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LEADING OFF: J-Rod hurt, Judge rules, Mets rolling
By The Associated Press
The playoff-hopeful Seattle Mariners are holding their collective breath that All-Star rookie Julio Rodríguez isn’t seriously injured. Rodríguez was hit on the back of his right hand near the wrist as he swung awkwardly at a pitch in the eighth inning Saturday night at Houston. He struck out, but played defense in the bottom half before exiting in the ninth. Seattle manager Scott Servais said the outfielder would get X-rays later Saturday. The 21-year-old Rodríguez is batting .274 with 18 homers and 57 RBIs. Elsewhere, the NL East-leading Mets go for their sixth straight victory and Yankees slugger Aaron Judge looks to extend his incredible tear since the All-Star break. | https://localnews8.com/news/2022/07/31/leading-off-j-rod-hurt-judge-rules-mets-rolling/ | 2022-07-31T09:47:04Z |
COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (Nasdaq: HBAN) announced that the Company has exceeded all minimum capital levels under the Federal Reserve's 2022 Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR) supervisory stress test.
The Federal Reserve published an estimate of 6.3% for Huntington's modeled credit loss rate under the 2022 Supervisory Severely Adverse scenario which compares favorably to the peer median rate of 6.7%1. Huntington's modeled credit loss rates from the Federal Reserve have outperformed peer median benchmarks during each cycle in which Huntington was included in the exercise since 2015.
"This year's stress testing exercise highlighted the robust credit strength of Huntington's balance sheet and our ability to withstand a severe economic downturn," said Stephen D. Steinour, chairman, president, and CEO. "Our credit results demonstrated the benefit of our disciplined approach to credit and risk management, consistent with our aggregate moderate-to-low risk appetite through the cycle. We were pleased to extend our track record of modeled credit outperformance during the stress tests, which this year included assets added through our acquisition of TCF. Our capital levels remain strong, with robust liquidity, and we expect to expand pre-provision net revenue over the course of the year, consistent with our prior guidance. We continue to manage capital levels within our targeted operating range for Common Equity Tier 1 of 9-10% and will utilize our capital to fund organic growth to serve the needs of our customers and communities."
Huntington's capital plan submitted in connection with the 2022 CCAR includes a third quarter dividend of $0.155 per common share, subject to approval by its board of directors.
1Peer median includes results from 8 peer banks which participated in this year's Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review.
This communication contains certain forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, certain plans, expectations, goals, projections, and statements, which are not historical facts and are subject to numerous assumptions, risks, and uncertainties. Statements that do not describe historical or current facts, including statements about beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements may be identified by words such as expect, anticipate, believe, intend, estimate, plan, target, goal, or similar expressions, or future or conditional verbs such as will, may, might, should, would, could, or similar variations. The forward-looking statements are intended to be subject to the safe harbor provided by Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
While there is no assurance that any list of risks and uncertainties or risk factors is complete, below are certain factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained or implied in the forward-looking statements: changes in general economic, political, or industry conditions; the magnitude and duration of the COVID-19 pandemic and related variants and mutations and their impact on the global economy and financial market conditions and our business, results of operations, and financial condition; uncertainty in U.S. fiscal and monetary policy, including the interest rate policies of the Federal Reserve Board; volatility and disruptions in global capital and credit markets; movements in interest rates; reform of LIBOR; competitive pressures on product pricing and services; success, impact, and timing of our business strategies, including market acceptance of any new products or services including those implementing our "Fair Play" banking philosophy; the nature, extent, timing, and results of governmental actions, examinations, reviews, reforms, regulations, and interpretations, including those related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the Basel III regulatory capital reforms, as well as those involving the OCC, Federal Reserve, FDIC, and CFPB; the possibility that the anticipated benefits of the transaction with TCF are not realized when expected or at all, including as a result of the impact of, or problems arising from, the integration of the two companies or as a result of the strength of the economy and competitive factors in the areas where Huntington does business; and other factors that may affect the future results of Huntington. Additional factors that could cause results to differ materially from those described above can be found in Huntington's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 and in its subsequent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2022, each of which is on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and available in the "Investor Relations" section of Huntington's website http://www.huntington.com, under the heading "Publications and Filings" and in other documents Huntington files with the SEC.
All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made and are based on information available at that time. Huntington does not assume any obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect circumstances or events that occur after the date the forward-looking statements were made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events except as required by federal securities laws. As forward-looking statements involve significant risks and uncertainties, caution should be exercised against placing undue reliance on such statements.
Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (Nasdaq: HBAN) is a $177 billion asset regional bank holding company headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. Founded in 1866, The Huntington National Bank and its affiliates provide consumers, small and middle‐market businesses, corporations, municipalities, and other organizations with a comprehensive suite of banking, payments, wealth management, and risk management products and services. Huntington operates more than 1,000 branches in 11 states, with certain businesses operating in extended geographies. Visit Huntington.com for more information.
Analysts: Timothy Sedabres (timothy.sedabres@huntington.com), 952.745.2766
Media: Allison Gabrys (corpmedia@huntington.com), 248.961.3978
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BELTON — Services for Lyndsey Estell Turner, 44, of Temple will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Heritage Country Church in Salado.
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BELTON — Services for Lyndsey Estell Turner, 44, of Temple will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Heritage Country Church in Salado.
Mrs. Turner died Saturday, July 16, at her residence.
She was born June 12, 1978, to Bill and Lynda Lenard in Temple. She worked for First Close in Austin. She married Brent Eugene Turner in 2020.
Survivors include her husband of Temple; five children; Alexander Saldana, Skylar Shaw, Carson Shaw, Nash Shaw and Ashli Alexander; her father, Bill Lenard of San Antonio; her stepmother Judy Lenard of San Antonio; six siblings, Mysty Tanner of Buckholts, Kandyce Thompson of Owl Creek, Nicholas mattson of Belton, Caleb Lenard of San Angelo, Callie Atherton of Morgan’s Point and Jennifer LaRocque of Belton; and a grandchild.
Visitation will be noon to 7 p.m. today at Crotty Funeral Home & Cremation Services in Belton. | https://www.tdtnews.com/obituaries/article_c6ad7b80-0947-11ed-be94-27a41cf637a9.html | 2022-07-22T08:04:49Z |
- Student-designed investigation will test use of biosensors for water quality monitoring
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla., July 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- An experiment by Genes in Space 2021 contest winner Selin Kocalar, 18, of San Jose, California, will launch today to the International Space Station aboard the SpaceX Commercial Resupply mission SpX-25. Kocalar, then a high school senior, won the competition by proposing a new way to detect environmental contaminants in drinking water aboard spacecraft.
Kocalar's research project tests novel biosensor technology for potential use in water quality monitoring. Biosensors are biological systems engineered to detect specific molecules, often harmful contaminants. Kocalar will validate two biosensors, each of which will produce a fluorescent signal in response to the particular target molecules they are designed to detect. This fluorescence will be visualized by an astronaut using the Genes in Space Fluorescence Viewer, a compact and easy-to-operate tool for molecular visualization.
"I am thrilled about the possibilities that Genes in Space-9 opens for us," Kocalar said. "Hopefully this investigation can inspire future synthetic biology technologies for space, such as point-of-care medical diagnostics and biosensor-embedded spacesuits."
In collecting data for Kocalar's experiment, NASA astronauts will use BioBits, a cell-free gene expression system, in space for the first time. BioBits uses DNA-encoded information to synthesize biologicals in vitro, opening up possibilities for on-demand production of therapeutics, biomaterials, and research tools aboard spacecraft.
"This is the kind of experiment we had in mind when we started Genes in Space – one that can demonstrate a technological innovation that ultimately improves life on Earth," said Boeing's Scott Copeland, a co-founder of the Genes in Space program.
Kocalar, who will enroll at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology this fall, won Genes in Space as a student at Leigh High School in San Jose, California. Kocalar designed her experiment with input from her sponsor, Dylan Barcelos, who himself placed as a finalist in the Genes in Space competition in 2016, and her mentor, Harvard University scientist Bess Miller.
Kocalar's experiment will build on advances made by previous winners of the Genes in Space contest, including the first instance of CRISPR gene editing in space. Genes in Space was founded in 2015 by miniPCR bio and Boeing, with additional support from the ISS U.S. National Laboratory and New England Biolabs.
Learn more: www.genesinspace.org
Media contact: Katy Martin, genesinspace@minipcr.com, 781-990-8727
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Amazon rolls out first fleet of all-electric delivery vans
(WLS) - Amazon has released its first fleet of Rivian all-electric delivery vans built in Illinois.
Hundreds of the electric delivery vans are now hitting the road – all part of Amazon’s climate pledge to reach net-zero carbon by 2040.
Amazon is relying on Rivian vehicles to help meet that goal, investing more than $1 billion in the company to make a custom fleet of electric vans.
Drivers will start and end their days at Amazon fulfillment centers, charging the vehicle overnight for the next day’s shift – no gas stops needed.
The electric vans are starting out in more than a dozen cities across the U.S., including Nashville, St. Louis, Dallas and Seattle. While the initial rollout consists of a few hundred vehicles, Jeff Bezos said he wants to see 100,000 of them on the road by the end of the decade.
The new vehicles include touchscreens for drivers with all the package information and navigation they need. There are also more upgrades, like heated and cooled seats and steering wheels, exterior cameras, automatic emergency breaking and collision-warning technology.
Amazon expects to have thousands of Rivian vans in more than 100 U.S. cities by the end of the year.
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BUDAPEST, Hungary, July 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Graphisoft, the leading Building Information Modeling (BIM) solutions provider for architecture, today unveiled its vision and strategic roadmap at the global online launch of its latest solutions and services, including Archicad 26, its award-winning flagship product, BIMx, BIMcloud, and DDScad.
Graphisoft was founded in Budapest in 1982 by Gábor Bojár and the late István Gábor Tari with an entrepreneurial spirit and a passion for delivering value through innovation. Graphisoft released its first commercial software in 1984 – and right from the beginning with coordinated 2D and 3D, Archicad has driven industry innovation ever since. Its "Virtual Building" approach pioneered the road to what would many years later be called Building Information Modeling, or simply, "BIM."
"As we mark Graphisoft's 40th anniversary, we pause with gratitude to reflect on how far we have come — now as a global leader in our industry and serving users in more than 120 countries with 29 localized versions and millions of buildings designed with Archicad," said Huw Roberts, CEO, Graphisoft. "But as proud as we are of our past, we are even more excited about our future. The entrepreneurial spirit that inspired our founders and fueled our growth continues to shape our approach in addressing the challenges and opportunities our customers face today. We remain focused on understanding our users, their needs and aspirations, and on delivering great products and services to help them achieve their best, and to create great architecture," he added.
Graphisoft believes in a world where buildings make people's lives better, and where these buildings are designed and delivered by digitalized multi-disciplinary teams working together easily and effectively.
To help realize the vision, Graphisoft's mission is 'Empowering teams to create great architecture.' The strategy to fulfil that mission is to deliver exceptional software, with integrated services, knowledge and know-how, benefits, and support — so that architects and multi-disciplinary design teams can maximize their design excellence.
Graphisoft's roadmap consists of multiple lanes — for architecture, multi-disciplinary design, design team collaboration, and productive ecosystems — each with plans for exciting new features, capabilities, and enhancements. Architecture remains focused on design, documentation, visualization, and collaboration. Upcoming focus areas and planned strategic milestones include:
- Delivering capabilities that help architects stay focused on their design, through better management of information that increases efficiency across projects.
- Providing innovative new capabilities that help manage and navigate an array of design options, through which architects can explore greater 'what if' scenarios within the design process.
- Navigating designs with even greater speed and performance and working on highly crafted details — regardless of the scope or complexity of the project.
- Expanding Archicad's already powerful information layer to further integrate analysis and simulation into the design process.
Multi-disciplinary design starts with OPEN BIM and moves forward with Integrated Design, expanded this year with Graphisoft's newly merged DDScad capabilities for Building Systems engineering. Upcoming focus areas and planned strategic milestones include:
- Further integrate BIM data systems amongst disciplines.
- Integrate data and workflows and broaden DDScad's geographic reach.
- Integrate user experiences across multi-disciplinary teams, with shared capabilities, aligned interfaces, and streamlined training and configuration.
- Fully integrated MEP experience with DDScad, with updated interfaces and many shared capabilities.
- Integrate enterprise-wide management of multi-disciplinary libraries, shared resources, templates, and standards.
Design Team Collaboration is centered around BIMcloud and BIMx, reaching out with OPEN BIM and BCF, and connecting to Common Data Environments (CDEs). Archicad users already have unmatched collaboration amongst themselves, and OPEN BIM and easy information exchanges makes working alongside virtually any application and with any other team seamless. Upcoming focus areas and planned strategic milestones include:
- Tighter integration across teams in multiple disciplines with new capabilities such as dynamic publishing of hyper-models, on-demand, cross-team, as a service — and extended connectivity with other CDEs.
- Focus on dynamic management of teams and their information, and responsive integration with CDEs.
- Support enterprise management of teams, multi-tiered and nested team structures, and orchestrating the administration processes across systems.
Finally, Graphisoft's services and benefits ensure and maximize the productivity of Graphisoft's users' ecosystems — with the Graphisoft Forward service and benefits program, access to know-how through Graphisoft Learn, and sharing knowledge and best practices with peer users and experts through Graphisoft Community. Upcoming focus areas and planned strategic milestones include:
- Simplify the administration of the design ecosystem — including enhancements to licensing and entitlement systems, product upgrade workflows, and expanded integration with third-party enhancements that extend Graphisoft's product capabilities.
- Deliver an 'instant' upgrade experience for customers — including templates, resources, configuration, and data formats.
- In alignment with the Design Team Collaboration roadmap, provide enterprise management of all aspects of the design ecosystem.
Graphisoft also noted that its unique Adaptive Hybrid Framework technology architecture will enable faster and more nimble high-quality delivery of new capabilities, features, products, and services spanning the desktop, cloud services, and mobile devices beginning with Archicad 26.
"In short, our strategy is to apply continuous innovation through an Adaptive Hybrid Framework, to flexibly deliver great capabilities in stable, easy-to-use, future-proof solutions for all design disciplines in integrated teams," said Zsolt Kerecsen, Vice President, Software Success at Graphisoft.
To learn more about Graphisoft, visit graphisoft.com
1982 — Graphisoft is founded in Budapest by Gabor Bojar and Istvan Gabor Tari with an entrepreneurial spirit, and a passion for delivering value through innovation.
1984 — Graphisoft releases its first commercial software – and right from the beginning with coordinated 2D and 3D, Archicad has driven industry innovation ever since. With the "Virtual Building" approach pioneering the road to what would later be called "BIM."
1997 — Graphisoft introduces "Teamwork," allowing multiple people to work on the same model simultaneously, and with "BIM Server" as its next generation in 2009, and then "BIMcloud" in 2014 and most recently with "BIMcloud Software as a Service" in 2022, this technology continues to provide an incredible high-performance scalable solution for integrating BIM teams.
2009 — Graphisoft releases what would be called "Virtual Building Explorer" for Archicad 13. Updated and renamed "BIMx" in 2011, this introduced Graphisoft's unique hyper-model approach, providing a highly engaging and interactive experience with BIM. Award-winning BIMx is now available on iOS and Android phones and tablets, the desktop, and even through a simple browser providing a Hyper-model experience for even the largest and most complex projects on virtually any device.
2020 — Graphisoft introduces "Integrated Design" — and first demonstrated this game-changing, shared-model, real-time collaboration approach for architects and structural engineers working together. This new technology-based workflow even more tightly integrates the work across multiple design disciplines. Today there are 16 different structural analysis software solutions using Integrated Design with Archicad around the world.
2022 — Graphisoft and Data Design System (now Graphisoft Building Systems) merge to add full Mechanical, Engineering, and Plumbing (MEP) capabilities to the Graphisoft ecosystem.
Graphisoft® empowers teams to design great buildings, through award-winning software solutions, learning programs, and professional services for the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction industries. Our award-winning products and solutions support OPEN BIM for workflow transparency, longevity, and data accessibility for built assets. Archicad®, the architects' BIM software of choice, offers a complete end-to-end design and documentation workflow for architectural and integrated architectural and engineering practices of any size. BIMx®, the most popular mobile and web BIM app, extends the BIM experience to include all stakeholders in the building design, delivery, and operations lifecycle. BIMcloud®, the AEC industry's first and most advanced cloud-based team collaboration solution, makes real-time collaboration possible across the globe regardless of the size of the project and the speed or quality of the team members' network connection. DDScad solutions support users with intelligent Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing (MEP) design tools, integrated calculations, and comprehensive documentation of all building system disciplines. DDScad Architect & Construction is developed for architects, building contractors, and manufacturers of industrialized timber frame housing in Scandinavian markets. Graphisoft is part of the Nemetschek Group. To learn more, visit graphisoft.com.
Design and deliver projects of any size with Archicad's powerful built-in tools and user-friendly interface that make it the most efficient and intuitive BIM software on the market. Our award-winning software solution supports OPEN BIM for workflow transparency, longevity, and data accessibility for built assets. Featuring out-of-the-box design documentation, one-click publishing, photo-realistic rendering, and best-in-class analysis, Archicad lets you focus on what you do best: create great architecture. Discover what's new in Archicad.
Secure, real-time multi-disciplinary collaboration between all project team members regardless of the size or complexity of the project, the location of the offices, or the speed of the internet connection. Available in both private and public cloud configurations on standard hardware. With BIMcloud SaaS even smaller offices can take advantage of fast, efficient, and secure access to shared projects in real-time. Discover BIMcloud.
Award-winning BIMx bridges the gap between the design studio, the client's office, and the construction site. BIMx features the 'BIM Hyper-model' – a game-like navigation tool that helps anyone explore the building model and understand project deliverables. Real-time model cut-throughs, in-context measuring, and project markups in the model context make BIMx your best anywhere BIM companion. Discover BIMx.
DDScad solutions support users with intelligent Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing (MEP) design tools, integrated calculations, and comprehensive documentation of all building systems. Design and deliver high-quality MEP projects on time and on budget thanks to DDScad BIM software for engineers and contractors. Our products and solutions support OPEN BIM for workflow transparency, longevity, and data accessibility for built assets. Discover DDScad.
Graphisoft Forward is a robust Software Services Agreement — our global response to the real-world demands of running a building design practice today. Maximize value and productivity while lowering the overall cost of software through exclusive tools, learning, support, and services. Product updates are included and guarantee that you'll benefit from the latest innovations and capabilities instantly.
Graphisoft Learn is an innovative, modern, and flexible learning program that helps users get the most out of our products and services through individual courses, learning paths, and learning bundles specific to industry roles and responsibilities. Graduates of our online self-paced, hybrid, and live Learn programs receive globally recognized certification, further strengthening their competitive edge in the AEC industry.
Graphisoft Community makes it fast and easy for Archicad, BIMcloud, BIMx, and DDScad users to share solutions and get expert help through a state-of-the-art, user-friendly experience that combines Archicad Talk and Help Center into one, easy-to-search resource. The platform offers fast, efficient support and search functions, and ensures quick feedback from peer users and Graphisoft experts.
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MARIETTA, Ohio, July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Directors of Peoples Bancorp Inc. ("Peoples") (Nasdaq: PEBO) declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.38 per common share on July 25, 2022, payable on August 22, 2022, to shareholders of record on August 8, 2022.
This dividend represents a payout of approximately $10.8 million. Based on the closing stock price of Peoples' common shares of $27.92 on July 22, 2022, the quarterly dividend produces an annualized yield of 5.44%.
Peoples is a diversified financial services holding company that makes available a complete line of banking, trust and investment, insurance, premium financing and equipment leasing solutions through its subsidiaries. Peoples has been headquartered in Marietta, Ohio since 1902. Peoples had $7.3 billion in total assets as of June 30, 2022, and 136 locations, including 117 full-service bank branches in Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, Virginia, Washington D.C. and Maryland. Peoples' vision is to be the Best Community Bank in America.
Peoples is a member of the Russell 3000 index of U.S. publicly-traded companies. Peoples offers services through Peoples Bank (which includes the divisions of Peoples Investment Services, Peoples Premium Finance and North Star Leasing), Peoples Insurance Agency, LLC and Vantage Financial.
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Wink, Blink and Dance with Your Eyes for a Chance to Win a Makeover with Vincent Oquendo, Celebrity Makeup Artist and LUMIFY® Redness Reliever Eye Drops Brand Ambassador, and Participate in LUMIFY® National Sampling Tour
VAUGHAN, ON, July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bausch + Lomb Corporation (NYSE/TSX: BLCO) ("Bausch + Lomb"), a leading global eye health company dedicated to helping people see better to live better, today announced the U.S. launch of the #LUMIFYEyeDance Challenge on TikTok.
The #LUMIFYEyeDance will challenge consumers to dance with their eyes to the beat of the LUMIFY® audio track for a chance to win an A-List makeover with celebrity makeup artist and LUMIFY® eye drops brand ambassador, Vincent Oquendo. The $10,500 prize package will include travel and accommodations for two to New York, a $500 AMEX gift card, a "dream kit" featuring products used during the makeover session, and professionally shot photographs to commemorate the event.
"The enthusiasm for LUMIFY is evident on TikTok, where the LUMIFY® hashtag has organically amassed nearly 14 million views to date. We believe the LUMIFY® Eye Dance Challenge will help build upon the existing excitement on TikTok and inspire consumers to celebrate what makes them and their eyes unique," said Joe Gordon, president, Global Consumer, Surgical and Vision Care, Bausch + Lomb. "Since we first launched LUMIFY® in May 2018, the product has cultivated a loyal fanbase who praise these eye drops for their ability to significantly reduce redness to help eyes look whiter and brighter in just one minute and last up to eight hours. We look forward to extending this fanbase even further through this exciting new TikTok challenge."
To enter the challenge sweepstakes, which begins on July 25, 2022 and ends on August 31, 2022, consumers must post a video of their eye dance on TikTok set to the LUMIFY® song (found in the TikTok audio library) using the two official hashtags, #LUMIFYEyeDance and #WinIt.1 Prominent TikTok creators will help kick off the challenge by posting their own eye dance and encouraging others to participate.
In addition to the #LUMIFYEyeDance challenge, Bausch + Lomb is also launching a national product sampling tour that will run through four major U.S. metropolitan cities during the month of August. Two day-long pop-up events will occur at each tour location and feature a LUMIFY® branded tiny home. The tiny home will offer visitors a refreshment bar with beverages and treats supplied by popular local chains and interactive experiences, such as mini masterclass sessions taught by prominent local makeup artists. Visitors will also have the opportunity to meet local social media influencers and record their TikTok eye dance videos at a selfie station.
The LUMIFY® sampling tour schedule is as follows:
- Aug. 5-7, 2022: Chicago, IL
- Aug. 13-14, 2022: Dallas, TX
- Aug. 20-21, 2022: Los Angeles, CA
- Aug. 27-28, 2022: New York, NY
For more information on the LUMIFY Challenge, search #LUMIFYEyeDance on TikTok. To learn about the LUMIFY® national sampling tour, visit www.lumifydrops.com/samplingtour.
LUMIFY® is the first and only over-the-counter eye drop formulated with low-dose brimonidine tartrate 0.025% for the treatment of ocular redness. Unlike other redness relievers, LUMIFY® contains a unique formulation that selectively targets redness. In clinical trials, LUMIFY® was shown to have a reduced incidence of side effects common to other redness relievers, like rebound redness and loss of efficacy over time, when used as directed. LUMIFY® is also the No. 1 eye doctor recommended redness reliever eye drop brand with approximately 87% of doctor recommendations.2
Bausch + Lomb is dedicated to protecting and enhancing the gift of sight for millions of people around the world – from the moment of birth through every phase of life. Its comprehensive portfolio of more than 400 products includes contact lenses, lens care products, eye care products, ophthalmic pharmaceuticals, over-the-counter products and ophthalmic surgical devices and instruments. Founded in 1853, Bausch + Lomb has a significant global research and development, manufacturing and commercial footprint with more than 12,000 employees and a presence in nearly 100 countries. Bausch + Lomb is headquartered in Vaughan, Ontario with corporate offices in Bridgewater, New Jersey. For more information, visit www.bausch.com and connect with us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram.
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Expanded capacity supports increased natural gas demand in the Rockies and Western U.S.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- To meet the growing energy demands in the Rockies and Western U.S., Spire Storage is proceeding with the expansion of its facilities in Wyoming, with partial availability of additional natural gas storage capacity in fiscal 2024 and more in 2025.
"We've seen an increasing recognition of the value of natural gas storage over the last few years given the impact on energy security caused by Winter Storm Uri in 2021 and recent global events. Natural gas plays a key role in ensuring that security for the future," said Scott Smith, president of Spire Storage. "Natural gas storage also helps to support and balance seasonal gas heating demand and the intermittent nature of renewable power generation, which is an increasingly important generation source in the Western U.S."
Consistent with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) 7(c) project approval and FERC's issuance of a Notice to Proceed, Spire Storage started limited construction of the initial project phase in mid-August. Full project completion is expected to take place over the next two years during construction seasons that run April through October in Wyoming.
The expansion project will increase Spire Storage underground working gas storage capacity from 23 Bcf to 39 Bcf, and involves the addition of injection and withdrawal wells, compression, pipeline infrastructure, and gas processing capability. Capital expenditures for the project are expected to total $195 million.
With this expansion, Spire Storage will be in a stronger position to serve Western U.S. markets, given its interconnects with five pipelines serving California, the Rockies, and the Southwest and Northwest. The project is anticipated to deliver expanded services to existing and new customers, as well as a strong return on investment. We anticipate earnings per share accretion beginning in fiscal 2025.
About Spire
At Spire Inc. (NYSE: SR), we believe energy exists to help make people's lives better. It's a simple idea, but one that's at the heart of our company. Every day we serve 1.7 million homes and businesses making us the fifth largest publicly traded natural gas company in the country. We help families and business owners fuel their daily lives through our gas utilities serving Alabama, Mississippi and Missouri. Our natural gas-related businesses include Spire Marketing, Spire STL Pipeline and Spire Storage. We are committed to transforming our business through growing organically, investing in infrastructure, and advancing through innovation. Learn more at SpireEnergy.com.
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Application period for moose, bighorn sheep and mountain goat controlled hunts closes April 30
IDHAO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) - A reminder to big game hunters that Saturday, April 30 is the deadline to apply for any moose, bighorn sheep and mountain goat controlled hunts.
You can apply for one of these three species in a year, and those who apply for a moose, sheep or goat hunt are ineligible for most deer, elk and pronghorn controlled hunt drawings.
Hunters can apply online or at any Fish and Game office, license vendor or by telephone by calling (800) 554-8685.
Hunters are reminded Fish and Game no longer accepts mail-in applications, and moose, bighorn sheep and mountain goat controlled hunt tags are excluded from designation by any parent or grandparent to their minor child or grandchild.
Moose, bighorn sheep and mountain goat controlled hunts remain unchanged for nonresident hunters, who can still apply, and are limited to no more than 10 percent of the total number of tags for each species.
To apply for moose, bighorn sheep and mountain goat hunts, each applicant must possess a 2022 Idaho hunting or combination license. There is a nonrefundable application fee of $16.75 for residents and $45.75 for nonresidents. Moose, sheep and goat hunt applicants must pay the tag fee along with the application fee when they apply. The total application fees for moose, bighorn sheep and mountain goat are:
- Residents under Price Lock: $183.50
- Residents without Price Lock: $216.50
- Nonresidents: $2,672.50
Moose, sheep and goat drawing results will be online in early June. Tag fees will be refunded to those who did not draw, but not the hunting license or application fees.
A person is allowed to apply for one of these three species in a year, and those who apply for a moose, sheep or goat hunt are ineligible for most deer, elk and pronghorn controlled hunt drawings. For more details, see page 37 of the rules booklet.
For more information, review the 2021-2022 Moose, Bighorn Sheep, and Mountain Goat Seasons and Rules brochure, which is available online or at Fish and Game offices and license vendors.
Moose, sheep and goat tags are among Idaho’s most coveted hunts, and also among the most successful for harvest.
In 2021 hunter success was:
- Moose: 77 percent
- Sheep: 71.5 percent
- Goat: 83 percent
Statewide tag numbers
Tag numbers remain the same as they were in 2021 with the exception of changes to two California bighorn sheep hunts. Hunt 7006 (Hunt Area 46-1) was eliminated because of low bighorn sheep numbers after a pneumonia-related die-off. Hunt 7002 (Hunt Area 41-1) was reduced from 2 tags to 1 tag after gathering new survey information in the summer of 2021. | https://localnews8.com/life/outdoor-games/2022/04/26/application-period-for-moose-bighorn-sheep-and-mountain-goat-controlled-hunts-closes-april-30/ | 2022-04-26T19:00:41Z |
IRVING, Texas, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Euclid Revenue Cycle Management, powered by Medical Software Solutions, Inc. (MSS) announced today a partnership with Connect America LLC, the nationally recognized innovator in connective care technology for seniors and vulnerable populations.
In response to their escalating demand and growth, the Connect America team proactively sought a partner with a fully developed, rapid-to-implement medical billing solution to meet the needs of its Medicaid and Medicare payer segments.
"Connect America continually seeks to combine innovative technologies with our leading solutions and services to transform care delivery. Our partnership with Euclid RCM is reflective of our unrelenting drive to provide added value to our customers through operational excellence at every step in the process," said Janet Dillione, CEO, Connect America.
"MSS is pleased to partner with the Connect America team to support best practices in its claims and billing processes through our superior platform design and capabilities, which will also create benefits for Connect America customers," said Brad Alexander, senior national sales director, MSS.
Connect America, and its family of brands, is the leading provider of connective health solutions dedicated to empowering aging adults and vulnerable populations to live safely and independently at home for as long as possible. Their AI-assisted digital health and safety platform includes Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) solutions, Personal Emergency Response Services (PERS), Medication Management, Analytics, and SDoH support that enables continuous in-home and mobile monitoring of aging and at-risk populations for more timely interventions and smart escalations of care. With improved outcomes, reduced hospitalizations and lower care costs, patients and their care circles have peace of mind knowing Connect America is how health and home connect. To learn more, visit https://www.connectamerica.com.
Euclid Revenue Cycle Management (Euclid RCM) offers world-class functionality, unparalleled user support, outstanding reporting capabilities and operational analytics to help you optimize claims and billing processes. Euclid is a fully integrated and cloud-based Medical Billing and Clearinghouse Platform that stretches across multiple specialties, platforms and services.
In addition to Medical Billing companies, Euclid's state-of-the-art Practice Management technology delivers efficiencies, speed and flexibility to meet the needs of Physician Groups, Hospitals and Health Systems. Euclid's boutique customer support further helps customers increase collections rates, while decreasing denials and A/R balances. For more information, please visit Euclid RCM.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Four Iranian-backed militia members were killed in U.S. strikes in Syria on Wednesday in response to attacks by the group in recent weeks, the U.S. military said Thursday.
In a statement, U.S. Central Command said U.S. forces also destroyed seven enemy rocket launchers on Wednesday hours after militia fighters fired rockets at two U.S. military installations in northeast Syria. Central Command provided additional details about the strikes on Thursday, saying they were done with Apache helicopters, AC-130 gunships and M777 Howitzers.
The latest spike in attacks came after militias backed by Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard targeted U.S. troops on Aug. 15 at the al-Tanf Garrison in the south. There were no casualties or damage in that attack. But, in response, the U.S. struck bunkers and facilities used by the militias.
The opposition war monitor the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that those U.S. airstrikes targeted the Ayash Camp run by the Fatimiyoun group made up of Shiite fighters from Afghanistan and that at least six Syrian and foreign militants were killed.
Within hours after the U.S. strikes, militia rocket attacks hit Green Village and the Conoco gas field in Deir el-Zour, where U.S. troops are stationed. According to U.S. Central Command, at least three servicemembers were treated or evaluated for minor injuries. U.S. forces retaliated by targeting the rocket launchers.
“We will respond appropriately and proportionally to attacks on our servicemembers,” said Gen. Erik Kurilla, who heads U.S. Central Command. “No group will strike at our troops with impunity.”
Deir el-Zour is a strategic province that borders Iraq and contains oil fields. Iran-backed militia groups and Syrian forces control the area and had often been the target of Israeli war planes in previous strikes.
Iran Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani has denied that Iran had any link to those targeted. Iran routinely denies arming militia groups that target U.S. forces in the region, despite weaponry linking back to them.
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College valedictorian with nonverbal autism delivers moving graduation address
By Senait Gebregiorgis
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WINTER PARK, Florida (WESH) — Rollins College celebrated its spring class of 2022 this weekend and its valedictorian delivered an inspirational speech without actually saying a word.
Elizabeth Bonker lost her ability to speak just 15 months after being diagnosed with autism. Bonker delivered the valedictorian speech at Rollins College through a text-to-speech computer program.
“I am one of the lucky few non-speaking autistics who have been taught to type,” Bonker said during the ceremony. “That one critical intervention unlocked my mind from its silent cage enabling to communicate and to be educated.”
Four other valedictorians nominated Bonker to deliver the speech in front of her graduating class of more than 500 students.
“God gave you a voice. Use it,” Bonker said. “Because if you can see the worth in me, then you can see the worth in everyone you meet.”
Bonker’s mother Virginia Breen joined her daughter for a Zoom interview with WESH 2 after the ceremony.
“I am not special. All non-speaking students with autism can be taught to type,” Bonker said. “That is my mission. We need to change the way the world sees autism. Just because someone cannot speak doesn’t mean they can’t feel and think.”
It was an extra special Mother’s Day for Breen as she watched her daughter take center stage before delivering the big speech.
“I’m just going to burst into tears,” Breen said. “I think because it was such a long journey for us you know there were times which felt a bit hopeless.”
Bonker said she’ll always be hopeful that people will remember to serve for others just like her mother did by never giving up.
“Parents with children with autism, I hope that what they may take away from Elizabeth’s story is that their children are capable and that we need to keep investing in them, advocating for them, believing in them,” Breen said.
Bonker is continuing her service after graduation with her nonprofit Communication 4 All aspiring to make communication accessible to the 31 million people worldwide with nonspeaking autism.
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* Cory Stevenson, former President of the BioProduction division
at Thermo Fisher Scientific joins Board
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla and SACRAMENTO, Calif., Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Gemini BioProducts Holding, Inc. ("GeminiBio" or the "Company"), a portfolio company of BelHealth Investment Partners, LLC ("BelHealth"), a Florida-based healthcare private equity firm, announced the appointment of Cory Stevenson to its Board of Directors.
Mr. Stevenson retired in 2021 from Thermo Fisher Scientific (NYSE: TMO), where he served as the President of the BioProduction Division. Thermo Fisher Scientific is the world's leader in serving science and its BioProduction business produces many of the industry's leading products and technologies. During Cory's tenure, the business grew revenues from $200 million to over $2.5 billion annually. Prior to serving as President of the BioProduction Division, Cory served as Group President of Pelican Life Sciences, VP and General Manager of Oncology Pharmaceutical Services at US Oncology, President of Fisher Healthcare, a division of Fisher Scientific, and various positions at Baxter International.
"GeminiBio has built unique production capabilities for a wide array of liquid bioprocessing services and cell culture solutions," said Mr. Stevenson. "I am excited to join forces with BelHealth to help guide GeminiBio through its next growth phase and position the Company as a reliable outsourced partner for these products and services. Market demand for advanced biotherapeutic manufacturing continues to accelerate across the global biotech industry, and many biotech companies are outsourcing the production of a wide array of process liquids so they can improve their focus on the core manufacturing of biotherapeutics."
Harold Blue, Managing Partner of BelHealth and Chairman of GeminiBio said, "I am thrilled to welcome Cory to our Board of Directors at GeminiBio. With his industry experience and guidance, we are confident Cory will bring invaluable contributions and expertise. GeminiBio's expanding manufacturing capabilities create exciting opportunities to partner with biotherapeutic manufacturers. We look forward to utilizing his experience and relationships to better serve customers requiring small and large volumes of critical cGMP process liquids, including media, buffers, and other liquid solutions."
BelHealth Investment Partners, based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, is a healthcare private equity firm focused on lower middle market companies. BelHealth has a unique combination of investing, executive management, and entrepreneurial experience. BelHealth acquires majority positions in entrepreneur-owned companies that it believes will benefit from its extensive operating and private equity investment expertise. BelHealth is investing from its current $350 million fund. For more information, visit www.belhealth.com.
Founded in 1985, GeminiBio serves the global biotechnology industry, from basic research to commercial production, with a focus on helping our customers accelerate the development of life enhancing biotherapeutics by streamlining and improving their cell culture and process liquid manufacturing workflows. The company's products are organized into two core verticals – Cell Culture Solutions and Process Liquid Solutions. Located in West Sacramento, California, GeminiBio has 57,000 square feet of cGMP manufacturing space that is segregated between animal origin free and animal component manufacturing. GeminiBio is an ISO 13485 certified, FDA registered Class 1 Medical Device Manufacturer, aligned with 21 CFR Part 820. For more information, visit www.geminibio.com.
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ROSH HA'AYIN, Israel, May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Partner Communications Company Ltd. ("Partner" or "the Company") (NASDAQ: PTNR) (TASE: PTNR), a leading Israeli communications operator, reports that, further to the Company's report dated May 3, 2022, regarding the release date of the Company's financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2022, which will be released on Tuesday, May 24, 2022, the Company will host a conference call to discuss its financial results on Tuesday, May 24, 2022 at 11.00 a.m. Eastern Time / 6.00 p.m. Israel Time (and not at 10 a.m Eastern time/5:00 p.m. Israel Time, as previously announced).
Please dial the following numbers (at least 10 minutes before the scheduled time) in order to participate:
International: +972.3.918.0687
North America toll-free: +1.888.281.1167
A live webcast of the call will also be available on Partner's Investors Relations website at: http://www.partner.co.il/en/Investors-Relations/lobby
If you are unavailable to join live, the replay of the call will be available from May 24, 2022 until June 7, 2022, at the following numbers:
International: +972.3.925.5921
North America toll-free: +1.888.254.7270
In addition, the archived webcast of the call will be available on Partner's Investor Relations website at the above address for approximately three months.
About Partner Communications
Partner Communications Company Ltd. is a leading Israeli provider of telecommunications services (cellular, fixed-line telephony, internet and television services). Partner's ADSs are quoted on the NASDAQ Global Select Market™ and its shares are traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (NASDAQ and TASE: PTNR).
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SEOUL, South Korea, April 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hyundai Motor Group (the Group) has won a series of highly sought-after accolades at the prestigious World Car Awards (WCA), with the Hyundai IONIQ 5 securing the World Car of the Year, World Electric Vehicle of the Year, and World Car Design of the Year. The award wins and finalist nominations across multiple WCA categories highlight the Group's vision and leadership in the delivery of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) with cutting-edge design and technology.
An independent international jury comprising of 102 highly experienced, well-respected automotive journalists from 33 countries around the world reviewed the latest models to launch over the past year. The BEVs of Hyundai Motor, Kia, and Genesis were nominated as top three finalists in at least one of the six categories, with the Hyundai IONIQ 5 and Kia EV6 both named as finalists in the World Car of the Year and World Car Design of the Year. The Genesis GV60 was among the three finalists for the World Luxury Car of The Year.
Euisun Chung, Executive Chair at Hyundai Motor Group, commented: "It's a great honor for us to win these highly influential World Car Awards, including the World Car of the Year title. I would like to thank all of our team members across the Group for their continued hard work and dedication, without which we would have not achieved such outstanding results.
"Our three brands, Hyundai, Kia and Genesis, have all introduced game-changing electric vehicles this past year. While each has its own clear identity, they all reflect an important Group-wide ethos: to deliver products with class-leading design, innovation, quality and performance. Our vision is to create a new world of mobility, where people can come together safely and sustainably. These vehicles – and these award wins – are evidence of this vision becoming reality; part of our diverse range of new electromobility solutions designed to benefit humanity."
The Hyundai IONIQ 5, Kia EV6 and Genesis GV60 are all based on HMG's innovative Electric-Global Modular Platform (E-GMP), combining the latest EV powertrain and charging technologies with highly spacious interiors. With extensive driving ranges and 800V ultra-fast charging capabilities for a 10 to 80 percent charge in just 18 minutes, all three models have been designed to be enjoyed without compromise.
For more information about Hyundai WCOTY win, please visit: globalpr.hyundai.com
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ASUR Announces Total Passenger Traffic for August 2022
Published: Sep. 6, 2022 at 3:30 PM CDT|Updated: 2 hours ago
Compared to August 2019, passenger traffic increased by 34.8% in Colombia, 21.5% in Mexico and 11.1% in Puerto Rico
MEXICO CITY, Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: ASR; BMV: ASUR), ASUR, a leading international airport group with operations in Mexico, the U.S. and Colombia, today announced that passenger traffic for August 2022 reached a total of 5.9 million passengers, 22.8% above the levels reported in August 2019.
Compared to August 2019, passenger traffic increased by 34.8% in Colombia, 21.5% in Mexico and 11.1% in Puerto Rico. All countries of operations reported increases in both domestic and international traffic.
This announcement reflects comparisons between the periods August 1 through August 31, 2022, 2021 and 2019. Transit and general aviation passengers are excluded from traffic measures in Mexico and Colombia.
About ASUR
Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S.A.B. de C.V. (ASUR) is a leading international airport operator with a portfolio of concessions to operate, maintain and develop 16 airports in the Americas. This comprises nine airports in southeast Mexico, including Cancun Airport, the most important tourist destination in Mexico, the Caribbean and Latin America, and six airports in northern Colombia, including Medellin international airport (Rio Negro), the second busiest in Colombia. ASUR is also a 60% JV partner in Aerostar Airport Holdings, LLC, operator of the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport serving the capital of Puerto Rico, San Juan. San Juan's Airport is the island's primary gateway for international and mainland-US destinations and was the first, and currently the only major airport in the US to have successfully completed a public–private partnership under the FAA Pilot Program. Headquartered in Mexico, ASUR is listed both on the Mexican Bolsa, where it trades under the symbol ASUR, and on the NYSE in the U.S., where it trades under the symbol ASR. One ADS represents ten (10) series B shares. For more information, visit www.asur.com.mx.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Backed by the grassroots labor group that secured the first-ever union victory of an Amazon warehouse in the U.S., workers of another warehouse filed a petition on Tuesday for an election in upstate New York in the hopes of a similar outcome.
A spokesperson for the National Labor Relations Board said the petition was filed for the warehouse known as ALB1, located in the town of Schodack, roughly 10 miles (16 kilometers) southeast of Albany.
To qualify for a union election, the NLRB requires signatures from 30% of eligible voters at a specific facility. Whether or not workers have reached that threshold will likely be hashed out in the coming weeks.
Paul Flaningan, an Amazon spokesperson, said the company has roughly 1,000 warehouse workers at the Schodack location. But in the filing, the Amazon Labor Union, the nascent union backing the workers, said there would be roughly 400 employees in the bargaining unit.
Heather Goodall, a warehouse worker and a former insurance agent who’s leading the organizing effort, said in an interview earlier this month that workers had enough support to file for a union petition, but were choosing to delay in order to pick up even more signatures. On Tuesday, she said the group’s attorneys were not ready to release information on the number of signatures collected to the public.
The NLRB must now verify if the workers who signed the petition are qualified to seek an election. If the agency approves, it will sort out dates and times for an election between the company and the Amazon Labor Union, which pulled off a union win on Staten Island, New York in April.
The union, composed of former and current warehouse workers, began backing organizing efforts in upstate New York after it was approached by Goodall, who joined Amazon in February to scope out the company’s working conditions. She quickly began talking to her co-workers about organizing and launched the union campaign in May along with a group of other workers.
Soon after, Goodall said she met with the Teamsters and the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, or RWDSU, which also took on Amazon during a union election at a facility in Bessemer, Alabama, the results of which are still being contested.
Eventually, she said organizers decided to pursue a more grassroots approach and align with the ALU, based on a belief the group understood the company better than other established unions.
“It seemed to make sense that we work directly with them, and continue to build the Amazon Labor Union nationally,” Goodall said.
A labor victory in Schodack would essentially broaden ALU’s support within Amazon and transform it into a touch point for labor concerns beyond Staten Island. It could also revive enthusiasm that began to flail following the group’s May loss at a second warehouse on Staten Island and reports that it halted organizing at two other nearby facilities.
At the same time, the ALU is defending its lone win against Amazon, which has filed more than two dozen objections to that election. Attorneys for both sides have attempted to discredit the others’ claims during a weeks-long, contentious NLRB hearing that wrapped up in mid-July. A ruling on that case is expected to be issued in the coming weeks.
Organizers say Amazon has already began holding meetings with workers in Schodack to discourage them from unionizing. In a statement, Flaningan, the Amazon spokesperson, said employees can choose what they want to do.
“As a company, we don’t think unions are the best answer for our employees,” Flaningan said. “Our focus remains on working directly with our team to continue making Amazon a great place to work.”
Meanwhile, dozens of TikTok creators are pledging to stop business with Amazon until it meets the demands of the union, such as a minimum wage of $30 an hour and longer breaks. On Tuesday, the nonprofit Gen-Z for Change unveiled a campaign backed by roughly 70 content creators who say they will refuse to monetize their platforms for Amazon unless “tangible changes” are made to improve working condition.
“Amazon’s widespread mistreatment of their workers and blatant use of union busting tactics will no longer be tolerated by the TikTok Community or TikTok Creators,” said the letter the group shared on Twitter.
Amazon did not respond to a request for comment on the campaign.
Other campaigns have been underway at company warehouses in states like Kentucky and North Carolina as workers attempt to gather enough signatures to petition for their own elections. Among other things, workers in upstate New York are calling for better training at the company’s warehouse and higher wages.
“We have employees that are unable to even make it to work because they can’t afford gas,” Goodall said. “They can’t afford car repairs, they can’t afford to support their families.”
The petition comes amid broader scrutiny into Amazon and its warehouse operations across the country. On Monday, dozens of workers at a company air hub in San Bernardino, California walked off the job to protest low wages and safety from heat.
Federal officials have also been more involved. Last month, OSHA inspected Amazon facilities in a handful of states after receiving referrals for health and safety violations. The civil division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York is also investigating safety hazards at Amazon warehouses and what a spokesperson for the office called “fraudulent conduct designed to hide injuries from OSHA and others.” | https://cw33.com/business/ap-business/amazon-workers-in-upstate-new-york-file-for-union-election/ | 2022-08-17T16:07:35Z |
‘I’m not jumping in after you’: Police release details into man’s drowning with officers nearby
TEMPE, Ariz. (Arizona’s Family/Gray News) - Police in Arizona released body camera footage and a transcript related to a recent incident where a man died after jumping in a lake with officers at the scene.
Arizona’s Family reports a 12-minute video shows officers talking to a man, later identified as Sean Bickings, and another woman near the Tempe City of the Arts and the Tempe Town Lake on May 28.
The video starts with Bickings sitting on a bench. One officer stays with Bickings, while two others go toward a woman who says she was Bickings’ wife. The woman told police they got into an argument but insisted everything was OK.
Minutes later, Bickings is seen on the video climbing over a bar and walking down to the lake, saying, “I’m going for a swim.” An officer tells Bickings that he can’t swim in the lake.
Police transcripts say an officer then asked Bickings what his plan was, and the man responded, “I’m going to drown. I’m going to drown.”
An officer then tells Bickings to swim to the pylon. Bickings says he can’t, and the officer replies, “OK, I’m not jumping in after you,” according to the transcript.
The transcript continues with Bickings asking officers to help him and the woman telling the officers to save him. An officer then tells the woman that another officer is getting a boat.
According to the transcript, the woman said, “I’m just distraught because he’s drowning right in front of you, and you won’t help.” An officer then says Bickings hasn’t come up for about 30 seconds.
Police said Bickings was pulled out of the water by Tempe’s fire and rescue team and pronounced deceased.
According to officials, Bickings was reportedly trying to escape arrest because of various warrants.
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Newly-Formed Company Positions WM to Rapidly Accelerate Film and Plastic Wrap Recycling
HOUSTON, Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- WM (NYSE:WM) today announced that it has agreed to acquire a controlling interest in Avangard Innovative's U.S. business, which will operate as Natura PCR – an independent company expected to scale and grow recycling capacity to produce an estimated 400 million pounds per year of post-consumer resin (PCR) in five years. Through Natura PCR, WM expects to deliver new recycling capabilities for its customers and provide circular solutions for films and clear plastic wrap used commercially, such as plastic stretch wrap for pallets, furniture film, grocery bags and potentially shrink wrap around food and beverage containers.
"WM's controlling interest in Natura PCR positions us to grow and scale rapidly in the emerging PCR space," said Jim Fish, president and CEO, WM. "WM's core material supply capabilities, with the head start and knowledge provided by Avangard's U.S. business, will help Natura PCR quickly deliver circular options to WM's customers as an important component of our continued growth strategy in recycling. Today, there is so much untapped potential to reuse film – which impacts many of our commercial customers. We can help our customers close the loop and bring more recycled materials to the store shelf."
Leading materials science company, Dow (NYSE: DOW) has been working with WM to help increase the recycling rate of plastics and create sustainable solutions in packaging, infrastructure and consumer applications. Dow has also been working with Avangard Innovative since early 2020, purchasing the company's PCR pellets to produce REVOLOOP™, Dow's product line with PCR content.
"We have been working with both companies to increase the use of recycled plastic in Dow's products, and Natura PCR brings together capabilities that will unlock more options for hard-to-recycle plastics for the industry," said Nestor de Mattos, North America commercial vice president, Packaging & Specialty Plastics, Dow. "Natura PCR further expands at scale, waste-to-market solutions across North America and advances our goal to help divert plastics from landfills to circular solutions."
Natura PCR will focus on the mechanical recycling of film and flexible plastics – some of the most complex plastics in the recycling stream today – and converts these materials to PCR that can be used to manufacture new products replacing virgin materials. These streams make up almost a quarter of today's plastic generation, but only about 5 percent is recycled today.
Demand for PCR is expected to grow in response to consumer-packaged goods companies' commitments to use recycled content and pressures from consumers and regulators to increase the PCR content in the packaging materials the companies manufacture. WM has demonstrated a track record of collecting materials from commercial streams for the feedstock needed to produce PCR content and expects its materials sourcing expertise will enable the increased volume of PCR pellets that Natura PCR can produce for use in new products.
"This transaction helps the business quickly scale operations, maximize source feedstock and meet the continued rise in demand for environmental additives, such as recycled plastic resin," said Rick Perez, CEO, Avangard Innovative. "After 30 years in the recycling business, WM's significant involvement, coupled with the strong relationship with Dow and other customers, will set Natura PCR up to offer the most innovative end-to-end circular economy solution in the market."
Natura PCR plans to grow recycling capabilities at Avangard's existing plant in Waller, Texas, and build new plant capacity in the Midwest. Natura PCR will be primarily owned and controlled by WM. Avangard and affiliated entities will hold a collective minority equity position in Natura PCR. WM expects to receive investment returns comparable to its previously announced automation investments in single-stream recycling. The transaction is expected to close in late 2022, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals.
ADVISORS
Goldman Sachs & Co LLC is serving as the exclusive financial advisor and Locke Lord LLP is serving as the legal advisor to WM on this transaction. Seale & Associates, Inc. is serving as the exclusive financial advisor and Vinson & Elkins LLP is serving as the legal advisor to Avangard Innovative on this transaction.
ABOUT WM
WM (WM.com) is North America's largest comprehensive waste management environmental solutions provider. Previously known as Waste Management and based in Houston, Texas, WM is driven by commitments to put people first and achieve success with integrity. The company, through its subsidiaries, provides collection, recycling and disposal services to millions of residential, commercial, industrial and municipal customers throughout the U.S. and Canada. With innovative infrastructure and capabilities in recycling, organics and renewable energy, WM provides environmental solutions to and collaborates with its customers in helping them achieve their sustainability goals. WM has the largest disposal network and collection fleet in North America, is the largest recycler of post-consumer materials and is the leader in beneficial reuse of landfill gas, with a growing network of renewable natural gas plants and the most gas-to-electricity plants in North America. WM's fleet includes nearly 11,000 natural gas trucks – the largest heavy-duty natural gas truck fleet of its kind in North America – where more than half are fueled by renewable natural gas. To learn more about WM and the company's sustainability progress and solutions, visit Sustainability.WM.com.
ABOUT AVANGARD INNOVATIVE
Avangard Innovative is a leader in technology-driven circular economy solutions. With 30 years of experience, Avangard Innovative offers full-service waste management and recycling optimization solutions at all levels of the process. AI's proprietary technology, program management & optimization, and post-consumer resin manufacturing are designed to help clients measure, manage and monetize their sustainability programs. Avangard Innovative's mission is to preserve and protect the environment by achieving zero-waste-to-landfill. For more information, please visit avaicg.com.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
WM, from time to time, provides estimates, comments on expectations relating to future periods and makes statements of opinion, view or belief about current and future events. This press release contains a number of forward-looking statements, including all statements regarding closing of the transaction; anticipated results of the transaction and business performance; future growth and production of the acquired business; future investment returns; future plastic generation and demand; and location and construction of future plants. You should view these statements with caution. They are based on facts and circumstances as of the date the statements are made and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to be materially different, including but not limited to, general economic and market conditions; inability to obtain regulatory or government approvals or to obtain such approvals on satisfactory conditions; inability to satisfy other closing conditions; the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstance that could give rise to the termination of the transaction agreement; legal proceedings; unexpected costs, charges or expenses; failure to successfully integrate the transaction and obtain the results anticipated; and other risks and uncertainties described in Part I, Item 1A of WM's most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10-K, available at investors.wm.com. WM assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of future events, circumstances or developments or otherwise.
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Financial institutions must tune into consumer expectations and meet them where they are to retain and attract loyal customers
SAN ANTONIO, July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vericast's latest research revealed how consumers' relationships with financial institutions are changing, and in some surprising ways.
Nearly half of respondents say they seek financial advice from friends or family, while less than a third are seeking it from a bank, credit union or financial advisor. Thirty-four percent of Gen Z consumers obtain financial advice from TikTok and 33% get it from YouTube, while only 24% of this age group seek advice from financial advisors.
To uncover insights on the current state of financial perceptions and priorities, Vericast, a leading marketing solutions company, conducted the survey of 1,000 adults in the U.S. and found that people are increasingly turning to alternate sources for financial information and advice.
"It is clear that financial institutions have a critical need to innovate quickly and reimagine their approach to retain customers," said Stephenie Williams, Vice President, Financial Institution Marketing Product and Strategy at Vericast. "Banks and credit unions need to meet customers where they are, not only positioning themselves as a go-to, trusted resource providing education through traditional strategies, but also using new channels and platforms to reach younger generations."
Furthermore, there is opportunity to deliver on evolving expectations to help banks and credit unions acquire and retain customers amid market volatility. According to the survey, consumers expect financial institutions to accommodate them during widespread financial hardships, like the unprecedented inflation we are experiencing today. Seventy-nine percent expect flexibility on rates and fees, such as waiving overdraft or late fees, while 66% say they expect it to be easier to obtain new lines of credit. An additional 69% said notifications about lines of credit available to them and promotions on special rate offers, such as low interest balance transfers, are also expected during times of financial instability.
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Vericast is reimagining marketing solutions one business-to-human connection at a time. By influencing how over 120 million households eat, shop, buy, save and borrow, Vericast fuels commerce, drives economic growth and directly accelerates revenue potential for thousands of brands and businesses. While its award-winning portfolio of products, technology and solutions are part of the Vericast story, its people are the true differentiators; trailblazers in data intelligence, marketing services, transaction solutions, campaign management and media delivery.
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Shared Priorities Include Sustainability, Workforce Development
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK), the world's largest company dedicated to industrial automation and digital transformation, has joined CESMII –The Smart Manufacturing Institute as its newest member.
"We're thrilled to have a market maker like Rockwell Automation join us to help advance the adoption of smart manufacturing across the U.S. manufacturing base," said John Dyck, CESMII CEO. "Because of their expertise in workforce development and sustainable manufacturing, Rockwell will be a welcome ally in our efforts to democratize smart manufacturing."
Dyck said to help accelerate this effort, Rockwell's vice president of Sustainability, Tom O'Reilly, will join the CESMII board of directors.
"The connection between smart manufacturing, greater efficiency and ultimately, cost savings, is one of the most important conversations happening in U.S. manufacturing," O'Reilly said. "Recognizing the urgent need, we look forward to working with CESMII to reduce the industry's carbon footprint while helping to advance data driven sustainability for members."
In addition to sustainability, Rockwell is committed to workforce development in educating both incoming and experienced workers. Its in-house training and joint industry initiatives help enlist seasoned workers and military veterans in manufacturing careers.
"Today's manufacturing environment is very fast paced and requires high digital skills, understanding of how it all connects, and constant learning to keep pace with the technology changes that are occurring on the factory floor," said Michael Cook, director of Global Academic Engagement for Rockwell. "Modern manufacturing workers must possess key technical skill sets and have a desire to upskill with fresh knowledge on an almost constant basis to be successful."
Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK), is a global leader in industrial automation and digital transformation. We connect the imaginations of people with the potential of technology to expand what is humanly possible, making the world more productive and more sustainable. Headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Rockwell Automation employs approximately 25,000 problem solvers dedicated to our customers in more than 100 countries. To learn more about how we are bringing The Connected Enterprise to life across industrial enterprises, visit www.rockwellautomation.com.
CESMII is the United States' national institute on Smart Manufacturing, driving cultural and technological transformation and secure industrial technologies as national imperatives. By enabling frictionless movement of information between real-time Operations and the people and systems that create value in and across Manufacturing organizations, CESMII is impacting manufacturing performance through measurable improvements in areas such as: quality, throughput, costs/ profitability, safety, asset reliability and energy productivity. Learn more at cesmii.org and follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn.
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Partnership intends to accelerate translation of discoveries in disease biology towards novel treatments for patients with tauopathies.
FORT WORTH, Texas , June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Rainwater Charitable Foundation (RCF), one of the largest independent funders of neurodegenerative disease research, today announced that it has entered a partnership with the Alzheimer's Research UK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute (ARUK-ODDI) at the University of Oxford. This partnership intends to accelerate the development of novel therapeutics aimed at the treatment of tauopathies, a group of progressive neurodegenerative diseases.
The RCF and ARUK-ODDI will work together to take discoveries made by principal investigators within the Tau Consortium through the "valley of death" of drug discovery by applying an integrated drug discovery approach to advance these discoveries to the clinic. The ARUK-ODDI brings best practice target validation, assay development and execution, computational chemistry, and ADME-supported medicinal chemistry. The deep knowledge in basic discovery biology and tauopathy mechanisms derived from the Tau Consortium principal investigators will complement the drug discovery expertise of the ARUK-ODDI team. This partnership aims to pave the way for future partnerships to enable clinical development and commercialization.
"This collaborative partnership is a significant step forward in our plans to bring potential treatments closer to the clinic for patients suffering from tauopathies," said Leticia Toledo-Sherman, PhD., Senior Director of Drug Discovery for the Tau Consortium at the RCF. "The Oxford DDI team combines a deep understanding of Alzheimer's Disease, primary tauopathies, and neuroinflammation with critical drug discovery expertise. This combination and their record of bringing academic programs towards the clinic will be instrumental for the success of our therapeutic development efforts."
Prof John Davis, Business Development Director for the Alzheimer's Research UK Drug Discovery Alliance said:
"The Rainwater Charitable Foundation's Tau Consortium has given many of the world's best tau research teams a unifying alliance that is resulting in more rapid progress towards identifying the key molecular mechanisms at play in tauopathies and the distressing neurodegenerative diseases that they cause. The Alzheimer's Research UK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute at the University of Oxford is delighted to be partnering with the RCF to drive forward the translation of the latest scientific advances into novel therapeutic approaches, that we hope will ultimately be of benefit to patients."
The Rainwater Charitable Foundation (RCF) was created in the early 1990s by renowned private equity investor and philanthropist Richard E. Rainwater. The RCF supports a range of programs in K-12 education, medical research, and other worthy causes. To deliver on its mission to accelerate the development of new diagnostics and treatments for tau-related neurodegenerative disorders, the RCF medical research team manages the Tau Consortium and the Rainwater Prize programs. With over $145 million invested to date, the RCF has helped to advance eight treatments into human trials. For more information, please visit http://rainwatercharitablefoundation.org/, www.rainwaterprize.org, and https://tauconsortium.org/.
The Alzheimer's Research UK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute (ARUK-ODDI) is a research team within the Centre for Medicines Discovery (CMD) at the University of Oxford. The CMD is a grouping of research teams within the Nuffield Department of Medicine with complimentary disciplines and a unifying mission to conduct translational biology and discover novel therapeutic approaches. The ARUK-ODDI was founded in 2014 through a £10M grant from Alzheimer's Research UK, which was renewed in 2020, and is part of a Drug Discovery Alliance, funded by the charity, with parallel institutes in Cambridge and London (UK). The ARUK-ODDI comprises scientific experts in cell and molecular neurobiology, molecular pharmacologists, screening experts, computational and medicinal chemists co-located in world-class facilities at the heart of the University of Oxford's biomedical campus. The ARUK-ODDI's mission is to work up new targets, identified by academic collaborators, and, through collaboration, deliver chemical lead series and proof of concept studies that justify continued development.
Alzheimer's Research UK is the UK's leading charity specializing in finding preventions, treatments, and a cure for dementia. Our animation "What is dementia?" explains the essentials of dementia and the diseases that cause it What is dementia? Alzheimer's Research UK - YouTube
Alzheimer's Research UK is currently supporting pioneering dementia research projects worth nearly £34 million (equivalent to 47 million US Dollars) in leading Universities across the UK. Find out more at www.alzheimersresearchuk.org and help us share a better understanding about dementia.
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- Alibaba Group pledges to make nine energy efficiency patents technology available for free for the first time
- Alibaba Cloud aims to have its global data centers running entirely on clean energy by 2030
HANGZHOU, China, April 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE: BABA and HKEX: 9988, "Alibaba" or "Alibaba Group") has joined Low Carbon Patent Pledge (LCPP), an international platform that encourages sharing patents for low carbon technologies, to accelerate adoption of green technology and foster collaborative innovation by making nine key patents for green data center technology available for free to external parties. In keeping with its support for green initiatives, Alibaba Cloud, the digital technology and intelligence backbone of Alibaba Group also aims to have its global data centers running entirely on clean energy by 2030, starting with upgrades to five of its hyper-scale data centers in China.
Joining the coalition of various pledgors from the international society, the initiative marks the first time that Alibaba Group has pledged to offer critical intellectual property broadly available on sustainability, which reinforces its long-standing commitment to achieving a low-carbon and sustainable future for the society through forging broader cooperation.The nine patents offered are parts of Alibaba's green data center technologies including the unique "soaking server" cooling system Alibaba Cloud has deployed for its data centers since 2015. This non-mechanical cooling measure leads to energy savings of over 70% compared to traditional mechanical cooling .
"We believe technology innovation is a key driver in transitioning to the low-carbon circular economy of the future. As a pioneer and global technology leader, we are committed to taking broader social responsibility to use technology to level the playing field and to empower the wider social groups, creating long-term value. We are excited to join the pledge as a way to encourage a collective approach to build a sustainable and inclusive future for the society and environment through open collaboration, joint innovations and mutual inspiration." said Dr. Chen Long, Vice President of Alibaba Group and Chair of Alibaba's Sustainability Steering Committee.
Low Carbon Pledge Patent was launched on Earth Day 2021 by Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), Microsoft, and Meta with the mission of promoting low carbon technologies and fostering collaborative innovation. Professor Jorge Contreras, academic expert on patent pledges, notes: "The addition of these companies strengthens the Low Carbon Patent Pledge and reflects the reality that all sectors of industry can contribute to the effort to accelerate the transition to low carbon energy sources."
Greening Data Centers with Technology
As an infrastructure provider for a green economy, Alibaba Cloud is also committing to have its global data centers running entirely on clean energy by 2030 by employing cutting-edge green technologies in these facilities.
Shanyuan Gao, General Manager of Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure's Internet Data Center Division, said: "Eco-friendly data centers are critical to Alibaba's sustainable operations. We employs cutting-edge green technologies in its hyper-scale facilities, of which liquid cooling and renewable electricity storage make a considerable difference in reducing carbon emissions. For instance, in our Hangzhou data center, server clusters are submerged in specialized liquid coolant, which quickly chills the IT hardware."
Alibaba Cloud's Zhangbei data center employs the same method, which contributed to it earning a Green Power Consumption Certificate from the Beijing Electric Power Exchange Center in 2021, recognizing the facility as the first in China to use heat-pump technology. As Alibaba Cloud builds a secure and resilient global infrastructure network, it believes that the advanced technology housed within the data centers will become the new standard with liquid cooling being promoted throughout China and in more countries in the future.
While clean energy solves many issues, its use brings its own set of challenges. The energy supply from solar and wind sources can be fickle, delivering full power when the weather is fair and windy but failing to produce when conditions change. To address that, Alibaba Cloud is assessing carbon management tools to help it better take advantage of energy trading schemes while also planning a more stable energy supply. Alibaba Cloud is also exploring other frontier technologies, like pumping water to store energy, a common way to conserve renewable energy until it is needed.
To help cut electricity use further, Alibaba launched its first proprietary chip, the Yitian 710. The Yitian 710 can accommodate up to 60 billion transistors in each chip, translating into a 50% higher energy efficiency ratio compared with other models. This will make transitioning to clean energy easier as it reduces demand on unpredictable solar and wind energy sources.
About Alibaba Group
Alibaba Group's mission is to make it easy to do business anywhere. The company aims to build the future infrastructure of commerce. It envisions that its customers will meet, work and live at Alibaba, and that it will be a good company that lasts for 102 years.
About Alibaba Cloud
Established in 2009, Alibaba Cloud (www.alibabacloud.com) is the digital technology and intelligence backbone of Alibaba Group. It offers a complete suite of cloud services to customers worldwide, including elastic computing, database, storage, network virtualization services, large-scale computing, security, management and application services, big data analytics, a machine learning platform and IoT services. Alibaba Cloud is China's leading provider of public cloud services by revenue in 2019, including PaaS and IaaS services, according to IDC. Alibaba Group is the world's third leading and Asia Pacific's leading IaaS provider by revenue in 2020 in U.S. dollars, according to Gartner's April 2021 report.
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MIAMI, Florida, April 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Global Child "Travel with Purpose" is the fastest growing travel series with a true purpose: they explore the world through experiences as they share positive life lessons and give back with celebrity friends. In cooperation with Uplive(IG: Uplive.USA), a globally leading video social entertainment platform, Global Child has increased its exposure through the use of celebrity co-hosts by allowing audiences to look behind the scenes as they film the show while livestreaming.
"More than a challenge we thought it would be, a great opportunity to show fans of Catriona Gray (Miss Universe) and Sam Milby and our own followers all that filming a travel show entails. We also wanted to bring them in to watch the give back component of the show and inspire them to do the same." Says Augusto Valverde, producer of Global Child.
Through use of the Uplive platform, more than seven thousand fans joined daily to watch over an hour of live streaming. Global Child donated 5K USD to EWAD, a center for disabled children and teens and thanks to Uplive, audiences were able to enjoy it and support the action through live streaming.
"Global Child has turned the mystery of distant lands into the fascination of potential vacations. Offering people insight into the possibilities that exist within those countries. Now with Uplive's support, the show will have a wider audience and provide more diverse content, such as the behind-the-scenes live streaming for the upcoming episode" says Christine Xu, GM of Uplive USA. "One of Uplive's goals is to allow individuals from around the world to connect and share their passions. This aligns very well with the focal point of Global Child and has been a contributing factor to the success of the partnership."
With Uplive's support for the upcoming Global Child Mauritius "The Force of Nature" episode (#28), it is anticipated that the view count will continue to grow exponentially. Global Child has a strategic partnership with Fox First Run and their streaming platforms as well as over 50 linear television channels from Latin America, to the USA, Africa and Asia. "I know fans of the show and our celebrity co-hosts truly enjoyed watching the unfiltered moments behind the scenes, the laughter and the friendship. I also loved how Catriona, Sam and Kristina (our hosts), and Haley Sparks, our Uplive BTS Host, took time to speak to those fans and interact with them. We wanted them to feel special and because of our partnership with Uplive, we did that for them." Says Augusto as he smiles and adds "Truly I know the best yet to come. You know, at Global Child we believe that gratitude is the key to joy, excellence is the door to opportunity and purpose is the path to greatness. The best way to make an impact is to use whatever platform we have for good. I'm grateful to Uplive for sponsoring this episode; they made this episode a reality."
Watch Global Child "Travel with Purpose" on Peacock, Roku Channel, Tubi, Vizio, Plex and more!
About Uplive
Uplive is the largest independent global video social entertainment platform with more than 300 million registered users from over 150 countries. Launched in 2016, the video social platform rapidly expanded operations to include Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, North Africa, North America, Latin America, and other global hubs. Uplive allows video social hosts to broadcast to the world, sharing their talents and building connections in real time with users across the globe. Twitter recently recognized Uplive as one of the most influential international brands in 2019.
About Asia Innovations Group
Asia Innovations Group (AIG) is a leading live social company with 500 million registered users located in over 150 regions worldwide. It has built a comprehensive and diverse portfolio as it seeks to achieve its mission of enriching people's lives worldwide through innovative and enjoyable live social products, which foster meaningful human connection. AIG's portfolio includes leading apps such as Uplive, the global live video platform, CuteU and Lamour, leading social dating apps in global emerging markets, as well as other fast-growing voice and game based live social apps. It includes operations in eighteen offices around the globe that brings deep local market knowledge across all major emerging markets. Combined with cutting-edge technology and a scalable global infrastructure, AIG is bringing the most exciting social product experiences to users across emerging markets.
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MATSUKO's solution reconstructs people from 2D to 3D via hologram, bringing physical presence to remote communication and introduces a holographic metaverse.
SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MATSUKO, the creator of the first software-only solution for holographic presence, will demonstrate its innovative digital hologram technology for the Oculus Quest 2 at the 2022 Augmented World Expo in Santa Clara, California.
MATSUKO's solution is not an animated avatar but a fully expressive hologram. Using mixed and augmented reality and artificial intelligence, MATSUKO creates 3D holograms for remote communication between people. This eliminates the problems often encountered on video calls: lack of non-verbal cues, lack of engagement, and missing spatial feeling.
"If these past two years have shown us anything, it is that as humans we need each other's presence. And even though we have come a long way with remote communication, today's tools are still way too distant," said Maria Vircikova, co-founder and CEO of MATSUKO. "Our brain is wired for the third dimension, and we need a sensation of people physically being there. Today we're excited to announce the debut of MATSUKO's technology on the Oculus Quest 2."
By installing the MATSUKO app and wearing Oculus Quest 2 headset, users experience the real presence of having colleagues and friends next to them – no avatars, no scanning, no setup.
Introducing this lifelike holographic communication in business settings will make video conferences more effective and also reduce the need for travel costs, cutting down on emissions. Companies can use the technology when selecting candidates, for face-to-face meetings, and for team briefings. Event organizers can bring speakers closer to their audience.
MATSUKO's app has been developed for VR and mixed reality, but the company wanted to impact more people. With that in mind, in March 2022 at SXSW, it launched the MATSUKO app for the iPhone experience. As a result, everyone can now experience real volumetric holograms with just a smartphone. Hundreds of millions of people can now connect with millions of headset owners, all with the same MATSUKO app. MATSUKO won the SXSW 2022 award in Extended Reality & Immersive Technology.
About MATSUKO
MATSUKO is the creator of the first hologram calling app that fills in that missing element in the existent ways of video conferencing - human presence. It brings people closer, improves relationships and successful collaborations while zeroing down the environmental impact.
Founded in 2017 in Slovakia, MATSUKO builds a software-only solution that allows modeling people into three dimensions and transferring them in real space and in real-time. What makes it unique is the use of a single camera found in smartphones or computers. The product helps to discover the future of communication today and experience a real presence with hologram meetings. To learn more about MATSUKO, visit the website: https://www.matsuko.com/.
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Designed for those who are "young at heart" and never stop pursuing excellence in both technology innovation and aesthetic design, TECNO's CAMON 19 Pro Mondrian Edition Smartphone Integrates a Color-Changing Design with a Sleek Bezel and Advanced Camera, Inspired by Abstract Art Icon Piet Mondrian
BOSTON, July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Technology can now also be art. TECNO, a global premium smartphone brand, recently advanced their commitment to delivering consumers the most intuitive, stylish and well-designed smart devices by announcing the CAMON 19 Pro Mondrian Edition Gift Set with a TECNO CAMON 19 Pro Mondrian Edition smartphone, a pair of TECNO TWS SONIC 1 earbuds, and Mondrian-style accessories. The smartphone perfectly combines the industry's first 'Sunlight Drawing' technology with the stylistic art form, allowing the phone shell color to change with the light, paying tribute to the Stylistic master Mondrian.
With the exceptional craftsmanship and its innovative visual appearance, TECNO CAMON 19 Pro Mondrian Edition recently collected two international design awards, 2022 MUSE Design Award from the US and the A' Design Award from Italy.
The MUSE Design Awards is a leading international award competition that aims to promote excellence in various design industries by providing professionals and brands with a platform to compete on the world stage. The MUSE Design Awards is created by the International Awards Associate (IAA) in New York and is known for its rigorous judging system and high standard criteria.
The A' Design Awards is a world's leading annual international design competition recognized by ICOGRADA (International Council of Graphic Design Associations) and European Design Association, celebrating the best designs, design concepts, products and services.
"Aesthetics in technology are becoming increasingly important for today's consumer, as they look for a more personal mobile experience," said Lucia Liu, Chief Brand Officer, TECNO. "We've long maintained a 'stop-at-nothing' mentality in order to bring our consumers the most innovative and intuitive devices. The introduction of the CAMON 19 Pro Mondrian Edition makes it possible to achieve the beauty of art through technological innovation as well as to bring art and style to more consumers."
TECNO's 'Sunlight Drawing' technology, which uses ultraviolet light to create a multi-color phone shell, is unlike anything on the market. This polychromatic photoisomer technology is an innovation which uses the breakage and recovery effect of the chain of photosensitive molecular bonds under ultraviolet light, making colorless molecular groups become chromogenic and then revert to colorless. The process breaks through the technical limitations of single-color or dual-color discoloration, and realizes for the first time the industry ideal of "making mobile phones not only a technology product, but also a work of art."
The TECNO CAMON 19 Pro 19 Mondrian Edition design includes an industry-first 64MP main camera and an RGBW sensor, co-developed with Samsung; a 50MP 2X Optical-Zoom Lens to deliver clearer and more detailed portraits; and a 0.98mm bezel - the industry's slimmest form factor that frames a 6.8-inch FHD+ display to deliver an unsurpassed, immersive experience.
The special edition device was introduced in partnership with the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) at an event which paid tribute to art icon Piet Mondrian, the inspiration behind the design – depicting the geometric elements consisting of "primary colors" and straight lines – to reflect an equal and harmonious order.
TECNO is a premium smartphone and AIoT devices brand operating in over 70 markets globally. With "Stop At Nothing" as its brand essence, TECNO is committed to unlocking the best contemporary technologies for progressive individuals across global emerging markets, giving them stylishly designed intelligent products that inspire consumers to uncover a world of possibilities. TECNO understands the needs of consumers from different markets and provides them with localized innovations and design breakthroughs demonstrated through their mastery of serving consumers who are "young at heart" and never stops pursuing excellence. TECNO's portfolio spans across smartphones, smart wearables and AIoT devices. For more information, please visit: www.tecno-mobile.com.
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Three elite communicators in the U.S. and U.K. extend the firm's global presence
WASHINGTON and LONDON, July 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Levinson Group ("TLG"), a strategic communications and issues management firm, announced today that Michael Crittenden, Matt McKenna, and Saira Zaki have joined the firm. The new hires bring extensive experience leading complex communications campaigns advising the public sector, private businesses, public figures, and influential leaders. Zaki joins TLG's newest office in London.
"We are delighted to welcome Mike, Matt and Saira to our growing global team. They expand our ability to provide superior advice and exceptional support to our clients," said Molly Levinson, CEO of TLG. "Each one of these communications leaders brings with them significant expertise honed from years of experience at the highest levels of government, politics, journalism, and in the private sector."
Crittenden brings deep experience advising leading companies and organizations, specializing in issues at the intersection of financial markets and public policy. He most recently served as a Managing Director at Mercury Public Affairs. He is a seasoned and award-winning journalist, having previously covered global financial markets, international economics, banking, and financial services at The Wall Street Journal and CQ for years prior to his work as a communications expert. As a journalist, he covered multiple federal and state government agencies, including the U.S. Congress, the U.S. Federal Reserve, U.S. Treasury Department, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the U.S. Department of State.
McKenna joins TLG with significant public affairs and public relations experience, leveraging a 16-year career in political campaigns and public relations, with demonstrated success operating at the highest levels of politics, government, and the private sector. After serving for years as communications advisor and spokesperson for President William J. Clinton, McKenna co-founded Greenbrier, a division of the Messina Group and a boutique public relations firm. McKenna began his communications career leading public relations and communications efforts for multiple state and national political campaigns. He has advised hundreds of global leaders and organizations, successfully leading teams in multi-dimensional and dynamic communications efforts.
Zaki joins TLG with more than 20 years of experience advising on strategic communications issues at a senior board level, navigating internal and external brand opportunities and challenges. Prior to joining TLG, Zaki, a former legal business journalist, served as the Global Director of Communications at Dechert LLP, where she sat on the marketing executive committee and oversaw global communications strategy for the entire firm. Prior to that, she successfully built and led the European communications function at Skadden LLP throughout a period of complex growth and change in the legal industry.
Crittenden, McKenna, and Zaki join a team of expert communicators at TLG with extensive experience advising public and private businesses, global law firms, professional services organizations, non-profit organizations, influential leaders, and public figures at pivotal inflection points.
About TLG
Founded in 2013, TLG serves as a strategic communications partner and advisor to leading public and private businesses and influential leaders. Chambers & Partners and National Law Journal ranked TLG among the top public relations and communications firms in the U.S. TLG has also been recognized for its commitment to leading social impact programs and for its robust pro bono practice.
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Cubs put OF Clint Frazier on injured list with appendicitis
CHICAGO (AP) — Clint Frazier’s injury-plagued career took another hit when the Chicago Cubs announced the outfielder has been sidelined because of appendicitis. Frazier was put on the 10-day injured list. The 27-year-old Frazier missed the final 82 games of last season with the New York Yankees because of vertigo. He signed a one-year, $1.5 million contract with the Cubs after being released by the Yankees on Nov. 19. Frazier was batting .143 in 10 games for the Cubs. The roster move was made retroactive to Wednesday. Outfielder Alfonso Rivas was recalled from Triple-A Iowa. Rivas made the opening day roster and was 2 for 4 before he was sent to the minors on April 16. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/04/22/cubs-put-of-clint-frazier-on-injured-list-with-appendicitis/ | 2022-04-23T01:24:20Z |
FRIDLEY, Minn., June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Resolution Medical, a portfolio company of Arcline Investment Management and a premier vertically integrated medical device contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), today announced that it has acquired LifeTec Group™ ("LifeTec"). Based in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, LifeTec is a leading global pre-clinical contract research organization (CRO) focused on the investigation and demonstration of medical device innovations as well as procedural skills training using biosimulation systems.
"LifeTec's biosimulation services and technologies add clinical insight depth and accelerate R&D execution for medical device companies around the world. We have long been impressed by the LifeTec team's capabilities, and are extremely excited to come together," Resolution Medical CEO Luke Johnson said. "Our customers look for fully integrated development and manufacturing capabilities, fast and agile execution, and clinically deep anatomical and physiological expertise. That is what Resolution Medical offers and embodies. LifeTec is a fantastic addition to further our mission of Partnering to Bring the Frontiers of Medical Technology to Life."
LifeTec CEO Jurgen de Hart commented, "Medical technology innovation is best achieved by integrating design, prototyping, pre-clinical verification and validation, and manufacturing. We've found an excellent partner in Resolution Medical to globally leverage the value we bring by combining our unparalleled pre-clinical services with their best-in-class development and manufacturing services. We're incredibly excited to join Resolution Medical and shape the future of accelerated medical technology innovation."
Mr. Johnson concluded, "Resolution Medical has just finished a new 35,000 sq. ft. dedicated R&D facility in Minneapolis, adjacent to our current facility which will be fully dedicated to manufacturing. Within that new R&D facility we now have a state-of-the-art biosimulation lab that leverages LifeTec's multiple simulation platforms and many years of expertise. This lab includes ultrasound and fluoroscopy imaging, and we are excited to now begin offering this service to our customers at sites both in the U.S. and Europe."
Resolution Medical was founded in 2012 and has grown to become a leading medical device CDMO serving the most demanding interventional therapies and customers. With over 100 engineers, and expansive manufacturing capabilities at its ISO 13485 and FDA registered facility, Resolution Medical is a go-to-supplier for the most anatomically and technologically advanced interventional therapies. For more information about Resolution Medical, please visit www.resolutionmedical.com.
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Dr. Guyuron Named Among the Top 2 for Rhinoplasty and Top 10 for Facelift Surgery
CLEVELAND, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lyndhurst-based Bahman Guyuron, M.D., was ranked one of the top two rhinoplasty surgeons in the United States, based on a national survey among more than 5,000 medical professionals throughout the country. Newsweek news magazine published the survey results in its report, America's Best Plastic Surgeons 2022. In addition, Dr. Guyuron ranked among the top ten plastic surgeons in the nation for facelift procedures.
The rankings feature the nation's top 150 plastic surgeons for nose procedures and 200 leading plastic surgeons. Dr. Guyuron's areas of specialties include rhinoplasty, face, and migraine surgeries.
"I am humbled to again be named a top two rhinoplasty surgeon by my peers," Dr. Guyuron said. "I pride myself on delivering unwavering quality results that not only enhance my patients' looks but also improves their lives."
Newsweek, a widely distributed weekly news magazine, invited thousands of medical experts to participate in the online survey. Participants were asked to recommend plastic surgeons in the U.S. who offer at least one of the four procedures. Survey participants could recommend plastic surgeons in their own state as well as for all the U.S.
The survey enabled a quality score based on four core elements: surgery preparation, surgical procedure, follow-up care and surgical outcomes. Dr. Guyuron received a 90.29 percent score in nose procedures.
For more information about the survey visit Newsweek.
Zeeba Clinic is an international plastic surgery practice and medical skincare facility founded by world-renowned Bahman Guyuron, MD. For more than 40 years, Zeeba Clinic has helped patients from 49 states and many countries. Recognized internationally by his peers and patients as one of the best plastic surgeons in the world, Dr. Guyuron is certified by the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Plastic Surgery. He is the Teacher's Teacher with more than 290 published medical articles, 63 book chapters on plastic surgery, 6 published textbooks and more than 1,100 presentations and lectures in 30 countries. Dr. Guyuron has developed and pioneered many techniques including a surgical treatment for migraine headaches. To learn more, visit: drbahmanguyuron.com
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NEW YORK, Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- J.P. Morgan Private Bank announced today that it has hired a three-person team in Chicago that collectively oversaw more than $2 billion in client assets in their prior positions, as well as a team lead for its Winnetka office. The Private Bank's Chicago market has seen extensive growth over the past five years and has and has doubled its business in terms of assets managed.
"The greater Chicago area has long been an important market for our business, and it is a critical part of our growth and expansion plans," said David Frame, Chief Executive Officer, J.P. Morgan U.S. Private Bank. "These new hires are tremendous additions to the team and terrific examples of our commitment to hiring the most client-focused advisors in the industry."
With over five decades of combined experience, Amy Welzer, Jennifer Jones and Steven Hoffmann joined the firm from Citi Private Bank. The team collectively oversaw more than $2 billion in client assets in their previous roles, and will report to Neal Gram, Managing Director, Chicago Market Manager.
- Rejoining the firm as a Managing Director and Banker, Amy Welzer serves ultra-high-net worth individuals and families providing tailored wealth planning needs including investments, trust and estate, banking, and philanthropy.
- Jennifer Jones also rejoins the firm as an Executive Director and Banker providing wealth planning services to ultra- high-net worth individuals and families ranging from investments, trust and estate, banking, and philanthropy.
- Steven Hoffmann joins the firm as an Associate and Banker responsible for providing comprehensive investment and relationship support for families and ultra-high-net worth individuals.
"I had the great fortune of working with Amy and Jennifer during their time at JPMorgan and have seen first-hand the value and expertise they can offer to our clients and teams," Gram said. "I am thrilled to welcome them back to the firm and look forward to the positive impact the entire team will have in helping clients achieve their most important financial goals."
Additionally, Jaime Freeman joined as a Managing Director, Market Team Lead in Winnetka reporting to Maggie O'Brien, Managing Director, Team Lead and Banker in Chicago and Winnetka. Jaime brings more than 16 years of industry experience, a proven track record for delivering an exceptional client experience and providing integrated solutions across wealth planning, investment management, trust services and insurance. She joins the firm from BMO Wealth Management, where she was a Managing Director.
J.P. Morgan Private Bank last year announced plans to double its advisor headcount by adding 1,500 new advisors by 2026. Across the Greater Chicago region, the Private Bank is looking to hire as many as 75 advisors over the next five years and has already added 60 from the beginning of 2021 through the start of June 2022. Globally, the business has increased advisor headcount by 18% year-over-year.
J.P. Morgan Private Bank provides customized financial advice to help wealthy clients and their families achieve their goals through an elevated experience. Clients of the Private Bank work with dedicated teams of specialists that bring their investments and financial assets together into one comprehensive strategy, leveraging the global resources of J.P. Morgan across planning, investing, lending, banking, philanthropy, family office management, fiduciary services, special advisory services and more. The Private Bank oversees more than $1.9 trillion in client assets globally. More information about J.P. Morgan Private Bank is available at privatebank.jpmorgan.com/.
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Independent Board Member Sue Gove Appointed Interim CEO Company
Appoints New Chief Merchandising Officer
Adjusting Strategy and Focusing Resources to Improve Company Performance
UNION, N.J., June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (NASDAQ: BBBY) today announced significant changes to the Company's senior leadership to focus on reversing recent results, addressing supply chain and inventory, and strengthening its balance sheet. Sue Gove, an Independent Director on the Company's Board of Directors and Chair of the Board's Strategy Committee, has been named Interim Chief Executive Officer, replacing Mark Tritton, who has left his role as President and Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the Board.
Harriet Edelman, Independent Chair of the Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. Board of Directors, said: "After thorough consideration, the Board determined that it was time for a change in leadership. Our banner's heritage is built on the premise that when customers are shopping for the home, Bed Bath & Beyond is the perfect destination for unique solutions and inspiration. We must deliver that proposition for customers, drive growth, and unlock the value of the banners. Today's actions address company performance, the macroeconomic conditions under which we are operating, and the expectations of the Board on behalf of shareholders. We are committed to addressing the urgent issues that have been impacting sales, profitability, and cash flow generation. We are confident Sue brings the right combination of industry experience and knowledge of Bed Bath & Beyond's operations to lead the Company, focus our resources, and revise strategy, as appropriate."
Ms. Gove said, "We must deliver improved results. Our shareholders, Associates, customers, and partners all expect more. We are committed to providing customers with a one-stop destination to meet their needs through our assortment, experience, and services, whether online or in stores. Top-tier execution, careful management of costs, greater supply chain reliability, prudent capital spending, a stronger balance sheet, and robust digital capabilities will all be important to our success. I'm eager to start working more closely with our leaders and our Associates across all banners to make the necessary strategy adjustments and create a brighter future for Bed Bath & Beyond Inc."
Executive Changes
The Company further announced that it has named Mara Sirhal as Executive Vice President and Chief Merchandising Officer. Ms. Sirhal, who most recently served as Bed Bath & Beyond's Senior Vice President and General Manager for Harmon, as well as General Merchandise Manager of Health, Beauty & Consumables, will be responsible for driving the Company's omnichannel merchandising, planning, and Owned Brands strategies, while also retaining her position as General Manager for the Harmon retail banner. Ms. Sirhal will report directly to Ms. Gove. She replaces Joe Hartsig, who is leaving the company.
Ms. Edelman continued, "We appreciate Mark's contributions over the past two and a half years. These include launching our transformation strategy, delivering returns to shareholders through the divestiture of non-core assets, investing in technology, infrastructure and digital capabilities and introducing Owned Brands. Under his leadership, the Company navigated well through the COVID-19 pandemic, keeping our Associates, customers, and communities safe and served. Joe was also a key member of our senior leadership team and instrumental in developing and implementing our product strategy. The Board of Directors recognizes and thanks both Mark and Joe for their leadership and wish them all the best for the future."
These changes reflect the decision of the Company's thirteen independent members of the Board of Directors.
To support its work, the Board has retained Berkeley Research Group (BRG), a leading retail advisory firm, to focus on cash, inventory and balance sheet optimization. In addition, Russell Reynolds, a nationally recognized search firm, has been retained to commence a search process for the permanent Chief Executive Officer role.
Strategy Committee Update
As previously announced, the Strategy Committee of the Board has been evaluating options for buybuy BABY over the past several months. The Committee is working closely with management and strategic and financial advisors to properly assess inherent value potential. While the Committee's work continues, the analysis to-date has confirmed the potential of buybuy BABY and has identified several strategies to further increase the synergies and compelling growth potential to be unlocked within Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. The Committee will continue its work and provide support while the Company focuses on near-term actions that primarily involve improved execution. These include focus on key offerings, recapturing the power of its registry program and an improved digital platform.
In line with the executive transition, the Strategy Committee will be reconfigured as Sue Gove steps down from her role as Chair. Effective immediately, current Committee member Andrea Weiss has assumed the role of Chair and Joshua Schechter, Chair of the Audit Committee, will join the Strategy Committee.
First Quarter 2022 Financial Results
In a separate release today, the Company is disclosing its financial results for the quarter ended May 28, 2022. The Company will host a conference call with investors and analysts today at 8:15am EDT to review this announcement and the Company's financial results.
About Sue Gove
Ms. Gove has been an Independent Director of Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. since May 2019. Throughout her tenure, Sue served two years as a member of the Audit Committee and three years as a member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance committee. In March, she was named Chair of the Board's Strategy Committee. Sue has spent more than 30 years within the retail industry serving a variety of senior financial, operating and strategic roles that included President and Chief Executive Officer of Golfsmith International Holdings and Chief Operating Officer of Zale Corporation. She has also served as a Senior Advisor for Alvarez & Marsal, a global professional services firm, from March 2017 to March 2019, where she primarily focused on advisory and turnaround for retail companies. She is the President of Excelsior Advisors, LLC, a retail consulting and advisory firm founded in August 2014.
About Mara Sirhal
Ms. Sirhal has 20 years of experience in retail, merchandising, store operations, beauty, and wellness. Prior to Bed Bath & Beyond and Harmon, she worked at Macy's Inc., most recently as Vice President and Divisional Business Manager for Licensed, Retail as a Service and Retail Diversity Strategy, and previously held a number of strategic merchandising roles at the retailer, including Vice President and Divisional Business Manager for Fragrances, Bath and Body Merchandising in the Beauty division. In this role she was responsible for buying, planning, digital and inventory management, and delivered significant growth in comp sales and market share. Prior to her current role as EVP and CMO, Ms. Sirhal was Senior Vice President and General Manager of Harmon Health and Beauty Stores, as well as General Merchandise Manager of Health, Beauty & Consumables, where she was responsible for leading all operational aspects of this value-driven business.
About Bed Bath & Beyond Inc
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. and subsidiaries (the "Company") is an omnichannel retailer that makes it easy for our customers to feel at home. The Company sells a wide assortment of merchandise in the Home, Baby, Beauty and Wellness markets. Additionally, the Company is a partner in a joint venture which operates retail stores in Mexico under the name Bed Bath & Beyond.
The Company operates websites at bedbathandbeyond.com, bedbathandbeyond.ca, buybuybaby.com, buybuybaby.ca, facevalues.com and decorist.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21 E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 including, but not limited to, our progress and anticipated progress towards our long-term objectives, potential changes in our strategy and management changes, as well as more generally our future outlook. Many of these forward-looking statements can be identified by use of words such as may, will, expect, anticipate, approximate, estimate, assume, continue, model, project, plan, goal, preliminary, and similar words and phrases, although the absence of those words does not necessarily mean that statements are not forward-looking. Our actual results and future financial condition may differ materially from those expressed in any such forward-looking statements as a result of many factors. Such factors include, without limitation: general economic conditions including the recent supply chain disruptions, labor shortages, wage pressures, rising inflation; a challenging overall macroeconomic environment and a highly competitive retailing environment; the ongoing military conflict between Russia and Ukraine; risks associated with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the governmental responses to it, including its impacts across our businesses on demand and operations, as well as on the operations of our suppliers and other business partners, and the effectiveness of our and governmental actions taken in response to these risks; changing consumer preferences, spending habits and demographics; demographics and other macroeconomic factors that may impact the level of spending for the types of merchandise sold by us; challenges in executing our omni-channel and transformation strategy, including our ability to establish and profitably maintain the appropriate mix of digital and physical presence in the markets we serve; our ability to successfully execute our store fleet optimization strategies, including our ability to achieve anticipated cost savings and to not exceed anticipated costs; our ability to execute on any additional strategic transactions and realize the benefits of any acquisitions, partnerships, investments or divestitures; disruptions to our information technology systems, including but not limited to security breaches of systems protecting consumer and employee information or other types of cybercrimes or cybersecurity attacks; damage to our reputation in any aspect of our operations; the cost of labor, merchandise, logistical costs and other costs and expenses; potential supply chain disruption due to trade restrictions or otherwise, and other factors such as natural disasters, pandemics, including the COVID-19 pandemic, political instability, labor disturbances, product recalls, financial or operational instability of suppliers or carriers, and other items; inflation and the related increases in costs of materials, labor and other costs; inefficient management of relationships and dependencies on third-party service providers; our ability to attract and retain qualified employees in all areas of the organization; unusual weather patterns and natural disasters, including the impact of climate change; uncertainty and disruptions in financial markets; volatility in the price of our common stock and its effect, and the effect of other factors, including the COVID-19 pandemic, on our capital allocation strategy; changes to statutory, regulatory and other legal requirements or deemed noncompliance with such requirements; changes to accounting rules, regulations and tax laws, or new interpretations of existing accounting standards or tax laws; new, or developments in existing, litigation, claims or assessments; and a failure of our business partners to adhere to appropriate laws, regulations or standards. Except as required by law, we do not undertake any obligation to update our forward-looking statements.
Contacts:
MEDIA: Julie Strider, Media@bedbath.com
INVESTORS: Susie A. Kim, IR@bedbath.com
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WWE Hall of Famer accused in Florida DUI crash that killed 1
Published: May. 9, 2022 at 9:19 AM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
ORMOND BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a World Wrestling Entertainment Hall of Famer is accused of killing a man in a traffic accident while driving under the influence in central Florida.
Tamara “Sunny” Sytch was arrested Friday night. She’s also charged with causing injury in a DUI crash and driving with a suspended license.
Ormond Beach police said in a social media post that the 49-year-old wrestler’s blood alcohol content after the crash was 0.28. That’s more than three times the legal limit in Florida.
The March 25 crash killed 75-year-old Julian Lasseter. Police say Sytch’s car plowed into a car stopped at a red light and pushed it into another car.
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2 teens charged with murder after body found in hand-dug grave, authorities say
CHILTON COUNTY, Ala. (WBRC/Gray News) - Alabama authorities say they have arrested two teenagers who were found to be connected to a homicide investigation that first started in May.
The Chilton County Sheriff’s Office reports the teens have been charged with the murder of 71-year-old Thomas Lee Creel after his body was found inside a hand-dug grave in a wooded area near Highway 145.
Chilton County Sheriff John Shearon told WBRC that caretakers of a nearby cemetery found what appeared to be a freshly dug grave in that area. However, that tipped off investigators as the cemetery hasn’t had a grave dug in the area for over a hundred years.
The sheriff’s office did not immediately release the teens’ names but reported they were charged with murder and first-degree burglary.
Authorities urged anyone with further information regarding the investigation to contact Sgt. Jennifer Bland at 205-755-4698.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Shane Lies has been named senior vice president and chief nuclear officer of American Electric Power's (Nasdaq: AEP) Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant (Cook) in Bridgman, Michigan, effective July 1, 2022. Lies is currently site vice president at Cook, a dual-unit nuclear site with a total generating capacity of 2,278 megawatts. Lies is replacing Joel Gebbie, who is retiring after 36 years with AEP. Kelly Ferneau, Cook plant manager, will be promoted to site vice president to replace Lies.
"Shane brings a deep understanding of the industry, nuclear operations and an appreciation for the culture needed to support nuclear excellence. Since joining Cook 26 years ago, Shane has developed deep knowledge of Cook Plant operations and built strong relationships with Cook employees, industry stakeholders and the surrounding communities," said Lisa Barton, AEP executive vice president and chief operating officer. "Shane has demonstrated his passion for operational excellence, reliability and ensuring that safety remains the top priority. As he transitions into his new role, I know his team will ensure that Cook continues to deliver clean, reliable energy to customers in Michigan and Indiana.
"Kelly brings strong technical expertise, a shared commitment to safety and continuous improvement, and is well prepared to continue to drive excellence in Cook's operations and develop the Cook team as site vice president."
"Joel's extensive experience, industry knowledge and focus on the culture necessary to support operational excellence has ensured Cook's ability to generate clean, reliable power for the customers of Indiana Michigan Power. He developed an incredibly talented leadership team that is well prepared to continue Cook's legacy of excellence. We thank him for his significant contributions and leadership within the industry, as well as his service to Cook and AEP. We wish Joel all the best in his well-deserved retirement," Barton said.
Lies, 51, joined AEP in 1996 as a system engineer at Cook and has served in numerous roles, including engineering vice president and plant manager. Lies has a bachelor's degree in nuclear engineering and a master's degree in mechanical engineering from Kansas State University.
Ferneau, 54, joined AEP in 2013 as an operations work control manager at Cook and has served as director of operations in addition to her current role. She has held numerous roles in nuclear power generation since 1990. Ferneau holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Trine University and has held a senior reactor operator license.
American Electric Power, based in Columbus, Ohio, is powering a cleaner, brighter energy future for its customers and communities. AEP's approximately 16,700 employees operate and maintain the nation's largest electricity transmission system and more than 224,000 miles of distribution lines to safely deliver reliable and affordable power to 5.5 million regulated customers in 11 states. AEP also is one of the nation's largest electricity producers with approximately 31,000 megawatts of diverse generating capacity, including more than 7,100 megawatts of renewable energy. The company's plans include growing its renewable generation portfolio to approximately 50% of total capacity by 2030. AEP is on track to reach an 80% reduction in carbon dioxide emissions from 2000 levels by 2030 and has committed to achieving net zero by 2050. AEP is recognized consistently for its focus on sustainability, community engagement, and diversity, equity and inclusion. AEP's family of companies includes utilities AEP Ohio, AEP Texas, Appalachian Power (in Virginia and West Virginia), AEP Appalachian Power (in Tennessee), Indiana Michigan Power, Kentucky Power, Public Service Company of Oklahoma, and Southwestern Electric Power Company (in Arkansas, Louisiana, east Texas and the Texas Panhandle). AEP also owns AEP Energy, which provides innovative competitive energy solutions nationwide. For more information, visit aep.com.
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- Provides customers across the region access to Amcor's expertise to accelerate development of sustainable packaging solutions
- Further positions Amcor as the innovation leader and partner of choice for leading consumer goods brands
JIANGYIN, China, Aug. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Amcor (NYSE: AMCR) (ASX:AMC), a global leader in responsible packaging solutions, today announced the opening of its latest Innovation Center in Jiangyin, China. The new center brings advanced packaging technologies and more sustainable material science to Asia Pacific, helping to drive growth and innovation across the region.
"We are thrilled to bring the best of Amcor's unmatched innovation capabilities closer to our customers in Asia Pacific," said Mike Cash, President of Amcor's Flexibles business in Asia Pacific. "This world-class facility offers our customers in the region the opportunity to collaborate hand-in-hand with our experts to make innovative packaging ideas a reality. Asia Pacific is a key growth market for Amcor and our new innovation center is just one of many important, customer-focused investments we are making in the region."
William Jackson, Chief Technology Officer for Amcor's Flexibles business said, "As the only packaging company to establish a global innovation network, Amcor is uniquely positioned to help our customers benefit from a global approach to innovation. The new innovation center will enable us to develop the best ideas from across the globe for the regional market, greatly enhancing the customer experience."
At the core of all Amcor innovation centers are three key programs designed to encourage collaboration on how to develop, in real-time, the best solution that meets customer requirements that will help facilitate growth.
- The Catalyst™ program - a flexible, collaborative, and creative approach of co-innovation that allows customers to customize solutions for their markets and customers, leveraging advanced analytical and material science labs.
- The Ideation and Prototyping Innovation Lab – taking consumer insights and ideas to conduct rapid prototyping, helping significantly shorten product development and evaluation cycles.
- The Applications Lab – offering a range of production machinery testing capabilities to identify potential issues quickly and early, helping to make the product development process more efficient, cost-effective and seamless.
The Asia Pacific Innovation Center will also serve as a base for collaboration for the packaging industry. From in-depth research on new technology and materials to the latest packaging and composting know-how, the Innovation Center will allow all parties from across the supply chain and region to share best practices. For more information on Amcor's efforts in innovation, click here.
About Amcor
Amcor is a global leader in developing and producing responsible packaging solutions for food, beverage, pharmaceutical, medical, home and personal-care, and other products. Amcor works with leading companies around the world to protect their products and the people who rely on them, differentiate brands, and improve supply chains through a range of flexible and rigid packaging, specialty cartons, closures, and services. The company is focused on making packaging that is increasingly lighter weight, recyclable and reusable, and made using an increasing amount of recycled content. In fiscal year 2022, 44,000 Amcor people generated $15 billion in annual sales from operations that span 220 locations in 43 countries. NYSE: AMCR; ASX: AMC
www.amcor.com
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With no deGrom or Scherzer for Game 1, Mets tab Tylor Megill
By HOWARD FENDRICH
AP National Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — Second-year right-hander Tylor Megill has been given the opening day starting assignment for the New York Mets against the Washington Nationals. The Mets do not have Cy Young Award winners Jacob deGrom and Max Scherzer available for Game 1. And Scherzer’s status for Game 2 is still uncertain. New Mets manager Buck Showalter announced Megill’s role during New York’s workout at Nationals Park on Wednesday. The Nationals will send left-hander Patrick Corbin to the mound on Thursday. DeGrom is expected to miss several weeks because of a problem with his right shoulder blade. Scherzer has been dealing with a right hamstring issue that arose late in spring training. | https://localnews8.com/news/2022/04/06/with-no-degrom-or-scherzer-for-game-1-mets-tab-tylor-megill/ | 2022-04-06T22:40:16Z |
Two school districts in Oklahoma will remain under a downgraded accreditation status after they were accused of violating a state law that bars certain types of teachings on race and gender, despite educators' calls on Thursday to lift the punishment they say is hurting teachers and students.
The Oklahoma State Board of Education reaffirmed a 4-2 vote on July 28 designating the Tulsa Public Schools and Mustang Public Schools districts as "accredited with warning."
The reduction means the districts are two tiers away from losing accreditation altogether.
"We are disappointed that the Oklahoma State Board of Education determined -- without any discussion -- to not even consider Tulsa Public Schools' request that it reevaluate the egregious and baseless action it took on our district's accreditation status in July," Tulsa superintendent Deborah Gist said in a written statement following the vote.
The law at the heart of the matter is House Bill 1775, which was passed and signed by Gov. Kevin Stitt in May 2021.
It prohibits, in part, teachers and other staff from teaching courses that indicate one race or gender is inherently superior to another. It also bars teaching the idea that a person of specific race or gender "bears responsibility for actions committed in the past by other members of the same race or sex," according to the bill's text.
The Oklahoma bill does not mention "critical race theory," but it emerged amid a contentious debate raging in many school districts over how the subjects of inequality and racism should be taught in American schools.
The alleged violations
The downgrade for Tulsa was in response to a complaint filed by a teacher who claimed she was required to watch training videos that "specifically shame white people for past offenses in history, and state that all are implicitly racially biased by nature."
That accusation was challenged Thursday when the school district said the training session in question was about the subject of implicit bias and did not indicate White people are inherently racist. "The law does not prohibit the concept of implicit bias," Gist said at the meeting.
In the case of the Mustang Public Schools, a teacher in January conducted a "cross the line" activity in an effort to "foster a sense of belonging and empathy amongst students in a Leadership class," the district said in a statement last month.
"Cross the Line activities originated from the anti-bullying space and were meant to help students to develop the understanding that everyone has something that they deal with and to empathize with and not bully or tease others," the district said. "Unfortunately, the activity that was chosen in this instance was one that was adapted from and focused on topics not appropriate for our students."
The district responded by eliminating the activity immediately, it said.
On Thursday, superintendent Charles Bradley told the state school board the downgrade decision was uninformed as the district had handled the issue appropriately at the local level to "everyone's satisfaction."
"This was an isolated event by one teacher and quickly resolved," Bradley said. "Due process will allow this board to look at the facts and make an informed decision that accreditation with warning is not warranted in this situation."
The Mustang school district is based in Oklahoma City.
Several people representing Mustang and Tulsa school districts implored the state board to reconsider its decision.
"We are fearful to think that a teacher at another site, who was just trying to teach an activity over empathy, who made a mistake, is in danger of losing his job, of losing his certification, of contributing to Mustang Public Schools losing their accreditation," Mustang High School principal Kathy Knowles said. "That is scary."
In October of 2021, a group of students and educators filed a complaint challenging the Oklahoma law that restricts teaching about race and gender, in what the American Civil Liberties Union called the first federal lawsuit to challenge such a statewide ban.
The suit -- backed by the ACLU, the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the Oklahoma state conference of the NAACP and the American Indian Movement Indian Territory -- sought to block enforcement of the law it says inhibits free speech and education of complete history through the framework of critical race theory.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Last season, dwindling batting averages put baseball in a panic and prompted a midseason change in the enforcement of rules banning sticky stuff by pitchers.
The crackdown was awkward — remember Gerrit Cole stumbling over a question on Spider Tack? Or Max Scherzer defiantly beginning to disrobe during an in-game check by umpires? Funny enough, it also worked, with batting average rising from .232 through April 30 to .244 by season’s end.
In 2022, even with the designated hitter added to the National League, the hits are missing again — and suddenly, the power has gone out, too. This time, the culprit doesn’t look so straightforward.
The batting average across the majors this April was a lousy .231, once again on pace to fall under the record low of .237 set in The Year of the Pitcher in 1968. After several years of surging home run totals, batters are slugging a measly .369 and averaging 4.03 runs per game, both lows for baseball since the strike-altered 1981 season.
Ripple effects from labor strife are a suspect in this year’s offensive downturn. So, too, is the baseball, of course, along with caveats about cold weather and small samples.
“It’s hard to say anything is a trend yet,” Miami Marlins manager Don Mattingly said.
There’s one area, at least, of universal agreement.
“Pitching is really good,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone offered. “Really good.”
Despite the New York Mets’ consternation over a spate of hit-by-pitches, checks for sticky stuff seem to be limiting pitchers’ ability to blow batters away, and their control hasn’t been compromised. Strikeouts are down significantly, from 9.30 per nine innings through April 30 last year to 8.69 this season. Walks are down slightly, to 3.35 per nine, and hit by pitches are also down, from 0.5 per nine to 0.43.
Even with last June’s crackdown on illegal grip aids, the balance of power may still be tilted too strongly toward pitchers. Two lockout-related factors likely tipped those scales in the first month of 2022.
First, baseball’s labor stoppage robbed hitters of a full slate of preseason exhibitions.
“A lot of guys got 30 at-bats in spring training,” veteran Yankees slugger Anthony Rizzo said. “Now that everyone is 50, 60 at-bats in, it’s like a full spring training.”
The evidence is certainly there in the Bronx: New York averaged 3.25 runs per game in the first two weeks of the season and 6.8 runs since.
“For hitters, it takes a while,” Mattingly said. “Once they lock in timing, you’ll see guys that start off slow, but once they kind of click it in, then it just stays there.”
Second, the shortened spring also prompted short-term changes to prevent pitcher injuries that may also be spurring pitcher effectiveness. After planning to limit staffs to 13 pitchers beginning this season, baseball instead expanded rosters from 26 to 28 players, eliminated limits on available pitchers and held off on adjusting rules governing minor league assignments.
Starting May 1, teams will be kept to 14 rostered pitchers, and that will drop to 13 on May 30. The hope is that shortening bullpens will limit teams’ abilities to use a revolving-door approach to bullpen usage.
“The couple extra roster spots help you kind of protect pitching early on,” Boone said. “So you’re going to more fresh guys, and I think better than at any time, pitchers are equipped with what they should be throwing and who they match up well against.”
Of course, the baseball seems to be at fault, too.
“It’s not exactly juiced,” Yankees catcher Kyle Higashioka said with a laugh.
After lively baseballs contributed to record-setting home run totals in recent seasons, Major League Baseball attempted to slightly deaden its baseballs in 2021 — the hope was to reduce flight by 1 or 2 feet on balls hit 375 feet.
Pandemic-related production issues interrupted those plans, and the league ended up using batches of baseballs from both before and after the manufacturing adjustment last season.
In a memo to teams send March 29, MLB informed teams that “those production issues have now been resolved and the 2022 season will be played with only balls manufactured after the 2021 production change. No manufacturing changes have been made for the 2022 season.”
Many hitters adapted their strategies to account for the way baseballs were flying from 2015-20.
“Had a teammate that used to scream, ‘Take it on down, I bet I live!’ when we had turbulence on planes,” slumping Reds star Joey Vottosaid last week in a quote tweet of a 2021 story about MLB changing baseball production. “Deadened the ball, I bet I hit.”
The league has also added humidors to all 30 stadiums in an attempt to normalize conditions across the country, but there’s suspicion that the climate-control efforts are having an adverse effect in cold, dry surroundings.
“Have there been some balls that you think are out off the bat dying at the track?” asked Chicago White Sox general manager Rick Hahn. “Yeah, but that happens every year, it seems.”
It’s an issue that could work itself out when temperatures and humidity rise in the summer. Crucially, even when it gets cold again by October, humidity averages in the fall are generally higher than in the spring.
For now, though, hitters are noticing the difference.
“Sometimes, you get a little worried, like, ‘Man, why didn’t that ball go out?’” slumping Yankees slugger Joey Gallo said. “You know, I’ve hit some balls really good this year, and they’ve been caught at the wall or on the warning track.”
There’s reason to think the drop in offense won’t remain this extreme. The home-run rate was up even over April’s final week, at 0.97 homers per nine innings versus 0.93 from April 7-23. Still, it’s looking like 2022 could be a long season for the guys in the lineup.
“It being April and cold and all that, and, you know, probably the ball being a little bit of a factor, I don’t think there’s any question about that,” Boone said. “But the first thing I would say is pitching is really good.”
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AP Baseball Writer Jay Cohen in Chicago and AP National Writer Howard Fendrich in Washington contributed to this story.
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TIANJIN, China, April 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CanSino Biologics Inc. ("CanSinoBIO" of "the Company") (SSE: , HKEX: 06185) today announced its new brand identity, which is intended to represent the Company's continuous dedication to life sciences research and its commitment to protecting the global population with innovative, high-quality and accessible vaccines and empowering people to lead a healthy and better life.
New Logo
This is the first major brand refresh of CanSinoBIO since its inception in 2009. The new logo retains the original core design by utilizing the DNA double helix structure and remodels it to add texture. The blue color represents "technology" and the green color represents "life," embracing and complementing each other to depict the close relationship between technology and human life. In particular, the logo edge is softer than before, more clearly conveying care and consideration for all mankind.
The double helix was first introduced by Nature on April 25, 1953 as a breakthrough discovery, and has since become a widely recognized symbol representing the code of life and the endless search and study of ourselves. Sixty-nine years later, CanSinoBIO continues to uphold the scientific spirit by committing to continuous research and development (R&D) of innovative, high-quality and accessible vaccine products to protect human life.
Mission, Vision & Corporate Values
With the new logo launch, CanSinoBIO's mission, vision and corporate values remain unchanged to continuously convey its corporate identity, representing the Company's adaptation to a rapidly changing business landscape, as well as its development strategy.
- Mission: To provide the world with innovative, high-quality and accessible vaccines
- Vision: Innovation for a safer world
- Corporate Values: Respect, Agility, Innovation, Superior in quality and Engagement
Over the past thirteen years since its establishment, CanSinoBIO has reached a significant number of milestones through its cutting-edge technology platforms and R&D, growing from a small team of four scientists in a single laboratory, to a publicly-listed company with thousands of employees globally.
From the only recombinant Ebola vaccine in Asia to the world's first recombinant novel coronavirus vaccine entered clinical study, and China's first and only MCV4 vaccine to the world's first inhaled COVID-19 vaccine candidate, from the establishment of an mRNA technology platform to a number of leading vaccine products in the world, CanSinoBIO has always been at the forefront of vaccine innovation, with a current robust portfolio of 17 vaccines preventing 12 diseases including COVID-19, meningococcal disease and Ebola.
So far, CanSinoBIO has built several intelligent vaccine production facilities in China of international standard to ensure stable vaccine supplies and jointly established advanced local fill-and-finish facilities for efficient and safe supply and distribution in China, Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Latin America, allowing quality vaccine access to more people in developing markets.
In the future, CanSinoBIO will continue to rely on the five integrated platform technologies to further diversify its vaccine portfolio and improve vaccine access. The Company will expand the collaboration with global innovators, upstream and downstream enterprises, to accelerate international cooperation.
Infectious diseases have been a scourge of mankind throughout human history, and vaccinations are the most effective way to combat them. Each dose represents the aspiration and painstaking dedication of scientists and developers. CanSinoBIO is committed to protecting our future by providing innovative, high-quality and accessible vaccines.
About CanSinoBIO
Incorporated in 2009, CanSinoBIO (SSE: 688185, HKEX: 06185) commits to research, production and commercialization of innovative vaccines for China and global public health security. It possesses five integrated platform technologies including viral vector-based technology, synthetic vaccine technology, protein structure design and recombinant technology, mRNA technology, as well as formulation and delivery technology. As of today, it has established a robust pipeline of 17 vaccines preventing 12 diseases, including the Recombinant Novel Coronavirus Vaccine (Adenovirus Type 5 Vector) conditionally approved in 2021, the Group A and Group C Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccine (CRM197) and the Group ACYW135 Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccine (CRM197) approved in the same year. Additional information can be found online at www.cansinotech.com
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DALLAS (KDAF) — Frisco’s Complexity Gaming alongside Lenovo has announced some gaming summer camps that will be held in North Texas in order to give the Dallas-Fort Worth community an inside look at possible careers in the gaming space.
The two will be hosting a pair of camps in the summer with topics from content creation to the high-stakes world of competitive gaming.
“The Dallas-Fort Worth area has a strong gaming culture, and that lifelong passion is often discovered at an early age,” said Jason Lake, Founder & CEO, Complexity Gaming, and Global Head of Esports, GameSquare Esports. “With Lenovo, we’re able to proactively highlight social and educational opportunities in gaming for those new to the space, as well as have a hand in helping local youth take their ideas to the next level.”
On July 25, the two will kick off two week-long camps to share insight on esports, creating content, and mixing in STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and math). These camps will be available to girls and underserved children to help an initiative in increasing, “…accessibility and diversity of gaming – and covered free-of-cost by Lenovo. Each camp will also reinforce smart, safe habits online and educate kids on the importance of anti-toxicity and inclusivity. At the conclusion of each program, campers will have a capstone project of their work to show their friends and family.”
2022 Complexity Gaming – Lenovo Summer Camps:
- July 25-29: Digital Creators: Esports – It takes a lot to make it to the esports stage. Campers will learn not only the gameplay skills required to get there, but also effective strategies for building their digital profiles and contents. (open to girls ages 12-15)
- August 1-5: STEAM Party – In this program, campers will learn how design, coding, engineering and more intersect to create exciting projects using robots, LEGO, snap circuits and more. (open to youth ages 6-9; eligibility based on income)
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Company hires financial and M&A veteran Ronen Stein to help accelerate growth and profitability
ROSH HA'AIN, Israel, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ceragon Networks Ltd. (NASDAQ: CRNT) ("Ceragon" or the "Company"), a global innovator and leading solutions provider of 5G wireless transport, today announced the appointment of Ronen Stein as the Company's new Chief Financial Officer, effective September 21, 2022. Mr. Stein will report directly to the CEO, Doron Arazi.
As the newly appointed CFO, Mr. Stein will provide financial and strategic leadership and planning to help accelerate Ceragon's business momentum and deliver profitable growth. Mr. Stein is an accomplished financial executive and a business leader with more than twenty years of CFO experience having held a variety of CFO roles in both private and U.S. listed public companies. He brings extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions in diverse industries, leading transactions from both sides of the table.
Most recently, Mr. Stein was CFO of Siklu, an Israel-based company in the telecommunications sector. Previously he served as the CFO of 10bis, Enercon technologies, Knock N'Lock, and Pointer Telocation. Mr. Stein is a Certified Public Accountant in Israel and has a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), as well as a bachelor's degree in economics and accounting, both from Tel Aviv University.
Mr. Arazi, Ceragon CEO, commented, "We are excited to welcome Ronen to our executive team. Ronen is a proven executive and financial leader with a track record of driving enhanced performance across both public and private organizations. We're confident his expertise and experience will be a powerful asset for Ceragon as we continue executing on our strategy."
Mr. Stein, newly appointed CFO of Ceragon commented, "Ceragon is a true industry leader and I'm thrilled to join the Company. I can clearly see the business potential and I am excited to join Doron and the management team to continue to accelerate growth and profitability and deepen the Company's existing relations with the investor community."
About Ceragon Networks
Ceragon Networks Ltd. (NASDAQ: CRNT) is the global innovator and leading solutions provider of 5G wireless transport. We help operators and other service providers worldwide increase operational efficiency and enhance end customers' quality of experience with innovative wireless backhaul and fronthaul solutions. Our customers include service providers, public safety organizations, government agencies and utility companies, which use our solutions to deliver 5G & 4G broadband wireless connectivity, mission-critical multimedia services, stabilized communications, and other applications at high reliability and speed.
Ceragon's unique multicore technology and disaggregated approach to wireless transport provides highly reliable, fast to deploy, high-capacity wireless transport for 5G and 4G networks with minimal use of spectrum, power, real estate, and labor resources. It enables increased productivity, as well as simple and quick network modernization, positioning Ceragon as a leading solutions provider for the 5G era. We deliver a complete portfolio of turnkey end-to-end AI-based managed and professional services that ensure efficient network rollout and optimization to achieve the highest value for our customers. Our solutions are deployed by more than 400 service providers, as well as more than 800 private network owners, in more than 150 countries. For more information please visit: www.ceragon.com
Ceragon Networks® and FibeAir® are registered trademarks of Ceragon Networks Ltd. in the United States and other countries. CERAGON ® is a trademark of Ceragon Networks Ltd., registered in various countries. Other names mentioned are owned by their respective holders.
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This document contains statements that constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the safe-harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements are based on the current beliefs, expectations and assumptions of Ceragon's management about Ceragon's business, financial condition, results of operations, micro and macro market trends and other issues addressed or reflected therein. Examples of forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding: projections of demand, revenues, net income, gross margin, capital expenditures and liquidity, competitive pressures, order timing, supply chain and shipping, components availability, growth prospects, product development, financial resources, cost savings and other financial and market matters. You may identify these and other forward-looking statements by the use of words such as "may", "plans", "anticipates", "believes", "estimates", "targets", "expects", "intends", "potential" or the negative of such terms, or other comparable terminology, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words.
Although we believe that the projections reflected in such forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, we can give no assurance that our expectations will be obtained or that any deviations therefrom will not be material. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause Ceragon's future results or performance to differ materially from those anticipated, expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, any ongoing actions taken and future actions that may be taken by Aviat Networks Inc. or other stockholders or others; the continuing impact of the components shortage due to the global shortage in semiconductors, chipsets, components and other commodities, on our supply chain, manufacturing capacity and ability to timely deliver our products, which have caused, and could continue to cause delays in deliveries of our products and in the deployment of projects by our customers, risk of penalties and orders cancellation created thereby, as well as profit erosion due to constant price increase, payment of expedite fees and costs of inventory pre-ordering and procurement acceleration of such inventory, and the risk of becoming a deadstock if not consumed; the continued effect of the global increase in shipping costs and decrease in shipping slots availability on us, our supply chain and customers, which have resulted, and may continue to result in, price erosion, late deliveries and the risk of penalties and orders cancellation due to late deliveries; the impact of the transition to 5G technologies on our revenues if such transition is developed differently than we anticipated; the risks relating to the concentration of a major portion of our business on large mobile operators around the world from which we derive a significant portion of our ordering, that due to their relative effect on the overall ordering coupled with inconsistent ordering pattern and volume of business directed to us, creates high volatility with respect to our financial results and results of operations; the effect of the competition from other wireless transport equipment providers and from other communication solutions that compete with our high-capacity point-to-point wireless products; the continued effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global economy and markets and on us and on the markets in which we operate and our and our customers, providers, business partners and contractors business and operations; the risks relating to increased breaches of network or information technology security along with increase in cyber-attack activities, growing cyber-crime threats, and changes in privacy and data protection laws, that could have an adverse effect on our business; risks associated with any failure to meet our product development timetable, including delay in the commercialization of our new chipset; imposition of additional sanctions and global trade limitations in connection with Russia's invasion to Ukraine, the effects of general economic conditions and trends on the global and local markets in which we operate and such other risks, uncertainties and other factors that could affect our results, as further detailed in Ceragon's most recent Annual Report on Form 20-F and in Ceragon's other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Such forward-looking statements, including the risks, uncertainties and other factors that could affect our results, represent our views only as of the date they are made and should not be relied upon as representing our views as of any subsequent date. Such forward-looking statements do not purport to be predictions of future events or results and there can be no assurance that it will prove to be accurate. Ceragon may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future but the company specifically disclaims any obligation to do so except as may be required by law.
Ceragon's public filings are available on the Securities and Exchange Commission's website at www.sec.gov and may also be obtained from Ceragon's website at www.ceragon.com.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Ceragon has filed a definitive proxy statement and WHITE proxy card with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") in connection with its solicitation of proxies for the 2022 Extraordinary General Meeting of Ceragon Shareholders (the "2022 Extraordinary General Meeting"). CERAGON SHAREHOLDERS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO READ THE DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT (AND ANY AMENDMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTS THERETO) AND ACCOMPANYING WHITE PROXY CARD AS THEY CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. Shareholders may obtain the proxy statement, any amendments or supplements to the proxy statement and other documents as and when filed by Ceragon with the SEC without charge from the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.
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Lebron James is officially a billionaire
Published: Jun. 2, 2022 at 2:38 PM CDT|Updated: 51 minutes ago
(CNN) - Lebron James just became a billionaire.
According to Forbes, the 37-year-old now has a net worth of $1 billion. He is the first current NBA player to reach the milestone.
Forbes reports James is already the league’s highest-paid active player. He has made more than $900 million from endorsements and other business ventures, and he made more than $121 million last year alone.
Michael Jordan is the only other NBA player to ever hit billionaire status, but he did not reach that milestone until after he retired.
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After serious breach, Uber says services operational
(AP) - The ride-hailing service Uber said Friday that all its services are operational following what security professionals were calling a major data breach. It said there was no evidence the hacker got access to sensitive user data.
What appeared to be a lone hacker announced the breach on Thursday after apparently tricking an Uber employee into providing credentials.
Screenshots the hacker shared with security researchers indicate this person obtained full access to the cloud-based systems where Uber stores sensitive customer and financial data.
It is not known how much data the hacker stole or how long they were inside Uber’s network. Two researchers who communicated directly with the person — who self-identified as an 18-year-old to one of them— said they appeared interested in publicity. There was no indication they destroyed data.
But files shared with the researchers and posted widely on Twitter and other social media indicated the hacker was able to access Uber’s most crucial internal systems.
“It was really bad the access he had. It’s awful,” said Corbin Leo, one of the researchers who chatted with the hacker online.
He said screenshots the person shared showed the intruder got access to systems stored on Amazon and Google cloud-based servers where Uber keeps source code, financial data and customer data such as driver’s licenses.
“If he had keys to the kingdom he could start stopping services. He could delete stuff. He could download customer data, change people’s passwords,” said Leo, a researcher and head of business development at the security company Zellic.
Screenshots the hacker shared — many of which found their way online — showed they had accessed sensitive financial data and internal databases. Among them was one in which the hacker announced the breach on Uber’s internal Slack collaboration ssytem.
Sam Curry, an engineer with Yuga Labs who also communicated with the hacker, said there was no indication that the hacker had done any damage or was interested in anything more than publicity. “My gut feeling is that it seems like they are out to get as much attention as possible.”
Curry said he spoke to several Uber employees Thursday who said they were “working to lock down everything internally” to restrict the hacker’s access. That included the San Francisco company’s Slack network, he said.
In a statement posted online Friday, Uber said “internal software tools that we took down as a precaution yesterday are coming back online.”
It said all its services — including Uber Eats and Uber Freight — were operational.
The company did not respond to questions from The Associated Press including about whether the hacker gained access to customer data and if that data was stored encrypted. The company said there was no evidence that the intruder accessed “sensitive user data” such as trip history.
Curry and Leo said the hacker did not indicate how much data was copied. Uber did not recommend any specific actions for its users, such as changing passwords.
The hacker alerted the researchers to the intrusion Thursday by using an internal Uber account on the company’s network used to post vulnerabilities identified through its bug-bounty program, which pays ethical hackers to ferret out network weaknesses.
After commenting on those posts, the hacker provided a Telegram account address. Curry and other researchers then engaged them in a separate conversation, where the intruder provided screenshots of various pages from Uber’s cloud providers to prove they broke in.
The AP attempted to contact the hacker at the Telegram account, but received no response.
Screenshots posted on Twitter appeared to confirm what the researchers said the hacker claimed: That they obtained privileged access to Uber’s most critical systems through social engineering. Effectively, the hacker discovered the password of an Uber employee. Then, posing as a fellow worker, the hacker bombarded the employee with text messages asking them to confirm that they had logged into their account. Ultimately, the employee caved and provided a two-factor authentication code the hacker used to log in.
Social engineering is a popular hacking strategy, as humans tend to be the weakest link in any network. Teenagers used it in 2020 to hack Twitter and it has more recently been used in hacks of the tech companies Twilio and Cloudflare.
Uber has been hacked before.
Its former chief security officer, Joseph Sullivan, is currently on trial for allegedly arranging to pay hackers $100,000 to cover up a 2016 high-tech heist in which the personal information of about 57 million customers and drivers was stolen.
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VANCOUVER, BC, Aug. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Xebra Brands Ltd. ("Xebra") (CSE: XBRA) (OTCQB: XBRAF) (FSE: 9YC), a cannabis company, has achieved another vital milestone on its path to being the outright first-mover in the Mexican cannabis market.
Xebra announced on December 2nd, 2021, that all five Supreme Court justices voted unanimously in favor of granting Xebra's wholly owned Mexican subsidiary, Desart MX, SA de CV ("Xebra Mexico"), an irrevocable cannabis injunction. On March 24, 2022, Xebra announced that the Supreme Court issued and recorded the official final written resolution and directed the Federal Circuit Court to enforce its decision. Xebra is pleased to announce that the Federal Circuit Court has now enforced the Supreme Court decision, by also recording a written resolution, and by issuing a further irrevocable injunction in favor of Xebra Mexico.
"We are thrilled that there are no more legal hurdles to overcome, said Jay Garnett, CEO of Xebra. "The final step in the process is for the Mexican Health Regulatory Agency (COFEPRIS) to grant Xebra Mexico all cannabis authorizations per our Amparo, and we expect that to happen soon!"
Xebra Mexico's injunction applies specifically to cannabis with low-levels of THC (under 1%), therefore, in practical terms, to hemp cultivation and processing, and to the manufacture and sale of mainly CBD products, such as tinctures, oils, topicals, edibles, beverages, concentrates, distillates, emulsions, and biomass etc., and certain uses of the cannabis flower. Opportunities in the hemp plastics industries have also been identified.
Xebra believes Mexico has the potential to be one of the largest near-term country cannabis consumer markets in the world. Mexico is also within the North American free trade zone (USMCA), allowing it to benefit from its considerable cultivation and product manufacturing cost advantages over Canada and the United States. Xebra is of the opinion that there is sufficient precedent with many agricultural crops and manufactured products, to suggest that there is a possibility that ultimately the majority of North American industrial scale cannabis production activity will occur in Mexico.
Xebra is aiming to commence commercial cannabis activities in Mexico this calendar year 2022. More information will be provided on Xebra's Mexican plans in due course.
Jay Garnett
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Any statements that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed to be forward-looking statements, these include, without limitation, statements regarding Xebra Brands Ltd.'s expectations in respect of its ability to successfully execute its business plan or business model; its ability to provide economic, environmental, social, or any benefits of any type, in the communities it operates in or may operate it in the future; its ability to be a first mover in a country, or to obtain or retain government licenses, permits or authorizations in general, or specifically in Mexico, Colombia, Canada, or elsewhere, including cannabis authorizations from the Mexican Health Regulatory Agency (COFEPRIS); its ability to successfully apply for and obtain trademarks and other intellectual property in any jurisdiction; its ability to be cost competitive; its ability to commercialize, cultivate, grow, or process hemp or cannabis in Mexico, Colombia, Canada, or elsewhere and related plans and timing; its ability to manufacture cannabis beverages, wellness products, or other products; its ability to commercialize or sell cannabis beverages, wellness products, or other products, in Mexico, Colombia, Canada, or elsewhere; its ability to launch, commercialize or to sell Vicious Citrus Lemonade or any additional cannabis infused beverage brands or products, at any time, in any jurisdiction, and its related plans and claims, including market interest and availability; its ability to commercialize or to sell Elements wellness products in any jurisdiction at any time; its ability to create wellness products that have a therapeutic effect or benefit; plans for future growth and the direction of the business; financial projections including expected revenues, gross profits, and EBITDA (which is a non-GAAP financial measure); plans to increase product volumes, the capacity of existing facilities, supplies from third party growers and contractors; expected growth of the cannabis industry generally; management's expectations, beliefs and assumptions in general, including manufacturing costs, production activity and market potential in Mexico or any jurisdiction; events or developments that XEBRA expects to take place in the future; general economic conditions; and other risk factors described in the prospectus of the Company dated September 30, 2021. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, are forward-looking information and statements. The words "aim", "believe", "expect", "anticipate", "contemplate", "target", "intends", "continue", "plans", "budget", "estimate", "may", "will", and similar expressions identify forward-looking information and statements. Forward-looking statements are necessarily based upon a number of estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable by XEBRA as of the dates of such statements, are inherently subject to significant business, economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies. Known and unknown factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. Such factors include, but are not limited to, the inability of XEBRA to generate sufficient revenues or to raise sufficient funds to carry out its business plan; changes in government legislation, taxation, controls, regulations and political or economic developments in various countries; risks associated with agriculture and cultivation activities generally, including inclement weather, access to supply of seeds, poor crop yields, and spoilage; compliance with import and export laws of various countries; significant fluctuations in cannabis prices and transportation costs; the risk of obtaining necessary licenses and permits; inability to identify, negotiate and complete a potential acquisition for any reason; the ability to retain key employees; dependence on third parties for services and supplies; non-performance by contractual counter-parties; general economic conditions; and the continued growth in global demand for cannabis products and the continued increase in jurisdictions legalizing cannabis; and the timely receipt of regulatory approval for license applications. In addition, there is no assurance Xebra will: be a low-cost producer or exporter; obtain a dominant market position in any jurisdiction; have products that will be unique; launch other Vicious Citrus SKUs; or monetize any asset sales from its Colombian and Dutch subsidiaries. The foregoing list is not exhaustive and XEBRA undertakes no obligation to update or revise any of the foregoing except as required by law. Many of these uncertainties and contingencies could affect XEBRA's actual performance and cause its actual performance to differ materially from what has been expressed or implied in any forward-looking statements made by, or on behalf of, XEBRA. Readers are cautioned that forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and readers should not place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate and actual results and future events could differ materially from those set out in such statements.
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Charming Changsha, center of culture and entertainment
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CHANGSHA, China, Sept. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- This is a report from China SCIO:
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VANCOUVER, BC, June 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - BuildDirect.com Technologies Inc. (TSXV: BILD) ("BuildDirect" or the "Company"), a growing omnichannel building materials retailer, today announced that all of the resolutions were duly passed at the Company's Annual General and Special Meeting of shareholders held virtually on June 17, 2022.
About BuildDirect
BuildDirect (TSXV: BILD) is a growing omnichannel building material retailer. BuildDirect connects North American home improvement B2B and B2C organizations and homeowners with quality building materials and services through its robust global supply chain network. BuildDirect's growth trajectory, strong product offering and proprietary heavyweight delivery network are delivering value today, solidifying its position as an innovative player in the home improvement industry. For more information, visit www.BuildDirect.com.
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Seasoned veteran to help accelerate growth and shape the future of patient care
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Health Center Partners (HCP) of Southern California, the region's preeminent authority and health care policy advocate for community health and underserved patient populations, today announced the appointment of Raj Dugel, MD, to Medical Director of its subsidiary, Integrated Health Partners of Southern California (IHP), a clinically integrated network consisting of nine member health centers, with 300,000 lives under management, in San Diego and Riverside Counties. As a powerful advocate for primary care service providers and their patients, IHP seeks to improve health outcomes by improving quality of care through coordinating and integrating the efforts of member health centers. Dr. Dugel will provide clinical and population health leadership in partnership with IHP's member health centers throughout San Diego and Riverside Counties. As part of this important role, he will leverage his expertise in clinical medicine, medical informatics, and network development to help strengthen health centers' clinical operations and ultimately improve care quality and health outcomes.
"Health Center Partners is proud and pleased to welcome Raj to our family of companies," said Henry Tuttle, president and CEO of Health Center Partners of Southern California. "I'm excited to work together with Raj to create innovative care pathways for our 300,000 patients and their families to help make them and keep them healthy because we believe everyone deserves a fair and equitable opportunity to be as healthy as possible."
Dr. Dugel brings extensive experience in clinical medicine, medical informatics, network development, managed care, value-based care/payment, and administrative leadership to his role at IHP. Previously, he was Chief of the Department of Ophthalmology and Optometry and Regional Assistant Medical Director at Providence Health & Services in Los Angeles. Dr. Dugel concurrently serves as a Senior System-level Physician Epic Informaticist.
Prior to joining Providence, Dr. Dugel founded and directed the leading ophthalmology practice in the South Bay area of Los Angeles. During his long clinical career, Dr. Dugel negotiated and managed at-risk contracts covering up to 120,000 lives in capitated models. He was also a principal investigator for clinical trials and a USC teaching faculty.
Dr. Dugel received his medical degree from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York, followed by an internship at USC-LA County Medical Center, residency in Ophthalmology at Georgetown University in Washington DC, and a Cornea Transplant fellowship in USC-Doheny Eye Foundation in Los Angeles. As a board-certified ophthalmologist, he has been published extensively and has been featured in numerous regional magazines and cable television programs in the South Bay area of Los Angeles.
"I'm excited about my new role and this incredible, new chapter with IHP, and look forward to leveraging my background to help to improve the quality of health care outcomes at all our member health centers and the patients entrusted to their care," comments Dr. Dugel.
A premier consortium of primary health care organizations, Health Center Partners (HCP) is the voice and advocate for its members who serve the health needs of communities throughout southern California. We serve as a catalyst for transforming and enhancing primary care by helping our members deliver quality health care to the safety net population across southern California, through innovative programs, resources, and advocacy. A family of companies, HCP includes a 17-membership organization of Federally Qualified Health Centers, Indian Health Services Organizations, both urban and sovereign, and Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest, collectively serving 848,000 unduplicated patients each year, for 3.4 million patient visits each year, at 192 practice sites across San Diego, Riverside, Imperial, San Bernardino, and Orange counties, with the seventh largest provider group in the region. For more information, visit https://hcpsocal.org/, become a fan on Facebook, or follow us on Instagram and Twitter.
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GREENWICH, Conn., June 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ceruvia Lifesciences, a leading neurotransformational medicine biopharmaceutical company today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its Investigational New Drug application for a Phase 2 clinical trial to determine the efficacy and safety of synthetic psilocybin (SYNP-101) in treating obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
"With positive preliminary results from a Ceruvia funded pilot Phase 2 study taking place at Yale School of Medicine, we are excited to have received FDA approval to begin our Phase 2 clinical trial to examine the efficacy and safety of psilocybin in treating OCD," said Carey Turnbull, Founder and CEO of Ceruvia Lifesciences. "With few effective treatment options available for the almost 4 million Americans who suffer from OCD, our Phase 2 clinical trial is an important step in helping these patients dramatically improve the quality of their lives."
Ceruvia's Phase 2, multicenter, randomized, double blind, active placebo controlled clinical trial will examine the safety and efficacy of synthetic psilocybin (SYNP-101) in treating OCD symptoms. The trial plans to enroll a total of 105 participants who will receive 25mg of SYNP-101 or the active placebo, niaicin. The primary endpoint of the trial is to determine the reduction in OCD symptoms for up to 12 weeks after a single administration of SYNP-101. Efficacy of treatment will be measured using the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale, the most used and validated tool for assessing the clinical severity of OCD symptoms. The trial will commence in the second half of 2022 and will be led by Principal Investigators Dr. Benjamin Kelmedi and Dr. Christopher Pittenger of Yale University School of Medicine.
About Ceruvia Lifesciences
Founded in 2017, Ceruvia Lifesciences is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company with a mission to improve the lives of underserved patients suffering from neurological and psychiatric disorders. Founded by Carey Turnbull, Ceruvia is relentlessly focused on the development and commercialization of neurotransformational medicines to deliver meaningful relief to patients suffering from hard-to-treat headache disorders, OCD and substance abuse disorder. For too long, these communities have been poorly understood and under-served. At Ceruvia, we believe they no longer have to live this way. Based on a long history of partnership with leading researchers at Yale University School of Medicine, NYU School of Medicine and Harvard Medical School, Ceruvia is undertaking clinical research in order to help them return to living their lives to the fullest. For more information, please visit www.ceruvialifesciences.com.
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NEW YORK, June 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Attention First High-School Education Group Co., Ltd. ("FHS") (NYSE: FHS) shareholders:
The Law Offices of Vincent Wong announce that a class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of investors. This lawsuit is on behalf of all persons or entities who purchased FHS American Depositary Shares in or traceable to the Company's March 2021 initial public offering.
If you suffered a loss on your investment in FHS, contact us about potential recovery by using the link below. There is no cost or obligation to you.
ABOUT THE ACTION: The class action against FHS includes allegations that the Company made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (a) the new rules, regulations and policies to be implemented by the Chinese government following the Two Sessions parliamentary meetings were far more severe than represented to investors and posed a material adverse threat to the Company and its business; (b) contemplated Chinese regulations and rules regarding private education were leading to a slowdown of government approval to open new educational facilities which would have a negative effect on FHS's enrollment and growth; and (c) as a result, representations made in connection with the Company's initial public offering regarding FHS's historical financial and operational metrics and purported market opportunities did not accurately reflect the actual business, operations, and financial results and trajectory of the Company at the time of the initial public offering, and were materially false and misleading and lacked a factual basis.
Aggrieved FHS investors only have until July 11, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. You are not required to act as a lead plaintiff in order to share in any recovery.
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Families brace for changes to pandemic-era free school meals
ESSEX, Vt. (AP) — Before the pandemic, there was no room in the budget for Kate Murphy’s children to buy lunch at school. She and her husband would buy in bulk and make bag lunches at home. So the free school meals that were made available to students nationwide amid the crisis have brought welcome relief, especially since her husband lost his job last year at a bakery company that closed.
The free meals gave the Essex Junction, Vermont, family one less thing to worry about.
“We make just too much money (literally by just a few dollars) to qualify for free or reduced lunches and other food-related benefits, but not enough to truly ever feel financially comfortable,” Murphy, a mother of four and administrator at a trust company, said by email.
The pandemic-era federal aid that made school meals available for free to all public school students — regardless of family income levels — is ending, raising fears about the effects in the upcoming school year for families already struggling with rising food and fuel costs.
For families already strained by inflation and the end of other federal help like expanded child tax credits, advocates say cuts to the aid could mean turning more frequently to food banks.
“Families across the country are facing a very difficult reality of having to chose between feeding their kids or filling up their gas tank or purchasing medicine,” said Vince Hall, chief government relations officer for Feeding America, a nonprofit network of foodbanks.
The rules are set to revert to how they were before the coronavirus pandemic with families that are eligible based on income levels required to apply for their children to receive free or reduced-price lunch. Schools in predominantly low-income areas will be allowed to serve breakfast and lunch to everyone for free, as before.
Since waiving the eligibility requirement during the pandemic, the U.S. Agriculture Department, which oversees school meal programs, has seen the number of participating students soar.
During this past school year, about 30 million kids a day were getting free meals, compared to 20 million before the pandemic, said Cindy Long, administrator of the USDA Food and Nutrition Service.
At summer meal distributions, 1.3 billion meals and snacks were given out nationwide in fiscal year 2020 at a cost of $4.1 billion — an eightfold increase from the previous year in terms of meals and cost, according to the USDA.
A bill passed in Congress last week and signed by President Joe Biden on Saturday aims to keep the rules around summer meals programs as they have been during the pandemic so that sites can operate in any community with need, rather than just where there’s a high concentration of low-income children, and offer to-go meals. It also provides flexibility for schools to make substitutions for certain types of food without being fined if they run into supply chain problems.
Advocates say the legislation will provide relief, but the timing has caused confusion around plans for summer meal distributions.
“It’s disappointing that the extension of the summer waivers would come so late that for the most part they’re not going to be able to stem the dramatic loss in summer meal sites that are happening this summer,” said Anore Horton, executive director of Hunger Free Vermont.
For the next school year, some states have taken it upon themselves to keep school meals free for all students.
California and Maine made universal meals permanent last year and Vermont is continuing the free meals for all public school students for another year using surplus state education funding. In Massachusetts, House lawmakers included $110 million in the budget to extend universal school meals for another year but the Senate version did not. Now both versions are before a conference committee. In Colorado, the Legislature passed a bill to ask voters this November whether to fund free universal breakfast and lunch at schools.
At the Albert D. Lawton Intermediate School in Vermont one recent day, eighth graders picked up freshly made pizza and Caesar salad on their trays and ate lunch with friends around round tables. Students said it was important to continue to provide free meals to all students.
“Not everybody has the same situation at home and it’s hard to learn at school when you’re super hungry so I think free lunch, it makes it easier for everybody,” student Ethan Pringle said.
Not only do the free universal meals give kids nutrition so they can learn but they also provide some reliability for kids and families during what is still a challenging time, Vermont state Rep. Karen Dolan said. It also removes the stigma of being a free or reduced-price lunch kid and the embarrassment of families who can’t pay their kids’ lunch accounts, officials said.
But some officials worry about paying for meals for children from families who could easily afford them.
Vermont Republican Gov. Phil Scott supports helping those in need but “will not support imposing such taxes, which would disproportionately impact the very people we are trying to help, in order to fund meals for children of affluent families,” spokesperson Jason Maulucci said.
Families and advocates say losing universal school lunch and breakfast next year would have been hardship for families.
“Our kids have so much to worry about these days, and food shouldn’t be one of them,” Murphy said.
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VANCOUVER, BC, April 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Gold Royalty Corp. (NYSE American: GROY) ("Gold Royalty", or the "Company") is pleased to announce the conclusion of key regulatory approvals in connection with the conditions of the Company's offer (the "Offer") to acquire all of the outstanding common shares of Elemental Royalties Corp. (TSXV:ELE) ("Elemental"), together with the associated rights issued under Elemental's shareholder rights plan.
The Company has received a "no action" letter from the Foreign Investment Review Board of the Government of Australia advising that the transactions in respect of the Offer are not subject to the Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Act 1975 (Australia). Additionally, after consulting its advisors and reviewing relevant publicly available information regarding Elemental, the Company has determined that a pre-merger notification and application under the Competition Act (Canada) are not required with respect to the Offer.
In connection with the foregoing and as a result of revisions made to the conditions of the Offer through the filing of Amendment No. 1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form F-4 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), the Company filed today a Notice of Variation and Change with respect to its Offer. The revisions contained therein do not change the scope of the conditions of the Offer in any material respect. The Notice of Variation and Change also provides additional disclosure, including, among other things, updated unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements that reflect the most recent fiscal periods of each of Gold Royalty and Elemental. .
The Offer remains open for acceptance until 5:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on April 27, 2022, unless the Offer is abridged, extended or withdrawn.
For further information regarding the Offer, please see the Company's Offer and Circular dated January 11, 2022, as supplemented by the notice of change dated January 21, 2022, and as further supplemented and varied by the Notice of Variation and Change dated April 11, 2022 (collectively, the "Offer Documents"), available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and on Gold Royalty's website at www.goldroyalty.com/elemental-offer/. Elemental shareholders are strongly encouraged to read the Offer Documents carefully and in their entirety, since they contain additional important information regarding Gold Royalty and the terms and conditions of the Offer, as well as detailed instructions on how Elemental shareholders can tender their Elemental Shares to the Offer.
About Gold Royalty Corp.
Gold Royalty Corp. is a gold-focused royalty company offering creative financing solutions to the metals and mining industry. Its mission is to acquire royalties, streams and similar interests at varying stages of the mine life cycle to build a balanced portfolio offering near, medium and longer-term attractive returns for its investors. Gold Royalty's diversified portfolio currently consists of net smelter return royalties on gold properties located in the Americas.
No Offer or Solicitation
This news release is for informational purposes only and does not constitute an offer to buy or sell, or a solicitation of an offer to sell or buy, any securities. The Offer is being made solely by, and subject to the terms and conditions set out in the Offer Documents.
Notice to U.S. Elemental Shareholders
Gold Royalty has filed with the SEC a Registration Statement on Form F-4, as amended by Amendment No. 1 (the "Registration Statement"), which contains a prospectus relating to the offer to acquire the securities of Elemental, under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended. SHAREHOLDERS OF ELEMENTAL AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES ARE URGED TO READ SUCH REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND ANY AND ALL OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED OR TO BE FILED WITH THE SEC IN CONNECTION WITH THE OFFER AS THOSE DOCUMENTS BECOME AVAILABLE, AS WELL AS ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS TO THOSE DOCUMENTS, BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN OR WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT GOLD ROYALTY, ELEMENTAL, AND THE OFFER. Materials filed with the SEC will be available electronically without charge at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov under Gold Royalty's profile and the materials will be posted on Gold Royalty's website at www.goldroyalty.com.
Gold Royalty is a foreign private issuer and is permitted to prepare the offer to purchase and take-over bid circular and related documents in accordance with Canadian disclosure requirements, which are different from those of the United States. Gold Royalty prepares its financial statements in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board, and they may not be directly comparable to financial statements of United States companies.
Shareholders of Elemental should be aware that owning Gold Royalty shares may subject them to tax consequences both in the United States and in Canada. The Offer Documents may not describe these tax consequences fully. Elemental shareholders should read any tax discussion in the Offer Documents, and holders of Elemental shares are urged to consult their tax advisors.
An Elemental shareholder's ability to enforce civil liabilities under the United States federal securities laws may be affected adversely because Gold Royalty is incorporated in Canada, some or all of Gold Royalty's officers and directors and some or all of the experts named in the Offer Documents reside outside of the United States, and a substantial portion of Gold Royalty's assets and of the assets of such persons are located outside the United States. Elemental shareholders in the United States may not be able to sue Gold Royalty or its officers or directors in a non-U.S. court for violation of United States federal securities laws. It may be difficult to compel such parties to subject themselves to the jurisdiction of a court in the United States or to enforce a judgment obtained from a court of the United States.
NEITHER THE SEC NOR ANY STATE SECURITIES REGULATOR HAS OR WILL HAVE APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED THE GOLD ROYALTY SHARES OFFERED IN THE OFFER DOCUMENTS, OR HAS OR WILL HAVE DETERMINED IF ANY OFFER DOCUMENTS ARE TRUTHFUL OR COMPLETE. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
Elemental shareholders should be aware that, during the period of the Offer, Gold Royalty or its affiliates, directly or indirectly, may bid for, or make purchases of, the securities to be distributed or to be exchanged, or certain related securities, as permitted by applicable laws or regulations of Canada or its provinces or territories and the United States, including Rule 14e-5 under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. To the extent information about such purchases or arrangements to purchase is made public in Canada, such information will be disclosed by means of a press release or other means reasonably calculated to inform shareholders in the United States of such information.
Cautionary Statement on Forward-Looking Information
Certain of the information contained in this news release constitutes 'forward-looking information' and 'forward-looking statements' within the meaning of applicable Canadian and U.S. securities laws ("forward-looking statements") and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause Gold Royalty's actual results, performance and achievements to be materially different from the results, performance or achievements expressed or implied therein. The words "believe", "expect", "will", "propose" and derivatives thereof and other expressions which are predictions of or indicate future events, trends or prospects and which do not relate to historical matters, identify the above mentioned and other forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements, including among others, statements regarding the satisfaction of the conditions of the Offer and the anticipated timing, benefits and effects of the completion of the Offer, involve risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, among others, the ability to obtain necessary approvals, and to meet the other conditions under the Offer, the ability to realize the benefits under the proposed transaction, material adverse effects on the business, properties and assets of the parties; the impact of general economic and market conditions; any inability of the operators of the properties underlying the parties' royalty and other interests to execute proposed plans for such properties, risks related to such operators or the exploration, development and mining operations of the properties underlying the parties' royalty and other interests; impacts of macroeconomic developments; and the impact of and the responses of relevant governments to the COVID-19 pandemic and the effectiveness of such responses and the other important risks and uncertainties set out in the Offer Documents, Gold Royalty's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended September 30, 2021 and its other public filings available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and EDGAR at www.sec.gov. Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. The Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking statements, except in accordance with applicable securities laws.
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Repeat tax software entrepreneurs launch the Sales Tax Automation Platform for complex enterprises.
The platform provides granular geo-targeting, a universal rules engine, and an API to enable real-time calculations to put sales tax automation on autopilot for a wide variety of vertical markets.
ATLANTA, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CereTax, the next-generation sales tax automation platform, came out of stealth today and announced the first wave of key customers and partners using the platform.
CereTax came to life because the founders, after decades working with the legacy platforms, realized that existing sales tax automation solutions designed for complex verticals and larger enterprises had become antiquated. This led to slow performance, frequent downtime, expensive customizations, and hours of maintenance efforts. While modern cloud-based SaaS solutions have been created to solve many business problems, they haven't yet proliferated the enterprise sales tax space.
"Our Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution was built using a modern approach to take advantage of native cloud architecture. This design allows for API-driven integrations, rapid performance with high reliability, the ability to handle sales tax, purchases (use tax), validation, analytics, and omnichannel sales for multiple verticals, all through one platform," said Mike Sanders, CereTax CEO. "Shockingly, a new tax automation solution for complex or enterprise businesses has not been built in over 20 years. A lot has changed in two decades, so we set out to address that market need."
In the US alone, across cities, counties, and states, larger businesses must account for over 17,000 different sales tax jurisdictions and how they apply to thousands of products being bought and sold. These rules often change monthly, making calculations and compliance extremely challenging. Getting these calculations wrong is very costly, and larger businesses can see fines and penalties that create liabilities in the millions of dollars per year.
The leadership team's experience includes successfully building Tax Partners (acquired by Thomson Reuters), CCH SureTax (acquired by Wolters Kluwer), and many years implementing tax solutions for KPMG, Ryan, and EY. This domain knowledge provided the background and experience to identify and solve complex sales tax problems.
A great case study is one we just completed for a large, multinational manufacturing company.
"Before our introduction to CereTax, we were struggling to identify our correct sales tax liabilities accurately and in a timely manner, which had a significant impact on our costs and time," said their Tax Director. "We had to bring together multiple solutions, consultants, and our tax team to get it done. With thousands of transactions to evaluate monthly, we were in a very challenging spot. After launching CereTax in parallel with our existing systems, we were immediately able to recognize huge cost and time savings while ensuring we were complying with all the regulations. The CereTax team is extremely knowledgeable and responsive, making the launch and ongoing operations seamless."
Other incumbents and start-ups in the sales tax space are focused on the more simplified needs of small businesses and have not yet developed the product architecture, industry specific capabilities, and customer service model to serve complex enterprises.
"The needs of complex businesses selling into multiple vertical markets in numerous jurisdictions are very different from small companies," said Brent Walker, CereTax VP of Operations. "To satisfy their needs, you need to deliver specialized taxability decisions, granular geo-targeting, an extensible rules engine, real-time processing, and continuous learning. You need to take an extremely complicated operating environment and streamline it to make it easy to manage."
CereTax is building deep integrations with an expanding set of ERPs, accounting, and operational systems to enable quick deployments and real-time operations.
"We are very enthusiastic about the market reception and look forward to soon announcing additional innovative capabilities and a network of implementation partners," said Mike Sanders, CEO.
"We have worked with members of the CereTax leadership team for years. We are excited to be working with them again to bring to market a key integration to the Coupa business spend management platform," said Robert Kleppel, Partner, KPMG. "We look forward to showing the market how blending the expertise of the KPMG team and new technology of CereTax can greatly benefit Coupa users."
Leaders Fund led the seed round with participation from investors in the founders previous two companies. With this capital, CereTax will extend its product offering for additional vertical markets, expand its team and its partner ecosystem, and continue to become the tax automation solution for complex verticals and larger enterprises.
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(The Conversation) – An apparently racially motivated attack at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, resulted in 10 deaths on Saturday, with the teenage suspect allegedly targeting Black shoppers in a prominently African American neighborhood.
Mass public shootings in which four or more people are killed have become more frequent, and deadly, in the last decade. And the tragedy in Buffalo is the latest in a recent trend of mass public shootings taking place in retail establishments.
We are criminologists who study the life histories of public mass shooters in the United States. Since 2017, we have conducted dozens of interviews with incarcerated perpetrators and people who knew them. We also built a comprehensive database of mass public shootings using public data, with the shooters coded on over 200 different variables, including location and racial profile.
What do we know about supermarket mass shootings?
Only one shooting in our database prior to 2019 took place at a supermarket. In 1999, a 23-year-old white male with a history of criminal violence killed four people at a supermarket in Las Vegas. However, there has been a raft of mass shootings at American supermarkets since.
The Buffalo shooting on May 14, 2022, is similar to an August 2019 shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas. On that occasion, the 21-year-old white suspect posted a racist rant on social media before allegedly driving some distance to intentionally target racial and ethnic minority shoppers. He has been charged with killing 23 people.
Another shooting in 2019 took place at a Kosher grocery store in Jersey City, New Jersey. Two perpetrators, a man and woman, both Black and around the age of 50 with a criminal and violent history, murdered four people before being killed in a shootout with police. Social media posts and a note left behind indicated an antisemitic motive.
Then in March 2021, a 21-year-old man of Middle Eastern descent with a history of paranoid and anti-social behavior entered a King Soopers in Boulder, Colorado, and shot dead 10 people. Six months later, in September 2021, a 29-year-old Asian man killed one person and injured 13 others at a Kroger supermarket in Tennessee. The perpetrator, who worked at the store, was asked to leave his job that morning. He died by suicide before the police arrived on the scene.
No one profile of a retail shooter
Mass shootings are socially contagious. Perpetrators study other perpetrators and learn from each other, which may explain the rise in supermarket shootings in the past few years. However, the data shows there is no one profile of a supermarket mass shooter.
Racial hatred is a feature of about 10% of all mass public shootings in our database. Our analysis suggests that when it comes to retail shooters, around 13% are driven by racism – so slightly above the average for all mass shooting events.
Some grocery stores by their nature may be frequented predominantly by one racial group – for example, Asian markets that cater to local Asian communities.
But racial hatred appears to be just one of many motivations cited by retail shooters. Our data points to a range of factors, including the suspect’s own economic issues (16%), confrontation with employees or shoppers (22%), or psychosis (31%). But the most common motivation among retail shooters is unknown (34%).
Like the Buffalo shooter, 22% of perpetrators of retail mass shootings left behind something to be found, a “manifesto” or video to share their grievances with the world. And nearly half of them leaked their plans ahead of time, typically on social media.
The lack of a consistent profile doesn’t leave us helpless. Our research suggests many strategies to prevent mass shootings – from behavioral threat assessment to restricting access to firearms for high-risk people. And the way to stop the social contagion of mass shootings is to stop providing perpetrators with the fame and notoriety they seek. | https://cw33.com/news/national/nexstar-media-wire/more-mass-shootings-are-happening-at-grocery-stores-13-of-shooters-are-motivated-by-racial-hatred-criminologists-find/ | 2022-05-16T19:23:59Z |
Woman accused of driving with child in vehicle at .33% BAC
Published: May. 2, 2022 at 11:11 AM EDT|Updated: 2 hours ago
COLTON, N.Y. (WWNY/Gray News) – A 21-year-old woman in New York is accused of driving under the influence with a child in the vehicle.
WWNY reports the woman had a blood alcohol content level of more than four times the legal limit.
Deputies with the St. Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office investigated an accident Saturday and say the woman had a BAC of .33%.
The legal limit for driving is .08%.
The driver was charged with aggravated DWI for having a BAC more than .18%, aggravated DWI for driving with a child in the car and endangering the welfare of a child.
Deputies did not say if anyone was injured in the accident.
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Winter Weather Advisory issued May 2 at 3:00PM MDT until May 3 at 3:00PM MDT by NWS Pocatello ID
* WHAT…Snow expected. Total snow accumulations of up to 1 to 3
inches, except 4 to 10 inches on ridge tops and elevations
above passes.
* WHERE…Island Park, Kilgore, Monida Pass, Dubois, Spencer.
* WHEN…From midnight tonight to 3 PM MDT Tuesday.
* IMPACTS…Plan on slippery road conditions. The hazardous
conditions could impact the morning or evening commute on
Tuesday.
Slow down and use caution while traveling.
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New LTO Summer Sangarita will have guests sipping their way through summer
ORLANDO, Fla., June 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Red Lobster® is turning up the heat and bringing guests the hottest summer celebration of seafood with the launch of Seafood Summerfest. Starting today, and for a limited time, guests are invited to live it up during Seafood Summerfest and satisfy their seafood cravings with a variety of sizzling Red Lobster dishes and exciting new beverage offerings that are fire!
Joining the Seafood Summerfest lineup is NEW! BBQ Bacon Grilled Shrimp, which can be enjoyed as an entrée as part of 3 Courses for $18.99*, when paired with a soup or salad and individual-sized starter. Guests can also sink their teeth into the hottest summer duo, Steak and Lobster, or treat their tastebuds to a grilled trio of seafood with Grilled Lobster, Shrimp and Salmon.
The Seafood Summerfest lineup features a selection of new and classic seafood dishes to choose from – all of course served with warm, Cheddar Bay Biscuits® – including:
- NEW! BBQ Bacon Grilled Shrimp (available as 3 Course entrée choice) – Two fire-grilled shrimp skewers, glazed with sweet and smoky BBQ sauce and topped with crispy bacon and green onions. Served over orzo rice with a choice of one side.
- Grilled Lobster, Shrimp and Salmon – A tender Maine lobster tail, grilled jumbo shrimp skewer, and fresh Atlantic salmon finished with a brown butter sauce. Served with a choice of two sides.
- Steak & Lobster – A wishbone Maine lobster tail and a NY strip grilled with Red Lobster's signature seasoning. Served with a choice of two sides.
- Red Argentinian Shrimp Skewers – Skewered Red Argentinian shrimp, fire-grilled and served over orzo rice and a choice of two sides.
- Live Maine Lobster – 1¼ lb., wild-caught, and fresh from the Atlantic, available steamed or stuffed. Served with a choice of two sides.
Guests can beat the heat while sipping a refreshing summer-inspired cocktail like the NEW! Summer Sangarita, a blend of summer's most popular cocktails – a sangria and margarita – or cheers with a glass of NEW! Sea Sun California Chardonnay and NEW! Sea Sun California Pinot Noir, both wines by the family that brought you Caymus Vineyards.
And, because nothing says summer like lobster, Red Lobster is getting the party started by releasing a "how to" Lobster Cracking Video with step-by-step instructions that'll have guests cracking into the delectable shellfish like a pro all summer long.
Red Lobster's Seafood Summerfest dishes are available to enjoy in-restaurant or from the comfort of home by ordering To Go or touchless delivery directly from RedLobster.com/order.
To earn points for dining, including through To Go and delivery orders, and redeem tasty rewards, guests can sign up for Red Lobster's free loyalty program, My Red Lobster Rewards℠. To view the complete Red Lobster menu or find a restaurant location, visit Red Lobster's website.
*Offer available for a limited time at participating locations in the U.S. and Canada; not available in Puerto Rico or Guam. Prices higher in New York Times Square, Hawaii, and Canada. Pricing indicated excludes beverages (and alcohol), applicable taxes and gratuities. Available for Dine-in or To Go; third party delivery excluded. Offer not combinable with any other offer or coupon relating specifically to the soups, salads, starters, or entrées included in this offer. See RedLobster.com for full terms.
"Summerfest" is a registered trademark of Milwaukee World Festival, Inc.
About Red Lobster Seafood Co.
Red Lobster is the world's largest and most-loved seafood restaurant company, headquartered in Orlando, Fla. With a proud heritage and an even brighter future, Red Lobster is focused on serving the highest quality, freshly prepared seafood that is traceable, sustainable and responsibly-sourced. To learn more about Red Lobster's sourcing standards and where the seafood we serve comes from, please visit www.redlobster.com/seafoodwithstandards. Red Lobster is also proud to be an employer of choice, including being named to Forbes magazine's 2022 lists of America's Best Large Employers and Best Employers for Diversity. To learn more about Red Lobster, including locations and menu options, please visit http://www.redlobster.com or find us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or TikTok.
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Company to Host Conference Call Today at 4:30pm ET
SARASOTA, Fla., May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- INVO Bioscience, Inc. (Nasdaq: INVO) ("INVO" or the "Company"), a commercial-stage fertility company focused on expanding access to advanced treatment worldwide with its INVOcell® medical device and the intravaginal culture ("IVC") procedure it enables, today announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022 and provided a business update.
Recent Operational Highlights
- The three INVO Centers in Birmingham, Alabama, Atlanta, Georgia, and Monterrey, Mexico experienced a 40% increase in patient inquiries and consultations compared to the 4th quarter of 2021. This, in part, is the result of our locally targeted marketing efforts and is a positive indicator for potential treatment cycle growth in the coming periods.
- Announced plans to open additional INVO Centers in Tampa, Florida, and Kansas City, Missouri, in addition to the previously announced planned clinic in the San Francisco Bay Area.
- Signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Onesky Holdings Limited ("Onesky") for mainland China (excludes Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan). The exclusivity is subject to minimum annual purchase amounts over a 5-year term starting upon product registration, the cost of which is to be borne by Onesky.
- Processed initial product orders from direct sales to U.S. IVF clinics and engaged with approximately 80 clinics, including both new relationships and those already trained on the INVOcell and IVC by Ferring.
- Received product orders from our Spain, Pakistan and Nigeria partnerships.
Management Commentary
"We are pleased with the progress at our INVO Centers in Birmingham, Atlanta and Monterrey," commented Steve Shum, CEO of INVO. "In the first quarter, we witnessed significantly increased patient flow at each center, which we believe will contribute to growing treatment cycles in the coming periods. Based on the typical timeframe it takes from patient inquiry, to consultation, to initial diagnostic testing, to addressing patient-specific timing issues, and to ultimately completing a treatment cycle, the timeframe between initial patient contact to cycle completion can range from 2 to 4 months or longer. We were also pleased to see increased treatment cycles in the first quarter, which largely represented patients that began this process in the prior quarter. With respect to our INVO Center expansion plans, our development team is making solid progress on identifying additional suitable locations. As our INVO Center activities expand and demonstrate positive results, we expect to have greater leverage in securing favorable terms both for landlord buildout contributions and for equipment and other leasing options. We are targeting these opportunities to cover a growing portion of our INVO Center start-up costs, and believe that, in time, they could fund over 50% of these expenses. We were also pleased with the order flow from our U.S. distribution business along with several international market distributors, and we expect this will continue to expand throughout the year."
"We remain enthusiastic about our multi-channel approach to commercializing INVOcell," continued Shum. "Our INVO Center model allows us to capture a significantly larger percentage of the per-cycle IVC procedure revenue enabled by the INVOcell and provides attractive economics for our shareholders, medical practitioner partners and patients alike. Our international distribution allows us to efficiently expand global adoption and accelerates our efforts to address the fertility industry's biggest challenges of cost and capacity. We look forward to continued strength in both channels going forward."
Financial Results
Revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2022, was approximately $0.2 million compared to approximately $0.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021. Of the $0.2 million in revenue for 2022, $0.1 was related to clinic revenue from the consolidated Atlanta JV. The decrease of approximately $0.5 million, or approximately 76%, from the first quarter of the prior year was related to a one-time bulk order from Ferring in the previous year that was made to meet calendar year 2020 minimum purchase commitments in the Ferring Agreement.
Gross margins were approximately 60% and 91% for the three months ended March 31, 2022, and 2021, respectively. The decrease in gross margin reflects the lack of Ferring license revenue in the first quarter compared to last year, as well as the inclusion of consolidated INVO Center cost of goods sold expenses.
Selling, general and administrative expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2022, were approximately $2.6 million compared to approximately $2.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021. The increase was primarily the result of approximately $0.2 million in increased expenses related to the operations of the consolidated Atlanta JV, $0.2 million in increased personnel expenses, and $0.1 million in marketing activities. We also incurred approximately $0.7 million of non-cash, stock-based compensation expense in the period, compared to $0.6 million for the same period in the prior year.
We continue to make progress in our 5-day label expansion efforts. R&D expenses were approximately $0.1 million and $0.07 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022, and March 31, 2021, respectively.
Loss from equity investments for the three months ended March 31, 2022, was approximately $0.07 million compared to $0.0 for the three months ended March 31, 2021. The increase in loss is due to the investments in Alabama and Mexico JV's, which became operational in the second half of 2021.
Interest expense and financing fees were approximately $0.1 thousand for the three months ended March 31, 2022, compared to approximately $0.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021.
Adjusted EBITDA (see Adjusted EBITDA Table) for the three months ended March 31, 2022, was $(2.0) million, which included $0.2 million loss attributable to our joint ventures, compared to adjusted EBITDA of $(1.0) million for the quarter ended March 31, 2021.
As of March 31, 2022, the Company had approximately $3.8 million in cash.
Use of Non-GAAP Measure
Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP measure. This measure is not intended to be a substitute for those financial measures reported in accordance with GAAP. Adjusted EBITDA has been included because management believes that, when considered together with the GAAP figures, it provides meaningful information related to our operating performance and liquidity and can enhance an overall understanding of financial results and trends. Adjusted EBITDA may be calculated by us differently than other companies that disclose measures with the same or similar terms. See our attached financials for a reconciliation of this non-GAAP measure to the nearest GAAP measure.
Conference Call Details
INVO has scheduled a conference call for Monday, May 16, 2022, at 4:30 pm ET (1:30 pm PT) to review these results and recent events. Interested parties can access the conference call by dialing (833) 756-0861 or (412) 317-5751 or can listen via a live Internet webcast at https://app.webinar.net/6XQVP1XJjRA, which is also available in the Investor Relations section of the Company's website at https://www.invobioscience.com/investors/. A teleconference replay of the call will be available through May 23, 2022, at (877) 344-7529 or (412) 317-0088, confirmation #4725753. A webcast replay will be available in the Investor Relations section of the Company's website at https://www.invobioscience.com/investors/ for 90 days.
About INVO Bioscience
We are a commercial-stage fertility company dedicated to expanding the assisted reproductive technology ("ART") marketplace by making fertility care accessible and inclusive to people around the world. Our primary mission is to implement new medical technologies aimed at increasing the availability of affordable, high-quality, patient-centered fertility care. Our flagship product is INVOcell®, a revolutionary medical device that allows fertilization and early embryo development to take place in vivo within the woman's body. This treatment solution is the world's first intravaginal culture technique for the incubation of oocytes and sperm during fertilization and early embryo development. This technique, designated as "IVC", provides patients a more natural, intimate, and more affordable experience in comparison to other ART treatments. We believe the IVC procedure can deliver comparable results at a fraction of the cost of traditional in vitro fertilization ("IVF") and is a significantly more effective treatment than intrauterine insemination ("IUI"). Our commercialization strategy is focused on the opening of dedicated "INVO Centers" offering the INVOcell® and IVC procedure (with three centers in North America now operational), in addition to continuing to distribute and sell our technology solution into existing fertility clinics. For more information, please visit www.invobio.com.
Safe Harbor Statement
This release includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The Company invokes the protections of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements regarding our expected future financial position, results of operations, cash flows, financing plans, business strategies, products and services, competitive positions, growth opportunities, plans and objectives of management for future operations, as well as statements that include words such as "anticipate," "if," "believe," "plan," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "could," "should," "will," and other similar expressions are forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements involve risks, uncertainties, and contingencies, many of which are beyond our control, which may cause actual results, performance, or achievements to differ materially from anticipated results, performance, or achievements. Factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements include those set forth in our filings at www.sec.gov. We are under no obligation to (and expressly disclaim any such obligation to) update or alter our forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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ALBANY, Ga., July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- HCI Equity Partners, a leading lower middle-market private equity firm, today announced the sale of SouthernAg Carriers, Inc. on July 8, 2022.
Headquartered in Albany, Georgia, SouthernAg is a transportation and logistics service provider for agricultural and related processed food manufacturers, specializing in peanuts, cotton, pecans and other agricultural products to large consumer packaged goods customers including Mars, P&G and ConAgra. SouthernAg has five facilities in Georgia, North Carolina and Texas.
"HCI was an incredible partner for our company," said SouthernAg CEO John Kenneally. "They had a sense of care and appreciation to our family-style business which we think makes SouthernAg unique. The ability to align with our team's values sets HCI apart as a private equity firm. We're very thankful for the support they lent to our team over the years."
Dan Dickinson, HCI's Managing Partner commented, "John Kenneally and the entire management team at SouthernAg have been a pleasure to partner with as they developed the Company into a leading transportation provider for the agricultural industry. We are confident they will continue to be successful and have an excellent partner to support the future growth of the business."
Republic Partners served as the financial advisor and Vedder Price served as legal counsel to SouthernAg.
HCI Equity Partners is a lower market private equity firm focused on partnering with family and founder-owned distribution, manufacturing and service companies. HCI is headquartered in Washington, DC. For more information, please visit www.hciequity.com.
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Kelsey Clute, VP, Director of Communications, HCI
kclute@hciequity.com
Megan Bowman, Lambert
mbowman@lambert.com
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Christopher H. Franklin elected as new independent director to the company's Board of Directors
HOUSTON, April 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CNP) announced the results of the voting by shareholders at its 2022 annual meeting held today.
Shareholders approved the election of existing directors Wendy Montoya Cloonan, Earl M. Cummings, David J. Lesar, Raquelle W. Lewis, Martin H. Nesbitt, Theodore F. Pound, Phillip R. Smith, and Barry T. Smitherman to serve on the company's Board of Directors for one-year terms. Shareholders also elected Christopher H. Franklin as a new independent director to the company's Board of Directors for a one-year term.
Since 1992, Franklin has served in various roles of increasing responsibility at Essential Utilities, Inc., formerly AquaAmerica, Inc., a public company providing regulated utilities, including water, wastewater and natural gas, to approximately 5 million customers in 10 states. He has served as CEO since 2015, and as Chairman since 2017.
In addition to his service on the Board of Directors of Essential Utilities, Franklin previously served on the Board of ITC Holdings from 2011 to 2016. He is active in the Pennsylvania community where he serves on a number of nonprofit and higher education boards, including the Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia, the University of Pennsylvania Board of Trustees and The Franklin Institute Board of Trustees. Franklin was named one of the Philadelphia Business Journal's Most Admired CEOs in 2017 and recognized by EY, formerly Ernst & Young, as an "Entrepreneur of the Year" in 2019 for the acquisition of Pittsburgh-based Peoples and his many years of successful leadership in the utility industry.
"We are very pleased to welcome Chris to our Board of Directors as CenterPoint Energy continues to refocus on its core regulated utility businesses," said Martin Nesbitt, Independent Chair of the Board. "We will benefit greatly from his extensive executive management experience, particularly with public regulated utilities, and his strategic leadership on major construction and capital projects. Chris' addition will further enhance the capabilities, experiences and skills we have represented on our Board."
Regarding his appointment to the Board of Directors, Franklin said, "I am honored to serve as a director of CenterPoint Energy and look forward to working with my fellow directors and the company's management team. CenterPoint Energy continues to demonstrate a track record of execution and performance, with actions to align its interests more closely with those of its shareholders and customers. I also look forward to supporting the company's long-term strategy to position it as a premium utility with industry-leading growth."
Franklin earned his Bachelor of Science degree from West Chester University of Pennsylvania and his MBA from Villanova University.
Shareholders also approved the ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2022 and the adoption of the CenterPoint Energy, Inc. 2022 Long-Term Incentive Plan. The advisory resolution on executive compensation was not approved by shareholders.
"We appreciate that our shareholders recognized CenterPoint Energy's Long-Term Incentive Plan is designed to attract and retain the talent to execute the company's long-term growth strategy, is consistent with its pay-for-performance philosophy, and aligns with the interests of all stakeholders," said CenterPoint Energy Board Member and Compensation Committee Chair Ted Pound. "We also value and respect the perspectives of our shareholders, and the Board will take their views on executive compensation into consideration as we evaluate an approach that will serve the company and our investors."
About CenterPoint Energy
As the only investor-owned electric and natural gas utility based in Texas, CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CNP) is an energy delivery company with electric transmission and distribution, power generation and natural gas distribution operations that serve more than 7 million metered customers in Indiana, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Ohio and Texas. As of December 31, 2021, the company owned approximately $38 billion in assets with approximately 9,400 employees. CenterPoint Energy and its predecessor companies have been in business for more than 150 years. For more information, visit CenterPointEnergy.com.
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Major deal opens the door for the minority-owned group to create more entertaining, genuine content and in-person experiences
CHICAGO, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- OfflineTV and McDonald's USA have joined forces to connect fans with their favorite gamers – both online and IRL – through a partnership that will come to life through sponsored streams, integrated content and in-person events. Marking OfflineTV's first major sponsorship deal, the collaboration will elevate the ways the viral gaming group engages their global fan base, and see the Golden Arches spotlight a diverse group of content creators and brand fans furthering the brand's commitment to diversity, especially in the gaming space. The partnership kicked off last weekend at Anime Expo, the largest anime convention in North America, where fans were up close and personal with their favorite OfflineTV members at an interactive booth featuring photo opps and limited-edition merch.
"As someone who grew up with late night drive-thru runs, it's an honor to team up with McDonald's to bring great experiences to our fans," said OfflineTV founder, Scarra. "This partnership has so much in store – from unique conventions as well as trips to other countries – we're really excited to make more unique content and share all our upcoming adventures with our fans
With nearly half a billion views and more than 3 million subscribers across YouTube and Twitch, OfflineTV's diverse roster of streamers and content creators are united by a shared love for all things gaming. Their content ranges from fun challenges that follow Gen Z trends to introspective moments that allow for each member to shine. Founded in 2017 in Los Angeles, the group includes Scarra, Pokimane, LilyPichu, Disguised Toast, Yvonnie, Michael Reeves, Sydeon, Masayoshi, and QuarterJade – each boasting strong fanbases.
"Gaming is a huge passion for many McDonald's fans, so we're meeting them in the online communities that they're spending their time in," said Elizabeth Campbell, McDonald's Senior Director of Cultural Engagement. "While providing OfflineTV more opportunities to create their authentic and light-hearted online content that fans love, we're proud this collaboration allows us to help amplify voices from different backgrounds, knowing the how diverse the gaming community is."
Last December, OfflineTV and McDonald's first came together to launch the group's first-ever pop-up store to sell merch and meet fans. To accommodate overwhelming demand from fans unable to attend the in-person event in Los Angeles, the pop-up was adapted into an immersive metaverse experience that was accessible anywhere in the world through a connected device — marking the Golden Arches' first fan experience in the metaverse.
McDonald's continues to make its presence known in the gaming industry, with OfflineTV being the brand's second major gaming partnership in the past year. Last August, McDonald's announced an ongoing content partnership with FaZe Clan, the digital-native lifestyle and media platform, to promote diversity and inclusion within the gaming industry.
About McDonald's USA
McDonald's has always been committed to the communities it serves, and the people that make up those communities. Every day the brand takes steps to achieve a more equitable and inclusive future for our employees, Franchisees, suppliers, customers, and the communities we serve and foster. McDonald's USA, LLC, serves a variety of menu options made with quality ingredients to millions of customers every day. Ninety-five percent of McDonald's approximately 13,500 U.S. restaurants are owned and operated by independent business owners. For more information, visit www.mcdonalds.com, or follow us on Twitter @McDonalds and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/mcdonalds.
About OfflineTV
Founded in 2017, Offline TV is a social streaming collective composed of a family of friends united by their love to game, create, and share. The LA-based squad of content creators is home to established and well-known streamers which include Scarra, Pokimane, LilyPichu, Disguised Toast, Yvonnie, Michael Reeves, Sydeon, Masayoshi, QuarterJade, and Brodin Plett. The beloved gang create a wide range of content, from streaming and prank videos to vlogs and parodies!
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First cryptocurrency donation in the world of this magnitude received by Al Jalila Foundation to support Hamdan Bin Rashid Cancer Charity Hospital
DUBAI, UAE, Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The founders of QUINT, the DeFi project championing the mainstream adoption of DeFi, metaverse, token and blockchain technologies, have donated an equivalent value of USD 16 million to Al Jalila Foundation, a member of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives, dedicated to transforming lives through medical innovation.
The donation, the first of its kind in the UAE and the largest of its kind in the world, was made to support Hamadan Bin Rashid Cancer Charity Hospital through a specially-devised locking and vesting mechanism that will make the required funds available to Al Jalila Foundation over the 3-year construction of the hospital's bone marrow transplant centre. After the full realisation of the donation, the facility will be named "QUINT Bone Marrow Transplant Centre" upon launch.
QUINT, a flagship DeFi project on the BSC chain, has innovated the idea of super-staking pools that allow investors to benefit from real-world rewards and investment opportunities. The Quint boutique NFT Market Place connects the Metaverse to the Physical World through innovative Token Frames. In May 2022 Quint partnered with Galaxy Racer (GXR), a transmedia powerhouse focused on esports, content creators, music, and sports, headquartered in Dubai, and became the native token for the GXR ecosystem. The Quint ecosystem is also supporting the Dubai Metaverse Strategy launched recently by His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Dubai Executive Council.
Mr Mohammed Al Bulooki, Chairman of Quint, said: "Quint's founders, developers and partners support Al Jalila Foundation's aim of transforming lives through medical research, and are delighted to be able to contribute to this mission. Quint prides itself on contributing to community well-being and holding itself to high standards of governance and ethics. As part of our mission of connecting the metaverse to the real world, and boosting mainstream adoption of cryptocurrencies and DeFi, we are pleased to be amongst the first to embrace crypto philanthropy in the UAE and the Middle East."
To learn more about Quint's Ecosystem, visit:
Website: https://quint.io/
Telegram: https://t.me/projectquint
Twitter: https://twitter.com/projectquint
For more information on Al Jalila Foundation visit: www.aljalilafoundation.a
Contact:
Hisham Wyne
hisham@quint.io
Info@quint.io
+971509433383
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After Robin Williams died by suicide in August 2014, his widow, Susan Schneider Williams, would soon learn about a disease she had never heard of, but one that had haunted both of their lives.
That disease is Lewy body dementia, with which the actor was diagnosed in October 2014 following an autopsy on his brain. "A few months before he passed, he was given a Parkinson's (disease) diagnosis," said Schneider Williams, an artist and advocate for LBD awareness and research, at the Life Itself conference, a health and wellness event presented in partnership with CNN. "But that was just the tip of the iceberg."
The misdiagnosis occurred in May 2014 after Robin had been experiencing severe memory, movement, personality, reasoning, sleep and mood changes.
The comedian had undergone multiple tests to identify his problem, most of which were negative. "None of the doctors knew that there was this ghost disease underlying all of this," Schneider Williams told CNN in an interview. "When that was revealed, that was like essentially finding out the name of my husband's killer."
Dementia is a disorder of mental processes marked by memory dysfunction, personality changes and impaired reasoning due to brain disease or injury. The exact cause of LBD, which affects about 1.4 million Americans, is unknown. But the disease is associated with the accumulation of the protein alpha-synuclein, which is typically present in the brain and in small amounts in the heart, muscle and other tissues. Alpha-synuclein might help regulate neurotransmitters. But when this protein accumulates and forms masses (called Lewy bodies) within the brain, the effects are devastating.
Lewy body dementia and Parkinson's disease dementia are the two types of Lewy body dementias, which are the second most common form of dementia after Alzheimer's disease, according to the Lewy Body Dementia Association.
Because LBD initially presents similarly to Alzheimer's or Parkinson's disease, it's often misdiagnosed. And since Lewy body proteins can't be tested like Alzheimer's proteins, LBD cases are often diagnosed after death when families request autopsies for closure or more details, or to donate a loved one's brain for research.
Typically for undiagnosed LBD patients who initially exhibit movement issues, doctors first diagnose them with Parkinson's disease since it is a movement disease. If those patients later develop dementia as well, they are often diagnosed with Parkinson's disease dementia. More specific changes in cognitive function, too, over time can lead to the diagnosis "dementia with Lewy bodies." Although Lewy bodies are common with Parkinson's disease, not all Parkinson's patients will develop LBD.
Misdiagnosis and overlapping symptoms can lead to a world of confusion for patients and their families, so for Schneider Williams, finally learning the truth behind her husband's "pain and suffering" was a "pinprick of light," she said.
"That's when my own healing started to begin," she said. "We had this experience with something that was invisible and terrifying, truly. And then on the other side of it, I'm left to find out the science underneath it that helped explain this experience. Robin wasn't crazy. That was one of his biggest fears."
So that other patients and caregivers can experience the same truth, understanding and healing, Schneider Williams has been in a "rabbit hole of discovery" and advocacy for eight years now. She has served on the board of the American Brain Foundation for six years, helped establish the Lewy Body Dementia Fund and its $3 million research grant award aimed at finding an accurate biomarker, and contributed to the documentaries "Robin's Wish" and "Spark: Robin Williams and His Battle with Lewy Body Dementia."
"I couldn't live with myself if I didn't tell this story," Schneider Williams said. "I had no idea the journey I was about to begin on. But I had to go there."
Doctors and researchers wanting to mitigate the kinds of experiences her husband endured "have a tall order," she said, "but progress is being made."
'Chemical warfare in his brain'
Lewy body dementia has more than 40 symptoms that can randomly appear and disappear, Schneider Williams said. Categorically, the signs include impaired thinking, fluctuations in attention, problems with movement, visual hallucinations, sleep disorders, behavioral and mood issues, and changes in bodily functions such as the ability to control urinating.
What "marked the beginning of a cascade of symptoms" was when her husband started experiencing never-ending fear and anxiety, Schneider Williams said. It began to happen in 2012 when Williams started to pull back from engaging with people at the Throckmorton Theatre in California, where he would try new material out and riff with other comedians just for fun, she added.
The anxieties persisted beyond what Williams had experienced in the past and what is normal for a beloved actor living with the pressures of being on a world stage.
Eventually, paranoia was another significant symptom, Schneider Williams said. "It was the amygdala region of his brain that had a ginormous amount of the Lewy bodies. So that area of the brain is really our ability to regulate our emotions, particularly fear and anxiety. And Robin's was basically broken."
Toward the end, Williams also experienced delusional looping. "Your brain is concocting a story of what you think reality is," Schneider Williams said. "And the people around you are unable to rationalize with you and bring you back into what is actually real. So it's incredibly scary for everyone around someone who's deluded as well as the deluded person.
"As a caregiver, you feel incredibly powerless when you realize, 'Oh my gosh, nothing I say or do anymore can bring him back to what's real.' And that's a very scary place," she said. "Lewy body -- it really takes over."
Williams was stressed by work, his sudden forgetfulness and changing personality, and insufficient sleep -- which progressed to severe insomnia that removed the separation between day and night in the couple's home. "Our house was like 'Night at the Museum' at night," Schneider Williams said. Pulling him back from nighttime delusions would take hours, sometimes days, she added. "Imagined fear on fire -- that is what it is."
Hallucinations are "a key hallmark of LBD that can really help in identifying the disease," Schneider Williams said, but also a tough symptom many LBD patients don't want to discuss. She didn't know about her husband's hallucinations until her conversation with a medical professional who had reviewed his medical records. A delusion involves a storyline with people who can deconstruct it for you -- but a hallucination is something only you see and therefore is easier to hide.
"Lewy body is neurological; it's a circuitry problem. So the chemical and structural changes happening in Robin's brain were responsible for the psychiatric symptoms that he was experiencing," Schneider Williams said at Life Itself. Those included depression.
The doctors Schneider Williams met with after learning of his diagnosis "indicated his was one of the worst pathologies they had seen. He had about 40% loss of dopamine neurons," she wrote in her 2016 article "The terrorist inside my husband's brain" for the journal Neurology. "The massive proliferation of Lewy bodies throughout his brain had done so much damage to neurons and neurotransmitters that in effect, you could say he had chemical warfare in his brain."
Antipsychotic medications were dangerous for him and made some symptoms worse, as they do for some LBD patients, Schneider Williams said.
If people experiencing neurodegeneration can still do some routines such as work or walk their dog, those "usual, well-worn pathways can provide comfort," Schneider Williams said. When people can no longer do those things, symptoms can worsen and lead to devastating feelings of isolation.
'Every yard gained matters'
Nearly eight years after the diagnosis that catalyzed Schneider Williams' research journey, she is "just now starting to really pick up the pieces of my own life," she said.
"I kind of need to go underground for a while and relocate my inspiration and my true passion, which is art and painting," Schneider Williams said. She plans for a portion of all her future print sales to go to LBD research, and she will stay in touch with efforts related to the documentaries and the Lewy Body Dementia Fund, where she remains lead chair.
As Schneider Williams widens her focus while leaving her door open for LBD advocacy, experts continue their research efforts.
"We're always learning more and more about the disease, from the basic science studies looking at cells and test tubes, to animal models, to human observational studies," said Dr. James Galvin, a professor of neurology and director of the Comprehensive Center for Brain Health at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.
Recent highlights include the introduction of at least two new diagnostics, Galvin said: a spinal fluid test from the company Amprion and a skin biopsy test from CND Life Sciences. The spinal fluid test tracks misfolded synuclein and helps doctors diagnose brain diseases, including LBD. The skin biopsy test aims to help doctors distinguish between serious neurologic disorders.
"To have diagnostics -- that can confirm in life that someone has Lewy body disease -- goes a long way both toward confirming the diagnosis and advancing research," Galvin said. "The earlier you can start people on treatments, the easier to enroll people in clinical trials to test new medications."
The National Institutes of Health has awarded Galvin and the company Cognition Therapeutics a $29 million grant for studying whether a new drug, CT1812, is safe and effective for patients with LBD.
To treat LBD, doctors "borrow medicines from Alzheimer's to treat cognitive symptoms, from Parkinson's to treat motor symptoms, from narcolepsy to treat attention deficits and from psychiatry to treat behavioral symptoms," Galvin said in a news release. CT1812 could help the brains of LBD patients clear toxic proteins and protect against functional loss.
"When I wrote that editorial 'The terrorist inside my husband's brain,' I was convinced that a diagnosis wouldn't matter anyway, because there is no cure," Schneider Williams said at Life Itself. "But my thinking since then has completely changed. Diagnosis is everything -- not just for the patients and caregivers, but for the doctors, clinicians and researchers. If we had an accurate diagnosis, we could have sought specialized care."
The Lewy Body Dementia Association has formed a Research Centers of Excellence Program, with 22 sites across the United States, to collaborate on clinical trials, assess needs for resources and infrastructure, and develop better measures of clinical symptoms, said Angela Taylor, the association's interim executive director.
"We can't undo changes that have already occurred," said Samantha Holden, an associate professor of neurology at the University of Colorado and director of the Memory Disorders Clinic at UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital. "But if we catch people early enough, can we prevent it from progressing?"
Research progress is being made in baby steps. When asked whether there has ever been a point when she felt like giving up, Schneider Williams said, "Oh, my God. Pick a day."
"It's very overwhelming when you look at all the millions and bazillions of dollars that are spent on research and you think, 'Oh my God, have we really progressed at all?' " she added. But with how complex LBD is, "every yard gained matters."
"Whoever has hope has many days of feeling the darkness," Schneider Williams said. "But the thing about hope is that no matter what, you dust yourself off, you pick yourself up and you go forward. And you don't do that alone."
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SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Marvell (NASDAQ: MRVL) today announced the details of its participation in a webinar hosted by J.P. Morgan to address how Compute Express Link™ (CXL™), an industry standard for connecting processors, accelerators and memory, will facilitate new cloud data center architectures with improved scale, flexibility and performance.
Webinar Title: Marvell's Vision for Transforming Cloud Data Centers with CXL
When: Tuesday, May 17 at 10 a.m. Pacific time/1 p.m. Eastern time
Description:
This webinar will address the fundamentals of CXL technology and its role in bringing new levels of performance to power emerging metaverse and next generation AI/ML applications in the cloud. Existing data center server architectures face multiple memory scaling challenges and lack the ability to compose resources efficiently. Silicon solutions based on CXL, an industry standard for connecting processors, accelerators and memory, will facilitate new cloud architectures with improved scale and flexibility. Marvell brings a unique perspective with the industry's most complete end-to-end data infrastructure silicon portfolio and will share its vision for how CXL will transform cloud data centers across compute, electro-optics, networking, security and storage.
Marvell Presenters:
Dan Christman - Executive Vice President, Storage Products Group
Thad Omura - Vice President, Flash Marketing
Ashish Saran - Senior Vice President, Investor Relations
J.P. Morgan Host: Harlan Sur
Semis, Semi Cap Equipment & Tech Hardware Equity Analyst
To Register: https://openexc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_P4OTmCWuSTKnaoYDhMyTkg. A video replay will be available here approximately 2-3 hours after the webinar ends.
About Marvell
To deliver the data infrastructure technology that connects the world, we're building solutions on the most powerful foundation: our partnerships with our customers. Trusted by the world's leading technology companies for over 25 years, we move, store, process and secure the world's data with semiconductor solutions designed for our customers' current needs and future ambitions. Through a process of deep collaboration and transparency, we're ultimately changing the way tomorrow's enterprise, cloud, automotive, and carrier architectures transform—for the better.
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US Marshals assisting in search for 4 inmates who escaped from prison camp
HOPEWELL, Va. (WWBT/Gray News) - Several federal agencies are searching for four inmates who reportedly escaped from a satellite prison camp in Hopewell, Virginia.
Officials with the Federal Correctional Complex in Petersburg said four inmates, identified as Corey Branch, 41, Tavares Graham, 44, Lamonte Willis, 30, and Kareem Shaw, 46, were reported missing at about 1:45 a.m. Saturday.
WWBT reported officials said the men “walked away” from the camp sometime overnight.
The US Marshals Service, the FBI and other law enforcement agencies have been notified of the escape and are assisting with the search, according to prison officials.
An internal investigation has also been initiated.
The men were serving sentences for drug-related charges and firearm possession charges.
Anyone with information about their escape or their whereabouts should contact the United States Marshals Service at 804-545-8501.
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Warmer weekend with rain on the way
Best rain chances for Monday and Tuesday
Saturday is warming up with the humidity becoming a bit of a factor as moisture levels are on the rise in Texoma. This is what’s driving our upcoming week of rain chances that some might see starting Saturday. There have been a few pop up storms around Sherman/Denison this afternoon in fact. Pop-up showers are at a 10% chance for Saturday, so the majority of Texomans will be dry all day.
Sunday will see an increase in pop-up storms with temperatures still in the low to mid-90s. The best chance for rainfall will be Monday evening and Tuesday with Texoma looking to get half an inch to an inch of rain. Rain chances still possible on Wednesday, but they will be less likely going into the end of the week.
Enjoy the warmer weekend temperatures! Keep an eye on the KXII Weather Authority App for a look at the radar to know if pop-up showers are in your area.
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THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CSI Compressco LP ("CSI," or the "Partnership") (NASDAQ: CCLP) today announced second quarter 2022 results.
Second Quarter 2022 Results:
- Total revenues were $84.5 million compared to $76.5 million in the second quarter 2021.
- Contract services revenue increased to $64.3 million in the second quarter 2022 compared to $58.4 million in the second quarter 2021.
- Net loss was $6.8 million compared to a net loss of $9.6 million in the second quarter 2021.
- Adjusted EBITDA was $26.4 million compared to $26.5 million in the second quarter 2021.
- Compression fleet utilization increased to 82.8% compared to 76.9% in the second quarter 2021.
- Operating horsepower increased to 992,597 compared to 908,614 in the second quarter 2021.
- Distributable cash flow was $10.3 million compared to $10.1 million in the second quarter 2021.
- Distribution coverage ratio was 7.3x in the second quarter 2022 compared to 20.8x in the second quarter 2021.
- Second quarter of 2022 distribution of $0.01 per common unit will be paid on August 12, 2022.
The operating results presented throughout this document include the operating results of Spartan Treating (as defined in our 10-K filed March 14, 2022) due to the previously reported acquisition on November 10, 2021. As the Partnership and Spartan Treating were under common control at the time of Spartan's acquisition of the Partnership's general partner, the results of operations have been combined for the Partnership and Spartan Treating from the date of common control, which was January 29, 2021. As a result, operating results and certain financial metrics for the second quarter 2021 vary from what we previously reported.
Management Commentary
"During the second quarter of 2022, our revenues continued to grow. We continued deploying our idle fleet and implemented additional price increases. This increase in revenue was offset by a significant increase in costs during the quarter, largely associated with inflation and ongoing supply chain issues. The primary cost increases were from fluids (lube oil and gasoline), parts and labor. These three cost categories increased ranging from 10% to 15% quarter over quarter. These cost increases were largely offset by our improvement in utilization and as a result, our EBITDA is essentially flat quarter over quarter" commented John Jackson, Chief Executive Officer of CSI Compressco LP.
"As we look forward, it has been and continues to be difficult to predict the impact of inflation on our business and our costs. We continue to see strong demand for our products and services and have a significant amount of contracted horsepower that will be deployed in the second half of 2022. A significant portion of our compression fleet is under term contracts at any given time. As a result, we are raising prices as these units come off term and are subject to price changes. We have visibility into the balance of 2022 being very active and expect utilization to continue to improve through the remainder of 2022. We expect fleet revenue to continue to grow as the combination of price increases and utilization continues to work its way through the fleet."
"Our incremental capital expenditure focus for the near term will be to deploy our available fleet as efficiently as possible, which includes converting existing units to electric motor-drive. Lead times for key components for new build units such as engines, frames and electric drive motors continue to lengthen, therefore, capital decisions related to new build projects we make with our customers today will generally not be in place until the second quarter of 2023 or later. Our customers recognize this long lead time environment and are in discussions with us related to their 2023 needs. We have committed capital for 2023 related to first quarter projects and anticipate allocating additional capital for projects related to the balance of 2023".
"We remain upbeat about the industry as we have seen a significant rebound in activity over the last 12 months at CSI and across the entire compression industry. We look forward to the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead as we believe we have a great group of assets and people that will perform well over the coming months and years."
Net cash used in operating activities was $10.2 million in the second quarter compared to net cash used in operating activities of $5.8 million in the second quarter of 2021. Distributable cash flow in the second quarter was $10.3 million, resulting in a distribution coverage ratio of 7.3x.
This press release includes the following financial measures that are not presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States ("U.S. GAAP"): Adjusted EBITDA, distributable cash flow, distribution coverage ratio, free cash flow, and net leverage ratio. Please see Schedules B-E for reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP measures.
Unaudited results of operations for the quarter ended June 30, 2022 compared to the prior quarter and the corresponding prior year quarter are presented in the table below.
As of June 30, 2022, total compressor fleet horsepower was 1,198,356 and fleet horsepower in service was 992,597 for an overall fleet utilization rate of 82.8% (we define the overall service fleet utilization rate as the service compressor fleet horsepower in service divided by the total compressor fleet horsepower). Idle horsepower equipment under repair is not considered utilized, but we do count units on standby as utilized when the client is being billed a standby service rate.
Balance Sheet
Cash on hand at the end of the second quarter was $8.4 million. At the end of the second quarter, $73.6 million was outstanding on the Partnership's credit facilities. Our debt also includes $400.0 million of first lien secured bonds due in 2025 and $172.7 million of second lien secured bonds due in 2026. Net leverage ratio at the end of the quarter was 6.1x.
As of June 30, 2022, our borrowing base availability under our credit facilities was $17.9 million. Total liquidity at quarter-end was $26.3 million. In July 2022, we had significant collections from an international customer which improved our liquidity position and will positively impact our third quarter 2022 cash provided by operations. As of August 5, 2022, our borrowing base availability under our credit facilities totaled $26.8 million and total liquidity was approximately $35.0 million. This compares to total liquidity of $32.7 million at year end 2021.
Effective June 30, 2022, the termination date of our Credit Agreement was extended from June 29, 2023 to June 29, 2025. In addition, the required reserve on our Credit Agreement was reduced from $5 million to $3.5 million.
Capital Expenditures - 2022 Expectations
We expect capital expenditures for 2022 to be between $55.0 million and $65.0 million. These capital expenditures include approximately $18.0 million and $22.0 million of maintenance capital expenditures, approximately $29.0 million and $33.0 million of capital expenditures primarily associated with the expansion of our contract services fleet, and $8.0 million and $10.0 million of capital expenditures related to investments in technology, primarily software and systems.
Second Quarter 2022 Cash Distribution on Common Units
On July 19, 2022, the board of directors of our General Partner declared a cash distribution attributable to the quarter ended June 30, 2022 of $0.01 per outstanding common unit. This distribution equates to a distribution of $0.04 per outstanding common unit on an annualized basis. This distribution will be paid on August 12, 2022 to each of the holders of common units of record as of the close of business on July 29, 2022. The distribution coverage ratio for the second quarter of 2022 was 7.3x.
Conference Call
CSI will host a conference call to discuss second quarter results today, August 9, 2022, at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time. The phone number for the call is 1-866-374-8397. The conference call will also be available by live audio webcast and may be accessed through CSI's website at www.csicompressco.com. An audio replay of the conference call will be available at 1-877-344-7529, conference number 10169664, replay code 1454494, for one week following the conference call and the archived webcast will be available through CSI's website for thirty days following the conference call.
CSI Overview
CSI provides services including natural gas compression and treating services. Natural gas compression equipment is used for natural gas and oil production, gathering, artificial lift, production enhancement, transmission, processing, and storage. We also provide a variety of natural gas treating services. Our compression business includes a fleet of approximately 4,800 compressor packages providing approximately 1.2 million in aggregate horsepower, utilizing a full spectrum of low-, medium-, and high-horsepower engines. Our treating fleet includes amine units, gas coolers, and related equipment. Our aftermarket business provides compressor package overhaul, repair, engineering and design, reconfiguration and maintenance services, as well as the sale of compressor package parts and components manufactured by third-party suppliers. Our customers operate throughout many of the onshore producing regions of the United States, as well as in a number of international locations including Mexico, Canada, Argentina, Egypt and Chile. CSI's general partner is owned by Spartan Energy Partners.
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains "forward-looking statements" and information based on our beliefs and those of our general partner, CSI Compressco GP LLC. Forward-looking statements in this news release are identifiable by the use of the following words and other similar words: "anticipates," "assumes," "believes," "budgets," "could," "estimates," "expectations," "expects," "forecasts," "goal," "intends," "may," "might," "plans," "predicts," "projects," "schedules," "seeks," "should," "targets," "will," and "would." These forward-looking statements include statements, other than statements of historical fact, including anticipated return of standby equipment to in service, the redeployment of idle fleet compressors, joint-bidding on potential projects with Spartan, commodity prices and demand for CSI's equipment and services and other statements regarding CSI's beliefs, expectations, plans, prospects and other future events, performance, and other statements that are not purely historical. Such forward-looking statements reflect our current views with respect to future events and financial performance, and are based on assumptions that we believe to be reasonable, but such forward-looking statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to: economic and operating condition that are outside of our control, including the trading price of our common units; the severity and duration of the COVID-19 pandemic and related economic repercussions and the resulting negative impact on the demand for oil and gas, operational challenges relating to the COVID-19 pandemic and efforts to mitigate the spread of the virus, including logistical challenges, remote work arrangements, and supply chain disruptions, other global or national health concerns; the current significant surplus in the supply of oil and the ability of OPEC and other oil producing nations to agree on and comply with supply limitations; the duration and magnitude of the unprecedented disruption in the oil and gas industry; the levels of competition we encounter; our dependence upon a limited number of customers and the activity levels of our customers; our ability to replace our contracts with our customers, which are generally short-term contracts; the availability of adequate sources of capital to us; our existing debt levels and our ability to obtain additional financing or refinancing; our ability to continue to make cash distributions, or increase cash distributions from current levels, after the establishment of reserves, payment of debt service and other contractual obligations; the restrictions on our business that are imposed under our long-term debt agreements; our operational performance; the credit and risk profile of Spartan Energy Partners; ability of our general partner to retain key personnel; risks related to acquisitions and our growth strategy; the availability of raw materials and labor at reasonable prices; risks related to our foreign operations; the effect and results of litigation, regulatory matters, settlements, audits, assessments, and contingencies; or potential material weaknesses in the future; information technology risks, including the risk of cyberattack; and other risks and uncertainties contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K and our other filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), which are available free of charge on the SEC website at www.sec.gov. The risks and uncertainties referred to above are generally beyond our ability to control and we cannot predict all the risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ from those indicated by the forward-looking statements. If any of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or if any of the underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary from those indicated by the forward-looking statements, and such variances may be material. All subsequent written and verbal forward-looking statements made by or attributable to us or to persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by reference to these risks and uncertainties. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Each forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date of the particular statement, and we undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements we may make, except as may be required by law.
Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
The Partnership includes in this release the non-GAAP financial measures Adjusted EBITDA, distributable cash flow, distribution coverage ratio, free cash flow, and net leverage ratio. Adjusted EBITDA is used as a supplemental financial measure by the Partnership's management to:
- assess the Partnership's ability to generate available cash sufficient to make distributions to the Partnership's unitholders and general partner;
- evaluate the financial performance of its assets without regard to financing methods, capital structure or historical cost basis;
- measure operating performance and return on capital as compared to those of our competitors; and
- determine the Partnership's ability to incur and service debt and fund capital expenditures.
The Partnership defines Adjusted EBITDA as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, and before certain charges, including impairments, bad debt expense attributable to bankruptcy of customers, equity compensation, non-cash costs of compressors sold, gain on extinguishment of debt, write-off of unamortized financing costs, and excluding, severance and other non-recurring or unusual expenses or charges.
Distributable cash flow is used as a supplemental financial measure by the Partnership's management, as it provides important information relating to the relationship between our financial operating performance and our cash distribution capability. Additionally, the Partnership uses distributable cash flow in setting forward expectations and in communications with the board of directors of our general partner. The Partnership defines distributable cash flow as Adjusted EBITDA less current income tax expense, maintenance capital expenditures, interest expense, and severance expense, plus non-cash interest expense.
The Partnership believes that the distribution coverage ratio provides important information relating to the relationship between the Partnership's financial operating performance and its cash distribution capability. The Partnership defines the distribution coverage ratio as the ratio of distributable cash flow to the total quarterly distribution payable, which includes, as applicable, distributions payable on all outstanding common units, the general partner interest and the general partner's incentive distribution rights.
The Partnership defines free cash flow as net cash provided by operating activities less capital expenditures, net of sales proceeds. Management primarily uses this metric to assess our ability to retire debt, evaluate our capacity to further invest and grow, and measure our performance as compared to our peer group of companies.
The Partnership defines net leverage ratio as net debt (the sum of the carrying value of long-term and short-term debt on its consolidated balance sheet, less cash, excluding restricted cash on the consolidated balance sheet and excluding outstanding letters of credit) divided by Adjusted EBITDA for calculating net leverage (Adjusted EBITDA as reported externally adjusted for certain items to comply with its credit agreement) for the trailing twelve-month period. Management primarily uses this metric to assess the Partnership's ability to borrow, reduce debt, add to cash balances, pay distributions, and fund investing and financing activities.
These non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered an alternative to net income, operating income, cash flows from operating activities or any other measure of financial performance presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP. These non-GAAP financial measures may not be comparable to Adjusted EBITDA, distributable cash flow, free cash flow or other similarly titled measures of other entities, as other entities may not calculate these non-GAAP financial measures in the same manner as CSI. Management compensates for the limitation of these non-GAAP financial measures as an analytical tool by reviewing the comparable U.S. GAAP measures, understanding the differences between the measures and incorporating this knowledge into management's decision-making process. Furthermore, these non-GAAP measures should not be viewed as indicative of the actual amount of cash that CSI has available for distributions or that the Partnership plans to distribute for a given period, nor should they be equated to available cash as defined in the Partnership's partnership agreement.
Schedule A - Income Statement
Schedule B - Reconciliation of Net Loss to Adjusted EBITDA, Distributable Cash Flow and Distribution Coverage Ratio
The following table reconciles net loss to Adjusted EBITDA, distributable cash flow and distribution coverage ratio for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2022, March 31, 2022 and June 30, 2021:
Schedule C - Reconciliation of Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities Operations to Free Cash Flow
The following table reconciles net cash provided by operating activities to free cash flow for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2022, March 31, 2022 and June 30, 2021:
Schedule D – Reconciliation to Adjusted EBITDA Margin (unaudited)
Schedule E – Reconciliation of Net Loss to Adjusted EBITDA for Net Leverage Ratio Calculation (unaudited)
(in thousands, except ratios)
Schedule F – Balance Sheet
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NEW YORK (AP) — Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike is the third betting choice on the morning line for the Belmont Stakes, with Triple Crown newcomer We the People installed as the favorite.
Rich Strike opened at 7-2 odds and drew the fourth post position in a field of eight horses for the 1 1/2-mile third leg of the Triple Crown. We the People drew the rail and opens at 2-1, with Todd Pletcher-trained No. 6 Mo Donegal set at 5-2.
A month after Rich Strike pulled off an 80-1 upset to win the Derby and bypassed the Preakness for extra rest, trainer Eric Reed thinks the colt is training just as well at Belmont Park as he was at Churchill Downs.
“He’s done real good since he’s been here,” Reed said Tuesday at the post position draw. “I see the energy level a little higher now, and he seems a little more confident.”
We the People is coming off winning the Grade 3 Peter Pan Stakes at Belmont Park on May 15. With another wet track possible Saturday, France-born trainer Rodolphe Brisset said he “wouldn’t be upset” if rain is in the forecast.
As for We the People opening as the favorite, Brisset said: “Everybody knows we like the horse since this winter. I don’t look at the odds, but it makes sense.
Pletcher has two horses in the field: Mo Donegal, who finished fifth in the Derby, and filly Nest, who ran second in the Kentucky Oaks the day before. He already has won the Belmont once before with a filly — Rags to Riches in 2004 — and is willing to take this chance with Nest, who drew the third post and opens at 8-1.
“Everything’s gone perfectly since the Oaks,” Pletcher said. “She’s a filly that’s really well-bred for this race. I think she’s got the right kind of disposition for it, and she’s given us every indication that she’s doing really well.”
Along with Rich Strike and Mo Donegal, Barber Road is the only other Derby horse set to race in the Belmont. Barber Road, who was sixth in the Derby, drew the outside eighth post at odds of 10-1.
There are no horses this year that are set to take part in all three legs of the Triple Crown, after Derby and Preakness runner-up Epicenter was given time off to prepare for races this summer. Creative Minister, who finished third behind Early Voting and Epicenter three weeks ago in the Preakness, is the only horse to run on all three Triple Crown days after winning against lesser competition on May 7 at Churchill.
“This horse, he’s got a real chance,” trainer Kenny McPeek said of No. 5 Creative Minister, who opened at 6-1. “He handled (the Preakness) really well, and he’s got to move a step forward again.”
Skippylongstocking, who finished fifth in the Preakness, drew the second post. He and No. 7 Golden Glider are the co-longest shots on the board at 20-1.
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-Groundbreaking Web3 film, powered by base on the Eluvio Content Blockchain, to provide exclusive access to trailers, behind-the-scenes content, specially minted NFTs, and incrementally released exclusive content
-Fans will have the opportunity to become part of the filmmaking experience, purchase exclusive minted assets and collectibles, access behind-the-scenes content, win experiences in real Cannonball race cars, and more
-Premium tier fans and NFT holders will also receive film credits and a red carpet invite to the movie premiere
-Web3 filmmaking details to be showcased at Eluvio Community Event at IBC on September 10, Hall 8, at 1 PM
LONDON, Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- base, a leading provider of cloud-native media solutions, today announced a groundbreaking Web3 film experience for The Real Cannonball Run, a fast-paced upcoming film, which will tell the true story of the legendary coast-to-coast automotive protest race across America. Initial details can be found at http://realcannonball.com/.
This will be one of the first films to have ever been produced, curated, and distributed on the blockchain directly to fans. The film initiative uses cutting-edge cloud and Web3 technology provided through a technical solutions partnership with base, and powered by Eluvio's Content Blockchain.
"We have been curating this exclusive content for years, including the original film archive from 50 years ago," said Gero Hoschek, the indie filmmaker driving The Real Cannonball Run. "There are millions of fans across generations and continents who will want the documentary to be launched and become part of the story themselves. With Eluvio and base, we are uniquely placed to do things differently, and use technology in new, creative ways, from pre- production fan engagement, all the way through to direct-to-fan 4K streaming."
"This is such an exciting project, combining feature filmmaking, a global fan base and a totally new paradigm of movie post-production and Web3 distribution," said Ben Foakes, CEO, base. "We are writing a new rule book for production. We plan to create a rich content world and special 'experience' built and distributed on Eluvio, a blockchain content fabric that delivers hyper-efficient decentralized storage, distribution and monetization. Dedicated Cannonball fans can purchase a subscription token (NFT) and get exclusive access to trailers, behind-the-scenes content, specially minted assets and incrementally released exclusive content throughout the lifecycle of the film. Certain subscriber NFT tiers will even be able to receive exclusive minted collectibles such as handmade scale models of original Cannonball race cars. Premium tier level NFT holders will also get their name on the film's end credits and a red carpet invite to the premiere. It is a new type of value exchange, and an entirely new way to engage with your favourite media."
To bring the film to life, the team is building an end-to-end online content chain with base. Archive film, 4K digital camera rushes and third-party contributor content is securely uploaded to the cloud and automatically transformed to viewing proxies in an Iconik Media Library for the director to view from anywhere and commence tagging and clip selection. Editing is performed using Adobe CC, hosted entirely in the cloud, leveraging BeBop OS, enabling the editors, directors, producers and post supervisor to collaborate across global locations.
When the film is completed and mastered, entirely conducted on base's cloud solutions platform, the finished exports will be uploaded on the Eluvio Content Blockchain, leveraging a custom integration with BeBop OS. BeBop OS not only provides the operating system used by base, enabling Adobe editing to take place on virtual workstations hosted in the cloud, but is also directly connected into Eluvio's global blockchain infrastructure.
"The Real Cannonball Run will showcase the transformational potential of Web3 for filmmakers, and we're honored to have this experience happening on the Eluvio platform," said Michelle Munson, CEO and Co-founder of Eluvio. "This is a first of a kind Web3 native production and distribution of a film. We're bringing together several blockchain stakeholders to create a dream experience for everyone who loves racing, pop culture, technology, creativity, and film history. Fans will have the chance to become active participants in this unique and historic experience rather than passive viewers. Gero Hoschek, along with Ben Foakes and the team at base, are at the forefront of a revolutionary new way of producing, curating, and monetizing films. With the Eluvio Content Blockchain, filmmakers can use NFTs and tokenized access to help participate in the creation of films; activate exclusive community experiences before and after a film's release; and stream films to a global audience—all while controlling access and monetization via blockchain."
"BeBop and base are long-time partners and champions of adapting new technology for media and entertainment; working together with Eluvio and as stakeholders in the Eluvio Content Blockchain has allowed us to show what's possible, in a practical and tangible way, when Web 3.0 is leveraged with remote, virtual post-production on the BeBop OS," said David Benson, President & Chief Product Officer for BeBop Technology. "For The Real Cannonball Run, we'll be direct-publishing to the Eluvio network, but this only scratches the surface of our exciting product roadmap and joint plans with base in the months and years to come."
Both Bebop and base are node providers in the Blockchain Content Fabric Network and stakeholders in the utility value of the network, allowing their earnings to offset utility costs such as streaming distribution and other production expenses. On September 10 at IBC at 1 p.m. in Hall 8 (8.MS4), Filmmaker Gero Hoschek and base's Ben Foakes will join others from across the industry at a global Eluvio Community Event to discuss the use of the Blockchain Content Fabric for multi-chain content ownership and distribution (registration info at https://live.eluv.io).
The Real Cannonball Run will feature experiential NFTs, rather than one-off transactional NFTs, as part of its Web3 experience. The first NFT drop for fans will happen on September 10 and will include complimentary film artwork and pre-release trailer access. In addition, one lucky fan will receive early access to mint a one-of-kind, 3D-rendered digital twin (NFT) of the legendary Cannonball Countach LP400S Supercar. Tiered experience NFTs will then drop on September 17, concurrent with the Great Marques Concours, Long Island, New York auto show, where hundreds of Cannonball fans and historical participants will congregate.
Additional details about The Real Cannonball Run will be disclosed in the coming months.
More information about base is available at www.base-mc.com. Additional information about Eluvio is at https://live.eluv.io.
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Trusted by the world's biggest brands across industries including media & entertainment, automotive, finance, gaming, luxury goods, online video, sports and space tech, base is recognised as both an award-winning innovator and a leading provider of digital media- focused cloud solutions. More at www.base-mc.com.
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PARIS, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ekinops (Euronext Paris - FR0011466069 – EKI), a leading network access and virtualization specialist, is proud to announce the participation of SixSq in the 5G-EMERGE project, which aims to develop solutions that leverage 5G technology and satellite broadcasting to put Europe at the vanguard of media delivery technology. The project is part of the European Space Agency (ESA) programme of Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems (ARTES) led by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).
The 5G-EMERGE project aims at developing an integrated satellite and terrestrial system based on open standards to enable high-quality content distribution services over multi-layer IP infrastructures. Telecommunications satellites will efficiently deliver high-demand content, including streaming of live events, as close as possible to the end user – to the 'edge'. The project includes demonstrations in 5G base stations, users' homes and vehicles.
A consortium of 20 companies from six European countries will collaborate on developing the distributed edge technology and service-delivery features. SixSq's contribution includes leading the demonstration work package and providing the edge-to-cloud software infrastructure based on its Nuvla.io B2B SaaS platform and marketplace of containerised applications, as well as its open source NuvlaEdge software.
SixSq CEO Marc-Elian Bégin said, "leveraging satellite broadcast and 5G is a great opportunity to deliver the right high-density content at the right location with the right customization. However, this requires fine-tuned orchestration of the entire value chain and this is what SixSq edge-to-cloud software provides. We are no stranger to big challenges posed by ESA and EBU and are looking forward to pushing the boundaries of edge-to-cloud, bringing together the space sector, 5G and multi-media content delivery."
"The 5G-Emerge project is yet another example of Ekinops' long commitment towards software innovation as a mean to add value to the telecommunications sector," commented Vincent Munière, Group Chief Technology Officer & VP R&D at Ekinops. "We are looking forward to helping set the bar in 5G services and content delivery."
For SixSq, this project is a unique opportunity to showcase its edge computing software's ability to orchestrate complex scenarios for a range of new commercial use-cases, ranging from maritime, vehicle, public transport, 5G and building applications. Working with market leaders in their domain, Nuvla.io will manage apps across the edge-to-cloud continuum.
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TOKYO, July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- KLab Inc., a leader in online mobile games, announced that its hit 3D action game Bleach: Brave Souls, currently available on smartphones, PC, and PlayStation 4, is gearing up for its 7th anniversary on July 23rd with the 7th Anniversary Bankai Live broadcast on Sunday, July 17th from 8:00 pm (JST/UTC+9). See the original press release (https://www.klab.com/en/press/) for more details.
This special live broadcast will feature Yoshiyuki Hirai from America Zarigani, a popular comedy duo based in Japan, as MC. It also features an impressive display of talents from the Bleach anime series, including Masakazu Morita, the voice of Ichigo Kurosaki, Ryotaro Okiayu, the voice of Byakuya Kuchiki, Noriaki Sugiyama, the voice of Uryu Ishida, and Fumiko Orikasa, the voice of Rukia Kuchiki.
There will be a variety of special corners with the latest in-game news and more so be sure to check out. In addition, there will be more information about the 7th anniversary 7 campaigns celebration and updates to improve the quality of gameplay.
Bankai Livestream URLs
YouTube Live:
(EN) https://youtu.be/nq0aZgrb6kI
(JP) https://youtu.be/UaitEyhumLU
Twitter Live:
(EN) https://twitter.com/bleachbrs_en
(JP) https://twitter.com/Bleach_BS
Facebook Live (EN Only): https://www.facebook.com/BleachBS.en/
EN: Japanese audio with English commentary.
JP: Japanese audio only.
Overview of Bleach: Brave Souls
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App Store: https://itunes.apple.com/app/id1003168863
Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.klab.bleach
Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1201240/BLEACH_Brave_Souls
PlayStation Store: https://store.playstation.com/concept/10002097
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Toddler abandoned at the border in the middle of the night, loses shoes in the mud
ROMA, Texas (Gray News) – A 2-year-old boy was abandoned near the Rio Grande border, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
The little boy lost his shoes in the mud while crossing and was traveling within a group of 38 individuals.
Authorities say the toddler was medically screened and was in good health.
Agents found a birth certificate on the boy with the father’s information handwritten on the back.
According to CBP, agents have encountered over 38,000 noncitizen unaccompanied children in the first six months of the fiscal year 2022, outpacing encounters for the same reporting period last year.
Many of the children are very young and aren’t able to provide names or phone numbers of family members, so agents must rely on information written on clothing or notes found on the child to locate next of kin.
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LANCASTER, Pa. (WHTM) — A Pennsylvania man has been charged in the 1975 cold case killing of a 19-year-old woman after DNA on a discarded coffee cup appeared to match DNA left on the victim’s clothing.
Criminal homicide charges were filed against 68-year-old David Sinopoli, of Lancaster, in the murder of Lindy Sue Biechler, of Manor Township, Pennsylvania. Lancaster County Det. Christopher Erb and Manor Township Police Department Det. Sgt. Tricia Mazur filed the charges.
Sinopoli was arrested without incident at his home around 7 a.m. Sunday. He was arraigned and remanded to Lancaster County Prison without bail on charges of first-degree felony criminal homicide.
“Lindy Sue Biechler was 19 when her life was brutally taken away from her 46 years ago in the sanctity of her own home,” Lancaster County District Attorney Heather Adams said. “This arrest marks the beginning of the criminal process in Lancaster County’s oldest cold case homicide and we hope that it brings some sense of relief to the victim’s loved ones and to community members who for the last 46 years had no answers.”
Biechler’s body was discovered around 8:46 p.m. on the evening of Dec. 5, 1975, by her aunt and uncle.
Investigators observed blood on the outside of the front door as well as on the wall on the entranceway and several patches of blood on the carpet of Beichler’s home. Biechler had returned home from the grocery store between 6:45 p.m. and 7:05 p.m., and grocery bags from John Herr’s market sat on the dining room table.
Investigators found Biechler lying on her back with a knife sticking out of her neck. The knife, which had a tea towel wrapped around the wooden handle, matched the knives stored in Biechler’s knife block in her kitchen. Investigators also noted signs of a struggle inside the apartment.
Biechler had 19 stab wounds to her neck, chest, upper abdomen and back. The Lancaster County Coroner’s Office ruled the cause of death as massive bleeding due to multiple stab wounds and the manner of death as a homicide.
Detectives from Manor Township Police Department, with assistance from the Pennsylvania State Police, conducted an in-depth investigation into the homicide and followed multiple leads over the years clearing dozens of people. The investigation spanned decades with evidence being sent to multiple laboratories as well as interviews of multiple subjects.
“I want to thank members of the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office and Sgt. Mazur for their hard work and persistence in pursuing justice in this case,” said Chief Todd Graeff, of the Manor Township Police Department. “Additionally, I thank all the Officers, Detectives, Troopers, and forensics personnel that have worked on this case over the past 46 years. Their hard work through the years has paid off and hopefully, this arrest brings some relief to Lindy Sue Biechler’s family and the public.”
In 1997, the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office submitted evidence from the crime scene for DNA analysis. As a result, a male DNA profile was obtained from the right-side area of Biechler’s underwear and was determined to contain semen. In 2000, this DNA profile was submitted to CODIS, a nationwide database that contains DNA profiles of individuals convicted of certain crimes.
In January 2019, with the agreement of the Manor Township Police Department, the case was taken on by Lancaster County District Attorney’s Cold Case Unit. In June 2019, the unit enlisted the help of Parabon NanoLabs to analyze DNA in the case. In September 2019, investigators released composites, also called phenotypes, provided by Parabon based on DNA evidence left at the crime scene. These composites revealed characteristics of the suspect, including skin tone, eye color, and hair color.
Parabon’s genetic genealogy research ultimately identified Sinopoli through his Italian ancestry as a possible person of interest.
On Feb. 11, 2022, investigators surreptitiously obtained DNA from Sinopoli from a coffee cup he had used and thrown into a trash can at the Philadelphia International Airport. The coffee cup was submitted to DNA Labs International for testing and in April 2022, it was determined that the DNA on the coffee cup contained a mixture of DNA with one male contributor.
The electronic data files from DNA Labs International were then forwarded to Cybergenetics, a Pittsburgh laboratory that specializes in separating DNA mixtures. Cybergenetics’ computer analysis concluded that the DNA on Sinopoli’s coffee cup and DNA identified in the semen on Biechler’s underwear were a possible match.
Detectives then consulted with a blood spatter expert to determine if any blood left behind on Biechler’s clothing would be consistent with having been left behind by the suspect. The expert identified two blood spots on the exposed part of the victim’s pantyhose, which were also sent to DNA Labs. In June 2022, the blood drops were determined to be consistent with the DNA profile obtained from Biechler’s underwear.
“There has been a never-ending pursuit of justice in this case that has led us to identifying and arresting Sinopoli,” Adams said. “Lindy Sue Biechler was on the minds of many throughout the years. Certainly, law enforcement never forgot about Lindy Sue, and this arrest marks the first step to obtaining justice for her and holding her killer responsible.”
Anyone with information on this case or who had familiarity with David Sinopoli during the December 1975 timeframe is asked to contact Lancaster County Det. Christopher Erb at 717-299-8100. | https://cw33.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/pa-man-charged-in-teens-1975-cold-case-killing-after-coffee-cup-dna-match/ | 2022-07-18T17:47:26Z |
South Africa takes series 2-0 after Bangladesh 80 all out
GQEBERHA, South Africa (AP) — South Africa has bowled Bangladesh out for 80 to seal a convincing 332-run win in the second and final test and take the series 2-0. Spinners Keshav Maharaj and Simon Harmer once again accounted for all 10 wickets in the second innings in Gqeberha. They also took all 10 in the second innings when South Africa won the first test by 220 runs. Maharaj picked up 7-40 and Harmer 3-34 as Bangladesh folded early on the fourth day. Bangladesh was 27-3 overnight chasing 413 to win. South Africa needed another 14 overs to finish the game off. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/04/11/south-africa-takes-series-2-0-after-bangladesh-80-all-out/ | 2022-04-11T11:26:22Z |
Dear Heloise: A few days ago a man called who claimed to be with a brokerage firm, and he tried to get my husband to invest in stocks. He said he was a friend of “Joe Smith” (name changed) and “Joe” had recommended us to him. When my husband said he’d have to discuss the purchase of stocks with his wife, the man became a little belligerent. My husband still refused even though the guy said that tomorrow this stock option would be gone. My husband hung up on him.
As it turned out, “Joe Smith” did not ask anyone to phone us. He had NOT bought any stock recently and never heard of the company that the caller claimed to represent. In other words, it was a scam. How the caller got our friend’s name is still a mystery to us, but we telephoned all our family and friends and told them the story just in case the guy called one of them. Apparently, this is a fairly new scam, so your readers need to be very careful about buying stock over the phone from a complete stranger.
— Jerri-Lynn, Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
Jerri-Lynn, thank you for letting my readers know about this scam.
— Heloise | https://www.tdtnews.com/life/advice_columns/article_d3f9bf2e-fdfd-11ec-9e0f-174abb54a21d.html | 2022-07-08T08:51:19Z |
Temperatures could hit triple digits again in Northwest
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Heat wave duration records could be broken in the Pacific Northwest this week and authorities are expanding capacity at some cooling centers as temperatures near triple digits are forecast to extend into the weekend.
“For the next several days through Saturday we’re going to be within a few degrees of 100 every day,” said Colby Neuman, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Portland, Oregon.
Temperatures in Oregon’s largest city are forecast to soar to 101 degrees Fahrenheit (38.3 Celsius) again on Friday. On Tuesday, Portland set daily record 102 F (38.9 C).
Seattle on Tuesday also reported a new record daily high of 94 F (34.4 C). The heat spell was forecast to last into Saturday in western Washington as well.
The National Weather Service has extended the excessive heat warnings from Thursday through Saturday evening.
The duration of the heat wave puts Portland “in the running” for tying its longest streak of six consecutive days of 95 F (35 C) or higher, Neuman said.
Climate change is fueling longer heat waves in the Pacific Northwest, a region where weeklong heat spells were historically rare, according to climate experts.
On Wednesday, the Oregon State Medical Examiner’s Office said at least two people have died from suspected hyperthermia during the heat wave, KGW reported. One death occurred in Portland on Monday, the Multnomah County Medical Examiner’s Office said. The state medical examiner’s office said the heat-related death designation is preliminary and could change after further investigation.
Heat-related 911 calls in Portland have tripled in recent days, from an estimated eight calls on Sunday to 28 calls on Tuesday, said Dan Douthit, a spokesperson for the city’s Bureau of Emergency Management. Most calls involved a medical response, Douthit added.
Multnomah County said more people have been visiting emergency departments for heat-related symptoms.
Emergency department visits “have remained elevated since Sunday,” the county said in a statement. “In the past three days, hospitals have treated 13 people for heat illness, when they would normally expect to see two or three.”
People working or exercising outside, along with older people, were among those taken to emergency departments, the statement added.
People in Portland’s iconic food cart industry are among those who work outside. Many food trucks have shut down as sidewalks sizzle.
Rico Loverde, the chef and owner of the food cart Monster Smash Burgers, said the temperature inside his cart is generally 20 degrees hotter than the outdoor temperature, making it 120 F (48.9 C) inside his tiny business this week.
Loverde said he closes down if it reaches above 95 F (35 C) because his refrigerators overheat and shut down. Last week, even with slightly cooler temperatures in the mid-90s, Loverde got heat stroke from working in his cart for hours, he said.
“It hurts; it definitely hurts. I still pay my employees when we’re closed like this because they have to pay the bills too, but for a small business it’s not good,” he said Tuesday.
Multnomah County said its four emergency overnight cooling shelters were at half capacity on Tuesday with 130 people spending the night. But anticipating more demand, officials decided to expand capacity at the four sites to accommodate nearly 300 people.
William Nonluecha, who lives in a tent in Portland, sought out shade with some friends as the temperature soared Wednesday afternoon. Nonluecha was less than a minute’s walk from a cooling shelter set up by local authorities but wasn’t aware it was open. He said the heat in his tent was almost unbearable.
His friend Mel Taylor, who was homeless last year but now has transitional housing, said during a record-breaking heat wave last summer a man in a tent near his died from heat exhaustion and no one realized it. He’s afraid the same thing might happen this summer.
“He was in his tent for like a week and the smell, that’s how they figured out that he was dead,” Taylor said. “It’s sad.”
Residents and officials in the Northwest have been trying to adjust to the likely reality of longer, hotter heat waves following last summer’s deadly “heat dome” weather phenomenon that prompted record temperatures and deaths.
About 800 people died in Oregon, Washington and British Columbia during that heat wave, which hit in late June and early July. The temperature at the time soared to an all-time high of 116 F (46.7 C) in Portland and smashed heat records in cities and towns across the region. Many of those who died were older and lived alone.
Other regions of the U.S. often experience temperatures of 100 degrees. But in regions like the Pacific Northwest, people are not as acclimated to the heat and are more susceptible to it, said Craig Crandall, a professor of internal medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.
“There’s a much greater risk for individuals in areas such as the Northwest to have higher instances of heat-related injuries and death,” Crandall said.
Officials in Seattle and Portland on Tuesday issued air quality advisories expected to last through Saturday, warning that smog may reach levels that could be unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Farther south, the National Weather Service issued a heat advisory on Wednesday for western Nevada and northeast California that is set to last from the late Thursday morning until Saturday night. Across the region, near record daytime high temperatures will range from 99 to 104 degrees F (37.22 to 40 C).
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AP reporter Gabe Stern contributed from Carson City, Nevada.
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Claire Rush is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues. Follow her on Twitter.
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Whipshots™, a vodka-infused whipped cream now available at STK Steakhouse and Kona Grill restaurants nationwide
SANTA MONICA, Calif., July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Starco Brands announces an exciting and strategic partnership with WhipshotsTM and the global hospitality company, The ONE Group. Whipshots is a groundbreaking vodka-infused whipped cream co-founded by the global artist Cardi B. The ONE Group develops and operates upscale and high-energy restaurants and lounges and through the partnership, STK Steakhouse and Kona Grill restaurants will offer Whipshots as a premium and fun addition to cocktails and desserts.
To launch the partnership, The ONE Group hosted the Summer Solstice, an activation at all STK Steakhouses and Kona Grill restaurants across the country. The event showcased WhipshotsTM on cocktails, desserts, in cups, straight from the cans, and Whipshots Mini's (50mL cans) were provided for all to enjoy.
"We are thrilled to have Whipshots added to STK and Kona Grill families," says Manny Hilario, President and CEO of The ONE Group. "The product is unlike anything else on the market, and we are always looking for ways to engage with our diners in creative and meaningful ways to elevate the vibe dining experience."
As Whipshots national distribution grows, guests can now enjoy an elevated experience on desserts and cocktails. This party in a can comes in three delectable flavors: Vanilla, Caramel, and Mocha. The non-dairy (contains caseinate) and shelf stable whipped cream contains 10% alcohol and is a unique and luxurious addition to any celebration.
"We are thrilled with how fast Whipshots is scaling across the country both on and off premise. This partnership with The One Group is a significant milestone for the brand," says Ross Sklar, CEO of Starco Brands. "We are ecstatic and honored to partner with such an amazing group and see many opportunities to activate throughout the year providing guests a unique and engaged celebratory experience. With this new partnership, more consumers are able to indulge and add a playful shot of sophistication to any drink or dessert via one of the most prominent hospitality companies in the country."
Starco Brands prides itself on only commercializing behavior-changing products and technologies. Together with its retail and hospitality partners, Starco Brands is making Whipshots accessible to consumers nationwide. Follow @whip_shots and visit Whipshots.com for more information.
About WhipshotsTM
Developed by Starco Brands, WhipshotsTM is a unique vodka infused whipped cream that began distribution in 2022 with Partner Cardi B. WhipshotsTM is a playful shot of sophistication that will indulge your curiosity and senses. A Double Gold medal recipient in the 2022 SIP Awards and Gold medal recipient in the Los Angeles International Spirits Competition, the boozy whipped cream is non-dairy (contains caseinate), does not require refrigeration and can be found next to other spirits at retail and in hospitality and entertainment locations. Follow WhipshotsTM @whip_shots and visit whipshots.com for more information.
Starco Brands (STCB) is an innovative consumer packaged goods company focused on technological innovation that changes the current landscape for the better. Starco Brands invents cutting-edge brands that change our behavior. For more information about Starco Brands, please visit www.starcobrands.com.
The ONE Group Hospitality, Inc. (Nasdaq: STKS) is a global hospitality company that develops and operates upscale and polished casual, high-energy restaurants and lounges and provides hospitality management services for hotels, casinos and other high-end venues both in the U.S. and internationally. The ONE Group's focus is to be the global leader in Vibe Dining, and its primary restaurant brands and operations are:
- STK, a modern twist on the American steakhouse concept with 22 restaurants in major metropolitan cities in the U.S., Europe and the Middle East, featuring premium steaks, seafood and specialty cocktails in an energetic upscale atmosphere.
- Kona Grill, a polished casual, bar-centric grill concept with 24 restaurants in the U.S., featuring American favorites, award-winning sushi, and specialty cocktails in an upscale casual atmosphere.
- ONE Hospitality, The ONE Group's food and beverage hospitality services business develops, manages and operates premier restaurants and turnkey food and beverage services within high-end hotels and casinos currently operating 13 venues in the U.S. and Europe.
Additional information about The ONE Group can be found at www.togrp.com.
STK Restaurants are "not your daddy's steakhouse," offering a high-energy dining experience that artfully combines the superior quality of a traditional steakhouse with a Vibe Dining atmosphere unlike any other. Delectable cuisine, upscale cocktails and an elevated Happy Hour, along with an in-house DJ and chic décor, all come together to offer a memorable fine dining experience that keeps guests enjoying their evening from drinks to dinner to late night. STK's menu features reimagined classic American cuisine for lunch, brunch and dinner with unique local flair infused into each location's menu. The brand's beef program focuses on the highest quality, delicious and craveable steaks while emphasizing transparency and traceable sourcing practices. STK has locations in
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Kona Grill features a global menu of contemporary American favorites, award-winning sushi, and specialty cocktails in a polished casual atmosphere. Kona Grill owns and operates 24 restaurants across 18 states, guided by a passion for quality food and exceptional service. Additionally, Kona Grill has two restaurants that operate under a franchise agreement in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and Vaughan, Canada. For more information, visit www.konagrill.com.
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ALBANY -- Albany State University's impact on southwest Georgia surpassed $231 million during the past year, an increase of 27% over the previous year, ASU President Marion Fedrick said in her State of the University Address.
“The State of the University Address is an ideal time to share the accomplishments of our past, the expectations for our present, and the vision of our future,” Fedrick said as Albany State prepared to kick off the new academic year. "Albany State University is proud to be a member of Albany, Dougherty County and the southwest region of Georgia. The support of this community through partnerships and its willingness to embrace our mission, has contributed to the overall success of ASU.
"With the new academic year upon us, this is an ideal time to share the accomplishments of our past, the expectations for our present, and the vision of our future which can be viewed in the 2022 State of the University Address and e-book. If I had to sum it up, the state of the university is strong and headed in the right direction thanks to our faculty, staff, students, alumni, and you, our community partners. With the strategic plan as our guide, we will keep our students at the forefront as we explore the endless possibilities for ASU."
Some of the points addressed in Fedrick's 2022 State of the University include:
-- Expanding the priority on health and wellness by placing a more strategic focus on creating a healthy campus initiative;
-- Providing additional opportunities for high school students through grants including a $1.3 million TRIO grant from the U.S. Department of Education, and a $65,000 NASA grant award for the ARTEMIS Pre-College Summer Institute Scholars Program;
-- Launching University College and eight Learning Communities to equip students with support, consistent policies, academic advising, tutoring, monitoring and mentoring to promote persistence toward timely graduation;
-- Partnering with the city of Albany on a $3.9 million grant to implement Advancing Health Literacy to Enhance Equitable Community Responses to COVID-19;
-- Continuing the partnership with Phoebe Putney Health System, which invested $750,000 in a new education partnership designed to create interest in health care careers among high school students and significantly expand ASU’s nursing and emergency medical technician programs to accommodate additional students;
-- Partnering with the U.S. Department of Natural Resources, the Georgia Water and Planning Policy Center under the Rescue Plan Act through a $49.8 million preliminary grant to fund surface water irrigation in southwest Georgia to deep groundwater resources;
-- Realizing major economic recovery post-pandemic, adding more than $231 million to the southwest Georgia region, the University provided employment in the region of more than 2,000 jobs, including on-campus positions and jobs related to providing services directly to the institution;
-- Receiving $93 million in Higher Education Emergency Rescue Funds that expand the University’s resource base by cultivating new avenues for innovation, student retention, containing cost, and optimizing efficiency across the institution.
"Our academic and financial achievements, reaffirmation of SACSCOC accreditation, and a steady interest in ASU for enrollment and partnerships are just a few examples of what makes our position strong,” Fedrick said.
The university’s priorities are outlined in its 2025 strategic plan, Excellence is the Standard. The four tenets of the strategic plan -- student access and success, institutional sustainability and responsible stewardship, partnerships and economic competitiveness, and leadership development and employee engagement — are the foundation of ASU’s work in academic excellence and student success.
“With the strategic plan as our guide, we will keep our students at the forefront as we explore the endless possibilities for ASU," Fedrick added. "Excellence will be the common thread that permeates everything that we do in achieving our goals and characterize every interaction we have with how we serve our students, our colleagues, and the community."
ASU is creating a culture of excellence to help support how the university carries out the strategic plan. The combination of the strategic plan, the culture of excellence, and focus on the students and mission, will allow the university to thrive as a premiere academic institution.
For additional information about ASU, visit www.asurams.edu. Fedrick invites the community to view the 2022 State of the University Address video, which can be found on the University’s social media platforms.
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BEIJING, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- 36Kr Holdings Inc. ("36Kr" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: KRKR), a prominent brand and a pioneering platform dedicated to serving New Economy participants in China, today announced that it will report its second quarter 2022 unaudited financial results, on Wednesday, August 24, 2022, before the open of U.S. markets.
The Company's management will host an earnings conference call at 8:00 AM U.S. Eastern Time on August 24, 2022 (8:00 PM Beijing/Hong Kong Time on August 24, 2022).
For participants who wish to join the call by phone, please access the link provided below to complete the pre-registration and dial in 5 minutes prior to the scheduled call start time. Upon registration, each participant will receive dial-in details to join the conference call.
Additionally, a live and archived webcast of the conference call will be available on the Company's investor relations website at http://ir.36kr.com.
A replay of the conference call will be available for one week from the date of the conference, by dialing the following telephone numbers:
About 36Kr Holdings Inc.
36Kr Holdings Inc. is a prominent brand and a pioneering platform dedicated to serving New Economy participants in China with the mission of empowering New Economy participants to achieve more. The Company started its business with high-quality New Economy-focused content offerings, covering a variety of industries in China's New Economy with diverse distribution channels. Leveraging traffic brought by high-quality content, the Company has expanded its offerings to business services, including online advertising services, enterprise value-added services and subscription services to address the evolving needs of New Economy companies and upgrading needs of traditional companies. The Company is supported by comprehensive database and strong data analytics capabilities. Through diverse service offerings and the significant brand influence, the Company is well-positioned to continuously capture the high growth potentials of China's New Economy.
For more information, please visit: http://ir.36kr.com.
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PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AGAE Technologies, LLC ("AGAE"), a specialty chemical and biotech company based in Corvallis, Oregon (USA), is proud to announce that it is successfully operating the first fermentation and mass purification pilot plants in North America dedicated to producing naturally occurring rhamnolipid biosurfactants. AGAE's 500-liter fermentation pilot plant features significant cost, water, and energy saving configurations. AGAE plans to scale the fermentation pilot plant to its largest possible capacity to meet the broad demand for rhamnolipid products. The company's unique and innovative technologies allow it to produce rhamnolipids in a very cost-effective manner and positions the company to achieve industrial scale production at between an estimated 2,500 to 5,000 metric tons per year. The modular design of the pilot plants allows the company maximum flexibility in controlling production growth and its profitable expansion.
Rhamnolipid biosurfactants, produced at scale, can eliminate the use of synthetic and petroleum-derived chemical surfactants worldwide and replace them with naturally occurring organic products. AGAE's globally recognized expertise in rhamnolipid technologies has allowed it to develop the most mature, innovative, advanced, and comprehensive processes currently available. Its uniquely designed facilities optimize fermentation, downstream processing, purification, and analytics. It has successfully resolved many of the longstanding technical challenges in the large-scale production of rhamnolipids, including operating with a very low to zero waste carbon footprint, developing sustainable, renewable, environmentally friendly, safe and socially responsible manufacturing processes, efficiently controlling excessive foam without the use of any chemical antifoaming agents, and achieving high yields of rhamnolipids at relatively low costs.
AGAE's rhamnolipids-formulated products have been independently tested by third party laboratories, which have confirmed the shelf life, quality, safety, and efficacy of its products as being equal to, or better than, leading brands. AGAE's rhamnolipid products have a wide range of potential applications, including as household cleaners, cosmetic, pharmaceutical and personal care products, degreasers, bioremediation, oil tank cleaning and enhanced oil recovery, adjuvants, and biofungicide and biofertilizer formulations, among others. Apart from their broad applications, the products' green credentials ensure that they are safe, healthy, and beneficial to the environment.
AGAE is dedicated to manufacturing and supplying its customers with the best rhamnolipid products available. AGAE's founder, Xihou Yin, started the company in 2010 to develop all aspects of rhamnolipid technologies required for commercialization of this most important, highly studied, and extensively characterized biosurfactant. Yin is a molecular geneticist, microbiologist, and natural product chemist. He and the rest of the AGAE team have, through their persistent efforts, realized multiple milestone breakthroughs in rhamnolipid production technologies. AGAE firmly believes that rhamnolipids will gradually replace a significant portion of petroleum-derived, chemically synthesized, and even plant-based surfactants. Scientific evidence from over 75 years of studies fully supports the use of rhamnolipids, which are among the best known and widely applicable biosurfactants, and which are safe for both humans and the environment.
To learn more about AGAE and its technologies, products, and business development plans, please send email inquiries to inquiries@agaetech.com.
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2 adults, 3 children murdered in Texas, escaped inmate believed to be connected
CENTERVILLE, Texas (KBTX/Gray News) - A spokesman for the Texas Department of Public Safety says five people were found murdered in Leon County near the area where escaped inmate Gonzalo Lopez was last seen in May. A large law enforcement presence is in the area including a helicopter.
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice told KBTX law enforcement received a call from an individual who was concerned after not hearing from an elderly relative. Officers arrived at the residence and discovered the bodies of two adults and three children.
A 1999 white Chevrolet Silverado, license plate DPV4520, was missing from the residence. TDCJ says escaped inmate Gonzalo Lopez may be driving the vehicle and may be armed.
Highway 7 is again closed west of Centerville.
Lopez, 46, escaped from a TDCJ prison bus on Highway 7 west of Centerville on May 12 as they were headed to Huntsville for a medical appointment.
“He’s crafty,” Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesman Robert Hurst said last month. “He’s done this before down in South Texas in Webb County. He hid out for almost nine days.”
Earlier this week, authorities investigated a possible sighting of Lopez on Highway 21 in Madison County. They later determined it wasn’t him, but the man who was reported by a concerned citizen ran off into a wooded area and was never located.
Lopez, who was serving a life sentence, was being transported to a medical appointment in a caged area of the bus designated for high-risk inmates.
As Lopez was being transported, he somehow freed himself from his hand and leg restraints, cut through the expanded metal of the cage, and crawled out the bottom, TDCJ said. He then attacked the driver, who stopped the bus and got into an altercation with Lopez, the department said. They both eventually got off the bus.
At some point the driver was stabbed and wounded in the hand and chest, said Jason Clark, the department’s chief of staff. He said the driver’s wounds weren’t life-threatening.
A second officer at the rear of the bus then exited and approached Lopez, who got back on the bus and started driving down the road, the department said.
The officers fired at Lopez and disabled the bus by shooting a rear tire, the department said. The bus then traveled a short distance before leaving the roadway, where Lopez got out and ran into the woods, according to the department.
Sixteen prisoners were aboard the bus, but no one else escaped, the department said.
A $50,000 reward for Lopez’s capture is still being offered.
Leon County has roughly 16,000 residents and is about 50 miles north of the state’s prison headquarters in Huntsville.
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TAUNTON, Mass., June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The nearly 400 registered nurses and healthcare professionals (HCPs) at Steward Morton Hospital in Taunton, who are represented by the Massachusetts Nurses Association (MNA), cast an overwhelming vote yesterday to ratify a new three-year contract that includes significant wage hikes and other improvements that the union believes is key to stemming an exodus of staff to higher paying hospitals outside the community, as well as to ensuring the staff's ability to deliver quality patient care.
Following months of contentious talks, the agreement came together after the nurses took an equally overwhelming vote to authorize a strike if necessary back on May 11th.
"This contract is a testament to the unity of our nurses and health professionals, who made it clear to management that we were ready to do whatever it takes, up to and including a strike, to achieve what we needed to recruit and retain the dedicated and talented staff that make this hospital run," said Jacqui Fitts, RN and chairperson of the MNA local bargaining unit at Morton. "We are pleased that our administration heeded our concerns and decided to work with us to reach a settlement we all can be proud of."
Agreement Highlights
- Wages: Most staff will see across the board wage increases totaling 11 percent over the life of the agreement or 15 percent for the most senior staff members, including 5 percent in the 2022, 3 percent in 2023 (except that the most senior staff will receive 7 percent increases) and another 3 percent in 2024. It also includes higher increases for pharmacists and salary adjustments for social workers that will see those professionals' pay increase between 17 – 20 percent (as they have been paid below market rates for years). The pact also includes significant increases in differentials, including $10 per hour for nurses picking up extra premium shifts on nights, weekends and holidays.
- Staffing and Working Conditions: a major concern for the negotiations was the need to develop staffing standards for the MORCAP substance abuse treatment program, where the nurses were able to include contractually guaranteed staffing levels. Another issue was the need to reduce the floating of intensive care unit nurses off of their unit to deliver care to other understaffed units, resulting in a long pattern of ICU RN resignations and difficulty recruiting to the unit This was a addressed by negotiating a new $7 per hour differential for nurses who want to join a hospital-wide float pool, which will provide greater flexibility in meeting patient needs throughout the hospital, while allowing ICU nurses and others to focus on providing care in their own areas of expertise.
In addition, the contract includes improvements to nurses' vacation time benefit, and provides more flexibility for per diem nurses to work their required monthly hours to help retain this valuable adjunct to the core staffing plan.
The unionized staff also wanted to express their appreciation for the strong support they received throughout the process from state and local political officials, other labor unions and members of the community who attended a rally last April and advocated on their behalf throughout this process.
"From the outset, this was a struggle not only for the caregivers at Morton Hospital, but for the community we serve, as they are the ones who suffer when we don't have the local staff available to deliver the care they need when they need it," said Cheryl Dutra, RPh and vice chairperson of the bargaining unit. "The support of the community at our rally and on other occasions throughout the process was key to our success."
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CEDARHURST, N.Y., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The securities litigation law firm of Kuznicki Law PLLC issues this alert to shareholders of LifeStance Health Group, Inc. (NasdaqGS: LFST), if they purchased the Company's Class A common stock pursuant and/or traceable to the Company's June 2021 initial public offering (the "IPO"). Shareholders have until October 11, 2022 to file lead plaintiff applications in the securities class action lawsuit.
Shareholders are encouraged to contact us at https://kclasslaw.com/cases/securities/nasdaqgs-lfst/, by calling toll-free at 1-833-835-1495 or by email (dk@kclasslaw.com).
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Agreement envisions expansion of cutting-edge clinical services.
HOUSTON, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- United Imaging, a global leader in advanced medical imaging and radiotherapy equipment, announced that The Center for Quantitative Cancer Imaging at Huntsman Cancer Institute, part of the University of Utah health care system in Salt Lake City, has installed its first of two United Imaging PET/CT scanners, which brings state-of-the-art molecular imaging technology to the CQCI clinical research lab. Huntsman Cancer Institute is designated as a Comprehensive Cancer Center by the National Cancer Institute (NCI).
According to Jeffrey Yap, Ph.D, Director of the Center for Quantitative Cancer Imaging at Huntsman Cancer Institute and Research Professor in the Department of Radiology at the University of Utah, "It was clear to us that United Imaging brings the best technology to help us deliver the the highest image quality, using FDA-approved PET radiopharmaceuticals as well as investigational compounds that we are evaluating in clinical trials. The passion we share for changing healthcare will significantly enhance our ability to use these molecular imaging technologies to deliver 'precision medicine' by utilizing the biologic information that we measure non-invasively to tailor the treatment for each individual patient." PET/CT imaging allows the initial evaluation and monitoring of the disease throughout treatment rather than requiring patients to undergo surgery or tissue sampling.
U.S. News and World Report recently announced its list of the top cancer programs in the nation and Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah was recognized again as one of the best in the country, ranking 33rd for cancer care out of more than 4,000 cancer centers.
"It's an extremely exciting time for us," commented Jeffrey M. Bundy, Ph.D, CEO of United Imaging Healthcare Solutions. "Our business is rapidly growing. We just finished our IPO. We're confident that we are improving healthcare in the United States. And, we're honored that an institution like Huntsman Cancer Institute, which has a strong tradition of innovation, chose us to change healthcare with them. We take that responsibility seriously and expect great mutual success."
United Imaging is celebrating its 11th year as a global business, and has achieved FDA clearance on well over two dozen scanners in the past few years as it continues to gain steam. It recently debuted on the STAR Market of the Shanghai Stock Exchange as its largest IPO of 2022. A highly vertically integrated company, United Imaging has structured itself to control innovation and quality to the highest standard in all its modalities. Its mission is Equal Healthcare for All™, which guides its innovation standards and its global culture. Its uMI® (molecular imaging) portfolio is cutting edge and enables clinical flexibility with digital technology that helps prevent obsolescence.
ABOUT UNITED IMAGING
At United Imaging, we develop and produce advanced medical products, digital healthcare solutions, and intelligent solutions that cover the entire process of imaging diagnosis and treatment. Founded in 2011, our company has subsidiaries and R&D centers across the world. Our North American headquarters in Houston includes our corporate offices, factory, product showroom, service training center, and service parts distribution center. With a cutting-edge digital portfolio and a mission of broader access to healthcare for all, we help drive industry progress and bold change. To learn more, visit united-imaging.com or follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter @UnitedImagingHC.
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NEWARK, Calif., May 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ultima Genomics, Inc. today announced partnerships with Sentieon and Google DeepVariant to offer highly accurate and accelerated variant calling for customers who wish to run pipelines at scale. Both DeepVariant and Sentieon have developed Ultima-specific machine learning models which will be made available in the coming months. Ultima's early access customers will be offered a Sentieon license to process Ultima data at no cost through the end of 2022.
Over the last 5 years, Ultima Genomics has developed a fundamentally new sequencing architecture designed to scale beyond conventional approaches, including completely different flow cell engineering, sequencing chemistry, and machine learning. Ultima is currently in an early access program for the UG 100™, its first high-throughput NGS instrument using this new technology architecture which enables customers to generate high-quality sequencing data at a cost of $1/Gb.
"Ultima's mission is to continuously drive the scale of genomic information," said Gilad Almogy, CEO of Ultima Genomics. "As we prepare to launch our first high-throughput sequencer, we are excited to partner with informatics leaders such as Google and Sentieon to continually improve and accelerate the generation of high-quality data at scale."
Google DeepVariant
DeepVariant is an open-source technology that identifies genetic variants in sequencing data using deep learning. DeepVariant is noted for its high accuracy, with awards in multiple PrecisionFDA challenges, and for its extensibility to new sequencing methods. DeepVariant is available under the BSD open source license.
"I'm excited by the potential for new methods to generate genomic data at much greater scales", said Andrew Carroll, Product Lead for Genomics in Google Research. "I'm particularly impressed by the technical abilities of the Ultima informatics team, who are the first external team to extend DeepVariant's input channels to capture additional rich information specific to their sequencer in order to further improve accuracy."
Sentieon
Sentieon, a developer of highly accurate and optimized algorithms for bioinformatics applications, has created tools that are faster and cheaper alternatives to the industry standard for secondary analysis in NGS data processing. Sentieon technology provides high accuracy and ease of use, while dramatically improving processing speed.
"We are delighted to support Ultima's UG 100 platform as it increases the potential for scale in the high-volume sequencing market," said Jun Ye, CEO of Sentieon. "This partnership enables Ultima's customers to gain additional efficiencies when generating high-quality sequencing data by lowering the cost of computing. During our collaboration, we've already seen significant improvements in sequencing quality, and look forward to continued optimization of our solutions."
Data from both the Sentieon and DeepVariant models will be shared at the upcoming AGBT conference June 6-9th, 2022.
About Ultima Genomics
Genomics is unleashing the power of genomics at scale. The Company's mission is to continuously drive the scale of genomic information to enable unprecedented advances in biology and improvements in human health. With a virtually endless need for more genomic information to address biology's complexity and dynamic change, it is important to continue to challenge conventional next-generation sequencing technologies. Ultima has built a revolutionary new sequencing architecture designed to scale far beyond conventional technologies and overcome the cost-driven tradeoffs scientists and clinicians are forced to make between the breadth, depth and frequency with which they use genomic information. By driving down the costs of sequencing, Ultima hopes to catalyze the next phase of genomics in the 21st century.
About Google
Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. Through products and platforms like Search, Maps, Gmail, Android, Google Play, Chrome, and YouTube, Google plays a meaningful role in the daily lives of billions of people and has become one of the most widely-known companies in the world. Google is a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc. For more information, visit our Google AI Blog.
About Sentieon
Sentieon® develops award-winning, extremely accurate and highly-optimized algorithms and software for bioinformatics data processing applications. Sentieon® is a team of professional engineers with deep expertise in algorithm, software, and system optimization acquired through experience developing image processing, computational lithography, large-scale data mining, and bioinformatics applications. Using our accumulated expertise in modeling, optimization, machine learning, and high-performance computing, we strive to enable precision data for precision medicine. Visit our website for more information.
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Delivers multi-scan-engine correlation across open source and proprietary code, as well as context-based risk prioritization in a single report featuring both list and topographic views
SAN FRANCISCO and RAMAT GAN, Israel, June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Developers and application security (AppSec) teams today have long needed a single, integrated view into the interaction, functions and vulnerabilities of the dozens of components in today's typical application in order to perform comprehensive AppSec testing. In response to that need, Checkmarx, the global leader in developer-centric application security testing (AST) solutions, today announced the availability of Checkmarx Fusion, a context-aware correlation engine that enables full visibility into applications, component interactions, and bills of materials. It leverages a holistic view of application security scan results across all stages of the software lifecycle to correlate and prioritize vulnerabilities, thereby guiding remediation of the most critical issues first. Checkmarx Fusion is part of Checkmarx One, the industry's most comprehensive application security platform.
"Development teams test tens of millions of lines of code monthly. With the complexity of modern applications – which include source code, open source code, Infrastructure-as-Code, containers, and more – developers and their AppSec leaders have a critical need for visibility into how application components interact," said Checkmarx Chief Product Officer Razi Sharir. "Working closely with our customers worldwide, we know that developers and AppSec teams need a holistic view of the context and prioritization of application vulnerabilities that are lacking in AST and ASOC (Application Security Orchestration and Correlation) solutions. Checkmarx Fusion unifies, prioritizes, and streamlines AppSec vulnerability remediation thereby increasing developer efficiency and organizational agility."
Teams can now "shift left" and bring comprehensive AppSec testing and remediation into the development cycle from creation of the first line of code to the last. Unlike ASOC solutions, Checkmarx Fusion offers multi-engine-scan correlation and context-based risk prioritization of scan results across engines. Checkmarx Fusion empowers developers and AppSec teams with these four pillars:
- Visibility: Provides threat modeling by mapping threats in a visual, intuitive graph containing all software elements, consumed cloud resources, and relationships between them. Checkmarx Fusion extrapolates potential vulnerabilities within two or more scans that might otherwise escape detection.
- Correlation: Adds context to the silo scanners by combining and correlating results from static code scans and runtime scans, effectively eliminating false positives
- Prioritization: Focuses developers and AppSec teams on solving the most critical issues by prioritizing vulnerabilities based on their real impact and risk.
- Cloud-Native: Leverages cloud-native architecture including microservices, cloud resources, containers, and APIs while correlating insights from pre-deployment to runtime
According to Melinda-Carol Ballou, Research Director for IDC's Application Life-Cycle Management (ALM) program1, "The breadth of capabilities in Checkmarx's portfolio, which spans SAST, SCA, IAST, and IaC security, delivered in a unified platform is an advantage in the highly competitive DevSecOps market space. The platform's developer focus, along with DevOps toolchain integrations and contextualized training, can increase developer performance and lighten the load of security testing, permitting the rapid delivery of more secure applications."
Checkmarx Fusion is available now. For more information, visit this page, visit booth #1755 in Moscone South at RSA 2022, or booth #651 at the Gartner Security and Risk Management Summit.
Checkmarx is constantly pushing the boundaries of Application Security (AppSec) Testing to make security seamless and simple for the world's developers while giving CISOs the confidence and control they need. As the AppSec testing leader, Checkmarx provides the industry's most comprehensive AST platform, Checkmarx One, that provides developers and security teams with unparalleled accuracy, coverage, visibility and guidance to reduce risk across all components of modern software—including proprietary code, open source, APIs and infrastructure as code. Over 1,800 customers, including half of the Fortune 50, trust Checkmarx security technology, expert research, and global services to securely optimize development at speed and scale. For more information, visit the Checkmarx website, check out the blog or follow the company on LinkedIn.
1 IDC, IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Application Security Testing, Code Analytics, and Software Composition Analysis 2022 Vendor Assessment, by Melinda-Carol Ballou, March 2022.
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The paid, eight-week skilled trades program provides valuable classroom and on-site training for entry-level jobs in construction
MESA, Ariz., Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Meta and DPR Construction have partnered to bring Hardhat in Hand, Meta's nationwide skilled trades training program, to Meta's Mesa Data Center. This paid, eight-week program focuses on recruiting new people to the construction trades and providing participants with fundamental knowledge relevant to all construction and skilled trade occupations. Hardhat in Hand is run in partnership with the Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) and the Phoenix-based nonprofit Chicanos Por La Causa.
"The Hardhat in Hand program is a hands-on opportunity to help people in the community acquire the skills they need for reliable, well-paying careers that help build the infrastructure of the future," said David Williams, community development regional manager at Meta. "We're grateful for the partnership with DPR Construction, MCCCD and Chicanos Por La Causa to offer this unique training program and help participants launch a career in a high-demand field."
Meta has been part of the Arizona community since breaking ground on its Mesa Data Center in 2021. According to DPR Construction, there will be 2,000 construction workers on site per day at peak.
"Bringing the Hardhat in Hand program to Mesa expands the skilled trade opportunities in our community. Participants develop the skills for a rewarding career and can earn full-time employment with years of opportunity at a great place to work," said Joe Yeargan, project executive at DPR Construction. "We've optimized the project schedule at Mesa Data Center to provide long-term skilled trade employment so that we can support our construction teams with consistent and predictable work."
A recent report from the Associated Builders and Contractors estimates that the construction industry needs to recruit nearly 650,000 more individuals than normal hiring to meet the demand for labor. Paid programs like Meta's Hardhat in Hand help open a pathway to help reduce the labor shortage.
"We are grateful to Meta and DPR for partnering with the Maricopa Community College's Construction Trades programs, located at Mesa, GateWay and South Mountain Community Colleges," said MCCCD Interim Chancellor Dr. Steven R. Gonzales. "At a time when upskilling and reskilling has become so prevalent in higher education, this DEI-focused workforce education partnership will educate and train our students in an innovative 'earn and learn' model, while creating pathways to directly enter the workforce."
"Record growth in our region has created a demand for more than 145,000 construction professionals by December 2024," stated Julie Stiak, MCCCD director of workforce education. "I look forward to the continued partnership with Meta and DPR as we collaborate to expand training to other colleges once the program is fully established."
Applications for the inaugural cohort of Hardhat in Hand are now being accepted through August 24, 2022. The program begins September 12 and the application can be found at this link. To receive further information, interested individuals can email MesaHardhatInHand@dpr.com
About DPR Construction
DPR Construction is a forward-thinking, self-performing general contractor and construction manager specializing in technically complex and sustainable projects for the advanced technology, life sciences, healthcare, higher education and commercial markets. DPR's portfolio of work ranges from large-scale new construction to small tenant improvements and special projects. Founded in 1990, DPR is a great story of entrepreneurial success as a private, employee-owned company that has grown to a multi-billion-dollar organization with offices around the world.
About the Maricopa Community Colleges
The Maricopa County Community College District includes ten individually-accredited colleges – Chandler-Gilbert, Estrella Mountain, GateWay, Glendale, Mesa, Paradise Valley, Phoenix, Rio Salado, Scottsdale, and South Mountain – and the Maricopa Corporate College, serving approximately 100,000 students with two-year degrees, certificates, and university transfer programs.
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LOS ANGELES, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Schall Law Firm, a national shareholder rights litigation firm, reminds investors of a class action lawsuit against Mullen Automotive, Inc. f/k/a Net Element, Inc. ("Mullen" or "the Company") (NASDAQ: MULN) for violations of §§10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Investors who purchased the Company's securities between June 15, 2020 and April 6, 2022, inclusive (the ''Class Period''), are encouraged to contact the firm before July 5, 2022.
If you are a shareholder who suffered a loss, click here to participate.
We also encourage you to contact Brian Schall of the Schall Law Firm, 2049 Century Park East, Suite 2460, Los Angeles, CA 90067, at 310-301-3335, to discuss your rights free of charge. You can also reach us through the firm's website at www.schallfirm.com, or by email at bschall@schallfirm.com.
The class, in this case, has not yet been certified, and until certification occurs, you are not represented by an attorney. If you choose to take no action, you can remain an absent class member.
According to the Complaint, the Company made false and misleading statements to the market. Mullen overstated both its production abilities and timeline. The Company overstated its business activities with partners such as Qiantu Motors. The Company exaggerated the strength of its battery technology. The Company's Dragonfly K50 was not exclusively delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on these facts, the Company's public statements were false and materially misleading throughout the class period. When the market learned the truth about Mullen, investors suffered damages.
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Jackson area high school spring sports scoreboard for Week 6
Jarod Hamilton
Jackson Sun
Here is a look at the scores across the Jackson area from Week 6 of the high school spring sports season.
Monday
Baseball
Adamsville 6, Bolivar 0
Bruceton 9, West Carroll 5
Hardin County 12, McNairy Central 0
North Side 10, Liberty 4
Peabody 21, Humboldt 0 (doubleheader)
Peabody 15, Humboldt 0 (doubleheader)
USJ 2, Sacred Heart 0
Soccer
Crockett County 7, Dyer County 0
Gibson County 2, Milan 1
Jackson Christian 5, Tipton-Rosemark 2
South Gibson 8, Peabody 0
South Side 7, Hardin County 0
USJ 8, Westview 0
Softball
Adamsville 16, Lewis County 1
Bruceton 8, McEwen 1
Dyersburg 14, Milan 6
Halls 5, Munford 2
South Gibson 3, South Side 1 | https://www.jacksonsun.com/story/sports/high-school/2022/04/18/jackson-area-high-school-spring-sports-scoreboard-week-6/7363744001/ | 2022-04-19T03:02:09Z |
NEW YORK, April 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Meta Platforms, Inc. f/k/a Facebook, Inc. ("Meta" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: FB). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888-476-6529, ext. 7980.
The investigation concerns whether Meta and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.
In June 2020, Apple Inc. ("Apple") announced significant changes to the iOS operating software that runs iPhones (and iPads). These changes would essentially cut off Meta's Facebook platform and its sister services from almost all the tracking and targeting abilities and information necessary to sell targeted ads as they had done for many years. Then, on February 2, 2022, Meta released weak Q4 2021 financial results and provided disappointing 2022 revenue guidance. During the related earnings call, the Company disclosed that its mitigation efforts in fact had not rendered the effects of the iOS changes "manageable." Instead, Meta's advertising business would suffer a shattering $10 billion revenue hit from the iOS privacy changes. Meta also attributed its weak results and guidance on the slowing user growth due to competition from TikTok.
Following these admissions, Meta's stock price fell $85.24 per share, or 26.39%, to close at $237.76 per share on February 3, 2022.
Pomerantz LLP, with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Paris, and Tel Aviv, is acknowledged as one of the premier firms in the areas of corporate, securities, and antitrust class litigation. Founded by the late Abraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean of the class action bar, Pomerantz pioneered the field of securities class actions. Today, more than 85 years later, Pomerantz continues in the tradition he established, fighting for the rights of the victims of securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and corporate misconduct. The Firm has recovered numerous multimillion-dollar damages awards on behalf of class members. See www.pomlaw.com
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Company adding features to help renters act more quickly and with more confidence in today's fast-paced market
SEATTLE, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Renters can now search Zillow rental listings by move-in date, potentially saving them thousands of dollars in today's ultracompetitive market. This new filter, available now on desktop and coming soon to the Zillow app, can better align the end of a lease with the start of a new one, eliminating the dreaded "double rent" scenario just as typical U.S. rents have crossed the $2,000 threshold for the first time.
In addition to potentially saving thousands of dollars by using the move-in date filter, renters can also save time by utilizing Zillow Renter Hub, now available on the Zillow app. Renters can easily see which properties they've contacted and applied to, respond to messages from prospective landlords, and manage their current lease and rent payment schedule — all from the Zillow app. According to Zillow's 2022 Consumer Housing Trends Report, a majority (60%) of recent renters said they used an app on a smartphone or tablet to search for a rental. Now, instead of users having to dig through their inbox and toggle to and from the Zillow app for updates on their rental search, Renter Hub keeps contacted rentals, messages with prospective landlords and all of the up-to-date details on their current home organized in one place, right at their fingertips.
These Zillow app updates are vital in a market where demand for rentals is growing rapidly. Many prospective home buyers are opting to stay in the rentals market as the cost of buying continues to rise. Monthly payments on a typical mortgage are more than 75% higher than they were in June 2019.
"If you've ever been a renter, you know how stress-inducing the search process is. Sorting through emails and keeping track of all the landlords or leasing offices you've contacted is a hassle on its own. And now that the rentals market is more expensive than ever, ensuring lease start and end dates align is critical to avoid paying rent for two homes at once," said Christopher Roberts, senior vice president and general manager of Zillow Rentals. "Our Renter Hub upgrades and new search filters give renters confidence they are exclusively seeing the homes that fit their needs — including their move-in timing and their budget — and that they aren't missing any messages from prospective landlords, even on the go."
In addition to the move-in date search feature and Renter Hub upgrades, Zillow has recently released or is developing additional tools to empower renters. The following four new features help renters act faster during their search and zero in on only those rentals that fit their needs:
- Multilocation search (currently available): Now available on the Zillow app, the multilocation search feature makes the rental search experience even more flexible. Users can find available rentals in up to five different areas at once, allowing them to compare homes and find what best suits their needs and their budget. It also gives users the option to easily sift through the listings on the map or all in the same results feed. In addition, users can save their multilocation searches and opt to receive email and push notifications with results and recommendations.
- Bike Score® feature (currently available): Zillow listings now include a Bike Score to help renters more easily gauge whether a rental is a good match for their lifestyle. Bike Score measures bikeability of a rental on a scale of 1–100, based on four components: the presence of bike lanes and trails nearby, local hills, destinations and road connectivity, and the number of bikers currently in the area. The highest-scoring homes — those rating 90–100 — are a "biker's paradise," meaning that daily errands can be accomplished on a bike. At the other end of the spectrum are homes rated "somewhat bikeable," scoring below 50 with minimal bike infrastructure.
- Renter profile in-app updates (tech in development): Soon, even more upgrades will be coming to the Zillow Renter Hub on the Zillow app. Users will be able to update their personal profile outlining their renter qualifications, such as a personal bio, employment, income and credit score, as well as their desired move-in date and lease duration, and any amenities they're seeking. The editable renter profile will allow users to present their unique self to prospective landlords while they're searching, helping them to more quickly find the rental that's perfect for them. This functionality is currently available on desktop and mobile web.
- Auto-complete and guided search (tech in development): While browsing homes on Zillow, users are currently offered region and address suggestions that fill in as they type. This experience is being improved to suggest popular criteria in a specific location that may match their needs. For example, for a customer in a densely populated region like Seattle, "on-site parking" might be suggested. For a shopper in a warmer region like Phoenix, "A/C" might be suggested. This helps shoppers more easily consider and focus on the home features that are most important to them.
About Zillow Group:
Zillow Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: Z and ZG) is reimagining real estate to make it easier to unlock life's next chapter. As the most visited real estate website in the United States, Zillow® and its affiliates offer customers an on-demand experience for selling, buying, renting or financing with transparency and ease.
Zillow Group's affiliates and subsidiaries include Zillow®, Zillow Offers®, Zillow Premier Agent®, Zillow Home Loans™, Zillow Closing Services™, Zillow Homes, Inc., Trulia®, Out East®, ShowingTime®, Bridge Interactive®, dotloop®, StreetEasy® and HotPads®. Zillow Home Loans, LLC is an Equal Housing Lender, NMLS #10287 (www.nmlsconsumeraccess.org).
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LEAD PLAINTIFF DEADLINE IS OCTOBER 11, 2022
NEW YORK, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP announces that a federal securities class action lawsuit has been filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of investors who purchased or otherwise acquired the American Depositary Receipts ("ADR's) of Tuya Inc. ("Tuya" or the "Company") (NYSE: TUYA) pursuant and/or traceable to the Company's March 2021 initial public offering (the "IPO").
All investors who purchased the ADR's of Tuya Inc. and incurred losses are urged to contact the firm immediately at classmember@whafh.com or (800) 575-0735 or (212) 545-4774. You may obtain additional information concerning the action or join the case on our website, www.whafh.com.
If you have incurred losses in the ADR's of Tuya Inc., you may, no later than October 11, 2022, request that the Court appoint you lead plaintiff of the proposed class. Please contact Wolf Haldenstein to learn more about your rights as an investor in the ADR's of Tuya Inc.
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Tuya offers a purpose-built "Internet of Things" cloud platform that delivers a suite of offerings including Platform-as-a-Service, or PaaS, and Software-as-a-Service, or SaaS, to business and developers. The Company's proprietary products and services enable "smart devices," e.g., household items and appliances connected to the internet, to communicate and interact with end users and online information and services.
Approximately 20% of Tuya's customers sell products online through e-commerce marketplaces such as Amazon.com. In order to maintain the integrity of its platform, Amazon.com has long prohibited the practice of sellers compensating review writers for their reviews in most instances. Despite this prohibition, in April 2019, the consumer website Which? published a report claiming that Amazon had been "flooded by fake five-star reviews," and that sellers were listing products that carried tens of thousands of unverified reviews.
In August 2020, a USC/UCLA research paper analyzed the market for fake reviewed products on Amazon.com. The paper found that the "vast majority" (84%) of sellers benefitting from fake reviews were located in China.
In September 2020, The Financial Times published an article entitled "Amazon deletes 20,000 reviews after evidence of profits for posts." The article stated that Amazon had deleted 20,000 product reviews written by 7 of its top 10 UK reviewers.
On March 1, 2021, a data security organization, Safety Detectives, obtained access to a data server located in China that contained 7GB of data and over 13 million records appearing to be linked to a widespread fake review scam.
Leading up to the IPO, Tuya claimed to be experiencing phenomenal growth. In 2020, the Company claimed that its technology powered over 116.5 million smart devices in more than 1,100 product categories sold in over 220 countries and regions globally. Tuya claimed to be the "largest IoT PaaS business in the global market of IoT PaaS in terms of the volume of smart devices powered" and stated that its "business ha[d] scaled rapidly in recent periods," growing revenue by 70% YOY to $179.9 million in 2020.
On February 26, 2021, Tuya filed a registration statement on Form F-1, which after amendments on March 12 and 16, 2021, was declared effective on March 17, 2021. On March 19, 2021, the Company filed a prospectus for the Initial Public Offering ("IPO") on Form 424B4, which incorporated and formed part of the Registration Statement. The Registration Statement was used to sell over 45 million Tuya ADR's at $21 per ADR, generating over $946 million in proceeds.
On May 11, 2021, an article on techcrunch.com revealed that "several top Chinese sellers disappeared from Amazon." The report stated that over 13.1 million records documenting a massive fake review scam had been uncovered involving more than 200,000 Amazon accounts. Two months later, on July 9, 2021, verdict.co.uk reported that Amazon had "closed 340 online stores of one of its largest Chinese retailers in the first half of this year" as it cracked down against paid reviews and other violations of Amazon terms of service. According to the report, Amazon banned hundreds of Chinese brands across thousands of sellers' account, many of which were clients of Tuya, citing repeated and significant violations.
Then on August 18, 2021, Tuya issued a press release announcing the Company's financial results for 2Q 2021. The release guided the Company's outlook for 3Q 2021, which stated Tuya expects revenue to be in a range of just $83 million to $86 million, which surprised and disappointed analysts and investors.
During the earnings call on that same day, management revealed that the reason for the low 3Q revenue forecast was that "our customers face a series of challenges, including Amazon's strict execution of the seller policy."
By August 2022, Tuya ADR had declined below $2 per ADR – 90% below where Tuya ADR's were sold to the investing public in the IPO.
Wolf Haldenstein has extensive experience in the prosecution of securities class actions and derivative litigation in state and federal trial and appellate courts across the country. The firm has attorneys in various practice areas; and offices in New York, Chicago and San Diego. The reputation and expertise of this firm in shareholder and other class litigation has been repeatedly recognized by the courts, which have appointed it to major positions in complex securities multi-district and consolidated litigation.
If you wish to discuss this action or have any questions regarding your rights and interests in this case, please immediately contact Wolf Haldenstein by telephone at (800) 575-0735, via e-mail at classmember@whafh.com, or visit our website at www.whafh.com.
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Douglas Co. Fire Medical reigns victorious in 2022 Battle of the Badges
LAWRENCE, Kan. (WIBW) - Lawrence-Douglas County Fire and Medical has reigned victorious in the 2022 Battle of the Badges blood drive.
On Friday, June 10, the Douglas Co. Sheriff’s Office took to Facebook to congratulate Lawrence-Douglas Co. Fire Medical for its win in the 2022 Battle of the Badges Blood Drive - again.
“Everyone loves a firefighter,” the Sheriff’s Office said in the post.
Deputies said they were proud to finish in a close second place, but were even more excited that so many first responders, public safety employees, Douglas Co. government employees and community members donated blood during a nationwide blood shortage.
The Sheriff’s Office noted that Robin Mather, a retired deputy and current corrections officer, and Gary Squires, a retired Lieutenant and current Court Security Deputy, were among the last to donate on Friday afternoon.
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Company continues its growth trajectory
TAMPA, Fla., July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- LeadingResponse, the leader in performance marketing for professional services, is expanding its leadership team with the appointment of Greg Ryan as Executive Vice President of Sales.
Ryan will oversee all LeadingResponse's sales efforts, serving clients across the Legal, Financial Services, and Healthcare sectors throughout the United States from its offices in Dallas, Tampa, Boston, and Los Angeles.
Prior to joining LeadingResponse, Ryan served as Chief Revenue Officer of ThriveHive, the performance marketing division of Gannett, the owner of USA Today. He also served as co-founder and senior vice president of Propel Marketing, which grew to more than 300 employees across five locations, before being acquired by Gannett's parent company.
"Greg has a deep understanding of the performance marketing industry, technology, and first-party data that enable us to deliver results for our clients," said LeadingResponse CEO Matthew Kearney. "He and LeadingResponse share a commitment to building collaborative partnerships with clients, technology partners and colleagues. We are delighted he is joining us."
"LeadingResponse is entrepreneurial, invests in growth, and believes in delivering results for its clients and all its stakeholders," said Ryan. "I am looking forward to working with the team, our customers and all our partners to deliver on another prosperous chapter of growth for us all."
To learn more about LeadingResponse and its suite of performance marketing solutions, visit www.LeadingResponse.com.
About LeadingResponse
LeadingResponse, the premier provider of customer acquisition solutions for the financial, legal, and healthcare markets, understands the consumer journey that leads to a meaningful engagement with our professional clients. LeadingResponse is uniquely qualified to help our clients grow and scale their organizations. Via our proven multi-channel solutions, online and offline, we consistently drive over 170,000 consumers/per month to our clients for scheduled appointments. Learn more at LeadingResponse.
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(NEXSTAR) — As you may well know, the current housing market is a seller’s dream (and a buyer’s nightmare), but several factors can negatively impact property value and asking price on a home — including in-house deaths, particularly a murder.
Often called “murder houses,” these homes are also known as “stigmatized properties” by the National Association of Realtors. Stigmatized properties include places that have been impacted by events such as murder, suicide, a notorious previous owner, and alleged occurrences like hauntings.
California real estate agent Dr. Randall Bell is a self-described “Master of Disaster” who has helped sell some of the most noted stigmatized properties in the U.S., including the previous homes of Nicole Brown Simpson and John and Patsy Ramsey. Bell is CEO of real estate/economics advisory firm Landmark Research and specializes in real estate damage economics.
“This means I study the effect detrimental conditions have on property values,” Bell told Nexstar. “…We inspect the properties and then develop case studies of other similar situations to determine the most likely impact. We can also study what can be done to reduce any negative effects.”
In an interview with VICE, Bell explained that sellers of “tainted” properties can expect a “15 to 25% diminution in value for two to three years after the fact. Over time the discount evaporates, but it takes 10 to 25 years for the stigma to go away entirely.”
Bell’s data is echoed by that found by Realtor, using public data sourced by DiedInHouse.com, a website that uses property records to tell users whether someone died at a specific address. Data shows house murder sites sell for a median 21% less than their previous sale price and 9% less than the list price. These properties also sell for 15% less than comparable houses in the same zip code.
Washington Post explains buyers have more access to property information than ever, which can add to difficulty selling a stigmatized house at all or for a break-even price. Knowing a home’s backstory can lead to buyers having a predisposed “bad vibe” before even seeing it.
NAR says a property’s stigma can even negatively impact neighboring homes.
Even houses of “famous” murder sites aren’t immune.
The Los Angeles condo where owner Nicole Brown Simpson and friend Ron Goldman were murdered sat on the market for two years before finally selling at a loss of $525,000. Brown Simpson previously purchased the home for $625,000, Realtor explains. The home at the center of the O.J. Simpson murder trial would later sell for $1.72 million after remodeling and an address change.
Sometimes even a remodel can’t save a home from its past. The home of serial murderer John Wayne Gacy was foreclosed on, completely demolished and re-addressed. The new house, atop the site where Gacy killed at least 33 young men and boys, finally sold after its owner cut the cost three times — $30,000 lower than the list price.
Nevertheless, some high-profile murder locations do become commodities, like the Massachusetts home of accused axe murderer Lizzie Borden.
Meanwhile, the Los Angeles site of the 1969 Manson Family murders, where actress Sharon Tate and five others were killed, was sold for $1.6 million ($3.7 million adjusted for inflation) by owner Rudy Altobelli in 1989 — 18 times what the Hollywood talent manager paid for it in the early 1960s. The home, previously located at 10050 Cielo Drive, was host to a string of musicians, including Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor, before its demolition and re-addressing in 1994.
In January, the home built in place of the 10050 site was put up for sale by owner Jeff Franklin, creator of “Full House,” with a list price of $85 million.
But these Hollywood owner stories are the exception, as Realtor reports. Citing public records, it reports that 59% of stigmatized home buyers are everyday people, while 20% are purchased by corporate entities for investment.
The family who purchased the former Arizona home of convicted murderer Jodi Arias told AZ Central in 2013 that the $206,000 they paid for the home, where Arias stabbed ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander 30 times, was “a good deal” and they didn’t consider it a crime scene.
For many regular homebuyers, a “good deal” on a stigmatized property is exactly the calculus behind buying the home.
Do realtors have to tell you about a murder in the home?
Depending on where you live, it can be completely legal for a realtor to leave out a home’s grizzly history.
Experian explains that realtors are legally obligated to disclose “material facts” about a property, but deaths aren’t included under that definition in many states.
Buyers purchasing directly from the homeowner should receive what’s known as a seller disclosure from the owner. As with real estate agents, the disclosure document will list information about the physical home and its land, Nerd Wallet reports. Common items on a seller disclosure are any liens on the property, flooding issues/water damage, and mechanical issues. Unfortunately for buyers, deaths on a property also tend to fall outside of necessary information about a property.
Bell says sellers — particularly in California, which has some of the strictest laws in the nation — should always tell the truth. He recommends that sellers work with qualified agents, brokers and attorneys to mitigate any possible critical omissions.
If you’re buying and want to cover bases about your prospective home, it’s best to find out what sellers are required to tell you in your state. In many states, sellers are only required to disclose a death in the home if directly asked. | https://cw33.com/news/national/nexstar-media-wire/how-does-murder-impact-property-values/ | 2022-05-14T20:05:59Z |
Passengers climb out of windows during Boston train fire
SOMERVILLE, Mass. (AP) — One passenger jumped into a river and several others climbed out of windows when a Boston-area public transit train caught fire during the Thursday morning commute, officials said. The fire is the latest in a string of dangerous problems with the troubled system.
No injuries were reported, and the person who jumped into the water declined medical attention, a spokesperson for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority said in a statement.
The MBTA’s inbound Orange Line train was crossing the Mystic River just north of Boston, approaching Assembly station in Somerville at about 6:45 a.m., when flames and smoke were spotted coming from the lead car, the statement said. About 200 passengers were on board, and most were walked off the train to a nearby station by MBTA personnel.
After the power was turned off, the train was brought to a railyard for an investigation, and infrastructure is being inspected. The MBTA has notified the Federal Transit Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board.
The train in question was 43 years old, MBTA spokesperson Joe Pesaturo said, and not one of several new Orange Line cars that were temporarily pulled from service recently when one car experienced a failure in its battery compartment. They have since been returned to service.
The Federal Transit Administration launched a review of Boston’s subway system in April following several accidents that led to injuries or death within the past year. The federal agency last month issued a series of directives to immediately address “longstanding issues” with the system’s “overall safety program and safety culture.”
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | https://www.mysuncoast.com/2022/07/21/passengers-climb-out-windows-during-boston-train-fire/ | 2022-07-21T21:17:02Z |
GENEVA (AP) — The number of new coronavirus cases reported worldwide has continued to fall except in the Americas and Africa, the World Health Organization said in its latest assessment of the pandemic.
In its weekly pandemic report released late Wednesday, the U.N. health agency said about 3.5 million new cases and more than 25,000 deaths were reported globally, which respectively represent decreases of 12% and 25%.
The downward trend in reported infections began in March, although many countries have dismantled their widespread testing and surveillance programs, making an accurate count of cases extremely difficult.
WHO said there were only two regions where reported COVID-19 infections increased: the Americas, by 14%, and Africa, by 12%. Cases remained stable in the Western Pacific and fell everywhere else, the agency said.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned during a press briefing this week that “the rising cases in more than 50 countries highlights the volatility of this virus.”
Tedros said COVID-19 variants, including mutated versions of the highly infectious omicron, are driving a resurgence of COVID-19 in several countries, including South Africa, which was the first to identify omicron in November.
He said relatively high rates of population immunity are preventing a spike in hospitalizations and deaths but cautioned that “this is not guaranteed for places where vaccination levels are low.” Only about 16% of people in poorer countries have been immunized against COVID-19.
WHO’s Africa office said Thursday that cases in South Africa have quadrupled in the last three weeks and COVID-19 deaths have doubled. WHO said that so far, hospitalizations were only about 20% of what was seen during the last infection wave in December.
The agency noted that the most concerning omicron subvariants are BA.4 and BA.5, due to their large number of mutations and uncertainty as to how they might affect immunity. COVID-19 cases in Namibia and Eswatini, which border South Africa, also reported 50% more cases in the past two weeks.
“This uptick in cases is an early warning sign which we are closely monitoring,” said Abdou Salam Gueye, WHO Africa’s emergencies chief.
WHO’s report noted that some of the biggest jumps in COVID-19 cases were seen in China, which saw a 145% rise in the last week.
Earlier this week, Chinese authorities doubled down on pandemic restrictions in Shanghai after a brief period of loosening up. The move frustrated residents who were hoping a more than monthlong lockdown was finally easing after complaints of food shortages and quarantines where some people were forced to surrender their house keys.
WHO’s Tedros said Tuesday he didn’t think China’s “zero-COVID” strategy was sustainable, “considering the behaviour of the virus now and what we anticipate in the future.”
On Thursday, North Korea announced its first coronavirus outbreak and imposed a nationwide lockdown. The size of the outbreak wasn’t immediately known, but it could have serious consequences because the country has a poor health care system and its 26 million people are believed to be mostly unvaccinated.
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Follow AP’s coverage of the pandemic at https://apnews.com/hub/coronavirus-pandemic | https://cw33.com/health/ap-health/who-covid-19-falling-everywhere-except-americas-and-africa/ | 2022-05-12T11:40:48Z |
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Venterra Realty recently acquired its second multi-family community in Daytona Beach, The Anatole.
Originally completed in 1986, the 208-unit property offers one- and two-bedroom garden-style residences that range from 486 – 1010 square feet in five unique floor plans. The apartments feature open concept layouts, screened-in patios and balconies, washer and dryer, and ample closet space. Each residence is well-appointed with stainless steel double-basin sinks, breakfast bar, pantry, and picturesque views.
The community extends an exciting amenity package that includes two relaxing pools with lounge chairs and pergola, a state-of-the-art 24-hour fitness center, a clubhouse, barbecue/picnic area and bark park.
The Anatole is about 1 mile from the world-famous Daytona International Speedway, in close proximity to several major employers but far enough removed from the Speedway to avoid traffic, noise and congestion from large-scale events at the facility. Major employers in the vicinity include Halifax Health Medical Center, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, the Speedway itself, and dozens of industrial employers centered around the nearby intersection of Interstate-95 and Interstate-4.
Venterra will complete a unit upgrade program, as well as implement its resident-focused programs such as the Live it. Love it. Guarantee.™, the 48-Hour Maintenance Guarantee, and SMARTLEASING.
"Last month, we began our expansion into the Daytona market with the purchase of Tomoka Pointe and are excited to continue our growth in the area with The Anatole," said John Foresi, CEO of Venterra Realty. "Venterra has become known as a company that is committed to providing a market-leading living experience, and we look forward to identifying opportunities to further enhance the standard of living at The Anatole by implementing Venterra's customer-focused management platform," added Venterra Chairman, Andrew Stewart.
Founded in 2001, Venterra Realty owns and manages over 70 communities and more than 20,000 apartment units across 16 US cities that provide housing to over 38,000 people and 12,000 pets. The organization has completed approximately $8.0 billion in real estate transactions and currently manages a portfolio of multi-family real estate assets valued at approximately $4.0 billion. Venterra is committed to improving the lives of its residents by delivering industry-leading customer experience. Find out more about Venterra Realty and its award-winning company culture at Venterra.com.
Contact: Allie Foard, Communications Manager & Brand Specialist; Venterramedia@venterraliving.com
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PITTSBURGH, June 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a face mask to counteract stale or unpleasant smells," said an inventor, from Rowlett, Texas, "so I invented STIMULATING SCENTS. My design could also provide wearers with peace of mind and an improved mood."
The patent-pending invention provides an improved design for a protective face mask. In doing so, it helps to combat foul odors. It also could enhance comfort, relaxation and mood and it could help to relieve stress. The invention features a unique design that is easy to wear and use so it is ideal for the general population. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the Dallas sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-DAL-185, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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