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DENVER, June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Leiters has announced that Memorial Hermann Health System – a non-profit, community-focused, award-winning health system committed to creating healthier Houston communities – has joined the company's growing list of strategic health system investor partners, which was led by a majority investment from Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (WCAS).
Leiters provides high-quality compounded sterile preparations and pharmacy services across the healthcare continuum to a growing number of hospitals, surgery centers and physician offices. Leiters offers an end-to-end suite of product types including pre-filled syringes, IV bags and concentrated vials; pain services including opioid free medications; pharmacy fill service for the ON-Q* Pain Relief System; and ophthalmic medications and services including, FDA-Compliant Repackaged Avastin®.
Robin Smith Hoke, Leiters' President and Chief Executive Officer said, "We are very pleased to welcome Memorial Hermann to our team of health system investor partners. We look forward to working closely with their leadership to meet their needs. The investment enables us to continue to increase capacity, expand our portfolio and ensure the continued delivery of high-quality medications to the healthcare market."
Memorial Hermann joins Leiters' existing health system investors including Intermountain Ventures, Kaiser Permanente Ventures, Mayo Clinic, Novant Health, Rex Health Ventures, Spectrum Health Ventures and UNC Health.
"As a non-profit, values-driven, community-owned health system, Memorial Hermann takes its dual roles of being a responsible financial steward and a trusted healthcare provider extremely seriously," said Feby Abraham, EVP and Chief Strategy Officer at Memorial Hermann Health System. "By making prudent investments in companies that align with our mission to improve health, we ensure we can continue meeting the needs of our Greater Houston community, one of the largest and fastest-growing metropolitan areas of the country, while also creating greater efficiencies in our operations. The decision to invest in Leiters is guided by the same philosophies that drive all of our work: deliver value and create healthier communities."
Memorial Hermann is one of the largest not-for-profit health systems in Southeast Texas. While practicing the highest standards of safe, evidence-based, quality care, the system's 6,500 affiliated physicians and 29,000 employees provide a personalized and outcome-oriented experience across more than 265 care delivery sites throughout the Greater Houston area.
Memorial Hermann, along with the existing health system investors, will participate in Leiters' Strategic Pharmacy Advisory Board to support growth initiatives, continuous quality improvement, new product development and investments in enabling capabilities.
Leiters is a trusted FDA-registered 503B outsourcing provider of high-quality compounded sterile preparations and pharmacy services. It is committed to providing healthcare professionals and their patients with critically needed outsourced medications. Its team of experts in sterile pharmaceutical manufacturing, repackaging and compounding provide a sophisticated understanding of what it takes to elevate quality and consistency of supply in pharmaceutical outsourcing. Leiters combines a highly experienced team, with robust automated processes, in a state-of-the-art outsourcing facility, to ensure delivery of the highest quality medicines. All sterile preparations are produced under the Human Drug Outsourcing Facilities under 503B of the FD&C Act (503B Guidance) and follow Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP). To learn more about how Leiters is Compounding Health™ please visit www.leiters.com.
Charting a better future. A future that's built upon the HEALTH of our community. This is the driving force for Memorial Hermann, redefining health care for the individuals and many diverse populations we serve. Our 6,500 affiliated physicians and 29,000 employees practice the highest standards of safe, evidence-based, quality care to provide a personalized and outcome-oriented experience across our more than 265 care delivery sites. As one of the largest not-for-profit health systems in Southeast Texas, Memorial Hermann has an award-winning and nationally acclaimed Accountable Care Organization, 17* hospitals and numerous specialty programs and services conveniently located throughout the Greater Houston area. Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center is one of the nation's busiest Level I trauma centers and serves as the primary teaching hospital for McGovern Medical School at UTHealth. For more than 115 years, our focus has been the best interest of our community, contributing more than $400 million annually through school-based health centers and other community benefit programs. Now and for generations to come, the health of our community will be at the center of what we do – charting a better future for all.
*Memorial Hermann Health System owns and operates 14 hospitals and has joint ventures with three other hospital facilities, including Memorial Hermann Surgical Hospital First Colony, Memorial Hermann Surgical Hospital Kingwood and Memorial Hermann Rehabilitation Hospital-Katy.
WCAS is a leading U.S. private equity firm focused on the healthcare and technology industries. Since its founding in 1979, the firm's strategy has been to partner with outstanding management teams and build value for its investors through a combination of operational improvements, growth initiatives, and strategic acquisitions. The firm has raised and managed funds totaling over $30 billion of committed capital. For more information, please visit www.wcas.com.
WCAS Contacts:
Jon Rather
212-893-9570
JRather@wcas.com
Greg Lau
212-893-9586
GLau@wcas.com
Leiters Contact:
Kari Cashmore
720-414-7216
Kari.Cashmore@Leiters.com
Memorial Hermann Contact:
media.relations@memorialhermann.org
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NEW YORK, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Attention NIO Inc. ("NIO") (NYSE: NIO) shareholders:
The Law Offices of Vincent Wong announce that a class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of investors who purchased between March 1, 2021 and July 11, 2022.
If you suffered a loss on your investment in NIO, 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 NIO includes allegations that the Company made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) NIO pulled forward revenue by selling batteries to a related party, which owned the batteries and managed users' subscriptions; (2) through the related party, NIO also recognized enormous depreciation savings; (3) as a result of the foregoing, the Company's revenue and net loss were overstated; and (4) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
DEADLINE: October 24, 2022
Aggrieved NIO investors only have until October 24, 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.
Vincent Wong, Esq. is an experienced attorney who has represented investors in securities litigations involving financial fraud and violations of shareholder rights. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
CONTACT:
Vincent Wong, Esq.
39 East Broadway
Suite 304
New York, NY 10002
Tel. 212.425.1140
E-Mail: vw@wongesq.com
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Streaming services to see fastest growth
CLEVELAND, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- US television revenues are forecast to increase 3.5% per year in nominal dollars through 2026, according to Television: United States, a report recently released by Freedonia Focus Reports. Ongoing growth in the number of households and disposable personal incomes are expected to drive revenue gains. Industry participants will also benefit from increases in business incomes, which will bolster budgets for television advertising. Competition for advertising spending with social media platforms and search engines will constrain revenue growth. In addition, faster gains will be limited by competition from alternative forms of entertainment. In 2022, television revenues are projected to increase less than 1.0%, a significant slowdown compared to 8.6% growth in 2021, as COVID-19 pandemic restrictions are scaled back in 2022 and consumers spend more time outside the home.
Revenues of cable networks are projected to remain the largest segment in 2026. Providers will continue to benefit from demand for in-home entertainment, as cable networks feature a diverse array of programming. However, streaming revenues are projected to rise 8.4% annually to 2026, the fastest rate among discrete segments. The wide array of movies and shows available on-demand in streaming platforms and the cost savings of streaming will continue to attract consumer interest. The addition of live sporting events to streaming platforms will help the industry compete with broadcast and cable networks.
These and other key insights are featured in Television: United States. This report forecasts to 2022 and 2026 US television revenues in nominal US dollars. Total revenues are segmented by source in terms of:
- cable networks
- cable distribution
- broadcast networks and stations
- streaming
To illustrate historical trends, total revenues and the various segments are provided in annual series from 2011 to 2021.
Motion picture and video production is excluded from the scope of this report.
This report includes the results of a proprietary national online consumer survey of US adults (age 18+). This Freedonia Focus Reports National Survey has a sample size of approximately 2,000, screened for response quality, and representative of the US population on the demographic measures of age, gender, geographic region, race/ethnicity, household income, and the presence/absence of children in the household.
More information about the report is available at:
https://www.freedoniafocusreports.com/Television-United-States-FF95087/?progid=91541
About Freedonia Focus Reports
Each month, The Freedonia Group – a division of MarketResearch.com – publishes over 20 new or updated Freedonia Focus Reports, providing fresh, unbiased analysis on a wide variety of markets and industries. Published in 20-30 pages, Focus Report coverage ranges from raw materials to finished manufactured goods and related services such as freight and construction. Additional Services & Industries reports can be purchased at Freedonia Focus Reports or MarketResearch.com.
Analysis is intended to guide the busy reader through pertinent topics in rapid succession, including:
- total historical market size and industry output
- segmentation by products and markets
- identification of market drivers, constraints, and key indicators
- segment-by-segment outlook in five-year forecasts
- a survey of the supply base
- suggested resources for further study
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Domi, Hurricanes win 4th in row to boost lead, top Islanders
By MICHAEL DOMINSKI
Associated Press
ELMONT, N.Y. (AP) — Max Domi scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period and the Carolina Hurricanes got help from a rookie goaltender, boosting their Metropolitan Division lead by beating the New York Islanders 5-2. The Hurricanes won their fourth in a row and extended their edge over the second-place New York Rangers by four points. Carolina has two games left, including a visit to Madison Square Garden to face the Rangers on Tuesday night. New York has three games remaining. Carolina tied franchise records with its 52nd win and 112th point. Pyotr Kochetkov made seven saves on eight shots to earn his second career win 24 hours after making his NHL debut. He entered in the second period after Antti Raanta appeared to be injured. | https://localnews8.com/news/2022/04/24/domi-hurricanes-win-4th-in-row-to-boost-lead-top-islanders/ | 2022-04-25T00:28:57Z |
Employees strengthen ties to the community through service programs and donations to charitable organizations
MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Adolfson & Peterson Construction (AP), a leading national construction management and contracting company, today announced the second annual company-wide "Day of Giving" program in which team members will give back to their local communities in the month of September. Employees will receive paid time off to spend a portion of their workday donating their time, talents and treasure to local organizations in the communities where they live and work.
"Our inaugural Day of Service was extremely successful in strengthening ties to the community through service programs and donations to local organizations," said Jeff Hansen, CEO. "Due to our great success and the enthusiastic participation of our team members, we are pleased to announce the continuation of the program this year in the month of September."
AP has historically provided donations and service in the communities it operates, supporting at-risk children and adults, military veterans, disaster relief and rebuilding, local food banks, hospitals and health organizations, schools, and other nonprofits and charitable foundations. The Day of Giving builds on those relationships and provides a focused effort to give back in a meaningful way.
Last year, more than more than 700 AP employees and family members spent more than 3,000 hours volunteering and raising more than $70K for organizations and causes in their local communities. Team members were allowed paid time off to participate in events and activities.
"We're proud of our success and the impact we have had in the communities we serve," said Hansen. "The Day of Giving provides a focused way for our people to come together and make a difference for those need it."
In the past, AP's regional offices selected a variety of local charities and causes that have special meaning for their employees. They have organized fundraisers and blood drives, collected and donated food and clothing, provided supplies to local schools, participated in park clean-ups and many other activities.
Adolfson & Peterson Construction (AP) is a leading national construction management firm and consistently ranked as a Top 100 Contractor by Engineering News Record (ENR). For more than 75 years, AP has remained a trusted family-owned business known for quality, reliability and strong partner relationships while maintaining a solid safety record. The company offers preconstruction, construction and contracting services to the commercial, education, healthcare, hospitality, industrial, multifamily, municipal, recreation and senior living market segments. It currently employs more than 600 team members and thousands of subcontractors and trade partners in Arizona, Colorado, Minnesota, Texas and Wyoming. Dedication to clients, communities and employees, as well as a commitment to core values and innovation, has allowed AP to remain an industry leader and dependable construction partner for decades. Find more information at www.a-p.com or follow on Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram and Twitter. AP is committed to creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace and is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.
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Lebron James is officially a billionaire
Published: Jun. 2, 2022 at 2:38 PM CDT|Updated: 15 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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JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Patriot Rail Company LLC today announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Denver-based Pioneer Lines, Inc., a railroad holding company operating 15 short line railroads across 12 states, from BRX Transportation Holdings.
The acquisition, subject to regulatory authorization, will support Patriot Rail's growth strategy, increasing the Jacksonville, Florida, company's short line operations to 31 railroads from 16 and enabling an expanded Patriot to serve customers in new markets in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Mississippi, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee. Patriot's acquisition of the strategic Pioneer short line portfolio will also offer rail users enhanced service options across more locations throughout the United States.
"Pioneer Lines is a diverse rail company with talented professionals and deep customer relationships," said John E. Fenton, Patriot Rail's chief executive officer. "Pioneer Lines' safety culture and focus on operational excellence aligns directly with Patriot Rail's vision and mission. These synergies position us to continue to exceed customer expectations as a best-in-class rail partner to meet their freight shipment and logistics needs."
Patriot Rail expects this expansion to help drive new pathways connecting with U.S. and global markets, boosting economic growth and jobs, Fenton added.
"The transformation of Pioneer into one of the top short line operators in North America is testament to the operational skill and hard work of Alex Yeros and the Pioneer team," said Andrew Right, Pioneer board member and managing partner of US InfraVest, Pioneer's majority investor. "US InfraVest, along with our partner investors, Stephens Capital Partners and Brookhaven Capital Partners, are honored to have been able to help Pioneer grow and look forward to its continued success in the years to come."
"I am excited by the potential this acquisition brings to Pioneer's customers and employees," noted Alex Yeros, chief executive officer and president of Pioneer Lines and principal of Brookhaven Capital Partners. "Building Pioneer into one of North America's best-performing and most-respected short line rail companies could not have been possible without the trust of our customers and our talented team of experts. Our team is looking forward to the opportunity to grow with Patriot to provide the improved efficiency and reach of a larger platform, with the personalized care, flexible local service, and deep industry expertise that Pioneer is known for."
"This agreement presents opportunities to deliver more innovative solutions for customers of Patriot Rail and Pioneer Lines," said John Ma, Patriot board member and head of North America for Igneo Infrastructure Partners, Patriot's majority investor. "Pioneer Lines' assets are accretive to Patriot Rail's platform and support Igneo's long-term investment and ESG objectives."
Patriot Rail board chair Deb Butler added, "Rail shippers will now have increased service options across a broader national footprint, and the integration of Patriot and Pioneer will further enhance our combined capability as a rail solutions partner dedicated to safety and customer growth."
RBC Capital Markets advised Patriot Rail on the transaction. Winston & Strawn served as legal advisor to Patriot Rail. Northborne Partners, LLC served as the exclusive financial advisor to Pioneer Lines and BRX. Fried Frank and Arnold & Porter served as legal advisors to Pioneer Lines and BRX.
About Patriot Rail
Patriot Rail operates 16 regional and freight short line railroads, a scenic rail excursion train, and rail-related services companies with operations in over 15 states. Service capabilities include railcar storage, contract switching, transloading, railcar cleaning, engineering services, excursion railroads, real estate, and track access. In addition, Patriot Rail is a direct partner in assisting to provided railcar repair and maintenance, railcar dismantling, and environmental services including centralized wastewater treatment. For more information about Patriot Rail, visit www.patriotrail.com
About Igneo Infrastructure Partners
Igneo Infrastructure Partners is an autonomous investment team in the First Sentier Investors Group. It invests in high-quality, mature, mid-market infrastructure companies in the utilities and transport sectors in the UK, Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand. Operating since 1994, the team works closely with portfolio companies to create long-term sustainable value through innovation, a focus on ESG and proactive asset management. Igneo manages US$14.6 billion in assets as of June 30, 2022 on behalf of more than 120 investors around the world. For more information, visit igneoip.com
About Pioneer Lines
A freight and logistics leader since 1986, Pioneer Lines owns and operates 15 short line railroads across 12 states. Headquartered in Denver, Colorado, Pioneer Lines is the local workhorse of the national rail network and the link for over 100 industries, from rural and small-town America to domestic and global markets. Pioneer's railroads directly or indirectly support over 17,000 jobs in the United States and transport diverse commodities, including agricultural and food products, iron and steel, plastics, chemicals, building materials, and forest products. For more information, visit www.PioneerLines.com.
About US InfraVest
US Infravest Managers LP (US InfraVest) is a standalone investment manager supported with committed capital from long-term institutional investors. The US InfraVest team combines infrastructure and private equity investing expertise with development and management experience, partnering with exceptional operational management teams to drive returns. US InfraVest concentrates on value add and opportunistic infrastructure investments focusing on operating businesses in the North American transportation, logistics and infrastructure sectors including companies that develop, service and/or manage assets in the transportation, logistics and infrastructure sectors as well as other operating companies in traditional infrastructure sectors. For more information, visit www.usinfravest.com.
About Stephens
Stephens Capital Partners LLC is the private equity affiliate of Stephens Inc., a full-service, privately owned investment banking firm based in Little Rock, Arkansas, with offices across the U.S. and in Europe. Founded in 1933, Stephens has decades of experience in corporate finance, financial planning, mergers and acquisitions, insurance services, research, and public finance. The firm has conducted private equity transactions for over 60 years and seeks to be a reliable long-term partner to management of growing companies. For more information, visit www.stephens.com.
About Brookhaven Capital Partners
Based in Denver, Brookhaven Capital Partners is a privately held investment company focused on real estate and infrastructure. Brookhaven and its principals are leaders in real estate investment and infrastructure for more than three decades investing across the spectrum of real estate property types and critical transportation assets that support industry, and promote new economic development, community investment, and job creation in the United States. Together, the principals of Brookhaven have invested over $2.5 billion in commercial real estate and infrastructure, combining nearly 100 years of experience. Learn more at www.brookhavenpartners.com
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Dear Annie: I’ve been in a long-distance, exclusive, monogamous relationship for over a year now. I met him at work (we both work remotely), and he reached out and made his feelings clear. We had a work relationship to begin with, so we were always in touch, and feelings just grew.
We have never met in person but video chat and talk multiple times a day. He seems to show he loves me a great deal; he stays in touch consistently, which to me shows he’s serious and devoted.
Now to the problem: He’s still waiting to settle his separation from a long-time partner, and things have been dragging for a long time. (They had already separated when we met.) He says he plans to see me in person when things settle with the separation, which looks like it might be a long time or at least an unknown amount of time. We live in different countries. I can’t travel to see him for financial, work and other responsibilities, while he doesn’t have any such constraints. I worry about his lack of initiative and his resistance. It makes me think he’s not serious or is taking for granted the fact that I’ll just wait around for him. I’m relatively young, but I feel truly attached to this person. On the surface, we seem very compatible and truly enjoy each other’s company.
I’ve questioned him so many times I feel I shouldn’t have to beg for someone to put in the effort.
Am I being unreasonable? Can his reasoning for not coming to see me (waiting till his separation settles) be valid?
Am I being unfair and selfish?
Dear In Love and Confused: Meeting a romantic partner online is quickly becoming the norm, but virtual romances are notoriously unpredictable. It’s all too easy for this guy to cover up parts of his identity and/or lifestyle if he’s hiding behind a screen.
The separation story is plausible, but you’re right to be skeptical. Does he really expect you to be in an “exclusive, monogamous” relationship with him when he’s still technically married? Plus, he can’t just assume that you’ll wait around indefinitely. Tell him you can’t continue a relationship with him unless you make concrete plans to meet in person. Come up with a deadline, and then stick to it. | https://www.tdtnews.com/life/advice_columns/article_8c8febc0-08f9-11ed-8d1f-4383a4e8ae26.html | 2022-07-22T08:04:03Z |
Krispy Kreme matching price of dozen doughnuts to average US gas price
(Gray News) - Krispy Kreme is bringing back its “Beat The Pump” promotion to close out the summer driving season.
The company said it is once again trying to sweeten the pain at the pump by pricing the cost of its Original Glazed dozen doughnuts to the average price of a gallon of regular gas in the United States.
According to Krispy Kreme, the promotion will be available every Wednesday until Aug. 31.
Representatives with Krispy Kreme said prices would be updated weekly and encouraged customers to check the company’s Facebook, Twitter and website on Tuesdays.
Guests are limited to two Original Glazed dozens at participating stores.
According to AAA, the national gas price is $4.16 per gallon as of Aug. 3.
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — In a national championship game nobody at Kansas will soon forget, Bill Self went from the Hall of Fame coach who far too often failed on the big stage to the brilliant mastermind of the biggest comeback in NCAA title-game history.
Blitzed by North Carolina for most of the first 20 minutes Monday night, and after digging a seemingly insurmountable 40-25 deficit, the senior-heavy Jayhawks rallied for a 72-69 victory over the Tar Heels inside the boisterous Superdome to raise another long-awaited banner to the rafters of historic Allen Fieldhouse.
“I think when you’re the all-time winningest program — just by a small margin — and when the inventor of the game was your first coach, and the likes of Adolph Rupp comes from Kansas and Dean Smith comes from Kansas and Wilt Chamberlain comes from Kansas, the expectations are where being good is OK but it’s not enough,” Self said.
“Nobody’s ever put pressure on me that we’ve got to win another one,” he added, “but I think I put pressure on myself knowing that this place deserves more than what we have won.”
The Jayhawks, who trailed the Tar Heels by 16 late in the first half Monday night, eclipsed Loyola of Chicago’s 15-point comeback to beat Cincinnati in overtime in 1963 for the biggest in title game history. They also set a record by overcoming the biggest halftime deficit in a Final Four game.
“With the group of guys as experienced as this and been around and know each other so well, it’s kind of hard to see us get rattled. And I think we bounced back at halftime,” Kansas forward Mitch Lightfoot said. “Coach had a great message for us, and he challenged us to be better, and to have more pride. And we did that.”
David McCormack finished with 15 points and 10 rebounds, dueling in the paint all night with ailing Carolina big man Armando Bacot. Remy Martin poured in 11 of his 14 points after the break, while Jalen Wilson had 15 points — including a couple of big baskets early in the second half, when the Jayhawks managed to turn a blowout into a ballgame.
“Coach, he obviously challenged us and was amped,” said the Jayhawks’ Ochai Agbaji, “but it was a matter of us playing our game and executing in the second half and taking away what they were getting at in the first half.”
It’s the fourth title for the Jayhawks and the second for Self, who claimed his first when another bunch of comeback kids rallied to beat Memphis in overtime in 2008. And this one came on the same Superdome floor where Kentucky denied him in the finals a decade ago, one of the many heartbreaks that Self and his team have experienced over the years.
There was the 2010 team that spent much of the season ranked No. 1 but lost in the second round of the tournament, and the following year the Jayhawks didn’t lose until late January but were dumped by VCU in the Elite Eight.
There was also the 2013 overtime loss to Michigan in the Sweet 16, and back-to-back years in which Kansas failed to make it out of the tournament’s opening weekend. More recently, there was the 2018 Final Four blowout by Villanova — which Kansas avenged Saturday night — and second-round exits in each of the previous two NCAA Tournaments.
The Tar Heels were poised to add to the heartache on Monday night.
They dominated the offensive glass in the first half, and scored second-chance baskets nearly at will, while Kansas went through long periods of offensive ineptitude. Martin was 1 of 5 from the field, his only make a clanked 3 off the backboard, and Wilson and Christian Braun were a combined 2 for 13 from the floor.
At halftime, Self referenced the Jayhawks’ 2008 national championship comeback with his team, asking if they’d rather be down by nine with 2 minutes left — as they were that night — or down by 15 with 20 minutes still to play.
It took about 10 minutes to learn their answer.
The trio of Braun, McCormack and Wilson went to work to start the second half, wiping out North Carolina’s hard-earned lead and finally pulling even when Agbaji — the Final Four MVP — converted a three-point play with 10:53 to go.
It was a back-and-forth affair until McCormack gathered his own rebound and scored with 1:16 left. Bacot turned the ball over at the other end when his sprained ankle from the semifinals against Duke finally gave out. Then, McCormack added another basket with 22.3 seconds left to give the Jayhawks some breathing room.
“Game’s on the line,” McCormack said. “Coach talks about keeping the ball high going right back up. That’s what was going through my mind. We work on tough shots every day. I work on both hands, get a quick basket, get back on defense.”
Caleb Love and Puff Johnson both missed tying 3-point tries, then North Carolina got one last chance when Dajuan Harris turned the ball over with 4.3 seconds to go. The Tar Heels again got the ball to Love, the hero of their dramatic win over the Blue Devils, but his shot missed as the clock expired and confetti began to fall from the sky.
The comeback broke the record for the largest halftime deficit overcome in a championship game, set by Kentucky in 1998, when it rallied from down by 10 to beat Utah. It also broke the record for any Final Four halftime comeback of 11, set by Duke’s rally past Maryland in 2001 and Temple, when it beat Kansas State in the 1958 third-place game.
Perhaps more importantly, it wiped away any argument that Self will go down as one of the game’s greatest coaches.
“That wasn’t on my mind,” Self said, “but I do feel as many good teams we’ve had over time, we could have had more than one, so even though — like I said earlier — I never felt pressure from anybody that we had to do this, but I knew with what we have had that we could have very easily done more. So I actually think it means a lot to me.”
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More AP college basketball: http://apnews.com/Collegebasketball and https://twitter.com/AP_Top25 | https://cw33.com/sports/ap-sports/jayhawks-bill-self-masterminds-epic-championship-comeback/ | 2022-04-05T13:48:09Z |
CalypsoAI's independent testing and validation solution enables efficient, secure deployment of trustworthy AI.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CalypsoAI, the leader in building trust in artificial intelligence (AI) through independent testing and validation, announced that it has been named a 2022 Gartner® Cool Vendor in the "Cool Vendors™ for AI Core Technologies–Scaling AI in the Enterprise."
According to the Gartner report, "two in five organizations that are already using AI have had an AI privacy breach or security incident. Of those, one in four were malicious attacks." Additionally, the report recommends to data and analytics leaders tasked with AI implementation to "Explore the breadth of solutions that address your priorities such as faster model development, ModelOps, data quality, AI explainability and security."
CalypsoAI's independent testing and validation solution, VESPR Validate, benchmarks model performance against adversarial threats and other anomalies and obstructions. Attacks on AI systems have already been widely documented, and many organizations have not yet invested in tools to secure their AI. As these risks intensify and new threats are introduced, CalypsoAI's solution will be critical in scaling and securing AI.
The Gartner report calls securing AI one of the "mission-critical" priorities of data and analytics leaders and outlines that it's "essential to operationalize AI successfully in the enterprise." The report goes on to state, "Traditionally, companies find themselves behind on security measures, and unfortunately, they don't take security seriously until they experience their first breach or compromise. Most organizations are not even aware that benign actors can cause severe damage just by mistake."
Following this recognition, Neil Serebryany, CalypsoAI CEO, said, "We are thrilled to be recognized as a Cool Vendor in AI by Gartner. We feel this marks a major moment in the growth and evolution of CalypsoAI. We support the democratization of model testing, providing independent testing and validation of models to enable trust in AI. This empowers decision-makers & leaders to deploy their AI with confidence, efficiency, and speed."
*Gartner, "Cool Vendors in AI Core Technologies — Scaling AI in the Enterprise," Farhan Choudhary, Alexander Linden, Chirag Dekate, Soyeb Barot, Sumit Agarwal, Afraz Jaffri, 27 May 2022
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About CalypsoAI
CalypsoAI's mission is to build trust in AI through independent testing and validation. We solve one of the biggest issues facing AI: machine learning models not getting deployed into production. Through CalypsoAI's automated testing and validation solution, decision-makers gain the performance visibility needed to confidently deploy their models into production. This ensures the success of AI strategy while drastically reducing the amount of risk, time, and money spent to manually test and validate models. CalypsoAI was founded in Silicon Valley by DARPA, NASA, and DoD veterans. For more information, visit calypsoai.com.
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BEIJING, Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Maoyan Entertainment ("Maoyan" or the "Company", 1896.HK), a leading platform providing innovative Internet empowered entertainment services in China, today announced its audited consolidated results for the six months ended June 30, 2022.
First Half 2022 Financial Highlights
- Revenue was RMB1,191.4 million, compared with RMB1,799.8 million in the first half year of 2021.
- Gross profit was RMB622.4 million, compared with RMB1,045.5 million in the first half year of 2021.
- Profit for the period was RMB151.9 million, compared with RMB387.1 million in the first half of 2021.
- Adjusted EBITDA was RMB282.0 million, compared with RMB625.7 million in the first half of 2021.
- Adjusted net profit[1] was RMB233.7 million, compared with RMB484.2 million in the first half of 2021.
BUSINESS REVIEW
In the first half of 2022, the entertainment industry faced immense difficulties and challenges due to the resurgence of COVID-19 pandemic. We continued to refine our operations to deliver high-quality products and services and achieved industry-leading performance in both the number of and box office of the movies in which we participated in the first half of 2022. In addition to our abundant content reserves in our pipeline, many movies in which we participated are expected to be released within 2022. Besides, our online entertainment ticketing services remained stable, while our other business lines are maturing. We have enhanced our business resilience and further demonstrated our profitability capability.
Entertainment Content Services
In the first half of 2022, the total box office for the China's movie market decreased by 37.68% to RMB17.18 billion, compared with the same period last year, resulting from the severe impact brought by the pandemic. In particular, from March to May, with the average operating rate of movie cinemas nationwide once dropping to below 50%, the gross box office suffered a year-over-year drop of about 80%. At the same time, certain movies slated for screening had to be rescheduled or postponed.
Despite the headwinds, we made continuous efforts in cultivating movie content and improving our operational capabilities, and we achieved industry-leading performances in both the number of and box office sales for the movies that Maoyan produced/distributed. During the reporting period, Maoyan participated in the production/distribution of 15 movies, including 6 of which the Company acted as a lead distributor. The percentage of the total gross of our participated movies to China's movie box office in first half of this year has recovered to almost the same level in the same period of 2019. In addition, we continued to enhance our involvement in the top-tier movies released during major seasons. For example, we participated in Embrace Again (穿過寒冬擁抱你) and G Storm (反貪風暴 5:最終章), which ranked first and second, respectively, at the box office during the New Year's Day season. Moreover, we participated in 3 movies among the top 5 in terms of the box office in the Spring Festival season. Among which, "Too Cool To Kill (這個殺手不太冷靜)", for which we acted as both the producer and lead distributor, achieved total box office sales of RMB2.63 billion.
Since June 2022, the pandemic has stabilized, and the operating rate of movie theatres has gradually recovered to over 80%. Maoyan is well positioned to proceed with all our participated projects with abundant reserves of rich and diverse content. For example, movies where Maoyan has served as the producer/distributor, such as My Blue Summer (暗戀•橘生淮南), Lighting Up The Stars (人生大事), Moon Man (獨行月球) and Warriors of Future (明日戰記), have already been released in succession. Others include Belle (雀斑公主), Give Me Five (哥,你好), The Procurator (檢察風雲), Post Truth (保你平安), Too Beautiful To Lie (請別相信她), Journey to the West (宇宙探索編輯部), High Forces (危機航線), The Tipping Point (掃黑行動), Better Man (絕望主夫), Victimes (被害人), Who's the Suspect (拯救嫌疑人) and Full River Red (滿江紅) have either been scheduled for release or are in the process of being scheduled.
During the reporting period, we also produced a number of premier TV series and online movies. For example, Out of Court (庭外), our self-produced legal drama TV series, was released exclusively on Youku in July 2022 and achieved excellent reputation. We also participated in Hello, The Sharpshooter (你好,神槍手), Leverage (槓桿) and Babel (通天塔), which have been broadcast on different platforms, and all performed very well. In addition, The King of Hot GUO (火鍋之王), another online movie, for which we participated in the production, will be scheduled to be released soon.
Furthermore, leveraging our considerable and professional experience in promotion and distribution and our fine-tuned service matrix, many of our products and tools have been widely recognized by industry partners and increased in popularity. For example, during the reporting period, the projects served by our promotion and distribution products, such as "Cloud Block Booking" (雲包場) and "Lead Appreciation" (助力主創), maintained an encouraging growth momentum. In particular, "Cloud Block Booking" (雲包場) has been used by almost all domestic movies grossing over RMB100 million in box office. Furthermore, our promotion and distribution products further demonstrated their impressive commercial value. Deeply cooperating with hundreds of influential creators and thousands of incubated Key Opinion Consumers (KOC), our content marketing team provided quality marketing services to nearly 80% of the movies with over RMB100 million in box office during the reporting period. We also launched a variety of innovative promotion and distribution tools, such as "Box Office Estimates by Media" (第三方媒體超前票房預測) and "Same-period Performance Comparison" (同檔期對比), aiming to actively help improve the industry's level of refinement and efficiency of distribution.
Online Entertainment Ticketing Services
During the reporting period, we continued to enhance our platform's service capacity and further optimized the ticketing system; combined with our reasonable cost and expense control initiatives, we successfully maintained our industry-leading position. Meanwhile, we have proactively tracked the industry's needs, striving to provide all-round assistance and support for the development and recovery of the industry. We helped more than 70% of the movie cinemas nationwide improve their customer acquisition efficiency through our services, including membership promotions and package sales. Besides, acting as an exclusive ticketing provider for the 12th Beijing International Film Festival (第十二屆北京國際電影節), we offer the audiences with premier ticketing services. Since June, as the movie market has been gradually recovering, our movie ticketing business has been picking up accordingly. Moving forward, with constant effort on the operation and service capability cultivation, we are committed to continuously upgrading audiences' experience and consumption vitality while providing our industry partners with better services.
As an important market player, we made steady progress in our live entertainment business, expanding the offering categories and refining operation efficiency. Especially, we focused on cultivation in the emerging local entertainment categories, including talk shows, cross talks, immersive theaters, exhibitions, family shows, music festivals. During the reporting period, the GMV of our live entertainment business recovered to over 80% for the same period last year. In addition, we achieved breakthrough growth in some verticals, such as talk shows, family shows and immersive theaters. Among these, the GMV of our talk shows tripled compared with the same period last year. Furthermore, we have actively been exploring new forms of entertainment catering to the young generation and achieved steady progress in many projects we engaged as a producer. For example, we developed a series of shows, including "The Grand Theater" (玩味放映廳), "The Grand Museum" (玩味博物館) and "The Grand Music" (玩味音律)", following our success of "The Grand Expedition" (玩味探險家), an immersive food interactive drama, which achieved excellent performance in both box office and market reputation. Besides that, we have completed the initial preparation for a new Maoyan-produced immersive gaming drama "Dream Cruise" (明珠傳奇), and it will debut at an appropriate time.
Advertisement Services and Others
During the reporting period, we constantly improved our operational capability and efficiency, and continued to enhance our commercialization ability. Considering the distinct characters of different movies and the changing market conditions, we launched a variety of rich and innovative promotion campaigns. Meanwhile, we enhanced our distribution capability by further expanding our promotion and distribution channels. Currently, we have established deep cooperations with many high-quality platforms, such as Weibo, Douban and Xiaohongshu. The total users of Maoyan mini-program ecosystem, covering WeChat, Weibo, Douyin, Baidu and Kuaishou, etc., have exceeded 600 million. Moving forward, we will continue to leverage our capabilities of the full-channel marketing and industry's leading platform, and provide matrixed and customized services for the promotion and marketing of film and TV projects.
Our Maoyan Research Institute continued to improve the data service capabilities and conducted extensive research on various themes. We also extended our research services to IP studies, including adaption, development and testing of IP. In addition, through profound analysis on market conditions and successful movies during the pandemic, we released various in-depth research reports, including pandemic-related reports, which provided our industry partners with valuable market information and insights into industry development trends.
OUTLOOK
Benefiting from the effective control of the pandemic in China, business resumption across all fields is progressing steadily. The operating rate of movie theatres in China has recovered to more than 80% in early June. As of the date of this announcement, the summer-holiday box office has reached about RMB7.9 billion, which exceeded the same-period box office in last year. We maintain our full confidence in the market's recovery.
In a complex and changing market environment, we will continue to grow and develop within the pan-entertainment industry with the firm execution of our core strategy of "technology + pan-entertainment". Through mining and producing high quality content with a positive social value proposition, combined with enhanced infrastructure and service capability, we expect to further unlock Maoyan's value in the industry. Meanwhile, we will constantly explore new initiatives, develop diverse growth drivers and optimize our layout of pan-entertainment industrial chain. Furthermore, by further enhancing and utilizing the synergy among our business lines, we will be able to maintain risk resistance capabilities and capture the market growth opportunities following the industry's recovery, further enhancing our competitive advantages.
About Maoyan Entertainment
Maoyan Entertainment (1896.HK) is a leading technology-driven entertainment company providing diversified services and valuable industry insights in China's pan-entertainment industry. The Company's mission is to make it easy to create, deliver, and enjoy great entertainment. Based on its core development strategy of "Technology + Pan-Entertainment", the Company has grown from an online movie ticketing service provider into an innovative one-stop platform with comprehensive entertainment services.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
To supplement the consolidated results of the Company prepared in accordance with IFRS, certain additional non-GAAP financial measures (in terms of, operating profit, operating margin, profit for the period, net margin, profit attributable to equity holders of the Company, basic EPS and diluted EPS), have been presented in this press release. These unaudited non-GAAP financial measures should be considered in addition to, not as a substitute for, measures of the Company's financial performance prepared in accordance with IFRS. In addition, these non-GAAP financial measures may be defined differently from similar terms used by other companies.
The Company's management believes that the non-GAAP financial measures provide investors with useful supplementary information to assess the performance of the Company's core operations by excluding certain noncash items and certain impact of M&A transactions. In addition, non-GAAP adjustments include relevant non-GAAP adjustments for the Company's material associates based on available published financials of the relevant material associates, or estimates made by the Company's management based on available information, certain expectations, assumptions and premises.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements relating to the business outlook, forecast business plans and growth strategies of the Company. These forward-looking statements are based on information currently available to the Company and are stated herein on the basis of the outlook at the time of this press release. They are based on certain expectations, assumptions and premises, some of which are subjective or beyond our control. These forward-looking statements may prove to be incorrect and may not be realized in future. Underlying the forward-looking statements is a large number of risks and uncertainties. Further information regarding these risks and uncertainties is included in our other public disclosure documents on our corporate website.
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These must-have fashion items are equally as stylish as designer pieces
Maybe you have your heart set on a dress you saw on the red carpet or a handbag that was trending on social media. But the problem is that your bank account doesn’t align with your heart’s desire. Fortunately, there are fashion dupes for your favorite high-end staples that cost a fraction of the prices you’d have to pay to wear those with designer names.
Finding fashion alternatives that are stylish and affordable can be challenging, but the results are looks you’ll love to show off and money saved. To guide you as you begin to fill up your wardrobe with clothes and accessories that rival pricey items, we’ve compiled some tips and found a few staples that you can use to create high-fashion styles without breaking your budget.
Why wear dupes?
Saving money is the top reason to invest in dupes of the styles you love that are expensive when made by luxury brands. Clothing, shoes, jewelry and accessories from top fashion designers can cost thousands of dollars, which is out of reach for many fashionistas. Quality, low-cost alternatives are just as fashionable. In fact, it’s difficult to tell the difference between some dupes and similar high-priced options.
Popular fashion dupes for 2022
You can find a reasonably priced substitute for just about any high-end fashion piece. However, there are staples that are currently on-trend, so it’s definitely worth searching for lower-priced alternatives to their designer counterparts.
- Strappy sandals with chunky heels
- Tops that are made of flowing, lacy or ruched material
- Trousers with wide legs
- Classic polo shirts
- Varsity-style jackets
- Totes in bold colors with traditional or artsy designs
- Color blocking
- Versatile dresses
- Embellished high heel shoes
- Realistic faux jewelry
Tips for choosing fashion dupes
As you shop for fashion essentials that look great but don’t cost a lot of money, following a few tips will help you find items that work for your wardrobe.
- Avoid knockoffs. Counterfeit items may look nice, but they are actually illegal to sell and purchase. What’s more, those who are familiar with particular designer brands are likely to be able to tell the difference between a fake and a real item.
- Skip logos that mimic those of high-end designers. These logos are intended to give a handbag, shoes, jacket or other item an expensive feel but tend to look cheap.
- Do your research. Study the designer items you love, then look for dupes with similar fabrics, designs, colors and more.
- Choose versatile pieces. Shoes, clothes and accessories that you can mix and match will give you opportunities to create more looks, which will make your money go even further.
- Look for quality items at low prices. The idea of fashion dupes is to choose items that are priced well below designer pieces.
- Shop for top brands. Although luxury designer clothes and accessories are expensive, you can find pieces by popular brands that are reasonably priced.
Best fashion staples dupes
Calvin Klein Gabrianna Slim Tote
With modern styling that gives it a high-end look, this tote looks similar to designer bags that cost thousands of dollars. It’s available in eye-catching orange or mango and also comes in classic black. Sold by Macy’s
Land’s End Tiered Sleeveless Maxi Dress
For less than $100, you’ll look right in style with this maxi dress that sports a unique tiered appearance. It’s available in a choice of colors and patterns, including popular color-block designs. Sold by Kohl’s and Amazon
And Now This Trendy Plus Size Ruched Poplin Shirt
We love this shirt’s ruched material that gives it an edgy look. The bold colors and scooped neckline are great for today’s edgy styles. Sold by Macy’s
Vetaste Pumps with Jewel Buckles
Gorgeous high-heeled pumps adorned with bling are all the rage but can cost a small fortune. This pair boasts a similar designer look for an affordable price. You can choose from a selection of beautiful colors that make the rhinestone buckle pop. Sold by Amazon
Eliot Danori Silver-Tone Crystal Imitation Pearl Drop Earrings
These dangling, dazzling earrings look expensive but are available at a budget-friendly price. They are made of faux pearls, crystals and silver-tone metal that look like the real deal. Sold by Macy’s
Levi’s Varsity Bomber Hooded Jacket
Both bomber and varsity jackets are in style, but we’ve seen some that cost as much as $1,500. This inexpensive jacket combines the bomber and varsity look for a style that will get you noticed. It’s available in a choice of blue or red. Sold by Amazon
The timeless design of these sunglasses will never go out of style. The fit is comfortable, as they are lightweight on the face. They may look expensive but are available at a price that is significantly lower than the cost of luxury sunglasses. Sold by Amazon
Simply Vera Vera Wang Rotini Block Heel Sandals
These chunky sandals resemble premium designer pairs but come at a price that won’t stress your budget. The ankle strap combined with the outsole treads makes them look both elegant and rugged at the same time. Sold by Kohl’s
Wide-leg pants are in style for good reasons — they are versatile, comfortable and figure-flattering. They also pair nicely with heels and fancy tops for a classic look that works well for special occasions. Sold by Macy’s
Amazon Essentials Slim Fit Jersey Polo Shirts
Polo shirts always look good but have recently been trending as part of the in-style preppy look. This affordable polo looks like those by top designers. It features a trim fit and is available in a large selection of colors and patterns. Sold by Amazon
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The Deal Adds Enterprise-Level Capabilities to Daikin's Portfolio of Industry-Leading HVAC Technology, Services and Controls
MINNEAPOLIS, July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Daikin Applied Americas Inc. (Daikin Applied) today announced it has taken a majority interest in CM3 Building Solutions, Inc. (CM3), a Philadelphia-based service and solutions provider offering building automation and technology, energy services, security and fire protection, and HVAC support throughout Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey.
This new relationship expands Daikin Applied's ability to serve customers across the entire lifecycle of their building systems and operation. Daikin Applied, a division of Daikin Industries, Ltd., the world's number one air-conditioning company, has a legacy of designing and delivering innovative HVAC solutions that not only provide superior comfort, but address larger societal concerns like improving indoor air quality and cutting carbon emissions. Its offerings include equipment, services and controls for commercial and industrial facilities.
"With CM3's solutions expertise, Daikin Applied will network its HVAC technologies with other building systems, such as security, life safety, retro-commissioning and energy services," said Nick Brazis, vice president of corporate development at Daikin Applied. "The connectivity effectively modernizes facilities and building portfolios to maximize performance. Customers will have an enterprise-wide view and command of their entire operation, as well as comprehensive data and analytics to reduce carbon emissions without reducing occupant comfort."
"Today, when buildings use 75% of the country's power and 40% of its energy, we need to help customers manage their entire environment to achieve the next level of efficiency and sustainability," said Jeff Drees, executive vice president, Daikin Applied. "We can maximize HVAC performance when we can fully assess and support the building envelope. Our relationship with CM3 opens new opportunities to improve our customers' effectiveness."
CM3 will continue to operate under its current name and leadership including Bruce Michelson, president, John Hollister, executive vice president, and Tom Monahan, executive vice president. Cowen and Company LLC served as exclusive financial advisor to CM3.
Michelson reiterated the value to customers: "CM3 strives to provide best-in-class service and technologies to our customers, including exceptional quality and service with every customer interaction. We share Daikin Applied's commitment to creating unrivalled customer experiences, and are excited that together CM3 and Daikin Applied will deliver fully-integrated, comprehensive building solutions that help our customers take the next step in energy efficiency and building modernization."
CM3 is based in Fort Washington, Pa., just outside Philadelphia, and has a team of 150 building solutions experts committed to providing every customer with the optimum solution to maximize the comfort, safety and efficiency of their facility. Operating as a corporation for nearly 20 years, CM3 has more than 50 years of experience in its region. CM3 was an early innovator in building automation and systems integration, and has a deep bench of experts to deploy technology and solutions that improve comfort, safety and efficiency. CM3 is a certified Schneider Electric Master EcoXpert.
To learn more about the full range of Daikin Applied solutions and to find a local sales representative, visit www.daikinapplied.com. Also, follow Daikin Applied on LinkedIn for the latest on commercial HVAC equipment, services and trends.
Daikin Applied, a member of Daikin Industries, Ltd., designs and manufactures advanced commercial and industrial HVAC systems for customers around the world. The company's technology and services play a vital role in creating comfortable, efficient and sustainable spaces to work and live — and in delivering quality air to workers, tenants and building owners. Daikin Applied solutions are sold through a global network of dedicated sales, service and parts offices. For more information or to locate a Daikin Applied representative, visit www.daikinapplied.com or call 800-432-1342.
Daikin Industries, Ltd., a Forbes 1000 global company with 2021 revenues of $23 billion and more than 88,000 employees worldwide, is the world's number on air conditioning company. Daikin is engaged primarily in the development, manufacture, sales and aftermarket support of heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration (HVACR) equipment, refrigerants and other chemicals, as well as oil hydraulic products. Daikin was named one of the world's most innovative companies by Forbes magazine. For more information, visit www.daikin.com.
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MOSCOW (AP) — Lawyers for American basketball star Brittney Griner on Monday filed an appeal against her nine-year Russian prison sentence for drug possession, Russian news agencies reported Monday.
Griner, a center for the Phoenix Mercury and a two-time Olympic gold medalist, was convicted on Aug. 4. She was arrested in February at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport after vape canisters containing cannabis oil were found in her luggage.
Griner played for a women’s basketball team in Yekaterinburg during the WNBA offseason.
Lawyer Maria Blagovolina was quoted by Russian news agencies on Monday as saying the appeal was filed, but the grounds of the appeal weren’t immediately clear.
Blagovolina and co-counsel Alexander Boykov said after the conviction that the sentence was excessive and that in similar cases defendants have received an average sentence of about five years, with about a third of them granted parole.
Griner admitted that she had the canisters in her luggage, but said she had inadvertently packed them in haste and that she had no criminal intent. Her defense team presented written statements that she had been prescribed cannabis to treat pain.
Before her conviction, the U.S. State Department declared Griner to be “wrongfully detained.”
Secretary of State Antony Blinken took the unusual step of revealing publicly in July that the U.S. had made a “substantial proposal” to get Griner home, along with Paul Whelan, an American serving a 16-year sentence in Russia for espionage.
Blinken didn’t elaborate, but The Associated Press and other news organizations have reported that Washington has offered to free Viktor Bout, a Russian arms dealer who is serving a 25-year sentence in the U.S. and once earned the nickname the “Merchant of Death.”
On Sunday, a senior Russian diplomat said exchange talks have been conducted.
“This quite sensitive issue of the swap of convicted Russian and U.S. citizens is being discussed through the channels defined by our presidents,” Alexander Darchiev, head of the Foreign Ministry’s North America department, told state news agency Tass. “These individuals are, indeed, being discussed. The Russian side has long been seeking the release of Viktor Bout. The details should be left to professionals, proceeding from the ‘do not harm’ principle.'” | https://cw33.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/brittney-griners-lawyers-appeal-russian-prison-sentence/ | 2022-08-15T16:19:49Z |
GAITHERSBURG, Md. and SUZHOU, China, Aug. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sirnaomics Ltd. (the "Company" or "Sirnaomics", stock code: 2257.HK), a leading biopharmaceutical company in discovery and development of RNAi therapeutics, announced today the advancement of its GalAhead™ RNAi delivery platform for developing novel therapeutic products focused on complement-related diseases. Among four product candidates developed with GalAhead™, STP144G, which targets Complement Factor B, has entered into an IND enabling study, while the other three — STP146G, STP145G, and STP247G — are moving into candidate nomination stage.
Sirnaomics' proprietary GalNAc-RNAi therapeutic platform, GalAhead™, relies on unique RNA structures that allow the knockdown of single or multiple distinct mRNA targets, specifically two key technological components: mxRNA™ (miniaturized RNAi triggers) and muRNA™ (multi-unit RNAi triggers). mxRNAs are comprised of single ~30 nucleotide long oligonucleotides to downregulate individual genes, while muRNA molecules are comprised of multiple oligonucleotides to silence two or more targets simultaneously.
Complement-related diseases are amongst the important therapeutic areas Sirnaomics has selected for developing GalAhead-based treatments. Based on the validation of the mxRNA inhibitor design, with a long-lasting therapeutic activity observed using rodent and non-human primate animal models, the Company has developed three new mxRNA-based and one muRNA-based programs into the therapeutic candidate nomination phase. STP144G, which targets Complement Factor B, is the first drug candidate that has entered into an IND-enabling study and is expected to advance into clinical study in the second half of 2023. STP146G, which targets Complement Component C3, and STP145G, which targets Complement Component C5, have been validated with both primary cell culture and rodent animal models. Sirnaomics has also developed a dual-targeting muRNA drug compound, STP247G, to inhibit both Complement Component C5 and Complement Factor B for the potential treatment of the complement-mediated immunologic disorders. Due to the simplified structure of these drug candidates, the chemistry, manufacturing and control process of the drug product is well established with a favorable toxicological profile.
Dr. Dmitry Samarsky, Sirnaomics Chief Technology Officer, commented: "We are highly satisfied with the performance of our proprietary GalAhead platform, which allows us to quickly, reproducibly, and predictably expand and progress our therapeutic pipeline based on this novel technology."
"We are seeing a quick expansion of our product pipeline developed with the GalAhead platform. Our drug candidates are comprised of GalNAc-alike structure and liver hepatocyte targeting property, which enable Sirnaomics to advance into a new frontier to treat complement-related disorders," said Dr. Patrick Lu, Sirnaomics founder, Chairman of the Board, Executive Director, President and CEO. "We expect that the first drug candidate based on this delivery platform to be in clinical study in the second half of 2023."
About Complement-Related Diseases
Complement is an integral part of the immune system protecting the host organism against invasion and proliferation of various microorganisms. It is also involved in the removal of the body's own damaged and altered cells. Activation of the complement system is a very precise process and it is strictly controlled by regulatory proteins present in both plasma and at host cells' surfaces. The excessive activation of complement proteins is often discovered to be the reason for many diseases. These include e.g. autoimmune diseases, Alzheimer's syndrome, schizophrenia, atypical hemolytic-uremic syndrome, angioedema, macular degeneration, and Crohn's disease. (Adv Clin Exp Med, 2012 Jan-Feb;21(1):105–14).
About Sirnaomics
Sirnaomics is an RNA therapeutics biopharmaceutical company with product candidates in preclinical and clinical stages that focuses on the discovery and development of innovative drugs for indications with medical needs and large market opportunities. Sirnaomics is the first clinical-stage RNA therapeutics company to have a strong presence in both China and the United States, and also the first company to achieve positive Phase IIa clinical outcomes in oncology for an RNAi therapeutic for its core product, STP705. Learn more at www.sirnaomics.com.
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PITTSBURGH, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I've had to clamp down piping hoses, vents that you can't access from the side. I invented the FORWARD E-Z CLAMPS to avoid pinched or bruised knuckles caused by frustrating efforts with a screwdriver within a crowded or cramped location." said the inventor from Greenville, OH "This would provide much easier access for tightening or loosening the hose as compared to traditional hose clamps, thereby saving considerable time and effort."
Invention would greatly simplify clamp installation, particularly when space is very limited for operating a screwdriver or nut driver. It would help to avoid pinched or bruised knuckles caused by frustrating efforts with a screwdriver within a crowded or cramped location. Could reduce labor time for professional mechanics, HVAC installers, and plumbers, thereby saving money.
The original design was submitted to the Ohio sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-CCT-4714, 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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Study leverages deep learning-enabled analysis of the aggregation of real-world multimodal data to validate predictive signatures associated with response to immunotherapy and prognosis of patients with stage IV non-small cell lung cancer
Nearly 20 participating sites activated worldwide with over 500 patients recruited to date. Early findings conceptually validate the potential for multimodal signatures to predict response to immuno-chemotherapy with promising first results
New agreement signed with GE Healthcare to utilize Imaging Fabric to further accelerate radiomics analysis workflows in the context of the study
BOSTON and LAUSANNE, Switzerland, June 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SOPHiA GENETICS (Nasdaq: SOPH), the creator of a global data pooling and knowledge sharing platform that advances data-driven medicine, provides an update on its multimodal DEEP-Lung-IV clinical study (NCT04994795) at the 2022 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting. This will be discussed during the company's joint Innovation Symposium with GE Healthcare Monday, June 6th from 6:30 – 8:00 pm CDT.
Immunotherapy has revolutionized the management of metastatic non-small cell lung cancer. Despite its promise, the majority of patients fail to respond to the therapy while being exposed to potentially severe side effects. Existing biomarkers are suboptimal as they do not allow to predict which patients will benefit from the therapy. There is an urgent need to identify biomarkers that are predictive of response to immunotherapy at the individual patient level.
SOPHiA GENETICS launched the DEEP-Lung-IV clinical study to leverage its multimodal machine learning-powered analytics capabilities to identify multimodal predictive signatures of response to immunotherapy for patients with advanced lung cancer. Through its global footprint, the study is intended to maximize exposure of the machine learning algorithms to a wide range of diverse, real-world data. Insights from the DEEP-Lung-IV study will power one of the applications of the CarePath module of the SOPHiA DDMTM platform, offering advanced data visualization, cohorting, and predictive capabilities in a single solution.
To date, 19 sites across seven countries have signed up for participation in the study, including Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center in New York. "I am personally very excited to join the DEEP-Lung-IV study. I see tremendous value in the multimodal machine learning-powered approach to real-world data analytics and look forward to potentially applying it to other clinical questions of high relevance in lung cancer", said Dr. Prantesh Jain, Assistant Professor of Oncology at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center. Together, these sites have already recruited over 500 patients.
Early findings are promising and conceptually validate the potential for multimodal signatures to predict response to immuno-chemotherapy at the individual patient level. First results will be discussed during SOPHiA GENETICS' joint Innovation Symposium with GE Healthcare on Monday, June 6, at 6:30 pm CDT.
"We are very excited by the strong operational traction in recruiting patients to the study, as well as the promising early findings. With its unique machine learning-powered multimodal study design and its focus on collecting very diverse real-world data from lung cancer patients around the world, we feel that the DEEP-Lung-IV study has the potential to usher a new era of precision medicine that would enable predictions at the individual patient level. We look forward to further validating our vision of building a multimodal decentralized collective intelligence, leveraging on real-world data to generate novel insights at the individual patient level," said Dr. Philippe Menu, SVP & Chief Medical Officer, SOPHiA GENETICS.
SOPHiA GENETICS has also entered into an agreement with GE Healthcare to utilize their Imaging Fabric Core and Imaging Fabric Annotation Template, as part of the Edison Digital Health Platform. In the context of the DEEP-Lung-IV clinical study, Imaging Fabric services will be used to visualize, segment, and annotate lung lesions for medical imaging visualization and annotation purposes. This allows SOPHiA GENETICS to further accelerate proprietary radiomics analytics workflows in the context of the study, in particular to move towards automatic whole-body tumor identification, segmentation, and quantification.
"We're eager to further strengthen our collaboration with SOPHiA GENETICS. The use of Imaging Fabric and the SOPHiA DDMTM Platform are key to create the world of tomorrow, in which we aim to jointly break data silos across data modalities to deliver insights to physicians to help them optimize patient treatment workflows. We look forward to seeing how the DEEP-Lung-IV study results can help improve outcomes for those diagnosed with lung cancer," said Ben Newton, MD, General Manager, GE Healthcare Oncology Solutions.
SOPHiA GENETICS' DEEP-Lung-IV clinical study aims to predict immunotherapy treatment response upon first evaluation at the individual patient level using data across multiple modalities including genomics, radiomics, clinical, and biological data. The study also aims to validate an algorithm that will allow the prediction of outcomes of the individual patient such as progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS). This predictive model will help identify patients that are likely to benefit from immunotherapy versus those that are not. It will stratify patients according to risk, helping clinicians make more informed therapeutic decisions for their patients, supporting biopharma to ensure the right patients are selected for clinical trials.
For more on the DEEP-Lung-IV clinical study, visit https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04994795.
SOPHiA GENETICS (Nasdaq: SOPH) is a health care technology company dedicated to establishing the practice of data-driven medicine as the standard of care and for life sciences research. It is the creator of the SOPHiA DDM™ Platform, a cloud-native SaaS platform capable of analyzing data and generating insights from complex multimodal data sets and different diagnostic modalities. The SOPHiA DDM™ Platform and related solutions, products and services are currently used by more than 790 hospital, laboratory, and biopharma institutions globally. For more information, visit www.sophiagenetics.com, or connect on Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram. Where others see data, we see answers.
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Did you lose money on investments in Upstart Holdings? If so, please visit Upstart Holdings, Inc. Shareholder Class Action Lawsuit or contact Peter Allocco at (212) 951-2030 or pallocco@bernlieb.com to discuss your rights.
NEW YORK, June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bernstein Liebhard LLP, a nationally acclaimed investor rights law firm, reminds investors of the deadline to file a lead plaintiff motion in a securities class action lawsuit that has been filed on behalf of investors who purchased or acquired the securities of Upstart Holdings, Inc. ("Upstart" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: UPST) between March 18, 2021 and May 9, 2022, inclusive (the "Class Period"). The lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California and alleges violations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Upstart is a cloud-based artificial intelligence ("AI") lending platform. The Company claims that "AI lending enables a superior loan product with improved economics that can be shared between consumers and lenders" And that Upstart "leverage[s] the power of AI to more accurately quantify the true risk of a loan." The Company recognizes revenue primarily from fees paid by banks.
Plaintiff alleges that Defendants made materially false and misleading statements throughout the Class Period. Specifically, Plaintiff alleges that: (1) Upstart's AI model could not adequately account for macroeconomic factors such as interest rates that impact the market-clearing price for loans; (2) as a result, Upstart was experiencing negative impact on its conversion rate; and (3) as a result, the Company was reasonably likely to use its balance sheet to fund loans.
On May 9, 2022, after the market closed, Upstart announced its first quarter 2022 financial results in a press release. Therein, the Company reduced its fiscal 2022 guidance, expecting revenue of approximately $1.25 billion and contribution margin of 48%. During the related conference call, Upstart's Chief Financial Officer cited "rising interest rates and rising consumer delinquencies [as] putting downward pressure on conversion."
On this news, the Company's stock price fell $43.52, or over 56%, to close at $33.61 per share on May 10, 2022.
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If you purchased UPST securities, and/or would like to discuss your legal rights and options please visit Upstart Holdings, Inc. Shareholder Class Action Lawsuit or contact Peter Allocco at (212) 951-2030 or pallocco@bernlieb.com.
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LOS ANGELES, June 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Children hold a special place in our lives, and to protect our children is investing in our future. On this National Children's Day, the world's leading silk brand LILYSILK is proud to join and support the theme and concepts of this special day that revives, celebrates, and commits to our children and their future.
Raising happy and healthy children is the greatest success any parent can hope for and one that parents should be proud of. It's important that all society, including LILYSILK, work to promote an environment of hope and love for children.
"LILYSILK aspires to provide a better life for our children, and our natural fabric allows children to be closer to nature so that they can grow up healthily and happily," said David Wang, CEO of LILYSILK. "We also hope that LILYSILK's brand philosophy of sustainability and zero-waste can have a positive impact on children, inspire them to live healthy lifestyles with sustainable principles in daily life."
Children's skin is more vulnerable and requires special care. Since last year, LILYSILK has launched a product selection exclusively for children, ranging from silk pajamas, skirts, and shirts to pillowcases, face masks, and scrunchies tailor-made for kids. To meet the increasing demand from the market, the brand further expanded its offerings to include baby bodysuits and sleepwear this year.
As a sustainable brand, LILYSILK is proud to join and support the theme and concepts of National Children's Day, and take this opportunity to reaffirm its commitments to a sustainable and green lifestyle for children and parents.
For more information, visit www.lilysilk.com and follow @lilysilk on Instagram and @Lilysilk on Facebook.
About LILYSILK
LILYSILK is a global silk brand established in 2010 that distributes fashion, home, and lifestyle products directly to customers worldwide. The brand crafts products from the finest natural fibers which are biodegradable and take 1 to 5 years to decompose. At LILYSILK, we believe that zero waste makes a difference. We use only 100% natural premium materials and keep our products clean and toxin-free, guiding customers to buy smarter and more sustainably.
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As new data shows moms are shifting their holiday shopping habits amid inflation and becoming increasingly mindful of gifting this year, online retailer Zulily makes the holiday shopping experience easier with personalized deals on a wide variety of toys from the most iconic brands
SEATTLE, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As household budgets tighten amid ongoing inflation and 85 million moms in the U.S.1 prepare for the 2022 holiday shopping season, new data from online retailer Zulily reveals that moms' desire to pile toys under the tree remains strong, but inflation pressures are causing them to be more intentional about the gift purchases they are making for family and friends this year.2 This holiday season, Zulily is offering moms early deals on some of the most recognized, trusted and iconic brand names she'll remember from her childhood, like LEGO®, Play-Doh®, Fisher-Price,® Little Tikes®, and more, to provide exactly what she's shopping for and make her holiday shopping experience a little easier, fun, and affordable.
Despite inflation hitting a 41-year high in July, gifting toys to close loved ones will remain a priority for moms this holiday season, according to Zulily's nationwide survey of 1,000 moms. Forty-three percent shared that they get joy out of buying toys for their kids and they would miss out on the excitement if they were to change the number of gifts they bought. Although 33% of moms are planning to spend less this holiday as they try to balance household budgets, they're not planning to gift any less to their close families or friends this year. Instead, they're evaluating the return on the investment and looking for long-lasting, high-quality gifts and toys that promote creativity and spending memorable time together with loved ones, at great prices.
"Inflation is having a significant impact on the shopping habits of moms, who normally hold the purse strings for the household budget and buy holiday gifts for the entire family. As they set priorities for holiday gift giving, we discovered that their relationship with traditional gift giving has shifted, but they still consider toys a staple, not a discretionary item," said Joe Glass, Zulily's Toy Expert. "Moms are saving room in their budgets for toys because they invoke an emotional connection and bring joy to children at holiday time. Zulily is positioned to provide the most value for her holiday dollar with an assortment of popular toy brands that are truly iconic, at prices that won't break the bank."
The Early Bird Gets the "Gift-Wrapped" Worm
Fifty three percent of moms claimed to be inconsistent in planning their purchases in advance before inflation started to rise, but now they're planning mindfully to score early deals and outsmart inflation. Forty-two percent more shoppers worldwide and 37% more in the U.S. are planning to buy gifts earlier as a way to get better deals, help protect household budgets, and still spread holiday cheer this year.3
Iconic Toys Through the Decades
Zulily's toy team curated thousands of toys this holiday season, including some of the most iconic toys and brands through the decades to ease the search for the perfect, quality gifts that will last year after year.
- One brick, a million possibilities: Twenty-five percent of moms consider a toy's ability to promote their children's imagination without bounds as a characteristic of an iconic toy brand. Having recently celebrated its 90th anniversary, toy icon The LEGO® Group is not only synonymous with creativity, but they also encourage young users to shape the well-known bricks into fantastical creations of their own. From traditional creations, such as the LEGO® Classic 11008 Bricks & Houses, to more contemporary kits inspired by the year's hottest movies, like the LEGO® Jurassic World 76944 T-Rex Dinosaur Breakout, giving the gift of LEGO® means giving the gift of inspiration.
- Over six decades and one billion dolls sold: With kids' awareness of the financial constraints caused by inflation, they're already expecting fewer gifts overall this year, according to 39% of moms. So, moms are leaning into quality toys and buying from brands they already know and trust to be long-lasting and high-quality. When Mattel, Inc. introduced her in 1959, Barbie® became a toy chest staple, and many moms can remember being gifted their first doll as a child. With a multitude of interests and careers, moms can find the perfect Barbie® dolls and accessories for their little ones on Zulily, whether they're fashion-minded, adventurous, or aspire to be a teacher, gymnast, or doctor.
- Half a century delighting the kid in all of us: To extend the play value of toys and gifts, 27% of moms are looking to give gifts that promote creativity and togetherness with their children. For nearly 50 years, KidKraft, Inc. has been delivering toys 'made for make believe' – and this holiday, Zulily has an assortment of KidKraft® toys that immediately transform playtime to together-time while encouraging creativity. From trying their hands at painting and drawing with the KidKraft® Easel Art Desk to scrubbing the deck and walking the plank with the KidKraft® Pirate's Cove Play Set, all ages will be inspired.
- After the unboxing, the memories remain: Following the flurry of wrapping paper and ribbons, it's really about the moments that family and friends will cherish after the holiday season. And following several years of pandemic-induced travel and gathering restrictions, it's the desire to create memories that 35% of moms are hoping to capture through gift giving this year. Crayola® has been helping families create memories they will cherish forever since 1885 with its vibrant collection of arts supplies. Moms can give the ultimate gift for any little artist with Zulily's assortment of Crayola® art supplies and tools and watch as their children create works of art today that will become the family heirlooms of tomorrow.
Zulily's Santa's Workshop – a dedicated shopping destination for holiday toys with savings up to 50% off – keeps shopping fun and full of cheer by making it easy for moms to find the perfect toy gift at a great price as they redefine their gifting habits and seek more quality toys that offer value for their children. Plus, they can enjoy free shipping on all orders $89 and above.
For more information and gift giving inspiration, visit Zulily's The Find and check-out the Top Toy List for 2022, which features this year's hottest toys from brands kids love, including KidKraft®, PicassoTiles®, Learning Resources®, Melissa & Doug, and more.
Methodology: Findings are based on a Pollfish survey of over 1,000 U.S. based moms between the ages of 25-44, with kids aged 18 or below. The survey was fielded in July 2022.
About Zulily®
Online retailer Zulily helps moms around the world discover incredible deals and fresh style for themselves, their families and their homes. Zulily launches thousands of products at amazing values each day, curating personalized shopping experiences that include apparel and footwear for the whole family, toys, home décor, and so much more. Zulily's app uses compelling video and imagery to bring more than 15,000 big name brands and boutique finds to life on mobile.
Zulily is headquartered in Seattle, Washington, with locations in Nevada, Ohio, and China. With expertise in technology, merchandising, creative production, logistics, marketing, customer service, and more, Zulily team members work together to deliver a fun and engaging shopping experience that sparks discovery, connection and entertainment. Zulily has passed millions in savings onto its customers since its first sale in 2010. For more information visit, www.zulily.com or The Find by Zulily, or follow @Zulily on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter. For vendors interested in selling on Zulily, visit www.sell.zulily.com
Zulily, LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Qurate Retail, Inc. (NASDAQ: QRTEA, QRTEB, QRTEP).Qurate Retail Inc. is a Fortune 500 company that includes QVC®, HSN®, Zulily and the Cornerstone brands (collectively, "Qurate Retail GroupSM"), as well as other minority interests and green energy investments. Qurate Retail Group is dedicated to providing a more human way to shop. Qurate Retail Group is the largest player in video commerce (vCommerce), which includes video-driven shopping across linear TV, ecommerce sites, digital streaming and social platforms. For more information, visit www.qurateretailgroup.com, or follow @QurateRetailGrp on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter, or follow Qurate Retail Group on YouTube or LinkedIn.
1 Source: US Census Bureau, Profile America: Facts for Features
2 Source: Survey conducted by Pollfish on behalf of Zulily in July 2022 of over 1,000 U.S. based moms between the ages of 25-44 with kids 18 and under.
3 Salesforce Shopping Index survey from June 2022
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Teen employee killed at Colorado Walgreens; coworker arrested
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV/Gray News) - A teenager killed at a Colorado Springs Walgreens allegedly expressed concerns for a year about the man accused in her death.
According to arrest papers obtained by KKTV Tuesday, then-16-year-old Riley Whitelaw told store managers in 2021 that coworker Joshua Johnson was making advances towards her and she was uncomfortable.
A year after she first made the complaint, Whitelaw was dead and 28-year-old Johnson was in custody on first-degree murder charges.
Police said they received a 911 call just before 7 p.m. Saturday. The man on the line said a body had been found in the break room at the Walgreens off Centennial and Vindicator.
“Several police cars came speeding into the parking lot, and I looked out my window, which is right across, and they went inside, went in circles around the building and then came out, and they were here for hours,” Jennifer James said.
According to the arrest affidavit, responding officers found a young woman on the floor with neck injuries and blood all over the room. Her ID badge and radio earpiece were lying near her feet.
“Officers observed no signs of life,” the affidavit stated.
The person who called 911 was identified as one of the managers at the store. He told police Whitelaw had gone on break earlier in the afternoon and never returned.
According to the arrest affidavit, the manager reviewed surveillance video and saw Johnson stacking bins in front of the surveillance camera until it blocked the view. He also said someone had taped paper over the windows in the area of the break room, and the “restroom closed” sign was placed in the area to keep people out, something that doesn’t happen until the end of the business day.
The manager said he checked the break room after viewing the surveillance and found Whitelaw’s body.
A 16-year-old customer told police she was standing in the deodorant aisle when she heard a female screaming and the sound of stall doors slamming.
Johnson was arrested by state troopers the following day nearly 100 miles outside the city. He was covered in cuts and bruises when troopers spotted him on the side of the interstate Sunday morning, and he told troopers he had been attacked at a Walgreens in Colorado Springs, said Sgt. Troy Kessler with Colorado State Patrol.
But when troopers checked in with the Colorado Springs Police Department, they learned Johnson was actually the suspect in the incident. He was swiftly arrested and taken back to Colorado Springs, where he was being held without bond in the El Paso County Jail.
During a interview, Johnson allegedly admitted to being in the break room and claimed he fell in the blood and went home to change his clothes. The affidavit states that Johnson denied stacking boxes in front of the camera “even when confronted that there was surveillance video showing him doing it.”
He also allegedly acknowledged having a crush on Whitelaw at one point but claimed it was over. However, in their own interviews with police, one of the managers reportedly said she had asked for a different schedule as recently as several weeks ago to avoid working with Johnson, and another manager told officers Johnson showed signs of jealousy when Whitelaw’s boyfriend started working at the store in the spring.
This remains an active investigation. The Walgreens location remains closed Tuesday.
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BENTON HARBOR, Mich., July 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Whirlpool Corporation, a leading global major appliance company, is excited to announce that Rob Byrd has been appointed as General Manager of Builder Sales.
After nearly 15 years of dedication and experience in various roles at Whirlpool Corp., Rob Byrd will be responsible for leading the builder sales team and ensuring builder and distributor customers across the country have the support they need to do business with Whirlpool Corp.
"I'm excited for the opportunity to meet with our customers to better understand their needs so we can help them build their businesses," said Rob Byrd. "Learning the challenges and pain points they face is extremely important, and I look forward to focusing on the continual improvement of our operations."
Rob Byrd brings a strong background in builder sales to his new position, having worked across multiple roles throughout the company. He started as a Business Analyst in Builder Sales and rose through the ranks in various specialties including product development and merchandising. He will bring his steadfast leadership skills and extensive industry knowledge from his previous role, Director, National Accounts Sales & Operations, to his new role as General Manager, Builder Sales.
"Rob Byrd has very well-rounded experience within the builder industry and is already an effective leader at Whirlpool Corporation, so I'm confident he's the right person to help us further our mission to support our customers and help them build their businesses and communities," said Dave Cichocki, Vice President, US Sales at Whirlpool Corp. "This promotion was well-deserved, and our organization looks forward to his leadership."
For more information about Whirlpool Corporation, its portfolio of brands and additional resources for building industry professionals, visit WhirlpoolPro.com.
Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE: WHR) is committed to being the best global kitchen and laundry company, in constant pursuit of improving life at home. In an increasingly digital world, the company is driving purposeful innovation to meet the evolving needs of consumers through its iconic brand portfolio, including Whirlpool, KitchenAid, Maytag, Consul, Brastemp, Amana, Bauknecht, JennAir, Indesit and Yummly. In 2021, the company reported approximately $22 billion in annual sales, 69,000 employees and 54 manufacturing and technology research centers. Additional information about the company can be found at WhirlpoolCorp.com.
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Customers cite Lookout platform as valuable investment that can efficiently boost cloud and private application security governance
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lookout, a leader in endpoint and cloud security solutions, today announced it has been named a "Strong Performer" in the Gartner® Peer Insights™ "Voice of the Customer" for Security Service Edge (SSE). Gartner Peer Insights is a reviews and ratings platform for technology end users to provide candid customer feedback and for technology decision makers to learn about a company's products and services. The "Voice of the Customer" is a document that synthesizes these user reviews into insights for IT decision makers.
Gartner defines SSE as a technology that "secures access to the web, cloud services and private applications. Capabilities include access control, threat protection, data security, security monitoring and acceptable use control enforced by network-based and API-based integration. SSE is primarily delivered as a cloud-based service and may include on-premises or agent-based components." According to Gartner, by 2025, 80% of organizations seeking to procure SSE-related security services will purchase a consolidated SSE solution rather than stand-alone cloud access security broker, secure web gateway, and ZTNA offerings, up from 15% in 2021.1
Lookout's SSE solution, the Lookout Cloud Security Platform, safeguards an organizations' data, identifies and mitigates threats and facilitates secure access to the web, private apps and cloud services (SaaS) deployed in a multi-cloud environment. It combines Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB), Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) and Secure Web Gateway (SWG) natively in a single platform, significantly reducing the complexity, costs and number of security vendors and point solutions an IT department has to manage. It also provides the agility and scalability to keep pace with evolving, increasingly sophisticated threats.
"Lookout CASB is a great product. Out of all the products reviewed, it was the only product that allowed the data to be secured, regardless of location of endpoint or the data itself, as the security follows the data." – Security Analyst, Healthcare Industry
"I enjoy using Lookout CASB and am astounded by how comprehensive it is, from security to control and intelligence. Lookout CASB provides greater control over all our endpoints and app instances, while also allowing us to link it with our enterprise mobility management systems and to all other systems to enforce endpoint access controls. It not only efficiently boosts cloud and private application security governance but also across multi-cloud installations provides significant data finding capabilities." – Finance Consultant, Services Industry
"Lookout CASB is a valuable investment to gain visibility into shadow IT, and to add a real layer of security for SaaS apps." – Deputy CIO, Services Industry
"Lookout CASB is the only solution that lowers costs and simplifies security and access control across all touchpoints, cloud, and on-premises systems. My experience with Lookout CASB has been exactly as I had planned; it has given us complete control over access management and security." – Marketing Tech Leader, IT Services
Earlier this year, Gartner released its 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Security Service Edge in which Lookout was named a Visionary.2 The companion 2022 Gartner Critical Capabilities for SSE report ranked Lookout in the top three across all four Use Cases.3
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1 Gartner, "Magic Quadrant for Security Service Edge," John Watts, Craig Lawson, Charlie Winckless, Aaron McQuaid, February 15, 2022.
2 Gartner, "Magic Quadrant for Security Service Edge," John Watts, Craig Lawson, Charlie Winckless, Aaron McQuaid, February 15, 2022.
3 Gartner, "Critical Capabilities for Security Service Edge," Craig Lawson, Charlie Winckless, John Watts, Aaron McQuaid, February 16, 2022.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Attention Inotiv, Inc. ("Inotiv") (NASDAQ: NOTV) shareholders:
The Law Offices of Vincent Wong announce that a class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of investors who purchased between September 21, 2021 and June 13, 2022.
If you suffered a loss on your investment in Inotiv, 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 Inotiv includes allegations that the Company made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Inotiv's acquisition, Envigo RMS, LL ("Envigo"), and Inotiv's Cumberland, Virginia facility (the "Cumberland Facility") engaged in widespread and flagrant violations of the Animal Welfare Act ("AWA"); (2) Envigo and Inotiv's Cumberland Facility continuously violated the AWA; (3) Envigo and Inotiv did not properly remedy issues with regards to animal welfare at the Cumberland Facility; (4) as a result, Inotiv was likely to face increased scrutiny and governmental action; (5) Inotiv would imminently shut down two facilities, including the Cumberland Facility; (6) Inotiv did not engage in proper due diligence; and (7) as a result, defendants' statements about its business, operations, and prospects, were materially false and misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.
Aggrieved Inotiv investors only have until August 22, 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.
Vincent Wong, Esq. is an experienced attorney who has represented investors in securities litigations involving financial fraud and violations of shareholder rights. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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BELOIT, Wis., April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Regal Rexnord Corporation (NYSE: RRX) announced today that it plans to release its first quarter 2022 financial results after the market closes on Wednesday, April 27, 2022.
Regal Rexnord will hold a conference call to discuss the earnings release at 9:00 am CT (10:00 am ET) on Thursday, April 28, 2022. To listen to the live audio and view the presentation during the call, please visit Regal Rexnord's Investors website: https://investors.regalrexnord.com. To listen by phone or to ask the presenters a question, dial 1.888.317.6003 (U.S. callers) or +1.412.317.6061 (international callers) and enter 7442191# when prompted.
A webcast replay will be available at the link above, and a telephone replay will be available at 1.877.344.7529 (U.S. callers) or +1.412.317.0088 (international callers), using a replay access code of 4366397#. Both will be accessible for three months after the earnings conference call.
About the Company
Regal Rexnord Corporation is a global leader in the engineering and manufacturing of industrial powertrain solutions, power transmission components, electric motors and electronic controls, air moving products, and specialty electrical components and systems, serving customers around the world. Through longstanding technology leadership and an intentional focus on producing more energy-efficient products and systems, Regal Rexnord helps create a better tomorrow – for its customers and for the planet.
Regal Rexnord is comprised of four operating segments: Motion Control Solutions, Climate Solutions, Commercial Systems and Industrial Systems. Regal Rexnord is headquartered in Beloit, Wisconsin and has manufacturing, sales, and service facilities worldwide. For more information, visit RegalRexnord.com.
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SHANGRAO, China, July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. ("JinkoSolar" or the "Company") (NYSE: JKS), one of the largest and most innovative solar module manufacturers in the world, today announced that Jinko Solar Co., Ltd. ("Jiangxi Jinko"), its majority-owned principal operating subsidiary, intends to issue convertible bonds (the "Convertible Bonds") in the principal amount of up to RMB10 billion (the "Convertible Bond Issuance"). The Convertible Bonds, which will be listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange's Sci-Tech Innovation Board, have a term of six years and are convertible into Jiangxi Jinko's ordinary shares. The net proceeds from the Convertible Bond Issuance will be used for (i) construction and development of certain solar cell and module production projects by Jiangxi Jinko, and (ii) working capital for Jiangxi Jinko.
The completion of the proposed Convertible Bond Issuance is subject to the review process by the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the registration process by the China Securities Regulatory Commission.
The Company currently owns approximately 58.62% equity interest in Jiangxi Jinko and has special preemptive rights to subscribe for a portion of the Convertible Bonds.
About JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd.
JinkoSolar (NYSE: JKS) is one of the largest and most innovative solar module manufacturers in the world. JinkoSolar distributes its solar products and sells its solutions and services to a diversified international utility, commercial and residential customer base in China, the United States, Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom, Chile, South Africa, India, Mexico, Brazil, the United Arab Emirates, Italy, Spain, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Poland, Austria, Switzerland, Greece and other countries and regions. JinkoSolar has built a vertically integrated solar product value chain, with an integrated annual capacity of 40.0 GW for mono wafers, 40.0 GW for solar cells, and 50.0 GW for solar modules, as of March 31, 2022.
JinkoSolar has 12 productions facilities globally, 21 overseas subsidiaries in Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, India, Turkey, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, the United States, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Australia, Canada, Malaysia, UAE, and Denmark, and global sales teams in mainland China, the United States, Canada, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Japan, Australia, Korea, India, Turkey, Chile, Brazil, Mexico and Hong Kong, as of March 31, 2022.
To find out more, please see: www.jinkosolar.com
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NEW YORK, May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Kalli Hale is a second-generation dentist with six successful practices based in Texas. She's also a top-performing airway health doctor with a passion for improving patients' lives through better breathing. Now, Dr. Hale has signed on with clear aligner innovator, Candid as a CandidPro™ Faculty member to help a new generation of dentists treat patients more efficiently and effectively.
"Dr. Hale is an airway health powerhouse who has helped countless clinicians see the whole-body benefits of proper arch form." Says Candid's Vice President of Sales, Brian Ganey. "We're proud to have her join us in sharing what's next in oral healthcare with clinicians across the country."
For Dr. Hale, sharing Candid with her patients and other dental professionals represents a vital next step for her clinical and career goals.
"I'm passionate about helping patients overcome airway health concerns like sleep apnea and developmental issues," she says. "Candid gives me a simple way to complete my airway cases with clear aligners. I'm excited for the opportunity to share what I've learned so other clinicians are better equipped to address airway health and malocclusion."
Candid has recently expanded its clinical product offerings to include a prescription specifically designed for airway health partners. Candid's proprietary airway health prescription supports proper tongue resting positions, symmetrical arch forms, and proper occlusion—all while saving clinicians time.
"I used to spend hours and hours on treatment planning," says Dr. Hale. "Candid's efficient treatment planning process yields fantastic results while giving me more time to focus on other procedures. It's also enabled me to spend more time with my kids while keeping my business growing."
The secret to Candid's time-saving orthodontic treatment goes beyond efficient treatment planning. Remote CandidMonitoring™ minimizes in-office visits by having patients share progress scans from home. This gives clinicians like Dr. Hale the flexibility of reviewing patient progress without adding chair time. According to Dr. Hale, remote treatment tools like CandidMonitoring also enhance her patient experience.
"My patients love taking their CandidMonitoring scans," she notes. "It's a seamless experience that engages them in the treatment process and helps them visualize their progress."
As a CandidPro Faculty member, Dr. Hale will help dentists optimize their workflows around clear aligner therapy.
"So many patients want or could benefit from clear aligners," she says. "I want to help show dentists that they can meet that demand and maintain a healthy work-life balance as CandidPro providers."
About Candid
Candid is a cutting-edge clear aligner orthodontic system that makes treatment accessible and affordable for doctors and patients. Since 2020, Candid's CandidPro product has brought high-quality orthodontic care and patient support to dental practices and dental service organizations across the United States. Learn more at candidpro.com.
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Auction, speaker to highlight heart health at Topeka Go Red for Women event
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - A purse-onality auction and a guest speaker will highlight women’s heart health during the Topeka Go Red for Women event on Friday.
The American Heart Association says its Go Red for Women event celebrates the national women’s heart health movement and serves as a catalyst for change to improve the lives of women around the globe.
The AHA said the event will feature networking and a silent purse-onality auction where each item is reflective of the individual and company donating the purse package.
The Association said the event will proceed with lunch and a program, which will include Melissa Rock who will share her daughter’s inspiring heart journey. She is a wife, mother, friend and AHA employee who knows first-hand how important science and awareness are for families like hers.
The AHA said Helayna’s story is a reminder of how important AEDs are, and why everyone should know how to use one.
The Associaiton noted that the program will also include the keynote from Vice President Ancillary & Services, Adrienne Mills with Stormont Vail Health as she shares about “Reclaiming our rhythm: fighting fiercely for women’s health!”
AHA said Topeka’s Go Red for Women event is one of its signature events and is nationally sponsored by CVS Health.
Topeka’s Go Red for Women will be starting at 11:15 a.m. on Friday, May 20, at the Hotel Topeka at City Center, 1717 SW Topeka Blvd.
The AHA noted that cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in women and claims the lives of one in three. It said it is the No. 1 killer which takes more lives than all forms of cancer combined.
Among adults who are older than 20, the AHA said 44% of them have some form of cardiovascular disease. It said most heart disease and stroke deaths are preventable. Knowing CPR can save a life, and in a cardiac arrest emergency, an electric shock via an AED is linked to better recovery.
The Association also said bystander interventions like CPR and AED application significantly reduce death and disability due to out-of-hospital cardiac arrests. It said losing even one woman is one too many.
For more information about the Go Red for Women’s national movement, click HERE.
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SAN ANTONIO, Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Special Olympics Texas- San Antonio, has received a $10,000 grant from the MassMutual Foundation as part of the foundation's national Community Service Award (CSA) program. Special Olympics Texas- San Antonio, is one of thirty-two organizations to receive an award. The MassMutual Foundation made the grant in honor of the volunteer efforts of Darren Scrimpshire, a financial professional affiliated with Capital Strategies, in San Antonio, TX. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the CSA program.
"We are stronger when we come together as a community. Our Community Service Awards program recognizes financial professionals that choose to affiliate with MassMutual and embody the "Live Mutual" spirit, working with members of their respective neighborhoods, towns, and cities, helping nonprofits with which they are involved grow and thrive," said Dennis Duquette, head of MassMutual Community Responsibility and president of the MassMutual Foundation. "We are proud of the time and energy Scrimpshire's dedicates to better their community and are delighted to support their great work."
The mission of Special Olympics is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy, and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes, and the community.
"This award from the Mass Mutual foundation on Darren's behalf, will be utilized to expand athlete programs and to continue to provide life-changing experiences for individuals with intellectual disabilities in the San Antonio area," said Shawn Britt, Executive Director of Special Olympics – South Region.
Scrimpshire has been affiliated with Special Olympics – San Antonio for the past 12 years and has dedicated countless hours of time and talent to help the organization grow and flourish.
"I am very pleased that my dedication to Special Olympics has been recognized by the MassMutual Foundation," said Scrimpshire. "This grant will provide much needed funding to continue supporting our community through additional equipment and promoting inclusion for the athletes of Special Olympics – San Antonio)."
The MassMutual Foundation, Inc. is a dedicated corporate foundation established by Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual). The MassMutual Foundation activates connections and untapped opportunities within communities, so that all families can build their financial capability and thrive. In support of this mission, the Foundation develops partnerships and provides grants in support of our signature programs. The Foundation also supports anchor institutions in the communities where MassMutual operates.
To learn more about the MassMutual Foundation please visit https://www.massmutual.com/about-us/corporate-responsibility/foundation.
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First on CNN: White House explores tapping emergency diesel reserve to ease price spike
By Matt Egan, CNN
The White House is considering an emergency declaration that would enable President Joe Biden to release diesel from a rarely used stockpile in a bid to address a major supply crunch, a senior White House official told CNN.
The deliberations about tapping the Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve underscore the level of concern inside the White House about record-high prices for diesel.
Diesel is a vital fuel for the US economy, powering not only farm and construction equipment but the trucks, trains and boats that move goods across the country. Skyrocketing diesel prices are likely to get passed along to families, contributing to America’s worst inflation crisis in four decades.
Inventories of diesel in the Northeast have plunged to record lows in recent weeks because of a confluence of factors that include the war in Ukraine and surging demand.
“The system is definitely under strain,” the senior White House official said.
The impact from such a release would be limited by the relatively small size of the reserve, which only contains 1 million barrels of diesel — equal to about a day’s worth of supply in the region.
“It’s small potatoes. It might buy a couple of weeks or even months, but it doesn’t solve the underlying issues,” Andy Lipow, president of Lipow Oil Associates, told CNN.
Last used after Superstorm Sandy
The national average price for diesel stood at $5.56 a gallon as of Sunday, just shy of the record of $5.58 set last week, according to AAA. This marks a 75% increase from a year ago and at least one leading energy economist recently told CNN the price could spike to $10 a gallon by the end of the summer.
But the situation is even worse in the Northeast, a region that has fewer refineries. For instance, the average price for a gallon of diesel in New York is $6.52 a gallon, up 102% from a year ago, according to AAA.
Alarmed by plunging inventories and soaring prices, Biden officials began extensive internal briefings and consulted with fuel retailers to better understand the situation, the official said.
Now they are considering releasing diesel from the Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve, a step that has only been done once before: in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy in 2012.
The reserve was originally launched in 2000 as a way to meet a supply crunch caused by a severe winter storm. In 2011, it was converted from home heating oil to ultra-low sulfur distillate, a cleaner-burning diesel used to power engines in trucks, tractors and other vehicles.
‘It’s a band-aid’
Biden has asked officials to do the underlying groundwork necessary to be ready to release fuel from the reserve, the senior White House official told CNN.
“We think this looks like the exact circumstance where consideration of the release should be done and that’s what the president has directed,” the official said.
However, the reserve is relatively small and may only buy time, a limited amount at that.
By comparison, America’s stockpile of emergency oil, the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, currently contains 420 million barrels of crude oil. And that’s despite a series of massive releases from the SPR conducted during the Biden administration that has reduced the rainy-day fund.
“It’s a band-aid — one that isn’t going to last very long and when it comes off the injury is not healing,” Lipow said of the diesel reserve.
Loss of Russian barrels
The diesel supply crunch has been driven by a myriad of factors.
First, multiple refineries in the United States and Canada have been retired in recent years, limiting the system’s capacity to churn out gasoline, diesel and jet fuel to meet demand.
Secondly, energy demand has rebounded from the Covid-19 crash as people fly and drive more. Soaring jet fuel prices have incentivized refineries to make more of that fuel instead of diesel.
And then the war in Ukraine and ensuing sanctions further scrambled the picture.
Some Russian refineries have partially or fully shut down as Western nations attempt to punish Moscow for the invasion of Ukraine.
Analysts say the loss of Russian petroleum products has driven up US exports of diesel to Europe and elsewhere — just as demand for diesel has increased inside the United States.
Easing crunch?
The good news is there are signs the diesel supply crunch is easing, suggesting that perhaps a release from the Northeast reserve won’t be needed.
For instance, government statistics show distillate fuel inventories increased by 1.2 million barrels last week, although they are still 22% below the five-year average for this time of year.
Moreover, Tom Kloza, global head of energy analysis at the Oil Price Information Service, pointed to how the Colonial Pipeline, a key pipeline carrying fuel to the Northeast, is fully subscribed after weeks of underuse.
“My hunch is we’re probably through the worst of this,” said Kloza.
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Companies to Combine PLM Experts in New ITC Infotech Business Unit
BOSTON and BANGALORE, India , April 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PTC (NASDAQ: PTC) and ITC Infotech today announced an agreement to accelerate customer digital transformation initiatives, focused on the adoption of PTC's industry-leading Windchill® product lifecycle management (PLM) software as a service (SaaS). ITC Infotech will acquire a portion of PTC's PLM implementation services business and create a new business unit of ITC Infotech, called DxP Services, that will combine PLM professional services experts from both companies. Together, the two companies will work together to deliver "in-flight" Windchill implementation services for a broad set of existing PTC customers while also enabling a growing number of customers to move from their existing, sometimes highly-customized on-premises implementation of Windchill to next-generation, best-practice SaaS.
Across all aspects of business, digital transformation and SaaS adoption have gone mainstream, with more than half of all commercial software expected to be sold as SaaS this year. In the manufacturing industry, the SaaS adoption curve is accelerating, driven in part by the COVID pandemic. To meet this fast-emerging market need, PTC is investing heavily to bring its entire product portfolio to the cloud via its PTC Atlas™ SaaS Platform. With this new agreement, PTC and ITC Infotech will bring together professionals from both companies into a unified team dedicated to creating, and jointly offering, the tooling and methodologies required to expedite a smooth transition to SaaS.
"As a global technology services and solution provider, ITC Infotech shares a common goal with our partner PTC – to enable customers to embrace SaaS as a cornerstone of their digital transformation strategies," said Sudip Singh, Managing Director and CEO, ITC Infotech. "PTC and ITC Infotech have a proven and trusting alliance formed over 20 years working together for the benefit of our mutual customers. The creation of DxP Services will take our relationship to a whole new level and will enable PTC customers to transform the way they adopt technology in the distributed, secure, and agile workplace of the future."
ITC Infotech has successfully partnered with customers and helped them transform the way they consume technology, including embracing SaaS. The firm's deep understanding of the innovation and value which is realized at the intersection of technology, domain, and industry, makes them the partner of choice to their customers. Increasingly considered the backbone of digital transformation, PLM implementation for industrial companies is one of ITC Infotech's core competencies, with the firm having successfully delivered hundreds of global PLM engagements. Such depth of domain expertise, the longevity of collaboration between the two companies, and the fact that many PTC PLM implementation experts will be joining DxP Services will help provide a smooth transition for customers as the new business unit commences operations. Over time, DxP Services expects to expand the range of services it provides.
"It has long been PTC's strategy to build a partner ecosystem that brings to bear the expertise and capacity of systems integrators to drive business transformation and technology adoption across our global customer base," said Jim Heppelmann, President & CEO, PTC. "Together with ITC Infotech, we are creating a specialized team to unlock the potential of our Windchill services business and accelerate manufacturers' ability to realize the benefits of SaaS, such as accessibility, security, and a lower total cost of ownership."
Further accelerating PTC's embrace of SaaS as a business paradigm, the company will focus its own services professionals on thought leadership related to digital thread value realization. PTC's services experts are unique in their understanding of the value that can be created at the intersection of the technologies that drive an enterprise digital thread strategy – CAD, PLM, Internet of Things (IoT), and Augmented Reality (AR). PTC will apply that expertise to continue driving digital transformation across the manufacturing landscape. PTC will continue to lead implementation services for customers with unique requirements, such as U.S. federal government security protocols, while also continuing to collaborate with its global partner ecosystem to drive digital thread initiatives and enable more customers to benefit from PTC's next generation SaaS solutions across the company's technology portfolio.
"This new agreement with ITC Infotech will allow PTC to realign its own professional services experts to a unique thought leadership role in the industry in enabling digital transformation for industrial companies across engineering, manufacturing, and service," added Heppelmann. "PTC is investing heavily in next-generation SaaS solutions across our portfolio, and this expert team will develop the roadmaps our customers need to increase the value they realize from technology, and enable them to completely redefine the way work gets done."
Subject to applicable closing conditions, the transaction is expected to be completed in PTC's fiscal Q3. Management plans to discuss the expected impact of the agreement on PTC's financial and operating metrics during its fiscal Q2 quarterly earnings call on April 27.
ITC Infotech is a leading global technology services and solutions provider, led by Business and Technology Consulting. ITC Infotech provides business-friendly solutions to help clients succeed and be future-ready, by seamlessly bringing together digital expertise, strong industry specific alliances and the unique ability to leverage deep domain expertise from ITC Group businesses. The company provides technology solutions and services to enterprises across industries such as Banking & Financial Services, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Consumer Goods, Travel and Hospitality, through a combination of traditional and newer business models, as a long-term sustainable partner. ITC is one of India's leading private sector companies and a diversified conglomerate with businesses spanning Consumer Goods, Hotels, Paperboards and Packaging, Agri Business and Information Technology. For more information, please visit: http://www.itcinfotech.com/
PTC enables global manufacturers to realize double-digit impact with software solutions that enable them to accelerate product and service innovation, improve operational efficiency, and increase workforce productivity. In combination with an extensive partner network, PTC provides customers flexibility in how its technology can be deployed to drive digital transformation – on premises, in the cloud, or via its pure SaaS platform. At PTC, we don't just imagine a better world, we enable it. For more information, please visit www.ptc.com.
Statements in this press release that are not historic facts, including statements about customers' willingness to adopt SaaS solutions for their digital transformation initiatives, the development of technologies and methodologies to expedite the transition to SaaS, the effect of the transaction on customers, and the expected closing of the transaction, are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. These risks include: customers may be slower to adopt SaaS than we expect or may adopt competing SaaS solutions; the development of technologies and methodologies to expedite customers' transition to SaaS may not occur when or as we expect; significant disruption could occur among employees and/or customers, causing them to terminate their relationships with PTC or ITCI; and, the closing of the transaction may not occur when or as we expect if the closing conditions are not satisfied or the transaction is otherwise terminated. Other risks and uncertainties that could cause PTC's actual results to differ materially from those projected are detailed from time to time in reports filed by PTC with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including PTC's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q.
PTC, Windchill, PTC Atlas and the PTC logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of PTC Inc. and/or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries.
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(The Conversation) – Have you ever listened to a talk by somebody who came across as an expert, only to find that they had no clue after all? Or perhaps you’ve been annoyed by a colleague who explains the obvious in a condescending way. The way expertise is expressed is very similar to how confidence is expressed. And despite the trope of mansplaining, this happens independent of gender, although communicative styles do tend to differ between the genders.
When someone states their thoughts with high confidence, we assume they know what they are talking about and we are inclined to believe them. Often enough, we are correct: there are various indications in the way they talk that reflect their knowledge. However, it’s relatively easy to express certainty in language without having any sort of expertise to back it up. For more than 20 years, I’ve studied how people communicate their thoughts through language – including how they demonstrate expertise and confidence in their discourse.
Experts may know exactly what they cannot be sure about, while non-experts may confidently claim pure nonsense, if they believe in it. Some may even be skilled at claiming nonsense even if they don’t believe in it – this might help their political career or other interests that can be served by misleading people.
Actual expertise is important in a world where misinformation spreads easily. Here are five questions to ask yourself to determine whether the person you’re listening to is an expert, or just a confident speaker:
1. How likely is it that this person is an expert?
Consider their background, their possible motivation, their skills and goals in the present conversation. People may have true expertise and knowledge in areas you wouldn’t expect. But seeing no relation between what you know about this person and their proclaimed expertise is an indication that they’re just overconfident in a topic they actually know little about.
In research, actual expertise can be identified by objective measures such as facts about a person’s life history, or performance assessments. For instance, experts differ from novices in memory as well as perception and categorisation of complex facts. In daily life, awareness of someone’s background can help you treat their statements with appropriate caution.
2. How does this person communicate in general?
People differ in their communicative styles. Some tend to talk over others as a habit, needing to dominate a conversation. Others listen more, offering opinions and views only when they’re well-founded.
In a medical setting, an attentive style – one that prioritises listening over talking – can lead to better collaboration between physicians and nurses and improve the quality of care for the patient.
Sometimes it is wise to listen to the quieter voices: they might have more value to add than non-stop talkers.
3. Does the person go into depth?
Sweeping statements are easy to make. While experts know more details and will be ready to provide them, people without true knowledge have to stay on a superficial level. They might repeat the same general message over again, unable to elaborate. This presents another problem: If a message is repeated often enough, we will eventually believe it – that’s only natural. When it comes to COVID-19, research shows people believe repeated false information, especially about less known aspects.
4. Is anybody actually certain about the topic?
Events that we have not observed with our own eyes, that cannot be repeated in a scientific experiment, that happened long ago in the past or in the future – all of these naturally come with a certain amount of uncertainty. An expert will adequately acknowledge the limits to certainty. Their statements will contain uncertainty markers (words such as “maybe” or “could”) where appropriate.
Here, a crucial difference is that between “I am uncertain” and “It is uncertain”. A non-expert simply doesn’t know the available facts. But an expert knows whatever can be known about the matter at hand. In some cases, this goes as far as stating explicitly what the likelihood of a certain event is. Climate experts, for instance, will not be able to predict extreme weather events with certainty, beyond what immediate weather forecasts can provide. However, they can demonstrate how the occurrence of such events has increased in the past, and based on this they can provide the statistical likelihood of events such as flooding for the future.
5. Can they provide information flexibly?
Consider the difference between automatic route navigation systems (such as Google Maps) and the kind of directions you would get from a friend. The friend would be able to give you just the information you need, providing more details at tricky decision points, but skipping over those parts of the route that they know you’re already familiar with. Automatic systems are unable to do that. They’re not “experts” – they’re simply pulling information from a database, without actual insight or intelligence, using the same phrases over and over again.
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MIAMI, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Canes Connection, an industry leading organization dedicated to facilitating NIL opportunities for University of Miami (UM) Student Athletes, has announced that they will be integrating and utilizing the ReserveBlock RBX (reserveblock.io) blockchain protocol for NFTs. The ReserveBlock Foundation will provide a pool of RBX masternodes to the Canes Connection that will allow participating UM Student Athletes to be part of the RBX Network, verify transactions, and earn randomized block rewards. The RBX Network will also enable Canes Connection and participating UM Student Athletes to issue interactive NFTs to sponsors and brands, increasing connectivity and utility within the Canes Connection community.
For the first time ever in NIL, Canes Connection will deploy a randomized block reward system for the exclusive benefit of all student athletes participating in the Canes Connection NIL program by distributing earned rewards on a monthly basis. The RBX masternode deployment allows the Connection to create fair and equitable potential earnings for every participating student athlete regardless of fame, notoriety or playing status.
Through the use of self-executing (SENs) RBX smart contracts, the Connection will also issue interactive and dynamic NFTs for sponsors and fans to connect, collect and engage in unique experiences directly with student athletes, as well as initiate ambassadorships for brands and businesses at the local and national level.
"We are excited to partner with RBX on this unique and exciting project," said Zach Burr, Co-CEO of Canes Connection. "Those student athletes opting into the Canes Connection will be a part of a best-in-class NFT platform, and will be able to easily create their own NFTs for their fans and sponsors."
Each UM student athlete within the program will also have access to a personal RBX core-wallet and web-wallet that will enable them to add additional masternodes on the network using block rewards, if they choose. With their personal RBX wallets, they can also create their very own NFTs without having to know or write code. Each participating student athlete will be able to easily create NFTs and market them directly to fans and followers simply by sharing on their very own social media accounts.
"We chose to partner with RBX because we believed their blockchain protocol will provide our student athletes the most convenient and stress-free way to create and market their own NFTs, but more importantly, an incredible opportunity to earn passive block rewards via our pool of RBX masternodes," said Brian Goldmeier, Co-CEO of Canes Connection.
The Canes Connection will also provide an "on-ramp" from its own website to a secondary marketplace, which will be powered by the RBX Network, for aftermarket NFT auctions as well as for special NFT drops. This first mover NIL program is expected to launch in October 2022 with additional details to follow in the coming weeks.
RBX is the first open-source decentralized NFT Centric Blockchain that enables true peer-to-peer operability for the minting and trading of NFTs with or without the need of a centralized authority. With an ecosystem that provides a full suite of on-chain tools, RBX reduces common frictions and burdens by providing an environment for anyone and everyone to participate with transparent trustless features all through a core wallet or web wallet by either validating on the network and / or writing a smart contract without the need-to-know code whatsoever. The RBX network is currently in mainnet beta.
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LUND, Sweden, Aug. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The California Department of Public Health has granted Immunovia, Inc., the American subsidiary of Immunovia AB (Nasdaq :IMMNOV) (Stockholm: IMMNOV), a Clinical and Public Health Laboratory license, allowing physicians in California to order the IMMray PanCan-d test for their patients.
"People at risk for pancreatic cancer need better tools for early detection. We are thrilled that this approval enables us to make IMMray PanCan-d available to clinicians in California who care for those at risk." says Jeff Borcherding, Chief Executive Officer of Immunovia, Inc.
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Our first product, IMMray™ PanCan-d is the only blood test currently available specifically for the early detection of pancreatic cancer. The test has unmatched clinical performance. Commercialization of IMMray™ PanCan-d started in August 2021 in the USA and IMMray™ PanCan-d is offered as a laboratory developed test (LDT) exclusively through Immunovia, Inc. For more information see: www.immunoviainc.com.
Immunovia collaborates and engages with healthcare providers, leading experts and patient advocacy groups globally to make this test available to all high-risk pancreatic cancer groups.
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Ten years ago, a company calling itself Texas Central High-Speed Railway announced plans for a trailblazing bullet train that would whisk passengers between Dallas and Houston in 90 minutes. Company leaders exuded confidence that the trains would be running up to 205 miles per hour by 2020.
The potential for an American high-speed rail line captured the imagination of Texans and national train enthusiasts alike. At one point during an event celebrating the unbuilt high-speed rail line, then-Vice President Joe Biden told a Dallas crowd, “You’re going to lead this country into an entirely new era of transportation.”
But a decade on, there are still no new tracks between Dallas and Houston.
Through multiple business entities who often use some version of the Texas Central moniker, developers of the project spent years raising hundreds of millions of dollars for construction, fighting conservative lawmakers’ attempts to dampen their plans and buying land needed to lay the tracks. Perhaps the biggest battle, though, came from legal challenges to the company’s claims that state law allows it to forcibly purchase property when owners aren’t willing to voluntarily sell.
In June, the Texas Supreme Court settled the matter and handed the company what could be a watershed victory, ruling that Texas Central can use eminent domain for its high-profile project. By the time the court ruled, though, Texas Central’s board had reportedly disbanded and its CEO and president had resigned. The project’s original timeline had already gone off the rails (at one point the construction was slated to begin in 2017). And land acquisition seems to have all but stopped in the last two years, according to land records reviewed by The Texas Tribune.
A spokesperson for the company, who is employed by a consulting firm that handles Texas Central’s media requests, says the project is still in the works.
“Texas Central is continuing to seek further investment, and is moving forward with the development of this high-speed train,” Tom Becker, a senior managing director with FTI Consulting, said in a statement. “We appreciate the continued support of our investors, lenders, and other key stakeholders, as we continue to advance this important project.”
But the company and Becker have declined to answer specific questions about the leadership exodus, apparent slump in land acquisition, funding prospects and status of permits Texas Central would need to move forward. A federal transportation agency says it hasn’t had contact with the company in two years. The portion of Texas Central’s website that once listed executive leaders is now blank — as is the list of current job openings.
Texas Central’s relative silence on the recent developments has left supporters of the project, who would like to see two of the state’s largest economic engines more easily connected, in limbo. Opponents, who have long railed against the idea of a private company using eminent domain to seize Texans’ land, are cautiously hoping Texas Central won’t rebound.
Even if the company resurges, there remain major obstacles ahead to acquire land and finance an increasingly expensive project described as “shovel ready” as recently as 2020. The stakes of the high-speed rail project extend beyond the company and Texas. The 240 miles of relatively flat land between Dallas and Houston has long been heralded as the ideal location for what Texas Central and its supporters say could be the first leg of a national high-speed rail system that transforms the country.
There are few infrastructure projects in the country that can compare in size to the Texas rail line. A California high-speed rail project between Los Angeles and San Francisco also faces significant political, financial and legal hurdles. But Michael Bennon, the program manager at Stanford University’s Global Infrastructure Policy Research Initiative, hangs a lot of hope on the Texas project given the relatively short distance, estimated frequency of travel and the landscape between the two cities.
“If you can’t do high-speed rail in that corridor, it’s hard to imagine it working anywhere else,” Bennon said.
A decade in the making
The announcement of the Dallas-Houston bullet train came more than two decades after another, failed high-speed rail project in Texas that collapsed after $70 million in investments in the early 1990’s.
The most recent attempt at high-speed rail drew widespread attention and support. Texas Central has long billed the project — modeled after the Japanese Shinkansen bullet train — as an accessible, safe alternative to car travel in Texas. Among the selling points: an estimated $36 billion in economic benefits, an environmentally friendly solution to plane travel and a revolutionary step forward for large-scale infrastructure in America. The hype cast the train as a game changer for Texas and America.
“There’s no doubt once people ride this train, they will want trains like this to go other places,” Holly Reed, Texas Central’s former managing director of external affairs, said in 2018.
In addition to Biden’s 2015 endorsement, plans for high-speed rail in Texas saw formal support from former President Donald Trump, several state leaders and close to 100 businesses and organizations. The company’s board and advisors featured a plethora of prominent names, such as Temple billionaire and former Houston Astros owner Drayton McLane Jr. and Ron Kirk, the former Dallas mayor and former Texas secretary of state.
But Republican state officials, who have long controlled the Legislature and state government, were caught between the collision of two things they and their voters support — minimal restraints on the private industry and protecting Texas landowners’ property rights.
In the summer of 2016, Texas Central began its efforts in earnest to acquire land along the route of the line, contacting property owners and submitting documentation to retain the option to purchase acres in the 10 counties the rail line would cross.
Along the way, Texans’ free-market enthusiasm often clashed with private property advocates who criticized the efforts of the company to push the railroad through rural land to benefit two already bustling urban behemoths.
Donovan Maretick, a Navy veteran who lives in Harris County, has fought the company’s efforts to survey and purchase his land. He moved to a more rural area of the state to seek some quiet for his family — and he doesn’t intend to give that up so a private entity can build an intercity bullet train.
“I rose to the occasion to fight for the country, and I’ll be damned if I’m not gonna rise to the occasion to fight for my little piece of country. And that’s what we’ve had to do as individual landowners for the last six years.” Maretick told the Tribune.
Throughout multiple legislative sessions, some Republican lawmakers sought to limit how the project could be developed or financed. Others tried to kill it outright. But Texas Central’s project repeatedly emerged largely unscathed.
State Sen. Royce West, D-Dallas, has maintained his support for the development endeavor, though he’s well aware of how rural and urban interests are often at odds on the matter.
“The time has come for us as Texans to recognize that we need another mode of transportation to get people around the state,” West said in an interview with the Tribune. “Just like anything else, you have to build this for the future.”
In October 2020, with another legislative session on the horizon, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott threw his “full support” behind the project in a letter to Yoshihide Suga, then the prime minister of Japan. By then, the Japan Bank of International Cooperation had loaned the venture $300 million.
“Public support and momentum are on our side, and this project can be completed swiftly,” Abbott wrote.
The governor also claimed Texas Central had “all the necessary permits to begin construction” — something the Tribune found was not, and still isn’t, true. Lawmakers representing Texans who own land in the project’s path expressed disappointment at the letter. Abbott’s office later said the “information it was provided was incomplete” and it would review the matter, but did not respond to multiple follow-up questions from the Tribune at the time.
And the governor still isn’t talking. This month, Abbott’s office did not return multiple requests for comment about the matter.
After Abbott’s 2020 letter to the Japanese prime minister, Carlos Aguilar, Texas Central’s CEO at the time, also declined to answer specific questions, but said the company was “focused on finalizing financing and getting ready for execution.”
A plan derailed
In June, the Texas Supreme Court ruled that Texas Central Railroad & Infrastructure and Integrated Texas Logistics, a partner in the rail project, have eminent domain power because they are “interurban electric railway companies.” The decision, based on the Texas Transportation Code, enables the high-speed railway project to move forward with surveying and forcibly buying private property.
Trey Duhon, president of Texans Against High-Speed Rail, said the decision surprised him and set a dangerous precedent.
“You’re not supposed to be able to exercise this authority or power without some checks and balances,” he told the Tribune. “This opinion really opens the door and allows anyone who wants to build an electric railway anywhere in the state of Texas the ability to do so.”
But having the ability to use eminent domain doesn’t mean the process will be easy — or cheap. And one expert in eminent domain law said the company may still face a major legal hurdle in exercising its eminent domain authority.
Luke Ellis, an Austin lawyer who teaches eminent domain law at the University of Texas School of Law, told the Tribune that project opponents could still mount legal challenges that hinge on what’s called a “public use” clause. That provision of law requires that an entity using eminent domain can only do so when creating something for “public use.” Ellis said there remains an outstanding question whether the train qualifies as “public use.” The Texas Supreme Court didn’t rule on that question, leaving it open to future legal challenges.
What’s more, eminent domain isn’t a fast and clean operation. If a landowner doesn’t want to sell, Texas Central would likely have to sue and kick off what’s called a separate condemnation process — complete with arguments and hearings — for each landowner who won’t voluntarily give up their land and doesn’t agree that the money Texas Central offers is adequate compensation.
These two legal obstacles could stall Texas Central’s momentum if construction gets underway, Ellis said, but only up to a certain point. Entities with eminent domain authority can take possession of private property once a designated commission determines the land’s value and that amount is paid into an account. While both parties can appeal the decision and take it to a jury, entities like Texas Central have an advantage.
“There’s a legal mechanism that allows them to begin construction of the project even before the eminent domain lawsuit has fully resolved,” Ellis said.
Texas Central has long said it would use eminent domain only as a last resort and it would prefer to amicably buy the land needed for the project. How many parcels it needs has long been a mystery. While Texas Central has released a map of the line’s route, it has remained mum for years on how many purchases it would take to amass the land needed for the project.
The company has negotiated with landowners to reserve the option to purchase land along the route. In some instances, the railroad developer acquired those parcels of land. Yet in others, the purchase options expired or the company agreed to release those contracts, allowing landowners to sell to another buyer.
According to a Tribune review of public land records, the company ramped up land acquisition efforts in 2016. But since 2020, there’s been a steep decline in options filed and deeds amassed on behalf of Texas Central.
In several counties in the past two years, Texas Central has resold property it had purchased to other buyers. Texas Department of Transportation officials confirmed the state agency purchased a handful of acres from the railroad company in Madison County for $75,000. Public documents filed between May 2021 and April 2022 showed that the railroad company sold off more than 170 acres in Navarro County.
The Tribune reached out to McLane, the board of directors’ former chair; several former advisors, including Kirk; and the company’s listed partners. They either did not respond or they directed inquiries to Katie Barnes, the director of right of way at Texas Central, who declined to answer questions.
Continued resistance
Meanwhile, the cost of the project likely will continue to grow. Initially estimated to cost $12 billion, McLane expected the project to cost $30 billion by 2020.
In 2019, Texas Central announced it had raised $450 million in capital commitments for the project, which included the $300 million loan from the Japan Bank of International Cooperation. In written testimony to Congress in 2021, Aguilar, the CEO at the time, said the company had made $700 million in private investments into the project.
Just before the Supreme Court ruling this year, Aguilar explained his resignation via a LinkedIn post after Spanish news outlet La Información reported that the board had disbanded and he was leaving.
Aguilar said he “could not align our current stakeholders on a common vision for a path forward,” but spoke highly of the plans — and Texas Central employees.
“Most of the ‘graduates’ of our effort will continue to contribute to our economy through their roles at other companies,” he wrote.
During Aguilar’s tenure, the project cleared two key regulatory hurdles. The Federal Railroad Administration approved the bullet train between the two Texas cities and released an environmental impact statement for the project in 2020. While those were stepping stones needed to keep the project on track, they didn’t completely clear the way for the company to begin building.
The Surface Transportation Board, a federal agency that primarily regulates freight trains, ruled in 2016 that it did not have jurisdiction over Texas Central’s plan to build a rail line between Dallas and Houston because it would not be part of an interstate rail network.
Texas Central appealed, and STB said in July 2020 the company could submit another application for consideration. But the agency hasn’t heard back from the would-be railroad builders, a STB spokesperson told the Tribune.
Many proponents of the project still stand behind it, even if there are few, if any, details about its future.
“The Texas Association of Businesses fights for policies that help employers make the largest impact on their communities. High speed rail would not only expedite business operations but would connect job creators to talent in other areas. With an estimated economic impact of $36 billion, TAB maintains its support of this project,” Rebecca Grande, TAB policy manager, said in a statement.
Texas Central’s critics and opponents are cautious about declaring the project dead, even if it appears the company has lost necessary momentum to bring its ambitions to life.
Maretick, the Harris County landowner, says Texas Century might have won the battle in the Texas Supreme Court, but he won’t give up the war for his property. He hopes the burden of future legal battles will hinder the project to such a degree that the power of eminent domain will be but a “pyrrhic victory” for Texas Central.
“A victory that they won, but it came at too high of a cost,” he said.
Disclosure: Texas Association of Business and Texas Central have been financial supporters of The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization that is funded in part by donations from members, foundations and corporate sponsors. Financial supporters play no role in the Tribune’s journalism. Find a complete list of them here.
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WASHINGTON, July 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Press Club, the world's leading professional organization for journalists, has chosen Sean Cummings of Portland, Oregon, as the recipient of its 2022 Shirley & Dennis Feldman Fellowship. The award for graduate students is a one-time scholarship of $5,000.
Cummings, a freelance writer, has had work appear in the Santa Barbara Independent, Mountain Journal, and The Stanford Daily, as well as in a few regional environmental newsletters in Southern California. He will pursue a science communication master's degree at the University of California Santa Cruz.
The judges were very impressed with Cumming's writing skills and work portfolio. He holds a Bachelor of Arts with Honors in Environmental Humanities from Whitman College.
"I love that every pitch and assignment lets me admit ignorance and learn something new. I love the puzzle of arranging words to not only describe the scientific process but also the wonder and grief of its discoveries—a crucial responsibility during the climate crisis," Cummings wrote in his application.
As an intern with The Santa Barbara Independent, Cummings has covered a number of environmental issues, including a proposed housing development's potential ecological impacts and the debut of a new whale detection system, designed by scientists and oceanographers to minimize collisions between whales and shipping vessels in the Santa Barbara Channel.
"Sean has the key traits a journalist needs: a strong sense of curiosity, a humble intelligence, the ability to do research and ask smart questions, and the talent to boil down a quantity of information into a good and readable story," wrote Jean Yamamura, intern coordinator for The Santa Barbara Independent, in her recommendation letter. "Sean also displayed the courage a writer needs to tackle an unfamiliar and daunting story. His coverage of an acrimonious city council recall election in Solvang, California, resulted in persistent emails and calls from sources, many of them passionate local characters with hotly conflicting perspectives, tasks he shouldered gracefully."
Cummings turned to writing and reporting after discovering studying science went differently than he'd imagined.
"My first day on the reef during Stanford's Wrigley Field Program in Hawaii rendered me useless
as a scientist. I'd hoped to get a taste for field science and on that day, it meant counting fish," he wrote in his application essay. "I didn't want to count fish. I wanted to follow them around in childish stupefaction, to memorize their shapes, movements and hues. I enjoyed learning about the reefs but proved a sloppy data-gatherer, too fascinated with the sensory euphoria to focus on transect surveys."
Cumming's work as a reporter has unleashed a passion which could well lead him into a significant career in journalism, wrote academic advisor Don Snow in a recommendation letter:
"He sees the profession as a form of public service. As a former journalist … I can readily applaud his motives for wanting to enter into the work of the fourth estate."
Judges said Cummings's background in science would bring a much needed perspective to journalism.
"We are excited to celebrate Sean's direction in science journalism," said Jen Judson, National Press Club president. "With his strong writing skills and desire to show readers how the world works around them, he is poised for success."
This year's runner-up is Mariama Jallow of Salem, North Carolina.
Scholarship winners and runners-up are awarded one-year complimentary membership to the National Press Club.
CONTACT: Julie Moos, National Press Club Journalism Institute; jmoos@press.org
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Shares are mixed in Asia in cautious trading after Wall Street rumbled to the edge of a bear market on Friday.
Tokyo and Sydney were higher Monday while Hong Kong and Shanghai declined.
Investors were awaiting minutes from the latest policy setting meeting of the Federal Reserve and updates on consumer prices, due later this week.
On Friday the S&P 500 dipped more than 20% below its peak set early this year before buying late in the day gave it a tiny gain. It finished 18.7% below its record. That capped a seventh straight losing week, the longest since 2001, when the dot-com bubble was deflating.
Inflation and rising interest rates, the war in Ukraine, and China’s slowing economy are all punishing stocks and raising fears about a possible U.S. recession.
The Nikkei 225 in Tokyo gained 0.5% to 26,868.02. President Joe Biden’s visit to Japan and South Korea was due to result in the launching of a U.S. initiative on economic cooperation and security.
Called the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, the White House said it will help the United States and Asian economies work more closely on issues including supply chains, digital trade, clean energy, worker protections and anticorruption efforts.
However, the details still need to be negotiated among member countries, making it unclear how the framework might help U.S. workers and businesses while also serving the interests of partner countries.
South Korea’s Kospi was unchanged, at 2,639.58.
Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 edged 0.1% higher to 7,154.70. Australia’s center-left opposition party on Saturday toppled the conservative government after almost a decade in power.
Anthony Albanese was sworn in as prime minister after his Labor party clinched its first electoral win since 2007. Labor has promised more financial assistance and a robust social safety net as Australia grapples with the highest inflation since 2001 and soaring housing prices.
But analysts said the policy stance of the newly elected administration was not significantly different from the incumbent government and major changes were not expected.
“Although it is possible that Labor will represent a slightly more fiscally supportive government than their predecessors, we don’t see many implications for financial markets from this election result,” ING Economics economists said in a commentary.
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index lost 1.4% to 20,424.23 while the Shanghai Composite index declined 0.4% to 3,133.38.
On Friday, the S&P 500 finished the day up 0.57 points at 3,901.36. The Dow Jones Industrial Average edged up less than 0.1%, to 31,261.90. The Nasdaq composite trimmed a big loss to finish 0.3% lower, at 11,354.62.
Many big tech stocks, seen as some of the most vulnerable to rising interest rates, have already fallen much more than 20% this year. That includes a 37.2% tumble for Tesla and a 69.1% nosedive for Netflix.
It’s a sharp turnaround from the powerful run Wall Street enjoyed after emerging from its last bear market in early 2020, at the start of the pandemic.
With inflation at its highest level in four decades, the Fed has switched from keeping interest rates super-low to support markets and the economy and is raising rates and making other moves to tamp down inflation. The worry is it might go too far or too quickly.
Goldman Sachs economists recently put the probabilty of a U.S. recession in the next two years at 35%.
Inflation has been painfully high for months. But the market’s worries swung higher after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sent prices spiraling further at grocery stores and gasoline pumps, because the region is a major source of energy and grains.
Adding pressure onto stocks are signs corporate profits are slowing and finally may be suffering from inflation.
In other trading, U.S. benchmark crude oil added 47 cents to $110.75 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. It gained 39 cents to $110.28 on Friday.
Brent crude, used as the basis for pricing for international trading, advanced 67 cents to $113.22 per barrel.
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In the late summer of 2020, my colleague Jo Parker, a senior editor at CNN, called me to discuss a job applicant. My department, CNN Health, was hiring a freelance news assistant to help with the avalanche of Covid-19 research, and Jo said she knew just the right person for the job.
I remember that phone conversation vividly, me in my kitchen making tea, Jo in her home. She was enthusiastic about the applicant, who had done an internship with her group at CNN, but I was hesitant. Very hesitant.
We needed someone who could digest complicated medical data under intense deadline pressure. Our last news assistant was getting her M.D. and Ph.D. at Harvard. The one before her was a physician about to start her neurology residency at Mass General Brigham. The applicant Jo was calling about was much younger -- she'd just graduated from college. I doubted she could handle the workload.
Just hire her, Jo advised. You'll see.
Because I've worked with Jo for decades and trust her implicitly, we hired the applicant. And she was right.
Just 23 years old with very little experience in journalism, much less sifting through medical-ese under a time crunch, this young woman performed at not just an A level, but an A+ level. It didn't surprise us when four months later, The Virginian-Pilot and Daily Press scooped her up with an offer of a permanent job. We bid her goodbye with hugs over a Zoom call and told her we hoped to see her back at CNN someday, when we'd welcome her with open arms.
Fifteen months later, Sierra Jenkins walked out of a pizza restaurant and was shot and killed.
Sierra was 25 when she died, and two other young people, Devon Harris, 25, and Marquel Andrews, 24, were also killed in the shooting. Police in Norfolk, Virginia, have made an arrest, and say the shooting was sparked by an argument over a spilled drink, according to The Pilot.
A kind and lovely woman, a bright and rising star, a young journalist with such incredible potential, gone in the second it took someone to pull a trigger.
During her time at CNN and while she was at The Pilot, Sierra and I would talk, sometimes for hours, about her career and aspirations and how to achieve them, how to find a certain source, for example, or craft a particular story.
As a former newspaper journalist myself, I tried to give her pointers, but I think I got more out of our talks than she did, as her enthusiasm and love for our shared profession filled my heart. When she had her first front-page story at The Pilot, she sent me this photo.
Her smile says it all. All of that joy, all of that potential, gone in a gunshot.
The night she died, Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN Health's supervising editor, and I sat on the phone crying together. I told Jamie how Sierra had always reminded me of my oldest daughter, who's just a few months younger. I have cried nearly every day since Sierra was killed. I am weeping now as I write this.
The recent tragedies in Buffalo, New York and Uvalde, Texas, leave all of us in terrible pain. Killing after killing, one word reverberating in our minds: Again? Again? Again? The words echo in my mind as a public health specialist, as a medical journalist who has reported on gun violence, and now as someone who has lost a dear colleague to a gun.
Like all Americans, my heart yearns for an answer on how to stop the carnage.
So I called my hairdresser.
The power of gun owners to save lives
Both in Congress and in state legislatures, Republicans have thwarted efforts to make America safer from gun violence -- efforts such as universal background checks or laws to raise the required age to buy semiautomatic firearms to 21.
"Why do these Republicans refuse to act?" my colleague Harry Enten asked in a recent article. He answered his own question: "There is simply no political pressure to do so."
Politicians like to get reelected, and it's an old adage that when they want to know how to vote on an issue, they put their finger to the wind. Given that 44% of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents say they personally own a gun, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted last year, Republican politicians seem to think voters who own guns want their elected officials to oppose laws to curb gun violence.
That's why I called my hairdresser.
Shane Petsch has cut my hair for nearly 30 years in Atlanta. He owns several guns and has had a concealed carry weapon permit since he was 21. He says he takes his pistol pretty much everywhere he goes except work.
Shane and other responsible gun owners are in a unique position to change the political winds and convince Republicans to vote for reasonable safety measures on these deadly weapons.
Shane has made it clear to me over and over (I get my hair cut quite frequently) that he wants to keep his gun. He doesn't want anyone to take it away from him. On this point he is strong, firm, 100%, and as clear as day.
But Shane is also the father of two beautiful little girls, and he doesn't want them to get shot in school, like in Uvalde or Newtown or Parkland, Florida, or while they're out shopping, like in Buffalo or Columbia, South Carolina, or at church like in Sutherland Springs, Texas, or Charleston, South Carolina. He recognizes the randomness of shootings -- that they can happen to anyone, anytime, anywhere.
"I think any law that can be passed to keep guns out of mentally challenged people's hands or anyone looking to commit a crime, I'm all about it," he said.
Shane is not alone. While no one study is definitive, in a 2019 survey of more than 2,000 gun owners published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Tufts University researcher Dr. Michael Siegel found a majority supported measures to curb gun violence such as background checks and policies to keep guns from people at high risk for violence, including domestic violence offenders or those with mental illness.
And it wasn't just a slight a majority -- for example, 86% of gun owners in the survey supported background checks for concealed carry permits and 76% supported requiring a permit to carry a handgun.
If responsible gun owners speak up, it could be the "gamechanger" we've all been waiting for, Siegel said.
"Republicans are not going to listen to us public health people or to non-gun owners, but they're going to have to listen to gun owners, especially those in their district who say 'I'm not going to take any of this nonsense anymore,' " he said.
That's why I'm making this plea to responsible gun owners, many of whom are already working hard to save lives. In Michigan, Jonathan Gold has been trying to get his state legislators to pass measures such as barring people convicted of domestic violence from buying a gun and better safe storage laws. He says he won't stop trying, and notes that mass shootings are actually a small fraction of all gun deaths, with suicides accounting for more than half of them.
"I want to solve them all. I want to make this my life's work," said Gold, president of the Michigan chapter of Giffords Gun Owners for Safety, part of the organization led by former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords to end gun violence in the US.
Emily Engelhaupt, a gun owner who works with Giffords Gun Owners for Safety in Colorado, has been working hard to save lives in her state. She testified in the state legislature in support of bills to require gun owners to safely store guns and to report lost or stolen firearms, and those bills became laws last year.
Gun owners who've lost loved ones to gun violence want to see things change, too.
Sierra's father, Maurice Jenkins, owns a gun, but says the right to do so should not be without limits.
"The majority of the people who go out and purchase firearms the right way normally aren't the problem," he told me. "But I think in a lot of cases it's way too easy to get a gun. The last time I purchased one, I was in and out of there in 20 minutes."
Sierra's mother, Moniquekia Thompson, also supports gun rights -- she's planning on getting firearm training for herself and Sierra's younger sister -- but she, too, wants to see changes in gun laws.
"What is an 18-year-old doing with an assault rifle? Those types of rifles shouldn't be sold to individuals," she said.
If politicians want to turn their backs on responsible gun owners and side instead with the National Rifle Association, they should think again. The NRA has been spending less and less on lobbying, and in addition, many responsible gun owners feel alienated from the group.
As Engelhaupt, the gun owner in Colorado, put it, NRA "rhetoric" on common sense gun laws "are extremist views and held by just a small portion of gun owners."
'Come to the table'
Last month, I was at Ramstein Air Base covering the airlift of infant formula from Germany to the US. We journalists are privileged to observe some amazing events, and it was awesome to watch members of the 721st Aerial Port Squadron take in nearly 100,000 cans of baby formula arrange them for delivery and send them into the sky.
I thought about how Sierra, a young, promising journalist, will never get to have an experience like this. I turned my back to my colleagues so they would not see my eyes fill with tears as I watched the young airmen and airwomen hard at work on this enormous task, beginning their careers just as Sierra was beginning hers when she was with us at CNN.
The pain I feel as a former colleague is nothing in comparison to what her parents feel, or what the parents of the little children in Uvalde are feeling.
Gun violence has become the No. 1 killer of children and teens in the United States, overtaking car accidents in 2020, according to a recent New England Journal of Medicine report.
Gun owners are in a unique position to spare any more parents from having to bury their children. But for that happen, those who don't own guns need to help.
In the Tufts study, Siegel found that of that while 75% of gun owners supported universal background checks, only 7.3% of those supporters had ever publicly expressed support for such policies.
To save lives, people who don't own guns need to make it easier for gun owners to speak up in support of such policies. As Siegel put it in his study, people need to "avoid alienating gun owners."
"We need to show respect for their decision to own guns for self-defense or whatever [legal] purpose," he told me.
Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, understands this. She's the first CDC director to have the guts to talk seriously about guns in about 25 years, when the NRA convinced Congress to cut all of the CDC's funding for gun research.
"I really do believe that the population of people who wants to own a gun doesn't want people hurt by them," she told me in our interview last year. "Come to the table. Join us in the conversation."
Her starting point for that conversation with gun owners: No one wants more bloodshed.
"Let's agree we don't want people to die. Let's just agree there. What can we do to stop people from dying, and what can we do to stop people from being injured?" she said.
It's gun owners -- and perhaps only gun owners -- who have the political power to stop people from dying. It's gun owners who can become the real American heroes of this story.
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The Automatic Bread Maker (SD-R2550) eliminates the guesswork of making baked goods from scratch with customizable Dough Kneading and Fermentation Modes, and 20 pre-set programs
NEWARK, N.J., Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Panasonic announced the release of the Automatic Bread Maker (SD-R2550), an innovative home appliance for baking a variety of baked goods from the comfort of your home, including breads, doughs, sweets, a variety of gluten-free options, and more. The Automatic Bread Maker comes equipped with innovative Panasonic technology, customizable manual settings, and 20 pre-set programs for making easy and delicious baked goods at home.
Baked Goods Made Easily and Efficiently
The Automatic Bread Maker features a variety of innovative features for perfectly baked bread. New manual setting modes (Dough Kneading Mode and Fermentation Mode) replicate the kneading techniques of an artisan baker and can be customized to the recipe for the ideal kneading and fermentation times. A Double Temperature Sensor automatically measures the room temperature and internal temperature and adjusts how much time the dough needs to rise and rest in order to achieve a perfectly risen loaf of a bread. A Unique Kneading Blade works with the specially placed ribs in the bread pan to deliver the best-tasting bread with the ideal texture and a Raisin & Nut Dispenser automatically funnels raisins, nuts, or seeds into the pan at the best timing for even distribution.
For the ideal loaf every time, users can select from three loaf sizes (medium, large, x-large) and three crust shades (light, medium, dark) to achieve a desired size and color combination. The Automatic Bread Maker comes equipped with a non-stick, ribbed bread pan that can hold and stretch dough without it sticking to the pan, a measuring cup/spoon, a sourdough cup/starter spoon, and a quick start guidebook that contains a variety of mouth-watering recipes and the operating instructions.
Satisfy Cravings and Dietary Needs with a Variety of Pre-Set Programs
With 20 pre-set programs, the Automatic Bread Maker offers users the option to easily bake a variety of breads, doughs and sweets, ranging from French bread, brioche, sourdough and even jam. For those who follow a gluten-free diet, the Automatic Bread Maker comes equipped with four pre-set programs specifically designed to bake gluten-free bread, cake, pizza dough and pasta dough.
The Panasonic Automatic Bread Maker (SD-R2550) will be available on Amazon for $299.99 in August 2022.
About Panasonic Corporation of North America
Newark, NJ-based Panasonic Corporation of North America is a leading provider of Consumer Lifestyle technologies, as well as innovative Smart Mobility, Sustainable Energy, Immersive Experiences, and Integrated Supply Chain solutions. The company is the principal North American subsidiary of Osaka, Japan-based Panasonic Holdings Corporation. One of Interbrand's Top 100 Best Global Brands of 2021, Panasonic is a leading technology partner and integrator to businesses, government agencies and consumers across the region. Learn more about Panasonic's ideas and innovations at na.panasonic.com/us
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Founded in 2022, Omni Fiber begins initial rollout of state-of-the-art broadband networks to small and mid-size communities in the Midwest.
CINCINNATI, Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Omni Fiber, a new Fiber-To-The-Premises (FTTP) provider committed to bringing a new choice in Internet service to underserved markets in the Midwest, announced 3 initial markets to be served in the state of Ohio today: Clyde, Dover, and Shelby.
"Omni Fiber is committed to serving the residents of small and mid-size towns across the Midwest with high-speed connectivity as quickly as possible," said Darrick Zucco, CEO of Omni Fiber. "We recognize that fast, reliable service is no longer a luxury but a necessity for all Americans, and our company is proud to partner with the cities of Clyde, Dover, and Shelby to provide critical infrastructure for its residents and businesses."
Construction has already begun in Clyde and is slated to begin later this month in both Dover and Shelby. The construction process will occur in phases and take several months to complete, with installations beginning this fall.
Services available will include Fiber Internet with speeds up to 2 Gbps, traditional or streaming TV options, and Phone. Omni Fiber is proud to offer a new choice in Internet service with symmetrical speeds, no data caps, no installation charges, no hidden fees, Premium Wi-Fi included, and Ohio-based sales and customer service.
Residents can expect communications from Omni Fiber when construction begins as well as when services are available, and those interested in being among the first to get Omni Fiber service can place a no-obligation pre-order at www.omnifiber.com or by calling 844-844-OMNI (6664).
Omni Fiber looks forward to serving customers in Clyde, Dover, and Shelby in the coming months, and will be announcing additional markets soon.
Founded in 2022 and backed by one of the largest investment firms in the telecommunications industry and led by a leadership team with 80+ years combined industry experience, Ohio-based Omni Fiber provides 100% fiber-optic broadband Internet, TV, and Phone services to residential and business customers in the Midwestern United States. Omni Fiber offers symmetrical speeds of up to 2 Gbps, no hidden fees, no data caps, Premium Wi-Fi included, local customer service, and competitive pricing. For more information, please visit www.omnifiber.com.
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Resecurity claims spot on Inc. 5000 for the second year in a row, raking #2477 and reporting 234% revenue growth over the past three years
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Resecurity, Inc., a cybersecurity company based in Los Angeles, California, was recently recognized by Inc. magazine's annual Inc. 5000 list, the most prestigious ranking of the nation's fastest-growing private companies. Ranked as one of the fastest-growing private cybersecurity companies, Resecurity was number 2477 on the list for achieving 234 percent of revenue growth in past three years.
The list represents a unique look at the most successful companies within the American economy's most dynamic segment—its independent small businesses. Intuit, Zappos, Under Armour, Microsoft, Patagonia, and many other well-known names gained their first national exposure as honorees on the Inc. 5000. Among the 5,000, the average median three-year growth rate soared to 230 percent and total revenue reached $317.2 billion. Together, those companies added more than one million jobs over the past three years.
The recognition comes after a record year for the company, including a recent acquisition of Cybit Sec, a vulnerability assessment and penetration testing company, and the launch of their latest product offering, the Digital Identity Protection Platform. Resecurity has fueled its growth with strategic investments into R&D, expanding its international and channel sales presence, and scaling its industry partnerships.
"The Inc. 5000 list is home to some of the most innovative companies in the market today. Resecurity is proud to have earned a top spot on this prestigious list. This growth is a testament to cybersecurity's critical role in the future. We're committed to accelerating this growth with strategic partnerships and investments in R&D, allowing us to help more individuals and enterprises combat ever-evolving cyber threats," said Gene Yoo, Resecurity CEO.
Resecurity's SaaS solution combines XDR/endpoint protection, cyber threat intelligence and digital risk management, enabling customers ranging from Fortune 500 corporations to governments to protect their ecosystem. The innovative platform allows administrators to reduce potential blind spots and security gaps by quickly seeing in-depth analysis and specific artifacts obtained through the dark web, botnets activity, network intelligence and high-quality threat intelligence data.
"The accomplishment of building one of the fastest-growing companies in the U.S., in light of recent economic roadblocks, cannot be overstated," says Scott Omelianuk, editor-in-chief of Inc. "Inc. is thrilled to honor the companies that have established themselves through innovation, hard work, and rising to the challenges of today."
Complete results of the Inc. 5000, including company profiles and an interactive database that can be sorted by industry, region, and other criteria, can be found at www.inc.com/inc5000.
Companies on the 2022 Inc. 5000 are ranked according to percentage revenue growth from 2018 to 2021. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2018. They must be U.S.-based, privately held, for-profit, and independent--not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies--as of December 31, 2021. (Since then, some on the list may have gone public or been acquired.) The minimum revenue required for 2018 is $100,000; the minimum for 2021 is $2 million. As always, Inc. reserves the right to decline applicants for subjective reasons. Growth rates used to determine company rankings were calculated to four decimal places.
Resecurity is a cybersecurity company that delivers a unified platform for endpoint protection, risk management, and cyber threat intelligence. Known for providing best-of-breed data-driven intelligence solutions, Resecurity's services and platforms focus on early-warning identification of data breaches and comprehensive protection against cybersecurity risks. Founded in 2016, it has been globally recognized as one of the world's most innovative cybersecurity companies with the sole mission of enabling organizations to combat cyber threats regardless of how sophisticated they are. Most recently, Resecurity was named as one of the Top 10 fastest-growing private cybersecurity companies in Los Angeles, California by Inc. Magazine. An Official Member of Infragard, AFCEA, NDIA, SIA, FS-ISAC, the American Chamber of Commerce in Saudi Arabia (AmChamKSA) and Mexico (AmChamMX). To learn more about Resecurity, visit https://resecurity.com.
The world's most trusted business-media brand, Inc. offers entrepreneurs the knowledge, tools, connections, and community to build great companies. Its award-winning multiplatform content reaches more than 50 million people each month across a variety of channels including web sites, newsletters, social media, podcasts, and print. Its prestigious Inc. 5000 list, produced every year since 1982, analyzes company data to recognize the fastest-growing privately held businesses in the United States. The global recognition that comes with inclusion in the 5000 gives the founders of the best businesses an opportunity to engage with an exclusive community of their peers, and the credibility that helps them drive sales and recruit talent. The associated Inc. 5000 Vision Conference is part of a highly acclaimed portfolio of bespoke events produced by Inc. For more information, visit www.inc.com.
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NEW YORK, May 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Levi & Korsinsky, LLP notifies investors in Stronghold Digital Mining, Inc. ("Stronghold Digital Mining, Inc." or the "Company") (NASDAQ: SDIG) of a class action securities lawsuit.
CLASS DEFINITION: The lawsuit seeks to recover losses on behalf of Stronghold Digital Mining, Inc. investors who were adversely affected by alleged securities fraud. This lawsuit is on behalf of persons and entities that purchased or otherwise acquired Stronghold Class A common stock pursuant and/or traceable to the registration statement and prospectus issued in connection with the Company's October 2021 initial public offering. Follow the link below to get more information and be contacted by a member of our team:
SDIG investors may also contact Joseph E. Levi, Esq. via email at jlevi@levikorsinsky.com or by telephone at (212) 363-7500.
CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that defendants made false statements and/or concealed that: (1) contracted suppliers, including MinerVa Semiconductor Corp., were reasonably likely to miss anticipated delivery quantities and deadlines; (2) due to strong demand and pre-sold supply of mining equipment in the industry, Stronghold would experience difficulties obtaining miners outside of confirmed purchase orders; (3) as a result of the foregoing, there was a significant risk that Stronghold could not expand its mining capacity as expected; (4) as a result, Stronghold would likely experience significant losses; and (5) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
WHAT'S NEXT? If you suffered a loss in Stronghold Digital Mining, Inc. during the relevant time frame, you have until June 13, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you are a class member, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket costs or fees. There is no cost or obligation to participate.
WHY LEVI & KORSINSKY: Over the past 20 years, the team at Levi & Korsinsky has secured hundreds of millions of dollars for aggrieved shareholders and built a track record of winning high-stakes cases. Our firm has extensive expertise representing investors in complex securities litigation and a team of over 70 employees to serve our clients. For seven years in a row, Levi & Korsinsky has ranked in ISS Securities Class Action Services' Top 50 Report as one of the top securities litigation firms in the United States.
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LONDON, Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- XLMedia (AIM: XLM), a leading global digital publisher, today announced the appointment of Karen Tyrrell as Chief People and Operations Officer, effective immediately.
Tyrrell joins the Company having held a range of senior leadership roles across the sports betting and gaming sector, most recently at Flutter UK&I as the Chief People Officer. During her 15-year tenure in the industry, she led multiple award winning people-centric programmes that addressed workforce stability and engagement. She also supported the business in conducting operational reviews, M&A integrations and strategy implementation.
Prior to her time at Flutter, Tyrrell held senior positions in finance and operations including Managing Director of People & Culture at Sky Betting & Gaming (SBG), Director of Transformation SBG and Deputy Finance Director SBG.
David King, Chief Executive Officer at XLMedia, commented: "We are delighted to welcome Karen to XLMedia and believe her experience working with high performing teams will be a critical part of supporting our next phase of growth."
Tyrrell added: "I am delighted to join the team and look forward to working with everyone at XLMedia. In my career, I've had the fortunate opportunity to guide businesses during times of immense growth and industry evolution and I look forward to bringing that experience to the Group. "
XLMedia (AIM:XLM) is a global digital publisher operating across sports, gaming and personal finance focused on connecting audiences and advertisers. The Group manages a portfolio of premium brands with a primary emphasis on Sports and Gaming in regulated markets. The XLMedia portfolio is designed to reach targeted, engaged audiences who are ready to take action.
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CHARLESTON, S.C., Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- EverGlade Consulting ("EverGlade"), a national consulting firm, with employees in locations across the country, has opened an office location in Washington, D.C. in the heart of Chinatown. EverGlade's new office is located at 700 K Street N.W.
The company currently works with a variety of life science and defense companies nationally and views D.C. as a logical next location for a physical presence.
"EverGlade was named partly as an acknowledgment that we know how to navigate the swamp," commented Eric Jia-Sobota, Founder and National Leader of the Consulting Practice. "It made sense to have an office location right in the heart of the swamp on K Street," he concluded.
While EverGlade has its roots in Washington D.C., Charleston is home and remains the Company's headquarters. EverGlade has already opened the office and plans to recruit for positions in regulatory affairs, quality assurance, program management, project management, and government contract administration and compliance as part of its expansion plan.
EverGlade Consulting is a national consulting firm that helps clients navigate the federal landscape. We are inspired by technology-driven companies whose focus is to secure non-dilutive funding from the federal government. We offer services ranging from opportunity identification and proposal support through post-award contract management and the implementation of systems to comply with federal regulations at agencies including ASPR, BARDA, NIH, CDC, DHS, FEMA, JPEO, DTRA, DLA, and DARPA.
Since its inception, EverGlade has quickly grown into one of the leading service providers for the life sciences industry, helping dozens of clients identify and secure federal funding.
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New client represents major step in expanding the market opportunity for Rumble's new advertising platform
LONGBOAT KEY, Fla., Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Rumble, the video-sharing platform, announced that Truth Social is using the Rumble Advertising Center to serve advertisements on its platform.
Advertisers can now access and bid on Truth Social traffic, in addition to Rumble traffic, on Rumble's Advertising Center with a single sign on. If you are interested in advertising on Truth Social or Rumble, you can sign up at ads.rumble.com. If you are interested in signing up as a publisher on the Rumble Advertising Center, please contact bd@rumble.com.
"We are excited to have Truth Social as our very first publisher on the Rumble Ad platform," said Rumble CEO Chris Pavlovski. "A significant part of the internet is now served through the Rumble ecosystem, which gives advertisers a new place to target customers aligned with our mission to fight back against cancel culture. We look forward to proving the incredible size and performance of this market."
"By partnering with Rumble Ads, Truth Social is poised to displace the Big Tech platforms as a superior venue for businesses to connect with an extraordinarily engaged audience of millions of real people," said Trump Media and Technology Group CEO Devin Nunes.
Rumble is a high-growth neutral video platform that is creating the rails and independent infrastructure designed to be immune to cancel culture. Rumble's mission is to restore the Internet to its roots by making it free and open once again. Additionally, the company announced in December 2021 the execution of a definitive business combination agreement with CF Acquisition Corp. VI (NASDAQ: CFVI). See the announcement here: https://corp.rumble.com
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Growth reflects success and the focus of subscription-based businesses on Customer Success during economic volatility
WASHINGTON, July 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ChurnZero, a leading Customer Success platform, stands ready to help organizations fortify the foundation of their businesses: existing customers. The company announced today a continued commitment to expand internal resources and add headcount as the Customer Success industry and subscription-based companies shift focus more and more to customer retention in light of the current uncertain economic environment.
"In a downturn, new leads slow, win rates narrow, and deals take longer to close," said You Mon Tsang, CEO and co-founder, ChurnZero. "The rule of thumb is that it costs five to seven times more to win a new customer than it does to keep a current one. As that multiple expands, each dollar invested in customer retention matters more. The most agile companies are focusing on Customer Success and using customer data to get ahead of expansion opportunities and potential risk."
ChurnZero is dedicated to supporting these companies in need as well as their existing customer base. The company has more than doubled its staff in the last year, bringing on more than 100 new employees in the last six months, with nearly 30% being customer-facing or customer support roles.
The growth in the ChurnZero team includes two key executive appointments: Aaron Levine as chief financial officer and Allison Tiscornia as chief customer officer. The company is particularly proud that 40% of the team is comprised of women, ahead of the tech industry average of 33%.
Plans also include additional new hires in the sales, development, implementation, G&A and marketing departments.
Over the past three years, ChurnZero has gone from new entrant status to being recognized as a leader and one of the fastest-growing Customer Success platforms in the industry. Among the most notable of many recent accolades is being named among G2's "Best Relationship" and "Software Leader" for more than 16 consecutive quarters, underscoring ChurnZero's unique commitment to delivering both ongoing partnership and continued platform innovation for subscription businesses to deliver the best possible customer experiences.
"Companies that stand the test of time are those who are obsessed with their customers," continued Tsang. "It is these customer-centric companies that can be agile and resilient in the face of market changes and who thrive even when budgets grow tighter. ChurnZero strives to be this company and to arm other organizations with the tools to thrive as well."
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About ChurnZero
ChurnZero is a recognized leader in Customer Success dedicated to helping subscription businesses succeed at scale. The company is known for its powerful, enterprise-class Customer Success platform and its ongoing partnership with its users to ensure they get what they need to increase revenue, improve efficiency, and deliver the best possible customer experiences. Customers report achieving significant increases in net revenue retention, user adoption, customer lifetime values, and Net Promoter Scores.
Through the platform, Customer Success teams can identify and act on trends to spot potential churn risks and act on renewal and expansion opportunities. Best-in-class automation, personalization, and in-app communication make it easy to engage and lead customers to value at scale. Seamless data sharing and integrations with CRM, support, finance, NPS, LMS, and communication software help create a truly-customer centric culture. The company prides itself on being trusted partners, consultants, and coaches, so customers can focus on the work that matters to grow their businesses.
Founded in 2015, ChurnZero is a remote-first company with headquarters in Washington, D.C. and an office in Amsterdam. The company has raised more than $35 million in funding from leading investment firms including JMI Equity.
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Phased Pilot Will Bring Oncology-specific Mental Health, 24x7 Nursing Support, and Peer Mentors to Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Members in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine
CANTON, Mass., June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Point32Health, the parent organization of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Tufts Health Plan, and OncoHealth, the leading digital health company dedicated to oncology, today kicked off a collaboration aimed at improving clinical outcomes, enhancing the quality of life, and providing personalized supportive care for members who are facing cancer. In the first stage of the phased pilot, Point32Health's implementation of Iris™ by OncoHealth, a digital telehealth service for people with cancer, will be offered to eligible Harvard Pilgrim Health Care members in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine.
"Our members who have cancer and their caregivers need specialized support to answer questions that may arise outside of scheduled appointments. Collaborating with OncoHealth will provide our members with access to cancer specialists anywhere, at any time and in a location that is convenient for them," said Michael Sherman, MD, MBA, MS, Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer at Point32Health. "As a leader in providing access to innovative tools to support the whole health of our members, we look forward to studying the impact of this pilot and how it improves our members' quality of life and support their treatment."
Iris™ combines human-centered design, mobile technology, data, empathy, and specially trained US-based oncology experts to deliver personalized, oncology-specific telehealth support to members and their families facing cancer, 24x7. Iris™ is designed for members with cancer and their caregivers, enabling them to connect with a team of licensed oncology experts easily and securely via chat, phone, or video. This includes connecting with oncology doctors, nurses, social workers, psychologists, physician assistants, and peer mentors, where and when they want, using their existing Apple® iPhone® and Google® Android™ smart devices as well as the web.
"Regardless of whether you live in an area without an oncologist or cancer-specific mental health resources or close to the best cancer centers in the region, what do you do when side effects show up after hours or you just need to talk with someone about your fears and anxiety related to your specific cancer?" said Rick Dean, CEO of OncoHealth. "Through Iris™, eligible Harvard Pilgrim Health Care members will now have access to high-quality cancer mental health care and physical symptom management, all at no cost to the member, from the convenience of wherever they are, at the time they need it."
Directly through Iris™, eligible Harvard Pilgrim Health Care members will have access to previously unattainable, straightforward, evidence-based services during each phase of their treatment journey in a single integrated platform.
- Personalized 24x7 oncology nurse care. Cancer-related symptoms and side effects can lead to costly emergency department visits or even hospitalizations. These situations can happen on the weekend, in the middle of the night, or at other unforeseen times.
- Oncology-specific mental healthcare. Tailored specifically to people with cancer, the Iris™ mental health solution supports members who would like guidance on topics such as fear of recurrence, how to talk with their family or employer about their diagnosis, and effective coping strategies for the emotional side of cancer. Members can access evidence-based, self-directed oncology mental health information or schedule time directly via Iris™ on the member's smart device, to work with a trained cancer-specific mental health expert employed by OncoHealth.
- Network of peer mentors. Members will have access to people who share similar characteristics as members, such as their gender, age, cancer diagnosis, and treatment. Utilizing a peer mentor coach, members can use asynchronous communication or live sessions to better understand the benefits and value of the Iris™ telehealth platform while forming a trusted relationship with someone who has had a similar experience.
- Peace of mind with expert reviews. The FDA has approved over 279 new cancer indications since 2017. As they manage their illness, people are often overwhelmed and confused trying to understand if their prescribed therapy is most appropriate for them, based on their specific disease, cancer stage, and genetic profile. Iris™ provides members with a trusted second opinion on their cancer drug therapy, using evidence-based guidelines and personalized information including audio, video, and written content specific to their cancer or interest.
"While the member's oncologist leads their treatment, our clinical team is available for the moments in between," said Andrew Norden, MD, Chief Medical Officer of OncoHealth. "We know we can have a positive impact on the member experience, improve care, and reduce costs, all while working in close collaboration with the member's primary oncologist and care team."
Point32Health and two other prominent health plans worked with OncoHealth to develop Iris™ and are among the first health plans in the country to make the platform available to its members. Leading up to this benchmark, a cohort of cancer patients in Massachusetts tested and used the Iris™ platform to provide feedback and insight into maximizing its effectiveness and ease of use.
Point32Health is a leading health and wellbeing organization, delivering an ever-better health care experience to everyone in our communities. Building on the quality, nonprofit heritage of our founding organizations, Tufts Health Plan and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, we leverage our experience and expertise to help people find their version of healthier living through a broad range of health plans and tools that make navigating health and wellbeing easier.
Our programs take a 360-degree view of health for our members—no matter their age, health, race, identity, or income. Our Institute works to improve population health—and our Foundation works with communities to support, advocate and advance healthier lives for everyone. We use empathy to understand what's important to those we serve, always making their priorities our own. And we work to guide and empower people by bringing together wide-ranging partners and perspectives to create new approaches that make a real difference for our community, our industry and our 2.2 million members across New England.
OncoHealth is a leading digital health company dedicated to helping health plans, employers, providers, patients, and life science researchers navigate the physical, mental, and financial complexities of cancer through technology-enabled services and real-world data analytics. Supporting more than 7 million people in the US and Puerto Rico, OncoHealth offers digital solutions for treatment review, real-world evidence, and telehealth across all cancer types. For more information, visit www.oncohealth.us.
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- The two companies will join force to promote large scale implementation of autonomous driving
SHANGHAI, April 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On April 29th, 2022, Hesai Technology, the world's leading lidar company, and WeRide, the world's leading L4 autonomous driving technology company, announced a new strategic cooperation agreement. According to the agreement, the two parties will promote the autonomous vehicle application of automotive grade, hybrid solid-state lidar, empowering scale deployment and commercial application of WeRide's autonomous driving technology.
Tony Han, founder and CEO of WeRide, said:
"Since the two parties reached strategic cooperation, Hesai has been one of our most trusted partners. WeRide's autonomous driving vehicle fleets have reached 15 cities globally to commence road testing and operation, covering smart mobility, smart logistics and smart environmental services. We firmly believe in the safe, reliable, and commercially viable implementation of autonomous driving technology, while Hesai's automotive grade, hybrid solid-state lidar represents a new trend in the development of AD sensing components. I believe this collaboration will further enhance the capability of our autonomous vehicles."
As early as in 2019, Hesai's Pandar series lidars were integrated onto WeRide's first batch of hundred-unit Robotaxi fleets, successfully entering road testing and operation stage. Hesai's lidar products have also supported WeRide to commercialize China's first Robotaxi service to the public in Huangpu District, Guangzhou. The Robotaxi fleet has taxi operation permits and charges the same rate as any normal taxi in Guangzhou. The commercial operation has entered its third year of service. Hesai and WeRide's collaboration keeps evolving. Hesai's lidar sensors have been integrated into WeRide's new autonomous driving products including Mini Robobus, Robovan, and Robosweeper.
Li Yifan, CEO of Hesai, said:
"WeRide is an innovative global pioneer with leading autonomous driving technology and a comprehensive commercialization layout. We are glad to work with WeRide to accelerate their commercial application of autonomous driving technology through Hesai's newest hybrid solid-state lidar product AT128."
As of January 2022, WeRide has reached over 10 million kilometers of autonomous driving on public roads, combining testing and operations with more than 300 AD vehicles. WeRide's fleets comprise Robotaxi, Robobus, Robovan, and Robosweeper, running in cities such as Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Shanghai, Zhengzhou, Nanjing, Wuhan, Boao in China, San Francisco in the US, and Abu Dhabi in UAE, being tested and operated daily.
The automotive grade, hybrid solid-state lidar AT128 uses Hesai's self-proprietary chip technology, integrating 128 laser channels to achieve 1200x128 overall resolution and 200-meter detection range (at 10% reflectivity). It can effectively capture details of the objects within FOV to provide powerful perception capabilities for high level autonomous driving, further accelerating the iteration of autonomous driving algorithms. At the same time, the highly integrated transmit-receiver module and the stable scanning structure makes AT128 one of the most competitive and comprehensive lidars on the market. AT128 will be mass produced at Hesai's new manufacturing center Maxwell, which will commence operation in 2022 with a planned capacity of over 1 million units per year.
About WeRide
WeRide is a leading, commercial-stage global company that develops Level 4 autonomous driving technologies. WeRide aims to develop safe and reliable driverless solutions to make mobility and transportation safer, more affordable and accessible. It is the first technology company in the world that holds driverless test permits in both China and the U.S.
WeRide has been a pioneer in accelerating the commercialization of autonomous technologies and services around the world. Through strategic alliances with leading OEMs, mobility and logistics service platforms, WeRide offers an all-rounded product mix of Robotaxi, Mini Robobus, Robovan and Robosweeper to provide services including smart mobility, smart freight and smart environmental services.
Established in 2017, WeRide is headquartered in Guangzhou, China, and has expanded its R&D and operation centers to Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Zhengzhou, Nanjing, Wuhan, and Anqing, as well as San Francisco in the US. WeRide has formed partnerships with top-tier global OEMs including Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance, Yutong Group and GAC Group, etc.
For more information, please visit: Website: www.weride.ai; Medium: https://werideai.medium.com/; twitter/LinkedIn/YouTube: WeRide.ai.
About Hesai Technology
Founded in 2014, Hesai Technology is a global leader in lidar technology for autonomous driving and ADAS. Its vision is to empower robotics and elevate lives through high-performance, reliable, and low-cost 3D sensors. Hesai has developed exceptional R&D capabilities, accumulating deep expertise in optics, mechanics, electronics, and software. The company has been granted hundreds of patents globally for its industry-leading technologies, in areas such as proprietary lidar chips, functional safety, and interference rejection. Hesai has won customers spanning over 70 cities in 30 countries and regions, including leading autonomous driving developers, OEMs, Tier 1 suppliers, and robotics companies.
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NEW YORK, June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of HUMBL, LLC (OTC: HMBL) and/or the Company's unregistered digital asset (sold as BLOCKS Exchange Traded Index ("ETXs") on various cryptocurrency exchanges) between November 1, 2020 and May 19, 2022, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period") of the important July 19, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Humbl securities and/or the Company's ETXs during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Humbl class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=6398 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than July 19, 2022. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually handle securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, defendants violated provisions of the Exchange Act by making false and misleading statements concerning the Company's growth prospects, technological advancements, international partnerships, and financial benefits for Humbl common stock and digital asset investors, as well as using selectively timed announcements to keep Humbl stock price high so that Company insiders could sell off their holdings into artificially created volume. The complaint also alleges that defendants violated provisions of the Securities Act by selling its unregistered securities (BLOCK ETX digital assets) to investors.
To join the Humbl class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=6398 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.
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Which Dell monitor is best for gaming?
Dell makes a lot of professional-quality computing equipment, and its monitors have a particularly great reputation. While they’re especially popular in business settings, a number of Dell monitors are also great for gaming.
There’s a wide variety of specifications and technologies to consider when looking for a good Dell gaming monitor. Unlike with other brands, though, you also have to look at a different brand name. That’s because most of Dell’s best gaming monitors are sold under the Alienware badge. Dell still engineers and manufactures them — the separate brand exists to set the high-end options apart from the rest.
Important gaming monitor features
Size vs. resolution
Even if you’re dead set on getting a Dell gaming monitor, the criteria used for picking the right one are the same as with most other brands. The first thing to consider is how big of a monitor you need and what kind of resolution it should be capable of.
Keep in mind that as you approach high resolutions such as 4K, you need increasing amounts of firepower from your PC gaming hardware. That can get pretty pricey these days. But it’s also not the worst idea to invest in a monitor that’s a tier or two above what your PC can currently take advantage of. Unlike some PC components, it’s easy to use a monitor with a new build once you upgrade years down the line.
With that said, there’s a close relationship between size, resolution and image clarity. For example, a 24-inch 1080p monitor has the same pixel density as a 32-inch 1440p monitor, and both are similar to a 50-inch 4K TV. For reference, when you’re sitting across an average desk from a 27-inch, 1440p monitor, it should be extremely difficult to pick out any individual pixels or pixelated lines.
For that reason, 27-32 inches at 1440p has been a sweet spot of sorts for a few years. However, that’s changing as hardware gets faster and new technologies get cheaper. As you move up to a 4K monitor, image quality gets so sharp that certain smoothing techniques (antialiasing in particular) can be disabled for a performance benefit without hurting the visual clarity.
Refresh rate
Measured in hertz, a refresh rate is how many times per second a display can produce a new image. Once upon a time, upgrading from a 60- to 75-hertz monitor made a massive difference in smoothness and could help alleviate headaches. Today, powerful hardware can pump out hundreds of frames per second, and premium monitors can refresh at 360 hertz or greater.
A higher refresh rate means smoother gameplay — as long as your PC can handle it. Again, there’s no harm in future-proofing your setup and getting a monitor that might be overkill for your current gaming rig. If you can’t play at higher than 80 FPS today, maybe you’ll be able to in a couple of years.
Variable refresh rate technology
There’s an issue with high refresh rates that occurs when your PC’s frame rate varies highly — which is common — but the display stays the same. When that happens, you’ll notice stuttering and screen tearing, both of which break immersion and lead to annoyance and a poor gaming experience. Early on in high-performance gaming, a feature called V-Sync sets frame rates to exactly or one-half of the display’s refresh rate, eliminating stutter and tearing.
V-Sync and related technologies are still in use today, but on top of a feature called a variable refresh rate. This technology allows the monitor to detect the incoming frame rate and adjust its refresh rate to match, nearly eliminating any stutter or tearing worries.
AMD and Nvidia each introduced their own protocol for this along with their signature graphics card lines. These days, AMD FreeSync and Nvidia G-Sync are all but identical to the casual gamer and even to most dedicated gamers. At the top end of the performance spectrum, though, there is a difference. A large part of that difference is in the amount of input latency eliminated by Nvidia’s top G-Sync tier.
Incidentally, the VRR method developed by the HDMI Forum is different from and not directly compatible with either GPU manufacturer. Some HDMI 2.1 displays, however, use HDMI Forum VRR in addition to FreeSync with G-Sync compatibility for the best of all worlds.
Screen ergonomics
It’s not talked about much, but the ability to adjust the direction a monitor faces can make a huge difference in the gameplay experience. If your monitor is too low or tilted in the wrong direction, you’ll not only focus on the wrong part of the window, but you can also get stress headaches and a sore neck and back.
Unless you decide on a premium, articulated monitor arm, there are basically four adjustments a monitor can offer. Tilt determines how far up or down the monitor points. Swivel lets you turn the monitor to the left and the right. Then there’s rotation which enables you to pivot a monitor from a landscape to portrait alignment. Finally, height adjustment is exactly what it sounds like.
Best Dell gaming monitors
This reasonably priced 1440p model has just about the best visual clarity possible for an affordable monitor.
This is one of the rare ultrawide monitors that looks great and doesn’t cost a fortune.
This 32-inch model has a wide color gamut, a 1440p resolution and moderate curvature for an immersive gaming experience. Plus, it’s not very expensive.
Competitive gamers on moderate budgets will appreciate this one due to its lightning-fast pixel response and 240-hertz refresh rate.
As the first gaming monitor to combine quantum dot filtration and an OLED panel, there’s nothing else as advanced or good-looking as this one.
Sold by Dell
While not Alienware’s newest offering, this ultrawide display is still a high performer, and it’s a better value now than ever.
Sold by Amazon
It measures 27 inches with a 1440p resolution and boasts the Ultimate tier of Nvidia’s low-latency G-Sync VRR protocol.
At 25 inches with an incredible 360-hertz refresh rate, this one’s perfect for the most demanding esports enthusiasts.
They don’t get much bigger, brighter or more colorful than this 38-inch ultrawide behemoth.
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Electrify Expo to Produce Over 25,000 Demo Rides of Electrified Fun August 27 & 28
LONG ISLAND, N.Y., Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Electrify Expo, North America's largest electric-vehicle festival, rolls into New York Saturday, August 27 through Sunday, August 28, at the Nassau Coliseum. As the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and the Infrastructure Bill call for millions of dollars to build out a wide-scale charging network in the U.S. and kick in energy rebates, the curiosity of the general consumer has been piqued.
The outdoor festival offers attendees the thrilling opportunity to experience all types of electric vehicles across 1 million square feet of exhibit and demo space, as well as explore the world's leading brands in EV technology and mobility from electric cars, e-bikes, e-motorcycles, e-skateboards, e-scooters, and more.
BMW, Chrysler, Kia, Toyota, Lexus, Polestar, Volvo, Volkswagen, and Harley-Davidson's Livewire, as well as iconic bike brands like Specialized, UBCO, Fliteboard, and others, offer the ability to interact with their products in a fun outdoor festival setting on multiple demo courses. The family-friendly festival also hosts the Hover-1 Kids Zone for the Empire state's young thrill seekers.
According to Consumer Reports, the biggest barrier to EV adoption is simply the opportunity to test drive them. As the premier North American festival for testing electric vehicles and e-mobility, Electrify Expo removes the barrier by offering meaningful test drives that encourage the adoption of cleaner transportation.
To register for a press pass to attend Electrify Expo, you are invited to apply here https://www.electrifyexpo.com/exhibits-press#Press
Electrify Expo is North America's largest outdoor electric vehicle festival showcasing the latest electric vehicles and products, including EVs, e-motorcycles, e-bikes, e-scooters, e-skateboards, e-boats, e-surfboards, and more from top brands around the world. The festival addresses one of the most challenging barriers to mass adoption of electric vehicles with meaningful hands-on experiences, demonstrations, and test rides. Electrify Expo meets the soaring demand for companies to share new technologies, new modes of mobility and put products in the hands of consumers in a meaningful way. Electrify Expo will feature more than 1M+ square feet of exhibit space in Los Angeles County, Seattle, New York, Miami, and Austin.
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ROCHESTER, N.Y., April 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hyzon Motors Inc. (NASDAQ: HYZN) today announced it will supply its fuel cell electric trucks to Hylane GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of DEVK Versicherung, one of Germany's largest motor insurers. Hylane has purchased 18 Hyzon vehicles, with deliveries expected to begin in late 2022.
Under Hylane's sustainable mobility model, fleet owners can deploy Hyzon vehicles in their operations through a rental agreement with Hylane. Further, it is expected that customers will only pay for the miles actually driven; Hylane plans to cover maintenance or downtime costs. Through this pay-per-use approach, Hylane expects to minimize the risk for customers while accelerating the rate at which zero-emission vehicles replace diesel.
Hylane has already confirmed rental contracts for the first vehicles and is in talks with numerous prominent transport companies interested in transitioning their fleets to zero-emission options. Germany is expected to be one of the major global markets for zero emission commercial vehicle technologies in the coming years. The engine room of EU economic activity, Germany recently announced support for a total ban on sales of combustion engine cars from 2035, and there are already significant domestic incentives in place to transition heavy vehicles off diesel.
To support its exclusive focus on climate-friendly transport solutions, Hylane is aligning key elements within the value chain, including energy producers, refuelling infrastructure providers, and government subsidy programs. Through the coordinated management of these resources, Hylane aims to provide sustainable and flexible mobility management to its customers.
"Hyzon's singular mission is to decarbonize transport through zero-emission, hydrogen-powered vehicles," said Craig Knight, Hyzon CEO and co-founder. "Through Hylane's sustainable mobility program, customers across Germany can experience first-hand the vehicle performance, driver satisfaction, and emissions reductions of Hyzon's fuel cell electric trucks."
"Hyzon recognizes that, as with any new technology, customers need the chance to utilize our fuel cell electric vehicle in their regular operations. From past experience, we are confident that once fleet owners have experienced our vehicles, they will be motivated to hasten their transition to zero-emissions. Having a strong partner in the German market has the opportunity to fuel significant long-term growth for Hyzon."
About Hyzon Motors Inc.
Headquartered in Rochester, N.Y., with U.S. operations in the Chicago and Detroit areas, and international operations in the Netherlands, Singapore, Australia, Germany, and China, Hyzon is a leader in fuel cell electric mobility with an exclusive focus on the commercial vehicle market, and a near-term focus on back to base (captive fleet) operations. Utilizing its proven and proprietary hydrogen fuel cell technology, Hyzon aims to supply zero-emission heavy duty trucks and buses to customers in North America, Europe and around the world to mitigate emissions from diesel transportation, one of the single largest sources of carbon emissions globally. Hyzon is contributing to the escalating adoption of fuel cell electric vehicles through its demonstrated technology advantage, leading fuel cell performance and history of rapid innovation. Visit www.hyzonmotors.com.
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SENZA-PDN Randomized Controlled Trial Results From Original 10 kHz Arm Demonstrate Significant and Sustained Outcomes with 10 kHz Therapy at 24-Months Follow-Up
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nevro Corp. (NYSE: NVRO), a global medical device company that is delivering comprehensive, life-changing solutions for the treatment of chronic pain, today announced the results from data presentations at the American Diabetes Association (ADA) 82nd Scientific Sessions supporting the use of 10 kHz spinal cord stimulation (SCS) therapy for patients with chronic pain, including results from the SENZA Painful Diabetic Neuropathy (PDN) randomized controlled trial (RCT). Results were presented on Sunday, June 5, 2022.
"At this year's ADA Scientific Sessions, we were excited to share for the first time the 24-month results from the 10 kHz arm of our landmark SENZA-PDN trial, which continue to clearly demonstrate the safety, durability and consistency of pain relief and other outcomes that can be achieved with HFX for PDN," stated D. Keith Grossman, Chairman, CEO and President of Nevro. "While prior research has looked at the benefit of SCS for treating pain related to diabetic neuropathy, this is the first time that neurological improvement after SCS was studied. No traditional, low-frequency SCS treatments have demonstrated such positive results in treating PDN patients, and we believe there is a significant opportunity to expand this innovative treatment option to PDN patients who are unable to find relief with currently available pharmacologic options."
24-Month Results for 10 kHz Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS) in Treating Painful Diabetic Neuropathy (PDN)
The data presented at the ADA 82nd Scientific Sessions highlighted 24-month results for the original 10 kHz arm of the SENZA-PDN trial, the largest PDN RCT of SCS treatment conducted to date with 216 randomized subjects at 18 U.S. centers. Key findings at 24 months, presented by lead Principal Investigator Dr. Erika Petersen, Professor of Neurosurgery and Director of Functional and Restorative Neurosurgery at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, included significant and sustained outcomes with 10 kHz SCS:
- Responder rate: 84%
- Substantial pain relief: 77% average reduction in pain, consistent over 24 months
- Improved sleep: 69% average reduction in sleep disturbance
- Improved quality of life: Average improvement = 3x minimal clinically important difference (MCID)
- Improved sensory function: 71% sensory improvement rate
- High patient satisfaction: 89% very satisfied or satisfied
- No explants were required for loss of efficacy
Previously published complete 12-month results in Diabetes Care demonstrated significantly improved and sustained outcomes with high-frequency 10 kHz Therapy, including substantial, sustained pain relief and improved health-related quality of life in patients suffering from PDN.¹ The company expects the complete 24-month data from the SENZA-PDN RCT to be available in the fourth quarter of 2022 and plans to submit this data set for presentation at NANS in January 2023 and publish as soon possible thereafter.
ADA Product Theater Presentation - Revolutionizing the Treatment of Painful Diabetic Neuropathy (PDN) with High Frequency (10 kHz) Spinal Cord Stimulation
Nevro also participated in the ADA's Product Theater with a presentation by Dr. Erika Petersen and Dr. George Grunberger, Chairman, Grunberger Diabetes Institute, Bloomfield Hills, MI. A copy of this product theater presentation is available in the "Investors" section of Nevro's website at www.nevro.com.
About Painful Diabetic Neuropathy (PDN)
The World Health Organization estimates 422 million adults with diabetes worldwide and prevalence (8.5%) that has nearly doubled over four decades.2 Diabetes may cause systemic damage with profound impact on health-related quality of life and is potentially life-threatening. Diabetic peripheral neuropathy is a common complication presenting as pain and other dysesthesias, including numbness, burning, or tingling. Approximately 20% of patients with diabetes will develop PDN, a progressive, potentially debilitating chronic neuropathic pain condition.3 In the U.S., it is estimated that there are approximately 140,000 to 200,000 PDN patients each year that become refractory to conventional medical management, representing an annual total addressable market opportunity of approximately $3.5 billion to $5.0 billion.4,5
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About Nevro
Headquartered in Redwood City, California, Nevro is a global medical device company focused on delivering comprehensive, life-changing solutions that continue to set the standard for enduring patient outcomes in chronic pain treatment. The company started with a simple mission to help more patients suffering from debilitating pain and developed its proprietary 10 kHz Therapy, an evidence-based, non-pharmacologic innovation that has impacted the lives of more than 80,000 patients globally. Nevro's comprehensive HFX™ spinal cord stimulation (SCS) platform includes a Senza SCS system and support services for the treatment of chronic trunk and limb pain and painful diabetic neuropathy.
Senza®, Senza II®, and Senza Omnia™ are the only SCS systems that deliver Nevro's proprietary 10 kHz Therapy. Nevro's unique support services provide every patient with an HFX Coach™ throughout their pain relief journey and every physician with HFX Cloud™ insights for enhanced patient and practice management.
Senza, Senza II, Senza Omnia, HFX, HXF Coach, HFX Cloud, HFX Connect, Nevro and the Nevro logo are trademarks of Nevro Corp.
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1 Petersen et al. Durability of High-Frequency 10-kHz Spinal Cord Stimulation for Patients With Painful Diabetic Neuropathy Refractory to Conventional Treatments: 12-Month Results From a Randomized Controlled Trial. Diabetes Care. 2022;45:e1–e4; https://doi.org/10.2337/dc21-1813.
2 World Health Organization. (2016). Global report on diabetes. World Health Organization. https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/204871
3 Schmader KE. Epidemiology and impact on quality of life of postherpetic neuralgia and painful diabetic neuropathy. Clin J Pain. 2002;18(6):350-354.
4 CDC National Diabetes Statistics Report 2020; Schmader KE. Epidemiology and impact on quality of life of postherpetic neuralgia and painful diabetic neuropathy. Clin J Pain. 2002;18(6):350-354.
5 Trinity Partners Market Research 2017.
Forward-Looking Statements
In addition to historical information, this press release contains forward-looking statements reflecting the company's current beliefs and expectations of management made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including: our belief that there is a significant opportunity to expand our innovative SCS therapy as an option to PDN patients who are unable to find relief with currently available pharmacologic options; and our expectation that the complete 24-month SENZA-PDN clinical trial results will be available later in the fourth quarter of 2022. These forward-looking statements are based upon information that is currently available to us or our current expectations, speak only as of the date hereof, and are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, including our ability to successfully commercialize our products; our ability to manufacture our products to meet demand; the level and availability of third-party payor reimbursement for our products; our ability to effectively manage our anticipated growth and the costs and expenses of operating our business; our ability to protect our intellectual property rights and proprietary technologies; our ability to operate our business without infringing the intellectual property rights and proprietary technology of third parties; competition in our industry; additional capital and credit availability; our ability to attract and retain qualified personnel; and product liability claims. These factors, together with those that are described in greater detail in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 23, 2022, as well as any reports that we may file with the Securities and Exchange Commission in the future, may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially and adversely from those anticipated or implied by our forward-looking statements. We expressly disclaim any obligation, except as required by law, or undertaking to update or revise any such forward-looking statements.
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Last month saw the most tornadoes ever recorded in March in the US, and it was the second record-breaking March in a row. In general, scientists are seeing more severe weather earlier in the year, and yes, climate change is likely a factor.
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1. Ukraine
About 100,000 people remain trapped in the besieged city of Mariupol in Ukraine, and local leaders say Russian forces are not allowing aid supplies inside. A Ukrainian official said some evacuation buses heading to Mariupol were held at a Russian checkpoint and 14 tons of humanitarian aid bound for the city were confiscated by Russian troops. In addition to suspicions that Russia is regrouping its forces in neighboring Belarus, British intelligence suggests Russian troops are also being redeployed from the former Soviet republic of Georgia. Negotiations between Ukraine and Russia resume today, but Andriy Yermak, chief of staff to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, says he has a "very, very small portion of optimism" after apparently fruitless talks earlier this week in Istanbul.
2. Oil and gas
The International Energy Agency is planning to hold an emergency meeting today to discuss ways to stabilize oil markets -- possibly following suit with President Joe Biden's decision to release millions of barrels of oil from emergency reserves. Oil prices dropped sharply after Biden's announcement yesterday, but even the release of a million barrels a day would only cover about a third of lost production from Russia. Industry experts warn that gas prices could still hit new highs in the US this spring and summer. Biden also announced plans yesterday to ramp up domestic production of minerals needed to manufacture batteries for electric vehicles and long-term energy storage. The hope is that by doing so, the US can lessen its dependence on fossil fuels -- and be less vulnerable to wild swings in oil prices during international conflicts.
3. LGBTQ rights
Florida's controversial law, which is dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" bill by critics, is already inviting feuds and fallout. After the bill was signed into law, the Walt Disney Company wrote in a statement that its "goal" was to get the law repealed or defeated in the courts. Disney is Florida's largest private employer, and had come under pressure to speak out about the measure. Now, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signaled support for a Republican-led effort to repeal a 55-year-old provision that allows the entertainment company to operate as an independent government around its Orlando-area theme park. Former Disney CEO Bob Iger joined voices condemning the law, telling Chris Wallace on CNN+ that it's not political, "it's about right and wrong." Two LGBTQ rights advocacy groups, joined by students, parents and a teacher, have already filed the first federal lawsuit challenging the new rule.
4. Coronavirus
Republicans have struck an "agreement in principle" with Democrats on a $10 billion package to provide further pandemic relief, according to GOP Sen. Mitt Romney. The White House has been appealing to Congress to pass more funding, saying the administration doesn't have the money to purchase monoclonal antibody therapies, vaccines, and more tests -- as well as reimburse providers and provide personal protection equipment. The $10 billion price tag is about half of what the White House was seeking. Some Democrats say the deal is a little farther afield than Romney has suggested. Meanwhile, another bipartisan group of senators is trying to extend pandemic school meal waivers that gave federal funds and flexibilities to provide free food to more kids and to cope with supply chain and labor issues.
5. North Korea
The US and its allies are growing concerned that North Korea may be making preparations for an underground nuclear test for the first time since 2017. North Korea has recently resumed digging tunnels and other construction activities at its underground nuclear test site, officials say. The US intelligence community estimates North Korea could be ready to conduct a nuclear test this year, a concern heightened by the country's recent demonstration of a missile that could potentially reach the US. The Defense Department is currently considering military responses to that missile test, which could include flying bombers or sailing warships in the region, or beefing up exercises and training in concert with regional allies like Japan and South Korea.
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Will Smith and Chris Rock made headlines when Smith struck Rock during the Academy Awards ceremony Sunday. Smith later won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role. What movie did he star in to win the award?
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C. "CODA"
D. "The Power of the Dog"
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IN MEMORIAM
French fashion photographer Patrick Demarchelier, who was best known as Princess Diana's personal photographer and for his iconic images of some of the 20th century's most glamorous women, died yesterday at the age of 78, according to a statement posted to his official Instagram account. No cause of death was specified. In a statement to CNN, New York's Staley-Wise Gallery, which represents Demarchelier's work, described him as "a brilliant photographer who had an extraordinary sense of classic and elegant style -- certainly the best of his generation."
TODAY'S QUOTE
"There is no room for employers who do not secure the freedom and safety of World Cup workers. No room for leaders that cannot host the women's game. No room for hosts that cannot legally guarantee the safety and respect of LGBTQ+ people coming to this theater of dreams. FIFA must set the tone and lead."
Norway's FA President Lise Klaveness, who delivered a speech at FIFA's 72nd annual Congress criticizing the decision to allow Qatar to host the World Cup despite various controversies.
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AND FINALLY
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From addressing cancer to heart disease, "We're Ready" demonstrates Hackensack Meridian Health caregivers are ready to help patients through any health challenge
EDISON, N.J., June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hackensack Meridian Health, New Jersey's largest and most comprehensive health care network, today launched a new brand campaign with the message "We're Ready," reflecting the organization's readiness to help patients tackle any challenge that comes their way, "today and every day."
"We are delivering on our promise to transform health care by quickly adapting and responding to the ever-evolving world of medicine and the needs of those we serve," said Robert C. Garrett, FACHE, CEO of Hackensack Meridian Health. "Our network has played a major role in the COVID-19 pandemic, from treating more patients and administering more vaccine doses than any network in New Jersey, to developing the state's first rapid COVID-19 test."
"We opened the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, the first private medical school in New Jersey in more than 50 years, which will train the next generation of physicians," Garrett continued. "Hackensack Meridian Health keeps getting better by bringing the latest innovations and delivering life-saving treatments to our patients. Our new brand campaign embodies the spirit of our physicians and team members who have a relentless focus on improving health outcomes each day."
From heart disease to cancer, the brand campaign emphasizes that Hackensack Meridian Health caregivers are ready for any situation, utilizing cutting-edge innovations and procedures, as well as providing high-quality, compassionate care to improve outcomes for the patients and communities the network serves.
"Our new brand campaign demonstrates that Hackensack Meridian Health is ready to tackle anything that challenges the health of our patients," said James Blazar, executive vice president and chief strategy officer, Hackensack Meridian Health. "The narrator in our television ads speaks directly to diseases such as cancer and heart disease, warning them that our care teams are 'stronger than any illness.'"
"Through real-life footage of our patients and their caregivers, and various technologies – showcased in dramatic black and white footage – we want people to feel confident and inspired knowing that we have what it takes to provide exceptional care to help our patients overcome any ailment," said Dorie Klissas, senior vice president and chief marketing officer, Hackensack Meridian Health.
Over the next year, Hackensack Meridian Health will feature various brand television ads, as well as television ads that focus on the network's expertise in cardiology and cardiovascular surgery, neurology and neurosurgery, orthopedics, cancer, and pediatrics. These will be accompanied by radio, print, out-of-home and digital messages.
To learn more about the new "We're Ready" brand campaign visit: https://www.hackensackmeridianhealth.org/en/cmp/We-Are-Ready.
ABOUT HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH
Hackensack Meridian Health is a leading not-for-profit health care organization that is the largest, most comprehensive and truly integrated health care network in New Jersey, offering a complete range of medical services, innovative research and life-enhancing care.
Hackensack Meridian Health comprises 17 hospitals from Bergen to Ocean counties, which includes three academic medical centers – Hackensack University Medical Center in Hackensack, Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune and JFK University Medical Center in Edison; one university teaching hospital – Ocean University Medical Center in Brick; two children's hospitals - Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital in Hackensack, K. Hovnanian Children's Hospital in Neptune; eight community hospitals – Bayshore Medical Center in Holmdel, Old Bridge Medical Center in Old Bridge, Mountainside Medical Center in Montclair, Palisades Medical Center in North Bergen, Pascack Valley Medical Center in Westwood, Raritan Bay Medical Center in Perth Amboy, Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank, and Southern Ocean Medical Center in Manahawkin; a behavioral health hospital – Carrier Clinic in Belle Mead; and two rehabilitation hospitals - JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute in Edison and Johnson Rehabilitation Institute in Brick.
Additionally, the network has more than 500 patient care locations throughout the state which include ambulatory care centers, surgery centers, home health services, long-term care and assisted living communities, ambulance services, lifesaving air medical transportation, fitness and wellness center, rehabilitation centers, urgent care centers and physician practice locations. Hackensack Meridian Health has more than 36,000 team members, and 7,000 physicians and is a distinguished leader in health care philanthropy, committed to the health and well-being of the communities it serves.
The network's notable distinctions include having more top-ranked hospitals than anyone in New Jersey, as recognized by U.S. News & World Report, 2021-22. Hackensack University Medical Center is the only hospital in New Jersey with the #1 adult and children's hospital rankings.
John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center is New Jersey's best cancer center, as recognized by U.S. News & World Report, 2021-22. This premier cancer center is also the largest and most comprehensive center dedicated to the diagnosis, treatment, management, research, screenings, and preventive care as well as survivorship of patients with all types of cancers. John Theurer Cancer Center is part of Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, an NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center.
Additionally, the network partnered with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center to ensure that patients have access to the highest quality, most individualized cancer care when and where they need it.
The Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, the first private medical school in New Jersey in more than 50 years, welcomed its first class of students in 2018 to its campus in Nutley and Clifton. The Hackensack Meridian Center for Discovery and Innovation (CDI), housed in a fully renovated state-of-the-art facility, seeks to translate current innovations in science to improve clinical outcomes for patients with cancer, infectious diseases and other life-threatening and disabling conditions.
Hackensack Meridian Health is a member of AllSpire Health Partners, an interstate consortium of leading health systems, to focus on the sharing of best practices in clinical care and achieving efficiencies. To learn more, visit www.hackensackmeridianhealth.org.
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ROUND ROCK, Texas, May 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) will conduct a conference call Thursday, May 26, 2022, at 4:30 p.m. CDT to discuss its fiscal 2023 first quarter financial results. The conference will be available to the public as a live, audio-only webcast on Dell Technologies' website at investors.delltechnologies.com; an archived version will be available at the same location.
The company will issue the results via a press release with accompanying financial statements before the conference call broadcast. At that time the release, edited prepared remarks and presentation containing additional financial and operating information may be downloaded from investors.delltechnologies.com.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for AVCT, KPRX, FTCH, AVYA, and AFRM.
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Services promote access for underserved populations by reducing barriers to digital books
WASHINGTON, June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- American Library Association Annual Conference & Exhibition – June 23, 2022 -- At the in-person conference of our nation's libraries, digital library leader OverDrive will announce tools and services to help librarians provide "Access for All." In response to requests from industry leaders to leverage their digital collections to reach more readers, OverDrive will present Public Access Connect and other initiatives at the 2022 ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition Booth #933 in Washington, D.C. from June 23-28.
Public Access Connect enables individual libraries to grant instant access to select digital materials at a wide variety of public locations in their community. OverDrive is working with public librarians to bring instant access to highly-curated collections of ebooks, audiobooks, and magazines for all ages and interests to readers with no app to install. Public Access Connect will reach readers where they work, travel and congregate, taking advantage of open Wi-Fi where available and convenient QR codes. Key features of the program include robust curation and branding tools, and digital library card permissions set by the library.
"OverDrive is prioritizing services for libraries to address community challenges including workforce development, health and wellness, legal aid and all literacy issues," said Steve Potash, OverDrive founder and CEO. "Our goal is for public libraries to leverage their investment in their digital collections and materials to efficiently reach and engage underserved audiences."
Areas of focus for Public Access Connect services include:
Internet deserts, areas with low internet access: Location-based programs using QR codes offer access to curated collections in parks, healthcare facilities, government offices, museums, senior centers and anywhere where Wi-Fi is open. Pioneer Library System (Oklahoma) is launching a series of solar-powered park benches offering open Wi-fi and access to curated digital book and magazine materials.
Seniors and super-seniors (ages 85+): Services geared specifically to older individuals, offering accessibility features to assist low-vision adults and those with disabilities. St. Louis County Library (Missouri) is supporting seniors by providing connected GrandPad tablets preloaded with Libby (browser-based version) to access the library's curated high-interest digital collections.
Additional programs from OverDrive prioritizing "Access for All":
Students and children: Public libraries continue to seek efficient solutions to reach and support the students and children in their service area. Public Library CONNECT enables students to safely access their local public library's ebooks and audiobooks (in addition to their school's) through the Sora student reading app. This service is now in 31,000 U.S. schools, allowing 18 million students secure access to their public library digital collections using their student ID or credentials.
English Language Learners: Over the past three years, OverDrive has donated millions of books, including Spanish Titles for Young Readers collections, to thousands of public libraries and schools worldwide. Based on the growing catalog of English language learning materials including Read-Alongs, audiobooks and Kanopy Kids videos, the company is working to assemble new curated and bundled options for those learning English.
Prison and incarcerated populations: County libraries and state agencies in Pennsylvania and Delaware are curating ebook and magazine collections serving readers in prisons and juvenile detention centers in their area. OverDrive also powers digital collections in over 30 states by partnering with hardware suppliers that serve the educational and literacy needs for the incarcerated.
Accessibility needs: Improved Libby app features for those with visual impairment, dyslexia and other disabilities. These include screen reader support, customizable ebook reader display, adjustable text size and other features.
BIPOC, LGBTQ+, AAPI and other select audiences: Diversity audits and OverDrive Marketplace curation tools can drive inclusive collections to support DEI initiatives. For example, "Celebrating Pride Month," "Elevate Black Stories and Black Voices," "Diversity, Equity & Inclusion" and more.
Content access affordability: Libraries can access more content through affordable access models. Librarians can maximize their budget by reaching more readers through OverDrive Max and other cost-effective models offering flexible options.
Visit OverDrive at ALA Annual 2022 in Booth #933 for more information about Public Access Connect and updates for all its public library content services.
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About OverDrive
OverDrive is a mission-based company that stands with libraries. Named a Certified B Corp in 2017, OverDrive serves more than 81,000 libraries and schools in 106 countries with the industry's largest digital catalog of ebooks, audiobooks, video and other content. OverDrive's commitment to empower every library and school includes expanding access for all, tireless industry advocacy and consistently innovating. Award-winning apps and services include the Libby library reading app, the Sora student reading app, Kanopy, the leading video streaming app for libraries and colleges, and TeachingBooks.net, which offers one of the largest catalogs of supplemental materials that enhance literacy outcomes. Founded in 1986, OverDrive is based in Cleveland, Ohio USA. www.overdrive.com
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Programmatic Offerings Aimed to Lift and Celebrate the Black Transgender Community
COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Furthering their commitment to the rights and celebration of the Black transgender community, the Marsha P. Johnson Institute and H&M USA today announced a renewed partnership to expand their impact.
H&M plans to elevate MPJI and its community throughout the year with a series of programs and events aimed to celebrate artistic expression and provide mental health awareness and resources. The retailer and nonprofit will leverage key celebrities and influencers to amplify the work of MPJI and more importantly, provide much-needed resources to the Black transgender community.
"At MPJI, we encourage everyone to be themselves and respect others for who they are, not just today but every day, " said Elle Moxley of MPJI. "We are thrilled to continue our partnership with H&M and celebrate the Black transgender community through programs that provide real impact."
Programs planned for the year include events centered on mental health awareness and resources, PRIDE, and a fireside chat for H&M employees with Moxley and one of the co-chairs of PrisHM, the company's LGBTQ+ colleague resource group.
"H&M is a company that values our employees bringing their true selves to our organization, and the communities we serve, every day. We are proud to partner with the Marsha P. Johnson Institute for a second year so that we can assist in further amplifying their mission of elevating the Black transgender community," said Carlos Duarte, President, H&M Americas.
The partnership will also include an extended return of the inaugural event from last year, where hundreds of teens and young adults across the country participated in a 'Fresh and Fabulous for the Fall' back-to-school makeover event and received H&M Gift Cards and VIP cards.
About MPJI
The Marsha P. Johnson Institute (MPJI) protects and defends the human rights of BLACK transgender people. We do this by organizing, advocating, creating an intentional community to heal, developing transformative leadership, and promoting our collective power.
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Email: MediaRelations.US@hm.com
H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB (publ) was founded in Sweden in 1947 and is quoted on Nasdaq Stockholm. H&M's business idea is to offer fashion and quality at the best price in a sustainable way. In addition to H&M, the group includes the brands COS, Monki, Weekday, & Other Stories, H&M HOME and ARKET as well as Afound. The H&M group has 54 online markets and approximately 4,800 stores in 75 markets including franchise markets. In 2021, net sales were SEK 199 billion. The number of employees amounts to approximately 155,000. For further information, visit hmgroup.com.
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Lawmakers introduce plan to raise Social Security by $2,400 per year
(Gray News) - Lawmakers have shared a plan that they say will boost Social Security payments while also strengthening the program for the future.
Rep. Peter DeFazio and Sen. Bernie Sanders have introduced the Social Security Expansion Act.
The plan includes an increased cost-of-living adjustment for seniors, an extension of the program to 2096 and those who qualify to get $200 more per month.
“One of my highest priorities is protecting Social Security, which millions of Americans rely on. With the cost of living at an all-time high, Social Security has never been more important,” DeFazio said.
Lawmakers said the bill would help low-income workers by updating and increasing the minimum benefit level equal to 125% percent of the poverty line.
The bill would require legislation to lift the income tax cap and subject all income above $250,000 to the Social Security payroll tax.
“At a time when half of older Americans have no retirement savings and millions of senior citizens are living in poverty, our job is not to cut Social Security,” Sanders said. “Our job must be to expand Social Security.”
Sanders also said the bill would call on the wealthiest people in the U.S. to pay the same amount of Social Security taxes as someone making $147,000 a year.
“It’s time to scrap the cap, expand benefits and fully fund Social Security,” Sanders said.
Representatives shared that more than 40 national organizations have endorsed this legislation that would help senior citizens and persons with disabilities.
“An extra $200 a month would go a long way in helping retirees make ends meet. Extending the solvency of the Social Security program for 75 years means this benefit will pay itself forward for years to come,” Richard Delaney, with the Senior Citizens League, said.
Lawmakers also shared the following details on what the Social Security Expansion Act would do:
- Extend the solvency of the Social Security trust fund 75 years, through 2096, by requiring the wealthiest Americans to pay their fair share into the fund, just like everyone else. This legislation would lift the income tax cap and subject all income above $250,000 to the Social Security payroll tax. Under this bill, more than 93 percent of households would not see their taxes go up by one penny.
- Expand Social Security benefits across the board for current and new beneficiaries. Under this bill, Social Security benefits for someone turning 62 next year would be $200 per month higher.
- Increase Cost-of-Living Adjustments (COLAs). This bill would more accurately measure the spending patterns of seniors by adopting the Consumer Price Index for the Elderly (CPI-E), which would change the formula to reflect what seniors spend a disproportionate amount of their income on such as health care and prescription drugs.
- Require millionaires and billionaires to pay their fair share into Social Security. Currently, workers have 12.4 percent taken out of each paycheck and contributed to the Trust Fund, half paid by the employer and half by the worker. This bill would require the wealthy to pay the same 12.4 percent on their investments and business income by increasing the net investment income tax by 12.4 percent and applying it to certain business income not already covered by payroll taxes.
- Improve the Special Minimum Benefit for Social Security recipients. This bill will help low-income workers stay out of poverty by updating and increasing the Special Minimum Benefit and indexing the benefit level so that it is equal to 125 percent of the poverty line or about $17,000 for a single worker who had worked their full career.
- Restore student benefits up to age 22 for children of disabled or deceased workers, if the child is a full-time student in a college or vocational school. This legislation restores student benefits to help educate children of deceased or disabled parents (these benefits were eliminated in 1983).
- Combine the Disability Insurance Trust Fund with the Old Age and Survivors Trust fund to help senior citizens and persons with disabilities.
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DALLAS — Services for Raymond C. Lee Jr., 72, of Temple will be 10 a.m. today at Hampton Road Baptist Church in DeSoto.
Burial will be in Lincoln Memorial Park in Dallas.
Mr. Lee died Monday, April 25.
He was born Sept. 20, 1949, in Temple to Raymond Clarence Sr. and Unorna Lee. He attended Dunbar Meredith High School. He attended Bishop College. He was a juvenile detention counselor at Buckner Children’s Home. He was a firefighter and opened Lee & Associated Polygraph Services. He attended Hampton Road Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Jaqueline Littlefield Lee; a daughter, Dedra Lee-Collins; a son, Raymond Clarence “Trey” III; his mother; a brother, Willie Earl Robertson; a sister, Brenda Lee; and three grandchildren.
Singing Hills Funeral Home in Dallas is in charge of arrangements. | https://www.tdtnews.com/obituaries/article_641033da-c817-11ec-a388-378bc6d47905.html | 2022-04-30T01:34:56Z |
CHICAGO, July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Titan International, Inc. will release its second quarter 2022 financial results, after the close of the market on Monday, August 1st to be followed by a teleconference and webcast on Tuesday, August 2nd, at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time.
The real-time, listen-only webcast can be accessed using the following link https://events.q4inc.com/attendee/382414202 or on our website at www.titan-intl.com within the "Investor Relations" page under the "News & Events" menu (https://ir.titan-intl.com/news-and-events/events/default.aspx). Listeners should access the website at least 10 minutes prior to the live event.
A webcast replay of the teleconference will be available on our website (https://ir.titan-intl.com/news-and-events/events/default.aspx) soon after the live event.
In order to participate in the real-time teleconference, with live audio Q&A, participants should use one of the following dial in numbers:
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About Titan: Titan International, Inc. (NYSE: TWI) is a leading global manufacturer of off-highway wheels, tires, assemblies, and undercarriage products. Headquartered in West Chicago, Illinois, the company globally produces a broad range of products to meet the specifications of original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and aftermarket customers in the agricultural, earthmoving/construction, and consumer markets. For more information, visit www.titan-intl.com.
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The robotic mower manufacturer's traveling demonstration event showcase the capabilities of its product line to both dealers and potential owners
GREEN BAY, Wis., June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- RC Mowers, a leading manufacturer of remote-operated robotic mowers, will continue its Great American Road Show throughout the summer by providing in-person demonstrations of its robotic mowers to commercial landscapers and public works, parks and road departments all over the country.
"We built most of our dealer network during the pandemic when in-person communications was at a minimum," said Tim Kubista, vice president of sales and marketing for RC Mowers. "So, in order to show our dealers what the mowers could do, we decided to take them on the road. We also began inviting potential buyers, and the events grew into a real success story. We have exceeded our sales expectations and have generated more interest in our product line than we ever imagined."
Kubista said the first event was held in April 2021 and continued with 40 events throughout that year. So far in 2022, the Great American Road Show has held more than 42 events with 95 more scheduled over June, July, August and September. He said that list will grow as more dates are added.
A typical event on the road show includes demonstrations of tracked mowers on steep slopes of up to 50 degrees or along overgrown retention ponds. The remote-controlled robotic mowers cut thick brush on wet and muddy land and mow down tall grass and weeds that become unruly during warmer months.
"Road shows like this used to be popular in days gone by but have been replaced by internet demonstrations in recent decades," Kubista said. "We wanted to show our dedication to our dealers and potential customers by showing them what our products can do in the real-world conditions they face in their own communities. We believe in our mowers' abilities to minimize safety liabilities, reduce labor costs and increase profitability and productivity and the road show allows us to demonstrate these benefits in action."
RC Mowers' product line includes three tracked mowers that come with a water-resistant, commercial-grade remote control that most operators can learn to use within minutes. Premium and entry-level machines are available.
To find specific dates, locations and registration information, visit the Great American Road Show website at https://www.rcmowersusa.com/pages/great-american-road-show.
Founded in 2018 and based near Green Bay, Wisconsin, RC Mowers manufactures remote-operated robotic mowers for mowing steep slopes, difficult terrain and other hazardous landscapes. Our mowers help companies safely, quickly and efficiently mow these areas, often leading to reduced injuries, decreased labor costs and greater profitability. All our mowers are 100% manufactured and serviced in the United States, have a 30-day buy-back guarantee and come with a 72-hour parts shipping guarantee. For more information, visit https://www.rcmowersusa.com.
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"A lot of people think perception is a software problem, but I think of it as a total system problem. Software is only one part of the system. The other part is the sensor, the delivery of the data to a perception engine, and then, of course, the perception engine itself. Understanding this is critical to building better, safer perception."
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Automotive electronics and the supply chain
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AEye, Inc.
"Silicon Valley is built on the idea of being disruptive: disrupting technologies, disrupting markets, disrupting established companies and business models, and finding new ways of doing things. Sometimes it is appropriate. Sometimes it's better to leverage something that's existing in order to gain greater market momentum, faster."
Go-to-market strategies for technology disruptors
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Website: https://www.aeye.ai/
Media contact: Andie Davis, andie@landispr.com
Automotive Technology and Business Models
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AEye, Inc.
"The market is rapidly evolving toward a new era of mobility and software-driven vehicles. This change is driven by the growing prevalence of software within cars and the ability to upgrade that software to add new features and functionality over time."
Automotive Technology and business models
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Media contact: Andie Davis, andie@landispr.com
Business/Finance for High-Growth Companies
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AEye, Inc.
"High-growth companies require nimbleness and aggressiveness married with a structure that enables you to retain speed and quick decision-making while putting processes in place that are critical to successful growth.
Business/finance for high-growth companies
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Media contact: Andie Davis, andie@landispr.com
Leadership in Times of Ambiguity/Change
Blair LaCorte
CEO
AEye, Inc.
"Great leaders are adaptive. Just having the right vision very rarely gets you to the outcome you want. It's having the ability to execute that vision in a thoughtful way through the eyes of the person you're partnering or working with. Adaptive leadership requires a willingness to redefine objectives to ensure you are constantly delivering value to your partners and customers."
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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In the face of strong opposition from small, family-owned businesses that make up the hotel industry, the Los Angeles City Council voted this morning to reject a proposal that would have required hotels to make vacant rooms available to unhoused individuals. The measure now heads to the voters in November to decide whether this proposal becomes law.
Proposed by Unite Here Local 11, the labor union representing hospitality workers, the measure would establish a program to place unhoused individuals or families in vacant hotel guest rooms. Hotels would be required to report to the Department of Housing the daily number of vacancies they have and to accept vouchers from the unhoused to stay in a vacant room.
The measure was widely criticized by these small business owners, who expressed serious concerns about being required to provide homeless individuals housing alongside guests. At the meeting, many hoteliers remarked their staff is simply not equipped to provide social services that are required to make such temporary placements successful. With no funding for these services proposed in the ordinance, hoteliers fear that the lack of case management expertise could lead to unsafe condition for workers.
"It baffles me that Unite Here, which claims to protect its members, is leading this measure that would very likely jeopardize worker safety," said Heather Rozman, President & CEO of the Hotel Association of Los Angeles. "We're relieved that the council saw this for the political stunt that it is and call on them to instead pursue long-term solutions to homelessness that actually work."
The hotel industry, including many of these small, family-owned businesses have long been partners to the City on addressing homelessness. Most recently, multiple hotels have voluntarily participated Project Roomkey, which converted hotels into homeless shelters during the pandemic. It viewed this recent measure as vast overreach that would harm these small businesses most as they still struggle to fully recover from drastic losses from the pandemic.
Following the rejection of the measure by the Council, the ordinance now heads to the voters, who likely may see the issue on their ballots in March of 2024.
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MECHANICSBURG, Pa., Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Select Medical Holdings Corporation ("Select Medical," "we," "us," or "our") (NYSE: SEM) today announced results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2022, and the declaration of a cash dividend.
For the second quarter ended June 30, 2022, revenue increased 1.3% to $1,584.7 million, compared to $1,564.0 million for the same quarter, prior year. Income from operations was $121.0 million for the second quarter ended June 30, 2022, compared to $284.0 million for the same quarter, prior year. For the second quarter ended June 30, 2022, income from operations included $15.1 million of other operating income related to the recognition of payments received under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act ("CARES Act") Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund, also referred to as the Provider Relief Fund, compared to $98.0 million for the same quarter, prior year. Net income was $66.3 million for the second quarter ended June 30, 2022, compared to $196.2 million for the same quarter, prior year. Adjusted EBITDA was $181.0 million for the second quarter ended June 30, 2022, compared to $342.0 million for the same quarter, prior year. Earnings per common share was $0.43 for the second quarter ended June 30, 2022, compared to $1.22 for the same quarter, prior year. The definition of Adjusted EBITDA and a reconciliation of net income to Adjusted EBITDA are presented in table IX of this release.
For the six months ended June 30, 2022, revenue increased 2.4% to $3,184.3 million, compared to $3,110.5 million for the same period, prior year. Income from operations was $225.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022, compared to $486.0 million for the same period, prior year. For the six months ended June 30, 2022, income from operations included $15.1 million of other operating income related to the recognition of payments received under the Provider Relief Fund, compared to $114.1 million for the same period, prior year. Net income was $122.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022, compared to $333.4 million for the same period, prior year. Adjusted EBITDA was $344.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022, compared to $600.4 million for the same period, prior year. Earnings per common share was $0.79 for the six months ended June 30, 2022, compared to $2.04 for the same period, prior year. The definition of Adjusted EBITDA and a reconciliation of net income to Adjusted EBITDA are presented in table IX of this release.
In addition to providing key statistics in tables VII and VIII of this release for both the second quarters and six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, Select Medical also provided statistics for the comparable period in 2019. Select Medical believes this additional data provides insight into how it has performed in comparison to the year prior to the widespread emergence of the coronavirus disease 2019 ("COVID-19") in the United States. The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, including the duration and extent of disruption on our operations, continues to create uncertainties about Select Medical's future operating results and financial condition. Please refer to the risk factors in Item 1A and the section titled "Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on our Results of Operations" in Item 7 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, for further discussion.
Company Overview
Select Medical is one of the largest operators of critical illness recovery hospitals, rehabilitation hospitals, outpatient rehabilitation clinics, and occupational health centers in the United States based on number of facilities. Select Medical's reportable segments include the critical illness recovery hospital segment, the rehabilitation hospital segment, the outpatient rehabilitation segment, and the Concentra segment. As of June 30, 2022, Select Medical operated 105 critical illness recovery hospitals in 28 states, 31 rehabilitation hospitals in 12 states, and 1,920 outpatient rehabilitation clinics in 38 states and the District of Columbia. Concentra operated 518 occupational health centers in 41 states. At June 30, 2022, Select Medical had operations in 46 states and the District of Columbia. Information about Select Medical is available at www.selectmedical.com.
Critical Illness Recovery Hospital Segment
For the second quarter ended June 30, 2022, revenue for the critical illness recovery hospital segment increased to $545.9 million, compared to $544.1 million for the same quarter, prior year. Adjusted EBITDA for the critical illness recovery hospital segment was $20.0 million for the second quarter ended June 30, 2022, compared to $72.9 million for the same quarter, prior year. The Adjusted EBITDA margin for the critical illness recovery hospital segment was 3.7% for the second quarter ended June 30, 2022, compared to 13.4% for the same quarter, prior year. Certain critical illness recovery hospital key statistics are presented in table VII of this release for the second quarters ended June 30, 2022 and 2021.
For the six months ended June 30, 2022, revenue for the critical illness recovery hospital segment increased to $1,147.7 million, compared to $1,138.9 million for the same period, prior year. Adjusted EBITDA for the critical illness recovery hospital segment was $56.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022, compared to $186.2 million for the same period, prior year. For the six months ended June 30, 2021, Adjusted EBITDA included $17.9 million of other operating income related to the outcome of litigation with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The Adjusted EBITDA margin for the critical illness recovery hospital segment was 4.9% for the six months ended June 30, 2022, compared to 16.3% for the same period, prior year. Certain critical illness recovery hospital key statistics are presented in table VIII of this release for the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021.
Rehabilitation Hospital Segment
For the second quarter ended June 30, 2022, revenue for the rehabilitation hospital segment increased 7.6% to $228.9 million, compared to $212.7 million for the same quarter, prior year. Adjusted EBITDA for the rehabilitation hospital segment was $49.8 million for the second quarter ended June 30, 2022, compared to $50.8 million for the same quarter, prior year. The Adjusted EBITDA margin for the rehabilitation hospital segment was 21.8% for the second quarter ended June 30, 2022, compared to 23.9% for the same quarter, prior year. Certain rehabilitation hospital key statistics are presented in table VII of this release for the second quarters ended June 30, 2022 and 2021.
For the six months ended June 30, 2022, revenue for the rehabilitation hospital segment increased 6.9% to $449.5 million, compared to $420.5 million for the same period, prior year. Adjusted EBITDA for the rehabilitation hospital segment was $92.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022, compared to $101.3 million for the same period, prior year. The Adjusted EBITDA margin for the rehabilitation hospital segment was 20.5% for the six months ended June 30, 2022, compared to 24.1% for the same period, prior year. Certain rehabilitation hospital key statistics are presented in table VIII of this release for the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021.
Outpatient Rehabilitation Segment
For the second quarter ended June 30, 2022, revenue for the outpatient rehabilitation segment increased 2.4% to $287.3 million, compared to $280.4 million for the same quarter, prior year. Adjusted EBITDA for the outpatient rehabilitation segment was $33.6 million for the second quarter ended June 30, 2022, compared to $45.6 million for the same quarter, prior year. The Adjusted EBITDA margin for the outpatient rehabilitation segment was 11.7% for the second quarter ended June 30, 2022, compared to 16.3% for the same quarter, prior year. Certain outpatient rehabilitation key statistics are presented in table VII of this release for the second quarters ended June 30, 2022 and 2021.
For the six months ended June 30, 2022, revenue for the outpatient rehabilitation segment increased 5.0% to $559.2 million, compared to $532.4 million for the same period, prior year. Adjusted EBITDA for the outpatient rehabilitation segment was $60.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022, compared to $72.0 million for the same period, prior year. The Adjusted EBITDA margin for the outpatient rehabilitation segment was 10.8% for the six months ended June 30, 2022, compared to 13.5% for the same period, prior year. Certain outpatient rehabilitation key statistics are presented in table VIII of this release for the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021.
Concentra Segment
For the second quarter ended June 30, 2022, revenue for the Concentra segment was $441.4 million, compared to $456.4 million for the same quarter, prior year. Adjusted EBITDA for the Concentra segment was $92.6 million for the second quarter ended June 30, 2022, compared to $137.1 million for the same quarter, prior year. For the second quarter ended June 30, 2021, Adjusted EBITDA included $32.3 million of other operating income related to the recognition of payments received under the Provider Relief Fund. The Adjusted EBITDA margin for the Concentra segment was 21.0% for the second quarter ended June 30, 2022, compared to 30.0% for the same quarter, prior year. Certain Concentra key statistics are presented in table VII of this release for the second quarters ended June 30, 2022 and 2021.
For the six months ended June 30, 2022, revenue for the Concentra segment was $864.8 million, compared to $879.2 million for the same period, prior year. Adjusted EBITDA for the Concentra segment was $182.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022, compared to $219.1 million for the same period, prior year. For the six months ended June 30, 2021, Adjusted EBITDA included $32.3 million of other operating income related to the recognition of payments received under the Provider Relief Fund. The Adjusted EBITDA margin for the Concentra segment was 21.1% for the six months ended June 30, 2022, compared to 24.9% for the same period, prior year. Certain Concentra key statistics are presented in table VIII of this release for the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021.
Dividend
On August 2, 2022, Select Medical's board of directors declared a cash dividend of $0.125 per share. The dividend will be payable on or about September 2, 2022, to stockholders of record as of the close of business on August 16, 2022.
There is no assurance that future dividends will be declared. The declaration and payment of dividends in the future are at the discretion of Select Medical's board of directors after taking into account various factors, including, but not limited to, Select Medical's financial condition, operating results, available cash and current and anticipated cash needs, the terms of Select Medical's indebtedness, and other factors Select Medical's board of directors may deem to be relevant.
Stock Repurchase Program
The board of directors of Select Medical has authorized a common stock repurchase program to repurchase up to $1.0 billion worth of shares of its common stock. The common stock repurchase program will remain in effect until December 31, 2023, unless further extended or earlier terminated by the board of directors. Stock repurchases under this program may be made in the open market or through privately negotiated transactions, and at times and in such amounts as Select Medical deems appropriate. Select Medical funds this program with cash on hand and borrowings under its revolving credit facility.
During the six months ended June 30, 2022, Select Medical repurchased 7,567,433 shares at a cost of approximately $177.6 million, or $23.47 per share, which includes transaction costs. Since the inception of the common stock repurchase program through June 30, 2022, Select Medical has repurchased 47,919,061 shares at a cost of approximately $592.8 million, or $12.37 per share, which includes transaction costs.
Business Outlook for Revenue
Select Medical reaffirms its 2022 business outlook for revenue, which was provided most recently in its May 5, 2022, press release. Select Medical continues to expect consolidated revenue to be in the range of $6.25 billion to $6.40 billion for the full year of 2022. Select Medical is also reaffirming its previously issued three-year compound annual growth rate target for revenue only, which is expected to be in the range of 4% to 6% for 2021 through 2023.
Select Medical intends to address its business outlook and target compound annual growth rates for Adjusted EBITDA and earnings per common share when the labor climate stabilizes.
Conference Call
Select Medical will host a conference call regarding its second quarter results, as well as its business outlook for revenue and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on each of its reportable segments, on Friday, August 5, 2022, at 9:00am ET. The conference call will be a live webcast and can be accessed at Select Medical Holding Corporation's website at www.selectmedicalholdings.com. A replay of the webcast will be available shortly after the call through the same link.
For listeners wishing to dial-in via telephone, or participate in the question and answer session, you may pre-register for the call at Select Medical Earnings Call Registration to obtain your dial-in number and unique passcode.
Certain statements contained herein that are not descriptions of historical facts are "forward-looking" statements (as such term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995), including statements related to Select Medical's 2022 and long-term business outlook. Because such statements include risks and uncertainties, actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements due to factors including the following:
- developments related to the COVID-19 pandemic including, but not limited to, the duration and severity of the pandemic, additional measures taken by government authorities and the private sector to limit the spread of COVID-19, and further legislative and regulatory actions which impact healthcare providers, including actions that may impact the Medicare program;
- changes in government reimbursement for our services and/or new payment policies may result in a reduction in revenue, an increase in costs, and a reduction in profitability;
- the failure of our Medicare-certified long term care hospitals or inpatient rehabilitation facilities to maintain their Medicare certifications may cause our revenue and profitability to decline;
- the failure of our Medicare-certified long term care hospitals and inpatient rehabilitation facilities operated as "hospitals within hospitals" to qualify as hospitals separate from their host hospitals may cause our revenue and profitability to decline;
- a government investigation or assertion that we have violated applicable regulations may result in sanctions or reputational harm and increased costs;
- acquisitions or joint ventures may prove difficult or unsuccessful, use significant resources or expose us to unforeseen liabilities;
- our plans and expectations related to our acquisitions and our ability to realize anticipated synergies;
- private third-party payors for our services may adopt payment policies that could limit our future revenue and profitability;
- the failure to maintain established relationships with the physicians in the areas we serve could reduce our revenue and profitability;
- shortages in qualified nurses, therapists, physicians, or other licensed providers, or the inability to attract or retain healthcare professionals due to the heightened risk of infection related to the COVID-19 pandemic, could increase our operating costs significantly or limit our ability to staff our facilities;
- competition may limit our ability to grow and result in a decrease in our revenue and profitability;
- the loss of key members of our management team could significantly disrupt our operations;
- the effect of claims asserted against us could subject us to substantial uninsured liabilities;
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Except as required by applicable law, including the securities laws of the United States and the rules and regulations of the SEC, we are under no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of any new information, future events, or otherwise. You should not place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results or performance.
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SENZA-PDN Randomized Controlled Trial Results From Original 10 kHz Arm Demonstrate Significant and Sustained Outcomes with 10 kHz Therapy at 24-Months Follow-Up
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nevro Corp. (NYSE: NVRO), a global medical device company that is delivering comprehensive, life-changing solutions for the treatment of chronic pain, today announced the results from data presentations at the American Diabetes Association (ADA) 82nd Scientific Sessions supporting the use of 10 kHz spinal cord stimulation (SCS) therapy for patients with chronic pain, including results from the SENZA Painful Diabetic Neuropathy (PDN) randomized controlled trial (RCT). Results were presented on Sunday, June 5, 2022.
"At this year's ADA Scientific Sessions, we were excited to share for the first time the 24-month results from the 10 kHz arm of our landmark SENZA-PDN trial, which continue to clearly demonstrate the safety, durability and consistency of pain relief and other outcomes that can be achieved with HFX for PDN," stated D. Keith Grossman, Chairman, CEO and President of Nevro. "While prior research has looked at the benefit of SCS for treating pain related to diabetic neuropathy, this is the first time that neurological improvement after SCS was studied. No traditional, low-frequency SCS treatments have demonstrated such positive results in treating PDN patients, and we believe there is a significant opportunity to expand this innovative treatment option to PDN patients who are unable to find relief with currently available pharmacologic options."
24-Month Results for 10 kHz Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS) in Treating Painful Diabetic Neuropathy (PDN)
The data presented at the ADA 82nd Scientific Sessions highlighted 24-month results for the original 10 kHz arm of the SENZA-PDN trial, the largest PDN RCT of SCS treatment conducted to date with 216 randomized subjects at 18 U.S. centers. Key findings at 24 months, presented by lead Principal Investigator Dr. Erika Petersen, Professor of Neurosurgery and Director of Functional and Restorative Neurosurgery at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, included significant and sustained outcomes with 10 kHz SCS:
- Responder rate: 84%
- Substantial pain relief: 77% average reduction in pain, consistent over 24 months
- Improved sleep: 69% average reduction in sleep disturbance
- Improved quality of life: Average improvement = 3x minimal clinically important difference (MCID)
- Improved sensory function: 71% sensory improvement rate
- High patient satisfaction: 89% very satisfied or satisfied
- No explants were required for loss of efficacy
Previously published complete 12-month results in Diabetes Care demonstrated significantly improved and sustained outcomes with high-frequency 10 kHz Therapy, including substantial, sustained pain relief and improved health-related quality of life in patients suffering from PDN.¹ The company expects the complete 24-month data from the SENZA-PDN RCT to be available in the fourth quarter of 2022 and plans to submit this data set for presentation at NANS in January 2023 and publish as soon possible thereafter.
ADA Product Theater Presentation - Revolutionizing the Treatment of Painful Diabetic Neuropathy (PDN) with High Frequency (10 kHz) Spinal Cord Stimulation
Nevro also participated in the ADA's Product Theater with a presentation by Dr. Erika Petersen and Dr. George Grunberger, Chairman, Grunberger Diabetes Institute, Bloomfield Hills, MI. A copy of this product theater presentation is available in the "Investors" section of Nevro's website at www.nevro.com.
About Painful Diabetic Neuropathy (PDN)
The World Health Organization estimates 422 million adults with diabetes worldwide and prevalence (8.5%) that has nearly doubled over four decades.2 Diabetes may cause systemic damage with profound impact on health-related quality of life and is potentially life-threatening. Diabetic peripheral neuropathy is a common complication presenting as pain and other dysesthesias, including numbness, burning, or tingling. Approximately 20% of patients with diabetes will develop PDN, a progressive, potentially debilitating chronic neuropathic pain condition.3 In the U.S., it is estimated that there are approximately 140,000 to 200,000 PDN patients each year that become refractory to conventional medical management, representing an annual total addressable market opportunity of approximately $3.5 billion to $5.0 billion.4,5
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About Nevro
Headquartered in Redwood City, California, Nevro is a global medical device company focused on delivering comprehensive, life-changing solutions that continue to set the standard for enduring patient outcomes in chronic pain treatment. The company started with a simple mission to help more patients suffering from debilitating pain and developed its proprietary 10 kHz Therapy, an evidence-based, non-pharmacologic innovation that has impacted the lives of more than 80,000 patients globally. Nevro's comprehensive HFX™ spinal cord stimulation (SCS) platform includes a Senza SCS system and support services for the treatment of chronic trunk and limb pain and painful diabetic neuropathy.
Senza®, Senza II®, and Senza Omnia™ are the only SCS systems that deliver Nevro's proprietary 10 kHz Therapy. Nevro's unique support services provide every patient with an HFX Coach™ throughout their pain relief journey and every physician with HFX Cloud™ insights for enhanced patient and practice management.
Senza, Senza II, Senza Omnia, HFX, HXF Coach, HFX Cloud, HFX Connect, Nevro and the Nevro logo are trademarks of Nevro Corp.
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1 Petersen et al. Durability of High-Frequency 10-kHz Spinal Cord Stimulation for Patients With Painful Diabetic Neuropathy Refractory to Conventional Treatments: 12-Month Results From a Randomized Controlled Trial. Diabetes Care. 2022;45:e1–e4; https://doi.org/10.2337/dc21-1813.
2 World Health Organization. (2016). Global report on diabetes. World Health Organization. https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/204871
3 Schmader KE. Epidemiology and impact on quality of life of postherpetic neuralgia and painful diabetic neuropathy. Clin J Pain. 2002;18(6):350-354.
4 CDC National Diabetes Statistics Report 2020; Schmader KE. Epidemiology and impact on quality of life of postherpetic neuralgia and painful diabetic neuropathy. Clin J Pain. 2002;18(6):350-354.
5 Trinity Partners Market Research 2017.
Forward-Looking Statements
In addition to historical information, this press release contains forward-looking statements reflecting the company's current beliefs and expectations of management made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including: our belief that there is a significant opportunity to expand our innovative SCS therapy as an option to PDN patients who are unable to find relief with currently available pharmacologic options; and our expectation that the complete 24-month SENZA-PDN clinical trial results will be available later in the fourth quarter of 2022. These forward-looking statements are based upon information that is currently available to us or our current expectations, speak only as of the date hereof, and are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, including our ability to successfully commercialize our products; our ability to manufacture our products to meet demand; the level and availability of third-party payor reimbursement for our products; our ability to effectively manage our anticipated growth and the costs and expenses of operating our business; our ability to protect our intellectual property rights and proprietary technologies; our ability to operate our business without infringing the intellectual property rights and proprietary technology of third parties; competition in our industry; additional capital and credit availability; our ability to attract and retain qualified personnel; and product liability claims. These factors, together with those that are described in greater detail in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 23, 2022, as well as any reports that we may file with the Securities and Exchange Commission in the future, may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially and adversely from those anticipated or implied by our forward-looking statements. We expressly disclaim any obligation, except as required by law, or undertaking to update or revise any such forward-looking statements.
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Unum Group (NYSE: UNM) announced today that it has entered into a $350 million term loan agreement. The net proceeds from the term loan facility, together with cash on hand, are expected to be used to redeem all of the company's 4.000 percent senior notes due 2024 (CUSIP Number 91529Y AK2) (the "2024 Notes") outstanding on September 1, 2022 (the "Redemption Date").
PNC Capital Markets LLC and Truist Securities, Inc. jointly arranged the financing of the term loan facility.
The company will redeem all of the outstanding 2024 Notes at a redemption price equal to the greater of: (1) 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the 2024 Notes plus any accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount of the 2024 Notes to the Redemption Date and (2) the sum, as calculated by the Independent Investment Banker (as defined in the 2024 Notes), of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest (exclusive of interest accrued to the Redemption Date) on the 2024 Notes to be redeemed discounted to the Redemption Date on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the then current Treasury Rate (as defined in the 2024 Notes) plus 20 basis points, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount to be redeemed to the Redemption Date. As of the date of this news release, $350 million aggregate principal amount of the 2024 Notes is outstanding.
The company has instructed The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., the trustee and paying agent for the 2024 Notes, to distribute a notice of redemption to all registered holders of the 2024 Notes. The 2024 Notes must be surrendered to The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., to collect the redemption price pursuant to the notice of redemption.
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Unum (NYSE: UNM), an international provider of workplace benefits and services, has been helping workers and their families for more than 170 years. Through its Unum and Colonial Life brands, the company offers disability, life, accident, critical illness, dental, vision and stop-loss insurance; leave and absence management support and behavioral health services. In 2021, Unum reported revenues of $12.0 billion and paid $8.2 billion in benefits. The Fortune 500 company is one of the 2022 World's Most Ethical Companies, recognized by Ethisphere®.
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Exos' NFL Combine and Pro Day training program produces industry-leading year as athletes shatter records in Indianapolis and achieve greatness in Las Vegas, with nearly 100 Exos athletes drafted into the pros.
PHOENIX, May 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Exos, the industry leader in human performance, today announced its sports division's record-setting year and industry-leading season, which the brand attributes to their athletes' success at the 2022 NFL combine and draft.
Since 2014, Exos has produced 348 Top 100 NFL draft selections, more than any other training facility in the country. An impressive 125 of those picks came in the first round of the draft.
The 2022 NFL draft proved to be another successful moment for the powerhouse behind top NFL athletes, as Exos produced the No. 1 draft selection, four of the Top 10 picks, 13 (40%) first-round picks, and 43 of the Top 100 draftees.
The stage for the results witnessed at the 2022 NFL draft was set in March at the combine, where athletes like Jordan Davis, Garrett Wilson, Travon Walker, Ahmad 'Sauce' Gardner, and Treylon Burks showcased elite performances after eight weeks of training and fine-tuning their abilities with Exos.
For more than 35 years NFL hopefuls have assembled in Indianapolis in March to compete for the biggest job interview of their lives. This year, Exos supported a company-high 172 NFL hopefuls for the combine and their respective pro days. Of the athletes invited to the combine, 125 (an industry-high 38%) trained with Exos.
"Continuity of care is a top priority for Exos, which is why we create a mobile Exos facility at the combine each year to keep our athletes primed and ready to perform their best," says Adam Farrand, vice president of pro / elite sports at Exos.
That care and support paid off, with Exos athletes producing a company record 23 position group leading performances at the 2022 combine. In addition, defensive lineman Amaré Barno broke an all-time combine position record in the 40-yard dash, clocking in at 4.36 seconds while defensive lineman Jordan Davis and wide receiver Calvin Austin III broke all-time records based on their body measurements. Exos athletes also posted four overall top performances across the bench press, vertical jump, 3-cone drill, and 20-yard shuttle.
These performances came full circle this past weekend in Las Vegas as the athletes' hard work came to fruition when their NFL dreams came true. Exos broke company and industry records with 99 athletes drafted this year, 12 more than last year's previous best of 87. Exos posted an impressive round-by-round selection average of 14 picks, with round six dialing up a staggering 20 selections from Exos.
Through its unique, athlete-first, integrated approach, Exos helped Georgia defensive end Travon Walker earn the No. 1 spot in this year's draft — a feat that hasn't been accomplished by an Exos-trained athlete since Jadeveon Clowney in 2014. This also marked the eighth time in company history that Exos produced the No. 1 selection.
In the first round, three of the first four picks hailed from the Exos Athletes' Performance Institute in Frisco, Texas: Travon Walker, Derek Stingley Jr., and Ahmad 'Sauce' Gardner. Through the second and third rounds, Exos notched a company record 33 picks, including half (16) of the second-round picks.
"To witness our athletes' dreams become reality on national television is such a proud moment for our coaches and company, and to know we played a supporting role in that is powerful. The achievements of the athletes this year isn't only a reflection of their hard work but also a testament to the dedication and passion our staff has for empowering others on their path to greatness," says Brent Callaway, vice president of performance at Exos.
Exos strives to celebrate teams of all kinds by uniting under the umbrella theme: 'Greatness is a Team Sport.' From historical and recent to notorious and unknown, the best teams work together with one common denominator: greatness.
"The achievements our coaches and athletes have made this year are truly tremendous, and they're a testament to what we as a company can bring to not only elite athletes but also to individuals," says Exos CEO Sarah Robb O'Hagan. "We did it for them, and we can do it for you, too. At Exos, we believe performance coaching shouldn't be restricted to just elite athletes, and as we look ahead to the future we plan to lean on our heritage to empower everyone."
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Exos has been the architect and the owner of the human performance industry, standing side by side with those driven to rise higher in sport, work, and life. With over 20 years of experience empowering corporate employees, elite athletes, and many other performers operating in some of the toughest environments, Exos' world-class team of coaches and practitioners personalize an integrated approach across the pillars of mindset, nutrition, movement, and recovery to empower anyone to perform at their highest level.
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Kansas woman arrested for drugs, use of weapon
ALLEN CO., Kan. (WIBW) - The Kansas Bureau of Investigation, along with the Humboldt Police Department and the Allen County Sheriff’s Office arrested a woman for methamphetamine-related charges and a weapons charge on Thursday.
According to officials, Cindy Reynolds, 54, of Humboldt County was arrested for possession of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute, possession of narcotics with the intent to distribute, felony possession of drug paraphernalia, and criminal use of a weapon.
At approximately 9:00 a.m. on Thursday, law enforcement officers executed a search warrant at 507 Bridge St. Apt A6 where they found methamphetamine and a weapon at the location.
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CHICAGO (AP) — A woman — stunned and speechless in the chaos of a July 4 parade massacre — walked up to Greg Ring and handed him a 2-year-old boy, covered in blood.
Ring had fled the scene in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park with his wife and three children to an area behind a popular pancake house.
“We kind of met eyes and didn’t say anything…. I put my arms out, and she gave him to me,” Ring said Wednesday, when describing the exchange with the unidentified woman, who then laid down in front of their car in shock.
The boy pointed in the direction of the parade route, saying “Mommy, Daddy, Mommy, Daddy.”
Ring’s wish to help the boy carried him back to the scene. He tucked the boy’s face in his chest, so he couldn’t see the carnage. But Ring quickly realized it was too dangerous.
“Active shooter! Get back down!” a police officer shouted. Ring fled again.
He and his family got to their car and took the boy to a Highland Park fire station. “I have a boy. He’s not ours,” he told the department staff, who asked him to keep the boy as authorities searched for the shooter and helped the wounded.
“They were getting ready for war,” Ring said.
The family drove to Ring’s in-laws, where they hunkered down. There, the boy sat with Ring’s 4-year-old, watching a Mickey Mouse show.
“He asked my wife to wipe him off because he had blood on him that wasn’t his,” said Ring, an insurance broker from Highland Park.
They were later able to identify the boy and reunite him with his grandparents, with the help of other community members and the police, after his photo circulated on social media.
Aiden McCarthy’s parents, Kevin and Irina, both died in the shooting, which left five others dead and more than two dozen wounded.
A family member said Irina’s parents would care for the boy going forward.
“Aiden … will have a long road ahead to heal, find stability, and ultimately navigate life as an orphan. He is surrounded by a community of friends and extended family that will embrace him with love, and any means available to ensure he has everything he needs as he grows,” Irina Colon wrote on a GoFundMe account she created for the family and Aiden. Colon, who described Irina McCarthy as family on her Facebook page, has raised more than $2 million so far.
One of hundreds of donors wrote, “Aiden, as a momma of another 2 year old boy, my heart is breaking for you. I am so sad your little heart has to endure such a devastating loss. No child should have to go through what you are. Stay strong, sweet boy!”
On Wednesday, Ring was still trying to process what happened at the July 4 parade. He said he’s not a hero and just did what anyone would have done in the situation.
“I’m just filled with immense gratitude. I’m really sad. I don’t know. I don’t know how I feel. I have not slept for a minute the last two nights,” he said.
“What could’ve happened — it is nothing short of a miracle that the five of us — me, my wife and my three kids — one of us or all of us isn’t dead. I do not understand. Everybody around us was hit or got shot.”
According to a report in the Chicago Sun-Times, Irina McCarthy was born in Russia and later immigrated to the Chicago area with her parents. Her father told the Sun-Times that she and husband Kevin met through their jobs — hers in pharmaceuticals and his at gene therapy startup. Aiden’s paternal grandmother also was injured during the July 4 attack, the Sun-Times said.
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Alleged accomplice Jason Payne, 44, is charged with three felony counts of robbery and one felony count of attempted robbery in the string of crimes on July 11.
Prosecutors say Malik Patt killed a homeless man on July 9 after robbing a 7-Eleven store before fatally shooting two others in separate incidents on July 11.
Alleged accomplice Jason Payne, 44, is charged with three felony counts of robbery and one felony count of attempted robbery in the string of crimes on July 11.
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Prosecutors say Malik Patt killed a homeless man on July 9 after robbing a 7-Eleven store before fatally shooting two others in separate incidents on July 11.
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A body is removed from a Brea, California, 7-Eleven after a clerk was fatally shot on July 11.
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A man who authorities are calling a "serial killer" is facing charges that could lead to the death penalty in a string of shootings that left three people dead and robberies at 7-Eleven convenience stores that gripped cities across Southern California.
Two Los Angeles residents were arrested Friday and are scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday in a crime spree that spanned multiple counties.
"Malik Patt is a stone-cold serial killer," said Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer. "He executed innocent people and he shot others and his behavior and the crime spree he engaged in, literally, I just got chills up my own spine."
Patt, 20, will be charged with three felony counts of special circumstance murder, three counts of robbery, two counts of attempted murder, and carjacking while armed, according to the DA's office. Prosecutors say Patt killed a homeless man on July 9 after robbing a 7-Eleven store before fatally shooting two others in separate incidents on July 11.
Patt is also accused of armed robbery at a donut shop and shooting a man in the face at another 7-Eleven that day.
Alleged accomplice Jason Payne, 44, is charged with three felony counts of robbery and one felony count of attempted robbery in the string of crimes on July 11.
Payne cannot be charged with the alleged murders involved in the robberies due to a change in state law on natural and probable consequence, according to Spitzer.
Patt and Payne were both arrested on July 15 and are believed to be neighbors. Spitzer said the two additional alleged robberies in the cities of San Bernardino and Ontario will be processed in San Bernardino County and the two men will be charged in connection with those alleged crimes once the case in Orange County has concluded.
Patt is expected to be held without bail after Tuesday's arraignment. CNN is currently seeking to reach attorneys for both men.
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In Honor of National Honey Bee Day & World Mosquito Day (August 20), Silver Tier Member within the EPA's Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program Sheds Light on Risk Reduction
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va., Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mosquito Joe®, a Neighborly® company, was recently awarded the Silver Tier by the EPA's Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program (PESP) for its work on emphasizing integrated pest management (IPM), education, pollinator protection, and stewardship of the environment. The national brand is committed to educating homeowners on how to protect themselves and pets from diseases that mosquitoes and ticks present while also caring for pollinators on their property.
As members of PESP, Mosquito Joe has made the commitment to use low-risk, environmentally conscious processes and products. The PESP advocates for Integrated Pest Management, which takes an inclusive approach to the pest lifecycle and their interactions with the environment, placing importance on minimizing the hazard to people, property and pollinators.
Here are some ways homeowners can protect their family from mosquito, tick and flea bites while also caring for pollinators:
- Know the Area before Treatment: Service providers should take inventory of outdoor areas prior to treatment. Most mosquitoes thrive and reproduce where water is present, so every effort should be made to tip and toss away standing water. Ticks thrive in humid, dense vegetation and under low brush and leaf litter, so keep the grass trimmed and remove fallen foliage and debris. In addition, providers should identify flowering bushes, gardens and plants that attract pollinators, reported beekeepers and bee boxes in the area. The area determines the application procedures and not making an application within 10 feet of specific flowering bushes, gardens and plants that attract pollinators. Additionally, service providers should consider wind direction and drift management techniques.
- Ask about the Product: Always ask what treatment options are available to you and your family. There are products that are friendly to pollinators and different applications available. Mosquito Joe only uses EPA-registered products which includes a variety of solutions applied by our service professionals.
"We are committed to being environmental stewards through pesticide risk reduction and providing consumers peace of mind that Mosquito Joe is taking every precaution necessary when handling, applying, and disposing of our products," said David Price, Associate Certified Entomologist for Mosquito Joe. "We believe our continued action in specified risk reduction and educational goals will bring us one step closer in our next application to be accepted into the Gold Tier."
Mosquito Joe has certified technicians who are all trained on their Mosquito Joe Pollinator Protection Management Program which incorporates three key focus areas: deep familiarity with each customer's property, professional application procedures and the type of products used.
About Mosquito Joe®:
Dedicated to making outside fun again by eliminating mosquitoes, ticks and fleas from customer's yards, Mosquito Joe®, a Neighborly® company, is a leader in the outdoor pest control industry. The brand was founded in 2010 and has since expanded to more than 350 locations throughout the U.S. Acquired in 2018, Mosquito Joe® is part of Neighborly®, the world's largest home services franchisor of 29 brands (including Neighborly® umbrella service brand) and more than 5,000 franchise owners serving 12 million+ customers in nine countries, focused on repairing, maintaining and enhancing homes and businesses. Neighborly® brands are found at Neighborly.com and on the Neighborly App For more information about Mosquito Joe®, visit www.mosquitojoe.com. To learn about franchising opportunities with Neighborly®, click here.
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Digital workplace leader highlights business world's brightest stars who are transforming the frontline work experience
NEW YORK, June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- YOOBIC, the digital workplace solution for frontline teams, today announced the winners of the inaugural 2022 Frontline Excellence Awards — the industry's premiere honor for global organizations and leaders that go above and beyond to innovate, empower their employees, deliver outstanding results, and make frontline careers something to be proud of. The global award received numerous applications from well-known brands and chain store enterprises around the world, including Belgium, Canada, France, Italy, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
The awards were judged by a panel of renowned industry experts and thought leaders including "Retail Pride" author Ron Thurston, former Louis Vuitton MD UK Tom Meggle, former Blaze Pizza CEO and president Jim Mizes, former KIKO MILANO US and Swatch Group US CEO Frank Furlan, and former Head of Convenience Retail Shell US Gyongyver Menesi-Bondar, as well as senior executives from YOOBIC.
The 2022 Frontline Excellence Awards recognize the companies and industry leaders that did more than anyone else to empower their frontline teams, drive business value, and deliver game-changing performance each and every day.
This year's honorees include:
- UNTUCKit's Brent Paulsen and VF Corp's Tim Goossens, who each received the Chief YOOBIC Officer award for their work using YOOBIC to drive a substantial business impact for their organization. UNTUCKit's YOOBIC deployment drove streamlined communications, consistent in-store experiences, and new learning opportunities, while VF Corp used YOOBIC as a central tool for communications across all brands with 100% active users to help frontline workers feel more connected, visible, and valued.
- RDTS's Simon Trottier-Lacasse and Peloton's Maggie Sullivan, who each received the Game Changer award for their drive and creativity in managing YOOBIC for their organizations. Trottier-Lacasse covered 5,000 sites across hundreds of campaigns, while Sullivan went above and beyond to launch YOOBIC as PeloPULSE supporting operations, communications, and work-life balance for her teams and to win user adoption. Logitech. Fastrack, and Roots were also singled out for praise as finalists in the Game Changer category.
- Adore Me's Paula Angelucci won Best District Manager for her efficacy in using YOOBIC to elevate the level of interaction with her store teams in areas such as store visits, in-store execution, coaching, comms, and training.
- RDTS's Isabelle Gaudet and Adore Me's Sara Cosentino were named Frontline Heroes of the Year for consistently using YOOBIC to increase the overall performance and efficiency of their location and teams. Gaudet was recognized for her successful use of retail audits to support RDTS clients, while Sara earned praise for using YOOBIC's streamlined communications tools to stay focused on delivering amazing customer experiences.
- InVivo Retail was awarded Frontline Experience Program of the Year for leveraging YOOBIC as their central collaboration platform named "Digi'Mag" standardizing processes, improving operational excellence, and driving exceptional employee experiences. YOOBIC has been a core asset in InVivo's digital transformation to realize substantial per-store time savings and productivity gains. TFG was also honored as a finalist in this category.
- GANT was awarded Frontline Communication Program of the Year for streamlining business communications channels with the GANT Academy Social Club Newsfeed, which is now the company's No. 1 channel for communication in and between stores, and has significantly reduced training costs while enabling teams to share best practices at scale.
- ● Sportscene and Mazda tied for Frontline Learning Program of the Year, in recognition of their success in improving the level of adoption and frequency of training for frontline teams. Sportscene drove 85% engagement for its learning platform with consistent and outstanding incentive programs for the best learners, while Mazda published over 30 learning modules to help onboard hundreds of sales consultants.
- Pinko received Frontline Operational Excellence Program of the Year after using YOOBIC to save hundreds of thousands of euros in travel costs while giving managers and supervisors significantly improved visibility into store compliance and performance. Douglas, Maje, and Claudie Pierlot were also named finalists for their work increasing levels of operational excellence within their organizations.
- GPE and Faherty tied for Rookie of the Year in recognition of their outstanding performance as new adoptees of YOOBIC's solution, with each seeing 80%-plus employee engagement rates. Paydens and Johnston & Murphy were also honored as finalists in the Rookie category.
"The caliber of entrants for this year's Frontline Excellence Awards was simply extraordinary, and the winners and finalists should feel deeply proud of all they've achieved over the past 12 months," said Frank Furlan. "Frontline workers have never been more important, and these awards honor the companies that have done most to innovate and elevate the frontline experience. This year's winners richly deserve to be recognized for the work they've done to support frontline teams, generate tangible benefits for customers, and deliver value for their businesses."
Read more about the 2022 Frontline Excellence Awards, and get full details on all the winners and finalists, here.
YOOBIC is an all-in-one digital workplace for frontline teams. Our mobile app gives business leaders and frontline teams the performance tools they need to communicate, learn, and work - all in one place. With streamlined communications, mobile learning, and digitized task management, YOOBIC drives operational excellence while drastically improving the frontline employee working experience. 300+ companies around the world including Boots, BurgerFi, Lancôme, Lacoste, Logitech, Peloton, Puma, Vans, and Sanofi trust YOOBIC to improve operational consistency and agility, get real-time visibility into multi-location business execution, and improve their customer experience. To learn more about YOOBIC visit www.yoobic.com or follow us on LinkedIn.
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MYRTLE BEACH, S.C., Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Native Sons, a nationally recognized custom apparel company in Myrtle Beach, announced a partnership today with Coastal Carolina quarterback, Grayson McCall. McCall and Native Sons have partnered to develop an exclusive line of apparel. The Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) deal, created in tandem with Grayson's sports representation ESM, is a one-year, five-figure endorsement with the potential to grow.
"I'm excited to partner with Native Sons. They have been great to work with, they are a local company and big supporters of Coastal Carolina," says McCall. "Being able to participate in designing my signature line of apparel is very exciting and is a dream that myself and every 21st-century athlete have today."
"We are excited to welcome such an extremely talented and well-known player like Grayson onto our Native Sons team," says Steve Taylor, President of Native Sons. "With Coastal Carolina being right in our backyard, it's a natural fit for us and it will give the CCU fan base the opportunity to purchase apparel designed by a player they know and love. We've created some really fun designs."
Along with the apparel, McCall will be an ambassador and make appearances throughout the year at Native Sons events. More information about the appearances will be released at a later date.
McCall joins the University of South Carolina's Luke Doty as a Native Sons spokesperson. Doty signed a multi-year NIL deal with the apparel company in 2021. To shop Grayson McCall's designs and other apparel, please visit www.nativesons.com
Native Sons is a nationally recognized custom apparel company that was established in 1984 in Myrtle Beach, SC. The company specializes in creative design and quality printing and has a diverse array of local, regional, and national clients. Native Sons is also known for its community involvement and promotion of the Myrtle Beach area via unique events. Visit www.nativesons.com for more info or email info@nativesons.com.
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DALLAS, July 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Experienced Texas trial attorney Brad Jackson of The Law Offices of Brad Jackson in Dallas has helped the family of an elderly murder victim win a $7.3 billion negligence and punitive damage verdict against telecommunications giant Charter Communications Inc. The verdict represents one of the five largest jury awards in U.S. history.
Mr. Jackson represented the three adult daughters and the estate of Betty Jo Thomas, 83, alongside trial attorneys Chris Hamilton and Ray Khirallah of Dallas' Hamilton Wingo.
The jury awarded $375 million in compensatory damages against Charter, which does business as Spectrum, on June 23 in Dallas County Court at Law No. 5 after finding the company was 90 percent responsible Ms. Thomas' death. Charter/Spectrum technician Roy Holden Jr., 45, was found 10 percent responsible.
Mr. Holden visited Ms. Thomas' home in Irving in December 2019 to repair a fax machine before he returned the next day in a Spectrum van under the pretense of performing additional repairs. He proceeded to brutally stab Ms. Thomas to death with a Charter/Spectrum-issued utility knife before leaving with her credit cards and going on a spending spree. Jurors heard how Mr. Holden had previously scammed other elderly women by stealing credit cards and checks while on service calls.
Evidence showed that Mr. Holden had been fired from previous jobs for forgery, falsifying documents, and harassing fellow employees, although Charter/Spectrum never attempted to confirm his prior employment. If it had, the company would have learned that Mr. Holden had fabricated the employment history on his job application.
One week before the murder, Mr. Holden told supervisors he was suffering severe personal problems and financial issues, even crying in a meeting and telling a supervisor that he was "not OK," yet Charter/Spectrum continued to send him into customers homes. He was sentenced to life in prison last year after pleading guilty to murder.
Trial testimony showed that Charter/Spectrum failed to properly screen employees and stopped its pre-screening requirements in 2016 after acquiring Time Warner Cable. The jury also heard about the company's negligent hiring practices and failure to address known warning signs of violence among employees and to control the off-duty use of company vehicles.
The award of $7 billion in punitive damages on July 28 in phase two of the trial followed additional evidence and a finding by the jury that Charter/Spectrum tried to use forged documents to force Ms. Thomas' family to present their case in a non-public arbitration proceeding rather than to a jury in a public courtroom.
Based in Dallas, The Law Offices of Brad Jackson provides decades of experience representing clients in Texas and across the nation. Brad Jackson is Board Certified in Civil Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. The firm handles business and commercial disputes, as well as cases involving serious personal injury and wrongful death.
For more information, contact Bruce Vincent at 214-763-6226 or bruce.vincent@muselegalpr.com.
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Pinal County Sheriff's Office Recognizes the Importance of Supporting First Responder and Prisoner Behavioral Health
COPPELL, Texas, Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Youturn Health, a virtual support program designed to help individuals who struggle with or who have family members dealing with behavioral health and substance misuse issues, announces a new partnership to provide employees of Pinal County Sheriff's Office and their families as well as inmates of the Pinal County correctional system with education and peer coaching support.
"Through our partnership with Youturn Health, our employees, their families, and inmates will have access to on-demand education and peer coaching support to help them address concerns they may have around stress management, anxiety, depression and substance misuse," said Sheriff Mark Lamb, Sheriff of Pinal County, Arizona. "We are proud to be leaders in our industry by offering this innovative program to provide our first responders with much needed behavioral health support that usually goes unaddressed. Additionally, we hope to reduce recidivism in the prison population with education that helps directly address substance misuse and its underlying causes."
Stress and trauma can impact anyone's everyday life, but the duties of a first responder are strenuous and over time put them at an increased risk for depression, trauma, substance misuse, and suicide. For example:
- First responders are three times more likely to suffer from Substance Use Disorders (SUDs) than the general public1
- Law enforcement officers are more likely to die by suicide than in the line of duty2
- Depression and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) are five times more common in first responders2
Despite the prevalence of stress, anxiety, and depression among first responders, they can be hesitant to seek help, interpreting is at a weakness. "There is tremendous stigma around first responders getting help for stress, depression, and behavioral health," says Hamilton Baiden, CEO of Youturn Health. "It's long been considered a weakness to ask for help and a strength to internalize the trauma and drink to forget. By offering education and support for their officers' psychological wellbeing, Pinal County Sheriff's Office is at the forefront of the public sector's effort to break the stigma around asking for help that causes so many first responders to suffer alone."
Employees of the Pinal County Sheriff's Office and their families will have unlimited access to Youturn Health's confidential, evidence-based online library of educational videos on topics like stress management, depression, trauma, PTSD, suicide prevention, and substance misuse. Employees and family members will also be able to speak with trained peer coaches with lived experience in these issues, who can provide community resources and support along their wellness journey.
The Pinal County Sheriff's Office partnership with Youturn Health launched July 1.
The Pinal County Sheriff's Office has served residents of Pinal County, Arizona since 1875. With 500 employees and 550 inmates, the Sheriff's Office has a mission to preserve the peace, protect life and property, and promote public safety while upholding the constitution.
Youturn Health is a virtual support program designed to help individuals and their family members struggling with stress, substance misuse, addiction, suicidal ideation, and grief utilizing evidence-based strategies. The core components of the comprehensive program include on-demand access to an online learning library, NAADAC-credentialed peer coaching, and care management where participants can quickly get support from trained healthcare professionals. Learn more at www.youturnhealth.com.
[1] Police and Addiction, Psychology Today, March 2018 (https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/sure-recovery/201803/police-and-addiction)
[2] Ruderman White Paper on Mental Health and Suicide of First Responders, April 2018 (https://rudermanfoundation.org/white_papers/police-officers-and-firefighters-are-more-likely-to-die-by-suicide-than-in-line-of-duty)
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MCLEAN, Va., June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Attain Partners, a leading management, technology, and compliance consulting firm, has acquired Connecticut-based Juran, Inc. Founded in 1979 as the Juran Institute by Dr. Joseph Juran, the "Father of Quality", the organization quickly was recognized as a global leader for quality management, publishing books and establishing industry-leading standards for quality measurement and improvement.
Effective immediately, Juran will be known as Attain Partners | Juran, operating as a wholly owned subsidiary of Attain Partners and offering robust advisory services and comprehensive training and certification programs, including Lean Six Sigma (LSS).
"Juran's focus on helping clients realize organizational and process improvements directly aligns with our Strategic Transformation Services work in the higher education, nonprofit, and healthcare markets," said Attain Partners founder and CEO, Greg Baroni. "The synergy between our respective offerings and capabilities will strengthen our ability to deliver transformational results to the clients we have the privilege to serve. Additionally, Juran's comprehensive e-learning content suite will help drive Attain Partners toward our vision of becoming a leading asset-based consulting firm."
Juran is a market leader in helping organizations worldwide improve their performance—project by project—in both the public sector market (healthcare, energy, government, and defense) and commercial market (technology, manufacturing, retail, consumer goods, and financial services) with clients such as Raytheon, Sinai Health Systems, and Kaiser Permanente.
"We are excited for the opportunities that aligning with Attain Partners will give us. Juran Attain will be at the forefront of building cultures of excellence through quality management," said Juran Chairman Dr. Joseph A. DeFeo. "I look forward to collaborating with Greg and the Attain Partners team as we work together to help organizations achieve sustained performance."
Based in McLean, Va., Attain Partners is a leading management, technology, and compliance consulting firm delivering services and solutions to advance client missions across the education, nonprofit, healthcare, and state and local government landscapes. For more information, please visit attainpartners.com.
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YOKOHAMA, Japan, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
- With Computational and Applied Mathematics Expert on Board, UNIPLAT Will Continue to Strengthen Its Innovation to Support Researchers and Entrepreneurs Worldwide -
Unify Platform AG has announced that Dr. Maarten de Hoop, the Simons Chair in Computational and Applied Mathematics and Earth Science at Rice University, USA, officially joined the advisory board of UNIPLAT, the world's first (*) online platform specialized for researchers and entrepreneurs focusing on SDGs-related fields, as one of the senior advisors on August 15, 2022.
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Born in the Netherlands, Dr. de Hoop has worked in the USA since 1995. From 1992 to 1995, he was a Program Leader and Senior Research Scientist at Schlumberger Cambridge Research Center. He joined the Colorado School of Mines in 1995 where he was the Co-Leader of the Center for Wave Phenomena. In 2005, he moved to Purdue University as a Professor of Mathematics and of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, and became the Director of the Center for Computational and Applied Mathematics. He joined Rice University in 2015 and is currently the Simons Chair in Computational and Applied Mathematics and Earth Science.
UNIPLAT is delighted to welcome such a legend as a senior advisor and is excited to gain lots of sense of wonders from his insights and discoveries for the platform's development and innovation from now on.
"UNIPLAT is a transparent platform designed to facilitate researchers and entrepreneurs around the world to get exposure and connect with one another to accelerate research and its potential impact on industry and society," said Dr. Maarten de Hoop, responding to his new role as a senior advisor of UNIPLAT.
"For academic institutions, UNIPLAT provides a unique opportunity to simplify and expand enabling translation of discoveries into technology, startup creation, and commercialization on the one hand and funding research in laboratories with specific longer-term innovation goals on the other hand. The platform allows faculty, postdocs, and graduate students to directly interact with entrepreneurs, through presentations, proposals, and workshops, avoiding administrative overhead.
"I view of my role as senior advisor to generate ideas for developing programs for entrepreneurs supporting academic research, technology transfer, and for early-stage ventures specifically in machine learning, energy, and space science."
"It is a great honor to invite Professor Maarten de Hoop, a world-famous scientist, as an advisor to UNIPLAT. He researches and develops the prediction technologies for atmosphere, volcanoes, and earthquakes on Earth and many planets by edging deep learning. This is about a truly SF world. I am confident that the presence of Professor de Hoop, a prominent international space mathematics scientist, will give UNIPLAT members dreams and hopes," said Takahisa Karita, the co-founder, CFO, and COO of Unify Platform AG, the management company of UNIPLAT.
To read more about Dr. de Hoop's exceptional bio, please visit UNIPLAT advisory board page: https://www.uniplat.social/advisory-board#MaartenDeHoop
About UNIPLAT
UNIPLAT is the world's first (*) online platform specialized for researchers and entrepreneurs from all over the world to share their ideas and research projects, and gain support from individuals or institutions. Developed and managed by Unify Platform AG ( https://unify21.com/ ) which is based in Switzerland, UNIPLAT's mission is to accelerate the success of the SDGs.
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Google to erase more location info as abortion bans expand
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — Google will automatically purge information about users who visit abortion clinics or other places that could trigger legal problems now that the U.S. Supreme Court has opened the door for states to ban the termination of pregnancies.
The company behind the internet’s dominant internet search engine and the Android software that powers most of the world’s smartphones outlined the new privacy protections in a Friday blog post.
Besides automatically deleting visits to abortion clinics, Google also cited counseling centers, fertility centers, addiction treatment facilities, weight loss clinics, and cosmetic surgery clinics as other destinations that will be erased from users’ location histories. Users have always had the option edit their location histories on their own, but Google will proactively do it for them as an added level of protection.
“We’re committed to delivering robust privacy protections for people who use our products, and we will continue to look for new ways to strengthen and improve these protections,” Jen Fitzpatrick, a Google senior vice president, wrote in the blog post.
The pledge comes amid escalating pressure on Google and other Big Tech companies to do more to shield the troves of sensitive personal information through their digital services and products from government authorities and other outsiders.
The calls for more stringent privacy controls were triggered by the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision overturning the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized abortion. That reversal could make abortion illegal in more than a dozen states, raising the specter that records about people’s location, texts, searches and emails could be used in prosecutions against abortion procedures or even for medical care sought in a miscarriage.
Like other technology companies, Google each year receives thousands of government demands for users’ digital records as part of misconduct investigations. Google says it pushes back against search warrants and other demands that are overly broad or appear to be baseless.
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As use of dietary supplements rises, The Vitamin Shoppe® is using evidence curated by TRC Healthcare to help consumers make smart, informed choices about nutritional supplements.
DENVER, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TRC Healthcare, creator of Natural Medicines, an unbiased natural medicines database and research tool, today announced that New Jersey-based retailer The Vitamin Shoppe® is sharing this wealth of information about dietary supplements with consumers through their new partnership. Health Enthusiast associates at The Vitamin Shoppe's over 700 stores across the nation can use the Natural Medicines database to help consumers make informed choices about dietary supplements, without being influenced by advertising hype or commercial interests.
The Natural Medicines database provides a robust resource that indexes evidence-based healthcare research to help shed light on safe and effective use of dietary supplements. The addition of Natural Medicines by The Vitamin Shoppe comes at a time of intense interest in dietary supplements. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, more than half of American adults consumed dietary supplements as part of a wellness routine between 2017 and 2018. Some consumer surveys suggest that natural medicines and dietary supplement use could be as high as 80 percent today.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration closely regulates marketing claims that could potentially mislead consumers. Customer-focused retailers like The Vitamin Shoppe are using the Natural Medicines database to promote transparency and better health by guiding consumers toward credible research. Natural Medicines allows searchers to find peer-reviewed studies drawn from 1,400 natural medicine monographs. The regularly-updated information can help consumers avoid risks from products that aren't compatible with certain prescription drugs and health conditions.
"The Natural Medicines database is a valuable tool for helping The Vitamin Shoppe's sales associates bridge the gap between product claims and science," says Chelsey McIntyre, PharmD, managing clinical editor for TRC Healthcare's Natural Medicines database. "This partnership reflects a joint commitment to ensuring that consumers receive evidence-based support and education when selecting supplements."
Jim Abbatemarco, Vice President of Retail Operations at The Vitamin Shoppe, commented: "The Vitamin Shoppe's Health Enthusiast retail associates are an exceptional source of expertise and education to their communities, providing trusted guidance on supplement choices and benefits. The Natural Medicines database is one of our valued tools that help us provide the highest quality advice and information to our customers, supporting them on their individual journeys of lifelong wellness."
TRC Healthcare provides resources, training, and support used by a wide-range of healthcare professionals to ensure better patient care. The company's integrated support, unbiased resources, and comprehensive training prepare healthcare professionals to make informed decisions that lead to better patient outcomes and cost efficiencies. Clinicians at every stage in their careers trust TRC Healthcare to deliver continuing education that keeps them practicing at the top of their licenses. Healthcare administrators choose TRC Healthcare to bring professional excellence, quality care, and compliance to their systems. Some of the company's industry-leading offerings include Pharmacist's Letter, which keeps pharmacists informed of healthcare trends and recommendations; Pharmacy Technician University, an online program to certify pharmacy technicians; NetCE, a continuing education platform for healthcare professions; and QURE Healthcare, which provides a simulation tool that measures and improves physician practices.
Lifelong Wellness Starts Here™. The Vitamin Shoppe®, a subsidiary of Franchise Group Inc. (NASDAQ: FRG), is a global, omnichannel specialty retailer and wellness lifestyle Company with the mission of providing customers with the most trusted products, guidance, and services to support them on their journeys of lifelong wellness. Based in Secaucus, New Jersey, the Company offers a comprehensive assortment of nutritional solutions, including vitamins, minerals, specialty supplements, herbs, sports nutrition, homeopathic remedies, green living products, and natural beauty products. In addition to carrying products from approximately 700 national brands, The Vitamin Shoppe offers products from its proprietary brands within its owned and wholesale channels, including: The Vitamin Shoppe®, Vthrive The Vitamin Shoppe™, BodyTech®, BodyTech® Elite, fitfactor™, fitfactor KETO™, plnt®, ProBioCare®, True Athlete®, and TrueYou™. In the U.S., the Company conducts business through over 700 company-operated retail stores under The Vitamin Shoppe and Super Supplements™ banners, and via its website, www.vitaminshoppe.com. The company is expanding its retail footprint via an innovative, omnichannel franchising model and opened its first franchise store in 2022. Globally, The Vitamin Shoppe serves customers in select Asia, South America, and Central America markets through omnichannel retail partners.
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Put a plan and a workable schedule in place. Organization, preparation, discipline and common sense will help you get the results you desire. Refuse to let your emotions interfere or cause you to make decisions that are detrimental to your well-being. Speak the truth and keep a clear conscience. Accept the inevitable and dismiss unnecessary change.
ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Assess personal situations. Refuse to let anyone disrupt your plans or momentum. Avoid places and events that pose a threat to your health or finances. Speak up for yourself.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — Look for the good in everyone and everything. Attitude will make a difference when dealing with situations that can affect your livelihood and your ability to get the things you need.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Offer only what you know you can deliver. Put everything you’ve got into a plan you believe in or something meaningful to you. Learn by watching others to avoid making an unnecessary mistake.
CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Get things done on time. What you do will be more influential than what you say. Take a unique approach to how you deal with money and health matters. A lifestyle change is favored.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Keep an open mind, and you’ll learn something valuable. A conversation with an expert will encourage you to slow down and pay closer attention to detail. Stick to what you know and trust.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Mix and match, and you’ll come up with an idea that strikes a chord with someone who can help you. Don’t worry about the changes going on around you. Take care of your responsibilities.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Take time to enjoy a precious moment. Share your intentions with someone you want to hang out with more. Don’t go into debt to prove a point or impress someone.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — You’ll be faced with changes at home or involving partnerships. Listen carefully and consider how to satisfy everyone’s needs without disrupting your long-term plans.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Participate and learn. Question anything you don’t understand or that seems unrealistic. A short trip, meeting or educational pursuit will help you adjust your plans to fit trends.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Look for unique ways to invest or use your money to increase your profits. Raising your assets and lowering your liabilities will ease stress and give you more time to do the things you most enjoy.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — Sit tight if you aren’t prepared. You have time to get your ducks in a row. Refuse to let someone’s impatience cause you to rush. Choose the pace that feels most comfortable.
PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Get your facts straight and your documents in order. The changes you make will draw attention and buy you the help you require to get things done in a timely fashion. | https://www.albanyherald.com/astro/article_0fdde0b6-b38e-11ec-a329-abb8f3413a76.html | 2022-04-03T23:10:32Z |
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I'm a structural engineer and following Hurricane Harvey, I was hired by different builders and construction companies to evaluate damaged houses and buildings. I thought there should be a sturdy, safe and reliable wall panel design," said an inventor, from Dallas, Texas, "so I invented the CABLE- BLOCK. My green and durable design would withstand tremendous forces and could help save lives."
The patent-pending invention provides an improved wall panel design for new construction homes. In doing so, it offers an alternative to using costly wood or concrete framing. It also protects against hurricanes, termites, fires, tornadoes and earthquakes and it would serve as the first post tension wall panel in the housing industry. Additionally, the invention features an innovative, durable and environmentally-friendly design that is easy to install so it is ideal for the construction industry and new home builders.
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-178, 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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The Partnership Provides Black-Owned Businesses with Financial and Business Support to Scale Their Design, Marketing, and Social Media Strategies to New Heights
BOSTON, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, VistaPrint, the Boston Celtics Shamrock Foundation, and NAACP announced the next cohort of recipients from the Power Forward Small Business Grant. The grant program, now in its third iteration, focuses on creating lasting impact for Black-owned small businesses across New England. Select applicants will receive $25,000 in grant funding and the tailored design and marketing support they need to expand their existing businesses and achieve long-term success.
The latest group of grant recipients includes 14 New England-based small-businesses across industries including food and beverage, retail, healthcare, tech, and more. Each business selected was identified as having a meaningful impact on their community and demonstrated a clear vision its use of the funding. Recipients of the Power Forward Small Business Grant were notified with a mix of surprise in-person and virtual visits from Boston Celtics players JD Davison and Derrick White, Celtics Vice President of Player Development and Organizational Growth Allison Feaster, Assistant Coach Aaron Miles, and the team's beloved mascot, Lucky. From Vista, Cliff Skeete, Global ECD; Michael Buckley, Senior Director, Sports Marketing; and Erin Shea, Head of North America Marketing, were also present at the surprise notifications.
"It's an honor to work with the Boston Celtics and NAACP to build a truly unique grant program that serves some of the most vibrant and visionary Black-owned small businesses in New England," said Erin Shea, Head of North America Marketing at Vista. "Our program doesn't only provide funding, but also offers support to recipients, providing individualized marketing and design services that ultimately help our small businesses grow. This third deployment marks the final round of our $1 million fund – and we can't wait to see the full results of our grant program in action."
In total, following this most recent and final round of the program, more than 1,700 small businesses applied from more than 500 areas across New England. Among these applicants, over one-third of the businesses had less than $25k in annual revenue and 57 percent were female.
"Providing funds and critical resources for minority-owned businesses is one of the many ways we seek to create lasting change in the community," said Allison Feaster, Boston Celtics United Co-Lead and Celtics Vice President of Player Development and Organizational Growth. "Through the Power Forward Small Business Program, we hope to alleviate some of the barriers and obstacles these businesses face and support them while they pursue their passions."
"Building Black business is synonymous with building Black power. For far too long, our Black small business owners have been shut out of the opportunities necessary to ensure financial freedom, and the growth and prosperity that it affords," said NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson. "Providing Black businesses with the investments they deserve is a vital component of our continued efforts to promote community growth and close the racial wealth gap. NAACP is proud to be making entrepreneurial visions a reality through this critical initiative. We salute our partners in this effort, the Boston Celtics and VistaPrint for their investment in, and commitment to building Black power. With our corporate partners invested in our future, there is nothing we can't achieve."
In June 2021, VistaPrint and the Boston Celtics announced the first group of the Power Forward Small Business Grant recipients designed to make a lasting impact on local business throughout New England. The launch of the grant was the first collaboration within this partnership, an initiative of Boston Celtics United for Social Justice. In January 2022, the two partnered with NAACP to announce the second round of recipients along with a shared commitment of $1 million.
For information on the recipients and to view the surprise announcements, click here.
About Vista
Vista is the design and marketing partner to millions of small businesses around the world. As a global, remote-first company, Vista has a growing footprint with team members working in more than 25 countries. For over 20 years we've been inspired by small businesses and we work incessantly to deliver solutions to their evolving needs. Together, VistaPrint, VistaCreate, and 99designs by Vista represent a full-service print, digital and design solution, elevating small businesses' presence in physical and digital spaces and powering them to achieve success. Vista is a Cimpress company (Nasdaq: CMPR). To learn more, visit vista.com.
About the Boston Celtics
A charter member of the Basketball Association of America (which evolved into the National Basketball Association) since 1946, the Boston Celtics have won a record 17 NBA Championships, including eight (8) in a row from 1959-1966, winning their first title in 1957 and their most recent in 2008. The Celtics have long stood for equality, and respect, including hiring the first African American Coach and starting the first all Black starting five. In addition, 35 former Celtics players, management or staff have been inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. In December 2002 the team returned to local ownership for the first time since 1963. For more information on the Celtics, log on to www.celtics.com.
About NAACP
Founded in 1909 in response to the ongoing violence against Black people around the country, the NAACP is the largest and most pre-eminent civil rights organization in the nation. We have over 2,200 units and branches across the nation, along with well over 2M activists. Our mission is to secure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights in order to eliminate race-based discrimination and ensure the health and well-being of all persons.
The NAACP is a c4 organization (contributions are not tax-deductible), our partner c3 organization is known as NAACP Empowerment Programs (contributions are fully tax-deductible as allowed by the IRS).
In media attributions, please refer to us as the NAACP.
NOTE: The Legal Defense Fund – also referred to as the NAACP-LDF was founded in 1940 as a part of the NAACP, but separated in 1957 to become a completely separate entity. It is recognized as the nation's first civil and human rights law organization, and shares our commitment to equal rights.
Contact:
Taylor Kielpinski-Rogers, Boston Celtics, Taylor@celtics.com
Carrie Byard, Vista, Vista@hstrategies.com
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A’s snap out of offensive funk to beat Twins 5-2
MICHAEL WAGAMAN
Associated Press
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Seth Brown hit a tiebreaking double in the seventh inning, Sean Murphy followed with a two-run single and the Oakland Athletics ended their four-game losing streak against the Twins, beating Minnesota 5-2 on Tuesday night. Kevin Smith homered to end a long slump and help Oakland break out of its own offensive funk. The A’s went into the game with the lowest team batting average in the majors (.199) and had scored one run in each of their three previous games. Royce Lewis and Gary Sánchez each hit solo home runs for the Twins. | https://localnews8.com/news/2022/05/17/as-snap-out-of-offensive-funk-to-beat-twins-5-2/ | 2022-05-18T08:48:39Z |
Judge announces he’ll block DeSantis’ redistricting plan
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A congressional map approved by Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and drawn by his staff is unconstitutional because it breaks up a district where Black voters can choose their representatives, a state judge said Wednesday.
Leon County Circuit Judge Layne Smith said he would issue a formal order Thursday or Friday to keep the maps from taking effect in November’s election. He made it clear he would rule in favor of voting rights groups challenging the maps.
Smith said the order will likely replace the DeSantis map with one of two that the Legislature included in a bill and sent to DeSantis in March. The governor vetoed the bill and later called the Legislature back into special session. The Republican-dominated House and Senate chose not to draw a new map, and instead passed the DeSantis map.
The challenge focuses on a north Florida district now held by Democratic U.S. Rep. Al Lawson. The district runs from Jacksonville west more than 200 miles (322 kilometers) to Gadsden County and nearly half of its population is Black.
DeSantis’ proposal prompted a protest by Black House members as the chamber was preparing to vote on the maps.
Smith said he will issue his order as soon as he can so the state can immediately appeal it. It may be the conservative state Supreme Court that ultimately resolves the dispute.
Smith said that while the DeSantis map is more compact, the issue of allowing Black voters to choose their representatives is more important.
“The district that has since been enacted and signed into law by the governor does disperse 367,000 African American votes between four different districts,” Smith said in a video call with both sides. “The African American population is no way near a plurality or a majority.”
The governor’s office drew up a map it described as neutral on race and party affiliation, and which it said abided by both the state and federal constitutions.
Smith said his ruling will be based on the state constitution, not the U.S. Constitution.
Qualifying for federal office will run from June 13-17.
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CLIFTON, N.J., April 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Damascus Bakery OPCO LLC is voluntarily recalling a limited number of cartons of Bantam Bagels Everybody's Favorite Veggie Cream Cheese due to Bantam Bagels Sausage Egg Bites being inadvertently placed in the carton with an undeclared egg allergen. People who have an egg allergy run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume the items in this product lot.
All product affected have a best by date of June 10, 2023, which has been printed on the left side of the carton. The recalled product was distributed to Publix stores in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia.
To date, no illnesses related to this recall have been reported. No other Damascus Bakery OPCO LLC or Bantam Bagels products are affected.
Consumers who have purchased the above product(s) are asked to:
- Dispose of the product immediately
- Contact Bantam Bagels Customer Service at 866-451-6744 for a replacement coupon
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LONDON, ON, June 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Indiva Limited (the "Company" or "Indiva") (TSXV: NDVA) (OTCQX: NDVAF), the leading Canadian producer of cannabis edibles and other cannabis products announces that it has granted 1,680,000 incentive stock options (the "Options") to certain employees, executive officers and directors. The Options have an exercise price of $0.21 per share and will be valid until June 3, 2027.
All Options were issued pursuant to the Company's amended and restated equity incentive plan which allows for issuances of up to 10% of issued and outstanding share capital in the form of stock options or restricted share units. As a result of the foregoing grant, the Company has a total of 14,131,052 stock options or restricted share units issued, representing approximately 9.7% of the issued and outstanding share capital.
Indiva sets the standard for quality and innovation in cannabis. As a Canadian licensed producer, Indiva produces and distributes award-winning cannabis products nationally, including Bhang® Chocolate, Wana™ Sour Gummies, Slow Ride Bakery Cookies, Jewels Chewable Tablets, Ruby® Cannabis Sugar, Grön edibles, Dime IndustriesTM vape products, as well as capsules, edibles, extracts, pre-rolls and premium flower under the INDIVA, Indiva Life and Artisan Batch brands. Click here to connect with Indiva on LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter and Facebook, and here to find more information on the Company and its products.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) has in any way passed upon the merits of the contents of this press release and neither of the foregoing entities accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release or has in any way approved or disapproved of the contents of this press release.
Certain statements contained in this press release constitute forward-looking information. These statements relate to future events or future performance. The use of any of the words "could", "intend", "expect", "believe", "will", "projected", "estimated" and similar expressions and statements relating to matters that are not historical facts are intended to identify forward-looking information and are based on the parties' current belief or assumptions as to the outcome and timing of such future events. Actual future results may differ materially. In particular, this release contains forward-looking information relating to the Company's future operations, future results, future product offerings and compliance with applicable regulations. Various assumptions or factors are typically applied in drawing conclusions or making the forecasts or projections set out in forward-looking information. Those assumptions and factors are based on information currently available to the parties. The material factors and assumptions include the parties being able to maintain the necessary regulatory and other third parties' approvals and licensing and other risks associated with regulated entities in the cannabis industry. The forward-looking information contained in this release is made as of the date hereof and the parties are not obligated to update or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable securities laws. Because of the risks, uncertainties and assumptions contained herein, investors should not place undue reliance on forward looking information. The foregoing statements expressly qualify any forward-looking information contained herein.
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-- PokerStars Executive Joins FanDuel Casino Team --
NEW YORK, May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- FanDuel Group, the premier online gaming company in North America, announced that it has appointed Asaf Noifeld as Managing Director, Casino. In the newly created role, Noifeld, will be responsible for oversight of FanDuel Group's online casino business.
"Asaf brings deep experience building online casino businesses across the globe," said Amy Howe, President & Chief Executive Officer for FanDuel Group. "I am delighted to add him to our leadership team, as he has extensive knowledge in the space which will help grow our online casino business in North America."
Noifeld joins FanDuel Group from fellow Flutter (LON: FLTR) subsidiary PokerStars, where he served as Managing Director of PokerStars Casino, one of the world's largest online casino brands. He worked at PokerStars for eight years building the company's online casino business from scratch and spearheading initiatives to expand the marketing and product functions of the online casino business. Prior to joining PokerStars, he worked at 888 Casino in a variety of roles.
Noifeld, originally from Tel Aviv, Israel received a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering and a MBA from Tel Aviv University. He will be based in the company's New York headquarters.
FanDuel Group operates FanDuel Casino in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Michigan, West Virginia and Ontario, Canada. FanDuel Group also operates the Stardust Casino brand in New Jersey and the Mohegan Sun Casino brand in Connecticut.
About FanDuel Group
FanDuel Group is an innovative sports-tech entertainment company that is changing the way consumers engage with their favorite sports, teams, and leagues. The premier gaming destination in North America, FanDuel Group consists of a portfolio of leading brands across gaming, sports betting, daily fantasy sports, advance-deposit wagering, and TV/media, including FanDuel, Stardust Casino and TVG. FanDuel Group has 17 million customers and presence across all 50 states and the Canadian province of Ontario. The company is based in New York with offices in California, New Jersey, Florida, Oregon, Georgia, Canada and Scotland. FanDuel Group is a subsidiary of Flutter Entertainment plc, the world's largest sports betting and gaming operator with a portfolio of globally recognized brands and a constituent of the FTSE 100 index of the London Stock Exchange.
Contact: Kevin Hennessy / FanDuel Group / press@fanduel.com
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DALLAS (KDAF) — It looks like North Texas is checking in at the Hotel California as the Eagles are making their way to Fort Worth this November.
The iconic rock band is making a stop at Dickies Arena as a part of its Hotel California 2022 Tour on November 25. They will start performing at 8 p.m.
Presale tickets will become available on Thursday, Aug. 18 at 10 a.m. Then tickets become widely available on Friday, Aug. 19, at 10 a.m. To get your tickets visit Ticketmaster.com. | https://cw33.com/news/local/the-eagles-are-coming-to-dickies-arena-in-november-heres-how-to-buy-tickets/ | 2022-08-16T21:17:46Z |
PITTSBURGH, April 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I thought there could be a simple way to convert a single switch light fixture into one with multiple switch control options," said an inventor, from Mount Airy, Md., "so I invented the E Z LIGHT. My design also enables you to add indoor or outdoor lighting devices wherever 120 VAC power is available."
The invention provides a wirelessly controlled lighting option for homes and businesses. In doing so, it eliminates the need for costly AC power re-wiring solutions. It also offers a safer way to control overhead lighting. The invention features an efficient and user-friendly design that is easy to install and use indoors and outdoors. Additionally, it is ideal for electrical contractors, households and businesses.
The original design was submitted to the Washington D.C. sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-DCD-129, 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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The timing of it all hardly could be more symbolic: Within a span of two weeks, Serena Williams plays what is believed to be her last match at age 40, Roger Federer announces he’ll be retiring at 41, Iga Swiatek wins her third Grand Slam title at 21, and Carlos Alcaraz gets his first at 19.
After so much handwringing in recent years about what would become of tennis once transcendent superstars such as Williams and Federer leave the game — he told the world Thursday he will exit after the Laver Cup next week; she made her plans public last month, then lost in the third round of the U.S. Open on Sept. 2 — the sport does seem to be in good hands as it prepares to move on.
“They helped mold tennis into what it is today. We will miss them,” Nick Bollettieri, a Hall of Fame coach, said about Federer and Williams.
“Having these youngsters being No. 1,” said Bollettieri, who worked with the Williams sisters, Andre Agassi, Jim Courier, Monica Seles and Maria Sharapova, among others, “is going to make a big difference for the tours.”
First of all, let’s not forget: Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic are still around — even if injuries, in Nadal’s case, and vaccination status, in Djokovic’s case, have limited their ability to compete at their best or always. They combined to win three of the year’s four Grand Slam titles, boosting Nadal’s total to 22, the most for a man, and Djokovic’s to 21.
Williams has 23, and Federer 20, and both have dozens of other trophies, Olympic medals, hundreds of weeks at No. 1 in the rankings, and so on.
They are standard-bearers not merely because of such statistics.
Williams became a celebrity as much as a record-breaking athlete and someone who helped expand the sport’s audience while inspiring plenty of kids to take up tennis. She paid tribute to Federer on her Instagram account, saying “Welcome to the retirement club.”
Federer became a widely respected ambassador of the game, attracting fans and new players from around the globe, too.
Now some of those fresh faces are prepared to step into the space that will open up for new champions, new prime-time slots on TV, new sponsorship deals, new interest.
One never knows how things will go in sports, of course, or what might happen in terms of injuries, say, or other potential roadblocks to a long and distinguished career, but Swiatek and Alcaraz sure do appear to be set up for success.
From their athleticism and shot-making, to their on- and off-court demeanors, to the teams that surround them — both work with a sports psychologist, for example — they are preternaturally mature.
Swiatek, No. 1 since Ash Barty’s retirement six months ago, is the first woman to win two Grand Slam titles in a single season since 2016.
Alcaraz, No. 1 since Monday, is the youngest man to occupy that spot since the computerized rankings began in 1973. He’s also the first teenager to win the U.S. Open men’s championship since Pete Sampras in 1990 and to win any men’s major since Nadal at the 2005 French Open.
Both turned to Twitter to remark on Federer’s impending departure.
Swiatek’s message, in part: “I want to thank you for everything you’ve done and everything you are for our sport. It’s been a privilege to witness your career.”
Alcaraz’s, in part: “Roger has been one of my idols and a source of inspiration! Thank you for everything you have done for our sport!”
Because of his age — born two months before Federer’s first Grand Slam title and two years before Nadal’s first — Alcaraz grew up admiring both of those giants of the game.
Similarly, Swiatek was 2 when Federer’s initial Slam arrived, 4 when Nadal’s did. She was yet to be born when Williams captured her first major trophy at the 1999 U.S. Open.
Swiatek and Alcaraz learned tennis, learned what it takes to be champions, learned what success beyond the lines looks like, during as golden an era as their sport ever enjoyed.
With those two at the forefront, and plenty of other talent around — Naomi Osaka and Coco Gauff, Frances Tiafoe and Jannik Sinner, Casper Ruud and Ons Jabeur and so on — tennis just might be able to survive. Thrive? Could be.
“Roger certainly had the era of Novak and Rafa, two of the most incredible athletes and tennis players ever. That’s what people know today. But there were other rivalries with Roger before them. And together, they understood, all of them, the importance of growing the game,” said Tony Godsick, Federer’s longtime agent. “Tennis is in such a good place. You look at this young kid, Alcaraz — he is coming. And there are other ones behind him. So tennis is in for a nice little pop here.”
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More AP tennis: https://apnews.com/hub/tennis and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | https://cw33.com/sports/ap-sports/ap-federer-serena-retire-tennis-moves-on-to-alcaraz-swiatek/ | 2022-09-16T23:14:26Z |
NEW YORK, April 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Global Net Lease, Inc. ("GNL") (NYSE: GNL/ GNL PRA / GNL PRB) announced today that it intends to continue to pay dividends on its shares of common stock at an annualized rate of $1.60 per share or $0.40 per share on a quarterly basis. GNL anticipates paying dividends authorized by its board of directors on its shares of common stock on a quarterly basis in arrears on the 15th day of the first month following the end of each fiscal quarter (unless otherwise specified) to common stock holders of record on the record date for such payment.
Accordingly, GNL declared a dividend of $0.40 per share of common stock payable on April 18, 2022 to common stock holders of record at the close of business on April 11, 2022.
Global Net Lease, Inc. (NYSE: GNL) is a publicly traded real estate investment trust listed on the NYSE focused on acquiring a diversified global portfolio of commercial properties, with an emphasis on sale-leaseback transactions involving single tenant, mission critical income producing net-leased assets across the United States, Western and Northern Europe. Additional information about GNL can be found on its website at www.globalnetlease.com.
The statements in this press release that are not historical facts may be forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause the outcome to be materially different. In addition, words such as "anticipates," "believes," "expects," "estimates," "projects," "plans," "intends," "may," "would" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which are outside of GNL's control, which could cause actual results to differ materially from the results contemplated by the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include the potential adverse effects of the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic, including actions taken to contain or treat COVID-19, on GNL, GNL's tenants and the global economy and financial markets and that the information about rent collections may not be indicative of any future period, as well as those set forth in the Risk Factors section of GNL's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 filed on February 24, 2022, and all other filings with the SEC after that date, as such risks, uncertainties and other important factors may be updated from time to time in GNL's subsequent reports. Further, forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and GNL undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement to reflect changed assumptions, the occurrence of unanticipated events or changes to future operating results over time, unless required by law.
Investors and Media:
Email: investorrelations@globalnetlease.com
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TUCSON, Ariz., June 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Missile Defense Agency has selected Raytheon Missiles & Defense, a Raytheon Technologies business (NYSE: RTX), to continue to develop a first-of-its-kind counter-hypersonic missile, the Glide Phase Interceptor. GPI is designed to intercept hypersonic weapons in the glide phase of flight, providing the U.S. and allies with an additional layer of defense against regional hypersonic missile threats.
This firm fixed price Other Transaction Agreement modification, valued at $41 million, increases the total value to $62 million and allows Raytheon Missiles & Defense to continue maturing its GPI design using advanced materials and technology required to intercept a hypersonic threat. This phase will also finalize systems requirements and support accelerated development timelines.
"Our GPI is built on proven missile defense technology as its foundation," said Tay Fitzgerald, president of Strategic Missile Defense at Raytheon Missiles & Defense. "By using digital engineering and leveraging high technology readiness level components and subsystems already in use across Standard Missile and hypersonic programs, we can quickly advance the creation of this new interceptor."
Raytheon Missiles & Defense is leveraging mature technologies from across the current portfolio to create efficiencies, reduce qualification time and demonstrate the GPI capability as quickly as possible.
Raytheon Technologies' missile defense portfolio combines sensors, interceptors and command and control networks to track and defeat a wide range of threats. With more than 50 years of combat proven interceptor development, integration, and production experience, the company is responsible for portions of nearly every air and missile defense system deployed by the U.S. and its allies. By evolving its missile interceptors, directed energy and cyber technologies, Raytheon Technologies is advancing counter-hypersonic solutions.
The information contained in this news release reflects the views of Raytheon and does not imply endorsement by the Missile Defense Agency.
For questions or to schedule an interview, please contact:
Kevin Donovan
rmdpr@rtx.com
About Raytheon Missiles & Defense
Raytheon Missiles & Defense brings global customers the most advanced end-to-end solutions delivering the advantage of one innovative partner to detect, track, and intercept threats. With a broad portfolio of air and missile defense systems, precision weapons, radars, command and control systems and advanced defense technologies Raytheon Missiles & Defense solutions protect citizens, warfighters and infrastructure in more than fifty countries around the world.
About Raytheon Technologies
Raytheon Technologies Corporation is an aerospace and defense company that provides advanced systems and services for commercial, military and government customers worldwide. With four industry-leading businesses ― Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney, Raytheon Intelligence & Space and Raytheon Missiles & Defense ― the company delivers solutions that push the boundaries in avionics, cybersecurity, directed energy, electric propulsion, hypersonics, and quantum physics. The company was formed in 2020 through the combination of Raytheon Company and the United Technologies Corporation aerospace businesses.
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- Represents the Largest eFPGA Contract to Date
SAN JOSE, Calif., June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- QuickLogic Corporation (NASDAQ: QUIK), a developer of ultra-low power multi-core voice-enabled SoCs, embedded FPGA IP (eFPGA), and Endpoint AI solutions, today announced that it was awarded a new eFPGA contract for a previously announced foundry / process node combination, worth approximately $3.0 million. This award brings the aggregate value of all eFPGA engagements since July 2021 to more than $9.0 million.
The Company will leverage its Australis™ eFPGA IP Generator, launched in September 2021, to implement the customer's specific eFPGA configuration. This tool quickly generates custom eFPGA IP, optimized for power, performance, and area, for nearly any foundry/process node combination. Further information on the Australis™ eFPGA IP Generator can be found on the Company's website at www.quicklogic.com/products/efpga/efpga-ip2/.
"When we introduced the Australis tool with its high degree of flexibility, we were convinced that its capabilities would result in multiple significant eFPGA design wins," said Brian Faith, president, and CEO of QuickLogic. "Now we are seeing that conviction manifested in actual results, and the pace of new wins is accelerating."
Initial revenue from this contract is expected to be recognized beginning this quarter and continue through June of 2025, with follow-on revenue expected after the contract period.
The second quarter revenue guidance range of $4.5 million, plus or minus 10%, and the outlook for fiscal 2022 growth, which were previously provided during the Company's financial results conference call on May 17, 2022, remain unchanged.
About QuickLogic
QuickLogic Corporation (NASDAQ: QUIK) is a fabless semiconductor company that develops low power, multi-core semiconductor platforms and Intellectual Property (IP) for Artificial Intelligence (AI), voice and sensor processing. The solutions include embedded FPGA IP (eFPGA) for hardware acceleration and pre-processing, and heterogeneous multi-core SoCs that integrate eFPGA with other processors and peripherals. The Analytics Toolkit from our recently acquired wholly owned subsidiary, SensiML Corporation, completes the end-to-end solution with accurate sensor algorithms using AI technology. The full range of platforms, software tools and eFPGA IP enables the practical and efficient adoption of AI, voice, and sensor processing across mobile, wearable, hearable, consumer, industrial, edge and endpoint IoT. For more information, visit www.quicklogic.com and https://www.quicklogic.com/blog/.
The QuickLogic logo and QuickLogic are registered trademarks of QuickLogic Corporation. All other brands or trademarks are the property of their respective holders and should be treated as such.
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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Renowned Los Angeles womenswear designer Mona Thalheimer will unveil a commemorative scarf on August 22 dedicated to famed 60's designer Rudi Gernreich. Gernreich, whose revolutionary avant-garde clothing and bathing suit designs still resonate today was born on August 8, 1922. He passed away in 1985.
"Rudi Gernreich had such an amazing influence on my career," said Thalheimer. "Rudi was my inspiration when I was beginning my career in the early 1970s and I feel compelled to celebrate his 100th anniversary in a way that I hope would make him proud."
Thalheimer, the first and only deaf American fashion designer to own and manufacture her own eponymous clothing business, cites her earliest interactions with Gernreich as helping her become a fashion trailblazer. "Rudy taught me to believe who I want to be – and that a deaf person could design regardless of disability."
Thalheimer's design for the commemorative scarf is based on Gernreich's dedication to protecting human rights and liberties, a message that resonates more now than ever following recent Supreme Court decisions. In addition to his numerous fashion awards, Gernreich was a founding member of the Mattachine Society in 1950.
Gernreich's estate is managed by ACLU of Southern California, which will benefit from the sale of the scarf.
The scarf will be unveiled at a ceremony on August 22nd, at The Gemini G.E.L Gallery in West Hollywood. The ceremony will feature Mona Thalheimer and Minouche Kandel, Senior Staff Attorney, LGBTQ, Gender & Reproductive Justice Project, ACLU of Southern California
Q&A with Mona Thalheimer
Q: When did you first meet Rudi? What was that encounter like?
A: I first met Rudi when I was 11 years old
Q As a deaf design student, what did Rudi tell you to continue to achieve your dream?
A: Rudi told me that I could be a designer and that my visual sense enhanced by my hearing loss was an asset.
Also, he told me that if I were to be a designer I must design for myself and what my view is, not just the latest trend.
Q: Rudi passed away in 1985. Why is he still relevant today?
A: Rudi is relevant because everywhere you look you see his influence- the bathing suits, the thong the bold fear less colors.
Q: Are your designs influenced by Rudi?
A: While my aesthetic is different than Rudi's, it is what Rudi would want as he always told me to be what I wanted and dreamed of being. I am here today because of mentors like Rudi.
Q: "You are what you decide you want to be" is a major theme of the scarf. What do you mean by that?
People want to put you in a box. When they ask me who I am if I do not say I am deaf first they are taken aback. I am the only person who can say how I define myself.
A: Rudi always believed in everyone's human potential. When I was a child, he valued my opinion in fashion and valued all people in fashion and in life."
Q: How does that resonate in 2022?
A: Rudi always believed that everyone was somebody and their value as a person was defined by their energy, enthusiasm and most of all love.
Q: If you could say anything to Rudi today, what would that be?
A: Rudi, your designs, your values are in season because of your heart and love people.
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SAN FRANCISCO, April 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Newfront, a tech-enabled, full-service brokerage based in San Francisco, CA, has brought Vince Giordano on board as a Vice President and P&C Producer. Vince brings nearly two decades of insurance industry experience, primarily specializing in towing insurance and auto haulers.
"Vince brings additional depth to our P&C team with his extensive knowledge of the commercial transportation industry," said Brian Hetherington, Newfront President. "We're thrilled to bring him on board and be able to offer our clients even more of a comprehensive experience!"
Vince is based in the San Diego area and will serve clients across the country. He originally began his career focused on finding Life & Health insurance solutions, but in 2009, he expanded into the P&C space and found his passion.
"I am very excited to join Newfront and bring my 'niche' to enhance the P&C team," Vince said. "I absolutely cannot wait to see where this journey takes us!"
About Newfront:
Newfront is transforming the delivery of risk management, employee experience, insurance, and retirement solutions by building the modern insurance platform. Transparent data delivered real-time translates into a lower total cost of risk and greater insights. Newfront makes insurance work for you.
Headquartered in San Francisco, Newfront has offices throughout California, Washington, and New York and is home to more than 750 employees who serve clients across the United States and globally.
Contact
Newfront
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Net income - NIS 2 billion ($571 million) in the second quarter and NIS 3.6 billion ($1.03 billion) in the first half of the year
Return on equity - 18.5% in Q2 and 17.1% in H1
Credit portfolio - 12.3% growth in H1
Further improvement in the efficiency ratio - 35% for Q2 and 39.7% for H1 2022
Leumi to distribute a NIS 400 million ($114 million) dividend
TEL AVIV, Israel, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
- Net income in the second quarter of 2022 reached NIS 2 billion ($571 million), compared to NIS 1.7 billion ($486 million) in the corresponding quarter last year. Net income in the first half of 2022 reached NIS 3.6 billion ($1.03 billion), compared to NIS 3 billion ($857 million) in the corresponding period last year.
- Return on equity in the second quarter of 2022 was 18.5%, compared with 16.8% in the corresponding quarter last year. Return on equity in the first half of 2022 was 17.1%, compared with 15.5% in the corresponding period last year.
- Efficiency ratio in the second quarter of 2022 was 35%, compared with 42% in the corresponding quarter last year. The efficiency ratio in the first half of 2022, net of the results of Leumi USA, was 39.7%, compared with 45% in the corresponding period last year. The efficiency ratio during the reporting period and the second quarter of 2022 was affected by the merger of Leumi USA with Valley National Bank.
- Finalized merger between Leumi USA and Valley Bank - On April 1, 2022, the merger between Leumi USA and Valley National Bank was completed. As a result of the merger, a profit of NIS 645 million ($184 million), net of tax, was recorded (out of this amount, NIS 194 million - $55 million - was recorded during the first quarter of 2022, with the balance being recorded in the second quarter).
- Dividend - Leumi (TASE: LUMI) will distribute a NIS 400 million dividend ($114 million), which represents 20% of the net income for the second quarter of 2022.
- Growth in the credit portfolio - the Bank continues to focus its growth on the credit portfolio in the corporate, commercial and mortgage segments. During the first half of the year, the credit portfolio grew by 12.3%.
- Loan loss expenses (income) in the first half of 2022, net of the results of Leumi USA, reflect an expense rate of 0.04% of the average outstanding loans to the public, compared to an income rate of 0.26% in the corresponding period last year. The loan loss expense during the first half of the year stems from an increase in the collective provision, which was offset by collections.
- Net interest income in the first half of 2022, net of the results of Leumi USA, reached NIS 5.8 billion ($1.7 billion), compared to approx. NIS 4.7 billion ($1.3 billion) in the corresponding period last year, a 23% increase. The increase stems from a growth in the Bank's credit portfolio and from gaps in the CPI and interest rates from one period to another.
- Non-interest finance income in the first half of 2022, net of the results of Leumi USA, reached NIS 0.7 billion ($200 million), compared to approx. NIS 1 billion ($286 million) in the corresponding period last year. The income during the reporting period was mainly affected by the profit from Leumi USA's merger with Valley National Bank and from market declines.
- Total operating and other expenses in the first half of 2022, net of the results of Leumi USA, were down by NIS 116 million ($33 million) compared with the same period last year, a 3.4% decrease.
- Capital ratios - Common Equity Tier 1 capital ratio as at June 30, 2022 was 11.25%, and the total capital ratio was 14.00%.
- Sale of Leumi's HQ in Tel Aviv ('Beit Mani') - As part of the preparations to complete the transition of the Bank's headquarters to Lod in 2023, during April 2022 the Bank entered into an agreement to sell one of its headquarters buildings in Tel Aviv. This sale is expected to generate a pre-tax capital gain of NIS 524 million ($150 million), to be recorded in 2023.
Development of balance sheet items (a) :
- Shareholder's equity as at June 30, 2022 totaled NIS 47.1 billion ($13.5 billion), compared to NIS 40.8 billion ($11.7 billion) as at June 30, 2021.
- Net loans to the public as at June 30, 2022 totaled NIS 365 billion ($104 billion), compared with NIS 298 billion ($85 billion) as at June 30, 2021, a 22.5% increase. Most of the increase is due to mortgage, middle-market and corporate loans.
- Deposits by the public as at June 30, 2022 totaled NIS 533 billion ($152 billion), compared with NIS 464 billion ($133 billion) as at June 30, 2021, a 14.9% increase.
Leumi Group - Principal Data from the Financial Statements
The data in this press release has been converted into US dollars solely for convenience purposes, at the representative exchange rate published by the Bank of Israel on June 30, 2022, NIS 3.50.
Conference Call Details
A conference call to discuss the results will be held today at 5 PM (Israel); 3 PM (UK); 10:00 AM (ET).
Conference Call Dial-in Details (no passcode required):
Israel: 03-9180610
UK: 0-800-917-9141
US & Canada: 1-888-407-2553
All other locations: +972-3-918-0610
The call will be accompanied by a presentation which will be published today on the Israeli Securities Authority reporting website (MAGNA). It will also be available on the Leumi website under Investor Relations, in the Financial Statements page, Investor Presentation and Conference Call.
An archived recording will be available on the Leumi website one business day after the call ends.
For more information visit www.leumi.co.il or contact Adi Molcho Weinstein, VP, Head of Investor Relations, at investorrelations@bankleumi.co.il
The conference call does not replace the need to review the latest periodic/quarterly reports containing full information, including forward-looking information, as defined in the Israeli Securities Law, and set out in the aforementioned reports.
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Simms to Anchor New Platform in the Fishing Category Within Vista Outdoor's Outdoor Products Portfolio
Acquisition Strengthens Vista Outdoor with Twelfth Power Brand, Adds Approximately $110 Million in Net Sales
ANOKA, Minn., July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vista Outdoor Inc. (NYSE: VSTO), the parent company of 39 renowned brands that design, manufacture and market sporting and outdoor products to consumers around the globe, today announced the acquisition of Simms Fishing Products for a purchase price of $192.5 million. The gross purchase price includes a net present value of roughly $20 million in future tax benefits. Simms is a premium fishing brand and leading designer, marketer and manufacturer of waders, outerwear, footwear and technical apparel.
Headquartered in Bozeman, Mont., Simms was founded in 1980 and later acquired in 1993 by K.C. Walsh, its current Executive Chairman. Walsh's initial vision for Simms was to create the most beloved brand in sport fishing that could marry his passion for fishing with his commitment to fisheries conservation. This vision has endured as Simms is now one of the most highly innovative fishing gear and apparel companies and a purpose-driven brand that resonates with consumers across the globe. The company's products are used by more than 8,500 Simms-sponsored fishing professionals and are distributed through specialty retail stores, both domestically and internationally, and directly to consumers through simmsfishing.com. Fishing continues to be a popular and highly accessible activity, with more than 55 million fishing participants in the United States alone.
"Simms is the perfect fit for our diversified portfolio of leading, iconic outdoor brands," said Chris Metz, Vista Outdoor CEO. "Simms broadens our core addressable market into the highly attractive fishing category with a premium, innovative brand with significant room for growth. Simms will be a central plank in our long-term growth strategy and will be the anchor of our new fishing platform within Outdoor Products. Fishing, particularly fly fishing where Simms has its roots, is a natural adjacency to our Outdoor Products business and Simms serves an enthusiast consumer demographic that has proven to be largely recession-resistant over time. With a beloved, household name brand like Simms leading the way, we believe that we can create a fishing platform that serves the 55 million+ anglers while delivering long-term growth and value for our shareholders for years to come."
"Equally important, Simms is the right cultural fit for Vista Outdoor and our soon-to-be-formed Outdoor Products company. Expanding conservation and access to natural waters are a core mission for the leaders and employees of Simms, just as they are for Vista Outdoor. We share this passion for conserving the places where we hunt, fish, hike and recreate, and we look forward to applying this shared ethic to lands and waters across the globe. After the separation of Vista Outdoor's Sporting and Outdoor Products segments, Simms will enable the Outdoor Products segment to become one of the largest, most diversified outdoor recreation companies in the industry," concluded Metz.
The world's best anglers wear Simms as they have developed the largest guide and ambassador network in the industry and a passionate following among enthusiast and professional anglers, which together drives brand awareness, consumer adoption and innovation across its brand and product categories. This success has enabled Simms to positively impact fisheries conservation through support for more than 30 conservation organizations and an unwavering commitment to keep anglers on the water for generations to come.
"Simms Fishing Products has become the most exciting brand in sport fishing, driving product innovation with our award-winning apparel, outerwear, footwear, and accessories," said Walsh. "Through our high-performance products, we encourage anglers to spend more time on the water—while advocating for healthy fisheries, responsible use, and clean water.
"We are thrilled to be joining the Vista Outdoor family of brands. It is hard to imagine a better partner for Simms. Vista Outdoor is committed to helping us build continued momentum through operational expertise, access to growth capital and their Supply Chain and Digital Centers of Excellence.
"The decision to locate the headquarters of the soon-to-be separated Outdoor Products segment in Bozeman made our decision even easier, as it will reinforce Simms' made-in-Montana heritage and strong commitment to our local community. We are also closely aligned with the Vista Outdoor Foundation's commitment to fish & wildlife conservation and their work with veterans groups. Joining Vista Outdoor is an exciting new era for Simms and very positive for our 170 Bozeman-based employees and the thousands of Simms retailers around the globe," concluded Walsh.
Current Simms Chief Executive Officer Casey Sheahan will continue to lead day-to-day operations of Simms, and K.C. Walsh will continue as a strategic advisor and conservation and government affairs advocate. The current Simms management team and existing employee base also will remain in place.
Simms will be part of Vista Outdoor's Outdoor Products segment and will be included in the new Outdoor Products Company upon the completion of the previously announced separation.
Vista Outdoor has agreed to pay a gross purchase price of $192.5 million, subject to certain customary closing adjustments. The gross purchase price includes a net present value of roughly $20 million in future tax benefits. Simms grew net sales by a compound annual growth rate of approximately 15% from calendar year 2019 to 2021 and is expected to grow in excess of that in calendar year 2022. Vista Outdoor expects the transaction to be accretive to earnings, excluding transaction costs, transition costs and inventory step-up, in Fiscal Year 2024.
Vista Outdoor expects to finance this acquisition via an existing ABL credit facility. Vista Outdoor expects to close the transaction in the second fiscal quarter of FY 2023, subject to the receipt of regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions. Following the closing of this transaction, Vista Outdoor's leverage ratio is expected to be approximately 1.6 times, well within its target leverage ratio of one to two times. Vista Outdoor expects to de-lever to roughly 1.5 times by the end of the fiscal 2023. Furthermore, following the closing of this transaction, Vista Outdoor does not anticipate additional material acquisitions prior to the separation.
Robert W. Baird & Co. served as financial advisor and Perkins Coie LLP served as legal advisor to Simms Fishing Products.
Reed Smith LLP served as legal advisor to Vista Outdoor in connection with the transaction.
For additional information about Simms and the definitive agreement, please view the Simms Presentation and the Simms Infographic by viewing http://investors.vistaoutdoor.com/event.
Vista Outdoor plans to report its first quarter fiscal year 2023 financial results on Wednesday, July 27, 2022, at 5:00 p.m. EDT, which is earlier than previously announced considering the dual announcements of the quarter.
In addition to the first quarter fiscal year 2023 results, which will be published on Vista Outdoor's website, the company expects to discuss its outlook and financial guidance and may discuss matters of strategy during the earnings conference call which will be held on Thursday July 28, 2022, at 9:00 a.m. EDT, as previously communicated.
Please refer to our press release titled 'Vista Outdoor to Release First Quarter Fiscal 2023 Financial Results' for the earnings webcast and replay information.
Since 1980, Simms Fishing has created products that inspire you to fish. We use our hands to craft groundbreaking gear that's built to fish harder and go farther. Our products serve a higher purpose. Fishing is fishing, but more importantly, gear that performs at the highest level allows all anglers to embrace the overall fishing experience and all the unique nuances that occur before and after the catch. And as fishing has advanced, so too have we, into a state-of-the-art design and manufacturing hub, where innovators converge in Bozeman, Montana, to form a diverse, creative family. For more, visit www.simmsfishing.com.
Vista Outdoor (NYSE: VSTO) is the parent company of more than three dozen renowned brands that design, manufacture and market sporting and outdoor products. We serve a broad and diverse range of consumers around the globe, including outdoor enthusiasts, golfers, cyclists, backyard grillers, campers, hunters, recreational shooters, athletes, as well as law enforcement and military professionals. Our reporting segments, Outdoor Products and Sporting Products, provide these consumers with a wide range of performance-driven, high-quality and innovative outdoor and sporting products. Our operating model leverages shared resources across brands to achieve levels of excellence and performance that would be out of reach for any one brand on its own. Brands include Remington Ammunition, Bushnell, CamelBak, Bushnell Golf, Foresight Sports, Fiber Energy Products, Bell Helmets, Camp Chef, Giro, QuietKat, Stone Glacier, Federal Ammunition and more. Vista Outdoor products are sold at leading retailers and distributors across North America and worldwide. For news and information, visit our website at www.vistaoutdoor.com.
Some of the statements made and information contained in this report, excluding historical information, are "forward-looking statements," including those that discuss, among other things: our plans, objectives, expectations, intentions, strategies, goals, outlook or other non-historical matters; projections with respect to future revenues, income, earnings per share or other financial measures for Vista Outdoor; and the assumptions that underlie these matters. The words "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "intend," "aim," "should" and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. To the extent that any such information is forward-looking, it is intended to fit within the safe harbor for forward-looking information provided by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Numerous risks, uncertainties and other factors could cause our actual results to differ materially from the expectations described in such forward-looking statements, including the following: supplier capacity constraints, production or shipping disruptions or quality or price issues affecting our operating costs; the supply, availability and costs of raw materials and components; increases in commodity, energy, and production costs; seasonality and weather conditions; our ability to complete acquisitions, realize expected benefits from acquisitions and integrate acquired businesses; reductions in or unexpected changes in or our inability to accurately forecast demand for ammunition, accessories, or other outdoor sports and recreation products; disruption in the service or significant increase in the cost of our primary delivery and shipping services for our products and components or a significant disruption at shipping ports; risks associated with diversification into new international and commercial markets, including regulatory compliance; our ability to take advantage of growth opportunities in international and commercial markets; our ability to obtain and maintain licenses to third-party technology; our ability to attract and retain key personnel; disruptions caused by catastrophic events; risks associated with our sales to significant retail customers, including unexpected cancellations, delays, and other changes to purchase orders; our competitive environment; our ability to adapt our products to changes in technology, the marketplace and customer preferences, including our ability to respond to shifting preferences of the end consumer from brick and mortar retail to online retail; our ability to maintain and enhance brand recognition and reputation; others' use of social media to disseminate negative commentary about us, our products, and boycotts; the outcome of contingencies, including with respect to litigation and other proceedings relating to intellectual property, product liability, warranty liability, personal injury, and environmental remediation; our ability to comply with extensive federal, state and international laws, rules and regulations; changes in laws, rules and regulations relating to our business, such as federal and state ammunition regulations; risks associated with cybersecurity and other industrial and physical security threats; interest rate risk; changes in the current tariff structures; changes in tax rules or pronouncements; capital market volatility and the availability of financing; foreign currency exchange rates and fluctuations in those rates; general economic and business conditions in the United States and our markets outside the United States, including the war in Ukraine and the imposition of sanctions on Russia, conditions affecting employment levels, consumer confidence and spending, conditions in the retail environment, and other economic conditions affecting demand for our products and the financial health of our customers; and risks related to our Planned Separation. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements we make. A more detailed description of risk factors that may affect our operating results can be found in Part 1, Item 1A, Risk Factors, of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal year 2022 and in the filings we make with Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") from time to time. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, except as otherwise required by law.
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