economics, finance, and statistics to litigation matters. He has extensive experience consulting on securities matters, including analyzing market efficiency, estimating damages, conducting event studies, and analyzing potential settlements. Mr. Gold has also submitted expert declarations in civil and criminal securities fraud matters. His experience includes cases involving securities and financial derivatives such as swaps, structured notes, mortgage-backed securities, convertible preferred stock, and options. Mr. Gold has worked on antitrust matters involving the trading of securities, and he has conducted assessments of class certification in cases involving securities fraud, product liability, and false advertising, including analyzing whether liability or damages can be assessed using common proof. His work spans industries such as financial services, legal services, telecommunications, entertainment, health care, and oil and gas. He is the coauthor of "Federal Securities Acts and Areas of Expert Analysis" in the Litigation Services Handbook.
New Vice Presidents
Analysis Group promoted 18 professionals to vice president, and hired two more, across eight offices.
In Boston, Lynn Huynh specializes in epidemiologic methodologies and health economics and outcomes research (HEOR), and has extensive experience collecting real-world clinical data through medical charts using center-based and physician panel-based approaches. Christopher Llop brings deep expertise in data science, natural language processing, software development, and analytics to consulting engagements in areas such as technology, software, IP, and energy. Federico Mantovanelli specializes in the application of microeconomics, statistics, and econometrics to litigation matters in the areas of antitrust, health care, and labor and employment. Fan Mu applies advanced epidemiologic methodologies and biostatistical techniques to address a wide array of analytical questions in health care involving evaluation, decision making, and strategy. Gautam Sajeev applies statistical and epidemiologic methods to the design and analysis of clinical and real-world studies of health care data. Rebecca Scott specializes in the application of economics and statistics to complex litigation and non-litigation matters in the areas of antitrust and competition, labor and employment, and commercial disputes. Nicholas Van Niel applies sophisticated economic modeling tools and techniques to help address litigation, strategy, and policy questions faced by pharmacies, wholesalers, and manufacturers, as well as to chargeback data and insurance claims issues.
In Dallas, Joshua Levine specializes in conducting economic and financial analysis in damages-related matters, and has evaluated damages in consulting engagements involving patent infringement, misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of contract, loss of earnings, and other commercial disputes.
In Denver, Stephen Kiebzak applies microeconomics, econometrics, and statistical methods to complex matters arising in litigation and strategy. Michael Schreck has extensive experience in economic and quantitative analysis in complex litigation matters, including IP and trademark, antitrust, tax, and financial and commercial disputes. Andrew J. Ungerer specializes in applying complex quantitative and qualitative economic analyses to finance and securities, valuation, corporate governance, and transfer pricing matters.
In Los Angeles, Megan Accordino specializes in applying microeconomic, statistical, and financial analysis tools to complex litigation, regulatory, and policy matters at the intersection of the finance and energy industries. Jinlin Song has extensive experience applying advanced statistical techniques to solve complex real-world research questions in health care, frequently using data from clinical trials, electronic medical records, administrative claims, medical chart reviews, surveys, and disease registries.
In Menlo Park, Sarah Mantels leverages her economic expertise to help clients with matters spanning a wide variety of litigation topics, including ERISA, IP, and health insurance.
In Montreal, Nick Dadson applies his expertise in statistics and microeconomics to litigation, health care, and business matters. Marjolaine Gauthier-Loiselle specializes in HEOR across several diseases and in therapeutic areas such as neuropsychiatry, oncology, nephrology, endocrinology, cardiology, infectious diseases, and rare and hereditary diseases.
In New York, Brendan Rogers, who joined the firm in January, specializes in applying economic and statistical analysis to complex business disputes, including those involving the assessment of economic damages claims and the design and critique of statistical samples. Ben Samuels applies economic, financial, and statistical analysis to complex securities and finance litigation. Emi Terasawa, a health economist, has expertise in policy evaluation and the application of statistics and econometrics to HEOR work.
In San Francisco, Hitesh Makhija, who joined the firm in June, specializes in antitrust economics and industrial organization, and has extensive experience conducting sophisticated economic and financial analyses in merger- and antitrust-related litigation.
To learn more about Analysis Group's capabilities, visit AnalysisGroup.com
Analysis Group is one of the largest international economics consulting firms, with more than 1,000 professionals across 14 offices in North America, Europe, and Asia. Since 1981, we have provided expertise in economics, finance, health care analytics, and strategy to top law firms, Fortune Global 500 companies, and government agencies worldwide. Our internal experts, together with our network of affiliated experts from academia, industry, and government, offer our clients exceptional breadth and depth of expertise.
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Which black cocktail dress is best?
While dress styles go in and out of fashion, black cocktail dresses are timeless. And you should always have at least one style in your closet. Black cocktail dresses are versatile and elegant, making them an easy go-to style for just about any semiformal event, from date nights to weddings. When you start searching for a black cocktail dress, you’ll find an impressive variety to choose from. From sleek and simple to embellished, there’s something for everyone.
If you’re looking for a detailed design, the Mac Duggal Floral Fit And Flare Midi Dress features sequins and three-dimensional appliqués.
What to know before you buy a black cocktail dress
What cocktail dresses are
You can wear cocktail dresses to semiformal events, weddings, upscale dinners, parties and date nights. Although many styles are cut just above or below the knee, midi-length and high-low styles are also popular. Most cocktail dresses are made with luxurious materials, such as lace, satin or velvet; however, many modern styles use polyester or stretch materials.
How to style a black cocktail dress
Black cocktail dresses fit in nearly any semiformal occasion, which means the sky’s the limit when it comes to styling them.
- Jewelry: Rhinestones, pearls, diamonds or statement jewelry complements simple black cocktail dresses very well. On the other hand, embellished dresses go well with subdued pieces, such as diamond studs or demure drop earrings.
- Bags: Small, elegant clutches coordinate well with black cocktail dresses. Make sure they match your footwear and share the same finishes as your other accessories, as well.
- Footwear: Black cocktail dresses look lovely with pumps, ranging from kitten heels to stilettos.
- Shell layers: Depending on the weather, you may need to wear layers with your black cocktail dress. Some popular options include dress jackets, shawls, capes or lace cardigans.
What to look for in a quality black cocktail dress
Popular black cocktail dress silhouettes
To find the right black cocktail dress, look for a flattering silhouette. Even though there are dozens of options, the most popular silhouettes are sheath, fit and flare, A-line and peplum.
- Sheath: Sheath dresses are fitted with straight skirts. The simple style accentuates the waistline and is flattering on most.
- Fit-and-flare: These styles have a fitted bodice and full skirts, many of which have several layers of tulle or mesh. Because these tend to be heavier, they’re ideal for cool weather wear.
- A-line: A-line dresses are similar to fit-and-flare styles in that the skirt flares out beyond the shoulders. However, the skirts aren’t as full and rarely have more than two layers.
- Peplum: Peplum dresses have an extra layer of fabric that flares out at the waist over a tapered skirt. The vintage-inspired designs are often structured and have polyester or satin blends.
Lining
Certain black cocktail dresses don’t have a lining, especially basic polyester styles. However, many cocktail dresses have structured designs that don’t require linings for additional shaping or support. Unlined dresses are also lightweight and comfortable, making them a top choice for warm-weather events.
Other black cocktail dresses have polyester or satin linings, particularly those with thin, sheer or flowy materials. Lining improves a dress’ fit and structure, and it prevents the dress from twisting or riding up the body. A lining will also take the place of other garments worn beneath dresses, including slips or shapewear.
Embellishments
Some black cocktail dresses have embellishments, like rhinestones, glitter, lace, fringes or sequins. These styles have a lot of pizzazz, and given the shiny details, you don’t need to wear bold jewelry or accessories with them. However, embellished cocktail dresses with fine details tend to snag, and they almost always require dry cleaning.
How much you can expect to spend on black cocktail dresses
Simple black cocktail dresses cost between $40 and $60, but they’re rarely lined or have embellishments. Styles in the $75-$150 range, on the other hand, have fine construction and details. Designer black cocktail dresses, including sequined styles, run between $200 and $600.
Black cocktail dress FAQ
How do you clean a black cocktail dress?
A. Black cocktail dresses are usually dry clean only, but there are a few polyester styles that are machine washable. Between cleanings, however, you can spot clean the dress with gentle, bleach-free detergent. To remove odors, such as smoke or perfume, spray the dress with a fabric refresher.
What should I wear under a black cocktail dress?
A. Because many black cocktail dresses have a fitted style, you should wear seamless undergarments. If the dress is strapless or off the shoulder, wear a strapless or corset bra. Shapewear, hosiery and slips are optional.
What’s the best black cocktail dress to buy?
Top black cocktail dress
Mac Duggal Floral Fit And Flare Midi Dress In Black
What you need to know: The chic, vintage-inspired design has fine construction and will last for years.
What you’ll love: Because it has long sleeves, you don’t need to wear a shell layer. The all-black dress has some dimension, too, with appliqués and tulle layers. It has a thick velvet waistband that creates a flattering figure-eight silhouette.
What you should consider: As a heavier style, it’s better suited for cold-weather evening events.
Where to buy: Sold by Macy’s
Top black cocktail dress for the money
SL Fashions Metallic-Trim Capelet Sheath Dress In Black/Silver
What you need to know: If you want to cover your arms but aren’t a fan of sleeves, this style is your best option.
What you’ll love: The simple black sheath has a contemporary look with a sheer asymmetrical cape. It’s a pullover style, so you don’t need to fuss with zippers or buttons. The dress has a flexible, comfortable polyester and stretchy lining.
What you should consider: Taller people may find that the skirt is rather short, and the cape gets wrinkled easily.
Where to buy: Sold by Macy’s
Worth checking out
Calvin Klein Off-The-Shoulder Sheath Dress In Black
What you need to know: If you want a versatile and timeless cocktail dress, this black dress lends itself to easy accessorizing.
What you’ll love: The three-quarter bell sleeves give it a memorable silhouette and a bit of movement. Its off-the-shoulder style coordinates well with most necklace lengths. You can emphasize the waist with dressy belts or sashes.
What you should consider: Some people felt the quality of the material did not meet their expectations.
Where to buy: Sold by Macy’s
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Featuring NYPD Boxing, FDNY Boxing, National Grid and other first responders, fighting to raise money for NYC Cops and Kids, along with Tunnel to Towers Foundation.
NEW YORK, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Have you ever wondered who is tougher, a cop or a firefighter? This may be your chance to find out! New York City Cops and Kids Boxing along with the Tunnel to Towers Foundation announced today they will be co-hosting a 6pm boxing event on Saturday, September 10th at the Ferry Hawks Ballpark in Staten Island NY. The event commemorates all first responders and the sacrifices made during 9/11.
Over the past five years, NYC Cops & Kids has served over 3,000 inner city teens, offering free fitness, mentorship, tutoring and coaching. In 2021, the program collaborated with the UFC to offer brand new equipment in their three separate gym locations. With a completely new fourth location in Jamaica Queens set to open this September 1st, 2022, many more teens are sure to be reached. These free gyms and tutoring locations are a safe haven for kids aged 12-21 after school and over the weekends, offering an attractive alternative to hanging out on the streets. "Cops and kids boxing is the best policing because real policing happens in partnership with the community" notes retired Lieutenant Dave Siev, Coach and Trainer of NYPD Boxing. Kids in this program are more likely to stay in school, graduate and become engaging, productive citizens of the city. "We get to the kids that no one else can get to. That school can't get to, cops in the streets can't get to. We can get to them through boxing," adds Founder and Executive Director Russo. The program has also produced Olympic and professional boxing champions, "If it wasn't for this gym, I would have never experienced the Olympics or signed my deal with Floyd Mayweather," noted program participant Richardson "Africa" Hitchins.
Started as a crime fighting initiative in 1987, the NYC Cops & Kids gyms provide positive opportunities for young people and police officers to work with each other, improving academic outcomes as well as mutual respect. This program builds and strengthens bonds of community understanding. "NYC Cops & Kids is the real deal. Kids are motivated to become better people, cops learn to understand and empathize with current problems these kids face, and the outcomes speak for themselves. What other program creates Olympians, outstanding citizens, and professional money making athletes, that is so low cost, servicing hundreds of kids per year with their annual budget of $150,000? It's incredible." says Julia Etra, NYC Cops & Kids Board member and donor. As this program continues to expand, its ultimate goal is to have a free gym, along with an internal tutoring center per location, in every borough of NYC.
Having touched the lives of so many people, it is time to come out and celebrate the hard work of these boxing teams. Endlessly entertaining and at the same time challenging, boxing has a hook no other sport can offer. Sponsored by and in collaboration with Ford, The United States Marine Corps, the NY Giants and USA Boxing Metro, this large scale boxing event is sure to be a crowd pleaser. Tickets for the 6pm September 10th event are available online through the website https://www.copsandkidsboxing.com/our-work or directly https://bit.ly/3boDe3x, the QR code in this release, as well as in person on the day of the event at the stadium. Premium Fight Night Experience Box Suites along with sponsorship packages are also available by emailing NYPD's Fighting Finest, nypdboxing@aol.com.
For more than 30 years, New York City Cops and Kids Boxing, a nonprofit organization, has been providing inner city teens with an alternative to the street by offering free access to fitness, mentorship, tutoring and coaching at three training locations, two in Staten Island and one in Brooklyn. Started as a crime fighting initiative in 1987, NYC Cops and Kids has grown through leaps and bounds. In 2010 former NYPD Sergeant Pat Russo from Staten Island took charge of the program, leading the NYPD Boxing Team, NYPD Fighting Finest 501 C3, to reopen the Cops and Kids Boxing program in Staten Island and Brooklyn. The program's gyms serve youth ages 12-21, and are run on a day to day basis by certified USA Boxing coaches. Learn more at CopsandKidsBoxing.org, NYPDBoxing.com as well as connect with us on Instagram: NYCCopsAndKids.
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Together the Web3 innovator and O2O leader will create a first-of-its-kind experience to drive innovation in direct-to-consumer marketing
NEW YORK, July 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- POAP Inc, developer of the protocol that preserves human memories, and Flowcode, the world's most advanced QR technology and offline to online leader, are announcing a strategic partnership, offering a unified customer experience for distributing tokens and event based memorializations. The Proof of Attendance Protocol, uses blockchain technology to mint digital mementos (known as "POAPs") in celebration of life's remarkable moments. Paired with Flowcode's custom-designed, privacy compliant QR technology, the partnership creates the first and only fully integrated Web3 suite that connects the offline world to Web3.
"Flowcode is POAP's dream partner to bring the magic of Web3 to the world. We are proud to co-develop a seamless O2O experience that connects audiences with brand narratives in new and unforeseen ways," said Patricio Worthalter, CEO of POAP Inc.
POAP and Flowcode's unique offering will combine POAP's best-in-class Web3-based digital collectibles with Flowcode's best-in-class O2O product suite to deliver digitally native experiences from the offline world. With this partnership, consumers do not need to have a crypto wallet as all Web3 activations are accessible via email. POAPs are regularly issued by 8,000 organizations and 4.5M have already been distributed to 800,000 unique wallets. Flowcode is accessible through any smartphone, and 42% of U.S. consumers have scanned a Flowcode QR code in the last 30 days.
"85% of the world's economy happens offline and the most important and strategic channel for businesses in the future is connecting the blockchain with brand experiences in the real world," said Flowcode's Founder and CEO, Tim Armstrong. "Flowcode and POAP are pioneering the transformation of the analog economy to a blockchain driven economy that allows the best brands in the world to build direct customer relationships and powerful first party data. We look forward to accelerating our partnership to serve brands, like VaynerMedia, that care just as much about their offline experiences as their online experiences."
POAP and Flowcode teamed up earlier this year at the iconic Red Rocks Amphitheater during Kevin Gates' concert, where exclusive POAP NFTs were distributed via Flowcode. 100% of the digital collectables were distributed and 90% of the concert goers who claimed the POAPs were new to crypto. The industry leaders also partnered with Gary Vaynerchuk during his Cannes Lions presentation, where attendees scanned the Flowcode to access an exclusive POAP from the session.
"We wanted to demonstrate to the Cannes Lions audience how frictionless it is to use Web3 technology," said Vaynerchuk, Chairman of VaynerX and CEO of VaynerMedia. "By using Flowcode to distribute our POAP to attendees, we were able to provide a seamless experience and hopefully spur creative ideas in the space going forward."
POAP Inc was established in 2021, with the mandate of stewarding the development and global adoption of the Proof of Attendance Protocol. Our scope spans everything from supporting F500 organizations in implementing frontier technology, to protocol development, to sophisticated experiments in decentralized governance and product development. To learn more, visit POAP.
For business inquiries, please contact enterprise@poap.com.
The Proof of Attendance Protocol is a public good with the mission of preserving collective memories. By minting events as NFTs on the blockchain, the Proof of Attendance Protocol offers humans true ownership over their experiences, which serves as a basis for stronger, deeper, and more dynamic connections.
Flowcode is the offline to online company, building direct connections for brands and consumers. By unifying data-driven design with the latest in QR technology, Flowcode enables contactless connection with speed, security and ease. Privacy compliant, ultra-fast scanning, and designed with intention, Flowcode is the number one trusted QR provider. Our companion product, Flowpage, organizes your digital footprint in one mobile-first landing page, creating a seamless experience to more deeply connect with audiences while tracking real-time analytics. Paired together, our tech allows consumers and creators to instantly connect the real world to the digital world instantly and magically. To learn more, visit Flowcode.com or explore our social channels on our Flowpage.
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- Completed ESG materiality and carbon footprint assessments to identify the most significant priorities with input from key global stakeholders.
- Established targets to reduce Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 37.8% by 2030 while working to reduce the environmental impact of our products and packaging.
- Advanced diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives to increase the diversity of leadership and set goals to increase the representation of underrepresented groups in U.S. management.
- Amplified community impact through the IDEXX Foundation, corporate donations, and employee volunteering.
- Committed to maintaining gender balance in global management, where women represented 48% of global management roles in 2021.
WESTBROOK, Maine, July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (NASDAQ: IDXX), a global leader in pet healthcare innovation, today published its 2021 Corporate Responsibility Report. This report details the company's progress and announces new goals for environmental sustainability; people and community; and governance, ethics, and compliance. The 2021 Corporate Responsibility Report is IDEXX's third report and includes disclosures aligned with leading reporting standards and frameworks.
"Driven by our Purpose to enhance the health and well-being of pets, people, and livestock, we have a responsibility and an opportunity to create a better future for animals, people, and our planet," said Jay Mazelsky, IDEXX President and Chief Executive Officer. "As we work together on key initiatives in our ESG focus areas, IDEXX will support the advancement of the standard of animal care globally, create long-term value for our stakeholders, and make a meaningful difference in the world."
The 2021 Corporate Responsibility Report describes how IDEXX is accelerating its scientifically directed approach to environmental sustainability through innovation, climate action, and a focus on environmental impact reduction. Key highlights include the following:
- Set a new target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in its own operations by 37.8% by 2030. The target focuses on Scope 1 and 2 emissions and is aligned with the United Nations Paris Agreement to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
- Set a new goal to source 100% renewable electricity by 2030.
- Transitioned to sustainable insulated packaging for cold consumable shipments in 2021 in the U.S., which will avoid the use of approximately 330,000 pounds of polystyrene foam waste each year.
IDEXX's 2021 Corporate Responsibility Report outlines the company's progress and commitments to build a culture that brings out the best in its people. IDEXX does this by cultivating a collaborative workplace that promotes greater diversity, equity, inclusion, well-being, and respect of people and communities across our value chain. Key highlights include the following:
- Committed to maintaining gender balance in global management, where women represented 48% of global management and 59% of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) roles in 2021.
- Committed to increasing the representation of underrepresented groups in U.S. management to 33% by 2030.
- Pledged to expand access to care for more than 500,000 animals in underserved communities and amplify access to mental health and well-being support for veterinary students and veterinary professionals around the world by 2025.
- Disclosed the latest consolidated EEO-1 data on its website and increased transparency in the composition of the global and U.S. workforce.
Aligned with IDEXX's Purpose and Guiding Principles, the company aims to lead responsibly and ethically, ensuring transparency, integrity, and accountability are at the center of everything we do. The 2021 Corporate Responsibility Report provides updates on key advancements and commitments, such as these:
- Completed ESG materiality and carbon footprint assessments with the assistance of industry-leading external sustainability firms.
- Updated Board committee charters and the Corporate Governance Guidelines to clarify ESG oversight accountabilities.
- Adopted a Policy on Political Contributions and Public Policy Engagement to formalize IDEXX's long-standing practice of not making political contributions.
IDEXX's 2021 Corporate Responsibility Report is aligned with the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) and the Taskforce for Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and demonstrates how IDEXX is contributing to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs). For more detailed information on IDEXX's ESG programs, practices, and policies and to read the 2021 Corporate Responsibility Report, please visit idexx.com/en/about-idexx/corporate-responsibility.
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The Smithsonian’s American Latino museum will open its first exhibit next month
Scottie Andrew, CNN
From labor leader César Chávez’s decades of activism, to Roberto Clemente’s boundary-breaking career in Major League Baseball, to the “Queen of Salsa” Celia Cruz’s music with a message, the tales of notable Latinos who made history will be on display in a new Smithsonian exhibit.
The National Museum of the American Latino will debut its inaugural gallery in the National Museum of American History on June 18. The new American Latino museum likely won’t open in its own building for at least another 10 years, but the Smithsonian will roll out exhibits until the museum finds its permanent home.
The initial exhibit, called “¡Presente! A Latino History of the United States,” aims to “illuminate US Latinos’ historical and cultural legacies,” the Smithsonian said in a statement. Inside the interactive gallery, which is named for the family of late Smithsonian donor David Molina, artifacts are organized by themes like “colonial legacies” and “immigration stories.”
The “¡Presente!” gallery will tell the stories of figures like Chávez, the Mexican American founder of United Farm Workers of America who advocated for safer working conditions and higher wages for fellow agricultural laborers. It was also highlight Clemente, a Puerto Rican baseball player who primarily played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and used his platform over 18 seasons in the MLB to advocate for Puerto Rican children and Afro Latino people when segregation was still rampant throughout the US. Cruz, a legendary salsa artist born in Cuba, used the catchphrase “¡azúcar!” — it became a rallying cry for Black Cubans whose ancestors had been enslaved on the island nation’s sugar plantations.
Other significant people like Luisa Moreno, a labor union leader and civil rights activist born in Guatemala, and Colombian American drag performer José Sarria, who was the first out gay person to run for US public office, will also be included in the exhibit, the Smithsonian said.
All information found within the gallery will be available in English and Spanish — and, for those who can’t get to Washington — online, through a “companion website” that showcases some of the artifacts and stories found within the in-person exhibit, the Smithsonian said.
Eduardo Díaz, acting deputy director of the American Latino museum, said 2022 was a “special year” for the gallery to open — it’s the 25th anniversary of the Latino Center’s founding, which was a Smithsonian initiative to better represent Latino Americans within its walls.
But it wasn’t until December 2020 that Congress approved the creation of the American Latino museum, as well as an American Women’s History Museum. Advocates had been calling for Congress and the Smithsonian to establish the American Latino museum for years. An estimate of the cost had been presented via a presidential commission back in 2011.
The process of introducing, approving and actually opening a Smithsonian museum can take over a decade: The bill that called for the creation of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture was passed in 2003, but the museum itself didn’t open until 2016.
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At first glance, it looks like another of those viral photos that we can barely watch anymore.
It shows a White state trooper and a Black man during a traffic stop on a bright, sunny day. The trooper is leaning his thick arms through the open passenger window to clutch the Black man's right hand. The man's back is pinned against the passenger seat, and his eyes are squeezed shut. He appears to be wincing in pain.
But this photo is being widely shared for another reason. The trooper is reaching into the car to help, not to harm. And the encounter has been described by those who witnessed it not as tragic, but inspired.
"It was a really beautiful moment for me to see this take place between my dad and the officer," said Ashlye V. Wilkerson, the 39-year-old driver of the car who surreptitiously took the photo.
The state trooper still has trouble digesting what happened that afternoon.
"It's just one of those things I can't explain," said Trooper Jaret Doty of the North Carolina State Highway Patrol.
Doty thought he was stopping a stranger that day. It turned out he had traveled down the same road as the man whose hand he held.
A 'Daddy's girl,' caring for her ailing father
Their serendipitous meeting took place March 28, a Monday afternoon. Wilkerson was driving her 2016 silver Volvo south on Interstate 85 in Rowan County, North Carolina. She had picked up her father, Anthony "Tony" Geddis, who had just completed a round of chemotherapy treatments at Duke University Medical Center, and was driving him back to his home in Columbia, South Carolina.
Father and daughter's roles were reversed that afternoon. For all of Wilkerson's life, her father had been the one to take care of her. He never seemed to miss a parent-teacher conference, driving her to cheerleader practice or coming to high school football games on Friday nights to watch her cheer her team on.
Though she grew up to marry and have two kids of her own, she still called herself "a Daddy's girl." She liked spending time with her sharp-dressed father, who often wore cowboy boots with starched jeans, Unforgivable cologne and shirts monogrammed with his initials, TG.
An adjunct professor, author and speaker, Wilkerson said she often asked her father to accompany her to events her husband, Kobie, couldn't make.
"My father was my favorite person in the world," she said. "Even in adulthood I would call my father to be my plus-one ticket."
At 2:15 p.m. that afternoon, Wilkerson heard a siren and saw flashing blue lights in her rear-view mirror.
"Oh God, I'm speeding, Dad," she said
"Okay. Okay," he said, trying to calm his daughter.
In Wilkerson's backseat were her daughters, Alana, 8, Ariah, 5, and her mother, the Rev. Fannie M. Geddis. She pulled over on the right shoulder of the highway and waited.
The family had well-documented reasons to be anxious. To many Black motorists, there is no such thing as a routine traffic stop. Wilkerson had seen numerous videos of unarmed Black drivers killed by quick-triggered law enforcement officers.
"We were very mindful of how things can play out," she said.
At the same time, Wilkerson says she did not want to prejudge. She tried to keep an open mind as the trooper approached the passenger side of her car.
"I don't think it's fair to characterize everyone based on someone's actions," she said.
A tense wait during a traffic stop
Her father, Geddis, had already rolled the window down by the time the trooper reached the car.
Doty, a compact man with a buzz cut, introduced himself. He has been a state trooper for 17 years. He decided as a teenager to become a trooper after losing a childhood friend to a drunk driver.
"Ma'm, do you know what speed you were doing?" he said after introducing himself. "I'm going to need your license and registration."
Wilkerson apologized and reached for her glove compartment. Geddis was so weakened by the chemotherapy treatments that he could barely speak above a whisper. But he roused himself to defend his daughter.
"This is my baby girl," he told Doty. "She's driving me home from a chemo treatment at the cancer center at Duke."
Doty said nothing and nodded. He took Wilkerson's information and returned to his car.
Wilkerson and her family waited. And waited.
"Gosh, what's taking him such a long time?" Wilkerson said to her father. "I wonder what's going on."
But Doty, 45, wasn't just reviewing Wilkerson's information; he was reviewing his own life.
He told CNN how he had become adept at reading people's body language when approaching stopped cars. He immediately noticed that Wilkerson's father was slouched in the seat, weakened from pain.
He also noticed how the man was quick to protect his daughter by speaking up on her behalf. Doty recognized that instinct. He shared it.
Doty is the father of a 12-year-old girl, Avery. She also is a cheerleader, like Wilkerson once was. Doty and his wife, Abby, have taken her to numerous cheerleader competitions. They dote on Abby and her 15-year-old brother Cooper, taking them to Walt Disney World in Florida at least seven times.
"I could tell she was a daddy's girl," Doty said of Wilkerson. "I would do the same for my daughter."
A state trooper makes an unusual decision
But Doty also sensed he shared another connection with Geddis. He noticed Geddis had a pouch attached to his pelvis area. Doty had once been diagnosed with ulcerative colitis and had to undergo surgery to remove portions of his colon. He, too, had to wear a pouch attached to his stomach for treatment.
The disease went into remission but returned "with a vengeance," weakening his body so much that he didn't have strength to leave the house.
"I felt like I was dying," he said.
Doty says doctors told him he likely would have gotten colon cancer if his illness had gone untreated. While recovering from surgery in the hospital, Doty made a vow. He thought of all the people who had prayed for him and counseled him.
"I said that if I could touch one person, or help somebody get through their illness, I would do it."
Doty thought of that vow as he sat in his patrol car, wondering what to do next. He knew he wasn't going to give Wilkerson a speeding ticket. But was there something else he could do?
Doty closed his ticket book and opened his car door. He walked back over to Wilkerson's car and turned to Geddis.
"Sir, do you mind if I ask what kind of cancer you have?"
"No, I don't mind. I have colon cancer."
Doty took a deep breath and looked at Geddis.
"Can I pray for you?" Doty said.
"Or course," Geddis said. "I absolutely believe in prayer."
Geddis was chairman of the board of deacons at his church, and his wife was a pastor. He had held private Bible studies with his wife at home. He quoted passages from the Psalms and loved the hymn, "Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross." And he had created a ministry to personally mentor young Black men.
Geddis raised his right hand and grasped Doty's. Both men bowed their heads.
"Father in Heaven..." Doty began.
Wilkerson was so touched by what she was seeing that she took out her smartphone and quietly snapped a picture.
After Doty finished praying, he pressed something in Geddis' hand.
"I just want you to know that you have someone else praying for you on your journey," the trooper told him.
Doty straightened up from the car window and bid farewell to Wilkerson and her father. Instead of giving Wilkerson a speeding ticket, he let her go with a warning.
"Y'all drive safely," he said.
Wilkerson started the car and resumed driving, trying to digest the encounter. Her dad hadn't even told many of his closest friends he had cancer because he didn't want them to worry. Her father didn't speak as they drove away, but she could tell he was touched by Doty's gesture when she snuck a peek at him.
His eyes had welled up with tears.
A private moment becomes an inspirational story
Two months later, it was Wilkerson's time for tears. Her father died on May 22, after the colon cancer had spread. He was 61.
Several weeks after his funeral, she was thinking of her dad when her thoughts turned back to that highway encounter. She thought of how, despite his weakened physical condition, his first instinct was to protect her.
She went on LinkedIn and posted a tribute to her father, written as if she were talking directly to him. She recalled the traffic stop and how, "As you always did, you quickly jumped to my defense."
And then she thought of the state trooper, whose name she did not know.
"Heartfelt thanks to this officer who prayed for and with you that day," she wrote.
Wilkerson also posted the photo she took of that moment. Her post soon gathered attention on LinkedIn and spread to Facebook, Instagram and Twitter as people reposted the image and the story behind it.
She has received more than 4,000 comments from a wide cross-section of people, many of them saying how the traffic stop had restored some of their hope in humanity.
So she added a cheeky posthumous message to her father.
"Don't fuss at me too much," she wrote. "I know you didn't like posting on social media yourself. But you're just too amazing not to talk about. I love you, dad. Your legacy is safe with me."
Her story eventually made its way to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol. A spokesman there sent a message to Wilkerson.
"We are deeply sorry to hear about the loss of your father, Ms. Wilkerson," it said. "We are grateful that our member was able to offer a moment of compassion and solace to you and your father as you made your way through North Carolina. Thank you for being so kind as to capture the moment and share it with others."
And then news of the story reached Doty. He was blindsided. He didn't know what had happened to Geddis, or that a photo had been taken of their meeting.
In an interview with CNN, his voice grew solemn when told about Geddis' death.
"This is not about me at all," he said. "I don't want any recognition. I didn't do anything. This man lost his life, and his daughter is honoring him. I want her to be able to honor him the way she wants, and not for something I did."
Doty said he often privately prays for the people he stops. Geddis, though, was different.
"This was the first and only time that I ever verbally requested and prayed for somebody out loud on the interstate," he said.
He's still boggled by the timing of their meeting.
"I can't describe the odds of stopping her, because there's hundreds of thousands of cars that travel through (Interstate) 85 every week," he said.
Wilkerson has more than a photo to mark that encounter. She also has something else. Doty pressed a pocket-sized object in her father's right palm during their shared prayer.
Her father kept it on his dresser until the day he died.
"My mom gave it to me after he passed," she said. "And I keep it on my dresser."
The memento is a reminder of another link her father shared with Doty.
It's a silver metal cross.
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With Azamara Journey returning to sail today, the fleet's four ships are all sailing the high seas
MIAMI, May 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Azamara, the upmarket cruise line and leader in Destination Immersion® experiences, is excited to announce that its entire fleet of four ships has officially returned to the high seas. The full fleet is welcoming guests onboard with country intensive itineraries, immersive land programs, and more overnights in each port, allowing travelers to fully immerse themselves in each destination.
"I am beyond thankful to our hard-working team and dedicated crew members for all the incredible work and effort that has brought us to this exciting moment," says Carol Cabezas, President of Azamara. "Thanks to them, our four-ship fleet are all sailing for the first time ever, allowing us even more opportunities to immerse our guests in the smaller ports and hidden gem destinations of the world."
As its fleet returns to service, Azamara continues to reinforce its commitment to Destination Immersion® experiences – the independent cruise line will visit 362 unique ports around the world, with 392 overnight stays, 862 late nights, and over 3,000 shore excursions, nearly 1,000 of which have been created since the pandemic began. Onboard restaurants, including Discoveries and Windows Café, have redesigned each menu to feature World Cuisine Selection dishes, highlighting a variety of countries visited by Azamara ships. Guests sailing on Azamara Onward can experience the new and exclusive specialty venue, Atlas Bar, offering innovative artisanal cocktails including the Grand Bazaar, London Fog Martini, and the Tuscany Delight.
Azamara's newest ship, Azamara Onward, celebrated its launch with an exciting naming ceremony and traditional christening in Monte Carlo on May 2. Following the ceremony, Azamara Onward embarked on an 11-Night Maiden Voyage throughout the Mediterranean, departing from Monte Carlo and concluding with an overnight stay in Ravenna, Italy. Azamara Onward is currently in the midst of a 7-Night Greece Intensive Voyage. Azamara Journey returns to service today embarking on a 10-Night Greece Intensive Voyage, while Azamara Pursuit sets sail today for a 5-Night Grand Prix Weekend Voyage, and Azamara Quest embarks on a 9-Night Spring Med & Grand Prix Voyage.
Azamara's four ships will sail Europe this summer, before heading to Asia, Australia, South America, and more global destinations. Voyage highlights include:
- 10-Night Greece Intensive Voyage aboard Azamara Journey
- 8-Night Islands Of The Med Voyage aboard Azamara Onward
- 16-Night Portuguese Pursuit Voyage aboard Azamara Pursuit
- 14-Night India & Sri Lanka Voyage aboard Azamara Quest
To book a sailing aboard any one of Azamara's ships, please visit: www.azamara.com
About Azamara:
Azamara is an upmarket cruise line and leader in Destination Immersion® experiences. With a fleet of four intimate-style ships, Azamara Quest®, Azamara Pursuit®, Azamara Journey® and its newest ship, Azamara Onward, the cruise line allows travelers to reach marquee ports around the world and dock in smaller, hidden gem destinations. Azamara aims to Change the Way You Sea, through its commitment to creating immersive experiences for guests through longer stays, more overnights and night touring for a deeper and more meaningful travel experience. Guests can experience an intimate hotel at sea with inclusive amenities such as gratuities, select beverages, cultural events and can take advantage of exclusive loyalty membership benefits through the Azamara Circle Program. For more information visit www.azamara.com.
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Luck of the draw at the PGA, and now a level playing field
By DOUG FERGUSON
AP Golf Writer
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — The PGA Championship is not the British Open. But it sounded like one at Southern Hills. That’s all because of the wind, and players that are helped by being on the right side of the draw. Will Zalatoris didn’t face any wind over his final two hours and shot a 65 to build a one-shot lead. Bubba Watson shot a 63 to tie a PGA Championship record. Of the 22 players under par at Southern Hills, 17 came from the same side of the draw. Now it’s an even playing field, and even Tiger Woods is still playing. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/05/21/luck-of-the-draw-at-the-pga-and-now-a-level-playing-field/ | 2022-05-21T11:55:44Z |
Girls wrap up TFD Camp Courage with rappelling exercise
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Fire trainees got to rappel down a building as Topeka Fire’s Camp Courage wrapped up Friday.
The Topeka Fire Department welcomed young women to participate in a week of exercises meant to simulate actual firefighter training. They want to dispel any notions that firefighting is a career only men can do.
“This is an opportunity for girls to realize that this could be a career for them,” TFD’s Capt. Rachel Hawkinson-Penny said.
“Not a lot of women do this,” Jada Shuford, a camp participant, said. “It makes me happy to see people do this.”
“We can do anything just as good as the guys, and we want to show these girls that they can do that also,” Hawkinson-Penny said.
The girls also got to practice skills like forcible building entry and search and rescue throughout the week.
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Emporia school bus hits car while 21 students on board
EMPORIA, Kan. (WIBW) - One woman is in the hospital after a school bus filled with 21 students on their way home hit her on Tuesday afternoon.
Just before 4 p.m. on Tuesday, May 3, the Emporia Police Department says officers were called to the area of 6th Ave. and Stratford with reports of an accident.
When officers arrived, they said they found a school bus and passenger car had collided in the intersection. They said the bus was headed north on Stratford and after it came to a complete stop at the sign, it pulled out into the intersection and failed to yield to the eastbound passenger car.
EPD said 21 students were on the bus driven by Jessamyn Weingartner, 34, and no one was hurt. The parents of the students on the bus were notified.
Officers said the passenger car, a black 2010 Hyundai Elantra was driven by Alyssa Good, 21, who was taken to Newman Hospital with suspected minor injuries.
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NEW YORK, April 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Golub Capital BDC, Inc. ("GBDC") (Nasdaq: GBDC, www.golubcapitalbdc.com), a business development company, today announced that it originated $306.3 million in new middle-market investment commitments during the three months ended March 31, 2022. Approximately 94% of the new middle-market investment commitments were one stop loans, 2% were senior secured loans and 4% were equity and other securities. Of the new middle-market investment commitments, $293.6 million funded at close.
Total investments at fair value are estimated to have increased by approximately 5.1%, or $262.6 million, during the three months ended March 31, 2022 after factoring in debt repayments, sales of securities, net fundings on revolvers and net change in unrealized gains (losses).
Golub Capital BDC, Inc. ("GBDC") is an externally-managed, non-diversified closed-end management investment company that has elected to be treated as a business development company under the Investment Company Act of 1940. GBDC invests primarily in one stop and other senior secured loans to middle market companies that are often sponsored by private equity investors. GBDC's investment activities are managed by its investment adviser, GC Advisors LLC, an affiliate of the Golub Capital LLC group of companies ("Golub Capital").
Golub Capital is a market-leading, award-winning direct lender and credit asset manager, with over $45 billion of capital under management. Golub Capital specializes in delivering reliable, creative and compelling financing solutions to companies backed by private equity sponsors. The firm's sponsor finance expertise also forms the foundation of its Late Stage Lending, Broadly Syndicated Loan and Credit Opportunities investment programs. Across its activities, Golub Capital nurtures long-term, win-win partnerships that inspire repeat business from private equity sponsors and investors. Founded over 25 years ago, Golub Capital today has over 600 employees and lending offices in Chicago, New York, San Francisco and London. For more information, please visit golubcapital.com.
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DALLAS (KDAF) — National Ice Cream Day is Sunday, July 17, and North Texas Honda Dealers want to celebrate.
Dealers are getting their free ice cream carts ready to roll out from July 15 to July 17 to hand out free ice cream to North Texans, but they need your help.
They are asking North Texans to decide where they go to hand out the free ice cream. By clicking here, you will be taken to their Facebook page. All you have to do is comment with a location, date and time and dealers might just stop by to surprise you with free ice cream. | https://cw33.com/news/local/north-texas-honda-dealers-wants-to-give-away-free-ice-but-need-your-help-on-where-to-set-up-shop/ | 2022-07-08T16:36:00Z |
NEW YORK, June 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Klein Law Firm announces that a class action complaint has been filed on behalf of shareholders of Oscar Health, Inc. (NYSE: OSCR) alleging that the Company violated federal securities laws.
This lawsuit is on behalf of persons and entities that purchased or otherwise acquired Oscar Class A common stock pursuant and/or traceable to the registration statement and prospectus issued in connection with the Company's March 2021 initial public offering.
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: July 11, 2022
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Learn more about your recoverable losses in OSCR:
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CLASS ACTION CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that Oscar Health, Inc. made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Oscar was experiencing growing COVID-19 testing and treatment costs; (2) Oscar was experiencing growing net COVID costs; (3) Oscar would be negatively impacted by an unfavorable prior year Risk Adjustment Data Validation result relating to 2019 and 2020; (4) Oscar was on track to be negatively impacted by significant SEP membership growth; and (5) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU AS A SHAREHOLDER: If you have suffered a loss in Oscar you have until July 11, 2022 to petition the court for lead plaintiff status. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you purchased Oscar securities during the relevant period, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket fees.
HOW TO PROTECT YOUR FINANCIAL INTERESTS: For additional information about the OSCR lawsuit, please contact J. Klein, Esq. by telephone at 212-616-4899 or click this link: https://www.kleinstocklaw.com/pslra-1/oscar-health-inc-loss-submission-form?id=28437&from=4.
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The baby formula manufacturer at the heart of a nationwide formula recall says it has reached an agreement with the US Food and Drug Administration to enter into a consent decree, a legally binding agreement that would require the company to take certain steps in response to violations found at the facility.
The baby formula manufacturer at the heart of a nationwide formula recall says it has reached an agreement with the US Food and Drug Administration to enter into a consent decree, a legally binding agreement that would require the company to take certain steps in response to violations found at its Sturgis, Michigan, facility.
If a court approves the agreement, the company says it could restart the site within two weeks. It would first resume the production of its specialty metabolic formulas EleCare and Alimentum, followed by Similac and other formulas.
After Abbott restarts the site, it will take six to eight weeks for the products to reach store shelves, it said.
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The client focused innovations are related to security, payment technologies, artificial intelligence, and mobile banking.
CHARLOTTE N.C., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today the bank is announcing it has recorded the most patents granted in the first half of any year in the company's history. The U.S. Patent Office granted Bank of America 341 patents during the first half of 2022, which is a 50% increase, year over year. Patents granted include client focused innovations related to security, privacy, fraud detection, payment technologies, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and mobile banking. The bank has more U.S. patents than any other financial services company.
Bank of America Patent Statistics
- 5,556 patents pending or granted
- 6,500 bank inventors based in 43 U.S. states and 14 countries around the world, and across all eight lines of business
- 26% of the bank's inventors are women, while less than 17% of inventors nationwide are women
- 1,000 information security patents pending or granted, the most among financial services companies
"The diversity of our patent-winning portfolio represents the diverse experiences and unique perspectives of more than 6,500 inventors around the world," said Aditya Bhasin, Bank of America's Chief Technology and Information Officer. "Their desire to address client needs, safeguard client information and create new solutions that helps clients build better financial lives drives our record-breaking patents streak."
Global Information Security teammate and retired Marine Corps Reservist Michael Young, a top company inventor, has filed 65 patents that span across cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, data security and more.
"The bank has fostered a culture of innovation, and patents are just one way for technologists to express our creativity," he said. "While I am passionate about inventing, the best part is the opportunity to collaborate with talented teammates across the organization."
Other companies often cite Bank of America patents as influencing their efforts. So far in 2022, the bank has been cited by more than 2,400 patents and applications from a variety of industries, including well-known technology companies. Historically, the bank has been cited more than 43,000 times.
Bank of America
Bank of America is one of the world's leading financial institutions, serving individual consumers, small and middle-market businesses and large corporations with a full range of banking, investing, asset management and other financial and risk management products and services. The company provides unmatched convenience in the United States, serving approximately 67 million consumer and small business clients with approximately 4,000 retail financial centers, approximately 16,000 ATMs and award-winning digital banking with approximately 55 million verified digital users. Bank of America is a global leader in wealth management, corporate and investment banking and trading across a broad range of asset classes, serving corporations, governments, institutions and individuals around the world. Bank of America offers industry-leading support to approximately 3 million small business households through a suite of innovative, easy-to-use online products and services. The company serves clients through operations across the United States, its territories and approximately 35 countries. Bank of America Corporation stock (NYSE: BAC) is listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
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District One Jackson City Councilmember Gary Pickens resigns
District One Councilmember Gary Pickens has announced his resignation from the Jackson City Council.
Pickens, who has served in the seat since his election in 2019, said he is resigning because he is moving outside his district, but did not wish to comment further.
City charter states that "a candidate for the position of council member shall reside in the district from which elected."
City Mayor Scott Conger said Pickens “would be greatly missed.”
“I appreciate Gary's service to the city and the citizens of District One,” he said, while attending Sheriff Wiser’s swearing-in ceremony Wednesday afternoon. “He'll be missed on the city council.”
During his time as a city councilmember, Pickens focused on budgetary issues, as well as providing better support for law enforcement and fire department officials.
The councilmember also mounted a campaign for Madison County Mayor in early 2022, though he later lost the nomination to AJ Massey.
More:The people have spoken: AJ Massey elected new Madison County mayor
Prior to his election to city council, Pickens was a well-known face to Jackson-Madison County residents due to his many years as an anchor at WBBJ.
The process to fill Pickens’ seat will be familiar to readers, after District 4’s seat—previously held by the late Harvey Buchanan until his passing in December—was filled by current-councilmember Tara Skinner in January.
More:Tara Skinner elected as new District 4 city councilmember
“The city council will vote to approve Pickens’ resignation on Tuesday, September 6th,” Conger said. “Then we will appoint a replacement for the remainder of his term in the same process as last time.”
Whoever fills Pickens’ spot will serve as councilmember until May 2023, when they will either step down or run for re-election.
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LOS ANGELES, Sept. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Summer is leaving. JISULIFE had spent a cool and passionate time with consumers. For the last days of the hot summer, JISULIFE has launched a time-limited "Inspire Sports with Super Cool" party between US Open.
This summer, JISULIFE has sold more than 1,300,000+ portable fans since April 2022.
"it makes the hottest summer days feel like a breeze literally! JISULIFE specializes in making innovative portable fans!" -- JJ Yosh, an adventure filmmaker and mountaineer on Instagram.
"Whether you love to camp in the summer, have an outdoor picnic, or unforgettable day at the beach, this fan is truly for you...I have been blown away by the versatility. We used it the entire day at the beach while celebrating my best friend's birthday plus while relaxing with my daughter on the deck!" Recommended by Michelle Hammons speaker & TV host.
"I love to work outside and this fan helps to keep me cool with variable settings patented with 4 vortex tech" -- Jolene Goring, a board-certified nutritionist, and wellness coach.
JISULIFE's New Flagship Product of 2022 -- FA35Pro Portable Ultimate Bladeless Neck Fan has been among 20,000+ customers' choices since it was released.
"This is my first portable neck fan and I have to say it is a pretty cool gadget to have when it's hot humid weather."--Micheal's review, as a real user of FA35Pro.
For a further innovative 360-degree cooling experience, FA35Pro redefines a brand new standard of the portable fan experience by featuring free and comfortable to maximize the feeling of a cooling breeze wherever they are. It's perfect for customers who are retail workers, outdoor workers, or hiking enthusiasts, which might need to cool down immediately for preventing heat stroke and hot flashes because FA35Pro was built with a new launch mode setting for reaching the 4m/s superwind mode only once 2s press. It is driven by 3 turbines(left, right, and back) and patented techs(Air balance™ and Air Cyclone™), so that people can enjoy totally cool breezes around the neck to kick out the hot flash when people are enjoying sports events in the audience.
Always be concerned about climate change and do care about extremely hot weather in the 2022 summer.
JISULIFE is always concerned about human habitat. They do R&D and create innovative and sustainable gadgets for people's personal indoor-outdoor activities in summer and winter. It is worth expecting that JISULIFE will launch a new collection for cold winter in September.
Established in 2016, JISULIFE is a solution provider pivoted on creative and sustainable gadgets for personal space. Aiming to improve air circulation around every consumer indoor-outdoor, they have created portable electronic products that suit every scene daily.
"All we do are according to what you need. Our team is always passionate about creating more interesting gadgets for your personal space," they said. In the past 6 years, JISULIFE focused on technical innovation and design iteration for portable fans. And they already served over 10 million customers globally and distributed their business via cross-border e-commerce to more than 40 countries.
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As global cases rise, researchers race to solve puzzle of mysterious hepatitis cases in children
Brenda Goodman
The global toll of sudden and unexplained hepatitis in children has risen to 621 cases from 34 countries, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control said in an update on Thursday.
About half of those cases come from just two countries—the United States and the UK. On Thursday, investigators from both those countries said they were working diligently to get answers.
One of their first tasks has been to try to figure out whether these cases of sudden and often severe liver damage in kids represent a true increase over past years. The answer is that it depends on where you look.
The UK has better data on its hepatitis cases than many other countries because it only sees children with liver disease at three national hospitals.
“The care of these children is highly centralized,” said Diedre Kelly, a professor of pediatric hepatology at the University of Birmingham, in the UK, in a press call for reporters on Thursday, which was hosted by the independent nonprofit Science Media Centre.
In an average year, Kelly says they would see about 20 children who suddenly develop hepatitis without an obvious cause for their liver inflammation. This year, they’ve seen 176 such cases, a nearly 8-fold increase.
That’s in contrast to European countries. Kelly said she was recently part of a study that counted children’s hepatitis cases at liver specialty centers across Europe, and “they saw absolutely no increase in the numbers of acute, severe hepatitis” or in liver transplants compared to previous years.
Kelly says they’re still trying to figure out what that means. “Either Europe is behind us and has still got to catch up, or it’s a phenomenon that’s not occurring in Europe,” she said.
In the United States, unexplained cases of hepatitis are not routinely reported to public health authorities, making it difficult to know whether the 180 cases under investigation here are an increase over what doctors normally see.
On a CDC call for clinicians on Thursday, Amanda Ingram, an epidemiologist with the Alabama Department of Public Health said state investigators there had seen an increase in emergency department visits across the state for children presenting with hepatitis, jaundice, and liver failure for roughly a month between November 21 and December 25, 2021. Alabama was the first state to flag a cluster of 9 unexplained hepatitis cases in children.
Investigators don’t have a smoking gun. But they have been able to narrow some of the things they’re looking at.
So far, they say, based on questionnaires collected from cases they’ve been able to rule out contact with dogs as a potential contributor to the illnesses, said Dr. Calum Semple, a pediatrician and professor of child health and outbreak medicine at the University of Liverpool.
Many of the children under study had pet dogs or reported recent contact with dogs, so that possibility was initially on the list, but after further study, researchers say it’s been ruled out as a factor.
“We’ve looked very carefully at case control data and also those with severe disease and those without severe disease and there’s no difference at all between these children regarding dog contacts,” Semple said
Though Covid-19 has not been fully ruled out, it seems less and less likely to be playing a role.
“I don’t think we’re ruling out Covid completely,” Semple said, “I’m saying I think Covid is moving down that list” of possibilities under consideration, “and adenovirus and adeno-associated viruses and other viruses like it are moving up the list,” he said.
That’s not to say, however, that the pandemic, with its social distancing, masks and other behavioral changes, may not have a hand in all this. It could very well be that after nearly two years of minimal exposure to infections, our immune systems are behaving differently.
Investigators in the UK are looking at the T-cell responses in affected children to see if there’s some unusual activation of these immune defenders in these otherwise run-of-the-mill infections.
About 70% of children in the UK and more than half of children in the US have tested positive for adenovirus 41F in their blood, making the association hard to ignore.
But researchers aren’t sure, if they tested children the same age and same sex that didn’t have hepatitis, if they would find just as many with adenovirus in their blood. That’s called a case-control study, and Will Irving, a professor of virology at the University of Nottingham, in the UK, said that data may be coming shortly.
“Adenovirus is the leading contender here, but we do need more data to be convinced, at least I do,” said Irving.
Scientists are skeptical because adenovirus 41 isn’t usually a big player when it comes to viral infections. It isn’t even among the top 10 in terms of adenoviruses that make people sick every year, Ingram said.
“It’s very difficult to know whether this is the cause, which instinctively we would feel it wasn’t, or whether it was a trigger in the child who was susceptible for some other reason,” Kelly said.
In the Alabama cases, the sickest children—those who eventually needed liver transplants—had the highest levels of adenovirus in their blood, which suggests a dose response—something researchers look for when trying to understand whether two things that are associated are linked because one has caused the other or because of pure coincidence.
Curiously, though, while many of the children test positive for adenovirus in their blood, samples of their destroyed liver tissue aren’t usually finding any virus.
Researchers say they don’t know what that means, but say it is unusual. When adenovirus 5 attacks the liver, for example, and you look at liver cells under a microscope.
“The liver cells are absolutely stuffed full with new adenovirus particles. So there’s no question that the virus itself is infecting the hepatocytes and killing them. We do not have that link yet,” Irving said.
So there are a couple of factors to consider, then, Irving said. Maybe the virus isn’t acting alone. Or may it’s triggering a damaging immune reaction.
In Alabama, 75% of cases—nine out of 12 children currently identified as having sudden, unexplained hepatitis–had more than one virus detected at the time of their illness.
In addition to adenovirus 41, the children tested positive for viruses known to cause upper respiratory infections including rhinovirus, enterovirus, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), a type coronavirus OC43, human metapneumovirus, and rotavirus—which typically causes diarrhea. None were positive for a current Covid-19 infection.
What’s clear from the detailed study of the children in Alabama is that the kids were very sick.
Nearly all of them had been throwing up, more than half had diarrhea and fever. Almost all had yellow in the whites of their eyes or a yellowish orange tint to their skin, a symptom called jaundice.-
Reassuringly, at least in the UK, there don’t seem to be any geographical or social links between the cases, meaning the children don’t know each other or live in the same areas. “It’s sporadic really,” Kelly says.
If the hepatitis is being caused by an infection, or infections, but there it’s not happening to children in the same area, what does that mean?
Irving, the virologist, said he thinks that could mean that many, many children and maybe adults too are being infected, but for most, those infections aren’t resulting in serious liver problems.
“Which then begs the question, what is special about these young children?” who are being diagnosed with liver problems, Irving said.
For that, researchers are turning to genetics to try to unravel the mystery behind these cases, with several projects already underway to study genetic traits of the affected children and their parents to see if they had any unrecognized risk factors for their liver problems.
While the puzzle of these cases is fascinating, the researchers say they’re trying to keep the affected families at the center of their work.
“We mustn’t forget that there’s 170 families [in the UK] who are highly distressed about this mystery disease that is causing such problems with their kids, and to get a liver transplant is a life changing event,” Semple said.
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NEW YORK, July 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Levi & Korsinsky, LLP notifies investors in Digital Turbine, Inc. ("Digital Turbine" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: APPS) of a class action securities lawsuit.
CLASS DEFINITION: The lawsuit seeks to recover losses on behalf of Digital Turbine investors who were adversely affected by alleged securities fraud between August 9, 2021 and May 17, 2022. Follow the link below to get more information and be contacted by a member of our team:
APPS investors may also contact Joseph E. Levi, Esq. via email at jlevi@levikorsinsky.com or by telephone at (212) 363-7500.
CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that defendants made false statements and/or concealed that: (1) the Company's recent acquisitions, AdColony and Fyber, act as agents in certain of their respective product lines; (2) as a result, revenues for those product lines must be reported net of license fees and revenue share, rather than on a gross basis; (3) the Company's internal control over financial reporting as to revenue recognition was deficient; and (4) as a result of the foregoing, the Company's net revenues was overstated throughout fiscal 2022; and (5) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
WHAT'S NEXT? If you suffered a loss in Digital Turbine during the relevant time frame, you have until August 5, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you are a class member, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket costs or fees. There is no cost or obligation to participate.
WHY LEVI & KORSINSKY: Over the past 20 years, the team at Levi & Korsinsky has secured hundreds of millions of dollars for aggrieved shareholders and built a track record of winning high-stakes cases. Our firm has extensive expertise representing investors in complex securities litigation and a team of over 70 employees to serve our clients. For seven years in a row, Levi & Korsinsky has ranked in ISS Securities Class Action Services' Top 50 Report as one of the top securities litigation firms in the United States.
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Two iQIYI-Presented Films also Featured in the "Chinese New Wave" Unit of the Offline BJIFF
BEIJING, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- iQIYI, an innovative market-leading online entertainment service in China, announced that from Aug. 10 to 23, the company is hosting the online screening of the 12th Beijing International Film Festival (BJIFF), a premier China-based film festival with prestigious global reputation, furthering the company's support for the development of the industry. In addition to being the Festival's Official Exclusive Online Screening Platform and Official Exclusive HD Online Video Platform for this year's BJIFF, iQIYI will also present two films at the "Chinese New Wave" unit at the offline BJIFF. Offering online and offline activities, iQIYI aims to help viewers further appreciate and celebrate the latest artistic advances that are taking place in China and on the world stage.
Rich slate of activities to celebrate films
iQIYI's online screening of the BJIFF features an exciting selection of 84 films to be presented in nine units, each curated to celebrate themes such as first-person narratives, films from Argentina (the guest of honour of this BJIFF), Internet films, and sports. The roll-out invites viewers to enjoy great cinema hits such as Cliff Walkers, 2046, and Nice View, as well as popular Internet films that are streamed exclusively on iQIYI, such as Defiant and Grassland Salilang.
Viewers can also enjoy critically acclaimed international productions from the online screening, such as Happy as Lazzaro, which won the award for the Best Screenplay at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, and Father, which was selected as the Best Film at the Panorama section of the 70th Berlin International Film Festival.
Of note, all the films presented online adopt the HDR Vivid video standard propagated by the UHD World Association, ensuring an immersive viewing experience.
In addition to the high-quality films, the online portion of the BJIFF also allows users to deepen their understanding of the industry as viewers can also stream on iQIYI an exciting series of events organized as part of the Festival, such as the opening and closing ceremonies, talks by renowned filmmakers and high-level industry forums.
Breaking the boundary between online and offline entertainment
iQIYI further leverages this year's BJIFF with its online and offline entertainment. For instance, "Chinese New Wave," one of the offline BJIFF's nine units this year, features Let Life Be Beautiful and The Hidden Fox, two iQIYI-presented films.
As a token of gratitude for subscribers, iQIYI will do a giveaway to some VIP members tickets on several highly sought-after offline BJIFF screenings, in addition to inviting two VIP Member to attend the Festival's opening ceremony.
iQIYI is also proud to have two iQIYI-presented films, Off the Stage and Kong and Jigme, shortlisted in the Best Feature Film section, of this year's Tiantan Award, the official competition section of the BJIFF.
Reiterating commitment to driving industry development
On Aug. 14, GONG Yu, Founder and CEO of iQIYI, participated in the Film Power Forum of the BJIFF. At the forum themed "A New Journey Ahead: Unremitting Pursuit of Dreams on a Journey toward a Brilliant Film Future," Gong shared his insights into the rapid developments that have driven the development of China's film industry in the past decade.
"Films are themselves a cultural-driven product innovation. With technology experiencing constant iterations and leaps, the developments continue to enrich our imagination and strengthen our belief that the evolving progress is making the world a better place," said Gong.
Gong also noted the contribution iQIYI made in platform building and quality content production and highlighted the need to have more young people join the industry and to further drive industry growth and development in a sustainable and healthy manner using technology.
CONTACT: iQIYI Press, press@qiyi.com
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COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Designer Brands Inc. (NYSE: DBI), one of North America's largest designers, producers and retailers of footwear and accessories, announced the Company will issue its first quarter 2022 earnings on June 2, 2022. Management will host a conference call to discuss the results at 8:30 am E.T. A press release detailing the Company's results will be issued prior to the call.
Investors and analysts interested in participating in the call are invited to dial 888-317-6003, or the international dial in, 412-317-6061, and reference conference ID number 2325226 approximately ten minutes prior to the start of the call. The conference call will be broadcast live over the internet and can be accessed through the following link: DBI 1Q22 Earnings Webcast
For those unable to listen to the live webcast, an archived version will be available at the same location until June 16, 2022. A replay of the teleconference will be available by dialing the following numbers:
Replay:
US callers: 1-877-344-7529
Canadian callers: 1-855-669-9658
International callers: 1-412-317-0088
Passcode: 4754037
About Designer Brands
Designer Brands Inc. is one of North America's largest designers, producers and retailers of footwear and accessories. The Company operates a portfolio of retail concepts in nearly 700 locations under the DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse®, The Shoe Company®, and Shoe Warehouse® banners. The Company designs and produces footwear and accessories through Camuto Group, a leading manufacturer selling in more than 5,400 stores worldwide. Camuto Group owns licensing rights for the Jessica Simpson® footwear business, and footwear and handbag licenses for Lucky Brand® and Max Studio®. In partnership with a joint venture with Authentic Brands Group, the Company also owns a stake in Vince Camuto®, Louise et Cie®, and others. More information can be found at www.designerbrands.com.
For further information: Stacy Turnof, DesignerBrandsIR@edelman.com
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MINNEAPOLIS, July 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
COURT-APPROVED LEGAL NOTICE
If you purchased Boxed or Case-Ready Beef directly from Cargill, JBS, National Beef, or Tyson in the United States from January 1, 2015, through February 10, 2022, a class action settlement may affect your rights.
Para una notificación en español, llame gratis al 877-331-0717
o visite nuestra página web www.BeefDirectPurchaserSettlement.com.
A settlement has been reached in a class action antitrust lawsuit filed on behalf of Direct Purchaser Plaintiffs with Defendants JBS S.A., JBS USA Food Company, Swift Beef Company, and JBS Packerland, Inc. (collectively "JBS").
The United States District Court for the District of Minnesota authorized this notice. The Court will hold a hearing to decide whether to approve the Settlement.
Members of the Settlement Class are defined as all persons and entities that, from January 1, 2015, through February 10, 2022, directly purchased in the United States from any of the Defendants or their respective subsidiaries and affiliates, boxed or case-ready beef processed from Fed Cattle, excluding ground beef made from culled cows. Defendants in this lawsuit for purposes of the Settlement Agreement are Cargill, Inc., Cargill Meat Solutions Corporations (a/k/a Cargill Protein) (collectively "Cargill"); JBS S.A., JBS USA Food Company, JBS Packerland, Inc., and Swift Beef Company (collectively, "JBS"); National Beef Packing Company ("National Beef"); and Tyson Foods, Inc., and Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc. (collectively "Tyson") (together "Defendants"). Excluded from the Settlement Class are Defendants; their officers, directors or employees; any entity in which a Defendant has a controlling interest; and any affiliate, legal representative, heir or assign of a Defendant. Also excluded from this Settlement Class are any federal, state, or local governmental entities, any judicial officer presiding over this action; the members of the judicial officer's immediate family and staff, and any juror assigned to this action. The Settlement Agreement affects only claims against JBS.
If you are not sure you are included, you can get more information, including a detailed notice, at www.BeefDirectPurchaserSettlement.com or by calling toll-free 877-331-0717.
Direct Purchaser Plaintiffs allege that Defendants and their co-conspirators conspired and combined to fix, raise, maintain, and stabilize the prices of case-ready and boxed beef, beginning at least as early as January 1, 2015, with the result of increasing prices in the United States, in violation of federal antitrust laws. JBS denies it did anything wrong. For inclusion in the Settlement Class, the term "beef" means boxed and case-ready beef that has been processed from fed cattle by Defendants. "Cattle" means fed cattle before they are processed into beef and excludes culled cows. "Fed cattle" means steers and heifers raised in feedlots on a concentrated diet for the production and sale of beef.
The Court did not decide which side was right, but both sides agreed to the Settlement Agreement to resolve the case against JBS and get benefits to the Settlement Class. The case is still proceeding on behalf of the Direct Purchaser Plaintiffs against other Defendants that may be subject to separate settlements, judgments, or class certification orders.
Defendants are (as described above) Cargill, JBS, National Beef, and Tyson. You must have purchased boxed or case-ready beef directly from one of these defendants in order to be eligible for this settlement.
Under the terms of the Settlement Agreement, JBS will pay $52,500,000 to resolve all Settlement Class claims against it in this litigation. In addition to this monetary benefit, JBS has also agreed to provide specified cooperation in the Direct Purchaser Plaintiffs' continued prosecution of the litigation. In connection with final approval of this settlement, Co-Lead Counsel have asked the Court to establish a $5 million Litigation Fund to cover the current and ongoing costs of this litigation. Co-Lead Counsel are not seeking attorneys' fees or Class Representative service awards at this time, and do not plan for distribution of the net settlement proceeds to the Settlement Class Members at this time, but will do so at a future date subject to further notice and Court approval. At the appropriate time, Co-Lead Counsel will seek attorneys' fees of up to one-third of the Settlement Fund and Class Representative service awards in an amount not to exceed $75,000 per named plaintiff. A copy of the motion for attorneys' fees, future litigation expenses, and service awards, if any, will be available on the Settlement website.
You do not need to take any action to remain a member of the Settlement Class and be bound by the Settlement Agreement. As a Settlement Class member, you may be able to participate in (or exclude yourself from) any future settlement or judgment obtained by Direct Purchaser Plaintiffs against other Defendants in the case. The detailed notice available on the Settlement website explains how to exclude yourself or object. The Court will hold a hearing in this case (In re Cattle and Beef Antitrust Litigation, et al. (In re DPP Beef Litigation), Case No. 20-cv-01319 JRT-HB) on August 2, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. Central to consider whether to approve the Settlement Agreement. You may ask to speak at the hearing, but you don't have to.
This notice is only a summary. You can find more details about the Settlement at www.BeefDirectPurchaserSettlement.com or by calling toll-free 877-331-0717. Please do not contact the Court.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Addressing concerns about the working conditions for some Capitol Hill aides, Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced on Friday a $45,000 minimum annual salary for House staff and teed up for a vote next week a resolution that would pave the way for aides to join a union.
While jobs on Capitol Hill are highly coveted and can lead to big salaries down the road, the work often involves grueling hours and low pay in a region where steep housing costs can leave little money for other necessities.
Lawmakers set the pay for their aides. The money comes from an allowance made available to each member to cover rent, equipment, salary and other expenses incurred in performing their official duties.
Pelosi noted that the recent approval of a 21% increase in that allowance should more than cover the increased salaries. She encouraged members to use the increase “to honor the committed work of your staff members.”
“Doing so will open the doors to public service for those who may not have been able to afford to do so in the past,” Pelosi said. “This is also an issue of fairness, as many of the youngest staffers working the longest hours often earn the lowest salaries.”
The average cost of renting a one-bedroom apartment in Washington is about $2,425 a month, according to Rent.com. And the average price of a studio is $1,942 a month, which over the course of a year, would still represent more than half the new minimum salary for House staffers.
An advocacy group called Issue One noted in a report earlier this year that the average House staffer in a member office has only been in their position for about 2.5 years, and that lagging pay and other factors had led to what it described as a “brain drain” on Capitol Hill.
“If Congress wants to attract a capable workforce, increasing pay for entry-level workers is the place to start,” said the group, which describes itself as a political reform group that aims to reduce the influence of big money in politics.
The deadline for implementing the $45,000 annual minimum will be Sept. 1. The median salary for staff working for an individual lawmaker was $50,000 last year, according to the House Office of Diversity and Inclusion.
The moves from Pelosi come at a time when the Biden White House is seeking to enact policies designed to strengthen labor unions. Workers for Democratic groups such as the Democratic National Committee and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee have moved to unionize. And those efforts have extended to the House where Michigan Rep. Andy Levin’s resolution provides for the approval of regulations that would give staff the opportunity to collective bargain if they so choose.
It is not possible for one bargaining unit to represent all or most House employees. The collective bargaining that workers undertake would take place separately with hundreds of lawmakers and committees.
Republican lawmakers are generally opposed, calling unions impractical for congressional offices that have unpredictable scheduling changes and unavoidable turnover due to elections.
“This is a concept that can create numerous conflicts of interest and impact members’ constitutional responsibilities to the American people without the guarantee that any improvements for staff well-being would actually materialize,” said Rep. Rodney Davis, R-Ill., during a March hearing on the issue.
But in her letter to lawmakers Friday, Pelosi said congressional staffers deserve the same fundamental rights and protections as workers across the country, including the right to bargain collectively.
A volunteer group of staffers called the Congressional Workers Union has been leading the unionization efforts.
“Next week, the credibility of lawmakers will be put to the test. Will our bosses finally lead by example?” the group tweeted in response to Pelosi’s announcement. | https://cw33.com/business/ap-business/pelosi-sets-45000-minimum-yearly-salary-for-house-aides/ | 2022-05-07T13:19:34Z |
LONDÖN (AP) — The family of a 12-year-old boy who has been in a coma for four months expects a London hospital to begin withdrawing life-sustaining treatment Saturday after his parents exhausted their legal options in a battle over his care.
Archie Battersbee’s mother, Hollie Dance, said hospital officials informed the family they would suspend the boy’s treatment at 10 a.m. British courts on Friday rejected the family’s request to transfer Archie to a hospice, and the European Court of Human Rights refused for a second time to intervene in the case.
Dance told Britain’s Sky News there was nothing else the family could do and she was “pretty broken” after the ordeal that began April 7, when Archie was found unconscious.
“I’ve done everything that I promised my little boy I would do,” she said through tears.
The Royal London Hospital, where Archie was being treated, hasn’t confirmed Dance’s statement.
Archie’s care became the subject of weeks of legal arguments as his parents sought to force the hospital to continue life-sustaining treatments and doctors argued there was no chance of recovery and he should be allowed to die.
The family asked for permission to move Archie to a hospice after British courts ruled it was in his best interests to end treatment. The hospital said Archie’s condition was so unstable that moving him would hasten his death.
On Friday, High Court Judge Lucy Theis rejected the family’s request, saying Archie should remain in the hospital while treatment was withdrawn.
“I return to where I started, recognizing the enormity of what lays ahead for Archie’s parents and the family. Their unconditional love and dedication to Archie is a golden thread that runs through this case,″ Thies wrote in her decision. “I hope now Archie can be afforded the opportunity for him to die in peaceful circumstances, with the family who meant so much to him as he clearly does to them.’′
The dispute is the latest U.K. case pitting the judgment of doctors against the wishes of families. Under British law, it is common for courts to intervene when parents and doctors disagree on a child’s medical treatment. In such cases, the best interests of the child take primacy over the parents’ right to decide what they believe is best for their offspring. | https://cw33.com/health/ap-health/mother-of-comatose-uk-boy-says-hospital-to-end-care-soon/ | 2022-08-06T11:41:11Z |
Grab your coffee -- it's almost time for liftoff. NASA is gearing up for the launch of its historic Artemis I mission today, its first trip to the moon in nearly 50 years. Watch parties are popping up all over the country, showing that American space exploration has the ability to bridge political divides and unite the nation in excitement.
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1. NASA
For the first time in nearly 50 years, a spacecraft is preparing to launch on a journey to the moon. The uncrewed Artemis I mission is scheduled to lift off today between 8:33 a.m. and 10:33 a.m. ET from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. But several issues have cropped up since the rocket began fueling after midnight. The Artemis team is evaluating the delays to determine how it impacts the launch. Here's how to watch. While there is no human crew aboard the mission, it's the first step of the Artemis program, which aims to return humans to the moon and eventually land them on Mars. The weather is also looking promising for launch. For the beginning of today's launch window, the chances of favorable weather are about 80%, according to a US Space Force forecast. However, chances decrease to 60% closer to the end of the window as the probability of scattered showers and storms increases. The last crewed landing on the moon, Apollo 17, took place in 1972.
2. Flooding
Residents in Jackson, Mississippi, are once again packing up their belongings to evacuate as record-setting rain and rising river waters threaten to seep into their homes today. Officials say the state's Pearl River is predicted to crest at 35.5 feet this morning, lower than previously anticipated but still high enough to flood streets. As many as 150 homes will likely be affected by the flooding, Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba said over the weekend, telling residents to "get out now." Authorities are warning that the communities facing the highest risk are the ones still dealing with the toll of historic flooding in 2020. Two years ago, flooding in several neighborhoods in northeast and downtown Jackson damaged numerous homes beyond repair and left extensive amounts of debris.
3. Shootings
Gun violence again plagued the US this weekend as a number of shootings took place across several states. At least two people were killed in a shooting at a grocery store on Sunday in Bend, Oregon, and a person believed to be the shooter was also found dead at the scene, police said. In Houston, three people were killed and two people were injured early Sunday morning after a man dressed in black set fire to a building and then shot at people fleeing. Separately, police are still searching for at least one gunman after a shooting at New York City's Coney Island boardwalk killed one man and injured four others Saturday night. Authorities say various investigations are underway to determine the shooters' motives.
4. Covid-19
The federal government is ending its free at-home Covid-19 test program this week. The program, which provided up to 16 free tests per household since the beginning of the year, will be suspended Friday due to a lack of funding and efforts to preserve supply ahead of an anticipated fall surge in cases, a White House official told CNN. The administration launched the initiative in January amid a wave in Omicron variant cases and limited testing availability. However, officials have warned for months that the lack of additional funding from Congress would force them to roll back their Covid-19 response efforts.
5. Ukraine
With the war in Ukraine now past the six-month mark, US and European officials say Ukraine is successfully using a method of resistance warfare developed by the US to fight back against Russia. The concept provides a blueprint for smaller nations to effectively resist and confront a larger neighbor that has invaded. Despite being outnumbered, outgunned, and outmanned by Russia's vastly superior military, Ukraine has fought back using these tactics against the Kremlin which thought it would romp through the vast majority of Ukraine within a matter of weeks, if not days. Meanwhile, the two countries are blaming each other for shelling Sunday in a Russian-controlled city near a nuclear power plant, which has sparked fears of a potential nuclear accident.
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$12.6 million
That's how much a Mickey Mantle baseball card from 1952 sold for at auction on Sunday, making it the most valuable sports collectible in the world, according to Heritage Auctions. Mantle spent 17 years playing for the New York Yankees and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974. The record-breaking baseball card is from his rookie season and is especially valuable because it's so well-preserved, the auction house said.
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"The fact that the President would go out and just insult half of America... effectively call half of America semi-fascist because he's trying to stir up controversy... it's horribly inappropriate."
-- Republican Gov. Chris Sununu of New Hampshire, calling on President Joe Biden to apologize for suggesting that the driving force behind some GOP supporters of former President Donald Trump was akin to "semi-fascism." In an interview with CNN on Sunday, Sununu said Republican voters should be insulted by Biden's latest jabs against Trump, which have grown distinctly sharper as November's midterm elections approach. This comes after Biden last week offered one of his sharpest rebukes of Republicans who have remained loyal to Trump and his MAGA credo.
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Which tax preparation software is best?
When the taxman comes to the door, there’s no need to turn your house into a rummage sale just to pay your dues. All you need is the right tax preparation software. The best software for you should only be as complex as your finances. Otherwise, you can end up paying more for no extra benefit.
The best tax preparation software for the average person is Intuit TurboTax Deluxe Federal And State 2021. It covers all the most common deductions and credits and has an easy-to-understand interface.
What to know before you buy tax preparation software
Tax preparation software complexity
Some people’s taxes are simple enough to take 15 minutes once a year, while others must carefully track income and expenses all year. Varying levels of software match those needs.
- Basic software is for those with little to no complication and small incomes. If you’re filing taxes for the first time, start here.
- Advanced software is for those with complications and good-sized incomes. If you’re married with dependents and have a few revenue streams, go with this.
- Premium software is for those with several revenue streams and many complications. If you’ve ever considered an accountant due to your tax complexity, this is your best bet.
- Self-employed software is for freelancers and gig workers, etc. It covers the basics of expenses on top of premium offerings.
- Small-business software is more for year-round accounting than tax-time inputs.
- Business software is also for year-round accounting but for those with bigger businesses.
Operating system compatibility
Most tax preparation software can be used on only one operating system. The most common operating systems are Windows, found on the majority of computers, and macOS, found on Apple computers. Most tax prep software comes with a version for each, so make sure you order the right one.
What to look for in quality tax preparation software
Easy data import
The best tax preparation software makes importing your data as simple as possible. This can include uploading a picture of your files rather than needing to input them manually or letting you import your various accounts’ info.
E-filing
Most tax preparation software includes the ability to e-file your taxes with the Internal Revenue Service. Double-check that yours does before you buy, or you’ll have to print and mail your return instead.
Customer support
Tax preparation software customer support includes the usual help with technology issues, but the best also includes support for those with tax questions. Software that includes tax question customer support is a lifesaver for those new to filing taxes and those with complex returns.
How much you can expect to spend on tax preparation software
Basic tax software can be found for free, as you aren’t required to pay the IRS to file your taxes. More advanced software can cost as little as $20 or as much as $100-plus. All-year accounting software usually starts around $100 and can cost $1,000-plus.
Tax preparation software FAQ
Should I do my own taxes or hire an accountant?
A. Neither course of action is better than the other. It comes down to how complex your taxes are, how good you are with numbers and whether you’re willing to spend the time it takes to prepare everything.
If you run a business and it’s your first tax time after opening it then you may want to hire an accountant who can both do your taxes and explain to you how to do them on your own next year.
If you have multiple sources of income and complicating factors such as being married, having kids and paying student loans, it’s a bit of a toss-up. An accountant is more expensive than software, but you save time and effort and might get a bigger refund.
If you have one income source and few to no complicating factors, free tax software or services that walk you through the steps are probably best.
I’ve never done taxes before. Where do I start?
A. The first step is to collect every piece of information you have on what money came in and what money went out. The more information you have, the more complex software you need. If you’re really lost, hire an accountant.
What’s the best tax preparation software to buy?
Top tax preparation software
Intuit TurboTax Deluxe Federal and State 2021
What you need to know: This is an excellent balance of simplicity and depth for those with more complex returns.
What you’ll love: It covers 350-plus deductions and credits and walks you through each of them while skipping those that don’t apply to you. You can import most of your tax files quickly and easily, including previous returns if you’ve used this software before.
What you should consider: This is last year’s version. The 2022 version comes out in November. Some consumers had issues installing it. State filing can be prepared but not e-filed.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon, Dell and Staples
Top tax preparation software for the money
What you need to know: If your taxes are simple, there’s no need for anything more complex.
What you’ll love: It covers simple income for both single and married people, whether filing jointly or individually. It also covers basic tax deductions and credits for those with dependents, such as children. It’s available for Windows and macOS systems. State taxes are available for an extra fee.
What you should consider: Like TurboTax, this is last year’s version with the 2022 version coming in November. A few customers found the font too small and the interface confusing.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon, Dell and Staples
Worth checking out
Intuit QuickBooks Desktop Premier Plus With Payroll
What you need to know: This is the best software you can get if you run a small business with employees.
What you’ll love: This software covers everything you need to keep your finances clean and precise, from tracking expenses to preparing your taxes. It can even create paychecks and lets you set up direct deposits for your employees. Your data is automatically backed up.
What you should consider: It’s only available as a yearly subscription and it’s among the most expensive. It’s complex and can take time to get the hang of.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon, Dell and Staples
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Which shark toys are best?
Sharks, like dinosaurs, are ancient animals that captivate children. Whether the kid you’re buying for is going through a “Baby Shark” phase or is passionate about the fierce sea creatures, a quality shark toy will provide them with hours of enriching entertainment.
The best shark toy available is the Robo Alvie Junior Baby Shark. It’s a sing-along bath toy for ages 3 and up. There are also many realistic options for older children who are a bit too mature for the “Baby Shark” song.
What to know before you buy a shark toy
How old the recipient of the toy is
Most toys are suited for specific age ranges. This is often because they have small and chokable parts, or aren’t advanced enough for older children to be interested in. For example, as previously mentioned “Baby Shark” toys likely won’t be fun for older kids to play with. It’s important to always make sure the suggested age range is right for the kid you’re buying for.
Where it will be played with
If your kid loves to bring toys into the bath, you may want to look for one that’s either water-activated or waterproof. If they like to take them outside or on the playground, make sure you get one that’s durable and easy to clean.
Additionally, if the child frequently plays alongside babies or toddlers, it may be best to choose a soft or squishy option so no one gets hurt during playtime.
How passionate the recipient is about sharks
Many kids are so excited about their favorite animals that they love to learn everything they can about them. These kids will likely prefer a more detailed and accurate toy than one that’s cute or interactive. That’s why it’s important to know what kind of toys the child you’re buying for likes the most.
What to look for in a quality shark toy
Interactivity
Many animal toys are realistic figurines that don’t move, but others are more interactive. Moving fins, remote-controlled motors and even music boxes can elevate a child’s enjoyment of their new toy. If the kid you’re buying for isn’t particularly concerned about realistic details, it’s fun to go for the most engaging and interactive option available.
Variety
Some shark toys come as only one figurine that depicts a single example of the species, while others come in a set that displays multiple types. Sets often include play versions of underwater plants and even mats to round out the experience. Children who love to learn about sharks will likely appreciate a varied set that accurately shows the differences between certain breeds.
Ease of use and cleaning
If you’re buying for a very young child, the toy should be easy to play with. Figurines can easily be enjoyed by kids of all ages, while remote-controlled versions may be too advanced for little ones. The toy should also be easy to clean, especially if you plan to use it as a cake topper or your kid likes to take toys outside.
How much you can expect to spend on a shark toy
Shark toys available online will usually cost between $10-$20. You may be able to find single figurines at dollar stores for cheaper, but higher-quality and interactive ones will cost more.
Shark toy FAQ
Are shark toys good for the bath?
A. Shark toys are great for the bath as long as they are plastic or rubber. If they include electric components inside, make sure they are completely waterproof before putting them in the tub.
Should you put shark toys in aquariums?
A. Plastic shark toys are not good for aquariums. They can release toxins into the water and upset the ecosystem you’re trying to maintain. It’s best to only use figurines specifically made for that purpose.
What’s the best shark toy to buy?
Top shark toy
Robo Alive Junior Baby Shark Toy
What you need to know: This is a cute and water-activated sing-and-swim bath toy for kids 3 years and up.
What you’ll love: This toy comes in three different colors (baby, daddy and mommy.) It plays the “Baby Shark” song as it moves, which makes it great for toddlers and young kids. It has an auto-shutoff feature that prevents the batteries from running down. There are batteries included.
What you should consider: Some holes in the toy can develop mold if not properly dried out. Some customers said it stopped singing after a couple of uses.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top shark toy for the money
What you need to know: This varied collection of seven accurate sharks comes with a sea play mat and play coral.
What you’ll love: This set offers a great variety for the price. The non-toxic rubber animals float in water, which makes them great for bath time. It’s suited for ages 3 and up. The varied animals and included accessories make this a great purchase for displays and dioramas.
What you should consider: The individual animals are smaller than they appear to be in the product images and the bucket they come in is flimsy.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
What you need to know: A realistic and detailed historic Megalodon that scientifically inclined kids will love.
What you’ll love: This toy is made of high-quality PVC that’s drop-resistant and easy to clean. It can be manipulated into multiple poses. It’s enriching, educational and has great texture and detail. It makes a great cake topper for shark-themed parties as well. The teeth, skin and inside of the mouth are tactile.
What you should consider: It’s smaller than some customers expected it to be.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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LAKEWOOD, Colo., May 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Energy Fuels Inc. (NYSE: UUUU) (TSX: EFR) ("Energy Fuels" or the "Company"), the leading uranium producer in the United States, announces the results of the election of directors at its annual meeting of shareholders (the "Meeting") held virtually on May 25, 2022.
The ten (10) nominees proposed by management for election as directors were elected by the shareholders of the Company, through a combination of votes by proxy and electronic poll, as follows:
About Energy Fuels: Energy Fuels is a leading U.S.-based uranium mining company, supplying U3O8 to major nuclear utilities. Energy Fuels also produces vanadium from certain of its projects, as market conditions warrant, and is ramping up commercial-scale production of rare earth element ("REE") carbonate. Its corporate offices are in Lakewood, Colorado, near Denver, and all its assets and employees are in the United States. Energy Fuels holds three of America's key uranium production centers: the White Mesa Mill in Utah, the Nichols Ranch in-situ recovery ("ISR") Project in Wyoming, and the Alta Mesa ISR Project in Texas. The White Mesa Mill is the only conventional uranium mill operating in the U.S. today, has a licensed capacity of over 8 million pounds of U3O8 per year, and has the ability to recycle alternate feed materials from third parties, to produce vanadium when market conditions warrant, and to produce REE carbonate from various uranium-bearing ores. Energy Fuels is also evaluating the potential to recover medical isotopes for use in targeted alpha therapy cancer treatments. The Nichols Ranch ISR Project is on standby and has a licensed capacity of 2 million pounds of U3O8 per year. The Alta Mesa ISR Project is also on standby and has a licensed capacity of 1.5 million pounds of U3O8 per year. In addition to the above production facilities, Energy Fuels also has one of the largest SK-1300/NI 43-101 compliant uranium resource portfolios in the U.S. and several uranium and uranium/vanadium mining projects on standby and in various stages of permitting and development. The primary trading market for Energy Fuels' common shares is the NYSE American under the trading symbol "UUUU," and the Company's common shares are also listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the trading symbol "EFR." Energy Fuels' website is www.energyfuels.com.
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ALBANY – The White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence and Economic Opportunity through Historically Black Colleges and Universities recently named its 2022 HBCU Scholars. Albany State University sophomore Health and Human Performance major Pariyah E. Evans is among the 85 students selected for the 2022 HBCU Scholar Recognition program.
“A recognition of this magnitude distinguishes Ms. Evans as a premiere, national student leader, while also recognizing her accomplishments as an outstanding scholar," ASU President Marion Fedrick said in a news release. "This is a significant honor for Ms. Evans, and ASU. A key tenet of our mission is our commitment to excellence in education while preparing students to be effective contributors to a global, diverse society.
"The HBCU Scholars Recognition Program aligns well with our mission and provides Ms. Evans with expanded opportunities to learn from and contribute to her peers."
The purpose of the program is to recognize outstanding student leaders and further empower them with tools for excellence. Scholars are selected through a presidential recommendation and endorsement from faculty through a unique combination of academic achievements, campus leadership, civic engagement and entrepreneurial spirit.
“The HBCU Scholars Recognition program will provide me with tools to effectively lead at Albany State University, give back to the community, and further advance the student experience,” Evans said.
Evans, a first-generation college student, says she plans to leverage the skills she'll learned as part of the program to amplify student engagement and campus involvement. She said she plans to foster school pride by bridging gaps between current students and alumni to build sustainable partnerships with donors. Evans said she believes increasing Albany State University’s endowment is a way to ensure college remains a viable and affordable option for low-income, first-generation students.
“Joining the program will provide me with a unique opportunity to network with talented students from various HBCUs and engage in experiential learning opportunities that will prepare me for professional internships and residency programs," the ASU sophomore said. "Selection into this prestigious program will also serve as a gateway for involvement in health care policy and advocacy work."
Scholars will serve as student ambassadors for the initiative and their HBCU, ensuring information, resources and opportunities are distributed throughout their campuses. Participants also receive public recognition from the U.S. Department of Education and the initiative.
Additionally, the students are invited to attend the 2022 annual National HBCU Week Conference workshops. The workshops are designed to help the scholars learn and adopt best practices in areas such as leadership, professional development, HBCU excellence and work force development. They will participate in monthly master classes hosted by the initiative and various partners, and network with other scholars, federal agencies, and private partners to showcase their individual and collective talent across the community. | https://www.albanyherald.com/local/albany-state-student-selected-as-white-house-hbcu-scholar/article_a3ac1aa4-eccf-11ec-8e6e-cf31779e79b8.html | 2022-06-15T18:02:57Z |
Customers will enjoy a friendly grocery shopping experience with healthy resources, 100% organic produce and an array of natural food and products at Always Affordable PricesSM
LAKEWOOD, Colo., Sept. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Natural Grocers®, the largest family-operated organic and natural grocery retailer in the U.S., is pleased to announce the opening of its Brighton, CO store on Friday, September 30th. The store, located at 903 S. 8th Ave., will be Natural Grocers' 43rd location in its home state. At 8:20 a.m. Natural Grocers' good4u® Crew will host an official ribbon-cutting and donation ceremony with Chelsea Manley, Special Events and Promotions Manager, Food Bank of the Rockies. Additional community leaders will help welcome the Brighton community into the new store at 8:30 a.m. with gift card giveaways, fantastic discounts, prize sweepstakes and more.
"We've been looking for the perfect spot in Brighton for several years. It's with great excitement that we're opening our first store in this area. We look forward to bringing healthy food to the Brighton community at prices they can afford—one of the main principles Natural Grocers was founded on and that we still uphold today," said Raquel Isely, Vice President of Marketing for Natural Grocers. "We're also thrilled to have Colorado's own Food Bank of the Rockies join us for our festivities and raise awareness for Hunger Action Month. We welcome the community of Brighton to visit our new store, join in the fun and discover what makes the Natural Grocers shopping experience delightful and unique."
GRAND OPENING EVENTS — SWEEPSTAKES & DISCOUNTS
Grand Opening events and discounts starting September 30th include:
- Mystery Gift Cards for First 150 Customers: The first 150 customers in line on September 30th will receive a mystery Natural Grocers gift card (with varying amounts between $5 - $500)![i]
- Prize Wheel: Customers can spin the Natural Grocers prize wheel on September 30th for a chance to win fun prizes.[ii]
- Grand Opening Sweepstakes[iii] : From September 30th – October 14th, customers will have the chance to win fabulous prizes, such as an Aventon e-bike, a $500 Natural Grocers gift card and more. Entry forms will be available at the store.
- Special Grand Opening Discounts: Customers will enjoy exceptional discounts of up to 49% off from September 30th – October 31st.[iv]
- For even more savings, customers can join {N}power®, Natural Grocers' free loyalty program for exclusive discounts, digital coupons, rewards benefits, and other members-only features.[vi]
QUALITY PRODUCTS/ALWAYS AFFORDABLESM PRICING
Serving Coloradans with a wide range of natural and organic options since 1955, Natural Grocers will support the Brighton community with world-class customer service from its knowledgeable and friendly good4u℠ Crew, healthy recipes for all diets and high product standards. Customers can enjoy access to fresh, 100% USDA certified organic produce, high-quality organic and natural groceries, 100% free-range eggs, 100% pasture-based dairy, 100% non-GMO prepackaged bulk goods, dietary supplements, body care, and household essentials at an Always Affordable Price℠. Natural Grocers also prioritizes humanely sourced and sustainably raised meats.
The Brighton location will include The Cottage Craft Beer℠ section—Natural Grocers' select offerings of curated craft beer, hard kombucha, and hard seltzer, all vetted to meet the same high-quality standards that Natural Grocers is known for. Customers will be able to enjoy a one-stop shopping trip and pick up their favorite adult beverage or try something new from a wide range of organic, gluten-free, options just in time for those Holiday celebrations.
STORE FEATURES
The company, ever-conscious of its environmental impact, has constructed the new space with sustainable building features and energy-saving innovations, such as non-toxic building materials and 100% LED lighting, for a lighter environmental footprint. The Brighton store is also Natural Grocers' first new store featuring a CO2 refrigerant system designed to save energy and provide enhanced environmental protection compared to conventional refrigeration technologies.
NUTRITIONAL EDUCATION
The Brighton community will have the support of Natural Grocers' Nutritional Health Coaches (NHC's) for their health and wellness journeys with free, one-on-one personalized nutritional health coaching sessions. Customers are invited to book a free session, which will be available in person, via phone or video, by visiting www.naturalgrocers.com/nutritional-health-coaches. The contemporary location also includes a Nutrition Education Center, specially designed to be a community space for in-store classes, recipe demonstrations and guest speaker events.
FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES PARTNERSHIP
Natural Grocers has partnered with Food Bank of the Rockies across its Colorado stores for over a decade with its "Bring Your Own Bag" program. This community outreach will extend to the Brighton location. Each time a customer brings their own shopping bag, Natural Grocers will donate five cents per shopping trip to the Food Bank, which provides food and necessities to people in need across the state.
"Food Bank of the Rockies is proud of our longtime partnership with Natural Grocers and incredibly appreciative of its conscientious customers, who, by bringing their own bags, help ignite the power of community to feed our neighbors experiencing hunger. Together with Natural Grocers and the Bring Your Own Bag campaign, Food Bank of the Rockies has been able to provide enough food for upwards of 4 million meals, which help nourish and strengthen our communities," said Erin Pulling, President, and CEO of Food Bank of the Rockies.
Natural Grocers will make a special $2,500 donation to Food Bank of the Rockies at the opening ceremonies to honor Hunger Action Month®. Held every September, this campaign is designed to mobilize the public to help nourish their communities.
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ABOUT NATURAL GROCERS BY VITAMIN COTTAGE
Founded in 1955, Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. (NYSE: NGVC) is an expanding specialty retailer of natural and organic groceries, body care products, and dietary supplements. The products sold by Natural Grocers must meet strict quality guidelines and may not contain artificial colors, flavors, preservatives or sweeteners, or partially hydrogenated or hydrogenated oils. The Company sells only USDA-certified organic produce and exclusively pasture-raised, non-confinement dairy products, and free-range eggs. Natural Grocers' flexible smaller-store format allows it to offer affordable prices in a shopper-friendly, clean, and convenient retail environment. The Company also provides extensive free science-based Nutrition Education programs to help customers make informed health and nutrition choices. With the addition of the Brighton location, the Company will have 164 stores in 21 states. Visit https://www.naturalgrocers.com for more information and store locations.
[i] Quantity limited to first 150 customers in line at Natural Grocers Brighton – 903 S. 8th Ave., Brighton, CO 80601; no rain checks. Limit one gift card per customer 18 years or older. Valid 9/30/22 only. Void where prohibited by law.
[ii] No purchase necessary. Quantity limited to stock on hand, no rain checks.
[iii] No purchase necessary. A purchase or payment of any kind will not increase your chances of winning. Open only to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia, 18 years or older. Void where prohibited by law. Sweepstakes starts on September 30, 2022 and ends on October 14, 2022. Winner will be contacted directly by store after October 14, 2022. For Official Rules and complete details, see store or visit: www.naturalgrocers.com/sweepstakes. Sponsor: Vitamin Cottage Natural Food Markets, Inc.
[iv] Unless otherwise noted, offers are available only from 9/30/22 to 10/31/22 and are redeemable only for in-store customer purchases at Natural Grocers' Brighton, CO location. All discounts are on regular prices and cannot be redeemed for store credit or cash and cannot be combined with other offers. Pricing excludes taxes and is subject to change without notice. Quantity limited to stock on hand; no rain checks. Natural Grocers reserves the right to correct errors. Void where prohibited by law.
[v] Bacon/Bacon Alternatives and Cheese Shreds and Slices: limit 3 per customer. Offers valid only from 9/30/22 to 10/31/22, are redeemable only for in-store customer purchases at Natural Grocers' Brighton, CO location and cannot be combined with other offers. Quantity limited to stock on hand; no rain checks. Pricing excludes taxes and is subject to change without notice. Natural Grocers reserves the right to correct errors. Void where prohibited by law.
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[vii] Must be an {N}power member to receive these discounts. Offers valid only from 9/30/22 to 10/31/22, are redeemable only for in-store customer purchases at Natural Grocers' Brighton, CO location and cannot be combined with other offers. Excludes Canadian bacon and green beans. Quantity limited to stock on hand; no rain checks. Pricing excludes taxes and is subject to change without notice. Natural Grocers reserves the right to correct errors. Void where prohibited by law. Eggs: limit 4 per customer; avocados: limit 4 per customer.
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Topeka woman arrested after K9 alerts for meth on car with no taillights
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - A 32-year-old Topeka woman is now behind bars after a K9 with TPD alerted authorities to methamphetamine in her car.
According to a report from the Shawnee Co. Sheriff’s Office, a deputy conducted the traffic stop shortly before 11 p.m. on Monday, August 15, when they saw a car with no taillights near SW Topeka Blvd. and SW 7th St.
The Sheriff’s Office says that as a Topeka Police Department K9 unit was investigating the vehicle, methamphetamine was found.
The driver of the vehicle, Tiffany S. Luthi, 32, of Topeka, was the only occupant in the car and was promptly taken into custody.
Luthi was booked into the Shawnee Co. Department of Corrections for possession of methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia, and defective tail lamps.
The Sheriff’s Office says the incident remains under investigation.
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NEW YORK, May 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for VMW, C, XOM, TSLA, and MSFT.
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NEW YORK, July 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for GOEV, XELA, IS, MARA, and YSG.
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Onbe receives gold and silver Golden Bridge Awards for success in DEI and client leadership
CHICAGO and PHILADELPHIA, June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Onbe, a leading corporate disbursements platform, announced today that the Globee® Awards, organizers of the world's premier business awards programs and business ranking lists, has named Onbe a winner in three categories in the 14th Annual 2022 Golden Bridge Business and Innovation Awards.
The coveted annual Golden Bridge Awards program recognizes and honors the world's best in organizational performance, products and services, innovations, executives and management teams, women in business and the professions, case studies and successful deployments, public relations and marketing campaigns, product management, websites, blogs, white-papers, videos, advertisements, creativity, partner programs and customer satisfaction programs from every major industry in the world.
More than 100 judges from around the world representing a wide spectrum of industry experts participated in the judging process. The Golden Bridge Awards® are the world's premier business awards program honoring achievements in every industry around the world. Onbe is recognized alongside global brands like IBM, KPMG and Mount Sinai Health System for innovations in product development, cybersecurity and health care, respectively.
Onbe received a silver Globee® for Achievement of the Year in Diversity for its emphasis on diversity, equity and inclusion. The company has seen outstanding DEI results over the last two years after creating its employee-run DEI Council, BRIDGE (which stands for Bringing Resources of Inclusion and Diversity to Garner Equity), bringing on a Senior Director of Learning & DEI and investing in a DEI-focused team. Currently 50% of Onbe's leadership identify as women and 36% of its employee base identify as BIPOC.
"We are proud to be recognized by the Globees as an industry leader in DEI," said Jen Garrison, Chief People Officer at Onbe. "From employee-driven diversity initiatives to making our company policies more inclusive, Onbe places a high emphasis on DEI at all levels, and this recognition is a testament to that and the commitment we place on our core values."
Onbe's leadership also took home two prestigious awards. Leanne Kellam, Senior Director of Customer Care and Fraud & Risk Management, won a gold Globee® for Customer Service & Support Leader of the Year. She was recognized for her perseverance during the tumultuous times of the pandemic, training and transitioning to a new BPO center while maintaining the highest levels of customer care. Melissa Hentschel, Chief Delivery Officer, won a silver Globee® for Woman of the Year in Business & the Professions. She was recognized for her commitment to DEI – having spearheaded BRIDGE – and her focus on mentoring and raising up the next generation of female fintech leaders.
"Onbe's success in a broad range of award categories is a true demonstration of the growth and evolution we've experienced as a company over the last eighteen months," said Kevin Brown, Chief Marketing Officer at Onbe. Our intentionality and commitment to building a great culture with diversity of thought and experience has positioned Onbe well for success today and in the years to come, in close partnership with our clients."
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With more than 25 years of industry experience and offices in Chicago, Philadelphia and London, Onbe is a fintech that manages and modernizes customer and workforce disbursements for corporate clients ranging from mid-market to the Fortune 500. Onbe's team of experts and technology platform offers clients a turnkey solution to offload their entire B2C payment operations, relieving them of the cost, complexity and risk that come with orchestrating these payments in-house. Backed by top-tier investors, Onbe delivers on today's consumer expectations for instant, digital and seamless payments. To learn more, visit www.onbe.com and follow us on LinkedIn.
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MONMOUTH JUNCTION, N.J., Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Tris Pharma, Inc. ("Tris") a fully integrated pharmaceutical company with a robust portfolio of CNS products announced today the decision by the US District Court for the District of New Jersey to uphold the validity of various patents relating to QuilliChew ER® (methylphenidate hydrochloride) extended-release chewable tablets, for oral use, CII.
The decision further holds that a generic methylphenidate product proposed by Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., incorporated in its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) will infringe the asserted Tris patents. In particular, the Court found that "Tris has shown by a preponderance of the evidence that all valid asserted claims … were infringed by Teva's ANDA product". The ruling prevents Teva from launching generic versions of QuilliChew ER until the expiration of Tris's patent portfolio providing exclusivity until August 2033.
"The decision of the District Court not only confirms the validity and infringement of our QuilliChew ER patents, but also validates the innovative nature of our LiquiXR® technology which we utilized to develop QuilliChew ER and our other branded ADHD medications." said Ketan Mehta, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Tris Pharma. "This victory will confirm exclusivity for a key portfolio product and support ongoing innovation to address unmet needs in ADHD patients."
QuilliChew ER is approved for treatment of ADHD in people 6 years and older. See products' Approved Use and Important Safety Information, including Boxed Warning about Abuse and Dependence, below.
QuilliChew ER is a federally controlled substance (CII) because it contains methylphenidate that can be a target for people who abuse prescription medicines or street drugs. Keep QuilliChew ER in a safe place to protect it from theft. Never give your QuilliChew ER to anyone else because it may cause death or harm them. Selling or giving away QuilliChew ER may harm others and is against the law. See additional important safety information below.
Tris is a fully integrated, innovation-driven CNS company that provides a differentiated approach to target unmet medical needs, including the application of novel technologies designed to enhance patient benefits across therapeutic categories. Tris's CNS portfolio includes treatments for pain; addiction; spasticity in multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy; narcolepsy; and ADHD. For more information, please visit www.trispharma.com and www.trismedical.com.
APPROVED USE
QuilliChew ER is a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant prescription medicine used for the treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in people 6 years and older. QuilliChew ER may help increase attention and decrease impulsiveness and hyperactivity in people with ADHD.
It is not known if QuilliChew ER is safe and effective in children under 6 years of age.
QuilliChew ER is a federally controlled substance (CII) because it can be abused or lead to dependence. Keep QuilliChew ER in a safe place to prevent misuse and abuse. Selling or giving away QuilliChew ER may harm others and is against the law. Tell your physician if you, your child, or any family members have ever abused or been dependent on alcohol, prescription medicines, or street drugs.
QuilliChew ER should not be taken if you or your child are allergic to methylphenidate hydrochloride or any of the ingredients in QuilliChew ER, or are taking or have taken within the past 14 days an anti-depression medicine called a monoamine oxidase inhibitor or MAOI.
QuilliChew ER can cause serious side effects. Tell the doctor:
- if you or your child have heart problems, heart defects, high blood pressure, or a family history of these problems. This is important because sudden death has occurred in children 6 to 17 years old with heart problems or defects, and sudden death, stroke, and heart attack have happened in adults. Your doctor should check you or your child carefully for heart problems before starting QuilliChew ER. Since increases in blood pressure and heart rate may occur, the doctor should regularly check these during treatment. Call the doctor right away if you or your child have any signs of heart problems such as chest pain, shortness of breath, or fainting while taking QuilliChew ER.
- if you or your child have mental problems, or a family history of suicide, bipolar illness, or depression. This is important because new or worsening behavior and thought problems or bipolar illness may occur. New symptoms such as seeing or hearing things that are not real, believing things that are not true, being suspicious, or having new manic symptoms may occur. Call the doctor right away if there are any new or worsening mental symptoms during treatment.
- if you or your child have circulation problems in fingers and toes (called peripheral vasculopathy, including Raynaud's phenomenon). Fingers or toes may feel numb, cool, painful, sensitive to temperature, and/or change color from pale, to blue, to red. Call the doctor right away if any signs of unexplained wounds appear on fingers or toes while taking QuilliChew ER.
- if your child is having slowing of growth (height and weight); Your child should have his or her height and weight checked often while taking QuilliChew ER.
- if you or your child develop painful and prolonged erections (priapism), seek medical help right away. Priapism has occurred with methylphenidate (QuilliChew ER). Because priapism can cause long-lasting damage, it should be checked by a doctor right away.
- if you or your child have phenylketonuria (PKU). QuilliChew ER contains phenylalanine as part of the artificial sweetener, aspartame. The artificial sweetener may be harmful to people with PKU or who are allergic to phenylalanine
- if you or your child are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. It is not known if QuilliChew ER will harm your unborn baby. Tell your doctor if you or your child become pregnant during treatment with QuilliChew ER.
- if you or your child is breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed. QuilliChew ER passes into breast milk. You or your child should not breastfeed while you are taking QuilliChew ER.
Common side effects of methylphenidate products include:
Talk to your doctor if you or your child have any side effects that bother you or do not go away.
Avoid drinking alcohol while taking QuilliChew ER.
You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA. Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch, or call 1-800-FDA-1088.
Please see Full Prescribing Information, including Boxed Warning about Abuse and Dependence, and Medication Guide.
QuilliChew ER® and LiquiXR® are registered trademarks of Tris Pharma, Inc. ©2022 Tris Pharma, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Rizvi will be a key business and product advisor to Cushion during the company's expansion
SAN FRANCISCO, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Following a $12 million Series A funding round, Cushion, a bill pay company and leader in bank and credit card fee negotiation, announced today the appointment of Shariq Rizvi to its board as an independent director. Rizvi will serve as an advisor and thought partner across Cushion's various functions including business and product strategy, fundraising, hiring and leadership.
A graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay and the University of California, Berkeley, Rizvi brings immense entrepreneurial success and technical experience to the rapidly growing team at Cushion. Rizvi currently serves as Executive Vice President of Ads Monetization at Reddit, where he oversees product, engineering, data and design teams, fueling the company's main revenue engine.
Before Reddit, Rizvi served as Director of Engineering at Twitter, and co-founded Twitter's performance ads business, building it into a multi-billion-dollar revenue driver, which ultimately led the tech giant through its IPO in 2013. Rizvi also co-founded Dasient, an enterprise startup that was acquired by Twitter, and cloud monitoring startup Netsil, which was acquired by cloud computing leader Nutanix in 2018. Before that, Rizvi's undergraduate research in database systems made him one of the youngest published authors in his field.
"I met Shariq more than 10 years ago when I worked at a startup that he co-founded and later sold to Twitter," said Paul Kesserwani, founder and CEO of Cushion. "I've watched him evolve from an outstanding engineer to a manager, a leader and now a super successful entrepreneur with multiple exits under his belt. Shariq offers a rare combination of technical chops, operational experience and business success. I'm honored to have Shariq join Cushion's board at this critical time as we scale our product and engineering teams and bring our consumer bill pay offering to market."
As a member of Cushion's board of directors, Rizvi will help vet technical candidates, ensuring the growing team is stacked with top-tier talent. Rizvi's deep industry expertise will also allow him to act as a sounding board for business decisions as the fintech company scales.
"As one of Cushion's first angel investors, I was drawn to the company's mission to help people live financially healthier lives from day one," said Rizvi. "I've watched Cushion's success since its inception nearly six years ago, and with a Series A funding round under its belt and the rollout of an upcoming bill pay solution underway, now is the optimal time to join as an advisor and partner to Paul and the rest of the team."
Cushion is reimagining how consumers pay their bills. Founded in 2016 in San Francisco, California, Cushion is a leader in automated bank and credit card fee negotiation, having secured customers more than $13 million in refunds. By expanding into bill pay, Cushion will offer consumers a single place to track, pay, and finance their bills so they can avoid overdraft and late fees altogether. Visit cushion.ai for more information.
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BETHESDA, Md. and NEW YORK, May 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- William M. "Bill" Sisson, executive director, North America, of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), has been elected to the board of directors of the Wildlife Habitat Council (WHC), it was announced today.
"We are very excited that Bill will be serving on our board," said Margaret O'Gorman, president, of Bethesda-based WHC. "Bill's mission with WBCSD to aggressively address the interconnected challenges of climate change, the loss of nature, and social inequality, pairs extremely well with the work we are doing to operationalize biodiversity to meet business challenges or opportunities."
As the only international conservation non-government organization focused exclusively on the private sector, WHC provides a framework for voluntary conservation action on a wide variety of corporate lands. WHC's corporate members represent some of the leading national and multinational corporations seeking to support sustainable ecosystems and the communities that surround them.
"I am glad to be joining WHC's board of directors at this critical time," Sisson said. "Over the next few decades, we're facing the threat of the extinction of millions of plants and animals due to global warming and climate change. It could severely alter biodiverse ecosystems and human societies around the globe.
"So, the work by WHC of helping the private sector in strategic approaches to land management is critically important in the quest to prevent the loss of nature throughout North America and around the world," Sisson added.
For 33 years, WHC has been promoting ecological stewardship action on corporate lands through partnerships and education. Since only 10%-15% of the world's land surface is protected, private lands provide an opportunity to restore and protect biodiversity. It consults with multinational and national corporations to develop strategies, frameworks and approaches that integrate action on nature into corporate ambitions and impact reporting.
It also recognizes corporate conservation efforts through its Conservation Certification® program which has recognized over 1,000 nature-based programs in 47 states and 28 countries.
Geneva, Switzerland-based WBCSD is the leading global, CEO-led organization of more than 220 of the world's leading sustainable businesses working collectively and collaboratively to accelerate the system transformations needed for a net zero, nature positive, and more equitable future.
Sisson, who oversees all WBCSD activities throughout North America, is based in New York City.
Along with his team, Sisson engages corporate executives and sustainability leaders to share practical insights on the obstacles and opportunities they face in tackling the integrated climate, nature, and inequality sustainability challenge. The organization co-develops with members "how-to" CEO-guides, provide science-based target guidance, including standards and protocols, and help WBCSD members drive integrated actions to tackle climate, nature and inequality challenges across sectors and geographical regions.
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Football data and analytics startup among top applicants selected for Growth Factory's exclusive accelerator program
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Modern Football Technology, a football analytics software company, announced today that it received pre-seed investment from Growth Factory and was selected to participate in the second cohort of the Growth Factory accelerator program. This milestone further validates Modern Football Technology's mission to help football coaches at all levels simplify and elevate their use of technology to an elite level. "As we scouted for Sacramento-based venture backable companies with strong teams, traction, and market timing, MFT rose to the top of our applicant list. With MFT's deep understanding of the problem, Growth Factory and our community of investors, partners and mentors are excited to support Christian and team as they help coaches move from data fatigue to football intelligence and beyond," said Rick Spencer, Managing Partner of Growth Factory Ventures.
"We are proud to join the Growth Factory's community of world-class entrepreneurs," said Christian Masegian, CEO and co-founder of Modern Football Technology. "The sports analytics industry is a multi-billion dollar market, and Modern Football addresses the growing needs of coaches, as the profession is flooded with devices and data."
As a participant, Modern Football Technology will receive pre-seed investment, 12 months of structured support, including office space, back-office services, and mentoring, and will be connected to some of the region's most talented, resourceful, and committed people.
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About Modern Football Technology: Modern Football Technology is a data management and analytics software company that delivers concise, actionable insights that create competitive advantages on the field and in recruiting. It has developed a software platform that serves as a structure for how coaches collect and extract data. To learn more about Modern Football Technology, visit www.teammofo.com.
About The Growth Factory: The Growth Factory is a nonprofit startup accelerator and venture fund whose mission is to launch and scale high-potential venture-backed companies in the Greater Sacramento region. Growth Factory provides members with capital, tools, and expert mentoring to accelerate founders and their companies from MVP to product-market fit, venture-backed, and beyond. To learn more about Growth Factory, visit www.growthfactory.us.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for SMMT, AMC, SST, BBBY, and PLUG.
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GRAPHIC: ‘I lost 11’: Uvalde teacher speaks out as sole survivor of classroom shooting
UVALDE, Texas (KABB) - A teacher who survived the Uvalde mass shooting is speaking out as he mourns the loss of his 11 students.
WARNING: Story and video in this story contains details that some may find disturbing.
Preparations for summer break were underway in classroom 111 at Robb Elementary on May 24 as fourth-grade teacher Arnulfo Reyes and his students watched a movie, unaware of the horror they would soon face.
“No training, no nothing would have ever prepared anybody for that,” Reyes said.
Reyes said shortly after finishing an awards ceremony, they heard booms getting closer and louder.
“The kids start asking, ‘What’s going on?’ Because it’s just very loud,” Reyes said. “You start seeing pieces of the wall falling off, like sheetrock flying everywhere.”
Reyes said he had his students hide under a table and pretend to sleep.
After he told them that, all he remembers is getting shot.
He said he fell to the ground and described in detail his encounter with the gunman moments after being shot.
“He tried to make me flinch. Spilled water on my back, cold water. I had a cup on a table, and he spilled it on me. I didn’t move,” Reyes said.
“He did the cell phone thing, where he dropped it on my back because I was getting calls and texts. The last thing he did to me was, he splashed blood on my face. My blood that was coming out of my arm.”
Reyes said after that he lost track of time, saying that it felt like an eternity.
He said that when the gunman was finally killed, Reyes was dragged into the hallway by a first responder after realizing he could not move.
“He dragged me to the hallway, put a tourniquet on my arm,” he said.
On Tuesday a nearly hour-and-a-half-long video from inside Robb Elementary during the mass shooting was released by the Austin American-Statesman.
Just hours before, it was announced families of the victims would view that video on Sunday.
Among the people under fire for their response to the mass shooting that killed 21 is the school district’s police chief, Pete Arredondo, who happens to be Reyes’ cousin.
“I want to set the record straight. I don’t blame him personally. It was a lot of agencies. They should’ve acted fast,” Reyes said.
Reyes is aware the video has been released and struggles with some of the details.
“For them not to do anything, it’s, I mean, it’s mind-blowing because they had a lot of time,” he said.
As Reyes continues to recover, he also thinks about his 11 students who he calls his children.
“Parents lost one and I lost 11,” he said as he read out the names of the students. “I just love them so much.”
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- Focused understanding of the pain points with the goal of advancing progress in the cellular immunotherapy landscape
- Features a series of panels and talks from scientific leaders in cellular immunotherapy
- Hosted by Mitchell Finer, PhD and Melissa Carpenter, PhD (ElevateBIo), Agnieszka Czechowicz, MD, PhD (Stanford University), and presented by investment bank Chardan
NEW YORK, Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Chardan announced today that the inaugural SPICI (Smart People in Cellular Immunotherapy) Symposium focused on advancing progress in the cellular immunotherapy space, will take place from Sunday, September 11 through Tuesday, September 13, 2022, in Berkeley, CA. The two-and-a-half-day event will feature a series of panels and talks with scientific leaders from some of the world's leading cellular immunotherapy companies, as well as leading scientists in the space.
Mitchell Finer, PhD and Melissa Carpenter, PhD, both of ElevateBio, and Agnieszka Czechowicz, MD, PhD, of Stanford University will host the event in partnership with Chardan and ElevateBio.
"We created the SPICI Symposium to bring together the smartest scientists in the cellular immunotherapy space to better understand the current pain points, as well as areas of innovation that will help advance the field forward and hopefully facilitate an accelerated development of cellular immunotherapies to patients," said host Dr. Mitchell Finer, President of R&D, ElevateBio and CEO of Life Edit.
The symposium will focus on key topics including: clinical and regulatory considerations, immune cell type selection and cellular engineering, autologous and allogeneic approaches for greater access to cell therapies, future enabling technologies, manufacturing and analytics strategies, and the development of iPS cell derived immune cell therapies.
Emily Levine, Chief Commercial Officer of Chardan added, "Chardan is thrilled to be a part of creating the SPICI Symposium. Facilitating these types of events where leaders can leverage past learnings while at the same time brainstorming novel approaches in cell therapy will increase the probability for success and accelerate clinical entry and path to approval. This is in line with Chardan's mission of focusing on disruptive innovation for the benefit of society."
For more information about the SPICI Symposium, please email info@chardan.com.
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ElevateBio is a technology-driven company built to power the development of transformative cell and gene therapies today and for many decades to come. The company has assembled industry-leading talent, built state-of-the-art facilities, and integrated diverse technology platforms, including gene editing, induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), and protein, vector, and cellular engineering, necessary to drive innovation and commercialization of cellular and genetic medicines. In addition, BaseCamp in Waltham, MA, is a purpose-built facility offering process innovation, process sciences, and current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) manufacturing capabilities. It was designed to support diverse cell and gene therapy products, including autologous, allogeneic, and regenerative medicine cell products, and viral vector manufacturing capabilities.
Through BaseCamp and its enabling technologies, ElevateBio is focused on growing its collaborations with industry partners while also developing its own portfolio of cellular and genetic medicines. ElevateBio's team of scientists, drug developers, and company builders are redefining what it means to be a technology company in the world of drug development, blurring the line between technology and healthcare.
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NEW YORK, June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, announces the filing of a class action lawsuit on behalf of purchasers of the securities of Yext, Inc. (NYSE: YEXT) between March 4, 2021 and March 8, 2022, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"). If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than August 16, 2022.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Yext 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 Yext class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=7115 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 August 16, 2022. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
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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) Yext's revenue and earnings were significantly deteriorating because of, among other things, poor sales execution and performance, as well as COVID-19 related disruptions; (2) accordingly, Yext was unlikely to meet consensus estimates for its full year ("FY") fiscal 2022 financial results and fiscal 2023 outlook; and (3) as a result, the Company'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.
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GUANGZHOU, China, April 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The 131st Canton Fair, which takes place online from 15 to 24 April, attracts over 25,000 exhibitors from home and abroad. Given the virtual form of the event, making better use of the cloud platform to boost cooperation and identify business opportunities comes as an important matter for exhibitors and buyers.
Connecting with buyers anytime, anywhere
Right after the opening ceremony of the Canton Fair, Wang Jin, representative of Orans Sanitary Ware, immediately started a live promotion broadcast. In one hour, he showed viewers around their display hall while introducing their newest items and then took them to the workshop to watch the manufacturing process. When he learned a Bangladeshi buyer was interested in making a purchase, he asked one of their product engineers to design and make a drawing on the spot. As the entire process was livestreamed in real time, the buyer could engage in product design simultaneously. After some negotiations, the company made its first intended international order worth 300,000 US dollars with the buyer.
Boosting Business with Distinctive, Well-designed Showrooms
Walking around the showroom of Guangzhou Textiles Holdings Limited, apart from the spreading moss and cloud-shaped lights that echoed the virtual form of this Canton Fair, the reporter was most attracted to an eye-catching giant landscape painting made of cloth. This was the company's fifth participation in the online Canton Fair, told Huang Yutong, an engineer at the company's R&D Center. Drawn upon the experience of the previous four online sessions, the company turned its R&D center into an exhibition hall this year, creating a natural-looking outdoor space using textile materials. The giant landscape painting, which was actually a large curtain, was made of fragments of fabric acquired from daily textile production. Other employees added that this year's showroom featured environment-friendly design, which impressed foreign buyers.
Maggie Pu, Deputy Director General of the Foreign Affairs Office of the Canton Fair, said that holding an online event was an innovation answering to the call of digital economy, as well as a pragmatic choice in response to Covid-19. The Canton Fair will keep upgrading and optimizing its online platform with improved functions to help exhibitors expand their business and conduct win-win cooperation via online events.
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LEADING OFF: Kwan delivers again, Rogers twins together
By The Associated Press
Guardians newcomer Steven Kwan has quickly become the biggest story in baseball after a sensational start in a season-opening series at Kansas City. The 24-year-old rookie is the first player in major league history to reach base at least three times in each of his first four games. Kwan hit a bases-loaded triple and walked twice Monday in a 10-7 win over the Royals. Kwan, who made his debut opening day, is 9 for 13 at the plate and has reached base in 15 of 19 plate appearances. That’s the most times any player has safely reached in his first four games since 1901. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/04/12/leading-off-kwan-delivers-again-rogers-twins-together-2/ | 2022-04-12T07:22:55Z |
- Imagine Live North America Tour will take place over six months and visit 60+ customer sites across the United States and Canada
- The tour will cultivate an Innovative Mobile Customer Experience, allowing prospects and clients to explore Ericsson solutions locally
- Attendees can view demonstrations of Ericsson's Radio System, Private 5G, and Operations Engine technologies
PLANO, Texas, Aug. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) is set to begin the Imagine Live North America Tour, a six-month journey around the U.S. and Canada that will bring Ericsson products and services directly to clients, prospects and communities across more than 60 customer sites. The tour will kick off in late August in Chicago and will provide a hands-on experience allowing visitors to see and interact with Ericsson hardware displays and other demonstrations.
The Ericsson mobile experience will travel across North America through early 2023, from Eastern Canada to the West Coast of the United States. Tour stops will include the offices of key Ericsson customers.
Visitors to the Imagine Live mobile experience will be able to interact with innovative hardware displays, watch new product demonstrations, and engage with product experts about Ericsson's radio system, private 5G, AI and ML driven operations, advanced networking technology, and more.
As the leading provider of 5G network equipment in the U.S., Ericsson has created an innovative mobile customer experience that will offer opportunities for collaboration, learning and thought leadership. Through bringing the latest technology right to clients' doors, Ericsson will share the latest in 5G innovations and advancements. Customers will learn how Ericsson's offerings can elevate businesses and operations.
The Imagine Live mobile experience has been designed by Cactex Media, a woman-owned business, and is sustainable and COVID-compliant. The experience is powered by solar energy and rechargeable batteries, further contributing to Ericsson's commitment to cut emissions by 50% throughout its supply chain and portfolio by 2030. As the tour will travel to offices and communities throughout North America, users will not create a carbon footprint by attending.
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HSINCHU, June 6, 2022 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC. ("ChipMOS" or the "Company") (Taiwan Stock Exchange: 8150 and NASDAQ: IMOS), an industry leading provider of outsourced semiconductor assembly and test services ("OSAT"), today announced that it will present virtually to institutional investors at the Cathay Securities 2Q22 Industry Forum on Thursday, June 9, 2022.
Management from the Company, including Jesse Huang, Senior Vice President of Strategy and Investor Relations, will discuss the Company's recent financial results, business trends and growth opportunities. The Company's latest investor update is available on the investor relations' section of its website at www.chipmos.com.
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ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC. ("ChipMOS" or the "Company") (Taiwan Stock Exchange: 8150 and NASDAQ: IMOS) (https://www.chipmos.com) is an industry leading provider of outsourced semiconductor assembly and test services. With advanced facilities in Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu Industrial Park and Southern Taiwan Science Park in Taiwan, ChipMOS is known for its track record of excellence and history of innovation. The Company provides end-to-end assembly and test services to leading fabless semiconductor companies, integrated device manufacturers and independent semiconductor foundries serving virtually all end markets worldwide.
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DALLAS, Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Halloween decorators can create their own Halloween Town with the exclusive Lowe's Master of Fright collection by Gemmy Industries, featuring amazing new Airblown® Inflatables, animated decor, and more.
Inspired by Tim Burton's Disney The Nightmare Before Christmas, new Airblown® Inflatables for 2022 include fan-favorite characters like Jack Skellington, Sally, Dr. Finkelstein, and the Clown with the Tear-Away Face.
Let a giant animated Jack Skellington Airblown® Inflatable take center stage on the front lawn! Standing 9-feet tall, Jack wears his iconic pinstripe suit and reaches forward for an eye-catching display. Accented with a jack-o'-lantern, this impressive Jack Skellington inflatable sets up in a flash for the easiest decorating ever.
Two iconic inflatable scenes are available in the collection, including Sally with Dr. Finkelstein and a full moon mountain scene with Jack and Sally.
To round out the collection of new inflatables, The Clown with the Tear-Away Face joins the cast of characters for Halloween 2022. Wearing a bright yellow suit, pops of color, and a propeller hat, the Clown stands 6-ft tall with a jack-o'-lantern at his feet.
Decorate the porch or balcony with a Jack Skellington lamppost. Complete with LightShow® Projection™ Fire & Ice™ technology, Jack's head serves as the light and glows with realistic, flickering flames in green, pink, indigo and orange. The lamppost includes a black base and pole, bat bow tie, and a 'Happy Haunting' sign. Standing 5-ft tall, this unique and decorative lamppost collapses for easy storage.
Set a spooky mood with a Jack Skellington musical LED tree! With 50 purple lights and five Jack Skellington heads with different facial expressions, this whimsical 30-in tree looks spectacular on a table, mantel, or any indoor location. Flashing purple lights create a creepy glow effect as an instrumental version of "This Is Halloween" plays.
The Master of Fright collection by Gemmy ($12.98 – $169.00) is available now exclusively at select Lowe's stores and on Lowes.com beginning on 8/29.
Gemmy Industries is a leading seasonal lighting and decor innovator that has changed the way America decorates for the holidays. As the originator of Airblown® Inflatables and LightShow® lighting, Gemmy is a trendsetter in making homes festive for every special occasion. For more information on product lines and retailers, go to www.gemmy.com.
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NEW YORK, June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Halper Sadeh LLP, an investor rights law firm, is investigating the following companies for potential violations of the federal securities laws and/or breaches of fiduciary duties to shareholders relating to:
U.S. Well Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: USWS)'s sale to ProFrac Holding Corp. Under the terms of the merger agreement, USWS shareholders will receive 0.0561 shares of ProFrac Class A common stock for each share of USWS Class A common stock they own. If you are a USWS shareholder, click here to learn more about your rights and options.
Goldenstone Acquisition Limited (NASDAQ: GDST)'s merger with Roxe Holding Inc. If you are a Goldenstone shareholder, click here to learn more about your rights and options.
Natus Medical Incorporated (NASDAQ: NTUS)'s sale to an affiliate of ArchiMed for $33.50 in cash per share. If you are a Natus Medical shareholder, click here to learn more about your rights and options.
CareMax, Inc. (NASDAQ: CMAX)'s merger with Steward Health Care System. If you are a CareMax shareholder, click here to learn more about your rights and options.
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PALO ALTO, Calif., Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Discreet Labs is proud to announce that Peter Abilla, previously part of Harmony's core team, has signed on as Chief Business Officer. Abilla will be involved with Discreet Labs' flagship project Findora, a protocol focused on scaling Ethereum privacy.
Abilla has a long history in software development and the crypto space. Before working at Harmony, he served as the Vice President of Growth Marketing and Community for both Mainframe and ThunderCore. He has also worked with Oasis Labs in Community and Developer Marketing.
In Abilla's more than two years at Harmony, he led the pivot to focus on developers and building a healthy DeFi system, which resulted in unprecedented growth for the ecosystem.
Discreet Labs believes he can bring that same developer-focus to their flagship privacy project, Findora. Abilla is excited to support developers and help established projects integrate Findora's unique privacy-preserving zero-knowledge technology across GameFi, DeFi, TradFi, and other Web3 areas.
Findora provides a foundation for web3 privacy through advanced zero-knowledge proof cryptography and revolutionary blockchain architecture.
Findora combines a UTXO ledger with an EVM ledger so developers can leverage both blockchain models as they build. This allows Findora to be scalable, private, and as programmable as any EVM-compatible chain.
"I'm excited to be working with Discreet Labs," Abilla commented. "Their researchers have contributed to major breakthroughs that can revolutionize blockchain privacy – a field of research that is often overlooked but desperately needed. Findora's technology has the potential to speed mass adoption of Web3 through giving institutions the privacy they need to participate in the space."
"Peter has done great things for other ecosystems, and we know he can do the same for the Findora ecosystem," says Warren Paul Anderson, CEO of Discreet Labs. "He will be instrumental in building partnerships and getting the message out to key players about the importance of building scaleable privacy for crypto and Web3."
Discreet Labs is building scalable privacy systems for Web3 and believes our digital future must be private and self-sovereign. It has launched multiple exciting protocols, including Findora, the Rialto Bridge, and Yellow Submarine. Applications developed by Discreet Labs provide the transaction privacy that institutions want with auditability regulators require for compliance.
Learn more about Discreet Labs at discreetlabs.io.
Findora scales Ethereum privacy with next-generation zero-knowledge proof technology. It is a leading privacy-preserving smart contract platform for Web3, giving developers the tools they need to build a new financial internet. Founded in 2017 and born out of next-generation cryptography research, Findora finally launched publicly in 2021 and is poised to use privacy to make DeFi a safe place for individuals and financial institutions.
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GALLUP, N.M. (KRQE) – At least 15 people, including two police officers, were injured after a 33-year-old drove through a crowd in Gallup, New Mexico, where hundreds of people had gathered on Thursday night to celebrate the Intertribal Ceremonial Parade.
Jeff Kenn Irving, of Gallup, is facing 21 charges in the case, including aggravated DWI, multiple counts of leaving the scene of a crash, driving with a revoked license and more, according to New Mexico State Police. According to a criminal complaint, Irving registered a 0.24 on an alcohol breath test, or three times the state’s legal limit of 0.08.
Multiple witnesses said a tan SUV drove through the parade — right towards performers and children on the parade route — at about 8 p.m. Video of the incident shared to social media shows people screaming and fleeing the path of the SUV, leaving chairs and belongings behind during the chaotic scene.
According to court documents, Irving told police he was behind the wheel of a 1999 Chevy Tahoe, watching the parade, when he “left” the event, traveling east with his two brothers inside the vehicle.
Police said Irving initially claimed he did not have any alcoholic drinks prior to the crash. He later admitted to police he had been drinking, stating he had “two cans about two to three hours” prior to the crash. He then told police he drank “a couple beers” three and a half hours prior to the crash.
A criminal complaint indicates a New Mexico State Police officer gave Irving several field sobriety tests after the crash. Police said Irving had trouble balancing and staying in position Irving also told them he has a prosthetic left eye, according to the complaint.
Inside of the car Irving was driving, investigators said they found more than one “open container,” but didn’t state what was in the container. Police also found Irving has one prior DWI conviction.
After the sobriety tests, Irving was placed under arrest and subjected to a breathalyzer test. Officers then took him to the hospital, where his blood was drawn and he was cleared of injuries. He has since been booked in the McKinley County jail.
Spectators at the event said the Intertribal celebration is special to the community, and meant to be a celebration of peace.
Jonathan Nez, the president of the Navajo nation, was in attendance. He said that he and members of his party could have been hit had they not reacted quickly.
“We were in the path of the vehicle. Thank God, the folks that were around me, our team members or council delegates. Were not struck by the vehicle,” said Nez in statement shortly after the incident.
The Gallup Police Department said two of its police officers were among the 15 injured in the crash. Minimal information has been released about the severity of the injuries, but the New Mexico State Police said at least one person suffered what they consider “great bodily harm” while 14 others suffered “personal injuries not resulting in great bodily harm.” | https://cw33.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/suv-speeds-through-new-mexico-parade-at-least-15-injuries-confirmed/ | 2022-08-05T18:12:53Z |
Amid a heightened war for talent, employees say they want employers to make eco-friendly practices a priority, according to new research by the global hygiene and health leader
PHILADELPHIA, June 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. employees have high expectations for green office spaces and expect more eco-friendly practices from their employers, according to new research released today by global hygiene and health company, Essity. The company recently conducted a survey of employees who have returned to the office at least part-time and found that the vast majority of employees (75%) say they want a more environmentally-friendly office.
The research also found that those surveyed have become markedly 'greener' than before the COVID-19 pandemic began. Just over half of employees working from an office (51%) say they became more eco-conscious while working from home during lockdown periods. Another 46% say they feel more aware of how 'green' their workplace is then when they worked in the pre-pandemic office. In fact, more than half (58%) feel their office is 'shamefully eco-unfriendly', with one-third (34%) believing the introduction of eco-friendly practices within their workplace is usually an afterthought.
"Working from home and in their personal spaces during the pandemic increased employees' attention on what it takes to create environmentally friendly workplaces and employers should take note – especially those looking to retain and attract talent in this market," said Don Lewis, President of Essity's Professional Hygiene business. "Our research shows that as many as four in ten employees prioritize companies based on their sustainability reputation and actions when looking for a new job. Increasing eco-friendly priorities in the workplace and empowering employees can create a greener office while helping drive employee engagement."
The Essity survey found that a majority of employees working in the office (71%) feel it is essentially the employees themselves who are leading the charge to make sustainable changes in the workplace rather than management. Over half of employees (51%) believe their employers need to better communicate the ways they intend to address sustainability in the workplace. On top of that, 56% think their employees could be doing more to turn their office into an 'eco-friendly' place.
When asked who should be responsible, reactions were mixed. Roughly a third of survey respondents pointed to employers (32%), and nearly as many (28%) pointed to employees or a 50/50 shared responsibility between both employers and employees (27%), representing an opportunity for companies to get their employees involved.
"As employers continue to struggle to attract and retain talent, they ought to consider how they can appeal to their workers," said Amy Bellcourt, Vice President of Communications, Professional Hygiene, Essity North America. "Our survey found that sustainability is often overlooked. Amid the pressure to deliver workplace flexibility, competitive salaries and benefits, and in-office perks, employers often disregard the importance of sustainability in the workplace – and their employees are noticing. Creating a more sustainable workplace leads to better outcomes, for your employee base and our planet."
As sustainability becomes a top priority for employees, employers can implement and communicate simple, eco-friendly changes around their offices to meet 'greener' employee expectations
Tork®, the Professional Hygiene brand from Essity, is the global leader in workplace hygiene. Tork solutions can help employers reassure employees that both their hygiene needs and sustainability expectations are being met in a way that is visible to employees. With award-winning Tork products and expert guidance, employees can improve their business performance – and sustainability communications – through sustainable hygiene management.
- Consider bolstering office recycling and re-use initiatives - In North America, the majority of the Tork hygiene products are made from 100% recycled paper and corrugate and are certified compostable. Consider offering compost bins for used paper towels and napkin collection and signage to further show your staff and guests that you are taking extra sustainability efforts with responsible end of life and re-use of these valuable resources.
- Look into eco-friendly product options - For example, consider Tork hand hygiene solutions in the restroom. Tork Clarity Foam Soap is made with 99% of ingredients from natural origin and is readily biodegradable.1 This foam soap, paired with Tork Skincare Dispensers, can help reduce consumption by up to 50%, helping companies meet growing hygiene demands while controlling consumption and working towards sustainability goals.
- Upgrade your facility with digital solutions that deliver improved hygiene and sustainability - Data-driven solutions, like Tork Vision Cleaning, use people counters and connected dispensers to give cleaning teams access to real-time data, helping to reduce product waste by ensuring that paper towel, toilet tissue and soap dispensers are not refilled too early. With Tork Vision Cleaning, facility managers do not have to choose between sustainability and efficiency; they can achieve both.
For more information, visit torkusa.com/sustainability.
Survey methodology
This survey was conducted online within the United States by OnePoll on behalf of Essity from March 3 - 16, 2022 among 2,000 US office workers who have returned to the office at least some of the time.
About Essity
Essity is a leading global hygiene and health company. We are dedicated to improving well-being through our products and services. Sales are conducted in approximately 150 countries under the leading global brands TENA and Tork, and other strong brands, such as JOBST, Leukoplast, Libero, Libresse, Lotus, Nosotras, Saba, Tempo, Vinda and Zewa. Essity has about 46,000 employees. Net sales in 2021 amounted to approximately $13 billion. The company's headquarters is in Stockholm, Sweden, and Essity is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm. Philadelphia is Essity's Professional Hygiene headquarters. In addition to Pennsylvania, Essity has U.S. operations in Alabama, Kentucky, Ohio, Oklahoma, New York, North Carolina, Texas, Washington and Wisconsin. In Canada, Essity has operations in Drummondville, Quebec and Oakville, Ontario. Essity breaks barriers to well-being and contributes to a healthy, sustainable and circular society. More information at www.essityUSA.com.
About Tork
The Tork brand offers professional hygiene products and services to customers worldwide ranging from restaurants and healthcare facilities to offices, schools and industries. Our products include dispensers, paper towels, toilet tissues, soap, napkins and wipers, but also software solutions for data-driven cleaning. Through expertise in hygiene, functional design and sustainability, Tork has become a market leader that supports customers to think ahead so they're always ready for business. Tork is a global brand of Essity and a committed partner to customers in more than 110 countries. To keep up with the latest Tork news and innovations, please visit Torkusa.com.
1 Proven by third party lab test according to OECD301B
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Safety, ease-of-use and durability bring the companies together
ENDICOTT, N.Y., June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Amphenol Industrial Operations, a global leader in interconnect systems, has partnered with Eaxtron USA, a battery connector manufacturer located in Woodland Hills, CA, to sell its Effortless & Arcless UL 1977 DIN connectors, crimpers and cable assemblies that will still be available under the Eaxtron name. These connectors are designed to offer lower cost of ownership and meet the needs of companies in the Material Handling (forklifts), GSE (ground support equipment - aviation support), MRO (maintenance, repair, operations), specialty vehicles (golf carts, EATV, etc) and warehouse operations and purchasing industries. They are safe, easy to use and durable.
The UL1977 connectors offer coupling with 80% less effort than the current industry standard and feature a unique contact technology that allows for more contact points and a higher rate of conductivity. A lower force is required to mate and unmate the leads to these connectors, resulting in less damage and lower injury rates.
The connector's contacts are made from pure copper and plated with 6µm of silver, ensuring minimal wear and tear on the contact. The patented Vortex clip guarantees a safe and easier connection, significantly reducing friction and further improving the contact's lifespan.
Made from polyamide to ensure robust performance in even the most rugged environments, these connectors have flexible and durable handles.
The connector is designed with a patented locking mechanism as well as female contacts and a durable housing that stops potential arcs. Its color-coded system design helps to prevent non-compatible connection by classifying different voltages and applications by color.
Eaxtron USA connectors are UL approved and available in sizes rated to 160A, 320A and 430A. These durable connectors have a lifespan that exceeds 12,000 cycles, which is twice the industry average. Adapters are available to make the connectors interoperable with other industry standard connectors.
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New research published in The New England Journal of Medicine reveals that people with certain genetic loss-of-function mutations have more than 50% lower risk of nonalcoholic liver disease and nonalcoholic cirrhosis
Regeneron and Alnylam have developed an siRNA therapeutic candidate targeting CIDEB that could enter clinical stages of development in the next year
Unprecedented size of Regeneron Genetics Center human sequence database – representing approximately two million individuals and growing – enables discovery of protective gene variants too rare to be previously identified
TARRYTOWN, N.Y., July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: REGN) announced today that scientists from the Regeneron Genetics Center® (RGC) have uncovered rare genetic loss-of-function mutations in the CIDEB gene that are associated with substantial protection from liver disease, including serious diseases such as nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and cirrhosis. The new discovery has been published today in The New England Journal of Medicine.
"The unprecedented protective effect that these CIDEB genetic variants have against liver disease provides us with one of our most exciting targets and potential therapeutic approaches for a notoriously hard-to-treat disease where there are currently no approved treatments," said Aris Baras, M.D., Senior Vice President and Head of the Regeneron Genetics Center at Regeneron. "RGC has repeatedly demonstrated the value of large-scale genetic sequencing in identifying novel and important targets for many serious diseases and this is yet another example of how we are fueling our pipeline through genetics discovery. Our growing dataset enables us to discover more rare and more powerful protective variants with the ultimate goal of improving human health."
In the largest sequencing study to date on the genetic basis of liver health, RGC sequenced the exomes of more than 540,000 individuals across five ancestry groups and multiple cohorts, including the UK Biobank and the Geisinger Health System MyCode cohort. By analyzing this genetic data in conjunction with deidentified health records, RGC researchers found that individuals who carry loss-of-function mutations in one of two copies of the CIDEB gene had an approximately 53% reduction in the risk of nonalcoholic liver disease and approximately 54% reduction in the risk of nonalcoholic cirrhosis. The study also found that CIDEB mutations had greater protective associations in individuals with obesity or type 2 diabetes, who are traditionally at higher risk for NASH, compared to individuals without these conditions.
Therapeutics that effectively mimic these protective mutations by blocking CIDEB expression or function could, therefore, potentially help prevent or treat NASH and other forms of liver disease. Based on these findings, Regeneron has already initiated a new therapeutic program to target CIDEB utilizing collaborator Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s RNA interference technology which can effectively silence genes in the liver. Regeneron and Alnylam already have two other investigational gene silencing treatments for NASH identified via human genetics, targeting the PNPLA3 and the HSD17B13 genes. The HSD17B13 program, which is in early-phase human clinical trials, was initiated based on a previous RGC discovery of protective associations for mutations in the HSD17B13 gene.
"RGC's discovery of CIDEB mutations, with one of the most powerful protections from liver disease seen to date, is a milestone in our understanding of the genetic basis of this disease," said Luca A. Lotta, M.D., Ph.D., Vice President and Head of Cardiometabolic and Musculoskeletal Disease Genetics at Regeneron. "By catalyzing multiple therapeutic development programs targeting distinct genetic mechanisms of liver disease, the RGC's insights are helping Regeneron develop a diversified slate of genetically-validated targets for NASH, including HSD17B13, PNPLA3 and now CIDEB."
The CIDEB discovery represents the latest example of rare protective gene variants that were identified through the unprecedented size of the RGC large-scale database, that includes genomic data from approximately two million volunteers. Other recently published examples include the discovery of rare gene variants in the GPR75 gene that provide protection against obesity. The CIDEB and GPR75 protective genetics findings suggest that the rarer the genetic discovery, the stronger the effect on disease protection – providing promise for novel therapeutic applications.
About NASH and CIDEB
Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is a severe type of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), which can lead to cirrhosis, a condition in which liver tissue is replaced by scar tissue, and liver failure. NASH is rapidly becoming the leading cause of liver transplant and poses a substantial unmet medical need; dozens of drug development programs have failed leaving a large treatment gap with no currently approved therapies. In the United States, it is estimated that nearly 25% of adults have NAFLD, and more than 6% have NASH.1
The CIDEB gene is most highly expressed in human liver cells, where it has been hypothesized to enable fat buildup by helping enlarge fat-storage structures called "lipid droplets" within cells. After discovering the protective association through exome sequencing and health record comparisons, scientists studied the mechanism of the protective CIDEB mutations by silencing the CIDEB gene in human cells to mimic loss of function mutations. They found that this prevented fat buildup in liver cells and resulted in smaller lipid droplets.2,3,4
About the Regeneron Genetics Center
The Regeneron Genetics Center LLC (RGC) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. that focuses on early gene discovery and functional genomics. The primary goal of RGC is to improve patient outcomes by identifying novel drug targets, clinical indications for development programs, and genomic biomarkers for pharmacogenomic applications. RGC is tackling large-scale sequencing and analytical approaches and has established numerous collaborations with leading human genetics researchers. To enable this large-scale sequencing and analysis program, RGC utilizes fully automated sample preparation and data processing, as well as cutting-edge cloud-based informatics.
At RGC, scientists around the globe with diverse skills and backgrounds work together to uncover the genetic basis of human disease. Their efforts have culminated in landmark discoveries like CIDEB in NASH and have led to multiple new therapeutic development programs at Regeneron across a range of therapeutic modalities. Since its inception in 2014 and through a network of over 120 collaborators globally, RGC has developed one of the largest and richest human genetics datasets in the world by sequencing around 2 million exomes.
About Regeneron
Regeneron (NASDAQ: REGN) is a leading biotechnology company that invents, develops and commercializes life-transforming medicines for people with serious diseases. Founded and led for nearly 35 years by physician-scientists, our unique ability to repeatedly and consistently translate science into medicine has led to nine FDA-approved treatments and product candidates in development, almost all of which were homegrown in our laboratories. Our medicines and pipeline are designed to help patients with eye diseases, allergic and inflammatory diseases, cancer, cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, pain, hematologic conditions, infectious diseases and rare diseases.
Regeneron is accelerating and improving the traditional drug development process through our proprietary VelociSuite® technologies, such as VelocImmune®, which uses unique genetically humanized mice to produce optimized fully human antibodies and bispecific antibodies, and through ambitious research initiatives such as the Regeneron Genetics Center, which is conducting one of the largest genetics sequencing efforts in the world.
For additional information about the company, please visit www.regeneron.com or follow @Regeneron on Twitter.
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This press release includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties relating to future events and the future performance of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("Regeneron" or the "Company"), and actual events or results may differ materially from these forward-looking statements. Words such as "anticipate," "expect," "intend," "plan," "believe," "seek," "estimate," variations of such words, and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. These statements concern, and these risks and uncertainties include, among others, the impact of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that has caused the COVID-19 pandemic) on Regeneron's business and its employees, collaborators, and suppliers and other third parties on which Regeneron relies, Regeneron's and its collaborators' ability to continue to conduct research and clinical programs, Regeneron's ability to manage its supply chain, net product sales of products marketed or otherwise commercialized by Regeneron and/or its collaborators or licensees (collectively, "Regeneron's Products"), and the global economy; the nature, timing, and possible success and therapeutic applications of Regeneron's Products and product candidates being developed by Regeneron and/or its collaborators or licensees (collectively, "Regeneron's Product Candidates") and research and clinical programs now underway or planned, including without limitation the use of human genetics in Regeneron's research and any potential therapeutics targeting the CIDEB gene mutations discussed in this press release for protection from nonalcoholic steatohepatitis ("NASH") and cirrhosis; the extent to which the results from the research and development programs conducted by Regeneron and/or its collaborators or licensees (including those discussed in this press release) may be replicated in other studies and/or lead to advancement of product candidates to clinical trials, therapeutic applications, or regulatory approval; uncertainty of the utilization, market acceptance, and commercial success of Regeneron's Products and Regeneron's Product Candidates and the impact of studies (whether conducted by Regeneron or others and whether mandated or voluntary), including the studies investigating gene silencing treatments for NASH targeting the PNPLA3 and the HSD17B13 genes referenced in this press release, on any of the foregoing or any potential regulatory approval of Regeneron's Products and Regeneron's Product Candidates; the likelihood, timing, and scope of possible regulatory approval and commercial launch of Regeneron's Product Candidates and new indications for Regeneron's Products; the ability of Regeneron's collaborators, licensees, suppliers, or other third parties (as applicable) to perform manufacturing, filling, finishing, packaging, labeling, distribution, and other steps related to Regeneron's Products and Regeneron's Product Candidates; the ability of Regeneron to manufacture and manage supply chains for multiple products and product candidates; safety issues resulting from the administration of Regeneron's Products and Regeneron's Product Candidates in patients, including serious complications or side effects in connection with the use of Regeneron's Products and Regeneron's Product Candidates in clinical trials; determinations by regulatory and administrative governmental authorities which may delay or restrict Regeneron's ability to continue to develop or commercialize Regeneron's Products and Regeneron's Product Candidates; ongoing regulatory obligations and oversight impacting Regeneron's Products, research and clinical programs, and business, including those relating to patient privacy; the availability and extent of reimbursement of Regeneron's Products from third-party payers, including private payer healthcare and insurance programs, health maintenance organizations, pharmacy benefit management companies, and government programs such as Medicare and Medicaid; coverage and reimbursement determinations by such payers and new policies and procedures adopted by such payers; competing drugs and product candidates that may be superior to, or more cost effective than, Regeneron's Products and Regeneron's Product Candidates; unanticipated expenses; the costs of developing, producing, and selling products; the ability of Regeneron to meet any of its financial projections or guidance and changes to the assumptions underlying those projections or guidance; the potential for any license, collaboration, or supply agreement, including Regeneron's agreements with Sanofi, Bayer, and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (or their respective affiliated companies, as applicable), as well as Regeneron's collaboration with Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. referenced in this press release, to be cancelled or terminated; and risks associated with intellectual property of other parties and pending or future litigation relating thereto (including without limitation the patent litigation and other related proceedings relating to EYLEA® (aflibercept) Injection, Dupixent® (dupilumab), Praluent® (alirocumab), and REGEN-COV® (casirivimab and imdevimab)), other litigation and other proceedings and government investigations relating to the Company and/or its operations, the ultimate outcome of any such proceedings and investigations, and the impact any of the foregoing may have on Regeneron's business, prospects, operating results, and financial condition. A more complete description of these and other material risks can be found in Regeneron's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 and its Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2022. Any forward-looking statements are made based on management's current beliefs and judgment, and the reader is cautioned not to rely on any forward-looking statements made by Regeneron. Regeneron does not undertake any obligation to update (publicly or otherwise) any forward-looking statement, including without limitation any financial projection or guidance, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
Regeneron uses its media and investor relations website and social media outlets to publish important information about the Company, including information that may be deemed material to investors. Financial and other information about Regeneron is routinely posted and is accessible on Regeneron's media and investor relations website (http://newsroom.regeneron.com) and its Twitter feed (http://twitter.com/regeneron).
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